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1978:Second Year In


American League East

W L Pct. GB
NY Yankees 100 63 .613 -
Boston 99 64 .607 1.0
Milwaukee 93 69 .574 6.5
Baltimore 90 71 .559 9.0
Detroit 86 76 .531 13.0
Cleveland 69 90 .434 29.0
Toronto 59 102 .366 40.0

   Tim Clancy won 10 games while Victor Cruz topped relievers with nine saves with a 1.71 ERA. Tom Underwood got the win in the highest-scoring game in Jays history, a 24-10 win over Baltimore on June 26. Toronto selected outfielder Lloyd Moseby in the June draft, and future pitching star Dave Stieb was switched from the outfield to the mound in the minor leagues.
Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Pitcher Player of the Year
Roy Howell Jim Clancy & Tom Underwood Bob Bailor
Pitcher of the Year Rookie of the Year Most Improved Player
Jim Clancy & Victor Cruz Victor Cruz Alan Ashby

1978 Batting Statistics
Batter Pos. Avg. G AB R H HR RBI
Butch Alberts DH .278 6 18 1 5 0 0
Alan Ashby C .264 81 264 27 69 9 29
Doug Ault 1B-OF .240 54 104 10 25 3 7
Bob Bailor IF-OF .264 154 621 74 164 1 52
Rick Bosetti OF .259 136 568 61 147 5 42
Rico CarTy DH .284 104 387 51 110 20 68
Rick Cerone C .223 88 282 25 63 3 20
Sam Ewing OF .179 40 56 3 10 2 9
Luis Gomez SS-2B .223 153 413 39 92 0 31
Willie Horton DH .252 115 393 38 99 11 60
Roy Howell 3B .270 140 554 67 149 8 61
Tommy Hutton IF-OF .270 64 173 19 44 2 9
Garth Iorg 2B .163 19 49 3 8 0 3
Tim Johnson SS-2B .232 70 82 10 19 0 3
John Mayberry 1B-OF .250 152 515 51 129 22 70
Dave McKay LF .238 145 504 59 120 7 45
Brian Milner C .444 2 9 3 4 0 2
Tim Nordbrook SS-2B .000 7 0 1 0 0 0
Willie Upshaw 1B-OF .237 95 224 26 53 1 17
Otto Velez OF .266 91 248 29 66 9 38
Ernie Whitt C .000 2 4 0 0 0 0
Al Woods OF .241 62 220 19 53 3 25
Gary Woods OF .158 8 19 1 3 0 0
Designated hitters   .250 161 621 75 155 25 96
Pinch-hitters   .236 161 123 11 29 2 18
Totals   .250 161 5430 590 1358 98 550

1978 Batting Statistics
Pitcher ERA W-L SV G IP H ER BB SO
Tom Buskey 8.00 0-1 0 12 18 30 16 13 8
Jim Clancy 6.21 2-13 0 17 87 98 60 68 40
Joe Coleman 5.03 4-9 0 13 77 80 43 47 44
Victor Cruz 33.75 0-1 0 1 1 3 5 4 1
Jerry Garvin 6.00 0-1 0 14 21 29 14 8 10
Jesse Jefferson 4.19 10-18 0 34 245 247 114 85 127
Don Kirkwood 6.67 0-2 0 13 27 40 20 6 15
Dave Lemanczyk 5.28 1-3 0 6 29 26 17 14 11
Balor Moore 4.31 9-17 0 33 217 224 104 83 114
Tom Murphy 4.60 2-4 5 43 86 91 44 54 54
Tom Underwood 4.25 13-16 0 34 252 278 119 87 105
Dave Wallace 4.77 2-2 2 35 83 107 44 30 39
Mark Wiley 6.75 2-8 0 13 60 71 45 39 33
Mike Willis 3.47 7-7 8 53 148 143 57 59 123
Totals 4.55 59-102 23 161 1429 1529 723 614 758

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