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1997 Toronto Blue Jays (Franchise Index: 1996/1998) 76-86, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division View League Standings and Leaders Scored 654 runs, Allowed 694 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-85 Managed by Cito Gaston and Mel Queen Ballpark: Skydome (ballparks.com) Attendance: 2,589,297 (6th out of 14) Park Factor: Batting - 101/Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) BaseballAmerica.com: Team Executives Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniforms BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this team (what's this?)

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Team Batting    Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Benito Santiago     32   97  341   31   83  10  0  13   42  17   80  .243  .279  .387   1   0  10   2   1   5   1   72
1B *Carlos Delgado      25  153  519   79  136  42  3  30   91  64  133  .262  .350  .528   0   3   6   8   0   4   9  125
2B  Carlos Garcia       29  103  350   29   77  18  2   3   23  15   60  .220  .253  .309  11   3   7   2  10   4   0   46
3B  Ed Sprague          29  138  504   63  115  29  4  14   48  51  102  .228  .306  .385   0   1  10   6   0   1   0   79
SS  Alex Gonzalez       24  126  426   46  102  23  2  12   35  34   94  .239  .302  .387  15   6   9   5  11   2   1   78
LF #Jose Cruz           23   55  212   31   49   7  0  14   34  28   72  .231  .316  .462   6   2   2   0   0   4   2  100
CF #Otis Nixon          38  103  401   54  105  12  1   1   26  52   54  .262  .343  .304  47  10  10   0   6   5   0   71
RF #Orlando Merced      30   98  368   45   98  23  2   9   40  47   62  .266  .352  .413   7   3   6   3   0   2   1   99
DH  Joe Carter          37  157  612   76  143  30  4  21  102  40  105  .234  .284  .399   8   2  12   7   0   9   5   76
   *Shawn Green         24  135  429   57  123  22  4  16   53  36   99  .287  .340  .469  14   3   4   1   1   4   4  108
    Charlie O'Brien     37   69  225   22   49  15  1   4   27  22   45  .218  .311  .347   0   2   6  11   3   6   1   71
    Jacob Brumfield     32   58  174   22   36   5  1   2   20  14   31  .207  .268  .282   4   4   4   1   1   1   0   44
    Shannon Stewart     23   44  168   25   48  13  7   0   22  19   24  .286  .368  .446  10   3   3   4   0   2   1  111
    Mariano Duncan      34   39  167   20   38   6  0   0   12   6   39  .228  .267  .263   4   2   4   3   0   0   0   39
    Tilson Brito        25   49  126    9   28   3  0   0    8   9   28  .222  .281  .246   1   0   2   2   0   2   0   39
   #Tomas Perez         23   40  123    9   24   3  2   0    9  11   28  .195  .267  .252   1   1   2   1   3   0   0   36
    Juan Samuel         36   45   95   13   27   5  4   3   15  10   28  .284  .364  .516   5   3   2   2   1   0   0  126
    Robert Perez        28   37   78    4   15   4  1   2    6   0   16  .192  .192  .346   0   0   2   0   0   0   0   37
   #Ruben Sierra        31   14   48    4   10   0  2   1    5   3   13  .208  .250  .354   0   0   0   0   0   1   1   55
    Tom Evans           22   12   38    7   11   2  0   1    2   2   10  .289  .341  .421   0   1   0   1   0   0   0   98
   #Felipe Crespo       24   12   28    3    8   0  1   1    5   2    4  .286  .333  .464   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  105
   *Rich Butler         24    7   14    3    4   1  0   0    2   2    3  .286  .375  .357   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   93
    Julio Mosquera      25    3    8    0    2   1  0   0    0   0    2  .250  .250  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   60
   *Sandy Martinez      26    3    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   -3

    Pat Hentgen         28    2    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Robert Person       27    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -42
    Roger Clemens       34    1    2    1    1   1  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .667 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  327
    Woody Williams      30    1    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  162
   *Paul Quantrill      28    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Paul Spoljaric      26   37    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.5  162 5473  654 1333 275 41 147  627 487 1138  .244  .305  .389 134  50 102  59  38  52  26   81
    Rank among 14 AL teams        13   14   14   9  1  12       14    3    14    14    14   3   9                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Pat Hentgen         28  35   3.68  15  10  0  35   0   9   3  264.0  253  116  108  31   71  160 1085   6   7  2   2 125
SP  Roger Clemens       34  34   2.05  21   7  0  34   0   9   3  264.0  204   65   60   9   68  292 1044   4  12  0   1 226
SP  Woody Williams      30  31   4.35   9  14  0  31   0   0   0  194.7  201   98   94  31   66  124  833   7   5  0   3 106
SP  Robert Person       27  23   5.61   5  10  0  22   0   0   0  128.3  125   86   80  19   60   99  566   7   5  0   2  82
SP  Chris Carpenter     22  14   5.09   3   7  0  13   1   1   1   81.3  108   55   46   7   37   55  374   7   2  1   0  91
SP  Juan Guzman         30  13   4.95   3   6  0  13   0   0   0   60.0   48   42   33  14   31   52  261   4   2  0   0  93

CL  Kelvim Escobar      21  27   2.90   3   2 14   0  23   0   0   31.0   28   12   10   1   19   36  139   0   0  0   2 159
RP  Paul Quantrill      28  77   1.94   6   7  5   0  29   0   0   88.0  103   25   19   5   17   56  373   1   1  0   3 238
RP *Dan Plesac          35  73   3.58   2   4  1   0  18   0   0   50.3   47   22   20   8   19   61  215   2   0  0   4 129
RP  Mike Timlin         31  38   2.87   3   2  9   0  26   0   0   47.0   41   17   15   6   15   36  190   1   1  1   4 161
RP  Tim Crabtree        27  37   7.08   3   3  2   0  16   0   0   40.7   65   32   32   7   17   26  199   4   2  0   3  65

    Luis Andujar        24  17   6.48   0   6  0   8   5   0   0   50.0   76   45   36   9   21   28  244   2   0  0   1  71
   *Paul Spoljaric      26  37   3.19   0   3  3   0  10   0   0   48.0   37   17   17   3   21   43  198   5   2  1   4 145
   *Omar Daal           25   9   4.00   1   1  0   3   0   0   0   27.0   34   13   12   3    6   28  120   1   0  0   0 115
    Marty Janzen        24  12   3.60   2   1  0   0   6   0   0   25.0   23   11   10   4   13   17  105   0   0  0   0 128
   *Huck Flener         28   8   9.87   0   1  0   1   3   0   0   17.3   40   19   19   3    6    9   97   2   0  0   0  47
    Erik Hanson         32   3   7.80   0   0  0   2   1   0   0   15.0   15   13   13   3    6   18   65   1   0  0   0  59
    Bill Risley         30   3   8.31   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    3    4    4   2    2    2   18   0   0  0   0  56
    Kenny Robinson      27   3   2.70   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    1    1    1   1    1    4   11   0   0  0   0 171
    Carlos Almanzar     23   4   2.70   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    3.3    1    1    1   1    1    4   12   0   0  0   0 171
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.8 162   3.92  76  86 34 162 143  19  16 1442.0 1453  694  628 167  497 1150 6149  54  39  5  29 117
    Rank among 14 AL teams          3  11   4 11           1   1      9    3    3        4    2    3
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Catchers G PO A E DP FP PB -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- BSantiago 95 621 40 2 10 .997 7 CO'Brien 69 543 41 3 8 .995 4 SMartinez 3 12 2 1 0 .933 0 JMosquera 3 11 1 0 0 1.000 0 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- Team Total 162 1187 84 6 18 .995 11 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+--- First Base G PO A E DP .992 8.04 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CDelgado 119 962 67 12 98 .988 8.65 JCarter 42 325 22 1 24 .997 8.26 JSamuel 7 21 1 0 4 1.000 3.14 OMerced 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 1311 90 13 126 .991 8.74 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base G PO A E DP .980 4.33 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGarcia 96 168 253 8 50 .981 4.39 MDuncan 39 74 111 3 24 .984 4.74 TBrito 25 28 65 1 14 .989 3.72 TPerez 8 15 32 2 3 .959 5.88 JSamuel 4 7 6 0 1 1.000 3.25 FCrespo 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 293 470 14 92 .982 4.76 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base G PO A E DP .953 2.32 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESprague 129 106 202 18 19 .945 2.39 TBrito 17 12 14 0 3 1.000 1.53 TEvans 12 9 24 3 1 .917 2.75 JSamuel 9 3 7 0 2 1.000 1.11 FCrespo 7 8 6 1 1 .933 2.00 CGarcia 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 138 253 22 26 .947 2.44 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop G PO A E DP .974 4.05 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGonzalez 125 209 341 8 77 .986 4.40 TPerez 32 43 91 1 22 .993 4.19 TBrito 8 13 13 2 6 .929 3.25 CGarcia 5 3 3 2 1 .750 1.20 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 268 448 13 106 .982 4.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field G PO A E DP .979 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 51 93 3 2 1 .980 1.88 SGreen 45 84 0 1 0 .988 1.87 JCarter 41 87 0 3 0 .967 2.12 RPerez 17 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JBrumfield 14 29 2 0 1 1.000 2.21 RSierra 6 12 0 1 0 .923 2.00 RButler 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 SStewart 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 2.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 333 6 7 2 .980 2.12 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField G PO A E DP .988 2.31 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ONixon 102 254 1 1 0 .996 2.50 SStewart 40 93 0 2 0 .979 2.33 JBrumfield 24 49 1 0 0 1.000 2.08 JCruz 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.25 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 401 2 3 0 .993 2.52 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field G PO A E DP .978 1.79 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OMerced 96 190 10 3 4 .985 2.08 SGreen 46 89 6 2 2 .979 2.07 JBrumfield 10 9 3 0 0 1.000 1.20 JCarter 10 17 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 RPerez 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.78 JSamuel 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 RSierra 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 325 20 5 6 .986 2.15 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers G PO A E DP .955 1.71 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PHentgen 35 19 34 1 1 .981 1.81 RClemens 34 11 39 1 1 .980 1.70 WWilliams 31 9 10 1 0 .950 0.88 RPerson 23 4 8 1 1 .923 0.84 PQuantrill 77 1 17 3 3 .857 1.84 CCarpenter 14 7 5 1 1 .923 1.33 JGuzman 13 1 7 3 0 .727 1.20 DPlesac 73 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.18 LAndujar 17 1 7 0 0 1.000 1.44 PSpoljaric 37 4 10 0 1 1.000 2.62 MTimlin 38 5 8 0 2 1.000 2.49 TCrabtree 37 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.43 KEscobar 27 0 2 0 1 1.000 0.58 ODaal 9 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.33 MJanzen 12 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.44 HFlener 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 EHanson 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 BRisley 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CAlmanzar 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KRobinson 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 8.18 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 162 72 163 11 13 .955 1.47 -----------+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JCarter 65 SGreen 35 CDelgado 32 JSamuel 15 ESprague 8 RPerez 7 RSierra 6 JBrumfield 4 FCrespo 2 RButler 1 OMerced 1 ONixon 1 BSantiago 1 SStewart 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.

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Batting   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders Batting Average Delgado .262 On-base % Delgado .350 Slugging % Delgado .528 OPS Delgado .878 Games Carter 157 At Bats Carter 612 Runs Delgado 79 Hits Carter 143 Total Bases Delgado 274 Doubles Delgado 42 Triples Stewart 7 Home Runs Delgado 30 RBI Carter 102 Bases on Balls Delgado 64 Strikeouts Delgado 133 Stolen Bases Nixon 47 Singles Nixon 91 Adjusted OPS+ Delgado 125 Runs Created Delgado 94 Extra-Base Hits Delgado 75 Times on Base Delgado 208 Hit By Pitch O'Brien 11 Sac. Hits Gonzalez 11 Sac. Flies Carter 9 Intentional Walks Delgado 9 Grounded into Double Plays Carter 12 Power/Speed Number Green 14.9 At Bats per Strikeout Carter 5.8 At Bats per Home Run Delgado 17.3 Outs Carter 492

Pitching   Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders ERA Clemens 2.05 Wins Clemens 21 Won-Loss % Clemens .750 BB + H per IP (WHIP) Clemens 1.030 Hits Allowed/9IP Clemens 6.95 Bases on Balls/9IP Clemens 2.32 Strikeouts/9IP Clemens 9.95 Games Quantrill 77 Saves Escobar 14 Innings Clemens and Hentgen 264.0 Strikeouts Clemens 292 Games Started Hentgen 35 Comp. Games Clemens and Hentgen 9 Shutouts Clemens and Hentgen 3 Home Runs Allow. Hentgen and Williams 31 Bases On Balls Allow. Hentgen 71 Hits Allowed Hentgen 253 SO to Walk Clemens 4.29 Losses Williams 14 Earned Runs Allow. Hentgen 108 Wild Pitches Carpenter, Person, and Williams 7 Hit Batsmen Clemens 12 Batters Faced Hentgen 1085 Games Finished Quantrill 29 Adjusted ERA+ Clemens 226

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Salaries Roger Clemens $ 8,400,000 Joe Carter $ 6,500,000 Juan Guzman $ 4,000,000 Erik Hanson $ 3,533,333 Pat Hentgen $ 3,300,000 Orlando Merced $ 2,700,000 Carlos Garcia $ 2,550,000 Otis Nixon $ 2,500,000 Benito Santiago $ 2,500,000 Ed Sprague $ 1,900,000 Mike Timlin $ 1,300,000 Jacob Brumfield $ 1,050,000 Mariano Duncan $ 870,000 Dan Plesac $ 800,000 Paul Quantrill $ 700,000 Charlie O'Brien $ 625,000 Carlos Delgado $ 500,000 Alex Gonzalez $ 500,000 Shawn Green $ 500,000 Woody Williams $ 387,500 Bill Risley $ 380,000 Juan Samuel $ 375,000 Tim Crabtree $ 245,000 Robert Perez $ 185,000 Tomas Perez $ 185,000 Robert Person $ 185,000 Paul Spoljaric $ 185,000 Luis Andujar $ 170,000 Tilson Brito $ 160,000 Felipe Crespo $ 160,000 Shannon Stewart $ 154,000 Chris Carpenter $ 150,000 Jose Cruz $ 150,000 Kelvim Escobar $ 150,000 Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR. Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

All Stars Roger Clemens Pat Hentgen

1996/1998

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