The Baseball Scholar

Toronto Blue Jays Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the Toronto Blue Jays best single seasons by position. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Darrin Fletcher, 2000

    • Darrin Fletcher
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    114 .371 2.3 122 445 43 133 19 1 20 58 1 20 45 .320 .355 .514 .869

  • First Base – John Olerud, 1993

    • John Olerud
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    179 .454 7.7 158 679 109 200 54 2 24 107 0 114 65 .363 .473 .599 1.072

  • Second Base – Roberto Alomar, 1993

    • Roberto Alomar
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    142 .398 6.1 153 683 109 192 35 6 17 93 55 80 67 .326 .408 .492 .900

  • Third Base – Josh Donaldson, 2015

    • Josh Donaldson
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    154 .398 8.8 158 711 122 184 41 2 41 123 6 73 133 .297 .371 .568 .939

  • Shortstop – Marco Scutaro, 2009

    • Marco Scutaro
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    112 .353 5.4 144 680 100 162 35 1 12 60 14 90 75 .282 .379 .409 .789

  • Outfield – Jose Bautista, 2011

    • Jose Bautista
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    181 .443 8.1 149 655 105 155 24 2 43 103 9 132 111 .302 .447 .608 1.056

  • Outfield – Jesse Barfield, 1986

    • Jesse Barfield
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    147 .401 7.6 158 671 107 170 35 2 40 108 8 69 146 .289 .368 .559 .927

  • Outfield – Shawn Green, 1999

    • Shawn Green
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    142 .411 6.4 153 696 134 190 45 0 42 123 20 66 117 .309 .384 .588 .972

  • Designated Hitter – Paul Molitor, 1993

    • Paul Molitor
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    144 .401 5.7 160 725 121 211 37 5 22 111 22 77 71 .332 .402 .509 .911

  • Starting Pitcher – Roger Clemens, 1997

    • Roger Clemens
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    45 11.9 34 34 21 7 2.05 264 9 3 0 65 60 68 292 10.0 1.030

  • Starting Pitcher – Jimmy Key, 1987

    • Jimmy Key
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    61 7.4 36 36 17 8 2.76 261 8 1 0 93 80 66 161 5.6 1.057

  • Starting Pitcher – Roy Halladay, 2003

    • Roy Halladay
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    69 8.1 36 36 22 7 3.25 266 9 2 0 111 96 32 204 6.9 1.071

  • Starting Pitcher – Juan Guzman, 1996

    • Juan Guzman
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    59 6.8 27 27 11 8 2.93 187.2 4 1 0 68 61 53 165 7.9 1.124

  • Starting Pitcher – Pat Hentgen, 1996

    • Pat Hentgen
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    65 8.5 35 35 20 10 3.22 265.2 10 3 0 105 95 94 177 6.0 1.250

  • Relief Pitcher – Mark Eichhorn, 1986

    • Mark Eichhorn
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    41 7.4 69 0 14 6 1.72 157 0 0 10 32 30 45 166 9.5 0.955

  • Relief Pitcher – Scott Downs, 2008

    • Scott Downs
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    41 2.8 66 0 0 3 1.78 70.2 0 0 5 15 14 27 57 7.3 1.146

  • Closer – B.J. Ryan, 2006

    • B.J. Ryan
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    30 3.6 65 0 2 2 1.37 72.1 0 0 38 12 11 20 86 10.7 0.857

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