1978 Toronto Blue Jays | ||
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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.
Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1978 season. [1]
October 25 | Released Phil Roof. |
October 31 | Purchased Joe Henderson from the Cincinnati Reds. |
November 11 | Signed free agent Luis Gómez from the Minnesota Twins to a contract. |
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 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 15 | Signed free agent Luis Meléndez from the San Diego Padres to a contract. |
February 25 | Purchased Steve Grilli from the Detroit Tigers. |
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. |
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1978 regular season. [2]
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 13 | Signed free agent Tom Buskey from the Texas Rangers as a free agent. |
May 22 | Purchased Joe Coleman from the Oakland Athletics. |
July 20 | Sold player rights of Tommy Hutton to the Montreal Expos. |
August 15 | Acquired Willie Horton and Phil Huffman from the Oakland Athletics for Rico Carty. |
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. |
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April: 8–13 (Home 4–7, Away 4–6)
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May: 9–18 (Home 7–7, Away 2–11)
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June: 9–17 (Home 6–8, Away 3–9)
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July: 13–18 (Home 7–7, Away 6–11)
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August: 16–14 (Home 10–3, Away 6–11)
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September: 4–21 (Home 3–12, Away 1–9)
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
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