1979 Toronto Blue Jays season
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The 1979 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's third season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 53 wins and 109 losses. The Blue Jays were the only American League East team to finish 1979 with a losing record and the loss total of 109 set the franchise mark; it is also the last time as of 2023 the team lost over 100 games in a season. Attendance for the season decreased to 1,431,651.[1]
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1979 Toronto Blue Jays | ||||
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League | American League | |||
Division | East | |||
Ballpark | Exhibition Stadium | |||
City | Toronto | |||
Record | 53–109 (.327) | |||
Divisional place | 7th | |||
Owners | Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | |||
General managers | Pat Gillick | |||
Managers | Roy Hartsfield | |||
Television | CBC Television (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Tom McKee) CBFT (Jean-Pierre Roy, Guy Ferron) | |||
Radio | CKFH (Early Wynn, Tom Cheek) | |||
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