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1978 Toronto Blue Jays season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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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

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 100 63 0.613 55–26 45–37
Boston Red Sox 99 64 0.607 1 59–23 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 93 69 0.574 54–27 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 90 71 0.559 9 51–30 39–41
Detroit Tigers 86 76 0.531 13½ 47–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 69 90 0.434 29 42–36 27–54
Toronto Blue Jays 59 102 0.366 40 37–44 22–58

Record vs. opponents


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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 Catchers

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)
# 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

Farm system

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

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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".
  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

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