1985 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1985  Toronto Blue Jays
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Exhibition Stadium
City Toronto
Record99–62 (.615)
Divisional place1st
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.

Contents

Despite having the second-best record in Major League Baseball, the Blue Jays collapsed in the American League Championship Series against the 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 21Signed free agent Tom Filer from the Chicago Cubs to a contract.

December 1984

December 3Drafted 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 8Acquired Bill Caudill from the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins, Alfredo Griffin and cash.
December 22Purchased Jeff Burroughs from the Oakland Athletics.

January 1985

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

February 1985

February 5Signed free agent Gary Allenson from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.

March 1985

March 4Signed amateur free agent Francisco de la Rosa to a contract.

April 1985

April 1Released 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 7Player rights of Fred Manrique sold to the Montreal Expos.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 99620.615—54–2645–36
New York Yankees 97640.602258–2239–42
Detroit Tigers 84770.5221544–3740–40
Baltimore Orioles 83780.5161645–3638–42
Boston Red Sox 81810.50018½43–3738–44
Milwaukee Brewers 71900.4412840–4031–50
Cleveland Indians 601020.37039½38–4322–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —5–87–58–48–56–76–69–46–61–127–56–610–24–8
Boston 8–5—5–74–8–18–56–75–75–87–55–88–46–65–79–4
California 5–77–5—8–58–48–44–99–39–43–96–79–49–45–7
Chicago 4–88–4–15–8—10–26–65–85–76–76–68–59–410–33–9
Cleveland 5–85–84–82–10—5–82–107–64–86–73–96–67–54–9
Detroit 7–67–64–86–68–5—5–79–43–99–38–45–77–56–7
Kansas City 6–67–59–48–510–27–5—8–47–65–78–53–106–77–5
Milwaukee 4–98–53–97–56–74–94–8—9–37–63–94–88–34–9
Minnesota 6–65–74–97–68–49–36–73–9—3–98–56–78–54–8
New York 12–18–59–36–67–63–97–56–79–3—7–59–38–46–7
Oakland 5–74–87–65–89–34–85–89–35–85–7—8–56–75–7
Seattle 6–66–64–94–96–67–510–38–47–63–95–8—6–72–10
Texas 2–107–54–93–105–75–77–63–85–84–87–67–6—3–9
Toronto 8–44–97–59–39–47–65–79–48–47–67–510–29–3—

Transactions

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

May 1985

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

June 1985

June 22Traded Mitch Webster to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later (Cliff Young on September 10, 1985).

July 1985

July 9Acquired Al Oliver from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Len Matuszek.

August 1985

August 24Released Gary Allenson.
August 28Acquired 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 1Signed free agent Steve Nicosia from the Montreal Expos to a contract.
September 15Signed amateur free agent Junior Félix to a contract.
September 17Signed amateur free agent Francisco Cabrera to a contract.
September 28Released Francisco de la Rosa.

Roster

1985 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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)
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1 April 82:35 p.m. EST @ Royals L 1–2 Black (1–0) Stieb (0–1) Quisenberry (1)2:3041,0860–1 L1
2 April 108:35 p.m. EST @ Royals W 1–0 (10) Caudill (1–0) Beckwith (0–1) Lavelle (1)2:5214,7401–1 W1
3 April 118:35 p.m. EST @ Royals W 4–3 (10) Caudill (2–0) Quisenberry (0–1) Acker (1)3:1417,7982–1 W2
4 April 128:05 p.m. EST @ Orioles L 2–7 McGregor (1–0) Key (0–1) Stewart (2)2:5626,5852–2 L1
5 April 137:35 p.m. EST @ Orioles L 7–8 Martinez (1–0) Caudill (2–1)–3:0828,5292-3 L2
6 April 142:05 p.m. EST @ Orioles W 5–3 Alexander (1–0) Boddicker (1–1) Acker (2)2:3125,1113–3 W1
7 April 161:35 p.m. EST Rangers L 4–9 Mason (1–1) Leal (0–1) Noles (1)3:1641,2843–4 L1
8 April 171:35 p.m. EST Rangers W 3–1 (10) Caudill (3–1) Stewart (0–1)–3:0015,4724–4 W1
9 April 181:35 p.m. EST Rangers W 4–2 Stieb (1–1) Tanana (0–2) Caudill (1)2:4915,3805–4 W2
10 April 197:35 p.m. EST Orioles W 6–5 Alexander (2–0) Stewart (1–1) Caudill (2)2:5120,2136–4 W3
11 April 201:35 p.m. EST Orioles W 3–2 Musselman (1–0) Martinez (1–1) Lavelle (2)2:3740,4517–4 W4
12 April 211:35 p.m. EST Orioles L 2–3 Martínez (1–1) Key (0–2) Martínez (1)2:5029,0827–5 L1
13 April 227:35 p.m. EST Royals L 0–2 Leibrandt (2–0) Stieb (1–2)–2:1320,2817–6 L2
14 April 237:35 p.m. EST Royals L 6–7 Beckwith (1–1) Caudill (3–2) Quisenberry (2)2:4618,4917–7 L3
15 April 241:35 p.m. EST Royals W 10–2 Leal (1–1) Saberhagen (1–2)–2:1718,0068–7 W1
16 April 268:35 p.m. EST @ Rangers W 6–5 Lamp (1–0) Schmidt (0–1) Caudill (3)2:4610,7259–7 W2
17 April 278:35 p.m. EST @ Rangers W 9–8 (10) Acker (1–0) Stewart (0–2) Caudill (4)3:0913,76910–7 W3
18 April 283:05 p.m. EDT @ Rangers W 6–3 Alexander (3–0) Mason (2–2)–2:2911,32411–7 W4
19 April 2910:35 p.m. EDT @ Athletics W 2–1 Leal (2–1) Krueger (2–2) Caudill (5)2:4513,85212–7 W5
20 April 3010:35 p.m. EDT @ Athletics W 4–3 Lamp (2–0) Howell (0–1) Acker (3)2:586,43913–7 W6
May: 17–8 (home: 9–2; away: 8–6)
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21 May 110:30 p.m. EDT @ Angels W 6–3 Key (1–2) McCaskill (0–1)–2:3424,11214–7 W7
22 May 210:30 p.m. EDT @ Angels L 2–3 Clements (2–0) Stieb (1–3)–2:4523,82414–8 L1
23 May 310:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 5–4 Alexander (4–0) Barojas (0–3) Caudill (6)2:4112,37015–8 W1
24 May 410:05 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 1–9 Young (2–3) Leal (2–2)–2:2414,95215–9 L1
25 May 54:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners L 1–4 Langston (4–2) Clancy (0–1)–2:1511,50015–10 L2
26 May 77:35 p.m. EDT Athletics W 10–1 Stieb (2–3) Sutton (2–3)–2:5521,29216–10 W1
27 May 87:35 p.m. EDT Athletics L 4–6 McCatty (2–1) Alexander (4–1) Howell (8)3:0918,10216–11 L1
28 May 107:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 8–3 Key (2–2) Langston (4–3) Acker (4)3:2920,11617–11 W1
29 May 111:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 4–2 Caudill (4–2) Young (2–4)–2:5032,39818–11 W2
30 May 121:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 9–5 Stieb (3–3) Beattie (1–4)–2:5425,18119–11 W3
31 May 147:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 6–3 Alexander (5–1) Slaton (3–2) Caudill (7)2:4222,44520–11 W4
32 May 157:35 p.m. EDT Angels L 6–9 Moore (2–1) Caudill (4–3)–3:0018,11920–12 L1
33 May 178:35 p.m. EDT @ Twins L 6–7 (11) Filson (1–0) Leal (2–3)–3:3119,25320–13 L2
34 May 182:15 p.m. EDT @ Twins W 3–1 Clancy (1–1) Smithson (4–3) Acker (5)2:4216,82421-13 W1
35 May 192:15 p.m. EDT @ Twins L 2–8 Filson (2–0) Alexander (5–2)–2:2625,15121–14 L1
36 May 201:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 6–1 Key (3–2) Seaver (4–2)–2:1244,71522–14 W1
37 May 217:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 4–3 Lavelle (1–0) James (1–1)–2:5020,15923–14 W2
38 May 227:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 10–0 Stieb (4–3) Dotson (2–2)–2:3222,44724–14 W3
39 May 237:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 6–5 Lamp (3–0) Waddell (1–3) Caudill (8)3:094,33325–14 W4
40 May 247:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 7–6 Lamp (4–0) Creel (0–2) Lavelle (3)3:138,50226–14 W5
41 May 251:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 10–7 Musselman (2–0) Thompson (1–2) Acker (6)3:057,34527–14 W6
42 May 261:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 6–5 Lavelle (2–0) Creel (0–3) Caudill (9)3:0913,25528–14 W7
—May 27@ White Sox Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 23)
43 May 288:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 6–1 Stieb (5–3) Dotson (2–3)–2:4214,59829–14 W8
44 May 298:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 5–8 Burns (6–4) Clancy (1–2) James (8)3:1218,95329–15 L1
45 May 317:35 p.m. EDT Indians W 7–2 Alexander (6–2) Clark (1–1) Acker (7)2:5524,16630–15 W1
June: 16–13 (home: 11–5; away: 5–8)
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46 June 11:35 p.m. EDT Indians W 8–3 Key (4–2) Blyleven (3–6)–2:3533,29631–15 W2
47 (1)June 21:35 p.m. EDT Indians L 4–5 Heaton (4–4) Stieb (5–4) Waddell (8)2:33–31–16 L1
48 (2)June 24:43 p.m. EDT Indians W 5–2 Leal (3–3) Behenna (0–1) Acker (8)2:4035,31532–16 W1
49 June 47:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 9–2 Clancy (2–2) Viola (6–5)–2:2527,16333–16 W2
50 June 57:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 5–0 Alexander (7–2) Smithson (4–5)–2:4426,08734–16 W3
51 June 67:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 2–0 (12) Acker (2–0) López (0–4)–3:2536,38435–16 W4
52 June 77:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 9–2 Stieb (6–4) Terrell (6–2)–2:4942,45536–16 W5
53 June 81:35 p.m. EDT Tigers L 1–10 O'Neal (1–0) Leal (3–4)–2:2244,48436–17 L1
54 June 91:35 p.m. EDT Tigers L 3–8 Bair (1–0) Clancy (2–3)–2:4040,27336–18 L2
55 June 108:20 p.m. EDT @ Yankees L 2–4 Shirley (1–1) Alexander (7–3) Righetti (11)2:3320,32936–19 L3
56 June 118:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 4–1 (11) Lamp (5–0) Fisher (2–1)–3:3722,62037–19 W1
57 June 128:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 3–2 (10) Acker (3–0) Bordi (1–1)–3:1825,12938–19 W2
58 June 137:35 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 7–8 Trujillo (1–1) Lavelle (2–1) Stanley (8)3:2022,45938–20 L1
59 June 147:35 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 1–4 Boyd (8–4) Clancy (2–4)–2:5633,80938–21 L2
60 June 152:05 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 5–7 Stanley (2–2) Acker (3–1)–2:4735,66438–22 L3
61 June 163:05 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 6–7 Crawford (4–2) Lavelle (2–2)–3:1627,70038–23 L4
62 June 178:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers L 1–2 Haas (6–3) Stieb (6–5)–1:5416,88938–24 L5
63 June 188:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers L 1–4 Burris (4–5) Leal (3–5)–2:2518,56838–25 L6
64 June 192:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 5–1 Clancy (3–4) Vuckovich (2–5) Caudill (10)2:5025,60739–25 W1
65 June 207:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 6–5 Acker (4–1) Stanley (2–3) Caudill (11)2:2435,05040–25 W2
66 June 217:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 7–2 Key (5–2) Hurst (2–7)–2:3736,25241–25 W3
67 June 221:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox L 3–5 Stanley (3–3) Acker (4–2)–2:5242,11741–26 L1
68 June 231:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 8–1 Stieb (7–5) Kison (3–2)–2:2934,12842–26 W1
69 June 257:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 7–1 Clancy (4–4) Burris (4–6)–2:4130,01943–26 W2
70 June 267:35 p.m. EDT Brewers L 4–5 Gibson (6–4) Alexander (7–4)–2:5227,39743–27 L1
71 June 277:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 7–3 Key (6–2) Higuera (4–5) Acker (9)2:4028,22844–27 W1
72 June 287:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers W 2–0 Stieb (8–5) Petry (9–6)–2:1748,00245–27 W2
73 June 297:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers L 0–8 Terrell (9–3) Leal (3–6)–2:2747,96545–28 L1
74 June 301:30 p.m. EDT @ Tigers W 6–5 Lavelle (3–2) López (1–5) Lamp (1)3:1444,37746–28 W1
July: 18–10 (home: 10–4; away: 8–6)
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75 July 11:35 p.m. EDT Yankees L 1–4 Cowley (7–3) Alexander (7–5) Righetti (14)2:3241,47646–29 L1
76 July 27:35 p.m. EDT Yankees L 3–5 Whitson (4–6) Key (6–3)–2:3235,20246–30 L2
77 July 312:35 p.m. EDT Yankees W 3–2 (10) Acker (5–2) Bordi (1–2)–3:2340,37647–30 W1
78 July 49:15 p.m. EDT @ Athletics L 2–3 Howell (8–3) Caudill (4–4)–2:4946,77047–31 L1
79 July 510:35 p.m. EDT @ Athletics W 8–2 Clancy (5–4) Krueger (5–8)–2:5217,93748–31 W1
80 July 64:05 p.m. EDT @ Athletics L 1–5 Sutton (8–5) Alexander (7–6)–2:1623,23048–32 L1
81 July 74:05 p.m. EDT @ Athletics W 8–2 Key (7–3) McCatty (4–4)–2:2928,63149–32 W1
82 July 810:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 4–0 Stieb (9–5) Moore (7–5)–2:5120,81750–32 W2
83 July 910:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 9–4 (13) Musselman (3–0) Vande Berg (0–1)–4:2710,39351–32 W3
84 July 1010:35 p.m. EDT @ Mariners W 11–1 Clancy (6–4) Wills (4–2)–2:3812,81552–32 W4
85 July 1110:30 p.m. EDT @ Angels W 5–3 Alexander (8–6) Slaton (4–8) Lavelle (4)2:4931,67253–32 W5
86 July 1210:30 p.m. EDT @ Angels L 3–5 McCaskill (5–5) Key (7–4) Moore (17)2:4335,87053–33 L1
87 July 1310:00 p.m. EDT @ Angels L 3–4 Witt (7–6) Lavelle (3–3)–2:5542,05453–34 L2
88 July 144:00 p.m. EDT @ Angels L 3–5 Cliburn (4–2) Lavelle (3–4)–2:5335,30653–35 L3
56th All-Star Game in Minneapolis, MN
89 July 187:35 p.m. EDT Athletics L 4–6 Ontiveros (1–1) Lavelle (3–5) Howell (19)3:0032,23153-36 L4
90 July 197:35 p.m. EDT Athletics W 5–1 Key (8–4) Sutton (9–6)–2:2528,21854-36 W1
91 July 201:35 p.m. EDT Athletics L 1–5 Birtsas (6–2) Stieb (9–6) Ontiveros (2)2:2435,18754-37 L1
92 July 211:35 p.m. EDT Athletics W 11–4 Lamp (6–0) Krueger (7–9)–2:3836,10955-37 W1
93 July 227:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 3–1 Filer (1–0) Langston (5–7) Caudill (12)2:3725,11056–37 W2
94 July 237:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 4–2 Alexander (9–6) Moore (8–6) Caudill (13)2:2428,41957–37 W3
95 July 247:35 p.m. EDT Mariners W 3–1 Key (9–4) Young (7–11) Lavelle (5)2:2226,16358–37 W4
96 July 257:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 7–0 Stieb (10–6) Witt (8–7)–2:2832,08359–37 W5
97 July 267:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 8–3 Clancy (7–4) Lugo (3–3)–2:3631,29460–37 W6
98 July 271:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 8–3 Filer (2–0) Mack (0–1) Acker (10)2:3844,11661–37 W7
99 July 281:35 p.m. EDT Angels W 5–1 Alexander (10–6) McCaskill (6–7)–2:2836,19062–37 W8
100 July 297:35 p.m. EDT @ Orioles W 4–3 (10) Henke (1–0) Boddicker (10–11)–2:3741,59963–37 W9
101 July 307:35 p.m. EDT @ Orioles L 3–4 (10) Aase (6–5) Lavelle (3–6)–3:2426,56163–38 L1
102 July 317:35 p.m. EDT @ Orioles W 5–3 Henke (2–0) Martínez (7–7)–3:2232,04464–38 W1
August: 17–10 (home: 7–3; away: 10–7)
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103 August 17:35 p.m. EDT @ Orioles W 9–3 Filer (3–0) Davis (5–7)–3:0427,74565–38 W2
104 August 27:35 p.m. EDT Rangers W 5–3 Alexander (11–6) Cook (2–3) Henke (1)2:3128,42966–38 W3
105 August 31:35 p.m. EDT Rangers W 4–1 Lamp (7–0) Welsh (2–3) Caudill (14)2:4235,10967–38 W4
106 August 41:35 p.m. EDT Rangers L 4–8 Hough (10–11) Stieb (10–7) Schmidt (4)2:3836,27267–39 L1
—August 6 Orioles Postponed (Strike)(Makeup date: August 8)
—August 7 Orioles Cancelled (Strike)
107 (1)August 85:35 p.m. EDT Orioles W 7–2 Alexander (12–6) McGregor (9–9)–2:27–68–39 W1
108 (2)August 88:37 p.m. EDT Orioles W 7–4 Filer (4–0) Boddicker (10–13) Henke (2)2:3440,10469–39 W2
109 August 98:35 p.m. EDT @ Royals L 2–4 Black (8–11) Stieb (10–8)–2:2125,86869–40 L1
110 August 108:35 p.m. EDT @ Royals L 3–4 (10) Quisenberry (6–6) Caudill (4–5)–2:5434,44869–41 L2
111 August 112:35 p.m. EDT @ Royals W 5–3 (10) Henke (3–0) Beckwith (1–5)–3:2727,45770–41 W1
112 August 128:35 p.m. EDT @ Rangers 4–5 Henry (1–0) Caudill (4–6)–2:5210,82970–42 L1
113 August 138:35 p.m. EDT @ Rangers W 5–3 Filer (5–0) Russell (0–2) Henke (3)2:419,79071–42 W1
114 August 148:35 p.m. EDT @ Rangers W 4–1 Stieb (11–8) Hough (11–12)–2:3510,49472–42 W2
115 August 167:35 p.m. EDT Royals L 2–4 Leibrandt (11–6) Key (9–5)–2:3138,26972–43 L1
116 August 171:20 p.m. EDT Royals L 2–4 Jackson (11–7) Alexander (12–7) Quisenberry (28)2:2142,31372–44 L2
117 August 181:35 p.m. EDT Royals W 10–6 Filer (6–0) Gubicza (9–7)–3:0237,45873–44 W1
118 August 197:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 3–5 Waddell (6–5) Stieb (11–9)–2:266,28073–45 L1
119 August 207:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians W 3–2 Key (10–5) Smith (1–1) Henke (4)2:547,00574–45 W1
120 August 217:35 p.m. EDT @ Indians L 2–5 Heaton (7–13) Alexander (12–8)–2:256,34274–46 L1
121 (1)August 236:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 6–3 Filer (7–0) Burns (13–8) Henke (5)2:48–75–46 W1
122 (2)August 239:23 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 10–3 Acker (6–2) Nelson (7–8)–2:5922,02176–46 W2
123 August 247:00 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 6–3 Stieb (12–9) Seaver (12–9) Henke (6)2:4926,11377–46 W3
124 August 252:30 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 3–5 Bannister (6–11) Key (10–6) James (22)2:5222,52977–47 L1
125 August 268:35 p.m. EDT @ Twins W 4–3 Alexander (13–8) Blyleven (12–13) Henke (7)2:3413,39578–47 W1
126 August 278:35 p.m. EDT @ Twins W 8–0 Davis (1–0) Viola (13–11)–2:3612,78079–47 W2
127 August 281:15 p.m. EDT @ Twins L 5–6 (10) Filson (4–5) Henke (3–1)–3:1212,32779–48 L1
128 August 307:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 5–3 Key (11–6) Bannister (6–12) Henke (8)2:3933,25480–48 W1
129 August 311:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 6–2 Lavelle (4–6) Davis (1–2)–2:4036,15381–48 W2
September: 17–9 (home: 11–6; away: 6–3)
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Streak
130 September 11:35 p.m. EDT White Sox L 1–4 Burns (15–8) Davis (1–1)–2:5544,18281–49 L1
131 September 21:35 p.m. EDT Indians W 3–2 Stieb (13–9) Wardle (6–6) Henke (9)2:4031,23982–49 W1
132 September 47:35 p.m. EDT Indians L 4–5 Clark (2–3) Henke (3–2) Thompson (5)2:4825,36182–50 L1
133 September 57:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 7–0 Alexander (14–8) Blyleven (13–14)–2:0726,58483–50 W1
134 September 67:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 8–3 Davis (2–1) Viola (13–13)–2:5726,44084–50 W2
135 September 71:35 p.m. EDT Twins L 3–6 Smithson (14–11) Stieb (13–10)–2:2230,36884–51 L1
136 September 81:35 p.m. EDT Twins W 10–9 Lamp (8–0) Portugal (1–2) Lavelle (6)2:4628,22185–51 W1
137 September 97:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 5–3 Key (12–6) Mahler (0–1) Henke (10)2:3431,15386–51 W2
138 September 107:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 2–1 Alexander (15–8) Morris (14–10)–2:3931,22887–51 W3
139 September 117:35 p.m. EDT Tigers W 3–2 Lamp (9–0) Terrell (13–9) Henke (11)2:4831,26988–51 W4
140 September 128:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees L 5–7 Guidry (19–5) Lavelle (4–7) Fisher (12)2:5452,14188–52 L1
141 September 138:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 3–2 Lavelle (5–7) Niekro (15–10) Henke (12)3:1353,30389–52 W1
142 September 148:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 7–4 Key (13–6) Bordi (5–7)–2:5154,36790–52 W2
143 September 152:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees W 8–5 Alexander (16–8) Whitson (10–8)–3:1354,69991–52 W3
144 September 177:35 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 5–6 Boyd (14–11) Stieb (13–11) Crawford (10)2:5317,27491–53 L1
145 September 187:35 p.m. EDT @ Red Sox L 1–13 Nipper (9–11) Clancy (7–5)–2:4917,59891–54 L2
146 September 207:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 7–5 Key (14–6) Cocanower (4–7) Lavelle (7)2:2831,44292–54 W1
147 September 211:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 2–1 (14) Lamp (10–0) Darwin (7–18)–4:1433,50293–54 W2
148 September 221:35 p.m. EDT Brewers L 1–2 Higuera (14–7) Stieb (13–12)–2:2638,15593–55 L1
149 September 237:35 p.m. EDT Brewers W 5–1 Clancy (8–5) Leary (1–2) Henke (13)2:2526,28294–55 W1
150 September 247:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox W 6–2 Lamp (11–0) Nipper (9–12)–2:4829,81595–55 W2
151 September 257:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox L 2–4 (13) Crawford (6–4) Cerutti (0–1) Lollar (1)4:3330,54295–56 L1
152 September 267:35 p.m. EDT Red Sox L 1–4 Sellers (2–0) Alexander (16–9)–2:0930,44395–57 L2
153 September 278:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 5–1 Stieb (14–12) Higuera (14–8) Lamp (2)2:5417,05096–57 W1
154 September 282:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 6–1 Clancy (9–5) Leary (1–3) Lavelle (8)2:279,54297–57 W2
155 September 292:30 p.m. EDT @ Brewers W 13–5 Acker (7–2) Burris (9–13)–2:598,82298–57 W3
October: 1–5 (home: 1–2; away: 0–3)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/
Streak
156 October 17:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers L 1–6 Tanana (11–14) Alexander (16–10)–2:5419,04098–58 L1
157 October 27:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers L 2–4 Morris (16–11) Stieb (14–13) Cary (2)2:1519,80298-59 L2
158 October 37:35 p.m. EDT @ Tigers L 0–2 Terrell (15–10) Clancy (9–6)–2:1623,38198–60 L3
159 October 47:35 p.m. EDT Yankees L 3–4 Scurry (1–0) Henke (3–3) Righetti (29)2:5547,68698–61 L4
160 October 51:35 p.m. EDT Yankees W 5–1 Alexander (17–10) Cowley (12–6)–2:3844,60899–61 W1
161 October 61:35 p.m. EDT Yankees L 0–8 Niekro (16–12) Cerutti (0–2)–2:2544,42299–62 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)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/
Streak
1 October 88:30 p.m. EDT Royals W 6–1 Stieb (1–0) Leibrandt (0–1)–2:2439,115TOR 1–0 W1
2 October 93:05 p.m. EDT Royals W 6–5 (10) Henke (1–0) Quisenberry (0–1)–3:3934,029TOR 2–0 W2
3 October 118:15 p.m. EDT @ Royals L 5–6 Farr (1–0) Clancy (0–1)–2:5140,224TOR 2–1 L1
4 October 128:15 p.m. EDT @ Royals W 3–1 Henke (2–0) Leibrandt (0–2)–3:0241,112TOR 3–1 W1
5 October 134:35 p.m. EDT @ Royals L 0–2 Jackson (1–0) Key (0–1)–2:2140,046TOR 3–2 L1
6 October 158:15 p.m. EDT Royals L 3–5 Gubicza (1–0) Alexander (0–1) Quisenberry (1)3:1237,557Tied 3–3 L2
7 October 168:15 p.m. EDT Royals L 2–6 Leibrandt (1–2) Stieb (1–1)–2:4932,084KC 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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Ernie Whitt 139412101.2451964
1B Willie Upshaw 148501138.2751565
2B Dámaso García 146600169.282865
3B Rance Mulliniks 129366108.2951057
SS Tony Fernández 161564163.289251
LF George Bell 157607167.2752895
CF Lloyd Moseby 152584151.2591870
RF Jesse Barfield 155539156.2892784
DH Jeff Burroughs 8619149.257628

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Garth Iorg 13128890.313737
Al Oliver 6118747.251523
Len Matuszek 6215132.212215
Buck Martinez 429916.162414
Cecil Fielder 307423.311416
Cliff Johnson 247320.274110
Lou Thornton 567217.23618
Manuel Lee 64408.20000
Rick Leach 16357.20001
Ron Shepherd 38354.11401
Gary Allenson 14344.11803
Willie Aikens 11204.20015
Steve Nicosia 6154.26701
Kelly Gruber 5133.23101
Jeff Hearron 471.14300
Mitch Webster 410.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Stieb 36265.014132.48167
Doyle Alexander 36260.217103.45142
Jimmy Key 35212.21463.0085
Jim Clancy 23128.2963.7866
Luis Leal 1567.1365.7533
Tom Filer 1148.2703.8824

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Ron Musselman 2552.1304.4729
Steve Davis 1028.0213.5422
John Cerutti 46.2025.405

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Bill Caudill 6769.146142.9946
Gary Lavelle 6972.25783.1050
Jim Acker 6186.172103.2342
Dennis Lamp 53105.211023.3268
Tom Henke 2840.033132.0342
Stan Clarke 44.00004.502

ALCS

Game 1

October 8, Exhibition Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Kansas City000000001151
Toronto02310000X6110
W: Dave Stieb (1-0)  L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1)  
HRs: None

Game 2

October 9, Exhibition Stadium

Team12345678910RHE
Kansas City00210000115103
Toronto00010201026100
W: Tom Henke (1-0)  L: Dan Quisenberry (0-1)  
HRs: KCR: Willie Wilson (1)   Pat Sheridan (1)

Game 3

October 11, Royals Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Toronto0000500005131
Kansas City10011201X6101
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

Team123456789RHE
Toronto000000003370
Kansas City000001000120
W: Tom Henke (2-0)   L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-2)  
HRs: None

Game 5

October 13, Royals Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Toronto000000000080
Kansas City11000000X280
W: Danny Jackson (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)  
HRs: None

Game 6

October 15, Exhibition Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Kansas City101012000581
Toronto101001000382
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

Team123456789RHE
Kansas City010104000680
Toronto000010001281
W: Charlie Leibrandt (1-2)   L: Dave Stieb (1-1)  
HRs: KCR – Pat Sheridan (2)

Awards and honours

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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]

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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
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