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Every year some minor shifting goes on for the Jays top 10 all-time best seasons in category xyz. Most of us heard about Bautista's setting the Jays strikeout record but what other things did the Jays players in 2017 do to get on the leaderboards?

2017's on Top 10's
Hitting
  • Strikeouts : #1 : Jose Bautista 170 vs #2 Jose Canseco 1998 and Kelly Johnson 2012 159 each
  • Stolen Base %: #10 : Carrera 90.91% (10-1) tied with Roberto Alomar 1995 (30-3). FYI: #1 is a 3 way tie with 100% (Joe Carter 1994, Paul Molitor 1994/1995)
  • Double Plays Grounded Into: #4 Kendrys Morales 22 tied with Russell Martin 2015 & Edwin Encarnacion 2016. Troy Glaus is #1 all-time with 25 in 2006
  • AB/HR: #4 Josh Donaldson 12.6 vs #1-3 all Jose Bautista (2010-2011-2012) 10.5 is the best in 2010
  • Outs Made: #8 Jose Bautista 494 vs #1 Alfredo Griffin 1980 532 (that will be a hard one to break)

Pitching
  • Saves: #2 Roberto Osuna 39 vs #1 Duane Ward 1993 45
  • Home Runs: #6 Marco Estrada 31 vs #1 Woody Williams 1998 36 (was then traded)
  • Games Finished: #7 Roberto Osuna 58 vs #1 Duane Ward 1993 70

That's it for single season leaderboards. What about the career ones?
Hitters
  • WAR Position Players: #3 Jose Bautista finishes at 35.9 just 1 1/2 behind #1 all time Tony Fernandez. His -1.7 this year cost him the #1 position all-time
  • Offensive WAR: #2 Jose Bautista 36.5 and #10 Josh Donaldson 19.4 vs #1 Carlos Delgado 39.1
  • Defensive WAR: #5 Kevin Pillar 7.9 vs #1 Tony Fernandez 11.9
  • Batting Average: #10 Josh Donaldson 285 vs #1 Paul Molitor 315
  • OBP: #4 Josh Donaldson 387 tied with Molitor, Jose Bautista is #7 at 372. #1 is Olerud at 395
  • Slg%: #1 Josh Donaldson 559 3 points ahead of Delgado. #5 is Bautista 506.
  • OPS: #2 Josh Donaldson 946 3 points behind Delgado. #4 is Bautista 878 who finishes tied with Encarnacion (how appropriate)
  • Games Played: #5 Jose Bautista 1235 vs #1 Tony Fernandez 1450
  • AB: #6 Jose Bautista 4364 Vernon Wells is #1 with 5470
  • Plate Appearances: #5 Jose Bautista 5272 vs #1 Carlos Delgado 6018
  • Runs Scored: #2 Jose Bautista 790 vs #1 Carlos Delgado 889
  • Hits: #6 Jose Bautista 1103 vs #1 Tony Fernandez 1583
  • Total Bases: #3 Jose Bautista 2210 vs #1 Carlos Delgado 2786 (Wells between them)
  • Doubles: #7 Jose Bautista 219 vs #1 Carlos Delgado 343
  • Home Runs: #2 Jose Bautista 288 vs #1 Carlos Delgado 336
  • RBI's: #3 Jose Bautista 766 vs #1 Delgado 1058
  • Walks: #2 Bautista 803 vs #1 Delgado 827
  • Strikeouts: #3 Bautista 948 vs #1 Delgado 1242
  • OPS+: #2 Donaldson 150 vs #1 Fred McGriff 153. Bautista is #4 136 (again tied with Encarnacion)
  • Runs Created: #2 Bautista 864 vs #1 Delgado 1151
  • Adj Batting Runs: #2 Bautista 240 vs #1 Delgado 340. Donaldson is #6 with 121
  • Adj Batting Wins: #2 Bautista 23.4 vs #1 Delgado 31.0. Donaldson is #6 with 11.7
  • Extra Base Hits: #3 Bautista 519 vs #1 Delgado 690
  • Times on Base: #4 Bautista 1958 vs #1 Delgado 2362
  • Offensive Win %: #2 Donaldson .725 vs #1 McGriff .726. Bautista is #4 .661
  • Hit By Pitch: #5 Bautista 52 vs #1 Delgado 122
  • Sac Flies: #5 Bautista 44 vs #1 Joe Carter 65
  • Intentional Walks: #3 Bautista 49 vs #1 Delgado 128 (Olerud between them at 87)
  • GIDP: Bautista #2 with 127 vs #1 Wells 146
  • Power-Speed #: #8 Bautista 93.8 vs #1 Lloyd Moseby 188.1 (massive lead)
  • AB per HR: #1 Donaldson 14.5, #3 Bautista 15.2 (Delgado between them)
  • Outs Made: #5 Bautista 3461 vs #1 Wells 4174
  • Base-Out Runs Added (RE24): #2 Bautista 231.07 vs #1 Delgado 342.72. #4 Donaldson 134.86
  • Win Probability Added (WPA): #2 Bautista 22.0, #4 Donaldson 13.5 vs #1 Delgado 28.9
  • Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI): #2 Bautista 25.7, #5 Donaldson 13.6 vs #1 Delgado 30.7
  • Base-Out Wins Added (REW): #2 Bautista 22.3, #4 Donaldson 12.8 vs #1 Delgado 30.8
Phew. That was a lot of areas for Bautista. Many for Donaldson with Pillar sneaking in there.

Pitching
  • ERA: #7 Marcus Stroman 3.61 vs #1 Tom Henke 2.48. Best starter is Jimmy Key & Dave Stieb tied at 3.42 with Halladay at 3.43
  • Win/Loss %: #5 (tied) Marcus Stroman 597 tied with Shaun Marcum. #1 is Roger Clemens with an untouchable 759
  • Walks & Hits per IP : #2 Marco Estrada 1.184, #10 Marcus Stroman 1.253 vs #1 Tom Henke 1.025
  • Hits per 9 IP: #3 Estrada 7.492 vs #1 Tom Henke 6.570
  • BB per 9 IP: #7 Stroman 2.399 vs #1 Josh Towers (!) 1.628
  • K per 9 IP: #9 Estrada 7.823 vs #1 Tom Henke 10.295
  • Games Played: #10 Aaron Loup 319 vs #1 Jason Frasor 505
  • Saves: #4 Roberto Osuna 95 vs #1 Tom Henke 217 (needs 26 to move into a tie for 2nd)
  • Strikeouts / Base On Balls: #4 Stroman 3.060 vs #1 Henke 3.880
  • Home Runs per 9 IP: #7 Stroman 0.816 vs #1 Ward 0.415 (wow)
  • Games Finished: #7 Osuna 158 vs #1 Henke 386
  • Adjusted ERA+: #8 Stroman 118 vs #1 Henke 167
  • Fielding Independent Pitching : #4 Stroman 3.57 vs #1 Henke 2.53 (Halladay top starter at 3.47)
Posted by John Northey on Tuesday, October 10 2017 @ 04:16 PM EDT.
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bpoz - Tuesday, October 10 2017 @ 07:52 PM EDT (#349991) #
Thanks John for the big effort on your part.
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whiterasta80 - Wednesday, October 11 2017 @ 12:15 PM EDT (#350011) #
God Delgado was good. I watched his whole career in the prime of my love for baseball and I still might underrate his excellence.
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vw_fan17 - Wednesday, October 11 2017 @ 01:46 PM EDT (#350014) #
Thanks!
Just a nit: I believe it's Alfredo Griffin, not Griffen?
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John Northey - Wednesday, October 11 2017 @ 07:29 PM EDT (#350023) #
Ooops, you are correct. Problem with being a comic book reader as well (one of my favorite artists ever was Keith Giffen).
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GabrielSyme - Wednesday, October 11 2017 @ 07:30 PM EDT (#350024) #
If you accept that the very best relievers should be in the Hall of Fame, and the standard should be dominance rather than volume of saves or longevity, then Henke has a very good case for the Hall - among relievers with more than 600 innings, Henke is third in FIP- and seventh in ERA-, well ahead of Bruce Sutter and Rollie Fingers, and marginally ahead of Trevor Hoffman and Dennis Eckersley.

Incidentally, Billy Wagner definitely deserves to be in the Hall by these measures - Wagner is second only to Mariano Rivera in both ERA- and FIP-.
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John Northey - Wednesday, October 11 2017 @ 07:31 PM EDT (#350025) #
So current Jays who are #1 on lists...
Career
Slg%: Josh Donaldson 559
AB/HR: Josh Donaldson

Single season Strikeouts : Jose Bautista
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AWeb - Friday, October 13 2017 @ 10:50 AM EDT (#350075) #
Assuming Bautista is not back and everyone else is, I think the only guys who will climb the position player categories are Donaldson (because he's been awesome) and Pillar (because he's been around the longest). Donaldson will make the top ten in HRs if he is healthy and on Toronto, Pillar could work towards a few things but the top ten is a few years away for everything.

Stroman/Happ/Estrada could all start sneaking on the bottom of the starting pitching top tens. Happ is 10 wins from 9th all-time for the Jays, and would end up in a similar ranking for strikeouts with a full season. Weird. Osuna moves to 2nd on the saves list if he closes for a full season.
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