1979 Toronto Blue Jays season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Toronto Blue Jays
season = 1979
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1977
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1977
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Exhibition Stadium
y4 = 1977
city = Toronto, Ontario
y5 = 1977
owners = Labatt Breweries,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
managers = Roy Hartsfield
television = CBC Television
(Don Chevrier, Tom McKee, Tony Kubek)
CBFT
radio = CKFH
(Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)|The by|1979 Toronto Blue Jays season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blue Jays finishing 7th in the American League East with a record of 53 wins and 109 losses. The loss total of 109 would set the franchise mark. Attendance for the season would drop to 1,431,651. Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.125 , Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-023978-2 ] The result was that it would be Roy Hartsfield's final season as the Blue Jays manager. The one highlight of the season would be the awarding of the American League Rookie of the Year Award to Alfredo Griffin. [ Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.136 , Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-023978-2 ]

Offseason

*January 11, 1979: Rico Carty was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cartyri01.shtml Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference] ]

Regular season

The end of the 1979 season marked a crossroads for the franchise. The first real talent from the minor leagues had made it to the major league roster. Such talent includedd pitcher Dave Stieb and third baseman Danny Ainge.

Opening Day Roster

* Bob Bailor
* Rick Bosetti
* Rico Carty
* Rick Cerone
* Jim Clancy
* Alfredo Griffin
* Roy Howell
* John Mayberry
* Dave McKay
* Alvis Woods

eason standings

Notable transactions

*March 17, 1979: Steve Luebber was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/luebbst01.shtml Steve Luebber page at Baseball Reference] ]

Roster

Pitching

tarting pitchers

Award Winners

* Alfredo Griffin, Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award
* Alfredo Griffin, Player of the Month Award, September

All-Star Game
* Dave Lemanczyk, Pitcher [ [http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/all_stars.jsp Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History ] ]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1979.shtml 1979 Toronto Blue Jays team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1979&t=TOR 1979 Toronto Blue Jays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]