1987 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics and Roster

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1987 Toronto Blue Jays (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1986/1988)
96-66, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 845 runs, Allowed 655 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62
Managed by Jimy Williams

Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,778,429 (1st of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 102, Pitching - 101
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 Stats (1986/1988) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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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  *Ernie Whitt         35  135  446   57  120  24  1  19   75  44   50  .269  .334  .455   0   1  17   1   0   3   4  105
1B *Willie Upshaw       30  150  512   68  125  22  4  15   58  58   78  .244  .324  .391  10  11   7   3   3   1   4   87
2B  Garth Iorg          32  122  310   35   65  11  0   4   30  21   52  .210  .262  .284   2   2   8   2   6   3   0   44
3B  Kelly Gruber        25  138  341   50   80  14  3  12   36  17   70  .235  .283  .399  12   2  11   7   1   2   2   77
SS #Tony Fernandez      25  146  578   90  186  29  8   5   67  51   48  .322  .379  .426  32  12  14   5   4   4   3  112
LF  George Bell         27  156  610  111  188  32  4  47  134  39   75  .308  .352  .605   5   1  17   7   0   9   9  146
CF *Lloyd Moseby        27  155  592  106  167  27  4  26   96  70  124  .282  .358  .473  39   7  11   2   3   3   4  117
RF  Jesse Barfield      27  159  590   89  155  25  3  28   84  58  141  .263  .331  .458   3   5  13   3   1   2   7  105
DH *Fred McGriff        23  107  295   58   73  16  0  20   43  60  104  .247  .376  .505   3   2   3   1   0   0   4  130
   *Rance Mulliniks     31  124  332   37  103  28  1  11   44  34   55  .310  .371  .500   1   1  10   0   3   3   1  127
   *Rick Leach          30   98  195   26   55  13  1   3   25  25   25  .282  .371  .405   0   1   3   3   0   1   2  105
    Cecil Fielder       23   82  175   30   47   7  1  14   32  20   48  .269  .345  .560   0   1   6   1   0   1   2  133
   #Nelson Liriano      23   37  158   29   38   6  2   2   10  16   22  .241  .310  .342  13   2   3   0   2   0   2   72
   #Manuel Lee          22   56  121   14   31   2  3   1   11   6   13  .256  .289  .347   2   0   1   0   1   1   0   67
    Charlie Moore       34   51  107   15   23  10  1   1    7  13   12  .215  .306  .355   0   0   2   1   4   0   0   74
    Mike Sharperson     25   32   96    4   20   4  1   0    9   7   15  .208  .269  .271   2   1   2   1   1   0   0   43
    Juan Beniquez       37   39   81    6   23   5  1   5   21   5   13  .284  .330  .556   0   0   3   1   0   1   0  127
   *Rob Ducey           22   34   48   12    9   1  0   1    6   8   10  .188  .298  .271   2   0   0   0   0   1   0   52
    Jeff DeWillis       22   13   25    2    3   1  0   1    2   2   12  .120  .185  .280   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   20
    Matt Stark          22    5   12    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .083  .083  .083   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -56
   *Greg Myers          21    7    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .111  .111  .111   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -41
   *Lou Thornton        24   12    2    5    1   0  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .667  .500   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  215
    Alexis Infante      25    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8  162 5635  845 1514 277 38 215  790 555  970  .269  .334  .446 126  50 136  38  30  35  45  104
    Rank among 14 AL teams         2    3    4   3  4   2        8    7     5     5     2   6   8                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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.

Team Pitching Glossary

    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  Jim Clancy          31  37   3.54  15  11  0  37   0   5   1  241.3  234  103   95  24   80  180 1008  12   1  1   5 127
SP *Jimmy Key           26  36   2.76  17   8  0  36   0   8   1  261.0  210   93   80  24   66  161 1033   8   2  5   6 164
SP  Dave Stieb          29  33   4.09  13   9  0  31   1   3   1  185.0  164   92   84  16   87  115  789   4   7  0   4 111
SP  Joe Johnson         25  14   5.13   3   5  0  14   0   0   0   66.7   77   44   38  10   18   27  289   3   2  0   0  88
SP *Mike Flanagan       35   7   2.37   3   2  0   7   0   0   0   49.3   46   15   13   3   15   43  209   2   0  0   3 190

CL  Tom Henke           29  72   2.49   0   6 34   0  62   0   0   94.0   62   27   26  10   25  128  363   5   0  0   3 181
RP  Mark Eichhorn       26  89   3.17  10   6  4   0  27   0   0  127.7  110   47   45  14   52   96  540   3   6  1  13 142
RP *Jeff Musselman      24  68   4.15  12   5  3   1  14   0   0   89.0   75   43   41   7   54   54  381   5   3  3  12 109
RP  Jose Nunez          23  37   5.01   5   2  0   9  13   0   0   97.0   91   57   54  12   58   99  427   3   0  1   8  90
RP *John Cerutti        27  44   4.40  11   4  0  21   6   2   0  151.3  144   75   74  30   59   92  638   5   1  1   5 103

   *David Wells         24  18   3.99   4   3  1   2   6   0   0   29.3   37   14   13   0   12   32  132   4   0  0   0 113
   *Gary Lavelle        38  23   5.53   2   3  1   0   9   0   0   27.7   36   20   17   2   19   17  138   1   0  1   4  82
    Phil Niekro         48   3   8.25   0   2  0   3   0   0   0   12.0   15   11   11   4    7    7   56   1   0  1   0  55
    Duane Ward          23  12   6.94   1   0  0   1   4   0   0   11.7   14    9    9   0   12   10   57   0   0  0   2  65
    Don Gordon          27   5   4.09   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   11.0    8    5    5   2    3    3   43   0   0  0   0 110
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.8 162   3.74  96  66 43 162 144  18   8 1454.0 1323  655  604 158  567 1064 6103  56  22 14  65 121
    Rank among 14 AL teams          1   2  13  3          11   7      4    1    1        2   12    2

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

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- EWhitt 1032 113 131 803 55 5 10 .994 8 35 83 46 CMoore 286 34 44 236 10 4 0 .984 4 19 30 7 JDeWillis 81 10 13 49 5 2 1 .964 0 2 4 5 MStark 29 3 5 25 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 6 1 GMyers 25 2 7 24 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1454 162 162 1137 72 11 11 .991 13 56 123 59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WUpshaw 1234 135 146 1169 127 9 114 .993 9.45 FMcGriff 104 12 14 108 7 2 5 .983 9.95 CFielder 102 15 16 98 6 0 12 1.000 9.18 RLeach 9 0 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 JBeniquez 5 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 12.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 162 162 1388 140 11 131 .993 9.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GIorg 670 75 91 139 195 6 33 .982 4.48 NLiriano 335 36 37 83 107 1 28 .995 5.10 MSharperson 251 30 32 64 69 4 16 .971 4.77 MLee 176 20 27 51 61 4 16 .966 5.70 KGruber 19 1 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 3.32 GBell 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 162 162 341 436 15 94 .981 4.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *2.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- KGruber 723 74 119 52 168 12 11 .948 2.74 RMulliniks 610 79 96 29 137 13 14 .927 2.45 GIorg 114 9 28 10 26 1 3 .973 2.84 GBell 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 CFielder 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 162 162 91 331 26 28 .942 2.61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 *4.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TFernandez 1210 142 146 270 396 14 88 .979 4.95 MLee 139 12 26 26 49 1 10 .987 4.83 KGruber 103 8 21 20 28 1 7 .980 4.19 RMulliniks 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 162 162 316 473 16 105 .980 4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GBell 1267 147 149 249 15 11 2 .960 1.88 RLeach 94 9 21 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.53 RDucey 60 4 17 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 JBeniquez 18 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 CMoore 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 LThornton 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 162 162 276 15 12 2 .960 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LMoseby 1311 148 153 294 7 6 1 .980 2.07 JBarfield 87 10 13 31 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 RDucey 53 4 11 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.04 KGruber 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 162 162 344 7 6 1 .983 2.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JBarfield 1250 136 153 313 16 3 3 .991 2.37 RLeach 149 20 22 33 1 1 0 .971 2.05 JBeniquez 33 4 4 6 0 1 0 .857 1.62 RDucey 16 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 CMoore 5 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 162 162 355 17 5 3 .987 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- JBarfield 1338 146 158 341 17 3 4 .992 2.41 LMoseby 1311 148 153 294 7 6 1 .980 2.07 GBell 1267 147 148 248 14 11 1 .960 1.86 RLeach 243 29 43 51 1 1 0 .981 1.93 RDucey 129 10 28 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.16 JBeniquez 51 5 7 7 0 1 0 .875 1.23 CMoore 13 1 5 1 1 1 0 .667 1.38 LThornton 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KGruber 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1454 162 162 974 40 23 6 .978 2.09 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.84 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKey 261 36 36 17 44 3 5 .953 2.10 JClancy 241 37 37 25 36 2 4 .968 2.28 DStieb 185 31 33 24 25 2 2 .961 2.38 JCerutti 151 21 44 5 15 1 1 .952 1.19 MEichhorn 127 0 89 2 30 1 2 .970 2.26 JNunez 97 9 37 5 7 0 1 1.000 1.11 THenke 94 0 72 9 12 0 1 1.000 2.01 JMusselman 89 1 68 9 15 0 2 1.000 2.43 JJohnson 66 14 14 7 8 0 0 1.000 2.02 MFlanagan 49 7 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.28 DWells 29 2 18 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.84 GLavelle 27 0 23 4 5 0 0 1.000 2.92 PNiekro 12 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 DWard 11 1 12 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.08 DGordon 11 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1454 162 162 115 208 9 20 .973 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- FMcGriff 90 CFielder 55 RLeach 30 RMulliniks 22 JBeniquez 15 GBell 7 LThornton 6 GIorg 5 LMoseby 2 RDucey 1 KGruber 1 MLee 1 DStieb 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Fernandez .322

On-base % Fernandez .379

Slugging % Bell .605

OPS Bell .957

Games Barfield 159

At Bats Bell 610

Plate Appearances (approx.) Moseby 670

Runs Bell 111

Hits Bell 188

Total Bases Bell 369

Doubles Bell 32

Triples Fernandez 8

Home Runs Bell 47

RBI Bell 134

Bases on Balls Moseby 70

Strikeouts Barfield 141

Stolen Bases Moseby 39

Singles Fernandez 144

Adjusted OPS+ Bell 146

Runs Created Bell 125

Adjusted Batting Runs Bell 38

Batting Wins Bell 3.5

Extra-Base Hits Bell 83

Times on Base Fernandez 242

Offensive Win% Bell .676

Hit By Pitch Bell and Gruber 7

Sac. Hits Iorg 6

Sac. Flies Bell 9

Intentional Walks Bell 9

Grounded into Double Plays Bell and Whitt 17

Caught Stealing Fernandez 12

Power/Speed Number Moseby 31.2

At Bats per Strikeout Fernandez 12.0

At Bats per Home Run Bell 13.0

Outs Barfield 456

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Key 2.76

Wins Key 17

Won-Loss % Cerutti .733

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Key 1.057

Hits Allowed/9IP Key 7.24

Bases on Balls/9IP Key 2.28

Strikeouts/9IP Clancy 6.71

Games Eichhorn 89

Saves Henke 34

Innings Key 261.0

Strikeouts Clancy 180

Games Started Clancy 37

Comp. Games Key 8

Shutouts Clancy, Key, and Stieb 1

Home Runs Allow. Cerutti 30

Bases On Balls Allow. Stieb 87

Hits Allowed Clancy 234

SO to Walk Key 2.44

Losses Clancy 11

Earned Runs Allow. Clancy 95

Wild Pitches Clancy 12

Hit Batsmen Stieb 7

Batters Faced Key 1033

Games Finished Henke 62

Adjusted ERA+ Key 164

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Jesse Barfield $ 1,525,000

George Bell $ 1,175,000

Dave Stieb $ 1,000,000

Willie Upshaw $ 940,000

Jim Clancy $ 850,000

Lloyd Moseby $ 807,500

Ernie Whitt $ 750,000

Mike Flanagan $ 625,000

Jimmy Key $ 554,391

Rance Mulliniks $ 475,000

Juan Beniquez $ 430,000

Tony Fernandez $ 400,000

Garth Iorg $ 380,000

Tom Henke $ 331,000

Rick Leach $ 259,110

Charlie Moore $ 256,000

Mark Eichhorn $ 165,500

John Cerutti $ 115,000

Kelly Gruber $ 96,000

Cecil Fielder $ 78,500

Don Gordon $ 71,500

Gary Lavelle $ 62,500

Nelson Liriano $ 62,500

Fred McGriff $ 62,500

Jeff Musselman $ 62,500

Jose Nunez $ 62,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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