1978 Toronto Blue Jays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkExhibition Stadium
CityToronto
Record59–102 (.364)
Divisional place7th
OwnersLabatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managersPat Gillick
ManagersRoy Hartsfield
TelevisionCBC Television
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Tom McKee)
CBFT
(Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
RadioCKFH
(Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
Seasons

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.

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 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 record

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—

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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–April 6@ TigersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 7
1April 7@ Tigers6–2Fidrych (1–0)Lemanczyk (0–1)52,5280–1
2April 8@ Tigers5–2Garvin (1–0)Slaton (0–1)Willis (1)12,4131–1
3April 9@ Tigers8–4Billingham (1–0)Underwood (0–1)Faucault (1)9,1691–2
4April 11@ White Sox9–5Kravec (1–0)Jefferson (0–1)Torrealba (1)3,3471–3
5April 12@ White Sox5–4Stone (1–0)Lemanczyk (0–2)LaGrow (2)5,7421–4
6April 14Tigers10–8Kirkwood (1–0)Wilcox (0–1)Murphy (1)35,7612–4
7April 15Tigers6–3Billingham (2–0)Willis (0–1)Faucault (2)15,0242–5
8April 16Tigers4–3Crawford (1–0)Clancy (0–1)17,0882–6
9April 17Royals3–1Gura (1–0)Jefferson (0–2)Hrabosky (3)10,1692–7
10April 18Royals5–0Splittorff (3–0)Lemanczyk (0–3)10,2182–8
11April 19Yankees4–3Murphy (1–0)Gossage (0–3)13,3063–8
–April 20YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 20
12April 21White Sox11–2Barrios (1–1)Underwood (0–2)LaGrow (3)10,1083–9
13April 22White Sox4–2Clancy (1–1)Wood (0–3)Willis (2)44,3274–9
14April 23White Sox4–0Jefferson (1–2)Stone (1–1)17,4275–9
15April 24Indians4–2Hood (1–0)Lemanczyk (0–4)Kern (1)10,7765–10
16April 25Indians6–5Garland (2–2)Garvin (1–1)Kinney (2)11,3485–11
17April 26@ Royals3–1Murphy (2–0)Splittorff (4–1)19,5456–11
18April 27@ Royals8–7Moore (1–0)Bird (1–1)Willis (3)17,4227–11
19April 28@ Angels5–4Miller (1–0)Jefferson (1–3)LaRoche (5)16,5757–12
20April 29@ Angels5–0Ryan (1–1)Lemanczyk (0–5)24,3547–13
21April 30@ Angels9–3Garvin (2–1)Knapp (3–2)27,3678–13
May 9–18 (Home 7–7, Away 2–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 2@ Athletics2–1Keough (2–0)Underwood (0–3)Sosa (4)5,6638–14
23May 3@ Athletics11–3Broberg (4–0)Clancy (1–2)Lacey (2)2,5128–15
24May 5@ Mariners9–1Honeycutt (2–3)Jefferson (1–4)4,8248–16
25May 6@ Mariners6–0Mitchell (2–3)Lemanczyk (0–6)7,5898–17
26May 7@ Mariners9–7Romo (3–0)Willis (0–2)12,4898–18
–May 8AthleticsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 21
27May 9Athletics4–0Underwood (1–3)Broberg (4–1)11,3399–18
28May 10Athletics3–1Clancy (2–2)Langford (0–2)21,76610–18
29May 12Mariners8–3Jefferson (2–4)Rawley (0–3)11,51811–18
30May 13Mariners9–6Pole (3–4)Lemanczyk (0–7)Romo (3)21,35011–19
–May 14MarinersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 24
31May 15Angels10–6Moore (2–0)Hartzell (0–3)11,29512–19
32May 16Angels5–4Willis (1–2)Aase (2–2)Murphy (2)12,04413–19
–May 17@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 5
33May 18@ Orioles5–3Flanagan (4–3)Clancy (2–3)4,25513–20
34May 19Yankees11–3Tidrow (2–3)Jefferson (2–5)26,02513–21
35May 20Yankees10–8Lemanczyk (1–7)Clay (0–2)30,55014–21
36May 21Yankees2–1Figueroa (5–1)Underwood (1–4)Gossage (6)14–22
37May 21Yankees9–1Clay (1–2)Garvin (2–2)41,30814–23
38May 22Red Sox5–4Ripley (1–3)Clancy (2–4)Stanley (3)25,05414–24
39May 23Red Sox2–1 (12)Jefferson (3–5)Campbell (2–4)14,57815–24
40May 24Red Sox8–2Torrez (6–2)Lemanczyk (1–8)28,82515–25
41May 25Red Sox9–5Eckersley (4–1)Underwood (1–5)Drago (4)17,19715–26
42May 26@ Yankees4–3Lyle (3–1)Garvin (2–3)24,17115–27
43May 27@ Yankees4–1Clancy (3–4)Figueroa (5–2)Murphy (3)56,07816–27
44May 28@ Yankees5–3Guidry (7–0)Jefferson (3–6)41,53416–28
45May 28@ Yankees6–5 (13)Gossage (3–4)Murphy (2–1)42,34416–29
46May 29@ Red Sox5–4Torrez (7–2)Underwood (1–6)25,93516–30
47May 30@ Red Sox4–0Eckersley (5–1)Garvin (2–4)25,85316–31
48May 31@ Red Sox6–2Clancy (4–4)Lee (7–2)27,94517–31
June 9–17 (Home 6–8, Away 3–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 2Rangers3–1Jefferson (4–6)Matlack (5–6)25,27318–31
50June 3Rangers4–3Underwood (2–6)Umbarger (2–5)Murphy (4)32,02119–31
51June 4Rangers9–5Ellis (4–2)Lemanczyk (1–9)Comer (1)28,37419–32
–June 7@ IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 25
–June 7@ IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 11
52June 9@ Brewers3–2 (10)Caldwell (6–3)Murphy (2–2)9,95919–33
53June 10@ Brewers5–0Travers (3–2)Garvin (2–5)25,88919–34
54June 11@ Brewers2–1Sorensen (8–4)Underwood (2–7)19–35
55June 11@ Brewers5–4Stein (2–1)Murphy (2–3)21,56819–36
–June 12TwinsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 13
56June 13Twins2–0Goltz (3–4)Moore (2–1)Marshall (8)19–37
57June 13Twins7–2Zahn (6–4)Clancy (4–5)14,48919–38
58June 14Brewers7–5Castro (2–0)Murphy (2–4)19–39
59June 14Brewers5–0Augustine (6–8)Garvin (2–6)28,34619–40
60June 16@ Rangers8–3Underwood (3–7)Ellis (5–3)20–40
61June 16@ Rangers5–2Jefferson (5–6)Moret (0–1)Murphy (5)20,66021–40
62June 17@ Rangers13–2Jenkins (7–3)Clancy (4–6)30,03321–41
63June 18@ Rangers3–2Cleveland (2–3)Murphy (2–5)24,64521–42
64June 20Tigers4–3 (13)Hiller (6–3)Willis (1–3)31,62521–43
65June 21Tigers10–8Crawford (2–2)Kirkwood (1–1)Foucault (4)29,43921–44
66June 23@ Indians8–3Waits (5–7)Jefferson (5–7)6,51421–45
67June 24@ Indians12–3Paxton (4–4)Clancy (4–7)7,17621–46
68June 25@ Indians2–1Moore (3–1)Clyde (4–3)Cruz (1)22–46
69June 25@ Indians3–2Wise (5–10)Garvin (2–7)Monge (2)21,95922–47
70June 26Orioles24–10Underwood (4–7)Flanagan (11–5)16,18423–47
71June 27Orioles6–2Lemanczyk (2–9)Palmer (10–6)Cruz (2)24–47
72June 27Orioles9–8Cruz (1–0)Stanhouse (1–5)38,56325–47
73June 28Orioles3–2Clancy (5–7)McGregor (8–6)Murphy (6)28,39226–47
74June 30Indians3–0Wise (6–10)Garvin (2–8)16,12926–48
July 13–18 (Home 7–7, Away 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
75July 1Indians9–3Underwood (5–7)Hood (4–4)Cruz (3)19,27727–48
76July 2Indians2–0Waits (6–8)Lemanczyk (2–10)Kern (7)27–49
77July 2Indians3–1Jefferson (6–7)Freisleben (0–2)28,30528–49
78July 3@ Tigers6–5Wilcox (5–7)Murphy (2–6)21,59728–50
79July 4@ Tigers9–2Moore (4–1)Morris (1–4)11,91329–50
80July 5@ Orioles3–1Flanagan (12–5)Garvin (2–9)29–51
81July 5@ Orioles8–6Kerrigan (1–0)Murphy (2–7)9,88629–52
82July 6@ Orioles2–0Lemanczyk (3–10)Palmer (10–7)Willis (4)14,92630–52
83July 7@ White Sox3–2Coleman (4–0)Hinton (1–2)Cruz (4)18,64331–52
84July 8@ White Sox3–0Clancy (6–7)Kravec (7–6)Willis (5)23,64832–52
85July 9@ White Sox5–3Stone (7–6)Underwood (5–8)Willoughby (11)16,49332–53
86July 13@ Angels5–0Aase (7–4)Lemanczyk (3–11)16,62532–54
87July 14@ Angels3–2 (11)Miller (4–0)Willis (1–4)20,33832–55
88July 15@ Athletics3–2Sosa (6–2)Underwood (5–9)6,86332–56
89July 16@ Athletics8–5Sosa (7–2)Willis (1–5)Heaverlo (7)3,75332–57
90July 17@ Athletics5–3Johnson (7–5)Garvin (2–10)12,41432–58
91July 18@ Mariners13–12 (10)Murphy (3–7)Pole (4–11)6,88133–58
92July 19@ Mariners6–2Honeycutt (3–5)Jefferson (6–8)Montague (2)7,43433–59
93July 21Athletics7–2Renko (4–4)Moore (4–2)33–60
94July 21Athletics5–4Murphy (4–7)Lacey (6–5)Cruz (5)21,05034–60
95July 22Athletics7–3Clancy (7–7)Johnson (7–6)21,02835–60
96July 23Athletics5–3Langford (3–7)Garvin (2–11)Heaverlo (8)23,15335–61
97July 24Mariners1–0Honeycutt (4–5)Lemanczyk (3–12)35–62
98July 24Mariners7–2Colborn (2–8)Jefferson (6–9)Romo (9)16,29135–63
99July 25Mariners4–2Abbott (4–7)Underwood (5–10)14,10335–64
100July 26@ Twins5–1Moore (5–2)Goltz (9–7)6,01436–64
101July 27@ Twins6–3Perzanowski (1–0)Clancy (7–8)18,28536–65
102July 28Brewers3–2 (11)Cruz (2–0)Castro (3–2)17,06037–65
103July 29Brewers4–3Lemanczyk (4–12)Sorensen (12–8)Cruz (6)25,03738–65
104July 30Brewers10–5Stein (3–2)Murphy (4–8)21,51138–66
105July 31Tigers8–7 (14)Coleman (5–0)Sykes (5–5)18,03239–66
August 16–14 (Home 10–3, Away 6–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Tigers3–2Slaton (11–8)Clancy (7–9)19,26539–67
107August 4@ Royals5–4Cruz (3–0)Hrabosky (4–5)35,06440–67
108August 5@ Royals5–3Gura (9–2)Lemanczyk (4–13)Mingori (6)34,17940–68
109August 6@ Royals12–5Gale (13–3)Moore (5–3)35,40440–69
110August 7Orioles2–1Clancy (8–9)Martínez (8–9)19,18441–69
111August 8Orioles5–3Underwood (6–10)Flanagan (14–10)Cruz (7)19,05242–69
112August 9White Sox8–0Jefferson (7–9)Stone (9–8)24,28243–69
113August 10White Sox7–3Garvin (3–11)Wood (10–10)Cruz (8)15,50844–69
114August 11Royals9–8 (10)Hrabosky (5–5)Cruz (3–1)20,60244–70
115August 12Royals5–2Clancy (9–9)Splittorff (13–10)23,13245–70
116August 13Royals3–2 (10)Willis (2–5)Hrabosky (5–6)30,27046–70
117August 15@ Brewers9–1Augustine (11–11)Lemanczyk (4–14)46–71
–August 15@ BrewersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 16
118August 16@ Brewers8–1Caldwell (15–7)Jefferson (7–10)46–72
119August 16@ Brewers3–2Rodríguez (4–5)Moore (5–4)McClure (8)16,92046–73
120August 17@ Brewers6–0Travers (8–7)Clancy (9–10)18,82946–74
121August 18@ Twins4–3 (10)Holly (1–1)Murphy (4–9)4,59946–75
122August 19@ Twins5–0Serum (7–5)Garvin (3–12)10,74546–76
123August 20@ Twins6–2Kirkwood (2–1)Perzanowski (2–5)Murphy (7)11,68547–76
124August 21Rangers8–6Murphy (5–9)Umbarger (4–8)16,00148–76
125August 22Rangers3–1Clancy (10–10)Medich (7–7)Cruz (9)17,49249–76
126August 23@ Tigers4–3 (12)Cruz (4–1)Rozema (6–8)50–76
127August 23@ Tigers5–4Garvin (4–12)Sykes (6–6)Willis (6)26,63151–76
128August 24@ Tigers5–2Wilcox (11–8)Moore (5–5)13,31451–77
129August 25Twins7–3Kirkwood (3–1)Serum (7–6)Willis (7)15,20652–77
130August 26Twins4–3 (10)Cruz (5–1)Zahn (9–13)25,60153–77
131August 27Twins3–2 (11)Marshall (7–11)Willis (2–6)22,02353–78
132August 28@ Rangers11–3Comer (7–3)Underwood (6–11)Barker (4)7,40053–79
133August 29@ Rangers4–1Moore (6–5)Matlack (12–11)9,48354–79
134August 30@ Red Sox2–1Eckersley (16–5)Kirkwood (3–2)54–80
135August 30@ Red Sox7–6Cruz (6–1)Stanley (12–2)32,82555–80
September 4–21 (Home 3–12, Away 1–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Angels6–4Hartzell (6–8)Jefferson (7–11)LaRoche (19)16,75755–81
137September 2Angels2–0Tanana (17–9)Clancy (10–11)21,09955–82
138September 3Angels3–1Knapp (14–7)Underwood (6–12)20,05455–83
139September 4Indians5–4Paxton (10–8)Moore (6–6)14,36455–84
140September 5Indians6–2Waits (11–13)Kirkwood (3–3)11,06055–85
141September 6Brewers7–0Sorensen (16–10)Jefferson (7–12)21,39055–86
142September 7Brewers5–4Cruz (7–1)McClure (2–5)12,09256–86
143September 8Orioles5–4Briles (4–4)Underwood (6–13)Stanhouse (22)14,15556–87
144September 9Orioles4–0McGregor (14–12)Moore (6–7)29,25556–88
145September 11@ Indians6–4Waits (12–13)Jefferson (7–13)56–89
146September 11@ Indians7–1Kirkwood (4–3)Wise (9–19)3,35657–89
–September 12@ IndiansPostponed (rain) Not rescheduled
147September 15@ Orioles8–3Palmer (19–12)Cruz (7–2)4,00057–90
148September 16@ Orioles11–1Martínez (14–11)Jefferson (7–14)10,26357–91
149September 17@ Orioles5–0Flanagan (18–13)Kirkwood (4–4)4,43657–92
150September 20Yankees8–1Willis (3–6)Guidry (22–3)58–92
151September 20Yankees3–2Gossage (10–10)Cruz (7–3)38,08058–93
152September 21Yankees7–1Hunter (11–5)Moore (6–8)Gossage (24)28,65358–94
153September 22Red Sox5–4Murphy (6–9)Hassler (3–5)22,17259–94
154September 23Red Sox3–1Tiant (11–8)Jefferson (7–15)30,05959–95
155September 24Red Sox7–6 (14)Drago (4–4)Buskey (0–1)33,61859–96
156September 26@ Yankees4–1Figueroa (19–9)Underwood (6–14)Gossage (25)20,53559–97
157September 27@ Yankees5–1Hunter (12–5)Willis (3–7)20,05259–98
158September 28@ Yankees3–1Guidry (24–3)Moore (6–9)30,48059–99
159September 29@ Red Sox11–0Stanley (15–2)Clancy (10–12)29,62659–100
160September 30@ Red Sox5–1Eckersley (20–8)Jefferson (7–16)32,65959–101
October 0–1 (Home 0–0, Away 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1@ Red Sox5–0Tiant (13–8)Kirkwood (4–5)29,20159–102

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
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; 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 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: 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 Jefferson3130211.27164.381091038697
Tom Underwood3130197.26144.101059087139
Jim Clancy3130193.210124.09968891106
Jerry Garvin2622144.24125.5492894867
Dave Lemanczyk2920136.24146.2697956762

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 Moore3718144.1694.9385795475
Don Kirkwood16968.0454.2436322529

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 G IP W L SV ERA R ER BB K
Víctor Cruz3247.17391.711093551
Mike Willis44100.23774.5655513952
Tom Murphy5094.06973.9343413736
Joe Coleman3160.22004.6034313028
Dave Wallace614.00003.8666117
Tom Buskey813.10103.385557
Mark Wiley22.20006.752212

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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