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1998 Toronto Blue Jays  (1997)  (1999) 94-68, 2nd* in AL Eastern Division Scored 830 runs, Allowed 700 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 95-67 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .707 Park Factor: Batting - 100 / Pitching - 99 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 86-76   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-74 Manager(s): Rob Rife Lost to Texas Rangers in Divisional Series, 3 games to 1.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Carlos Delgado       26  148  528   88  150  44   4  40  109   1   1   52  143  .284  .365  .610  118   8.2  3e12       -3  
 OF  Moises Alou          32  157  582  106  177  24   3  32  111   7   3   65   82  .304  .375  .521  113   7.2  3(-1)e5   -85  
 OF  Shannon Stewart      24  147  505  104  153  31   6  14   62  52   9   63   73  .303  .397  .471  107   7.4  3(+2)e8    74  
 OF *Shawn Green          25  154  608  101  150  25   1  26   94  39  11   45  141  .247  .302  .419   78   4.3  3(-3)e8  -122  
 3B  Gary Gaetti          39  129  415   59  118  38   1  15   68   1   0   35   67  .284  .351  .489   71   5.9  3e8       -12  
 SS  Alex S. Gonzalez     25  158  546   66  128  30   1  17   62  21   4   27  115  .234  .276  .386   59   3.5  2e18       20  
 OF #Jose Cruz, Jr.       24  108  334   56   86  15   1  15   40   7   3   39  102  .257  .334  .443   52   5.5  3(+1)e7    20  
 C  #Matt Walbeck         28  108  332   47   97  24   3  10   43   3   2   28   77  .292  .355  .473   51   5.3  3(+2)e4   144  
 1B  Joe Carter           38   83  267   41   76  19   0  15   49   4   1   12   35  .285  .316  .524   39   5.1  4e16       75  
 2B  Aaron Ledesma        27   80  292   37   93  12   3   0   30  10   9   11   54  .318  .345  .380   35   4.2  3e19      -17  
 2B  Craig Grebeck        33   92  279   27   72  18   3   1   27   3   1   28   46  .258  .335  .355   35   4.2  3e20       17  
 3B #Bip Roberts          34   95  288   31   66  12   1   1   24  12   7   32   36  .229  .313  .288   27   3.1  4e20      -79  
 UT #Felipe Crespo        25   44  126   18   29   7   1   1   16   3   3   13   30  .230  .310  .325   13   3.4            -69  
 C   Mark Dalesandro      30   21   61    9   20   6   0   2    6   0   0    2    6  .328  .349  .525   10   6.8  4(+3)e1   107  
 1B *Bob Hamelin          30   50  140   13   25   7   0   4   14   0   0   12   26  .179  .248  .314    9   2.1  4e12     -137  
 OF *Brent Brede          26   16   54    4   17   4   1   1   10   0   0    3    6  .315  .351  .481    9   6.9  3(+1)e11  196  
 C   Kevin Brown          25   38   97   11   23   7   0   0   11   0   0    9   27  .237  .302  .309    9   3.1  4(+1)e1  -109  
 C   Tom Prince           33   22   50    6   12   4   2   0    6   0   0    5   12  .240  .333  .400    7   4.4  3(-1)e1   195  
 C   Benito Santiago      33    9   24    3    7   4   0   0    4   0   0    1    6  .292  .308  .458    2   3.7  4(+3)e1   -50  
 C   Bobby Estalella      23    6   21    3    2   0   0   2    5   0   0    0    8  .095  .095  .381    0   1.1  3(+2)e3  -153  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           851                   -8

     * - 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  Juan Guzman          31  15  10  .600  30  30   3   0   0   0   0  210.0  187  117  106  29   91  169  4.54  113   4.8  -33  
  P  Pat Hentgen          29  12   6  .667  28  28   4   0   0   0   0  172.1  184   99   84  26   67   88  4.39  105   5.5  -80  
  P  Roger Clemens        35  12  11  .522  30  30   9   0   0   0   2  231.2  180   95   92  12  102  251  3.57   91   3.6   10  
  P  Chris Carpenter      23  11   9  .550  29  28   2   0   0   0   0  170.2  159   94   90  19   71  135  4.75   89   4.7  -45  
  P  Woody Williams       31  10   8  .556  23  23   5   0   0   0   0  168.1  145   70   66  25   63  107  3.53   79   4.3  -99  
  P  Mike Maddux          36   7   2  .778  49   0   0  16   4   2   0   57.0   53   17   17   3   22   23  2.68   25   4.1  -18  
  P  Scott Service        31   6   3  .667  50   0   0  44  26   7   0   57.1   43   11   10   3   16   72  1.57   19   3.0 -134  
  P  Kelvim Escobar       22   6   4  .600  26   8   1   4   0   1   1   79.2   76   39   36   6   39   67  4.07   40   4.5   -2  
  P *Yorkis Perez         30   4   2  .667  44   0   0  15   3   1   0   50.2   37   25   25   2   34   34  4.44   20   3.6  -62  
  P  Amaury Telemaco      24   4   3  .571   9   9   0   0   0   0   0   58.1   69   33   32   4   26   32  4.94   40   6.2   25  
  P  Ricky Bones          29   4   4  .500  42   0   0  13   3   3   0   58.1   52   19   15   5   14   36  2.31   21   3.3  -66  
  P *Scott Aldred         30   1   0 1.000  19   0   0   4   0   0   0   15.1   22    7    7   1    7    8  4.11   11   6.7   95  
  P  Carlos Almanzar      24   1   1  .500   8   0   0   5   0   0   0   15.0   16    4    4   1    8    8  2.40    8   4.7 -168  
  P  Brian Barber         25   1   2  .333  17   5   0   8   0   0   0   53.0   65   38   37  11   13   31  6.28   38   6.6   46  
  P  Paul Quantrill       29   0   1  .000  31   0   0  24   3   0   0   50.2   60   24   24   6   12   34  4.26   29   5.3   32  
  P *Greg Cadaret         36   0   1  .000   8   0   0   5   2   0   0    9.1    4    2    2   1    4    8  1.93    2   2.1 -346  
  P  Bob Wolcott          24   0   1  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    4.2    9    6    6   3    2    0 11.57    8  16.7  485  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      745        -37

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Matt Walbeck 862 95 106 726 46 3 3 .996 79 29 Kevin Brown 233 26 30 189 9 2 0 .990 31 9 Tom Prince 138 16 21 102 5 1 1 .991 8 3 Mark Dalesandro 131 14 18 109 4 1 0 .991 15 2 Benito Santiago 53 6 7 36 4 0 1 1.000 5 2 Bobby Estalella 46 5 6 26 1 1 0 .964 1 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Carlos Delgado 1244 137 145 1181 121 11 107 .992 9.42 Joe Carter 45 4 12 43 4 0 4 1.000 9.40 Brent Brede 28 3 4 28 2 0 4 1.000 9.64 Gary Gaetti 23 3 3 27 3 0 2 1.000 11.74 Felipe Crespo 21 2 4 16 2 0 6 1.000 7.71 Mark Dalesandro 7 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 11.57 Aaron Ledesma 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Craig Grebeck 675 75 83 153 232 8 51 .980 5.14 Aaron Ledesma 600 66 71 143 198 11 50 .969 5.12 Felipe Crespo 120 14 17 22 40 5 10 .925 4.65 Bip Roberts 65 7 15 21 17 0 4 1.000 5.26 Matt Walbeck 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Gaetti 982 108 119 76 144 3 7 .987 2.02 Bip Roberts 417 47 53 28 64 7 4 .929 1.98 Felipe Crespo 39 5 6 6 5 1 1 .917 2.52 Aaron Ledesma 22 2 4 0 3 1 0 .750 1.23 Mark Dalesandro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Craig Grebeck 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex S. Gonzalez 1386 154 158 239 486 15 112 .980 4.71 Craig Grebeck 58 6 9 9 16 1 3 .962 3.86 Aaron Ledesma 17 2 4 7 2 0 0 1.000 4.76 Felipe Crespo 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shannon Stewart 1122 125 132 211 6 6 2 .973 1.74 Jose Cruz, Jr. 212 22 30 33 1 0 0 1.000 1.45 Felipe Crespo 90 11 13 16 0 1 0 .941 1.59 Brent Brede 18 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Joe Carter 18 2 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 Bip Roberts 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Moises Alou 1329 147 153 382 18 6 3 .985 2.71 Shannon Stewart 79 9 13 25 1 0 0 1.000 2.97 Shawn Green 35 3 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.31 Jose Cruz, Jr. 17 2 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24 Felipe Crespo 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bip Roberts 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shawn Green 1292 144 147 268 10 8 2 .972 1.94 Jose Cruz, Jr. 143 16 16 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.76 Felipe Crespo 9 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 Mark Dalesandro 8 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bip Roberts 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 Joe Carter 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Shannon Stewart 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1998 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Moises Alou
Round 2 (#26):	Juan Guzman
Round 3 (#49):	Gary Gaetti
Round 3 (#57):	Scott Service
Round 3 (#68):	Aaron Ledesma
Round 4 (#72):	Matt Walbeck
Round 5 (#95):	Mike Maddux
Round 6 (#116):	Bip Roberts
Round 7 (#133):	Yorkis Perez
Round 8 (#146):	Joe Carter
Round 9 (#157):	Bob Hamelin
Round 10 (#165):	Bobby Estalella
Round 11 (#171):	Scott Aldred
Round 12 (#176):	Felipe Crespo

Transactions

• 1998-01: acquired Brian Barber as a free agent
• 1998-14: acquired Greg Cadaret as a free agent
• 1998-19: traded TOA#3 to NYA for Homer Bush
• 1998-20: traded Woody Williams to SDN for Amaury Telemaco, SDN#3
• 1998-22: released Bob Hamelin
• 1998-22: acquired Brent Brede as a free agent
• 1998-24: released Bobby Estalella
• 1998-24: acquired Bob Wolcott as a free agent
• 1998 postseason: released Scott Service

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