1985 Toronto Blue Jays season

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, Imperial Trust, 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)
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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 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.

Contents 1 Offseason 2 Regular season 2.1 Season standings 2.2 Notable transactions 2.3 Roster 2.4 Game log 3 Player stats 3.1 Batting 3.1.1 Starters by position 3.1.2 Other batters 3.2 Pitching 3.2.1 Starting pitchers 3.2.2 Other pitchers 3.2.3 Relief pitchers 4 ALCS 4.1 Game 1 4.2 Game 2 4.3 Game 3 4.4 Game 4 4.5 Game 5 4.6 Game 6 4.7 Game 7 5 Awards and honors 6 Farm system 7 References 8 External links

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 31 Jim Acker 33 Doyle Alexander 36 Bill Caudill 55 John Cerutti 18 Jim Clancy 34 Stan Clarke 25 Steve Davis 49 Tom Filer 50 Tom Henke 22 Jimmy Key 53 Dennis Lamp 46 Gary Lavelle 48 Luis Leal 30 Ron Musselman 37 Dave Stieb		Catchers 38 Gary Allenson 54 Jeff Hearron 13 Buck Martinez 35 Steve Nicosia 12 Ernie Whitt Infielders  1 Tony Fernández 23 Cecil Fielder  7 Dámaso García 17 Kelly Gruber 16 Garth Iorg  9 Rick Leach  4 Manuel Lee  5 Rance Mulliniks 26 Willie Upshaw		Outfielders 29 Jesse Barfield 11 George Bell 15 Lloyd Moseby 21 Ron Shepherd 28 Lou Thornton 23 Mitch Webster Other batters 24 Willie Aikens 44 Jeff Burroughs 00 Cliff Johnson 25 Len Matuszek  0 Al Oliver		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
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
Johnson, CliffCliff Johnson	24	73	20	.274	1	20
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
Webster, MitchMitch Webster	4	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Alexander, DoyleDoyle Alexander	36	260.2	17	10	3.45	142
Stieb, DaveDave Stieb	36	265	14	13	2.48	167
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

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

1. ^ Manuel Lee page at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Lou Thornton page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Bill Caudill page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Tom Henke page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Gary Lavelle page 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 page at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Sports Illustrated, August 2, 2010, Where are they Now?, p.84, Published by Time Inc.
10. ^ Jim Abbott page at Baseball Reference
11. ^ Todd Stottlemyre page at Baseball Reference
12. ^ Cliff Young page at Baseball Reference
13. ^ Al Oliver page at Baseball Reference
14. ^ Matt Williams page at Baseball Reference
15. ^ Junior Felix page at Baseball Reference
16. ^ Francisco Cabrera page 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, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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

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