# 1981 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1981 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's fifth season competing in Major League Baseball. Games were suspended for 50 days due to the 1981 Major League Baseball strike, causing a split season. The Blue Jays finished both halves of the season in seventh place in the seven-team American League East. Managed by Bobby Mattick, the Blue Jays played their home games at Exhibition Stadium and had an overall record of 37 wins and 69 losses.

## Offseason
### Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1981 season.

#### October 1980

| October 23 | Roy Howell granted free agency. |

#### November 1980

| November 5 | Steve Braun granted free agency. |

#### December 1980

| December 8 | Drafted George Bell from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1980 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted Dan Whitmer from the California Angels in the 1980 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 12 | Acquired Roy Lee Jackson from the New York Mets for Bob Bailor. |
| December 17 | Released Bob Davis. |

#### January 1981

| January 15 | Purchased Ken Macha from the Montreal Expos. |
| January 20 | Signed free agent Dale Murray from the Montreal Expos to a contract. |

#### February 1981

| February 3 | Signed free agent Bruce Boisclair from the New York Mets to a contract. Signed free agent Leroy Stanton from the Hanshin Tigers (NPB) to a contract. Signed amateur free agent Oswaldo Peraza. |
| February 6 | Acquired Gil Kubski from the California Angels for Don Pisker. |
| February 17 | Signed free agent Dave Tomlin from the Cincinnati Reds to a contract. |

#### March 1981

| March 2 | Signed free agent John Montague from the California Angels to a contract. |

#### April 1981

| April 6 | Acquired Mark Bomback from the New York Mets for a player to be named later (Charlie Puleo on April 14, 1981). Released John Montague. Released Leroy Stanton. |

## Regular season

The Blue Jays were one of the worst teams in the majors in the first half of the split season, as the Blue Jays had a record of 16 wins and 42 losses, a percentage of .276. Although the Blue Jays had future stars Jesse Barfield, George Bell, and Lloyd Moseby in the lineup, the team continued to struggle.
On May 15, 1981, Len Barker of the Cleveland Indians pitched a perfect game against the Blue Jays. It was the tenth perfect game ever pitched, is one of only seventeen in the history of the major leagues, and remains the last no-hitter thrown by an Indian.
The result of the season was one of the more controversial times in franchise history. The President of the Blue Jays, Peter Bavasi, went to see the team in Anaheim against the California Angels. Bavasi's father, Buzzie Bavasi was the president of the Angels, and his team had gotten off to a lackluster start. Buzzie wanted to fire Angels manager Jim Fregosi, and Peter Bavasi had the idea to fire his manager, Bobby Mattick. Both thought it would be big news if father and son fired their manager on the same night. One of the Blue Jays executives advised the Jays Vice-Chairman of the Board, Peter Hardy. After a brief conversation, Hardy made it clear to Peter Bavasi that Mattick would not be fired in this way.
After the strike was resolved, the Blue Jays started the second half of the season with a close to .500 winning percentage. Peter Bavasi was heard to muse aloud the requirement to print World Series tickets. The Jays would finish the second half with 21 wins and 27 losses, seven and a half games out of first place. Despite the attempted Bavasi firing, Mattick would resign as manager at the end of the season. On November 22, 1981, Hardy forced Bavasi to resign from the Blue Jays.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 62 | 47 | .569 | — | 28‍–‍21 | 34‍–‍26 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 59 | 46 | .562 | 1 | 33‍–‍22 | 26‍–‍24 |
| New York Yankees | 59 | 48 | .551 | 2 | 32‍–‍19 | 27‍–‍29 |
| Detroit Tigers | 60 | 49 | .550 | 2 | 32‍–‍23 | 28‍–‍26 |
| Boston Red Sox | 59 | 49 | .546 | 2½ | 30‍–‍23 | 29‍–‍26 |
| Cleveland Indians | 52 | 51 | .505 | 7 | 25‍–‍29 | 27‍–‍22 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 37 | 69 | .349 | 23½ | 17‍–‍36 | 20‍–‍33 |
| AL East First Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 34 | 22 | .607 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 31 | 23 | .574 | 2 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 31 | 25 | .554 | 3 |
| Detroit Tigers | 31 | 26 | .544 | 3+1⁄2 |
| Boston Red Sox | 30 | 26 | .536 | 4 |
| Cleveland Indians | 26 | 24 | .520 | 5 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 16 | 42 | .276 | 19 |
| AL East Second Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 31 | 22 | .585 | — |
| Boston Red Sox | 29 | 23 | .558 | 1+1⁄2 |
| Detroit Tigers | 29 | 23 | .558 | 1+1⁄2 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 28 | 23 | .549 | 2 |
| Cleveland Indians | 26 | 27 | .491 | 5 |
| New York Yankees | 25 | 26 | .490 | 5 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 21 | 27 | .438 | 7+1⁄2 |

### Record vs. opponents

1981 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 2–2 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 6–7 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
| Boston | 2–2 | — | 2–4 | 5–4 | 7–6 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 6–7 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–6 | 4–0 |
| California | 6–6 | 4–2 | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–8 | 6–4 | 2–4 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 6–3 | 4–5 | 7–6 | — | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–5 |
| Cleveland | 2–4 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–4 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 7–5 | 3–2 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Detroit | 7–6 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | — | 3–2 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 9–3 | 6–4 |
| Kansas City | 3–5 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 2–3 | — | 4–5 | 9–4 | 2–10 | 3–3 | 6–7 | 3–4 | 5–3 |
| Milwaukee | 4–2 | 7–6 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 6–3 | 8–5 | 5–4 | — | 9–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–5 | 6–4 |
| Minnesota | 0–6 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–9 | 4–9 | 3–9 | — | 3–3 | 2–8 | 3–6–1 | 5–8 | 5–1 |
| New York | 6–7 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–3 | 10–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–3 | 2–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 6–7 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–2 | 3–4 | — | 6–1 | 4–2 | 10–2 |
| Seattle | 2–4 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 1–5 | 7–6 | 2–2 | 6–3–1 | 3–2 | 1–6 | — | 5–8 | 3–3 |
| Texas | 1–2 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–9 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 8–5 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 8–5 | — | 6–2 |
| Toronto | 2–5 | 0–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 3–5 | 4–6 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–10 | 3–3 | 2–6 | — |

### Opening Day starters

* Danny Ainge
* Barry Bonnell
* Jim Clancy
* Dámaso García
* Alfredo Griffin
* John Mayberry
* Lloyd Moseby
* Otto Vélez
* Ernie Whitt
* Al Woods

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1981 regular season.

#### May 1981

| May 10 | Acquired Buck Martinez from the Milwaukee Brewers for Gil Kubski. |

#### June 1981

| June 10 | Player rights of Rick Bosetti sold to the Oakland Athletics. |
| June 15 | Signed amateur free agent Luis Aquino. |

#### August 1981

| August 8 | Purchased Juan Berenguer from the Kansas City Royals. |

#### September 1981

| September 3 | Signed free agent Ted Cox from the Seattle Mariners to a contract. |
| September 10 | Signed free agent Nino Espinosa from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract. |

### Game log

1981 Game Log 37–69 (Home 17–36, Away 20–33) :
April: 7–12 (Home 2–7, Away 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 9@ Tigers6–2Morris (1–0)McLaughlin (0–1)51,4520–1
2April 11@ Tigers6–2Wilcox (1–0)Stieb (0–1)13,6170–2
3April 12@ Tigers6–2Leal (1–0)Bailey (0–1)9,9501–2
4April 13Yankees5–1Clancy (1–0)John (1–1)Jackson (1)25,1122–2
5April 15Yankees6–3May (2–0)Todd (0–1)Gossage (1)16,2802–3
6April 16Tigers2–0Wilcox (2–0)Stieb (0–2)López (1)11,0582–4
7April 17Tigers8–5Bailey (1–1)Leal (1–1)Saucier (1)15,1962–5
8April 18Tigers4–3Schatzeder (1–0)Clancy (1–1)López (2)16,2942–6
9April 19Tigers9–1Bomback (1–0)Morris (1–1)12,2743–6
10April 20Brewers5–4 (12)Lerch (1–0)Willis (0–1)12,2983–7
11April 21Brewers6–2Haas (1–0)Stieb (0–3)11,0833–8
12April 22Brewers8–1Caldwell (2–1)Leal (1–2)11,7923–9
–April 23@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Not rescheduled
13April 24@ Yankees4–2John (2–1)Bomback (1–1)Gossage (4)20,8633–10
14April 25@ Yankees7–2Todd (1–1)May (3–1)17,3194–10
15April 26@ Yankees2–1Stieb (1–3)Underwood (0–2)37,3065–10
16April 27@ Brewers4–3 (12)Cleveland (1–0)Garvin (0–1)6,6925–11
17April 28@ Brewers6–2Bomback (2–1)Caldwell (2–2)6,4336–11
18April 29@ Brewers5–0 (14)Leal (2–2)Easterly (0–1)7,3207–11
19April 30@ Orioles4–0Flanagan (2–2)Todd (1–2)7,7267–12 :
May: 9–20 (Home 5–10, Away 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
–May 1@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 2
20May 2@ Orioles4–3Palmer (1–0)Willis (0–2)7–13
21May 2@ Orioles8–3McGregor (2–1)Leal (2–3)16,4027–14
22May 3@ Orioles4–2Bomback (3–1)Stone (1–3)McLaughlin (1)23,8988–14
–May 5IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 19
23May 6Indians4–1Blyleven (3–1)Todd (1–3)11,4698–15
24May 7Indians6–2Stieb (2–3)Waits (3–1)11,3289–15
25May 8Red Sox4–2Torrez (2–2)Bomback (3–2)Burgmeier (3)15,1069–16
26May 9Red Sox10–3Stanley (3–1)Clancy (1–2)16,0409–17
27May 10Red Sox9–5 (10)Burgmeier (2–0)Jackson (0–1)17,4119–18
28May 11Red Sox7–6Clear (2–0)Willis (0–3)11,3159–19
29May 12Orioles5–2Stieb (3–3)Palmer (1–1)11,35410–19
30May 13Orioles4–0McGregor (3–1)Bomback (3–3)12,56810–20
31May 14Orioles10–0Flanagan (4–3)Clancy (1–3)11,50910–21
32May 15@ Indians3–0Barker (3–1)Leal (2–4)7,29010–22
33May 16@ Indians4–1Todd (2–3)Garland (2–3)24,96411–22
34May 17@ Indians1–0Waits (4–2)Stieb (3–4)Monge (1)11–23
35May 17@ Indians2–1 (10)Blyleven (5–1)Jackson (0–2)46,16811–24
36May 18White Sox7–2Trout (3–1)Bomback (3–4)18,65211–25
37May 19White Sox9–5Clancy (2–3)Hoyt (3–1)Leal (1)11,60412–25
38May 20White Sox6–5Farmer (1–2)McLaughlin (0–2)Hoyt (5)12,53612–26
39May 22@ Athletics6–2Langford (5–4)Stieb (3–5)13,42612–27
40May 23@ Athletics3–2 (15)Jones (3–1)Leal (2–5)27,14712–28
41May 24@ Athletics6–5 (12)Owchinko (2–1)McLaughlin (0–3)12–29
42May 24@ Athletics5–0Norris (7–2)Garvin (0–2)32,98512–30
43May 25@ Angels2–1Witt (3–4)Todd (2–4)Hassler (3)22,17112–31
44May 26@ Angels8–4Jackson (1–2)Rau (1–2)McLaughlin (2)21,22213–31
45May 27@ Angels3–1Stieb (4–5)Forsch (6–3)21,16714–31
46May 29Athletics6–3Clancy (3–3)Keough (6–2)Jackson (2)16,50915–31
47May 30Athletics6–5Leal (3–5)Norris (7–3)McLaughlin (3)21,04616–31
48May 31Athletics6–5Owchinko (3–1)McLaughlin (0–4)24,07916–32 :
June: 0–10 (Home 0–5, Away 0–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
49June 1Angels3–0Forsch (7–3)Stieb (4–6)12,26816–33
50June 2Angels3–0Frost (1–0)Leal (3–6)Hassler (4)12,61716–34
51June 3Angels17–6Zahn (6–6)Clancy (3–4)12,40116–35
52June 5@ Rangers5–4 (12)Comer (4–1)Leal (3–7)11,49516–36
53June 6@ Rangers4–1Jenkins (4–4)Stieb (4–7)24,31216–37
54June 7@ Rangers9–0Darwin (7–4)Todd (2–5)14,85716–38
55June 8@ White Sox6–2Lamp (2–1)Clancy (3–5)Hickey (1)8,30116–39
56June 9@ White Sox3–0Dotson (7–3)Leal (3–8)8,53416–40
57June 10Royals7–4Leonard (6–7)Bomback (3–5)19,09816–41
58June 11Royals10–5Martin (2–3)Willis (0–4)Quisenberry (9)16,49816–42 :
August: 9–10 (Home 4–8, Away 5–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
59August 10@ Tigers4–3Saucier (1–0)McLaughlin (0–5)15,18716–43
60August 11@ Tigers6–4Berenguer (1–4)Schatzeder (3–5)Jackson (3)10,52617–43
61August 12@ Tigers4–3Stieb (5–7)Morris (9–4)Jackson (4)8,77518–43
62August 14Brewers5–4Garvin (1–2)Easterly (2–2)Jackson (5)15,11419–43
63August 15Brewers4–3Bomback (4–5)Cleveland (2–2)McLaughlin (4)12,46720–43
64August 16Brewers6–2Caldwell (8–5)Stieb (5–8)Fingers (14)20–44
65August 16Brewers2–0Lerch (4–6)Todd (2–6)Fingers (15)24,47220–45
66August 17@ Royals5–3Gale (5–5)Clancy (3–6)Quisenberry (11)31,95820–46
67August 18@ Royals5–3Leal (4–8)Jones (1–1)Jackson (6)26,95221–46
68August 19@ Royals9–4Berenguer (2–4)Leonard (7–8)28,17422–46
69August 21White Sox5–4Stieb (6–8)Farmer (2–3)14,16123–46
70August 22White Sox8–0Burns (8–2)Clancy (3–7)19,08023–47
71August 23White Sox13–2Trout (7–4)Leal (4–9)16,48623–48
72August 24Rangers3–0Medich (7–3)Berenguer (2–5)12,73523–49
73August 25Rangers6–1Jenkins (5–6)Stieb (6–9)13,72923–50
74August 27Royals11–5Martin (3–5)Clancy (3–8)14,70423–51
75August 28Royals4–3McLaughlin (1–5)Brett (1–1)13,23024–51
76August 29Royals2–0Jones (2–1)Berenguer (2–6)Quisenberry (13)19,05524–52
–August 30RoyalsPostponed (rain) Not rescheduled
77August 31@ Rangers3–0Stieb (7–9)Jenkins (5–7)8,03425–52 :
September: 11–15 (Home 6–6, Away 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78September 1@ Rangers9–3Clancy (4–8)Darwin (8–7)8,35826–52
79September 2@ Rangers4–1Honeycutt (9–3)Leal (4–10)6,85126–53
80September 3@ White Sox4–3Hoyt (6–3)Berenguer (2–7)6,66926–54
81September 4@ White Sox6–2Stieb (8–9)Lamp (5–3)18,31727–54
82September 5@ White Sox3–1Clancy (5–8)Baumgarten (5–8)McLaughlin (5)14,62828–54
83September 6@ White Sox3–2Leal (5–10)Burns (8–3)Jackson (7)11,25029–54
84September 7@ Twins4–0Jackson (3–2)Berenguer (2–8)Corbett (9)5,02429–55
85September 8@ Twins1–0Havens (2–4)Stieb (8–10)2,83929–56
86September 9@ Twins3–1Arroyo (6–7)Clancy (5–9)Corbett (10)3,38129–57
87September 10Mariners2–0Leal (6–10)Clay (0–6)McLaughlin (6)11,68530–57
88September 11Mariners8–1Abbott (3–6)Berenguer (2–9)12,02330–58
89September 12Mariners3–0Stieb (9–10)Beattie (2–2)14,04831–58
90September 14Twins6–3Havens (3–4)Clancy (5–10)Corbett (13)11,40231–59
91September 15Twins4–2Leal (7–10)Arroyo (6–8)McLaughlin (7)12,03732–59
92September 16Twins5–2Williams (5–8)Berenguer (2–10)11,73332–60
93September 18Angels5–1Murray (1–0)Witt (5–9)13,47833–60
94September 19Angels6–4Clancy (6–10)Frost (1–7)16,41834–60
95September 20Angels6–3Bomback (5–5)Zahn (9–11)McLaughlin (8)20,57535–60
–September 21AthleticsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 22
96September 22Athletics3–2 (13)Beard (1–1)Leal (7–11)35–61
97September 22Athletics4–2McCatty (13–6)Berenguer (2–11)15,54235–62
98September 23Athletics6–0Langford (11–9)Clancy (6–11)14,11435–63
99September 25@ Angels11–5Zahn (10–11)Leal (7–12)19,89035–64
100September 26@ Angels6–3Renko (8–4)Berenguer (2–12)Hassler (5)18,88635–65
101September 27@ Angels4–3Stieb (10–10)Moreno (1–2)McLaughlin (9)24,90336–65
102September 29@ Athletics5–1Underwood (4–6)Clancy (6–12)10,99836–66
103September 30@ Athletics3–0Norris (12–9)Leal (7–13)11,14436–67 :
October: 1–2 (Home 0–0, Away 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104October 2@ Mariners8–3Clay (2–7)Berenguer (2–13)5,14836–68
105October 3@ Mariners4–3Stieb (11–10)Abbott (4–9)McLaughlin (10)8,65337–68
106October 4@ Mariners2–0Bannister (9–9)Todd (2–7)Rawley (8)4,88537–69 :
*An MLB Players strike forced the cancellation of all regular season games between June 12 and August 9. A split-season format was adopted. :

## 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 | 74 | 195 | 16 | 46 | 9 | 0 | .236 | 1 | 16 | 5 |
| 1B | John Mayberry | 94 | 290 | 34 | 72 | 6 | 1 | .248 | 17 | 43 | 1 |
| 2B | Dámaso García | 64 | 250 | 24 | 63 | 8 | 1 | .252 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| 3B | Danny Ainge | 86 | 246 | 20 | 46 | 6 | 2 | .187 | 0 | 14 | 8 |
| SS | Alfredo Griffin | 101 | 388 | 30 | 81 | 19 | 6 | .209 | 0 | 21 | 8 |
| LF | Alvis Woods | 85 | 288 | 20 | 71 | 15 | 0 | .247 | 1 | 21 | 3 |
| CF | Lloyd Moseby | 100 | 378 | 36 | 88 | 16 | 2 | .233 | 9 | 43 | 11 |
| RF | Barry Bonnell | 66 | 227 | 21 | 50 | 7 | 4 | .220 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
| DH | Otto Vélez | 80 | 240 | 32 | 51 | 9 | 2 | .213 | 11 | 28 | 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 |
| Garth Iorg | 70 | 215 | 17 | 52 | 11 | 0 | .242 | 0 | 10 | 2 |
| George Bell | 60 | 163 | 19 | 38 | 2 | 1 | .233 | 5 | 12 | 3 |
| Buck Martinez | 45 | 128 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 1 | .227 | 4 | 21 | 1 |
| Willie Upshaw | 61 | 111 | 15 | 19 | 3 | 1 | .171 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Jesse Barfield | 25 | 95 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .232 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Ken Macha | 37 | 85 | 4 | 17 | 2 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| Greg Wells | 32 | 73 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 0 | .247 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ted Cox | 16 | 50 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 0 | .300 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Rick Bosetti | 25 | 47 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .234 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Manrique | 14 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .143 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Beamon | 8 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .200 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Whitmer | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .111 | 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 | 25 | 25 | 183.2 | 11 | 10 | 3.19 | 70 | 65 | 61 | 89 |
| Jim Clancy | 22 | 22 | 125.0 | 6 | 12 | 4.90 | 77 | 68 | 64 | 56 |
| Juan Berenguer | 12 | 11 | 71.0 | 2 | 9 | 4.31 | 41 | 34 | 35 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Luis Leal | 29 | 19 | 129.2 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 3.68 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 71 |
| Jackson Todd | 21 | 13 | 97.2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.96 | 51 | 43 | 31 | 41 |
| Mark Bomback | 20 | 11 | 90.1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3.89 | 42 | 39 | 35 | 33 |

#### 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 |
| Joey McLaughlin | 40 | 60.0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2.85 | 24 | 19 | 21 | 38 |
| Roy Lee Jackson | 39 | 62.0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2.61 | 23 | 18 | 25 | 27 |
| Jerry Garvin | 35 | 53.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.40 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 25 |
| Mike Willis | 20 | 35.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.91 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 16 |
| Mike Barlow | 12 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.20 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Dale Murray | 11 | 15.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.17 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| Paul Mirabella | 8 | 14.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.36 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 9 |
| Nino Espinosa | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

## Award winners

All-Star Game
* Dave Stieb, Pitcher

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Bob Humphreys |
| AA | Knoxville Blue Jays | Southern League | Duane Larson and 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 | Rich Hacker |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Wayne Graham |