1979 TORONTO BLUE JAYS

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Location: Toronto,ON
Team Record: 53-109 .327
Result: 7th in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Roy Hartsfield
General Manager: Pat Gillick
Stadium: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 1,431,651
Playoffs: Did not qualify

Toronto Blue Jays affiliate history

Oldest Player: Rico Carty (39)
Youngest Player: Pedro Hernandez (20)
Longest Tenure: Rick Cerone, Alvis Woods, Roy Howell, Dave McKay, Jerry Garvin, Dave Lemanczyk, Jim Clancy, Jesse Jefferson, Otto Velez, Bob Bailor, Mike Willis, Tom Murphy (3)
Top Hitter: Alfredo Griffin (25)
Top Pitcher: Tom Underwood (23)
Top Draft Pick: Jay Schroeder (#3)

Roster Continuity: 78.61%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Baltimore	102	57	.642	--
Milwaukee	95	66	.590	8.0
Boston	91	69	.569	11.5
NY Yankees	89	71	.556	13.5
Detroit	85	76	.528	18.0
Cleveland	81	80	.503	22.0
Toronto	53	109	.327	50.5

BATTING STATISTICS

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Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
4	Alfredo Griffin	ss	25	21	UDFA: 1974	MLB	153	624	81	179	22	10	2	31	21	16	40	59	5	0	16	4	10	.287	.333	.364	697	227	689	491	82	4.5	.312
22	Rick Bosetti	of	38	25	1973-7-114	MLB	162	619	59	161	35	2	8	65	13	12	22	70	3	0	6	7	17	.260	.286	.362	648	224	657	500	65	3.5	.279
13	Roy Howell	3b	63	25	1972-1-4	MLB	138	511	60	126	28	4	15	72	1	4	42	91	6	4	1	3	12	.247	.310	.405	715	207	563	405	67	4.4	.272
9	Rick Cerone	c	59	25	1975-1-7	MLB	136	469	47	112	27	4	7	61	1	4	37	40	1	1	3	4	5	.239	.294	.358	652	168	514	373	58	4.2	.246
10	John Mayberry	1b	51	30	1967-1-6	MLB	137	464	61	127	22	1	21	74	1	1	69	60	5	7	1	2	10	.274	.372	.461	833	214	541	351	88	6.8	.275
21	Rico Carty	of	-	39	UDFA: 1960	MLB	132	461	48	118	26	0	12	55	3	1	46	45	1	4	0	4	21	.256	.322	.390	713	180	512	369	62	4.5	.260
20	Alvis Woods	of	-	25	1972-2-35	MLB	132	436	57	121	24	4	5	36	6	4	40	28	1	0	7	4	7	.278	.337	.385	722	168	488	337	67	5.3	.285
1	Bob Bailor	of-ss	72	27	UDFA: 1970	MLB	130	414	50	95	11	5	1	38	14	8	36	27	6	2	4	5	6	.229	.297	.287	585	119	465	342	41	3.2	.240
2	Danny Ainge	2b-3b	-	20	1977-15-389	MLB	87	308	26	73	7	1	2	19	1	0	12	58	2	1	7	2	8	.237	.269	.286	554	88	331	252	20	2.1	.284
19	Otto Velez	of	-	28	UDFA: 1970	MLB	99	274	45	79	21	0	15	48	0	1	46	45	3	2	2	0	8	.288	.396	.529	925	145	325	206	62	8.1	.299
11	Luis Gomez	ss	-	27	1973-7-155	MLB	59	163	11	39	7	0	0	11	1	0	6	17	0	0	2	0	7	.239	.266	.282	548	46	171	133	11	2.2	.267
39	Dave McKay	2b-3b	-	29	UDFA: 1971	MLB	47	156	19	34	9	0	0	12	1	1	7	19	1	0	5	0	5	.218	.256	.276	532	43	169	133	10	2.0	.248
30	J.J. Cannon	of	-	25	1974-1-16	MLB	61	142	14	30	1	1	1	5	12	2	1	34	0	0	3	0	2	.211	.217	.254	470	36	146	119	5	1.1	.271
27	Tony Solaita	1b	-	32	-	MLB	36	102	14	27	8	1	2	13	0	0	17	16	0	0	0	2	2	.265	.364	.422	785	43	121	79	18	6.3	.291
8	Bob Davis	c	-	27	1970-6-121	MLB	32	89	6	11	2	0	1	8	0	0	6	15	1	0	5	0	7	.124	.187	.180	367	16	101	90	-1	-0.4	.137
17	Tim Johnson	ss-2b	-	29	UDFA: 1967	MLB	43	86	6	16	2	1	0	6	0	1	8	15	0	0	2	0	2	.186	.255	.233	488	20	96	75	4	1.3	.225
5	Craig Kusick	1b	-	30	UDFA: 1980	MLB	24	54	3	11	1	0	2	7	0	0	7	7	1	0	0	1	2	.204	.302	.333	635	18	63	46	6	3.4	.196
5	Bob Robertson	1b	-	32	UDFA: 1964	MLB	15	29	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.103	.187	.207	394	6	32	26	0	0.1	.105
35	Ted Wilborn	of	-	20	1976-4-88	MLB	22	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.077	.000	77	0	14	14	-	-	.000
5	Bobby Brown	of	-	25	UDFA: 1978	MLB	4	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.167	.000	167	0	12	10	0	-1.3	.000
29	Pedro Hernandez	3b-of	-	20	1998-15-438	MLB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (21 players)							162	5423	613	1362	253	34	95	562	75	56	448	663	36	21	65	38	131	.251	.311	.363	674	1968	6010	4351	658	4.1	.269

PITCHING STATISTICS

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Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
24	Tom Underwood	23	25	UDFA: 1985	MLB	9	16	3.69	33	32	12	1	0	0	227.0	213	113	93	23	95	127	11	0	1.36	8.44	0.91	3.77	5.04	0.75	.275	0.89
47	Phil Huffman	47	21	1977-2-36	MLB	6	18	5.77	31	31	2	1	0	0	173.0	220	130	111	25	68	56	5	3	1.66	11.45	1.30	3.54	2.91	1.21	.303	0.76
23	Dave Lemanczyk	53	28	1972-16-380	MLB	8	10	3.71	22	20	11	3	1	0	143.0	137	65	59	12	45	63	11	0	1.27	8.62	0.76	2.83	3.97	0.71	.275	1.56
38	Balor Moore	-	28	1969-1-22	MLB	5	7	4.84	34	16	5	0	9	0	139.1	135	85	75	17	79	51	8	1	1.54	8.72	1.10	5.10	3.29	1.55	.264	1.06
37	Dave Stieb	-	21	1978-5-106	MLB	8	8	4.31	18	18	7	1	0	0	129.1	139	70	62	11	48	52	3	1	1.45	9.67	0.77	3.34	3.62	0.92	.291	1.66
34	Jesse Jefferson	-	30	1968-4-70	MLB	2	10	5.51	34	10	2	0	12	1	116.0	150	75	71	19	45	43	2	0	1.68	11.64	1.47	3.49	3.34	1.05	.331	1.15
25	Dave Freisleben	69	27	1971-5-96	MLB	2	3	4.95	42	2	0	0	26	3	91.0	101	57	50	5	53	35	6	1	1.69	9.99	0.49	5.24	3.46	1.51	.316	1.14
40	Mark Lemongello	-	23	UDFA: 1979	MLB	1	9	6.29	18	10	2	0	5	0	83.0	97	64	58	14	34	40	2	0	1.58	10.52	1.52	3.69	4.34	0.85	.307	0.84
44	Tom Buskey	59	32	UDFA: 1969	MLB	6	10	3.43	44	0	0	0	40	7	78.2	74	33	30	10	25	44	3	0	1.26	8.47	1.14	2.86	5.03	0.57	.263	1.40
18	Jim Clancy	-	23	1974-4-74	MLB	2	7	5.51	12	11	2	0	0	0	63.2	65	44	39	8	31	33	2	0	1.51	9.19	1.13	4.38	4.66	0.94	.288	0.83
16	Butch Edge	-	22	1974-1-6	MLB	3	4	5.23	9	9	1	0	0	0	51.2	60	32	30	6	24	19	4	0	1.63	10.45	1.05	4.18	3.31	1.26	.289	1.27
32	Jackson Todd	-	27	1973-2-38	MLB	0	1	5.85	12	1	0	0	7	0	32.1	40	26	21	7	7	14	2	0	1.45	11.13	1.95	1.95	3.90	0.50	.292	1.83
33	Mike Willis	-	28	1972-20-479	MLB	0	3	8.44	17	1	0	0	7	0	26.2	35	27	25	1	16	8	3	0	1.91	11.81	0.34	5.40	2.70	2.00	.354	0.84
36	Jerry Garvin	-	23	1974-1-11	MLB	0	1	2.78	8	1	0	0	0	0	22.2	15	9	7	2	10	14	0	1	1.10	5.96	0.79	3.97	5.56	0.71	.217	1.38
45	Tom Murphy	-	33	1967-1-6	MLB	1	2	5.40	10	0	0	0	5	0	18.1	23	11	11	1	8	6	0	0	1.69	11.29	0.49	3.93	2.95	1.33	.328	2.46
46	Dyar Miller	-	33	UDFA: 1968	MLB	0	0	10.57	10	0	0	0	5	0	15.1	27	18	18	3	5	7	2	0	2.09	15.85	1.76	2.93	4.11	0.71	--	0.64
5	Craig Kusick	-	30	UDFA: 1980	MLB	0	0	4.91	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0.82	7.36	2.45	0.00	0.00	--	.154	0.57
45	Steve Grilli	-	30	UDFA: 1978	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.43	3.86	0.00	0.00	3.86	0.00	.167	0.50
46	Steve Luebber	-	29	1967-13-256	MLB	0	0	--	1	0	0	0	0	0	--	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--
Totals: (21 players)						53	109	4.85	162	162	44	6	118	11	1,417	1537	862	763	95	594	613	64	7	1.28	9.76	1.05	3.77	3.89	0.97	.307

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rick Cerone	C	136		560	68	13	10	.980	0.00
Bob Davis	C	32		114	11	2	1	.984	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
John Mayberry	1B	135		1192	74	6	129	.995	0.00
Craig Kusick	1B	20		163	15	4	14	.978	0.00
Bob Robertson	1B	9		54	7	0	6	1.000	0.00
Tim Johnson	1B	7		27	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Tony Solaita	1B	6		39	4	0	8	1.000	0.00
Otto Velez	1B	6		29	2	0	2	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny Ainge	2B	86		198	261	11	67	.977	0.00
Dave McKay	2B	46		119	148	7	37	.974	0.00
Tim Johnson	2B	25		62	52	5	21	.958	0.00
Luis Gomez	2B	20		29	38	2	10	.971	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy Howell	3B	133		108	290	20	28	.952	0.00
Luis Gomez	3B	22		21	37	0	9	1.000	0.00
Bob Bailor	3B	9		7	16	0	0	1.000	0.00
Tim Johnson	3B	9		2	16	2	1	.900	0.00
Dave McKay	3B	2		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Alfredo Griffin	SS	153		272	501	36	124	.956	0.00
Luis Gomez	SS	15		20	41	1	6	.984	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rick Bosetti	OF	162		466	18	13	4	.974	0.00
Alvis Woods	OF	127		251	10	9	2	.967	0.00
Bob Bailor	OF	118		210	16	3	2	.987	0.00
Otto Velez	OF	73		130	3	4	1	.971	0.00
J.J. Cannon	OF	50		81	5	0	1	1.000	0.00
Ted Wilborn	OF	7		7	0	1	0	.875	0.00
Bobby Brown	OF	4		8	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Tom Buskey	P	44	78	5	19	1	1	.960	2.76
Dave Freisleben	P	42	91	3	13	1	1	.941	1.58
Jesse Jefferson	P	34	116	10	22	4	1	.889	2.48
Balor Moore	P	34	139	4	22	4	1	.867	1.68
Tom Underwood	P	33	227	6	36	5	2	.894	1.67
Phil Huffman	P	31	173	7	30	0	0	1.000	1.92
Dave Lemanczyk	P	22	143	12	20	2	2	.941	2.01
Mark Lemongello	P	18	83	8	15	2	0	.920	2.49
Dave Stieb	P	18	129	12	31	1	1	.977	3.00
Mike Willis	P	17	26	1	5	0	0	1.000	2.06
Jim Clancy	P	12	63	1	11	0	0	1.000	1.71
Jackson Todd	P	12	32	6	3	0	0	1.000	2.52
Dyar Miller	P	10	15	2	1	0	0	1.000	1.79
Tom Murphy	P	10	18	3	5	0	1	1.000	3.98
Butch Edge	P	9	51	1	7	0	0	1.000	1.41
Jerry Garvin	P	8	22	1	1	0	1	1.000	0.81
Steve Grilli	P	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Craig Kusick	P	1	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Steve Luebber	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rico Carty	DH	129						.000	0.00
Tony Solaita	DH	26						.000	0.00
Otto Velez	DH	9						.000	0.00
Roy Howell	DH	4						.000	0.00
Bob Robertson	DH	4						.000	0.00
Ted Wilborn	DH	4						.000	0.00
Alvis Woods	DH	2						.000	0.00
Danny Ainge	DH	1						.000	0.00
Bob Bailor	DH	1						.000	0.00
Craig Kusick	DH	1						.000	0.00

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