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1979:Toronto Falls 50.5 Games Back


American League East

W L Pct. GB
Baltimore 102 57 .662 -
Milwaukee 95 66 .590 8.0
Boston 91 69 .569 11.5
NY Yankees 89 66 .556 13.5
Detroit 85 76 .528 18.0
Cleveland 81 80 .503 22.0
Toronto 53 109 .327 50.5

   Rick Cerone became Toronto's No. 1 catcher in 1979, driving in 61 runs. Shortstop Alfredo Griffin was acquired from Cleveland and went on to share the AL's Rookie of the Year Award after hitting .287 with 179 hits and 21 stolen bases. Rookie pitcher Dave Stieb came into Toronto from the minors and finish with a 8-8 record.
Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Pitcher Player of the Year Pitcher of the Year
Alfredo Griffin Tom Underwood Alfredo Griffin Tom Underwood

1979 Batting Statistics
Batter Pos. Avg. G AB R H HR RBI
Dan Ainge 2B .237 87 308 26 73 2 19
Bob Bailor 3B-OF .229 130 414 50 95 1 38
Rick Bosetti OF .260 162 619 59 161 8 65
Bobby Brown OF .000 4 10 1 0 0 0
J.J. Cannon OF .211 61 142 14 30 1 5
Rico Carty DH .256 132 461 48 118 12 55
Rick Cerone C .239 136 469 47 112 7 61
Bob Davis C .124 32 89 6 11 1 8
Luis Gomez IF .239 59 163 11 39 0 11
Alfredo Griffin SS .287 153 624 81 179 2 31
Pedro Hernandez IF .000 3 0 1 0 0 0
Roy Howell 3B .247 138 511 60 126 15 72
Tim Johnson IF .186 43 86 6 16 0 6
Craig Kusick 1B .222 48 108 11 24 5 13
John Mayberry 1B .274 137 464 61 127 21 74
Dave McKay IF .218 47 156 19 34 0 12
Bob Robertson 1B .103 15 29 1 3 1 1
Tony Solaita 1B .265 36 102 14 27 2 13
Otto Velez OF .288 99 274 45 79 15 48
Ted Wilburn OF .000 22 12 3 0 0 0
Al Woods OF .278 132 436 57 121 5 36
Designated hitters
.260 162 599 70 156 18 82
Pinch-hitters
.231 162 52 5 12 4 14
Totals   .251 162 5423 613 1362 95 562

1979 Pitching Statistics
Pitcher ERA W-L SV G IP H ER BB SO
Tom Buskey 3.43 6-10 7 44 79 74 30 25 44
Jim Clancy 5.51 2-7 0 12 64 65 39 31 33
Butch Edge 5.23 3-4 0 9 52 60 30 24 19
Dave Freisleben 4.95 2-3 3 42 91 101 50 54 33
Jerry Garvin 2.78 0-1 0 8 23 15 7 10 14
Steve Grilli 0.00 0-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1
Phil Huffman 5.77 6-18 0 31 173 220 111 68 56
Jesse Jefferson 5.51 2-10 1 34 116 150 71 45 43
Craig Kusick 4.91 0-0 0 1 4 3 2 0 0
Dave Lemanczyk 3.71 8-10 0 22 143 137 59 45 63
Mark Lemongello 6.29 1-9 0 18 83 97 58 34 40
Steve Luebber INF 0-0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0
Dyar Miller 10.57 0-0 0 10 15 27 18 5 7
Bailor Moore 4.84 5-7 0 34 1398 135 75 79 51
Tom Murphy 5.40 1-2 0 10 18 23 11 8 6
Dave Stieb 4.31 8-8 0 18 129 139 62 48 52
Jackson Todd 5.85 0-1 0 12 32 40 21 7 14
Tom Underwood 3.69 9-16 0 32 227 213 93 95 127
Mike Willis 8.44 0-3 0 17 27 35 25 15 8
Totals 4.81 53-109 11 162 1417 1537 758 594 611

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