Batter’s Box is very pleased to present a monumental piece of work by Leigh Sprague, the Blue Jays All-Time Annotated Trade Catalgoue. We will be posting the catalogue in five parts over the coming week, and eventually the Catalogue will be posted as a single document. We’d like to thank Leigh for allowing us to host this truly monumental piece of work. Links to the five parts can be found below. But first, I'll let Leigh introduce his Catalogue...
Blue Jays All-Time Annotated Trade Catalogue
by Leigh Sprague
This is a chronological registry of trades pulled off by Peter Bavasi, Pat Gillick, Gord Ash and J.P. Ricciardi. There have been a myriad of trades since 1976, and this catalogue attempts to assess each trade in its context, with special regard to the effects of each on the evolution and success of the Jays.
An explanation of what is included in each trade module:
For players obtained or disposed of by the Jays, each module lists the name of the player, the date of the trade, the position or positions played, and the eventual disposition (either subsequently traded away, lost as a free agent, released or otherwise). For each of these players, stat lines are included covering each season that the player played with the Jays subsequent to the trade (or, conversely, with the other team involved the the trade). For each season, the stats listed are: batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, games played, runs created, fielding percentage relative to league average at primary position (expressed as either + or - relative to the league average, as opposed to the actual fielding percentage) and range factor (expressed in the same manner as fielding percentage). For pitchers, the stat line is composed of innings pitched, wins, losses, saves and earned run average.
This project took more of time than I expected, but it was fun. Hopefully, it will be as enjoyable to read as it was to write. I would like to acknowledge my copious use of baseball-reference.com and Retrosheet in researching this piece.
Part One : Peter Bavasi
Part Two : Pat Gillick, First Movement -- The Age Of Innocence
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