1986 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1986  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Exhibition Stadium
City Toronto
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place4th
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Jimy Williams
Television CFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1986 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's tenth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

Contents

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1986 season. [1]

October 1985

October 15 Ron Musselman granted free agency.

November 1985

November 12 Jeff Burroughs granted free agency.
Steve Nicosia granted free agency.
Al Oliver granted free agency.

December 1985

December 10Drafted José DeJesús from the Kansas City Royals in the 1985 MLB Rule 5 draft.

January 1986

January 3Signed amateur free agent Luis Sojo to a contract.
January 6Signed free agent José Escobar from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract.

March 1986

March 14Signed free agent César Cedeño from the St. Louis Cardinals to a contract.
March 31Signed free agent Ron Musselman from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.

April 1986

April 3Returned José DeJesús to the Kansas City Royals.
Released César Cedeño.

Regular season

Tony Fernández and Jesse Barfield had career years with the Blue Jays. Fernandez led the American League with 683 at bats, and he was the first Blue Jay to get over 200 hits in a season with 213. Barfield led the American League with 40 home runs.

Mark Eichhorn also had a breakout year with the Blue Jays. He was second on the team with 10 saves, and he led the team in ERA with 1.72 and strikeouts with 166. He tied with Jim Clancy and Jimmy Key for the team lead in wins with 14.

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 95660.590—51–3044–36
New York Yankees 90720.5565½41–3949–33
Detroit Tigers 87750.5378½49–3238–43
Toronto Blue Jays 86760.5319½42–3944–37
Cleveland Indians 84780.51911½45–3539–43
Milwaukee Brewers 77840.4781841–3936–45
Baltimore Orioles 73890.45122½37–4236–47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–4—5–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–5—7–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–7—5–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–5—4–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–4—5–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–5—6–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–6—4–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–4—4–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–4—5–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–5—10–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–10—4–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–4—5–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1986 regular season. [2]

April 1986

April 8Signed free agent Joe Beckwith from the Kansas City Royals to a contract.

July 1986

July 6Acquired Joe Johnson from the Atlanta Braves for Jim Acker.
Acquired Duane Ward from the Atlanta Braves for Doyle Alexander.
July 31Player rights of Joe Beckwith sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

September 1986

September 1Purchased Mickey Mahler from the Texas Rangers.

Draft picks

Roster

1986 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Game log

1986 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8@ Rangers 6 – 3 Guzmán (1-0) Stieb (0-1) Harris (1)40,6020-1
2April 9@ Rangers 3 – 1 Alexander (1-0) Correa (0-1) Henke (1)8,5891-1
3April 10@ Rangers 11 – 10 Henke (1-0) Harris (0-1)8,3412-1
4April 11@ Royals 6 – 2 Clancy (1-0) Gubicza (0-1)39,0333-1
5April 12@ Royals 1 – 0 Leonard (1-0) Acker (0-1)24,3323-2
6April 13@ Royals 7 – 4 Black (1-1) Stieb (0-2) Farr (1)26,6843-3
7April 14 Orioles 2 – 1 Boddicker (1-0) Alexander (1-1)43,5873-4
--April 16 Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for April 17
8April 17 Orioles 5 – 3 Flanagan (1-1) Key (0-1) Aase (2)3-5
9April 17 Orioles 7 – 4 Henke (2-0) Martinez (0-1)19,2514-5
10April 18 Royals 6 – 4 Leonard (2-0) Stieb (0-3) Quisenberry (2)21,2244-6
11April 19 Royals 6 – 5 Alexander (2-1) Black (1-2) Henke (2)26,1495-6
12April 20 Royals 6 – 4 Leibrandt (2-0) Lamp (0-1) Quisenberry (3)38,1415-7
13April 21 Rangers 7 – 6 Eichhorn (1-0) Harris (2-2) Henke (3)16,2196-7
14April 22 Rangers 10 – 1 Witt (1-0) Clancy (1-1) Mahler (1)16,1616-8
15April 23 Rangers 9 – 8 Williams (1-0) Lamp (0-2) Harris (2)17,2816-9
16April 25@ Orioles 2 – 1 (10) Eichhorn (2-0) Aase (1-2)20,5247-9
17April 26@ Orioles 11 – 5 Havens (1-1) Henke (2-1)22,6597-10
18April 27@ Orioles 8 – 0 Clancy (2-1) Dixon (2-1)29,9288-10
19April 29 Angels 4 – 3 Forster (2-0) Eichhorn (2-1) Moore (5)18,1038-11
20April 30 Angels 6 – 4 Alexander (3-1) Moore (1-1)18,1719-11
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1 Angels 7 – 4 Slaton (3-1) Key (0-2) Moore (6)20,1029-12
22May 2 Mariners 3 – 2 (11) Ladd (2-1) Eichhorn (2-2)18,1349-13
23May 3 Mariners 4 – 2 Morgan (2-2) Acker (0-2) Ladd (1)27,1159-14
24May 4 Mariners 3 – 2 Henke (3-1) Moore (1-3)22,15410-14
25May 5 Athletics 10 – 6 Eichhorn (3-2) Krueger (0-1)20,11111-14
26May 6 Athletics 17 – 3 Haas (6-0) Key (0-3)22,17711-15
27May 7@ Angels 6 – 2 Sutton (1-3) Clancy (2-2) Corbett (2)24,89511-16
28May 8@ Angels 7 – 6 Eichhorn (4-2) Forster (3-1) Henke (4)23,65012-16
29May 9@ Mariners 13 – 3 Moore (2-3) Stieb (0-4)12,02612-17
30May 10@ Mariners 8 – 7 (11) Ladd (3-1) Henke (3-2)20,15512-18
31May 11@ Mariners 4 – 3 Key (1-3) Swift (0-3) Eichhorn (1)10,17213-18
32May 12@ Athletics 5 – 3 Clancy (3-2) Andújar (4-2) Eichhorn (2)20,12614-18
33May 13@ Athletics 6 – 3 (10) Mooneyham (1-0) Lamp (0-3)7,12414-19
34May 14@ Athletics 9 – 4 Young (1-0) Stieb (0-5)10,94014-20
35May 16 Indians 7 – 6 Acker (1-2) Candiotti (2-4) Eichhorn (3)21,25115-20
36May 17 Indians 11 – 5 Key (2-3) Heaton (1-3)27,47316-20
37May 18 Indians 10 – 2 Clancy (4-2) Schulze (2-1)28,06317-20
38May 19 Indians 6 – 4 Niekro (3-3) Stieb (0-6) Bailes (3)27,20217-21
39May 20@ White Sox 2 – 1 Davis (2-1) Cerutti (0-1)12,83717-22
40May 21@ White Sox 5 – 4 Nelson (4-1) Acker (1-3)13,97617-23
41May 22@ White Sox 5 – 0 Key (3-3) Dotson (2-4)12,60518-23
42May 23@ Indians 3 – 1 Schulze (3-1) Clancy (4-3)61,34018-24
43May 24@ Indians 9 – 6 Lamp (1-3) Easterly (0-2) Eichhorn (4)12,34819-24
44May 25@ Indians 8 – 1 Cerutti (1-1) Schrom (3-2)13,77220-24
45May 26@ Twins 9 – 1 Portugal (1-5) Alexander (3-2)10,88520-25
46May 27@ Twins 7 – 6 (11) Pastore (2-0) Henke (3-3)9,05220-26
47May 28@ Twins 14 – 8 Clancy (5-3) Blyleven (4-4)9,13321-26
48May 30 White Sox 6 – 0 Stieb (1-6) Davis (2-2)31,12522-26
49May 31 White Sox 4 – 3 (11) Henke (4-3) Nelson (4-2)40,14523-26
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1 White Sox 6 – 4 Dotson (3-5) Key (3-4)31,30223-27
51June 2 Twins 3 – 1 Clancy (6-3) Blyleven (4-5) Henke (5)26,02224-27
52June 3 Twins 6 – 5 Eichhorn (5-2) Atherton (2-3) Henke (6)27,11225-27
53June 4 Twins 10 – 4 Viola (5-5) Stieb (1-7)30,23425-28
54June 6@ Tigers 12 – 2 Alexander (4-2) Terrell (6-3)37,35326-28
55June 7@ Tigers 2 – 1 Tanana (5-4) Key (3-5) Hernández (9)37,75026-29
56June 8@ Tigers 4 – 2 Eichhorn (6-2) O'Neal (0-3) Henke (7)36,68127-29
57June 9 Red Sox 5 – 1 Stieb (2-7) Woodward (1-2)27,55128-29
58June 10 Red Sox 4 – 3 (10) Stanley (3-2) Eichhorn (6-3)28,14928-30
59June 11 Red Sox 3 – 2 Clemens (11-0) Alexander (4-3) Stanley (10)25,22628-31
60June 12 Tigers 9 – 0 (7) Key (4-5) LaPoint (2-5)30,13529-31
61June 13 Tigers 10 – 5 King (2-0) Clancy (6-4)36,47129-32
62June 14 Tigers 6 – 5 Henke (5-3) Hernández (2-3)40,06330-32
63June 15 Tigers 9 – 6 Lamp (2-3) Cary (0-2) Henke (8)38,15731-32
64June 16@ Brewers 9 – 2 Alexander (5-3) Wegman (2-6) Gordon (1)12,80932-32
65June 17@ Brewers 2 – 1 (12) Henke (6-3) Plesac (4-4)14,46533-32
66June 18@ Brewers 3 – 1 Higuera (9-5) Clancy (6-5)21,65233-33
67June 19 Yankees 10 – 9 (10) Caudill (1-0) Righetti (4-4)35,38934-33
68June 20 Yankees 10 – 8 (10) Fisher (3-3) Gordon (0-1)38,10934-34
69June 21 Yankees 4 – 2 (10) Righetti (5-4) Lamp (2-4) Pulido (1)43,67834-35
70June 22 Yankees 15 – 1 Key (5-5) Niekro (7-5)40,10135-35
71June 23 Brewers 5 – 3 Darwin (4-3) Stieb (2-8) Plesac (6)26,11035-36
72June 24 Brewers 8 – 0 Cerutti (2-1) Higuera (9-6)26,28036-36
73June 25 Brewers 5 – 1 Clancy (7-5) Leary (6-6) Lamp (1)30,18137-36
74June 27@ Yankees 14 – 7 Acker (2-3) Fisher (4-4) Henke (9)30,81538-36
75June 28@ Yankees 7 – 4 Key (6-5) Niekro (7-6)43,18739-36
76June 29@ Yankees 6 – 3 Cerutti (3-1) Fisher (4-5) Henke (10)35,43740-36
77June 30@ Red Sox 10 – 9 (10) Stanley (5-2) Acker (2-4)30,77040-37
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@ Red Sox 9 – 7 Seaver (3-6) Alexander (5-4) Sambito (7)32,72940-38
79July 2@ Red Sox 4 – 2 Key (7-5) Clemens (14-1) Henke (11)27,49341-38
80July 3@ Red Sox 8 – 5 Cerutti (4-1) Boyd (10-6) Henke (12)21,12342-38
81July 4 Angels 9 – 1 Sutton (7-5) Stieb (2-9)30,28342-39
82July 5 Angels 7 – 3 Clancy (8-5) Romanick (5-7)40,42643-39
83July 6 Angels 8 – 2 McCaskill (9-5) Lamp (2-5)36,19743-40
84July 7 Mariners 7 – 5 Key (8-5) Morgan (6-8) Caudill (1)26,20844-40
85July 8 Mariners 8 – 5 Huismann (2-2) Cerutti (4-2) Young (8)28,24144-41
86July 9 Mariners 6 – 5 Caudill (2-0) Moore (5-8) Henke (13)30,04445-41
87July 10 Athletics 8 – 4 Clancy (9-5) Plunk (2-5)28,17246-41
88July 11 Athletics 6 – 5 Eichhorn (7-3) Rijo (3-8) Henke (14)30,37047-41
89July 12 Athletics 5 – 3 Stewart (2-0) Key (8-6) Ontiveros (8)35,47047-42
90July 13 Athletics 10 – 5 Young (6-6) Caudill (2-1) Leiper (1)37,13847-43
91July 17@ Angels 8 – 5 Key (9-6) Sutton (8-6) Cerutti (1)31,58548-43
92July 18@ Angels 2 – 0 Clancy (10-5) McCaskill (10-6) Eichhorn (5)31,67249-43
93July 19@ Angels 9 – 3 Candelaria (3-0) Stieb (2-10)30,57749-44
94July 20@ Angels 6 – 3 (10) Henke (7-3) Corbett (2-2) Caudill (2)27,79550-44
95July 21@ Mariners 8 – 3 Cerutti (5-2) Huismann (2-3)17,82351-44
96July 22@ Mariners 8 – 7 (12) Reed (3-0) Caudill (2-2)10,15251-45
97July 23@ Mariners 6 – 2 Clancy (11-5) Moore (6-10) Stieb (1)11,48552-45
98July 25@ Athletics 6 – 5 (10) Bair (1-2) Caudill (2-3)12,77852-46
99July 26@ Athletics 2 – 0 Plunk (3-6) Cerutti (5-3) Andújar (1)22,16852-47
100July 27@ Athletics 1 – 0 (15) Leiper (1-1) Clarke (0-1)21,62852-48
101July 28@ Royals 6 – 0 Clancy (12-5) Leibrandt (9-7)40,46853-48
102July 29@ Royals 5 – 2 Stieb (3-10) Bankhead (4-5) Henke (15)27,29254-48
103July 30@ Royals 7 – 2 Johnson (1-0) Leonard (6-10)35,75055-48
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1 Orioles 7 – 3 Dixon (10-8) Key (9-7)34,37055-49
105August 2 Orioles 5 – 2 McGregor (8-10) Clancy (12-6) Aase (28)41,09155-50
106August 3 Orioles 6 – 4 Cerutti (6-3) Flanagan (5-7) Henke (16)36,44656-50
107August 4 Orioles 12 – 2 Boddicker (14-5) Johnson (1-1)35,04156-51
108August 5 Royals 8 – 6 Bankhead (5-5) Lamp (2-6) Farr (6)30,43756-52
109August 6 Royals 8 – 0 Key (10-7) Jackson (6-8)32,13057-52
110August 7 Royals 5 – 4 Eichhorn (8-3) Farr (7-3) Henke (17)34,28558-52
111August 8@ Rangers 9 – 7 Harris (6-8) Eichhorn (8-4)31,19758-53
112August 9@ Rangers 7 – 6 (10) Harris (7-8) Caudill (2-4)31,51758-54
113August 10@ Rangers 8 – 7 (10) Eichhorn (9-3) Williams (8-4)15,04059-54
114August 11@ Orioles 3 – 1 Flanagan (6-7) Key (10-8) Aase (29)21,44459-55
115August 12@ Orioles 3 – 0 Clancy (13-6) McGregor (8-11)20,29260-55
116August 13@ Orioles 7 – 6 (13) Aase (5-3) Aquino (0-1)22,47760-56
117August 15 Rangers 6 – 1 Johnson (2-1) Correa (7-10) Eichhorn (6)31,41161-56
118August 16 Rangers 13 – 1 Key (11-8) Hough (9-8)41,20362-56
119August 17 Rangers 8 – 7 (11) Eichhorn (10-4) Russell (4-2)38,41363-56
120August 19 White Sox 5 – 1 Stieb (4-10) Cowley (8-8)34,15864-56
121August 20 White Sox 4 – 1 Johnson (3-1) DeLeón (3-2)33,49365-56
122August 21 White Sox 4 – 3 Schmidt (1-4) Key (11-9) Nelson (5)35,39365-57
123August 22@ Twins 4 – 3 Blyleven (13-10) Clancy (13-7) Frazier (2)14,35965-58
124August 23@ Twins 7 – 4 Cerutti (7-3) Smithson (9-12) Eichhorn (7)22,60466-58
125August 24@ Twins 7 – 5 (10) Henke (8-3) Atherton (5-8)18,11767-58
126August 26@ Indians 6 – 6 (9)Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 275,40067-58
127August 27@ Indians 3 – 2 (12) Eichhorn (11-4) Oelkers (2-3) Henke (18)68-58
128August 27@ Indians 6 – 3 Cerutti (8-3) Wills (1-2) Henke (19)9,05169-58
129August 28@ Indians 9 – 1 Clancy (14-7) Schrom (11-6)7,46670-58
130August 29 Twins 6 – 5 Eichhorn (12-4) Atherton (5-10)38,24171-58
131August 30 Twins 8 – 1 Johnson (4-1) Viola (13-10) Lamp (2)43,55672-58
132August 31 Twins 7 – 5 Aquino (1-1) Anderson (3-5) Eichhorn (8)45,16173-58
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1 Indians 5 – 4 Henke (9-3) Camacho (2-3)44,33574-58
134September 2 Indians 9 – 5 Schrom (12-6) Clancy (14-8) Wills (2)33,53574-59
135September 3 Indians 3 – 1 Stieb (5-10) Candiotti (13-10) Henke (20)31,53275-59
136September 5@ White Sox 5 – 0 Dotson (10-13) Johnson (4-2)11,65075-60
137September 6@ White Sox 4 – 0 Key (12-9) Bannister (9-11)22,01476-60
138September 7@ White Sox 4 – 3 Nelson (6-6) Clancy (14-9) Thigpen (5)13,55376-61
139September 9 Yankees 3 – 1 Guidry (7-10) Eichhorn (12-5) Righetti (36)35,35376-62
--September 10 Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 11
140September 11 Yankees 3 – 1 Drabek (5-7) Key (12-10) Righetti (37)76-63
141September 11 Yankees 7 – 5 Fisher (9-5) Henke (9-4) Righetti (38)33,29276-64
142September 12@ Brewers 4 – 1 Johnson (2-1) Clancy (14-10) Clear (13)7,25576-65
143September 13@ Brewers 7 – 1 Johnson (5-2) Vuckovich (1-2) Eichhorn (9)10,47277-65
144September 14@ Brewers 5 – 0 Higuera (19-9) Stieb (5-11)8,70677-66
145September 15@ Brewers 5 – 2 Cerutti (9-3) Wegman (4-12) Henke (21)5,74278-66
146September 16 Tigers 6 – 4 Key (13-10) Terrell (12-12) Henke (22)31,12879-66
147September 17 Tigers 8 – 6 Morris (18-8) Clancy (14-11) Hernández (22)30,11679-67
148September 19 Red Sox 6 – 4 Stieb (6-11) Seaver (7-13) Henke (23)40,49480-67
149September 20 Red Sox 5 – 2 Johnson (6-2) Nipper (9-11) Eichhorn (10)43,71381-67
150September 21 Red Sox 3 – 2 Clemens (24-4) Key (13-11) Schiraldi (9)44,19781-68
151September 22@ Tigers 2 – 1 Morris (19-8) Clancy (14-12)14,97981-69
152September 23@ Tigers 6 – 3 Eichhorn (13-5) Hernández (8-7) Henke (24)14,36482-69
153September 24@ Tigers 8 – 2 Stieb (7-11) Petry (5-9)15,06983-69
154September 25@ Tigers 4 – 2 Johnson (7-2) Tanana (11-9) Henke (25)16,59184-69
155September 26@ Red Sox 1 – 0 (12) Eichhorn (14-5) Schiraldi (4-2) Henke (26)33,65785-69
156September 27@ Red Sox 2 – 0 Hurst (13-7) Clancy (14-13)33,35885-70
157September 28@ Red Sox 12 – 3 Boyd (16-10) Ward (0-1)32,92985-71
158September 29@ Yankees 8 – 1 Rasmussen (17-6) Cerutti (9-4)15,77085-72
159September 30@ Yankees 5 – 2 Nielsen (3-4) Stieb (7-12) Righetti (43)15,16685-73
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Yankees 3 – 0 Key (14-11) Guidry (9-12) Henke (27)17,87686-73
161October 3 Brewers 4 – 1 Wegman (5-12) Clancy (14-14) Plesac (14)26,61986-74
--October 4 Brewers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for October 5
162October 5 Brewers 2 – 1 Leary (12-12) Henke (9-5) Clear (15)86-75
163October 5 Brewers 4 – 3 Nieves (11-12) Eichhorn (14-6) Clear (16)34,17686-76

Player stats

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 131395106.2681656
1B Willie Upshaw 155573144.251960
2B Dámaso García 122424119.281646
3B Rance Mulliniks 11734890.2591145
SS Tony Fernández 163687213.3101065
LF George Bell 159641198.30931108
CF Lloyd Moseby 152589149.2532186
RF Jesse Barfield 158589170.28940108
DH Cliff Johnson 10733684.2501555

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 13732785.260344
Rick Leach 11024676.309539
Buck Martinez 8116029.181212
Kelly Gruber 8714328.196515
Cecil Fielder 348313.157413
Manuel Lee 357816.20517
Ron Shepherd 656914.20324
Jeff Hearron 12235.21704
Fred McGriff 351.20000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jimmy Key 36232.014113.57141
Jim Clancy 34219.114143.94126
Dave Stieb 37205.07124.74127
Doyle Alexander 17111.0544.4665
Joe Johnson 1688.0723.8939

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
John Cerutti 34145.19414.1589
Jim Acker 2360.02404.3532
Duane Ward 22.001013.501

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Tom Henke 6391.195273.35118
Mark Eichhorn 69157.0146101.72166
Dennis Lamp 4073.02625.0530
Bill Caudill 4036.12426.1932
Don Gordon 1421.20117.0613
Stan Clarke 1012.20109.249
Luis Aquino 711.11106.355
Jeff Musselman 65.100010.134
Steve Davis 33.200017.185
Mickey Mahler 21.00000.000

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Doug Ault
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Larry Hardy
A Ventura County Gulls California League Glenn Ezell
A Florence Blue Jays South Atlantic League Héctor Torres
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League Cloyd Boyer
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Dennis Holmberg

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Catharines [5]

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The 1999 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 23rd season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. The team set a franchise record for most runs scored in a season (883) and hits in a season (1,580). The previous Blue Jays records for most runs scored and most hits in a season were set in 1993 when the Jays scored 847 runs and collected 1,556 hits. Conversely, the Blue Jays pitching staff gave up the most runs of any Blue Jays team since 1979. It was the team's final season with original mascot BJ Birdy.

The 1998 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 22nd season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses, which was their best record since their 1993 World Series-winning season; the 88 wins were not surpassed until 2015.

The 1995 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 19th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 56 wins and 88 losses.

The 1994 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 18th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 55 wins and 60 losses. Cito Gaston was the manager for the American League squad at the All-Star Game. The Mid-Summer classic was played on July 12 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter were starters at the event, while Pat Hentgen and Paul Molitor were named as reserves.

The 1990 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 14th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. It was their first full season in the SkyDome, where an MLB attendance record of 3,885,284 was set that year. The Blue Jays led the division by 1½ games over the Boston Red Sox with one week left in the season. However, they then proceeded to drop six of their last eight games, losing the division title to the Red Sox by a two-game margin.

The 1989 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 13th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. The Blue Jays' ace pitcher Dave Stieb led the staff with 17 victories, and the team was offensively buoyed by the league's home run king Fred McGriff. Toronto won the AL East pennant in the final weekend of the season against the favored Baltimore Orioles. The Blue Jays lost the ALCS in five games to the eventual World Series champion Oakland Athletics. It was the team's last season at Exhibition Stadium, before moving to SkyDome halfway into the season. The Blue Jays hit eight grand slams, the most in MLB in 1989.

The 1988 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 12th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing in fourth in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. This was their last full season at Exhibition Stadium before moving to their new home in June of the following year.

The 1987 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 11th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses. They had been in first place by 3½ games over the Detroit Tigers with a week left to play, but they dropped their next seven games in a row, capped off by a sweep at the hands of Detroit at Tiger Stadium on the last weekend of the season, and lost the division by two games.

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.

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.

The 1982 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's sixth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses, 17 games behind the American League Champion Milwaukee Brewers. Bobby Cox became the third field manager in team history.

The 1981 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fifth season competing in Major League Baseball. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Blue Jays finished both halves of the season in seventh place in the seven-team American League East. Managed by Bobby Mattick, the Blue Jays played their home games at Exhibition Stadium and had an overall record of 37 wins and 69 losses.

The 1980 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fourth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 95 losses. The season represented a turning point as Bobby Mattick became the second field manager in franchise history.

The 1979 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's third season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 53 wins and 109 losses. The Blue Jays were the only American League East team to finish 1979 with a losing record and the loss total of 109 set the franchise mark; it is also the last time as of 2023 the team lost over 100 games in a season. Attendance for the season decreased to 1,431,651.

The 1978 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's second season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing seventh in the American League East with a record of 59 wins and 102 losses.

The 1989 Atlanta Braves season was the 119th in franchise history and their 24th in Atlanta.

References

  1. ↑ "1986 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1986 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  3. ↑ Doug Linton at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  5. ↑ 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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