1989 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1989  Toronto Blue Jays
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Exhibition Stadium
City Toronto
Record89–73 (.549)
Divisional place1st
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Jimy Williams, Cito Gaston
Television CFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Fergie Olver, Buck Martinez)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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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. [1] Toronto won the AL East pennant in the final weekend of the season against the favored Baltimore Orioles. [1] 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. [2]

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1989 season. [3]

October 1988

October 9Signed amateur free agent Carlos Delgado to a contract.
October 15 Steve Davis granted free agency.
Lou Thornton granted free agency.
Dave Walsh granted free agency.
October 24 Jim Clancy granted free agency.
October 28Released Frank Wills.
October 31Released Doug Bair.

November 1988

November 4 Mike Flanagan granted free agency.
Rick Leach granted free agency.

December 1988

December 5 Gerónimo Berroa drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1988 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Matt Stark drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1988 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Eric Yelding drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1988 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 6Drafted Tom Gilles from the Minnesota Twins in the 1988 Minor League Draft.
Drafted Mauro Gozzo from the Kansas City Royals in the 1988 Minor League Draft.
December 22Player rights of Cecil Fielder sold to the Hanshin Tigers of the NPB.
December 24Re-signed free agent Mike Flanagan to a contract.

January 1989

January 12Re-signed free agent Frank Wills to a contract.
January 18Signed free agent Bob Brenly from the San Francisco Giants to a contract.
January 23Signed free agent Tom Lawless from the St. Louis Cardinals to a one-year, $175,000 contract.
January 28Signed free agent Chico Walker from the Chicago Cubs to a contract.

February 1989

February 17Re-signed free agent Doug Bair to a one-year, $150,000 contract.

March 1989

March 9Acquired DeWayne Buice from the California Angels for Cliff Young.
March 29Player rights of Mark Eichhorn sold to the Atlanta Braves.

Regular season

The regular season would represent a turning point for the Blue Jays in many different ways. The Blue Jays started the 1989 season in Kansas City against the Royals. Behind the pitching of Jimmy Key, the Jays won the first game of the season 4–3. [4] The rest of the month would result in a losing record for the Jays. After the first month of the season, the Blue Jays had 10 wins and 20 losses and sat 6.5 games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the standings. The result was that Pat Gillick made his first trade in 605 days. [4] On April 30, Gillick sent Jesse Barfield to the New York Yankees in exchange for Al Leiter. [4] The reason for the deal was that management was convinced that Rob Ducey was ready to be an everyday outfielder. The spot eventually went to the surprising Junior Felix that year, and Ducey never became the everyday player the Jays imagined him to be.

The Blue Jays had never fired a manager in the middle of the season. After the Jays were swept by the Minnesota Twins in a three-game series, including a 13–1 loss in the final game of the series, the Jays had 12 wins and 24 losses. [5] The Jays had also lost 15 of their last 19 games. Gillick decided that a change was needed. On Monday, May 15, Jimy Williams had become the first Jays manager to be fired in mid-season. [6] Williams would be replaced by Cito Gaston, the first black manager in the history of the franchise.

The Blue Jays' last game at Exhibition Stadium was against the first team they played there, the Chicago White Sox. From there, the Blue Jays opened the new Skydome with a loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. On September 30, they clinched the American League East division title at the new ballpark.

Notable games

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 8973.549—46‍–‍3543‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles 8775.537247‍–‍3440‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox 8379.512646‍–‍3537‍–‍44
Milwaukee Brewers 8181.500845‍–‍3636‍–‍45
New York Yankees 7487.46014½41‍–‍4033‍–‍47
Cleveland Indians 7389.4511641‍–‍4032‍–‍49
Detroit Tigers 59103.3643038‍–‍4321‍–‍60

Record vs. opponents

1989 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1989 regular season. [13]

April 1989

April 30Acquired Al Leiter from the New York Yankees for Jesse Barfield.

May 1989

May 1Signed amateur free agent Robert Pérez to a contract.

June 1989

June 12Released Dane Johnson.
June 16Player rights of Doug Bair sold to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
June 24Signed free agent Ozzie Virgil Jr. from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.

July 1989

July 18Released Bob Brenly.
July 31Acquired Mookie Wilson from the New York Mets for Jeff Musselman and Mike Brady.
Selected Lee Mazzilli off of waivers from the New York Mets.

August 1989

August 24Acquired Jim Acker from the Atlanta Braves for Francisco Cabrera and Tony Castillo.
August 26Signed amateur free agent Paul Spoljaric to a contract.

Draft picks

  • June 5, 1989: John Olerud was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed August 26, 1989. [14]
  • June 5, 1989: Aaron Small was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 22nd round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 8, 1989. [15]

Roster

1989 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1989 Game Log
April: 9–16 (Home: 4–5; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3@ Royals 4–3 Key (1–0) Gubicza (0–1) Henke (1)38,5951–0
2April 5@ Royals 2–1 Gordon (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–1)17,1261–1
3April 6@ Royals 3–2 Montgomery (1–0) Ward (0–1) Farr (1)18,8831–2
4April 7@ Rangers 10–9 Castillo (1–0) Guante (1–1) Henke (2)22,9142–2
5April 8@ Rangers 5–4 Moyer (1–0) Key (1–1) Russell (2)26,0732–3
6April 9@ Rangers 3–2 Rogers (1–0) Henke (0–1)19,4982–4
7April 10@ Yankees 8–0 Stieb (1–0) Hawkins (0–2)17,1923–4
8April 11@ Yankees 11–6 (10) Henke (1–1) Righetti (0–1)20,2774–4
9April 12@ Yankees 5–3 Candelaria (1–1) Castillo (1–1) Guetterman (1)17,9004–5
10April 14 Royals 3–0 Key (2–1) Leibrandt (0–1)46,0285–5
11April 15 Royals 10–5 Aquino (2–0) Ward (0–2)25,2475–6
12April 16 Royals 15–8 Wells (1–0) Saberhagen (1–1) Castillo (1)35,2106–6
13April 17 Yankees 7–2 Hawkins (1–2) Flanagan (0–1)23,2606–7
14April 18 Yankees 2–0 LaPoint (1–1) Musselman (0–1) Righetti (1)25,0406–8
15April 19 Yankees 4–2 Candelaria (2–1) Key (2–2) Guetterman (3)26,4716–9
16April 21 Rangers 6–3 Stieb (2–0) Brown (1–1) Ward (1)22,1867–9
17April 22 Rangers 4–2 Ward (1–2) Hough (2–1)27,2788–9
18April 23 Rangers 4–1 Ryan (2–1) Stottlemyre (0–2)31,4738–10
19April 24@ Athletics 5–4 Nelson (2–1) Henke (1–2)25,0998–11
20April 25@ Athletics 3–1 Davis (2–1) Cerutti (0–1) Eckersley (7)12,4378–12
21April 26@ Mariners 7–6 Trout (2–1) Wells (1–1) Jackson (1)7,3998–13
22April 27@ Mariners 6–1 Flanagan (1–1) Dunne (0–1)8,6009–13
23April 28@ Angels 9–0 McCaskill (4–1) Stottlemyre (0–3)30,9589–14
24April 29@ Angels 4–3 (10) Minton (1–0) Ward (1–3)49,9069–15
25April 30@ Angels 1–0 (11) McClure (1–0) Henke (1–3)31,1259–16
May: 11–15 (Home: 8–9; Away: 3–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 2 Athletics 8–5 Honeycutt (1–0) Ward (1–4) Plunk (1)23,4399–17
27May 3 Athletics 2–0 Flanagan (2–1) Moore (3–2)22,37010–17
28May 4 Angels 3–2 (10) Harvey (1–0) Ward (1–5) Minton (3)21,18810–18
29May 5 Angels 5–3 Abbott (2–2) Cerutti (0–2) Harvey (5)24,18810–19
30May 6 Angels 5–4 McClure (2–0) Ward (1–6)39,12310–20
--May 7 Angels Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 17
31May 8 Mariners 10–1 Stieb (3–0) Dunne (1–2)23,29311–20
32May 9 Mariners 4–3 Hanson (4–2) Flanagan (2–2) Schooler (7)24,23412–20
33May 10 Mariners 3–2 Key (3–2) Langston (4–4)33,21612–21
34May 12@ Twins 6–5 Berenguer (1–0) Wells (1–2) Reardon (6)24,07312–22
35May 13@ Twins 10–8 Rawley (3–4) Stieb (3–1) Reardon (7)29,71212–23
36May 14@ Twins 13–1 Viola (2–5) Flanagan (2–3)33,98012–24
37May 15 Indians 5–3 Key (4–2) Farrell (2–3)22,33013–24
38May 16 Indians 7–6 Henke (2–3) Atherton (0–2) Ward (2)23,21414–24
39May 17 Indians 6–3 Black (2–5) Stieb (3–2) Jones (7)24,40614–25
40May 19@ White Sox 9–3 Flanagan (3–3) King (4–4)11,28215–25
41May 20@ White Sox 11–1 Key (5–2) Hillegas (1–5)18,02916–25
42May 21@ White Sox 9–3 Cerutti (1–2) Pérez (2–5) Ward (3)16,48817–25
43May 22 Twins 6–2 Anderson (5–2) Stieb (3–3)40,13417–26
44May 23 Twins 2–1 Wells (2–2) Berenguer (2–2)24,44318–26
45May 24 Twins 10–4 Viola (3–6) Flanagan (3–4)27,13818–27
46May 26 White Sox 11–3 Key (6–2) Hillegas (1–6)30,10519–27
47May 27 White Sox 5–3 Pérez (3–5) Cerutti (1–3) Thigpen (7)37,43719–28
48May 28 White Sox 7–5 (10) Henke (3–3) Thigpen (0–1)46,12020–28
49May 29@ Indians 5–3 Candiotti (6–2) Flanagan (3–5) Jones (10)19,94720–29
50May 30@ Indians 6–2 Farrell (3–5) Sanchez (0–1)6,20420–30
51May 31@ Indians 7–4 Black (4–6) Key (6–3) Jones (11)12,89020–31
June: 17–10 (Home: 6–5; Away: 11–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 2@ Red Sox 7–2 Cerutti (2–3) Dopson (5–4) Ward (4)33,58421–31
53June 3@ Red Sox 10–2 Stieb (4–3) Boddicker (3–5)33,94222–31
54June 4@ Red Sox 13–11 (12) Ward (2–6) Lamp (0–1)33,76023–31
55June 5 Brewers 5–3 August (5–6) Key (6–4) Plesac (13)48,37823–32
56June 6 Brewers 6–4 Aldrich (1–0) Ward (2–7) Crim (3)45,52023–33
57June 7 Brewers 4–2 Cerutti (3–3) Bosio (6–4)45,37224–33
58June 9 Tigers 2–0 Stieb (5–3) Tanana (5–6) Wells (1)48,21925–33
59June 10 Tigers 11–8 Williams (3–2) Key (6–5)48,43025–34
60June 11 Tigers 4–0 Flanagan (4–5) Schwabe (1–1) Ward (5)48,27426–34
61June 12 Tigers 5–4 (11) Henke (4–3) Gibson (2–4)48,53127–34
62June 13@ Brewers 4–3 Ward (3–7) Plesac (2–3)15,46928–34
63June 14@ Brewers 6–1 Stieb (6–3) Krueger (2–1)14,80829–34
64June 15@ Brewers 6–4 Fossas (1–0) Key (6–6) Plesac (15)16,96429–35
65June 16 Mariners 4–3 Henke (5–3) Schooler (1–1)48,36330–35
66June 17 Mariners 3–2 Ward (4–7) Jackson (2–1)48,33631–35
67June 18 Mariners 8–2 Bankhead (4–4) Wills (0–1)48,32931–36
68June 19@ Angels 8–1 Stieb (7–3) Finley (7–6)24,43032–36
69June 20@ Angels 6–2 Key (7–6) McCaskill (7–4)23,95633–36
70June 21@ Angels 6–1 (14) Henke (6–3) Minton (1–2)24,25934–36
71June 22@ Athletics 4–2 (13) Hernandez (1–0) Corsi (0–1) Wells (2)21,41835–36
72June 23@ Athletics 10–8 Buice (1–0) Young (2–8) Henke (3)27,79536–36
73June 24@ Athletics 7–1 Stewart (12–3) Stieb (7–4)39,65936–37
74June 25@ Athletics 6–3 Davis (6–3) Key (7–7) Honeycutt (8)49,21936–38
75June 27@ Orioles 16–6 Tibbs (5–0) Flanagan (4–6)30,13636–39
76June 28@ Orioles 2–1 Hickey (2–2) Cerutti (3–4) Olson (12)35,75736–40
77June 29@ Orioles 11–1 Cummings (1–0) Schmidt (7–7)39,52837–40
78June 30 Red Sox 3–1 Boddicker (5–7) Wells (2–3) Murphy (3)48,42937–41
July: 15–12 (Home: 6–7; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1 Red Sox 3–1 Hetzel (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–4) Smith (10)48,63937–42
80July 2 Red Sox 4–1 (11) Murphy (1–3) Wells (2–4) Smith (11)48,51637–43
81July 3 Red Sox 3–2 Cerutti (4–4) Smithson (4–7) Ward (6)48,48338–43
82July 4 Orioles 8–0 Schmidt (8–7) Stieb (7–5) Williamson (7)44,02538–44
83July 5 Orioles 5–4 Milacki (5–8) Key (7–8) Olson (13)49,23938–45
84July 6 Orioles 4–1 Stottlemyre (1–4) Ballard (10–4) Ward (7)46,62939–45
85July 7@ Tigers 6–4 Cummings (2–0) Hernández (2–2) Henke (4)25,21340–45
86July 8@ Tigers 8–3 Cerutti (5–4) Alexander (4–9) Ward (8)31,34241–45
87July 9@ Tigers 2–0 Stieb (8–5) Tanana (7–9) Henke (5)32,42842–45
88July 13 Athletics 11–7 Burns (5–2) Key (7–9)48,20742–46
89July 14 Athletics 4–1 Stieb (9–5) Welch (10–5) Ward (9)48,32543–46
90July 15 Athletics 6–1 Flanagan (5–6) Stewart (13–5)48,23844–46
91July 16 Athletics 6–2 Moore (12–5) Cerutti (5–5) Burns (7)48,40544–47
92July 17 Angels 6–4 Wells (3–4) Abbott (8–6) Henke (6)45–47
93July 17 Angels 5–4 Wells (4–4) McClure (2–1) Henke (7)48,64146–47
94July 18 Angels 1–0 Blyleven (10–2) Key (7–10)48,71746–48
95July 20@ Mariners 5–2 Bankhead (10–4) Stieb (9–6) Powell (2)15,72346–49
96July 21@ Mariners 8–1 Flanagan (6–6) Harris (1–3)17,59147–49
97July 22@ Mariners 7–1 Cerutti (6–5) Dunne (1–5) Ward (10)22,04448–49
98July 23@ Mariners 5–2 Johnson (4–2) Key (7–11)17,97348–50
99July 24@ Rangers 6–3 Stottlemyre (2–4) Álvarez (0–1) Henke (8)33,75449–50
100July 25@ Rangers 4–0 Stieb (10–6) Ryan (11–6) Ward (11)25,29750–50
101July 26@ Rangers 11–1 Brown (9–6) Flanagan (6–7)16,63350–51
102July 28@ Yankees 6–2 Cerutti (7–5) LaPoint (6–9)37,22251–51
103July 29@ Yankees 7–2 Cary (1–0) Key (7–12)42,17951–52
104July 30@ Yankees 7–6 Guetterman (3–5) Ward (4–8)45,10751–53
105July 31@ Yankees 6–5 Wells (5–4) Hawkins (12–10) Henke (9)21,01952–53
August: 20–9 (Home: 6–4; Away: 14–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1 Royals 2–1 Saberhagen (11–5) Stottlemyre (2–5)48,52852–54
107August 2 Royals 8–0 Cerutti (8–5) Gubicza (9–9)48,76553–54
108August 3 Royals 5–0 Gordon (12–4) Key (7–13)48,73153–55
109August 4 Yankees 2–1 Stieb (11–6) Parker (3–2)48,78954–55
110August 5 Yankees 5–4 Hawkins (13–10) Ward (4–9) Righetti (18)49,15554–56
111August 6 Yankees 6–5 Stottlemyre (3–5) Terrell (0–2)49,02555–56
112August 7 Rangers 2–1 Cerutti (9–5) Jeffcoat (5–5)48,77356–56
113August 8 Rangers 7–0 Gozzo (1–0) Witt (9–10)48,68957–56
114August 9 Rangers 4–3 Hough (7–11) Stieb (11–7) Russell (24)48,96257–57
115August 11@ Royals 6–2 Saberhagen (13–5) Flanagan (6–8)40,02757–58
116August 12@ Royals 2–0 Stottlemyre (4–5) Gubicza (10–10) Henke (10)40,93458–58
117August 13@ Royals 8–3 Gordon (14–4) Cerutti (9–6)33,61958–59
118August 14@ Red Sox 4–2 Gozzo (2–0) Boddicker (10–9) Henke (11)35,05859–59
119August 15@ Red Sox 7–2 Stieb (12–7) Smithson (6–11) Ward (12)34,80060–59
120August 16@ Red Sox 7–3 Wells (6–4) Murphy (3–6) Henke (12)35,31061–59
121August 17@ Orioles 11–6 Ballard (12–6) Cerutti (9–7)40,14761–60
122August 18@ Orioles 9–2 Gozzo (3–0) Johnson (2–2)31,66862–60
123August 19@ Orioles 5–1 Key (8–13) Milacki (7–11)38,11163–60
124August 20@ Orioles 7–2 Harnisch (3–6) Stieb (12–8) Thurmond (4)37,24263–61
125August 22 Tigers 3–2 (14) Gozzo (4–0) Núñez (2–3)49,07264–61
126August 23 Tigers 11–4 Wills (1–1) Robinson (3–3)49,23365–61
127August 24 Tigers 11–3 Flanagan (7–8) Morris (3–11)49,20166–61
128August 25 Brewers 3–1 Key (9–13) Peterek (0–1) Henke (13)49,45767–61
129August 26 Brewers 7–0 Stieb (13–8) Higuera (9–5)49,50768–61
130August 27 Brewers 5–4 Stottlemyre (5–5) Bosio (14–9) Ward (13)49,50769–61
131August 28 Brewers 8–2 Filer (5–2) Cerutti (9–8) Krueger (3)49,21969–62
132August 29 White Sox 3–2 Flanagan (8–8) Pall (4–5) Henke (14)49,56570–62
133August 30 White Sox 2–1 Key (10–13) Dotson (4–8) Ward (14)49,43571–62
134August 31 White Sox 5–1 Stieb (14–8) Rosenberg (4–10)49,42272–62
September: 17–10 (Home: 8–3; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1 Twins 7–3 Stottlemyre (6–5) Guthrie (1–1)49,35073–62
136September 2 Twins 4–2 Cerutti (10–8) Smith (10–5) Henke (15)49,29174–62
137September 3 Twins 9–4 Aguilera (1–3) Flanagan (8–9)49,07374–63
138September 4@ White Sox 5–2 Key (11–13) Dotson (4–9) Henke (16)9,31875–63
139September 5@ White Sox 6–1 Stieb (15–8) Rosenberg (4–11)7,85876–63
140September 6@ White Sox 4–2 Stottlemyre (7–5) King (7–9) Ward (15)7,35077–63
141September 7@ Indians 12–4 Cerutti (11–8) Candiotti (12–8)6,09878–63
142September 8@ Indians 5–4 Jones (7–8) Acker (0–1)13,48978–64
143September 9@ Indians 7–5 (16) Wills (2–1) Kaiser (0–1)15,15479–64
144September 10@ Indians 5–4 (10) Acker (1–1) Olin (1–2)12,04580–64
145September 12@ Twins 8–2 West (3–1) Stottlemyre (7–6)14,84980–65
146September 13@ Twins 3–2 Tapani (2–0) Cerutti (11–9) Reardon (29)14,90380–66
147September 14@ Twins 2–0 Guthrie (2–1) Flanagan (8–10) Reardon (30)14,26280–67
148September 15 Indians 5–2 Key (12–13) Swindell (13–5) Henke (17)49,44481–67
149September 16 Indians 3–2 (11) Wells (7–4) Jones (7–9)49,21882–67
150September 17 Indians 2–1 (10) Acker (2–1) Bailes (4–9)49,50183–67
151September 18 Red Sox 6–3 Boddicker (13–11) Cerutti (11–10) Murphy (8)49,57983–68
152September 19 Red Sox 6–5 (13) Henke (7–3) Harris (2–2)49,35284–68
153September 20 Red Sox 10–3 Clemens (16–10) Key (12–14)49,57184–69
154September 22@ Brewers 7–3 Stieb (16–8) Reuss (9–8)15,56985–69
155September 23@ Brewers 4–1 August (12–11) Stottlemyre (7–7) Plesac (32)24,64085–70
156September 24@ Brewers 8–3 Filer (7–3) Cerutti (11–11) Crim (7)17,48585–71
157September 25@ Tigers 2–0 Key (13–14) Dubois (0–4) Henke (18)15,99086–71
158September 26@ Tigers 4–3 Henneman (11–4) Ward (4–10)16,18586–72
159September 27@ Tigers 8–1 Stieb (17–8) Alexander (6–18) Henke (19)18,33187–72
160September 29 Orioles 2–1 (11) Henke (8–3) Williamson (10–4)49,63688–72
161September 30 Orioles 4–3 Wills (3–1) Williamson (10–5) Henke (20)49,55389–72
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1 Orioles 7–5 McDonald (1–0) Gozzo (4–1)49,46989–73
1989 Playoff Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceSeries
1October 3@ Athletics 7–3 Stewart (1–0) Stieb (0–1)49,4350–1
2October 4@ Athletics 6–3 Moore (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–1) Eckersley (1)49,4440–2
3October 6 Athletics 7–3 Key (1–0) Davis (0–1)50,2681–2
4October 7 Athletics 6–5 Welch (1–0) Flanagan (0–1) Eckersley (2)50,0761–3
5October 8 Athletics 4–3 Stewart (2–0) Stieb (0–2) Eckersley (3)50,0241–4

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
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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 129385101.2621153
1B Fred McGriff 161551148.2693692
2B Nelson Liriano 132418110.263553
3B Kelly Gruber 135545158.2901873
SS Tony Fernández 140573147.2571164
LF George Bell 153613182.29718104
CF Lloyd Moseby 135502111.2211143
RF Junior Félix 110415107.258946
DH Rance Mulliniks 10327365.238329

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Manuel Lee 9930078.260334
Pat Borders 9424162.257329
Mookie Wilson 5423871.298217
Bob Brenly 488815.17016
Jesse Barfield 218016.200511
Rob Ducey 417616.21107
Tom Lawless 597016.22903
Lee Mazzilli 286615.227411
Glenallen Hill 195215.28817
Greg Myers 17445.11401
Alexis Infante 20122.16700
Francisco Cabrera 3122.16700
Ozzie Virgil 9112.18212
Kevin Batiste 682.25000
John Olerud 683.37500

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jimmy Key 33216.013143.88118
Dave Stieb 33206.21783.35101
John Cerutti 33205.111113.0769
Mike Flanagan 30171.28103.9347
Todd Stottlemyre 27127.2773.8863
Al Leiter 16.2004.054

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Frank Wills 2471.1103.6641
Mauro Gozzo 931.2414.8310
Steve Cummings 521.0203.008
Alex Sanchez 411.20110.034
Jeff Musselman 511.00110.643
José Núñez 610.2002.5314

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Henke 6483201.92116
Duane Ward 66410153.77122
David Wells 547422.4078
Tony Castillo 171116.1110
Jim Acker 142101.5924
Xavier Hernandez 71004.767
DeWayne Buice 71005.8210

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ALCS

Game 1

October 3, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team123456789RHE
Toronto020100000351
Oakland01001302X7110
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-1)  
HR: TOR– Ernie Whitt (1)  OAK– Dave Henderson (1), Mark McGwire (1)

Game 2

October 4, 1989, at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team123456789RHE
Toronto001000020351
Oakland00020310X691
W: Mike Moore (1-0)   L: Todd Stottlemyre (0-1)   S: Dennis Eckersley (1)   
HR: OAK– Dave Parker (1)

Game 3

October 6, 1989, at SkyDome

Team123456789RHE
Oakland101100000381
Toronto00040030X780
W: Jimmy Key (1-0)   L: Storm Davis (0-1)   
HR: OAK– Dave Parker (2)

Game 4

October 7, 1989, at SkyDome

Team123456789RHE
Oakland0030201006111
Toronto0001011205130
W: Bob Welch (1-0)   L: Mike Flanagan (0-1)   S: Dennis Eckersley (2)   
HR: OAK– Rickey Henderson 2 (2), José Canseco (1)

Game 5

October 8, 1989, at SkyDome

Team123456789RHE
Oakland101000200440
Toronto000000012390
W: Dave Stewart (2-0)   L: Dave Stieb (0-2)   S: Dennis Eckersley (3)   
HR: TOR– Lloyd Moseby (1), George Bell (1)

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Bailor
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Barry Foote
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Doug Ault
A Myrtle Beach Blue Jays South Atlantic League Mike Fischlin
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League Bob Shirley
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Rocket Wheeler

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