Playoff Rosters Past and Present

Listing guys who actually played or were listed as on the roster for each playoff season. Often things look a bit off - in '85 Garth Iorg played more than Rance Mullinicks due to KC having a better manager - he figured out Cox would pull his LH bats immediately when a LHP came in so he'd flip flop pitchers to force the Jays to take out their better players. It was ugly and frustrating.  Links go to BR pages, listing fWAR - wRC+ for each player below their name. For pitchers it is fWAR - ERA- - I used PA for hitters to sort them out, Kirk was used as a regular DH so I put him there in '22 even though he was the backup catcher too. In '91 only Borders was used behind the plate (no idea who the backup for the playoffs was). For this year, since the playoff roster isn't set yet (and if they go multiple rounds I have no clue who might be used in future rounds) I put a ? beside guys I think could be used but lord knows.  Bold indicates best ever for the Jays at that position (regulars and starters only).  For this year I put them in the order I expect them to be used. If Bo returns he will probably be the DH with Santander and Springer on the corners (a mistake imo - play Lukes/Schneider in a corner with Springer the other corner and use Santander as a PH)

Year	1985	1989	1991	1992*	1993*	2015	2016	2020	2022	2023	2025
C	Whitt 2.7 - 103	Whitt 2.9 - 116	Borders 0.0 - 69	Borders 1.1 - 85	Borders -0.2 - 72	Martin 4.5 - 115	Martin 3.7 - 101	Jansen 0.4 - 84	Jansen 2.7 - 141	Kirk 2.3 - 95	Kirk 4.6 - 116
1B	Upshaw 2.4 - 111	McGriff 6.4 - 156	Olerud 2.5 - 115	Olerud 3.1 - 127	Olerud 8.1 - 179	Colabello 1.4 - 143	Encarnación 3.6 - 136	Guerrero Jr. 0.3 - 110	Guerrero Jr. 3.3 - 132	Guerrero Jr. 1.2 - 117	Guerrero Jr. 3.8 - 137
2B	García 1.4 - 82	Lee 0.2 - 80	Alomar 4.3 - 117	Alomar 6.1 - 135	Alomar 5.7 - 142	Goins 1.3 - 85	Goins -0.5 - 39	Villar -0.7 - 36	Merrifield 0.7 - 120	Biggio 0.9 - 102	Clement 3.2 - 98
3B	Iorg 1.9 - 122	Gruber 3.9 -117	Gruber 1.6 - 103	Gruber -0.1 - 71	Sprague 1.4 - 85	Donaldson 8.7 - 154	Donaldson 6.8 - 157	Biggio 1.4 - 122	Chapman 3.9 - 118	Chapman 3.0 - 109	Barger 2.2 - 107
SS	Fernández 4.1 - 99	Fernández 3.6 -88	Lee 0.1 - 55	Lee 2.9 - 89	Fernández 2.8 - 114	Tulowitzki 1.2 - 92	Tulowitzki 2.3 - 104	Bichette 0.9 - 120	Bichette 4.8 - 129	Bichette 3.9 - 124	Giménez 1.0 - 70
LF	Bell 3.3 - 114	Moseby 0.5 - 87	Maldonado 1.6 - 125	Maldonado 2.3 - 128	Henderson 0.4 - 90	Revere 0.7 - 102	Carrera 0.3 - 86	Gurriel Jr. 1.3 - 134	Tapia 0.5 - 91	Varsho 1.9 - 84	Schneider 1.3 - 127
CF	Moseby 3.5 - 109	Wilson -0.3 - 91	White 6.4 - 119	White 5.9 - 93	White 5.4 - 109	Pillar 3.7 - 94	Pillar 1.8 - 82	Grichuk 0.7 - 108	Springer 4.0 - 133	Kiermaier 2.7 - 103	Varsho 2.2 - 123
RF	Barfield 7.0 - 142	Félix 1.3 - 99	Carter 4.6 - 123	Carter 2.9 - 120	Carter 2.0 - 108	Bautista 5.2 - 148	Bautista 2.0 - 123	Hernández 1.5 - 142	Hernández 3.0 - 130	Springer 1.9 - 103	Lukes 1.8 - 103
DH	Johnson -0.2 - 87	Bell 2.6 - 118	Mulliniks 0.0 - 99	Winfield 3.8 - 140	Molitor 4.8 - 114	Encarnación 4.5 - 115	Saunders 2.3 - 119	Kirk 0.1 - 165	Kirk 4.3 - 129	Belt 2.1 - 137	Springer 5.2 - 166
Backup C	Hearron -0.1 - -30	Borders 0.3 - 77		Knorr 0.1 - 87	Knorr 0.3 - 98	Navarro 0.2 - 84	Navarro -0.2 - 20	McGuire -0.7 - -59		Heineman 0.5 - 138	Heineman 2.1 - 120
Backup	Mulliniks 3.3 - 128	Mazzilli 0.4 - 141	Wilson -0.4 - 71	Griffin -0.1 - 53	Butler 0.7 - 104	Carrera 0.1 - 90	Barney 1.4 - 88	Panik 0.1 - 82	Espinal 2.4 - 100	Espinal 0.0 - 79	Straw 1.8 - 91
Backup	Oliver -0.7 - 74	Liriano 2.4 - 100	Ducey 0.2 - 83	Sprague -0.2 - 72	Schofield 0.3 - 49	Pennington -0.2 - 53	Upton -0.3 - 54	Shaw 0.0 - 91	Bradley Jr. 0.2 - 52	Merrifield 1.2 - 92	?Kiner-Falefa -0.1 - 72
Backup	Fielder 0.7 - 138	Mulliniks 0.1 - 81	Tabler -0.9 - 63	D. Bell 0.7 - 91	Coles -0.9 - 85	Pompey 0.1 - 82	Travis 2.7 - 111	Tellez 0.5 - 132		Schneider 1.9 - 175	?France 0.2 - 92
Backup	Burroughs 0.4 - 117		Gonzales -0.2 - 55	Mulliniks 0.0 - 242	Cañate 0.1 - 63					Cam Eden -0.1 - 67	?Loperfido 0.7 - 148
Backup	Lee -0.3 - 20			Tabler -0.3 - 68	Griffin -0.5 - 25						?Bichette 3.8 - 134
Backup	Thornton -0.2 - 58										?Santander -0.9 - 61
Year	1985	1989	1991	1992*	1993*	2015	2016	2020	2022	2023	2025
SP	Stieb 4.5 - 59	Stieb 2.7 - 85	Candiotti 2.9 - 72	Morris 3.7 - 101	Stewart 0.9 - 101	Price 2.6 - 57	Estrada 2.7 - 83	Shoemaker -0.1 - 102	Gausman 5.5 - 87	Gausman 5.3 - 74	Gausman 4.1 - 88
SP	Alexander 4.0 - 81	Key 4.6 - 99	Key 5.3 - 74	Cone 0.9 - 63	Guzmán 4.3 - 91	Estrada 1.8 - 77	Sanchez 3.5 - 71	Ryu 1.9 - 58	Manoah 3.9 - 58	Berríos 2.9 - 86	Bieber 0.3 - 88
SP	Key 2.8 - 71	Stottlemyre 1.2 - 99	Guzmán 3.4 - 72	Guzmán 5.5 - 66	Hentgen 2.2 - 88	Stroman 0.4 - 41	Stroman 3.3 - 104				Yesavage 0.4 - 79
SP		Flanagan 2.2 - 100	Stottlemyre 2.6 - 91	Key 2.7 - 88	Stottlemyre 3.0 - 110	Dickey 1.8 - 96	Happ 2.8 - 76				?Bassitt 2.4 - 97
SP											?Berríos 1.3 - 103
Closer	Henke 1.1 - 48	Henke 3.5 - 49	Henke 1.7 - 56	Henke 0.6 - 56	Ward 2.6 - 49	Osuna 1.3 - 64	Osuna 1.7 - 64	Dolis 0.6 - 33	Romano 1.5 - 55	Romano 1.2 - 68	Hoffman -0.4 - 107
RP	Lamp 2.0 - 78	Acker 0.5 - 40	Wells 2.5 - 90	Ward 2.4 - 49	Leiter 0.9 - 94	Sanchez 0.2 - 79	Biagini 1.1 - 73	Ray 0.1 - 104	Mayza 0.0 - 82	Kikuchi 2.6 - 91	Rodríguez 0.1 - 76
RP	Acker -0.1 - 76	Ward 2.7 - 96	Timlin 1.5 - 76	Stottlemyre 1.4 - 112	Cox 1.4 - 71	Hendriks 1.5 - 72	Cecil 0.4 - 94	Hatch 0.3 - 59	Cimber 0.8 - 73	García 1.0 - 96	Little 1.3 - 74
RP	Lavelle 0.8 - 73	Cerutti 1.9 - 78	Ward 4.1 - 67	Wells 0.4 - 134	Castillo 0.3 - 77	Lowe 0.1 - 93	Grilli 0.0 - 87	Pearson -0.2 - 130	García 0.8 - 81	Green 0.3 - 123	Fisher 0.8 - 66
RP	Clancy 1.6 - 89	Wells 1.8 - 61	MacDonald -0.1 - 69	Timlin 0.7 - 103	Timlin 0.2 - 107	Cecil 1.3 - 61	Liriano 0.6 - 70	Stripling 0.3 - 137	Richards 0.1 - 139	Swanson 0.9 - 70	Domínguez 0.3 - 74
RP			Acker -0.8 - 126	Eichhorn 0.4 - 108	Eichhorn 1.0 - 62	Loup 0.2 - 110	Tepera 0.1 - 70	Bass 0.4 - 76	Pop 0.2 - 49	Hicks 0.2 - 62	Varland 0.2 - 121
RP						Hawkins 0.3 - 68		Borucki 0.2 - 59	Bass -0.1 - 46	Cabrera 0.3 - 63	Lauer 1.4 - 78
RP						Tepera -0.5 - 81		Cole 0.2 - 67		Mayza 1.3 - 36	?Nance 0.8 - 49
RP						Pennington hitter					?Fluharty 0.2 - 109

Most used at each position....