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2008 Toronto Blue Jays  (2007)  (2009) 87-75, 3rd in AL Eastern Division Scored 778 runs, Allowed 763 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-79 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .698 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 98 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 85-77   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 86-76 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  Xavier Nady          29  130  503   75  153  35   1  23   82   0   1   50  102  .304  .374  .515   95   7.0  4(-1)e5    22  
 OF *Rick Ankiel          28  124  395   74  112  24   1  32   75   2   0   46  100  .284  .360  .592   83   7.7  3(-4)e13  109  
 OF  Alex Rios            27  142  560   78  156  46   8  10   62  23   6   35   97  .279  .323  .443   76   4.7  2(-3)e4   -32  
 SS #Cristian Guzman      30  138  543   79  153  28   4   9   53   4   5   24   65  .282  .316  .398   67   4.4  3e21      -72  
 OF  Vernon Wells         29  127  409   56  114  19   0  20   57   3   1   32   57  .279  .335  .472   61   5.1  2(-1)e5   -33  
 1B *Lyle Overbay         31  134  470   59  119  18   3  17   65   1   0   46  105  .253  .322  .413   59   4.3  2e5       -42  
 OF  Ben Francisco        26  111  342   60   95  17   3  16   45   4   1   35   80  .278  .352  .485   57   6.0  3(-1)e7    67  
 UT  Jose Bautista        27   91  307   39   74  15   0  16   45   0   1   26   82  .241  .304  .446   41   4.7             33  
 3B  Scott Rolen          33   96  329   35   70  15   0  14   52   4   1   39   48  .213  .311  .386   41   4.1  1e16      -84  
 OF *Adam Lind            24   90  303   35   83  25   3   7   38   0   1    8   48  .274  .293  .446   34   4.0  4(+1)e1   -16  
 C  #Gregg Zaun           37   99  215   28   63  15   0   4   27   0   0   24   34  .293  .357  .419   34   5.5  4(+1)e5    76  
 3B  Edwin Encarnacion    25   40  139   20   45  11   0   7   24   3   0   16   22  .324  .403  .554   32   8.9  4e27      150  
 2B *Ramon Vazquez        31   84  269   38   65  10   2   7   28   0   0   25   65  .242  .304  .372   30   3.7  3e4      -120  
 C   Michael Barrett      31   51  145   18   41   8   0   6   23   0   0   16   16  .283  .354  .462   23   5.5  4(+2)e1   244  
 2B  Aaron Hill           26   80  188   22   40  12   0   0   16   5   0   30   30  .213  .335  .277   20   3.4  2e4       -74  
 2B *Adam Kennedy         32   48  142   17   40   8   3   2   16   2   1    8   18  .282  .322  .423   17   4.3  3e16       53  
 SS  Ronny Cedeno         25   29   83   14   27   8   2   1    9   0   0    6   12  .325  .370  .506   15   7.3  4e24      196  
 OF *Travis Snider        20   20   68    9   24   6   0   2   13   0   0    6   20  .353  .405  .529   15   9.2  4(+2)e16  132  
 C   Wil Nieves           30   65  154   15   35   9   1   1   11   0   0    8   29  .227  .262  .318   11   2.4  3(+2)e4   -69  
 UT *Joe Inglett          30   26   57    7   12   2   0   3    6   0   0    6    9  .211  .292  .404    6   3.3            -67  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           825                    2

     * - 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  Jesse Litsch         23  14   7  .667  26  26   0   0   0   0   0  175.2  174   80   73  20   46   87  3.74   84   4.3  -46  
  P  Shaun Marcum         26  12   4  .750  20  20   6   0   0   0   1  148.1  122   54   47  15   46  124  2.85   56   3.4  -85  
  P  Andy Sonnanstine     25  12  11  .522  31  31   0   0   0   0   0  192.1  219  118  115  26   42  130  5.38  113   5.3  -10  
  P  Roy Halladay         31  12  12  .500  30  30  12   0   0   0   1  234.2  231  107   99  33   39  192  3.80  105   4.1   33  
  P  John Lackey          29   9   9  .500  24  24   3   0   0   0   0  163.0  203  112  106  49   35  130  5.85  123   6.8  118  
  P  Brian Moehler        36   7   4  .636  39   9   0  17   1   2   0  103.1  118   61   53  13   37   47  4.62   64   5.6  -23  
  P *Scott Downs          32   6   2  .750  54   0   0  24   6   6   0   67.2   50   16   14   3   32   53  1.86   23   3.0  -44  
  P *Jesse Carlson        27   5   4  .556  45   0   0  36  22   4   0   50.0   32   13   13   6   11   51  2.34   14   2.5  -87  
  P *Brian Tallet         30   4   5  .444  46   0   0  19   2   1   0   57.2   51   26   22   5   34   52  3.43   31   4.9  -14  
  P *B.J. Ryan            32   2   4  .333  47   0   0  23   6   1   0   60.1   44   28   23   8   22   59  3.43   21   3.1  -57  
  P  Dustin McGowan       26   2   6  .250  12  12   1   0   0   0   0   75.1   95   60   51  10   34   63  6.09   59   7.1   90  
  P *David Purcey         26   1   1  .500   5   5   1   0   0   0   0   33.2   32   20   20   3   20   29  5.35   20   5.4  -81  
  P  Brian Wolfe          27   1   1  .500  21   0   0   8   0   1   0   22.1   19   15   13   3    9   19  5.24   11   4.6   37  
  P  Brandon League       25   0   1  .000  23   0   0   8   1   0   0   34.0   27   18   18   4   19   27  4.76   14   3.8   -3  
  P  Scott Richmond       28   0   2  .000   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   29.2   46   26   23   6    5   18  6.98   29   8.6  133  
  P *Jimmy Gobble         26   0   2  .000   8   0   0   4   0   0   0   10.1   13    9    8   2    6   11  6.97   10   9.0   28  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      783          0

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gregg Zaun 617 67 93 507 25 3 3 .994 22 12 Wil Nieves 438 50 64 355 16 4 0 .989 36 5 Michael Barrett 403 45 51 319 13 2 3 .994 21 5 Xavier Nady 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lyle Overbay 1083 121 128 1145 111 4 100 .997 10.43 Jose Bautista 329 36 43 339 17 4 30 .989 9.74 Xavier Nady 37 4 6 45 2 0 4 1.000 11.43 Ramon Vazquez 8 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.75 Adam Kennedy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ramon Vazquez 493 55 62 110 159 2 32 .993 4.91 Aaron Hill 458 50 70 109 175 2 41 .993 5.58 Adam Kennedy 358 42 44 76 123 8 27 .961 5.00 Joe Inglett 77 8 13 8 32 1 7 .976 4.70 Ronny Cedeno 55 6 8 7 16 1 2 .958 3.76 Jose Bautista 18 1 6 3 6 1 1 .900 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Scott Rolen 807 89 94 26 183 8 12 .963 2.33 Jose Bautista 325 37 40 7 80 6 4 .935 2.41 Edwin Encarnacion 321 36 38 14 58 12 4 .857 2.02 Ramon Vazquez 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Ronny Cedeno 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Cristian Guzman 1176 129 138 146 456 14 86 .977 4.61 Ramon Vazquez 144 17 19 24 52 5 10 .938 4.76 Ronny Cedeno 128 15 18 22 45 3 9 .957 4.71 Aaron Hill 8 1 1 4 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 Adam Kennedy 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Ben Francisco 507 57 61 139 2 1 0 .993 2.50 Rick Ankiel 441 46 65 115 0 4 0 .966 2.35 Xavier Nady 219 24 24 47 2 1 0 .980 2.01 Adam Lind 184 22 23 39 1 0 0 1.000 1.96 Joe Inglett 51 5 7 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Travis Snider 41 5 5 15 0 0 0 1.000 3.29 Ronny Cedeno 8 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Vernon Wells 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vernon Wells 929 100 117 227 6 3 0 .987 2.26 Rick Ankiel 417 49 54 109 5 4 2 .966 2.46 Alex Rios 108 13 14 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.83 Joe Inglett 4 0 1 2 1 1 0 .750 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex Rios 1135 125 128 208 6 5 2 .977 1.70 Ben Francisco 283 32 33 44 2 0 0 1.000 1.46 Joe Inglett 17 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 Rick Ankiel 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Xavier Nady 8 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Travis Snider 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 1 (#10):	Xavier Nady
Round 4 (#79):	Wil Nieves
Round 5 (#98):	Adam Kennedy

Transactions

• 2008-12: acquired Michael Barrett as a free agent
• 2008-18: traded Scott Rolen to CIN for Edwin Encarnacion
• 2008-18: traded Adam Kennedy to OAA for Joe Inglett
• 2008-26: traded Scott Downs to CHN for CHN#3
• 2008-26: traded Aaron Hill, Brian Moehler to BAA for BAA#2
• 2008-26: traded John Lackey to BOA for BOA#2
• 2008 postseason: released Rick Ankiel, Joe Inglett, Andy Sonnanstine

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