1978 Toronto Blue Jays season

1978 Toronto Blue Jays
1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Record	59–102 (.364)
Owners	Labatt Breweries,; Imperial Trust,; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Managers	Roy Hartsfield
Television	CBC Television; (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Tom McKee); CBFT; (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Radio	CKFH; (Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)

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

October 25, 1977: Phil Roof was released by the Blue Jays.^[1]
November 11, 1977: Luis Gomez was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.^[2]
January 10, 1978: Geno Petralli was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.^[3]
March 15, 1978: Dennis DeBarr was traded by the Blue Jays to the Cleveland Indians for Rico Carty.^[4]
March 15, 1978: Tom Bruno and cash were traded by the Blue Jays to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rick Bosetti.^[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	100	63	0.613	—	55–26	45–37
Boston Red Sox	99	64	0.607	1	59–23	40–41
Milwaukee Brewers	93	69	0.574	6½	54–27	39–42
Baltimore Orioles	90	71	0.559	9	51–30	39–41
Detroit Tigers	86	76	0.531	13½	47–34	39–42
Cleveland Indians	69	90	0.434	29	42–36	27–54
Toronto Blue Jays	59	102	0.366	40	37–44	22–58

Record vs. opponents

1978 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–8	4–6	8–1	9–6	7–8	2–8	7–8	5–5	6–9	11–0	9–1	7–4	8–7
Boston	8–7	—	9–2	7–3	7–8	12–3	4–6	10–5	9–2	7–9	5–5	7–3	3–7	11–4
California	6–4	2–9	—	8–7	6–4	4–7	9–6	5–5	12–3	5–5	9–6	9–6	5–10	7–3
Chicago	1–8	3–7	7–8	—	8–2	2–9	8–7	4–7	8–7	1–9	7–8	7–8	11–4	4–6
Cleveland	6–9	8–7	4–6	2–8	—	5–10	5–6	5–10	5–5	6–9	4–6	8–1	1–9	10–4
Detroit	8–7	3–12	7–4	9–2	10–5	—	4–6	7–8	4–6	4–11	6–4	8–2	7–3	9–6
Kansas City	8–2	6–4	6–9	7–8	6–5	6–4	—	6–4	7–8	6–5	10–5	12–3	7–8	5–5
Milwaukee	8–7	5–10	5–5	7–4	10–5	8–7	4–6	—	4–7	10–5	9–1	5–5	6–4	12–3
Minnesota	5–5	2–9	3–12	7–8	5–5	6–4	8–7	7–4	—	3–7	9–6	6–9	6–9	6–4
New York	9–6	9–7	5–5	9–1	9–6	11–4	5–6	5–10	7–3	—	8–2	6–5	6–4	11–4
Oakland	0–11	5–5	6–9	8–7	6–4	4–6	5–10	1–9	6–9	2–8	—	13–2	6–9	7–4
Seattle	1–9	3–7	6–9	8–7	1–8	2–8	3–12	5–5	9–6	5–6	2–13	—	3–12	8–2
Texas	4–7	7–3	10–5	4–11	9–1	3–7	8–7	4–6	9–6	4–6	9–6	12–3	—	4–7
Toronto	7–8	4–11	3–7	6–4	4–10	6–9	5–5	3–12	4–6	4–11	4–7	2–8	7–4	—

Notable transactions

April 4, 1978: John Mayberry was purchased by the Blue Jays from the Kansas City Royals.^[6]
May 22, 1978: Joe Coleman was purchased by the Blue Jays from the Oakland Athletics.^[7]
June 6, 1978: 1978 Major League Baseball draft
- Lloyd Moseby was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (2nd pick).^[8]
- Dave Stieb was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 5th round.^[9]
August 15, 1978: Rico Carty was traded by the Blue Jays to the Oakland Athletics for Willie Horton and Phil Huffman.^[4]

Roster

1978 Toronto Blue Jays

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

7 Roy Hartsfield

Coaches

31 Bobby Doerr (Hitting)
43 Don Leppert (First Base)
15 Bob Miller (Pitching)
42 Jackie Moore (Third Base)
41 Harry Warner (Bullpen)

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)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
106	August 1	Tigers	3–2	Slaton (11–8)	Clancy (7–9)		19,265	39–67
107	August 4	@ Royals	5–4	Cruz (3–0)	Hrabosky (4–5)		35,064	40–67
108	August 5	@ Royals	5–3	Gura (9–2)	Lemanczyk (4–13)	Mingori (6)	34,179	40–68
109	August 6	@ Royals	12–5	Gale (13–3)	Moore (5–3)		35,404	40–69
110	August 7	Orioles	2–1	Clancy (8–9)	Martínez (8–9)		19,184	41–69
111	August 8	Orioles	5–3	Underwood (6–10)	Flanagan (14–10)	Cruz (7)	19,052	42–69
112	August 9	White Sox	8–0	Jefferson (7–9)	Stone (9–8)		24,282	43–69
113	August 10	White Sox	7–3	Garvin (3–11)	Wood (10–10)	Cruz (8)	15,508	44–69
114	August 11	Royals	9–8 (10)	Hrabosky (5–5)	Cruz (3–1)		20,602	44–70
115	August 12	Royals	5–2	Clancy (9–9)	Splittorff (13–10)		23,132	45–70
116	August 13	Royals	3–2 (10)	Willis (2–5)	Hrabosky (5–6)		30,270	46–70
117	August 15	@ Brewers	9–1	Augustine (11–11)	Lemanczyk (4–14)			46–71
–	August 15	@ Brewers	Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 16
118	August 16	@ Brewers	8–1	Caldwell (15–7)	Jefferson (7–10)			46–72
119	August 16	@ Brewers	3–2	Rodríguez (4–5)	Moore (5–4)	McClure (8)	16,920	46–73
120	August 17	@ Brewers	6–0	Travers (8–7)	Clancy (9–10)		18,829	46–74
121	August 18	@ Twins	4–3 (10)	Holly (1–1)	Murphy (4–9)		4,599	46–75
122	August 19	@ Twins	5–0	Serum (7–5)	Garvin (3–12)		10,745	46–76
123	August 20	@ Twins	6–2	Kirkwood (2–1)	Perzanowski (2–5)	Murphy (7)	11,685	47–76
124	August 21	Rangers	8–6	Murphy (5–9)	Umbarger (4–8)		16,001	48–76
125	August 22	Rangers	3–1	Clancy (10–10)	Medich (7–7)	Cruz (9)	17,492	49–76
126	August 23	@ Tigers	4–3 (12)	Cruz (4–1)	Rozema (6–8)			50–76
127	August 23	@ Tigers	5–4	Garvin (4–12)	Sykes (6–6)	Willis (6)	26,631	51–76
128	August 24	@ Tigers	5–2	Wilcox (11–8)	Moore (5–5)		13,314	51–77
129	August 25	Twins	7–3	Kirkwood (3–1)	Serum (7–6)	Willis (7)	15,206	52–77
130	August 26	Twins	4–3 (10)	Cruz (5–1)	Zahn (9–13)		25,601	53–77
131	August 27	Twins	3–2 (11)	Marshall (7–11)	Willis (2–6)		22,023	53–78
132	August 28	@ Rangers	11–3	Comer (7–3)	Underwood (6–11)	Barker (4)	7,400	53–79
133	August 29	@ Rangers	4–1	Moore (6–5)	Matlack (12–11)		9,483	54–79
134	August 30	@ Red Sox	2–1	Eckersley (16–5)	Kirkwood (3–2)			54–80
135	August 30	@ Red Sox	7–6	Cruz (6–1)	Stanley (12–2)		32,825	55–80

September 4–21 (Home 3–12, Away 1–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
136	September 1	Angels	6–4	Hartzell (6–8)	Jefferson (7–11)	LaRoche (19)	16,757	55–81
137	September 2	Angels	2–0	Tanana (17–9)	Clancy (10–11)		21,099	55–82
138	September 3	Angels	3–1	Knapp (14–7)	Underwood (6–12)		20,054	55–83
139	September 4	Indians	5–4	Paxton (10–8)	Moore (6–6)		14,364	55–84
140	September 5	Indians	6–2	Waits (11–13)	Kirkwood (3–3)		11,060	55–85
141	September 6	Brewers	7–0	Sorensen (16–10)	Jefferson (7–12)		21,390	55–86
142	September 7	Brewers	5–4	Cruz (7–1)	McClure (2–5)		12,092	56–86
143	September 8	Orioles	5–4	Briles (4–4)	Underwood (6–13)	Stanhouse (22)	14,155	56–87
144	September 9	Orioles	4–0	McGregor (14–12)	Moore (6–7)		29,255	56–88
145	September 11	@ Indians	6–4	Waits (12–13)	Jefferson (7–13)			56–89
146	September 11	@ Indians	7–1	Kirkwood (4–3)	Wise (9–19)		3,356	57–89
–	September 12	@ Indians	Postponed (rain) Not rescheduled
147	September 15	@ Orioles	8–3	Palmer (19–12)	Cruz (7–2)		4,000	57–90
148	September 16	@ Orioles	11–1	Martínez (14–11)	Jefferson (7–14)		10,263	57–91
149	September 17	@ Orioles	5–0	Flanagan (18–13)	Kirkwood (4–4)		4,436	57–92
150	September 20	Yankees	8–1	Willis (3–6)	Guidry (22–3)			58–92
151	September 20	Yankees	3–2	Gossage (10–10)	Cruz (7–3)		38,080	58–93
152	September 21	Yankees	7–1	Hunter (11–5)	Moore (6–8)	Gossage (24)	28,653	58–94
153	September 22	Red Sox	5–4	Murphy (6–9)	Hassler (3–5)		22,172	59–94
154	September 23	Red Sox	3–1	Tiant (11–8)	Jefferson (7–15)		30,059	59–95
155	September 24	Red Sox	7–6 (14)	Drago (4–4)	Buskey (0–1)		33,618	59–96
156	September 26	@ Yankees	4–1	Figueroa (19–9)	Underwood (6–14)	Gossage (25)	20,535	59–97
157	September 27	@ Yankees	5–1	Hunter (12–5)	Willis (3–7)		20,052	59–98
158	September 28	@ Yankees	3–1	Guidry (24–3)	Moore (6–9)		30,480	59–99
159	September 29	@ Red Sox	11–0	Stanley (15–2)	Clancy (10–12)		29,626	59–100
160	September 30	@ Red Sox	5–1	Eckersley (20–8)	Jefferson (7–16)		32,659	59–101

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
C	Rick Cerone	88	282	25	63	8	2	.223	3	20	0
1B	John Mayberry	152	515	51	129	15	2	.250	22	70	1
2B	Dave McKay	145	504	59	120	20	8	.238	7	45	4
3B	Roy Howell	140	551	67	149	28	3	.270	8	61	0
SS	Luis Gómez	153	413	39	92	7	3	.223	0	32	2
LF	Al Woods	62	220	19	53	12	3	.241	3	25	1
CF	Rick Bosetti	136	568	61	147	25	5	.259	5	42	6
RF	Bob Bailor	154	621	74	164	29	7	.264	1	52	5
DH	Rico Carty	104	387	51	110	16	0	.284	20	68	1

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 Ashby	81	264	27	69	15	0	.261	9	29	1
Otto Vélez	91	248	29	66	14	2	.266	9	38	1
Willie Upshaw	95	224	26	53	8	2	.237	1	17	4
Tommy Hutton	64	173	19	44	9	0	.254	2	9	1
Willie Horton	33	122	12	25	6	0	.205	3	19	0
Doug Ault	54	104	10	25	1	1	.240	3	7	0
Tim Johnson	68	79	9	19	2	0	.241	0	3	0
Sam Ewing	40	56	3	10	0	0	.179	2	9	0
Garth Iorg	19	49	3	8	0	0	.163	0	3	0
Gary Woods	8	19	1	3	1	0	.158	0	0	1
Butch Alberts	6	18	1	5	1	0	.278	0	0	0
Brian Milner	2	9	3	4	0	1	.444	0	2	0
Ernie Whitt	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Tim Nordbrook	7	0	1	0	0	0	----	0	0	0

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 Clancy	31	30	193.2	10	12	4.09	96	88	91	106
Jesse Jefferson	31	30	211.2	7	16	4.38	109	103	86	97
Tom Underwood	31	30	197.2	6	14	4.10	105	90	87	139
Jerry Garvin	26	22	144.2	4	12	5.54	92	89	48	67
Dave Lemanczyk	29	20	136.2	4	14	6.26	97	95	67	62

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 Moore	37	18	144.1	6	9	4.93	85	79	54	75
Don Kirkwood	16	9	68	4	5	4.24	36	32	25	29

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 Murphy	50	94	6	9	7	3.93	43	41	37	36
Mike Willis	44	100.2	3	7	7	4.56	55	51	39	52
Víctor Cruz	32	47.1	7	3	9	1.71	10	9	35	51
Joe Coleman	31	60.2	2	0	0	4.60	34	31	30	28
Dave Wallace	6	14	0	0	0	3.86	6	6	11	7
Tom Buskey	8	13.1	0	1	0	3.38	5	5	5	7
Mark Wiley	2	2.2	0	0	0	6.75	2	2	1	2

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Roy Howell, reserve^[10]

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

^[11]

Notes

^ Phil Roof page at Baseball Reference
^ Luis Gomez page at Baseball-Reference
^ Geno Petralli page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
^ Rick Bosetti page at Baseball Reference
^ John Mayberry page at Baseball Reference
^ Joe Coleman page at Baseball Reference
^ Lloyd Moseby page at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Stieb page at Baseball Reference
^ http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/all_stars.jsp
^ 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

1978 Toronto Blue Jays team page at Baseball Reference
1978 Toronto Blue Jays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Preceded by 1977 Toronto Blue Jays season	1978 Toronto Blue Jays Season 1978	Succeeded by 1979 Toronto Blue Jays season

[1] Phil Roof page at Baseball Reference

[2] Luis Gomez page at Baseball-Reference

[3] Geno Petralli page at Baseball Reference

[carty-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] ttp://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

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