1985 Toronto Blue Jays season

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.

1985 Toronto Blue Jays
1985 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
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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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

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
Toronto Blue Jays 9962 0.615 54–26 45–36
New York Yankees 9764 0.602 2 58–22 39–42
Detroit Tigers 8477 0.522 15 44–37 40–40
Baltimore Orioles 8378 0.516 16 45–36 38–42
Boston Red Sox 8181 0.500 18½ 43–37 38–44
Milwaukee Brewers 7190 0.441 28 40–40 31–50
Cleveland Indians 60102 0.370 39½ 38–43 22–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 5–87–58–48–56–76–69–46–61–127–56–610–24–8
Boston 8–55–74–8–18–56–75–75–87–55–88–46–65–79–4
California 5–77–58–58–48–44–99–39–43–96–79–49–45–7
Chicago 4–88–4–15–810–26–65–85–76–76–68–59–410–33–9
Cleveland 5–85–84–82–105–82–107–64–86–73–96–67–54–9
Detroit 7–67–64–86–68–55–79–43–99–38–45–77–56–7
Kansas City 6–67–59–48–510–27–58–47–65–78–53–106–77–5
Milwaukee 4–98–53–97–56–74–94–89–37–63–94–88–34–9
Minnesota 6–65–74–97–68–49–36–73–93–98–56–78–54–8
New York 12–18–59–36–67–63–97–56–79–37–59–38–46–7
Oakland 5–74–87–65–89–34–85–89–35–85–78–56–75–7
Seattle 6–66–64–94–96–67–510–38–47–63–95–86–72–10
Texas 2–107–54–93–105–75–77–63–85–84–87–67–63–9
Toronto 8–44–97–59–39–47–65–79–48–47–67–510–29–3

Notable transactions

Roster

1985 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1985 Game Log (9962)
  • 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

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
CErnie Whitt139412101.2451964
1BWillie Upshaw148501138.2751565
2BDámaso García146600169.282865
3BRance Mulliniks129366108.2951057
SSTony Fernández161564163.289251
LFGeorge Bell157607167.2752895
CFLloyd Moseby152584151.2591870
RFJesse Barfield155539156.2892784
DHJeff Burroughs8619149.257628

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Garth Iorg13128890.313737
Al Oliver6118747.251523
Len Matuszek6215132.212215
Buck Martinez429916.162414
Cecil Fielder307423.311416
Cliff Johnson247320.274110
Lou Thornton567217.23618
Manuel Lee64408.20000
Rick Leach16357.20001
Ron Shepherd38354.11401
Gary Allenson14344.11803
Willie Aikens11204.20015
Steve Nicosia6154.26701
Kelly Gruber5133.23101
Jeff Hearron471.14300
Mitch Webster410.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Stieb3626514132.48167
Doyle Alexander36260.217103.45142
Jimmy Key35212.21463.0085
Jim Clancy23128.2963.7866
Luis Leal1567.1365.7533
Tom Filer1148.2703.8824

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ron Musselman2552.1304.4729
Steve Davis1028213.5422
John Cerutti46.2025.405

Relief pitchers

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Bill Caudill6769.146142.9946
Gary Lavelle6972.25783.1050
Jim Acker6186.172103.2342
Dennis Lamp53105.211023.3268
Tom Henke284033132.0342
Stan Clarke440004.502

ALCS

Game 1

October 8, Exhibition Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 000 000 001 151
Toronto 023 100 00X 6110
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 002 100 001 1 5103
Toronto 000 102 010 2 6100
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 000 050 000 5131
Kansas City 100 112 01X 6101
W: Steve Farr (1-0)   L: Jim Clancy (0-1)  
HRs: KCRGeorge 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 000 000 003 370
Kansas City 000 001 000 120
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 000 000 000 080
Kansas City 110 000 00X 280
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 101 012 000 581
Toronto 101 001 000 382
W: Mark Gubicza (1-0)   L: Doyle Alexander (0-1)  S: Dan Quisenberry (1)
HRs: KCRGeorge Brett (3)

Game 7

October 16, Exhibition Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Kansas City 010 104 000 680
Toronto 000 010 001 281
W: Charlie Leibrandt (1-2)   L: Dave Stieb (1-1)  
HRs: KCRPat Sheridan (2)

Awards and honors

All-Star Game

Farm system

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 Mike Young

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. http://members.tripod.com/bb_catchers/catchers/doubletag2.htm
  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
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