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1996 Toronto Blue Jays  (1995)  (1997) 65-97, 4th in AL Eastern Division Scored 715 runs, Allowed 936 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 60-102 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .679 Park Factor: Batting - 97 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 66-96   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 74-88 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Ed Sprague           28  144  549   80  146  25   3  37  103   0   0   42  132  .266  .329  .525   98   6.5  3e17       32  
 1B *Carlos Delgado       24  141  481   60  131  31   2  22   78   0   0   52  126  .272  .350  .482   81   5.9  4e26      -11  
 OF #Otis Nixon           37  143  529   97  156  18   6   0   37  63  17   65   59  .295  .370  .352   76   4.9  2(+2)e3    18  
 2B #Luis Alicea          30  111  383   61  112  40   5   9   50   8   6   33   72  .292  .358  .493   68   6.3  4e37      120  
 1B *John Olerud          27  131  402   50  111  23   0  15   44   2   1   53   46  .276  .371  .445   66   5.8  3e4       -38  
 OF  Joe Carter           36  159  627   60  136  24   5  25   73   7   2   32  101  .217  .262  .391   57   3.0  4(+1)e11 -129  
 OF *Shawn Green          23  133  438   46  113  33   3   7   54   3   3   27   69  .258  .304  .395   52   4.2  4(-3)e3   -90  
 SS  Alex S. Gonzalez     23  146  482   53  101  28   3   9   44   8   9   47  131  .210  .284  .336   45   3.0  2e23      -70  
 2B #Tomas Perez          22   97  295   34   76  14   4   0   28   1   4   20   21  .258  .305  .332   29   3.3  2e25       -6  
 OF  Juan Samuel          35   68  187   30   42  10   3   8   25   4   1   12   58  .225  .301  .439   25   4.6  4(+2)e16  -36  
 C   Don Slaught          37   67  189   24   58   8   0   6   20   0   0   14   12  .307  .355  .444   25   4.9  4(+3)e3    16  
 C   Benito Santiago      31   33  118   24   33   3   0  13   31   2   0   10   28  .280  .336  .636   25   7.8  2(-2)e2   136  
 2B  Alvaro Espinoza      34   37  117   16   45   8   2   4   18   0   0    3   14  .385  .400  .590   24   8.3  4e41      244  
 OF  Robert Perez         27   85  197   20   58   7   0   0   14   1   0   10   20  .294  .330  .330   21   4.0  3(-1)e6  -100  
 C  *Sandy Martinez       23   84  234   19   52   9   2   0   18   0   0   18   66  .222  .292  .278   19   2.8  4(-2)e5   -50  
 C   Jayhawk Owens        27   34   92   14   30   4   0   5   13   2   1    9   26  .326  .386  .533   19   8.4  4(0)e9    214  
 OF #Chuck Carr           28   47  100   16   33   7   3   1    6   7   4    8   15  .330  .380  .490   18   6.6  1(0)e5    183  
 SS  Tilson Brito         24   32   88    7   20   4   0   1   11   0   1    9   23  .227  .300  .307    8   3.2  3e40     -100  
 OF *Tony Tarasco         25    8   27    1    9   3   0   1    5   1   1    1    6  .333  .357  .556    5   7.2  4(-2)e6   306  
 1B #Felipe Crespo        23   15   30    2    6   2   0   0    3   0   0    6   12  .200  .368  .267    3   3.7  4e25       -5  
 OF  Shannon Stewart      22    5   10    1    2   2   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .200  .200  .400    0   2.7  3(+1)e25  142  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           774                   -9

     * - 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  Pat Hentgen          27  17  15  .531  33  33  13   0   0   0   2  261.2  238  116  103  38   80  168  3.54  122   4.2   13  
  P  Erik Hanson          31   8  19  .296  31  31   2   0   0   0   0  173.1  214  136  122  23   88  137  6.33  130   6.7    7  
  P  Paul Quantrill       27   7   7  .500  26  19   5   5   0   0   1  140.0  164   81   78  29   43   92  5.01   97   6.3  -87  
  P  Ben McDonald         28   6  19  .240  32  32   3   0   0   0   1  208.1  246  149  137  41   79  130  5.92  149   6.5   68  
  P  Roger Clemens        33   4   2  .667   7   7   1   0   0   0   0   51.0   47   18   15   3   26   51  2.65   23   4.0  -27  
  P  Toby Borland         27   4   2  .667  53   0   0  36   3   2   0   78.2   70   40   39  13   48   56  4.46   45   5.2    3  
  P  Kevin Gross          35   4  10  .286  20  20   0   0   0   0   0  113.0  145   87   83  16   47   61  6.61   82   6.6  -22  
  P  Marty Janzen         23   3   1  .750  49   0   0  19   0   2   0  105.0  170  116   98  18   57   61  8.40  112   9.5   -1  
  P  Woody Williams       29   3   1  .750  37   0   0  12   1   6   0   65.1   84   54   49  12   28   53  6.75   54   7.6   82  
  P *Huck Flener          27   3   5  .375  49   0   0  25   2   1   0   62.2   54   30   27   3   38   34  3.88   30   4.4  -75  
  P  Don Wengert          26   3   5  .375  12  12   0   0   0   0   0   60.2   88   49   42  10   33   26  6.23   55   8.2    3  
  P  Tim Crabtree         26   2   7  .222  43   0   0  35  23   6   0   51.0   42   17   16   3   13   53  2.82   17   3.1  -56  
  P  Juan Guzman          29   1   2  .333   4   4   1   0   0   0   0   33.2   35   18   18   4    3   23  4.81   16   4.4   53  
  P *Paul Spoljaric       25   0   0  .000  13   0   0   4   2   2   0   12.1   17    9    9   3    9    4  6.57   14  10.9  277  
  P  Jeff Ware            25   0   2  .000   5   4   0   1   1   0   0   21.1   23   16   16   2   18    7  6.75   17   7.7  -85  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      969          3

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Sandy Martinez 579 65 73 440 22 0 3 1.000 9 8 Don Slaught 409 47 59 302 19 4 0 .988 49 9 Jayhawk Owens 228 26 31 170 9 1 0 .994 8 3 Benito Santiago 222 24 28 168 11 1 3 .994 2 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- John Olerud 942 106 114 906 88 2 88 .998 9.50 Joe Carter 182 20 24 159 15 0 19 1.000 8.60 Carlos Delgado 152 17 18 141 7 3 18 .980 8.74 Felipe Crespo 68 8 9 68 6 1 8 .987 9.84 Benito Santiago 49 6 6 51 5 0 7 1.000 10.29 Juan Samuel 23 2 6 31 3 0 0 1.000 13.50 Alvaro Espinoza 19 2 4 20 2 1 3 .957 10.42 Jayhawk Owens 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 .500 4.50 Chuck Carr 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tomas Perez 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Alicea 770 88 92 219 249 15 60 .969 5.47 Tomas Perez 464 51 62 128 189 5 36 .984 6.15 Alvaro Espinoza 165 19 23 45 64 5 16 .956 5.95 Tilson Brito 39 4 5 16 15 0 6 1.000 7.22 Felipe Crespo 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ed Sprague 1216 137 139 84 195 9 21 .969 2.07 Tomas Perez 203 23 25 22 26 9 5 .842 2.12 Alvaro Espinoza 17 2 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.18 Tilson Brito 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 Juan Samuel 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex S. Gonzalez 1221 139 143 235 403 14 100 .979 4.70 Tilson Brito 184 21 23 29 54 4 13 .954 4.06 Alvaro Espinoza 19 1 8 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.41 Tomas Perez 13 1 5 2 5 1 3 .875 4.72 Juan Samuel 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Joe Carter 1199 136 139 219 13 6 3 .975 1.74 Robert Perez 147 17 25 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.14 John Olerud 35 4 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.51 Juan Samuel 34 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 Otis Nixon 12 0 10 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.73 Shawn Green 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Chuck Carr 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Otis Nixon 1143 131 133 288 19 1 3 .997 2.42 Chuck Carr 221 23 39 72 1 0 0 1.000 2.97 Tony Tarasco 29 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.17 Shannon Stewart 21 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 Juan Samuel 13 1 4 1 0 1 0 .500 0.69 Robert Perez 11 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shawn Green 1057 120 129 252 8 0 2 1.000 2.21 Robert Perez 265 30 38 74 2 1 1 .987 2.58 Juan Samuel 54 5 12 8 0 2 0 .800 1.33 Tony Tarasco 26 3 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 Otis Nixon 24 2 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.59 Shannon Stewart 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Tomas Perez 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Chuck Carr 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1996 Draft

Round 1 (#11):	Ben McDonald
Round 2 (#30):	Otis Nixon
Round 3 (#54):	Don Slaught
Round 3 (#70):	Juan Samuel
Round 4 (#76):	Alvaro Espinoza
Round 5 (#99):	Toby Borland
Round 6 (#117):	Chuck Carr
Round 7 (#131):	Luis Alicea

Transactions

• 1996-05: traded Juan Guzman to OAA for Don Wengert, OAA#2
• 1996-20: traded Kevin Gross, TOA#2 to BOA for Roger Clemens
• 1996-20: traded TOA#3 to SDN for Benito Santiago
• 1996-24: acquired Tony Tarasco as a free agent
• 1996 postseason: released Felipe Crespo, Erik Hanson, Tony Tarasco

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