# 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.
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.

## Offseason
### Transactions

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

#### November 1984

| November 8 | Cliff Johnson granted free agency. |
| November 21 | Signed free agent Tom Filer from the Chicago Cubs to a contract. |

#### December 1984

| December 3 | Drafted Manny Lee from the Houston Astros in the 1984 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted Lou Thornton from the New York Mets in the 1984 MLB Rule 5 draft. Mike Morgan drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1984 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 8 | Acquired Bill Caudill from the Oakland Athletics for Dave Collins, Alfredo Griffin and cash. |
| December 22 | Purchased Jeff Burroughs from the Oakland Athletics. |

#### January 1985

| January 24 | Chose Tom Henke from the Texas Rangers as a free agent compensation pick (Cliff Johnson signed with Rangers on December 5, 1984). |
| January 26 | Acquired Gary Lavelle from the San Francisco Giants for Jim Gott, Jack McKnight and Augie Schmidt. |

#### February 1985

| February 5 | Signed free agent Gary Allenson from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. |

#### March 1985

| March 4 | Signed amateur free agent Francisco de la Rosa to a contract. |

#### April 1985

| April 1 | Released Bryan Clark. Released Roy Lee Jackson. Released Jeff Richardson. Acquired Len Matuszek from the Philadelphia Phillies for José Escobar, Dave Shipanoff and Ken Kinnard. |
| April 7 | Player rights of Fred Manrique sold to the Montreal Expos. |

## 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.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 99 | 62 | .615 | — | 54‍–‍26 | 45‍–‍36 |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 64 | .602 | 2 | 58‍–‍22 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 84 | 77 | .522 | 15 | 44‍–‍37 | 40‍–‍40 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 83 | 78 | .516 | 16 | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍42 |
| Boston Red Sox | 81 | 81 | .500 | 18½ | 43‍–‍37 | 38‍–‍44 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 71 | 90 | .441 | 28 | 40‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Cleveland Indians | 60 | 102 | .370 | 39½ | 38‍–‍43 | 22‍–‍59 |

### Record vs. opponents

1985 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 1–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 4–8 |
| Boston | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 4–8–1 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 |
| California | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 9–4 | 9–4 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 5–8 | — | 10–2 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 3–9 |
| Cleveland | 5–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 2–10 | — | 5–8 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 9–4 | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 10–2 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
| Milwaukee | 4–9 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 4–9 | 4–8 | — | 9–3 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 8–3 | 4–9 |
| Minnesota | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 3–9 | — | 3–9 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 4–8 |
| New York | 12–1 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 2–10 |
| Texas | 2–10 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 7–6 | — | 3–9 |
| Toronto | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — |

### Transactions

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

#### May 1985

| May 1 | Signed amateur free agent William Suero to a contract. |
| May 9 | Released Willie Aikens. |
| May 19 | Re-signed free agent Willie Aikens. |
| May 31 | Signed amateur free agent Pedro Muñoz to a contract. |

#### June 1985

| June 22 | Traded Mitch Webster to the Montreal Expos for a player to be named later (Cliff Young on September 10, 1985). |

#### July 1985

| July 9 | Acquired Al Oliver from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Len Matuszek. |

#### August 1985

| August 24 | Released Gary Allenson. |
| August 28 | Acquired Cliff Johnson from the Texas Rangers for players to be named later (Matt Williams and Jeff Mays on August 29, 1985; and Greg Ferlenda on November 14, 1985). |

#### September 1985

| September 1 | Signed free agent Steve Nicosia from the Montreal Expos to a contract. |
| September 15 | Signed amateur free agent Junior Félix to a contract. |
| September 17 | Signed amateur free agent Francisco Cabrera to a contract. |
| September 28 | Released Francisco de la Rosa. |

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

1985 regular season game log: 99–62 (home: 54–26; away: 45–36) :
April: 13–7 (home: 5–4; away: 8–3)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
1April 82:35 p.m. EST@ RoyalsL 1–2Black (1–0)Stieb (0–1)Quisenberry (1)2:3041,0860–1L1
2April 108:35 p.m. EST@ RoyalsW 1–0 (10)Caudill (1–0)Beckwith (0–1)Lavelle (1)2:5214,7401–1W1
3April 118:35 p.m. EST@ RoyalsW 4–3 (10)Caudill (2–0)Quisenberry (0–1)Acker (1)3:1417,7982–1W2
4April 128:05 p.m. EST@ OriolesL 2–7McGregor (1–0)Key (0–1)Stewart (2)2:5626,5852–2L1
5April 137:35 p.m. EST@ OriolesL 7–8Martinez (1–0)Caudill (2–1)–3:0828,5292-3L2
6April 142:05 p.m. EST@ OriolesW 5–3Alexander (1–0)Boddicker (1–1)Acker (2)2:3125,1113–3W1
7April 161:35 p.m. ESTRangersL 4–9Mason (1–1)Leal (0–1)Noles (1)3:1641,2843–4L1
8April 171:35 p.m. ESTRangersW 3–1 (10)Caudill (3–1)Stewart (0–1)–3:0015,4724–4W1
9April 181:35 p.m. ESTRangersW 4–2Stieb (1–1)Tanana (0–2)Caudill (1)2:4915,3805–4W2
10April 197:35 p.m. ESTOriolesW 6–5Alexander (2–0)Stewart (1–1)Caudill (2)2:5120,2136–4W3
11April 201:35 p.m. ESTOriolesW 3–2Musselman (1–0)Martinez (1–1)Lavelle (2)2:3740,4517–4W4
12April 211:35 p.m. ESTOriolesL 2–3Martínez (1–1)Key (0–2)Martínez (1)2:5029,0827–5L1
13April 227:35 p.m. ESTRoyalsL 0–2Leibrandt (2–0)Stieb (1–2)–2:1320,2817–6L2
14April 237:35 p.m. ESTRoyalsL 6–7Beckwith (1–1)Caudill (3–2)Quisenberry (2)2:4618,4917–7L3
15April 241:35 p.m. ESTRoyalsW 10–2Leal (1–1)Saberhagen (1–2)–2:1718,0068–7W1
16April 268:35 p.m. EST@ RangersW 6–5Lamp (1–0)Schmidt (0–1)Caudill (3)2:4610,7259–7W2
17April 278:35 p.m. EST@ RangersW 9–8 (10)Acker (1–0)Stewart (0–2)Caudill (4)3:0913,76910–7W3
18April 283:05 p.m. EDT@ RangersW 6–3Alexander (3–0)Mason (2–2)–2:2911,32411–7W4
19April 2910:35 p.m. EDT@ AthleticsW 2–1Leal (2–1)Krueger (2–2)Caudill (5)2:4513,85212–7W5
20April 3010:35 p.m. EDT@ AthleticsW 4–3Lamp (2–0)Howell (0–1)Acker (3)2:586,43913–7W6 :
May: 17–8 (home: 9–2; away: 8–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
21May 110:30 p.m. EDT@ AngelsW 6–3Key (1–2)McCaskill (0–1)–2:3424,11214–7W7
22May 210:30 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 2–3Clements (2–0)Stieb (1–3)–2:4523,82414–8L1
23May 310:35 p.m. EDT@ MarinersW 5–4Alexander (4–0)Barojas (0–3)Caudill (6)2:4112,37015–8W1
24May 410:05 p.m. EDT@ MarinersL 1–9Young (2–3)Leal (2–2)–2:2414,95215–9L1
25May 54:35 p.m. EDT@ MarinersL 1–4Langston (4–2)Clancy (0–1)–2:1511,50015–10L2
26May 77:35 p.m. EDTAthleticsW 10–1Stieb (2–3)Sutton (2–3)–2:5521,29216–10W1
27May 87:35 p.m. EDTAthleticsL 4–6McCatty (2–1)Alexander (4–1)Howell (8)3:0918,10216–11L1
28May 107:35 p.m. EDTMarinersW 8–3Key (2–2)Langston (4–3)Acker (4)3:2920,11617–11W1
29May 111:35 p.m. EDTMarinersW 4–2Caudill (4–2)Young (2–4)–2:5032,39818–11W2
30May 121:35 p.m. EDTMarinersW 9–5Stieb (3–3)Beattie (1–4)–2:5425,18119–11W3
31May 147:35 p.m. EDTAngelsW 6–3Alexander (5–1)Slaton (3–2)Caudill (7)2:4222,44520–11W4
32May 157:35 p.m. EDTAngelsL 6–9Moore (2–1)Caudill (4–3)–3:0018,11920–12L1
33May 178:35 p.m. EDT@ TwinsL 6–7 (11)Filson (1–0)Leal (2–3)–3:3119,25320–13L2
34May 182:15 p.m. EDT@ TwinsW 3–1Clancy (1–1)Smithson (4–3)Acker (5)2:4216,82421-13W1
35May 192:15 p.m. EDT@ TwinsL 2–8Filson (2–0)Alexander (5–2)–2:2625,15121–14L1
36May 201:35 p.m. EDTWhite SoxW 6–1Key (3–2)Seaver (4–2)–2:1244,71522–14W1
37May 217:35 p.m. EDTWhite SoxW 4–3Lavelle (1–0)James (1–1)–2:5020,15923–14W2
38May 227:35 p.m. EDTWhite SoxW 10–0Stieb (4–3)Dotson (2–2)–2:3222,44724–14W3
39May 237:35 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 6–5Lamp (3–0)Waddell (1–3)Caudill (8)3:094,33325–14W4
40May 247:35 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 7–6Lamp (4–0)Creel (0–2)Lavelle (3)3:138,50226–14W5
41May 251:35 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 10–7Musselman (2–0)Thompson (1–2)Acker (6)3:057,34527–14W6
42May 261:35 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 6–5Lavelle (2–0)Creel (0–3)Caudill (9)3:0913,25528–14W7
—May 27@ White SoxPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 23)
43May 288:30 p.m. EDT@ White SoxW 6–1Stieb (5–3)Dotson (2–3)–2:4214,59829–14W8
44May 298:30 p.m. EDT@ White SoxL 5–8Burns (6–4)Clancy (1–2)James (8)3:1218,95329–15L1
45May 317:35 p.m. EDTIndiansW 7–2Alexander (6–2)Clark (1–1)Acker (7)2:5524,16630–15W1 :
June: 16–13 (home: 11–5; away: 5–8)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
46June 11:35 p.m. EDTIndiansW 8–3Key (4–2)Blyleven (3–6)–2:3533,29631–15W2
47 (1)June 21:35 p.m. EDTIndiansL 4–5Heaton (4–4)Stieb (5–4)Waddell (8)2:33–31–16L1
48 (2)June 24:43 p.m. EDTIndiansW 5–2Leal (3–3)Behenna (0–1)Acker (8)2:4035,31532–16W1
49June 47:35 p.m. EDTTwinsW 9–2Clancy (2–2)Viola (6–5)–2:2527,16333–16W2
50June 57:35 p.m. EDTTwinsW 5–0Alexander (7–2)Smithson (4–5)–2:4426,08734–16W3
51June 67:35 p.m. EDTTigersW 2–0 (12)Acker (2–0)López (0–4)–3:2536,38435–16W4
52June 77:35 p.m. EDTTigersW 9–2Stieb (6–4)Terrell (6–2)–2:4942,45536–16W5
53June 81:35 p.m. EDTTigersL 1–10O'Neal (1–0)Leal (3–4)–2:2244,48436–17L1
54June 91:35 p.m. EDTTigersL 3–8Bair (1–0)Clancy (2–3)–2:4040,27336–18L2
55June 108:20 p.m. EDT@ YankeesL 2–4Shirley (1–1)Alexander (7–3)Righetti (11)2:3320,32936–19L3
56June 118:00 p.m. EDT@ YankeesW 4–1 (11)Lamp (5–0)Fisher (2–1)–3:3722,62037–19W1
57June 128:00 p.m. EDT@ YankeesW 3–2 (10)Acker (3–0)Bordi (1–1)–3:1825,12938–19W2
58June 137:35 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 7–8Trujillo (1–1)Lavelle (2–1)Stanley (8)3:2022,45938–20L1
59June 147:35 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 1–4Boyd (8–4)Clancy (2–4)–2:5633,80938–21L2
60June 152:05 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 5–7Stanley (2–2)Acker (3–1)–2:4735,66438–22L3
61June 163:05 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 6–7Crawford (4–2)Lavelle (2–2)–3:1627,70038–23L4
62June 178:30 p.m. EDT@ BrewersL 1–2Haas (6–3)Stieb (6–5)–1:5416,88938–24L5
63June 188:30 p.m. EDT@ BrewersL 1–4Burris (4–5)Leal (3–5)–2:2518,56838–25L6
64June 192:30 p.m. EDT@ BrewersW 5–1Clancy (3–4)Vuckovich (2–5)Caudill (10)2:5025,60739–25W1
65June 207:35 p.m. EDTRed SoxW 6–5Acker (4–1)Stanley (2–3)Caudill (11)2:2435,05040–25W2
66June 217:35 p.m. EDTRed SoxW 7–2Key (5–2)Hurst (2–7)–2:3736,25241–25W3
67June 221:35 p.m. EDTRed SoxL 3–5Stanley (3–3)Acker (4–2)–2:5242,11741–26L1
68June 231:35 p.m. EDTRed SoxW 8–1Stieb (7–5)Kison (3–2)–2:2934,12842–26W1
69June 257:35 p.m. EDTBrewersW 7–1Clancy (4–4)Burris (4–6)–2:4130,01943–26W2
70June 267:35 p.m. EDTBrewersL 4–5Gibson (6–4)Alexander (7–4)–2:5227,39743–27L1
71June 277:35 p.m. EDTBrewersW 7–3Key (6–2)Higuera (4–5)Acker (9)2:4028,22844–27W1
72June 287:35 p.m. EDT@ TigersW 2–0Stieb (8–5)Petry (9–6)–2:1748,00245–27W2
73June 297:35 p.m. EDT@ TigersL 0–8Terrell (9–3)Leal (3–6)–2:2747,96545–28L1
74June 301:30 p.m. EDT@ TigersW 6–5Lavelle (3–2)López (1–5)Lamp (1)3:1444,37746–28W1 :
July: 18–10 (home: 10–4; away: 8–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
75July 11:35 p.m. EDTYankeesL 1–4Cowley (7–3)Alexander (7–5)Righetti (14)2:3241,47646–29L1
76July 27:35 p.m. EDTYankeesL 3–5Whitson (4–6)Key (6–3)–2:3235,20246–30L2
77July 312:35 p.m. EDTYankeesW 3–2 (10)Acker (5–2)Bordi (1–2)–3:2340,37647–30W1
78July 49:15 p.m. EDT@ AthleticsL 2–3Howell (8–3)Caudill (4–4)–2:4946,77047–31L1
79July 510:35 p.m. EDT@ AthleticsW 8–2Clancy (5–4)Krueger (5–8)–2:5217,93748–31W1
80July 64:05 p.m. EDT@ AthleticsL 1–5Sutton (8–5)Alexander (7–6)–2:1623,23048–32L1
81July 74:05 p.m. EDT@ AthleticsW 8–2Key (7–3)McCatty (4–4)–2:2928,63149–32W1
82July 810:35 p.m. EDT@ MarinersW 4–0Stieb (9–5)Moore (7–5)–2:5120,81750–32W2
83July 910:35 p.m. EDT@ MarinersW 9–4 (13)Musselman (3–0)Vande Berg (0–1)–4:2710,39351–32W3
84July 1010:35 p.m. EDT@ MarinersW 11–1Clancy (6–4)Wills (4–2)–2:3812,81552–32W4
85July 1110:30 p.m. EDT@ AngelsW 5–3Alexander (8–6)Slaton (4–8)Lavelle (4)2:4931,67253–32W5
86July 1210:30 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 3–5McCaskill (5–5)Key (7–4)Moore (17)2:4335,87053–33L1
87July 1310:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 3–4Witt (7–6)Lavelle (3–3)–2:5542,05453–34L2
88July 144:00 p.m. EDT@ AngelsL 3–5Cliburn (4–2)Lavelle (3–4)–2:5335,30653–35L3
56th All-Star Game in Minneapolis, MN
89July 187:35 p.m. EDTAthleticsL 4–6Ontiveros (1–1)Lavelle (3–5)Howell (19)3:0032,23153-36L4
90July 197:35 p.m. EDTAthleticsW 5–1Key (8–4)Sutton (9–6)–2:2528,21854-36W1
91July 201:35 p.m. EDTAthleticsL 1–5Birtsas (6–2)Stieb (9–6)Ontiveros (2)2:2435,18754-37L1
92July 211:35 p.m. EDTAthleticsW 11–4Lamp (6–0)Krueger (7–9)–2:3836,10955-37W1
93July 227:35 p.m. EDTMarinersW 3–1Filer (1–0)Langston (5–7)Caudill (12)2:3725,11056–37W2
94July 237:35 p.m. EDTMarinersW 4–2Alexander (9–6)Moore (8–6)Caudill (13)2:2428,41957–37W3
95July 247:35 p.m. EDTMarinersW 3–1Key (9–4)Young (7–11)Lavelle (5)2:2226,16358–37W4
96July 257:35 p.m. EDTAngelsW 7–0Stieb (10–6)Witt (8–7)–2:2832,08359–37W5
97July 267:35 p.m. EDTAngelsW 8–3Clancy (7–4)Lugo (3–3)–2:3631,29460–37W6
98July 271:35 p.m. EDTAngelsW 8–3Filer (2–0)Mack (0–1)Acker (10)2:3844,11661–37W7
99July 281:35 p.m. EDTAngelsW 5–1Alexander (10–6)McCaskill (6–7)–2:2836,19062–37W8
100July 297:35 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 4–3 (10)Henke (1–0)Boddicker (10–11)–2:3741,59963–37W9
101July 307:35 p.m. EDT@ OriolesL 3–4 (10)Aase (6–5)Lavelle (3–6)–3:2426,56163–38L1
102July 317:35 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 5–3Henke (2–0)Martínez (7–7)–3:2232,04464–38W1 :
August: 17–10 (home: 7–3; away: 10–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
103August 17:35 p.m. EDT@ OriolesW 9–3Filer (3–0)Davis (5–7)–3:0427,74565–38W2
104August 27:35 p.m. EDTRangersW 5–3Alexander (11–6)Cook (2–3)Henke (1)2:3128,42966–38W3
105August 31:35 p.m. EDTRangersW 4–1Lamp (7–0)Welsh (2–3)Caudill (14)2:4235,10967–38W4
106August 41:35 p.m. EDTRangersL 4–8Hough (10–11)Stieb (10–7)Schmidt (4)2:3836,27267–39L1
—August 6OriolesPostponed (Strike) (Makeup date: August 8)
—August 7OriolesCancelled (Strike)
107 (1)August 85:35 p.m. EDTOriolesW 7–2Alexander (12–6)McGregor (9–9)–2:27–68–39W1
108 (2)August 88:37 p.m. EDTOriolesW 7–4Filer (4–0)Boddicker (10–13)Henke (2)2:3440,10469–39W2
109August 98:35 p.m. EDT@ RoyalsL 2–4Black (8–11)Stieb (10–8)–2:2125,86869–40L1
110August 108:35 p.m. EDT@ RoyalsL 3–4 (10)Quisenberry (6–6)Caudill (4–5)–2:5434,44869–41L2
111August 112:35 p.m. EDT@ RoyalsW 5–3 (10)Henke (3–0)Beckwith (1–5)–3:2727,45770–41W1
112August 128:35 p.m. EDT@ Rangers4–5Henry (1–0)Caudill (4–6)–2:5210,82970–42L1
113August 138:35 p.m. EDT@ RangersW 5–3Filer (5–0)Russell (0–2)Henke (3)2:419,79071–42W1
114August 148:35 p.m. EDT@ RangersW 4–1Stieb (11–8)Hough (11–12)–2:3510,49472–42W2
115August 167:35 p.m. EDTRoyalsL 2–4Leibrandt (11–6)Key (9–5)–2:3138,26972–43L1
116August 171:20 p.m. EDTRoyalsL 2–4Jackson (11–7)Alexander (12–7)Quisenberry (28)2:2142,31372–44L2
117August 181:35 p.m. EDTRoyalsW 10–6Filer (6–0)Gubicza (9–7)–3:0237,45873–44W1
118August 197:35 p.m. EDT@ IndiansL 3–5Waddell (6–5)Stieb (11–9)–2:266,28073–45L1
119August 207:35 p.m. EDT@ IndiansW 3–2Key (10–5)Smith (1–1)Henke (4)2:547,00574–45W1
120August 217:35 p.m. EDT@ IndiansL 2–5Heaton (7–13)Alexander (12–8)–2:256,34274–46L1
121 (1)August 236:30 p.m. EDT@ White SoxW 6–3Filer (7–0)Burns (13–8)Henke (5)2:48–75–46W1
122 (2)August 239:23 p.m. EDT@ White SoxW 10–3Acker (6–2)Nelson (7–8)–2:5922,02176–46W2
123August 247:00 p.m. EDT@ White SoxW 6–3Stieb (12–9)Seaver (12–9)Henke (6)2:4926,11377–46W3
124August 252:30 p.m. EDT@ White SoxL 3–5Bannister (6–11)Key (10–6)James (22)2:5222,52977–47L1
125August 268:35 p.m. EDT@ TwinsW 4–3Alexander (13–8)Blyleven (12–13)Henke (7)2:3413,39578–47W1
126August 278:35 p.m. EDT@ TwinsW 8–0Davis (1–0)Viola (13–11)–2:3612,78079–47W2
127August 281:15 p.m. EDT@ TwinsL 5–6 (10)Filson (4–5)Henke (3–1)–3:1212,32779–48L1
128August 307:35 p.m. EDTWhite SoxW 5–3Key (11–6)Bannister (6–12)Henke (8)2:3933,25480–48W1
129August 311:35 p.m. EDTWhite SoxW 6–2Lavelle (4–6)Davis (1–2)–2:4036,15381–48W2 :
September: 17–9 (home: 11–6; away: 6–3)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
130September 11:35 p.m. EDTWhite SoxL 1–4Burns (15–8)Davis (1–1)–2:5544,18281–49L1
131September 21:35 p.m. EDTIndiansW 3–2Stieb (13–9)Wardle (6–6)Henke (9)2:4031,23982–49W1
132September 47:35 p.m. EDTIndiansL 4–5Clark (2–3)Henke (3–2)Thompson (5)2:4825,36182–50L1
133September 57:35 p.m. EDTTwinsW 7–0Alexander (14–8)Blyleven (13–14)–2:0726,58483–50W1
134September 67:35 p.m. EDTTwinsW 8–3Davis (2–1)Viola (13–13)–2:5726,44084–50W2
135September 71:35 p.m. EDTTwinsL 3–6Smithson (14–11)Stieb (13–10)–2:2230,36884–51L1
136September 81:35 p.m. EDTTwinsW 10–9Lamp (8–0)Portugal (1–2)Lavelle (6)2:4628,22185–51W1
137September 97:35 p.m. EDTTigersW 5–3Key (12–6)Mahler (0–1)Henke (10)2:3431,15386–51W2
138September 107:35 p.m. EDTTigersW 2–1Alexander (15–8)Morris (14–10)–2:3931,22887–51W3
139September 117:35 p.m. EDTTigersW 3–2Lamp (9–0)Terrell (13–9)Henke (11)2:4831,26988–51W4
140September 128:00 p.m. EDT@ YankeesL 5–7Guidry (19–5)Lavelle (4–7)Fisher (12)2:5452,14188–52L1
141September 138:00 p.m. EDT@ YankeesW 3–2Lavelle (5–7)Niekro (15–10)Henke (12)3:1353,30389–52W1
142September 148:00 p.m. EDT@ YankeesW 7–4Key (13–6)Bordi (5–7)–2:5154,36790–52W2
143September 152:00 p.m. EDT@ YankeesW 8–5Alexander (16–8)Whitson (10–8)–3:1354,69991–52W3
144September 177:35 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 5–6Boyd (14–11)Stieb (13–11)Crawford (10)2:5317,27491–53L1
145September 187:35 p.m. EDT@ Red SoxL 1–13Nipper (9–11)Clancy (7–5)–2:4917,59891–54L2
146September 207:35 p.m. EDTBrewersW 7–5Key (14–6)Cocanower (4–7)Lavelle (7)2:2831,44292–54W1
147September 211:35 p.m. EDTBrewersW 2–1 (14)Lamp (10–0)Darwin (7–18)–4:1433,50293–54W2
148September 221:35 p.m. EDTBrewersL 1–2Higuera (14–7)Stieb (13–12)–2:2638,15593–55L1
149September 237:35 p.m. EDTBrewersW 5–1Clancy (8–5)Leary (1–2)Henke (13)2:2526,28294–55W1
150September 247:35 p.m. EDTRed SoxW 6–2Lamp (11–0)Nipper (9–12)–2:4829,81595–55W2
151September 257:35 p.m. EDTRed SoxL 2–4 (13)Crawford (6–4)Cerutti (0–1)Lollar (1)4:3330,54295–56L1
152September 267:35 p.m. EDTRed SoxL 1–4Sellers (2–0)Alexander (16–9)–2:0930,44395–57L2
153September 278:30 p.m. EDT@ BrewersW 5–1Stieb (14–12)Higuera (14–8)Lamp (2)2:5417,05096–57W1
154September 282:30 p.m. EDT@ BrewersW 6–1Clancy (9–5)Leary (1–3)Lavelle (8)2:279,54297–57W2
155September 292:30 p.m. EDT@ BrewersW 13–5Acker (7–2)Burris (9–13)–2:598,82298–57W3 :
October: 1–5 (home: 1–2; away: 0–3)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
156October 17:35 p.m. EDT@ TigersL 1–6Tanana (11–14)Alexander (16–10)–2:5419,04098–58L1
157October 27:35 p.m. EDT@ TigersL 2–4Morris (16–11)Stieb (14–13)Cary (2)2:1519,80298-59L2
158October 37:35 p.m. EDT@ TigersL 0–2Terrell (15–10)Clancy (9–6)–2:1623,38198–60L3
159October 47:35 p.m. EDTYankeesL 3–4Scurry (1–0)Henke (3–3)Righetti (29)2:5547,68698–61L4
160October 51:35 p.m. EDTYankeesW 5–1Alexander (17–10)Cowley (12–6)–2:3844,60899–61W1
161October 61:35 p.m. EDTYankeesL 0–8Niekro (16–12)Cerutti (0–2)–2:2544,42299–62L1 :
*An 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. :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Blue Jays team member :

### Postseason Game log

1985 Postseason game log: 3–4 (home: 2–2; away: 1–2) :
AL Championship Series: vs. Kansas City Royals 3–4 (home: 2–2; away: 1–2)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/ Streak
1October 88:30 p.m. EDTRoyalsW 6–1Stieb (1–0)Leibrandt (0–1)–2:2439,115TOR 1–0W1
2October 93:05 p.m. EDTRoyalsW 6–5 (10)Henke (1–0)Quisenberry (0–1)–3:3934,029TOR 2–0W2
3October 118:15 p.m. EDT@ RoyalsL 5–6Farr (1–0)Clancy (0–1)–2:5140,224TOR 2–1L1
4October 128:15 p.m. EDT@ RoyalsW 3–1Henke (2–0)Leibrandt (0–2)–3:0241,112TOR 3–1W1
5October 134:35 p.m. EDT@ RoyalsL 0–2Jackson (1–0)Key (0–1)–2:2140,046TOR 3–2L1
6October 158:15 p.m. EDTRoyalsL 3–5Gubicza (1–0)Alexander (0–1)Quisenberry (1)3:1237,557Tied 3–3L2
7October 168:15 p.m. EDTRoyalsL 2–6Leibrandt (1–2)Stieb (1–1)–2:4932,084KC 4–3L3 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss        = Postponement Bold = Blue Jays team member :

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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 | Ernie Whitt | 139 | 412 | 101 | .245 | 19 | 64 |
| 1B | Willie Upshaw | 148 | 501 | 138 | .275 | 15 | 65 |
| 2B | Dámaso García | 146 | 600 | 169 | .282 | 8 | 65 |
| 3B | Rance Mulliniks | 129 | 366 | 108 | .295 | 10 | 57 |
| SS | Tony Fernández | 161 | 564 | 163 | .289 | 2 | 51 |
| LF | George Bell | 157 | 607 | 167 | .275 | 28 | 95 |
| CF | Lloyd Moseby | 152 | 584 | 151 | .259 | 18 | 70 |
| RF | Jesse Barfield | 155 | 539 | 156 | .289 | 27 | 84 |
| DH | Jeff Burroughs | 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 |
| Garth Iorg | 131 | 288 | 90 | .313 | 7 | 37 |
| Al Oliver | 61 | 187 | 47 | .251 | 5 | 23 |
| Len Matuszek | 62 | 151 | 32 | .212 | 2 | 15 |
| Buck Martinez | 42 | 99 | 16 | .162 | 4 | 14 |
| Cecil Fielder | 30 | 74 | 23 | .311 | 4 | 16 |
| Cliff Johnson | 24 | 73 | 20 | .274 | 1 | 10 |
| Lou Thornton | 56 | 72 | 17 | .236 | 1 | 8 |
| Manuel Lee | 64 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Leach | 16 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
| Ron Shepherd | 38 | 35 | 4 | .114 | 0 | 1 |
| Gary Allenson | 14 | 34 | 4 | .118 | 0 | 3 |
| Willie Aikens | 11 | 20 | 4 | .200 | 1 | 5 |
| Steve Nicosia | 6 | 15 | 4 | .267 | 0 | 1 |
| Kelly Gruber | 5 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
| Jeff Hearron | 4 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Mitch Webster | 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 |
| Dave Stieb | 36 | 265.0 | 14 | 13 | 2.48 | 167 |
| Doyle Alexander | 36 | 260.2 | 17 | 10 | 3.45 | 142 |
| Jimmy Key | 35 | 212.2 | 14 | 6 | 3.00 | 85 |
| Jim Clancy | 23 | 128.2 | 9 | 6 | 3.78 | 66 |
| Luis Leal | 15 | 67.1 | 3 | 6 | 5.75 | 33 |
| Tom Filer | 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 |
| Ron Musselman | 25 | 52.1 | 3 | 0 | 4.47 | 29 |
| Steve Davis | 10 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.54 | 22 |
| John Cerutti | 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 |
| Bill Caudill | 67 | 69.1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 2.99 | 46 |
| Gary Lavelle | 69 | 72.2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3.10 | 50 |
| Jim Acker | 61 | 86.1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 3.23 | 42 |
| Dennis Lamp | 53 | 105.2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 3.32 | 68 |
| Tom Henke | 28 | 40.0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2.03 | 42 |
| Stan Clarke | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |

## 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 honours

* 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

## 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