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Major League Baseball

Record: 76-86   .469.... 5th in American League East
Stadium: SkyDome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,589,297
Payroll: $45,894,833
Top Draft Pick: Vernon Wells (#5)   MLB

General Manager - Gord Ash
Manager - Cito Gaston, Mel Queen

Bench Coach - Jim Lett  Hitting Coach - Willie Upshaw  Pitching Coach - Mel Queen  First Base Coach - Alfredo Griffin  Third Base Coach - Nick Leyva  Bullpen Coach - Gene Tenace  Scout - Chris Bourjos, Jim Hughes, Jim Hughes, Bill Moore, David Stockstill, Ronald Tostenson, Tim Wilken

Affiliates - AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs AA Knoxville Smokies A+ Dunedin Blue Jays A Hagerstown Suns A- St. Catharines Stompers Rk Medicine Hat Blue Jays

Team Leaders

HR: Delgado [30]
RBI: Carter [102]
2B: Delgado [42]
SB: Nixon [47]
W: Clemens [21]
SV: Escobar [14]
SO: Clemens [292]

Oldest Player: Otis Nixon [38]
Youngest Player: Kelvim Escobar [21]
Longest Tenure: Joe Carter, Juan Guzman, Pat Hentgen, Ed Sprague, Mike Timlin [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Rich Butler (Sep 6) Jose Cruz (May 31) Tom Evans (Sep 2)
Pitchers: Carlos Almanzar (Sep 4) Chris Carpenter (May 12) Kelvim Escobar (Jun 29)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Benito Santiago	32	97	341	31	83	10	0	13	42	1	0	17	80	2	1	1	5	10	.243	.279	.387	666
1B	Carlos Delgado	25	153	519	79	136	42	3	30	91	0	3	64	133	8	9	0	4	6	.262	.350	.528	878
2B	Carlos Garcia	29	103	350	29	77	18	2	3	23	11	3	15	60	2	0	10	4	7	.220	.253	.309	562
3B	Ed Sprague	29	138	504	63	115	29	4	14	48	0	1	51	102	6	0	0	1	10	.228	.306	.385	691
SS	Alex Gonzalez	24	126	426	46	102	23	2	12	35	15	6	34	94	5	1	11	2	9	.239	.302	.387	689
OF	Otis Nixon	38	103	401	54	105	12	1	1	26	47	10	52	54	0	0	6	5	10	.262	.343	.304	647
OF	Orlando Merced	30	98	368	45	98	23	2	9	40	7	3	47	62	3	1	0	2	6	.266	.352	.413	765
OF	Jose Cruz	23	55	212	31	49	7	0	14	34	6	2	28	72	0	2	0	4	2	.231	.316	.462	778
DH	Joe Carter	37	157	612	76	143	30	4	21	102	8	2	40	105	7	5	0	9	12	.234	.284	.399	683

RF-LF	Shawn Green	24	135	429	57	123	22	4	16	53	14	3	36	99	1	4	1	4	4	.287	.340	.469	809
C	Charlie O'Brien	36	69	225	22	49	15	1	4	27	0	2	22	45	11	1	3	6	6	.218	.311	.347	658
CF-LF	Jacob Brumfield	32	58	174	22	36	5	1	2	20	4	4	14	31	1	0	1	1	4	.207	.268	.282	550
CF	Shannon Stewart	23	44	168	25	48	13	7	0	22	10	3	19	24	4	1	0	2	3	.286	.368	.446	814
2B	Mariano Duncan	34	39	167	20	38	6	0	0	12	4	2	6	39	3	0	0	0	4	.228	.267	.263	530
2B-3B	Tilson Brito	25	49	126	9	28	3	0	0	8	1	0	9	28	2	0	0	2	2	.222	.281	.246	527
SS-2B	Tomas Perez	23	40	123	9	24	3	2	0	9	1	1	11	28	1	0	3	0	2	.195	.267	.252	519
DH-3B	Juan Samuel	36	45	95	13	27	5	4	3	15	5	3	10	28	2	0	1	0	2	.284	.364	.516	880
LF-RF	Robert Perez	28	37	78	4	15	4	1	2	6	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	2	.192	.192	.346	538
LF-DH	Ruben Sierra	31	14	48	4	10	0	2	1	5	0	0	3	13	0	1	0	1	0	.208	.250	.354	604
3B	Tom Evans	22	12	38	7	11	2	0	1	2	0	1	2	10	1	0	0	0	0	.289	.341	.421	762
3B-DH	Felipe Crespo	24	12	28	3	8	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	1	0	1	.286	.333	.464	797
LF-DH	Rich Butler	24	7	14	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.357	732
C	Julio Mosquera	25	3	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	625
P	Pat Hentgen	28	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Robert Person	27	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	200
P	Roger Clemens	34	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.667	1.000	1667
C	Sandy Martinez	24	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333
P	Woody Williams	30	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000
P	Paul Quantrill	28	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Paul Spoljaric	26	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
P	Carlos Almanzar	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Luis Andujar	24	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Chris Carpenter	22	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Tim Crabtree	27	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Omar Daal	25	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Kelvim Escobar	21	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Huck Flener	28	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Juan Guzman	30	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Erik Hanson	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Marty Janzen	24	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dan Plesac	35	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Bill Risley	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Kenny Robinson	27	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Mike Timlin	31	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			162	5473	654	1333	275	41	147	627	134	50	487	1138	59	26	38	52	102	.244	.310	.389	699