1984 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1984  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Exhibition Stadium
City Toronto
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place2nd
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.

Contents

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 14Signed amateur free agent Sil Campusano to a contract.

December 1983

December 5Drafted 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 6Drafted José Segura from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 Minor League Draft.
December 8Acquired Bryan Clark from the Seattle Mariners for Barry Bonnell.
December 20Acquired Willie Aikens from the Kansas City Royals for Jorge Orta.

January 1984

January 10Signed free agent Dennis Lamp from the Chicago White Sox to a five-year contract. [2]

March 1984

March 13Acquired Derwin McNealy from the New York Yankees for Don Cooper.

April 1984

April 3Signed 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

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 10458.642—53‍–‍2951‍–‍29
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.5491549‍–‍3240‍–‍41
New York Yankees 8775.5371751‍–‍3036‍–‍45
Boston Red Sox 8676.5311841‍–‍4045‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 8577.5251944‍–‍3741‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians 7587.4632941‍–‍3934‍–‍48
Milwaukee Brewers 6794.41636½38‍–‍4329‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record

Sources:

TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–78–47–57–67–65–77–65–75–86–69–39–34–9
Boston 7–6—9–37–510–37–63–99–46–67–67–54–85–75–8
California 4–83–9—8–58–44–86–78–44–98–47–69–45–87–5
Chicago 5–75–75–8—8–44–85–87–58–57–56–75–85–84–8
Cleveland 6–73–104–84–8—4–96–69–47–52–117–58–49–36–7–1
Detroit 6–76–78–48–49–4—7–511–29–37–69–36–610–28–5
Kansas City 7–59–37–68–56–65–7—6–66–75–75–89–46–75–7
Milwaukee 6–74–94–85–74–92–116–6—5–76–74–86–65–610–3
Minnesota 7–56–69–45–85–73–97–67–5—8–48–57–68–51–11
New York 8–56–74–85–711–26–77–57–64–8—8–47–56–68–5
Oakland 6–65–76–77–65–73–98–58–45–84–8—8–58–54–8
Seattle 3–98–44–98–54–86–64–96–66–75–75–8—10–35–7
Texas 3–97–58–58–53–92–107–66–55–86–65–83–10—6–6
Toronto 9–48–55–78–47–6–15–87–53–1011–15–88–47–56–6—

Transactions

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

May 1984

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

June 1984

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

August 1984

August 23Signed amateur free agent Domingo Martínez to a contract.

September 1984

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

Roster

1984 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1984 Game Log
April: 13–9 (Home: 5–5, Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4@ Mariners 3–2 (10) Stanton (1–0) Lamp (0–1)43,2000–1
2April 5@ Mariners 13–5 Leal (1–0) Beattie (0–1)5,3991–1
3April 6@ Angels 11–5 Key (1–0) Brown (0–1)24,4312–1
4April 7@ Angels 3–1 Stieb (1–0) Forsch (1–1) Lamp (1)41,8593–1
5April 8@ Angels 4–3 Sánchez (1–1) Jackson (0–1)24,0953–2
6April 9@ Athletics 4–3 Caudill (1–0) Lamp (0–2)9,8683–3
7April 10@ Athletics 3–0 Leal (2–0) Sorensen (1–1) Jackson (1)7,2264–3
8April 13@ Rangers 3–2 Lamp (1–2) Tobik (1–2) Key (1)10,5155–3
9April 14@ Rangers 6–2 Hough (1–1) Clancy (0–1)9,8525–4
10April 15@ Rangers 2–1 Lamp (2–2) Stewart (0–3)12,5836–4
11April 17 Orioles 3–2 Key (2–0) Martinez (0–1) Lamp (2)35,6027–4
12April 18 Orioles 7–1 Stieb (2–0) Palmer (0–2)13,4898–4
13April 19 Orioles 2–1 Clancy (1–1) McGregor (1–3)14,3239–4
14April 20 Angels 10–6 (13) Sánchez (2–1) Acker (0–1)37,2419–5
15April 21 Angels 8–4 Romanick (2–1) Gott (0–1)44,1649–6
16April 22 Angels 9–6 Slaton (1–0) Key (2–1) Kaufman (1)16,4629–7
17April 23 Mariners 8–5 Stieb (3–0) Langston (1–1) Jackson (2)13,33010–7
18April 24 Mariners 4–2 Beard (1–0) Clancy (1–2)12,39810–8
19April 25 Athletics 11–0 Leal (3–0) Conroy (0–2)15,43411–8
20April 26 Athletics 7–4 Warren (3–2) Gott (0–2) Burgmeier (2)16,48811–9
21April 27@ Royals 1–0 Alexander (1–0) Gubicza (0–2) Lamp (3)16,43512–9
22April 28@ Royals 6–0 Stieb (4–0) Saberhagen (1–1)18,19413–9
--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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1 Rangers 10–4 Leal (4–0) Tanana (2–3) Lamp (4)14–9
24May 1 Rangers 4–1 Darwin (3–0) Alexander (1–1)13,15914–10
25May 2 Rangers 7–6 Clancy (2–2) Hough (1–4) Lamp (5)13,27415–10
26May 4 Royals 4–3 (10) Stieb (5–0) Huismann (0–2)16,46916–10
27May 5 Royals 10–1 Gott (1–2) Jackson (0–3)31,07617–10
28May 6 Royals 2–1 Jackson (1–1) Gura (4–1)23,33418–10
--May 7@ Orioles Postponed (wet grounds)Rescheduled for May 10
--May 8@ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 9
29May 9@ Orioles 7–4 McGregor (4–3) Clancy (2–3)18–11
30May 9@ Orioles 7–3 Martinez (1–3) Key (2–2)18,73118–12
31May 10@ Orioles 4–3 (10) Jackson (2–1) Martínez (1–1)11,21419–12
--May 11@ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 13
32May 12@ Indians 8–4 Blyleven (4–2) Acker (0–2) Camacho (4)11,06619–13
33May 13@ Indians 4–4 (8)Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 145,63019–13
--May 13@ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 15
34May 15@ Twins 5–2 (10) Jackson (3–1) Davis (2–3)26,76120–13
35May 16@ Twins 8–7 Alexander (2–1) Filson (3–1) Acker (1)51,86321–13
36May 17 White Sox 3–2 Jackson (4–1) Hoyt (3–5) Lamp (6)18,32822–13
37May 18 White Sox 4–3 Clancy (3–3) Burns (2–2) Key (2)19,50723–13
38May 19 White Sox 1–0 Gott (2–2) Seaver (4–3) Lamp (7)28,38224–13
39May 20 White Sox 3–0 Dotson (6–2) Stieb (5–1)26,34724–14
40May 21 Twins 3–2 Alexander (3–1) Davis (2–4)43,34725–14
41May 22 Twins 3–2 Jackson (5–1) Smithson (6–4)17,28726–14
42May 23 Twins 4–1 Clancy (4–3) Viola (4–5) Lamp (8)17,18927–14
43May 25 Indians 5–1 Stieb (6–1) Heaton (2–4)18,19528–14
44May 26 Indians 2–1 Alexander (4–1) Farr (0–3) Key (3)22,28329–14
45May 27 Indians 6–1 Leal (5–0) Sutcliffe (3–4)30–14
46May 27 Indians 6–5 Jackson (6–1) Camacho (1–4)37,09731–14
--May 28@ White Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 30
47May 29@ White Sox 8–1 Hoyt (4–5) Clancy (4–4)19,60331–15
48May 30@ White Sox 2–1 Stieb (7–1) Burns (2–4) Key (4)23,49032–15
June: 13–16 (Home: 9–5; Away: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1 Yankees 10–2 Alexander (5–1) Fontenot (1–5)30,58633–15
50June 2 Yankees 9–8 (10) Lamp (3–2) Christiansen (1–2)42,26934–15
51June 3 Yankees 15–2 Niekro (8–3) Clancy (4–5)33,07734–16
52June 4@ Tigers 6–3 (10) López (5–0) Key (2–3)26,73334–17
53June 5@ Tigers 8–4 Acker (1–2) Abbott (2–2)35,98335–17
54June 6@ Tigers 6–3 Leal (6–0) Petry (8–3)38,16736–17
55June 7@ Tigers 5–3 Morris (11–2) Clancy (4–6)40,87936–18
56June 8@ Yankees 4–3 (11) Righetti (2–0) Acker (1–3)20,25236–19
57June 9@ Yankees 2–1 Guidry (5–4) Stieb (7–2)20,66136–20
58June 10@ Yankees 5–3 Christiansen (2–2) Alexander (5–2) Righetti (7)41,01836–21
59June 11 Tigers 5–4 Rozema (2–0) Leal (6–1) Hernández (10)35,06236–22
60June 12 Tigers 12–3 Clancy (5–6) Morris (11–3)40,43737–22
61June 13 Tigers 7–3 Stieb (8–2) Wilcox (7–4)34,12238–22
62June 15 Red Sox 4–3 (11) Lamp (4–2) Clear (5–1)30,06539–22
63June 16 Red Sox 7–0 Leal (7–1) Hurst (8–5)31,27840–22
64June 17 Red Sox 5–3 Clancy (6–6) Gale (1–1) Jackson (3)28,39641–22
65June 19 Brewers 6–5 Fingers (1–2) Key (2–4)32,21041–23
66June 20 Brewers 5–4 Tellmann (2–1) Alexander (5–3)31,28241–24
67June 21@ Red Sox 5–2 Leal (8–1) Nipper (0–2)18,37242–24
68June 22@ Red Sox 8–1 Clemens (3–1) Clancy (6–7)23,16742–25
69June 23@ Red Sox 9–3 Gott (3–2) Gale (1–2)27,68943–25
70June 24@ Red Sox 5–3 (10) Stanley (2–6) Lamp (4–3)32,52143–26
71June 25@ Brewers 2–1 Cocanower (6–6) Alexander (5–4) Fingers (13)43–27
72June 25@ Brewers 9–4 McClure (2–3) Acker (1–4)15,08843–28
73June 26@ Brewers 6–3 Sutton (5–7) Leal (8–2) Fingers (14)19,06843–29
74June 27@ Brewers 5–1 Porter (6–3) Clancy (6–8) Tellmann (1)31,14143–30
75June 28 Athletics 9–6 Gott (4–2) Atherton (5–4)30,21344–30
76June 29 Athletics 2–1 Burris (7–3) Stieb (8–3) Caudill (16)25,28044–31
77June 30 Athletics 6–1 Alexander (6–4) Krueger (5–4)36,17645–31
July: 14–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1 Athletics 7–6 Acker (2–4) Atherton (5–5) Jackson (4)35,04646–31
79July 2 Angels 6–3 Witt (8–7) Clancy (6–9) Aase (1)29,22746–32
80July 3 Angels 4–0 Gott (5–2) John (4–7)26,25547–32
81July 4 Angels 6–3 Stieb (9–3) Romanick (8–9)24,33048–32
82July 5 Mariners 10–8 Alexander (7–4) Beattie (8–8) Jackson (5)22,35349–32
83July 6 Mariners 9–2 Leal (9–2) Langston (6–7)22,38550–32
84July 7 Mariners 8–4 Moore (4–6) Clancy (6–10) Stanton (5)33,47550–33
85July 8 Mariners 7–1 Beattie (9–8) Gott (5–3) Vande Berg (4)30,07050–34
86July 12@ Athletics 7–4 Krueger (6–5) Lamp (4–4) Caudill (19)16,06650–35
87July 13@ Athletics 6–3 Leal (10–2) Burris (8–4) Jackson (6)17,17251–35
88July 14@ Athletics 2–1 Stieb (10–3) Caudill (8–2)22,04852–35
89July 15@ Athletics 6–3 Clancy (7–10) Young (2–1) Jackson (7)24,04453–35
90July 16@ Angels 3–0 Slaton (3–3) Gott (5–4)24,89053–36
91July 17@ Angels 5–3 Witt (10–7) Acker (2–5) Aase (2)27,17653–37
92July 18@ Angels 8–2 Leal (11–2) Zahn (9–7)28,63454–37
93July 19@ Mariners 8–1 Stieb (11–3) Vande Berg (6–9)7,48955–37
94July 20@ Mariners 12–7 Acker (3–5) Mirabella (1–4)8,24656–37
95July 21@ Mariners 9–3 Barojas (5–3) Lamp (4–5)14,51656–38
96July 22@ Mariners 5–3 Alexander (8–4) Langston (8–8) Jackson (8)7,26357–38
97July 23@ Royals 9–8 Beckwith (3–2) Jackson (6–2) Quisenberry (26)57–39
98July 23@ Royals 7–2 Wills (1–1) Gott (5–5) Saberhagen (1)31,85257–40
99July 24@ Royals 5–4 Gubicza (7–8) Stieb (11–4) Quisenberry (27)21,60757–41
100July 25@ Royals 5–4 (13) Quisenberry (4–2) Clark (0–1)19,65357–42
101July 27 Rangers 4–2 Hough (11–8) Alexander (8–5)26,26957–43
102July 28 Rangers 5–4 Mason (7–9) Jackson (6–3) Schmidt (6)28,33057–44
103July 29 Rangers 6–2 Stieb (12–4) Darwin (6–6)30,14358–44
104July 30 Royals 7–4 Leibrandt (5–4) Clancy (7–11)24,41458–45
105July 31 Royals 6–5 Alexander (9–5) Wills (1–2) Gott (1)23,15659–45
August: 18–8 (Home: 6–1; Away: 12–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1 Royals 4–1 Leal (12–2) Gura (11–8) Gott (2)22,08460–45
107August 3@ Orioles 5–2 Jackson (7–3) McGregor (12–10)37,21961–45
108August 4@ Orioles 6–2 Clancy (8–11) Flanagan (9–11)37,68562–45
109August 5@ Orioles 4–3 Key (3–4) Martinez (4–8) Lamp (9)34,01663–45
110August 6@ Rangers 5–4 Mason (8–9) Jackson (7–4)11,54063–46
111August 7@ Rangers 7–6 (10) Schmidt (5–4) Lamp (4–6)10,31363–47
112August 8@ Rangers 7–2 Clancy (9–11) Darwin (6–7)9,69664–47
113August 10 Orioles 2–0 Alexander (10–5) Martínez (4–6)34,10765–47
114August 11 Orioles 3–2 Gott (6–5) Davis (12–5)41,42666–47
115August 12 Orioles 5–4 McGregor (13–11) Jackson (7–5) Martinez (16)36,36366–48
116August 13 Orioles 2–1 Boddicker (14–8) Clancy (9–12)33,23866–49
117August 14@ Indians 8–1 Alexander (11–5) Heaton (8–13)67–49
118August 14@ Indians 9–5 Lamp (5–6) Waddell (2–4)6,15868–49
119August 15@ Indians 16–1 Schulze (2–4) Leal (12–3)68–50
120August 15@ Indians 4–3 (13) Jeffcoat (4–1) Key (3–5)6,10168–51
121August 16@ Indians 6–5 Waddell (3–4) Lamp (5–7)5,59868–52
122August 17@ White Sox 4–3 Clancy (10–12) Hoyt (10–13)29,94169–52
123August 18@ White Sox 7–6 Roberge (3–0) Jackson (7–6) Agosto (7)34,48469–53
124August 19@ White Sox 7–4 Key (4–5) Agosto (2–1)38,83970–53
125August 21 Indians 3–1 Smith (5–4) Stieb (12–5) Camacho (17)25,25370–54
126August 22 Indians 13–3 Blyleven (14–5) Clancy (10–13)22,39370–55
127August 23 Indians 6–1 Alexander (12–5) Schulze (2–5)23,40771–55
128August 24@ Twins 6–2 Leal (13–3) Lysander (3–2) Key (5)26,60272–55
129August 25@ Twins 5–4 (12) Castillo (2–0) Gott (6–6)23,23672–56
130August 26@ Twins 2–1 Stieb (13–5) Schrom (4–7)24,65473–56
131August 27@ Twins 5–2 Lamp (6–7) Smithson (13–10) Key (6)19,25174–56
132August 28 White Sox 7–6 (11) Clark (1–1) Reed (0–5)25,32775–56
133August 29 White Sox 8–5 Bannister (12–8) Leal (13–4) Spillner (2)25,23275–57
134August 30@ White Sox 4–3 Gott (7–6) Seaver (12–9) Key (7)22,80076–57
135August 31 Twins 7–0 Stieb (14–5) Castillo (2–1)26,30977–57
September: 12–16 (Home: 7–9; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1 Twins 12–4 Lamp (7–7) Smithson (13–11) Jackson (9)26,52678–57
137September 2 Twins 6–0 Alexander (13–5) Viola (14–12)31,00079–57
138September 3@ Yankees 2–0 Cowley (6–1) Leal (13–5) Righetti (24)26,83579–58
139September 4@ Yankees 6–4 Clancy (11–13) Armstrong (3–2) Key (8)15,86780–58
140September 5@ Yankees 4–3 (10) Righetti (5–5) Jackson (7–7)17,38380–59
141September 7 Tigers 7–4 (10) Hernández (9–2) Musselman (0–1)37,42080–60
142September 8 Tigers 10–4 Scherrer (1–0) Leal (13–6) López (13)41,05980–61
143September 9 Tigers 7–2 Wilcox (16–7) Clancy (11–14)37,39280–62
144September 10 Yankees 6–2 Montefusco (3–2) Stieb (14–6) Howell (7)21,17680–63
145September 11 Yankees 10–3 Lamp (8–7) Rasmussen (8–5) Jackson (10)21,45181–63
146September 12 Yankees 2–1 Alexander (14–5) Niekro (16–8)20,42682–63
147September 13 Yankees 6–1 Fontenot (7–8) Leal (13–7)20,68182–64
148September 14@ Tigers 7–2 Clancy (12–14) Morris (17–11) Key (9)46,04083–64
149September 15@ Tigers 2–1 Wilcox (17–7) Stieb (14–7) Hernández (29)44,34983–65
150September 16@ Tigers 8–3 Berenguer (9–10) Clark (1–2)45,48883–66
151September 17 Red Sox 5–4 Alexander (15–5) Ojeda (11–12)18,48084–66
152September 18 Red Sox 10–3 Gale (2–3) Leal (13–8)18,39984–67
153September 19 Red Sox 10–4 Hurst (12–10) Clancy (12–15) Clear (8)23,21284–68
154September 20 Brewers 6–4 Stieb (15–7) Gibson (1–4) Key (10)21,68885–68
155September 21 Brewers 5–1 Sutton (14–12) Lamp (8–8)21,14785–69
156September 22 Brewers 2–1 Alexander (16–5) Haas (9–11)26,15286–69
157September 23 Brewers 8–5 Kern (1–0) Jackson (7–8) Searage (6)28,55086–70
158September 24@ Red Sox 9–8 Clancy (13–15) Hurst (12–11) Musselman (1)13,32887–70
159September 25@ Red Sox 14–6 Nipper (11–6) Stieb (15–8)14,25987–71
160September 26@ Red Sox 8–4 Alexander (17–5) Boyd (12–11)13,06588–71
161September 28@ Brewers 4–3 (11) Searage (2–1) Musselman (0–2)17,02688–72
162September 29@ Brewers 5–4 Stieb (16–8) Cocanower (8–16)9,73689–72
163September 30@ Brewers 4–0 Gibson (2–5) Alexander (17–6)10,27789–73

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 1243153575121.23815460
1B Willie Upshaw 15256979158319.278198410
2B Dámaso García 15263379180325.28454646
3B Rance Mulliniks 12534341111215.3243422
SS Alfredo Griffin 1404195310182.24143011
LF Dave Collins 128441591362415.30824460
CF Lloyd Moseby 158592971662815.280189239
RF George Bell 15960685177394.292268711
DH Cliff Johnson 12735951109231.30416610

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
Jesse Barfield 1103205191141.28414498
Garth Iorg 1212472456103.2271251
Willie Aikens 93234214870.20511260
Tony Fernández 88233296353.2703195
Buck Martinez 1022322451131.2205370
Rick Leach 6588112362.261070
Mitch Webster 26229521.227040
Kelly Gruber 15161100.063120
Fred Manrique 1090300.333010
Ron Shepherd 1240000.000000
Geno Petralli 330000.000000
Toby Hernández 321100.500000

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 3535267.01682.83878488198
Doyle Alexander 3635261.21763.13999159139
Luis Leal 3535222.11383.891069677134
Jim Clancy 3636219.213155.1213212588118

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 Gott 3512109.27624.0254494973
Bryan Clark 20345.21205.9133302221

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
Jimmy Key 6362.045104.6537323244
Roy Lee Jackson 5486.078103.5640343158
Dennis Lamp 5685.08894.5553433845
Jim Acker 3272.03514.3839352533
Ron Musselman 1121.10212.1175109
Joey McLaughlin 610.20002.536373
Rick Leach 11.000027.003320

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 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
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