1982 Toronto Blue Jays season

1982 Toronto Blue Jays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkExhibition Stadium
CityToronto
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place7th
OwnersLabatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managersPat Gillick
ManagersBobby Cox
TelevisionCTV Television Network
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
RadioCJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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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 (due to losing a tie-breaker to Cleveland) 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.[1]

October 1981

October 31 Signed amateur free agent José Mesa.

November 1981

November 13 Buck Martinez granted free agency.
November 27 Acquired Aurelio Rodríguez from the New York Yankees for a player to be named later (Mike Lebo on December 9, 1981).

December 1981

December 6 Re-signed free agent Buck Martinez.
December 7 Drafted Jim Gott from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Drafted Tony Johnson from the Montreal Expos in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Domingo Ramos drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 8 Drafted Gibson Alba from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 Minor League draft.
Signed amateur free agent Alexis Infante.
December 28 Traded Paul Mirabella to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later (Dave Geisel on March 25, 1982).
Acquired Hosken Powell from the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later (Greg Wells on January 18, 1982).

January 1982

January 28 Released Steve Baker.

March 1982

March 25 Signed free agent Glenn Adams from the Minnesota Twins to a contract.
Acquired Rance Mulliniks from the Kansas City Royals for Phil Huffman.
March 28 Released Juan Berenguer.
Released Ted Cox.
Released Nino Espinosa.

April 1982

April 2 Acquired Wayne Nordhagen from the Chicago White Sox for Aurelio Rodríguez.

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,[2] 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 NHL season. On July 30, 1982, Paul Godfrey sold the first ceremonial beer at Exhibition Stadium to William Turner, a fan from London, Ontario.[2]

Opening Day lineup

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Milwaukee Brewers 95 67 .586 — 48‍–‍34 47‍–‍33
Baltimore Orioles 94 68 .580 1 53‍–‍28 41‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox 89 73 .549 6 49‍–‍32 40‍–‍41
Detroit Tigers 83 79 .512 12 47‍–‍34 36‍–‍45
New York Yankees 79 83 .488 16 42‍–‍39 37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 78 84 .481 17 41‍–‍40 37‍–‍44
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 .481 17 44‍–‍37 34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1982 American League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 4–9 7–5 5–7 6–7 7–6 4–8 9–4–1 8–4 11–2 7–5 7–5 9–3 10–3
Boston 9–4 — 7–5 4–8 6–7 8–5 6–6 4–9 6–6 7–6 8–4 7–5 10–2 7–6
California 5–7 5–7 — 8–5 8–4 5–7 7–6 6–6 7–6 7–5 9–4 10–3 8–5 8–4
Chicago 7–5 8–4 5–8 — 6–6 9–3 3–10 3–9 7–6 8–4 9–4 6–7 8–5 8–4
Cleveland 7–6 7–6 4–8 6–6 — 6–7 2–10 7–6 8–4 4–9 4–8 9–3 7–5 7–6
Detroit 6–7 5–8 7–5 3–9 7–6 — 6–6 3–10 9–3 8–5 9–3 6–6 8–4 6–7
Kansas City 8–4 6–6 6–7 10–3 10–2 6–6 — 7–5 7–6 5–7 7–6 7–6 7–6 4–8
Milwaukee 4–9–1 9–4 6–6 9–3 6–7 10–3 5–7 — 7–5 8–5 7–5 8–4 7–5 9–4
Minnesota 4–8 6–6 6–7 6–7 4–8 3–9 6–7 5–7 — 2–10 3–10 5–8 5–8 5–7
New York 2–11 6–7 5–7 4–8 9–4 5–8 7–5 5–8 10–2 — 7–5 6–6 7–5 6–7
Oakland 5–7 4–8 4–9 4–9 8–4 3–9 6–7 5–7 10–3 5–7 — 6–7 5–8 3–9
Seattle 5–7 5–7 3–10 7–6 3–9 6–6 6–7 4–8 8–5 6–6 7–6 — 9–4 7–5
Texas 3–9 2–10 5–8 5–8 5–7 4–8 6–7 5–7 8–5 5–7 8–5 4–9 — 4–8
Toronto 3–10 6–7 4–8 4–8 6–7 7–6 8–4 4–9 7–5 7–6 9–3 5–7 8–4 —


Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1982 regular season.[3]

April 1982

April 8 Released Dave Tomlin.

May 1982

May 5 Acquired Tom Dodd, Dave Revering and Jeff Reynolds from the New York Yankees for John Mayberry.

June 1982

June 15 Acquired Dick Davis from the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Nordhagen.
June 22 Traded Dick Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later (Wayne Nordhagen on June 25, 1982).

July 1982

July 15 Purchased Leon Roberts from the Texas Rangers.

August 1982

August 2 Dave Revering granted free agency.
August 23 Sold the player rights of Pedro Hernández to the New York Yankees.
August 30 Released Ken Schrom.

September 1982

September 7 Released Otto Velez.

Roster

1982 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1982 Game Log
April: 8–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 3–6)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
-- April 6 @ Tigers Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for April 7
-- April 7 @ Tigers Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for April 15
-- April 8 @ Tigers Postponed (snow) Rescheduled for August 5
1 April 9 Brewers 15–4 Vuckovich (1–0) Bomback (0–1) 30,216 0–1
2 April 10 Brewers 3–2 (10) Jackson (1–0) Fingers (0–1) 11,141 1–1
3 April 11 Brewers 14–5 McClure (1–0) Clancy (0–1) 10,128 1–2
4 April 12 Tigers 9–5 Leal (1–0) Wilcox (0–1) 11,180 2–2
5 April 13 Tigers 4–2 Morris (1–1) Murray (0–1) 10,087 2–3
6 April 14 Tigers 5–4 Jackson (2–0) Saucier (0–1) 10,114 3–3
7 April 15 @ Tigers 4–2 Saucier (1–1) Stieb (0–1) Sosa (1) 51,038 3–4
8 April 16 @ Red Sox 2–0 Leal (2–0) Eckersley (1–1) Jackson (1) 7,542 4–4
9 April 17 @ Red Sox 5–4 Tudor (2–0) Bomback (0–2) Clear (1) 18,617 4–5
10 April 18 @ Red Sox 4–3 Aponte (1–0) Jackson (2–1) 18,017 4–6
11 April 19 @ Red Sox 5–4 Murray (1–1) Clear (0–1) 27,265 5–6
-- April 20 @ Brewers Postponed (cold weather) Rescheduled for August 12
12 April 21 @ Brewers 3–1 Lerch (1–0) Leal (2–1) Fingers (1) 5,298 5–7
13 April 22 @ Brewers 7–0 Caldwell (1–1) Bomback (0–3) 6,199 5–8
14 April 23 Red Sox 5–4 Tudor (3–0) Clancy (0–2) Clear (3) 10,428 5–9
15 April 24 Red Sox 8–7 Torrez (1–1) Stieb (0–2) Aponte (2) 13,135 5–10
16 April 25 Red Sox 5–4 (12) Clear (1–1) McLaughlin (0–1) 21,043 5–11
17 April 27 Rangers 8–4 Murray (2–1) Medich (1–2) 10,101 6–11
18 April 28 Rangers 6–4 Clancy (1–2) Tanana (1–3) McLaughlin (1) 10,109 7–11
19 April 29 @ Royals 7–0 Stieb (1–2) Splittorff (1–1) 15,707 8–11
20 April 30 @ Royals 8–7 Jackson (2–0) Jackson (2–2) Quisenberry (6) 19,030 8–12
May: 13–14 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
21 May 1 @ Royals 8–7 Jackson (3–0) Bomback (0–4) Quisenberry (7) 23,561 8–13
22 May 2 @ Royals 7–5 Clancy (2–2) Leonard (2–2) Jackson (2) 27,044 9–13
23 May 4 @ White Sox 4–3 Burns (3–1) Stieb (1–3) Barojas (7) 9,543 9–14
24 May 5 @ White Sox 4–1 Trout (2–2) Leal (2–2) Lamp (1) 20,673 9–15
25 May 7 Royals 6–4 McLaughlin (1–1) Leonard (2–3) 11,523 10–15
26 May 8 Royals 2–1 Bomback (1–4) Frost (3–2) Jackson (3) 15,102 11–15
27 May 9 Royals 2–0 Stieb (2–3) Splittorff (2–2) 17,044 12–15
28 May 10 White Sox 6–3 Burns (4–1) McLaughlin (1–2) Hickey (1) 11,520 12–16
29 May 11 White Sox 9–4 Clancy (3–2) Trout (2–3) 10,700 13–16
30 May 12 White Sox 9–2 Lamp (3–0) Bomback (1–5) 11,473 13–17
31 May 13 @ Rangers 4–3 Darwin (3–1) Stieb (2–4) 6,819 13–18
32 May 14 @ Rangers 4–3 (11) Mirabella (1–0) Jackson (2–3) 10,972 13–19
33 May 15 @ Rangers 5–2 Clancy (4–2) Tanana (1–5) 14,405 14–19
34 May 16 @ Rangers 2–1 (10) Darwin (4–1) Jackson (2–4) 29,303 14–20
35 May 18 @ Indians 6–5 Spillner (1–3) Murray (2–2) 5,865 14–21
36 May 19 @ Indians 8–5 Garvin (1–0) Barker (4–2) McLaughlin (2) 5,724 15–21
37 May 20 @ Indians 2–0 Clancy (5–2) Sorensen (3–3) 6,226 16–21
38 May 21 Orioles 3–0 Flanagan (2–4) Gott (0–1) Martinez (3) 12,387 16–22
39 May 22 Orioles 6–0 Martínez (4–3) Stieb (2–5) 17,457 16–23
40 May 23 Orioles 7–1 Leal (3–2) Stewart (4–3) 14,229 17–23
41 May 24 Orioles 7–5 McGregor (6–3) Clancy (5–3) Stoddard (3) 12,088 17–24
42 May 25 @ Yankees 8–0 John (4–4) Gott (0–2) 20,127 17–25
43 May 26 @ Yankees 7–0 Stieb (3–5) May (1–3) 15,090 18–25
-- May 28 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 29
44 May 29 @ Orioles 3–1 Flanagan (3–4) Leal (3–3) 18–26
45 May 29 @ Orioles 11–10 McLaughlin (2–2) Stoddard (0–2) 21,241 19–26
46 May 30 @ Orioles 6–0 Gott (1–2) Palmer (2–3) Jackson (4) 21,632 20–26
47 May 31 Yankees 5–4 Stieb (4–5) Erickson (4–5) 20,136 21–26
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 5–4)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
48 June 1 Yankees 5–2 Murray (3–2) Rawley (3–2) 17,460 22–26
49 June 2 Yankees 12–6 (13) Rawley (4–2) McLaughlin (2–3) 20,161 22–27
50 June 3 Yankees 3–1 Leal (4–3) John (4–5) 20,147 23–27
51 June 4 Indians 6–3 Barker (7–2) Murray (3–3) Spillner (6) 12,371 23–28
-- June 5 Indians Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 17
52 June 6 Indians 5–1 Stieb (5–5) Sorensen (5–4) 24–28
53 June 6 Indians 7–5 Glynn (2–0) Garvin (1–1) Spillner (7) 17,131 24–29
54 June 7 Indians 7–3 Leal (5–3) Denny (3–6) 11,150 25–29
55 June 8 Angels 11–4 Zahn (6–2) Gott (1–3) 16,154 25–30
56 June 9 Angels 5–4 McLaughlin (3–3) Corbett (1–6) 16,193 26–30
57 June 11 Athletics 2–1 Clancy (6–3) Kingman (0–1) 17,461 27–30
58 June 12 Athletics 8–1 Langford (5–7) Stieb (5–6) 24,338 27–31
59 June 13 Athletics 7–5 Underwood (3–4) Jackson (2–5) Beard (4) 20,113 27–32
60 June 14 Athletics 4–2 Keough (6–7) Gott (1–4) Beard (5) 14,136 27–33
61 June 15 @ Angels 2–0 Clancy (7–3) Witt (3–1) 23,217 28–33
62 June 16 @ Angels 7–1 Renko (6–1) Stieb (5–7) 20,970 28–34
63 June 17 @ Angels 10–8 Kison (6–2) Leal (5–4) Moreno (1) 21,195 28–35
64 June 18 @ Athletics 6–4 McLaughlin (4–3) Keough (6–8) 12,061 29–35
65 June 19 @ Athletics 3–1 (12) McLaughlin (5–3) Owchinko (1–1) 19,214 30–35
66 June 20 @ Athletics 3–2 Stieb (6–7) Langford (5–8) 26,096 31–35
67 June 21 @ Mariners 5–4 Moore (3–6) Leal (5–5) Caudill (10) 7,486 31–36
68 June 22 @ Mariners 6–5 Clark (1–0) Jackson (2–6) Caudill (11) 7,933 31–37
69 June 23 @ Mariners 5–3 (11) McLaughlin (6–3) Stanton (1–1) 9,007 32–37
-- June 25 Twins Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 28
70 June 26 Twins 4–3 Davis (2–7) Stieb (6–8) 14,052 32–38
71 June 27 Twins 3–2 McLaughlin (7–3) Felton (0–8) 20,074 33–38
72 June 29 Mariners 4–1 Bannister (7–4) Clancy (7–4) Stanton (5) 13,097 33–39
73 June 30 Mariners 10–4 Beattie (6–4) Stieb (6–9) 12,339 33–40
July: 15–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
74 July 1 Mariners 4–3 Perry (6–7) Leal (5–6) Caudill (14) 21,004 33–41
75 July 2 @ Twins 9–4 Murray (4–3) Havens (3–6) McLaughlin (3) 7,503 34–41
76 July 3 @ Twins 2–1 O'Connor (1–2) Clancy (7–5) 9,591 34–42
77 July 4 @ Twins 4–3 Little (1–0) Stieb (6–10) 6,532 34–43
78 July 5 @ Rangers 3–2 Matlack (4–5) Leal (5–7) Darwin (4) 29,126 34–44
79 July 6 @ Rangers 4–3 Murray (5–3) Tanana (4–10) 9,657 35–44
80 July 7 @ Royals 3–1 Gura (10–4) Clancy (7–6) 22,217 35–45
81 July 8 @ Royals 5–4 Stieb (7–10) Armstrong (2–3) McLaughlin (4) 24,409 36–45
82 July 9 White Sox 7–6 Murray (6–3) Dotson (3–10) McLaughlin (5) 15,131 37–45
83 July 10 White Sox 6–5 Escárrega (1–1) Gott (1–5) Hickey (4) 17,035 37–46
84 July 11 White Sox 16–7 Burns (9–4) Clancy (7–7) 16,169 37–47
85 July 15 Rangers 5–1 Stieb (8–10) Honeycutt (4–10) 14,123 38–47
86 July 16 Rangers 6–0 Clancy (8–7) Hough (7–8) 13,359 39–47
87 July 17 Rangers 11–3 Jackson (3–6) Butcher (0–1) 17,080 40–47
88 July 18 Rangers 5–4 (10) McLaughlin (8–3) Darwin (6–4) 15,512 41–47
89 July 19 Royals 4–2 Leal (6–7) Black (3–3) 16,466 42–47
90 July 20 Royals 9–2 Stieb (9–10) Gura (10–7) 18,552 43–47
91 July 21 Royals 9–7 Blue (7–7) Clancy (8–8) Quisenberry (23) 19,152 43–48
92 July 22 @ White Sox 3–2 Burns (10–4) McLaughlin (8–4) 21,875 43–49
93 July 23 @ White Sox 7–1 Leal (7–7) Barnes (0–2) Jackson (5) 27,770 44–49
94 July 24 @ White Sox 8–1 Stieb (10–10) Lamp (7–5) Murray (1) 21,821 45–49
95 July 25 @ White Sox 5–3 Hoyt (12–9) Clancy (8–9) 17,452 45–50
96 July 26 @ Red Sox 3–2 Eckersley (11–8) Gott (1–6) 22,261 45–51
97 July 27 @ Red Sox 3–1 Leal (8–7) Tudor (6–8) 27,077 46–51
98 July 28 @ Red Sox 9–7 Ojeda (4–5) Jackson (3–7) Stanley (8) 18,627 46–52
99 July 30 Tigers 6–5 (12) Murray (7–3) James (0–2) 18,262 47–52
100 July 31 Tigers 1–0 (10) Gott (2–6) Rucker (1–1) 21,007 48–52
August: 13–20 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–12)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
101 August 1 Tigers 8–5 Morris (12–11) Leal (8–8) Tobik (5) 23,033 48–53
102 August 2 Brewers 9–4 Stieb (11–10) McClure (8–4) 20,141 49–53
103 August 3 Brewers 7–4 Vuckovich (12–4) Clancy (8–10) Fingers (24) 16,575 49–54
104 August 4 Brewers 8–0 Caldwell (9–10) Gott (2–7) 17,521 49–55
105 August 5 @ Tigers 5–2 Ujdur (5–5) Leal (8–9) 49–56
106 August 5 @ Tigers 7–4 Rucker (2–1) Jackson (3–8) Tobik (6) 26,010 49–57
107 August 6 @ Tigers 6–0 Morris (13–11) Stieb (11–11) 21,602 49–58
108 August 7 @ Tigers 7–4 Clancy (9–10) Pashnick (3–4) Murray (2) 20,608 50–58
109 August 8 @ Tigers 7–4 Gott (3–7) Underwood (3–8) McLaughlin (6) 51–58
110 August 8 @ Tigers 7–4 Geisel (1–0) Rucker (2–2) Murray (3) 23,550 52–58
111 August 9 Red Sox 4–2 Schrom (1–0) Eckersley (11–10) McLaughlin (7) 20,105 53–58
112 August 10 Red Sox 4–0 Stieb (12–11) Torrez (7–7) 21,324 54–58
113 August 11 Red Sox 4–3 Jackson (4–8) Stanley (7–5) 22,012 55–58
114 August 12 @ Brewers 7–1 McClure (9–4) Gott (3–8) 55–59
115 August 12 @ Brewers 4–3 Lerch (8–7) Murray (7–4) Fingers (27) 28,305 55–60
116 August 13 @ Brewers 3–1 Vuckovich (13–4) Leal (8–10) 49,064 55–61
117 August 14 @ Brewers 4–2 Stieb (13–11) Caldwell (10–11) 28,940 56–61
118 August 15 @ Brewers 3–2 Clancy (10–10) Slaton (9–4) Murray (4) 26,180 57–61
119 August 16 Indians 2–1 Gott (4–8) Waits (1–12) McLaughlin (8) 17,704 58–61
120 August 17 Indians 6–5 Spillner (9–7) McLaughlin (8–5) 58–62
121 August 17 Indians 9–5 Sutcliffe (10–4) Geisel (1–1) 26,636 58–63
122 August 20 @ Yankees 4–2 Rawley (7–8) Stieb (13–12) Gossage (26) 20,172 58–64
123 August 21 @ Yankees 3–1 Clancy (11–10) Guidry (11–5) Murray (5) 24,029 59–64
124 August 22 @ Yankees 3–1 Righetti (8–5) Gott (4–9) Gossage (27) 33,692 59–65
125 August 23 @ Yankees 4–3 LaRoche (4–1) Leal (8–11) Gossage (28) 16,565 59–66
126 August 24 @ Orioles 7–3 (10) Martínez (12–10) McLaughlin (8–6) 12,139 59–67
127 August 25 @ Orioles 8–3 Flanagan (10–10) Clancy (11–11) 11,712 59–68
128 August 26 @ Orioles 12–5 Davis (4–3) Gott (4–10) 21,471 59–69
129 August 27 Yankees 10–3 Leal (9–11) Righetti (8–6) 28,438 60–69
130 August 28 Yankees 3–2 (11) Murray (8–4) LaRoche (4–2) 35,065 61–69
131 August 29 Yankees 8–2 John (10–10) Clancy (11–12) 34,313 61–70
132 August 30 Orioles 6–3 Davis (5–3) Eichhorn (0–1) Martinez (12) 14,091 61–71
133 August 31 Orioles 1–0 Palmer (12–3) Leal (9–12) 14,690 61–72
September: 14–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
134 September 1 Orioles 5–2 Martínez (14–10) Stieb (13–13) 12,473 61–73
135 September 3 @ Indians 3–2 Anderson (2–2) Clancy (11–13) Brennan (2) 12,131 61–74
136 September 4 @ Indians 4–3 Brennan (1–2) Murray (8–5) Spillner (17) 6,110 61–75
137 September 5 @ Indians 6–5 Leal (10–12) Barker (12–11) Murray (6) 6,968 62–75
138 September 6 @ Athletics 3–1 Stieb (14–13) Kingman (3–11) 20,172 63–75
139 September 7 @ Athletics 2–1 Clancy (12–13) D'Acquisto (0–1) Murray (7) 8,403 64–75
140 September 8 @ Athletics 6–5 Jackson (5–8) Conroy (0–1) Murray (8) 10,786 65–75
141 September 10 @ Angels 6–2 Zahn (16–7) Leal (10–13) 25,012 65–76
142 September 11 @ Angels 4–1 Forsch (12–10) Stieb (14–14) 43,819 65–77
143 September 12 @ Angels 3–2 John (12–11) Clancy (12–14) Curtis (1) 25,394 65–78
-- September 14 Athletics Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 15
144 September 15 Athletics 3–2 Leal (11–13) Conroy (0–2) Murray (9) 66–78
145 September 15 Athletics 12–11 Jackson (6–8) Hanna (0–3) 12,090 67–78
146 September 16 Angels 2–1 (12) Jackson (7–8) Sánchez (6–3) 15,693 68–78
147 September 17 Angels 6–2 Clancy (13–14) John (12–12) Murray (10) 15,605 69–78
148 September 18 Angels 8–6 Sánchez (7–3) Murray (8–6) 20,533 69–79
149 September 19 Angels 5–1 Kison (9–5) Eichhorn (0–2) 22,025 69–80
150 September 20 @ Twins 4–1 Castillo (11–11) Leal (11–14) Davis (21) 2,830 69–81
151 September 21 @ Twins 5–1 Stieb (15–14) Viola (4–8) 3,282 70–81
152 September 22 @ Twins 3–2 (10) Clancy (14–14) Havens (9–13) 3,676 71–81
153 September 24 @ Mariners 3–2 Vande Berg (9–4) Murray (8–7) 14,071 71–82
154 September 25 @ Mariners 7–0 Clark (5–2) Leal (11–15) 18,818 71–83
155 September 26 @ Mariners 6–2 Stieb (16–14) Bannister (12–12) 6,742 72–83
156 September 28 Twins 3–0 Clancy (15–14) Viola (4–9) 73–83
157 September 28 Twins 4–3 (10) Jackson (8–8) Davis (3–9) 11,124 74–83
158 September 29 Twins 8–0 Havens (10–13) Eichhorn (0–3) 10,364 74–84
159 September 30 Twins 6–4 Leal (12–15) O'Connor (8–9) Murray (11) 11,076 75–84
October: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–0)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
160 October 1 Mariners 2–0 Stieb (17–14) Bannister (12–13) 11,171 76–84
161 October 2 Mariners 3–0 Gott (5–10) Stoddard (3–3) Jackson (6) 12,472 77–84
162 October 3 Mariners 5–2 Clancy (16–14) Caudill (12–9) 19,064 78–84

Player stats

Batting

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 Ernie Whitt 105 284 28 74 14 2 11 42 .261 3
1B Willie Upshaw 160 580 77 155 25 7 21 75 .267 8
2B Damaso Garcia 147 597 89 185 32 3 5 42 .310 54
3B Garth Iorg 129 417 45 119 20 5 1 36 .285 3
SS Alfredo Griffin 162 539 57 130 20 8 1 48 .241 10
LF Barry Bonnell 140 437 59 128 26 3 6 49 .293 14
CF Lloyd Moseby 147 487 51 115 20 9 9 52 .236 11
RF Jesse Barfield 139 394 54 97 13 2 18 58 .246 1
DH Wayne Nordhagen 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
Rance Mulliniks 112 311 32 76 25 0 4 35 .244 3
Hosken Powell 112 265 43 73 13 4 3 26 .275 4
Buck Martinez 96 260 26 63 17 0 10 37 .242 1
Al Woods 85 201 20 47 11 1 3 24 .234 1
Dave Revering 55 135 15 29 6 0 5 18 .215 0
Leon Roberts 40 105 6 24 4 0 1 5 .229 1
Tony Johnson 70 98 17 23 2 1 3 14 .235 3
Glenn Adams 30 66 2 17 4 0 1 11 .258 0
Otto Velez 28 52 4 10 1 0 1 5 .192 1
Geno Petralli 16 44 3 16 2 0 0 1 .364 0
John Mayberry 17 33 7 9 0 0 2 3 .273 0
Dave Baker 9 20 3 5 1 0 0 2 .250 0
Pedro Hernandez 8 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Dick Davis 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
Dave Stieb 17 14 3.25 38 38 0 288.1 116 104 75 141
Jim Clancy 16 14 3.71 40 40 0 266.2 122 110 77 139
Luis Leal 12 15 3.93 38 38 0 249.2 113 109 79 111
Joey McLaughlin 8 6 3.21 44 0 8 70.0 27 25 30 49
Dale Murray 8 7 3.16 56 0 11 111.0 48 39 32 60
Roy Lee Jackson 8 8 3.06 48 2 6 97.0 37 33 31 71
Jim Gott 5 10 4.43 30 23 0 136.0 76 67 66 82
Ken Schrom 1 0 5.87 6 0 0 15.1 11 10 15 8
Jerry Garvin 1 1 7.25 32 4 0 58.1 48 47 26 35
Dave Geisel 1 1 3.98 16 2 0 31.2 15 14 17 22
Mark Bomback 1 5 6.03 16 8 0 59.2 44 40 25 22
Steve Senteney 0 0 4.91 11 0 0 22.0 16 12 6 20
Mark Eichhorn 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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Jim Beauchamp
AA Knoxville Blue Jays Southern League Larry Hardy
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League John McLaren
A Florence Blue Jays South Atlantic League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Héctor Torres
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Duane Larson

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medicine Hat[5]

Notes

  1. ^ "1982 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.184, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-023978-2
  3. ^ "1982 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  4. ^ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  5. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007