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1997 Toronto Blue Jays  (1996)  (1998) 67-95, 4th in AL Eastern Division Scored 693 runs, Allowed 872 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-99 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .673 Park Factor: Batting - 92 / Pitching - 93 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 73-89   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 76-86 Manager(s): Rob Rife

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Moises Alou          31  144  543   75  155  39   5  22   96   7   6   70   75  .285  .371  .497   97   6.3  2(-1)e13    3  
 1B *Carlos Delgado       25  145  525   67  120  41   2  26   72   1   0   54  140  .229  .307  .463   76   5.0  4e17     -107  
 OF *Shawn Green          24  122  424   71  123  15   7  15   58  13   4   36  124  .290  .345  .465   68   5.8  4(-3)e6     1  
 OF #Jose Cruz, Jr.       23  118  400   55   99  30   2  20   54   6   1   38  124  .248  .309  .482   62   5.4  4(0)e8    -23  
 2B #Doug Strange         33  104  341   47   87  16   1  19   41   0   0   34   81  .255  .325  .475   52   5.2  4e25       39  
 OF #Otis Nixon           38   77  273   44   83  10   2   0   21  43   9   46   39  .304  .402  .355   48   6.1  2(+2)e2   103  
 OF  Shannon Stewart      23   64  162   44   58  20  10   0   19   8   0   18   25  .358  .430  .605   44  10.6  2(+2)e8   221  
 SS  Alex S. Gonzalez     24  138  430   49   99  22   3  11   34   8   5   30  105  .230  .290  .372   43   3.3  2e10      -27  
 OF  Joe Carter           37  153  536   45  114  27   2  13   50   3   0   28   93  .213  .251  .343   42   2.6  4(+1)e10  -89  
 3B  Ed Sprague           29  141  506   42   95  20   7   7   40   0   0   51  125  .188  .272  .296   41   2.6  3e23     -122  
 C   Mike Stanley         34   78  260   32   69  13   0   8   43   0   0   34   50  .265  .356  .408   38   5.3  4(+3)e1  -137  
 C   Benito Santiago      32   96  311   39   75   7   0  19   51   0   0   12   78  .241  .271  .447   35   3.8  3(-2)e1    52  
 2B  Craig Grebeck        32   65  119   15   32  10   0   1   13   0   0   15   16  .269  .346  .378   17   4.9  3e8         0  
 C   Tom Prince           32   30  102   10   22   7   0   6   16   0   0    2   17  .216  .266  .461   13   4.3  3(-1)e1    92  
 UT  Tilson Brito         25   45  133   15   33   7   1   0    9   0   0    5   31  .248  .281  .316   11   3.1             -3  
 UT  Juan Samuel          36   29   89   13   20   4   1   3   11   3   0    7   34  .225  .296  .393   10   4.0           -191  
 UT #Tomas Perez          23   47  120   11   20   4   3   0    6   1   1   11   33  .167  .242  .250    7   2.1            -26  
 3B  Tom Evans            22   14   45    5   12   2   0   1    8   0   0    7   11  .267  .377  .378    7   5.9  3e44       -7  
 OF  Shane Mack           33   10   41    3   12   0   0   1    5   0   0    3   10  .293  .341  .366    5   4.4  3(+4)e3  -100  
 OF  Jacob Brumfield      32   21   73    5   11   3   0   2    7   1   1    9   12  .151  .244  .274    5   2.1  3(0)e7    -32  
 OF  Robert Perez         28   28   79    6   13   4   1   1    4   0   0    0   19  .165  .165  .278    3   1.5  3(0)e5    -95  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           734                  -27

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Roger Clemens        34  17  11  .607  32  32  22   0   0   0   6  267.0  223   94   65  16   89  299  2.19   93   3.1   11  
  P  Pat Hentgen          28  11  19  .367  33  33  10   0   0   0   0  247.2  260  136  126  32   82  152  4.58  139   5.1   13  
  P  Ben McDonald         29  10   5  .667  19  19   5   0   0   0   0  137.1  133   65   63  19   43  110  4.13   75   5.0   25  
  P  Woody Williams       30   7  18  .280  30  30   6   0   0   0   1  201.2  219  134  129  36   92  130  5.76  135   6.1  -12  
  P  Don Wengert          27   4   6  .400  28  12   1  11   0   0   1  108.0  174  125  116  19   32   48  9.67  114   9.5   59  
  P  Paul Quantrill       28   4   7  .364  59   0   0  34   2   1   0   80.1  102   45   44   7   23   54  4.93   50   5.6   29  
  P  Jim Bullinger        31   4  12  .250  31  16   2   8   0   0   0  127.2  155  109  104  25   85   80  7.33  108   7.6   51  
  P *Darrell May          25   3   1  .750  32   0   0  15   0   0   0   43.0   56   21   21   2   33   29  4.40   36   7.8   14  
  P *Alan Embree          27   2   0 1.000  19   0   0   5   1   1   0   24.1   16    7    7   1   12   30  2.59    7   2.8  -67  
  P  Chris Carpenter      22   2   9  .182  13  13   2   0   0   0   0   85.2  101   55   53   8   42   70  5.57   54   5.7  -70  
  P  Tim Crabtree         27   1   0 1.000  16   0   0   9   0   0   0   30.1   56   32   32   4    9   29  9.49   35  10.3  -15  
  P  Ricky Bones          28   1   1  .500   3   2   1   1   0   0   0   15.1   18   11   11   3    6    7  6.46   10   6.3  -28  
  P *Glenn Dishman        26   1   3  .250   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   29.0   31   20   20   4   12   19  6.21   19   5.9  -25  
  P  Kelvim Escobar       21   0   1  .000  16   0   0  13   7   2   0   15.0   17    4    3   1   12   19  1.80    9   5.0   65  
  P  Russ Springer        28   0   2  .000  25   0   0  17   9   4   0   29.1   27   14   14   4   19   35  4.30   18   5.7   58  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      908         12

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Benito Santiago 707 81 91 607 23 0 2 1.000 33 8 Mike Stanley 561 62 68 481 30 4 0 .992 53 22 Tom Prince 173 19 21 123 3 0 1 1.000 7 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carlos Delgado 1090 123 125 996 100 19 100 .983 9.05 Joe Carter 283 32 33 288 21 1 32 .997 9.83 Mike Stanley 39 4 7 46 4 0 2 1.000 11.54 Juan Samuel 9 1 1 7 2 0 2 1.000 9.00 Shane Mack 8 1 1 4 1 1 0 .833 5.62 Tom Prince 8 1 1 10 0 0 2 1.000 11.25 Jose Cruz, Jr. 3 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 8.10 Doug Strange 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Doug Strange 814 95 100 199 273 7 62 .985 5.22 Craig Grebeck 288 30 55 63 108 1 20 .994 5.34 Tilson Brito 150 16 24 34 51 1 13 .988 5.10 Tomas Perez 121 13 24 26 37 4 7 .940 4.69 Juan Samuel 68 8 11 21 18 1 4 .975 5.14 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Sprague 1252 141 141 99 194 11 24 .964 2.11 Tom Evans 115 13 14 8 18 1 1 .963 2.03 Juan Samuel 61 7 8 3 7 2 0 .833 1.48 Doug Strange 11 1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 2.45 Craig Grebeck 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex S. Gonzalez 1068 119 132 202 354 5 74 .991 4.69 Tomas Perez 199 24 24 28 75 1 18 .990 4.66 Tilson Brito 156 18 21 27 55 1 7 .988 4.73 Craig Grebeck 19 1 7 4 5 0 2 1.000 4.26 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jose Cruz, Jr. 652 74 76 123 7 3 1 .977 1.79 Moises Alou 483 56 56 90 2 2 0 .979 1.71 Robert Perez 147 16 18 24 4 1 0 .966 1.72 Jacob Brumfield 59 7 7 14 1 0 0 1.000 2.29 Joe Carter 40 4 6 10 0 1 0 .909 2.25 Shane Mack 24 2 3 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.96 Shannon Stewart 24 2 7 4 0 1 0 .800 1.50 Shawn Green 9 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Otis Nixon 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Otis Nixon 636 71 75 158 6 0 1 1.000 2.32 Moises Alou 460 51 55 123 3 2 0 .984 2.46 Shannon Stewart 322 37 43 84 1 0 0 1.000 2.37 Shane Mack 18 3 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Jacob Brumfield 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Robert Perez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shawn Green 895 101 105 163 8 4 1 .977 1.72 Moises Alou 314 35 41 69 5 0 0 1.000 2.12 Jacob Brumfield 91 11 11 29 1 1 1 .968 2.97 Juan Samuel 44 5 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 Shane Mack 42 4 4 5 0 1 0 .833 1.07 Joe Carter 26 3 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.69 Robert Perez 26 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 Otis Nixon 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Shannon Stewart 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 1 (#3):	Moises Alou
Round 2 (#34):	Mike Stanley
Round 4 (#75):	Doug Strange
Round 5 (#90):	Alan Embree
Round 6 (#108):	Russ Springer
Round 7 (#120):	Glenn Dishman
Round 8 (#130):	Craig Grebeck
Round 9 (#137):	Tilson Brito
Round 10 (#142):	Jim Bullinger

Transactions

• 1997-01: acquired Darrell May as a free agent
• 1997-19: acquired Tom Prince as a free agent
• 1997-19: traded Mike Stanley to BOA for BOA#3
• 1997-19: traded Otis Nixon to LAN for Shane Mack, LAN#3
• 1997-20: acquired Jacob Brumfield as a free agent
• 1997-23: released Ben McDonald
• 1997-23: acquired Ricky Bones as a free agent
• 1997 postseason: released Juan Samuel

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