# 1982 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1982 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's sixth season of Major League Baseball. Although the Blue Jays once again finished last in the seven team American League East (due to losing a tie-breaker to Cleveland) their record of 78 wins and 84 losses was by far the best in team history to date. Toronto finished 17 games behind the American League Champion Milwaukee Brewers. Bobby Cox became the third field manager in team history.
Dave Stieb established himself as one of the top pitchers in the American League, as he led the AL with 19 complete games and 5 shutouts.

## Offseason
### Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1982 season.

#### October 1981

| October 31 | Signed amateur free agent José Mesa. |

#### November 1981

| November 13 | Buck Martinez granted free agency. |
| November 27 | Acquired Aurelio Rodríguez from the New York Yankees for a player to be named later (Mike Lebo on December 9, 1981). |

#### December 1981

| December 6 | Re-signed free agent Buck Martinez. |
| December 7 | Drafted Jim Gott from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted Tony Johnson from the Montreal Expos in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft. Domingo Ramos drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1981 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 8 | Drafted Gibson Alba from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 Minor League draft. Signed amateur free agent Alexis Infante. |
| December 28 | Traded Paul Mirabella to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later (Dave Geisel on March 25, 1982). Acquired Hosken Powell from the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later (Greg Wells on January 18, 1982). |

#### January 1982

| January 28 | Released Steve Baker. |

#### March 1982

| March 25 | Signed free agent Glenn Adams from the Minnesota Twins to a contract. Acquired Rance Mulliniks from the Kansas City Royals for Phil Huffman. |
| March 28 | Released Juan Berenguer. Released Ted Cox. Released Nino Espinosa. |

#### April 1982

| April 2 | Acquired Wayne Nordhagen from the Chicago White Sox for Aurelio Rodríguez. |

## Regular season

One of the key events of the season was that the Toronto Blue Jays sold its first beer. Exhibition Stadium was the only stadium in the major leagues that did not sell beer. The Ontario Legislature reached a decision on July 7, 1982. Dr. Robert Elgie, the minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations announced that beer would be sold on a trial basis at Exhibition Stadium. L
The decision also applied to Hamilton's Ivor Wynne Stadium and Ottawa's Lansdowne Park, which along with Exhibition Stadium were previously the only Canadian Football League stadiums to not offer beer, but not to Maple Leaf Gardens, which would not be permitted to sell beer until the middle of the 1992-93 NHL season. On July 30, 1982, Paul Godfrey sold the first ceremonial beer at Exhibition Stadium to William Turner, a fan from London, Ontario.

### Opening Day lineup

* Jesse Barfield
* Mark Bomback
* Dámaso García
* Alfredo Griffin
* John Mayberry
* Lloyd Moseby
* Rance Mulliniks
* Willie Upshaw
* Ernie Whitt
* Al Woods

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 48‍–‍34 | 47‍–‍33 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 94 | 68 | .580 | 1 | 53‍–‍28 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | 49‍–‍32 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Detroit Tigers | 83 | 79 | .512 | 12 | 47‍–‍34 | 36‍–‍45 |
| New York Yankees | 79 | 83 | .488 | 16 | 42‍–‍39 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 78 | 84 | .481 | 17 | 41‍–‍40 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | .481 | 17 | 44‍–‍37 | 34‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1982 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 9–4–1 | 8–4 | 11–2 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 10–3 |
| Boston | 9–4 | — | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–6 |
| California | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | — | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–10 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 8–4 |
| Cleveland | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–7 | 2–10 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| Detroit | 6–7 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 6–6 | 3–10 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 10–2 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
| Milwaukee | 4–9–1 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 6–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–4 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 2–10 | 3–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| New York | 2–11 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 9–4 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 10–2 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 5–7 | — | 6–7 | 5–8 | 3–9 |
| Seattle | 5–7 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–6 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–5 |
| Texas | 3–9 | 2–10 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 4–9 | — | 4–8 |
| Toronto | 3–10 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | — |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1982 regular season.

#### April 1982

| April 8 | Released Dave Tomlin. |

#### May 1982

| May 5 | Acquired Tom Dodd, Dave Revering and Jeff Reynolds from the New York Yankees for John Mayberry. |

#### June 1982

| June 15 | Acquired Dick Davis from the Philadelphia Phillies for Wayne Nordhagen. |
| June 22 | Traded Dick Davis to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later (Wayne Nordhagen on June 25, 1982). |

#### July 1982

| July 15 | Purchased Leon Roberts from the Texas Rangers. |

#### August 1982

| August 2 | Dave Revering granted free agency. |
| August 23 | Sold the player rights of Pedro Hernández to the New York Yankees. |
| August 30 | Released Ken Schrom. |

#### September 1982

| September 7 | Released Otto Velez. |

### Game log

1982 Game Log :
April: 8–12 (Home: 5–6; Away: 3–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
--April 6@ TigersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for April 7
--April 7@ TigersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for April 15
--April 8@ TigersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for August 5
1April 9Brewers15–4Vuckovich (1–0)Bomback (0–1)30,2160–1
2April 10Brewers3–2 (10)Jackson (1–0)Fingers (0–1)11,1411–1
3April 11Brewers14–5McClure (1–0)Clancy (0–1)10,1281–2
4April 12Tigers9–5Leal (1–0)Wilcox (0–1)11,1802–2
5April 13Tigers4–2Morris (1–1)Murray (0–1)10,0872–3
6April 14Tigers5–4Jackson (2–0)Saucier (0–1)10,1143–3
7April 15@ Tigers4–2Saucier (1–1)Stieb (0–1)Sosa (1)51,0383–4
8April 16@ Red Sox2–0Leal (2–0)Eckersley (1–1)Jackson (1)7,5424–4
9April 17@ Red Sox5–4Tudor (2–0)Bomback (0–2)Clear (1)18,6174–5
10April 18@ Red Sox4–3Aponte (1–0)Jackson (2–1)18,0174–6
11April 19@ Red Sox5–4Murray (1–1)Clear (0–1)27,2655–6
--April 20@ BrewersPostponed (cold weather) Rescheduled for August 12
12April 21@ Brewers3–1Lerch (1–0)Leal (2–1)Fingers (1)5,2985–7
13April 22@ Brewers7–0Caldwell (1–1)Bomback (0–3)6,1995–8
14April 23Red Sox5–4Tudor (3–0)Clancy (0–2)Clear (3)10,4285–9
15April 24Red Sox8–7Torrez (1–1)Stieb (0–2)Aponte (2)13,1355–10
16April 25Red Sox5–4 (12)Clear (1–1)McLaughlin (0–1)21,0435–11
17April 27Rangers8–4Murray (2–1)Medich (1–2)10,1016–11
18April 28Rangers6–4Clancy (1–2)Tanana (1–3)McLaughlin (1)10,1097–11
19April 29@ Royals7–0Stieb (1–2)Splittorff (1–1)15,7078–11
20April 30@ Royals8–7Jackson (2–0)Jackson (2–2)Quisenberry (6)19,0308–12 :
May: 13–14 (Home: 6–5; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1@ Royals8–7Jackson (3–0)Bomback (0–4)Quisenberry (7)23,5618–13
22May 2@ Royals7–5Clancy (2–2)Leonard (2–2)Jackson (2)27,0449–13
23May 4@ White Sox4–3Burns (3–1)Stieb (1–3)Barojas (7)9,5439–14
24May 5@ White Sox4–1Trout (2–2)Leal (2–2)Lamp (1)20,6739–15
25May 7Royals6–4McLaughlin (1–1)Leonard (2–3)11,52310–15
26May 8Royals2–1Bomback (1–4)Frost (3–2)Jackson (3)15,10211–15
27May 9Royals2–0Stieb (2–3)Splittorff (2–2)17,04412–15
28May 10White Sox6–3Burns (4–1)McLaughlin (1–2)Hickey (1)11,52012–16
29May 11White Sox9–4Clancy (3–2)Trout (2–3)10,70013–16
30May 12White Sox9–2Lamp (3–0)Bomback (1–5)11,47313–17
31May 13@ Rangers4–3Darwin (3–1)Stieb (2–4)6,81913–18
32May 14@ Rangers4–3 (11)Mirabella (1–0)Jackson (2–3)10,97213–19
33May 15@ Rangers5–2Clancy (4–2)Tanana (1–5)14,40514–19
34May 16@ Rangers2–1 (10)Darwin (4–1)Jackson (2–4)29,30314–20
35May 18@ Indians6–5Spillner (1–3)Murray (2–2)5,86514–21
36May 19@ Indians8–5Garvin (1–0)Barker (4–2)McLaughlin (2)5,72415–21
37May 20@ Indians2–0Clancy (5–2)Sorensen (3–3)6,22616–21
38May 21Orioles3–0Flanagan (2–4)Gott (0–1)Martinez (3)12,38716–22
39May 22Orioles6–0Martínez (4–3)Stieb (2–5)17,45716–23
40May 23Orioles7–1Leal (3–2)Stewart (4–3)14,22917–23
41May 24Orioles7–5McGregor (6–3)Clancy (5–3)Stoddard (3)12,08817–24
42May 25@ Yankees8–0John (4–4)Gott (0–2)20,12717–25
43May 26@ Yankees7–0Stieb (3–5)May (1–3)15,09018–25
--May 28@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 29
44May 29@ Orioles3–1Flanagan (3–4)Leal (3–3)18–26
45May 29@ Orioles11–10McLaughlin (2–2)Stoddard (0–2)21,24119–26
46May 30@ Orioles6–0Gott (1–2)Palmer (2–3)Jackson (4)21,63220–26
47May 31Yankees5–4Stieb (4–5)Erickson (4–5)20,13621–26 :
June: 12–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 1Yankees5–2Murray (3–2)Rawley (3–2)17,46022–26
49June 2Yankees12–6 (13)Rawley (4–2)McLaughlin (2–3)20,16122–27
50June 3Yankees3–1Leal (4–3)John (4–5)20,14723–27
51June 4Indians6–3Barker (7–2)Murray (3–3)Spillner (6)12,37123–28
--June 5IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 17
52June 6Indians5–1Stieb (5–5)Sorensen (5–4)24–28
53June 6Indians7–5Glynn (2–0)Garvin (1–1)Spillner (7)17,13124–29
54June 7Indians7–3Leal (5–3)Denny (3–6)11,15025–29
55June 8Angels11–4Zahn (6–2)Gott (1–3)16,15425–30
56June 9Angels5–4McLaughlin (3–3)Corbett (1–6)16,19326–30
57June 11Athletics2–1Clancy (6–3)Kingman (0–1)17,46127–30
58June 12Athletics8–1Langford (5–7)Stieb (5–6)24,33827–31
59June 13Athletics7–5Underwood (3–4)Jackson (2–5)Beard (4)20,11327–32
60June 14Athletics4–2Keough (6–7)Gott (1–4)Beard (5)14,13627–33
61June 15@ Angels2–0Clancy (7–3)Witt (3–1)23,21728–33
62June 16@ Angels7–1Renko (6–1)Stieb (5–7)20,97028–34
63June 17@ Angels10–8Kison (6–2)Leal (5–4)Moreno (1)21,19528–35
64June 18@ Athletics6–4McLaughlin (4–3)Keough (6–8)12,06129–35
65June 19@ Athletics3–1 (12)McLaughlin (5–3)Owchinko (1–1)19,21430–35
66June 20@ Athletics3–2Stieb (6–7)Langford (5–8)26,09631–35
67June 21@ Mariners5–4Moore (3–6)Leal (5–5)Caudill (10)7,48631–36
68June 22@ Mariners6–5Clark (1–0)Jackson (2–6)Caudill (11)7,93331–37
69June 23@ Mariners5–3 (11)McLaughlin (6–3)Stanton (1–1)9,00732–37
--June 25TwinsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 28
70June 26Twins4–3Davis (2–7)Stieb (6–8)14,05232–38
71June 27Twins3–2McLaughlin (7–3)Felton (0–8)20,07433–38
72June 29Mariners4–1Bannister (7–4)Clancy (7–4)Stanton (5)13,09733–39
73June 30Mariners10–4Beattie (6–4)Stieb (6–9)12,33933–40 :
July: 15–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
74July 1Mariners4–3Perry (6–7)Leal (5–6)Caudill (14)21,00433–41
75July 2@ Twins9–4Murray (4–3)Havens (3–6)McLaughlin (3)7,50334–41
76July 3@ Twins2–1O'Connor (1–2)Clancy (7–5)9,59134–42
77July 4@ Twins4–3Little (1–0)Stieb (6–10)6,53234–43
78July 5@ Rangers3–2Matlack (4–5)Leal (5–7)Darwin (4)29,12634–44
79July 6@ Rangers4–3Murray (5–3)Tanana (4–10)9,65735–44
80July 7@ Royals3–1Gura (10–4)Clancy (7–6)22,21735–45
81July 8@ Royals5–4Stieb (7–10)Armstrong (2–3)McLaughlin (4)24,40936–45
82July 9White Sox7–6Murray (6–3)Dotson (3–10)McLaughlin (5)15,13137–45
83July 10White Sox6–5Escárrega (1–1)Gott (1–5)Hickey (4)17,03537–46
84July 11White Sox16–7Burns (9–4)Clancy (7–7)16,16937–47
85July 15Rangers5–1Stieb (8–10)Honeycutt (4–10)14,12338–47
86July 16Rangers6–0Clancy (8–7)Hough (7–8)13,35939–47
87July 17Rangers11–3Jackson (3–6)Butcher (0–1)17,08040–47
88July 18Rangers5–4 (10)McLaughlin (8–3)Darwin (6–4)15,51241–47
89July 19Royals4–2Leal (6–7)Black (3–3)16,46642–47
90July 20Royals9–2Stieb (9–10)Gura (10–7)18,55243–47
91July 21Royals9–7Blue (7–7)Clancy (8–8)Quisenberry (23)19,15243–48
92July 22@ White Sox3–2Burns (10–4)McLaughlin (8–4)21,87543–49
93July 23@ White Sox7–1Leal (7–7)Barnes (0–2)Jackson (5)27,77044–49
94July 24@ White Sox8–1Stieb (10–10)Lamp (7–5)Murray (1)21,82145–49
95July 25@ White Sox5–3Hoyt (12–9)Clancy (8–9)17,45245–50
96July 26@ Red Sox3–2Eckersley (11–8)Gott (1–6)22,26145–51
97July 27@ Red Sox3–1Leal (8–7)Tudor (6–8)27,07746–51
98July 28@ Red Sox9–7Ojeda (4–5)Jackson (3–7)Stanley (8)18,62746–52
99July 30Tigers6–5 (12)Murray (7–3)James (0–2)18,26247–52
100July 31Tigers1–0 (10)Gott (2–6)Rucker (1–1)21,00748–52 :
August: 13–20 (Home: 7–8; Away: 6–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
101August 1Tigers8–5Morris (12–11)Leal (8–8)Tobik (5)23,03348–53
102August 2Brewers9–4Stieb (11–10)McClure (8–4)20,14149–53
103August 3Brewers7–4Vuckovich (12–4)Clancy (8–10)Fingers (24)16,57549–54
104August 4Brewers8–0Caldwell (9–10)Gott (2–7)17,52149–55
105August 5@ Tigers5–2Ujdur (5–5)Leal (8–9)49–56
106August 5@ Tigers7–4Rucker (2–1)Jackson (3–8)Tobik (6)26,01049–57
107August 6@ Tigers6–0Morris (13–11)Stieb (11–11)21,60249–58
108August 7@ Tigers7–4Clancy (9–10)Pashnick (3–4)Murray (2)20,60850–58
109August 8@ Tigers7–4Gott (3–7)Underwood (3–8)McLaughlin (6)51–58
110August 8@ Tigers7–4Geisel (1–0)Rucker (2–2)Murray (3)23,55052–58
111August 9Red Sox4–2Schrom (1–0)Eckersley (11–10)McLaughlin (7)20,10553–58
112August 10Red Sox4–0Stieb (12–11)Torrez (7–7)21,32454–58
113August 11Red Sox4–3Jackson (4–8)Stanley (7–5)22,01255–58
114August 12@ Brewers7–1McClure (9–4)Gott (3–8)55–59
115August 12@ Brewers4–3Lerch (8–7)Murray (7–4)Fingers (27)28,30555–60
116August 13@ Brewers3–1Vuckovich (13–4)Leal (8–10)49,06455–61
117August 14@ Brewers4–2Stieb (13–11)Caldwell (10–11)28,94056–61
118August 15@ Brewers3–2Clancy (10–10)Slaton (9–4)Murray (4)26,18057–61
119August 16Indians2–1Gott (4–8)Waits (1–12)McLaughlin (8)17,70458–61
120August 17Indians6–5Spillner (9–7)McLaughlin (8–5)58–62
121August 17Indians9–5Sutcliffe (10–4)Geisel (1–1)26,63658–63
122August 20@ Yankees4–2Rawley (7–8)Stieb (13–12)Gossage (26)20,17258–64
123August 21@ Yankees3–1Clancy (11–10)Guidry (11–5)Murray (5)24,02959–64
124August 22@ Yankees3–1Righetti (8–5)Gott (4–9)Gossage (27)33,69259–65
125August 23@ Yankees4–3LaRoche (4–1)Leal (8–11)Gossage (28)16,56559–66
126August 24@ Orioles7–3 (10)Martínez (12–10)McLaughlin (8–6)12,13959–67
127August 25@ Orioles8–3Flanagan (10–10)Clancy (11–11)11,71259–68
128August 26@ Orioles12–5Davis (4–3)Gott (4–10)21,47159–69
129August 27Yankees10–3Leal (9–11)Righetti (8–6)28,43860–69
130August 28Yankees3–2 (11)Murray (8–4)LaRoche (4–2)35,06561–69
131August 29Yankees8–2John (10–10)Clancy (11–12)34,31361–70
132August 30Orioles6–3Davis (5–3)Eichhorn (0–1)Martinez (12)14,09161–71
133August 31Orioles1–0Palmer (12–3)Leal (9–12)14,69061–72 :
September: 14–12 (Home: 7–4; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Orioles5–2Martínez (14–10)Stieb (13–13)12,47361–73
135September 3@ Indians3–2Anderson (2–2)Clancy (11–13)Brennan (2)12,13161–74
136September 4@ Indians4–3Brennan (1–2)Murray (8–5)Spillner (17)6,11061–75
137September 5@ Indians6–5Leal (10–12)Barker (12–11)Murray (6)6,96862–75
138September 6@ Athletics3–1Stieb (14–13)Kingman (3–11)20,17263–75
139September 7@ Athletics2–1Clancy (12–13)D'Acquisto (0–1)Murray (7)8,40364–75
140September 8@ Athletics6–5Jackson (5–8)Conroy (0–1)Murray (8)10,78665–75
141September 10@ Angels6–2Zahn (16–7)Leal (10–13)25,01265–76
142September 11@ Angels4–1Forsch (12–10)Stieb (14–14)43,81965–77
143September 12@ Angels3–2John (12–11)Clancy (12–14)Curtis (1)25,39465–78
--September 14AthleticsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 15
144September 15Athletics3–2Leal (11–13)Conroy (0–2)Murray (9)66–78
145September 15Athletics12–11Jackson (6–8)Hanna (0–3)12,09067–78
146September 16Angels2–1 (12)Jackson (7–8)Sánchez (6–3)15,69368–78
147September 17Angels6–2Clancy (13–14)John (12–12)Murray (10)15,60569–78
148September 18Angels8–6Sánchez (7–3)Murray (8–6)20,53369–79
149September 19Angels5–1Kison (9–5)Eichhorn (0–2)22,02569–80
150September 20@ Twins4–1Castillo (11–11)Leal (11–14)Davis (21)2,83069–81
151September 21@ Twins5–1Stieb (15–14)Viola (4–8)3,28270–81
152September 22@ Twins3–2 (10)Clancy (14–14)Havens (9–13)3,67671–81
153September 24@ Mariners3–2Vande Berg (9–4)Murray (8–7)14,07171–82
154September 25@ Mariners7–0Clark (5–2)Leal (11–15)18,81871–83
155September 26@ Mariners6–2Stieb (16–14)Bannister (12–12)6,74272–83
156September 28Twins3–0Clancy (15–14)Viola (4–9)73–83
157September 28Twins4–3 (10)Jackson (8–8)Davis (3–9)11,12474–83
158September 29Twins8–0Havens (10–13)Eichhorn (0–3)10,36474–84
159September 30Twins6–4Leal (12–15)O'Connor (8–9)Murray (11)11,07675–84 :
October: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1Mariners2–0Stieb (17–14)Bannister (12–13)11,17176–84
161October 2Mariners3–0Gott (5–10)Stoddard (3–3)Jackson (6)12,47277–84
162October 3Mariners5–2Clancy (16–14)Caudill (12–9)19,06478–84 :

## Player stats
### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| C | Ernie Whitt | 105 | 284 | 28 | 74 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 42 | .261 | 3 |
| 1B | Willie Upshaw | 160 | 580 | 77 | 155 | 25 | 7 | 21 | 75 | .267 | 8 |
| 2B | Damaso Garcia | 147 | 597 | 89 | 185 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 42 | .310 | 54 |
| 3B | Garth Iorg | 129 | 417 | 45 | 119 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 36 | .285 | 3 |
| SS | Alfredo Griffin | 162 | 539 | 57 | 130 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 48 | .241 | 10 |
| LF | Barry Bonnell | 140 | 437 | 59 | 128 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 49 | .293 | 14 |
| CF | Lloyd Moseby | 147 | 487 | 51 | 115 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 52 | .236 | 11 |
| RF | Jesse Barfield | 139 | 394 | 54 | 97 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 58 | .246 | 1 |
| DH | Wayne Nordhagen | 72 | 185 | 12 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 20 | .270 | 0 |

### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Rance Mulliniks | 112 | 311 | 32 | 76 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 35 | .244 | 3 |
| Hosken Powell | 112 | 265 | 43 | 73 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 26 | .275 | 4 |
| Buck Martinez | 96 | 260 | 26 | 63 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 37 | .242 | 1 |
| Al Woods | 85 | 201 | 20 | 47 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 24 | .234 | 1 |
| Dave Revering | 55 | 135 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 18 | .215 | 0 |
| Leon Roberts | 40 | 105 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .229 | 1 |
| Tony Johnson | 70 | 98 | 17 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | .235 | 3 |
| Glenn Adams | 30 | 66 | 2 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .258 | 0 |
| Otto Velez | 28 | 52 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .192 | 1 |
| Geno Petralli | 16 | 44 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | 0 |
| John Mayberry | 17 | 33 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .273 | 0 |
| Dave Baker | 9 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | 0 |
| Pedro Hernandez | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Dick Davis | 3 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .286 | 0 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | R | ER | BB | K |
| Dave Stieb | 17 | 14 | 3.25 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 288.1 | 116 | 104 | 75 | 141 |
| Jim Clancy | 16 | 14 | 3.71 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 266.2 | 122 | 110 | 77 | 139 |
| Luis Leal | 12 | 15 | 3.93 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 249.2 | 113 | 109 | 79 | 111 |
| Joey McLaughlin | 8 | 6 | 3.21 | 44 | 0 | 8 | 70.0 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 49 |
| Dale Murray | 8 | 7 | 3.16 | 56 | 0 | 11 | 111.0 | 48 | 39 | 32 | 60 |
| Roy Lee Jackson | 8 | 8 | 3.06 | 48 | 2 | 6 | 97.0 | 37 | 33 | 31 | 71 |
| Jim Gott | 5 | 10 | 4.43 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 136.0 | 76 | 67 | 66 | 82 |
| Ken Schrom | 1 | 0 | 5.87 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 11 | 10 | 15 | 8 |
| Jerry Garvin | 1 | 1 | 7.25 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 58.1 | 48 | 47 | 26 | 35 |
| Dave Geisel | 1 | 1 | 3.98 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 31.2 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 22 |
| Mark Bomback | 1 | 5 | 6.03 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 59.2 | 44 | 40 | 25 | 22 |
| Steve Senteney | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 20 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 0 | 3 | 5.45 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 38.0 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 16 |
| Totals | 78 | 84 | 3.95 | 162 | 162 | 25 | 1443.0 | 701 | 633 | 493 | 776 |

## Award winners

* Jim Clancy, American League All-Star Selection, Reserve
* Dámaso García, 2B, Silver Slugger Award
* Dave Stieb, The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
* Dave Stieb, American League Leader, 19 Complete Games
* Dave Stieb, American League Leader, 5 Shutouts

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Jim Beauchamp |
| AA | Knoxville Blue Jays | Southern League | 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 | Héctor Torres |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Duane Larson |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medicine Hat