# 1983 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1983 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's seventh season of Major League Baseball. For the first time in team history, Toronto avoided a last place finish in their division and recorded a winning record. The Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses, starting a streak of 11 consecutive winning seasons. It was the team's first season to use the song "OK Blue Jays" in the seventh-inning stretch.

## Offseason
### Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1983 season.

#### October 1982

| October 27 | Purchased Tucker Ashford from the New York Yankees. |

#### November 1982

| November 1 | Signed amateur free agent Nelson Liriano. |
| November 5 | Acquired Cliff Johnson from the Oakland Athletics for Alvis Woods. |
| November 10 | Wayne Nordhagen granted free agency. |

#### December 1982

| December 6 | Drafted Jim Acker from the Atlanta Braves in the 1982 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 9 | Acquired Dave Collins, Fred McGriff, Mike Morgan and cash from the New York Yankees for Tom Dodd and Dale Murray. |
| December 10 | Glenn Adams granted free agency. Acquired Don Cooper from the Minnesota Twins for Dave Baker. |

#### January 1983

| January 18 | Player rights of Jerry Garvin sold to the St. Louis Cardinals. |
| January 31 | Signed amateur free agent Enrique Burgos. |

#### February 1983

| February 4 | Acquired Jorge Orta from the New York Mets for Steve Senteney. |
| February 5 | Acquired Cecil Fielder from the Kansas City Royals for Leon Roberts. |
| February 15 | Signed free agent Randy Moffitt from the Houston Astros to a contract. |
| February 16 | Signed amateur free agent Tony Castillo to a contract. |
| February 23 | Signed free agent Mickey Klutts from the Oakland Athletics to a contract. |

## Regular season

* Willie Upshaw became the first Blue Jay to get over 100 RBIs with 104.
* On August 4, 1983, New York Yankee Dave Winfield, while warming up before the 5th inning of a game at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, accidentally killed a seagull with a thrown ball. He doffed his cap in mock sorrow. Fans responded by hurling obscenities and improvised missiles. After the game, he was brought to the Ontario Provincial Police station on charges of cruelty to animals and was forced to post a $500 bond before being released. Quipped Yankees manager Billy Martin, "It's the first time he's hit the cutoff man." The charges were dropped the following day. For years afterward Winfield's appearances in Toronto were greeted with loud choruses of boos, but he later became a fan favorite when he joined the team in 1992.
* During an August 24, 1983 game, Baltimore Orioles pitcher Tippy Martinez picked off three Toronto Blue Jays baserunners in one inning. The baserunners were Barry Bonnell, Dave Collins and Willie Upshaw.

### Opening Day starters

* Dave Collins
* Dámaso García
* Jim Gott
* Alfredo Griffin
* Cliff Johnson
* Lloyd Moseby
* Rance Mulliniks
* Hosken Powell
* Willie Upshaw
* Ernie Whitt

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 48‍–‍33 |
| Detroit Tigers | 92 | 70 | .568 | 6 | 48‍–‍33 | 44‍–‍37 |
| New York Yankees | 91 | 71 | .562 | 7 | 51‍–‍30 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 48‍–‍33 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 11 | 52‍–‍29 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 38‍–‍43 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 70 | 92 | .432 | 28 | 36‍–‍45 | 34‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1983 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 7–6 |
| Boston | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| California | 5–7 | 6–6 | — | 3–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | 6–6 | 10–3 | — | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 12–1 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 8–5 | 9–4 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 8–5–1 | 6–6 |
| Milwaukee | 2–11 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 8–5 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| New York | 7–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–4 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | — | 9–4 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
| Seattle | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 1–12 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 4–9 | — | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8–1 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 7–6 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–4 | — |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1983 regular season.

#### April 1983

| April 5 | Returned Tucker Ashford to the New York Yankees following previous purchase. |

#### June 1983

| June 21 | Signed free agent Doyle Alexander from the New York Yankees to a contract. |

#### July 1983

| July 7 | Signed free agent Alvis Woods from the Oakland Athletics to a contract. |
| July 10 | Released Hosken Powell. |

#### September 1983

| September 4 | Signed amateur free agent Gerónimo Berroa to a contract. |

### Game log

1983 Game Log :
April: 8–10 (Home: 4–4; Away: 4–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5@ Red Sox7–1Stieb (1–0)Eckersley (0–1)Jackson (1)33,8521–0
2April 7@ Red Sox7–4Stanley (1–0)Leal (0–1)9,6031–1
3April 9Yankees7–4Jackson (1–0)Gossage (0–1)36,4592–1
4April 10Yankees3–0Rawley (1–0)Stieb (1–1)23,0932–2
5April 12Brewers6–5Sutton (1–1)Morgan (0–1)Easterly (1)11,4132–3
6April 13Brewers7–2Clancy (1–0)Caldwell (0–2)10,8093–3
7April 14Brewers5–4Slaton (1–0)McLaughlin (0–1)10,1273–4
8April 15@ Yankees6–5Stieb (2–1)May (0–1)15,0924–4
--April 16@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 8
9April 17@ Yankees7–5Rawley (2–0)Clancy (1–1)50,2004–5
10April 18@ Yankees3–0Guidry (1–1)Leal (0–2)11,1484–6
11April 19Indians9–7Moffitt (1–0)Spillner (0–1)10,3585–6
12April 20Indians4–1Stieb (3–1)Sorensen (0–3)10,1736–6
13April 22@ Royals6–5Leonard (2–1)Jackson (1–1)Quisenberry (4)16,1726–7
14April 23@ Royals5–4Moffitt (2–0)Quisenberry (1–1)McLaughlin (1)19,9067–7
15April 24@ Royals7–1Renko (1–1)Gott (0–1)18,5227–8
16April 26@ Rangers2–1Smithson (3–0)Stieb (3–2)17,3807–9
17April 27@ Rangers3–2Moffitt (3–0)Darwin (1–2)7,5188–9
18April 29White Sox9–3Dotson (3–1)Leal (0–3)Tidrow (2)13,2128–10
--April 30White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 26 :
May: 18–9 (Home: 12–6; Away: 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
19May 1White Sox8–0Stieb (4–2)Bannister (1–4)18,7699–10
20May 2Rangers6–5Clancy (2–1)Darwin (1–3)Moffitt (1)10,52510–10
21May 3Rangers7–2Matlack (2–1)Gott (0–2)Tobik (3)10,12510–11
22May 4Rangers7–1Leal (1–3)Honeycutt (3–2)11,28011–11
23May 6Royals6–1Stieb (5–2)Gura (4–2)12,69912–11
24May 7Royals7–4Jackson (2–1)Leonard (3–3)Moffitt (2)15,52713–11
25May 8Royals6–1Renko (2–2)Gott (0–3)Quisenberry (7)25,75313–12
26May 9@ White Sox6–1Leal (2–3)Burns (0–1)9,84814–12
27May 11@ White Sox3–1 (10)Stieb (6–2)Hoyt (2–5)18,84415–12
28May 12@ Indians6–3Clancy (3–1)Sorensen (2–5)Moffitt (3)6,36116–12
29May 13@ Indians5–1Eichelberger (1–1)Morgan (0–2)10,90016–13
30May 14@ Indians8–1Leal (3–3)Blyleven (3–4)Jackson (2)15,50517–13
--May 15@ IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 16
31May 16@ Brewers2–1 (11)Stieb (7–2)McClure (1–6)Moffitt (4)8,29818–13
32May 17@ Brewers9–6Caldwell (3–4)Clancy (3–2)Tellmann (2)9,30418–14
33May 18@ Brewers7–6Slaton (5–0)Geisel (0–1)16,48518–15
34May 19Orioles2–1McGregor (4–2)Morgan (0–3)Martinez (4)11,56918–16
35May 20Orioles7–5Gott (1–3)Martínez (3–7)McLaughlin (2)16,03419–16
36May 21Orioles6–0Stieb (8–2)Stewart (2–2)20,16520–16
37May 22Orioles5–0Clancy (4–2)Boddicker (1–1)15,22221–16
38May 23Tigers4–0Leal (4–3)Wilcox (4–5)Moffitt (5)35,01122–16
39May 24Tigers7–6Jackson (3–1)Rucker (1–2)McLaughlin (3)19,10523–16
40May 25Tigers6–2Petry (5–2)Gott (1–4)López (5)15,84623–17
41May 26Red Sox7–2Stanley (4–2)Stieb (8–3)16,58923–18
42May 27Red Sox2–0Tudor (3–2)Clancy (4–3)17,16123–19
43May 28Red Sox9–5Jackson (4–1)Aponte (3–3)McLaughlin (4)30,17124–19
44May 29Red Sox6–1 (6)Gott (2–4)Eckersley (3–2)33,35225–19
--May 29Red SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 29
45May 30@ Tigers6–4 (10)McLaughlin (1–1)Gumpert (0–1)10,90126–19 :
June: 14–12 (Home: 6–3; Away: 8–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
46June 1@ Tigers3–1Rozema (2–0)Clancy (4–4)López (7)9,58626–20
47June 2@ Tigers6–1Leal (5–3)Wilcox (5–6)11,90727–20
48June 3@ Orioles3–2Martinez (3–1)McLaughlin (1–2)40,39327–21
49June 4@ Orioles6–4Boddicker (3–2)Stieb (8–4)Stewart (2)22,65927–22
50June 5@ Orioles5–2Clancy (5–4)Davis (3–3)McLaughlin (5)20,95328–22
51June 6@ Orioles8–1 (6)McGregor (7–3)Leal (5–4)16,64928–23
52June 7@ Athletics5–3Conroy (1–1)Gott (2–5)Baker (3)8,35328–24
53June 8@ Athletics5–2Stieb (9–4)Codiroli (4–5)McLaughlin (6)11,22929–24
54June 9@ Athletics3–1Underwood (4–2)Clancy (5–5)Baker (4)6,84629–25
55June 10@ Angels5–3Brown (1–0)Leal (5–5)32,75129–26
56June 11@ Angels3–2Gott (3–5)Goltz (0–5)Moffitt (6)45,39330–26
57June 12@ Angels6–5 (15)Clarke (1–0)Brown (1–1)Geisel (1)32,58731–26
58June 14Athletics13–7Jackson (5–1)Underwood (4–3)20,18932–26
59June 15Athletics10–1Krueger (5–5)Leal (5–6)20,03932–27
60June 16Athletics9–1Gott (4–5)McCatty (1–1)18,18633–27
61June 17Angels6–3Stieb (10–4)Travers (0–2)31,58634–27
62June 18Angels7–6Sánchez (7–2)Clarke (1–1)40,15034–28
63June 19Angels6–1Leal (6–6)Goltz (0–6)36,09835–28
64June 20Twins2–1Gott (5–5)Davis (2–3)19,26736–28
65June 21Twins8–3Acker (1–0)Oelkers (0–4)23,47337–28
66June 22Twins4–3Schrom (5–2)Stieb (10–5)Davis (10)26,45237–29
67June 23@ Mariners5–4Clancy (6–5)Stanton (0–1)McLaughlin (7)6,30338–29
68June 24@ Mariners4–2Leal (7–6)Young (7–7)6,38939–29
69June 25@ Mariners5–2Beattie (5–5)Gott (5–6)Caudill (14)15,04839–30
70June 26@ Mariners19–7Acker (2–0)Stoddard (4–10)6,59340–30
71June 28@ Twins5–2Schrom (6–2)Stieb (10–6)Davis (11)12,84440–31
72June 29@ Twins4–2Clancy (7–5)Castillo (4–6)8,24241–31
73June 30@ Twins11–3Leal (8–6)Williams (4–9)20,49842–31 :
July: 15–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 7–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
74July 1Mariners11–2Beattie (6–5)Gott (5–7)36,57242–32
75July 2Mariners7–6Jackson (6–1)Caudill (1–5)21,78343–32
76July 3Mariners4–1Abbott (3–0)Stieb (10–7)32,16143–33
--July 4MarinersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 19
77July 8Rangers8–5Clancy (8–5)Darwin (7–7)Moffitt (7)25,66644–33
78July 9Rangers5–1Leal (9–6)Hough (7–7)26,23445–33
79July 10Rangers6–4Stieb (11–7)Honeycutt (11–5)Moffitt (8)32,07146–33
80July 11@ Royals7–4 (11)Moffitt (4–0)Creel (0–4)32,41547–33
81July 12@ Royals9–6Jackson (7–1)Renko (5–7)22,26648–33
82July 13@ Royals5–4Gura (8–10)Clancy (8–6)Quisenberry (21)32,35248–34
83July 14@ White Sox8–0Leal (10–6)Koosman (7–2)17,88349–34
84July 15@ White Sox3–2McLaughlin (2–2)Dotson (8–6)28,28850–34
85July 16@ White Sox7–5McLaughlin (3–2)Agosto (1–1)Moffitt (9)34,24351–34
86July 17@ White Sox3–2Bannister (5–9)Alexander (0–3)Lamp (2)30,14051–35
87July 18Royals8–2Clancy (9–6)Gura (8–11)26,17852–35
88July 19Royals6–2Black (4–3)Leal (10–7)Quisenberry (22)36,45952–36
89July 20Royals14–8Splittorff (8–3)Stieb (11–8)Quisenberry (23)30,65852–37
90July 21@ Rangers3–2Tanana (4–2)Gott (5–8)18,32352–38
91July 22@ Rangers10–5 (11)Moffitt (5–0)Schmidt (2–1)28,07553–38
92July 23@ Rangers3–2Clancy (10–6)Darwin (7–10)43,70554–38
93July 24@ Rangers3–0Honeycutt (13–6)Leal (10–8)30,12354–39
94July 25White Sox7–4Dotson (10–6)Stieb (11–9)Lamp (4)24,39454–40
95July 26White Sox6–4Gott (6–8)Burns (5–6)McLaughlin (8)55–40
96July 26White Sox4–3Bannister (7–9)Alexander (0–4)Lamp (5)33,55455–41
97July 27White Sox11–3Hoyt (12–10)Leal (10–9)36,01255–42
98July 29Indians4–2Clancy (11–6)Sutcliffe (12–6)18,02056–42
99July 30Indians6–5 (13)McLaughlin (4–2)Anderson (0–2)23,44557–42
100July 31Indians16–11Eichelberger (4–10)Acker (2–1)Anderson (2)22,49857–43 :
August: 15–19 (Home: 7–5; Away: 8–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1Indians6–0Barker (8–11)Alexander (0–5)20,78157–44
102August 2Yankees10–9 (10)Jackson (8–1)Murray (2–2)58–44
103August 2Yankees13–6Williams (1–0)Shirley (3–6)Geisel (2)45,10259–44
104August 3Yankees6–2Clancy (12–6)Guidry (12–7)35,58960–44
105August 4Yankees3–1Rawley (10–9)Stieb (11–10)36,68460–45
106August 5@ Brewers7–0Haas (9–2)Gott (6–9)29,55960–46
107August 6@ Brewers3–0Porter (4–5)Alexander (0–6)48,46460–47
108August 7@ Brewers9–6Caldwell (9–8)Leal (10–10)Ladd (11)47,30060–48
109August 8@ Yankees8–3Guidry (13–7)Clancy (12–7)60–49
110August 8@ Yankees11–3Shirley (4–6)Williams (1–1)Frazier (4)40,59860–50
111August 9@ Yankees8–0Stieb (12–10)Rawley (10–10)35,22161–50
112August 10@ Yankees8–3Righetti (13–3)Gott (6–10)40,37761–51
113August 11Brewers6–4Porter (5–5)Alexander (0–7)Ladd (13)27,62061–52
114August 12Brewers5–4McLaughlin (5–2)Slaton (9–5)30,13062–52
115August 13Brewers3–1Clancy (13–7)McClure (9–9)Geisel (3)35,24063–52
116August 14Brewers4–3Stieb (13–10)Ladd (3–3)McLaughlin (9)42,24064–52
117August 15@ Indians3–2Moffitt (6–0)Spillner (1–8)6,67565–52
118August 16@ Indians3–2Easterly (2–1)Moffitt (6–1)65–53
119August 16@ Indians9–6McLaughlin (6–2)Anderson (0–4)9,66666–53
120August 17@ Indians6–5 (10)McLaughlin (7–2)Sutcliffe (13–9)Jackson (3)6,23967–53
121August 19@ Red Sox8–7Acker (3–1)Clear (3–5)Jackson (4)27,38668–53
122August 20@ Red Sox5–2Eckersley (7–9)Stieb (13–11)Stanley (23)29,17368–54
123August 21@ Red Sox7–3Gott (7–10)Hurst (9–10)31,15969–54
124August 22@ Red Sox4–2Ojeda (6–6)Alexander (0–8)Stanley (24)26,35169–55
125August 23@ Orioles9–3Leal (11–10)Flanagan (7–3)47,38770–55
126August 24@ Orioles7–4 (10)Martinez (7–3)McLaughlin (7–3)25,88270–56
127August 25@ Orioles2–1 (10)Martinez (8–3)Jackson (8–2)28,61570–57
128August 26@ Tigers4–3 (10)López (8–5)Gott (7–11)46,46770–58
129August 27@ Tigers7–4Alexander (1–8)López (8–6)Geisel (4)39,11871–58
130August 28@ Tigers4–2Morris (17–8)McLaughlin (7–4)38,33271–59
131August 29Red Sox5–1Clancy (14–7)Tudor (10–9)72–59
132August 29Red Sox8–7Clear (4–5)Moffitt (6–2)Stanley (26)38,33872–60
133August 30Red Sox5–4 (12)Johnson (3–2)Jackson (8–3)Clear (4)30,82772–61
134August 31Orioles10–2Boddicker (12–6)Gott (7–12)37,12772–62 :
September: 16–10 (Home: 10–5; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Orioles5–3Alexander (2–8)Palmer (3–4)30,06273–62
136September 2Tigers9–8 (10)López (9–7)Gott (7–13)73–63
137September 2Tigers8–7Acker (4–1)Wilcox (8–9)Geisel (5)41,66774–63
138September 3Tigers7–4Petry (15–8)Clancy (14–8)Martin (1)35,26874–64
139September 4Tigers6–3 (10)Stieb (14–11)López (9–8)43,15875–64
140September 5Angels7–0Gott (8–13)Zahn (8–11)24,74176–64
141September 6Angels6–4Alexander (3–8)Curtis (1–2)Acker (1)19,17677–64
142September 7Angels9–6Sánchez (9–7)Geisel (0–2)22,63977–65
143September 9Athletics7–5McCatty (6–7)Clancy (14–9)Atherton (3)20,33677–66
144September 10Athletics7–5Stieb (15–11)Underwood (8–7)Moffitt (10)26,43478–66
145September 11Athletics16–6Gott (9–13)Codiroli (12–11)38,43979–66
146September 13@ Mariners6–4Leal (12–10)Stoddard (8–15)Jackson (5)4,34080–66
147September 14@ Mariners4–3Alexander (4–8)Thomas (3–1)4,80081–66
148September 15@ Twins6–2Schrom (13–7)Stieb (15–12)4,03981–67
149September 16@ Twins11–4Lysander (5–12)Gott (9–14)11,64081–68
150September 17@ Twins13–3Leal (13–10)Pettibone (0–2)6,30082–68
151September 19Mariners9–6Young (11–14)Geisel (0–3)Vande Berg (5)10,48482–69
152September 20Mariners7–3Stieb (16–12)Moore (5–8)15,65783–69
153September 21Mariners4–3Alexander (5–8)Clark (7–9)16,32184–69
154September 23@ Athletics2–0Conroy (7–9)Leal (13–11)8,06984–70
155September 24@ Athletics2–1 (10)Warren (4–3)Clancy (14–10)11,73284–71
156September 25@ Athletics8–6Acker (5–1)Atherton (2–5)14,65085–71
157September 26@ Angels3–2 (10)Alexander (6–8)Lacey (0–2)Jackson (6)19,71386–71
158September 27@ Angels7–1McLaughlin (2–4)Leal (13–12)Curtis (4)20,55986–72
159September 28@ Angels5–3Clancy (15–10)Witt (7–14)Jackson (7)20,59287–72
160September 30Twins8–0Stieb (17–12)Viola (7–15)18,50188–72 :
October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
161October 1Twins4–3Alexander (7–8)Pettibone (0–4)25,33289–72
162October 2Twins9–3Williams (11–14)Clancy (15–11)40,69289–73 :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Ernie Whitt | 123 | 344 | 53 | 88 | 15 | 2 | .256 | 17 | 56 | 1 |
| 1B | Willie Upshaw | 160 | 579 | 99 | 177 | 26 | 7 | .306 | 27 | 104 | 10 |
| 2B | Dámaso García | 131 | 525 | 84 | 161 | 23 | 6 | .307 | 3 | 38 | 31 |
| 3B | Rance Mulliniks | 129 | 364 | 54 | 100 | 34 | 3 | .275 | 10 | 49 | 0 |
| SS | Alfredo Griffin | 162 | 528 | 62 | 132 | 22 | 9 | .250 | 4 | 47 | 8 |
| LF | Dave Collins | 118 | 402 | 55 | 109 | 12 | 4 | .271 | 1 | 34 | 31 |
| CF | Lloyd Moseby | 151 | 539 | 104 | 170 | 31 | 7 | .315 | 18 | 81 | 27 |
| RF | Jesse Barfield | 128 | 388 | 58 | 98 | 13 | 3 | .253 | 27 | 68 | 2 |
| DH | Cliff Johnson | 142 | 407 | 59 | 108 | 23 | 1 | .265 | 22 | 76 | 0 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| Barry Bonnell | 121 | 377 | 49 | 120 | 21 | 3 | .318 | 10 | 54 | 10 |
| Garth Iorg | 122 | 375 | 40 | 103 | 22 | 5 | .275 | 2 | 39 | 7 |
| Jorge Orta | 103 | 245 | 30 | 58 | 6 | 3 | .237 | 10 | 38 | 1 |
| Buck Martinez | 88 | 221 | 27 | 56 | 14 | 0 | .253 | 10 | 33 | 0 |
| George Bell | 39 | 112 | 5 | 30 | 5 | 4 | .268 | 2 | 17 | 1 |
| Hosken Powell | 40 | 83 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .169 | 1 | 7 | 2 |
| Mickey Klutts | 22 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .256 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Tony Fernández | 15 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .265 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mitch Webster | 11 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geno Petralli | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Dave Stieb | 36 | 36 | 278.0 | 17 | 12 | 3.04 | 105 | 94 | 93 | 187 |
| Jim Clancy | 34 | 34 | 223.0 | 15 | 11 | 3.91 | 115 | 97 | 61 | 99 |
| Luis Leal | 35 | 35 | 217.1 | 13 | 12 | 4.31 | 113 | 104 | 65 | 116 |
| Jim Gott | 34 | 30 | 176.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.74 | 103 | 93 | 68 | 121 |
| Doyle Alexander | 17 | 15 | 116.2 | 7 | 6 | 3.93 | 55 | 51 | 26 | 46 |
| Matt Williams | 4 | 3 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 14.63 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 5 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | G | GS | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Jim Acker | 38 | 5 | 97.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4.33 | 52 | 47 | 38 | 44 |
| Mike Morgan | 16 | 4 | 45.1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5.16 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 22 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | R | ER | BB | K |
| Randy Moffitt | 45 | 57.1 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3.77 | 27 | 24 | 24 | 38 |
| Joey McLaughlin | 50 | 64.2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4.45 | 33 | 32 | 37 | 47 |
| Roy Lee Jackson | 49 | 92.0 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 4.50 | 48 | 46 | 41 | 48 |
| Dave Geisel | 47 | 52.1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4.64 | 28 | 27 | 31 | 50 |
| Stan Clarke | 10 | 11.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.27 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Don Cooper | 4 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |

## Award winners

* Lloyd Moseby, Player of the Month Award, August
* Lloyd Moseby, Silver Slugger Award
* Dave Stieb, Pitcher of the Month Award, May
All-Star Game
* Dave Stieb, Starting Pitcher

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Jim Beauchamp |
| AA | Knoxville Blue Jays | Southern League | John McLaren |
| A | Kinston Blue Jays | Carolina League | Ron Clark and Doug Ault |
| A | Florence Blue Jays | South Atlantic League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | GCL Blue Jays | Gulf Coast League | Epy Guerrero |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Duane Larson |