1978 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1978 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's second season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 59 wins and 102 losses.

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1978 season.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1978 regular season.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		88	282	25	63	8	2	.223	3	20	0
1B		152	515	51	129	15	2	.250	22	70	1
2B		145	504	59	120	20	8	.238	7	45	4
3B		140	551	67	149	28	3	.270	8	61	0
SS		153	413	39	92	7	3	.223	0	32	2
LF		62	220	19	53	12	3	.241	3	25	1
CF		136	568	61	147	25	5	.259	5	42	6
RF		154	621	74	164	29	7	.264	1	52	5
DH		104	387	51	110	16	0	.284	20	68	1

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg	HR	RBI	SB
	81	264	27	69	15	0	.261	9	29	1
	91	248	29	66	14	2	.266	9	38	1
	95	224	26	53	8	2	.237	1	17	4
	64	173	19	44	9	0	.254	2	9	1
	33	122	12	25	6	0	.205	3	19	0
	54	104	10	25	1	1	.240	3	7	0
	68	79	9	19	2	0	.241	0	3	0
	40	56	3	10	0	0	.179	2	9	0
	19	49	3	8	0	0	.163	0	3	0
	8	19	1	3	1	0	.158	0	0	1
	6	18	1	5	1	0	.278	0	0	0
	2	9	3	4	0	1	.444	0	2	0
	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
	7	0	1	0	0	0	----	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
	31	30	211.2	7	16	4.38	109	103	86	97
	31	30	197.2	6	14	4.10	105	90	87	139
	31	30	193.2	10	12	4.09	96	88	91	106
	26	22	144.2	4	12	5.54	92	89	48	67
	29	20	136.2	4	14	6.26	97	95	67	62

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
	37	18	144.1	6	9	4.93	85	79	54	75
	16	9	68.0	4	5	4.24	36	32	25	29

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
	32	47.1	7	3	9	1.71	10	9	35	51
	44	100.2	3	7	7	4.56	55	51	39	52
	50	94.0	6	9	7	3.93	43	41	37	36
	31	60.2	2	0	0	4.60	34	31	30	28
	6	14.0	0	0	0	3.86	6	6	11	7
	8	13.1	0	1	0	3.38	5	5	5	7
	2	2.2	0	0	0	6.75	2	2	1	2

Awards and honours

All-Star Game

Roy Howell, reserve