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1978 Toronto Blue Jays  (1977)  (1979) 52-110, 6th in AL Eastern Division Scored 593 runs, Allowed 869 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-111 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .684 Park Factor: Batting - 94 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 54-108   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 59-102 Manager(s): Thomas Treece

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Sal Bando            34  155  582   76  161  22   6  15   81   1   0   59   59  .277  .347  .412   83   5.1  2e18      -51  
 OF *Roy Howell           24  147  520   62  146  34   4  10   57   0   0   41   71  .281  .332  .419   70   4.9  4(+2)e16   50  
 SS  Bob Bailor           26  159  674   71  171  30  13   2   43   3   3   42   27  .254  .306  .346   70   3.6  4e33        3  
 OF  Rick Bosetti         24  149  566   61  151  28   2   5   33   2   1   26   56  .267  .299  .350   58   3.7  2(-1)e6     4  
 1B *John Mayberry        29  138  518   50  124  13   2  16   69   1   2   50   42  .239  .311  .365   58   3.8  2e9       -69  
 2B  Dave Cash            30  150  546   52  124  17   2   5   45   3   2   25   27  .227  .260  .293   36   2.2  3e12      -53  
 DH *John Milner          28   94  315   25   81  13   0   5   31   0   0   27   22  .257  .316  .346   34   3.9            -70  
 C  #Alan Ashby           27   84  241   22   63  11   0   7   27   1   1   26   32  .261  .332  .394   31   4.5  3(-1)e2   -28  
 OF *Sam Ewing            29   23   62   16   23   1   0  15   28   0   0    5    5  .371  .418 1.113   28  19.1  4(+2)e16 1003  
 OF *Bernie Carbo         30   87  222   26   57   5   0   3   20   1   1   31   43  .257  .349  .320   25   4.1  4(-2)e16  -95  
 1B *Willie Upshaw        21   51  145   18   42   6   3   0   12   2   3   18   17  .290  .368  .372   19   4.9  4e30      139  
 C   Rick Cerone          24   99  269   16   51   6   0   2   22   0   0   25   35  .190  .262  .234   18   2.2  3(-1)e7   -86  
 OF *Al Woods             24   81  228   22   43   9   3   2   20   2   1   20   24  .189  .259  .281   16   2.3  4(+2)e8  -102  
 OF  Paul Blair           34   82  138   12   38   9   1   0   13   1   1    8   16  .275  .315  .355   14   3.7  1(-2)e5   175  
 DH  Doug Ault            28   48  112   13   25   2   0   3    7   0   0   20   15  .223  .356  .321   13   3.9            -31  
 SS  Jim Anderson         21   53  116   11   20  10   0   0    8   0   0   15   16  .172  .267  .259    8   2.2  3e38        0  
 UT  Jose Baez            24   21   54    8   14   4   2   0   12   0   0    4    5  .259  .310  .407    7   4.7            268  
 OF *Henry Cruz           26   29   72    5   15   5   0   1    6   0   0    7    6  .208  .272  .319    6   3.0  3(-1)e7   -52  
 SS #Dave McKay           28   19   64    7   16   1   2   1    4   0   0    2   15  .250  .273  .375    6   3.1  4e34       29  
 2B  Garth Iorg           23   11   34    1   12   1   0   0    1   0   1    3    3  .353  .421  .382    5   6.3  4e30      422  
 2B  Tito Fuentes         34   15   47    7   14   4   0   0    5   0   0    0    6  .298  .298  .383    5   4.3  4e50      359  
 C  *Ron Hassey           25   27   68    6   10   2   0   3    8   1   0    3   10  .147  .183  .309    3   1.6  4(+1)e3   -48  
 2B *Rudy Meoli           27    9   28    4    3   0   1   0    3   0   0    4    5  .107  .219  .179    1   1.4  4e56      -32  
 SS #Vic Harris           28    7   14    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    3  .071  .188  .143    0   1.0  4e48     -120  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                           625                   -4

     * - 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  Jim Clancy           22  10  15  .400  29  29   7   0   0   0   3  189.1  186  105   94  17   99  106  4.47  100   4.8  -12  
  P *Geoff Zahn           32   8  18  .308  37  37   5   0   0   0   0  247.1  306  162  138  24   91  103  5.02  157   5.7   67  
  P  Jim Bibby            33   6   5  .545  21  14   2   3   0   0   0  102.1  109   54   48  12   30   64  4.22   60   5.3   45  
  P  Tom Murphy           32   5   2  .714  52   0   0  20   1   5   0   65.0   49   14   14   4    9   28  1.94   17   2.5 -178  
  P  Jesse Jefferson      29   5  13  .278  27  27   6   0   0   0   0  172.1  164  103   95  27   72   73  4.96   93   4.8  -38  
  P  Dave Lemanczyk       27   4  12  .250  35  13   0  10   0   0   0  115.0  128   83   77  16   61   60  6.03   81   6.3  -62  
  P *Jim Crawford         27   3   4  .429  28   0   0  10   0   2   0   42.2   61   26   24   4   13   19  5.06   34   7.4   90  
  P  Tom Hausman          25   3   5  .375   9   9   0   0   0   0   0   57.0   71   37   35  12   11   21  5.53   38   6.1   52  
  P  Jim Willoughby       29   3   8  .273  60   0   0  26   3   4   0   84.0   95   43   38  12   11   36  4.07   42   4.6   48  
  P *Mike Willis          27   2   6  .250  60   3   0  28   4   0   0   90.1  104   65   56  14   47   38  5.58   70   7.0   54  
  P  Mike Parrott         23   2   6  .250  25  10   0   5   0   0   0   84.1  109   40   36   6   30   41  3.84   51   5.5  -67  
  P  Victor Cruz          20   1   1  .500  32   0   0  25  16   1   0   40.2   22    8    6   1   37   47  1.33   12   2.7   32  
  P  Andy Messersmith     32   0   1  .000   7   4   0   1   0   0   0   20.2   19   13   12   4   14   18  5.23   14   6.1 -134  
  P  Rick Williams        25   0   2  .000   6   1   0   2   0   0   0   13.1   23   11   11   0    2    4  7.43   10   7.3   96  
  P *Jerry Garvin         22   0  12  .000  34  15   1  11   0   3   0  122.2  199  105   99  24   38   51  7.26  119   8.7   63  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      905          9

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Rick Cerone 759 85 97 435 59 4 5 .992 66 38 Alan Ashby 533 59 69 298 37 5 2 .985 51 19 Ron Hassey 155 18 23 104 14 0 0 1.000 21 11 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Mayberry 1201 134 137 1205 109 10 122 .992 9.84 Willie Upshaw 118 13 16 110 9 2 11 .983 9.08 Doug Ault 62 8 10 66 5 0 11 1.000 10.31 John Milner 35 4 5 29 5 0 4 1.000 8.83 Sal Bando 31 3 8 34 3 0 2 1.000 10.74 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Dave Cash 1226 134 149 380 447 7 93 .992 6.07 Garth Iorg 62 8 8 27 15 0 4 1.000 6.10 Rudy Meoli 55 7 8 25 18 3 7 .935 7.04 Jose Baez 38 4 8 15 11 2 5 .929 6.16 Tito Fuentes 38 6 7 6 7 0 3 1.000 3.08 Dave McKay 26 3 3 9 8 0 4 1.000 5.88 Paul Blair 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Sal Bando 1320 149 153 113 320 19 25 .958 2.95 Jose Baez 68 8 11 3 14 0 2 1.000 2.25 Roy Howell 37 3 9 2 11 1 2 .929 3.16 Bob Bailor 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Rudy Meoli 8 1 1 1 4 0 0 1.000 5.62 Paul Blair 6 0 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bob Bailor 941 107 114 245 255 21 72 .960 4.78 Jim Anderson 335 35 51 83 118 4 31 .980 5.41 Dave McKay 137 16 16 32 33 1 6 .985 4.27 Vic Harris 33 4 4 10 13 1 3 .958 6.27 Paul Blair 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Woods 453 50 56 95 9 2 3 .981 2.07 Bernie Carbo 283 33 36 74 2 2 0 .974 2.42 Roy Howell 274 34 35 57 1 3 0 .951 1.91 Bob Bailor 198 20 34 45 1 4 0 .920 2.09 Rick Bosetti 124 15 17 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 Henry Cruz 42 3 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Sam Ewing 29 3 6 7 0 1 0 .875 2.17 John Milner 20 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Willie Upshaw 17 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 Paul Blair 8 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Rick Bosetti 1104 126 132 265 13 11 1 .962 2.27 Paul Blair 245 24 44 62 8 0 0 1.000 2.57 Al Woods 39 5 6 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.60 Bob Bailor 28 3 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 Henry Cruz 22 3 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 Bernie Carbo 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Willie Upshaw 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Howell 688 80 82 163 2 4 0 .976 2.16 Bob Bailor 219 26 30 54 5 7 3 .894 2.43 Bernie Carbo 127 15 18 24 2 1 0 .963 1.84 Henry Cruz 124 15 17 35 0 3 0 .921 2.54 Paul Blair 123 10 22 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.05 Sam Ewing 58 8 9 12 0 1 0 .923 1.86 Al Woods 49 5 7 16 1 0 1 1.000 3.12 Rick Bosetti 47 2 17 11 0 1 0 .917 2.11 John Milner 9 1 2 2 0 1 0 .667 2.00 Vic Harris 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft

Round 1 (#6):	Jim Bibby
Round 2 (#24):	Ron Hassey
Round 3 (#42):	John Milner
Round 4 (#64):	Bernie Carbo
Round 5 (#85):	Jim Willoughby
Round 6 (#106):	Rick Williams
Round 7 (#124):	Paul Blair

Transactions

• 1978-01: traded Tom Underwood to SEA for Tom Hausman
• 1978-01: acquired Jim Crawford as a free agent
• 1978-02: acquired Jim Anderson as a free agent
• 1978-03: acquired Henry Cruz as a free agent
• 1978-04: traded Garth Iorg, Dave McKay to SEA for Mike Parrott, Jose Baez
• 1978-11: acquired Rudy Meoli as a free agent
• 1978-11: released Henry Cruz
• 1978-14: released Rudy Meoli
• 1978-14: acquired Tito Fuentes as a free agent
• 1978-19: released Jim Crawford
• 1978-19: acquired Andy Messersmith as a free agent
• 1978-21: released Tito Fuentes
• 1978-21: acquired Vic Harris as a free agent
• 1978 postseason: released Doug Ault, Sal Bando

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