1984 Toronto Blue Jays season

1984  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Record	89–73 (.549)
Divisional place	2nd
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 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.

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1984 season. ^[1]

November 1983

November 7	Randy Moffitt granted free agency.
November 14	Signed amateur free agent Sil Campusano to a contract.

December 1983

December 5	Drafted Kelly Gruber from the Cleveland Indians in the 1983 MLB Rule 5 draft. Dave Geisel drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1983 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 6	Drafted José Segura from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 Minor League Draft.
December 8	Acquired Bryan Clark from the Seattle Mariners for Barry Bonnell.
December 20	Acquired Willie Aikens from the Kansas City Royals for Jorge Orta.

January 1984

January 10

Signed free agent Dennis Lamp from the Chicago White Sox to a five-year contract. [2]

March 1984

March 13

Acquired Derwin McNealy from the New York Yankees for Don Cooper.

April 1984

April 3

Signed free agent Manny Castillo from the Seattle Mariners to a contract. Signed free agent Rick Leach from the Detroit Tigers to a contract.

Regular season

• August 19, 1984: In a game against the Oakland Athletics, Cliff Johnson hit the 19th pinch home run of his career, breaking Jerry Lynch's record of 18. ^[3]
• Jimmy Key set a team record for rookie pitchers by appearing in 63 games.
• Lloyd Moseby and Dave Collins each led the American League with 15 triples.
• Rance Mulliniks sets a team record by getting 8 consecutive hits.
• Dave Stieb finished second in the American League in strikeouts and ERA.

Opening Day starters

• Jim Clancy
• Jesse Barfield
• George Bell
• Dámaso García
• Alfredo Griffin
• Cliff Johnson
• Lloyd Moseby
• Rance Mulliniks
• Willie Upshaw
• Ernie Whitt

Season standings

• v
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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	104	58	.642	—	53‍–‍29	51‍–‍29
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	15	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
New York Yankees	87	75	.537	17	51‍–‍30	36‍–‍45
Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	18	41‍–‍40	45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	.525	19	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians	75	87	.463	29	41‍–‍39	34‍–‍48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	.416	36½	38‍–‍43	29‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1984 regular season. ^[4]

May 1984

May 1	Signed free agent Mike Proly from the Chicago Cubs to a contract.
May 8	Player rights of Geno Petralli sold to the Cleveland Indians.
May 13	Released Joey McLaughlin.
May 16	Signed amateur free agent Rob Ducey to a contract.

June 1984

June 8	Purchased the contract of Ron Musselman from the Texas Rangers.
June 25	Signed free agent Don Gordon from the Detroit Tigers to a contract.

August 1984

August 23

Signed amateur free agent Domingo Martínez to a contract.

September 1984

September 4	Released Alvis Woods.
September 26	Signed amateur free agent Vince Horsman.

Roster

1984 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 31 Jim Acker 33 Doyle Alexander 18 Jim Clancy 35 Bryan Clark 38 Jim Gott 25 Roy Lee Jackson 27 Jimmy Key 53 Dennis Lamp 48 Luis Leal 50 Joey McLaughlin 30 Ron Musselman 37 Dave Stieb		Catchers 54 Toby Hernández 13 Buck Martinez 14 Geno Petralli 12 Ernie Whitt Infielders  1 Tony Fernández  7 Dámaso García  4 Alfredo Griffin 17 Kelly Gruber 16 Garth Iorg  2 Fred Manrique  5 Rance Mulliniks 26 Willie Upshaw		Outfielders 29 Jesse Barfield 11 George Bell 10 Dave Collins  9 Rick Leach 15 Lloyd Moseby 21 Ron Shepherd 23 Mitch Webster Other batters 24 Willie Aikens 44 Cliff Johnson		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 43 Cito Gaston 42 Billy Smith  8 John Sullivan 41 Al Widmar  3 Jimy Williams

Game log

1984 Game Log
April: 13–9 (Home: 5–5, Away: 8–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 @ Mariners 2–3 (10) Stanton (1–0) Lamp (0–1) 43,200 0–1 2 April 5 @ Mariners 13–5 Leal (1–0) Beattie (0–1) 5,399 1–1 3 April 6 @ Angels 11–5 Key (1–0) Brown (0–1) 24,431 2–1 4 April 7 @ Angels 3–1 Stieb (1–0) Forsch (1–1) Lamp (1) 41,859 3–1 5 April 8 @ Angels 3–4 Sánchez (1–1) Jackson (0–1) 24,095 3–2 6 April 9 @ Athletics 3–4 Caudill (1–0) Lamp (0–2) 9,868 3–3 7 April 10 @ Athletics 3–0 Leal (2–0) Sorensen (1–1) Jackson (1) 7,226 4–3 8 April 13 @ Rangers 3–2 Lamp (1–2) Tobik (1–2) Key (1) 10,515 5–3 9 April 14 @ Rangers 2–6 Hough (1–1) Clancy (0–1) 9,852 5–4 10 April 15 @ Rangers 2–1 Lamp (2–2) Stewart (0–3) 12,583 6–4 11 April 17 Orioles 3–2 Key (2–0) Martinez (0–1) Lamp (2) 35,602 7–4 12 April 18 Orioles 7–1 Stieb (2–0) Palmer (0–2) 13,489 8–4 13 April 19 Orioles 2–1 Clancy (1–1) McGregor (1–3) 14,323 9–4 14 April 20 Angels 6–10 (13) Sánchez (2–1) Acker (0–1) 37,241 9–5 15 April 21 Angels 4–8 Romanick (2–1) Gott (0–1) 44,164 9–6 16 April 22 Angels 6–9 Slaton (1–0) Key (2–1) Kaufman (1) 16,462 9–7 17 April 23 Mariners 8–5 Stieb (3–0) Langston (1–1) Jackson (2) 13,330 10–7 18 April 24 Mariners 2–4 Beard (1–0) Clancy (1–2) 12,398 10–8 19 April 25 Athletics 11–0 Leal (3–0) Conroy (0–2) 15,434 11–8 20 April 26 Athletics 4–7 Warren (3–2) Gott (0–2) Burgmeier (2) 16,488 11–9 21 April 27 @ Royals 1–0 Alexander (1–0) Gubicza (0–2) Lamp (3) 16,435 12–9 22 April 28 @ Royals 6–0 Stieb (4–0) Saberhagen (1–1) 18,194 13–9 -- April 29 @ Royals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 23 -- April 30 Rangers Postponed (wind)Rescheduled for May 1
May: 19–6 (Home: 15–2; Away: 4–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 23 May 1 Rangers 10–4 Leal (4–0) Tanana (2–3) Lamp (4) 14–9 24 May 1 Rangers 1–4 Darwin (3–0) Alexander (1–1) 13,159 14–10 25 May 2 Rangers 7–6 Clancy (2–2) Hough (1–4) Lamp (5) 13,274 15–10 26 May 4 Royals 4–3 (10) Stieb (5–0) Huismann (0–2) 16,469 16–10 27 May 5 Royals 10–1 Gott (1–2) Jackson (0–3) 31,076 17–10 28 May 6 Royals 2–1 Jackson (1–1) Gura (4–1) 23,334 18–10 -- May 7 @ Orioles Postponed (wet grounds)Rescheduled for May 10 -- May 8 @ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 9 29 May 9 @ Orioles 4–7 McGregor (4–3) Clancy (2–3) 18–11 30 May 9 @ Orioles 3–7 Martinez (1–3) Key (2–2) 18,731 18–12 31 May 10 @ Orioles 4–3 (10) Jackson (2–1) Martínez (1–1) 11,214 19–12 -- May 11 @ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 13 32 May 12 @ Indians 4–8 Blyleven (4–2) Acker (0–2) Camacho (4) 11,066 19–13 33 May 13 @ Indians 4–4 (8) Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 14 5,630 19–13 -- May 13 @ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 15 34 May 15 @ Twins 5–2 (10) Jackson (3–1) Davis (2–3) 26,761 20–13 35 May 16 @ Twins 8–7 Alexander (2–1) Filson (3–1) Acker (1) 51,863 21–13 36 May 17 White Sox 3–2 Jackson (4–1) Hoyt (3–5) Lamp (6) 18,328 22–13 37 May 18 White Sox 4–3 Clancy (3–3) Burns (2–2) Key (2) 19,507 23–13 38 May 19 White Sox 1–0 Gott (2–2) Seaver (4–3) Lamp (7) 28,382 24–13 39 May 20 White Sox 0–3 Dotson (6–2) Stieb (5–1) 26,347 24–14 40 May 21 Twins 3–2 Alexander (3–1) Davis (2–4) 43,347 25–14 41 May 22 Twins 3–2 Jackson (5–1) Smithson (6–4) 17,287 26–14 42 May 23 Twins 4–1 Clancy (4–3) Viola (4–5) Lamp (8) 17,189 27–14 43 May 25 Indians 5–1 Stieb (6–1) Heaton (2–4) 18,195 28–14 44 May 26 Indians 2–1 Alexander (4–1) Farr (0–3) Key (3) 22,283 29–14 45 May 27 Indians 6–1 Leal (5–0) Sutcliffe (3–4) 30–14 46 May 27 Indians 6–5 Jackson (6–1) Camacho (1–4) 37,097 31–14 -- May 28 @ White Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 30 47 May 29 @ White Sox 1–8 Hoyt (4–5) Clancy (4–4) 19,603 31–15 48 May 30 @ White Sox 2–1 Stieb (7–1) Burns (2–4) Key (4) 23,490 32–15
June: 13–16 (Home: 9–5; Away: 4–11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 49 June 1 Yankees 10–2 Alexander (5–1) Fontenot (1–5) 30,586 33–15 50 June 2 Yankees 9–8 (10) Lamp (3–2) Christiansen (1–2) 42,269 34–15 51 June 3 Yankees 2–15 Niekro (8–3) Clancy (4–5) 33,077 34–16 52 June 4 @ Tigers 3–6 (10) López (5–0) Key (2–3) 26,733 34–17 53 June 5 @ Tigers 8–4 Acker (1–2) Abbott (2–2) 35,983 35–17 54 June 6 @ Tigers 6–3 Leal (6–0) Petry (8–3) 38,167 36–17 55 June 7 @ Tigers 3–5 Morris (11–2) Clancy (4–6) 40,879 36–18 56 June 8 @ Yankees 3–4 (11) Righetti (2–0) Acker (1–3) 20,252 36–19 57 June 9 @ Yankees 1–2 Guidry (5–4) Stieb (7–2) 20,661 36–20 58 June 10 @ Yankees 3–5 Christiansen (2–2) Alexander (5–2) Righetti (7) 41,018 36–21 59 June 11 Tigers 4–5 Rozema (2–0) Leal (6–1) Hernández (10) 35,062 36–22 60 June 12 Tigers 12–3 Clancy (5–6) Morris (11–3) 40,437 37–22 61 June 13 Tigers 7–3 Stieb (8–2) Wilcox (7–4) 34,122 38–22 62 June 15 Red Sox 4–3 (11) Lamp (4–2) Clear (5–1) 30,065 39–22 63 June 16 Red Sox 7–0 Leal (7–1) Hurst (8–5) 31,278 40–22 64 June 17 Red Sox 5–3 Clancy (6–6) Gale (1–1) Jackson (3) 28,396 41–22 65 June 19 Brewers 5–6 Fingers (1–2) Key (2–4) 32,210 41–23 66 June 20 Brewers 4–5 Tellmann (2–1) Alexander (5–3) 31,282 41–24 67 June 21 @ Red Sox 5–2 Leal (8–1) Nipper (0–2) 18,372 42–24 68 June 22 @ Red Sox 1–8 Clemens (3–1) Clancy (6–7) 23,167 42–25 69 June 23 @ Red Sox 9–3 Gott (3–2) Gale (1–2) 27,689 43–25 70 June 24 @ Red Sox 3–5 (10) Stanley (2–6) Lamp (4–3) 32,521 43–26 71 June 25 @ Brewers 1–2 Cocanower (6–6) Alexander (5–4) Fingers (13) 43–27 72 June 25 @ Brewers 4–9 McClure (2–3) Acker (1–4) 15,088 43–28 73 June 26 @ Brewers 3–6 Sutton (5–7) Leal (8–2) Fingers (14) 19,068 43–29 74 June 27 @ Brewers 1–5 Porter (6–3) Clancy (6–8) Tellmann (1) 31,141 43–30 75 June 28 Athletics 9–6 Gott (4–2) Atherton (5–4) 30,213 44–30 76 June 29 Athletics 1–2 Burris (7–3) Stieb (8–3) Caudill (16) 25,280 44–31 77 June 30 Athletics 6–1 Alexander (6–4) Krueger (5–4) 36,176 45–31
July: 14–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 Athletics 7–6 Acker (2–4) Atherton (5–5) Jackson (4) 35,046 46–31 79 July 2 Angels 3–6 Witt (8–7) Clancy (6–9) Aase (1) 29,227 46–32 80 July 3 Angels 4–0 Gott (5–2) John (4–7) 26,255 47–32 81 July 4 Angels 6–3 Stieb (9–3) Romanick (8–9) 24,330 48–32 82 July 5 Mariners 10–8 Alexander (7–4) Beattie (8–8) Jackson (5) 22,353 49–32 83 July 6 Mariners 9–2 Leal (9–2) Langston (6–7) 22,385 50–32 84 July 7 Mariners 4–8 Moore (4–6) Clancy (6–10) Stanton (5) 33,475 50–33 85 July 8 Mariners 1–7 Beattie (9–8) Gott (5–3) Vande Berg (4) 30,070 50–34 86 July 12 @ Athletics 4–7 Krueger (6–5) Lamp (4–4) Caudill (19) 16,066 50–35 87 July 13 @ Athletics 6–3 Leal (10–2) Burris (8–4) Jackson (6) 17,172 51–35 88 July 14 @ Athletics 2–1 Stieb (10–3) Caudill (8–2) 22,048 52–35 89 July 15 @ Athletics 6–3 Clancy (7–10) Young (2–1) Jackson (7) 24,044 53–35 90 July 16 @ Angels 0–3 Slaton (3–3) Gott (5–4) 24,890 53–36 91 July 17 @ Angels 3–5 Witt (10–7) Acker (2–5) Aase (2) 27,176 53–37 92 July 18 @ Angels 8–2 Leal (11–2) Zahn (9–7) 28,634 54–37 93 July 19 @ Mariners 8–1 Stieb (11–3) Vande Berg (6–9) 7,489 55–37 94 July 20 @ Mariners 12–7 Acker (3–5) Mirabella (1–4) 8,246 56–37 95 July 21 @ Mariners 3–9 Barojas (5–3) Lamp (4–5) 14,516 56–38 96 July 22 @ Mariners 5–3 Alexander (8–4) Langston (8–8) Jackson (8) 7,263 57–38 97 July 23 @ Royals 8–9 Beckwith (3–2) Jackson (6–2) Quisenberry (26) 57–39 98 July 23 @ Royals 2–7 Wills (1–1) Gott (5–5) Saberhagen (1) 31,852 57–40 99 July 24 @ Royals 4–5 Gubicza (7–8) Stieb (11–4) Quisenberry (27) 21,607 57–41 100 July 25 @ Royals 4–5 (13) Quisenberry (4–2) Clark (0–1) 19,653 57–42 101 July 27 Rangers 2–4 Hough (11–8) Alexander (8–5) 26,269 57–43 102 July 28 Rangers 4–5 Mason (7–9) Jackson (6–3) Schmidt (6) 28,330 57–44 103 July 29 Rangers 6–2 Stieb (12–4) Darwin (6–6) 30,143 58–44 104 July 30 Royals 4–7 Leibrandt (5–4) Clancy (7–11) 24,414 58–45 105 July 31 Royals 6–5 Alexander (9–5) Wills (1–2) Gott (1) 23,156 59–45
August: 18–8 (Home: 6–1; Away: 12–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 Royals 4–1 Leal (12–2) Gura (11–8) Gott (2) 22,084 60–45 107 August 3 @ Orioles 5–2 Jackson (7–3) McGregor (12–10) 37,219 61–45 108 August 4 @ Orioles 6–2 Clancy (8–11) Flanagan (9–11) 37,685 62–45 109 August 5 @ Orioles 4–3 Key (3–4) Martinez (4–8) Lamp (9) 34,016 63–45 110 August 6 @ Rangers 4–5 Mason (8–9) Jackson (7–4) 11,540 63–46 111 August 7 @ Rangers 6–7 (10) Schmidt (5–4) Lamp (4–6) 10,313 63–47 112 August 8 @ Rangers 7–2 Clancy (9–11) Darwin (6–7) 9,696 64–47 113 August 10 Orioles 2–0 Alexander (10–5) Martínez (4–6) 34,107 65–47 114 August 11 Orioles 3–2 Gott (6–5) Davis (12–5) 41,426 66–47 115 August 12 Orioles 4–5 McGregor (13–11) Jackson (7–5) Martinez (16) 36,363 66–48 116 August 13 Orioles 1–2 Boddicker (14–8) Clancy (9–12) 33,238 66–49 117 August 14 @ Indians 8–1 Alexander (11–5) Heaton (8–13) 67–49 118 August 14 @ Indians 9–5 Lamp (5–6) Waddell (2–4) 6,158 68–49 119 August 15 @ Indians 1–16 Schulze (2–4) Leal (12–3) 68–50 120 August 15 @ Indians 3–4 (13) Jeffcoat (4–1) Key (3–5) 6,101 68–51 121 August 16 @ Indians 5–6 Waddell (3–4) Lamp (5–7) 5,598 68–52 122 August 17 @ White Sox 4–3 Clancy (10–12) Hoyt (10–13) 29,941 69–52 123 August 18 @ White Sox 6–7 Roberge (3–0) Jackson (7–6) Agosto (7) 34,484 69–53 124 August 19 @ White Sox 7–4 Key (4–5) Agosto (2–1) 38,839 70–53 125 August 21 Indians 1–3 Smith (5–4) Stieb (12–5) Camacho (17) 25,253 70–54 126 August 22 Indians 3–13 Blyleven (14–5) Clancy (10–13) 22,393 70–55 127 August 23 Indians 6–1 Alexander (12–5) Schulze (2–5) 23,407 71–55 128 August 24 @ Twins 6–2 Leal (13–3) Lysander (3–2) Key (5) 26,602 72–55 129 August 25 @ Twins 4–5 (12) Castillo (2–0) Gott (6–6) 23,236 72–56 130 August 26 @ Twins 2–1 Stieb (13–5) Schrom (4–7) 24,654 73–56 131 August 27 @ Twins 5–2 Lamp (6–7) Smithson (13–10) Key (6) 19,251 74–56 132 August 28 White Sox 7–6 (11) Clark (1–1) Reed (0–5) 25,327 75–56 133 August 29 White Sox 5–8 Bannister (12–8) Leal (13–4) Spillner (2) 25,232 75–57 134 August 30 @ White Sox 4–3 Gott (7–6) Seaver (12–9) Key (7) 22,800 76–57 135 August 31 Twins 7–0 Stieb (14–5) Castillo (2–1) 26,309 77–57
September: 12–16 (Home: 7–9; Away: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 Twins 12–4 Lamp (7–7) Smithson (13–11) Jackson (9) 26,526 78–57 137 September 2 Twins 6–0 Alexander (13–5) Viola (14–12) 31,000 79–57 138 September 3 @ Yankees 0–2 Cowley (6–1) Leal (13–5) Righetti (24) 26,835 79–58 139 September 4 @ Yankees 6–4 Clancy (11–13) Armstrong (3–2) Key (8) 15,867 80–58 140 September 5 @ Yankees 3–4 (10) Righetti (5–5) Jackson (7–7) 17,383 80–59 141 September 7 Tigers 4–7 (10) Hernández (9–2) Musselman (0–1) 37,420 80–60 142 September 8 Tigers 4–10 Scherrer (1–0) Leal (13–6) López (13) 41,059 80–61 143 September 9 Tigers 2–7 Wilcox (16–7) Clancy (11–14) 37,392 80–62 144 September 10 Yankees 2–6 Montefusco (3–2) Stieb (14–6) Howell (7) 21,176 80–63 145 September 11 Yankees 10–3 Lamp (8–7) Rasmussen (8–5) Jackson (10) 21,451 81–63 146 September 12 Yankees 2–1 Alexander (14–5) Niekro (16–8) 20,426 82–63 147 September 13 Yankees 1–6 Fontenot (7–8) Leal (13–7) 20,681 82–64 148 September 14 @ Tigers 7–2 Clancy (12–14) Morris (17–11) Key (9) 46,040 83–64 149 September 15 @ Tigers 1–2 Wilcox (17–7) Stieb (14–7) Hernández (29) 44,349 83–65 150 September 16 @ Tigers 3–8 Berenguer (9–10) Clark (1–2) 45,488 83–66 151 September 17 Red Sox 5–4 Alexander (15–5) Ojeda (11–12) 18,480 84–66 152 September 18 Red Sox 3–10 Gale (2–3) Leal (13–8) 18,399 84–67 153 September 19 Red Sox 4–10 Hurst (12–10) Clancy (12–15) Clear (8) 23,212 84–68 154 September 20 Brewers 6–4 Stieb (15–7) Gibson (1–4) Key (10) 21,688 85–68 155 September 21 Brewers 1–5 Sutton (14–12) Lamp (8–8) 21,147 85–69 156 September 22 Brewers 2–1 Alexander (16–5) Haas (9–11) 26,152 86–69 157 September 23 Brewers 5–8 Kern (1–0) Jackson (7–8) Searage (6) 28,550 86–70 158 September 24 @ Red Sox 9–8 Clancy (13–15) Hurst (12–11) Musselman (1) 13,328 87–70 159 September 25 @ Red Sox 6–14 Nipper (11–6) Stieb (15–8) 14,259 87–71 160 September 26 @ Red Sox 8–4 Alexander (17–5) Boyd (12–11) 13,065 88–71 161 September 28 @ Brewers 3–4 (11) Searage (2–1) Musselman (0–2) 17,026 88–72 162 September 29 @ Brewers 5–4 Stieb (16–8) Cocanower (8–16) 9,736 89–72 163 September 30 @ Brewers 0–4 Gibson (2–5) Alexander (17–6) 10,277 89–73

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Ernie Whitt	124	315	35	75	12	1	.238	15	46	0
1B	Willie Upshaw	152	569	79	158	31	9	.278	19	84	10
2B	Dámaso García	152	633	79	180	32	5	.284	5	46	46
3B	Rance Mulliniks	125	343	41	111	21	5	.324	3	42	2
SS	Alfredo Griffin	140	419	53	101	8	2	.241	4	30	11
LF	Dave Collins	128	441	59	136	24	15	.308	2	44	60
CF	Lloyd Moseby	158	592	97	166	28	15	.280	18	92	39
RF	George Bell	159	606	85	177	39	4	.292	26	87	11
DH	Cliff Johnson	127	359	51	109	23	1	.304	16	61	0

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Jesse Barfield	110	320	51	91	14	1	.284	14	49	8
Garth Iorg	121	247	24	56	10	3	.227	1	25	1
Willie Aikens	93	234	21	48	7	0	.205	11	26	0
Tony Fernández	88	233	29	63	5	3	.270	3	19	5
Buck Martinez	102	232	24	51	13	1	.220	5	37	0
Rick Leach	65	88	11	23	6	2	.261	0	7	0
Mitch Webster	26	22	9	5	2	1	.227	0	4	0
Kelly Gruber	15	16	1	1	0	0	.063	1	2	0
Fred Manrique	10	9	0	3	0	0	.333	0	1	0
Ron Shepherd	12	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Geno Petralli	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Toby Hernández	3	2	1	1	0	0	.500	0	0	0

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Dave Stieb	35	35	267.0	16	8	2.83	87	84	88	198
Doyle Alexander	36	35	261.2	17	6	3.13	99	91	59	139
Luis Leal	35	35	222.1	13	8	3.89	106	96	77	134
Jim Clancy	36	36	219.2	13	15	5.12	132	125	88	118

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Jim Gott	35	12	109.2	7	6	2	4.02	54	49	49	73
Bryan Clark	20	3	45.2	1	2	0	5.91	33	30	22	21

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Jimmy Key	63	62.0	4	5	10	4.65	37	32	32	44
Roy Lee Jackson	54	86.0	7	8	10	3.56	40	34	31	58
Dennis Lamp	56	85.0	8	8	9	4.55	53	43	38	45
Jim Acker	32	72.0	3	5	1	4.38	39	35	25	33
Ron Musselman	11	21.1	0	2	1	2.11	7	5	10	9
Joey McLaughlin	6	10.2	0	0	0	2.53	6	3	7	3
Rick Leach	1	1.0	0	0	0	27.00	3	3	2	0

Award winners

• Doyle Alexander , Pitcher of the Month Award, September
• Dave Collins , American League Leader, Triples, 15
• Lloyd Moseby , American League Leader, Triples, 15

All-Star Game

• Dámaso García , second base
• Alfredo Griffin, shortstop
• Dave Stieb, pitcher ^[5]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jim Beauchamp
AA	Knoxville Blue Jays	Southern League	John McLaren
A	Kinston Blue Jays	Carolina League	Doug Ault
A	Florence Blue Jays	South Atlantic League	Dennis Holmberg
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	Ramón Webster
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Duane Larson

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Notes

1. "1984 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
2. Golombek, Allan. "Dennis Lamp, relief ace for the Chicago White Sox..." www.upi.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
3. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.232, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
4. "1984 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
5. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
6. 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

• 1984 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1984 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac