# 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.

## Offseason
### Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1980 season.

#### October 1979

| October 22 | Released Dave Freisleben. Released Craig Kusick. |

#### November 1979

| November 1 | Tim Johnson granted free agency. Tony Solaita granted free agency. Acquired Chris Chambliss, Dámaso García and Paul Mirabella from the New York Yankees for Rick Cerone, Tom Underwood and Ted Wilborn. |
| November 5 | Purchased Domingo Ramos from the Texas Rangers. Released Dave McKay. |

#### December 1979

| December 3 | Drafted Mike Macha from the Atlanta Braves in the 1979 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 4 | Drafted Mitch Webster from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1979 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 5 | Acquired Barry Bonnell, Joey McLaughlin and Pat Rockett from the Atlanta Braves for Chris Chambliss and Luis Gómez. |
| December 10 | Player rights of Andre Robertson sold to the New York Yankees. |

#### January 1980

| January 8 | Released Dale Mohorcic. |
| January 10 | Signed free agent Jack Kucek from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract. |

#### March 1980

| March 17 | Acquired Mike Barlow from the California Angels for Mark Wiley. |
| March 29 | Released Rico Carty. Released Steve Luebber. |

## Regular season

One of the highlights for the 1980 Blue Jays was the emergence of Dave Stieb as a quality starter. Also, on May 4, Otto Vélez hit four home runs in a doubleheader sweep of the Cleveland Indians, including a walk-off shot in the first game.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 59 | .636 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 100 | 62 | .617 | 3 | 50‍–‍31 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 86 | 76 | .531 | 17 | 40‍–‍42 | 46‍–‍34 |
| Boston Red Sox | 83 | 77 | .519 | 19 | 36‍–‍45 | 47‍–‍32 |
| Detroit Tigers | 84 | 78 | .519 | 19 | 43‍–‍38 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 79 | 81 | .494 | 23 | 44‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36 | 35‍–‍46 | 32‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1980 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 11–2 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 9–3 | 6–4 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
| California | 2–10 | 3–9 | — | 3–10 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 2–10 | 3–10 | 11–2 | 11–2 | 3–9 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | 4–6 | 10–3 | — | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7–2 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–4 | 7–5 | — | 3–10 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
| Detroit | 3–10 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 10–3 | — | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 10–2–1 | 4–8 | 9–4 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | — | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 9–3 |
| Milwaukee | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
| Minnesota | 2–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 |
| New York | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–11 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 2–10–1 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 5–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
| Texas | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–6–2 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 |
| Toronto | 2–11 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |

### Opening Day starters

* Barry Bonnell
* Rick Bosetti
* Dámaso García
* Alfredo Griffin
* Roy Howell
* John Mayberry
* Dave Stieb
* Otto Vélez
* Ernie Whitt
* Alvis Woods

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1980 regular season.

#### April 1980

| April 2 | Released Butch Edge. |
| April 7 | Player rights of Mark Lemongello sold to the Chicago Cubs. |

#### May 1980

| May 28 | Player rights of Mike Macha sold to the Detroit Tigers. |

#### June 1980

| June 3 | Traded Dave Lemanczyk to the California Angels for a player to be named later (Ken Schrom on June 10, 1980). |
| June 6 | Purchased Steve Baker from the Detroit Tigers. |
| June 19 | Purchased Charlie Beamon Jr. from the Seattle Mariners. |
| June 21 | Signed free agent Steve Braun from the Kansas City Royals to a contract. |

#### July 1980

| July 19 | Signed amateur free agent Dave Shipanoff. |

#### August 1980

| August 8 | Released Tom Buskey. |

#### September 1980

| September 3 | Released Balor Moore. |
| September 11 | Jesse Jefferson selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers. |

### Game log

1980 Game Log 67–95 (Home 35–46, Away 32–49) :
April: 9–7 (Home 3–1, Away 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9@ Mariners8–6Parrott (1–0)Lemanczyk (0–1)Heaverlo (1)22,5880–1
2April 11@ Mariners10–7 (11)Moore (1–0)Dressler (0–1)6,1041–1
3April 12@ Mariners3–2 (10)Honeycutt (1–0)Garvin (0–1)6,7731–2
4April 13@ Mariners5–1Bannister (1–0)Lemanczyk (0–2)4,5671–3
–April 14BrewersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 13
5April 16Brewers11–2Stieb (1–0)Slaton (0–1)12,6882–3
6April 17Brewers1–0Mirabella (1–0)Sorensen (1–1)11,2353–3
7April 19@ Indians8–1Waits (1–1)Clancy (0–1)61,7533–4
8April 20@ Indians5–3Lemanczyk (1–2)Denny (0–2)McLaughlin (1)11,2204–4
9April 21@ Royals7–1Stieb (2–0)Gale (0–2)21,1175–4
10April 22@ Royals7–2Splittorff (2–0)Mirabella (1–1)16,9935–5
11April 23@ Royals7–4Christenson (1–0)McLaughlin (0–1)Quisenberry (2)18,8555–6
12April 25@ Brewers5–3McLaughlin (1–1)Sorensen (1–2)9,9026–6
13April 26@ Brewers4–0Stieb (3–0)Caldwell (2–1)11,0387–6
14April 27@ Brewers8–2Mirabella (2–1)Haas (1–3)Moore (1)11,0998–6
–April 28RoyalsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 8
15April 29Royals3–1Clancy (1–1)Leonard (0–3)11,5539–6
16April 30Royals3–0Gura (3–1)Jefferson (0–1)14,0299–7 :
May: 13–14 (Home 8–9, Away 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
17May 1Indians2–1Denny (1–2)Lemanczyk (1–3)Monge (2)11,6549–8
18May 2Indians6–1Barker (3–1)Stieb (3–1)14,2929–9
19May 3Indians8–3Buskey (1–0)Waits (1–3)16,56410–9
20May 4Indians9–8 (10)Buskey (2–0)Monge (0–1)11–9
21May 4Indians7–2Jefferson (1–1)Owchinko (0–3)McLaughlin (2)26,11412–9
22May 6@ Angels3–2Lemanczyk (2–3)Aase (3–2)Garvin (1)23,80413–9
23May 7@ Angels7–3Stieb (4–1)Knapp (0–2)21,73314–9
24May 8@ Angels9–2Mirabella (3–1)Frost (3–3)23,00615–9
–May 9@ AthleticsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 22
25May 10@ Athletics4–3Langford (3–1)Garvin (0–2)4,92515–10
26May 11@ Athletics12–1Norris (5–0)Lemanczyk (2–4)7,84315–11
–May 13MarinersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 26
27May 14Mariners7–0Abbott (3–2)Mirabella (3–2)13,05515–12
28May 15Mariners1–0Clancy (2–1)Bannister (2–3)11,57916–12
29May 16Athletics1–0 (11)Jefferson (2–1)Norris (5–1)16,13817–12
30May 17Athletics4–2 (14)Keough (5–3)McLaughlin (1–2)23,07417–13
31May 18Athletics12–1Mirabella (4–2)Langford (3–2)14,41418–13
32May 19Red Sox7–2Clancy (3–1)Billingham (1–1)32,73119–13
33May 20Red Sox4–3Rainey (4–0)Lemanczyk (2–5)Burgmeier (7)18,16719–14
34May 21Red Sox11–2Torrez (1–4)Jefferson (2–2)19,55619–15
35May 22Yankees5–1Griffin (1–2)Stieb (4–2)26,04719–16
36May 23Yankees7–3Guidry (5–0)Mirabella (4–3)24,58519–17
37May 24Yankees6–2Tiant (3–2)Clancy (3–2)May (3)31,02119–18
38May 25Yankees9–6Leal (1–0)John (7–2)33,07720–18
39May 26@ Red Sox3–1Garvin (1–2)Drago (2–2)18,85321–18
40May 27@ Red Sox5–4Renko (3–0)Buskey (2–1)16,67921–19
41May 28@ Red Sox4–1Stieb (5–2)Stanley (3–5)McLaughlin (3)18,21522–19
42May 30@ Yankees6–0Tiant (4–2)Clancy (3–3)Gossage (5)24,31922–20
43May 31@ Yankees8–6 (11)May (3–1)McLaughlin (1–3)25,15822–21 :
June: 10–17 (Home 7–7, Away 3–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
44June 1@ Yankees11–7Underwood (5–3)Mirabella (4–4)52,04922–22
45June 2Angels6–3Frost (4–3)Leal (1–1)LaRoche (3)15,07922–23
46June 3Angels7–6 (11)McLaughlin (2–3)LaRoche (1–2)15,58923–23
47June 4Angels8–2Clancy (4–3)Martínez (1–1)16,67724–23
–June 5@ TwinsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 8
48June 6@ Twins5–0Zahn (4–7)Mirabella (4–5)5,49524–24
49June 7@ Twins3–2Jackson (2–3)Stieb (5–3)Corbett (5)5,37524–25
50June 8@ Twins5–1Erickson (1–3)Jefferson (2–3)Corbett (6)24–26
51June 8@ Twins6–4 (13)McLaughlin (3–3)Arroyo (0–1)17,86925–26
52June 10@ White Sox1–0Clancy (5–3)Baumgarten (1–3)18,22526–26
53June 11@ White Sox7–4Kravec (3–4)Mirabella (4–6)Farmer (14)17,53726–27
54June 13Rangers6–3Medich (6–3)Stieb (5–4)Lyle (6)20,03426–28
55June 14Rangers7–6Buskey (3–1)Babcock (0–2)24,18427–28
56June 15Rangers5–3Clancy (6–3)Jenkins (4–5)Garvin (2)30,14328–28
57June 16Twins4–0Zahn (5–9)Jefferson (2–4)14,69128–29
58June 17Twins8–6Corbett (4–2)Mirabella (4–7)15,22928–30
59June 18White Sox5–4Stieb (6–4)Trout (2–7)29–30
60June 18White Sox3–1Kucek (1–0)Dotson (6–3)McLaughlin (4)21,44330–30
–June 19White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 7
61June 20@ Rangers5–2Jenkins (5–5)Garvin (1–3)13,74730–31
62June 21@ Rangers2–1Matlack (4–3)McLaughlin (3–4)17,84630–32
63June 22@ Rangers6–5 (10)Garvin (2–3)Kern (2–9)13,65031–32
64June 24@ Orioles1–0McGregor (7–3)Stieb (6–5)14,88431–33
65June 25@ Orioles6–3Palmer (7–4)Leal (1–2)14,58831–34
66June 26@ Orioles4–1Stone (10–3)Clancy (6–4)13,02331–35
67June 27Tigers7–2Morris (9–6)Jefferson (2–5)18,49431–36
68June 28Tigers8–3Rozema (4–4)Kucek (1–1)20,05931–37
69June 29Tigers2–0Stieb (7–5)Petry (4–4)22,02632–37
70June 30Orioles9–7Stone (11–3)Leal (1–3)18,39932–38 :
July: 11–17 (Home 5–10, Away 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
71July 1Orioles2–0Palmer (8–4)Clancy (6–5)Martinez (4)23,47532–39
72July 2Orioles6–2Flanagan (8–6)Mirabella (4–8)18,46132–40
73July 3@ Tigers8–5Underwood (2–5)McLaughlin (3–5)30,02732–41
74July 4@ Tigers4–3Petry (5–4)Stieb (7–6)López (11)29,37032–42
75July 5@ Tigers5–3Clancy (7–5)Wilcox (8–5)Garvin (3)32,92533–42
76July 6@ Tigers7–5Morris (11–6)Garvin (2–4)López (12)28,56433–43
77July 10Indians7–3Denny (8–5)Clancy (7–6)17,17833–44
78July 11Indians6–3Stieb (8–6)Garland (3–2)16,62134–44
79July 12Brewers9–2Travers (9–3)Moore (1–1)23,62434–45
80July 13Brewers4–1Kucek (2–1)Haas (9–8)Garvin (4)35–45
81July 13Brewers4–0Mitchell (1–0)McLaughlin (3–6)26,33135–46
82July 14Brewers6–4Augustine (2–2)Clancy (7–7)Castro (6)19,44335–47
83July 16@ Mariners5–0Stieb (9–6)Abbott (7–5)5,64436–47
84July 17@ Mariners5–3Rawley (5–3)Jefferson (2–6)5,72636–48
85July 18@ Angels6–3Halicki (3–1)Kucek (2–2)Clear (7)23,86636–49
86July 19@ Angels5–4Clancy (8–7)Montague (2–2)35,22137–49
87July 20@ Angels6–3 (10)McLaughlin (4–6)Clear (6–6)23,90338–49
88July 21@ Athletics1–0Stieb (10–6)Kingman (5–10)14,58839–49
89July 22@ Athletics6–2Jefferson (3–6)Keough (10–10)Garvin (5)40–49
90July 22@ Athletics5–1Norris (13–6)Mirabella (4–9)8,64540–50
91July 23@ Athletics6–2McCatty (8–9)Kucek (2–3)4,76540–51
92July 25Mariners5–3Clancy (9–7)Honeycutt (8–9)16,24841–51
93July 26Mariners7–2Dressler (1–4)Stieb (10–7)41–52
94July 26Mariners7–5Kucek (3–3)Abbott (8–6)Garvin (6)18,06742–52
95July 27Mariners5–0Jefferson (4–6)Bannister (6–9)17,08043–52
96July 28Athletics5–3 (8)Norris (14–6)Barlow (0–1)14,45743–53
97July 29Athletics6–5 (12)Lacey (2–1)Garvin (2–5)16,70443–54
98July 30Athletics11–1Langford (10–9)Stieb (10–8)17,65443–55 :
August: 11–20 (Home 6–8, Away 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
99August 1Angels9–8Garvin (3–5)Clear (7–9)16,14544–55
100August 2Angels5–4LaRoche (2–2)Jefferson (4–7)22,05144–56
101August 3Angels3–1Clancy (10–7)Martinez (2–4)Barlow (1)20,40445–56
102August 4@ Indians11–5Spillner (9–8)Mirabella (4–10)Monge (9)7,58345–57
103August 5@ Indians8–5Grimsley (3–0)Kucek (3–4)Cruz (6)6,70745–58
104August 6@ Indians5–2Waits (8–10)Jefferson (4–8)Cruz (7)9,09845–59
105August 7@ Indians7–6Monge (1–4)Garvin (3–6)9,58645–60
106August 8Royals9–0Gale (10–7)Clancy (10–8)45–61
107August 8Royals7–4Pattin (3–0)Garvin (3–7)22,14645–62
108August 9Royals4–3 (14)Willis (1–0)Eastwick (0–1)21,30046–62
109August 10Royals8–5Leonard (13–8)Jefferson (4–9)Pattin (4)23,47346–63
110August 12@ Brewers3–1Clancy (11–8)Sorensen (8–8)47–63
111August 12@ Brewers5–4Barlow (1–1)Castro (0–4)Garvin (7)18,82048–63
112August 13@ Brewers5–4Travers (11–5)McLaughlin (4–7)14,30448–64
113August 14@ Brewers4–2Haas (14–9)Stieb (10–9)21,11548–65
114August 15@ Royals4–3Leonard (14–8)Jefferson (4–10)Quisenberry (24)34,86148–66
115August 16@ Royals11–5Gura (17–5)Kucek (3–5)39,63148–67
116August 17@ Royals8–3Splittorff (9–8)Clancy (11–9)Quisenberry (25)30,69348–68
117August 19@ Twins4–3Barlow (2–1)Corbett (8–5)Schrom (1)6,90249–68
118August 20@ Twins10–4Todd (1–0)Zahn (10–16)4,19850–68
119August 21@ White Sox5–3Hoyt (5–2)Jefferson (4–11)Farmer (21)15,30350–69
120August 22@ White Sox2–0Burns (11–12)Clancy (11–10)Farmer (22)15,03350–70
121August 23@ White Sox5–1Dotson (10–8)Kucek (3–6)10,76850–71
122August 24@ White Sox7–3Stieb (11–9)Baumgarten (2–8)Barlow (2)17,15651–71
123August 25Rangers5–1Clay (2–0)Todd (1–1)Johnson (2)15,51751–72
124August 26Rangers8–0Hough (2–1)Jefferson (4–12)15,47851–73
125August 27Rangers6–4Clancy (12–10)Medich (10–9)Garvin (8)15,44252–73
126August 28Twins7–5 (15) †Verhoeven (2–3)Jefferson (4–13)Williams (1)14,03552–74
127August 29Twins5–2Zahn (11–17)Stieb (11–10)14,35852–75
128August 30Twins3–2Todd (2–1)Verhoeven (2–4)18,37653–75
129August 31Twins7–1Clancy (13–10)Koosman (11–12)18,02954–75 :
September: 10–18 (Home 6–10, Away 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
130September 1@ Rangers9–1Medich (11–9)McLaughlin (4–8)8,22454–76
131September 2@ Rangers3–2Jenkins (12–10)Leal (1–4)6,90354–77
132September 3@ Rangers4–2Stieb (12–10)Figueroa (3–9)6,98455–77
133September 4White Sox3–2Todd (3–1)Farmer (6–8)12,36556–77
134September 5White Sox3–0Hoyt (7–2)Clancy (13–11)14,09156–78
135September 7White Sox3–1McLaughlin (5–8)Trout (8–13)Barlow (3)57–78
136September 7White Sox7–6Schrom (1–0)Proly (3–9)Barlow (4)17,45758–78
137September 8Yankees7–4John (20–7)Stieb (12–11)Gossage (25)23,02058–79
138September 9Yankees6–4Todd (4–1)Perry (9–11)Willis (1)22,47159–79
139September 10Yankees7–6Davis (6–3)Clancy (13–12)Gossage (26)23,03159–80
140September 11Orioles6–1Stone (23–6)Mirabella (4–11)14,02559–81
141September 12Orioles7–5McLaughlin (6–8)Flanagan (14–12)Willis (2)15,63260–81
142September 13Orioles6–4McGregor (18–7)Stieb (12–12)Stoddard (22)18,04360–82
143September 14Orioles4–3 (13)Barlow (3–1)Martínez (5–4)19,11761–82
144September 16@ Yankees5–4Guidry (14–10)Clancy (13–13)Gossage (28)20,28161–83
145September 17@ Yankees8–7 (13) ‡Underwood (13–9)Kucek (3–7)22,51661–84
146September 18@ Yankees2–1Leal (2–4)John (21–8)20,12962–84
147September 19@ Orioles8–6 (12)Martinez (3–3)Willis (1–1)12,70662–85
148September 20@ Orioles6–1Stone (24–7)Stieb (12–13)16,26962–86
149September 21@ Orioles2–1Flanagan (15–12)Clancy (13–14)Stoddard (24)14,25162–87
150September 22@ Tigers6–5Garvin (4–7)Weaver (2–3)Willis (3)6,21063–87
151September 23@ Tigers9–7Willis (2–1)Rozema (6–9)Kucek (1)6,36364–87
152September 24@ Tigers9–8 (10)Petry (10–9)Kucek (3–8)7,12964–88
153September 26Red Sox3–1Eckersley (12–13)Stieb (12–14)15,18764–89
154September 27Red Sox4–3Stanley (10–7)Clancy (13–15)Burgmeier (24)21,53364–90
155September 28Red Sox7–3Crawford (2–0)McLaughlin (6–9)32,04264–91
156September 29Tigers8–2Weaver (3–3)Mirabella (4–12)López (21)12,05164–92
157September 30Tigers5–3Schatzeder (11–12)Todd (4–2)12,11964–93 :
October: 3–2 (Home 0–1, Away 3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
158October 1Tigers11–7Fidrych (2–3)Stieb (12–15)Underwood (5)12,42664–94
159October 2@ Red Sox4–1Tudor (8–5)Clancy (13–16)11,87264–95
–October 3@ Red SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 4
160October 4@ Red Sox7–6 (17)Leal (3–4)Stanley (10–8)Barlow (5)65–95
161October 4@ Red Sox3–1Mirabella (5–12)Drago (7–7)14,17966–95
162October 5@ Red Sox4–1Todd (5–2)MacWhorter (0–3)16,56267–95 :
† Game suspended due to curfew after the 14th inning. Completed on August 29. ‡ Game suspended due to rain in the top of the 10th inning. Completed on September 18. :

## 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 | Ernie Whitt | 106 | 295 | 23 | 70 | 12 | 2 | .237 | 6 | 34 | 1 |
| 1B | John Mayberry | 149 | 501 | 62 | 124 | 19 | 2 | .248 | 30 | 82 | 0 |
| 2B | Dámaso Garcia | 140 | 543 | 50 | 151 | 30 | 7 | .278 | 4 | 46 | 13 |
| 3B | Roy Howell | 142 | 528 | 51 | 142 | 28 | 9 | .269 | 10 | 57 | 0 |
| SS | Alfredo Griffin | 155 | 653 | 63 | 166 | 26 | 15 | .254 | 2 | 41 | 18 |
| LF | Alvis Woods | 109 | 373 | 54 | 112 | 18 | 2 | .300 | 15 | 47 | 4 |
| CF | Barry Bonnell | 130 | 463 | 55 | 124 | 22 | 4 | .268 | 13 | 56 | 3 |
| RF | Lloyd Moseby | 114 | 389 | 44 | 89 | 24 | 1 | .229 | 9 | 46 | 4 |
| DH | Otto Vélez | 104 | 357 | 54 | 96 | 12 | 3 | .269 | 20 | 62 | 0 |

#### 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 |
| Bob Bailor | 116 | 347 | 44 | 82 | 14 | 2 | .236 | 1 | 16 | 12 |
| Garth Iorg | 80 | 222 | 24 | 55 | 10 | 1 | .248 | 2 | 14 | 2 |
| Bob Davis | 91 | 218 | 18 | 47 | 11 | 0 | .216 | 4 | 19 | 0 |
| Rick Bosetti | 53 | 188 | 24 | 40 | 7 | 1 | .213 | 4 | 18 | 4 |
| Doug Ault | 64 | 144 | 12 | 28 | 5 | 1 | .194 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Danny Ainge | 38 | 111 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 1 | .243 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| Willie Upshaw | 34 | 61 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 1 | .213 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Steve Braun | 37 | 55 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 0 | .273 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Cannon | 70 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .080 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Paul Hodgson | 20 | 41 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | .220 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Domingo Ramos | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .125 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Macha | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Kelly | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .286 | 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 |
| Jim Clancy | 34 | 34 | 250.2 | 13 | 16 | 3.30 | 108 | 92 | 128 | 152 |
| Dave Stieb | 34 | 32 | 242.2 | 12 | 15 | 3.71 | 108 | 100 | 83 | 108 |
| Paul Mirabella | 33 | 22 | 130.2 | 5 | 12 | 4.34 | 73 | 63 | 66 | 53 |
| Jackson Todd | 12 | 12 | 85.0 | 5 | 2 | 4.02 | 40 | 38 | 30 | 44 |
| Luis Leal | 13 | 10 | 59.2 | 3 | 4 | 4.53 | 35 | 30 | 31 | 26 |
| Dave Lemanczyk | 10 | 8 | 43.1 | 2 | 5 | 5.40 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 10 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; 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 | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Joey McLaughlin | 55 | 10 | 135.2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4.51 | 79 | 68 | 53 | 70 |
| Jesse Jefferson | 29 | 18 | 121.2 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 5.47 | 78 | 74 | 52 | 53 |
| Jack Kucek | 23 | 12 | 68.0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6.75 | 56 | 51 | 41 | 35 |

#### 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 |
| Jerry Garvin | 61 | 82.2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2.29 | 23 | 21 | 27 | 52 |
| Mike Barlow | 40 | 55.0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4.09 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 19 |
| Tom Buskey | 33 | 66.2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4.46 | 35 | 33 | 26 | 34 |
| Balor Moore | 31 | 64.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.29 | 43 | 38 | 31 | 22 |
| Mike Willis | 20 | 26.1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.71 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
| Ken Schrom | 17 | 31.0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.23 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 13 |
| Bob Bailor | 3 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |

## Awards and honours

* Dave Stieb, Pitcher of the Month Award, April
All-Star Game
* Dave Stieb

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Harry Warner |
| AA | Knoxville Blue Jays | Southern League | Duane Larson |
| A | Kinston Eagles | Carolina League | Dennis Holmberg |
| A-Short Season | Utica Blue Jays | New York–Penn League | Larry Hardy |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | John McLaren |