1990 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1990  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Cito Gaston
Television CFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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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. [1] 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.

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1990 season. [2]

October 1989

October 15 DeWayne Buice granted free agency.
Mark Ross granted free agency.
October 20Released Ozzie Virgil Jr.
October 22 Enrique Burgos granted free agency.
Chico Walker granted free agency.

November 1989

November 13 Tom Lawless granted free agency (signed with the Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $250,000 contract on December 7, 1989).
Lee Mazzilli granted free agency.
Lloyd Moseby granted free agency (signed with the Detroit Tigers to a two-year, $3 million contract on December 7, 1989).
Mookie Wilson granted free agency (signed with the Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $2.75 million contract on November 27, 1989).
November 20Player rights of Alexis Infante sold to the Atlanta Braves.
November 27Re-signed free agent Mookie Wilson to a two-year, $2.75 million contract.

December 1989

December 4 Sil Campusano drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Xavier Hernandez drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Steve Wapnick drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 5Drafted Mike Maksudian from the Miami Miracle of the FSL in the 1989 Minor League Draft.
December 7Re-signed free agent Tom Lawless to a one-year, $250,000 contract.
Acquired Paul Kilgus from the Chicago Cubs for José Núñez.
December 17Acquired Ricky Trlicek from the Atlanta Braves for Kevin Batiste and Ernie Whitt.

January 1990

January 10Signed amateur free agent Tilson Brito to a contract.
Signed amateur free agent José Herrera to a contract.
Signed amateur free agent Sandy Martínez to a contract.
January 23Signed amateur free agent Giovanni Carrara to a contract.
January 29Signed free agent Jim Eppard from the California Angels to a contract.

February 1990

February 2Re-signed free agent Ozzie Virgil Jr. to a one-year, $275,000 contract.

Regular season

The 1990 season belonged to third baseman Kelly Gruber. He had career highs in home runs and RBIs, with 31 and 118, respectively. Along with outfielder George Bell and pitcher Dave Stieb, Gruber was named an American League All-Star, stealing two bases in the All-Star Game on July 10 at Chicago's Wrigley Field. A finalist for the American League MVP Award, at season's end he was named the AL's Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award winner at third base.

The Blue Jays were involved in two no-hitters during the 1990 season. On June 29, Dave Stewart of the Oakland Athletics no-hit them by a score of 5–0. On September 2, Jays ace Dave Stieb finally got the no-hitter that had eluded him, blanking the Cleveland Indians 3–0.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 88740.543—51–3037–44
Toronto Blue Jays 86760.531244–3742–39
Detroit Tigers 79830.488939–4240–41
Cleveland Indians 77850.4751141–4036–45
Baltimore Orioles 76850.47211½40–4036–45
Milwaukee Brewers 74880.4571439–4235–46
New York Yankees 67950.4142137–4430–51

Record vs. opponents

1990 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–97–56–66–76–78–37–66–66–74–83–98–45–8
Boston 9–4—7–56–69–48–54–85–84–89–44–88–45–710–3
California 5–75–7—5–87–55–77–67–59–46–64–95–88–57–5
Chicago 6–66–68–5—5–75–79–410–27–610–28–58–57–65–7
Cleveland 7–64–95–77–5—5–86–69–47–55–84–87–57–54–9
Detroit 7–65–87–57–58–5—5–73–106–67–66–67–56–65–8
Kansas City 3–88–46–74–96–67–5—4–88–58–44–97–65–85–7
Milwaukee 6–78–55–72–104–910–38–4—4–86–75–74–85–77–6
Minnesota 6–68–44–96–75–76–65–88–4—6–66–76–75–83–9
New York 7–64–96–62–108–56–74–87–66–6—0–129–33–95–8
Oakland 8–48–49–45–88–46–69–47–57–612–0—9–48–57–5
Seattle 9–34–88–55–85–75–76–78–47–63–94–9—7–66–6
Texas 4–87–55–86–75–76–68–57–58–59–35–86–7—7–5
Toronto 8–53–105–77–59–48–57–56–79–38–55–76–65–7—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1990 regular season. [3]

May 1990

May 1 Steve Wapnick returned by the Detroit Tigers.
May 8Released Mike Flanagan.

June 1990

June 18Selected Kenny Williams off of waivers from the Detroit Tigers.

July 1990

July 22Released Tom Lawless.
July 27Acquired John Candelaria from the Minnesota Twins for Nelson Liriano and Pedro Muñoz.

September 1990

September 16Acquired Bud Black from the Cleveland Indians for Mauro Gozzo and players to be named later (Steve Cummings on September 21, 1990 and Alex Sanchez on September 24, 1990).
September 24Signed amateur free agent Rich Butler to a contract.
Signed amateur free agent Rob Butler to a contract.
Selected Rick Luecken off of waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

1990 MLB Draft

Eric Lindros

The hype around Eric Lindros during his early career led to an exclusive deal with sports card manufacturer SCORE. Attempting to leverage this arrangement as much as possible, he was even featured on a baseball card showing him as a third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, although he never actually played baseball. He was only there taking batting practice one day. [9]

Roster

1990 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1990 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9@ Rangers 4 – 2 Ryan (1-0) Stottlemyre (0-1) Russell (1)40,9070-1
2April 10 Rangers 2 – 1 Stieb (1-0) Hough (0-1) Wells (1)49,6731-1
3April 11 Rangers 11 – 5 Brown (1-0) Cerutti (0-1) Jeffcoat (1)35,3011-2
4April 12 Rangers 7 – 1 Flanagan (1-0) Moyer (0-1)35,3542-2
5April 13@ Royals 3 – 1 Key (1-0) Davis (0-1) Ward (1)20,5223-2
6April 14@ Royals 3 – 1 Saberhagen (1-0) Stottlemyre (0-2) Davis (2)25,9303-3
7April 15@ Royals 5 – 4 Stieb (2-0) Crawford (0-1) Wells (2)21,9254-3
8April 16 Orioles 4 – 2 Cerutti (1-1) Tibbs (0-1) Henke (1)40,3015-3
9April 17 Orioles 8 – 2 Flanagan (2-0) Ballard (0-2)38,2126-3
10April 18 Orioles 8 – 5 Harnisch (1-0) Wills (0-1) Olson (3)41,1816-4
11April 20 Royals 17 – 6 Stottlemyre (1-2) Saberhagen (1-1)49,1517-4
12April 21 Royals 5 – 1 Stieb (3-0) Gubicza (1-2)49,1218-4
13April 22 Royals 7 – 1 Gordon (1-0) Cerutti (1-2)49,0568-5
14April 23 Indians 12 – 9 Wills (1-1) Wickander (0-1) Ward (2)34,1399-5
15April 24 Indians 4 – 3 Key (2-0) Swindell (1-2) Wells (3)35,20310-5
16April 25 Indians 5 – 3 Stottlemyre (2-2) Nichols (0-1) Ward (3)38,16811-5
17April 26 Indians 4 – 3 Candiotti (3-0) Stieb (3-1) Jones (5)44,17411-6
18April 27@ White Sox 6 – 1 Hibbard (2-1) Cerutti (1-3)10,96511-7
19April 28@ White Sox 5 – 4 Kutzler (1-0) Flanagan (2-1) Thigpen (5)15,39511-8
20April 29@ White Sox 10 – 3 King (1-0) Key (2-1) Edwards (1)12,93611-9
21April 30@ Indians 10 – 4 Stottlemyre (3-2) Bearse (0-2)6,25412-9
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Indians 4 – 3 Stieb (4-1) Candiotti (3-1) Henke (2)5,11113-9
23May 2@ Indians 3 – 0 Black (3-0) Cerutti (1-4) Jones (7)8,80113-10
24May 4 Tigers 3 – 1 Petry (2-1) Flanagan (2-2) Henneman (6)49,14613-11
25May 5 Tigers 5 – 1 Stottlemyre (4-2) Robinson (1-3)49,21914-11
26May 6 Tigers 11 – 7 Key (3-1) Dubois (0-1)49,20615-11
27May 7 White Sox 6 – 1 Stieb (5-1) McDowell (1-2)41,38416-11
28May 8 White Sox 4 – 1 Hibbard (3-2) Cerutti (1-5) Thigpen (7)41,10116-12
29May 9 White Sox 4 – 3 Wills (2-1) Edwards (0-1) Ward (4)43,12817-12
30May 10@ Tigers 10 – 5 Robinson (2-3) Stottlemyre (4-3)11,29617-13
31May 11@ Tigers 4 – 2 Key (4-1) Dubois (0-2) Henke (3)17,37618-13
--May 12@ Tigers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 14
32May 13@ Tigers 6 – 3 Wells (1-0) Morris (2-5)17,06819-13
33May 14@ Tigers 8 – 3 (10) Ward (1-0) Henneman (0-3)10,83320-13
34May 15 Mariners 4 – 3 (10) Comstock (1-1) Acker (0-1) Schooler (10)41,10820-14
35May 16 Mariners 4 – 2 Holman (6-2) Stottlemyre (4-4) Schooler (11)45,64020-15
36May 17 Mariners 14 – 6 Johnson (3-2) Key (4-2)47,28320-16
37May 18 Angels 4 – 2 Abbott (2-3) Stieb (5-2) Eichhorn (6)49,33920-17
38May 19 Angels 11 – 9 Fraser (1-2) Ward (1-1) Eichhorn (7)49,33520-18
39May 20 Angels 5 – 1 Wills (3-1) Langston (3-4) Henke (4)49,42121-18
40May 21 Athletics 4 – 1 Welch (5-2) Stottlemyre (4-5) Eckersley (10)49,47121-19
41May 22 Athletics 5 – 4 Young (2-1) Wills (3-2) Eckersley (11)49,55921-20
42May 23@ Angels 5 – 4 Bailes (1-0) Ward (1-2)25,17921-21
43May 24@ Angels 4 – 3 (11) Harvey (2-1) Henke (0-1)24,46021-22
44May 25@ Mariners 3 – 1 (11) Acker (1-1) Swift (2-2) Henke (5)15,33422-22
45May 26@ Mariners 11 – 4 Wills (4-2) Holman (6-3)25,00423-22
46May 27@ Mariners 5 – 1 Cerutti (2-5) Johnson (3-3)25,85824-22
47May 28@ Athletics 1 – 0 Stieb (6-2) Moore (4-4)45,00525-22
48May 29@ Athletics 2 – 1 Wells (2-0) Stewart (8-2) Henke (6)25,25526-22
49May 30@ Athletics 8 – 5 Burns (1-0) Blair (0-1) Eckersley (14)24,25726-23
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1 Brewers 7 – 1 Higuera (5-1) Stottlemyre (4-6) Crim (3)49,69826-24
51June 2 Brewers 7 – 6 Fossas (2-3) Wells (2-1) Plesac (10)49,55326-25
52June 3 Brewers 7 – 4 Stieb (7-2) Knudson (3-3) Henke (7)49,70227-25
53June 5 Twins 7 – 3 Wells (3-1) Smith (4-5)49,74128-25
54June 6 Twins 12 – 5 Candelaria (7-1) Blair (0-2)49,65228-26
55June 7 Twins 10 – 3 Stottlemyre (5-6) Tapani (6-4)49,84529-26
56June 8@ Brewers 11 – 5 Gilles (1-0) Crim (2-2) Henke (8)27,02130-26
57June 9@ Brewers 7 – 3 Stieb (8-2) Bosio (4-4)46,61231-26
58June 10@ Brewers 13 – 5 Wells (4-1) Navarro (2-2)18,09132-26
59June 11@ Brewers 4 – 1 Krueger (3-3) Blair (0-3) Plesac (11)17,70132-27
60June 12@ Twins 5 – 4 Stottlemyre (6-6) Candelaria (7-2) Ward (5)18,29833-27
61June 13@ Twins 10 – 1 Cerutti (3-5) West (2-4) Henke (9)17,08634-27
62June 14@ Twins 7 – 1 Stieb (9-2) Anderson (2-9)18,67935-27
63June 15@ Yankees 5 – 4 Wells (5-1) Robinson (0-5) Henke (10)31,82736-27
64June 16@ Yankees 2 – 1 (11) Wills (5-2) Mills (0-2) Ward (6)26,06137-27
65June 17@ Yankees 8 – 1 Stottlemyre (7-6) LaPoint (4-6)38,17338-27
66June 19 Red Sox 4 – 2 Kiecker (2-3) Ward (1-3) Murphy (3)49,90738-28
67June 20 Red Sox 11 – 0 Stieb (10-2) Gardner (1-4) Henke (11)49,85739-28
68June 21 Yankees 7 – 6 Mills (1-2) Acker (1-2) Righetti (14)49,88339-29
69June 22 Yankees 8 – 7 (15) Cadaret (2-4) Blair (0-4) Righetti (15)49,90839-30
70June 23 Yankees 8 – 4 Stottlemyre (8-6) Leary (3-10) Henke (12)49,85840-30
71June 24 Yankees 8 – 3 Cerutti (4-5) Cary (4-3) Acker (1)49,80641-30
72June 25@ Red Sox 10 – 8 Lamp (1-2) Blair (0-5) Reardon (11)32,59141-31
73June 26@ Red Sox 3 – 0 Gardner (2-4) Wells (5-2) Reardon (12)23,24441-32
74June 27@ Red Sox 9 – 5 Boddicker (10-3) Key (4-3) Gray (2)32,96141-33
75June 28@ Red Sox 4 – 3 Clemens (12-3) Stottlemyre (8-7) Reardon (13)34,54741-34
76June 29 Athletics 5 – 0 Stewart (10-6) Cerutti (4-6)49,81741-35
77June 30 Athletics 9 – 4 Welch (13-2) Stieb (10-3)49,86541-36
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1 Athletics 4 – 3 Blair (1-5) Burns (2-2) Henke (13)49,85742-36
79July 2 Athletics 3 – 2 Moore (6-7) Key (4-4) Eckersley (25)49,85542-37
80July 3 Angels 5 – 2 Stottlemyre (9-7) Blyleven (7-5) Henke (14)49,83643-37
81July 4 Angels 4 – 2 Cerutti (5-6) Abbott (5-7) Henke (15)49,83144-37
82July 5 Angels 9 – 2 Stieb (11-3) McCaskill (6-5)49,83845-37
83July 6 Mariners 1 – 0 Wells (6-2) Holman (8-7) Henke (16)49,87246-37
84July 7 Mariners 4 – 2 Key (5-4) Swan (1-2) Ward (7)48,89947-37
85July 8 Mariners 6 – 3 Young (3-9) Stottlemyre (9-8)49,81647-38
86July 12@ Angels 5 – 0 Wells (7-2) McCaskill (6-6)27,36548-38
87July 13@ Angels 2 – 0 Abbott (6-7) Stottlemyre (9-9)35,00148-39
88July 14@ Angels 8 – 7 Eichhorn (1-4) Ward (1-4)34,44648-40
89July 15@ Angels 3 – 2 Finley (12-4) Henke (0-2)31,60948-41
90July 16@ Mariners 4 – 3 Key (6-4) Hanson (10-7) Henke (17)24,83349-41
91July 17@ Mariners 7 – 5 Jackson (4-3) Ward (1-5) Schooler (24)14,25949-42
92July 18@ Mariners 5 – 2 Young (4-10) Stottlemyre (9-10)15,86849-43
93July 20@ Athletics 8 – 6 Cerutti (6-6) Young (5-4) Henke (18)40,17150-43
94July 21@ Athletics 2 – 1 Stieb (12-3) Sanderson (11-6) Henke (19)43,09751-43
95July 22@ Athletics 3 – 0 Moore (9-8) Key (6-5) Honeycutt (4)43,82151-44
96July 24 Royals 5 – 3 (13) Farr (8-4) Ward (1-6)49,88451-45
97July 25 Royals 6 – 1 McGaffigan (1-0) Stottlemyre (9-11)49,85551-46
98July 26 Royals 7 – 5 Cerutti (7-6) Appier (5-4) Henke (20)49,86252-46
99July 27 Rangers 1 – 0 Stieb (13-3) Hough (7-7) Henke (21)49,88253-46
100July 28 Rangers 3 – 2 (13) Arnsberg (4-1) Wills (5-3) Barfield (1)49,85053-47
101July 29 Rangers 10 – 8 Acker (2-2) McMurtry (0-1) Candelaria (5)49,85354-47
102July 30@ Orioles 9 – 2 Stottlemyre (10-11) Milacki (4-8) Ward (8)43,63855-47
103July 31@ Orioles 6 – 4 McDonald (3-0) Cerutti (7-7) Olson (24)37,77155-48
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Orioles 7 – 4 Stieb (14-3) Ballard (1-10) Henke (22)40,62556-48
105August 2@ Rangers 5 – 4 (11) Arnsberg (5-1) Candelaria (7-4)30,81456-49
106August 3@ Rangers 9 – 1 Moyer (1-3) Wells (7-3)23,72856-50
107August 4@ Rangers 3 – 2 Witt (10-8) Stottlemyre (10-12)35,21156-51
108August 5@ Rangers 6 – 4 Cerutti (8-7) Ryan (11-5) Henke (23)41,63557-51
109August 6@ Rangers 4 – 3 Hough (9-7) Stieb (14-4) Rogers (11)28,63857-52
110August 7 Tigers 11 – 7 Key (7-5) Morris (9-14)49,89458-52
111August 8 Tigers 8 – 3 Wells (8-3) Terrell (0-1)49,89759-52
112August 9 Tigers 5 – 4 Robinson (9-9) Stottlemyre (10-13) Gleaton (6)49,91159-53
113August 10 Twins 7 – 3 West (6-7) Cerutti (8-8)49,88859-54
114August 11 Twins 7 – 4 Stieb (15-4) Leach (2-4) Henke (24)49,87360-54
115August 12 Twins 5 – 4 Anderson (5-15) Key (7-6)49,89260-55
116August 13@ White Sox 4 – 3 Ward (2-6) Thigpen (4-5) Henke (25)28,96161-55
117August 14@ White Sox 12 – 4 Stottlemyre (11-13) Hibbard (9-7)24,31462-55
118August 15@ White Sox 4 – 3 McDowell (9-6) Candelaria (7-5) Thigpen (38)27,94762-56
119August 17@ Twins 5 – 1 Stieb (16-4) Erickson (3-3) Ward (9)28,17363-56
120August 18@ Twins 3 – 0 Key (8-6) Anderson (5-16) Henke (26)32,60564-56
121August 19@ Twins 9 – 1 Wells (9-3) Guthrie (4-6)29,00465-56
122August 20@ Yankees 6 – 5 (11) Cadaret (5-4) Acker (2-3)21,66165-57
123August 21@ Yankees 3 – 2 Cary (5-8) Candelaria (7-6) Guetterman (2)22,31565-58
124August 22@ Yankees 4 – 2 Hawkins (4-10) Cerutti (8-9) Righetti (27)25,08865-59
125August 23 Red Sox 4 – 3 Henke (1-2) Hesketh (0-1)49,91866-59
126August 24 Red Sox 2 – 0 Kiecker (5-6) Ward (2-7) Gray (5)49,91466-60
127August 25 Red Sox 1 – 0 Clemens (19-5) Wells (9-4)49,89066-61
128August 26 Red Sox 1 – 0 Harris (11-5) Stottlemyre (11-14) Gray (6)49,89766-62
129August 27 Brewers 4 – 2 Higuera (8-6) Acker (2-4)49,89266-63
130August 28 Brewers 6 – 2 Navarro (5-5) Stieb (16-5)49,87166-64
131August 29 Brewers 7 – 3 Key (9-6) Knudson (10-7) Ward (10)49,90967-64
132August 31@ Indians 12 – 8 Acker (3-4) Swindell (10-8)12,50868-64
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Indians 8 – 0 Stottlemyre (12-14) Candiotti (13-10)16,54769-64
134September 2@ Indians 3 – 0 Stieb (17-5) Black (10-9)23,64070-64
135September 3@ Tigers 5 – 0 Terrell (4-2) Key (9-7)33,65870-65
136September 4@ Tigers 3 – 1 Gibson (4-4) Ward (2-8) Henneman (20)14,76070-66
137September 5@ Tigers 7 – 3 Wells (10-4) Parker (3-2)16,67771-66
138September 7 White Sox 3 – 1 Stottlemyre (13-14) Pérez (12-13) Henke (27)49,88572-66
139September 8 White Sox 3 – 0 Stieb (18-5) Fernandez (2-3) Henke (28)49,89873-66
140September 9 White Sox 6 – 1 Key (10-7) McDowell (12-7)49,87074-66
141September 10@ Royals 6 – 1 Wells (11-4) Wagner (0-1)22,15875-66
142September 11@ Royals 8 – 4 Wills (6-3) Stottlemyre (0-1) Ward (11)18,49376-66
143September 12@ Royals 7 – 5 Gordon (11-10) Stottlemyre (13-15) Davis (6)20,13576-67
144September 13 Orioles 5 – 3 Mesa (1-2) Stieb (18-6) Olson (31)49,87576-68
145September 14 Orioles 8 – 7 Blair (2-5) Olson (5-5)49,89377-68
146September 15 Orioles 4 – 3 Blair (3-5) Schilling (1-2)49,88878-68
147September 16 Orioles 6 – 5 Henke (2-2) Price (3-4)49,88679-68
148September 17 Yankees 6 – 4 Cerutti (9-9) Plunk (5-3) Henke (29)49,90280-68
149September 18 Yankees 3 – 2 Black (12-10) Guetterman (10-7)49,88781-68
150September 19 Yankees 7 – 6 Key (11-7) Leary (9-19) Henke (30)49,89082-68
151September 21 Indians 2 – 1 (13) Valdez (1-1) Wills (6-4) Jones (39)49,89482-69
152September 22 Indians 5 – 2 Shaw (3-4) Stottlemyre (13-16) Jones (40)49,88382-70
153September 23 Indians 5 – 4 (10) Acker (4-4) Ward (1-3)49,90183-70
154September 24@ Brewers 9 – 5 Key (12-7) Navarro (7-7) Henke (31)8,76984-70
155September 25@ Brewers 8 – 4 Krueger (6-8) Black (12-11)8,57684-71
156September 26@ Brewers 6 – 0 Robinson (12-4) Wells (11-5)8,80484-72
157September 28@ Red Sox 7 – 6 Reardon (4-3) Henke (2-3)35,73584-73
158September 29@ Red Sox 7 – 5 Clemens (21-6) Stottlemyre (13-17) Reardon (20)35,44484-74
159September 30@ Red Sox 10 – 5 Key (13-7) Hesketh (0-4)34,40085-74
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Orioles 6 – 3 Mesa (3-2) Wells (11-6) Olson (37)24,44285-75
161October 2@ Orioles 2 – 1 Black (13-11) Johnson (13-9) Henke (32)19,78986-75
162October 3@ Orioles 3 – 2 Olson (6-5) Henke (2-4)26,91386-76

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 Pat Borders 12534699.2861549
1B Fred McGriff 153557167.3003588
2B Manuel Lee 11739195.243641
3B Kelly Gruber 150592162.27431118
SS Tony Fernández 161635175.276466
LF George Bell 142562149.2652186
CF Mookie Wilson 147588156.265351
RF Junior Félix 127463122.2631565
DH John Olerud 11135895.2651448

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Glenallen Hill 8426060.2311232
Greg Myers 8725059.236522
Nelson Liriano 5017036.212115
Rance Mulliniks 579728.289216
Mark Whiten 338824.27327
Luis Sojo 338018.22519
Kenny Williams 497214.19408
Rob Ducey 195316.30207
Tom Lawless 15121.08301
Jim Eppard 651.20000
Ozzie Virgil Jr. 350.00000
Carlos Diaz 931.33300
Tom Quinlan 121.50000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Dave Stieb 33208.21862.93125
Todd Stottlemyre 33203.013174.34115
Jimmy Key 27154.21374.2588
John Cerutti 30140.0994.7649
Mike Flanagan 520.1225.315

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Wells 43189.01163.14115
Willie Blair 2768.2354.0643
John Candelaria 1321.1035.4819
Bud Black 315.2214.023
Steve Cummings 612.1005.114

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Henke 6124322.1775
Duane Ward 7328113.45112
Jim Acker 594413.8354
Frank Wills 446404.7372
Paul Kilgus 110006.067
Al Leiter 40000.005
Bob MacDonald 40000.000
Tom Gilles 21006.750
Rick Luecken 10009.000

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Bailor
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League John Stearns
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Dennis Holmberg
A Myrtle Beach Blue Jays South Atlantic League Mike Fischlin
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League Doug Ault
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Garth Iorg

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