1978 Toronto Blue Jays season

1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1977)
Eastern Division (since 1977)
Location
Exhibition Stadium (since 1977)
Toronto (since 1977)
Other information
Owner(s)	Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)	Pat Gillick
Manager(s)	Roy Hartsfield
Local television	CBC Television (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Tom McKee) CBFT (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron)
Local radio	CKFH (Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
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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

• Alan Ashby
• Bob Bailor
• Rick Bosetti
• Rico Carty
• Jerry Garvin
• Luis Gómez
• Roy Howell
• Tommy Hutton
• John Mayberry
• Dave McKay

Season standings

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 Records Sources:
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 44 Tom Buskey 18 Jim Clancy 40,16 Joe Coleman 47 Víctor Cruz 36 Jerry Garvin 34 Jesse Jefferson 32 Don Kirkwood 23 Dave Lemanczyk 38 Balor Moore 45 Tom Murphy 24 Tom Underwood 46 Dave Wallace 21 Mark Wiley 33 Mike Willis		Catchers  8 Alan Ashby  9 Rick Cerone  3 Brian Milner 12 Ernie Whitt Infielders 25 Doug Ault 11 Luis Gómez 13 Roy Howell 16,17 Tim Johnson 29 Garth Iorg 10 John Mayberry 39 Dave McKay 16 Tim Nordbrook		Outfielders  1 Bob Bailor 22 Rick Bosetti  5 Sam Ewing 14 Tommy Hutton 26 Willie Upshaw 19 Otto Vélez 20 Alvis Woods 35 Gary Woods Other batters 14 Butch Alberts 20 Rico Carty 48 Willie Horton		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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record – April 6 @ Tigers Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 7 1 April 7 @ Tigers 6–2 Fidrych (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–1) 52,528 0–1 2 April 8 @ Tigers 5–2 Garvin (1–0) Slaton (0–1) Willis (1) 12,413 1–1 3 April 9 @ Tigers 8–4 Billingham (1–0) Underwood (0–1) Faucault (1) 9,169 1–2 4 April 11 @ White Sox 9–5 Kravec (1–0) Jefferson (0–1) Torrealba (1) 3,347 1–3 5 April 12 @ White Sox 5–4 Stone (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–2) LaGrow (2) 5,742 1–4 6 April 14 Tigers 10–8 Kirkwood (1–0) Wilcox (0–1) Murphy (1) 35,761 2–4 7 April 15 Tigers 6–3 Billingham (2–0) Willis (0–1) Faucault (2) 15,024 2–5 8 April 16 Tigers 4–3 Crawford (1–0) Clancy (0–1) 17,088 2–6 9 April 17 Royals 3–1 Gura (1–0) Jefferson (0–2) Hrabosky (3) 10,169 2–7 10 April 18 Royals 5–0 Splittorff (3–0) Lemanczyk (0–3) 10,218 2–8 11 April 19 Yankees 4–3 Murphy (1–0) Gossage (0–3) 13,306 3–8 – April 20 Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 20 12 April 21 White Sox 11–2 Barrios (1–1) Underwood (0–2) LaGrow (3) 10,108 3–9 13 April 22 White Sox 4–2 Clancy (1–1) Wood (0–3) Willis (2) 44,327 4–9 14 April 23 White Sox 4–0 Jefferson (1–2) Stone (1–1) 17,427 5–9 15 April 24 Indians 4–2 Hood (1–0) Lemanczyk (0–4) Kern (1) 10,776 5–10 16 April 25 Indians 6–5 Garland (2–2) Garvin (1–1) Kinney (2) 11,348 5–11 17 April 26 @ Royals 3–1 Murphy (2–0) Splittorff (4–1) 19,545 6–11 18 April 27 @ Royals 8–7 Moore (1–0) Bird (1–1) Willis (3) 17,422 7–11 19 April 28 @ Angels 5–4 Miller (1–0) Jefferson (1–3) LaRoche (5) 16,575 7–12 20 April 29 @ Angels 5–0 Ryan (1–1) Lemanczyk (0–5) 24,354 7–13 21 April 30 @ Angels 9–3 Garvin (2–1) Knapp (3–2) 27,367 8–13
May 9–18 (Home 7–7, Away 2–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 22 May 2 @ Athletics 2–1 Keough (2–0) Underwood (0–3) Sosa (4) 5,663 8–14 23 May 3 @ Athletics 11–3 Broberg (4–0) Clancy (1–2) Lacey (2) 2,512 8–15 24 May 5 @ Mariners 9–1 Honeycutt (2–3) Jefferson (1–4) 4,824 8–16 25 May 6 @ Mariners 6–0 Mitchell (2–3) Lemanczyk (0–6) 7,589 8–17 26 May 7 @ Mariners 9–7 Romo (3–0) Willis (0–2) 12,489 8–18 – May 8 Athletics Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 21 27 May 9 Athletics 4–0 Underwood (1–3) Broberg (4–1) 11,339 9–18 28 May 10 Athletics 3–1 Clancy (2–2) Langford (0–2) 21,766 10–18 29 May 12 Mariners 8–3 Jefferson (2–4) Rawley (0–3) 11,518 11–18 30 May 13 Mariners 9–6 Pole (3–4) Lemanczyk (0–7) Romo (3) 21,350 11–19 – May 14 Mariners Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 24 31 May 15 Angels 10–6 Moore (2–0) Hartzell (0–3) 11,295 12–19 32 May 16 Angels 5–4 Willis (1–2) Aase (2–2) Murphy (2) 12,044 13–19 – May 17 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 5 33 May 18 @ Orioles 5–3 Flanagan (4–3) Clancy (2–3) 4,255 13–20 34 May 19 Yankees 11–3 Tidrow (2–3) Jefferson (2–5) 26,025 13–21 35 May 20 Yankees 10–8 Lemanczyk (1–7) Clay (0–2) 30,550 14–21 36 May 21 Yankees 2–1 Figueroa (5–1) Underwood (1–4) Gossage (6) 14–22 37 May 21 Yankees 9–1 Clay (1–2) Garvin (2–2) 41,308 14–23 38 May 22 Red Sox 5–4 Ripley (1–3) Clancy (2–4) Stanley (3) 25,054 14–24 39 May 23 Red Sox 2–1 (12) Jefferson (3–5) Campbell (2–4) 14,578 15–24 40 May 24 Red Sox 8–2 Torrez (6–2) Lemanczyk (1–8) 28,825 15–25 41 May 25 Red Sox 9–5 Eckersley (4–1) Underwood (1–5) Drago (4) 17,197 15–26 42 May 26 @ Yankees 4–3 Lyle (3–1) Garvin (2–3) 24,171 15–27 43 May 27 @ Yankees 4–1 Clancy (3–4) Figueroa (5–2) Murphy (3) 56,078 16–27 44 May 28 @ Yankees 5–3 Guidry (7–0) Jefferson (3–6) 41,534 16–28 45 May 28 @ Yankees 6–5 (13) Gossage (3–4) Murphy (2–1) 42,344 16–29 46 May 29 @ Red Sox 5–4 Torrez (7–2) Underwood (1–6) 25,935 16–30 47 May 30 @ Red Sox 4–0 Eckersley (5–1) Garvin (2–4) 25,853 16–31 48 May 31 @ Red Sox 6–2 Clancy (4–4) Lee (7–2) 27,945 17–31
June 9–17 (Home 6–8, Away 3–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 49 June 2 Rangers 3–1 Jefferson (4–6) Matlack (5–6) 25,273 18–31 50 June 3 Rangers 4–3 Underwood (2–6) Umbarger (2–5) Murphy (4) 32,021 19–31 51 June 4 Rangers 9–5 Ellis (4–2) Lemanczyk (1–9) Comer (1) 28,374 19–32 – June 7 @ Indians Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 25 – June 7 @ Indians Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 11 52 June 9 @ Brewers 3–2 (10) Caldwell (6–3) Murphy (2–2) 9,959 19–33 53 June 10 @ Brewers 5–0 Travers (3–2) Garvin (2–5) 25,889 19–34 54 June 11 @ Brewers 2–1 Sorensen (8–4) Underwood (2–7) 19–35 55 June 11 @ Brewers 5–4 Stein (2–1) Murphy (2–3) 21,568 19–36 – June 12 Twins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 13 56 June 13 Twins 2–0 Goltz (3–4) Moore (2–1) Marshall (8) 19–37 57 June 13 Twins 7–2 Zahn (6–4) Clancy (4–5) 14,489 19–38 58 June 14 Brewers 7–5 Castro (2–0) Murphy (2–4) 19–39 59 June 14 Brewers 5–0 Augustine (6–8) Garvin (2–6) 28,346 19–40 60 June 16 @ Rangers 8–3 Underwood (3–7) Ellis (5–3) 20–40 61 June 16 @ Rangers 5–2 Jefferson (5–6) Moret (0–1) Murphy (5) 20,660 21–40 62 June 17 @ Rangers 13–2 Jenkins (7–3) Clancy (4–6) 30,033 21–41 63 June 18 @ Rangers 3–2 Cleveland (2–3) Murphy (2–5) 24,645 21–42 64 June 20 Tigers 4–3 (13) Hiller (6–3) Willis (1–3) 31,625 21–43 65 June 21 Tigers 10–8 Crawford (2–2) Kirkwood (1–1) Foucault (4) 29,439 21–44 66 June 23 @ Indians 8–3 Waits (5–7) Jefferson (5–7) 6,514 21–45 67 June 24 @ Indians 12–3 Paxton (4–4) Clancy (4–7) 7,176 21–46 68 June 25 @ Indians 2–1 Moore (3–1) Clyde (4–3) Cruz (1) 22–46 69 June 25 @ Indians 3–2 Wise (5–10) Garvin (2–7) Monge (2) 21,959 22–47 70 June 26 Orioles 24–10 Underwood (4–7) Flanagan (11–5) 16,184 23–47 71 June 27 Orioles 6–2 Lemanczyk (2–9) Palmer (10–6) Cruz (2) 24–47 72 June 27 Orioles 9–8 Cruz (1–0) Stanhouse (1–5) 38,563 25–47 73 June 28 Orioles 3–2 Clancy (5–7) McGregor (8–6) Murphy (6) 28,392 26–47 74 June 30 Indians 3–0 Wise (6–10) Garvin (2–8) 16,129 26–48
July 13–18 (Home 7–7, Away 6–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 75 July 1 Indians 9–3 Underwood (5–7) Hood (4–4) Cruz (3) 19,277 27–48 76 July 2 Indians 2–0 Waits (6–8) Lemanczyk (2–10) Kern (7) 27–49 77 July 2 Indians 3–1 Jefferson (6–7) Freisleben (0–2) 28,305 28–49 78 July 3 @ Tigers 6–5 Wilcox (5–7) Murphy (2–6) 21,597 28–50 79 July 4 @ Tigers 9–2 Moore (4–1) Morris (1–4) 11,913 29–50 80 July 5 @ Orioles 3–1 Flanagan (12–5) Garvin (2–9) 29–51 81 July 5 @ Orioles 8–6 Kerrigan (1–0) Murphy (2–7) 9,886 29–52 82 July 6 @ Orioles 2–0 Lemanczyk (3–10) Palmer (10–7) Willis (4) 14,926 30–52 83 July 7 @ White Sox 3–2 Coleman (4–0) Hinton (1–2) Cruz (4) 18,643 31–52 84 July 8 @ White Sox 3–0 Clancy (6–7) Kravec (7–6) Willis (5) 23,648 32–52 85 July 9 @ White Sox 5–3 Stone (7–6) Underwood (5–8) Willoughby (11) 16,493 32–53 86 July 13 @ Angels 5–0 Aase (7–4) Lemanczyk (3–11) 16,625 32–54 87 July 14 @ Angels 3–2 (11) Miller (4–0) Willis (1–4) 20,338 32–55 88 July 15 @ Athletics 3–2 Sosa (6–2) Underwood (5–9) 6,863 32–56 89 July 16 @ Athletics 8–5 Sosa (7–2) Willis (1–5) Heaverlo (7) 3,753 32–57 90 July 17 @ Athletics 5–3 Johnson (7–5) Garvin (2–10) 12,414 32–58 91 July 18 @ Mariners 13–12 (10) Murphy (3–7) Pole (4–11) 6,881 33–58 92 July 19 @ Mariners 6–2 Honeycutt (3–5) Jefferson (6–8) Montague (2) 7,434 33–59 93 July 21 Athletics 7–2 Renko (4–4) Moore (4–2) 33–60 94 July 21 Athletics 5–4 Murphy (4–7) Lacey (6–5) Cruz (5) 21,050 34–60 95 July 22 Athletics 7–3 Clancy (7–7) Johnson (7–6) 21,028 35–60 96 July 23 Athletics 5–3 Langford (3–7) Garvin (2–11) Heaverlo (8) 23,153 35–61 97 July 24 Mariners 1–0 Honeycutt (4–5) Lemanczyk (3–12) 35–62 98 July 24 Mariners 7–2 Colborn (2–8) Jefferson (6–9) Romo (9) 16,291 35–63 99 July 25 Mariners 4–2 Abbott (4–7) Underwood (5–10) 14,103 35–64 100 July 26 @ Twins 5–1 Moore (5–2) Goltz (9–7) 6,014 36–64 101 July 27 @ Twins 6–3 Perzanowski (1–0) Clancy (7–8) 18,285 36–65 102 July 28 Brewers 3–2 (11) Cruz (2–0) Castro (3–2) 17,060 37–65 103 July 29 Brewers 4–3 Lemanczyk (4–12) Sorensen (12–8) Cruz (6) 25,037 38–65 104 July 30 Brewers 10–5 Stein (3–2) Murphy (4–8) 21,511 38–66 105 July 31 Tigers 8–7 (14) Coleman (5–0) Sykes (5–5) 18,032 39–66
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) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 161 October 1 @ Red Sox 5–0 Tiant (13–8) Kirkwood (4–5) 29,201 59–102

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
C	Cerone, RickRick Cerone	88	282	25	63	8	2	.223	3	20	0
1B	Mayberry, JohnJohn Mayberry	152	515	51	129	15	2	.250	22	70	1
2B	McKay, DaveDave McKay	145	504	59	120	20	8	.238	7	45	4
3B	Howell, RoyRoy Howell	140	551	67	149	28	3	.270	8	61	0
SS	Gómez, LuisLuis Gómez	153	413	39	92	7	3	.223	0	32	2
LF	Woods, AlAl Woods	62	220	19	53	12	3	.241	3	25	1
CF	Bosetti, RickRick Bosetti	136	568	61	147	25	5	.259	5	42	6
RF	Bailor, BobBob Bailor	154	621	74	164	29	7	.264	1	52	5
DH	Carty, RicoRico 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
Ashby, AlanAlan Ashby	81	264	27	69	15	0	.261	9	29	1
Vélez, OttoOtto Vélez	91	248	29	66	14	2	.266	9	38	1
Upshaw, WillieWillie Upshaw	95	224	26	53	8	2	.237	1	17	4
Hutton, TommyTommy Hutton	64	173	19	44	9	0	.254	2	9	1
Horton, WillieWillie Horton	33	122	12	25	6	0	.205	3	19	0
Ault, DougDoug Ault	54	104	10	25	1	1	.240	3	7	0
Johnson, TimTim Johnson	68	79	9	19	2	0	.241	0	3	0
Ewing, SamSam Ewing	40	56	3	10	0	0	.179	2	9	0
Iorg, GarthGarth Iorg	19	49	3	8	0	0	.163	0	3	0
Woods, GaryGary Woods	8	19	1	3	1	0	.158	0	0	1
Alberts, ButchButch Alberts	6	18	1	5	1	0	.278	0	0	0
Milner, BrianBrian Milner	2	9	3	4	0	1	.444	0	2	0
Whitt, ErnieErnie Whitt	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Nordbrook, TimTim 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
Clancy, JimJim Clancy	31	30	193.2	10	12	4.09	96	88	91	106
Jefferson, JesseJesse Jefferson	31	30	211.2	7	16	4.38	109	103	86	97
Underwood, TomTom Underwood	31	30	197.2	6	14	4.10	105	90	87	139
Garvin, JerryJerry Garvin	26	22	144.2	4	12	5.54	92	89	48	67
Lemanczyk, DaveDave 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
Moore, BalorBalor Moore	37	18	144.1	6	9	4.93	85	79	54	75
Kirkwood, DonDon 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
Murphy, TomTom Murphy	50	94	6	9	7	3.93	43	41	37	36
Willis, MikeMike Willis	44	100.2	3	7	7	4.56	55	51	39	52
Cruz, VíctorVíctor Cruz	32	47.1	7	3	9	1.71	10	9	35	51
Coleman, JoeJoe Coleman	31	60.2	2	0	0	4.60	34	31	30	28
Wallace, DaveDave Wallace	6	14	0	0	0	3.86	6	6	11	7
Buskey, TomTom Buskey	8	13.1	0	1	0	3.38	5	5	5	7
Wiley, MarkMark 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

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

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