1982 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1982 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's sixth season of Major League Baseball. Although the Blue Jays once again finished last in the seven team American League East their record of 78 wins and 84 losses was by far the best in team history to date. Toronto finished 17 games behind the American League Champion Milwaukee Brewers. Bobby Cox became the third field manager in team history.
Dave Stieb established himself as one of the top pitchers in the American League, as he led the AL with 19 complete games and 5 shutouts.

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1982 season.

April 1982

Regular season

One of the key events of the season was that the Toronto Blue Jays sold its first beer. Exhibition Stadium was the only stadium in the major leagues that did not sell beer. The Ontario Legislature reached a decision on July 7, 1982. Dr. Robert Elgie, the minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations announced that beer would be sold on a trial basis at Exhibition Stadium. L
The decision also applied to Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium and Ottawa's Lansdowne Park, which along with Exhibition Stadium were previously the only Canadian Football League stadiums to not offer beer, but not to Maple Leaf Gardens, which would not be permitted to sell beer until the middle of the 1992-93 [Toronto Maple Leafs season|1992-93 NHL season]. On July 30, 1982, Paul Godfrey sold the first ceremonial beer at Exhibition Stadium to William Turner, a fan from London, Ontario.

Opening Day lineup

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1982 regular season.

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C		105	284	28	74	14	2	11	42	.261	3
1B		160	580	77	155	25	7	21	75	.267	8
2B		147	597	89	185	32	3	5	42	.310	54
3B		129	417	45	119	20	5	1	36	.285	3
SS		162	539	57	130	20	8	1	48	.241	10
LF		140	437	59	128	26	3	6	49	.293	14
CF		147	487	51	115	20	9	9	52	.236	11
RF		139	394	54	97	13	2	18	58	.246	1
DH		72	185	12	50	6	0	1	20	.270	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
	112	311	32	76	25	0	4	35	.244	3
	112	265	43	73	13	4	3	26	.275	4
	96	260	26	63	17	0	10	37	.242	1
	85	201	20	47	11	1	3	24	.234	1
	55	135	15	29	6	0	5	18	.215	0
	40	105	6	24	4	0	1	5	.229	1
	70	98	17	23	2	1	3	14	.235	3
	30	66	2	17	4	0	1	11	.258	0
	28	52	4	10	1	0	1	5	.192	1
	16	44	3	16	2	0	0	1	.364	0
	17	33	7	9	0	0	2	3	.273	0
	9	20	3	5	1	0	0	2	.250	0
	8	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0
	3	7	0	2	0	0	0	2	.286	0

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
	17	14	3.25	38	38	0	288.1	116	104	75	141
	16	14	3.71	40	40	0	266.2	122	110	77	139
	12	15	3.93	38	38	0	249.2	113	109	79	111
	8	6	3.21	44	0	8	70.0	27	25	30	49
	8	7	3.16	56	0	11	111.0	48	39	32	60
	8	8	3.06	48	2	6	97.0	37	33	31	71
	5	10	4.43	30	23	0	136.0	76	67	66	82
	1	0	5.87	6	0	0	15.1	11	10	15	8
	1	1	7.25	32	4	0	58.1	48	47	26	35
	1	1	3.98	16	2	0	31.2	15	14	17	22
	1	5	6.03	16	8	0	59.2	44	40	25	22
	0	0	4.91	11	0	0	22.0	16	12	6	20
	0	3	5.45	7	7	0	38.0	28	23	14	16
Totals	78	84	3.95	162	162	25	1443.0	701	633	493	776

Award winners

Jim Clancy, American League All-Star Selection, Reserve
Dámaso García, 2B, Silver Slugger Award
Dave Stieb, The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
Dave Stieb, American League Leader, 19 Complete Games
Dave Stieb, American League Leader, 5 Shutouts

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medicine Hat