1985 Toronto Blue Jays season

1985  Toronto Blue Jays
American League East champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Record	99–62 (.615)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers	Pat Gillick
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	CFTO-TV 9 (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver) The Sports Network (Ken Singleton, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Radio	CJCL–AM 1430 (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1985 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's ninth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 99 wins and 62 losses. The win total of 99 is a franchise record, and the division title was the franchise's first. This was the first time the Blue Jays made the postseason.

Despite having the second-best record in Major League Baseball, the Blue Jays collapsed in the American League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals, blowing a 3–1 series lead and losing in seven games.

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1985 season. ^[1]

November 1984

November 8	Cliff Johnson granted free agency.
November 21	Signed free agent Tom Filer from the Chicago Cubs to a contract.

December 1984

December 3	Drafted Manny Lee from the Houston Astros in the 1984 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted Lou Thornton from the New York Mets in the 1984 MLB Rule 5 draft. Mike Morgan drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1984 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 8	Acquired Bill Caudill from the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins, Alfredo Griffin and cash.
December 22	Purchased Jeff Burroughs from the Oakland Athletics.

January 1985

January 24	Chose Tom Henke from the Texas Rangers as a free agent compensation pick (Cliff Johnson signed with Rangers on December 5, 1984).
January 26	Acquired Gary Lavelle from the San Francisco Giants for Jim Gott, Jack McKnight and Augie Schmidt.

February 1985

February 5

Signed free agent Gary Allenson from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.

March 1985

March 4

Signed amateur free agent Francisco de la Rosa to a contract.

April 1985

April 1	Released Bryan Clark. Released Roy Lee Jackson. Released Jeff Richardson. Acquired Len Matuszek from the Philadelphia Phillies for José Escobar, Dave Shipanoff and Ken Kinnard.
April 7	Player rights of Fred Manrique sold to the Montreal Expos.

Regular season

• April 27, 1985: Willie Aikens hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career. ^[2]
• July 9, 1985: In a game between the Blue Jays and the Mariners at Seattle, Buck Martinez executed a double play by tagging out two runners at home plate. In the third inning, Phil Bradley was on second when Gorman Thomas singled. Bradley was tagged out at home, on a throw from Jesse Barfield to Martinez. There was a collision between Bradley and Martinez – Martinez broke his ankle. Martinez was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Gorman Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas ran towards home plate. Toronto left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez. He was still seated on the ground in pain but was able to tag Gorman Thomas for the out. Martinez tagged out both runners at home plate. ^[3]
• Dave Stieb led the American League with a 2.48 ERA and pitched 26 consecutive scoreless innings.

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	.615	—	54‍–‍26	45‍–‍36
New York Yankees	97	64	.602	2	58‍–‍22	39‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	84	77	.522	15	44‍–‍37	40‍–‍40
Baltimore Orioles	83	78	.516	16	45‍–‍36	38‍–‍42
Boston Red Sox	81	81	.500	18½	43‍–‍37	38‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers	71	90	.441	28	40‍–‍40	31‍–‍50
Cleveland Indians	60	102	.370	39½	38‍–‍43	22‍–‍59

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	6–6	9–4	6–6	1–12	7–5	6–6	10–2	4–8
Boston	8–5	—	5–7	4–8–1	8–5	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	5–7	9–4
California	5–7	7–5	—	8–5	8–4	8–4	4–9	9–3	9–4	3–9	6–7	9–4	9–4	5–7
Chicago	4–8	8–4–1	5–8	—	10–2	6–6	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–6	8–5	9–4	10–3	3–9
Cleveland	5–8	5–8	4–8	2–10	—	5–8	2–10	7–6	4–8	6–7	3–9	6–6	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	9–4	3–9	9–3	8–4	5–7	7–5	6–7
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	10–2	7–5	—	8–4	7–6	5–7	8–5	3–10	6–7	7–5
Milwaukee	4–9	8–5	3–9	7–5	6–7	4–9	4–8	—	9–3	7–6	3–9	4–8	8–3	4–9
Minnesota	6–6	5–7	4–9	7–6	8–4	9–3	6–7	3–9	—	3–9	8–5	6–7	8–5	4–8
New York	12–1	8–5	9–3	6–6	7–6	3–9	7–5	6–7	9–3	—	7–5	9–3	8–4	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	7–6	5–8	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	5–8	5–7	—	8–5	6–7	5–7
Seattle	6–6	6–6	4–9	4–9	6–6	7–5	10–3	8–4	7–6	3–9	5–8	—	6–7	2–10
Texas	2–10	7–5	4–9	3–10	5–7	5–7	7–6	3–8	5–8	4–8	7–6	7–6	—	3–9
Toronto	8–4	4–9	7–5	9–3	9–4	7–6	5–7	9–4	8–4	7–6	7–5	10–2	9–3	—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1985 regular season. ^[4]

May 1985

May 1	Signed amateur free agent William Suero to a contract.
May 9	Released Willie Aikens.
May 19	Re-signed free agent Willie Aikens.
May 31	Signed amateur free agent Pedro Muñoz to a contract.

June 1985

June 22

Traded Mitch Webster to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later (Cliff Young on September 10, 1985).

July 1985

July 9

Acquired Al Oliver from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Len Matuszek.

August 1985

August 24	Released Gary Allenson.
August 28	Acquired Cliff Johnson from the Texas Rangers for players to be named later (Matt Williams and Jeff Mays on August 29, 1985; and Greg Ferlenda on November 14, 1985).

September 1985

September 1	Signed free agent Steve Nicosia from the Montreal Expos to a contract.
September 15	Signed amateur free agent Junior Félix to a contract.
September 17	Signed amateur free agent Francisco Cabrera to a contract.
September 28	Released Francisco de la Rosa.

Roster

1985 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 31 Jim Acker 33 Doyle Alexander 36 Bill Caudill 55 John Cerutti 18 Jim Clancy 34 Stan Clarke 25 Steve Davis 49 Tom Filer 50 Tom Henke 22 Jimmy Key 53 Dennis Lamp 46 Gary Lavelle 48 Luis Leal 30 Ron Musselman 37 Dave Stieb		Catchers 38 Gary Allenson 54 Jeff Hearron 13 Buck Martinez 35 Steve Nicosia 12 Ernie Whitt Infielders  1 Tony Fernández 23 Cecil Fielder  7 Dámaso García 17 Kelly Gruber 16 Garth Iorg  9 Rick Leach  4 Manuel Lee  5 Rance Mulliniks 26 Willie Upshaw		Outfielders 29 Jesse Barfield 11 George Bell 15 Lloyd Moseby 21 Ron Shepherd 28 Lou Thornton 23 Mitch Webster Other batters 24 Willie Aikens 44 Jeff Burroughs 00 Cliff Johnson 25 Len Matuszek  0 Al Oliver		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 43 Cito Gaston (Hitting) 42 Billy Smith (First base)  8 John Sullivan (Bullpen) 41 Al Widmar (Pitching)  3 Jimy Williams (Third base)

Game log

Regular season

1985 regular season game log: 99–62 (home: 54–26; away: 45–36)
April: 13–7 (home: 5–4; away: 8–3) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 8 2:35 p.m. EST @ Royals L 1–2 Black (1–0) Stieb (0–1) Quisenberry (1) 2:30 41,086 0–1 L1 2 April 10 8:35 p.m. EST @ Royals W 1–0 (10) Caudill (1–0) Beckwith (0–1) Lavelle (1) 2:52 14,740 1–1 W1 3 April 11 8:35 p.m. EST @ Royals W 4–3 (10) Caudill (2–0) Quisenberry (0–1) Acker (1) 3:14 17,798 2–1 W2 4 April 12 8:05 p.m. EST @ Orioles L 2–7 McGregor (1–0) Key (0–1) Stewart (2) 2:56 26,585 2–2 L1 5 April 13 7:35 p.m. EST @ Orioles L 7–8 Martinez (1–0) Caudill (2–1) – 3:08 28,529 2-3 L2 6 April 14 2:05 p.m. EST @ Orioles W 5–3 Alexander (1–0) Boddicker (1–1) Acker (2) 2:31 25,111 3–3 W1 7 April 16 1:35 p.m. EST Rangers L 4–9 Mason (1–1) Leal (0–1) Noles (1) 3:16 41,284 3–4 L1 8 April 17 1:35 p.m. EST Rangers W 3–1 (10) Caudill (3–1) Stewart (0–1) – 3:00 15,472 4–4 W1 9 April 18 1:35 p.m. EST Rangers W 4–2 Stieb (1–1) Tanana (0–2) Caudill (1) 2:49 15,380 5–4 W2 10 April 19 7:35 p.m. EST Orioles W 6–5 Alexander (2–0) Stewart (1–1) Caudill (2) 2:51 20,213 6–4 W3 11 April 20 1:35 p.m. EST Orioles W 3–2 Musselman (1–0) Martinez (1–1) Lavelle (2) 2:37 40,451 7–4 W4 12 April 21 1:35 p.m. EST Orioles L 2–3 Martínez (1–1) Key (0–2) Martínez (1) 2:50 29,082 7–5 L1 13 April 22 7:35 p.m. EST Royals L 0–2 Leibrandt (2–0) Stieb (1–2) – 2:13 20,281 7–6 L2 14 April 23 7:35 p.m. EST Royals L 6–7 Beckwith (1–1) Caudill (3–2) Quisenberry (2) 2:46 18,491 7–7 L3 15 April 24 1:35 p.m. EST Royals W 10–2 Leal (1–1) Saberhagen (1–2) – 2:17 18,006 8–7 W1 16 April 26 8:35 p.m. EST @ Rangers W 6–5 Lamp (1–0) Schmidt (0–1) Caudill (3) 2:46 10,725 9–7 W2 17 April 27 8:35 p.m. EST @ Rangers W 9–8 (10) Acker (1–0) Stewart (0–2) Caudill (4) 3:09 13,769 10–7 W3 18 April 28 3:05 p.m. EDT @ Rangers W 6–3 Alexander (3–0) Mason (2–2) – 2:29 11,324 11–7 W4 19 April 29 10:35 p.m. EDT @ Athletics W 2–1 Leal (2–1) Krueger (2–2) Caudill (5) 2:45 13,852 12–7 W5 20 April 30 10:35 p.m. EDT @ Athletics W 4–3 Lamp (2–0) Howell (0–1) Acker (3) 2:58 6,439 13–7 W6
May: 17–8 (home: 9–2; away: 8–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 21 May 1 10:30 p.m. EDT @ Angels W 6–3 Key (1–2) McCaskill (0–1) – 2:34 24,112 14–7 W7 22 May 2 10:30 p.m. EDT @ Angels L 2–3 Clements (2–0) Stieb (1–3) – 2:45 23,824 14–8 L1 23 May 3 10:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 5–4 Alexander (4–0) Barojas (0–3) Caudill (6) 2:41 12,370 15–8 W1 24 May 4 10:05 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 1–9 Young (2–3) Leal (2–2) – 2:24 14,952 15–9 L1 25 May 5 4:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 1–4 Langston (4–2) Clancy (0–1) – 2:15 11,500 15–10 L2 26 May 7 7:35 p.m. EDT Athletics W 10–1 Stieb (2–3) Sutton (2–3) – 2:55 21,292 16–10 W1 27 May 8 7:35 p.m. EDT Athletics L 4–6 McCatty (2–1) Alexander (4–1) Howell (8) 3:09 18,102 16–11 L1 28 May 10 7:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 8–3 Key (2–2) Langston (4–3) Acker (4) 3:29 20,116 17–11 W1 29 May 11 1:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 4–2 Caudill (4–2) Young (2–4) – 2:50 32,398 18–11 W2 30 May 12 1:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 9–5 Stieb (3–3) Beattie (1–4) – 2:54 25,181 19–11 W3 31 May 14 7:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 6–3 Alexander (5–1) Slaton (3–2) Caudill (7) 2:42 22,445 20–11 W4 32 May 15 7:35 p.m. EDT Angels L 6–9 Moore (2–1) Caudill (4–3) – 3:00 18,119 20–12 L1 33 May 17 8:35 p.m. EDT @ Twins L 6–7 (11) Filson (1–0) Leal (2–3) – 3:31 19,253 20–13 L2 34 May 18 2:15 p.m. EDT @ Twins W 3–1 Clancy (1–1) Smithson (4–3) Acker (5) 2:42 16,824 21-13 W1 35 May 19 2:15 p.m. EDT @ Twins L 2–8 Filson (2–0) Alexander (5–2) – 2:26 25,151 21–14 L1 36 May 20 1:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 6–1 Key (3–2) Seaver (4–2) – 2:12 44,715 22–14 W1 37 May 21 7:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 4–3 Lavelle (1–0) James (1–1) – 2:50 20,159 23–14 W2 38 May 22 7:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 10–0 Stieb (4–3) Dotson (2–2) – 2:32 22,447 24–14 W3 39 May 23 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 6–5 Lamp (3–0) Waddell (1–3) Caudill (8) 3:09 4,333 25–14 W4 40 May 24 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 7–6 Lamp (4–0) Creel (0–2) Lavelle (3) 3:13 8,502 26–14 W5 41 May 25 1:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 10–7 Musselman (2–0) Thompson (1–2) Acker (6) 3:05 7,345 27–14 W6 42 May 26 1:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 6–5 Lavelle (2–0) Creel (0–3) Caudill (9) 3:09 13,255 28–14 W7 — May 27 @ White Sox Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 23) 43 May 28 8:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 6–1 Stieb (5–3) Dotson (2–3) – 2:42 14,598 29–14 W8 44 May 29 8:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 5–8 Burns (6–4) Clancy (1–2) James (8) 3:12 18,953 29–15 L1 45 May 31 7:35 p.m. EDT Indians W 7–2 Alexander (6–2) Clark (1–1) Acker (7) 2:55 24,166 30–15 W1
June: 16–13 (home: 11–5; away: 5–8) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 46 June 1 1:35 p.m. EDT Indians W 8–3 Key (4–2) Blyleven (3–6) – 2:35 33,296 31–15 W2 47 (1) June 2 1:35 p.m. EDT Indians L 4–5 Heaton (4–4) Stieb (5–4) Waddell (8) 2:33 – 31–16 L1 48 (2) June 2 4:43 p.m. EDT Indians W 5–2 Leal (3–3) Behenna (0–1) Acker (8) 2:40 35,315 32–16 W1 49 June 4 7:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 9–2 Clancy (2–2) Viola (6–5) – 2:25 27,163 33–16 W2 50 June 5 7:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 5–0 Alexander (7–2) Smithson (4–5) – 2:44 26,087 34–16 W3 51 June 6 7:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 2–0 (12) Acker (2–0) López (0–4) – 3:25 36,384 35–16 W4 52 June 7 7:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 9–2 Stieb (6–4) Terrell (6–2) – 2:49 42,455 36–16 W5 53 June 8 1:35 p.m. EDT Tigers L 1–10 O'Neal (1–0) Leal (3–4) – 2:22 44,484 36–17 L1 54 June 9 1:35 p.m. EDT Tigers L 3–8 Bair (1–0) Clancy (2–3) – 2:40 40,273 36–18 L2 55 June 10 8:20 p.m. EDT @ Yankees L 2–4 Shirley (1–1) Alexander (7–3) Righetti (11) 2:33 20,329 36–19 L3 56 June 11 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 4–1 (11) Lamp (5–0) Fisher (2–1) – 3:37 22,620 37–19 W1 57 June 12 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 3–2 (10) Acker (3–0) Bordi (1–1) – 3:18 25,129 38–19 W2 58 June 13 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 7–8 Trujillo (1–1) Lavelle (2–1) Stanley (8) 3:20 22,459 38–20 L1 59 June 14 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 1–4 Boyd (8–4) Clancy (2–4) – 2:56 33,809 38–21 L2 60 June 15 2:05 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 5–7 Stanley (2–2) Acker (3–1) – 2:47 35,664 38–22 L3 61 June 16 3:05 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 6–7 Crawford (4–2) Lavelle (2–2) – 3:16 27,700 38–23 L4 62 June 17 8:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers L 1–2 Haas (6–3) Stieb (6–5) – 1:54 16,889 38–24 L5 63 June 18 8:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers L 1–4 Burris (4–5) Leal (3–5) – 2:25 18,568 38–25 L6 64 June 19 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 5–1 Clancy (3–4) Vuckovich (2–5) Caudill (10) 2:50 25,607 39–25 W1 65 June 20 7:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 6–5 Acker (4–1) Stanley (2–3) Caudill (11) 2:24 35,050 40–25 W2 66 June 21 7:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 7–2 Key (5–2) Hurst (2–7) – 2:37 36,252 41–25 W3 67 June 22 1:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox L 3–5 Stanley (3–3) Acker (4–2) – 2:52 42,117 41–26 L1 68 June 23 1:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 8–1 Stieb (7–5) Kison (3–2) – 2:29 34,128 42–26 W1 69 June 25 7:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 7–1 Clancy (4–4) Burris (4–6) – 2:41 30,019 43–26 W2 70 June 26 7:35 p.m. EDT Brewers L 4–5 Gibson (6–4) Alexander (7–4) – 2:52 27,397 43–27 L1 71 June 27 7:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 7–3 Key (6–2) Higuera (4–5) Acker (9) 2:40 28,228 44–27 W1 72 June 28 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers W 2–0 Stieb (8–5) Petry (9–6) – 2:17 48,002 45–27 W2 73 June 29 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers L 0–8 Terrell (9–3) Leal (3–6) – 2:27 47,965 45–28 L1 74 June 30 1:30 p.m. EDT @ Tigers W 6–5 Lavelle (3–2) López (1–5) Lamp (1) 3:14 44,377 46–28 W1
July: 18–10 (home: 10–4; away: 8–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 75 July 1 1:35 p.m. EDT Yankees L 1–4 Cowley (7–3) Alexander (7–5) Righetti (14) 2:32 41,476 46–29 L1 76 July 2 7:35 p.m. EDT Yankees L 3–5 Whitson (4–6) Key (6–3) – 2:32 35,202 46–30 L2 77 July 3 12:35 p.m. EDT Yankees W 3–2 (10) Acker (5–2) Bordi (1–2) – 3:23 40,376 47–30 W1 78 July 4 9:15 p.m. EDT @ Athletics L 2–3 Howell (8–3) Caudill (4–4) – 2:49 46,770 47–31 L1 79 July 5 10:35 p.m. EDT @ Athletics W 8–2 Clancy (5–4) Krueger (5–8) – 2:52 17,937 48–31 W1 80 July 6 4:05 p.m. EDT @ Athletics L 1–5 Sutton (8–5) Alexander (7–6) – 2:16 23,230 48–32 L1 81 July 7 4:05 p.m. EDT @ Athletics W 8–2 Key (7–3) McCatty (4–4) – 2:29 28,631 49–32 W1 82 July 8 10:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 4–0 Stieb (9–5) Moore (7–5) – 2:51 20,817 50–32 W2 83 July 9 10:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 9–4 (13) Musselman (3–0) Vande Berg (0–1) – 4:27 10,393 51–32 W3 84 July 10 10:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 11–1 Clancy (6–4) Wills (4–2) – 2:38 12,815 52–32 W4 85 July 11 10:30 p.m. EDT @ Angels W 5–3 Alexander (8–6) Slaton (4–8) Lavelle (4) 2:49 31,672 53–32 W5 86 July 12 10:30 p.m. EDT @ Angels L 3–5 McCaskill (5–5) Key (7–4) Moore (17) 2:43 35,870 53–33 L1 87 July 13 10:00 p.m. EDT @ Angels L 3–4 Witt (7–6) Lavelle (3–3) – 2:55 42,054 53–34 L2 88 July 14 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Angels L 3–5 Cliburn (4–2) Lavelle (3–4) – 2:53 35,306 53–35 L3 56th All-Star Game in Minneapolis, MN 89 July 18 7:35 p.m. EDT Athletics L 4–6 Ontiveros (1–1) Lavelle (3–5) Howell (19) 3:00 32,231 53-36 L4 90 July 19 7:35 p.m. EDT Athletics W 5–1 Key (8–4) Sutton (9–6) – 2:25 28,218 54-36 W1 91 July 20 1:35 p.m. EDT Athletics L 1–5 Birtsas (6–2) Stieb (9–6) Ontiveros (2) 2:24 35,187 54-37 L1 92 July 21 1:35 p.m. EDT Athletics W 11–4 Lamp (6–0) Krueger (7–9) – 2:38 36,109 55-37 W1 93 July 22 7:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 3–1 Filer (1–0) Langston (5–7) Caudill (12) 2:37 25,110 56–37 W2 94 July 23 7:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 4–2 Alexander (9–6) Moore (8–6) Caudill (13) 2:24 28,419 57–37 W3 95 July 24 7:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 3–1 Key (9–4) Young (7–11) Lavelle (5) 2:22 26,163 58–37 W4 96 July 25 7:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 7–0 Stieb (10–6) Witt (8–7) – 2:28 32,083 59–37 W5 97 July 26 7:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 8–3 Clancy (7–4) Lugo (3–3) – 2:36 31,294 60–37 W6 98 July 27 1:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 8–3 Filer (2–0) Mack (0–1) Acker (10) 2:38 44,116 61–37 W7 99 July 28 1:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 5–1 Alexander (10–6) McCaskill (6–7) – 2:28 36,190 62–37 W8 100 July 29 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Orioles W 4–3 (10) Henke (1–0) Boddicker (10–11) – 2:37 41,599 63–37 W9 101 July 30 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Orioles L 3–4 (10) Aase (6–5) Lavelle (3–6) – 3:24 26,561 63–38 L1 102 July 31 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Orioles W 5–3 Henke (2–0) Martínez (7–7) – 3:22 32,044 64–38 W1
August: 17–10 (home: 7–3; away: 10–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 103 August 1 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Orioles W 9–3 Filer (3–0) Davis (5–7) – 3:04 27,745 65–38 W2 104 August 2 7:35 p.m. EDT Rangers W 5–3 Alexander (11–6) Cook (2–3) Henke (1) 2:31 28,429 66–38 W3 105 August 3 1:35 p.m. EDT Rangers W 4–1 Lamp (7–0) Welsh (2–3) Caudill (14) 2:42 35,109 67–38 W4 106 August 4 1:35 p.m. EDT Rangers L 4–8 Hough (10–11) Stieb (10–7) Schmidt (4) 2:38 36,272 67–39 L1 — August 6 Orioles Postponed (Strike)(Makeup date: August 8) — August 7 Orioles Cancelled (Strike) 107 (1) August 8 5:35 p.m. EDT Orioles W 7–2 Alexander (12–6) McGregor (9–9) – 2:27 – 68–39 W1 108 (2) August 8 8:37 p.m. EDT Orioles W 7–4 Filer (4–0) Boddicker (10–13) Henke (2) 2:34 40,104 69–39 W2 109 August 9 8:35 p.m. EDT @ Royals L 2–4 Black (8–11) Stieb (10–8) – 2:21 25,868 69–40 L1 110 August 10 8:35 p.m. EDT @ Royals L 3–4 (10) Quisenberry (6–6) Caudill (4–5) – 2:54 34,448 69–41 L2 111 August 11 2:35 p.m. EDT @ Royals W 5–3 (10) Henke (3–0) Beckwith (1–5) – 3:27 27,457 70–41 W1 112 August 12 8:35 p.m. EDT @ Rangers 4–5 Henry (1–0) Caudill (4–6) – 2:52 10,829 70–42 L1 113 August 13 8:35 p.m. EDT @ Rangers W 5–3 Filer (5–0) Russell (0–2) Henke (3) 2:41 9,790 71–42 W1 114 August 14 8:35 p.m. EDT @ Rangers W 4–1 Stieb (11–8) Hough (11–12) – 2:35 10,494 72–42 W2 115 August 16 7:35 p.m. EDT Royals L 2–4 Leibrandt (11–6) Key (9–5) – 2:31 38,269 72–43 L1 116 August 17 1:20 p.m. EDT Royals L 2–4 Jackson (11–7) Alexander (12–7) Quisenberry (28) 2:21 42,313 72–44 L2 117 August 18 1:35 p.m. EDT Royals W 10–6 Filer (6–0) Gubicza (9–7) – 3:02 37,458 73–44 W1 118 August 19 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 3–5 Waddell (6–5) Stieb (11–9) – 2:26 6,280 73–45 L1 119 August 20 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 3–2 Key (10–5) Smith (1–1) Henke (4) 2:54 7,005 74–45 W1 120 August 21 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 2–5 Heaton (7–13) Alexander (12–8) – 2:25 6,342 74–46 L1 121 (1) August 23 6:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 6–3 Filer (7–0) Burns (13–8) Henke (5) 2:48 – 75–46 W1 122 (2) August 23 9:23 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 10–3 Acker (6–2) Nelson (7–8) – 2:59 22,021 76–46 W2 123 August 24 7:00 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 6–3 Stieb (12–9) Seaver (12–9) Henke (6) 2:49 26,113 77–46 W3 124 August 25 2:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 3–5 Bannister (6–11) Key (10–6) James (22) 2:52 22,529 77–47 L1 125 August 26 8:35 p.m. EDT @ Twins W 4–3 Alexander (13–8) Blyleven (12–13) Henke (7) 2:34 13,395 78–47 W1 126 August 27 8:35 p.m. EDT @ Twins W 8–0 Davis (1–0) Viola (13–11) – 2:36 12,780 79–47 W2 127 August 28 1:15 p.m. EDT @ Twins L 5–6 (10) Filson (4–5) Henke (3–1) – 3:12 12,327 79–48 L1 128 August 30 7:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 5–3 Key (11–6) Bannister (6–12) Henke (8) 2:39 33,254 80–48 W1 129 August 31 1:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 6–2 Lavelle (4–6) Davis (1–2) – 2:40 36,153 81–48 W2
September: 17–9 (home: 11–6; away: 6–3) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 130 September 1 1:35 p.m. EDT White Sox L 1–4 Burns (15–8) Davis (1–1) – 2:55 44,182 81–49 L1 131 September 2 1:35 p.m. EDT Indians W 3–2 Stieb (13–9) Wardle (6–6) Henke (9) 2:40 31,239 82–49 W1 132 September 4 7:35 p.m. EDT Indians L 4–5 Clark (2–3) Henke (3–2) Thompson (5) 2:48 25,361 82–50 L1 133 September 5 7:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 7–0 Alexander (14–8) Blyleven (13–14) – 2:07 26,584 83–50 W1 134 September 6 7:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 8–3 Davis (2–1) Viola (13–13) – 2:57 26,440 84–50 W2 135 September 7 1:35 p.m. EDT Twins L 3–6 Smithson (14–11) Stieb (13–10) – 2:22 30,368 84–51 L1 136 September 8 1:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 10–9 Lamp (8–0) Portugal (1–2) Lavelle (6) 2:46 28,221 85–51 W1 137 September 9 7:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 5–3 Key (12–6) Mahler (0–1) Henke (10) 2:34 31,153 86–51 W2 138 September 10 7:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 2–1 Alexander (15–8) Morris (14–10) – 2:39 31,228 87–51 W3 139 September 11 7:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 3–2 Lamp (9–0) Terrell (13–9) Henke (11) 2:48 31,269 88–51 W4 140 September 12 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees L 5–7 Guidry (19–5) Lavelle (4–7) Fisher (12) 2:54 52,141 88–52 L1 141 September 13 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 3–2 Lavelle (5–7) Niekro (15–10) Henke (12) 3:13 53,303 89–52 W1 142 September 14 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 7–4 Key (13–6) Bordi (5–7) – 2:51 54,367 90–52 W2 143 September 15 2:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 8–5 Alexander (16–8) Whitson (10–8) – 3:13 54,699 91–52 W3 144 September 17 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 5–6 Boyd (14–11) Stieb (13–11) Crawford (10) 2:53 17,274 91–53 L1 145 September 18 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 1–13 Nipper (9–11) Clancy (7–5) – 2:49 17,598 91–54 L2 146 September 20 7:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 7–5 Key (14–6) Cocanower (4–7) Lavelle (7) 2:28 31,442 92–54 W1 147 September 21 1:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 2–1 (14) Lamp (10–0) Darwin (7–18) – 4:14 33,502 93–54 W2 148 September 22 1:35 p.m. EDT Brewers L 1–2 Higuera (14–7) Stieb (13–12) – 2:26 38,155 93–55 L1 149 September 23 7:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 5–1 Clancy (8–5) Leary (1–2) Henke (13) 2:25 26,282 94–55 W1 150 September 24 7:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 6–2 Lamp (11–0) Nipper (9–12) – 2:48 29,815 95–55 W2 151 September 25 7:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox L 2–4 (13) Crawford (6–4) Cerutti (0–1) Lollar (1) 4:33 30,542 95–56 L1 152 September 26 7:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox L 1–4 Sellers (2–0) Alexander (16–9) – 2:09 30,443 95–57 L2 153 September 27 8:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 5–1 Stieb (14–12) Higuera (14–8) Lamp (2) 2:54 17,050 96–57 W1 154 September 28 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 6–1 Clancy (9–5) Leary (1–3) Lavelle (8) 2:27 9,542 97–57 W2 155 September 29 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 13–5 Acker (7–2) Burris (9–13) – 2:59 8,822 98–57 W3
October: 1–5 (home: 1–2; away: 0–3) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 156 October 1 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers L 1–6 Tanana (11–14) Alexander (16–10) – 2:54 19,040 98–58 L1 157 October 2 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers L 2–4 Morris (16–11) Stieb (14–13) Cary (2) 2:15 19,802 98-59 L2 158 October 3 7:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers L 0–2 Terrell (15–10) Clancy (9–6) – 2:16 23,381 98–60 L3 159 October 4 7:35 p.m. EDT Yankees L 3–4 Scurry (1–0) Henke (3–3) Righetti (29) 2:55 47,686 98–61 L4 160 October 5 1:35 p.m. EDT Yankees W 5–1 Alexander (17–10) Cowley (12–6) – 2:38 44,608 99–61 W1 161 October 6 1:35 p.m. EDT Yankees L 0–8 Niekro (16–12) Cerutti (0–2) – 2:25 44,422 99–62 L1
*An MLB Players strike forced the cancellation of all regular season games on August 6 and 7. Most games were made up later in the season.
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Blue Jays team member

Postseason Game log

1985 Postseason game log: 3–4 (home: 2–2; away: 1–2)
AL Championship Series: vs. Kansas City Royals 3–4 (home: 2–2; away: 1–2) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 8 8:30 p.m. EDT Royals W 6–1 Stieb (1–0) Leibrandt (0–1) – 2:24 39,115 TOR 1–0 W1 2 October 9 3:05 p.m. EDT Royals W 6–5 (10) Henke (1–0) Quisenberry (0–1) – 3:39 34,029 TOR 2–0 W2 3 October 11 8:15 p.m. EDT @ Royals L 5–6 Farr (1–0) Clancy (0–1) – 2:51 40,224 TOR 2–1 L1 4 October 12 8:15 p.m. EDT @ Royals W 3–1 Henke (2–0) Leibrandt (0–2) – 3:02 41,112 TOR 3–1 W1 5 October 13 4:35 p.m. EDT @ Royals L 0–2 Jackson (1–0) Key (0–1) – 2:21 40,046 TOR 3–2 L1 6 October 15 8:15 p.m. EDT Royals L 3–5 Gubicza (1–0) Alexander (0–1) Quisenberry (1) 3:12 37,557 Tied 3–3 L2 7 October 16 8:15 p.m. EDT Royals L 2–6 Leibrandt (1–2) Stieb (1–1) – 2:49 32,084 KC 4–3 L3
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Blue Jays team member

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ernie Whitt	139	412	101	.245	19	64
1B	Willie Upshaw	148	501	138	.275	15	65
2B	Dámaso García	146	600	169	.282	8	65
3B	Rance Mulliniks	129	366	108	.295	10	57
SS	Tony Fernández	161	564	163	.289	2	51
LF	George Bell	157	607	167	.275	28	95
CF	Lloyd Moseby	152	584	151	.259	18	70
RF	Jesse Barfield	155	539	156	.289	27	84
DH	Jeff Burroughs	86	191	49	.257	6	28

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Garth Iorg	131	288	90	.313	7	37
Al Oliver	61	187	47	.251	5	23
Len Matuszek	62	151	32	.212	2	15
Buck Martinez	42	99	16	.162	4	14
Cecil Fielder	30	74	23	.311	4	16
Cliff Johnson	24	73	20	.274	1	10
Lou Thornton	56	72	17	.236	1	8
Manuel Lee	64	40	8	.200	0	0
Rick Leach	16	35	7	.200	0	1
Ron Shepherd	38	35	4	.114	0	1
Gary Allenson	14	34	4	.118	0	3
Willie Aikens	11	20	4	.200	1	5
Steve Nicosia	6	15	4	.267	0	1
Kelly Gruber	5	13	3	.231	0	1
Jeff Hearron	4	7	1	.143	0	0
Mitch Webster	4	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Stieb	36	265.0	14	13	2.48	167
Doyle Alexander	36	260.2	17	10	3.45	142
Jimmy Key	35	212.2	14	6	3.00	85
Jim Clancy	23	128.2	9	6	3.78	66
Luis Leal	15	67.1	3	6	5.75	33
Tom Filer	11	48.2	7	0	3.88	24

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ron Musselman	25	52.1	3	0	4.47	29
Steve Davis	10	28.0	2	1	3.54	22
John Cerutti	4	6.2	0	2	5.40	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Bill Caudill	67	69.1	4	6	14	2.99	46
Gary Lavelle	69	72.2	5	7	8	3.10	50
Jim Acker	61	86.1	7	2	10	3.23	42
Dennis Lamp	53	105.2	11	0	2	3.32	68
Tom Henke	28	40.0	3	3	13	2.03	42
Stan Clarke	4	4.0	0	0	0	4.50	2

ALCS

Main article: 1985 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 8, Exhibition Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
Toronto	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	X	6	11	0
W: Dave Stieb (1-0)  L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1)
HRs: None

Game 2

October 9, Exhibition Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	10	3
Toronto	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	6	10	0
W: Tom Henke (1-0)  L: Dan Quisenberry (0-1)
HRs: KCR: Willie Wilson (1)   Pat Sheridan (1)

Game 3

October 11, Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	13	1
Kansas City	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	X	6	10	1
W: Steve Farr (1-0)   L: Jim Clancy (0-1)
HRs: KCR – George Brett 2 (2)   Jim Sundberg (1)  TOR:   Jesse Barfield (1)   Rance Mulliniks (1)

Game 4

October 12, Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	0
Kansas City	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
W: Tom Henke (2-0)   L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-2)
HRs: None

Game 5

October 13, Royals Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Toronto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
Kansas City	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	2	8	0
W: Danny Jackson (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)
HRs: None

Game 6

October 15, Exhibition Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	5	8	1
Toronto	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	8	2
W: Mark Gubicza (1-0)   L: Doyle Alexander (0-1)  S: Dan Quisenberry (1)
HRs: KCR – George Brett (3)

Game 7

October 16, Exhibition Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Kansas City	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	6	8	0
Toronto	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	8	1
W: Charlie Leibrandt (1-2)   L: Dave Stieb (1-1)
HRs: KCR – Pat Sheridan (2)

Awards and honours

• Jesse Barfield , American League Leader in Outfield Assists (22)
• George Bell , Silver Slugger Award
• Bobby Cox , American League Manager of the Year Award
• Bobby Cox, The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
• Dave Stieb , Pitcher of the Month Award, May
• Dave Stieb, American League ERA Champion, 2.48

All-Star Game

• Dámaso García , second base
• Jimmy Key , pitcher
• Dave Stieb, pitcher
• Ernie Whitt, catcher ^[5]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Doug Ault
AA	Knoxville Blue Jays	Southern League	John McLaren
A	Kinston Blue Jays	Carolina League	Grady Little
A	Florence Blue Jays	South Atlantic League	Héctor Torres
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	Rocket Wheeler
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Mike Young

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Florence ^[6]

References

1. "1985 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
2. Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
3. "Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - Tagging 2 Runners on Double Plays".
4. "1985 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

• 1985 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1985 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac