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.

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
Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	.615	--
New York Yankees	97	64	.602	2
Detroit Tigers	84	77	.522	15
Baltimore Orioles	83	78	.516	16
Boston Red Sox	81	81	.500	18½
Milwaukee Brewers	71	90	.441	28
Cleveland Indians	60	102	.370	39½

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

43 Cito Gaston (hitting)
42 Billy Smith (first base)
8 John Sullivan (bullpen)
41 Al Widmar (pitching)
3 Jimy Williams (third base)

Game log

1985 Game Log

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 8	@ Royals	2 - 1	Black (1-0)	Stieb (0-1)	Quisenberry (1)	41,086	0-1
2	April 10	@ Royals	1 - 0 (10)	Caudill (1-0)	Beckwith (0-1)	Lavelle (1)	14,740	1-1
3	April 11	@ Royals	4 - 3 (10)	Caudill (2-0)	Quisenberry (0-1)	Acker (1)	17,798	2-1
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)	Martinez (1)	29,082	7-5
13	April 22	Royals	2 - 0	Leibrandt (2-0)	Stieb (1-2)		20,281	7-6
14	April 23	Royals	7 - 6	Beckwith (1-1)	Caudill (3-2)	Quisenberry (2)	18,491	7-7
15	April 24	Royals	10 - 2	Leal (1-1)	Saberhagen (1-2)		18,006	8-7
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

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
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

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
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

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
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

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
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	4 - 2	Black (8-11)	Stieb (10-8)		25,868	69-40
110	August 10	@ Royals	4 - 3 (10)	Quisenberry (6-6)	Caudill (4-5)		34,448	69-41
111	August 11	@ Royals	5 - 3 (10)	Henke (3-0)	Beckwith (1-5)		27,457	70-41
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	4 - 2	Leibrandt (11-6)	Key (9-5)		38,269	72-43
116	August 17	Royals	4 - 2	Jackson (11-7)	Alexander (12-7)	Quisenberry (28)	42,313	72-44
117	August 18	Royals	10 - 6	Filer (6-0)	Gubicza (9-7)		37,458	73-44
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

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
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

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
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

ALCS

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series
1	October 8	Royals	6 - 1	Stieb (1-0)	Leibrandt (0-1)		39,115	1-0
2	October 9	Royals	6 - 5 (10)	Henke (1-0)	Quisenberry (0-1)		34,029	2-0
3	October 11	@ Royals	6 - 5	Farr (1-0)	Clancy (0-1)		40,224	2-1
4	October 12	@ Royals	3 - 1	Henke (2-0)	Leibrandt (0-2)		41,112	3-1
5	October 13	@ Royals	2 - 0	Jackson (1-0)	Key (0-1)		40,046	3-2
6	October 15	Royals	5 - 3	Gubicza (1-0)	Alexander (0-1)	Quisenberry (1)	37,557	3-3
7	October 16	Royals	6 - 2	Leibrandt (1-2)	Stieb (1-1)		32,084	3-4

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	Whitt, ErnieErnie Whitt	139	412	101	.245	19	64
1B	Upshaw, WillieWillie Upshaw	148	501	138	.275	15	65
2B	García, DámasoDámaso García	146	600	169	.282	8	65
3B	Mulliniks, RanceRance Mulliniks	129	366	108	.295	10	57
SS	Fernández, TonyTony Fernández	161	564	163	.289	2	51
LF	Bell, GeorgeGeorge Bell	157	607	167	.275	28	95
CF	Moseby, LloydLloyd Moseby	152	584	151	.259	18	70
RF	Barfield, JesseJesse Barfield	155	539	156	.289	27	84
DH	Burroughs, JeffJeff Burroughs	86	191	49	.257	6	28

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Iorg, GarthGarth Iorg	131	288	90	.313	7	37
Oliver, AlAl Oliver	61	187	47	.251	5	23
Matuszek, LenLen Matuszek	62	151	32	.212	2	15
Martinez, BuckBuck Martinez	42	99	16	.162	4	14
Fielder, CecilCecil Fielder	30	74	23	.311	4	16
Johnson, CliffCliff Johnson	24	73	20	.274	1	10
Thornton, LouLou Thornton	56	72	17	.236	1	8
Lee, ManuelManuel Lee	64	40	8	.200	0	0
Shepherd, RonRon Shepherd	38	35	4	.114	0	1
Aikens, WillieWillie Aikens	11	20	4	.200	1	5
Gruber, KellyKelly Gruber	5	13	3	.231	0	1
Webster, MitchMitch Webster	4	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Stieb, DaveDave Stieb	36	265	14	13	2.48	167
Alexander, DoyleDoyle Alexander	36	260.2	17	10	3.45	142
Key, JimmyJimmy Key	35	212.2	14	6	3.00	85
Clancy, JimJim Clancy	23	128.2	9	6	3.78	66
Leal, LuisLuis Leal	15	67.1	3	6	5.75	33
Filer, TomTom Filer	11	48.2	7	0	3.88	24

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Musselman, RonRon Musselman	25	52.1	3	0	4.47	29
Cerutti, JohnJohn Cerutti	4	6.2	0	2	5.40	5

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Caudill, BillBill Caudill	67	69.1	4	6	14	2.99	46
Lavelle, GaryGary Lavelle	69	72.2	5	7	8	3.10	50
Acker, JimJim Acker	61	86.1	7	2	10	3.23	42
Lamp, DennisDennis Lamp	53	105.2	11	0	2	3.32	68
Henke, TomTom Henke	28	40	3	3	13	2.03	42

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

Dámaso García, Second Base
Jimmy Key, Pitcher
Dave Stieb, Pitcher
Ernie Whitt, Catcher^[17]

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

External links

1985 Toronto Blue Jays team page at Baseball Reference
1985 Toronto Blue Jays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

v t e 1985 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1985 Major League Baseball Draft 1985 All-Star Game 1985 strike 1985 World Series

Toronto Blue Jays

Based in Toronto, Ontario

The franchise

Ballparks

Exhibition Stadium
Rogers Centre
Spring training: Grant Field
Florida Auto Exchange Stadium

Culture

Rivalries

Pearson Cup

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Rogers Communications
President & CEO: Paul Beeston
General Manager: Alex Anthopoulos
Manager: John Gibbons

World Series championships (2)

1992
1993

American League pennants (2)

1992
1993

Division titles

Eastern:
- 1985
- 1989
- 1991
- 1992
- 1993
Wild Card: none

Minors

Seasons (38)

1970s	1977 • 1978 • 1979

1980s	1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

1990s	1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000s	2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

2010s	2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014

Preceded by Detroit Tigers 1984	AL East Championship Season 1985	Succeeded by Boston Red Sox 1986
Preceded by 1984 Toronto Blue Jays season	1985 Toronto Blue Jays Season 1985	Succeeded by 1986 Toronto Blue Jays season

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