1997 Toronto Blue Jays

76-86 • 0.469 Win% • 5th in AL E

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
86 Losses
0.469 Win %
5th Rank
654 R 694 RA
Diff -40

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⚡ Quick Stats

654 Runs Scored
694 Runs Allowed
-40 Run Diff
2,589K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .243 10% below the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .305 10% below the 1997 league average (.337)
SLG .324 11% below the 1997 league average (.365)
Team ERA 3.92 14% better than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 654 18% below the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumRogers Centre
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,589,317
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Avg per Game 31,966

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Shawn Green 0.287 2 Shannon Stewart 0.286 3 Juan Samuel 0.284 4 Orlando Merced 0.266 5 Carlos Delgado 0.262

Home Runs

1 Carlos Delgado 30 2 Joe Carter 21 3 Shawn Green 16 4 Jose Cruz 14 5 Ed Sprague 14

RBI

1 Joe Carter 102 2 Carlos Delgado 91 3 Shawn Green 53 4 Ed Sprague 48 5 Benito Santiago 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Joe Carter 157 612 76 143 0 0 21 102 40 105 8 0.234
Carlos Delgado 153 519 79 136 0 0 30 91 64 133 0 0.262
Ed Sprague 138 504 63 115 0 0 14 48 51 102 0 0.228
Shawn Green 135 429 57 123 0 0 16 53 36 99 14 0.287
Alex Gonzalez 126 426 46 102 0 0 12 35 34 94 15 0.239
Otis Nixon 103 401 54 105 0 0 1 26 52 54 47 0.262
Orlando Merced 98 368 45 98 0 0 9 40 47 62 7 0.266
Carlos Garcia 103 350 29 77 0 0 3 23 15 60 11 0.220
Benito Santiago 97 341 31 83 0 0 13 42 17 80 1 0.243
Charlie O'Brien 69 225 22 49 0 0 4 27 22 45 0 0.218
Jose Cruz 55 212 31 49 0 0 14 34 28 72 6 0.231
Jacob Brumfield 58 174 22 36 0 0 2 20 14 31 4 0.207
Shannon Stewart 44 168 25 48 0 0 0 22 19 24 10 0.286
Mariano Duncan 39 167 20 38 0 0 0 12 6 39 4 0.228
Tilson Brito 49 126 9 28 0 0 0 8 9 28 1 0.222
Tomas Perez 40 123 9 24 0 0 0 9 11 28 1 0.195
Juan Samuel 45 95 13 27 0 0 3 15 10 28 5 0.284
Robert Perez 37 78 4 15 0 0 2 6 0 16 0 0.192
Ruben Sierra 14 48 4 10 0 0 1 5 3 13 0 0.208
Tom Evans 12 38 7 11 0 0 1 2 2 10 0 0.289
Felipe Crespo 12 28 3 8 0 0 1 5 2 4 0 0.286
Rich Butler 7 14 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0.286
Julio Mosquera 3 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.250
Pat Hentgen 35 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Robert Person 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Roger Clemens 34 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.500
Sandy Martinez 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Woody Williams 31 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.500
Paul Quantrill 77 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Spoljaric 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Carlos Almanzar 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Andujar 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Chris Carpenter 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Crabtree 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Omar Daal 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kelvim Escobar 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Huck Flener 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Guzman 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Erik Hanson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marty Janzen 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Plesac 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Risley 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Robinson 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Timlin 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Paul Quantrill 1.94 2 Roger Clemens 2.05 3 Mike Timlin 2.87 4 Kelvim Escobar 2.90 5 Paul Spoljaric 3.19

Wins

1 Roger Clemens 21 2 Pat Hentgen 15 3 Woody Williams 9 4 Paul Quantrill 6 5 Robert Person 5

Strikeouts

1 Roger Clemens 292 2 Pat Hentgen 160 3 Woody Williams 124 4 Robert Person 99 5 Dan Plesac 61
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roger Clemens 21 7 2.05 34 34 0 264.0 68 292
Pat Hentgen 15 10 3.68 35 35 0 264.0 71 160
Woody Williams 9 14 4.35 31 31 0 194.2 66 124
Robert Person 5 10 5.61 23 22 0 128.1 60 99
Paul Quantrill 6 7 1.94 77 0 5 88.0 17 56
Chris Carpenter 3 7 5.09 14 13 0 81.1 37 55
Juan Guzman 3 6 4.95 13 13 0 60.0 31 52
Dan Plesac 2 4 3.58 73 0 1 50.1 19 61
Luis Andujar 0 6 6.48 17 8 0 50.0 21 28
Paul Spoljaric 0 3 3.19 37 0 3 48.0 21 43
Mike Timlin 3 2 2.87 38 0 9 47.0 15 36
Tim Crabtree 3 3 7.08 37 0 2 40.2 17 26
Kelvim Escobar 3 2 2.90 27 0 14 31.0 19 36
Omar Daal 1 1 4.00 9 3 0 27.0 6 28
Marty Janzen 2 1 3.60 12 0 0 25.0 13 17
Huck Flener 0 1 9.87 8 1 0 17.1 6 9
Erik Hanson 0 0 7.80 3 2 0 15.0 6 18
Bill Risley 0 1 8.31 3 0 0 4.1 2 2
Carlos Almanzar 0 1 2.70 4 0 0 3.1 1 4
Ken Robinson 0 0 2.70 3 0 0 3.1 1 4

👥 Roster (44)

Carlos Almanzar Luis Andujar Tilson Brito Jacob Brumfield Rich Butler Chris Carpenter Joe Carter Roger Clemens Tim Crabtree Felipe Crespo Jose Cruz Omar Daal +32 more

44 players

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