1998 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics and Roster

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1998 Toronto Blue Jays (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1997/1999)
88-74, Finished 3rd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 816 runs, Allowed 768 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Managed by Tim Johnson

Ballpark: Skydome (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,454,303 (8th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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  *Darrin Fletcher     31  124  407   37  115  23  1   9   52  25   39  .283  .328  .410   0   0  19   6   1   7   7   91
1B *Carlos Delgado      26  142  530   94  155  43  1  38  115  73  139  .292  .385  .592   3   0   8  11   0   6  13  150
2B  Craig Grebeck       33  102  301   33   77  17  2   2   27  29   42  .256  .327  .346   2   2   8   4   8   2   0   76
3B  Ed Sprague          30  105  382   49   91  20  0  17   51  24   73  .238  .301  .424   0   2  15  11   0   2   1   86
SS  Alex Gonzalez       25  158  568   70  136  28  1  13   51  28  121  .239  .281  .361  21   6  13   6  13   3   1   66
LF  Shannon Stewart     24  144  516   90  144  29  3  12   55  67   77  .279  .377  .417  51  18   5  15   6   1   1  107
CF #Jose Cruz           24  105  352   55   89  14  3  11   42  57   99  .253  .354  .403  11   4   0   0   0   4   2   97
RF *Shawn Green         25  158  630  106  175  33  4  35  100  50  142  .278  .334  .510  35  12   6   5   1   3   2  116
DH  Jose Canseco        33  151  583   98  138  26  0  46  107  65  159  .237  .318  .518  29  17   7   6   0   4   5  113
   #Tony Fernandez      36  138  486   71  156  36  2   9   72  45   53  .321  .387  .459  13   8  11  11   3   6   5  120
    Mike Stanley        35   98  341   49   82  13  0  22   47  56   86  .240  .353  .472   2   1   6   5   0   3   3  113
   #Felipe Crespo       25   66  130   11   34   8  1   1   15  15   27  .262  .342  .362   4   3   1   2   4   2   1   84
    Kevin Brown         25   52  110   17   29   7  1   2   15   9   31  .264  .320  .400   0   0   1   2   3   4   0   87
    Mark Dalesandro     30   32   67    8   20   5  0   2   14   1    6  .299  .304  .463   0   0   3   0   0   1   0   96
    Juan Samuel         37   43   50   14    9   2  0   1    2   7   13  .180  .293  .280  13   8   0   1   1   0   0   51
   #Tony Phillips       39   13   48    9   17   5  0   1    7   9    6  .354  .467  .521   0   0   2   2   0   1   1  158
    Benito Santiago     33   15   29    3    9   5  0   0    4   1    6  .310  .333  .483   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  110
    Tom Evans           23    7   10    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .091  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  -73
   #Tomas Perez         24    6    9    1    1   0  0   0    0   1    3  .111  .200  .111   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -16
   *Kevin Witt          22    5    7    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .143  .143  .143   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -25
    Patrick Lennon      30    2    4    1    2   2  0   0    0   0    1  .500  .500 1.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  278

    Woody Williams      31    2    6    0    2   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   75
    Pat Hentgen         29    2    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Roger Clemens       35    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    0  .000  .200  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -41
    Juan Guzman         31   22    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Chris Carpenter     23    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Randy Myers         35    4    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dave Stieb          40    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.0  163 5580  816 1482 316 19 221  776 564 1132  .266  .333  .448 184  81 108  87  43  49  42  104
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10    8   11   4 12   2        6    1     9     9     5   1   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Roger Clemens       35  33   2.65  20   6  0  33   0   5   3  234.7  169   78   69  11   88  271  961   6   7  0   0 174
SP  Woody Williams      31  32   4.46  10   9  0  32   0   1   1  209.7  196  112  104  36   81  151  894   2   2  1   3 103
SP  Pat Hentgen         29  29   5.17  12  11  0  29   0   0   0  177.7  208  109  102  28   69   94  795   7   5  1   1  89
SP  Chris Carpenter     23  33   4.37  12   7  0  24   4   1   1  175.0  177   97   85  18   61  136  742   5   5  0   1 105
SP  Juan Guzman         31  22   4.41   6  12  0  22   0   2   0  145.0  133   83   71  19   65  113  632   6   6  0   1 105
SP  Erik Hanson         33  11   6.24   0   3  0   8   3   0   0   49.0   73   34   34  10   29   21  243   1   1  1   1  74

CL *Randy Myers         35  41   4.46   3   4 28   0  37   0   0   42.3   44   21   21   4   19   32  190   2   2  0   4 103
RP  Paul Quantrill      29  82   2.59   3   4  7   0  32   0   0   80.0   88   26   23   5   22   59  345   1   3  0   6 178
RP *Dan Plesac          36  78   3.78   4   3  4   0  16   0   0   50.0   41   23   21   4   16   55  203   0   1  0   1 122
RP  Bill Risley         31  44   5.27   3   4  0   0  18   0   0   54.7   52   37   32   7   34   42  245   3   4  1   4  87
RP  Robert Person       28  27   7.04   3   1  6   0  14   0   0   38.3   45   31   30   9   22   31  184   0   2  0   1  65

    Kelvim Escobar      22  22   3.73   7   3  0  10   2   0   0   79.7   72   37   33   5   35   72  342   0   0  0   0 124
    Dave Stieb          40  19   4.83   1   2  2   3   7   0   0   50.3   58   31   27   6   17   27  228   0   5  0   1  95
    Carlos Almanzar     24  25   5.34   2   2  0   0   8   0   0   28.7   34   18   17   4    8   20  129   0   1  0   2  86
   *Steve Sinclair      26  24   3.60   0   2  0   0   3   0   0   15.0   13    7    6   0    5    8   61   0   0  0   0 128
    Roy Halladay        21   2   1.93   1   0  0   2   0   1   0   14.0    9    4    3   2    2   13   53   0   0  0   0 239
    Nerio Rodriguez     27   7   9.72   1   0  0   0   3   0   0    8.3   10    9    9   1    8    3   44   0   1  0   0  47
    Luis Andujar        25   5   9.53   0   0  0   0   3   0   0    5.7   12    6    6   0    2    1   30   1   0  0   0  48
   *Ben Van Ryn         26  10   9.00   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    4.0    6    4    4   0    2    3   17   0   0  0   0  51
    Shannon Withem      25   1   3.00   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    3.0    3    1    1   0    2    2   14   0   0  0   0 154
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3 163   4.29  88  74 47 163 153  10  11 1465.0 1443  768  698 169  587 1154 6352  34  45  4  26 107
    Rank among 14 AL teams          3   4  10  4           5   2      1    4    4        5   11    2
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- DFletcher 971 114 121 832 51 8 1 .991 3 25 101 32 KBrown 313 32 52 261 19 2 2 .993 4 6 29 12 MDalesandro 112 11 18 68 4 1 0 .986 0 2 9 3 BSantiago 68 6 15 45 2 0 0 1.000 1 1 10 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1465 163 163 1206 76 11 3 .991 8 34 149 47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CDelgado 1256 141 141 1165 87 10 110 .992 8.97 MStanley 193 22 22 171 12 1 14 .995 8.50 KWitt 7 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 7.01 JSamuel 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 MDalesandro 2 0 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 22.50 FCrespo 2 0 1 4 0 1 0 .800 18.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 1352 100 12 124 .992 8.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *4.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CGrebeck 723 77 91 145 250 10 38 .975 4.92 TFernandez 692 81 82 128 222 9 43 .975 4.55 FCrespo 37 4 8 6 14 3 2 .870 4.83 JSamuel 11 1 2 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.91 TPerez 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 281 491 22 83 .972 4.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .948 *2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ESprague 918 104 105 87 157 20 8 .924 2.39 TFernandez 452 52 54 32 73 4 3 .963 2.09 TEvans 32 2 7 5 3 1 0 .889 2.20 MDalesandro 28 2 8 3 5 1 0 .889 2.57 CGrebeck 23 2 4 2 4 1 0 .857 2.35 FCrespo 10 1 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 130 244 27 11 .933 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 *4.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- AGonzalez 1398 157 158 259 427 17 98 .976 4.42 CGrebeck 40 4 6 4 15 0 3 1.000 4.28 TPerez 26 2 4 6 5 0 1 1.000 3.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 269 447 17 102 .977 4.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SStewart 843 89 110 204 1 5 0 .976 2.19 JCanseco 360 47 50 81 3 4 2 .955 2.10 FCrespo 99 7 19 30 0 0 0 1.000 2.73 TPhillips 81 10 11 20 0 1 0 .952 2.20 JSamuel 54 8 8 14 0 2 0 .875 2.33 JCruz 19 1 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 MStanley 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 354 4 12 2 .968 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCruz 871 95 103 243 7 4 1 .984 2.58 SStewart 317 36 44 91 2 1 1 .989 2.64 SGreen 267 31 33 77 1 1 0 .987 2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 411 10 6 2 .986 2.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SGreen 1080 116 127 234 13 6 4 .976 2.06 JCanseco 191 26 26 35 1 1 0 .973 1.69 FCrespo 138 14 25 26 1 0 1 1.000 1.76 TPhillips 27 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.33 JSamuel 14 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 PLennon 7 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.51 MDalesandro 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 303 15 7 5 .978 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.31 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- SGreen 1347 147 157 310 14 7 4 .979 2.16 SStewart 1160 125 144 298 5 6 1 .981 2.35 JCruz 890 96 105 243 6 4 1 .984 2.52 JCanseco 551 73 73 117 4 5 2 .960 1.97 FCrespo 246 22 42 57 1 0 1 1.000 2.12 TPhillips 108 13 13 25 0 1 0 .962 2.07 JSamuel 68 10 10 15 0 2 0 .882 1.99 MStanley 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 PLennon 7 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.51 MDalesandro 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1465 163 163 1069 30 25 9 .978 2.25 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RClemens 234 33 33 7 27 1 1 .971 1.30 WWilliams 209 32 32 12 18 3 4 .909 1.29 PHentgen 177 29 29 15 22 2 1 .949 1.87 CCarpenter 175 24 33 20 13 1 2 .971 1.70 JGuzman 145 22 22 8 14 2 2 .917 1.37 PQuantrill 80 0 82 4 14 0 2 1.000 2.02 KEscobar 79 10 22 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.68 BRisley 54 0 44 2 3 0 1 1.000 0.82 DStieb 50 3 19 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.79 DPlesac 50 0 78 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.18 EHanson 49 8 11 8 7 0 1 1.000 2.76 RMyers 42 0 41 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.43 RPerson 38 0 27 2 2 1 0 .800 0.94 CAlmanzar 28 0 25 2 3 1 0 .833 1.57 SSinclair 15 0 24 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.40 RHalladay 14 2 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93 NRodriguez 8 0 7 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 LAndujar 5 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.58 BVan Ryn 4 0 10 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 SWithem 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1465 163 163 88 144 11 15 .955 1.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JCanseco 78 MStanley 73 JSamuel 11 FCrespo 2 CDelgado 1 TFernandez 1 DFletcher 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 .321

On-base % Fernandez .387

Slugging % Delgado .592

OPS Delgado .977

Games Gonzalez and Green 158

At Bats Green 630

Plate Appearances (approx.) Green 689

Runs Green 106

Hits Green 175

Total Bases Green 321

Doubles Delgado 43

Triples Green 4

Home Runs Canseco 46

RBI Delgado 115

Bases on Balls Delgado 73

Strikeouts Canseco 159

Stolen Bases Stewart 51

Singles Fernandez 109

Adjusted OPS+ Delgado 150

Runs Created Delgado 126

Adjusted Batting Runs Delgado 41

Batting Wins Delgado 3.8

Extra-Base Hits Delgado 82

Times on Base Delgado 239

Offensive Win% Delgado .717

Hit By Pitch Stewart 15

Sac. Hits Gonzalez 13

Sac. Flies Fletcher 7

Intentional Walks Delgado 13

Grounded into Double Plays Fletcher 19

Caught Stealing Stewart 18

Power/Speed Number Canseco 35.6

At Bats per Strikeout Fernandez 9.2

At Bats per Home Run Canseco 12.7

Outs Green 477

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Clemens 2.65

Wins Clemens 20

Won-Loss % Clemens .769

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Clemens 1.095

Hits Allowed/9IP Clemens 6.48

Bases on Balls/9IP Carpenter 3.14

Strikeouts/9IP Clemens 10.39

Games Quantrill 82

Saves Myers 28

Innings Clemens 234.7

Strikeouts Clemens 271

Games Started Clemens 33

Comp. Games Clemens 5

Shutouts Clemens 3

Home Runs Allow. Williams 36

Bases On Balls Allow. Clemens 88

Hits Allowed Hentgen 208

SO to Walk Clemens 3.08

Losses Guzman 12

Earned Runs Allow. Williams 104

Wild Pitches Hentgen 7

Hit Batsmen Clemens 7

Batters Faced Clemens 961

Games Finished Myers 37

Adjusted ERA+ Clemens 174

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Roger Clemens $ 8,550,000

Juan Guzman $ 5,000,000

Randy Myers $ 4,416,667

Benito Santiago $ 4,000,000

Erik Hanson $ 3,533,333

Pat Hentgen $ 3,250,000

Carlos Delgado $ 2,400,000

Ed Sprague $ 2,350,000

Jose Canseco $ 2,125,000

Tony Fernandez $ 2,000,000

Mike Stanley $ 1,800,000

Woody Williams $ 1,615,000

Alex Gonzalez $ 1,497,500

Darrin Fletcher $ 1,475,000

Shawn Green $ 1,475,000

Paul Quantrill $ 1,150,000

Dan Plesac $ 800,000

Dave Stieb $ 450,000

Juan Samuel $ 421,000

Craig Grebeck $ 415,000

Bill Risley $ 405,000

Jose Cruz $ 325,000

Robert Person $ 265,000

Kelvim Escobar $ 220,000

Shannon Stewart $ 192,500

Chris Carpenter $ 190,000

Felipe Crespo $ 185,000

Mark Dalesandro $ 185,000

Carlos Almanzar $ 172,500

Nerio Rodriguez $ 172,500

Kevin Brown $ 170,000

Steve Sinclair $ 170,000

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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