1986 Toronto Blue Jays season

1986  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	4th
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.

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 10

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

January 1986

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

March 1986

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

April 1986

April 3

Returned 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.

• May 17, 1986: Jesse Barfield had six RBIs in one game against the Cleveland Indians.

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	95	66	.590	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍36
New York Yankees	90	72	.556	5½	41‍–‍39	49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers	87	75	.537	8½	49‍–‍32	38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	9½	42‍–‍39	44‍–‍37
Cleveland Indians	84	78	.519	11½	45‍–‍35	39‍–‍43
Milwaukee Brewers	77	84	.478	18	41‍–‍39	36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles	73	89	.451	22½	37‍–‍42	36‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	4–9	6–6	9–3	4–9	1–12	6–6	6–7	8–4	5–8	5–7	6–6	5–7	8–5
Boston	9–4	—	5–7	7–5	10–3	7–6	6–6	6–6	10–2	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–4	7–6
California	6–6	7–5	—	7–6	6–6	7–5	8–5	5–7	7–6	7–5	10–3	8–5	8–5	6–6
Chicago	3–9	5–7	6–7	—	5–7	6–6	7–6	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–6	8–5	2–11	6–6
Cleveland	9–4	3–10	6–6	7–5	—	4–9	8–4	8–5	6–6	5–8	10–2	9–3	6–6	3–10–1
Detroit	12–1	6–7	5–7	6–6	9–4	—	5–7	8–5	7–5	6–7	6–6	6–6	7–5	4–9
Kansas City	6–6	6–6	5–8	6–7	4–8	7–5	—	6–6	6–7	4–8	8–5	5–8	8–5	5–7
Milwaukee	7–6	6–6	7–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	6–6	—	4–8	8–5	5–7	6–6	4–8	7–6
Minnesota	4–8	2–10	6–7	7–6	6–6	5–7	7–6	8–4	—	4–8	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
New York	8–5	8–5	5–7	6–6	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–8	8–4	—	5–7	8–4	7–5	7–6
Oakland	7–5	5–7	3–10	6–7	2–10	6–6	5–8	7–5	7–6	7–5	—	10–3	3–10	8–4
Seattle	6–6	4–8	5–8	5–8	3–9	6–6	8–5	6–6	7–6	4–8	3–10	—	4–9	6–6
Texas	7–5	4–8	5–8	11–2	6–6	5–7	5–8	8–4	7–6	5–7	10–3	9–4	—	5–7
Toronto	5–8	6–7	6–6	6–6	10–3–1	9–4	7–5	6–7	8–4	6–7	4–8	6–6	7–5	—

Transactions

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

April 1986

April 8

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

July 1986

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

September 1986

September 1

Purchased Mickey Mahler from the Texas Rangers.

Draft picks

• June 2, 1986: Doug Linton was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 43rd round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed September 5, 1986. ^[3]

Roster

1986 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 31 Jim Acker 33 Doyle Alexander 32 Luis Aquino 36 Bill Caudill 55 John Cerutti 18 Jim Clancy 34 Stan Clarke 25 Steve Davis 38 Mark Eichhorn 39 Don Gordon 50 Tom Henke 33 Joe Johnson 22 Jimmy Key 53 Dennis Lamp 40 Mickey Mahler 35 Jeff Musselman 37 Dave Stieb 31 Duane Ward		Catchers 54 Jeff Hearron 13 Buck Martinez 12 Ernie Whitt Infielders  1 Tony Fernández 23 Cecil Fielder  7 Dámaso García 17 Kelly Gruber 16 Garth Iorg 44 Cliff Johnson  4 Manuel Lee 19 Fred McGriff  5 Rance Mulliniks 26 Willie Upshaw		Outfielders 29 Jesse Barfield 11 George Bell  9 Rick Leach 15 Lloyd Moseby 21 Ron Shepherd		Manager  3 Jimy Williams Coaches 43 Cito Gaston 24 John McLaren 42 Billy Smith  8 John Sullivan 41 Al Widmar

Game log

1986 Game Log
April: 9–11 (Home: 5–4; Away: 4–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 8 @ Rangers 6–3 Guzmán (1–0) Stieb (0–1) Harris (1) 40,602 0–1 2 April 9 @ Rangers 3–1 Alexander (1–0) Correa (0–1) Henke (1) 8,589 1–1 3 April 10 @ Rangers 11–10 Henke (1–0) Harris (0–1) 8,341 2–1 4 April 11 @ Royals 6–2 Clancy (1–0) Gubicza (0–1) 39,033 3–1 5 April 12 @ Royals 1–0 Leonard (1–0) Acker (0–1) 24,332 3–2 6 April 13 @ Royals 7–4 Black (1–1) Stieb (0–2) Farr (1) 26,684 3–3 7 April 14 Orioles 2–1 Boddicker (1–0) Alexander (1–1) 43,587 3–4 -- April 16 Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for April 17 8 April 17 Orioles 5–3 Flanagan (1–1) Key (0–1) Aase (2) 3–5 9 April 17 Orioles 7–4 Henke (2–0) Martinez (0–1) 19,251 4–5 10 April 18 Royals 6–4 Leonard (2–0) Stieb (0–3) Quisenberry (2) 21,224 4–6 11 April 19 Royals 6–5 Alexander (2–1) Black (1–2) Henke (2) 26,149 5–6 12 April 20 Royals 6–4 Leibrandt (2–0) Lamp (0–1) Quisenberry (3) 38,141 5–7 13 April 21 Rangers 7–6 Eichhorn (1–0) Harris (2–2) Henke (3) 16,219 6–7 14 April 22 Rangers 10–1 Witt (1–0) Clancy (1–1) Mahler (1) 16,161 6–8 15 April 23 Rangers 9 – 8 Williams (1–0) Lamp (0–2) Harris (2) 17,281 6–9 16 April 25 @ Orioles 2–1 (10) Eichhorn (2–0) Aase (1–2) 20,524 7–9 17 April 26 @ Orioles 11–5 Havens (1–1) Henke (2–1) 22,659 7–10 18 April 27 @ Orioles 8–0 Clancy (2–1) Dixon (2–1) 29,928 8–10 19 April 29 Angels 4–3 Forster (2–0) Eichhorn (2–1) Moore (5) 18,103 8–11 20 April 30 Angels 6–4 Alexander (3–1) Moore (1–1) 18,171 9–11
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 21 May 1 Angels 7–4 Slaton (3–1) Key (0–2) Moore (6) 20,102 9–12 22 May 2 Mariners 3–2 (11) Ladd (2–1) Eichhorn (2–2) 18,134 9–13 23 May 3 Mariners 4–2 Morgan (2–2) Acker (0–2) Ladd (1) 27,115 9–14 24 May 4 Mariners 3–2 Henke (3–1) Moore (1–3) 22,154 10–14 25 May 5 Athletics 10–6 Eichhorn (3–2) Krueger (0–1) 20,111 11–14 26 May 6 Athletics 17–3 Haas (6–0) Key (0–3) 22,177 11–15 27 May 7 @ Angels 6–2 Sutton (1–3) Clancy (2–2) Corbett (2) 24,895 11–16 28 May 8 @ Angels 7–6 Eichhorn (4–2) Forster (3–1) Henke (4) 23,650 12–16 29 May 9 @ Mariners 13–3 Moore (2–3) Stieb (0–4) 12,026 12–17 30 May 10 @ Mariners 8–7 (11) Ladd (3–1) Henke (3–2) 20,155 12–18 31 May 11 @ Mariners 4–3 Key (1–3) Swift (0–3) Eichhorn (1) 10,172 13–18 32 May 12 @ Athletics 5–3 Clancy (3–2) Andújar (4–2) Eichhorn (2) 20,126 14–18 33 May 13 @ Athletics 6–3 (10) Mooneyham (1–0) Lamp (0–3) 7,124 14–19 34 May 14 @ Athletics 9–4 Young (1–0) Stieb (0–5) 10,940 14–20 35 May 16 Indians 7–6 Acker (1–2) Candiotti (2–4) Eichhorn (3) 21,251 15–20 36 May 17 Indians 11–5 Key (2–3) Heaton (1–3) 27,473 16–20 37 May 18 Indians 10–2 Clancy (4–2) Schulze (2–1) 28,063 17–20 38 May 19 Indians 6–4 Niekro (3–3) Stieb (0–6) Bailes (3) 27,202 17–21 39 May 20 @ White Sox 2–1 Davis (2–1) Cerutti (0–1) 12,837 17–22 40 May 21 @ White Sox 5–4 Nelson (4–1) Acker (1–3) 13,976 17–23 41 May 22 @ White Sox 5–0 Key (3–3) Dotson (2–4) 12,605 18–23 42 May 23 @ Indians 3–1 Schulze (3–1) Clancy (4–3) 61,340 18–24 43 May 24 @ Indians 9–6 Lamp (1–3) Easterly (0–2) Eichhorn (4) 12,348 19–24 44 May 25 @ Indians 8–1 Cerutti (1–1) Schrom (3–2) 13,772 20–24 45 May 26 @ Twins 9–1 Portugal (1–5) Alexander (3–2) 10,885 20–25 46 May 27 @ Twins 7–6 (11) Pastore (2–0) Henke (3–3) 9,052 20–26 47 May 28 @ Twins 14–8 Clancy (5–3) Blyleven (4–4) 9,133 21–26 48 May 30 White Sox 6–0 Stieb (1–6) Davis (2–2) 31,125 22–26 49 May 31 White Sox 4–3 (11) Henke (4–3) Nelson (4–2) 40,145 23–26
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–8; Away: 7–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 50 June 1 White Sox 6–4 Dotson (3–5) Key (3–4) 31,302 23–27 51 June 2 Twins 3–1 Clancy (6–3) Blyleven (4–5) Henke (5) 26,022 24–27 52 June 3 Twins 6–5 Eichhorn (5–2) Atherton (2–3) Henke (6) 27,112 25–27 53 June 4 Twins 10–4 Viola (5–5) Stieb (1–7) 30,234 25–28 54 June 6 @ Tigers 12–2 Alexander (4–2) Terrell (6–3) 37,353 26–28 55 June 7 @ Tigers 2–1 Tanana (5–4) Key (3–5) Hernández (9) 37,750 26–29 56 June 8 @ Tigers 4–2 Eichhorn (6–2) O'Neal (0–3) Henke (7) 36,681 27–29 57 June 9 Red Sox 5–1 Stieb (2–7) Woodward (1–2) 27,551 28–29 58 June 10 Red Sox 4–3 (10) Stanley (3–2) Eichhorn (6–3) 28,149 28–30 59 June 11 Red Sox 3–2 Clemens (11–0) Alexander (4–3) Stanley (10) 25,226 28–31 60 June 12 Tigers 9–0 (7) Key (4–5) LaPoint (2–5) 30,135 29–31 61 June 13 Tigers 10–5 King (2–0) Clancy (6–4) 36,471 29–32 62 June 14 Tigers 6–5 Henke (5–3) Hernández (2–3) 40,063 30–32 63 June 15 Tigers 9–6 Lamp (2–3) Cary (0–2) Henke (8) 38,157 31–32 64 June 16 @ Brewers 9–2 Alexander (5–3) Wegman (2–6) Gordon (1) 12,809 32–32 65 June 17 @ Brewers 2–1 (12) Henke (6–3) Plesac (4–4) 14,465 33–32 66 June 18 @ Brewers 3–1 Higuera (9–5) Clancy (6–5) 21,652 33–33 67 June 19 Yankees 10–9 (10) Caudill (1–0) Righetti (4–4) 35,389 34–33 68 June 20 Yankees 10–8 (10) Fisher (3–3) Gordon (0–1) 38,109 34–34 69 June 21 Yankees 4–2 (10) Righetti (5–4) Lamp (2–4) Pulido (1) 43,678 34–35 70 June 22 Yankees 15–1 Key (5–5) Niekro (7–5) 40,101 35–35 71 June 23 Brewers 5–3 Darwin (4–3) Stieb (2–8) Plesac (6) 26,110 35–36 72 June 24 Brewers 8–0 Cerutti (2–1) Higuera (9–6) 26,280 36–36 73 June 25 Brewers 5–1 Clancy (7–5) Leary (6–6) Lamp (1) 30,181 37–36 74 June 27 @ Yankees 14–7 Acker (2–3) Fisher (4–4) Henke (9) 30,815 38–36 75 June 28 @ Yankees 7–4 Key (6–5) Niekro (7–6) 43,187 39–36 76 June 29 @ Yankees 6–3 Cerutti (3–1) Fisher (4–5) Henke (10) 35,437 40–36 77 June 30 @ Red Sox 10–9 (10) Stanley (5–2) Acker (2–4) 30,770 40–37
July: 15–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 10–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 78 July 1 @ Red Sox 9–7 Seaver (3–6) Alexander (5–4) Sambito (7) 32,729 40–38 79 July 2 @ Red Sox 4–2 Key (7–5) Clemens (14–1) Henke (11) 27,493 41–38 80 July 3 @ Red Sox 8–5 Cerutti (4–1) Boyd (10–6) Henke (12) 21,123 42–38 81 July 4 Angels 9–1 Sutton (7–5) Stieb (2–9) 30,283 42–39 82 July 5 Angels 7–3 Clancy (8–5) Romanick (5–7) 40,426 43–39 83 July 6 Angels 8–2 McCaskill (9–5) Lamp (2–5) 36,197 43–40 84 July 7 Mariners 7–5 Key (8–5) Morgan (6–8) Caudill (1) 26,208 44–40 85 July 8 Mariners 8–5 Huismann (2–2) Cerutti (4–2) Young (8) 28,241 44–41 86 July 9 Mariners 6–5 Caudill (2–0) Moore (5–8) Henke (13) 30,044 45–41 87 July 10 Athletics 8–4 Clancy (9–5) Plunk (2–5) 28,172 46–41 88 July 11 Athletics 6–5 Eichhorn (7–3) Rijo (3–8) Henke (14) 30,370 47–41 89 July 12 Athletics 5–3 Stewart (2–0) Key (8–6) Ontiveros (8) 35,470 47–42 90 July 13 Athletics 10–5 Young (6–6) Caudill (2–1) Leiper (1) 37,138 47–43 91 July 17 @ Angels 8–5 Key (9–6) Sutton (8–6) Cerutti (1) 31,585 48–43 92 July 18 @ Angels 2–0 Clancy (10–5) McCaskill (10–6) Eichhorn (5) 31,672 49–43 93 July 19 @ Angels 9–3 Candelaria (3–0) Stieb (2–10) 30,577 49–44 94 July 20 @ Angels 6–3 (10) Henke (7–3) Corbett (2–2) Caudill (2) 27,795 50–44 95 July 21 @ Mariners 8–3 Cerutti (5–2) Huismann (2–3) 17,823 51–44 96 July 22 @ Mariners 8–7 (12) Reed (3–0) Caudill (2–2) 10,152 51–45 97 July 23 @ Mariners 6–2 Clancy (11–5) Moore (6–10) Stieb (1) 11,485 52–45 98 July 25 @ Athletics 6–5 (10) Bair (1–2) Caudill (2–3) 12,778 52–46 99 July 26 @ Athletics 2–0 Plunk (3–6) Cerutti (5–3) Andújar (1) 22,168 52–47 100 July 27 @ Athletics 1–0 (15) Leiper (1–1) Clarke (0–1) 21,628 52–48 101 July 28 @ Royals 6–0 Clancy (12–5) Leibrandt (9–7) 40,468 53–48 102 July 29 @ Royals 5–2 Stieb (3–10) Bankhead (4–5) Henke (15) 27,292 54–48 103 July 30 @ Royals 7–2 Johnson (1–0) Leonard (6–10) 35,750 55–48
August: 18–10 (Home: 11–5; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 104 August 1 Orioles 7–3 Dixon (10–8) Key (9–7) 34,370 55–49 105 August 2 Orioles 5–2 McGregor (8–10) Clancy (12–6) Aase (28) 41,091 55–50 106 August 3 Orioles 6–4 Cerutti (6–3) Flanagan (5–7) Henke (16) 36,446 56–50 107 August 4 Orioles 12–2 Boddicker (14–5) Johnson (1–1) 35,041 56–51 108 August 5 Royals 8–6 Bankhead (5–5) Lamp (2–6) Farr (6) 30,437 56–52 109 August 6 Royals 8–0 Key (10–7) Jackson (6–8) 32,130 57–52 110 August 7 Royals 5–4 Eichhorn (8–3) Farr (7–3) Henke (17) 34,285 58–52 111 August 8 @ Rangers 9–7 Harris (6–8) Eichhorn (8–4) 31,197 58–53 112 August 9 @ Rangers 7–6 (10) Harris (7–8) Caudill (2–4) 31,517 58–54 113 August 10 @ Rangers 8–7 (10) Eichhorn (9–3) Williams (8–4) 15,040 59–54 114 August 11 @ Orioles 3–1 Flanagan (6–7) Key (10–8) Aase (29) 21,444 59–55 115 August 12 @ Orioles 3–0 Clancy (13–6) McGregor (8–11) 20,292 60–55 116 August 13 @ Orioles 7–6 (13) Aase (5–3) Aquino (0–1) 22,477 60–56 117 August 15 Rangers 6–1 Johnson (2–1) Correa (7–10) Eichhorn (6) 31,411 61–56 118 August 16 Rangers 13–1 Key (11–8) Hough (9–8) 41,203 62–56 119 August 17 Rangers 8–7 (11) Eichhorn (10–4) Russell (4–2) 38,413 63–56 120 August 19 White Sox 5–1 Stieb (4–10) Cowley (8–8) 34,158 64–56 121 August 20 White Sox 4–1 Johnson (3–1) DeLeón (3–2) 33,493 65–56 122 August 21 White Sox 4–3 Schmidt (1–4) Key (11–9) Nelson (5) 35,393 65–57 123 August 22 @ Twins 4–3 Blyleven (13–10) Clancy (13–7) Frazier (2) 14,359 65–58 124 August 23 @ Twins 7–4 Cerutti (7–3) Smithson (9–12) Eichhorn (7) 22,604 66–58 125 August 24 @ Twins 7–5 (10) Henke (8–3) Atherton (5–8) 18,117 67–58 126 August 26 @ Indians 6–6 (9) Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 27 5,400 67–58 127 August 27 @ Indians 3–2 (12) Eichhorn (11–4) Oelkers (2–3) Henke (18) 68–58 128 August 27 @ Indians 6–3 Cerutti (8–3) Wills (1–2) Henke (19) 9,051 69–58 129 August 28 @ Indians 9–1 Clancy (14–7) Schrom (11–6) 7,466 70–58 130 August 29 Twins 6–5 Eichhorn (12–4) Atherton (5–10) 38,241 71–58 131 August 30 Twins 8–1 Johnson (4–1) Viola (13–10) Lamp (2) 43,556 72–58 132 August 31 Twins 7–5 Aquino (1–1) Anderson (3–5) Eichhorn (8) 45,161 73–58
September: 12–15 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 133 September 1 Indians 5–4 Henke (9–3) Camacho (2–3) 44,335 74–58 134 September 2 Indians 9–5 Schrom (12–6) Clancy (14–8) Wills (2) 33,535 74–59 135 September 3 Indians 3–1 Stieb (5–10) Candiotti (13–10) Henke (20) 31,532 75–59 136 September 5 @ White Sox 5–0 Dotson (10–13) Johnson (4–2) 11,650 75–60 137 September 6 @ White Sox 4–0 Key (12–9) Bannister (9–11) 22,014 76–60 138 September 7 @ White Sox 4–3 Nelson (6–6) Clancy (14–9) Thigpen (5) 13,553 76–61 139 September 9 Yankees 3–1 Guidry (7–10) Eichhorn (12–5) Righetti (36) 35,353 76–62 -- September 10 Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 11 140 September 11 Yankees 3–1 Drabek (5–7) Key (12–10) Righetti (37) 76–63 141 September 11 Yankees 7–5 Fisher (9–5) Henke (9–4) Righetti (38) 33,292 76–64 142 September 12 @ Brewers 4–1 Johnson (2–1) Clancy (14–10) Clear (13) 7,255 76–65 143 September 13 @ Brewers 7–1 Johnson (5–2) Vuckovich (1–2) Eichhorn (9) 10,472 77–65 144 September 14 @ Brewers 5–0 Higuera (19–9) Stieb (5–11) 8,706 77–66 145 September 15 @ Brewers 5–2 Cerutti (9–3) Wegman (4–12) Henke (21) 5,742 78–66 146 September 16 Tigers 6–4 Key (13–10) Terrell (12–12) Henke (22) 31,128 79–66 147 September 17 Tigers 8–6 Morris (18–8) Clancy (14–11) Hernández (22) 30,116 79–67 148 September 19 Red Sox 6–4 Stieb (6–11) Seaver (7–13) Henke (23) 40,494 80–67 149 September 20 Red Sox 5–2 Johnson (6–2) Nipper (9–11) Eichhorn (10) 43,713 81–67 150 September 21 Red Sox 3–2 Clemens (24–4) Key (13–11) Schiraldi (9) 44,197 81–68 151 September 22 @ Tigers 2–1 Morris (19–8) Clancy (14–12) 14,979 81–69 152 September 23 @ Tigers 6–3 Eichhorn (13–5) Hernández (8–7) Henke (24) 14,364 82–69 153 September 24 @ Tigers 8–2 Stieb (7–11) Petry (5–9) 15,069 83–69 154 September 25 @ Tigers 4–2 Johnson (7–2) Tanana (11–9) Henke (25) 16,591 84–69 155 September 26 @ Red Sox 1–0 (12) Eichhorn (14–5) Schiraldi (4–2) Henke (26) 33,657 85–69 156 September 27 @ Red Sox 2–0 Hurst (13–7) Clancy (14–13) 33,358 85–70 157 September 28 @ Red Sox 12–3 Boyd (16–10) Ward (0–1) 32,929 85–71 158 September 29 @ Yankees 8–1 Rasmussen (17–6) Cerutti (9–4) 15,770 85–72 159 September 30 @ Yankees 5–2 Nielsen (3–4) Stieb (7–12) Righetti (43) 15,166 85–73
October: 1–3 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 160 October 1 @ Yankees 3–0 Key (14–11) Guidry (9–12) Henke (27) 17,876 86–73 161 October 3 Brewers 4–1 Wegman (5–12) Clancy (14–14) Plesac (14) 26,619 86–74 -- October 4 Brewers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for October 5 162 October 5 Brewers 2–1 Leary (12–12) Henke (9–5) Clear (15) 86–75 163 October 5 Brewers 4–3 Nieves (11–12) Eichhorn (14–6) Clear (16) 34,176 86–76

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league 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	131	395	106	.268	16	56
1B	Willie Upshaw	155	573	144	.251	9	60
2B	Dámaso García	122	424	119	.281	6	46
3B	Rance Mulliniks	117	348	90	.259	11	45
SS	Tony Fernández	163	687	213	.310	10	65
LF	George Bell	159	641	198	.309	31	108
CF	Lloyd Moseby	152	589	149	.253	21	86
RF	Jesse Barfield	158	589	170	.289	40	108
DH	Cliff Johnson	107	336	84	.250	15	55

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	137	327	85	.260	3	44
Rick Leach	110	246	76	.309	5	39
Buck Martinez	81	160	29	.181	2	12
Kelly Gruber	87	143	28	.196	5	15
Cecil Fielder	34	83	13	.157	4	13
Manuel Lee	35	78	16	.205	1	7
Ron Shepherd	65	69	14	.203	2	4
Jeff Hearron	12	23	5	.217	0	4
Fred McGriff	3	5	1	.200	0	0

Pitching

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
Jimmy Key	36	232.0	14	11	3.57	141
Jim Clancy	34	219.1	14	14	3.94	126
Dave Stieb	37	205.0	7	12	4.74	127
Doyle Alexander	17	111.0	5	4	4.46	65
Joe Johnson	16	88.0	7	2	3.89	39

Other 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
John Cerutti	34	145.1	9	4	1	4.15	89
Jim Acker	23	60.0	2	4	0	4.35	32
Duane Ward	2	2.0	0	1	0	13.50	1

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
Tom Henke	63	91.1	9	5	27	3.35	118
Mark Eichhorn	69	157.0	14	6	10	1.72	166
Dennis Lamp	40	73.0	2	6	2	5.05	30
Bill Caudill	40	36.1	2	4	2	6.19	32
Don Gordon	14	21.2	0	1	1	7.06	13
Stan Clarke	10	12.2	0	1	0	9.24	9
Luis Aquino	7	11.1	1	1	0	6.35	5
Jeff Musselman	6	5.1	0	0	0	10.13	4
Steve Davis	3	3.2	0	0	0	17.18	5
Mickey Mahler	2	1.0	0	0	0	0.00	0

Award winners

• Jesse Barfield , American League Home Run Champion, 40 Home Runs
• Jesse Barfield, Gold Glove Award
• Jesse Barfield, Silver Slugger Award
• George Bell , Silver Slugger Award
• Mark Eichhorn , The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award
• Tony Fernández , American League Leader in At-Bats, 687
• Tony Fernández, Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game

• Jesse Barfield, outfield
• Lloyd Moseby, outfield
• Tony Fernández, shortstop ^[4]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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]

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

External links

• 1986 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1986 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac