1978 Toronto Blue Jays Roster

The 1978 Toronto Blue Jays team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1978 season. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. Every player's name links to their career statistics.

Below the main roster you will find in the Fast Facts section: a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays Opening Day starters list, a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays salary list, a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays uniform number breakdown and a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays primary starters list. These team rosters are presented only when and where the data is available.
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1978 Toronto Blue Jays



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Complete Roster  
 

Roster
Schedule
44 Tom Buskey 6-03 220 Right Right 1947-02-20
18 Jim Clancy 6-04 220 Right Right 1955-12-18
40, 16 Joe Coleman 6-03 195 Right Right 1947-02-03
47 Victor Cruz 5-09 200 Right Right 1957-12-24
36 Jerry Garvin 6-03 195 Left Left 1955-10-21
34 Jesse Jefferson 6-03 195 Right Right 1949-03-03
32 Don Kirkwood 6-03 188 Right Right 1949-09-24
23 Dave Lemanczyk 6-04 235 Right Right 1950-08-17
38 Balor Moore 6-02 184 Left Left 1951-01-25
45 Tom Murphy 6-03 185 Right Right 1945-12-30
24 Tom Underwood 5-11 170 Left Right 1953-12-22
46 Dave Wallace 5-10 185 Right Right 1947-09-07
21 Mark Wiley 6-01 200 Right Right 1948-02-28
33 Mike Willis 6-02 210 Left Left 1950-12-26
8 Alan Ashby 6-02 190 Right Both 1951-07-08
9 Rick Cerone 5-11 192 Right Right 1954-05-19
3 Brian Milner 6-02 200 Right Right 1959-11-17
12 Ernie Whitt 6-02 200 Right Left 1952-06-13
25 Doug Ault 6-03 200 Left Right 1950-03-09
11 Luis Gomez 5-09 150 Right Right 1951-08-19
13 Roy Howell 6-01 190 Right Left 1953-12-18
29 Garth Iorg 5-11 170 Right Right 1954-10-12
16, 17 Tim Johnson 6-01 170 Right Left 1949-07-22
10 John Mayberry 6-03 220 Left Left 1949-02-18
39 Dave McKay 6-01 195 Right Both 1950-03-14
16 Tim Nordbrook 6-01 180 Right Right 1949-07-07
1 Bob Bailor 5-11 170 Right Right 1951-07-10
22 Rick Bosetti 5-11 185 Right Right 1953-08-05
5 Sam Ewing 6-03 200 Left Left 1949-04-09
14 Tom Hutton 5-11 180 Left Left 1946-04-20
26 Willie Upshaw 6-00 185 Left Left 1957-04-27
19 Otto Velez 6-00 195 Right Right 1950-11-29
20 Al Woods 6-03 195 Left Left 1953-08-08
35 Gary Woods 6-02 190 Right Right 1954-07-20
14 Butch Alberts 6-02 205 Right Right 1950-05-04
21 Rico Carty 6-03 200 Right Right 1939-09-01
48 Willie Horton 5-11 209 Right Right 1942-10-18
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The 1978 Toronto Blue Jays played 161 games during the regular season, won 59 games, lost 102 games, and finished in seventh position. They played their home games at Exhibition Stadium (Park Factors: 102/104) where 1,562,585 fans witnessed their 1978 Blue Jays finish the season with a .366 winning percentage.

Baseball Almanac is pleased to present a unique set of rosters not easily found on the Internet. Included, where data is available, is a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays Opening Day starters list, a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays salary list, a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays uniform number breakdown and a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays primary starters list:

1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Opening Day Starters


Alan Ashby
Bob Bailor
Rick Bosetti
Rico Carty
Jerry Garvin
Luis Gomez
Roy Howell
Tom Hutton
John Mayberry
Dave McKay

1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Most Games by Position

C Rick Cerone (84)
1B John Mayberry (139)
2B Dave McKay (140)
3B Roy Howell (131)
SS Luis Gomez (153)
LF Al Woods (60)
CF Rick Bosetti (135)
RF Bob Bailor (102)
DH Rico Carty (101)
  
SP Jim Clancy
SP Jerry Garvin
SP Jesse Jefferson
SP Dave Lemanczyk
SP Balor Moore
SP Tom Underwood
  
RP Joe Coleman
RP Tom Murphy
RP Mike Willis
CL Victor Cruz


1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Salaries

No Salary Data Available


1978 Toronto Blue Jays
Uniform Numbers

#1 Bob Bailor
#3 Brian Milner
#5 Sam Ewing
#8 Alan Ashby
#9 Rick Cerone
#10 John Mayberry
#11 Luis Gomez
#12 Ernie Whitt
#13 Roy Howell
#14 Butch Alberts
#14 Tom Hutton
#16 Joe Coleman
#16 Tim Johnson
#16 Tim Nordbrook
#17 Tim Johnson
#18 Jim Clancy
#19 Otto Velez
#20 Al Woods
#21 Rico Carty
#21 Mark Wiley
#22 Rick Bosetti
#23 Dave Lemanczyk
#24 Tom Underwood
#25 Doug Ault
#26 Willie Upshaw
#29 Garth Iorg
#32 Don Kirkwood
#33 Mike Willis
#34 Jesse Jefferson
#35 Gary Woods
#36 Jerry Garvin
#38 Balor Moore
#39 Dave McKay
#40 Joe Coleman
#44 Tom Buskey
#45 Tom Murphy
#46 Dave Wallace
#47 Victor Cruz
#48 Willie Horton

Did you know that a 1978 Toronto Blue Jays Schedule is available and it includes dates of every game played, scores of every game played, a cumulative record, and many hard to find splits (Monthly Splits, Team vs Team Splits & Score Related Splits)?
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