# 1984 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1984 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's eighth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

## Offseason
### Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1984 season.

#### November 1983

| November 7 | Randy Moffitt granted free agency. |
| November 14 | Signed amateur free agent Sil Campusano to a contract. |

#### December 1983

| December 5 | Drafted Kelly Gruber from the Cleveland Indians in the 1983 MLB Rule 5 draft. Dave Geisel drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1983 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 6 | Drafted José Segura from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1983 Minor League Draft. |
| December 8 | Acquired Bryan Clark from the Seattle Mariners for Barry Bonnell. |
| December 20 | Acquired Willie Aikens from the Kansas City Royals for Jorge Orta. |

#### January 1984

| January 10 | Signed free agent Dennis Lamp from the Chicago White Sox to a five-year contract. |

#### March 1984

| March 13 | Acquired Derwin McNealy from the New York Yankees for Don Cooper. |

#### April 1984

| April 3 | Signed free agent Manny Castillo from the Seattle Mariners to a contract. Signed free agent Rick Leach from the Detroit Tigers to a contract. |

## Regular season

* August 19, 1984: In a game against the Oakland Athletics, Cliff Johnson hit the 19th pinch home run of his career, breaking Jerry Lynch's record of 18.
* Jimmy Key set a team record for rookie pitchers by appearing in 63 games.
* Lloyd Moseby and Dave Collins each led the American League with 15 triples.
* Rance Mulliniks sets a team record by getting 8 consecutive hits.
* Dave Stieb finished second in the American League in strikeouts and ERA.

### Opening Day starters

* Jim Clancy
* Jesse Barfield
* George Bell
* Dámaso García
* Alfredo Griffin
* Cliff Johnson
* Lloyd Moseby
* Rance Mulliniks
* Willie Upshaw
* Ernie Whitt

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 104 | 58 | .642 | — | 53‍–‍29 | 51‍–‍29 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 89 | 73 | .549 | 15 | 49‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍41 |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 75 | .537 | 17 | 51‍–‍30 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 18 | 41‍–‍40 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 19 | 44‍–‍37 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Cleveland Indians | 75 | 87 | .463 | 29 | 41‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍48 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 67 | 94 | .416 | 36½ | 38‍–‍43 | 29‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1984 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 4–9 |
| Boston | 7–6 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 5–8 |
| California | 4–8 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 |
| Cleveland | 6–7 | 3–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 2–11 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–7–1 |
| Detroit | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 8–5 |
| Kansas City | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| Milwaukee | 6–7 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 2–11 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 10–3 |
| Minnesota | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 1–11 |
| New York | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
| Oakland | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 4–8 | — | 8–5 | 8–5 | 4–8 |
| Seattle | 3–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 6–5 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 3–10 | — | 6–6 |
| Toronto | 9–4 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6–1 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 11–1 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | — |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1984 regular season.

#### May 1984

| May 1 | Signed free agent Mike Proly from the Chicago Cubs to a contract. |
| May 8 | Player rights of Geno Petralli sold to the Cleveland Indians. |
| May 13 | Released Joey McLaughlin. |
| May 16 | Signed amateur free agent Rob Ducey to a contract. |

#### June 1984

| June 8 | Purchased the contract of Ron Musselman from the Texas Rangers. |
| June 25 | Signed free agent Don Gordon from the Detroit Tigers to a contract. |

#### August 1984

| August 23 | Signed amateur free agent Domingo Martínez to a contract. |

#### September 1984

| September 4 | Released Alvis Woods. |
| September 26 | Signed amateur free agent Vince Horsman. |

### Game log

1984 Game Log :
April: 13–9 (Home: 5–5, Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4@ Mariners3–2 (10)Stanton (1–0)Lamp (0–1)43,2000–1
2April 5@ Mariners13–5Leal (1–0)Beattie (0–1)5,3991–1
3April 6@ Angels11–5Key (1–0)Brown (0–1)24,4312–1
4April 7@ Angels3–1Stieb (1–0)Forsch (1–1)Lamp (1)41,8593–1
5April 8@ Angels4–3Sánchez (1–1)Jackson (0–1)24,0953–2
6April 9@ Athletics4–3Caudill (1–0)Lamp (0–2)9,8683–3
7April 10@ Athletics3–0Leal (2–0)Sorensen (1–1)Jackson (1)7,2264–3
8April 13@ Rangers3–2Lamp (1–2)Tobik (1–2)Key (1)10,5155–3
9April 14@ Rangers6–2Hough (1–1)Clancy (0–1)9,8525–4
10April 15@ Rangers2–1Lamp (2–2)Stewart (0–3)12,5836–4
11April 17Orioles3–2Key (2–0)Martinez (0–1)Lamp (2)35,6027–4
12April 18Orioles7–1Stieb (2–0)Palmer (0–2)13,4898–4
13April 19Orioles2–1Clancy (1–1)McGregor (1–3)14,3239–4
14April 20Angels10–6 (13)Sánchez (2–1)Acker (0–1)37,2419–5
15April 21Angels8–4Romanick (2–1)Gott (0–1)44,1649–6
16April 22Angels9–6Slaton (1–0)Key (2–1)Kaufman (1)16,4629–7
17April 23Mariners8–5Stieb (3–0)Langston (1–1)Jackson (2)13,33010–7
18April 24Mariners4–2Beard (1–0)Clancy (1–2)12,39810–8
19April 25Athletics11–0Leal (3–0)Conroy (0–2)15,43411–8
20April 26Athletics7–4Warren (3–2)Gott (0–2)Burgmeier (2)16,48811–9
21April 27@ Royals1–0Alexander (1–0)Gubicza (0–2)Lamp (3)16,43512–9
22April 28@ Royals6–0Stieb (4–0)Saberhagen (1–1)18,19413–9
--April 29@ RoyalsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 23
--April 30RangersPostponed (wind) Rescheduled for May 1 :
May: 19–6 (Home: 15–2; Away: 4–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1Rangers10–4Leal (4–0)Tanana (2–3)Lamp (4)14–9
24May 1Rangers4–1Darwin (3–0)Alexander (1–1)13,15914–10
25May 2Rangers7–6Clancy (2–2)Hough (1–4)Lamp (5)13,27415–10
26May 4Royals4–3 (10)Stieb (5–0)Huismann (0–2)16,46916–10
27May 5Royals10–1Gott (1–2)Jackson (0–3)31,07617–10
28May 6Royals2–1Jackson (1–1)Gura (4–1)23,33418–10
--May 7@ OriolesPostponed (wet grounds) Rescheduled for May 10
--May 8@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 9
29May 9@ Orioles7–4McGregor (4–3)Clancy (2–3)18–11
30May 9@ Orioles7–3Martinez (1–3)Key (2–2)18,73118–12
31May 10@ Orioles4–3 (10)Jackson (2–1)Martínez (1–1)11,21419–12
--May 11@ IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 13
32May 12@ Indians8–4Blyleven (4–2)Acker (0–2)Camacho (4)11,06619–13
33May 13@ Indians4–4 (8)Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 145,63019–13
--May 13@ IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 15
34May 15@ Twins5–2 (10)Jackson (3–1)Davis (2–3)26,76120–13
35May 16@ Twins8–7Alexander (2–1)Filson (3–1)Acker (1)51,86321–13
36May 17White Sox3–2Jackson (4–1)Hoyt (3–5)Lamp (6)18,32822–13
37May 18White Sox4–3Clancy (3–3)Burns (2–2)Key (2)19,50723–13
38May 19White Sox1–0Gott (2–2)Seaver (4–3)Lamp (7)28,38224–13
39May 20White Sox3–0Dotson (6–2)Stieb (5–1)26,34724–14
40May 21Twins3–2Alexander (3–1)Davis (2–4)43,34725–14
41May 22Twins3–2Jackson (5–1)Smithson (6–4)17,28726–14
42May 23Twins4–1Clancy (4–3)Viola (4–5)Lamp (8)17,18927–14
43May 25Indians5–1Stieb (6–1)Heaton (2–4)18,19528–14
44May 26Indians2–1Alexander (4–1)Farr (0–3)Key (3)22,28329–14
45May 27Indians6–1Leal (5–0)Sutcliffe (3–4)30–14
46May 27Indians6–5Jackson (6–1)Camacho (1–4)37,09731–14
--May 28@ White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 30
47May 29@ White Sox8–1Hoyt (4–5)Clancy (4–4)19,60331–15
48May 30@ White Sox2–1Stieb (7–1)Burns (2–4)Key (4)23,49032–15 :
June: 13–16 (Home: 9–5; Away: 4–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1Yankees10–2Alexander (5–1)Fontenot (1–5)30,58633–15
50June 2Yankees9–8 (10)Lamp (3–2)Christiansen (1–2)42,26934–15
51June 3Yankees15–2Niekro (8–3)Clancy (4–5)33,07734–16
52June 4@ Tigers6–3 (10)López (5–0)Key (2–3)26,73334–17
53June 5@ Tigers8–4Acker (1–2)Abbott (2–2)35,98335–17
54June 6@ Tigers6–3Leal (6–0)Petry (8–3)38,16736–17
55June 7@ Tigers5–3Morris (11–2)Clancy (4–6)40,87936–18
56June 8@ Yankees4–3 (11)Righetti (2–0)Acker (1–3)20,25236–19
57June 9@ Yankees2–1Guidry (5–4)Stieb (7–2)20,66136–20
58June 10@ Yankees5–3Christiansen (2–2)Alexander (5–2)Righetti (7)41,01836–21
59June 11Tigers5–4Rozema (2–0)Leal (6–1)Hernández (10)35,06236–22
60June 12Tigers12–3Clancy (5–6)Morris (11–3)40,43737–22
61June 13Tigers7–3Stieb (8–2)Wilcox (7–4)34,12238–22
62June 15Red Sox4–3 (11)Lamp (4–2)Clear (5–1)30,06539–22
63June 16Red Sox7–0Leal (7–1)Hurst (8–5)31,27840–22
64June 17Red Sox5–3Clancy (6–6)Gale (1–1)Jackson (3)28,39641–22
65June 19Brewers6–5Fingers (1–2)Key (2–4)32,21041–23
66June 20Brewers5–4Tellmann (2–1)Alexander (5–3)31,28241–24
67June 21@ Red Sox5–2Leal (8–1)Nipper (0–2)18,37242–24
68June 22@ Red Sox8–1Clemens (3–1)Clancy (6–7)23,16742–25
69June 23@ Red Sox9–3Gott (3–2)Gale (1–2)27,68943–25
70June 24@ Red Sox5–3 (10)Stanley (2–6)Lamp (4–3)32,52143–26
71June 25@ Brewers2–1Cocanower (6–6)Alexander (5–4)Fingers (13)43–27
72June 25@ Brewers9–4McClure (2–3)Acker (1–4)15,08843–28
73June 26@ Brewers6–3Sutton (5–7)Leal (8–2)Fingers (14)19,06843–29
74June 27@ Brewers5–1Porter (6–3)Clancy (6–8)Tellmann (1)31,14143–30
75June 28Athletics9–6Gott (4–2)Atherton (5–4)30,21344–30
76June 29Athletics2–1Burris (7–3)Stieb (8–3)Caudill (16)25,28044–31
77June 30Athletics6–1Alexander (6–4)Krueger (5–4)36,17645–31 :
July: 14–14 (Home: 7–6; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Athletics7–6Acker (2–4)Atherton (5–5)Jackson (4)35,04646–31
79July 2Angels6–3Witt (8–7)Clancy (6–9)Aase (1)29,22746–32
80July 3Angels4–0Gott (5–2)John (4–7)26,25547–32
81July 4Angels6–3Stieb (9–3)Romanick (8–9)24,33048–32
82July 5Mariners10–8Alexander (7–4)Beattie (8–8)Jackson (5)22,35349–32
83July 6Mariners9–2Leal (9–2)Langston (6–7)22,38550–32
84July 7Mariners8–4Moore (4–6)Clancy (6–10)Stanton (5)33,47550–33
85July 8Mariners7–1Beattie (9–8)Gott (5–3)Vande Berg (4)30,07050–34
86July 12@ Athletics7–4Krueger (6–5)Lamp (4–4)Caudill (19)16,06650–35
87July 13@ Athletics6–3Leal (10–2)Burris (8–4)Jackson (6)17,17251–35
88July 14@ Athletics2–1Stieb (10–3)Caudill (8–2)22,04852–35
89July 15@ Athletics6–3Clancy (7–10)Young (2–1)Jackson (7)24,04453–35
90July 16@ Angels3–0Slaton (3–3)Gott (5–4)24,89053–36
91July 17@ Angels5–3Witt (10–7)Acker (2–5)Aase (2)27,17653–37
92July 18@ Angels8–2Leal (11–2)Zahn (9–7)28,63454–37
93July 19@ Mariners8–1Stieb (11–3)Vande Berg (6–9)7,48955–37
94July 20@ Mariners12–7Acker (3–5)Mirabella (1–4)8,24656–37
95July 21@ Mariners9–3Barojas (5–3)Lamp (4–5)14,51656–38
96July 22@ Mariners5–3Alexander (8–4)Langston (8–8)Jackson (8)7,26357–38
97July 23@ Royals9–8Beckwith (3–2)Jackson (6–2)Quisenberry (26)57–39
98July 23@ Royals7–2Wills (1–1)Gott (5–5)Saberhagen (1)31,85257–40
99July 24@ Royals5–4Gubicza (7–8)Stieb (11–4)Quisenberry (27)21,60757–41
100July 25@ Royals5–4 (13)Quisenberry (4–2)Clark (0–1)19,65357–42
101July 27Rangers4–2Hough (11–8)Alexander (8–5)26,26957–43
102July 28Rangers5–4Mason (7–9)Jackson (6–3)Schmidt (6)28,33057–44
103July 29Rangers6–2Stieb (12–4)Darwin (6–6)30,14358–44
104July 30Royals7–4Leibrandt (5–4)Clancy (7–11)24,41458–45
105July 31Royals6–5Alexander (9–5)Wills (1–2)Gott (1)23,15659–45 :
August: 18–8 (Home: 6–1; Away: 12–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1Royals4–1Leal (12–2)Gura (11–8)Gott (2)22,08460–45
107August 3@ Orioles5–2Jackson (7–3)McGregor (12–10)37,21961–45
108August 4@ Orioles6–2Clancy (8–11)Flanagan (9–11)37,68562–45
109August 5@ Orioles4–3Key (3–4)Martinez (4–8)Lamp (9)34,01663–45
110August 6@ Rangers5–4Mason (8–9)Jackson (7–4)11,54063–46
111August 7@ Rangers7–6 (10)Schmidt (5–4)Lamp (4–6)10,31363–47
112August 8@ Rangers7–2Clancy (9–11)Darwin (6–7)9,69664–47
113August 10Orioles2–0Alexander (10–5)Martínez (4–6)34,10765–47
114August 11Orioles3–2Gott (6–5)Davis (12–5)41,42666–47
115August 12Orioles5–4McGregor (13–11)Jackson (7–5)Martinez (16)36,36366–48
116August 13Orioles2–1Boddicker (14–8)Clancy (9–12)33,23866–49
117August 14@ Indians8–1Alexander (11–5)Heaton (8–13)67–49
118August 14@ Indians9–5Lamp (5–6)Waddell (2–4)6,15868–49
119August 15@ Indians16–1Schulze (2–4)Leal (12–3)68–50
120August 15@ Indians4–3 (13)Jeffcoat (4–1)Key (3–5)6,10168–51
121August 16@ Indians6–5Waddell (3–4)Lamp (5–7)5,59868–52
122August 17@ White Sox4–3Clancy (10–12)Hoyt (10–13)29,94169–52
123August 18@ White Sox7–6Roberge (3–0)Jackson (7–6)Agosto (7)34,48469–53
124August 19@ White Sox7–4Key (4–5)Agosto (2–1)38,83970–53
125August 21Indians3–1Smith (5–4)Stieb (12–5)Camacho (17)25,25370–54
126August 22Indians13–3Blyleven (14–5)Clancy (10–13)22,39370–55
127August 23Indians6–1Alexander (12–5)Schulze (2–5)23,40771–55
128August 24@ Twins6–2Leal (13–3)Lysander (3–2)Key (5)26,60272–55
129August 25@ Twins5–4 (12)Castillo (2–0)Gott (6–6)23,23672–56
130August 26@ Twins2–1Stieb (13–5)Schrom (4–7)24,65473–56
131August 27@ Twins5–2Lamp (6–7)Smithson (13–10)Key (6)19,25174–56
132August 28White Sox7–6 (11)Clark (1–1)Reed (0–5)25,32775–56
133August 29White Sox8–5Bannister (12–8)Leal (13–4)Spillner (2)25,23275–57
134August 30@ White Sox4–3Gott (7–6)Seaver (12–9)Key (7)22,80076–57
135August 31Twins7–0Stieb (14–5)Castillo (2–1)26,30977–57 :
September: 12–16 (Home: 7–9; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Twins12–4Lamp (7–7)Smithson (13–11)Jackson (9)26,52678–57
137September 2Twins6–0Alexander (13–5)Viola (14–12)31,00079–57
138September 3@ Yankees2–0Cowley (6–1)Leal (13–5)Righetti (24)26,83579–58
139September 4@ Yankees6–4Clancy (11–13)Armstrong (3–2)Key (8)15,86780–58
140September 5@ Yankees4–3 (10)Righetti (5–5)Jackson (7–7)17,38380–59
141September 7Tigers7–4 (10)Hernández (9–2)Musselman (0–1)37,42080–60
142September 8Tigers10–4Scherrer (1–0)Leal (13–6)López (13)41,05980–61
143September 9Tigers7–2Wilcox (16–7)Clancy (11–14)37,39280–62
144September 10Yankees6–2Montefusco (3–2)Stieb (14–6)Howell (7)21,17680–63
145September 11Yankees10–3Lamp (8–7)Rasmussen (8–5)Jackson (10)21,45181–63
146September 12Yankees2–1Alexander (14–5)Niekro (16–8)20,42682–63
147September 13Yankees6–1Fontenot (7–8)Leal (13–7)20,68182–64
148September 14@ Tigers7–2Clancy (12–14)Morris (17–11)Key (9)46,04083–64
149September 15@ Tigers2–1Wilcox (17–7)Stieb (14–7)Hernández (29)44,34983–65
150September 16@ Tigers8–3Berenguer (9–10)Clark (1–2)45,48883–66
151September 17Red Sox5–4Alexander (15–5)Ojeda (11–12)18,48084–66
152September 18Red Sox10–3Gale (2–3)Leal (13–8)18,39984–67
153September 19Red Sox10–4Hurst (12–10)Clancy (12–15)Clear (8)23,21284–68
154September 20Brewers6–4Stieb (15–7)Gibson (1–4)Key (10)21,68885–68
155September 21Brewers5–1Sutton (14–12)Lamp (8–8)21,14785–69
156September 22Brewers2–1Alexander (16–5)Haas (9–11)26,15286–69
157September 23Brewers8–5Kern (1–0)Jackson (7–8)Searage (6)28,55086–70
158September 24@ Red Sox9–8Clancy (13–15)Hurst (12–11)Musselman (1)13,32887–70
159September 25@ Red Sox14–6Nipper (11–6)Stieb (15–8)14,25987–71
160September 26@ Red Sox8–4Alexander (17–5)Boyd (12–11)13,06588–71
161September 28@ Brewers4–3 (11)Searage (2–1)Musselman (0–2)17,02688–72
162September 29@ Brewers5–4Stieb (16–8)Cocanower (8–16)9,73689–72
163September 30@ Brewers4–0Gibson (2–5)Alexander (17–6)10,27789–73 :

## 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 | 124 | 315 | 35 | 75 | 12 | 1 | .238 | 15 | 46 | 0 |
| 1B | Willie Upshaw | 152 | 569 | 79 | 158 | 31 | 9 | .278 | 19 | 84 | 10 |
| 2B | Dámaso García | 152 | 633 | 79 | 180 | 32 | 5 | .284 | 5 | 46 | 46 |
| 3B | Rance Mulliniks | 125 | 343 | 41 | 111 | 21 | 5 | .324 | 3 | 42 | 2 |
| SS | Alfredo Griffin | 140 | 419 | 53 | 101 | 8 | 2 | .241 | 4 | 30 | 11 |
| LF | Dave Collins | 128 | 441 | 59 | 136 | 24 | 15 | .308 | 2 | 44 | 60 |
| CF | Lloyd Moseby | 158 | 592 | 97 | 166 | 28 | 15 | .280 | 18 | 92 | 39 |
| RF | George Bell | 159 | 606 | 85 | 177 | 39 | 4 | .292 | 26 | 87 | 11 |
| DH | Cliff Johnson | 127 | 359 | 51 | 109 | 23 | 1 | .304 | 16 | 61 | 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 |
| Jesse Barfield | 110 | 320 | 51 | 91 | 14 | 1 | .284 | 14 | 49 | 8 |
| Garth Iorg | 121 | 247 | 24 | 56 | 10 | 3 | .227 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
| Willie Aikens | 93 | 234 | 21 | 48 | 7 | 0 | .205 | 11 | 26 | 0 |
| Tony Fernández | 88 | 233 | 29 | 63 | 5 | 3 | .270 | 3 | 19 | 5 |
| Buck Martinez | 102 | 232 | 24 | 51 | 13 | 1 | .220 | 5 | 37 | 0 |
| Rick Leach | 65 | 88 | 11 | 23 | 6 | 2 | .261 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Mitch Webster | 26 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | .227 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Kelly Gruber | 15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .063 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Fred Manrique | 10 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ron Shepherd | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geno Petralli | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Toby Hernández | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 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 | 35 | 35 | 267.0 | 16 | 8 | 2.83 | 87 | 84 | 88 | 198 |
| Doyle Alexander | 36 | 35 | 261.2 | 17 | 6 | 3.13 | 99 | 91 | 59 | 139 |
| Luis Leal | 35 | 35 | 222.1 | 13 | 8 | 3.89 | 106 | 96 | 77 | 134 |
| Jim Clancy | 36 | 36 | 219.2 | 13 | 15 | 5.12 | 132 | 125 | 88 | 118 |

#### 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 Gott | 35 | 12 | 109.2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4.02 | 54 | 49 | 49 | 73 |
| Bryan Clark | 20 | 3 | 45.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.91 | 33 | 30 | 22 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Jimmy Key | 63 | 62.0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4.65 | 37 | 32 | 32 | 44 |
| Roy Lee Jackson | 54 | 86.0 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 3.56 | 40 | 34 | 31 | 58 |
| Dennis Lamp | 56 | 85.0 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4.55 | 53 | 43 | 38 | 45 |
| Jim Acker | 32 | 72.0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4.38 | 39 | 35 | 25 | 33 |
| Ron Musselman | 11 | 21.1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2.11 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 |
| Joey McLaughlin | 6 | 10.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.53 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Rick Leach | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Doyle Alexander, Pitcher of the Month Award, September
* Dave Collins, American League Leader, Triples, 15
* Lloyd Moseby, American League Leader, Triples, 15
All-Star Game
* Dámaso García, second base
* Alfredo Griffin, shortstop
* Dave Stieb, 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 | Doug Ault |
| A | Florence Blue Jays | South Atlantic League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | GCL Blue Jays | Gulf Coast League | Ramón Webster |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Duane Larson |