1979 Toronto Blue Jays

53-109 • 0.327 Win% • 7th in AL E

📊 Season Record

53 Wins
109 Losses
0.327 Win %
7th Rank
613 R 862 RA
Diff -249

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⚡ Quick Stats

613 Runs Scored
862 Runs Allowed
-249 Run Diff
1,431K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .251 7% below the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .308 8% below the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .303 13% below the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 4.82 14% worse than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 613 18% below the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumExhibition Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,431,659
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Avg per Game 17,674

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Otto Velez 0.288 2 Alfredo Griffin 0.287 3 Al Woods 0.278 4 John Mayberry 0.274 5 Tony Solaita 0.265

Home Runs

1 John Mayberry 21 2 Roy Howell 15 3 Otto Velez 15 4 Rico Carty 12 5 Rick Bosetti 8

RBI

1 John Mayberry 74 2 Roy Howell 72 3 Rick Bosetti 65 4 Rick Cerone 61 5 Rico Carty 55
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Alfredo Griffin 153 624 81 179 0 0 2 31 40 59 21 0.287
Rick Bosetti 162 619 59 161 0 0 8 65 22 70 13 0.260
Roy Howell 138 511 60 126 0 0 15 72 42 91 1 0.247
Rick Cerone 136 469 47 112 0 0 7 61 37 40 1 0.239
John Mayberry 137 464 61 127 0 0 21 74 69 60 1 0.274
Rico Carty 132 461 48 118 0 0 12 55 46 45 3 0.256
Al Woods 132 436 57 121 0 0 5 36 40 28 6 0.278
Bob Bailor 130 414 50 95 0 0 1 38 36 27 14 0.229
Danny Ainge 87 308 26 73 0 0 2 19 12 58 1 0.237
Otto Velez 99 274 45 79 0 0 15 48 46 45 0 0.288
Luis Gomez 59 163 11 39 0 0 0 11 6 17 1 0.239
Dave McKay 47 156 19 34 0 0 0 12 7 19 1 0.218
Joe Cannon 61 142 14 30 0 0 1 5 1 34 12 0.211
Tony Solaita 36 102 14 27 0 0 2 13 17 16 0 0.265
Bob Davis 32 89 6 11 0 0 1 8 6 15 0 0.124
Tim Johnson 43 86 6 16 0 0 0 6 8 15 0 0.186
Craig Kusick 24 54 3 11 0 0 2 7 7 7 0 0.204
Bob Robertson 15 29 1 3 0 0 1 1 3 9 0 0.103
Ted Wilborn 22 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.000
Bobby Brown 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.000
Tom Buskey 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Clancy 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Butch Edge 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Freisleben 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jerry Garvin 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Grilli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Hernandez 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Phil Huffman 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jesse Jefferson 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Lemanczyk 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Lemongello 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Luebber 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dyar Miller 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Balor Moore 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Murphy 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Stieb 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jackson Todd 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Underwood 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Willis 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Tom Buskey 3.43 2 Tom Underwood 3.69 3 Dave Lemanczyk 3.71 4 Dave Stieb 4.31 5 Balor Moore 4.84

Wins

1 Tom Underwood 9 2 Dave Lemanczyk 8 3 Dave Stieb 8 4 Tom Buskey 6 5 Phil Huffman 6

Strikeouts

1 Tom Underwood 127 2 Dave Lemanczyk 63 3 Phil Huffman 56 4 Dave Stieb 52 5 Balor Moore 51
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tom Underwood 9 16 3.69 33 32 0 227.0 95 127
Phil Huffman 6 18 5.77 31 31 0 173.0 68 56
Dave Lemanczyk 8 10 3.71 22 20 0 143.0 45 63
Balor Moore 5 7 4.84 34 16 0 139.1 79 51
Dave Stieb 8 8 4.31 18 18 0 129.1 48 52
Jesse Jefferson 2 10 5.51 34 10 1 116.0 45 43
Dave Freisleben 2 3 4.95 42 2 3 91.0 53 35
Mark Lemongello 1 9 6.29 18 10 0 83.0 34 40
Tom Buskey 6 10 3.43 44 0 7 78.2 25 44
Jim Clancy 2 7 5.51 12 11 0 63.2 31 33
Butch Edge 3 4 5.23 9 9 0 51.2 24 19
Jackson Todd 0 1 5.85 12 1 0 32.1 7 14
Mike Willis 0 3 8.44 17 1 0 26.2 16 8
Jerry Garvin 0 1 2.78 8 1 0 22.2 10 14
Tom Murphy 1 2 5.40 10 0 0 18.1 8 6
Dyar Miller 0 0 10.57 10 0 0 15.1 5 7
Craig Kusick 0 0 4.91 1 0 0 3.2 0 0
Steve Grilli 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.1 0 1
Steve Luebber 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 1 0

👥 Roster (39)

Danny Ainge Bob Bailor Rick Bosetti Bobby Brown Tom Buskey Joe Cannon Rico Carty Rick Cerone Jim Clancy Bob Davis Butch Edge Dave Freisleben +27 more

39 players

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