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2008 Toronto Blue Jays (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
86-76, 4th place in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 714 runs, Allowed 610 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 93-69
Managed by John Gibbons and Cito Gaston

Ballpark: Rogers Centre (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,399,786 (6th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  (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   Rod Barajas         32  104  349   44   87  23  0  11   49  17   61  .249  .294  .410   0   0   9   7   0   4   0   86
1B *Lyle Overbay        31  158  544   74  147  32  2  15   69  74  116  .270  .358  .419   1   2  24   3   1   5   3  107
2B *Joe Inglett         30  109  344   45  102  15  7   3   39  28   43  .297  .355  .407   9   2   5   4   8   1   0  103
3B  Scott Rolen         33  115  408   58  107  30  3  11   50  46   71  .262  .349  .431   5   0  12  10   0   3   2  107
SS  David Eckstein      33   76  260   27   72  18  0   1   23  24   27  .277  .354  .358   2   1   6   8   9   2   1   91
LF *Adam Lind           24   88  326   48   92  16  4   9   40  16   59  .282  .316  .439   2   0   8   2   1   4   3   99
CF  Vernon Wells        29  108  427   63  128  22  1  20   78  29   46  .300  .343  .496   4   2  16   3   0   7   5  121
RF  Alexis Rios         27  155  635   91  185  47  8  15   79  44  112  .291  .337  .461  32   8  20   2   0   5   2  111
DH *Matt Stairs         40  105  320   42   80  11  1  11   44  41   87  .250  .342  .394   1   1  10   5   0   2   9   96
    Marco Scutaro       32  145  517   76  138  23  1   7   60  57   65  .267  .341  .356   7   2   8   5   6   7   0   87
   #Gregg Zaun          37   86  245   29   58  12  0   6   30  38   38  .237  .340  .359   2   1   6   1   3   1   1   87
   *Brad Wilkerson      31   85  208   20   45   8  2   4   23  25   53  .216  .297  .332   2   3   3   1   2   5   4   68
    Aaron Hill          26   55  205   19   54  14  0   2   20  16   31  .263  .324  .361   4   2   4   3   4   1   0   83
    John McDonald       33   84  186   21   39   8  0   1   18  10   25  .210  .255  .269   3   1   3   2   7   2   0   40
    Shannon Stewart     34   52  175   14   42   4  2   1   14  22   18  .240  .325  .303   3   1   8   1   0   2   1   69
    Kevin Mench         30   51  115   18   28  11  1   0   10  14   18  .243  .321  .357   2   0   3   0   0   2   2   81
   *Travis Snider       20   24   73    9   22   6  0   2   13   5   23  .301  .338  .466   0   0   0   0   0   2   0  112
    Frank Thomas        40   16   60    7   10   1  0   3   11  11   13  .167  .306  .333   0   0   3   1   0   0   0   71
    Jose Bautista       27   21   56    7   12   2  0   3   10   2   14  .214  .237  .411   0   0   2   0   2   1   1   69
    Curtis Thigpen      25   10   17    2    3   0  0   1    1   1    8  .176  .263  .353   0   0   0   1   2   0   0   63
    Jorge Velandia      33    3    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Buck Coats          26    8    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   1    2  .200  .333  .200   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   47
    Robinzon Diaz       24    1    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hector Luna         28    2    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.000   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  437

    Roy Halladay        31    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    A.J. Burnett        31    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Jesse Litsch        23    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dustin McGowan      26    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Shaun Marcum        26    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *David Purcey        26    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Shawn Camp          32    3    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0  162 5503  714 1453 303 32 126  681 521  938  .264  .331  .399  80  27 150  59  48  56  34   95
    Rank among 14 AL teams        13   11   12   5  6  10       11   13    10    10    11  10  12       7            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  A.J. Burnett        31  35   4.07  18  10  0  34   1   1   0  221.3  211  109  100  19   86  231  957  11   9  2   2 105
SP  Roy Halladay        31  34   2.78  20  11  0  33   0   9   2  246.0  220   88   76  18   39  206  987   4  12  0   3 154
SP  Jesse Litsch        23  29   3.58  13   9  0  28   0   2   2  176.0  178   79   70  20   39   99  735   4   8  0   2 119
SP  Shaun Marcum        26  25   3.39   9   7  0  25   0   0   0  151.3  126   60   57  21   50  123  630   3   8  0   2 126
SP  Dustin McGowan      26  19   4.37   6   7  0  19   0   1   0  111.3  115   60   54   9   38   85  474   5   5  0   1  98
SP *David Purcey        26  12   5.54   3   6  0  12   0   1   0   65.0   67   41   40   9   29   58  289   3   4  0   0  77
SP  Scott Richmond      28   5   4.00   1   3  0   5   0   1   1   27.0   32   12   12   2    2   20  113   0   2  0   0 107

CL *B.J. Ryan           32  60   2.95   2   4 32   0  48   0   0   58.0   46   21   19   4   28   58  249   2   4  1   3 145
RP *Jesse Carlson       27  69   2.25   7   2  2   0  10   0   0   60.0   41   16   15   6   21   55  237   2   3  1   7 190
RP *Scott Downs         32  66   1.78   0   3  5   0  14   0   0   70.7   54   15   14   3   27   57  290   3   4  0   7 239
RP *Brian Tallet        30  51   2.88   1   2  0   0  15   0   0   56.3   52   19   18   4   22   47  240   0   1  0   3 148
RP  Jason Frasor        30  49   4.18   1   2  0   0  21   0   0   47.3   36   23   22   4   32   42  208   6   1  0   4 102

   *John Parrish        30  13   4.04   1   1  0   6   1   0   0   42.3   47   19   19   5   15   21  179   4   0  0   0 106
    Shawn Camp          32  40   4.12   3   1  0   0  16   0   0   39.3   40   18   18   2   11   31  166   0   2  0   3 104
    Brandon League      25  31   2.18   1   2  1   0   8   0   0   33.0   28    9    8   2   15   23  141   2   3  0   2 196
    Brian Wolfe         27  20   2.45   0   2  0   0   4   0   0   22.0   18    6    6   2    6   14   86   1   0  0   1 174
    Jeremy Accardo      26  16   6.57   0   3  4   0   6   0   0   12.3   15   10    9   1    4    5   56   1   1  0   2  65
    Armando Benitez     35   8   5.68   0   1  0   0   2   0   0    6.3    4    5    4   3    2    9   26   0   0  0   0  75
    Randy Wells         25   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    0    4   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.6 162   3.49  86  76 44 162 147  15   5 1446.7 1330  610  561 134  467 1184 6067  51  67  4  42 122
    Rank among 14 AL teams          1   7   8  4           1   1      5    1    1        1    5    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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RBarajas 785 90 98 674 47 4 5 .994 2 42 22 GZaun 612 67 79 515 28 7 7 .987 4 40 14 CThigpen 49 5 9 36 3 0 2 1.000 0 4 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1446 162 162 1225 78 11 14 .992 6 0 86 37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LOverbay 1354 151 156 1316 155 5 112 .997 9.77 JBautista 27 4 5 29 0 0 1 1.000 9.67 RBarajas 27 3 4 27 5 0 4 1.000 10.67 BWilkerson 20 2 4 22 0 0 0 1.000 9.90 MScutaro 15 2 3 15 1 0 2 1.000 9.60 CThigpen 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 1410 161 5 119 .997 9.77 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JInglett 541 62 66 123 176 5 38 .984 4.97 AHill 479 53 55 87 150 1 27 .996 4.45 MScutaro 354 39 50 60 126 1 19 .995 4.72 DEckstein 45 5 6 7 14 0 4 1.000 4.20 JBautista 16 2 2 2 6 0 2 1.000 4.50 JVelandia 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 JMcDonald 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 280 472 7 90 .991 4.68 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SRolen 1006 115 115 74 217 11 14 .964 2.60 MScutaro 332 36 41 22 84 2 8 .981 2.87 JInglett 45 5 6 5 13 0 1 1.000 3.60 JBautista 40 4 8 5 11 0 1 1.000 3.60 JMcDonald 23 2 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 106 330 13 24 .971 2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DEckstein 484 56 57 69 146 9 33 .960 4.00 JMcDonald 478 52 67 80 134 9 33 .960 4.03 MScutaro 472 53 56 71 165 5 30 .979 4.50 JVelandia 10 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 JInglett 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 221 448 23 96 .967 4.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ALind 590 71 71 113 2 0 1 1.000 1.75 SStewart 310 36 40 56 3 0 3 1.000 1.71 BWilkerson 138 13 29 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.56 KMench 125 14 21 28 0 0 0 1.000 2.02 TSnider 99 11 13 14 2 0 1 1.000 1.45 JInglett 73 5 22 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 MStairs 62 8 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.45 MScutaro 25 3 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 BCoats 23 1 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 270 8 0 5 1.000 1.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- VWells 889 99 100 217 5 3 1 .987 2.25 ARios 522 59 62 156 10 3 1 .982 2.86 BWilkerson 28 3 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 JInglett 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 381 15 6 2 .985 2.46 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARios 820 92 93 170 4 1 2 .994 1.91 BWilkerson 336 37 45 77 3 1 0 .988 2.14 KMench 98 11 15 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.11 JInglett 87 9 12 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.44 TSnider 60 7 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.65 MStairs 45 6 6 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 303 8 2 2 .994 1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RHalladay 246 33 34 33 26 1 2 .983 2.16 ABurnett 221 34 35 18 29 7 1 .870 1.91 JLitsch 176 28 29 23 36 3 2 .952 3.02 SMarcum 151 25 25 18 17 0 0 1.000 2.08 DMcGowan 111 19 19 11 11 3 4 .880 1.78 SDowns 70 0 66 10 14 1 1 .960 3.06 DPurcey 65 12 12 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.83 JCarlson 60 0 69 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.50 BRyan 58 0 60 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.78 BTallet 56 0 51 3 3 1 0 .857 0.96 JFrasor 47 0 49 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.90 JParrish 42 6 13 3 6 1 0 .900 1.91 SCamp 39 0 40 3 6 0 2 1.000 2.06 BLeague 33 0 31 8 4 0 0 1.000 3.27 SRichmond 27 5 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.67 BWolfe 22 0 20 3 4 0 0 1.000 2.86 JAccardo 12 0 16 1 0 0 1 1.000 0.73 ABenitez 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RWells 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1446 162 162 144 179 17 14 .950 2.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- MStairs 75 ALind 16 FThomas 16 DEckstein 9 SStewart 8 VWells 8 KMench 6 TSnider 4 JBautista 3 ARios 2 GZaun 2 RBarajas 1 RDiaz 1 JInglett 1 MScutaro 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 Rios .291

On-base % Overbay .358

Slugging % Rios .461

OPS Rios .798

Games Overbay 158

At Bats Rios 635

Plate Appearances (approx.) Rios 686

Runs Rios 91

Hits Rios 185

Total Bases Rios 293

Doubles Rios 47

Triples Rios 8

Home Runs Wells 20

RBI Rios 79

Bases on Balls Overbay 74

Strikeouts Overbay 116

Stolen Bases Rios 32

Singles Rios 115

Adjusted OPS+ Rios 111

Runs Created Rios 96

Adjusted Batting Runs Wells 12

Batting Wins Wells 1.1

Extra-Base Hits Rios 70

Times on Base Rios 231

Offensive Win% Rios .532

Hit By Pitch Rolen 10

Sac. Hits Eckstein 9

Sac. Flies Scutaro and Wells 7

Intentional Walks Stairs 9

Grounded into Double Plays Overbay 24

Caught Stealing Rios 8

Power/Speed Number Rios 20.4

At Bats per Strikeout Scutaro 8.0

At Bats per Home Run Overbay 36.3

Outs Rios 483

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Halladay 2.78

Wins Halladay 20

Won-Loss % Halladay .645

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Halladay 1.053

Hits Allowed/9IP Halladay 8.05

Bases on Balls/9IP Halladay 1.43

Strikeouts/9IP Burnett 9.39

Games Carlson 69

Saves Ryan 32

Innings Halladay 246.0

Strikeouts Burnett 231

Games Started Burnett 34

Comp. Games Halladay 9

Shutouts Halladay and Litsch 2

Home Runs Allow. Marcum 21

Bases On Balls Allow. Burnett 86

Hits Allowed Halladay 220

SO to Walk Halladay 5.28

Losses Halladay 11

Earned Runs Allow. Burnett 100

Wild Pitches Burnett 11

Hit Batsmen Halladay 12

Batters Faced Halladay 987

Games Finished Ryan 48

Adjusted ERA+ Halladay 154

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

A.J. Burnett $ 13,200,000

Frank Thomas $ 12,560,000

B.J. Ryan $ 12,000,000

Scott Rolen $ 11,625,000

Roy Halladay $ 10,000,000

Lyle Overbay $ 6,750,000

Alexis Rios $ 4,835,000

David Eckstein $ 4,500,000

Gregg Zaun $ 3,750,000

Vernon Wells $ 3,687,500

Brad Wilkerson $ 3,000,000

Scott Downs $ 2,250,000

John McDonald $ 1,900,000

Matt Stairs $ 1,625,000

Marco Scutaro $ 1,550,000

Shannon Stewart $ 1,500,000

Jason Frasor $ 1,125,000

Rod Barajas $ 700,000

Brian Tallet $ 640,000

Aaron Hill $ 410,000

Dustin McGowan $ 404,100

Shaun Marcum $ 402,500

Brandon League $ 400,300

Jesse Litsch $ 395,800

Brian Wolfe $ 395,500

Jeremy Accardo $ 392,200

Buck Coats $ 392,100

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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