1978 Toronto Blue Jays season

1978  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Record	59–102 (.364)
Divisional place	7th
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)
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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.

Offseason

Transactions

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

October 1977

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

November 1977

November 11

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

December 1977

December 5	Selected Willie Upshaw from the New York Yankees in the 1977 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 6	Acquired 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 8	Acquired Pat Kelly and Butch Alberts from the California Angels for Ron Fairly. Purchased Tommy Hutton from the Philadelphia Phillies.

January 1978

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

February 1978

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

March 1978

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

• Alan Ashby
• Bob Bailor
• Rick Bosetti
• Rico Carty
• Jerry Garvin
• Luis Gómez
• Roy Howell
• Tommy Hutton
• John Mayberry
• Dave McKay
• Dave Lemanczyk

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	100	63	.613	—	55‍–‍26	45‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	99	64	.607	1	59‍–‍23	40‍–‍41
Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	.574	6½	54‍–‍27	39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles	90	71	.559	9	51‍–‍30	39‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	86	76	.531	13½	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
Cleveland Indians	69	90	.434	29	42‍–‍36	27‍–‍54
Toronto Blue Jays	59	102	.366	40	37‍–‍44	22‍–‍58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–8	4–6	8–1	9–6	7–8	2–8	7–8	5–5	6–9	11–0	9–1	7–4	8–7
Boston	8–7	—	9–2	7–3	7–8	12–3	4–6	10–5	9–2	7–9	5–5	7–3	3–7	11–4
California	6–4	2–9	—	8–7	6–4	4–7	9–6	5–5	12–3	5–5	9–6	9–6	5–10	7–3
Chicago	1–8	3–7	7–8	—	8–2	2–9	8–7	4–7	8–7	1–9	7–8	7–8	11–4	4–6
Cleveland	6–9	8–7	4–6	2–8	—	5–10	5–6	5–10	5–5	6–9	4–6	8–1	1–9	10–4
Detroit	8–7	3–12	7–4	9–2	10–5	—	4–6	7–8	4–6	4–11	6–4	8–2	7–3	9–6
Kansas City	8–2	6–4	6–9	7–8	6–5	6–4	—	6–4	7–8	6–5	10–5	12–3	7–8	5–5
Milwaukee	8–7	5–10	5–5	7–4	10–5	8–7	4–6	—	4–7	10–5	9–1	5–5	6–4	12–3
Minnesota	5–5	2–9	3–12	7–8	5–5	6–4	8–7	7–4	—	3–7	9–6	6–9	6–9	6–4
New York	9–6	9–7	5–5	9–1	9–6	11–4	5–6	5–10	7–3	—	8–2	6–5	6–4	11–4
Oakland	0–11	5–5	6–9	8–7	6–4	4–6	5–10	1–9	6–9	2–8	—	13–2	6–9	7–4
Seattle	1–9	3–7	6–9	8–7	1–8	2–8	3–12	5–5	9–6	5–6	2–13	—	3–12	8–2
Texas	4–7	7–3	10–5	4–11	9–1	3–7	8–7	4–6	9–6	4–6	9–6	12–3	—	4–7
Toronto	7–8	4–11	3–7	6–4	4–10	6–9	5–5	3–12	4–6	4–11	4–7	2–8	7–4	—

Transactions

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

April 1978

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

May 1978

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

July 1978

July 20

Sold player rights of Tommy Hutton to the Montreal Expos.

August 1978

August 15

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

September 1978

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

Roster

1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 44 Tom Buskey 18 Jim Clancy 40,16 Joe Coleman 47 Víctor Cruz 36 Jerry Garvin 34 Jesse Jefferson 32 Don Kirkwood 23 Dave Lemanczyk 38 Balor Moore 45 Tom Murphy 24 Tom Underwood 46 Dave Wallace 21 Mark Wiley 33 Mike Willis		Catchers  8 Alan Ashby  9 Rick Cerone  3 Brian Milner 12 Ernie Whitt Infielders 25 Doug Ault 11 Luis Gómez 13 Roy Howell 16,17 Tim Johnson 29 Garth Iorg 10 John Mayberry 39 Dave McKay 16 Tim Nordbrook		Outfielders  1 Bob Bailor 22 Rick Bosetti  5 Sam Ewing 14 Tommy Hutton 26 Willie Upshaw 19 Otto Vélez 20 Alvis Woods 35 Gary Woods Other batters 14 Butch Alberts 20 Rico Carty 48 Willie Horton		Manager  7 Roy Hartsfield Coaches 31 Bobby Doerr (Hitting) 43 Don Leppert (First base) 15 Bob Miller (Pitching) 42 Jackie Moore (Third base) 41 Harry Warner (Bullpen)

Game log

1978 Game Log 59–102 (Home 37–44, Away 22–58)
April: 8–13 (Home 4–7, Away 4–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – April 6 @ Tigers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for April 7 1 April 7 @ Tigers 6–2 Fidrych (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–1) 52,528 0–1 2 April 8 @ Tigers 5–2 Garvin (1–0) Slaton (0–1) Willis (1) 12,413 1–1 3 April 9 @ Tigers 8–4 Billingham (1–0) Underwood (0–1) Faucault (1) 9,169 1–2 4 April 11 @ White Sox 9–5 Kravec (1–0) Jefferson (0–1) Torrealba (1) 3,347 1–3 5 April 12 @ White Sox 5–4 Stone (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–2) LaGrow (2) 5,742 1–4 6 April 14 Tigers 10–8 Kirkwood (1–0) Wilcox (0–1) Murphy (1) 35,761 2–4 7 April 15 Tigers 6–3 Billingham (2–0) Willis (0–1) Faucault (2) 15,024 2–5 8 April 16 Tigers 4–3 Crawford (1–0) Clancy (0–1) 17,088 2–6 9 April 17 Royals 3–1 Gura (1–0) Jefferson (0–2) Hrabosky (3) 10,169 2–7 10 April 18 Royals 5–0 Splittorff (3–0) Lemanczyk (0–3) 10,218 2–8 11 April 19 Yankees 4–3 Murphy (1–0) Gossage (0–3) 13,306 3–8 – April 20 Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 20 12 April 21 White Sox 11–2 Barrios (1–1) Underwood (0–2) LaGrow (3) 10,108 3–9 13 April 22 White Sox 4–2 Clancy (1–1) Wood (0–3) Willis (2) 44,327 4–9 14 April 23 White Sox 4–0 Jefferson (1–2) Stone (1–1) 17,427 5–9 15 April 24 Indians 4–2 Hood (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–4) Kern (1) 10,776 5–10 16 April 25 Indians 6–5 Garland (2–2) Garvin (1–1) Kinney (2) 11,348 5–11 17 April 26 @ Royals 3–1 Murphy (2–0) Splittorff (4–1) 19,545 6–11 18 April 27 @ Royals 8–7 Moore (1–0) Bird (1–1) Willis (3) 17,422 7–11 19 April 28 @ Angels 5–4 Miller (1–0) Jefferson (1–3) LaRoche (5) 16,575 7–12 20 April 29 @ Angels 5–0 Ryan (1–1) Lemanczyk (0–5) 24,354 7–13 21 April 30 @ Angels 9–3 Garvin (2–1) Knapp (3–2) 27,367 8–13
May: 9–18 (Home 7–7, Away 2–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 2 @ Athletics 2–1 Keough (2–0) Underwood (0–3) Sosa (4) 5,663 8–14 23 May 3 @ Athletics 11–3 Broberg (4–0) Clancy (1–2) Lacey (2) 2,512 8–15 24 May 5 @ Mariners 9–1 Honeycutt (2–3) Jefferson (1–4) 4,824 8–16 25 May 6 @ Mariners 6–0 Mitchell (2–3) Lemanczyk (0–6) 7,589 8–17 26 May 7 @ Mariners 9–7 Romo (3–0) Willis (0–2) 12,489 8–18 – May 8 Athletics Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 21 27 May 9 Athletics 4–0 Underwood (1–3) Broberg (4–1) 11,339 9–18 28 May 10 Athletics 3–1 Clancy (2–2) Langford (0–2) 21,766 10–18 29 May 12 Mariners 8–3 Jefferson (2–4) Rawley (0–3) 11,518 11–18 30 May 13 Mariners 9–6 Pole (3–4) Lemanczyk (0–7) Romo (3) 21,350 11–19 – May 14 Mariners Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 24 31 May 15 Angels 10–6 Moore (2–0) Hartzell (0–3) 11,295 12–19 32 May 16 Angels 5–4 Willis (1–2) Aase (2–2) Murphy (2) 12,044 13–19 – May 17 @ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 5 33 May 18 @ Orioles 5–3 Flanagan (4–3) Clancy (2–3) 4,255 13–20 34 May 19 Yankees 11–3 Tidrow (2–3) Jefferson (2–5) 26,025 13–21 35 May 20 Yankees 10–8 Lemanczyk (1–7) Clay (0–2) 30,550 14–21 36 May 21 Yankees 2–1 Figueroa (5–1) Underwood (1–4) Gossage (6) 14–22 37 May 21 Yankees 9–1 Clay (1–2) Garvin (2–2) 41,308 14–23 38 May 22 Red Sox 5–4 Ripley (1–3) Clancy (2–4) Stanley (3) 25,054 14–24 39 May 23 Red Sox 2–1 (12) Jefferson (3–5) Campbell (2–4) 14,578 15–24 40 May 24 Red Sox 8–2 Torrez (6–2) Lemanczyk (1–8) 28,825 15–25 41 May 25 Red Sox 9–5 Eckersley (4–1) Underwood (1–5) Drago (4) 17,197 15–26 42 May 26 @ Yankees 4–3 Lyle (3–1) Garvin (2–3) 24,171 15–27 43 May 27 @ Yankees 4–1 Clancy (3–4) Figueroa (5–2) Murphy (3) 56,078 16–27 44 May 28 @ Yankees 5–3 Guidry (7–0) Jefferson (3–6) 41,534 16–28 45 May 28 @ Yankees 6–5 (13) Gossage (3–4) Murphy (2–1) 42,344 16–29 46 May 29 @ Red Sox 5–4 Torrez (7–2) Underwood (1–6) 25,935 16–30 47 May 30 @ Red Sox 4–0 Eckersley (5–1) Garvin (2–4) 25,853 16–31 48 May 31 @ Red Sox 6–2 Clancy (4–4) Lee (7–2) 27,945 17–31
June: 9–17 (Home 6–8, Away 3–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 49 June 2 Rangers 3–1 Jefferson (4–6) Matlack (5–6) 25,273 18–31 50 June 3 Rangers 4–3 Underwood (2–6) Umbarger (2–5) Murphy (4) 32,021 19–31 51 June 4 Rangers 9–5 Ellis (4–2) Lemanczyk (1–9) Comer (1) 28,374 19–32 – June 7 @ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 25 – June 7 @ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 11 52 June 9 @ Brewers 3–2 (10) Caldwell (6–3) Murphy (2–2) 9,959 19–33 53 June 10 @ Brewers 5–0 Travers (3–2) Garvin (2–5) 25,889 19–34 54 June 11 @ Brewers 2–1 Sorensen (8–4) Underwood (2–7) 19–35 55 June 11 @ Brewers 5–4 Stein (2–1) Murphy (2–3) 21,568 19–36 – June 12 Twins Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 13 56 June 13 Twins 2–0 Goltz (3–4) Moore (2–1) Marshall (8) 19–37 57 June 13 Twins 7–2 Zahn (6–4) Clancy (4–5) 14,489 19–38 58 June 14 Brewers 7–5 Castro (2–0) Murphy (2–4) 19–39 59 June 14 Brewers 5–0 Augustine (6–8) Garvin (2–6) 28,346 19–40 60 June 16 @ Rangers 8–3 Underwood (3–7) Ellis (5–3) 20–40 61 June 16 @ Rangers 5–2 Jefferson (5–6) Moret (0–1) Murphy (5) 20,660 21–40 62 June 17 @ Rangers 13–2 Jenkins (7–3) Clancy (4–6) 30,033 21–41 63 June 18 @ Rangers 3–2 Cleveland (2–3) Murphy (2–5) 24,645 21–42 64 June 20 Tigers 4–3 (13) Hiller (6–3) Willis (1–3) 31,625 21–43 65 June 21 Tigers 10–8 Crawford (2–2) Kirkwood (1–1) Foucault (4) 29,439 21–44 66 June 23 @ Indians 8–3 Waits (5–7) Jefferson (5–7) 6,514 21–45 67 June 24 @ Indians 12–3 Paxton (4–4) Clancy (4–7) 7,176 21–46 68 June 25 @ Indians 2–1 Moore (3–1) Clyde (4–3) Cruz (1) 22–46 69 June 25 @ Indians 3–2 Wise (5–10) Garvin (2–7) Monge (2) 21,959 22–47 70 June 26 Orioles 24–10 Underwood (4–7) Flanagan (11–5) 16,184 23–47 71 June 27 Orioles 6–2 Lemanczyk (2–9) Palmer (10–6) Cruz (2) 24–47 72 June 27 Orioles 9–8 Cruz (1–0) Stanhouse (1–5) 38,563 25–47 73 June 28 Orioles 3–2 Clancy (5–7) McGregor (8–6) Murphy (6) 28,392 26–47 74 June 30 Indians 3–0 Wise (6–10) Garvin (2–8) 16,129 26–48
July: 13–18 (Home 7–7, Away 6–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 75 July 1 Indians 9–3 Underwood (5–7) Hood (4–4) Cruz (3) 19,277 27–48 76 July 2 Indians 2–0 Waits (6–8) Lemanczyk (2–10) Kern (7) 27–49 77 July 2 Indians 3–1 Jefferson (6–7) Freisleben (0–2) 28,305 28–49 78 July 3 @ Tigers 6–5 Wilcox (5–7) Murphy (2–6) 21,597 28–50 79 July 4 @ Tigers 9–2 Moore (4–1) Morris (1–4) 11,913 29–50 80 July 5 @ Orioles 3–1 Flanagan (12–5) Garvin (2–9) 29–51 81 July 5 @ Orioles 8–6 Kerrigan (1–0) Murphy (2–7) 9,886 29–52 82 July 6 @ Orioles 2–0 Lemanczyk (3–10) Palmer (10–7) Willis (4) 14,926 30–52 83 July 7 @ White Sox 3–2 Coleman (4–0) Hinton (1–2) Cruz (4) 18,643 31–52 84 July 8 @ White Sox 3–0 Clancy (6–7) Kravec (7–6) Willis (5) 23,648 32–52 85 July 9 @ White Sox 5–3 Stone (7–6) Underwood (5–8) Willoughby (11) 16,493 32–53 86 July 13 @ Angels 5–0 Aase (7–4) Lemanczyk (3–11) 16,625 32–54 87 July 14 @ Angels 3–2 (11) Miller (4–0) Willis (1–4) 20,338 32–55 88 July 15 @ Athletics 3–2 Sosa (6–2) Underwood (5–9) 6,863 32–56 89 July 16 @ Athletics 8–5 Sosa (7–2) Willis (1–5) Heaverlo (7) 3,753 32–57 90 July 17 @ Athletics 5–3 Johnson (7–5) Garvin (2–10) 12,414 32–58 91 July 18 @ Mariners 13–12 (10) Murphy (3–7) Pole (4–11) 6,881 33–58 92 July 19 @ Mariners 6–2 Honeycutt (3–5) Jefferson (6–8) Montague (2) 7,434 33–59 93 July 21 Athletics 7–2 Renko (4–4) Moore (4–2) 33–60 94 July 21 Athletics 5–4 Murphy (4–7) Lacey (6–5) Cruz (5) 21,050 34–60 95 July 22 Athletics 7–3 Clancy (7–7) Johnson (7–6) 21,028 35–60 96 July 23 Athletics 5–3 Langford (3–7) Garvin (2–11) Heaverlo (8) 23,153 35–61 97 July 24 Mariners 1–0 Honeycutt (4–5) Lemanczyk (3–12) 35–62 98 July 24 Mariners 7–2 Colborn (2–8) Jefferson (6–9) Romo (9) 16,291 35–63 99 July 25 Mariners 4–2 Abbott (4–7) Underwood (5–10) 14,103 35–64 100 July 26 @ Twins 5–1 Moore (5–2) Goltz (9–7) 6,014 36–64 101 July 27 @ Twins 6–3 Perzanowski (1–0) Clancy (7–8) 18,285 36–65 102 July 28 Brewers 3–2 (11) Cruz (2–0) Castro (3–2) 17,060 37–65 103 July 29 Brewers 4–3 Lemanczyk (4–12) Sorensen (12–8) Cruz (6) 25,037 38–65 104 July 30 Brewers 10–5 Stein (3–2) Murphy (4–8) 21,511 38–66 105 July 31 Tigers 8–7 (14) Coleman (5–0) Sykes (5–5) 18,032 39–66
August: 16–14 (Home 10–3, Away 6–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 Tigers 3–2 Slaton (11–8) Clancy (7–9) 19,265 39–67 107 August 4 @ Royals 5–4 Cruz (3–0) Hrabosky (4–5) 35,064 40–67 108 August 5 @ Royals 5–3 Gura (9–2) Lemanczyk (4–13) Mingori (6) 34,179 40–68 109 August 6 @ Royals 12–5 Gale (13–3) Moore (5–3) 35,404 40–69 110 August 7 Orioles 2–1 Clancy (8–9) Martínez (8–9) 19,184 41–69 111 August 8 Orioles 5–3 Underwood (6–10) Flanagan (14–10) Cruz (7) 19,052 42–69 112 August 9 White Sox 8–0 Jefferson (7–9) Stone (9–8) 24,282 43–69 113 August 10 White Sox 7–3 Garvin (3–11) Wood (10–10) Cruz (8) 15,508 44–69 114 August 11 Royals 9–8 (10) Hrabosky (5–5) Cruz (3–1) 20,602 44–70 115 August 12 Royals 5–2 Clancy (9–9) Splittorff (13–10) 23,132 45–70 116 August 13 Royals 3–2 (10) Willis (2–5) Hrabosky (5–6) 30,270 46–70 117 August 15 @ Brewers 9–1 Augustine (11–11) Lemanczyk (4–14) 46–71 – August 15 @ Brewers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 16 118 August 16 @ Brewers 8–1 Caldwell (15–7) Jefferson (7–10) 46–72 119 August 16 @ Brewers 3–2 Rodríguez (4–5) Moore (5–4) McClure (8) 16,920 46–73 120 August 17 @ Brewers 6–0 Travers (8–7) Clancy (9–10) 18,829 46–74 121 August 18 @ Twins 4–3 (10) Holly (1–1) Murphy (4–9) 4,599 46–75 122 August 19 @ Twins 5–0 Serum (7–5) Garvin (3–12) 10,745 46–76 123 August 20 @ Twins 6–2 Kirkwood (2–1) Perzanowski (2–5) Murphy (7) 11,685 47–76 124 August 21 Rangers 8–6 Murphy (5–9) Umbarger (4–8) 16,001 48–76 125 August 22 Rangers 3–1 Clancy (10–10) Medich (7–7) Cruz (9) 17,492 49–76 126 August 23 @ Tigers 4–3 (12) Cruz (4–1) Rozema (6–8) 50–76 127 August 23 @ Tigers 5–4 Garvin (4–12) Sykes (6–6) Willis (6) 26,631 51–76 128 August 24 @ Tigers 5–2 Wilcox (11–8) Moore (5–5) 13,314 51–77 129 August 25 Twins 7–3 Kirkwood (3–1) Serum (7–6) Willis (7) 15,206 52–77 130 August 26 Twins 4–3 (10) Cruz (5–1) Zahn (9–13) 25,601 53–77 131 August 27 Twins 3–2 (11) Marshall (7–11) Willis (2–6) 22,023 53–78 132 August 28 @ Rangers 11–3 Comer (7–3) Underwood (6–11) Barker (4) 7,400 53–79 133 August 29 @ Rangers 4–1 Moore (6–5) Matlack (12–11) 9,483 54–79 134 August 30 @ Red Sox 2–1 Eckersley (16–5) Kirkwood (3–2) 54–80 135 August 30 @ Red Sox 7–6 Cruz (6–1) Stanley (12–2) 32,825 55–80
September: 4–21 (Home 3–12, Away 1–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 Angels 6–4 Hartzell (6–8) Jefferson (7–11) LaRoche (19) 16,757 55–81 137 September 2 Angels 2–0 Tanana (17–9) Clancy (10–11) 21,099 55–82 138 September 3 Angels 3–1 Knapp (14–7) Underwood (6–12) 20,054 55–83 139 September 4 Indians 5–4 Paxton (10–8) Moore (6–6) 14,364 55–84 140 September 5 Indians 6–2 Waits (11–13) Kirkwood (3–3) 11,060 55–85 141 September 6 Brewers 7–0 Sorensen (16–10) Jefferson (7–12) 21,390 55–86 142 September 7 Brewers 5–4 Cruz (7–1) McClure (2–5) 12,092 56–86 143 September 8 Orioles 5–4 Briles (4–4) Underwood (6–13) Stanhouse (22) 14,155 56–87 144 September 9 Orioles 4–0 McGregor (14–12) Moore (6–7) 29,255 56–88 145 September 11 @ Indians 6–4 Waits (12–13) Jefferson (7–13) 56–89 146 September 11 @ Indians 7–1 Kirkwood (4–3) Wise (9–19) 3,356 57–89 – September 12 @ Indians Postponed (rain)Not rescheduled 147 September 15 @ Orioles 8–3 Palmer (19–12) Cruz (7–2) 4,000 57–90 148 September 16 @ Orioles 11–1 Martínez (14–11) Jefferson (7–14) 10,263 57–91 149 September 17 @ Orioles 5–0 Flanagan (18–13) Kirkwood (4–4) 4,436 57–92 150 September 20 Yankees 8–1 Willis (3–6) Guidry (22–3) 58–92 151 September 20 Yankees 3–2 Gossage (10–10) Cruz (7–3) 38,080 58–93 152 September 21 Yankees 7–1 Hunter (11–5) Moore (6–8) Gossage (24) 28,653 58–94 153 September 22 Red Sox 5–4 Murphy (6–9) Hassler (3–5) 22,172 59–94 154 September 23 Red Sox 3–1 Tiant (11–8) Jefferson (7–15) 30,059 59–95 155 September 24 Red Sox 7–6 (14) Drago (4–4) Buskey (0–1) 33,618 59–96 156 September 26 @ Yankees 4–1 Figueroa (19–9) Underwood (6–14) Gossage (25) 20,535 59–97 157 September 27 @ Yankees 5–1 Hunter (12–5) Willis (3–7) 20,052 59–98 158 September 28 @ Yankees 3–1 Guidry (24–3) Moore (6–9) 30,480 59–99 159 September 29 @ Red Sox 11–0 Stanley (15–2) Clancy (10–12) 29,626 59–100 160 September 30 @ Red Sox 5–1 Eckersley (20–8) Jefferson (7–16) 32,659 59–101
October: 0–1 (Home 0–0, Away 0–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 @ Red Sox 5–0 Tiant (13–8) Kirkwood (4–5) 29,201 59–102

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Rick Cerone	88	282	25	63	8	2	.223	3	20	0
1B	John Mayberry	152	515	51	129	15	2	.250	22	70	1
2B	Dave McKay	145	504	59	120	20	8	.238	7	45	4
3B	Roy Howell	140	551	67	149	28	3	.270	8	61	0
SS	Luis Gómez	153	413	39	92	7	3	.223	0	32	2
LF	Al Woods	62	220	19	53	12	3	.241	3	25	1
CF	Rick Bosetti	136	568	61	147	25	5	.259	5	42	6
RF	Bob Bailor	154	621	74	164	29	7	.264	1	52	5
DH	Rico Carty	104	387	51	110	16	0	.284	20	68	1

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg	HR	RBI	SB
Alan Ashby	81	264	27	69	15	0	.261	9	29	1
Otto Vélez	91	248	29	66	14	2	.266	9	38	1
Willie Upshaw	95	224	26	53	8	2	.237	1	17	4
Tommy Hutton	64	173	19	44	9	0	.254	2	9	1
Willie Horton	33	122	12	25	6	0	.205	3	19	0
Doug Ault	54	104	10	25	1	1	.240	3	7	0
Tim Johnson	68	79	9	19	2	0	.241	0	3	0
Sam Ewing	40	56	3	10	0	0	.179	2	9	0
Garth Iorg	19	49	3	8	0	0	.163	0	3	0
Gary Woods	8	19	1	3	1	0	.158	0	0	1
Butch Alberts	6	18	1	5	1	0	.278	0	0	0
Brian Milner	2	9	3	4	0	1	.444	0	2	0
Ernie Whitt	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Tim Nordbrook	7	0	1	0	0	0	----	0	0	0

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Jesse Jefferson	31	30	211.2	7	16	4.38	109	103	86	97
Tom Underwood	31	30	197.2	6	14	4.10	105	90	87	139
Jim Clancy	31	30	193.2	10	12	4.09	96	88	91	106
Jerry Garvin	26	22	144.2	4	12	5.54	92	89	48	67
Dave Lemanczyk	29	20	136.2	4	14	6.26	97	95	67	62

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Balor Moore	37	18	144.1	6	9	4.93	85	79	54	75
Don Kirkwood	16	9	68.0	4	5	4.24	36	32	25	29

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Víctor Cruz	32	47.1	7	3	9	1.71	10	9	35	51
Mike Willis	44	100.2	3	7	7	4.56	55	51	39	52
Tom Murphy	50	94.0	6	9	7	3.93	43	41	37	36
Joe Coleman	31	60.2	2	0	0	4.60	34	31	30	28
Dave Wallace	6	14.0	0	0	0	3.86	6	6	11	7
Tom Buskey	8	13.1	0	1	0	3.38	5	5	5	7
Mark Wiley	2	2.2	0	0	0	6.75	2	2	1	2

Awards and honours

All-Star Game

• Roy Howell, reserve ^[3]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

^[4]

Notes

1. "1978 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
2. "1978 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
3. "All-Stars". Archived from the original on October 12, 2007.
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

• 1978 Toronto Blue Jays team page at Baseball Reference
• 1978 Toronto Blue Jays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com