Happy Birthday Jim Clancy and Roy Howell

by Tom Dakers on Dec 18, 2010 1:42 PM EST in Toronto Blue Jays Birthdays

Jim Clancy turns 55 today and Roy Howell 57.

Jim Clancy pitched for us from 1977 to 1988. He and Dave Stieb battled for franchise lead in wins for a number of years. He was a horse, he threw 250 innings in 1980 and 266.2 in 1982. He is still second in team history in complete games win 73. He is also #23 on our list of Top 50 Jays.

Roy Howell is also on the list of Top 50 Jays coming in at 47th. He only spent 4 seasons with the team. He hit .272/.335/.407 playing third for the Jays. After the 1980 season he left the Jays signing with the Brewers and platooned at DH with Don Money for 4 years.

Happy Birthday to both.

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Loved Clancy

Roy Howell was before my time, but remember Jim Clancy fondly, particularly as a great workhorse on the starting staff in that phenomenal yet ultimately doomed 1987 team.

by jabalong on Dec 19, 2010 5:56 AM EST reply actions

Where are they now?

Just a thought, but these birthday posts for former Jays always make me wonder what’s become of these guys. I don’t know how one would really track them down, but it would be cool to have some “where are they now?” stories on former Jays if there was a way to.

by jabalong on Dec 19, 2010 5:59 AM EST reply actions

I wish I knew....

Howell was running a baseball school in California a couple of years ago but I’m not sure if that is still going. Clancy I couldn’t find anything about what he has been doing since leaving the game. I don’t even think he’s been to Toronto for any of the flash back Fridays.

by Tom Dakers on Dec 19, 2010 11:27 AM EST up reply actions

A couple of Clancy links

Googling Jim Clancy, I found this MopUpDuty post reminiscing about Jim Clancy getting the first 24 outs in a game in 1982 before losing a Perfect Game bid. Didn’t know that or I’d forgotten it.

According to this Fanmail.biz website, Clancy now lives in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, just over the border from Illinois and not far from Chicago where he was born and raised apparently.

It’s funny but I had this vague notion of Clancy as being a gruff Texan – probably because he came up in the Texas Rangers system before being plucked by the Jays in the expansion draft.

by jabalong on Dec 19, 2010 9:20 PM EST up reply actions