1978 Toronto Blue Jays season

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.

1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record59–102 (.364)
Divisional place7th
Other information
Owner(s)Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)Pat Gillick
Manager(s)Roy Hartsfield
Local televisionCBC Television
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Tom McKee)
CBFT
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radioCKFH
(Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
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Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10063 0.613 — 55–26 45–37
Boston Red Sox 9964 0.607 1 59–23 40–41
Milwaukee Brewers 9369 0.574 6½ 54–27 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 9071 0.559 9 51–30 39–41
Detroit Tigers 8676 0.531 13½ 47–34 39–42
Cleveland Indians 6990 0.434 29 42–36 27–54
Toronto Blue Jays 59102 0.366 40 37–44 22–58

Record vs. opponents
1978 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —7–84–68–19–67–82–87–85–56–911–09–17–48–7
Boston 8–7—9–27–37–812–34–610–59–27–95–57–33–711–4
California 6–42–9—8–76–44–79–65–512–35–59–69–65–107–3
Chicago 1–83–77–8—8–22–98–74–78–71–97–87–811–44–6
Cleveland 6–98–74–62–8—5–105–65–105–56–94–68–11–910–4
Detroit 8–73–127–49–210–5—4–67–84–64–116–48–27–39–6
Kansas City 8–26–46–97–86–56–4—6–47–86–510–512–37–85–5
Milwaukee 8–75–105–57–410–58–74–6—4–710–59–15–56–412–3
Minnesota 5–52–93–127–85–56–48–77–4—3–79–66–96–96–4
New York 9–69–75–59–19–611–45–65–107–3—8–26–56–411–4
Oakland 0–115–56–98–76–44–65–101–96–92–8—13–26–97–4
Seattle 1–93–76–98–71–82–83–125–59–65–62–13—3–128–2
Texas 4–77–310–54–119–13–78–74–69–64–69–612–3—4–7
Toronto 7–84–113–76–44–106–95–53–124–64–114–72–87–4—

Notable transactions

Roster
1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers
  • 40,16 Joe Coleman
  • 21 Mark Wiley
 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)
May 9–18 (Home 7–7, Away 2–11)
June 9–17 (Home 6–8, Away 3–9)
July 13–18 (Home 7–7, Away 6–11)
August 16–14 (Home 10–3, Away 6–11)
September 4–21 (Home 3–12, Away 1–9)
October 0–1 (Home 0–0, Away 0–1)

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
CRick Cerone88282256382.2233200
1BJohn Mayberry15251551129152.25022701
2BDave McKay14550459120208.2387454
3BRoy Howell14055167149283.2708610
SSLuis Gómez153413399273.2230322
LFAl Woods622201953123.2413251
CFRick Bosetti13656861147255.2595426
RFBob Bailor15462174164297.2641525
DHRico Carty10438751110160.28420681

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B Avg HR RBI SB
Alan Ashby812642769150.2619291
Otto Vélez912482966142.2669381
Willie Upshaw95224265382.2371174
Tommy Hutton64173194490.254291
Willie Horton33122122560.2053190
Doug Ault54104102511.240370
Tim Johnson687991920.241030
Sam Ewing405631000.179290
Garth Iorg19493800.163030
Gary Woods8191310.158001
Butch Alberts6181510.278000
Brian Milner293401.444020
Ernie Whitt240000.000000
Tim Nordbrook701000----000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L ERA R ER BB K
Jim Clancy3130193.210124.09968891106
Jesse Jefferson3130211.27164.381091038697
Tom Underwood3130197.26144.101059087139
Jerry Garvin2622144.24125.5492894867
Dave Lemanczyk2920136.24146.2697956762

Other pitchers

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L ERA R ER BB K
Balor Moore3718144.1694.9385795475
Don Kirkwood16968454.2436322529

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 W L ERA G SV IP R ER BB K
Tom Murphy50946973.9343413736
Mike Willis44100.23774.5655513952
Víctor Cruz3247.17391.711093551
Joe Coleman3160.22004.6034313028
Dave Wallace6140003.8666117
Tom Buskey813.10103.385557
Mark Wiley22.20006.752212

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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. Phil Roof page at Baseball Reference
  2. Luis Gomez page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Geno Petralli page at Baseball Reference
  4. Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
  5. Rick Bosetti page at Baseball Reference
  6. John Mayberry page at Baseball Reference
  7. Joe Coleman page at Baseball Reference
  8. Lloyd Moseby page at Baseball Reference
  9. Dave Stieb page at Baseball Reference
  10. http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/all_stars.jsp
  11. 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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