1995 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1995  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record56–88 (.389)
Divisional place5th
Owners Interbrew,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Gord Ash
Managers Cito Gaston
Television CBC Television
(Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton)
ONT
(Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1995 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 19th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 56 wins and 88 losses.

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1995 season. [1]

October 1994

October 3 Randy St. Claire granted free agency (signed with Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract on December 6, 1994).
October 11Released Dave Righetti.
October 14 Darnell Coles granted free agency (signed with St. Louis Cardinals to a one-year, $300,000 contract on March 9, 1995).
October 15 Ray Giannelli granted free agency (signed with St. Louis Cardinals to a contract on November 18, 1994).
Joel Johnston granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a contract on December 16, 1994).
October 18 Todd Stottlemyre granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $2.05 million contract on April 11, 1995).
October 20 Danny Cox granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $700,000 contract on December 14, 1994).
Dave Stewart granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $1 million contract on April 8, 1995).
October 21 Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with Kansas City Royals to a one-year, $310,000 contract on April 10, 1995).
October 25 Dick Schofield granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $350,000 contract on April 15, 1995).

November 1994

November 18Traded Eddie Zosky to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later (Scotty Pace on December 14, 1994).

December 1994

December 5Sent Rob Butler to the Philadelphia Phillies as part of a conditional deal.
Freddy García selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1994 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Todd Steverson selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 1994 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Purchased the contract of Tomás Pérez from the California Angels.
December 14Re-signed free agent Danny Cox to a one-year, $700,000 contract.
December 20Signed free agent Dave Wainhouse to a contract.

January 1995

January 18Released Scott Bailes.

April 1995

April 6Acquired David Cone from the Kansas City Royals for Chris Stynes, Tony Medrano and Dave Sinnes.
April 10Signed free agent Danny Darwin from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $300,000 contract.
April 14Signed free agent Candy Maldonado from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $200,000 contract.
April 17Signed free agent Paul Gibson from the Milwaukee Brewers to a contract.
April 22Received Lance Parrish from the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.
April 24Signed free agent Frank Viola from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 8658.597—42‍–‍3044‍–‍28
New York Yankees 7965.549746‍–‍2633‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles 7173.4931536‍–‍3635‍–‍37
Detroit Tigers 6084.4172635‍–‍3725‍–‍47
Toronto Blue Jays 5688.3893029‍–‍4327‍–‍45

Record vs. opponents

1995 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —4–99–46–12–108–54–57–53–66–75–76–74–17–6
Boston 9–4—11–35–36–78–53–28–45–45–88–47–53–48–5
California 4–93–11—10–23–26–25–75–28–57–56–77–66–78–2
Chicago 1–63–52–10—5–88–48–56–710–33–2–17–54–95–76–5
Cleveland 10–27–62–38–5—10–311–19–49–46–67–05–46–310–3
Detroit 5–85–82–64–83–10—3–48–57–55–82–35–54–87–6
Kansas City 5–42–37–55–81–114–3—10–26–73–75–87–58–67–5
Milwaukee 5–74–82–57–64–95–82–10—9–45–67–23–25–77–5
Minnesota 6–34–55–83–104–95–77–64–9—3–45–74–85–81–4
New York 7–68–55–72–3–16–68–57–36–54–3—4–94–96–312–1
Oakland 7–54–87–65–70–73–28–52–77–59–4—7–65–83–7
Seattle 7–65–76–79–44–55–55–72–38–49–46–7—10–33–4
Texas 1–44–37–67–53–68–46–87–58–53–68–53–10—9–3
Toronto 6–75–82–85–63–106–75–75–74–11–127–34–33–9—

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1995 regular season. [2]

April 1995

April 26Traded Aaron Small to the Florida Marlins for a player to be named later (Ernie Delgado on September 19, 1995).

June 1995

June 5Released Dave Wainhouse.
June 9Released Paul Gibson.

July 1995

July 18Released Danny Darwin.
July 25Released Frank Viola.
July 28Acquired Marty Janzen, Mike Gordon and Jason Jarvis from the New York Yankees for David Cone.

August 1995

August 1Signed free agent Wally Whitehurst from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.
August 31Sent Candy Maldonado to the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.

1995 MLB Draft

Roster

1995 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1995 Game Log
April: 3–2 (Home: 3–2; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 26 Athletics 13–1 Cone (1–0) Stewart (0–1)50,4261–0
2April 27 Athletics 7–1 Hentgen (1–0) Darling (0–1)31,0702–0
3April 28 Angels 7–6 (10) Butcher (1–0) Castillo (0–1) Smith (1)36,2082–1
4April 29 Angels 3–0 Leiter (1–0) Sanderson (0–1) Hall (1)35,2783–1
5April 30 Angels 5–3 Butcher (2–0) Menhart (0–1) Smith (2)35,2903–2
May: 11–16 (Home: 7–8; Away: 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
6May 1 Angels 2–0 Boskie (1–0) Cone (1–1) Smith (3)31,3033–3
7May 2 White Sox 9–8 Timlin (1–0) Márquez (0–1)34,1944–3
8May 3 White Sox 8–7 (10) Menhart (1–1) Hernández (0–1)33,1595–3
9May 5@ Orioles 9–2 Brown (2–0) Leiter (1–1)37,6705–4
10May 6@ Orioles 7–3 Darwin (1–0) Rhodes (1–1)40,1736–4
11May 7@ Orioles 6–2 Mussina (1–1) Cone (1–2)44,3046–5
12May 9 Yankees 9–6 Hentgen (2–0) McDowell (1–1)37,2917–5
13May 10 Yankees 6–4 (11) Wetteland (1–0) Williams (0–1)38,2327–6
14May 11 Yankees 12–11 Ausanio (2–0) Ward (0–1) Howe (1)39,3707–7
15May 12@ Brewers 14–5 Ignasiak (2–0) Darwin (1–1)12,9047–8
16May 13@ Brewers 10–0 Cone (2–2) Miranda (1–1)17,9848–8
17May 14@ Brewers 8–3 Hentgen (3–0) Eldred (1–1)13,4479–8
18May 15@ Rangers 12–4 Tewksbury (2–1) Guzmán (0–1)17,9829–9
19May 16@ Rangers 6–1 Rogers (3–2) Leiter (1–2) Burrows (1)19,0149–10
20May 17@ Rangers 12–7 Gross (1–3) Darwin (1–2) Vosberg (1)18,9109–11
21May 19@ Tigers 4–2 Cone (3–2) Moore (3–2)18,55810–11
22May 20@ Tigers 10–6 Doherty (2–2) Hentgen (3–1)18,88810–12
23May 21@ Tigers 2–1 Boever (2–0) Cox (0–1) Henneman (3)19,14410–13
24May 22 Royals 7–0 Appier (5–1) Darwin (1–3)39,25510–14
25May 23 Royals 10–6 Timlin (2–0) Pichardo (0–1) Hall (2)35,04911–14
26May 24 Royals 8–5 Gordon (2–1) Cone (3–3)37,27711–15
27May 26 Indians 7–4 Hershiser (3–1) Hentgen (3–2) Mesa (7)47,11311–16
28May 27 Indians 3–0 Leiter (2–2) Plunk (2–1) Hall (3)47,14312–16
29May 28 Indians 5–4 Nagy (3–1) Darwin (1–4) Mesa (8)42,36512–17
30May 29 Tigers 5–4 Cone (4–3) Moore (4–3) Timlin (1)39,29413–17
31May 30 Tigers 8–6 Lira (1–3) Cox (0–2) Henneman (5)39,71113–18
32May 31 Tigers 5–3 Hentgen (4–2) Doherty (2–3)41,23214–18
June: 9–16 (Home: 6–5; Away: 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
33June 2@ Indians 5–0 Leiter (3–2) Nagy (3–2) Timlin (2)41,54515–18
34June 3@ Indians 3–0 Martínez (5–0) Darwin (1–5)41,56615–19
35June 4@ Indians 9–8 Tavárez (3–0) Hall (0–1)41,68815–20
36June 5@ White Sox 3–2 Abbott (3–2) Guzmán (0–2) Hernández (9)22,18015–21
37June 6@ White Sox 6–4 Bere (2–4) Hentgen (4–3) Hernández (10)18,42815–22
38June 7@ White Sox 4–3 Leiter (4–2) Keyser (0–1) Timlin (3)19,74916–22
–June 9@ Royals Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 4
39June 10@ Royals 8–2 Appier (8–2) Darwin (1–6)20,88316–23
40June 11@ Royals 3–2 (10) Pichardo (3–1) Hall (0–2)16,88116–24
41June 12 Red Sox 4–3 (12) Timlin (3–0) Ryan (0–2)40,17117–24
42June 13 Red Sox 11–7 Maddux (1–1) Hentgen (4–4)36,29717–25
43June 14 Red Sox 5–3 Leiter (5–2) Wakefield (4–1) Castillo (1)37,89818–25
44June 16 Rangers 7–3 Tewksbury (5–2) Darwin (1–7)38,15018–26
45June 17 Rangers 4–3 Cone (5–3) Rogers (7–3)45,22919–26
46June 18 Rangers 7–2 Guzmán (1–2) Pavlik (4–2)40,21520–26
47June 20 Brewers 5–3 Roberson (3–2) Hentgen (4–5) Fetters (6)39,45620–27
48June 21 Brewers 10–9 Wegman (1–3) Timlin (3–1) Fetters (7)40,29620–28
49June 22 Brewers 9–0 Sparks (3–2) Darwin (1–8)43,49020–29
50June 23@ Yankees 6–2 McDowell (4–4) Cone (5–4)24,49920–30
51June 24@ Yankees 10–2 Pérez (5–4) Guzmán (1–3)28,95020–31
52June 25@ Yankees 8–2 Hitchcock (3–4) Hentgen (4–6)26,34020–32
53June 26@ Red Sox 4–3 Belinda (5–0) Castillo (0–2)26,71620–33
54June 27@ Red Sox 6–5 (11) Lilliquist (2–1) Williams (0–2)30,26220–34
55June 28@ Red Sox 8–4 Cone (6–4) Smith (2–4)31,46721–34
56June 29 Orioles 5–1 Guzmán (2–3) Fernandez (0–4)40,17322–34
57June 30 Orioles 6–5 Cox (1–2) Clark (0–1)38,41623–34
July: 15–14 (Home: 5–8; Away: 10–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58July 1 Orioles 6–2 Moyer (3–3) Leiter (5–3)43,37523–35
59July 2 Orioles 9–7 Benítez (1–3) Crabtree (0–1) Jones (12)42,22623–36
60July 3@ Angels 4–2 Langston (7–1) Cone (6–5) Smith (20)17,84823–37
61July 4@ Angels 14–0 Finley (7–6) Guzmán (2–4)61,29223–38
62July 5@ Angels 6–5 Hentgen (5–6) Boskie (6–2) Castillo (2)14,16324–38
63July 6@ Angels 10–1 Anderson (2–2) Leiter (5–4)15,07624–39
64July 7@ Athletics 4–2 Williams (1–2) Prieto (0–1) Castillo (3)14,52225–39
65July 8@ Athletics 9–6 Cone (7–5) Harkey (4–6)26–39
66July 8@ Athletics 6–3 Eckersley (2–2) Guzmán (2–5)25,10326–40
67July 9@ Athletics 7–3 Hentgen (6–6) Darling (2–4)20,25327–40
68July 12@ Athletics 7–4 Stottlemyre (8–2) Leiter (5–5) Eckersley (19)11,34327–41
69July 13@ Mariners 4–1 Cone (8–5) Belcher (4–5) Castillo (4)18,61628–41
70July 14@ Mariners 5–1 Guzmán (3–5) Bosio (6–4)14,85029–41
71July 15@ Mariners 3–0 Johnson (10–1) Hentgen (6–7)36,03729–42
72July 16@ Mariners 9–3 Hurtado (1–0) Carmona (1–4)17,63230–42
73July 17@ Twins 6–3 Leiter (6–5) Harris (0–3) Castillo (5)15,41531–42
74July 18@ Twins 7–0 Cone (9–5) Tapani (4–11)16,53432–42
75July 19 Angels 10–2 Springer (1–2) Guzmán (3–6)39,13932–43
76July 20 Angels 10–3 Butcher (6–1) Hentgen (6–8)37,19432–44
77July 21 Mariners 4–3 Hurtado (2–0) Torres (3–5) Castillo (6)36,49033–44
78July 22 Mariners 7–2 Belcher (6–5) Leiter (6–6)43,48333–45
79July 23 Mariners 6–4 Wells (3–3) Cone (9–6) Ayala (14)39,16333–46
80July 25 Twins 7–3 Rodriguez (2–3) Guzmán (3–7)37,60933–47
81July 26 Twins 6–2 Hentgen (7–8) Trombley (1–6)37,15034–47
82July 27 Twins 9–2 Hurtado (3–0) Harris (0–4)42,15435–47
83July 28 Athletics 3–0 Leiter (7–6) Van Poppel (1–3) Castillo (7)40,46136–47
84July 29 Athletics 18–11 Carrara (1–0) Prieto (1–4)41,04037–47
85July 30 Athletics 11–3 Darling (4–6) Guzmán (3–8)40,31237–48
86July 31@ Orioles 6–3 Hentgen (8–8) Moyer (6–4) Jordan (1)41,93738–48
August: 11–16 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
87August 1@ Orioles 12–10 Robinson (1–0) Jones (0–4) Castillo (8)41,39439–48
88August 2@ Orioles 1–0 Mussina (13–5) Menhart (1–2)40,02339–49
89August 3@ Orioles 8–2 (10) Jordan (1–0) Clark (1–2)43,32540–49
90August 4 Red Sox 7–1 Hanson (9–4) Rogers (0–1)40,13740–50
91August 5 Red Sox 9–3 Cormier (4–2) Hentgen (8–9)41,45440–51
92August 6 Red Sox 6–4 Eshelman (4–2) Hurtado (3–1) Aguilera (20)38,19440–52
93August 7 Red Sox 5–4 (10) Belinda (8–1) Crabtree (0–2)42,13540–53
94August 8@ Brewers 6–5 (11) Wegman (5–4) Rogers (0–2)18,22240–54
95August 9@ Brewers 12–7 Karl (3–2) Guzmán (3–9)18,41740–55
96August 10@ Brewers 8–4 Hentgen (9–9) Sparks (7–6) Castillo (9)17,66141–55
97August 11@ Rangers 14–5 Hurtado (4–1) Pavlik (6–7)31,26942–55
98August 12@ Rangers 6–3 Witt (1–0) Leiter (7–7) McDowell (3)40,04042–56
99August 13@ Rangers 6–1 Gross (6–11) Carrara (1–1)25,30842–57
100August 15@ Tigers 11–5 Bohanon (1–1) Hentgen (9–10)19,17342–58
101August 16@ Tigers 7–4 Hurtado (5–1) Maxcy (4–3) Castillo (10)17,55143–58
102August 17@ Tigers 3–0 Leiter (8–7) Lima (1–4) Castillo (11)14,62944–58
103August 18 Royals 10–3 Gordon (8–8) Carrara (1–2)41,16844–59
104August 19 Royals 5–4 (13) Rogers (1–2) Montgomery (1–2)40,12845–59
105August 20 Royals 4–3 Timlin (4–1) Olson (1–1)39,10346–59
106August 21 Indians 7–3 Hershiser (11–5) Hurtado (5–2) Embree (1)39,18746–60
107August 22 Indians 5–4 Castillo (1–2) Tavárez (8–2)39,29347–60
108August 23 Indians 6–5 Poole (3–3) Carrara (1–3) Mesa (38)41,16947–61
109August 25 White Sox 8–7 Bere (6–11) Hentgen (9–11) Hernández (22)38,68447–62
110August 26 White Sox 3–2 Rogers (2–2) Hernández (2–7)45,62448–62
111August 27 White Sox 2–1 Leiter (9–7) Righetti (3–2) Castillo (12)40,17949–62
112August 28@ Indians 9–1 Ogea (7–3) Carrara (1–4)40,28349–63
113August 29@ Indians 4–1 Clark (8–5) Guzmán (3–10)41,25749–64
114August 30@ Indians 4–3 (14) Assenmacher (6–2) Castillo (1–3)41,80749–65
115August 31@ Indians 6–4 (10) Mesa (2–0) Rogers (2–3)41,74649–66
September: 7–21 (Home: 3–11; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
116September 1@ White Sox 5–3 Keyser (4–6) Leiter (9–8) Hernández (25)18,44449–67
117September 2@ White Sox 10–4 Álvarez (7–7) Ware (0–1)24,36949–68
118September 3@ White Sox 6–5 Simas (1–0) Guzmán (3–11) Hernández (26)23,42849–69
119September 4@ Royals 6–1 Hentgen (10–11) Gubicza (10–12) Timlin (4)50–69
120September 4@ Royals 9–7 Magnante (1–1) Castillo (1–4) Montgomery (27)19,90550–70
121September 5@ Royals 9–8 (10) Olson (3–1) Robinson (1–1)12,44350–71
122September 6@ Royals 6–2 Leiter (10–8) Gordon (10–10)13,03051–71
123September 8 Tigers 9–5 Ware (1–1) Lira (9–10)36,49052–71
124September 9 Tigers 5–2 Bergman (7–8) Guzmán (3–12) Henry (2)43,12752–72
125September 10 Tigers 5–2 (11) Doherty (5–8) Timlin (4–2) Henry (3)39,25552–73
126September 11 Tigers 3–2 (10) Christopher (3–0) Rogers (2–4) Bohanon (1)32,13552–74
127September 12 Rangers 6–5 McDowell (6–3) Leiter (10–9) Russell (19)32,17852–75
128September 13 Rangers 3–2 (11) Whiteside (5–4) Timlin (4–3)32,13052–76
129September 14 Rangers 6–1 Witt (3–2) Guzmán (3–13)32,14352–77
130September 15 Brewers 5–1 (15) Kiefer (4–1) Robinson (1–2)34,16452–78
131September 16 Brewers 5–4 (11) Carrara (2–4) Wegman (5–7)43,16453–78
132September 17 Brewers 5–0 Leiter (11–9) Givens (5–5)38,19154–78
133September 18@ Yankees 9–2 Cone (16–8) Cox (1–3)15,22454–79
134September 19@ Yankees 5–3 Pettitte (11–8) Guzmán (3–14) Wetteland (26)15,77254–80
135September 20@ Yankees 2–1 Hitchcock (9–10) Hentgen (10–12)20,54154–81
136September 21@ Yankees 6–4 Howe (6–3) Menhart (1–3) Wetteland (27)17,76654–82
–September 22@ Red Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 23
137September 23@ Red Sox 5–0 Clemens (9–5) Leiter (11–10)32,79154–83
138September 23@ Red Sox 8–6 Ware (2–1) Wakefield (16–6) Castillo (13)21,26655–83
139September 24@ Red Sox 2–1 Guzmán (4–14) Aguilera (3–3) Timlin (5)32,47256–83
140September 26 Orioles 5–0 Mussina (18–9) Hentgen (10–13)35,41456–84
141September 27 Orioles 7–0 Erickson (13–10) Menhart (1–4)35,01956–85
142September 29 Yankees 4–3 Pettitte (12–9) Castillo (1–5) Wetteland (31)40,31856–86
143September 30 Yankees 6–1 Kamieniecki (7–6) Leiter (11–11)49,23356–87
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
144October 1 Yankees 6–1 Hitchcock (11–10) Hentgen (10–14)47,18256–88
*An MLB Players strike, which ended on April 2, resulted in a reduced schedule of 144 games being played in 1995.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Sandy Martínez 6219146.241225
1B John Olerud 135492143.291854
2B Roberto Alomar 130517155.3001366
SS Alex Gonzalez 11136789.2431042
3B Ed Sprague Jr. 144521127.2441874
LF Joe Carter 139558141.2532576
CF Devon White 101427121.2831053
RF Shawn Green 121379109.2881554
DH Paul Molitor 130525142.2701560

Other batters

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Lance Parrish 7017836.202422
IF Domingo Cedeño 5116138.236414
OF Candy Maldonado 6116043.269725
CF Mike Huff 6113832.23219
C Randy Knorr 4513228.212316
UT Carlos Delgado 379915.165311
SS Tomás Pérez 419824.24518
OF Robert Pérez 17489.18813
OF Shannon Stewart 12388.21101
UT Howard Battle 9153.20000

Pitching

Starting and other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pat Hentgen 30200.210145.11135
Al Leiter 28183.011113.64153
Juan Guzmán 24135.14146.3294
David Cone 17130.1963.38102
Paul Menhart 2178.2144.9250
Edwin Hurtado 1477.2525.4533
Danny Darwin 1365.0187.6236
Giovanni Carrara 1248.2247.2127
Jeff Ware 526.1215.4718

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Tony Castillo 5515133.2238
Mike Timlin 314352.1436
Tim Crabtree 310203.0921
Danny Cox 241407.4038
Woody Williams 231203.6941
Ken Robinson 211203.6931
Jimmy Rogers 192405.7013
Darren Hall 170234.4111
Ricardo Jordan 151016.6010
Brad Cornett 50009.004
Duane Ward 401027.003

Award winners

All-Star Game

[5]

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Bob Didier and Richie Hebner
AA Knoxville Smokies Southern League Garth Iorg
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Jim Nettles
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Omar Malavé
A-Short Season St. Catharines Blue Jays New York–Penn League J. J. Cannon
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Rocket Wheeler
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Darren Balsley

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

The 1996 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 20th season in franchise history. The season involved the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The Blue Jays had a losing record for the third consecutive season.

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

The 1991 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 15th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team's paid attendance of 4,001,527 led the major leagues, as the Jays became the first team in MLB history to draw four million fans in a season. Toronto lost the ALCS to the eventual world champion Minnesota Twins in five games.

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

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

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

The 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.

The 1984 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's eighth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

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

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

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

The 1991 San Diego Padres season was the 23rd season in franchise history.

References

  1. ↑ "1995 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1995 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  3. ↑ Roy Halladay at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Ryan Freel at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  6. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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