1983 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1983  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Exhibition Stadium
City Toronto
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place4th
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Bobby Cox
Television CFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1983 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's seventh season of Major League Baseball. For the first time in team history, Toronto avoided a last place finish in their division and recorded a winning record. The Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, 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.

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1983 season. [1]

October 1982

October 27Purchased Tucker Ashford from the New York Yankees.

November 1982

November 1Signed amateur free agent Nelson Liriano.
November 5Acquired Cliff Johnson from the Oakland Athletics for Alvis Woods.
November 10 Wayne Nordhagen granted free agency.

December 1982

December 6Drafted Jim Acker from the Atlanta Braves in the 1982 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 9Acquired Dave Collins, Fred McGriff, Mike Morgan and cash from the New York Yankees for Tom Dodd and Dale Murray.
December 10 Glenn Adams granted free agency.
Acquired Don Cooper from the Minnesota Twins for Dave Baker.

January 1983

January 18Player rights of Jerry Garvin sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.
January 31Signed amateur free agent Enrique Burgos.

February 1983

February 4Acquired Jorge Orta from the New York Mets for Steve Senteney.
February 5Acquired Cecil Fielder from the Kansas City Royals for Leon Roberts.
February 15Signed free agent Randy Moffitt from the Houston Astros to a contract.
February 16Signed amateur free agent Tony Castillo to a contract.
February 23Signed free agent Mickey Klutts from the Oakland Athletics to a contract.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864.605—50‍–‍3148‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 9270.568648‍–‍3344‍–‍37
New York Yankees 9171.562751‍–‍3040‍–‍41
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.549948‍–‍3341‍–‍40
Milwaukee Brewers 8775.5371152‍–‍2935‍–‍46
Boston Red Sox 7884.4812038‍–‍4340‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians 7092.4322836‍–‍4534‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1983 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —8–57–57–56–75–88–411–28–46–78–48–49–37–6
Boston 5–8—6–66–67–64–95–74–95–77–68–47–57–57–6
California 5–76–6—3–108–44–86–76–66–75–75–86–76–74–8
Chicago 5–76–610–3—8–48–49–44–88–58–48–512–18–55–7
Cleveland 7–66–74–84–8—5–87–53–106–66–77–58–43–94–9
Detroit 8–59–48–44–88–5—7–56–79–35–86–68–48–46–7
Kansas City 4–87–57–64–95–75–7—6–66–76–67–68–58–5–16–6
Milwaukee 2–119–46–68–410–37–66–6—8–44–96–65–78–48–5
Minnesota 4–87–57–65–86–63–97–64–8—4–84–99–45–85–7
New York 7–66–77–54–87–68–56–69–48–4—8–47–57–57–6
Oakland 4–84–88–55–85–76–66–76–69–44–8—9–42–116–6
Seattle 4–85–77–61–124–84–85–87–54–95–74–9—6–74–8
Texas 3–95–77–65–89–34–85–8–14–88–55–711–27–6—4–8
Toronto 6–76–78–47–59–47–66–65–87–56–76–68–48–4—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1983 regular season. [4]

April 1983

April 5Returned Tucker Ashford to the New York Yankees following previous purchase.

June 1983

June 21Signed free agent Doyle Alexander from the New York Yankees to a contract.

July 1983

July 7Signed free agent Alvis Woods from the Oakland Athletics to a contract.
July 10Released Hosken Powell.

September 1983

September 4Signed amateur free agent Gerónimo Berroa to a contract.

Roster

1983 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1983 Game Log
April: 8–10 (Home: 4–4; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Red Sox 7–1 Stieb (1–0) Eckersley (0–1) Jackson (1)33,8521–0
2April 7@ Red Sox 7–4 Stanley (1–0) Leal (0–1)9,6031–1
3April 9 Yankees 7–4 Jackson (1–0) Gossage (0–1)36,4592–1
4April 10 Yankees 3–0 Rawley (1–0) Stieb (1–1)23,0932–2
5April 12 Brewers 6–5 Sutton (1–1) Morgan (0–1) Easterly (1)11,4132–3
6April 13 Brewers 7–2 Clancy (1–0) Caldwell (0–2)10,8093–3
7April 14 Brewers 5–4 Slaton (1–0) McLaughlin (0–1)10,1273–4
8April 15@ Yankees 6–5 Stieb (2–1) May (0–1)15,0924–4
--April 16@ Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 8
9April 17@ Yankees 7–5 Rawley (2–0) Clancy (1–1)50,2004–5
10April 18@ Yankees 3–0 Guidry (1–1) Leal (0–2)11,1484–6
11April 19 Indians 9–7 Moffitt (1–0) Spillner (0–1)10,3585–6
12April 20 Indians 4–1 Stieb (3–1) Sorensen (0–3)10,1736–6
13April 22@ Royals 6–5 Leonard (2–1) Jackson (1–1) Quisenberry (4)16,1726–7
14April 23@ Royals 5–4 Moffitt (2–0) Quisenberry (1–1) McLaughlin (1)19,9067–7
15April 24@ Royals 7–1 Renko (1–1) Gott (0–1)18,5227–8
16April 26@ Rangers 2–1 Smithson (3–0) Stieb (3–2)17,3807–9
17April 27@ Rangers 3–2 Moffitt (3–0) Darwin (1–2)7,5188–9
18April 29 White Sox 9–3 Dotson (3–1) Leal (0–3) Tidrow (2)13,2128–10
--April 30 White Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 26
May: 18–9 (Home: 12–6; Away: 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
19May 1 White Sox 8–0 Stieb (4–2) Bannister (1–4)18,7699–10
20May 2 Rangers 6–5 Clancy (2–1) Darwin (1–3) Moffitt (1)10,52510–10
21May 3 Rangers 7–2 Matlack (2–1) Gott (0–2) Tobik (3)10,12510–11
22May 4 Rangers 7–1 Leal (1–3) Honeycutt (3–2)11,28011–11
23May 6 Royals 6–1 Stieb (5–2) Gura (4–2)12,69912–11
24May 7 Royals 7–4 Jackson (2–1) Leonard (3–3) Moffitt (2)15,52713–11
25May 8 Royals 6–1 Renko (2–2) Gott (0–3) Quisenberry (7)25,75313–12
26May 9@ White Sox 6–1 Leal (2–3) Burns (0–1)9,84814–12
27May 11@ White Sox 3–1 (10) Stieb (6–2) Hoyt (2–5)18,84415–12
28May 12@ Indians 6–3 Clancy (3–1) Sorensen (2–5) Moffitt (3)6,36116–12
29May 13@ Indians 5–1 Eichelberger (1–1) Morgan (0–2)10,90016–13
30May 14@ Indians 8–1 Leal (3–3) Blyleven (3–4) Jackson (2)15,50517–13
--May 15@ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 16
31May 16@ Brewers 2–1 (11) Stieb (7–2) McClure (1–6) Moffitt (4)8,29818–13
32May 17@ Brewers 9–6 Caldwell (3–4) Clancy (3–2) Tellmann (2)9,30418–14
33May 18@ Brewers 7–6 Slaton (5–0) Geisel (0–1)16,48518–15
34May 19 Orioles 2–1 McGregor (4–2) Morgan (0–3) Martinez (4)11,56918–16
35May 20 Orioles 7–5 Gott (1–3) Martínez (3–7) McLaughlin (2)16,03419–16
36May 21 Orioles 6–0 Stieb (8–2) Stewart (2–2)20,16520–16
37May 22 Orioles 5–0 Clancy (4–2) Boddicker (1–1)15,22221–16
38May 23 Tigers 4–0 Leal (4–3) Wilcox (4–5) Moffitt (5)35,01122–16
39May 24 Tigers 7–6 Jackson (3–1) Rucker (1–2) McLaughlin (3)19,10523–16
40May 25 Tigers 6–2 Petry (5–2) Gott (1–4) López (5)15,84623–17
41May 26 Red Sox 7–2 Stanley (4–2) Stieb (8–3)16,58923–18
42May 27 Red Sox 2–0 Tudor (3–2) Clancy (4–3)17,16123–19
43May 28 Red Sox 9–5 Jackson (4–1) Aponte (3–3) McLaughlin (4)30,17124–19
44May 29 Red Sox 6–1 (6) Gott (2–4) Eckersley (3–2)33,35225–19
--May 29 Red Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 29
45May 30@ Tigers 6–4 (10) McLaughlin (1–1) Gumpert (0–1)10,90126–19
June: 14–12 (Home: 6–3; Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
46June 1@ Tigers 3–1 Rozema (2–0) Clancy (4–4) López (7)9,58626–20
47June 2@ Tigers 6–1 Leal (5–3) Wilcox (5–6)11,90727–20
48June 3@ Orioles 3–2 Martinez (3–1) McLaughlin (1–2)40,39327–21
49June 4@ Orioles 6–4 Boddicker (3–2) Stieb (8–4) Stewart (2)22,65927–22
50June 5@ Orioles 5–2 Clancy (5–4) Davis (3–3) McLaughlin (5)20,95328–22
51June 6@ Orioles 8–1 (6) McGregor (7–3) Leal (5–4)16,64928–23
52June 7@ Athletics 5–3 Conroy (1–1) Gott (2–5) Baker (3)8,35328–24
53June 8@ Athletics 5–2 Stieb (9–4) Codiroli (4–5) McLaughlin (6)11,22929–24
54June 9@ Athletics 3–1 Underwood (4–2) Clancy (5–5) Baker (4)6,84629–25
55June 10@ Angels 5–3 Brown (1–0) Leal (5–5)32,75129–26
56June 11@ Angels 3–2 Gott (3–5) Goltz (0–5) Moffitt (6)45,39330–26
57June 12@ Angels 6–5 (15) Clarke (1–0) Brown (1–1) Geisel (1)32,58731–26
58June 14 Athletics 13–7 Jackson (5–1) Underwood (4–3)20,18932–26
59June 15 Athletics 10–1 Krueger (5–5) Leal (5–6)20,03932–27
60June 16 Athletics 9–1 Gott (4–5) McCatty (1–1)18,18633–27
61June 17 Angels 6–3 Stieb (10–4) Travers (0–2)31,58634–27
62June 18 Angels 7–6 Sánchez (7–2) Clarke (1–1)40,15034–28
63June 19 Angels 6–1 Leal (6–6) Goltz (0–6)36,09835–28
64June 20 Twins 2–1 Gott (5–5) Davis (2–3)19,26736–28
65June 21 Twins 8–3 Acker (1–0) Oelkers (0–4)23,47337–28
66June 22 Twins 4–3 Schrom (5–2) Stieb (10–5) Davis (10)26,45237–29
67June 23@ Mariners 5–4 Clancy (6–5) Stanton (0–1) McLaughlin (7)6,30338–29
68June 24@ Mariners 4–2 Leal (7–6) Young (7–7)6,38939–29
69June 25@ Mariners 5–2 Beattie (5–5) Gott (5–6) Caudill (14)15,04839–30
70June 26@ Mariners 19–7 Acker (2–0) Stoddard (4–10)6,59340–30
71June 28@ Twins 5–2 Schrom (6–2) Stieb (10–6) Davis (11)12,84440–31
72June 29@ Twins 4–2 Clancy (7–5) Castillo (4–6)8,24241–31
73June 30@ Twins 11–3 Leal (8–6) Williams (4–9)20,49842–31
July: 15–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
74July 1 Mariners 11–2 Beattie (6–5) Gott (5–7)36,57242–32
75July 2 Mariners 7–6 Jackson (6–1) Caudill (1–5)21,78343–32
76July 3 Mariners 4–1 Abbott (3–0) Stieb (10–7)32,16143–33
--July 4 Mariners Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 19
77July 8 Rangers 8–5 Clancy (8–5) Darwin (7–7) Moffitt (7)25,66644–33
78July 9 Rangers 5–1 Leal (9–6) Hough (7–7)26,23445–33
79July 10 Rangers 6–4 Stieb (11–7) Honeycutt (11–5) Moffitt (8)32,07146–33
80July 11@ Royals 7–4 (11) Moffitt (4–0) Creel (0–4)32,41547–33
81July 12@ Royals 9–6 Jackson (7–1) Renko (5–7)22,26648–33
82July 13@ Royals 5–4 Gura (8–10) Clancy (8–6) Quisenberry (21)32,35248–34
83July 14@ White Sox 8–0 Leal (10–6) Koosman (7–2)17,88349–34
84July 15@ White Sox 3–2 McLaughlin (2–2) Dotson (8–6)28,28850–34
85July 16@ White Sox 7–5 McLaughlin (3–2) Agosto (1–1) Moffitt (9)34,24351–34
86July 17@ White Sox 3–2 Bannister (5–9) Alexander (0–3) Lamp (2)30,14051–35
87July 18 Royals 8–2 Clancy (9–6) Gura (8–11)26,17852–35
88July 19 Royals 6–2 Black (4–3) Leal (10–7) Quisenberry (22)36,45952–36
89July 20 Royals 14–8 Splittorff (8–3) Stieb (11–8) Quisenberry (23)30,65852–37
90July 21@ Rangers 3–2 Tanana (4–2) Gott (5–8)18,32352–38
91July 22@ Rangers 10–5 (11) Moffitt (5–0) Schmidt (2–1)28,07553–38
92July 23@ Rangers 3–2 Clancy (10–6) Darwin (7–10)43,70554–38
93July 24@ Rangers 3–0 Honeycutt (13–6) Leal (10–8)30,12354–39
94July 25 White Sox 7–4 Dotson (10–6) Stieb (11–9) Lamp (4)24,39454–40
95July 26 White Sox 6–4 Gott (6–8) Burns (5–6) McLaughlin (8)55–40
96July 26 White Sox 4–3 Bannister (7–9) Alexander (0–4) Lamp (5)33,55455–41
97July 27 White Sox 11–3 Hoyt (12–10) Leal (10–9)36,01255–42
98July 29 Indians 4–2 Clancy (11–6) Sutcliffe (12–6)18,02056–42
99July 30 Indians 6–5 (13) McLaughlin (4–2) Anderson (0–2)23,44557–42
100July 31 Indians 16–11 Eichelberger (4–10) Acker (2–1) Anderson (2)22,49857–43
August: 15–19 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1 Indians 6–0 Barker (8–11) Alexander (0–5)20,78157–44
102August 2 Yankees 10–9 (10) Jackson (8–1) Murray (2–2)58–44
103August 2 Yankees 13–6 Williams (1–0) Shirley (3–6) Geisel (2)45,10259–44
104August 3 Yankees 6–2 Clancy (12–6) Guidry (12–7)35,58960–44
105August 4 Yankees 3–1 Rawley (10–9) Stieb (11–10)36,68460–45
106August 5@ Brewers 7–0 Haas (9–2) Gott (6–9)29,55960–46
107August 6@ Brewers 3–0 Porter (4–5) Alexander (0–6)48,46460–47
108August 7@ Brewers 9–6 Caldwell (9–8) Leal (10–10) Ladd (11)47,30060–48
109August 8@ Yankees 8–3 Guidry (13–7) Clancy (12–7)60–49
110August 8@ Yankees 11–3 Shirley (4–6) Williams (1–1) Frazier (4)40,59860–50
111August 9@ Yankees 8–0 Stieb (12–10) Rawley (10–10)35,22161–50
112August 10@ Yankees 8–3 Righetti (13–3) Gott (6–10)40,37761–51
113August 11 Brewers 6–4 Porter (5–5) Alexander (0–7) Ladd (13)27,62061–52
114August 12 Brewers 5–4 McLaughlin (5–2) Slaton (9–5)30,13062–52
115August 13 Brewers 3–1 Clancy (13–7) McClure (9–9) Geisel (3)35,24063–52
116August 14 Brewers 4–3 Stieb (13–10) Ladd (3–3) McLaughlin (9)42,24064–52
117August 15@ Indians 3–2 Moffitt (6–0) Spillner (1–8)6,67565–52
118August 16@ Indians 3–2 Easterly (2–1) Moffitt (6–1)65–53
119August 16@ Indians 9–6 McLaughlin (6–2) Anderson (0–4)9,66666–53
120August 17@ Indians 6–5 (10) McLaughlin (7–2) Sutcliffe (13–9) Jackson (3)6,23967–53
121August 19@ Red Sox 8–7 Acker (3–1) Clear (3–5) Jackson (4)27,38668–53
122August 20@ Red Sox 5–2 Eckersley (7–9) Stieb (13–11) Stanley (23)29,17368–54
123August 21@ Red Sox 7–3 Gott (7–10) Hurst (9–10)31,15969–54
124August 22@ Red Sox 4–2 Ojeda (6–6) Alexander (0–8) Stanley (24)26,35169–55
125August 23@ Orioles 9–3 Leal (11–10) Flanagan (7–3)47,38770–55
126August 24@ Orioles 7–4 (10) Martinez (7–3) McLaughlin (7–3)25,88270–56
127August 25@ Orioles 2–1 (10) Martinez (8–3) Jackson (8–2)28,61570–57
128August 26@ Tigers 4–3 (10) López (8–5) Gott (7–11)46,46770–58
129August 27@ Tigers 7–4 Alexander (1–8) López (8–6) Geisel (4)39,11871–58
130August 28@ Tigers 4–2 Morris (17–8) McLaughlin (7–4)38,33271–59
131August 29 Red Sox 5–1 Clancy (14–7) Tudor (10–9)72–59
132August 29 Red Sox 8–7 Clear (4–5) Moffitt (6–2) Stanley (26)38,33872–60
133August 30 Red Sox 5–4 (12) Johnson (3–2) Jackson (8–3) Clear (4)30,82772–61
134August 31 Orioles 10–2 Boddicker (12–6) Gott (7–12)37,12772–62
September: 16–10 (Home: 10–5; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1 Orioles 5–3 Alexander (2–8) Palmer (3–4)30,06273–62
136September 2 Tigers 9–8 (10) López (9–7) Gott (7–13)73–63
137September 2 Tigers 8–7 Acker (4–1) Wilcox (8–9) Geisel (5)41,66774–63
138September 3 Tigers 7–4 Petry (15–8) Clancy (14–8) Martin (1)35,26874–64
139September 4 Tigers 6–3 (10) Stieb (14–11) López (9–8)43,15875–64
140September 5 Angels 7–0 Gott (8–13) Zahn (8–11)24,74176–64
141September 6 Angels 6–4 Alexander (3–8) Curtis (1–2) Acker (1)19,17677–64
142September 7 Angels 9–6 Sánchez (9–7) Geisel (0–2)22,63977–65
143September 9 Athletics 7–5 McCatty (6–7) Clancy (14–9) Atherton (3)20,33677–66
144September 10 Athletics 7–5 Stieb (15–11) Underwood (8–7) Moffitt (10)26,43478–66
145September 11 Athletics 16–6 Gott (9–13) Codiroli (12–11)38,43979–66
146September 13@ Mariners 6–4 Leal (12–10) Stoddard (8–15) Jackson (5)4,34080–66
147September 14@ Mariners 4–3 Alexander (4–8) Thomas (3–1)4,80081–66
148September 15@ Twins 6–2 Schrom (13–7) Stieb (15–12)4,03981–67
149September 16@ Twins 11–4 Lysander (5–12) Gott (9–14)11,64081–68
150September 17@ Twins 13–3 Leal (13–10) Pettibone (0–2)6,30082–68
151September 19 Mariners 9–6 Young (11–14) Geisel (0–3) Vande Berg (5)10,48482–69
152September 20 Mariners 7–3 Stieb (16–12) Moore (5–8)15,65783–69
153September 21 Mariners 4–3 Alexander (5–8) Clark (7–9)16,32184–69
154September 23@ Athletics 2–0 Conroy (7–9) Leal (13–11)8,06984–70
155September 24@ Athletics 2–1 (10) Warren (4–3) Clancy (14–10)11,73284–71
156September 25@ Athletics 8–6 Acker (5–1) Atherton (2–5)14,65085–71
157September 26@ Angels 3–2 (10) Alexander (6–8) Lacey (0–2) Jackson (6)19,71386–71
158September 27@ Angels 7–1 McLaughlin (2–4) Leal (13–12) Curtis (4)20,55986–72
159September 28@ Angels 5–3 Clancy (15–10) Witt (7–14) Jackson (7)20,59287–72
160September 30 Twins 8–0 Stieb (17–12) Viola (7–15)18,50188–72
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1 Twins 4–3 Alexander (7–8) Pettibone (0–4)25,33289–72
162October 2 Twins 9–3 Williams (11–14) Clancy (15–11)40,69289–73

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 1233445388152.25617561
1B Willie Upshaw 16057999177267.3062710410
2B Dámaso García 13152584161236.30733831
3B Rance Mulliniks 12936454100343.27510490
SS Alfredo Griffin 16252862132229.2504478
LF Dave Collins 11840255109124.27113431
CF Lloyd Moseby 151539104170317.315188127
RF Jesse Barfield 1283885898133.25327682
DH Cliff Johnson 14240759108231.26522760

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
Barry Bonnell 12137749120213.318105410
Garth Iorg 12237540103225.2752397
Jorge Orta 103245305863.23710381
Buck Martinez 882212756140.25310330
George Bell 3911253054.2682171
Hosken Powell 408361400.169172
Mickey Klutts 224331100.256350
Tony Fernández 15345911.265020
Mitch Webster 11112200.182000
Geno Petralli 640000.000000

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 3636278.017123.041059493187
Jim Clancy 3434223.015113.91115976199
Luis Leal 3535217.113124.3111310465116
Jim Gott 3430176.29144.741039368121
Doyle Alexander 1715116.2763.9355512646
Matt Williams 438.01114.63131375

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
Jim Acker 38597.25114.3352473844
Mike Morgan 16445.10305.1626262122

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
Randy Moffitt 4557.162103.7727242438
Joey McLaughlin 5064.27494.4533323747
Roy Lee Jackson 4992.08374.5048464148
Dave Geisel 4752.10354.6428273150
Stan Clarke 1011.01103.274457
Don Cooper 45.10006.754405

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Jim Beauchamp
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League John McLaren
A Kinston Blue Jays Carolina League Ron Clark and Doug Ault
A Florence Blue Jays South Atlantic League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Epy Guerrero
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Duane Larson

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Notes

  1. ↑ "1983 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ Jane, Gross (August 6, 1983). "Winfield charges will be dropped". The New York Times . p. 1.29.
  3. ↑ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.188
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