1965 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 65-97
Finish: 5th in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 480
Runs Allowed: 687
Exp W-L: 55-107
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,025,214
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 67-70, 4th in the American League
AA: 65-72, 7th in the American League
A: 84-53, 1st in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
SS  Bill Mazeroski 28 157 601 61 150 30 5 5 44 4 7 31 56 .250 .286 .341 .627 51.3 6.5 7.9
SS *Ed Kranepool 20 156 571 58 153 37 3 6 64 1 3 50 42 .268 .325 .375 .700 63.5 11.2 3.9
SS  Reno Bertoia 30 155 548 35 125 24 2 2 45 1 1 27 130 .228 .264 .290 .554 38.9 2.8 7.0
LF *Boog Powell 23 130 480 51 120 19 3 14 47 0 0 65 84 .250 .341 .390 .730 64.1 13.0 3.0
3B  Lou Skizas 33 153 503 32 85 7 2 8 34 4 1 30 86 .169 .215 .239 .453 21.7 0.0 4.9
C *Russ Nixon 30 135 460 40 120 36 4 4 41 1 1 24 61 .261 .295 .383 .678 49.4 8.3 6.0
CF  Dick Simpson 21 124 380 39 83 18 2 7 36 4 1 48 105 .218 .309 .332 .641 42.3 6.7 2.9
SS  George Banks 26 141 314 30 65 9 1 9 37 1 2 55 89 .207 .324 .328 .652 36.2 5.3 3.2
C *Gary Kolb 25 124 318 39 63 12 2 4 21 16 9 26 68 .198 .259 .286 .545 23.0 1.1 2.2
CF  Jim Busby 38 104 277 21 68 10 0 0 16 8 2 17 47 .245 .291 .282 .573 24.6 2.8 2.8
C  Bob Schmidt 32 120 221 13 40 11 0 2 23 0 0 15 45 .181 .232 .258 .490 10.9 0.0 2.4
C  Jim Pagliaroni 27 88 174 14 28 6 1 4 14 0 0 11 36 .161 .210 .276 .486 10.3 0.0 1.6
1B  Frank Kostro 27 85 153 14 25 4 1 2 13 0 0 10 36 .163 .213 .242 .455 6.7 0.0 0.7
2B  Nate Oliver 24 72 117 15 35 2 2 0 6 3 3 11 19 .299 .364 .350 .715 13.7 2.5 1.4
P  Don Larsen 35 42 106 8 22 3 1 0 7 0 1 1 26 .208 .222 .255 .477 4.8 0.0 0.0
P *Masanori Murakami 21 44 89 6 9 3 0 0 4 1 0 1 23 .101 .110 .135 .245 -1.7 0.0 0.0
P *Mike Cuellar 28 37 92 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 41 .065 .064 .076 .140 -4.2 0.0 0.0
P  Billy McCool 20 39 83 2 10 4 0 0 4 0 0 1 33 .120 .131 .169 .300 -1.6 0.0 0.0
P *Jim Dickson 27 82 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.6 0.2 0.0
P  Terry Fox 29 54 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0 0.0
P *Tom Sturdivant 35 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Humphreys 29 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P *Don Gross 34 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 2148 5499 480 1210 236 29 67 461 44 31 423 1030 .220 .276 .310 .586 454.7 60.5 50.1
  Rank among 10 AL teams 7 9 9 4 9 10 9 9 2 9 8 9 9 9 9 9  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Don Larsen 35 10 19 .345 42 42 0 331.7 316 127 32 93 261 3.45 23.4
*Mike Cuellar 28 14 18 .438 37 37 0 287.0 275 126 35 115 152 3.95 13.7
*Masanori Murakami 21 12 15 .444 44 44 0 285.0 215 102 27 105 307 3.22 22.9
*Billy McCool 20 8 21 .276 39 39 0 246.3 217 120 13 121 188 4.38 6.7
 Jim Dickson 27 5 5 .500 82 0 5 100.7 108 63 16 48 57 5.63 0.0
 Terry Fox 29 5 7 .417 54 0 19 64.3 67 25 4 22 29 3.50 10.1
*Don Gross 34 5 3 .625 53 0 3 53.7 60 19 2 18 29 3.19 5.8
 Dale Willis 27 1 5 .167 40 0 4 43.3 52 27 5 28 38 5.61 0.0
 Tom Sturdivant 35 4 3 .571 41 0 1 43.0 55 23 9 12 27 4.81 1.6
 Bob Humphreys 29 1 1 .500 12 0 0 18.3 22 11 2 7 15 5.40 0.2
Team Totals 28.5 65 97 .401 444 162 32 1473.3 1387 643 145 569 1103 3.93 84.4
Rank among 10 AL teams 8 8 4 8 4 7 9 8 9 3 8  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 35.1
R.Nixon 1021.7 107 126 789 48 7 0 .992 31.3
B.Schmidt 369.0 45 49 277 26 2 0 .993 41.7
J.Pagliaroni 82.7 10 11 70 3 2 0 .973 33.3
Team Total 1473.3 162 186 1136 77 11 0 .991 34.0
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 11.31
D.Simpson 648.3 74 77 677 55 8 73 .989 10.16
L.Skizas 623.7 74 75 665 50 4 62 .994 10.32
J.Pagliaroni 179.3 14 34 193 16 1 27 .995 10.49
B.Mazeroski 13.0 0 4 9 0 0 1 1.000 6.23
E.Kranepool 7.0 0 3 6 0 1 0 .857 7.71
B.Powell 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Kolb 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.3 162 195 1551 121 14 163 .992 10.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.70
B.Mazeroski 1295.7 145 147 299 507 11 112 .987 5.60
N.Oliver 166.0 17 26 49 54 2 16 .981 5.58
L.Skizas 8.7 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.12
R.Bertoia 3.0 0 2 2 2 0 1 1.000 12.00
Team Total 1473.3 162 178 352 564 13 129 .986 5.60
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.69
G.Banks 665.0 73 90 39 156 8 12 .961 2.64
L.Skizas 615.0 73 74 36 153 6 21 .969 2.77
J.Pagliaroni 143.3 13 25 11 32 1 3 .977 2.70
F.Kostro 34.0 3 6 3 5 0 2 1.000 2.12
R.Bertoia 10.0 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Mazeroski 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
N.Oliver 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Simpson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.3 162 203 90 349 15 38 .967 2.68
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 4.91
R.Bertoia 1310.0 150 153 180 464 14 100 .979 4.42
N.Oliver 107.0 12 18 9 31 0 10 1.000 3.36
G.Banks 53.3 0 21 13 13 1 4 .963 4.39
F.Kostro 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 4.50
G.Kolb 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.3 162 194 202 509 15 115 .979 4.34
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 1.76
B.Powell 1097.7 124 127 223 4 0 1 1.000 1.86
G.Kolb 233.0 25 35 43 1 1 0 .978 1.70
F.Kostro 122.7 13 21 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
D.Simpson 10.3 0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 4.36
G.Banks 7.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17
N.Oliver 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.3 162 192 300 5 1 1 .997 1.86
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.36
J.Busby 707.3 80 95 194 4 0 2 1.000 2.52
G.Kolb 483.3 52 69 119 2 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Simpson 265.7 30 36 68 3 0 1 1.000 2.41
L.Skizas 16.0 0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
B.Schmidt 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1473.3 162 207 387 9 0 3 1.000 2.42
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.84
E.Kranepool 1319.3 145 149 283 6 2 0 .993 1.97
F.Kostro 135.0 16 22 22 0 1 0 .957 1.47
D.Simpson 11.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Kolb 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
G.Banks 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1473.3 162 179 307 6 3 0 .991 1.91
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.10
D.Larsen 331.7 42 42 30 55 4 5 .955 2.31
M.Cuellar 287.0 37 37 10 45 2 4 .965 1.72
M.Murakami 285.0 44 44 16 33 1 9 .980 1.55
B.McCool 246.3 39 39 9 31 1 2 .976 1.46
J.Dickson 100.7 0 82 6 13 0 0 1.000 1.70
T.Fox 64.3 0 54 4 16 1 0 .952 2.80
D.Gross 53.7 0 53 4 11 0 0 1.000 2.52
D.Willis 43.3 0 40 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.45
T.Sturdivant 43.0 0 41 2 7 0 3 1.000 1.88
B.Humphreys 18.3 0 12 0 5 0 2 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1473.3 162 444 82 222 9 25 .971 1.86
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Kranepool .268
On-Base Pct Powell .341
Slugging Pct Powell .390
OPS Powell .730
XR Powell 64.1
Games Mazeroski 157
At-Bats Mazeroski 601
Runs Mazeroski 61
Hits Kranepool 153
Total Bases Kranepool 214
Singles Mazeroski 110
Doubles Kranepool 37
Triples Mazeroski 5
Homeruns Powell 14
RBIs Kranepool 64
Stolen Bases Kolb 16
Caught Stealing Kolb 9
Walks Powell 65
Strikeouts Bertoia 130
ERA Murakami 3.22
Wins Cuellar 14
Losses McCool 21
Winning Pct Murakami .444
Saves Fox 19
Games Pitched Dickson 82
Games Started Murakami 44
Complete Games Cuellar 15
Shutouts Cuellar 2
Innings Pitched Larsen 331.7
Hits Allowed Larsen 316
Homeruns Allowed Cuellar 35
Strikeouts Murakami 307
Walks Allowed McCool 121
Walks per 9IP Larsen 2.5
Hits per 9IP Murakami 6.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 9.7
WHiP Murakami 1.12
OAVG Murakami .210
OOBP Murakami .286
OSLG McCool .347
OOPS Murakami .637
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Don Larsen $ 7,500,000
Russ Nixon $ 5,000,000
Boog Powell $ 3,078,571
Don Gross $ 2,345,555
Bob Schmidt $ 2,000,000
Hersh Freeman $ 800,000
Reno Bertoia $ 650,000
Mike Cuellar $ 475,000
Tom Sturdivant $ 420,000
Jim Busby $ 350,000
Terry Fox $ 350,000
Gary Kolb $ 350,000
Frank Kostro $ 350,000
Bill Mazeroski $ 350,000
Ernie Oravetz $ 350,000
Jim Pagliaroni $ 350,000
John Romonosky $ 350,000
Lou Skizas $ 350,000
Dale Willis $ 300,000
George Banks $ 300,000
Ed Kranepool $ 300,000
Masanori Murakami $ 300,000
Nate Oliver $ 300,000
Bob Humphreys $ 300,000
Jim Dickson $ 300,000
Dick Simpson $ 300,000
Bill Tuttle $ 300,000
Billy McCool $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
3/3 Traded Bob Uecker Montreal Phil Ortega
3/3 Traded Howie Bedell
$4,189,420
New York (N) Don Gross
Terry Fox