1981 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1981  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Exhibition Stadium
City Toronto
Record
  • 1st half: 16–42 (.276)
  • 2nd half: 21–27 (.438)
  • Overall: 37–69 (.349)
Divisional place
  • 1st half: 7th (19 GB)
  • 2nd half: 7th (7+1⁄2 GB)
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Bobby Mattick
Television CTV Television Network
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Radio CKFH
(Jerry Howarth, Early Wynn, Tom Cheek)
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The 1981 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fifth season competing in Major League Baseball. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Blue Jays finished both halves of the season in seventh place in the seven-team American League East. Managed by Bobby Mattick, the Blue Jays played their home games at Exhibition Stadium and had an overall record of 37 wins and 69 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1981 season. [1]

October 1980

October 23 Roy Howell granted free agency.

November 1980

November 5 Steve Braun granted free agency.

December 1980

December 8Drafted George Bell from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1980 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Drafted Dan Whitmer from the California Angels in the 1980 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 12Acquired Roy Lee Jackson from the New York Mets for Bob Bailor.
December 17Released Bob Davis.

January 1981

January 15Purchased Ken Macha from the Montreal Expos.
January 20Signed free agent Dale Murray from the Montreal Expos to a contract.

February 1981

February 3Signed free agent Bruce Boisclair from the New York Mets to a contract.
Signed free agent Leroy Stanton from the Hanshin Tigers (NPB) to a contract.
Signed amateur free agent Oswaldo Peraza.
February 6Acquired Gil Kubski from the California Angels for Don Pisker.
February 17Signed free agent Dave Tomlin from the Cincinnati Reds to a contract.

March 1981

March 2Signed free agent John Montague from the California Angels to a contract.

April 1981

April 6Acquired Mark Bomback from the New York Mets for a player to be named later (Charlie Puleo on April 14, 1981).
Released John Montague.
Released Leroy Stanton.

Regular season

The Blue Jays were one of the worst teams in the majors in the first half of the split season, as the Blue Jays had a record of 16 wins and 42 losses, a percentage of .276. [2] Although the Blue Jays had future stars Jesse Barfield, George Bell, and Lloyd Moseby in the lineup, the team continued to struggle.

On May 15, 1981, Len Barker of the Cleveland Indians pitched a perfect game against the Blue Jays. It was the tenth perfect game ever pitched, is one of only seventeen in the history of the major leagues, and remains the last no-hitter thrown by an Indian. [3]

The result of the season was one of the more controversial times in franchise history. The President of the Blue Jays, Peter Bavasi, went to see the team in Anaheim against the California Angels. Bavasi's father, Buzzie Bavasi was the president of the Angels, and his team had gotten off to a lackluster start. Buzzie wanted to fire Angels manager Jim Fregosi, and Peter Bavasi had the idea to fire his manager, Bobby Mattick. Both thought it would be big news if father and son fired their manager on the same night. [4] One of the Blue Jays executives advised the Jays Vice-Chairman of the Board, Peter Hardy. After a brief conversation, Hardy made it clear to Peter Bavasi that Mattick would not be fired in this way.

After the strike was resolved, the Blue Jays started the second half of the season with a close to .500 winning percentage. Peter Bavasi was heard to muse aloud the requirement to print World Series tickets. [5] The Jays would finish the second half with 21 wins and 27 losses, seven and a half games out of first place. Despite the attempted Bavasi firing, Mattick would resign as manager at the end of the season. On November 22, 1981, Hardy forced Bavasi to resign from the Blue Jays. [6]

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 62470.569—28–2134–26
Baltimore Orioles 59460.562133–2226–24
New York Yankees 59480.551232–1927–29
Detroit Tigers 60490.550232–2328–26
Boston Red Sox 59490.5462½30–2329–26
Cleveland Indians 52510.505725–2927–22
Toronto Blue Jays 37690.34923½17–3620–33
AL East
First Half Standings		WLPct.GB
New York Yankees 3422.607—
Baltimore Orioles 3123.5742
Milwaukee Brewers 3125.5543
Detroit Tigers 3126.5443+1⁄2
Boston Red Sox 3026.5364
Cleveland Indians 2624.5205
Toronto Blue Jays 1642.27619
AL East
Second Half Standings		WLPct.GB
Milwaukee Brewers 3122.585—
Boston Red Sox 2923.5581+1⁄2
Detroit Tigers 2923.5581+1⁄2
Baltimore Orioles 2823.5492
Cleveland Indians 2627.4915
New York Yankees 2526.4905
Toronto Blue Jays 2127.4387+1⁄2

Record vs. opponents

1981 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —2–26–63–64–26–75–32–46–07–67–54–22–15–2
Boston 2–2—2–45–47–66–13–36–72–53–37–59–33–64–0
California 6–64–2—6–77–53–30–64–33–32–22–86–42–46–6
Chicago 6–34–57–6—2–53–32–04–12–45–77–63–32–47–5
Cleveland 2–46–75–75–2—1–54–43–62–17–53–28–42–24–2
Detroit 7–61–63–33–35–1—3–25–89–33–71–25–19–36–4
Kansas City 3–53–36–00–24–42–3—4–59–42–103–36–73–45–3
Milwaukee 4–27–63–41–46–38–55–4—9–33–34–22–24–56–4
Minnesota 0–65–23–34–21–23–94–93–9—3–32–83–6–15–85–1
New York 6–73–32–27–55–77–310–23–33–3—4–32–35–42–3
Oakland 5–75–78–26–72–32–13–32–48–23–4—6–14–210–2
Seattle 2–43–94–63–34–81–57–62–26–3–13–21–6—5–83–3
Texas 1–26–34–24–22–23–94–35–48–54–52–48–5—6–2
Toronto 2–50–46–65–72–44–63–54–61–53–22–103–32–6—

Opening Day starters

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1981 regular season. [7]

May 1981

May 10Acquired Buck Martinez from the Milwaukee Brewers for Gil Kubski.

June 1981

June 10Player rights of Rick Bosetti sold to the Oakland Athletics.
June 15Signed amateur free agent Luis Aquino.

August 1981

August 8Purchased Juan Berenguer from the Kansas City Royals.

September 1981

September 3Signed free agent Ted Cox from the Seattle Mariners to a contract.
September 10Signed free agent Nino Espinosa from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract.

Roster

1981 Toronto Blue Jays roster
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1981 Game Log 37–69 (Home 17–36, Away 20–33)
April 7–12 (Home 2–7, Away 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9@ Tigers 6–2 Morris (1–0) McLaughlin (0–1)51,4520–1
2April 11@ Tigers 6–2 Wilcox (1–0) Stieb (0–1)13,6170–2
3April 12@ Tigers 6–2 Leal (1–0) Bailey (0–1)9,9501–2
4April 13 Yankees 5–1 Clancy (1–0) John (1–1) Jackson (1)25,1122–2
5April 15 Yankees 6–3 May (2–0) Todd (0–1) Gossage (1)16,2802–3
6April 16 Tigers 2–0 Wilcox (2–0) Stieb (0–2) López (1)11,0582–4
7April 17 Tigers 8–5 Bailey (1–1) Leal (1–1) Saucier (1)15,1962–5
8April 18 Tigers 4–3 Schatzeder (1–0) Clancy (1–1) López (2)16,2942–6
9April 19 Tigers 9–1 Bomback (1–0) Morris (1–1)12,2743–6
10April 20 Brewers 5–4 (12) Lerch (1–0) Willis (0–1)12,2983–7
11April 21 Brewers 6–2 Haas (1–0) Stieb (0–3)11,0833–8
12April 22 Brewers 8–1 Caldwell (2–1) Leal (1–2)11,7923–9
–April 23@ Yankees Postponed (rain)Not rescheduled
13April 24@ Yankees 4–2 John (2–1) Bomback (1–1) Gossage (4)20,8633–10
14April 25@ Yankees 7–2 Todd (1–1) May (3–1)17,3194–10
15April 26@ Yankees 2–1 Stieb (1–3) Underwood (0–2)37,3065–10
16April 27@ Brewers 4–3 (12) Cleveland (1–0) Garvin (0–1)6,6925–11
17April 28@ Brewers 6–2 Bomback (2–1) Caldwell (2–2)6,4336–11
18April 29@ Brewers 5–0 (14) Leal (2–2) Easterly (0–1)7,3207–11
19April 30@ Orioles 4–0 Flanagan (2–2) Todd (1–2)7,7267–12
May 9–20 (Home 5–10, Away 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–May 1@ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 2
20May 2@ Orioles 4–3 Palmer (1–0) Willis (0–2)7–13
21May 2@ Orioles 8–3 McGregor (2–1) Leal (2–3)16,4027–14
22May 3@ Orioles 4–2 Bomback (3–1) Stone (1–3) McLaughlin (1)23,8988–14
–May 5 Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 19
23May 6 Indians 4–1 Blyleven (3–1) Todd (1–3)11,4698–15
24May 7 Indians 6–2 Stieb (2–3) Waits (3–1)11,3289–15
25May 8 Red Sox 4–2 Torrez (2–2) Bomback (3–2) Burgmeier (3)15,1069–16
26May 9 Red Sox 10–3 Stanley (3–1) Clancy (1–2)16,0409–17
27May 10 Red Sox 9–5 (10) Burgmeier (2–0) Jackson (0–1)17,4119–18
28May 11 Red Sox 7–6 Clear (2–0) Willis (0–3)11,3159–19
29May 12 Orioles 5–2 Stieb (3–3) Palmer (1–1)11,35410–19
30May 13 Orioles 4–0 McGregor (3–1) Bomback (3–3)12,56810–20
31May 14 Orioles 10–0 Flanagan (4–3) Clancy (1–3)11,50910–21
32May 15@ Indians 3–0 Barker (3–1) Leal (2–4)7,29010–22
33May 16@ Indians 4–1 Todd (2–3) Garland (2–3)24,96411–22
34May 17@ Indians 1–0 Waits (4–2) Stieb (3–4) Monge (1)11–23
35May 17@ Indians 2–1 (10) Blyleven (5–1) Jackson (0–2)46,16811–24
36May 18 White Sox 7–2 Trout (3–1) Bomback (3–4)18,65211–25
37May 19 White Sox 9–5 Clancy (2–3) Hoyt (3–1) Leal (1)11,60412–25
38May 20 White Sox 6–5 Farmer (1–2) McLaughlin (0–2) Hoyt (5)12,53612–26
39May 22@ Athletics 6–2 Langford (5–4) Stieb (3–5)13,42612–27
40May 23@ Athletics 3–2 (15) Jones (3–1) Leal (2–5)27,14712–28
41May 24@ Athletics 6–5 (12) Owchinko (2–1) McLaughlin (0–3)12–29
42May 24@ Athletics 5–0 Norris (7–2) Garvin (0–2)32,98512–30
43May 25@ Angels 2–1 Witt (3–4) Todd (2–4) Hassler (3)22,17112–31
44May 26@ Angels 8–4 Jackson (1–2) Rau (1–2) McLaughlin (2)21,22213–31
45May 27@ Angels 3–1 Stieb (4–5) Forsch (6–3)21,16714–31
46May 29 Athletics 6–3 Clancy (3–3) Keough (6–2) Jackson (2)16,50915–31
47May 30 Athletics 6–5 Leal (3–5) Norris (7–3) McLaughlin (3)21,04616–31
48May 31 Athletics 6–5 Owchinko (3–1) McLaughlin (0–4)24,07916–32
June 0–10 (Home 0–5, Away 0–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1 Angels 3–0 Forsch (7–3) Stieb (4–6)12,26816–33
50June 2 Angels 3–0 Frost (1–0) Leal (3–6) Hassler (4)12,61716–34
51June 3 Angels 17–6 Zahn (6–6) Clancy (3–4)12,40116–35
52June 5@ Rangers 5–4 (12) Comer (4–1) Leal (3–7)11,49516–36
53June 6@ Rangers 4–1 Jenkins (4–4) Stieb (4–7)24,31216–37
54June 7@ Rangers 9–0 Darwin (7–4) Todd (2–5)14,85716–38
55June 8@ White Sox 6–2 Lamp (2–1) Clancy (3–5) Hickey (1)8,30116–39
56June 9@ White Sox 3–0 Dotson (7–3) Leal (3–8)8,53416–40
57June 10 Royals 7–4 Leonard (6–7) Bomback (3–5)19,09816–41
58June 11 Royals 10–5 Martin (2–3) Willis (0–4) Quisenberry (9)16,49816–42
August 9–10 (Home 4–8, Away 5–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
59August 10@ Tigers 4–3 Saucier (1–0) McLaughlin (0–5)15,18716–43
60August 11@ Tigers 6–4 Berenguer (1–4) Schatzeder (3–5) Jackson (3)10,52617–43
61August 12@ Tigers 4–3 Stieb (5–7) Morris (9–4) Jackson (4)8,77518–43
62August 14 Brewers 5–4 Garvin (1–2) Easterly (2–2) Jackson (5)15,11419–43
63August 15 Brewers 4–3 Bomback (4–5) Cleveland (2–2) McLaughlin (4)12,46720–43
64August 16 Brewers 6–2 Caldwell (8–5) Stieb (5–8) Fingers (14)20–44
65August 16 Brewers 2–0 Lerch (4–6) Todd (2–6) Fingers (15)24,47220–45
66August 17@ Royals 5–3 Gale (5–5) Clancy (3–6) Quisenberry (11)31,95820–46
67August 18@ Royals 5–3 Leal (4–8) Jones (1–1) Jackson (6)26,95221–46
68August 19@ Royals 9–4 Berenguer (2–4) Leonard (7–8)28,17422–46
69August 21 White Sox 5–4 Stieb (6–8) Farmer (2–3)14,16123–46
70August 22 White Sox 8–0 Burns (8–2) Clancy (3–7)19,08023–47
71August 23 White Sox 13–2 Trout (7–4) Leal (4–9)16,48623–48
72August 24 Rangers 3–0 Medich (7–3) Berenguer (2–5)12,73523–49
73August 25 Rangers 6–1 Jenkins (5–6) Stieb (6–9)13,72923–50
74August 27 Royals 11–5 Martin (3–5) Clancy (3–8)14,70423–51
75August 28 Royals 4–3 McLaughlin (1–5) Brett (1–1)13,23024–51
76August 29 Royals 2–0 Jones (2–1) Berenguer (2–6) Quisenberry (13)19,05524–52
–August 30 Royals Postponed (rain)Not rescheduled
77August 31@ Rangers 3–0 Stieb (7–9) Jenkins (5–7)8,03425–52
September 11–15 (Home 6–6, Away 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78September 1@ Rangers 9–3 Clancy (4–8) Darwin (8–7)8,35826–52
79September 2@ Rangers 4–1 Honeycutt (9–3) Leal (4–10)6,85126–53
80September 3@ White Sox 4–3 Hoyt (6–3) Berenguer (2–7)6,66926–54
81September 4@ White Sox 6–2 Stieb (8–9) Lamp (5–3)18,31727–54
82September 5@ White Sox 3–1 Clancy (5–8) Baumgarten (5–8) McLaughlin (5)14,62828–54
83September 6@ White Sox 3–2 Leal (5–10) Burns (8–3) Jackson (7)11,25029–54
84September 7@ Twins 4–0 Jackson (3–2) Berenguer (2–8) Corbett (9)5,02429–55
85September 8@ Twins 1–0 Havens (2–4) Stieb (8–10)2,83929–56
86September 9@ Twins 3–1 Arroyo (6–7) Clancy (5–9) Corbett (10)3,38129–57
87September 10 Mariners 2–0 Leal (6–10) Clay (0–6) McLaughlin (6)11,68530–57
88September 11 Mariners 8–1 Abbott (3–6) Berenguer (2–9)12,02330–58
89September 12 Mariners 3–0 Stieb (9–10) Beattie (2–2)14,04831–58
90September 14 Twins 6–3 Havens (3–4) Clancy (5–10) Corbett (13)11,40231–59
91September 15 Twins 4–2 Leal (7–10) Arroyo (6–8) McLaughlin (7)12,03732–59
92September 16 Twins 5–2 Williams (5–8) Berenguer (2–10)11,73332–60
93September 18 Angels 5–1 Murray (1–0) Witt (5–9)13,47833–60
94September 19 Angels 6–4 Clancy (6–10) Frost (1–7)16,41834–60
95September 20 Angels 6–3 Bomback (5–5) Zahn (9–11) McLaughlin (8)20,57535–60
–September 21 Athletics Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 22
96September 22 Athletics 3–2 (13) Beard (1–1) Leal (7–11)35–61
97September 22 Athletics 4–2 McCatty (13–6) Berenguer (2–11)15,54235–62
98September 23 Athletics 6–0 Langford (11–9) Clancy (6–11)14,11435–63
99September 25@ Angels 11–5 Zahn (10–11) Leal (7–12)19,89035–64
100September 26@ Angels 6–3 Renko (8–4) Berenguer (2–12) Hassler (5)18,88635–65
101September 27@ Angels 4–3 Stieb (10–10) Moreno (1–2) McLaughlin (9)24,90336–65
102September 29@ Athletics 5–1 Underwood (4–6) Clancy (6–12)10,99836–66
103September 30@ Athletics 3–0 Norris (12–9) Leal (7–13)11,14436–67
October 1–2 (Home 0–0, Away 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104October 2@ Mariners 8–3 Clay (2–7) Berenguer (2–13)5,14836–68
105October 3@ Mariners 4–3 Stieb (11–10) Abbott (4–9) McLaughlin (10)8,65337–68
106October 4@ Mariners 2–0 Bannister (9–9) Todd (2–7) Rawley (8)4,88537–69
*An MLB Players strike forced the cancellation of all regular season games between June 12 and August 9. A split-season format was adopted.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PosPlayerGABRH2B3BAvg.HRRBISB
C Ernie Whitt 74195164690.2361165
1B John Mayberry 94290347261.24817431
2B Dámaso García 64250246381.25211313
3B Danny Ainge 86246204662.1870148
SS Alfredo Griffin 1013883081196.2090218
LF Alvis Woods 852882071150.2471213
CF Lloyd Moseby 1003783688162.23394311
RF Barry Bonnell 66227215074.2204284
DH Otto Vélez 80240325192.21311280

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

PlayerGABRH2B3BAvg.HRRBISB
Garth Iorg 702151752110.2420102
George Bell 60163193821.2335123
Buck Martinez 45128132981.2274211
Willie Upshaw 61111151931.1714102
Jesse Barfield 259572232.232294
Ken Macha 378541720.200061
Greg Wells 327371850.247050
Ted Cox 165061540.300010
Rick Bosetti 254751120.234040
Fred Manrique 14281400.143010
Charlie Beamon 8151310.200000
Dan Whitmer 790110.111000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSIPWLERARERBBK
Dave Stieb 2525183.211103.1970656189
Jim Clancy 2222125.06124.9077686456
Juan Berenguer 121171.0294.3141343529

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerGGSIPWLSVERARERBBK
Luis Leal 2919129.271313.6863534471
Jackson Todd 211397.22703.9651433141
Mark Bomback 201190.15503.8942393533

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLSVERARERBBK
Joey McLaughlin 4060.015102.8524192138
Roy Lee Jackson 3962.01272.6123182527
Jerry Garvin 3553.01203.4020202325
Mike Willis 2035.00405.9125232016
Mike Barlow 1215.00004.2011765
Dale Murray 1115.11001.1722512
Paul Mirabella 814.20007.36161279
Nino Espinosa 11.00009.001100

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Humphreys
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Duane Larson and Larry Hardy
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League John McLaren
A Florence Blue Jays South Atlantic League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Rich Hacker
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Wayne Graham

[9]

Notes

  1. ↑ "1981 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  2. ↑ Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.136, Penguin Books, ISBN   0-14-023978-2
  3. ↑ Sports American League (Baseball) Baseball AL West Division Major League Baseball – SI Vault
  4. ↑ Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.137, Penguin Books, ISBN   0-14-023978-2
  5. ↑ Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.138, Penguin Books, ISBN   0-14-023978-2
  6. ↑ Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.157, Penguin Books, ISBN   0-14-023978-2
  7. ↑ "1981 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  8. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  9. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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The 1984 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's eighth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

The 1983 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's seventh season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. It was the franchise's first winning season, starting a streak of 11 consecutive winning seasons. It was the team's first season to use the song "OK Blue Jays" in the seventh-inning stretch.

The 1982 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's sixth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 17 games behind the American League Champion Milwaukee Brewers. Bobby Cox became the third field manager in team history.

The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.

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.

The 1978 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's second season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 59 wins and 102 losses.

The 1977 Toronto Blue Jays season was the first season of Major League Baseball played by the Toronto-based expansion franchise. The Blue Jays finished seventh in the American League East with a record of 54 wins and 107 losses, 45½ games behind the World Champion New York Yankees.

Peter Bavasi is an American former front-office executive in Major League Baseball.

The 1977 Chicago White Sox season in the American League saw the team finish third in the American League West, at 90–72, 12 games behind the Kansas City Royals.

The 1991 San Diego Padres season was the 23rd season in franchise history.

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