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1979 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 70-90
Finish: 3rd in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 772
Runs Allowed: 820
Exp W-L: 76-84
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,153,975
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 71-66, 5th in the American League
AA: 75-62, 4th in the American League
A: 91-46, 1st in the American League
 
 
 
 
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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
CF #Miguel Dilone 24 154 675 91 213 26 6 4 60 63 34 34 29 .316 .346 .390 .736 84.7 14.4 1.7
CF  Ivan Murrell 34 151 531 62 158 13 4 7 77 16 14 26 71 .298 .331 .377 .708 63.5 9.3 2.6
SS  Dave Rosello 29 153 509 69 120 19 5 6 62 4 1 53 66 .236 .305 .328 .633 52.8 5.8 4.5
LF *Mitchell Page 27 137 472 73 141 26 6 17 86 16 7 63 73 .299 .380 .487 .867 84.5 18.0 1.6
RF  Ron Leflore 31 129 459 79 131 15 7 8 39 37 23 27 49 .285 .325 .401 .726 57.2 9.0 1.5
C #Butch Wynegar 23 123 411 57 124 27 3 9 64 0 0 62 37 .302 .393 .448 .841 70.2 15.1 6.8
CF *Jose Cruz 31 129 430 48 106 16 7 4 52 10 5 38 36 .247 .306 .344 .651 44.6 5.7 2.3
1B *Claudell Washington 24 125 442 66 138 38 6 14 73 12 1 21 74 .312 .341 .520 .862 70.0 14.9 2.7
1B *Jason Thompson 24 137 380 60 107 23 1 16 67 0 0 50 47 .282 .365 .474 .838 64.1 13.1 0.9
LF *Ken Landreaux 24 131 387 52 113 21 1 5 49 16 10 24 28 .292 .333 .390 .723 48.5 8.2 0.7
C  Jim Sundberg 28 94 268 29 81 13 1 4 29 3 2 21 32 .302 .355 .403 .758 34.3 6.4 2.1
1B *Jim Dwyer 29 81 236 29 53 12 2 2 25 1 2 29 29 .225 .304 .318 .622 23.4 2.0 0.6
LF  Ed Armbrister 30 91 188 35 43 8 2 5 27 12 6 24 43 .229 .316 .372 .689 21.5 2.2 1.4
RF *Gary Holman 35 50 120 16 27 6 0 0 18 1 0 14 12 .225 .301 .275 .576 11.3 0.9 0.6
  Team Totals 28.1 1685 5508 766 1555 263 51 101 728 191 105 486 626 .282 .339 .404 .743 730.7 125.0 30.0
  Rank among 12 AL teams 7 2 1 3 1 8 2 2 11 5 5 1 2 1 1 2  
* - 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
 Joe Coleman 32 16 16 .500 35 35 0 246.7 242 110 32 87 151 4.01 12.8
 Dave Stewart 22 12 11 .522 30 30 0 216.3 215 102 14 105 81 4.24 10.0
 Mike Scott 24 9 14 .391 30 30 0 199.0 228 115 21 64 113 5.20 4.7
*John Tudor 25 5 7 .417 33 16 2 154.7 174 89 16 63 51 5.18 4.0
 Blue Moon Odom 34 6 9 .400 26 26 0 153.3 153 86 18 101 87 5.05 3.3
 Rick Wise 33 3 5 .375 32 12 1 136.7 130 53 22 28 69 3.49 8.2
 Jim Otten 27 3 6 .333 48 0 1 96.3 102 54 8 53 47 5.05 2.0
 Rick Camp 26 6 10 .375 60 0 32 61.7 88 30 3 21 22 4.38 4.3
 Bill Stoneman 35 5 4 .556 19 6 0 53.3 49 28 5 24 25 4.73 2.2
 Rick Rhoden 26 2 3 .400 51 0 1 53.0 54 22 5 18 21 3.74 3.3
*Terry Forster 27 2 2 .500 5 5 0 30.0 41 23 4 16 17 6.90 0.0
 Mark Littell 26 1 2 .333 10 0 1 12.7 11 8 4 6 14 5.69 0.1
 Reggie Cleveland 31 0 1 .000 6 0 0 10.3 12 6 1 4 4 5.23 0.2
Team Totals 28.3 70 90 .438 385 160 38 1424.0 1499 726 153 590 702 4.59 55.0
Rank among 12 AL teams 9 9 7 9 11 8 12 10 11 6 11  
* - 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 .986 32.3
B.Wynegar 1057.0 120 122 556 50 3 0 .995 37.2
J.Sundberg 355.0 39 43 181 11 0 0 1.000 22.9
R.Leflore 3.0 0 1 2 0 1 0 .667 0.0
Team Total 1415.0 159 166 739 61 4 0 .995 33.1
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
I.Murrell 855.0 108 109 1020 70 9 85 .992 11.47
J.Thompson 418.3 39 78 510 45 5 39 .991 11.94
G.Holman 74.0 7 17 90 9 1 11 .990 12.04
J.Sundberg 73.7 6 18 71 8 0 11 1.000 9.65
C.Washington 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
D.Rosello 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1424.0 160 224 1695 132 15 148 .992 11.55
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
M.Dilone 1329.0 151 151 295 541 17 107 .980 5.66
D.Rosello 3.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1332.0 151 152 296 542 17 107 .980 5.66
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
C.Washington 870.7 101 107 64 212 11 15 .962 2.85
E.Armbrister 373.7 40 55 26 91 4 11 .967 2.82
J.Dwyer 164.7 19 26 9 45 0 2 1.000 2.95
D.Rosello 5.0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
I.Murrell 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1416.0 160 192 99 350 15 28 .968 2.85
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
D.Rosello 1285.3 150 151 215 572 38 95 .954 5.51
I.Murrell 27.0 0 12 1 10 0 0 1.000 3.67
E.Armbrister 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1314.3 150 164 216 582 38 95 .955 5.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
M.Page 1072.3 119 133 232 9 6 1 .976 2.02
K.Landreaux 212.0 26 28 43 3 2 0 .958 1.95
J.Cruz 55.7 6 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.62
E.Armbrister 28.0 3 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
G.Holman 25.0 3 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.72
C.Washington 17.0 2 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71
M.Dilone 11.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27
R.Leflore 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1424.0 160 184 307 12 8 1 .976 2.02
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
J.Cruz 910.3 109 112 294 7 12 1 .962 2.98
I.Murrell 336.7 39 44 100 1 2 0 .981 2.70
K.Landreaux 125.7 9 31 29 1 1 0 .968 2.15
R.Leflore 26.3 2 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 4.10
E.Armbrister 13.0 1 4 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
C.Washington 7.3 0 4 1 0 1 0 .500 1.23
M.Dilone 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Rosello 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
G.Holman 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1423.3 160 203 439 10 16 2 .966 2.84
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
R.Leflore 964.7 113 120 210 3 6 0 .973 1.99
G.Holman 188.0 22 26 56 1 0 0 1.000 2.73
K.Landreaux 151.0 16 22 28 0 0 0 1.000 1.67
E.Armbrister 58.0 6 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.64
J.Cruz 29.3 3 7 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
C.Washington 15.0 0 7 1 0 1 0 .500 0.60
I.Murrell 13.0 0 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.85
J.Dwyer 3.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1422.0 160 202 324 4 7 0 .979 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
J.Coleman 246.7 35 35 15 48 0 8 1.000 2.30
D.Stewart 216.3 30 30 17 39 2 1 .966 2.33
M.Scott 199.0 30 30 17 31 5 0 .906 2.17
J.Tudor 154.7 16 33 12 19 0 2 1.000 1.80
B.Odom 153.3 26 26 8 20 2 4 .933 1.64
R.Wise 136.7 12 32 14 20 3 3 .919 2.24
J.Otten 96.3 0 48 6 8 0 0 1.000 1.31
R.Camp 61.7 0 60 6 13 0 2 1.000 2.77
B.Stoneman 53.3 6 19 4 8 0 1 1.000 2.03
R.Rhoden 53.0 0 51 3 12 0 2 1.000 2.55
T.Forster 30.0 5 5 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Littell 12.7 0 10 3 2 0 0 1.000 3.55
R.Cleveland 10.3 0 6 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.87
Team Total 1424.0 160 385 107 225 12 23 .965 2.10
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Dilone .316
On-Base Pct Page .380
Slugging Pct Page .487
OPS Page .867
XR Dilone 84.7
Games Dilone 154
At-Bats Dilone 675
Runs Dilone 91
Hits Dilone 213
Total Bases Dilone 263
Singles Dilone 177
Doubles Washington 38
Triples Cruz, Leflore 7
Homeruns Page 17
RBIs Page 86
Stolen Bases Dilone 63
Caught Stealing Dilone 34
Walks Page 63
Strikeouts Washington 74
ERA Coleman 4.01
Wins Coleman 16
Losses Coleman 16
Winning Pct Stewart .522
Saves Camp 32
Games Pitched Camp 60
Games Started Coleman 35
Complete Games Stewart 6
Shutouts Coleman 2
Innings Pitched Coleman 246.7
Hits Allowed Coleman 242
Homeruns Allowed Coleman 32
Strikeouts Coleman 151
Walks Allowed Stewart 105
Walks per 9IP Scott 2.9
Hits per 9IP Coleman 8.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Coleman 5.5
WHiP Coleman 1.33
OAVG Coleman .254
OOBP Coleman .317
OSLG Stewart .384
OOPS Stewart .723
Team All-Stars
Miguel Dilone
Butch Wynegar
Player Salaries
Joe Coleman $ 6,000,000
Jose Cruz $ 5,000,000
Davey Lopes $ 4,500,000
Ivan Murrell $ 4,000,000
Reggie Cleveland $ 3,750,000
Rick Wise $ 3,650,000
Jerry Cram $ 3,000,000
Gary Holman $ 2,490,000
Ed Figueroa $ 2,050,000
Bill Stoneman $ 2,000,000
Ron Leflore $ 1,795,000
Rick Rhoden $ 1,180,000
Mark Littell $ 1,041,429
Jim Sundberg $ 1,015,000
Jerry Koosman $ 600,000
Jim Otten $ 514,286
Blue Moon Odom $ 464,286
Tony Perez $ 400,000
Larry Dierker $ 350,000
Terry Forster $ 350,000
Miguel Dilone $ 300,000
Jim Dwyer $ 300,000
Rick Camp $ 300,000
Claudell Washington $ 300,000
Ed Armbrister $ 300,000
Jason Thompson $ 300,000
John Tudor $ 300,000
Butch Wynegar $ 300,000
Mitchell Page $ 300,000
Dave Rosello $ 300,000
Mike Scott $ 300,000
Dave Stewart $ 300,000
Ken Landreaux $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/11 Signed     Tony Perez
2/13 Signed     Joe Coleman
2/15 Signed     Davey Lopes
2/15 Signed     Larry Dierker
6/24 Released Danny Coombs    
7/29 Released John Wojcik    
 
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