1987 Toronto Blue Jays roster

31 players appeared for the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1987 MLB season.

1987 Blue Jays roster: batting

1987 Toronto Blue Jays batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
George A. BellDH156610111188471345.308.352.957
Lloyd MosebyLF155592106167269639.282.358.831
Jesse BarfieldRF1595908915528843.263.331.788
Tony FernandezDH1465789018656732.322.379.805
Willie Upshaw1B15051268125155810.244.324.715
Ernie WhittC1354465712019750.269.334.789
Kelly Gruber3B1383415080123612.235.283.682
Rance MulliniksDH1243323710311441.310.371.871
Garth Iorg2B12231035654302.210.262.546
Fred McGriff1B107295587320433.247.376.881
Rick LeachRF9819526553250.282.371.776
Cecil FielderDH82175304714320.269.345.905
Nelson Liriano2B37158293821013.241.310.652
Manuel Lee2B5612114311112.256.289.636
Charlie MooreC511071523170.215.306.661
Rob DuceyLF3448129162.188.298.569
Jeff DeWillisC132523120.120.185.465
Matt StarkDH51201000.083.083.167
Greg MyersC7911000.111.111.222
Lou ThorntonCF12251000.500.6671.167

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1987 Blue Jays roster: pitching

1987 Toronto Blue Jays pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Jimmy KeyRP36361782.76261.01611.060
Jim ClancyRP373715113.54241.11801.300
Dave StiebRP33311394.09185.01151.360
John CeruttiRP44211144.40151.1921.340
Mark EichhornRP8901063.17127.2961.274
Jose NunezRP379525.0197.0991.540
Tom HenkeRP720062.4994.01280.9334
Jeff MusselmanRP6811254.1589.0541.453
Joe JohnsonSP1414355.1366.2271.430
David WellsSP182433.9929.1321.671
Duane WardRP121106.9411.2102.230

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.