1992 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1992  Toronto Blue Jays
World Series Champions
American League Champions
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record96–66 (.592)
Divisional place1st
Owners Labatt Breweries, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Cito Gaston
Television CFTO-TV 9
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Jim Hughson, Buck Martinez)
Radio CJCL–AM 1430
(Tom Cheek, Jerry Howarth)
  1991 Seasons 1993  

The 1992 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 16th season of Major League Baseball. Toronto finished first in the American League East for the fourth time with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses, closing the season with an attendance record of 4,028,318. [1] Toronto was not swept in a single series all year, becoming the first team in 49 years to accomplish the feat. [2]

Contents

In the American League Championship Series, the Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics in six games for their first American League pennant in four tries. In the World Series, Toronto faced the Atlanta Braves, who had won their second straight National League pennant, but lost the previous year's World Series. The Blue Jays prevailed in six games, becoming the first non-U.S.-based team to win a World Series.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1992 season. [3]

October 1991

October 15 Ravelo Manzanillo granted free agency.
Efraín Valdez granted free agency.
October 16 Mickey Weston granted free agency.
October 26 Frank Wills granted free agency.
October 28Released Cory Snyder.
October 29 Mookie Wilson granted free agency.
October 31 Jim Acker granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners on February 2, 1992 to a one-year, $275,000 contract).

November 1991

November 4 Dave Parker granted free agency.
November 7 Tom Candiotti granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers on December 3, 1991 to a four-year, $15.5 million contract).
November 18 Rene Gonzales granted free agency (signed with California Angels on January 10, 1992 to a one-year, $300,000 contract).

December 1991

December 11Signed free agent Butch Davis from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract.
December 12Signed free agent Eric Plunk from the New York Yankees to a contract.
December 18Signed free agent Jack Morris from the Minnesota Twins to a two-year, $10.85 million contract.
December 19Signed free agent Dave Winfield from the California Angels to a one-year, $2.3 million contract.

February 1992

February 8Re-signed Roberto Alomar to a four-year, $18.5 million contract.

March 1992

March 19Signed free agent Alfredo Griffin from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $637,500 contract.
March 20 Vince Horsman selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics.
March 27Released Eric Plunk.

April 1992

April 3Selected Shawn Hillegas off of waivers from the Cleveland Indians.
April 4 Shawn Hillegas granted free agency (signed a contract with the New York Yankees on April 9, 1992).

Spring training

The Toronto Blue Jays spent their 16th spring training at Dunedin, Florida, while playing their home exhibition games at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field for the 3rd spring training season.

Regular season

Despite their post-season success, the Blue Jays had many ups and downs during the regular season. The Jays started off winning the first six games of the regular season and Roberto Alomar was named the AL Player of the Month for the month of April.

On August 25, they had lost six of their last seven games and were only two games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in the standings. [4] At this point, general manager Pat Gillick decided to acquire a fiery right-hander from the New York Mets named David Cone. The trade resulted in the Jays sending minor league prospect Ryan Thompson and utility infielder Jeff Kent to the Mets. [5] The deal sent the message that the Blue Jays were committed to winning. Cone would have 4 wins, 3 losses and a 2.55 ERA. [6]

The regular season also marked the end of the road for Dave Stieb, who made his last start for the Blue Jays on August 8 and only lasted three innings. [7] On September 23, Stieb announced that he was finished for the season. 1992 was Stieb's final season for the Jays before briefly coming out of retirement years later.

Four days later, on September 27, Jack Morris would make club history by becoming the first pitcher in franchise history to win 20 games in a season. Morris would have to wait through a two-hour rain delay at Yankee Stadium to get the win. [7]

Heading into the last weekend of the season, only the Milwaukee Brewers were still in contention. Led by manager Phil Garner, the Brewers had won 22 of 29 games since August 29. [1] The Brewers trailed the Blue Jays by 2 games, and the Jays were heading into a weekend series vs. the Detroit Tigers. On October 3, Juan Guzmán had a one-hitter through eight innings and Duane Ward picked up the save as the Jays won the game 3-1 and clinched the American League East Division title. [1]

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 96660.59353–2843–38
Milwaukee Brewers 92700.568453–2839–42
Baltimore Orioles 89730.549743–3846–35
Cleveland Indians 76860.4692041–4035–46
New York Yankees 76860.4692041–4035–46
Detroit Tigers 75870.4632138–4237–45
Boston Red Sox 73890.4512344–3729–52
RecordGames Left
OpponentHomeRoadTotalHomeRoadTotal
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 5–23–38–5
Boston Red Sox 3–33–46–7
Cleveland Indians 4–33–37–6
Detroit Tigers 4–24–38–5
Milwaukee Brewers 3–32–55–8
New York Yankees 6–15–111–2
Totals25–1420–1945–33
AL West
California Angels 5–12–47–5
Chicago White Sox 5–12–47–5
Kansas City Royals 4–23–37–5
Minnesota Twins 4–23–37–5
Oakland Athletics 3–33–36–6
Seattle Mariners 3–35–18–4
Texas Rangers 4–25–19–3
Totals28–1423–1951–33
Grand Totals53–2843–3896–66
MonthGamesWonLostPct.
April23167.696
May271512.556
June261412.538
July261610.615
August301416.467
September27189.667
October3301.000
Totals1629666.593

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore 8–58–46–67–610–38–46–76–65–86–67–57–55–8
Boston 5–88–46–66–74–97–55–83–97–65–76–64–87–6
California 4–84–83–106–67–58–55–72–117–55–87–69–45–7
Chicago 6–66–610–37–510–27–65–78–58–45–84–95–85–7
Cleveland 6–77–66–65–75–85–75–86–67–66–67–55–76–7
Detroit 3–109–45–72–108–57–55–83–95–86–69–38–45–8
Kansas City 4–85–75–86–77–55–77–56–75–74–97–66–75–7
Milwaukee 7–68–57–57–58–58–55–76–66–77–58–47–58–5
Minnesota 6–69–311–25–86–69–37–66–67–55–88–56–75–7
New York 8–56–75–74–86–78–57–57–65–76–66–66–62–11
Oakland 6–67–58–58–56–66–69–45–78–56–612–19–46–6
Seattle 5–76–66–79–45–73–96–74–85–86–61–124–94–8
Texas 5–78–44–98–57–54–87–65–77–66–64–99–43–9
Toronto 8–56–77–57–57–68–57–55–87–511–26–68–49–3

Opening Day starters

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1992 regular season. [8]

June 1992

June 15Signed amateur free agent Brad Cornett to a contract.

July 1992

July 9Signed amateur free agent Kelvim Escobar to a contract.
July 30Acquired Mark Eichhorn from the California Angels for Rob Ducey and Greg Myers.

August 1992

August 1Signed free agent Terry McGriff from the California Angels to a contract.
August 27Acquired David Cone from the New York Mets for Jeff Kent and a player to be named later (Ryan Thompson on September 1, 1992).

Roster

1992 Toronto Blue Jays
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Infielders

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Other batters

Manager

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Game log

Legend
Blue Jays winBlue Jays lossGame postponed
1992 Game Log: 96–66 (Home: 53–28; Road: 43–38) [9]
April: 16–7 (Home: 11–4; Road: 5–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
1April 6@ Tigers 4–2 Morris (1–0) Gullickson (0–1) Tiger Stadium 51,0681–0 W1
2April 8@ Tigers 10–9 Henke (1–0) Tanana (0–1) Ward (1) Tiger Stadium 12,8192–0 W2
3April 9@ Tigers 3–1 Guzmán (1–0) Terrell (0–1) Ward (2) Tiger Stadium 9,7203–0 W3
4April 10 Orioles 4–3 Hentgen (1–0) Olson (0–1) SkyDome 50,4244–0 W4
5April 11 Orioles 7–2 Morris (2–0) Sutcliffe (1–1) SkyDome 50,3755–0 W5
6April 12 Orioles 3–1 Wells (1–0) Mesa (0–1) Ward (3) SkyDome 48,3096–0 W6
7April 13 Yankees 2–5 Howe (1–0) Stottlemyre (0–1) Farr (2) SkyDome 44,1156–1 L1
8April 14 Yankees 12–6 Guzmán (2–0) Johnson (0–1) SkyDome 45,5797–1 W1
9April 15 Yankees 2–0 Key (1–0) Pérez (1–1) Henke (1) SkyDome 48,1118–1 W2
10April 16 Yankees 7–6 Ward (1–0) Farr (0–1) SkyDome 50,3769–1 W3
11April 17@ Red Sox 0–1 Clemens (2–1) Wells (1–1) Reardon (2) Fenway Park 27,4679–2 L1
12April 18@ Red Sox 2–1 Stottlemyre (1–1) Viola (0–2) Henke (2) Fenway Park 32,64010–2 W1
13April 19@ Red Sox 4–5 Darwin (1–0) Henke (1–1) Fenway Park 28,19610–3 L1
14April 20@ Red Sox 6–4 (13) MacDonald (1–0) Bolton (0–1) Fenway Park 34,70911–3 W1
15April 21 Indians 2–1 Morris (3–0) Cook (0–2) SkyDome 40,19112–3 W2
16April 22 Indians 2–7 Nagy (3–1) Stieb (0–1) Power (1) SkyDome 43,29212–4 L1
17April 23 Indians 13–8 Stottlemyre (2–1) Otto (1–2) SkyDome 42,40113–4 W1
18April 24 Royals 4–3 Guzmán (3–0) Gordon (0–2) Henke (3) SkyDome 50,35214–4 W2
19April 25 Royals 6–4 Hentgen (2–0) Young (0–1) Ward (4) SkyDome 50,34615–4 W3
20April 26 Royals 0–9 Gubicza (1–2) Morris (3–1) SkyDome 46,48615–5 L1
21April 28 Angels 5–9 Finley (1–1) Stieb (0–2) SkyDome 46,20115–6 L2
22April 29 Angels 1–0 Stottlemyre (3–1) Abbott (1–3) SkyDome 47,35616–6 W1
23April 30@ Brewers 2–3 Bosio (2–1) Ward (1–1) Henry (4) County Stadium 8,87716–7 L1
May: 15–12 (Home: 8–4; Road: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
24May 1@ Brewers 3–4 Navarro (2–2) Key (1–1) Henry (5) County Stadium 13,79416–8 L2
25May 2@ Brewers 4–5 Fetters (1–0) Morris (3–2) Henry (6) County Stadium 26,54716–9 L3
26May 3@ Brewers 4–1 Stieb (1–2) Wegman (2–2) County Stadium 17,31217–9 W1
27May 4@ Athletics 7–3 Stottlemyre (4–1) Darling (1–2) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 20,13718–9 W2
28May 5@ Athletics 5–1 Guzmán (4–0) Slusarski (2–1) Ward (5) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 18,75319–9 W3
29May 6@ Mariners 12–4 Key (2–1) Johnson (3–2) Kingdome 12,77120–9 W4
30May 7@ Mariners 8–7 Hentgen (3–0) Schooler (0–2) Henke (4) Kingdome 13,34721–9 W5
31May 8@ Angels 1–4 Eichhorn (1–2) Stieb (1–3) Anaheim Stadium 36,38321–10 L1
32May 9@ Angels 1–2 Abbott (2–4) Stottlemyre (4–2) Harvey (10) Anaheim Stadium 36,15921–11 L2
33May 10@ Angels 4–1 Guzmán (5–0) Grahe (2–3) Anaheim Stadium 23,00922–11 W1
34May 12 Athletics 3–0 Key (3–1) Stewart (2–3) Henke (5) SkyDome 50,40723–11 W2
35May 13 Athletics 4–3 Morris (4–2) Moore (4–2) Henke (6) SkyDome 50,39424–11 W3
36May 14 Mariners 5–4 Stieb (2–3) Jones (1–1) Wells (1) SkyDome 50,37525–11 W4
37May 15 Mariners 1–2 Fleming (5–1) Stottlemyre (4–3) Schooler (6) SkyDome 50,40525–12 L1
38May 16 Mariners 6–7 Powell (1–0) Wells (1–2) Schooler (7) SkyDome 50,38525–13 L2
39May 17 Mariners 2–3 Johnson (4–3) Key (3–2) Schooler (8) SkyDome 50,36425–14 L3
40May 18 Twins 2–6 (11) Wayne (1–1) Ward (1–2) SkyDome 50,39125–15 L4
41May 19 Twins 1–7 Mahomes (3–1) Stieb (2–4) Edens (1) SkyDome 50,33825–16 L5
42May 20 Twins 8–7 (10) Henke (2–1) Aguilera (0–4) SkyDome 50,12526–16 W1
43May 22@ White Sox 6–2 Guzmán (6–0) McDowell (7–2) Ward (6) Comiskey Park 37,44627–16 W2
44May 23@ White Sox 2–5 Hibbard (5–2) Key (3–3) Thigpen (12) Comiskey Park 39,29327–17 L1
45May 24@ White Sox 1–8 McCaskill (3–4) Morris (4–3) Comiskey Park 32,23027–18 L2
46May 26 Brewers 5–4 Stieb (3–4) Bones (1–2) Henke (7) SkyDome 49,36028–18 W1
47May 27 Brewers 4–8 Navarro (4–4) Stottlemyre (4–4) Henry (7) SkyDome 50,37628–19 L1
48May 29 White Sox 3–0 Ward (2–2) Hibbard (5–3) Henke (8) SkyDome 50,40829–19 W1
49May 30 White Sox 2–1 (11) Wells (2–2) Pall (2–2) SkyDome 50,39130–19 W2
50May 31 White Sox 3–2 Morris (5–3) Thigpen (0–2) SkyDome 50,39331–19 W3
June: 14–12 (Home: 5–4; Road: 9–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
51June 1@ Twins 5–3 (10) Ward (3–2) Willis (1–2) Henke (9) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,13432–19 W4
52June 2@ Twins 7–5 (13) Hentgen (4–0) Wayne (1–2) Henke (10) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 22,31733–19 W5
53June 3@ Twins 3–11 Tapani (6–4) Guzmán (6–1) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 21,39233–20 L1
54June 5@ Orioles 0–1 Sutcliffe (8–4) Key (3–4) Olson (14) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 45,80333–21 L2
55June 6@ Orioles 4–3 Morris (6–3) McDonald (7–3) Henke (11) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 45,52034–21 W1
56June 7@ Orioles 1–7 Mussina (7–1) Stieb (3–5) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 45,62034–22 L1
57June 8@ Yankees 16–3 Stottlemyre (5–4) Cadaret (3–5) Yankee Stadium 18,16635–22 W1
58June 9@ Yankees 2–1 Guzmán (7–1) Leary (4–5) Henke (12) Yankee Stadium 22,42936–22 W2
59June 10@ Yankees 10–3 Key (4–4) Sanderson (4–4) Wells (2) Yankee Stadium 25,22937–22 W3
60June 11 Red Sox 4–0 Morris (7–3) Clemens (9–4) SkyDome 50,42338–22 W4
61June 12 Red Sox 0–5 Viola (6–4) Stieb (3–6) SkyDome 50,38738–23 L1
62June 13 Red Sox 3–5 Hesketh (3–3) Stottlemyre (5–5) Reardon (14) SkyDome 50,39738–24 L2
63June 14 Red Sox 6–2 Guzmán (8–1) Gardiner (3–6) Ward (7) SkyDome 50,41239–24 W1
64June 16 Tigers 3–4 Gullickson (8–4) Key (4–5) Henneman (10) SkyDome 50,39439–25 L1
65June 17 Tigers 6–2 Morris (8–3) Ritz (1–2) Ward (8) SkyDome 50,40140–25 W1
66June 18 Tigers 10–14 Munoz (1–1) Timlin (0–1) Henneman (11) SkyDome 50,39240–26 L1
67June 19@ Royals 4–11 Gubicza (7–4) Stottlemyre (5–6) Royals Stadium 23,94240–27 L2
68June 20@ Royals 6–1 Guzmán (9–1) Magnante (3–6) Royals Stadium 29,19441–27 W1
69June 21@ Royals 0–2 Appier (7–3) Key (4–6) Montgomery (16) Royals Stadium 24,27541–28 L1
70June 22@ Rangers 16–7 Morris (9–3) Guzmán (6–5) Arlington Stadium 24,46042–28 W1
--June 23@ Rangers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 10
71June 24@ Rangers 3–2 Wells (3–2) Witt (8–6) Henke (13) Arlington Stadium 23,79843–28 W2
72June 26@ Indians 6–1 Guzmán (10–1) Armstrong (2–9) Cleveland Stadium 16,29944–28 W6
73June 27@ Indians 4–6 Plunk (1–0) Ward (3–3) Cleveland Stadium 40,56044–29 L1
74June 28@ Indians 6–7 Olin (2–3) Ward (3–4) Plunk (1) Cleveland Stadium 23,56044–30 L2
75June 29 Rangers 11–4 Hentgen (5–0) Witt (8–7) SkyDome 50,40445–30 W1
76June 30 Rangers 13–16 Brown (12–4) Wells (3–3) SkyDome 50,39645–31 L1
July: 16–10 (Home: 12–4; Road: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
77July 1 Rangers 3–2 (10) Ward (4–4) Russell (2–3) SkyDome 50,37946–31 W1
78July 3 Angels 10–1 Key (5–6) Langston (8–6) SkyDome 50,40847–31 W2
79July 4 Angels 8–6 Morris (10–3) Eichhorn (1–4) Henke (14) SkyDome 50,41848–31 W3
80July 5 Angels 6–2 Wells (4–3) Valera (4–8) SkyDome 50,39849–31 W4
81July 6 Angels 3–0 Guzmán (11–1) Abbott (4–11) Henke (15) SkyDome 50,40650–31 W5
82July 7 Mariners 4–3 Ward (5–4) Nelson (0–4) SkyDome 50,39751–31 W6
83July 8 Mariners 6–0 Key (6–6) Hanson (6–11) SkyDome 50,39152–31 W7
84July 9 Athletics 4–3 Henke (3–1) Gossage (0–2) SkyDome 50,40253–31 W8
85July 10 Athletics 1–5 Welch (7–4) Wells (4–4) SkyDome 50,39953–32 L1
86July 11 Athletics 1–3 Moore (10–7) Guzmán (11–2) Eckersley (30) SkyDome 50,41453–33 L2
87July 12 Athletics 0–8 Darling (8–7) Hentgen (5–1) SkyDome 50,39253–34 L3
July 14 A.L. @ N.L.
All-Star Game (AL wins—)
13–6 Brown (TEX) Glavine (ATL) Jack Murphy Stadium 59,372 San Diego, California
88July 16@ Mariners 7–2 Morris (11–3) Johnson (5–10) Kingdome 52,71154–34 W1
89July 17@ Mariners 6–8 Hanson (8–11) Key (6–7) Swan (6) Kingdome 24,16054–35 L1
90July 18@ Mariners 3–0 Guzmán (12–2) Fleming (11–4) Henke (16) Kingdome 43,92255–35 W1
91July 19@ Mariners 8–4 Wells (5–4) DeLucia (3–6) Kingdome 28,56056–35 W2
92July 20@ Angels 3–5 Crim (4–2) Hentgen (5–2) Grahe (6) Anaheim Stadium 21,09056–36 L1
93July 21@ Angels 9–5 Morris (12–3) Crim (4–3) Ward (9) Anaheim Stadium 21,58157–36 W1
94July 22@ Angels 4–5 Grahe (3–3) Key (6–8) Anaheim Stadium 22,17857–37 L1
95July 23@ Athletics 9–3 Stieb (4–6) Moore (10–9) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 24,70758–37 W1
96July 24@ Athletics 5–6 Eckersley (3–0) Henke (3–2) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 30,20658–38 L1
97July 25@ Athletics 0–6 Darling (9–8) Stottlemyre (5–7) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 36,08658–39 L2
98July 26@ Athletics 1–9 Downs (2–2) Morris (12–4) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 34,59558–40 L3
99July 28 Royals 6–4 Key (7–8) Moeller (0–1) Henke (17) SkyDome 50,39259–40 W1
100July 29 Royals 2–5 Appier (12–3) Timlin (0–2) Montgomery (25) SkyDome 50,41859–41 L1
101July 30 Royals 3–0 Wells (6–4) Aquino (1–2) Henke (18) SkyDome 50,41760–41 W1
102July 31 Yankees 13–2 Stottlemyre (6–7) Hillegas (1–5) SkyDome 50,40761–41 W2
August: 14–16 (Home: 7–4; Road: 7–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
103August 1 Yankees 3–1 Morris (13–4) Pérez (9–10) Henke (19) SkyDome 50,42062–41 W3
104August 2 Yankees 7–6 Eichhorn (3–4) Habyan (3–5) Ward (10) SkyDome 50,40963–41 W4
105August 3@ Red Sox 1–7 Clemens (12–7) Guzmán (12–3) Fenway Park 34,02463–42 L1
106August 4@ Red Sox 4–9 Hesketh (6–8) Wells (6–5) Harris (2) Fenway Park 33,29463–43 L2
107August 5@ Red Sox 5–4 Eichhorn (4–4) Irvine (2–1) Henke (20) Fenway Park 33,94564–43 W1
108August 6@ Tigers 15–11 Morris (14–4) Tanana (9–7) Tiger Stadium 27,96965–43 W2
109August 7@ Tigers 2–7 Gullickson (13–7) Key (7–9) Tiger Stadium 29,99465–44 L1
110August 8@ Tigers 6–8 Kiely (4–1) Linton (0–1) Henneman (19) Tiger Stadium 39,34465–45 L2
111August 9@ Tigers 2–9 Haas (1–0) Wells (6–6) Tiger Stadium 40,03565–46 L3
112August 10 Orioles 8–4 Stottlemyre (7–7) Mussina (11–5) SkyDome 50,39566–46 W1
113August 11 Orioles 0–3 Mills (8–2) Morris (14–5) Olson (27) SkyDome 50,42166–47 L1
114August 12 Orioles 4–11 McDonald (12–7) Key (7–10) SkyDome 50,41966–48 L2
115August 13 Orioles 4–2 Linton (1–1) Rhodes (4–2) Henke (21) SkyDome 50,40567–48 W1
116August 14@ Indians 9–5 Wells (7–6) Nichols (2–3) Cleveland Stadium 41,68668–48 W2
--August 15@ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 16
117August 16@ Indians 2–4 Cook (4–5) Stottlemyre (7–8) Olin (21) Cleveland Stadium n/a68–49 L1
118August 16@ Indians 6–2 Morris (15–5) Otto (5–9) Cleveland Stadium 27,99769–49 W1
119August 18@ Brewers 12–1 Key (8–10) Ruffin (1–5) County Stadium 31,29770–49 W2
120August 19@ Brewers 5–10 Bosio (11–5) Linton (1–2) County Stadium 32,06070–50 L1
121August 20@ Brewers 3–16 Wegman (11–10) Wells (7–7) County Stadium 34,70270–51 L2
122August 21@ Twins 1–5 Smiley (13–6) Stottlemyre (7–9) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 48,08270–52 L3
123August 22@ Twins 4–2 Morris (16–5) West (1–2) Henke (22) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 50,46571–52 W1
124August 23@ Twins 0–2 Erickson (9–10) Key (8–11) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 45,21171–53 L1
125August 24@ White Sox 4–8 Fernandez (6–7) Linton (1–3) Comiskey Park 32,83771–54 L2
126August 25@ White Sox 3–6 Hough (6–10) Wells (7–8) Hernández (4) Comiskey Park 29,45071–55 L3
127August 26@ White Sox 9–0 Stottlemyre (8–9) McCaskill (9–10) Comiskey Park 26,43672–55 W1
128August 27 Brewers 5–4 Morris (17-5) Navarro (14–9) Henke (23) SkyDome 50,41573–55 W2
129August 28 Brewers 2–22 Eldred (5–1) Key (8–12) SkyDome 50,40873–56 L1
130August 29 Brewers 2–7 Bosio (12–5) Cone (0–1) Holmes (3) SkyDome 50,41373–57 L2
131August 30 Brewers 5–3 Ward (6–4) Wegman (11–12) Henke (24) SkyDome 50,41274–57 W1
132August 31 White Sox 9–2 Stottlemyre (9–9) Hough (6–11) SkyDome 50,41775–57 W2
September: 18–9 (Home: 9–5; Road: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
133September 1 White Sox 9–3 Morris (18–5) McCaskill (9–11) SkyDome 50,40976–57 W3
134September 2 White Sox 2–3 Hibbard (10–6) Key (8–13) Hernández (6) SkyDome 50,41976–58 L1
135September 4 Twins 16–5 Cone (1–1) Tapani (14–10) SkyDome 50,42077–58 W1
136September 5 Twins 7–3 Guzmán (13–3) Smiley (14–7) SkyDome 50,40978–58 W2
137September 6 Twins 4–2 Stottlemyre (10–9) Trombley (0–1) Henke (25) SkyDome 50,42179–58 W3
138September 7@ Royals 4–5 (12) Magnante (4–7) Wells (7–9) Royals Stadium 21,01579–59 L1
139September 8@ Royals 5–0 Key (9–13) Aquino (2–5) Royals Stadium 15,45480–59 W1
140September 9@ Royals 1–0 Cone (2–1) Appier (15–8) Henke (26) Royals Stadium 15,45481–59 W2
--September 10@ Rangers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 11
141September 11@ Rangers 7–5 Guzmán (14–3) Chiamparino (0–2) Henke (27) Arlington Stadium n/a82–59 W3
142September 11@ Rangers 3–4 Pavlik (4–2) Stottlemyre (10–10) Burns (1) Arlington Stadium 19,39682–60 L1
143September 12@ Rangers 4–2 Morris (19–5) Smith (0–1) Henke (28) Arlington Stadium 27,17883–60 W1
144September 13@ Rangers 7–2 Key (10–13) Brown (19–9) Ward (11) Arlington Stadium 16,65484–60 W2
145September 14 Indians 1–2 Mesa (7–10) Cone (2–2) Olin (26) SkyDome 50,39484–61 L1
146September 15 Indians 5–4 Guzmán (15–3) Embree (0–1) Henke (29) SkyDome 49,48785–61 W1
147September 16 Indians 3–6 Nagy (15–10) Stottlemyre (10–11) Power (6) SkyDome 50,41685–62 L1
148September 17 Indians 7–5 (10) Ward (7–4) Plunk (8–4) SkyDome 50,40886–62 W1
149September 18 Rangers 13–0 Key (11–13) Brown (19–10) SkyDome 50,41687–62 W2
150September 19 Rangers 1–0 Cone (3–2) Chiamparino (0–3) Henke (30) SkyDome 50,42188–62 W3
151September 20 Rangers 5–7 Guzmán (15–11) Guzmán (15–4) Whiteside (2) SkyDome 50,40588–63 L1
152September 22@ Orioles 4–3 Stottlemyre (11–11) Sutcliffe (16–14) Henke (31) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 45,10489–63 W1
153September 23@ Orioles 1–4 Rhodes (6–5) Morris (19–6) Olson (34) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 45,66089–64 L1
154September 24@ Orioles 8–2 Key (12–13) McDonald (12–13) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 45,73990–64 W1
155September 25@ Yankees 3–1 Cone (4–2) Pérez (12–16) Henke (32) Yankee Stadium 18,12491–64 W2
156September 26@ Yankees 1–2 Wickman (5–1) Guzmán (15–5) Farr (28) Yankee Stadium 23,43891–65 L1
157September 27@ Yankees 12–2 Morris (20–6) Sanderson (12–10) Yankee Stadium 21,41392–65 W1
158September 29 Red Sox 5–2 Key (13–13) Darwin (9–9) Henke (33) SkyDome 50,41893–65 W2
159September 30 Red Sox 0–1 Viola (13–12) Cone (4–3) SkyDome 50,42093–66 L1
October: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceRecordReport
160October 2 Tigers 8–7 Morris (21–6) Gullickson (14–13) Henke (34) SkyDome 50,41894–66 W1
161October 3 Tigers 3–1 Guzmán (16–5) Haas (5–3) Ward (12) SkyDome 50,41295–66 W2
162October 4 Tigers 7–4 Stottlemyre (12–11) Aldred (3–8) Timlin (1) SkyDome 50,42196–66 W3

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 138480116.2421353
1B John Olerud 138458130.2841666
2B Roberto Alomar 152571177.310876
3B Kelly Gruber 120446102.2291143
SS Manuel Lee 128396104.263339
LF Candy Maldonado 137489133.2722066
CF Devon White 153641159.2481760
RF Joe Carter 158622164.26434119
DH Dave Winfield 156583169.29026108

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jeff Kent 6519246.240835
Derek Bell 6116139.242212
Alfredo Griffin 6315035.233010
Pat Tabler 4913534.252016
Greg Myers 226114.230113
Ed Sprague Jr. 224711.23417
Turner Ward 182910.34513
Rob Ducey 23211.04800
Randy Knorr 8195.26312
Tom Quinlan 13151.06702
Domingo Martinez 785.62513
Eddie Zosky 872.28601
Mike Maksudian 330.00000
Rance Mulliniks 321.50000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Morris 34240.22164.04132
Jimmy Key 33216.213133.53117
Juan Guzmán 28180.21652.64165
Todd Stottlemyre 28174.012114.5098
Dave Stieb 2196.1465.0445
David Cone 853.0432.5547

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Wells 41120.0795.4062
Doug Linton 824.0138.6316

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tom Henke 5732342.2646
Duane Ward 7974121.95103
Pat Hentgen 285205.3639
Bob MacDonald 271004.3726
Mike Timlin 260214.1235
Mark Eichhorn 232004.3519
David Weathers 20008.103
Ricky Trlicek 200010.801
Al Leiter 10009.000

Postseason

American League Championship Series

The Toronto Blue Jays entered the series with a three-man pitching rotation of Jack Morris, David Cone, and Juan Guzmán. [10]

Game 1

October 7, Skydome

Team123456789RHE
Oakland030000001461
Toronto000011010390
W: Jeff Russell (1-0)   L: Jack Morris (0-1)  S: Dennis Eckersley (1)
HR: OAK Mark McGwire (1) Terry Steinbach (1) Harold Baines (1)  TOR Pat Borders (1) Dave Winfield (1)

Game 2

October 8, Skydome

Team123456789RHE
Oakland000000001160
Toronto00002010X340
W: David Cone (1-0)   L: Mike Moore (0-1)  S: Tom Henke (1)
HR: TOR Kelly Gruber (1)

Game 3

October 10, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team123456789RHE
Toronto010110211791
Oakland0002002105133
W: Juan Guzmán (1-0)   L: Ron Darling (0-1)  S: Tom Henke (2)
HR: TOR Roberto Alomar (1) Candy Maldonado (1)

Game 4

October 11, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

The defining moment of the Series came in the ninth inning of Game 4, when Toronto second baseman Roberto Alomar hit a game-tying 2-run home run off Athletics closer Dennis Eckersley. The Blue Jays would eventually win the game 7-6 in 11 innings and take a 3-1 series lead.

Team1234567891011RHE
Toronto010000032017174
Oakland005001000006122
W: Duane Ward (1-0)   L: Kelly Downs (0-1)  S: Tom Henke (3)
HR: TOR John Olerud (1) Roberto Alomar (2)

Game 5

October 12, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum

Team123456789RHE
Toronto000100100273
Oakland20103000X680
W: Dave Stewart (1-0)   L: David Cone (1-1)
HR: OAK Rubén Sierra (1)  TOR Dave Winfield (2)

Game 6

October 14, Skydome

With their victory in game 6, the 1992 Blue Jays became the first non-American-based team to go to the World Series.

Team123456789RHE
Oakland000001010271
Toronto20401002X9130
W: Juan Guzmán (2-0)   L: Mike Moore (0-2)
HR: TOR Joe Carter (1) Candy Maldonado (2)

World Series

Game 1

October 17, 1992, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
Toronto000100000140
Atlanta00000300X340
W: Tom Glavine (1-0)   L: Jack Morris (0-1)  
HR: TOR Joe Carter (1)  ATL Damon Berryhill (1)

Game 2

October 18, 1992, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team123456789RHE
Toronto000020012592
Atlanta010120000451
W: Duane Ward (1-0)   L: Jeff Reardon (0-1)  S: Tom Henke (1)
HR: TOR Ed Sprague (1)

Game 3

October 20, 1992, at SkyDome in Toronto

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta000001010290
Toronto000100011361
W: Duane Ward (2-0)   L: Steve Avery (0-1)  
HR: TOR Joe Carter (2), Kelly Gruber (1)

Game 4

October 21, 1992, at SkyDome in Toronto

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta000000010150
Toronto001000100260
W: Jimmy Key (1-0)   L: Tom Glavine (1-1)  S: Tom Henke (2)
HR: TOR Pat Borders (1)

Game 5

October 22, 1992, at SkyDome in Toronto

Team123456789RHE
Atlanta1001500007130
Toronto010100000260
W: John Smoltz (1-0)   L: Jack Morris (0-2)  S: Mike Stanton (1)
HR: ATL David Justice (1), Lonnie Smith (1)

Game 6

October 24, 1992, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta

Team1234567891011RHE
Toronto100100000024141
Atlanta00100000101381
W: Jimmy Key (2-0)   L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1)  S: Mike Timlin (1)
HR: TOR Candy Maldonado (1)

Postseason Game Log

Legend
Blue Jays winBlue Jays lossGame postponed
1992 Playoff Game Log
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesReport
1October 7 Athletics 3–4 Russell (1–0) Morris (0–1) Eckersley (1) SkyDome 51,0390–1 L1
2October 8 Athletics 3–1 Cone (1–0) Moore (0–1) Henke (1) SkyDome 51,1141–1 W1
3October 10@ Athletics 7–5 Guzman (1–0) Darling (0–1) Henke (2) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 46,9112–1 W2
4October 11@ Athletics 7–6 (11) Ward (1–0) Downs (0–1) Henke (3) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 47,7323–1 W3
5October 12@ Athletics 2–6 Stewart (1–0) Cone (1–1) Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 44,9553–2 L1
6October 14 Athletics 9–2 Guzman (2–0) Moore (0–2) SkyDome 51,3354–2 W1
World Series: 4–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveStadiumAttendanceSeriesReport
1October 17@ Braves 1–3 Glavine (1–0) Morris (0–1) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 51,7630–1 L1
2October 18@ Braves 5–4 Ward (1–0) Reardon (0–1) Henke (1) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 51,7631–1 W1
3October 20 Braves 3–2 Ward (2–0) Avery (0–1) SkyDome 51,8132–1 W2
4October 21 Braves 2–1 Key (1–0) Glavine (1–1) Henke (2) SkyDome 52,0903–1 W3
5October 22 Braves 2–7 Smoltz (1–0) Morris (0–2) Stanton (1) SkyDome 52,2683–2 L1
6October 24@ Braves 4–3 (11) Key (2–0) Leibrandt (0–1) Timlin (1) Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium 51,7634–2 W1

Award winners

Awards

Regular Season
PlayerAwardAwarded
Roberto Alomar AL Player of the Week April 2026, 1992
Player of the Month AwardApril 1992
Silver Slugger Award November 1992
Gold Glove Award November 1992
Joe Carter AL Player of the Week June 814, 1992
AL Player of the Week August 1016, 1992
Devon White Gold Glove Award November 1992
Dave Winfield Silver Slugger Award November 1992
Babe Ruth Award November 1992
Playoffs
PlayerAwardAwarded
Roberto Alomar ALCS MVP October 1992
Pat Borders World Series MVP October 1992

The 1992 Toronto Blue Jays were inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. [11]

63rd MLB All-Star Game

Infielders

Pos#PlayerLeagueABHRBI
2B12 Roberto Alomar American League
Starter
310

Outfielders

Pos#PlayerLeagueABHRBI
RF29 Joe Carter American League
Starter
321

Pitchers

#PlayerLeagueIPSO
66 Juan Guzmán American League 12 [12]

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Nick Leyva
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Garth Iorg
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Dennis Holmberg
A Myrtle Beach Hurricanes South Atlantic League Doug Ault
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Omar Malavé
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Jim Nettles

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