1985 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1985 Toronto Blue Jays 1985 AL East Champions
Major league affiliations
American League (Since 1977) Eastern Division (Since 1977)
Location
Exhibition Stadium (Since 1977) Toronto, Ontario (Since 1977)
1985 Information
Owner(s)	Labatt Breweries, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
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)

The 1985 Toronto Blue Jays season saw 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 all of 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.

[edit] Offseason

January 24, 1985: Tom Henke was chosen by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Texas Rangers as a Free Agent compensation pick. ^[1]

[edit] Regular season

Dave Stieb led the American League with a 2.48 ERA and pitched 26 consecutive scoreless innings.

[edit] 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

[edit] Roster

1985 Toronto Blue Jays roster

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Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

12 Ernie Whitt
13 Buck Martinez

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated Hitters

44 Jeff Burroughs

Manager

6 Bobby Cox

Coaches

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

[edit] 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	T. 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)	T. Martinez (1-1)	Lavelle (2)	40,451	7-4
12	April 21	Orioles	3 - 2	D. Martínez (1-1)	Key (0-2)	T. 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
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 17	Athletics	6 - 4	Ontiveros (1-1)	Lavelle (3-5)	Howell (19)	32,231	53-36
90	July 18	Athletics	5 - 1	Key (8-4)	Sutton (9-6)		28,218	54-36
91	July 19	Athletics	5 - 1	Birtsas (6-2)	Stieb (9-6)	Ontiveros (2)	35,187	54-37
92	July 20	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)	D. 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. All 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

[edit] Notable transactions

June 3, 1985: Todd Stottlemyre was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1985 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed August 12, 1985.
June 3, 1985: Jim Abbott was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 36th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign. ^[2]
September 15, 1985 – The Blue Jays sign Junior Felix as a free agent.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Rance Mulliniks	129	366	108	.295	10	57
Jesse Barfield	155	539	156	.289	27	84
Tony Fernández	161	564	163	.289	2	51
Dámaso García	146	600	169	.282	8	65
George Bell	157	607	167	.275	28	95
Willie Upshaw	148	501	138	.275	15	65
Lloyd Moseby	152	584	151	.259	18	70
Jeff Burroughs	86	191	49	.257	6	28
Ernie Whitt	139	412	101	.245	19	64

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dave Stieb	36	265	14	13	2.48	167
Jimmy Key	35	212⅔	14	6	3.00	85
Doyle Alexander	36	260⅔	17	10	3.45	142
Jim Clancy	23	128⅔	9	6	3.78	66
Tom Filer	11	48⅔	7	0	3.88	24
Luis Leal	15	67⅓	3	6	5.75	33

[edit] Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

[edit] ALCS

Main article: 1985 American League Championship Series

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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

Damaso Garcia, Second Base
Jimmy Key, Pitcher

[edit] References

v • d • 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 All-Star Game • 1985 World Series

Preceded by Detroit Tigers 1984	AL East Championship Season 1985	Succeeded by Boston Red Sox 1986

v • d • e

Toronto Blue Jays

Based in Toronto, Ontario

The Franchise

History • Seasons • Records • Awards & League Leaders • Roster • Players • Managers • Broadcasters

Ballparks

Exhibition Stadium • Rogers Centre

Culture

BJ Birdie • Ace • "OK Blue Jays" • Joe Carter's Home Run

Rivalries

Pearson Cup

Important Figures

Labatt • Ernie Whitt • Jim Clancy • Lloyd Moseby • Jesse Barfield • Tony Fernández • Tom Henke • George Bell • Joe Carter • Dave Stieb • John Olerud • Jimmy Key • Roberto Alomar • Carlos Delgado • Roy Halladay • Vernon Wells

Level of
Excellence

Pat Gillick • Paul Beeston • 1 Tony Fernández • 11 George Bell • 12 Roberto Alomar • 29 Joe Carter • 37 Dave Stieb • 42 Jackie Robinson • 43 Cito Gaston • 4306 Tom Cheek

Key Personnel

Owner: Ted Rogers • President & CEO: Paul Godfrey • General Manager: J. P. Ricciardi • Manager: John Gibbons

World Series
Championships (2)

1992 • 1993

American League
Pennants (2)