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Record: 53-109 .327.... 7th in American League East
Stadium: Exhibition Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,431,651

Top Draft Pick: Jay Schroeder (#3) A+
Manager - Roy Hartsfield

Affiliates - AAA Syracuse Chiefs A+ Kinston Eagles A+ Dunedin Blue Jays A- Utica Blue Sox Rk Medicine Hat Blue Jays

Team Leaders

HR: Mayberry [21]
RBI: Mayberry [74]
2B: Bosetti [35]
SB: Griffin [21]
W: Underwood [9]
SV: Buskey [7]
SO: Underwood [127]

Oldest Player: Rico Carty [39]
Youngest Player: Pedro Hernandez [20]
Longest Tenure: Bob Bailor, Rick Cerone, Jim Clancy, Jerry Garvin, Roy Howell, Jesse Jefferson, Dave Lemanczyk, Dave McKay, Tom Murphy, Otto Velez, Mike Willis, Alvis Woods [3]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Danny Ainge (May 21) Bobby Brown (Apr 5) Pedro Hernandez (Sep 8) Ted Wilborn (Apr 5)
Pitchers: Butch Edge (Aug 13) Phil Huffman (Apr 10) Dave Stieb (Jun 29)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Danny Ainge	2B-3B	20	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	2B-3B		Syracuse	AAA
Butch Alberts	H	29	Syracuse	AAA
Doug Ault	1B	29	Syracuse	AAA
Bob Bailor	OF-SS	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Dave Baker	3B	21	Syracuse	AAA
Jesse Barfield	RF-OF	19	Kinston	A+
Rob Bonneau	SS		Kinston	A+
	SS		Utica	A-
Rick Bosetti	OF	26	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Bobby Brown	OF	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Tom Buskey	P	32	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Carlos Cabrera			Utica	A-
Joe Cannon	OF	26	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	OF		Syracuse	AAA
Rico Carty	OF	40	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Albert Castillo			Kinston	A+
Juan Castillo			Medicine Hat	Rk
Rick Cerone	C	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Jim Clancy	P	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Thomas Coffena			Dunedin	A+
Rolando Columna			Medicine Hat	Rk
Jose Concepcion			Medicine Hat	Rk
Domingo Connor			Dunedin	A+
			Utica	A-
Mike Coyne	OF		Kinston	A+
5amuel Crafort			Dunedin	A+
Johnny Crawford	OF		Kinston	A+
Mike Darr	P	23	Kinston	A+
Bob Davis	C	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Michael Dempsey			Dunedin	A+
Eduardo Dennis			Kinston	A+
Ricky Eberly			Medicine Hat	Rk
Butch Edge	P	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
William Ereu			Dunedin	A+
			Kinston	A+
Jose Escobar	SS-2B	18	Utica	A-
Alejandro Franjul			Utica	A-
Dave Freisleben	P	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Jerry Garvin	P	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Luis Gomez	SS	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Alfredo Griffin	SS	21	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Steve Grilli	P	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Luis Guzman			Utica	A-
Pedro Hernandez	3B-OF	20	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	3B-OF		Kinston	A+
Rafael Hernandez			Medicine Hat	Rk
Paul Hodgson	OF	19	Dunedin	A+
Roy Howell	3B	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Phil Huffman	P	21	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Michael Imbo			Dunedin	A+
			Kinston	A+
Garth Iorg	3B-2B	24	Syracuse	AAA
Ramon Javier	OF	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jesse Jefferson	P	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Tim Johnson	SS-2B	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Michael Kelly	OF		Dunedin	A+
Pat Kelly	OF	24	Syracuse	AAA
	OF		Kinston	A+
Craig Kusick	1B	31	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Phil Lansford	P		Dunedin	A+
Carlos Leal			Utica	A-
Dave Lemanczyk	P	29	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Mark Lemongello	P	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Michael Lessard			Utica	A-
Steve Luebber	P	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Fred Manrique	2B-SS	17	Dunedin	A+
	2B-SS		Medicine Hat	Rk
John Mayberry	1B	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Dave McKay	2B-3B	29	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	2B-3B		Syracuse	AAA
Dyar Miller	P	33	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Brian Milner	C	19	Dunedin	A+
Hector Moncion			Medicine Hat	Rk
Balor Moore	P	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Fernando Moscat			Medicine Hat	Rk
Lloyd Moseby	OF-CF	19	Dunedin	A+
Tom Murphy	P	33	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Richard Palmer	C		Kinston	A+
	C		Utica	A-
Julio Paula	P		Dunedin	A+
	P		Utica	A-
	P		Medicine Hat	Rk
Benjamin Perez			Kinston	A+
Juan Perez			Utica	A-
Geno Petralli	C	20	Syracuse	AAA
	C		Dunedin	A+
Edward Petryschuk	1B	21	Utica	A-
Donald Pisker	OF		Syracuse	AAA
Domingo Ramos	SS-3B	21	Syracuse	AAA
Andre Robertson	SS-2B	21	Syracuse	AAA
	SS-2B		Dunedin	A+
Bob Robertson	1B	32	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Luis Rosado	1B	23	Syracuse	AAA
Pete Rowe	OF		Dunedin	A+
Rafael Santana	SS	21	Kinston	A+
Mike Sember	3B	26	Syracuse	AAA
Ron Shepherd	OF	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Robert Silverman			Kinston	A+
Tony Solaita	1B	32	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Brian Stemberger	SS		Utica	A-
Dave Stieb	P	22	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Santiago Tapia			Utica	A-
Tim Thompson	1B		Dunedin	A+
Jackson Todd	P	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Phillip Turner	1B		Medicine Hat	Rk
Tom Underwood	P	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Willie Upshaw	1B	22	Syracuse	AAA
Jeff Vail	1B-P		Utica	A-
Alfredo Velasquez			Utica	A-
Alfredo Velazquez			Kinston	A+
Otto Velez	OF	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Keith Walker	P-OF		Kinston	A+
Jimmy Waugh			Medicine Hat	Rk
Greg Wells	1B	25	Syracuse	AAA
	1B		Kinston	A+
Lee Wetenkamp	3B		Medicine Hat	Rk
Rocket Wheeler	2B		Kinston	A+
Ernie Whitt	C	27	Syracuse	AAA
Ted Wilborn	OF	20	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	OF		Syracuse	AAA
Vincent Williams	OF		Utica	A-
Mike Willis	P	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Andre Wood			Dunedin	A+
Alvis Woods	OF	26	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Nick Baltz		Kinston	A+
		Dunedin	A+
Randy Benson		Syracuse	AAA
		Kinston	A+
David Buckley		Kinston	A+
Brad Burger		Utica	A-
		Medicine Hat	Rk
Tom Buskey	32	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	32	Syracuse	AAA
Cesar Chavez		Medicine Hat	Rk
Jim Clancy	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Greg Coughlin		Dunedin	A+
		Kinston	A+
		Medicine Hat	Rk
Mike Cuellar		Dunedin	A+
		Kinston	A+
Aremngol Cuevas		Utica	A-
Mike Cullen		Dunedin	A+
Mike Darr	23	Kinston	A+
Thomas Dejak		Kinston	A+
Michael Dempsey		Dunedin	A+
Lamont DeRatt		Utica	A-
Butch Edge	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	23	Syracuse	AAA
Mark Eichhorn	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jesse Flores		Kinston	A+
Randy Ford		Utica	A-
Charles Fore		Syracuse	AAA
		Dunedin	A+
Gary Frank		Dunedin	A+
Dave Freisleben	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Gregory Gambrell		Kinston	A+
		Medicine Hat	Rk
Jerry Garvin	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	23	Syracuse	AAA
John Gill		Dunedin	A+
Steve Grilli	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	30	Syracuse	AAA
Mark Holton		Utica	A-
		Medicine Hat	Rk
Phil Huffman	21	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Jesse Jefferson	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Michael Kelly		Dunedin	A+
Orvin Kiser		Kinston	A+
		Medicine Hat	Rk
Craig Kusick	31	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Luis Leal	22	Syracuse	AAA
	22	Dunedin	A+
Dave Lemanczyk	29	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Mark Lemongello	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	24	Syracuse	AAA
Mark Liber		Dunedin	A+
Steve Luebber	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	30	Syracuse	AAA
Manuel Lunar		Utica	A-
Davis May		Syracuse	AAA
Dyar Miller	33	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Dale Mohorcic	23	Dunedin	A+
Balor Moore	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Richard Morgan		Dunedin	A+
Mario Mudano		Utica	A-
Tom Murphy	33	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Thomas O'Dowd		Utica	A-
Robert Oravec		Utica	A-
Junior Phillips		Medicine Hat	Rk
Rafael Pimentel	20	Utica	A-
Charlie Puleo	24	Dunedin	A+
Ken Reynolds	32	Syracuse	AAA
Edward Ricks	28	Kinston	A+
Andre Robertson	21	Syracuse	AAA
Jay Robertson		Kinston	A+
William Rosenlund		Medicine Hat	Rk
Rafael Santana		Kinston	A+
John Seiber		Medicine Hat	Rk
Steve Senteney	24	Medicine Hat	Rk
David Smith	24	Kinston	A+
	24	Dunedin	A+
Luis Soriano		Medicine Hat	Rk
Brian Stemberger		Utica	A-
Dave Stieb	22	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	22	Syracuse	AAA
	22	Dunedin	A+
Mark Stoeber		Dunedin	A+
		Kinston	A+
Jackson Todd	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	27	Syracuse	AAA
Tom Underwood	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Jeff Vail		Utica	A-
Silverio Valdez		Medicine Hat	Rk
Alfredo Velasquez		Utica	A-
Keith Walker		Kinston	A+
Rocket Wheeler		Kinston	A+
Richard White		Utica	A-
Randy Wiens		Kinston	A+
Mark Wiley	31	Syracuse	AAA
Mike Willis	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	28	Syracuse	AAA
Terry Wright		Kinston	A+