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1971 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 94-68
Finish: 2nd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 696
Runs Allowed: 638
Exp W-L: 87-75
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,881,931
Manager: Chuck Glidden

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 49-88, 8th in the American League
AA: 53-84, 10th in the American League
A: 63-74, 5th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Kansas City Royals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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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
SS *Ed Kranepool 26 152 576 63 150 37 2 8 60 0 0 32 104 .260 .298 .373 .672 58.7 9.3 6.4
LF *Boog Powell 29 145 531 80 169 26 3 20 79 0 0 73 78 .318 .399 .492 .891 97.2 27.2 4.6
CF  Joe Rudi 24 152 555 72 134 32 6 19 63 0 1 42 112 .241 .294 .423 .717 65.3 11.2 4.9
C *Jake Gibbs 32 142 539 76 150 27 3 8 58 13 7 49 71 .278 .343 .384 .727 65.4 12.5 4.0
DH *Bernie Carbo 23 146 468 49 94 29 1 8 67 1 0 91 104 .201 .329 .318 .648 55.4 8.6 0.0
2B #Jim Lefebvre 29 127 467 49 117 20 1 6 56 5 0 58 78 .251 .332 .336 .668 55.4 9.7 5.0
1B  Byron Browne 28 146 456 65 93 22 3 14 52 2 7 52 108 .204 .285 .357 .642 47.3 4.8 7.3
LF *Bobby Murcer 25 121 426 64 129 22 1 26 72 15 2 48 71 .303 .375 .542 .918 82.7 23.4 3.9
C *John Wojcik 29 123 301 49 58 10 1 2 20 21 2 51 61 .193 .312 .252 .564 28.2 2.2 3.7
CF *Mike Lum 25 93 299 30 61 13 0 7 32 2 2 31 51 .204 .278 .318 .596 25.3 1.1 2.7
3B *Bill Sorrell 30 73 248 27 51 9 0 1 23 1 1 23 20 .206 .271 .254 .525 16.6 0.0 3.1
RF *Gary Holman 27 105 227 18 55 10 1 1 25 3 0 34 42 .242 .340 .308 .648 26.3 4.5 2.1
LF *Art Shamsky 29 78 201 22 47 7 0 4 38 1 1 17 23 .234 .295 .328 .624 19.4 2.3 0.8
C *Tim McCarver 29 81 190 26 49 7 1 1 18 6 2 15 31 .258 .316 .321 .637 20.4 2.6 0.9
SS  Ken McMullen 29 8 28 3 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 6 .357 .357 .500 .857 4.2 1.2 0.5
P *Terry Forster 19 11 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 27.1 1703 5514 696 1368 272 23 126 669 70 25 616 960 .248 .324 .374 .698 668.1 120.9 49.9
  Rank among 10 AL teams 8 7 6 3 9 8 7 8 1 5 6 7 5 7 8 6  
* - 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
 John Gelnar 28 19 5 .792 36 36 0 275.7 211 63 15 36 224 2.06 33.0
*Masanori Murakami 27 17 12 .586 34 34 0 235.7 181 92 28 61 249 3.51 18.4
 Joe Schaffernoth 33 14 11 .560 29 29 0 231.3 228 86 23 47 95 3.35 17.5
*Dennis Bennett 31 13 13 .500 29 29 0 208.7 196 85 17 58 127 3.67 12.9
*Ron Cook 23 6 4 .600 17 17 0 121.7 113 46 9 34 59 3.40 8.3
 Chris Zachary 27 4 9 .308 26 16 1 117.7 128 67 17 49 96 5.12 2.3
 Arnold Umbach 28 5 8 .385 61 0 11 80.7 86 56 8 61 41 6.25 0.0
*Darold Knowles 29 5 0 1.000 27 0 4 54.3 42 11 4 31 33 1.82 8.4
*Frank Carpin 32 2 1 .667 29 0 4 39.7 31 18 3 25 34 4.08 3.3
 Dale Willis 33 1 3 .250 20 0 4 28.0 28 16 5 14 25 5.14 0.7
*Terry Forster 19 5 1 .833 25 0 10 24.3 23 10 2 9 16 3.70 4.4
 John Boozer 32 3 1 .750 11 0 1 20.0 21 9 4 9 13 4.05 1.7
 Jerry Bell 23 0 0 .000 10 0 2 11.7 12 8 0 3 7 6.17 0.4
*Tony Pierce 25 0 0 .000 6 0 0 11.0 19 14 1 3 6 11.45 0.0
 Blue Moon Odom 26 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1
Team Totals 27.7 94 68 .580 361 161 37 1460.6 1319 581 136 440 1025 3.58 111.1
Rank among 10 AL teams 4 4 1 4 5 3 4 2 2 3 2  
* - 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 .991 32.3
J.Gibbs 1205.3 132 138 871 57 14 3 .985 26.8
T.McCarver 223.3 26 28 164 6 1 0 .994 25.0
J.Wojcik 33.0 4 4 28 2 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1461.7 162 170 1063 65 15 3 .987 25.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 10.98
A.Shamsky 387.6 47 52 433 24 2 28 .996 10.61
J.Lefebvre 381.0 44 44 401 38 1 42 .998 10.37
M.Lum 189.0 24 24 210 15 1 23 .996 10.71
B.Browne 116.7 13 15 122 11 0 15 1.000 10.26
T.McCarver 114.7 11 21 139 8 0 7 1.000 11.54
B.Sorrell 55.2 7 7 66 5 0 5 1.000 11.58
G.Holman 53.7 1 27 63 6 0 8 1.000 11.57
K.McMullen 12.6 1 1 12 1 0 1 1.000 9.29
E.Kranepool 9.0 0 4 7 0 0 1 1.000 7.00
B.Powell 5.0 0 3 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.20
J.Rudi 2.7 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.77
J.Wojcik 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1328.0 148 200 1459 109 4 131 .997 10.63
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.73
B.Browne 934.3 105 109 203 376 12 86 .980 5.58
J.Lefebvre 389.7 44 44 76 169 3 31 .988 5.66
J.Wojcik 137.7 13 21 23 49 1 7 .986 4.71
K.McMullen 30.6 3 4 9 15 0 3 1.000 7.06
Team Total 1492.3 165 178 311 609 16 127 .983 5.55
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 2.60
B.Sorrell 583.3 66 66 37 144 10 10 .948 2.79
M.Lum 451.3 51 51 25 89 5 11 .958 2.27
J.Lefebvre 319.7 36 37 15 72 3 6 .967 2.45
J.Wojcik 119.0 12 20 6 31 1 1 .974 2.80
A.Shamsky 64.0 6 16 4 10 1 0 .933 1.97
J.Rudi 10.3 0 4 1 3 0 2 1.000 3.48
B.Carbo 4.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
K.McMullen 3.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.81
Team Total 1554.8 171 195 88 351 20 30 .956 2.54
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 4.95
E.Kranepool 1261.3 146 149 170 472 20 96 .970 4.58
J.Wojcik 166.3 16 27 18 55 5 9 .936 3.95
B.Murcer 24.0 0 13 5 6 0 2 1.000 4.13
M.Lum 9.0 0 5 2 3 1 0 .833 5.00
K.McMullen 4.4 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.14
T.McCarver 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1466.1 162 196 196 538 26 107 .966 4.51
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
B.Powell 517.3 59 62 112 3 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Rudi 444.3 50 50 101 4 0 0 1.000 2.13
B.Murcer 311.3 35 35 76 4 3 0 .964 2.31
J.Wojcik 109.0 13 15 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.82
B.Browne 36.0 4 5 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.75
G.Holman 17.7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
B.Carbo 13.0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Lum 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Shamsky 4.4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Kranepool 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1461.1 162 181 326 12 3 1 .991 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.39
B.Powell 707.7 80 80 178 3 12 1 .938 2.30
B.Murcer 452.3 51 52 129 4 0 1 1.000 2.65
M.Lum 111.7 13 16 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.50
J.Wojcik 95.0 11 11 29 0 0 0 1.000 2.75
B.Browne 69.0 6 10 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.61
A.Shamsky 8.8 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Rudi 8.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
G.Holman 8.0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1460.5 162 178 391 7 12 2 .971 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.98
J.Rudi 805.7 99 100 176 3 1 1 .994 2.00
G.Holman 436.0 43 68 109 1 0 1 1.000 2.27
J.Wojcik 157.7 18 22 36 1 1 1 .974 2.11
B.Browne 20.0 2 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
A.Shamsky 18.9 1 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95
B.Murcer 13.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
K.McMullen 8.6 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
T.Forster 6.7 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
T.McCarver 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Lum 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
G.Mitterwald 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Carbo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1476.5 164 213 336 5 2 3 .994 2.08
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 1.90
J.Gelnar 275.7 36 36 25 37 1 6 .984 2.02
M.Murakami 235.7 34 34 14 28 1 4 .977 1.60
J.Schaffernoth 231.3 29 29 12 32 2 2 .957 1.71
D.Bennett 208.7 29 29 16 24 1 3 .976 1.73
R.Cook 121.7 17 17 2 21 1 2 .958 1.70
C.Zachary 117.7 16 26 5 10 1 0 .938 1.15
A.Umbach 80.7 0 61 9 11 0 1 1.000 2.23
D.Knowles 54.3 0 27 2 7 1 0 .900 1.49
F.Carpin 39.7 0 29 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.13
D.Willis 28.0 0 20 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.29
T.Forster 24.3 0 25 3 5 0 1 1.000 2.96
J.Boozer 20.0 0 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Bell 11.7 0 10 2 1 0 0 1.000 2.32
T.Pierce 11.0 0 6 0 2 0 1 1.000 1.64
B.Odom 0.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1460.6 161 361 94 186 8 20 .972 1.73
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Powell .318
On-Base Pct Powell .399
Slugging Pct Murcer .517
OPS Powell .891
XR Powell 97.2
Games Kranepool, Rudi 152
At-Bats Kranepool 576
Runs Powell 80
Hits Powell 169
Total Bases Powell 261
Singles Powell 120
Doubles Kranepool 37
Triples Rudi 6
Homeruns Murcer 26
RBIs Powell 79
Stolen Bases Wojcik 21
Caught Stealing Browne, Gibbs 7
Walks Carbo 91
Strikeouts Rudi 112
ERA Gelnar 2.06
Wins Gelnar 19
Losses Bennett 13
Winning Pct Gelnar .792
Saves Umbach 11
Games Pitched Umbach 61
Games Started Gelnar 36
Complete Games Schaffernoth 11
Shutouts Schaffernoth 3
Innings Pitched Gelnar 275.7
Hits Allowed Schaffernoth 228
Homeruns Allowed Murakami 28
Strikeouts Murakami 249
Walks Allowed Murakami, Umbach 61
Walks per 9IP Gelnar 1.2
Hits per 9IP Gelnar 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 9.5
WHiP Gelnar 0.90
OAVG Gelnar .210
OOBP Gelnar .241
OSLG Gelnar .314
OOPS Gelnar .555
Team All-Stars
John Gelnar
Boog Powell
Joe Schaffernoth
Player Salaries
Masanori Murakami $ 8,750,000
Boog Powell $ 6,700,000
John Gelnar $ 6,385,714
Jim Lefebvre $ 2,685,714
Bobby Murcer $ 2,528,571
Jake Gibbs $ 2,250,000
Ed Kranepool $ 1,250,000
Joe Schaffernoth $ 1,100,000
Ken McMullen $ 800,000
Tim McCarver $ 550,000
Dennis Bennett $ 500,000
Darold Knowles $ 450,000
John Wojcik $ 350,000
Dick Simpson $ 350,000
Dale Willis $ 350,000
Gary Holman $ 300,000
John Boozer $ 300,000
Byron Browne $ 300,000
Bernie Carbo $ 300,000
Ron Cook $ 300,000
Terry Forster $ 300,000
Mike Lum $ 300,000
Mike Hedlund $ 300,000
Blue Moon Odom $ 300,000
Jerry Bell $ 300,000
Joe Rudi $ 300,000
Tony Pierce $ 300,000
George Mitterwald $ 300,000
Arnold Umbach $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Billy Mccool New York (A) Steve Barber
$10,000,000
2/1 Traded Rick Dempsey
Luis Alvarado		 San Diego Dennis Bennett
Frank Carpin
6/1 Traded Al Weis Montreal Blue Moon Odom
Darold Knowles
7/31 Traded Bill Sorrell
Frank Carpin		 New York (N) Ken Mcmullen
John Boozer
7/31 Traded Chris Zachary
Art Shamsky		 New York (A) Bob Gebhard
9/1 Released Craig Anderson    
 
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