1982 Toronto Blue Jays season

1982  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Record	78–84 (.481)
Divisional place	7th
Owners	Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers	Pat Gillick
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	CTV Television Network (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Radio	CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1982 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's sixth season of Major League Baseball. Although the Blue Jays once again finished last in the seven team American League East (due to losing a tie-breaker to Cleveland) their record of 78 wins and 84 losses was by far the best in team history to date. Toronto finished 17 games behind the American League Champion Milwaukee Brewers. Bobby Cox became the third field manager in team history.

Dave Stieb established himself as one of the top pitchers in the American League, as he led the AL with 19 complete games and 5 shutouts.

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1982 season. ^[1]

October 1981

October 31

Signed amateur free agent José Mesa.

November 1981

November 13	Buck Martinez granted free agency.
November 27	Acquired Aurelio Rodríguez from the New York Yankees for a player to be named later (Mike Lebo on December 9, 1981).

December 1981

December 6	Re-signed free agent Buck Martinez.
December 7	Drafted Jim Gott from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted Tony Johnson from the Montreal Expos in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft. Domingo Ramos drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 8	Drafted Gibson Alba from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 Minor League draft. Signed amateur free agent Alexis Infante.
December 28	Traded Paul Mirabella to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later (Dave Geisel on March 25, 1982). Acquired Hosken Powell from the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later (Greg Wells on January 18, 1982).

January 1982

January 28

Released Steve Baker.

March 1982

March 25	Signed free agent Glenn Adams from the Minnesota Twins to a contract. Acquired Rance Mulliniks from the Kansas City Royals for Phil Huffman.
March 28	Released Juan Berenguer. Released Ted Cox. Released Nino Espinosa.

April 1982

April 2

Acquired Wayne Nordhagen from the Chicago White Sox for Aurelio Rodríguez.

Regular season

One of the key events of the season was that the Toronto Blue Jays sold its first beer. Exhibition Stadium was the only stadium in the major leagues that did not sell beer. The Ontario Legislature reached a decision on July 7, 1982. Dr. Robert Elgie, the minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations announced that beer would be sold on a trial basis at Exhibition Stadium. L

The decision also applied to Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium and Ottawa's Lansdowne Park, ^[2] which along with Exhibition Stadium were previously the only Canadian Football League stadiums to not offer beer, but not to Maple Leaf Gardens, which would not be permitted to sell beer until the middle of the 1992-93 NHL season. On July 30, 1982, Paul Godfrey sold the first ceremonial beer at Exhibition Stadium to William Turner, a fan from London, Ontario. ^[2]

Opening Day lineup

• Jesse Barfield
• Mark Bomback
• Dámaso García
• Alfredo Griffin
• John Mayberry
• Lloyd Moseby
• Rance Mulliniks
• Willie Upshaw
• Ernie Whitt
• Al Woods

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Milwaukee Brewers	95	67	.586	—	48‍–‍34	47‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles	94	68	.580	1	53‍–‍28	41‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox	89	73	.549	6	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers	83	79	.512	12	47‍–‍34	36‍–‍45
New York Yankees	79	83	.488	16	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians	78	84	.481	17	41‍–‍40	37‍–‍44
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	17	44‍–‍37	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	7–5	5–7	6–7	7–6	4–8	9–4–1	8–4	11–2	7–5	7–5	9–3	10–3
Boston	9–4	—	7–5	4–8	6–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	6–6	7–6	8–4	7–5	10–2	7–6
California	5–7	5–7	—	8–5	8–4	5–7	7–6	6–6	7–6	7–5	9–4	10–3	8–5	8–4
Chicago	7–5	8–4	5–8	—	6–6	9–3	3–10	3–9	7–6	8–4	9–4	6–7	8–5	8–4
Cleveland	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	—	6–7	2–10	7–6	8–4	4–9	4–8	9–3	7–5	7–6
Detroit	6–7	5–8	7–5	3–9	7–6	—	6–6	3–10	9–3	8–5	9–3	6–6	8–4	6–7
Kansas City	8–4	6–6	6–7	10–3	10–2	6–6	—	7–5	7–6	5–7	7–6	7–6	7–6	4–8
Milwaukee	4–9–1	9–4	6–6	9–3	6–7	10–3	5–7	—	7–5	8–5	7–5	8–4	7–5	9–4
Minnesota	4–8	6–6	6–7	6–7	4–8	3–9	6–7	5–7	—	2–10	3–10	5–8	5–8	5–7
New York	2–11	6–7	5–7	4–8	9–4	5–8	7–5	5–8	10–2	—	7–5	6–6	7–5	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	4–9	4–9	8–4	3–9	6–7	5–7	10–3	5–7	—	6–7	5–8	3–9
Seattle	5–7	5–7	3–10	7–6	3–9	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	6–6	7–6	—	9–4	7–5
Texas	3–9	2–10	5–8	5–8	5–7	4–8	6–7	5–7	8–5	5–7	8–5	4–9	—	4–8
Toronto	3–10	6–7	4–8	4–8	6–7	7–6	8–4	4–9	7–5	7–6	9–3	5–7	8–4	—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1982 regular season. ^[3]

April 1982

April 8

Released Dave Tomlin.

May 1982

May 5

Acquired Tom Dodd, Dave Revering and Jeff Reynolds from the New York Yankees for John Mayberry.

June 1982

June 15	Acquired Dick Davis from the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Nordhagen.
June 22	Traded Dick Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later (Wayne Nordhagen on June 25, 1982).

July 1982

July 15

Purchased Leon Roberts from the Texas Rangers.

August 1982

August 2	Dave Revering granted free agency.
August 23	Sold the player rights of Pedro Hernández to the New York Yankees.
August 30	Released Ken Schrom.

September 1982

September 7

Released Otto Velez.

Roster

1982 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 17 Mark Bomback 18 Jim Clancy 28 Mark Eichhorn 36 Jerry Garvin 35 Dave Geisel 38 Jim Gott 25 Roy Lee Jackson 48 Luis Leal 50 Joey McLaughlin 33 Dale Murray 31,21 Ken Schrom 34 Steve Senteney 37 Dave Stieb		Catchers 13 Buck Martinez 14 Geno Petralli 12 Ernie Whitt Infielders 31 Dave Baker  7 Dámaso García  4 Alfredo Griffin 39 Pedro Hernández 16 Garth Iorg  5 Rance Mulliniks 26 Willie Upshaw		Outfielders 29 Jesse Barfield  9 Barry Bonnell 35 Dick Davis 45 Tony Johnson 15 Lloyd Moseby 22 Hosken Powell 20 Al Woods Other batters 55 Glenn Adams 10 John Mayberry 30,3 Wayne Nordhagen 10 Dave Revering  3 Leon Roberts 19 Otto Vélez		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 43 Cito Gaston (hitting/first base)  8 John Sullivan (bullpen) 41 Al Widmar (pitching) 24 Jimy Williams (third base)

Game log

1982 Game Log
April: 8–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 3–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record -- April 6 @ Tigers Postponed (snow)Rescheduled for April 7 -- April 7 @ Tigers Postponed (snow)Rescheduled for April 15 -- April 8 @ Tigers Postponed (snow)Rescheduled for August 5 1 April 9 Brewers 15–4 Vuckovich (1–0) Bomback (0–1) 30,216 0–1 2 April 10 Brewers 3–2 (10) Jackson (1–0) Fingers (0–1) 11,141 1–1 3 April 11 Brewers 14–5 McClure (1–0) Clancy (0–1) 10,128 1–2 4 April 12 Tigers 9–5 Leal (1–0) Wilcox (0–1) 11,180 2–2 5 April 13 Tigers 4–2 Morris (1–1) Murray (0–1) 10,087 2–3 6 April 14 Tigers 5–4 Jackson (2–0) Saucier (0–1) 10,114 3–3 7 April 15 @ Tigers 4–2 Saucier (1–1) Stieb (0–1) Sosa (1) 51,038 3–4 8 April 16 @ Red Sox 2–0 Leal (2–0) Eckersley (1–1) Jackson (1) 7,542 4–4 9 April 17 @ Red Sox 5–4 Tudor (2–0) Bomback (0–2) Clear (1) 18,617 4–5 10 April 18 @ Red Sox 4–3 Aponte (1–0) Jackson (2–1) 18,017 4–6 11 April 19 @ Red Sox 5–4 Murray (1–1) Clear (0–1) 27,265 5–6 -- April 20 @ Brewers Postponed (cold weather)Rescheduled for August 12 12 April 21 @ Brewers 3–1 Lerch (1–0) Leal (2–1) Fingers (1) 5,298 5–7 13 April 22 @ Brewers 7–0 Caldwell (1–1) Bomback (0–3) 6,199 5–8 14 April 23 Red Sox 5–4 Tudor (3–0) Clancy (0–2) Clear (3) 10,428 5–9 15 April 24 Red Sox 8–7 Torrez (1–1) Stieb (0–2) Aponte (2) 13,135 5–10 16 April 25 Red Sox 5–4 (12) Clear (1–1) McLaughlin (0–1) 21,043 5–11 17 April 27 Rangers 8–4 Murray (2–1) Medich (1–2) 10,101 6–11 18 April 28 Rangers 6–4 Clancy (1–2) Tanana (1–3) McLaughlin (1) 10,109 7–11 19 April 29 @ Royals 7–0 Stieb (1–2) Splittorff (1–1) 15,707 8–11 20 April 30 @ Royals 8–7 Jackson (2–0) Jackson (2–2) Quisenberry (6) 19,030 8–12
May: 13–14 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 21 May 1 @ Royals 8–7 Jackson (3–0) Bomback (0–4) Quisenberry (7) 23,561 8–13 22 May 2 @ Royals 7–5 Clancy (2–2) Leonard (2–2) Jackson (2) 27,044 9–13 23 May 4 @ White Sox 4–3 Burns (3–1) Stieb (1–3) Barojas (7) 9,543 9–14 24 May 5 @ White Sox 4–1 Trout (2–2) Leal (2–2) Lamp (1) 20,673 9–15 25 May 7 Royals 6–4 McLaughlin (1–1) Leonard (2–3) 11,523 10–15 26 May 8 Royals 2–1 Bomback (1–4) Frost (3–2) Jackson (3) 15,102 11–15 27 May 9 Royals 2–0 Stieb (2–3) Splittorff (2–2) 17,044 12–15 28 May 10 White Sox 6–3 Burns (4–1) McLaughlin (1–2) Hickey (1) 11,520 12–16 29 May 11 White Sox 9–4 Clancy (3–2) Trout (2–3) 10,700 13–16 30 May 12 White Sox 9–2 Lamp (3–0) Bomback (1–5) 11,473 13–17 31 May 13 @ Rangers 4–3 Darwin (3–1) Stieb (2–4) 6,819 13–18 32 May 14 @ Rangers 4–3 (11) Mirabella (1–0) Jackson (2–3) 10,972 13–19 33 May 15 @ Rangers 5–2 Clancy (4–2) Tanana (1–5) 14,405 14–19 34 May 16 @ Rangers 2–1 (10) Darwin (4–1) Jackson (2–4) 29,303 14–20 35 May 18 @ Indians 6–5 Spillner (1–3) Murray (2–2) 5,865 14–21 36 May 19 @ Indians 8–5 Garvin (1–0) Barker (4–2) McLaughlin (2) 5,724 15–21 37 May 20 @ Indians 2–0 Clancy (5–2) Sorensen (3–3) 6,226 16–21 38 May 21 Orioles 3–0 Flanagan (2–4) Gott (0–1) Martinez (3) 12,387 16–22 39 May 22 Orioles 6–0 Martínez (4–3) Stieb (2–5) 17,457 16–23 40 May 23 Orioles 7–1 Leal (3–2) Stewart (4–3) 14,229 17–23 41 May 24 Orioles 7–5 McGregor (6–3) Clancy (5–3) Stoddard (3) 12,088 17–24 42 May 25 @ Yankees 8–0 John (4–4) Gott (0–2) 20,127 17–25 43 May 26 @ Yankees 7–0 Stieb (3–5) May (1–3) 15,090 18–25 -- May 28 @ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 29 44 May 29 @ Orioles 3–1 Flanagan (3–4) Leal (3–3) 18–26 45 May 29 @ Orioles 11–10 McLaughlin (2–2) Stoddard (0–2) 21,241 19–26 46 May 30 @ Orioles 6–0 Gott (1–2) Palmer (2–3) Jackson (4) 21,632 20–26 47 May 31 Yankees 5–4 Stieb (4–5) Erickson (4–5) 20,136 21–26
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 48 June 1 Yankees 5–2 Murray (3–2) Rawley (3–2) 17,460 22–26 49 June 2 Yankees 12–6 (13) Rawley (4–2) McLaughlin (2–3) 20,161 22–27 50 June 3 Yankees 3–1 Leal (4–3) John (4–5) 20,147 23–27 51 June 4 Indians 6–3 Barker (7–2) Murray (3–3) Spillner (6) 12,371 23–28 -- June 5 Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 17 52 June 6 Indians 5–1 Stieb (5–5) Sorensen (5–4) 24–28 53 June 6 Indians 7–5 Glynn (2–0) Garvin (1–1) Spillner (7) 17,131 24–29 54 June 7 Indians 7–3 Leal (5–3) Denny (3–6) 11,150 25–29 55 June 8 Angels 11–4 Zahn (6–2) Gott (1–3) 16,154 25–30 56 June 9 Angels 5–4 McLaughlin (3–3) Corbett (1–6) 16,193 26–30 57 June 11 Athletics 2–1 Clancy (6–3) Kingman (0–1) 17,461 27–30 58 June 12 Athletics 8–1 Langford (5–7) Stieb (5–6) 24,338 27–31 59 June 13 Athletics 7–5 Underwood (3–4) Jackson (2–5) Beard (4) 20,113 27–32 60 June 14 Athletics 4–2 Keough (6–7) Gott (1–4) Beard (5) 14,136 27–33 61 June 15 @ Angels 2–0 Clancy (7–3) Witt (3–1) 23,217 28–33 62 June 16 @ Angels 7–1 Renko (6–1) Stieb (5–7) 20,970 28–34 63 June 17 @ Angels 10–8 Kison (6–2) Leal (5–4) Moreno (1) 21,195 28–35 64 June 18 @ Athletics 6–4 McLaughlin (4–3) Keough (6–8) 12,061 29–35 65 June 19 @ Athletics 3–1 (12) McLaughlin (5–3) Owchinko (1–1) 19,214 30–35 66 June 20 @ Athletics 3–2 Stieb (6–7) Langford (5–8) 26,096 31–35 67 June 21 @ Mariners 5–4 Moore (3–6) Leal (5–5) Caudill (10) 7,486 31–36 68 June 22 @ Mariners 6–5 Clark (1–0) Jackson (2–6) Caudill (11) 7,933 31–37 69 June 23 @ Mariners 5–3 (11) McLaughlin (6–3) Stanton (1–1) 9,007 32–37 -- June 25 Twins Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 28 70 June 26 Twins 4–3 Davis (2–7) Stieb (6–8) 14,052 32–38 71 June 27 Twins 3–2 McLaughlin (7–3) Felton (0–8) 20,074 33–38 72 June 29 Mariners 4–1 Bannister (7–4) Clancy (7–4) Stanton (5) 13,097 33–39 73 June 30 Mariners 10–4 Beattie (6–4) Stieb (6–9) 12,339 33–40
July: 15–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 74 July 1 Mariners 4–3 Perry (6–7) Leal (5–6) Caudill (14) 21,004 33–41 75 July 2 @ Twins 9–4 Murray (4–3) Havens (3–6) McLaughlin (3) 7,503 34–41 76 July 3 @ Twins 2–1 O'Connor (1–2) Clancy (7–5) 9,591 34–42 77 July 4 @ Twins 4–3 Little (1–0) Stieb (6–10) 6,532 34–43 78 July 5 @ Rangers 3–2 Matlack (4–5) Leal (5–7) Darwin (4) 29,126 34–44 79 July 6 @ Rangers 4–3 Murray (5–3) Tanana (4–10) 9,657 35–44 80 July 7 @ Royals 3–1 Gura (10–4) Clancy (7–6) 22,217 35–45 81 July 8 @ Royals 5–4 Stieb (7–10) Armstrong (2–3) McLaughlin (4) 24,409 36–45 82 July 9 White Sox 7–6 Murray (6–3) Dotson (3–10) McLaughlin (5) 15,131 37–45 83 July 10 White Sox 6–5 Escárrega (1–1) Gott (1–5) Hickey (4) 17,035 37–46 84 July 11 White Sox 16–7 Burns (9–4) Clancy (7–7) 16,169 37–47 85 July 15 Rangers 5–1 Stieb (8–10) Honeycutt (4–10) 14,123 38–47 86 July 16 Rangers 6–0 Clancy (8–7) Hough (7–8) 13,359 39–47 87 July 17 Rangers 11–3 Jackson (3–6) Butcher (0–1) 17,080 40–47 88 July 18 Rangers 5–4 (10) McLaughlin (8–3) Darwin (6–4) 15,512 41–47 89 July 19 Royals 4–2 Leal (6–7) Black (3–3) 16,466 42–47 90 July 20 Royals 9–2 Stieb (9–10) Gura (10–7) 18,552 43–47 91 July 21 Royals 9–7 Blue (7–7) Clancy (8–8) Quisenberry (23) 19,152 43–48 92 July 22 @ White Sox 3–2 Burns (10–4) McLaughlin (8–4) 21,875 43–49 93 July 23 @ White Sox 7–1 Leal (7–7) Barnes (0–2) Jackson (5) 27,770 44–49 94 July 24 @ White Sox 8–1 Stieb (10–10) Lamp (7–5) Murray (1) 21,821 45–49 95 July 25 @ White Sox 5–3 Hoyt (12–9) Clancy (8–9) 17,452 45–50 96 July 26 @ Red Sox 3–2 Eckersley (11–8) Gott (1–6) 22,261 45–51 97 July 27 @ Red Sox 3–1 Leal (8–7) Tudor (6–8) 27,077 46–51 98 July 28 @ Red Sox 9–7 Ojeda (4–5) Jackson (3–7) Stanley (8) 18,627 46–52 99 July 30 Tigers 6–5 (12) Murray (7–3) James (0–2) 18,262 47–52 100 July 31 Tigers 1–0 (10) Gott (2–6) Rucker (1–1) 21,007 48–52
August: 13–20 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 101 August 1 Tigers 8–5 Morris (12–11) Leal (8–8) Tobik (5) 23,033 48–53 102 August 2 Brewers 9–4 Stieb (11–10) McClure (8–4) 20,141 49–53 103 August 3 Brewers 7–4 Vuckovich (12–4) Clancy (8–10) Fingers (24) 16,575 49–54 104 August 4 Brewers 8–0 Caldwell (9–10) Gott (2–7) 17,521 49–55 105 August 5 @ Tigers 5–2 Ujdur (5–5) Leal (8–9) 49–56 106 August 5 @ Tigers 7–4 Rucker (2–1) Jackson (3–8) Tobik (6) 26,010 49–57 107 August 6 @ Tigers 6–0 Morris (13–11) Stieb (11–11) 21,602 49–58 108 August 7 @ Tigers 7–4 Clancy (9–10) Pashnick (3–4) Murray (2) 20,608 50–58 109 August 8 @ Tigers 7–4 Gott (3–7) Underwood (3–8) McLaughlin (6) 51–58 110 August 8 @ Tigers 7–4 Geisel (1–0) Rucker (2–2) Murray (3) 23,550 52–58 111 August 9 Red Sox 4–2 Schrom (1–0) Eckersley (11–10) McLaughlin (7) 20,105 53–58 112 August 10 Red Sox 4–0 Stieb (12–11) Torrez (7–7) 21,324 54–58 113 August 11 Red Sox 4–3 Jackson (4–8) Stanley (7–5) 22,012 55–58 114 August 12 @ Brewers 7–1 McClure (9–4) Gott (3–8) 55–59 115 August 12 @ Brewers 4–3 Lerch (8–7) Murray (7–4) Fingers (27) 28,305 55–60 116 August 13 @ Brewers 3–1 Vuckovich (13–4) Leal (8–10) 49,064 55–61 117 August 14 @ Brewers 4–2 Stieb (13–11) Caldwell (10–11) 28,940 56–61 118 August 15 @ Brewers 3–2 Clancy (10–10) Slaton (9–4) Murray (4) 26,180 57–61 119 August 16 Indians 2–1 Gott (4–8) Waits (1–12) McLaughlin (8) 17,704 58–61 120 August 17 Indians 6–5 Spillner (9–7) McLaughlin (8–5) 58–62 121 August 17 Indians 9–5 Sutcliffe (10–4) Geisel (1–1) 26,636 58–63 122 August 20 @ Yankees 4–2 Rawley (7–8) Stieb (13–12) Gossage (26) 20,172 58–64 123 August 21 @ Yankees 3–1 Clancy (11–10) Guidry (11–5) Murray (5) 24,029 59–64 124 August 22 @ Yankees 3–1 Righetti (8–5) Gott (4–9) Gossage (27) 33,692 59–65 125 August 23 @ Yankees 4–3 LaRoche (4–1) Leal (8–11) Gossage (28) 16,565 59–66 126 August 24 @ Orioles 7–3 (10) Martínez (12–10) McLaughlin (8–6) 12,139 59–67 127 August 25 @ Orioles 8–3 Flanagan (10–10) Clancy (11–11) 11,712 59–68 128 August 26 @ Orioles 12–5 Davis (4–3) Gott (4–10) 21,471 59–69 129 August 27 Yankees 10–3 Leal (9–11) Righetti (8–6) 28,438 60–69 130 August 28 Yankees 3–2 (11) Murray (8–4) LaRoche (4–2) 35,065 61–69 131 August 29 Yankees 8–2 John (10–10) Clancy (11–12) 34,313 61–70 132 August 30 Orioles 6–3 Davis (5–3) Eichhorn (0–1) Martinez (12) 14,091 61–71 133 August 31 Orioles 1–0 Palmer (12–3) Leal (9–12) 14,690 61–72
September: 14–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 134 September 1 Orioles 5–2 Martínez (14–10) Stieb (13–13) 12,473 61–73 135 September 3 @ Indians 3–2 Anderson (2–2) Clancy (11–13) Brennan (2) 12,131 61–74 136 September 4 @ Indians 4–3 Brennan (1–2) Murray (8–5) Spillner (17) 6,110 61–75 137 September 5 @ Indians 6–5 Leal (10–12) Barker (12–11) Murray (6) 6,968 62–75 138 September 6 @ Athletics 3–1 Stieb (14–13) Kingman (3–11) 20,172 63–75 139 September 7 @ Athletics 2–1 Clancy (12–13) D'Acquisto (0–1) Murray (7) 8,403 64–75 140 September 8 @ Athletics 6–5 Jackson (5–8) Conroy (0–1) Murray (8) 10,786 65–75 141 September 10 @ Angels 6–2 Zahn (16–7) Leal (10–13) 25,012 65–76 142 September 11 @ Angels 4–1 Forsch (12–10) Stieb (14–14) 43,819 65–77 143 September 12 @ Angels 3–2 John (12–11) Clancy (12–14) Curtis (1) 25,394 65–78 -- September 14 Athletics Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 15 144 September 15 Athletics 3–2 Leal (11–13) Conroy (0–2) Murray (9) 66–78 145 September 15 Athletics 12–11 Jackson (6–8) Hanna (0–3) 12,090 67–78 146 September 16 Angels 2–1 (12) Jackson (7–8) Sánchez (6–3) 15,693 68–78 147 September 17 Angels 6–2 Clancy (13–14) John (12–12) Murray (10) 15,605 69–78 148 September 18 Angels 8–6 Sánchez (7–3) Murray (8–6) 20,533 69–79 149 September 19 Angels 5–1 Kison (9–5) Eichhorn (0–2) 22,025 69–80 150 September 20 @ Twins 4–1 Castillo (11–11) Leal (11–14) Davis (21) 2,830 69–81 151 September 21 @ Twins 5–1 Stieb (15–14) Viola (4–8) 3,282 70–81 152 September 22 @ Twins 3–2 (10) Clancy (14–14) Havens (9–13) 3,676 71–81 153 September 24 @ Mariners 3–2 Vande Berg (9–4) Murray (8–7) 14,071 71–82 154 September 25 @ Mariners 7–0 Clark (5–2) Leal (11–15) 18,818 71–83 155 September 26 @ Mariners 6–2 Stieb (16–14) Bannister (12–12) 6,742 72–83 156 September 28 Twins 3–0 Clancy (15–14) Viola (4–9) 73–83 157 September 28 Twins 4–3 (10) Jackson (8–8) Davis (3–9) 11,124 74–83 158 September 29 Twins 8–0 Havens (10–13) Eichhorn (0–3) 10,364 74–84 159 September 30 Twins 6–4 Leal (12–15) O'Connor (8–9) Murray (11) 11,076 75–84
October: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 Mariners 2–0 Stieb (17–14) Bannister (12–13) 11,171 76–84 161 October 2 Mariners 3–0 Gott (5–10) Stoddard (3–3) Jackson (6) 12,472 77–84 162 October 3 Mariners 5–2 Clancy (16–14) Caudill (12–9) 19,064 78–84

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C	Ernie Whitt	105	284	28	74	14	2	11	42	.261	3
1B	Willie Upshaw	160	580	77	155	25	7	21	75	.267	8
2B	Damaso Garcia	147	597	89	185	32	3	5	42	.310	54
3B	Garth Iorg	129	417	45	119	20	5	1	36	.285	3
SS	Alfredo Griffin	162	539	57	130	20	8	1	48	.241	10
LF	Barry Bonnell	140	437	59	128	26	3	6	49	.293	14
CF	Lloyd Moseby	147	487	51	115	20	9	9	52	.236	11
RF	Jesse Barfield	139	394	54	97	13	2	18	58	.246	1
DH	Wayne Nordhagen	72	185	12	50	6	0	1	20	.270	0

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
Rance Mulliniks	112	311	32	76	25	0	4	35	.244	3
Hosken Powell	112	265	43	73	13	4	3	26	.275	4
Buck Martinez	96	260	26	63	17	0	10	37	.242	1
Al Woods	85	201	20	47	11	1	3	24	.234	1
Dave Revering	55	135	15	29	6	0	5	18	.215	0
Leon Roberts	40	105	6	24	4	0	1	5	.229	1
Tony Johnson	70	98	17	23	2	1	3	14	.235	3
Glenn Adams	30	66	2	17	4	0	1	11	.258	0
Otto Velez	28	52	4	10	1	0	1	5	.192	1
Geno Petralli	16	44	3	16	2	0	0	1	.364	0
John Mayberry	17	33	7	9	0	0	2	3	.273	0
Dave Baker	9	20	3	5	1	0	0	2	.250	0
Pedro Hernandez	8	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
Dick Davis	3	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	.286	0

Pitching

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
Dave Stieb	17	14	3.25	38	38	0	288.1	116	104	75	141
Jim Clancy	16	14	3.71	40	40	0	266.2	122	110	77	139
Luis Leal	12	15	3.93	38	38	0	249.2	113	109	79	111
Joey McLaughlin	8	6	3.21	44	0	8	70.0	27	25	30	49
Dale Murray	8	7	3.16	56	0	11	111.0	48	39	32	60
Roy Lee Jackson	8	8	3.06	48	2	6	97.0	37	33	31	71
Jim Gott	5	10	4.43	30	23	0	136.0	76	67	66	82
Ken Schrom	1	0	5.87	6	0	0	15.1	11	10	15	8
Jerry Garvin	1	1	7.25	32	4	0	58.1	48	47	26	35
Dave Geisel	1	1	3.98	16	2	0	31.2	15	14	17	22
Mark Bomback	1	5	6.03	16	8	0	59.2	44	40	25	22
Steve Senteney	0	0	4.91	11	0	0	22.0	16	12	6	20
Mark Eichhorn	0	3	5.45	7	7	0	38.0	28	23	14	16
Totals	78	84	3.95	162	162	25	1443.0	701	633	493	776

Award winners

• Jim Clancy , American League All-Star Selection, Reserve ^[4]
• Dámaso García , 2B, Silver Slugger Award
• Dave Stieb , The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
• Dave Stieb, American League Leader, 19 Complete Games
• Dave Stieb, American League Leader, 5 Shutouts

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jim Beauchamp
AA	Knoxville Blue Jays	Southern League	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	Héctor Torres
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Duane Larson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medicine Hat ^[5]

Notes

1. "1982 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
2. Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.184, Penguin Books, ISBN   0-14-023978-2
3. "1982 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
4. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1982 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1982 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac