1997 Toronto Blue Jays roster: 76-86

Team stats and league rank

Counts are season totals; percentages and ratings as they stand. Ranked among the 28 clubs that season.

1997 Blue Jays roster: batting

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1997 Toronto Blue Jays batting

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
JCJoe Carter	1B	157	612	76	143	21	102	8	.234	.284	.683
CDCarlos Delgado	1B	153	519	79	136	30	91	0	.262	.350	.878
EJEd Sprague Jr.	1B	138	504	63	115	14	48	0	.228	.306	.691
SGShawn Green	RF	135	429	57	123	16	53	14	.287	.340	.809
Alex Gonzalez	1B	126	426	46	102	12	35	15	.239	.302	.689
OMOrlando Merced	RF	98	368	45	98	9	40	7	.266	.352	.765
CGCarlos Garcia	3B	103	350	29	77	3	23	11	.220	.253	.562
BSBenito Santiago	C	97	341	31	83	13	42	1	.243	.279	.667
COCharlie O'Brien	C	69	225	22	49	4	27	0	.218	.311	.657
JBJacob Brumfield	CF	58	174	22	36	2	20	4	.207	.268	.550
SSShannon Stewart	LF	44	168	25	48	0	22	10	.286	.368	.814
TPTomas Perez	2B	40	123	9	24	0	9	1	.195	.267	.519
Juan Samuel	DH	45	95	13	27	3	15	5	.284	.364	.880
RPRobert Pérez	1B	37	78	4	15	2	6	0	.192	.192	.538
TETom Evans	3B	12	38	7	11	1	2	0	.289	.341	.763
FCFelipe Crespo	LF	12	28	3	8	1	5	0	.286	.333	.798
RBRich Butler	RF	7	14	3	4	0	2	0	.286	.375	.732
JMJulio Mosquera	C	3	8	0	2	0	0	0	.250	.250	.625
SMSandy Martinez	C	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.333

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

1997 Blue Jays roster: pitching

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1997 Toronto Blue Jays pitching

Player↓	Pos↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	GS↓iGS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Pat Hentgen	SP	35	35	15	10	3.68	264.0	160	1.23	0
RCRoger Clemens	SP	34	34	21	7	2.05	264.0	292	1.03	0
WWWoody Williams	SP	31	31	9	14	4.35	194.2	124	1.37	0
RPRobert Person	RP	23	22	5	10	5.61	128.1	99	1.44	0
PQPaul Quantrill	RP	77	0	6	7	1.94	88.0	56	1.36	5
Chris Carpenter	SP	14	13	3	7	5.09	81.1	55	1.78	0
JGJuan Guzman	SP	13	13	3	6	4.95	60.0	52	1.32	0
DPDan Plesac	RP	73	0	2	4	3.58	50.1	61	1.31	1
LALuis Andujar	RP	17	8	0	6	6.48	50.0	28	1.94	0
TCTim Crabtree	RP	37	0	3	3	7.08	40.2	26	2.02	2
KEKelvim Escobar	RP	27	0	3	2	2.90	31.0	36	1.52	14
MJMarty Janzen	RP	12	0	2	1	3.60	25.0	17	1.44	0
HFHuck Flener	RP	8	1	0	1	9.87	17.1	9	2.65	0
EHErik Hanson	SP	3	2	0	0	7.80	15.0	18	1.40	0
BRBill Risley	RP	3	0	0	1	8.31	4.1	2	1.15	0
CACarlos Almanzar	RP	4	0	0	1	2.70	3.1	4	0.60	0
KRKen Robinson	RP	3	0	0	0	2.70	3.1	4	0.60	0

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

Results

1. Apr 1, 1997vs CHWL 5-6
2. Apr 2, 1997vs CHWW 6-1
3. Apr 4, 1997vs MILW 6-2
4. Apr 5, 1997vs MILL 2-5
5. Apr 6, 1997vs MILL 2-4
6. Apr 9, 1997@ CHWW 5-0
7. Apr 10, 1997@ CHWW 4-0
8. Apr 13, 1997@ MILL 2-3
9. Apr 14, 1997vs KCL 2-3
10. Apr 15, 1997vs KCL 5-7
11. Apr 16, 1997vs ATHW 4-3
12. Apr 17, 1997vs ATHW 5-4
13. Apr 18, 1997@ TEXW 6-5
14. Apr 19, 1997@ TEXW 6-0
15. Apr 20, 1997@ TEXL 5-10
16. Apr 21, 1997@ LAAL 4-5
17. Apr 22, 1997@ LAAW 7-6
18. Apr 23, 1997@ LAAL 4-5
19. Apr 25, 1997vs SEAL 8-13
20. Apr 26, 1997vs SEAW 4-3
21. Apr 27, 1997vs SEAL 1-2
22. Apr 29, 1997@ KCL 5-6
23. Apr 30, 1997@ KCW 1-0
24. May 1, 1997@ KCL 0-8
25. May 2, 1997vs MINL 2-3
26. May 3, 1997vs MINW 6-5
27. May 4, 1997vs MINW 1-0
28. May 5, 1997vs DETW 3-1
29. May 6, 1997vs DETW 2-1
30. May 7, 1997@ CLEL 1-7
31. May 8, 1997@ CLEW 4-3
32. May 9, 1997@ MINW 4-1
33. May 10, 1997@ MINW 6-4
34. May 11, 1997@ MINW 3-2
35. May 12, 1997@ MINL 2-12
36. May 13, 1997@ DETL 0-4
37. May 14, 1997@ DETW 7-2
38. May 16, 1997vs CLEW 5-2
39. May 17, 1997vs CLEL 1-8
40. May 18, 1997vs CLEL 6-8
41. May 20, 1997@ NYYW 2-0
42. May 21, 1997@ NYYW 4-1
43. May 23, 1997vs LAAL 2-12
44. May 24, 1997vs LAAL 1-3
45. May 25, 1997vs LAAW 4-3
46. May 26, 1997vs TEXW 8-1
47. May 27, 1997vs TEXL 5-15
48. May 28, 1997vs NYYL 4-6
49. May 29, 1997vs NYYL 0-4
50. May 30, 1997@ ATHL 7-12
51. May 31, 1997@ ATHW 13-3
52. Jun 1, 1997@ ATHL 2-8
53. Jun 2, 1997@ SEAL 0-3
54. Jun 3, 1997@ SEAL 3-6
55. Jun 5, 1997vs ATHL 3-4
56. Jun 6, 1997vs ATHW 4-1
57. Jun 7, 1997vs ATHW 3-1
58. Jun 8, 1997vs ATHL 5-7
59. Jun 10, 1997vs SEAW 8-3
60. Jun 11, 1997vs SEAL 1-5
61. Jun 13, 1997@ PHIL 3-4
62. Jun 14, 1997@ PHIW 3-2
63. Jun 15, 1997@ PHIW 11-1
64. Jun 16, 1997vs ATLL 0-3
65. Jun 17, 1997vs ATLL 7-8
66. Jun 18, 1997vs ATLW 5-3
67. Jun 20, 1997vs BALW 3-0
68. Jun 21, 1997vs BALL 1-5
69. Jun 22, 1997vs BALL 2-5
70. Jun 23, 1997vs BOSL 6-7
71. Jun 24, 1997vs BOSL 6-9
72. Jun 25, 1997vs BOSL 12-13
73. Jun 26, 1997@ BALW 3-0
74. Jun 27, 1997@ BALW 2-1
75. Jun 28, 1997@ BALW 5-2
76. Jun 29, 1997@ BALW 3-2
77. Jun 30, 1997vs WSHL 1-2
78. Jul 1, 1997vs WSHL 1-2
79. Jul 2, 1997vs WSHW 7-6
80. Jul 3, 1997vs NYYL 1-3
81. Jul 4, 1997vs NYYW 1-0
82. Jul 5, 1997vs NYYL 0-8
83. Jul 6, 1997vs NYYW 2-0
84. Jul 10, 1997@ BOSL 7-8
85. Jul 11, 1997@ BOSW 8-4
86. Jul 12, 1997@ BOSW 3-1
87. Jul 13, 1997@ BOSW 3-2
88. Jul 14, 1997@ BALL 5-9
89. Jul 15, 1997@ BALL 4-8
90. Jul 16, 1997@ TEXL 0-6
91. Jul 17, 1997@ TEXW 9-1
92. Jul 18, 1997@ LAAW 2-1
93. Jul 18, 1997@ LAAW 2-1
94. Jul 19, 1997@ LAAL 4-5
95. Jul 20, 1997@ LAAL 5-9
96. Jul 22, 1997vs MILW 5-2
97. Jul 23, 1997vs MILW 8-0
98. Jul 24, 1997vs MILW 5-4
99. Jul 25, 1997vs KCW 2-1
100. Jul 26, 1997vs KCW 6-5
101. Jul 27, 1997vs KCL 2-3
102. Jul 28, 1997@ MILL 0-1
103. Jul 28, 1997@ MILL 3-9
104. Jul 29, 1997@ MILL 0-2
105. Jul 29, 1997@ MILL 2-4
106. Jul 31, 1997@ DETL 2-4
107. Aug 1, 1997@ DETW 7-5
108. Aug 2, 1997@ DETL 7-8
109. Aug 3, 1997@ DETL 2-5
110. Aug 4, 1997@ MINL 3-9
111. Aug 5, 1997@ MINW 8-3
112. Aug 6, 1997vs CLEW 6-3
113. Aug 7, 1997vs CLEW 4-0
114. Aug 8, 1997vs DETW 6-3
115. Aug 9, 1997vs DETL 2-3
116. Aug 10, 1997vs DETL 2-4
117. Aug 11, 1997vs DETW 8-2
118. Aug 12, 1997vs MINW 9-1
119. Aug 13, 1997vs MINW 3-2
120. Aug 15, 1997@ CLEL 4-5
121. Aug 16, 1997@ CLEL 4-8
122. Aug 17, 1997@ CLEW 10-5
123. Aug 18, 1997@ CLEL 3-5
124. Aug 19, 1997@ CHWW 6-5
125. Aug 19, 1997@ CHWL 3-5
126. Aug 20, 1997@ CHWL 6-12
127. Aug 21, 1997@ CHWL 3-6
128. Aug 22, 1997@ KCW 5-3
129. Aug 23, 1997@ KCW 6-5
130. Aug 24, 1997@ KCW 11-8
131. Aug 26, 1997vs CHWL 5-8
132. Aug 27, 1997vs CHWW 13-2
133. Aug 28, 1997vs CHWW 3-2
134. Aug 29, 1997vs MIAL 0-8
135. Aug 30, 1997vs MIAL 1-4
136. Aug 30, 1997vs MIAL 1-4
137. Aug 31, 1997vs MIAL 3-8
138. Sep 1, 1997@ NYML 0-3
139. Sep 2, 1997@ NYML 5-8
140. Sep 3, 1997@ NYML 2-4
141. Sep 4, 1997vs TEXL 2-6
142. Sep 5, 1997vs TEXW 5-1
143. Sep 6, 1997vs TEXW 2-1
144. Sep 7, 1997vs TEXW 4-0
145. Sep 8, 1997vs LAAW 12-10
146. Sep 9, 1997vs LAAW 2-0
147. Sep 10, 1997@ ATHL 2-3
148. Sep 11, 1997@ ATHL 7-8
149. Sep 12, 1997@ SEAL 3-7
150. Sep 13, 1997@ SEAW 6-3
151. Sep 14, 1997@ SEAL 2-3
152. Sep 15, 1997@ SEAL 3-7
153. Sep 17, 1997@ BOSL 3-4
154. Sep 18, 1997@ BOSL 2-3
155. Sep 19, 1997@ NYYW 3-0
156. Sep 20, 1997@ NYYL 3-4
157. Sep 21, 1997@ NYYL 4-5
158. Sep 22, 1997@ NYYL 1-8
159. Sep 23, 1997vs BALL 2-3
160. Sep 24, 1997vs BALL 3-9
161. Sep 25, 1997vs BALW 4-3
162. Sep 26, 1997vs BOSW 3-0
163. Sep 27, 1997vs BOSW 12-5
164. Sep 28, 1997vs BOSW 3-2