1979 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 53-109
Finished 7th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 1,431,659, Avg. 18,593
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Manager: Roy Hartsfield (53-109)
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1979 Toronto Blue Jays Roster
1979 Toronto Blue Jays Results

The Toronto Blue Jays of the American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 53 wins and 109 losses, finishing seventh in the AL's East Division.

The Blue Jays scored 613 runs and allowed 862 runs, most in the circuit. John Mayberry led Toronto with 21 home runs, while Roy Howell and Otto Velez walloped 20 or more also. John Mayberry drove in 74 runs. Alfredo Griffin paced all regular batters by hitting .287. Tom Underwood topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.69 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Roy Hartsfield coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player W L W% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF
Tom Underwood916.3603.69333201210227.021311393239531279011963
Dave Stieb88.5004.3118180710129.313970621148352413563
Dave Lemanczyk810.4443.71222011130143.0137655912452636011597
Tom Buskey610.3753.434404000778.77433301025744103329
Phil Huffman618.2505.7731310210173.02201301112568056035802
Balor Moore57.4174.8434169500139.313585751779451818614
Butch Edge34.4295.2399010051.7603230624119104240
Dave Freisleben23.4004.954222600391.01015750553335216407
Jim Clancy27.2225.511211020063.7654439831033002278
Jesse Jefferson210.1675.51341012201116.015075711945243202513
Tom Murphy12.3335.40100500018.3231111180600082
Mark Lemongello19.1006.291810520083.09764581434840302369
Steve Luebber001000000.021101000003
Steve Grilli000.001000002.310000010008
Craig Kusick004.911010003.7322100000014
Dyar Miller0010.57100500015.3271818350700275
Jerry Garvin01.0002.7881000022.7159721001421091
Jackson Todd01.0005.85121700032.340262177014102144
Mike Willis03.0008.44171700026.735272511628103128
Totals53109.3274.85357162118446111417.0153786276316559435613407646220

Batting:

Player GP PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB DP HBP SH SF IBB
Alfredo Griffin15368962481179221023121164059.287.333.364.6972271051640
Rick Bosetti1626576195916135286513122270.260.286.362.648224173670
John Mayberry137541464611272212174116960.274.372.461.833214105127
Roy Howell138563511601262841572144291.247.310.405.715207126134
Al Woods13248843657121244536644028.278.337.385.72216871740
Rico Carty132512461481182601255314645.256.322.390.713180211044
Rick Cerone13651446947112274761143740.239.294.358.65216851341
Bob Bailor13046541450951151381483627.229.297.287.58511966452
Otto Velez9932527445792101548014645.288.396.529.92514583202
Danny Ainge87331308267371219101258.237.269.286.5548882721
Luis Gomez5917116311397001110617.239.266.282.5484670200
Dave McKay4716915619349001211719.218.256.276.5324351500
Joe Cannon6114614214301115122134.211.217.254.4703620300
Tony Solaita36121102142781213001716.265.364.422.7854320020
Tim Johnson439686616210601815.186.255.233.4882020200
Craig Kusick24635431110270077.204.302.333.6351821010
Bob Davis3210189611201800615.124.188.180.3671671500
Bob Robertson1532291300110039.103.188.207.394600000
Bobby Brown412101000000021.000.167.000.167000000
Ted Wilborn2214123000000117.000.077.000.077000100
Balor Moore34000000000000000000
Tom Murphy10000000000000000000
Dave Stieb20000000000000000000
Jackson Todd12000000000000000000
Tom Underwood33000000000000000000
Mike Willis17000000000000000000
Butch Edge9000000000000000000
Dyar Miller10000000000000000000
Tom Buskey44000000000000000000
Dave Freisleben42000000000000000000
Jerry Garvin8000000000000000000
Steve Grilli1000000000000000000
Pete Hernandez3001000000000000000
Jim Clancy12000000000000000000
Phil Huffman31000000000000000000
Dave Lemanczyk22000000000000000000
Mark Lemongello18000000000000000000
Steve Luebber1000000000000000000
Jesse Jefferson34000000000000000000
Totals201060105423613136225334955627556448663.251.311.363.673196813136653821


Fielding:

Player Pos GP GS Inn. PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS%
John Mayberry1B1351291129.71192746129.9951.0869.3780000
Craig Kusick1B2018143.016315414.97811.2038.9000000
Bob Robertson1B9551.0547061.0001.7656.7780000
Tony Solaita1B6437.0394081.0001.4597.1670000
Otto Velez1B6431.0292021.0009.0005.1670000
Tim Johnson1B7225.3272021.0001.3034.1430000
Danny Ainge2B8686737.71982611167.9775.6005.3370000
Dave McKay2B4645390.7119148737.9746.1515.8040000
Tim Johnson2B2519172.06252521.9585.9654.5600000
Luis Gomez2B2012116.72938210.9715.1693.3500000
Roy Howell3B1331311128.31082902028.9523.1752.9920000
Luis Gomez3B2221185.32137091.0002.8172.6360000
Bob Bailor3B9759.7716001.0003.4692.5560000
Tim Johnson3B9337.321621.9004.3392.0000000
Dave McKay3B206.302001.0002.8421.0000000
Rick CeroneC1361331168.7560681310.9804.8364.61860694740.5
Bob DavisC3229248.31141121.9844.5303.9062016936.0
Rick BosettiOF1621621386.046618134.9743.1432.9880000
Al WoodsOF1271221059.32511092.9672.2172.0550000
Bob BailorOF118100894.72101632.9872.2731.9150000
Otto VelezOF7364523.7130341.9712.2861.8220000
Joe CannonOF5033321.0815011.0002.4111.7200000
Ted WilbornOF7236.37010.8751.7341.0000000
Bobby BrownOF4330.080001.0002.4002.0000000
Tom UnderwoodP3332227.063652.8941.6651.2730000
Phil HuffmanP3131173.0730001.0001.9251.1940000
Dave LemanczykP2220143.0122022.9412.0141.4550000
Balor MooreP3416139.342241.8671.679.7650000
Dave StiebP1818129.3123111.9772.9922.3890000
Jesse JeffersonP3410116.0102241.8892.483.9410000
Dave FreislebenP42291.031311.9411.582.3810000
Mark LemongelloP181083.081520.9202.4941.2780000
Tom BuskeyP44078.751911.9602.746.5450000
Jim ClancyP121163.7111001.0001.6961.0000000
Butch EdgeP9951.717001.0001.394.8890000
Jackson ToddP12132.363001.0002.505.7500000
Mike WillisP17126.715001.0002.025.3530000
Jerry GarvinP8122.711011.000.794.2500000
Tom MurphyP10018.335011.0003.927.8000000
Dyar MillerP10015.321001.0001.761.3000000
Craig KusickP103.70000.000.0000000
Steve GrilliP102.30000.000.0000000
Steve LuebberP100.00000.0000000
Alfredo GriffinSS1531531320.327250136124.9565.2695.0520000
Luis GomezSS15996.7204116.9845.6794.0670000
Totals1769145812753.042511878159496.9754.3253.46580855639.7




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