# 1990 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1990 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 14th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. It was their first full season in the SkyDome, where an MLB attendance record of 3,885,284 was set that year. The Blue Jays led the division by 1½ games over the Boston Red Sox with one week left in the season. However, they then proceeded to drop six of their last eight games, losing the division title to the Red Sox by a two-game margin.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1990 season.

### October 1989

| October 15 | DeWayne Buice granted free agency. Mark Ross granted free agency. |
| October 20 | Released Ozzie Virgil Jr. |
| October 22 | Enrique Burgos granted free agency. Chico Walker granted free agency. |

### November 1989

| November 13 | Tom Lawless granted free agency (signed with the Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $250,000 contract on December 7, 1989). Lee Mazzilli granted free agency. Lloyd Moseby granted free agency (signed with the Detroit Tigers to a two-year, $3 million contract on December 7, 1989). Mookie Wilson granted free agency (signed with the Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $2.75 million contract on November 27, 1989). |
| November 20 | Player rights of Alexis Infante sold to the Atlanta Braves. |
| November 27 | Re-signed free agent Mookie Wilson to a two-year, $2.75 million contract. |

### December 1989

| December 4 | Sil Campusano drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft. Xavier Hernandez drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft. Steve Wapnick drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1989 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 5 | Drafted Mike Maksudian from the Miami Miracle of the FSL in the 1989 Minor League Draft. |
| December 7 | Re-signed free agent Tom Lawless to a one-year, $250,000 contract. Acquired Paul Kilgus from the Chicago Cubs for José Núñez. |
| December 17 | Acquired Ricky Trlicek from the Atlanta Braves for Kevin Batiste and Ernie Whitt. |

### January 1990

| January 10 | Signed amateur free agent Tilson Brito to a contract. Signed amateur free agent José Herrera to a contract. Signed amateur free agent Sandy Martínez to a contract. |
| January 23 | Signed amateur free agent Giovanni Carrara to a contract. |
| January 29 | Signed free agent Jim Eppard from the California Angels to a contract. |

### February 1990

| February 2 | Re-signed free agent Ozzie Virgil Jr. to a one-year, $275,000 contract. |

## Regular season

The 1990 season belonged to third baseman Kelly Gruber. He had career highs in home runs and RBIs, with 31 and 118, respectively. Along with outfielder George Bell and pitcher Dave Stieb, Gruber was named an American League All-Star, stealing two bases in the All-Star Game on July 10 at Chicago's Wrigley Field. A finalist for the American League MVP Award, at season's end he was named the AL's Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award winner at third base.
The Blue Jays were involved in two no-hitters during the 1990 season. On June 29, Dave Stewart of the Oakland Athletics no-hit them by a score of 5–0. On September 2, Jays ace Dave Stieb finally got the no-hitter that had eluded him, blanking the Cleveland Indians 3–0.

### Opening Day starters

* George Bell, OF
* Junior Felix, OF
* Tony Fernández, SS
* Kelly Gruber, 3B
* Nelson Liriano, 2B
* Fred McGriff, 1B
* Greg Myers, C
* John Olerud, DH
* Dave Stieb, P
* Mookie Wilson, OF

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | .531 | 2 | 44‍–‍37 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 9 | 39‍–‍42 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 77 | 85 | .475 | 11 | 41‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 76 | 85 | .472 | 11½ | 40‍–‍40 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 74 | 88 | .457 | 14 | 39‍–‍42 | 35‍–‍46 |
| New York Yankees | 67 | 95 | .414 | 21 | 37‍–‍44 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1990 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 8–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 5–8 |
| Boston | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–3 |
| California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 10–2 | 7–6 | 10–2 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
| Detroit | 7–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–5 | — | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
| Kansas City | 3–8 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Milwaukee | 6–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 4–9 | 10–3 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–6 |
| Minnesota | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–9 |
| New York | 7–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–6 | — | 0–12 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–8 |
| Oakland | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 12–0 | — | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 |
| Seattle | 9–3 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 4–9 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 |
| Texas | 4–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 5–8 | 6–7 | — | 7–5 |
| Toronto | 8–5 | 3–10 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1990 regular season.

#### May 1990

| May 1 | Steve Wapnick returned by the Detroit Tigers. |
| May 8 | Released Mike Flanagan. |

#### June 1990

| June 18 | Selected Kenny Williams off of waivers from the Detroit Tigers. |

#### July 1990

| July 22 | Released Tom Lawless. |
| July 27 | Acquired John Candelaria from the Minnesota Twins for Nelson Liriano and Pedro Muñoz. |

#### September 1990

| September 16 | Acquired Bud Black from the Cleveland Indians for Mauro Gozzo and players to be named later (Steve Cummings on September 21, 1990 and Alex Sanchez on September 24, 1990). |
| September 24 | Signed amateur free agent Rich Butler to a contract. Signed amateur free agent Rob Butler to a contract. Selected Rick Luecken off of waivers from the Atlanta Braves. |

### 1990 MLB Draft

* June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball draft
** Steve Karsay was drafted by the Jays in the 1st round (22nd pick).
** Future Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke was drafted by the Blue Jays. Player signed August 20, 1990.
** Felipe Crespo was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round. Player signed September 22, 1990.
** Howard Battle was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 4th round. Player signed June 6, 1990.
** Ricardo Jordan was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 37th round.

#### Eric Lindros

The hype around Eric Lindros during his early career led to an exclusive deal with sports card manufacturer SCORE. Attempting to leverage this arrangement as much as possible, he was even featured on a baseball card showing him as a third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, although he never actually played baseball. He was only there taking batting practice one day.

## Game log

1990 Game Log :
April: 12–9 (Home: 9–4; Away: 3–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9@ Rangers4–2Ryan (1–0)Stottlemyre (0–1)Russell (1)40,9070–1
2April 10Rangers2–1Stieb (1–0)Hough (0–1)Wells (1)49,6731–1
3April 11Rangers11–5Brown (1–0)Cerutti (0–1)Jeffcoat (1)35,3011–2
4April 12Rangers7–1Flanagan (1–0)Moyer (0–1)35,3542–2
5April 13@ Royals3–1Key (1–0)Davis (0–1)Ward (1)20,5223–2
6April 14@ Royals3–1Saberhagen (1–0)Stottlemyre (0–2)Davis (2)25,9303–3
7April 15@ Royals5–4Stieb (2–0)Crawford (0–1)Wells (2)21,9254–3
8April 16Orioles4–2Cerutti (1–1)Tibbs (0–1)Henke (1)40,3015–3
9April 17Orioles8–2Flanagan (2–0)Ballard (0–2)38,2126–3
10April 18Orioles8–5Harnisch (1–0)Wills (0–1)Olson (3)41,1816–4
11April 20Royals17–6Stottlemyre (1–2)Saberhagen (1–1)49,1517–4
12April 21Royals5–1Stieb (3–0)Gubicza (1–2)49,1218–4
13April 22Royals7–1Gordon (1–0)Cerutti (1–2)49,0568–5
14April 23Indians12–9Wills (1–1)Wickander (0–1)Ward (2)34,1399–5
15April 24Indians4–3Key (2–0)Swindell (1–2)Wells (3)35,20310–5
16April 25Indians5–3Stottlemyre (2–2)Nichols (0–1)Ward (3)38,16811–5
17April 26Indians4–3Candiotti (3–0)Stieb (3–1)Jones (5)44,17411–6
18April 27@ White Sox6–1Hibbard (2–1)Cerutti (1–3)10,96511–7
19April 28@ White Sox5–4Kutzler (1–0)Flanagan (2–1)Thigpen (5)15,39511–8
20April 29@ White Sox10–3King (1–0)Key (2–1)Edwards (1)12,93611–9
21April 30@ Indians10–4Stottlemyre (3–2)Bearse (0–2)6,25412–9 :
May: 14–14 (Home: 5–9; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
22May 1@ Indians4–3Stieb (4–1)Candiotti (3–1)Henke (2)5,11113–9
23May 2@ Indians3–0Black (3–0)Cerutti (1–4)Jones (7)8,80113–10
24May 4Tigers3–1Petry (2–1)Flanagan (2–2)Henneman (6)49,14613–11
25May 5Tigers5–1Stottlemyre (4–2)Robinson (1–3)49,21914–11
26May 6Tigers11–7Key (3–1)Dubois (0–1)49,20615–11
27May 7White Sox6–1Stieb (5–1)McDowell (1–2)41,38416–11
28May 8White Sox4–1Hibbard (3–2)Cerutti (1–5)Thigpen (7)41,10116–12
29May 9White Sox4–3Wills (2–1)Edwards (0–1)Ward (4)43,12817–12
30May 10@ Tigers10–5Robinson (2–3)Stottlemyre (4–3)11,29617–13
31May 11@ Tigers4–2Key (4–1)Dubois (0–2)Henke (3)17,37618–13
--May 12@ TigersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 14
32May 13@ Tigers6–3Wells (1–0)Morris (2–5)17,06819–13
33May 14@ Tigers8–3 (10)Ward (1–0)Henneman (0–3)10,83320–13
34May 15Mariners4–3 (10)Comstock (1–1)Acker (0–1)Schooler (10)41,10820–14
35May 16Mariners4–2Holman (6–2)Stottlemyre (4–4)Schooler (11)45,64020–15
36May 17Mariners14–6Johnson (3–2)Key (4–2)47,28320–16
37May 18Angels4–2Abbott (2–3)Stieb (5–2)Eichhorn (6)49,33920–17
38May 19Angels11–9Fraser (1–2)Ward (1–1)Eichhorn (7)49,33520–18
39May 20Angels5–1Wills (3–1)Langston (3–4)Henke (4)49,42121–18
40May 21Athletics4–1Welch (5–2)Stottlemyre (4–5)Eckersley (10)49,47121–19
41May 22Athletics5–4Young (2–1)Wills (3–2)Eckersley (11)49,55921–20
42May 23@ Angels5–4Bailes (1–0)Ward (1–2)25,17921–21
43May 24@ Angels4–3 (11)Harvey (2–1)Henke (0–1)24,46021–22
44May 25@ Mariners3–1 (11)Acker (1–1)Swift (2–2)Henke (5)15,33422–22
45May 26@ Mariners11–4Wills (4–2)Holman (6–3)25,00423–22
46May 27@ Mariners5–1Cerutti (2–5)Johnson (3–3)25,85824–22
47May 28@ Athletics1–0Stieb (6–2)Moore (4–4)45,00525–22
48May 29@ Athletics2–1Wells (2–0)Stewart (8–2)Henke (6)25,25526–22
49May 30@ Athletics8–5Burns (1–0)Blair (0–1)Eckersley (14)24,25726–23 :
June: 15–13 (Home: 6–8; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1Brewers7–1Higuera (5–1)Stottlemyre (4–6)Crim (3)49,69826–24
51June 2Brewers7–6Fossas (2–3)Wells (2–1)Plesac (10)49,55326–25
52June 3Brewers7–4Stieb (7–2)Knudson (3–3)Henke (7)49,70227–25
53June 5Twins7–3Wells (3–1)Smith (4–5)49,74128–25
54June 6Twins12–5Candelaria (7–1)Blair (0–2)49,65228–26
55June 7Twins10–3Stottlemyre (5–6)Tapani (6–4)49,84529–26
56June 8@ Brewers11–5Gilles (1–0)Crim (2–2)Henke (8)27,02130–26
57June 9@ Brewers7–3Stieb (8–2)Bosio (4–4)46,61231–26
58June 10@ Brewers13–5Wells (4–1)Navarro (2–2)18,09132–26
59June 11@ Brewers4–1Krueger (3–3)Blair (0–3)Plesac (11)17,70132–27
60June 12@ Twins5–4Stottlemyre (6–6)Candelaria (7–2)Ward (5)18,29833–27
61June 13@ Twins10–1Cerutti (3–5)West (2–4)Henke (9)17,08634–27
62June 14@ Twins7–1Stieb (9–2)Anderson (2–9)18,67935–27
63June 15@ Yankees5–4Wells (5–1)Robinson (0–5)Henke (10)31,82736–27
64June 16@ Yankees2–1 (11)Wills (5–2)Mills (0–2)Ward (6)26,06137–27
65June 17@ Yankees8–1Stottlemyre (7–6)LaPoint (4–6)38,17338–27
66June 19Red Sox4–2Kiecker (2–3)Ward (1–3)Murphy (3)49,90738–28
67June 20Red Sox11–0Stieb (10–2)Gardner (1–4)Henke (11)49,85739–28
68June 21Yankees7–6Mills (1–2)Acker (1–2)Righetti (14)49,88339–29
69June 22Yankees8–7 (15)Cadaret (2–4)Blair (0–4)Righetti (15)49,90839–30
70June 23Yankees8–4Stottlemyre (8–6)Leary (3–10)Henke (12)49,85840–30
71June 24Yankees8–3Cerutti (4–5)Cary (4–3)Acker (1)49,80641–30
72June 25@ Red Sox10–8Lamp (1–2)Blair (0–5)Reardon (11)32,59141–31
73June 26@ Red Sox3–0Gardner (2–4)Wells (5–2)Reardon (12)23,24441–32
74June 27@ Red Sox9–5Boddicker (10–3)Key (4–3)Gray (2)32,96141–33
75June 28@ Red Sox4–3Clemens (12–3)Stottlemyre (8–7)Reardon (13)34,54741–34
76June 29Athletics5–0Stewart (10–6)Cerutti (4–6)49,81741–35
77June 30Athletics9–4Welch (13–2)Stieb (10–3)49,86541–36 :
July: 14–12 (Home: 9–5; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Athletics4–3Blair (1–5)Burns (2–2)Henke (13)49,85742–36
79July 2Athletics3–2Moore (6–7)Key (4–4)Eckersley (25)49,85542–37
80July 3Angels5–2Stottlemyre (9–7)Blyleven (7–5)Henke (14)49,83643–37
81July 4Angels4–2Cerutti (5–6)Abbott (5–7)Henke (15)49,83144–37
82July 5Angels9–2Stieb (11–3)McCaskill (6–5)49,83845–37
83July 6Mariners1–0Wells (6–2)Holman (8–7)Henke (16)49,87246–37
84July 7Mariners4–2Key (5–4)Swan (1–2)Ward (7)48,89947–37
85July 8Mariners6–3Young (3–9)Stottlemyre (9–8)49,81647–38
86July 12@ Angels5–0Wells (7–2)McCaskill (6–6)27,36548–38
87July 13@ Angels2–0Abbott (6–7)Stottlemyre (9–9)35,00148–39
88July 14@ Angels8–7Eichhorn (1–4)Ward (1–4)34,44648–40
89July 15@ Angels3–2Finley (12–4)Henke (0–2)31,60948–41
90July 16@ Mariners4–3Key (6–4)Hanson (10–7)Henke (17)24,83349–41
91July 17@ Mariners7–5Jackson (4–3)Ward (1–5)Schooler (24)14,25949–42
92July 18@ Mariners5–2Young (4–10)Stottlemyre (9–10)15,86849–43
93July 20@ Athletics8–6Cerutti (6–6)Young (5–4)Henke (18)40,17150–43
94July 21@ Athletics2–1Stieb (12–3)Sanderson (11–6)Henke (19)43,09751–43
95July 22@ Athletics3–0Moore (9–8)Key (6–5)Honeycutt (4)43,82151–44
96July 24Royals5–3 (13)Farr (8–4)Ward (1–6)49,88451–45
97July 25Royals6–1McGaffigan (1–0)Stottlemyre (9–11)49,85551–46
98July 26Royals7–5Cerutti (7–6)Appier (5–4)Henke (20)49,86252–46
99July 27Rangers1–0Stieb (13–3)Hough (7–7)Henke (21)49,88253–46
100July 28Rangers3–2 (13)Arnsberg (4–1)Wills (5–3)Barfield (1)49,85053–47
101July 29Rangers10–8Acker (2–2)McMurtry (0–1)Candelaria (5)49,85354–47
102July 30@ Orioles9–2Stottlemyre (10–11)Milacki (4–8)Ward (8)43,63855–47
103July 31@ Orioles6–4McDonald (3–0)Cerutti (7–7)Olson (24)37,77155–48 :
August: 13–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 8–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Orioles7–4Stieb (14–3)Ballard (1–10)Henke (22)40,62556–48
105August 2@ Rangers5–4 (11)Arnsberg (5–1)Candelaria (7–4)30,81456–49
106August 3@ Rangers9–1Moyer (1–3)Wells (7–3)23,72856–50
107August 4@ Rangers3–2Witt (10–8)Stottlemyre (10–12)35,21156–51
108August 5@ Rangers6–4Cerutti (8–7)Ryan (11–5)Henke (23)41,63557–51
109August 6@ Rangers4–3Hough (9–7)Stieb (14–4)Rogers (11)28,63857–52
110August 7Tigers11–7Key (7–5)Morris (9–14)49,89458–52
111August 8Tigers8–3Wells (8–3)Terrell (0–1)49,89759–52
112August 9Tigers5–4Robinson (9–9)Stottlemyre (10–13)Gleaton (6)49,91159–53
113August 10Twins7–3West (6–7)Cerutti (8–8)49,88859–54
114August 11Twins7–4Stieb (15–4)Leach (2–4)Henke (24)49,87360–54
115August 12Twins5–4Anderson (5–15)Key (7–6)49,89260–55
116August 13@ White Sox4–3Ward (2–6)Thigpen (4–5)Henke (25)28,96161–55
117August 14@ White Sox12–4Stottlemyre (11–13)Hibbard (9–7)24,31462–55
118August 15@ White Sox4–3McDowell (9–6)Candelaria (7–5)Thigpen (38)27,94762–56
119August 17@ Twins5–1Stieb (16–4)Erickson (3–3)Ward (9)28,17363–56
120August 18@ Twins3–0Key (8–6)Anderson (5–16)Henke (26)32,60564–56
121August 19@ Twins9–1Wells (9–3)Guthrie (4–6)29,00465–56
122August 20@ Yankees6–5 (11)Cadaret (5–4)Acker (2–3)21,66165–57
123August 21@ Yankees3–2Cary (5–8)Candelaria (7–6)Guetterman (2)22,31565–58
124August 22@ Yankees4–2Hawkins (4–10)Cerutti (8–9)Righetti (27)25,08865–59
125August 23Red Sox4–3Henke (1–2)Hesketh (0–1)49,91866–59
126August 24Red Sox2–0Kiecker (5–6)Ward (2–7)Gray (5)49,91466–60
127August 25Red Sox1–0Clemens (19–5)Wells (9–4)49,89066–61
128August 26Red Sox1–0Harris (11–5)Stottlemyre (11–14)Gray (6)49,89766–62
129August 27Brewers4–2Higuera (8–6)Acker (2–4)49,89266–63
130August 28Brewers6–2Navarro (5–5)Stieb (16–5)49,87166–64
131August 29Brewers7–3Key (9–6)Knudson (10–7)Ward (10)49,90967–64
132August 31@ Indians12–8Acker (3–4)Swindell (10–8)12,50868–64 :
September: 17–10 (Home: 10–3; Away: 7–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1@ Indians8–0Stottlemyre (12–14)Candiotti (13–10)16,54769–64
134September 2@ Indians3–0Stieb (17–5)Black (10–9)23,64070–64
135September 3@ Tigers5–0Terrell (4–2)Key (9–7)33,65870–65
136September 4@ Tigers3–1Gibson (4–4)Ward (2–8)Henneman (20)14,76070–66
137September 5@ Tigers7–3Wells (10–4)Parker (3–2)16,67771–66
138September 7White Sox3–1Stottlemyre (13–14)Pérez (12–13)Henke (27)49,88572–66
139September 8White Sox3–0Stieb (18–5)Fernandez (2–3)Henke (28)49,89873–66
140September 9White Sox6–1Key (10–7)McDowell (12–7)49,87074–66
141September 10@ Royals6–1Wells (11–4)Wagner (0–1)22,15875–66
142September 11@ Royals8–4Wills (6–3)Stottlemyre (0–1)Ward (11)18,49376–66
143September 12@ Royals7–5Gordon (11–10)Stottlemyre (13–15)Davis (6)20,13576–67
144September 13Orioles5–3Mesa (1–2)Stieb (18–6)Olson (31)49,87576–68
145September 14Orioles8–7Blair (2–5)Olson (5–5)49,89377–68
146September 15Orioles4–3Blair (3–5)Schilling (1–2)49,88878–68
147September 16Orioles6–5Henke (2–2)Price (3–4)49,88679–68
148September 17Yankees6–4Cerutti (9–9)Plunk (5–3)Henke (29)49,90280–68
149September 18Yankees3–2Black (12–10)Guetterman (10–7)49,88781–68
150September 19Yankees7–6Key (11–7)Leary (9–19)Henke (30)49,89082–68
151September 21Indians2–1 (13)Valdez (1–1)Wills (6–4)Jones (39)49,89482–69
152September 22Indians5–2Shaw (3–4)Stottlemyre (13–16)Jones (40)49,88382–70
153September 23Indians5–4 (10)Acker (4–4)Ward (1–3)49,90183–70
154September 24@ Brewers9–5Key (12–7)Navarro (7–7)Henke (31)8,76984–70
155September 25@ Brewers8–4Krueger (6–8)Black (12–11)8,57684–71
156September 26@ Brewers6–0Robinson (12–4)Wells (11–5)8,80484–72
157September 28@ Red Sox7–6Reardon (4–3)Henke (2–3)35,73584–73
158September 29@ Red Sox7–5Clemens (21–6)Stottlemyre (13–17)Reardon (20)35,44484–74
159September 30@ Red Sox10–5Key (13–7)Hesketh (0–4)34,40085–74 :
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Orioles6–3Mesa (3–2)Wells (11–6)Olson (37)24,44285–75
161October 2@ Orioles2–1Black (13–11)Johnson (13–9)Henke (32)19,78986–75
162October 3@ Orioles3–2Olson (6–5)Henke (2–4)26,91386–76 :

## 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 | Pat Borders | 125 | 346 | 99 | .286 | 15 | 49 |
| 1B | Fred McGriff | 153 | 557 | 167 | .300 | 35 | 88 |
| 2B | Manuel Lee | 117 | 391 | 95 | .243 | 6 | 41 |
| 3B | Kelly Gruber | 150 | 592 | 162 | .274 | 31 | 118 |
| SS | Tony Fernández | 161 | 635 | 175 | .276 | 4 | 66 |
| LF | George Bell | 142 | 562 | 149 | .265 | 21 | 86 |
| CF | Mookie Wilson | 147 | 588 | 156 | .265 | 3 | 51 |
| RF | Junior Félix | 127 | 463 | 122 | .263 | 15 | 65 |
| DH | John Olerud | 111 | 358 | 95 | .265 | 14 | 48 |

#### 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 |
| Glenallen Hill | 84 | 260 | 60 | .231 | 12 | 32 |
| Greg Myers | 87 | 250 | 59 | .236 | 5 | 22 |
| Nelson Liriano | 50 | 170 | 36 | .212 | 1 | 15 |
| Rance Mulliniks | 57 | 97 | 28 | .289 | 2 | 16 |
| Mark Whiten | 33 | 88 | 24 | .273 | 2 | 7 |
| Luis Sojo | 33 | 80 | 18 | .225 | 1 | 9 |
| Kenny Williams | 49 | 72 | 14 | .194 | 0 | 8 |
| Rob Ducey | 19 | 53 | 16 | .302 | 0 | 7 |
| Tom Lawless | 15 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Eppard | 6 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzie Virgil Jr. | 3 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Diaz | 9 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Quinlan | 1 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 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 | 33 | 208.2 | 18 | 6 | 2.93 | 125 |
| Todd Stottlemyre | 33 | 203.0 | 13 | 17 | 4.34 | 115 |
| Jimmy Key | 27 | 154.2 | 13 | 7 | 4.25 | 88 |
| John Cerutti | 30 | 140.0 | 9 | 9 | 4.76 | 49 |
| Mike Flanagan | 5 | 20.1 | 2 | 2 | 5.31 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| David Wells | 43 | 189.0 | 11 | 6 | 3.14 | 115 |
| Willie Blair | 27 | 68.2 | 3 | 5 | 4.06 | 43 |
| John Candelaria | 13 | 21.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.48 | 19 |
| Bud Black | 3 | 15.2 | 2 | 1 | 4.02 | 3 |
| Steve Cummings | 6 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 5.11 | 4 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tom Henke | 61 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 2.17 | 75 |
| Duane Ward | 73 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3.45 | 112 |
| Jim Acker | 59 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3.83 | 54 |
| Frank Wills | 44 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4.73 | 72 |
| Paul Kilgus | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.06 | 7 |
| Al Leiter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5 |
| Bob MacDonald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Tom Gilles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 |
| Rick Luecken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Kelly Gruber, Player of the Month Award, September
* Kelly Gruber, Silver Slugger Award
* Kelly Gruber, Gold Glove Award
All-Star Game
* George Bell, OF
* Kelly Gruber, 3B
* Dave Stieb, P

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Bob Bailor |
| AA | Knoxville Blue Jays | Southern League | John Stearns |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Dennis Holmberg |
| A | Myrtle Beach Blue Jays | South Atlantic League | Mike Fischlin |
| A-Short Season | St. Catharines Blue Jays | New York–Penn League | Doug Ault |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Garth Iorg |