1978 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1978  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Exhibition Stadium
City Toronto
Record59–102 (.364)
Divisional place7th
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Roy Hartsfield
Television CBC Television
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Tom McKee)
CBFT
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Radio CKFH
(Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
  1977 Seasons 1979  

The 1978 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's second season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 59 wins and 102 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1978 season. [1]

October 1977

October 25Released Phil Roof.
October 31Purchased Joe Henderson from the Cincinnati Reds.

November 1977

November 11Signed free agent Luis Gómez from the Minnesota Twins to a contract.

December 1977

December 5Selected Willie Upshaw from the New York Yankees in the 1977 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 6Acquired Tom Underwood and Víctor Cruz from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Vuckovich and a player to be named later (John Scott on December 16, 1977).
December 8Acquired Pat Kelly and Butch Alberts from the California Angels for Ron Fairly.
Purchased Tommy Hutton from the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 1978

January 1Acquired Mike Cosgrove from the Cleveland Indians in an unknown transaction.
January 16Signed free agent Mark DeJohn of the New York Mets to a contract.

February 1978

February 15Signed free agent Luis Meléndez from the San Diego Padres to a contract.
February 25Purchased Steve Grilli from the Detroit Tigers.

March 1978

March 14Signed Charlie Puleo as an amateur free agent.
March 15Acquired Rico Carty from the Cleveland Indians for Dennis DeBarr.
Acquired Rick Bosetti from the St. Louis Cardinals for Tom Bruno and cash.
March 18Released Doug Rader.
March 22Released Jerry Johnson.
March 23Acquired Mickey Scott from the California Angels for Mike Cosgrove.
March 25Acquired Sheldon Mallory from the Oakland Athletics for Steve Staggs.
March 27Released Héctor Torres.
Selected Larry Demery off of waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
March 29Released Joe Henderson.
Purchased Mike Stanton from the Houston Astros.
March 31Signed free agent Dave Wallace from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract.
Returned Larry Demery to the Pittsburgh Pirates following previous waiver transaction.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100630.61355–2645–37
Boston Red Sox 99640.607159–2340–41
Milwaukee Brewers 93690.57454–2739–42
Baltimore Orioles 90710.559951–3039–41
Detroit Tigers 86760.53113½47–3439–42
Cleveland Indians 69900.4342942–3627–54
Toronto Blue Jays 591020.3664037–4422–58

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–79–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–98–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–88–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–85–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–54–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–46–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–64–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–43–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–38–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–813–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–133–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–34–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1978 regular season. [2]

April 1978

April 4Purchased John Mayberry from the Kansas City Royals.
April 10Released Mark DeJohn.
April 11Purchased Don Kirkwood from the Chicago White Sox.
April 13Purchased Balor Moore from the California Angels.
April 28Acquired Tim Johnson from the Milwaukee Brewers for Tim Nordbrook.

May 1978

May 13Signed free agent Tom Buskey from the Texas Rangers as a free agent.
May 22Purchased Joe Coleman from the Oakland Athletics.

July 1978

July 20Sold player rights of Tommy Hutton to the Montreal Expos.

August 1978

August 15Acquired Willie Horton and Phil Huffman from the Oakland Athletics for Rico Carty.

September 1978

September 12Acquired Mark Wiley from the San Diego Padres for Andy Dyes.
September 12Purchased Dale Mohorcic from the Victoria Mussels of the Northwest League.

Roster

1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1978 Game Log 59–102 (Home 37–44, Away 22–58)
April 8–13 (Home 4–7, Away 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
April 6@ Tigers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for April 7
1April 7@ Tigers 6–2 Fidrych (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–1)52,5280–1
2April 8@ Tigers 5–2 Garvin (1–0) Slaton (0–1) Willis (1)12,4131–1
3April 9@ Tigers 8–4 Billingham (1–0) Underwood (0–1) Faucault (1)9,1691–2
4April 11@ White Sox 9–5 Kravec (1–0) Jefferson (0–1) Torrealba (1)3,3471–3
5April 12@ White Sox 5–4 Stone (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–2) LaGrow (2)5,7421–4
6April 14 Tigers 10–8 Kirkwood (1–0) Wilcox (0–1) Murphy (1)35,7612–4
7April 15 Tigers 6–3 Billingham (2–0) Willis (0–1) Faucault (2)15,0242–5
8April 16 Tigers 4–3 Crawford (1–0) Clancy (0–1)17,0882–6
9April 17 Royals 3–1 Gura (1–0) Jefferson (0–2) Hrabosky (3)10,1692–7
10April 18 Royals 5–0 Splittorff (3–0) Lemanczyk (0–3)10,2182–8
11April 19 Yankees 4–3 Murphy (1–0) Gossage (0–3)13,3063–8
April 20 Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 20
12April 21 White Sox 11–2 Barrios (1–1) Underwood (0–2) LaGrow (3)10,1083–9
13April 22 White Sox 4–2 Clancy (1–1) Wood (0–3) Willis (2)44,3274–9
14April 23 White Sox 4–0 Jefferson (1–2) Stone (1–1)17,4275–9
15April 24 Indians 4–2 Hood (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–4) Kern (1)10,7765–10
16April 25 Indians 6–5 Garland (2–2) Garvin (1–1) Kinney (2)11,3485–11
17April 26@ Royals 3–1 Murphy (2–0) Splittorff (4–1)19,5456–11
18April 27@ Royals 8–7 Moore (1–0) Bird (1–1) Willis (3)17,4227–11
19April 28@ Angels 5–4 Miller (1–0) Jefferson (1–3) LaRoche (5)16,5757–12
20April 29@ Angels 5–0 Ryan (1–1) Lemanczyk (0–5)24,3547–13
21April 30@ Angels 9–3 Garvin (2–1) Knapp (3–2)27,3678–13
May 9–18 (Home 7–7, Away 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 2@ Athletics 2–1 Keough (2–0) Underwood (0–3) Sosa (4)5,6638–14
23May 3@ Athletics 11–3 Broberg (4–0) Clancy (1–2) Lacey (2)2,5128–15
24May 5@ Mariners 9–1 Honeycutt (2–3) Jefferson (1–4)4,8248–16
25May 6@ Mariners 6–0 Mitchell (2–3) Lemanczyk (0–6)7,5898–17
26May 7@ Mariners 9–7 Romo (3–0) Willis (0–2)12,4898–18
May 8 Athletics Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 21
27May 9 Athletics 4–0 Underwood (1–3) Broberg (4–1)11,3399–18
28May 10 Athletics 3–1 Clancy (2–2) Langford (0–2)21,76610–18
29May 12 Mariners 8–3 Jefferson (2–4) Rawley (0–3)11,51811–18
30May 13 Mariners 9–6 Pole (3–4) Lemanczyk (0–7) Romo (3)21,35011–19
May 14 Mariners Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 24
31May 15 Angels 10–6 Moore (2–0) Hartzell (0–3)11,29512–19
32May 16 Angels 5–4 Willis (1–2) Aase (2–2) Murphy (2)12,04413–19
May 17@ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 5
33May 18@ Orioles 5–3 Flanagan (4–3) Clancy (2–3)4,25513–20
34May 19 Yankees 11–3 Tidrow (2–3) Jefferson (2–5)26,02513–21
35May 20 Yankees 10–8 Lemanczyk (1–7) Clay (0–2)30,55014–21
36May 21 Yankees 2–1 Figueroa (5–1) Underwood (1–4) Gossage (6)14–22
37May 21 Yankees 9–1 Clay (1–2) Garvin (2–2)41,30814–23
38May 22 Red Sox 5–4 Ripley (1–3) Clancy (2–4) Stanley (3)25,05414–24
39May 23 Red Sox 2–1 (12) Jefferson (3–5) Campbell (2–4)14,57815–24
40May 24 Red Sox 8–2 Torrez (6–2) Lemanczyk (1–8)28,82515–25
41May 25 Red Sox 9–5 Eckersley (4–1) Underwood (1–5) Drago (4)17,19715–26
42May 26@ Yankees 4–3 Lyle (3–1) Garvin (2–3)24,17115–27
43May 27@ Yankees 4–1 Clancy (3–4) Figueroa (5–2) Murphy (3)56,07816–27
44May 28@ Yankees 5–3 Guidry (7–0) Jefferson (3–6)41,53416–28
45May 28@ Yankees 6–5 (13) Gossage (3–4) Murphy (2–1)42,34416–29
46May 29@ Red Sox 5–4 Torrez (7–2) Underwood (1–6)25,93516–30
47May 30@ Red Sox 4–0 Eckersley (5–1) Garvin (2–4)25,85316–31
48May 31@ Red Sox 6–2 Clancy (4–4) Lee (7–2)27,94517–31
June 9–17 (Home 6–8, Away 3–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 2 Rangers 3–1 Jefferson (4–6) Matlack (5–6)25,27318–31
50June 3 Rangers 4–3 Underwood (2–6) Umbarger (2–5) Murphy (4)32,02119–31
51June 4 Rangers 9–5 Ellis (4–2) Lemanczyk (1–9) Comer (1)28,37419–32
June 7@ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 25
June 7@ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 11
52June 9@ Brewers 3–2 (10) Caldwell (6–3) Murphy (2–2)9,95919–33
53June 10@ Brewers 5–0 Travers (3–2) Garvin (2–5)25,88919–34
54June 11@ Brewers 2–1 Sorensen (8–4) Underwood (2–7)19–35
55June 11@ Brewers 5–4 Stein (2–1) Murphy (2–3)21,56819–36
June 12 Twins Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 13
56June 13 Twins 2–0 Goltz (3–4) Moore (2–1) Marshall (8)19–37
57June 13 Twins 7–2 Zahn (6–4) Clancy (4–5)14,48919–38
58June 14 Brewers 7–5 Castro (2–0) Murphy (2–4)19–39
59June 14 Brewers 5–0 Augustine (6–8) Garvin (2–6)28,34619–40
60June 16@ Rangers 8–3 Underwood (3–7) Ellis (5–3)20–40
61June 16@ Rangers 5–2 Jefferson (5–6) Moret (0–1) Murphy (5)20,66021–40
62June 17@ Rangers 13–2 Jenkins (7–3) Clancy (4–6)30,03321–41
63June 18@ Rangers 3–2 Cleveland (2–3) Murphy (2–5)24,64521–42
64June 20 Tigers 4–3 (13) Hiller (6–3) Willis (1–3)31,62521–43
65June 21 Tigers 10–8 Crawford (2–2) Kirkwood (1–1) Foucault (4)29,43921–44
66June 23@ Indians 8–3 Waits (5–7) Jefferson (5–7)6,51421–45
67June 24@ Indians 12–3 Paxton (4–4) Clancy (4–7)7,17621–46
68June 25@ Indians 2–1 Moore (3–1) Clyde (4–3) Cruz (1)22–46
69June 25@ Indians 3–2 Wise (5–10) Garvin (2–7) Monge (2)21,95922–47
70June 26 Orioles 24–10 Underwood (4–7) Flanagan (11–5)16,18423–47
71June 27 Orioles 6–2 Lemanczyk (2–9) Palmer (10–6) Cruz (2)24–47
72June 27 Orioles 9–8 Cruz (1–0) Stanhouse (1–5)38,56325–47
73June 28 Orioles 3–2 Clancy (5–7) McGregor (8–6) Murphy (6)28,39226–47
74June 30 Indians 3–0 Wise (6–10) Garvin (2–8)16,12926–48
July 13–18 (Home 7–7, Away 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
75July 1 Indians 9–3 Underwood (5–7) Hood (4–4) Cruz (3)19,27727–48
76July 2 Indians 2–0 Waits (6–8) Lemanczyk (2–10) Kern (7)27–49
77July 2 Indians 3–1 Jefferson (6–7) Freisleben (0–2)28,30528–49
78July 3@ Tigers 6–5 Wilcox (5–7) Murphy (2–6)21,59728–50
79July 4@ Tigers 9–2 Moore (4–1) Morris (1–4)11,91329–50
80July 5@ Orioles 3–1 Flanagan (12–5) Garvin (2–9)29–51
81July 5@ Orioles 8–6 Kerrigan (1–0) Murphy (2–7)9,88629–52
82July 6@ Orioles 2–0 Lemanczyk (3–10) Palmer (10–7) Willis (4)14,92630–52
83July 7@ White Sox 3–2 Coleman (4–0) Hinton (1–2) Cruz (4)18,64331–52
84July 8@ White Sox 3–0 Clancy (6–7) Kravec (7–6) Willis (5)23,64832–52
85July 9@ White Sox 5–3 Stone (7–6) Underwood (5–8) Willoughby (11)16,49332–53
86July 13@ Angels 5–0 Aase (7–4) Lemanczyk (3–11)16,62532–54
87July 14@ Angels 3–2 (11) Miller (4–0) Willis (1–4)20,33832–55
88July 15@ Athletics 3–2 Sosa (6–2) Underwood (5–9)6,86332–56
89July 16@ Athletics 8–5 Sosa (7–2) Willis (1–5) Heaverlo (7)3,75332–57
90July 17@ Athletics 5–3 Johnson (7–5) Garvin (2–10)12,41432–58
91July 18@ Mariners 13–12 (10) Murphy (3–7) Pole (4–11)6,88133–58
92July 19@ Mariners 6–2 Honeycutt (3–5) Jefferson (6–8) Montague (2)7,43433–59
93July 21 Athletics 7–2 Renko (4–4) Moore (4–2)33–60
94July 21 Athletics 5–4 Murphy (4–7) Lacey (6–5) Cruz (5)21,05034–60
95July 22 Athletics 7–3 Clancy (7–7) Johnson (7–6)21,02835–60
96July 23 Athletics 5–3 Langford (3–7) Garvin (2–11) Heaverlo (8)23,15335–61
97July 24 Mariners 1–0 Honeycutt (4–5) Lemanczyk (3–12)35–62
98July 24 Mariners 7–2 Colborn (2–8) Jefferson (6–9) Romo (9)16,29135–63
99July 25 Mariners 4–2 Abbott (4–7) Underwood (5–10)14,10335–64
100July 26@ Twins 5–1 Moore (5–2) Goltz (9–7)6,01436–64
101July 27@ Twins 6–3 Perzanowski (1–0) Clancy (7–8)18,28536–65
102July 28 Brewers 3–2 (11) Cruz (2–0) Castro (3–2)17,06037–65
103July 29 Brewers 4–3 Lemanczyk (4–12) Sorensen (12–8) Cruz (6)25,03738–65
104July 30 Brewers 10–5 Stein (3–2) Murphy (4–8)21,51138–66
105July 31 Tigers 8–7 (14) Coleman (5–0) Sykes (5–5)18,03239–66
August 16–14 (Home 10–3, Away 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1 Tigers 3–2 Slaton (11–8) Clancy (7–9)19,26539–67
107August 4@ Royals 5–4 Cruz (3–0) Hrabosky (4–5)35,06440–67
108August 5@ Royals 5–3 Gura (9–2) Lemanczyk (4–13) Mingori (6)34,17940–68
109August 6@ Royals 12–5 Gale (13–3) Moore (5–3)35,40440–69
110August 7 Orioles 2–1 Clancy (8–9) Martínez (8–9)19,18441–69
111August 8 Orioles 5–3 Underwood (6–10) Flanagan (14–10) Cruz (7)19,05242–69
112August 9 White Sox 8–0 Jefferson (7–9) Stone (9–8)24,28243–69
113August 10 White Sox 7–3 Garvin (3–11) Wood (10–10) Cruz (8)15,50844–69
114August 11 Royals 9–8 (10) Hrabosky (5–5) Cruz (3–1)20,60244–70
115August 12 Royals 5–2 Clancy (9–9) Splittorff (13–10)23,13245–70
116August 13 Royals 3–2 (10) Willis (2–5) Hrabosky (5–6)30,27046–70
117August 15@ Brewers 9–1 Augustine (11–11) Lemanczyk (4–14)46–71
August 15@ Brewers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 16
118August 16@ Brewers 8–1 Caldwell (15–7) Jefferson (7–10)46–72
119August 16@ Brewers 3–2 Rodríguez (4–5) Moore (5–4) McClure (8)16,92046–73
120August 17@ Brewers 6–0 Travers (8–7) Clancy (9–10)18,82946–74
121August 18@ Twins 4–3 (10) Holly (1–1) Murphy (4–9)4,59946–75
122August 19@ Twins 5–0 Serum (7–5) Garvin (3–12)10,74546–76
123August 20@ Twins 6–2 Kirkwood (2–1) Perzanowski (2–5) Murphy (7)11,68547–76
124August 21 Rangers 8–6 Murphy (5–9) Umbarger (4–8)16,00148–76
125August 22 Rangers 3–1 Clancy (10–10) Medich (7–7) Cruz (9)17,49249–76
126August 23@ Tigers 4–3 (12) Cruz (4–1) Rozema (6–8)50–76
127August 23@ Tigers 5–4 Garvin (4–12) Sykes (6–6) Willis (6)26,63151–76
128August 24@ Tigers 5–2 Wilcox (11–8) Moore (5–5)13,31451–77
129August 25 Twins 7–3 Kirkwood (3–1) Serum (7–6) Willis (7)15,20652–77
130August 26 Twins 4–3 (10) Cruz (5–1) Zahn (9–13)25,60153–77
131August 27 Twins 3–2 (11) Marshall (7–11) Willis (2–6)22,02353–78
132August 28@ Rangers 11–3 Comer (7–3) Underwood (6–11) Barker (4)7,40053–79
133August 29@ Rangers 4–1 Moore (6–5) Matlack (12–11)9,48354–79
134August 30@ Red Sox 2–1 Eckersley (16–5) Kirkwood (3–2)54–80
135August 30@ Red Sox 7–6 Cruz (6–1) Stanley (12–2)32,82555–80
September 4–21 (Home 3–12, Away 1–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1 Angels 6–4 Hartzell (6–8) Jefferson (7–11) LaRoche (19)16,75755–81
137September 2 Angels 2–0 Tanana (17–9) Clancy (10–11)21,09955–82
138September 3 Angels 3–1 Knapp (14–7) Underwood (6–12)20,05455–83
139September 4 Indians 5–4 Paxton (10–8) Moore (6–6)14,36455–84
140September 5 Indians 6–2 Waits (11–13) Kirkwood (3–3)11,06055–85
141September 6 Brewers 7–0 Sorensen (16–10) Jefferson (7–12)21,39055–86
142September 7 Brewers 5–4 Cruz (7–1) McClure (2–5)12,09256–86
143September 8 Orioles 5–4 Briles (4–4) Underwood (6–13) Stanhouse (22)14,15556–87
144September 9 Orioles 4–0 McGregor (14–12) Moore (6–7)29,25556–88
145September 11@ Indians 6–4 Waits (12–13) Jefferson (7–13)56–89
146September 11@ Indians 7–1 Kirkwood (4–3) Wise (9–19)3,35657–89
September 12@ Indians Postponed (rain)Not rescheduled
147September 15@ Orioles 8–3 Palmer (19–12) Cruz (7–2)4,00057–90
148September 16@ Orioles 11–1 Martínez (14–11) Jefferson (7–14)10,26357–91
149September 17@ Orioles 5–0 Flanagan (18–13) Kirkwood (4–4)4,43657–92
150September 20 Yankees 8–1 Willis (3–6) Guidry (22–3)58–92
151September 20 Yankees 3–2 Gossage (10–10) Cruz (7–3)38,08058–93
152September 21 Yankees 7–1 Hunter (11–5) Moore (6–8) Gossage (24)28,65358–94
153September 22 Red Sox 5–4 Murphy (6–9) Hassler (3–5)22,17259–94
154September 23 Red Sox 3–1 Tiant (11–8) Jefferson (7–15)30,05959–95
155September 24 Red Sox 7–6 (14) Drago (4–4) Buskey (0–1)33,61859–96
156September 26@ Yankees 4–1 Figueroa (19–9) Underwood (6–14) Gossage (25)20,53559–97
157September 27@ Yankees 5–1 Hunter (12–5) Willis (3–7)20,05259–98
158September 28@ Yankees 3–1 Guidry (24–3) Moore (6–9)30,48059–99
159September 29@ Red Sox 11–0 Stanley (15–2) Clancy (10–12)29,62659–100
160September 30@ Red Sox 5–1 Eckersley (20–8) Jefferson (7–16)32,65959–101
October 0–1 (Home 0–0, Away 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1@ Red Sox 5–0 Tiant (13–8) Kirkwood (4–5)29,20159–102

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PosPlayerGABRH2B3BAvg.HRRBISB
C Rick Cerone 88282256382.2233200
1B John Mayberry 15251551129152.25022701
2B Dave McKay 14550459120208.2387454
3B Roy Howell 14055167149283.2708610
SS Luis Gómez 153413399273.2230322
LF Al Woods 622201953123.2413251
CF Rick Bosetti 13656861147255.2595426
RF Bob Bailor 15462174164297.2641525
DH Rico Carty 10438751110160.28420681

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BAvgHRRBISB
Alan Ashby 812642769150.2619291
Otto Vélez 912482966142.2669381
Willie Upshaw 95224265382.2371174
Tommy Hutton 64173194490.254291
Willie Horton 33122122560.2053190
Doug Ault 54104102511.240370
Tim Johnson 687991920.241030
Sam Ewing 405631000.179290
Garth Iorg 19493800.163030
Gary Woods 8191310.158001
Butch Alberts 6181510.278000
Brian Milner 293401.444020
Ernie Whitt 240000.000000
Tim Nordbrook 701000----000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSIPWLERARERBBK
Jesse Jefferson 3130211.27164.381091038697
Tom Underwood 3130197.26144.101059087139
Jim Clancy 3130193.210124.09968891106
Jerry Garvin 2622144.24125.5492894867
Dave Lemanczyk 2920136.24146.2697956762

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSIPWLERARERBBK
Balor Moore 3718144.1694.9385795475
Don Kirkwood 16968.0454.2436322529

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVERARERBBK
Víctor Cruz 3247.17391.711093551
Mike Willis 44100.23774.5655513952
Tom Murphy 5094.06973.9343413736
Joe Coleman 3160.22004.6034313028
Dave Wallace 614.00003.8666117
Tom Buskey 813.10103.385557
Mark Wiley 22.20006.752212

Awards and honours

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Vern Benson
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Denis Menke
A-Short Season Utica Blue Jays New York–Penn League Duane Larson
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League John McLaren

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Notes

  1. "1978 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
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