1985 Toronto Blue Jays season
1985 Toronto Blue Jays | |
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1985 AL East Champions | |
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Record | 99–62 (.615) |
Divisional place | 1st |
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Owner(s) | Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce |
General manager(s) | Pat Gillick |
Manager(s) | Bobby Cox |
Local television | CFTO-TV (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver) The Sports Network (Ken Singleton, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver) |
Local radio | CJCL (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
- Manuel Lee was drafted by the Blue Jays from the Houston Astros.[1]
- Lou Thornton was drafted by the Blue Jays from the New York Mets.[2]
- 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[]
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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[]
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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]
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1985 American League Championship Series vs. Kansas City Royals – Royals wins series 4–3
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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[]
Game 1[]
October 8, Exhibition Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- Dámaso García, Second Base
- Jimmy Key, Pitcher
- Dave Stieb, Pitcher
- Ernie Whitt, Catcher[17]
Farm system[]
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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[]
- ^ Manuel Lee at Baseball Reference
- ^ Lou Thornton at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bill Caudill at Baseball Reference
- ^ Tom Henke at Baseball Reference
- ^ Gary Lavelle at Baseball Reference
- ^ Home Run in Last At Bat by Baseball Almanac
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Baseball Catchers - Tagging 2 Runners on Double Plays".
- ^ Pedro Munoz at Baseball Reference
- ^ Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
- ^ Jim Abbott at Baseball Reference
- ^ Todd Stottlemyre at Baseball Reference
- ^ Cliff Young at Baseball Reference
- ^ Al Oliver at Baseball Reference
- ^ Matt Williams at Baseball Reference
- ^ Junior Felix at Baseball Reference
- ^ Francisco Cabrera at Baseball Reference
- ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
- ^ 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[]
- 1985 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
- 1985 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac
- Toronto Blue Jays seasons
- 1985 Major League Baseball season
- American League East champion seasons
- 1985 in Canadian sports
- 1985 in Toronto