1985 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1985 Toronto Blue Jays
1985 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Exhibition Stadium (since 1977)
  • Toronto (since 1977)
Results
Record99–62 (.615)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)Pat Gillick
Manager(s)Bobby Cox
Local televisionCFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Local radioCJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1985 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's ninth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 99 wins and 62 losses. The win total of 99 is a franchise record, and the division title was the franchise's first.

Despite having the second-best record in Major League Baseball, the Blue Jays collapsed in the American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals, blowing a 3–1 series lead and losing in seven games.

Offseason[]

  • December 3, 1984: Rule 5 draft
  • December 8, 1984: Alfredo Griffin, Dave Collins, and cash were traded by the Blue Jays to the Oakland Athletics for Bill Caudill.[3]
  • January 24, 1985: Tom Henke was chosen by the Blue Jays from the Texas Rangers as a Free Agent compensation pick.[4]
  • January 26, 1985: Jim Gott, Augie Schmidt (minors), and Jack McKnight (minors) were traded by the Blue Jays to the San Francisco Giants for Gary Lavelle.[5]

Regular season[]

  • April 27, 1985: Willie Aikens hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.[6]
  • July 9, 1985: In a game between the Blue Jays and the Mariners at Seattle, Buck Martinez executed a double play by tagging out two runners at home plate. In the third inning, Phil Bradley was on second when Gorman Thomas singled. Bradley was tagged out at home, on a throw from Jesse Barfield to Martinez. There was a collision between Bradley and Martinez – Martinez broke his ankle. Martinez was sitting on the ground in agony and threw the ball to third base in an attempt to tag out Gorman Thomas. The throw went into left field and Thomas ran towards home plate. Toronto left fielder George Bell threw the ball back to Martinez. He was still seated on the ground in pain but was able to tag Gorman Thomas for the out. Martinez tagged out both runners at home plate.[7]
  • Dave Stieb led the American League with a 2.48 ERA and pitched 26 consecutive scoreless innings.

Season standings[]

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AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 99 62 0.615 — 54–26 45–36
New York Yankees 97 64 0.602 2 58–22 39–42
Detroit Tigers 84 77 0.522 15 44–37 40–40
Baltimore Orioles 83 78 0.516 16 45–36 38–42
Boston Red Sox 81 81 0.500 18½ 43–37 38–44
Milwaukee Brewers 71 90 0.441 28 40–40 31–50
Cleveland Indians 60 102 0.370 39½ 38–43 22–59

Record vs. opponents[]

1985 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 5–8 7–5 8–4 8–5 6–7 6–6 9–4 6–6 1–12 7–5 6–6 10–2 4–8
Boston 8–5 — 5–7 4–8–1 8–5 6–7 5–7 5–8 7–5 5–8 8–4 6–6 5–7 9–4
California 5–7 7–5 — 8–5 8–4 8–4 4–9 9–3 9–4 3–9 6–7 9–4 9–4 5–7
Chicago 4–8 8–4–1 5–8 — 10–2 6–6 5–8 5–7 6–7 6–6 8–5 9–4 10–3 3–9
Cleveland 5–8 5–8 4–8 2–10 — 5–8 2–10 7–6 4–8 6–7 3–9 6–6 7–5 4–9
Detroit 7–6 7–6 4–8 6–6 8–5 — 5–7 9–4 3–9 9–3 8–4 5–7 7–5 6–7
Kansas City 6–6 7–5 9–4 8–5 10–2 7–5 — 8–4 7–6 5–7 8–5 3–10 6–7 7–5
Milwaukee 4–9 8–5 3–9 7–5 6–7 4–9 4–8 — 9–3 7–6 3–9 4–8 8–3 4–9
Minnesota 6–6 5–7 4–9 7��6 8–4 9–3 6–7 3–9 — 3–9 8–5 6–7 8–5 4–8
New York 12–1 8–5 9–3 6–6 7–6 3–9 7–5 6–7 9–3 — 7–5 9–3 8–4 6–7
Oakland 5–7 4–8 7–6 5–8 9–3 4–8 5–8 9–3 5–8 5–7 — 8–5 6–7 5–7
Seattle 6–6 6–6 4–9 4–9 6–6 7–5 10–3 8–4 7–6 3–9 5–8 — 6–7 2–10
Texas 2–10 7–5 4–9 3–10 5–7 5–7 7–6 3–8 5–8 4–8 7–6 7–6 — 3–9
Toronto 8–4 4–9 7–5 9–3 9–4 7–6 5–7 9–4 8–4 7–6 7–5 10–2 9–3 —


Notable transactions[]

  • May 31, 1985: Pedro Muñoz was signed by the Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.[8]
  • June 3, 1985: 1985 Major League Baseball draft
    • The Blue Jays drafted outfielder Greg David with the twenty-fifth overall pick in the 1985 Draft.[9]
    • Jim Abbott was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 36th round, but did not sign.[10]
    • Todd Stottlemyre was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the (Secondary Phase). Player signed August 12, 1985.[11]
  • June 22, 1985: Mitch Webster was traded by the Blue Jays to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later. The Expos completed the deal by sending Cliff Young to the Blue Jays on September 10.[12]
  • July 9, 1985: Len Matuszek was traded by the Blue Jays to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Al Oliver.[13]
  • August 28, 1985: The Blue Jays traded players to be named later to the Texas Rangers for Cliff Johnson. The Blue Jays completed the deal by sending Matt Williams and Jeff Mays (minors) to the Rangers on August 29, and Greg Ferlenda (minors) to the Rangers on November 14.[14]
  • September 15, 1985: Junior Félix was signed by the Blue Jays as a free agent.[15]
  • September 17, 1985: Francisco Cabrera was signed by the Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.[16]

Roster[]

1985 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  •  6 Bobby Cox

Coaches

Game log[]

1985 Game Log (99–62)
April (13–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
1 April 8 @ Royals 1–2 Black (1–0) Stieb (0–1) Quisenberry (1) 41,086 0–1 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
2 April 10 @ Royals 1–0 (10) Caudill (1–0) Beckwith (0–1) Lavelle (1) 14,740 1–1 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
3 April 11 @ Royals 4–3 (10) Caudill (2–0) Quisenberry (0–1) Acker (1) 17,798 2–1 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
4 April 12 @ Orioles 7 – 2 McGregor (1-0) Key (0-1) Stewart (2) 26,585 2-2
5 April 13 @ Orioles 8 – 7 Martinez (1-0) Caudill (2-1) 28,529 2-3
6 April 14 @ Orioles 5 – 3 Alexander (1-0) Boddicker (1-1) Acker (2) 25,111 3-3
7 April 16 Rangers 9 – 4 Mason (1-1) Leal (0-1) Noles (1) 41,284 3-4
8 April 17 Rangers 3 – 1 (10) Caudill (3-1) Stewart (0-1) 15,472 4-4
9 April 18 Rangers 4 – 2 Stieb (1-1) Tanana (0-2) Caudill (1) 15,380 5-4
10 April 19 Orioles 6 – 5 Alexander (2-0) Stewart (1-1) Caudill (2) 20,213 6-4
11 April 20 Orioles 3 – 2 Musselman (1-0) Martinez (1-1) Lavelle (2) 40,451 7-4
12 April 21 Orioles 3 – 2 Martínez (1-1) Key (0-2) Martínez (1) 29,082 7-5
13 April 22 Royals 0–2 Leibrandt (2–0) Stieb (1–2) 20,281 7–6 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
14 April 23 Royals 6–7 Beckwith (1–1) Caudill (3–2) Quisenberry (2) 18,491 7–7 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
15 April 24 Royals 10–2 Leal (1–1) Saberhagen (1–2) 18,006 8–7 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
16 April 26 @ Rangers 6 – 5 Lamp (1-0) Schmidt (0-1) Caudill (3) 10,725 9-7
17 April 27 @ Rangers 9 – 8 (10) Acker (1-0) Stewart (0-2) Caudill (4) 13,769 10-7
18 April 28 @ Rangers 6 – 3 Alexander (3-0) Mason (2-2) 11,324 11-7
19 April 29 @ Athletics 2 – 1 Leal (2-1) Krueger (2-2) Caudill (5) 13,852 12-7
20 April 30 @ Athletics 4 – 3 Lamp (2-0) Howell (0-1) Acker (3) 6,439 13-7
May (17–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
21 May 1 @ Angels 6 – 3 Key (1-2) McCaskill (0-1) 24,112 14-7
22 May 2 @ Angels 3 – 2 Clements (2-0) Stieb (1-3) 23,824 14-8
23 May 3 @ Mariners 5 – 4 Alexander (4-0) Barojas (0-3) Caudill (6) 12,370 15-8
24 May 4 @ Mariners 8 – 1 Young (2-3) Leal (2-2) 14,952 15-9
25 May 5 @ Mariners 4 – 1 Langston (4-2) Clancy (0-1) 11,500 15-10
26 May 7 Athletics 10 – 1 Stieb (2-3) Sutton (2-3) 21,292 16-10
27 May 8 Athletics 6 – 4 McCatty (2-1) Alexander (4-1) Howell (8) 18,102 16-11
28 May 10 Mariners 8 – 3 Key (2-2) Langston (4-3) Acker (4) 20,116 17-11
29 May 11 Mariners 4 – 2 Caudill (4-2) Young (2-4) 32,398 18-11
30 May 12 Mariners 9 – 5 Stieb (3-3) Beattie (1-4) 25,181 19-11
31 May 14 Angels 6 – 3 Alexander (5-1) Slaton (3-2) Caudill (7) 22,445 20-11
32 May 15 Angels 9 – 6 Moore (2-1) Caudill (4-3) 18,119 20-12
33 May 17 @ Twins 7 – 6 (11) Filson (1-0) Leal (2-3) 19,253 20-13
34 May 18 @ Twins 3 – 1 Clancy (1-1) Smithson (4-3) Acker (5) 16,824 21-13
35 May 19 @ Twins 8 – 2 Filson (2-0) Alexander (5-2) 25,151 21-14
36 May 20 White Sox 6 – 1 Key (3-2) Seaver (4-2) 44,715 22-14
37 May 21 White Sox 4 – 3 Lavelle (1-0) James (1-1) 20,159 23-14
38 May 22 White Sox 10 – 0 Stieb (4-3) Dotson (2-2) 22,447 24-14
39 May 23 @ Indians 6 – 5 Lamp (3-0) Waddell (1-3) Caudill (8) 4,333 25-14
40 May 24 @ Indians 7 – 6 Lamp (4-0) Creel (0-2) Lavelle (3) 8,502 26-14
41 May 25 @ Indians 10 – 7 Musselman (2-0) Thompson (1-2) Acker (6) 7,345 27-14
42 May 26 @ Indians 6 – 5 Lavelle (2-0) Creel (0-3) Caudill (9) 13,255 28-14
-- May 27 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 23
43 May 28 @ White Sox 6 – 1 Stieb (5-3) Dotson (2-3) 14,598 29-14
44 May 29 @ White Sox 8 – 5 Burns (6-4) Clancy (1-2) James (8) 18,953 29-15
45 May 31 Indians 7 – 2 Alexander (6-2) Clark (1-1) Acker (7) 24,166 30-15
June (16–13)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
46 June 1 Indians 8 – 3 Key (4-2) Blyleven (3-6) 33,296 31-15
47 June 2 Indians 5 – 4 Heaton (4-4) Stieb (5-4) Waddell (8) 31-16
48 June 2 Indians 5 – 2 Leal (3-3) Behenna (0-1) Acker (8) 35,315 32-16
49 June 4 Twins 9 – 2 Clancy (2-2) Viola (6-5) 27,163 33-16
50 June 5 Twins 5 – 0 Alexander (7-2) Smithson (4-5) 26,087 34-16
51 June 6 Tigers 2 – 0 (12) Acker (2-0) López (0-4) 36,384 35-16
52 June 7 Tigers 9 – 2 Stieb (6-4) Terrell (6-2) 42,455 36-16
53 June 8 Tigers 10 – 1 O'Neal (1-0) Leal (3-4) 44,484 36-17
54 June 9 Tigers 8 – 3 Bair (1-0) Clancy (2-3) 40,273 36-18
55 June 10 @ Yankees 4 – 2 Shirley (1-1) Alexander (7-3) Righetti (11) 20,329 36-19
56 June 11 @ Yankees 4 – 1 (11) Lamp (5-0) Fisher (2-1) 22,620 37-19
57 June 12 @ Yankees 3 – 2 (10) Acker (3-0) Bordi (1-1) 25,129 38-19
58 June 13 @ Red Sox 8 – 7 Trujillo (1-1) Lavelle (2-1) Stanley (8) 22,459 38-20
59 June 14 @ Red Sox 4 – 1 Boyd (8-4) Clancy (2-4) 33,809 38-21
60 June 15 @ Red Sox 7 – 5 Stanley (2-2) Acker (3-1) 35,664 38-22
61 June 16 @ Red Sox 7 – 6 Crawford (4-2) Lavelle (2-2) 27,700 38-23
62 June 17 @ Brewers 2 – 1 Haas (6-3) Stieb (6-5) 16,889 38-24
63 June 18 @ Brewers 4 – 1 Burris (4-5) Leal (3-5) 18,568 38-25
64 June 19 @ Brewers 5 – 1 Clancy (3-4) Vuckovich (2-5) Caudill (10) 25,607 39-25
65 June 20 Red Sox 6 – 5 Acker (4-1) Stanley (2-3) Caudill (11) 35,050 40-25
66 June 21 Red Sox 7 – 2 Key (5-2) Hurst (2-7) 36,252 41-25
67 June 22 Red Sox 5 – 3 Stanley (3-3) Acker (4-2) 42,117 41-26
68 June 23 Red Sox 8 – 1 Stieb (7-5) Kison (3-2) 34,128 42-26
69 June 25 Brewers 7 – 1 Clancy (4-4) Burris (4-6) 30,019 43-26
70 June 26 Brewers 5 – 4 Gibson (6-4) Alexander (7-4) 27,397 43-27
71 June 27 Brewers 7 – 3 Key (6-2) Higuera (4-5) Acker (9) 28,228 44-27
72 June 28 @ Tigers 2 – 0 Stieb (8-5) Petry (9-6) 48,002 45-27
73 June 29 @ Tigers 8 – 0 Terrell (9-3) Leal (3-6) 47,965 45-28
74 June 30 @ Tigers 6 – 5 Lavelle (3-2) López (1-5) Lamp (1) 44,377 46-28
July (18–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
75 July 1 Yankees 4 – 1 Cowley (7-3) Alexander (7-5) Righetti (14) 41,476 46-29
76 July 2 Yankees 5 – 3 Whitson (4-6) Key (6-3) 35,202 46-30
77 July 3 Yankees 3 – 2 (10) Acker (5-2) Bordi (1-2) 40,376 47-30
78 July 4 @ Athletics 3 – 2 Howell (8-3) Caudill (4-4) 46,770 47-31
79 July 5 @ Athletics 8 – 2 Clancy (5-4) Krueger (5-8) 17,937 48-31
80 July 6 @ Athletics 5 – 1 Sutton (8-5) Alexander (7-6) 23,230 48-32
81 July 7 @ Athletics 8 – 2 Key (7-3) McCatty (4-4) 28,631 49-32
82 July 8 @ Mariners 4 – 0 Stieb (9-5) Moore (7-5) 20,817 50-32
83 July 9 @ Mariners 9 – 4 (13) Musselman (3-0) Vande Berg (0-1) 10,393 51-32
84 July 10 @ Mariners 11 – 1 Clancy (6-4) Wills (4-2) 12,815 52-32
85 July 11 @ Angels 5 – 3 Alexander (8-6) Slaton (4-8) Lavelle (4) 31,672 53-32
86 July 12 @ Angels 5 – 3 McCaskill (5-5) Key (7-4) Moore (17) 35,870 53-33
87 July 13 @ Angels 4 – 3 Witt (7-6) Lavelle (3-3) 42,054 53-34
88 July 14 @ Angels 5 – 3 Cliburn (4-2) Lavelle (3-4) 35,306 53-35
89 July 18 Athletics 6 – 4 Ontiveros (1-1) Lavelle (3-5) Howell (19) 32,231 53-36
90 July 19 Athletics 5 – 1 Key (8-4) Sutton (9-6) 28,218 54-36
91 July 20 Athletics 5 – 1 Birtsas (6-2) Stieb (9-6) Ontiveros (2) 35,187 54-37
92 July 21 Athletics 11 – 4 Lamp (6-0) Krueger (7-9) 36,109 55-37
93 July 22 Mariners 3 – 1 Filer (1-0) Langston (5-7) Caudill (12) 25,110 56-37
94 July 23 Mariners 4 – 2 Alexander (9-6) Moore (8-6) Caudill (13) 28,419 57-37
95 July 24 Mariners 3 – 1 Key (9-4) Young (7-11) Lavelle (5) 26,163 58-37
96 July 25 Angels 7 – 0 Stieb (10-6) Witt (8-7) 32,083 59-37
97 July 26 Angels 8 – 3 Clancy (7-4) Lugo (3-3) 31,294 60-37
98 July 27 Angels 8 – 3 Filer (2-0) Mack (0-1) Acker (10) 44,116 61-37
99 July 28 Angels 5 – 1 Alexander (10-6) McCaskill (6-7) 36,190 62-37
100 July 29 @ Orioles 4 – 3 (10) Henke (1-0) Boddicker (10-11) 41,599 63-37
101 July 30 @ Orioles 4 – 3 (10) Aase (6-5) Lavelle (3-6) 26,561 63-38
102 July 31 @ Orioles 5 – 3 Henke (2-0) Martínez (7-7) 32,044 64-38
August (17–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
103 August 1 @ Orioles 9 – 3 Filer (3-0) Davis (5-7) 27,745 65-38
104 August 2 Rangers 5 – 3 Alexander (11-6) Cook (2-3) Henke (1) 28,429 66-38
105 August 3 Rangers 4 – 1 Lamp (7-0) Welsh (2-3) Caudill (14) 35,109 67-38
106 August 4 Rangers 8 – 4 Hough (10-11) Stieb (10-7) Schmidt (4) 36,272 67-39
107 August 8 Orioles 7 – 2 Alexander (12-6) McGregor (9-9) 68-39
108 August 8 Orioles 7 – 4 Filer (4-0) Boddicker (10-13) Henke (2) 40,104 69-39
109 August 9 @ Royals 2–4 Black (8–11) Stieb (10–8) 25,868 69–40 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
110 August 10 @ Royals 3–4 (10) Quisenberry (6–6) Caudill (4–5) 34,448 69–41 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
111 August 11 @ Royals 5–3 (10) Henke (3–0) Beckwith (1–5) 27,457 70–41 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
112 August 12 @ Rangers 5 – 4 Henry (1-0) Caudill (4-6) 10,829 70-42
113 August 13 @ Rangers 5 – 3 Filer (5-0) Russell (0-2) Henke (3) 9,790 71-42
114 August 14 @ Rangers 4 – 1 Stieb (11-8) Hough (11-12) 10,494 72-42
115 August 16 Royals 2–4 Leibrandt (11–6) Key (9–5) 38,269 72–43 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
116 August 17 Royals 2–4 Jackson (11–7) Alexander (12–7) Quisenberry (28) 42,313 72–44 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
117 August 18 Royals 10–6 Filer (6–0) Gubicza (9–7) 37,458 73–44 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
118 August 19 @ Indians 5 – 3 Waddell (6-5) Stieb (11-9) 6,280 73-45
119 August 20 @ Indians 3 – 2 Key (10-5) Smith (1-1) Henke (4) 7,005 74-45
120 August 21 @ Indians 5 – 2 Heaton (7-13) Alexander (12-8) 6,342 74-46
121 August 23 @ White Sox 6 – 3 Filer (7-0) Burns (13-8) Henke (5) 75-46
122 August 23 @ White Sox 10 – 3 Acker (6-2) Nelson (7-8) 22,021 76-46
123 August 24 @ White Sox 6 – 3 Stieb (12-9) Seaver (12-9) Henke (6) 26,113 77-46
124 August 25 @ White Sox 5 – 3 Bannister (6-11) Key (10-6) James (22) 22,529 77-47
125 August 26 @ Twins 4 – 3 Alexander (13-8) Blyleven (12-13) Henke (7) 13,395 78-47
126 August 27 @ Twins 8 – 0 Davis (1-0) Viola (13-11) 12,780 79-47
127 August 28 @ Twins 6 – 5 (10) Filson (4-5) Henke (3-1) 12,327 79-48
128 August 30 White Sox 5 – 3 Key (11-6) Bannister (6-12) Henke (8) 33,254 80-48
129 August 31 White Sox 6 – 2 Lavelle (4-6) Davis (1-2) 36,153 81-48
September (17–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
130 September 1 White Sox 4 – 1 Burns (15-8) Davis (1-1) 44,182 81-49
131 September 2 Indians 3 – 2 Stieb (13-9) Wardle (6-6) Henke (9) 31,239 82-49
132 September 4 Indians 5 – 4 Clark (2-3) Henke (3-2) Thompson (5) 25,361 82-50
133 September 5 Twins 7 – 0 Alexander (14-8) Blyleven (13-14) 26,584 83-50
134 September 6 Twins 8 – 3 Davis (2-1) Viola (13-13) 26,440 84-50
135 September 7 Twins 6 – 3 Smithson (14-11) Stieb (13-10) 30,368 84-51
136 September 8 Twins 10 – 9 Lamp (8-0) Portugal (1-2) Lavelle (6) 28,221 85-51
137 September 9 Tigers 5 – 3 Key (12-6) Mahler (0-1) Henke (10) 31,153 86-51
138 September 10 Tigers 2 – 1 Alexander (15-8) Morris (14-10) 31,228 87-51
139 September 11 Tigers 3 – 2 Lamp (9-0) Terrell (13-9) Henke (11) 31,269 88-51
140 September 12 @ Yankees 7 – 5 Guidry (19-5) Lavelle (4-7) Fisher (12) 52,141 88-52
141 September 13 @ Yankees 3 – 2 Lavelle (5-7) Niekro (15-10) Henke (12) 53,303 89-52
142 September 14 @ Yankees 7 – 4 Key (13-6) Bordi (5-7) 54,367 90-52
143 September 15 @ Yankees 8 – 5 Alexander (16-8) Whitson (10-8) 54,699 91-52
144 September 17 @ Red Sox 6 – 5 Boyd (14-11) Stieb (13-11) Crawford (10) 17,274 91-53
145 September 18 @ Red Sox 13 – 1 Nipper (9-11) Clancy (7-5) 17,598 91-54
146 September 20 Brewers 7 – 5 Key (14-6) Cocanower (4-7) Lavelle (7) 31,442 92-54
147 September 21 Brewers 2 – 1 (14) Lamp (10-0) Darwin (7-18) 33,502 93-54
148 September 22 Brewers 2 – 1 Higuera (14-7) Stieb (13-12) 38,155 93-55
149 September 23 Brewers 5 – 1 Clancy (8-5) Leary (1-2) Henke (13) 26,282 94-55
150 September 24 Red Sox 6 – 2 Lamp (11-0) Nipper (9-12) 29,815 95-55
151 September 25 Red Sox 4 – 2 (13) Crawford (6-4) Cerutti (0-1) Lollar (1) 30,542 95-56
152 September 26 Red Sox 4 – 1 Sellers (2-0) Alexander (16-9) 30,443 95-57
153 September 27 @ Brewers 5 – 1 Stieb (14-12) Higuera (14-8) Lamp (2) 17,050 96-57
154 September 28 @ Brewers 6 – 1 Clancy (9-5) Leary (1-3) Lavelle (8) 9,542 97-57
155 September 29 @ Brewers 13 – 5 Acker (7-2) Burris (9-13) 8,822 98-57
October (1–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Report
156 October 1 @ Tigers 6 – 1 Tanana (11-14) Alexander (16-10) 19,040 98-58
157 October 2 @ Tigers 4 – 2 Morris (16-11) Stieb (14-13) Cary (2) 19,802 98-59
158 October 3 @ Tigers 2 – 0 Terrell (15-10) Clancy (9-6) 23,381 98-60
159 October 4 Yankees 4 – 3 Scurry (1-0) Henke (3-3) Righetti (29) 47,686 98-61
160 October 5 Yankees 5 – 1 Alexander (17-10) Cowley (12-6) 44,608 99-61
161 October 6 Yankees 8 – 0 Niekro (16-12) Cerutti (0-2) 44,422 99-62
*A MLB Players strike forced the cancellation of all regular season games on August 6 and 7. Most games were made up later in the season.
1985 Playoff Game Log
1985 American League Championship Series vs. Kansas City Royals – Royals wins series 4–3
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Series Report
1 October 8 Royals 6–1 Stieb (1–0) Leibrandt (0–1) 39,115 1–0 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
2 October 9 Royals 6–5 (10) Henke (1–0) Quisenberry (0–1) 34,029 2–0 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
3 October 11 @ Royals 5–6 Farr (1–0) Clancy (0–1) 40,224 2–1 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
4 October 12 @ Royals 3–1 Henke (2–0) Leibrandt (0–2) 41,112 3–1 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
5 October 13 @ Royals 0–2 Jackson (1–0) Key (0–1) 40,046 3–2 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
6 October 15 Royals 3–5 Gubicza (1–0) Alexander (0–1) Quisenberry (1) 37,557 3–3 Boxscore[permanent dead link]
7 October 16 Royals 2–6 Leibrandt (1–2) Stieb (1–1) 32,084 3–4 Boxscore[permanent dead link]

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

= Indicates team leader
Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Ernie Whitt 139 412 101 .245 19 64
1B Willie Upshaw 148 501 138 .275 15 65
2B Dámaso García 146 600 169 .282 8 65
3B Rance Mulliniks 129 366 108 .295 10 57
SS Tony Fernández 161 564 163 .289 2 51
LF George Bell 157 607 167 .275 28 95
CF Lloyd Moseby 152 584 151 .259 18 70
RF Jesse Barfield 155 539 156 .289 27 84
DH Jeff Burroughs 86 191 49 .257 6 28

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Garth Iorg 131 288 90 .313 7 37
Al Oliver 61 187 47 .251 5 23
Len Matuszek 62 151 32 .212 2 15
Buck Martinez 42 99 16 .162 4 14
Cecil Fielder 30 74 23 .311 4 16
Cliff Johnson 24 73 20 .274 1 10
Lou Thornton 56 72 17 .236 1 8
Manuel Lee 64 40 8 .200 0 0
Rick Leach 16 35 7 .200 0 1
Ron Shepherd 38 35 4 .114 0 1
Gary Allenson 14 34 4 .118 0 3
Willie Aikens 11 20 4 .200 1 5
Steve Nicosia 6 15 4 .267 0 1
Kelly Gruber 5 13 3 .231 0 1
Jeff Hearron 4 7 1 .143 0 0
Mitch Webster 4 1 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Stieb 36 265 14 13 2.48 167
Doyle Alexander 36 260.2 17 10 3.45 142
Jimmy Key 35 212.2 14 6 3.00 85
Jim Clancy 23 128.2 9 6 3.78 66
Luis Leal 15 67.1 3 6 5.75 33
Tom Filer 11 48.2 7 0 3.88 24

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Musselman 25 52.1 3 0 4.47 29
Steve Davis 10 28 2 1 3.54 22
John Cerutti 4 6.2 0 2 5.40 5

Relief pitchers[]

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Bill Caudill 67 69.1 4 6 14 2.99 46
Gary Lavelle 69 72.2 5 7 8 3.10 50
Jim Acker 61 86.1 7 2 10 3.23 42
Dennis Lamp 53 105.2 11 0 2 3.32 68
Tom Henke 28 40 3 3 13 2.03 42
Stan Clarke 4 4 0 0 0 4.50 2

ALCS[]

Main article: 1985 American League Championship Series

Game 1[]

October 8, Exhibition Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
Toronto 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 6 11 0
W: Dave Stieb (1-0)  L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-1)  
HRs: None

Game 2[]

October 9, Exhibition Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Kansas City 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 10 3
Toronto 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 6 10 0
W: Tom Henke (1-0)  L: Dan Quisenberry (0-1)  
HRs: KCR: Willie Wilson (1)  Pat Sheridan (1)

Game 3[]

October 11, Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 13 1
Kansas City 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 X 6 10 1
W: Steve Farr (1-0)   L: Jim Clancy (0-1)  
HRs: KCR – George Brett 2 (2)  Jim Sundberg (1)  TOR:  Jesse Barfield (1)  Rance Mulliniks (1)

Game 4[]

October 12, Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0
W: Tom Henke (2-0)   L: Charlie Leibrandt (0-2)  
HRs: None

Game 5[]

October 13, Royals Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Kansas City 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 8 0
W: Danny Jackson (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)  
HRs: None

Game 6[]

October 15, Exhibition Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 8 1
Toronto 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 8 2
W: Mark Gubicza (1-0)   L: Doyle Alexander (0-1)  S: Dan Quisenberry (1)
HRs: KCR – George Brett (3)

Game 7[]

October 16, Exhibition Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 6 8 0
Toronto 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 8 1
W: Charlie Leibrandt (1-2)   L: Dave Stieb (1-1)  
HRs: KCR – Pat Sheridan (2)

Awards and honors[]

  • Jesse Barfield, American League Leader in Outfield Assists (22)
  • George Bell, Silver Slugger Award
  • Bobby Cox, American League Manager of the Year Award
  • Bobby Cox, The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award
  • Dave Stieb, Pitcher of the Month Award, May
  • Dave Stieb, American League ERA Champion, 2.48

All-Star Game

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Doug Ault
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League John McLaren
A Kinston Blue Jays Carolina League Grady Little
A Florence Blue Jays South Atlantic League Héctor Torres
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Rocket Wheeler
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Florence[18]

References[]

  1. ^ Manuel Lee at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Lou Thornton at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bill Caudill at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tom Henke at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Gary Lavelle at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
  7. ^ "Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - Tagging 2 Runners on Double Plays".
  8. ^ Pedro Munoz at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
  10. ^ Jim Abbott at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Todd Stottlemyre at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Cliff Young at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Al Oliver at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Matt Williams at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Junior Felix at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Francisco Cabrera at Baseball Reference
  17. ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  18. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links[]

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