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1979 Toronto Blue Jays  (1978)  (1980) 64-98, 6th in AL Eastern Division Scored 675 runs, Allowed 858 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 62-100 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .690 Park Factor: Batting - 96 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 69-93   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 53-109 Manager(s): Alan Boodman

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *John Mayberry        30  130  412   62  132  18   0  27   84   0   1   54   37  .320  .402  .561   94   8.7  2e8       129  
 SS #Alfredo Griffin      21  158  635   79  185  28   7   1   58  18  13   46   62  .291  .344  .362   80   4.3  2e38       10  
 3B *Roy Howell           25  145  523   54  125  32   2  11   63   0   1   53   94  .239  .316  .371   63   4.1  3e25      -28  
 DH *John Milner          29  101  324   54   78  10   8  15   41   0   0   61   43  .241  .358  .460   54   5.7            -30  
 OF  Garry Maddox         29   92  363   47  106  19   5  14   57   7   1   12   41  .292  .320  .488   54   5.5  1(-2)e2    79  
 OF  Rick Bosetti         25  130  525   55  143  20   3   7   45   9   5   11   54  .272  .288  .362   51   3.4  2(-1)e13    3  
 3B  Jim Anderson         22   68  228   40   73  21   1   8   40   0   0   24   23  .320  .388  .526   47   8.0  3e37      266  
 OF *Al Woods             25  119  395   50  100  16   2   7   37   2   1   48   33  .253  .332  .357   47   4.1  4(+2)e12  -33  
 OF  Barry Bonnell        25   65  245   34   64  15   1  11   35   3   1   14   43  .261  .304  .465   33   4.8  2(-2)e6    34  
 2B  Greg Pryor           29   92  354   34   88   8   1   1   29   0   1   27   24  .249  .302  .285   30   2.9  3e10      -92  
 2B  Dave Cash            31   69  185   25   57   6   1   1   20   7   4   16    8  .308  .363  .368   24   4.7  4e25      -50  
 C  *Ron Hassey           26   73  217   18   56  18   0   0   21   0   1   23   21  .258  .328  .341   24   3.8  3(+1)e6   -74  
 1B  Kurt Bevacqua        32   73  232   27   53  16   0   0   27   1   4   35   35  .228  .327  .297   24   3.4  4e30      -37  
 C   Rick Cerone          25   65  251   20   47  14   3   3   25   0   0   21   25  .187  .248  .303   17   2.1  3(-1)e8  -101  
 OF  Bob Bailor           27   68  216   28   45  12   2   0   19   2   4   15   14  .208  .263  .282   14   2.1  3(0)e5    -40  
 2B #Derrel Thomas        28   40  144   17   34   4   2   1   13   1   1   15   20  .236  .309  .312   14   3.2  3e30      -58  
 OF  Paul Dade            27   36   99   13   24   4   2   1   11   4   2    9   13  .242  .303  .354   11   3.7  3(-1)e15  -29  
 C  *Brad Gulden          23   18   53    5    8   5   0   0    3   0   0    7    4  .151  .246  .245    3   2.0  3(0)e1     47  
 OF *Dan Briggs           26    8   29    5    6   1   1   1    3   1   0    0    7  .207  .258  .414    3   4.0  2(-1)e13   38  
 C  *Jerry Narron         23   22   55    4    8   1   1   2    9   0   0    3   11  .145  .183  .309    2   1.2  4(0)e5    -42  
 2B  Danny Ainge          20   25   84    3   14   1   0   0    9   0   0    0   18  .167  .165  .179    2    .9  4e19     -211  
 OF *Joe Cannon           25    6   16    1    4   1   0   0    0   0   0    0    4  .250  .250  .312    1   2.6  2(-1)e9    92  
 SS  Damaso Garcia        22    2    8    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   2.2  4e52      -53  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                           702                    0

     * - 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 *Geoff Zahn           33  12   8  .600  36  21   3   5   1   0   0  177.1  198   91   77  12   46   81  3.91   85   4.2  -27  
  P  Mike Parrott         24  12  13  .480  38  32   8   4   0   0   0  234.1  260  140  118  25   66  132  4.53  140   5.4   25  
  P  Jim Bibby            34  10   6  .625  31  15   5  11   1   2   1  144.1  131   59   51  14   62   99  3.18   68   4.2   64  
  P  Dave Lemanczyk       28   9   7  .562  36  21   0   9   0   1   0  155.2  149   74   60  15   48   68  3.47   73   4.1  -18  
  P  Len Barker           24   5   8  .385  32  18   2   6   0   1   1  141.2  132   74   61   7   66  104  3.88   67   4.2  -69  
  P  Jim Clancy           23   4   1  .800  25   6   1   6   0   0   0   63.2   63   44   34   9   35   39  4.81   39   5.5  -18  
  P  Tom Buskey           32   4   7  .364  50   0   0  39  19   6   0   82.0   78   31   28   6   33   48  3.07   36   4.0  -33  
  P  Dave Stieb           21   4  14  .222  24  18   4   5   1   0   1  130.1  133   84   70   9   62   48  4.83   72   5.0  -24  
  P  Rick Williams        26   3  14  .176  45  11   1  22   4   6   0  116.1  136   83   66  13   43   38  5.11   73   5.6  101  
  P  Phil Huffman         21   1   7  .125  15  12   1   2   0   0   1   72.2   93   58   54  14   24   13  6.69   52   6.4  -16  
  P *Jerry Garvin         23   0   0  .000   7   0   0   1   0   0   0    9.0    8    6    4   1    7    5  4.00    4   4.1   80  
  P *Guy Hoffman          22   0   0  .000   4   0   0   2   1   0   0    6.2    6    5    4   0    5    5  5.40    3   4.8   57  
  P *Mike Willis          28   0   1  .000   9   0   0   3   0   0   0   10.2   17   14   12   1    8    6 10.13   12  10.2   71  
  P  Tom Hausman          26   0   3  .000  16   0   0  12   5   2   0   30.0   27   15    9   2   15    9  2.70   15   4.7   82  
  P  Fred Howard          22   0   4  .000  23   3   0  10   0   0   0   51.2   74   56   51   7   30   25  8.88   53   9.5  146  
  P  Butch Edge           22   0   5  .000   6   5   0   0   0   0   0   27.2   38   24   22   4   16    9  7.16   27   9.1   80  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 26                                                                                      826         11

     * - 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 577 65 65 308 33 12 1 .966 65 20 Ron Hassey 570 63 70 344 45 6 2 .985 86 36 Jerry Narron 154 16 22 91 8 4 2 .961 26 6 Brad Gulden 149 18 18 82 11 0 2 1.000 22 6 Jim Anderson 4 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Mayberry 981 104 126 995 88 6 76 .994 9.93 Kurt Bevacqua 454 56 57 424 34 8 46 .983 9.09 John Milner 18 2 4 24 0 0 2 1.000 12.00 Ron Hassey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Greg Pryor* 1053 112 125 343 332 8 76 .988 5.77 Dave Cash 277 34 37 78 63 8 14 .946 4.59 Derrel Thomas* 265 27 36 104 84 9 12 .954 6.38 Danny Ainge 178 22 23 66 54 3 16 .976 6.07 Kurt Bevacqua 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Bob Bailor* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roy Howell 1284 141 145 144 252 26 27 .938 2.78 Bob Bailor* 194 23 24 28 43 3 4 .959 3.29 Paul Dade* 164 16 22 25 31 3 5 .949 3.07 Barry Bonnell* 158 17 20 13 27 4 1 .909 2.27 Jim Anderson 116 14 14 12 26 4 2 .905 2.95 Greg Pryor* 32 4 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.12 Kurt Bevacqua 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alfredo Griffin 1417 158 158 296 497 47 88 .944 5.04 Jim Anderson 21 2 2 5 7 0 1 1.000 5.14 Damaso Garcia 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Greg Pryor 8 1 1 2 3 0 1 1.000 5.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Al Woods 936 114 116 176 4 11 1 .942 1.73 Barry Bonnell* 265 27 32 53 0 1 0 .981 1.80 Paul Dade* 94 7 22 18 2 0 0 1.000 1.91 Rick Bosetti 40 3 9 6 0 1 0 .857 1.34 Derrel Thomas* 30 4 4 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.10 John Milner 29 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 Bob Bailor* 20 1 8 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 Kurt Bevacqua 16 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Dan Briggs 14 1 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.93 Garry Maddox* 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 Joe Cannon 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Garry Maddox* 1006 112 113 304 12 0 0 1.000 2.83 Rick Bosetti 890 98 99 285 15 3 3 .990 3.03 Barry Bonnell* 28 2 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.60 Dan Briggs 14 2 2 2 0 1 0 .667 1.29 Derrel Thomas* 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Bob Bailor* 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Derrel Thomas* 692 77 79 164 5 0 2 1.000 2.20 Bob Bailor* 522 58 61 112 9 3 0 .976 2.08 Paul Dade* 395 47 48 103 4 4 1 .964 2.44 Barry Bonnell* 275 31 31 55 3 1 2 .983 1.90 Garry Maddox* 247 26 28 77 4 1 0 .988 2.96 Rick Bosetti 186 21 21 48 3 3 1 .944 2.47 Joe Cannon 34 4 4 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.38 Dan Briggs 24 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#2):	Alfredo Griffin
Round 2 (#22):	Len Barker
Round 3 (#39):	Derrel Thomas
Round 4 (#60):	Kurt Bevacqua
Round 5 (#76):	Paul Dade

Transactions

• 1979-01: acquired Dan Briggs as a free agent
• 1979-09: traded Tom Hausman, Derrel Thomas, Paul Dade to CHA for Garry Maddox, Greg Pryor, Fred Howard, Guy Hoffman
• 1979-13: traded Bob Bailor to ATN for Barry Bonnell
• 1979-17: traded Rick Cerone, Jesse Jefferson, Phil Huffman to NYA for Damaso Garcia, Brad Gulden, Jerry Narron
• 1979 postseason: released Tom Buskey

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