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. This was the first time the Blue Jays made the postseason.
Despite having the second-best record in Major League Baseball, the Blue Jays collapsed in the American League Championship Series to the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals, blowing a 3–1 series lead and losing in seven games.

Offseason

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1985 season.

Regular season

April 27, 1985: Willie Aikens hit a home run in the last at-bat of his career.
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.
Dave Stieb led the American League with a 2.48 ERA and pitched 26 consecutive scoreless innings.

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1985 regular season.

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		139	412	101	.245	19	64
1B		148	501	138	.275	15	65
2B		146	600	169	.282	8	65
3B		129	366	108	.295	10	57
SS		161	564	163	.289	2	51
LF		157	607	167	.275	28	95
CF		152	584	151	.259	18	70
RF		155	539	156	.289	27	84
DH		86	191	49	.257	6	28

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	131	288	90	.313	7	37
	61	187	47	.251	5	23
	62	151	32	.212	2	15
	42	99	16	.162	4	14
	30	74	23	.311	4	16
	24	73	20	.274	1	10
	56	72	17	.236	1	8
	64	40	8	.200	0	0
	16	35	7	.200	0	1
	38	35	4	.114	0	1
	14	34	4	.118	0	3
	11	20	4	.200	1	5
	6	15	4	.267	0	1
	5	13	3	.231	0	1
	4	7	1	.143	0	0
	4	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	36	265.0	14	13	2.48	167
	36	260.2	17	10	3.45	142
	35	212.2	14	6	3.00	85
	23	128.2	9	6	3.78	66
	15	67.1	3	6	5.75	33
	11	48.2	7	0	3.88	24

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	25	52.1	3	0	4.47	29
	10	28.0	2	1	3.54	22
	4	6.2	0	2	5.40	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	67	69.1	4	6	14	2.99	46
	69	72.2	5	7	8	3.10	50
	61	86.1	7	2	10	3.23	42
	53	105.2	11	0	2	3.32	68
	28	40.0	3	3	13	2.03	42
	4	4.0	0	0	0	4.50	2

ALCS

Awards and honours

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

All-Star Game

Dámaso García, second base
Jimmy Key, pitcher
Dave Stieb, pitcher
Ernie Whitt, catcher

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Florence

1985 Toronto Blue Jays season

Offseason

Transactions

Regular season

Transactions

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

ALCS

Game 1

Game 2

Game 3

Game 4

Game 5

Game 6

Game 7

Awards and honours

Farm system