# 1986 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1986 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's tenth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

## Offseason
### Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1986 season.

#### October 1985

| October 15 | Ron Musselman granted free agency. |

#### November 1985

| November 12 | Jeff Burroughs granted free agency. Steve Nicosia granted free agency. Al Oliver granted free agency. |

#### December 1985

| December 10 | Drafted José DeJesús from the Kansas City Royals in the 1985 MLB Rule 5 draft. |

#### January 1986

| January 3 | Signed amateur free agent Luis Sojo to a contract. |
| January 6 | Signed free agent José Escobar from the Philadelphia Phillies to a contract. |

#### March 1986

| March 14 | Signed free agent César Cedeño from the St. Louis Cardinals to a contract. |
| March 31 | Signed free agent Ron Musselman from the Cleveland Indians to a contract. |

#### April 1986

| April 3 | Returned José DeJesús to the Kansas City Royals. Released César Cedeño. |

## Regular season

Tony Fernández and Jesse Barfield had career years with the Blue Jays. Fernandez led the American League with 683 at bats, and he was the first Blue Jay to get over 200 hits in a season with 213. Barfield led the American League with 40 home runs.
Mark Eichhorn also had a breakout year with the Blue Jays. He was second on the team with 10 saves, and he led the team in ERA with 1.72 and strikeouts with 166. He tied with Jim Clancy and Jimmy Key for the team lead in wins with 14.
* May 17, 1986: Jesse Barfield had six RBIs in one game against the Cleveland Indians.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 95 | 66 | .590 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍36 |
| New York Yankees | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5½ | 41‍–‍39 | 49‍–‍33 |
| Detroit Tigers | 87 | 75 | .537 | 8½ | 49‍–‍32 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | .531 | 9½ | 42‍–‍39 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Cleveland Indians | 84 | 78 | .519 | 11½ | 45‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍43 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 77 | 84 | .478 | 18 | 41‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 73 | 89 | .451 | 22½ | 37‍–‍42 | 36‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1986 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
| Boston | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
| California | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 10–3 | 8–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 |
| Chicago | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–7 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 2–11 | 6–6 |
| Cleveland | 9–4 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–9 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 10–2 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 3–10–1 |
| Detroit | 12–1 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 |
| Milwaukee | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–6 |
| Minnesota | 4–8 | 2–10 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 4–8 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 4–8 |
| New York | 8–5 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–4 | — | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–6 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 6–7 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 7–5 | — | 10–3 | 3–10 | 8–4 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 3–10 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 |
| Texas | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 11–2 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 |
| Toronto | 5–8 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–3–1 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1986 regular season.

#### April 1986

| April 8 | Signed free agent Joe Beckwith from the Kansas City Royals to a contract. |

#### July 1986

| July 6 | Acquired Joe Johnson from the Atlanta Braves for Jim Acker. Acquired Duane Ward from the Atlanta Braves for Doyle Alexander. |
| July 31 | Player rights of Joe Beckwith sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers. |

#### September 1986

| September 1 | Purchased Mickey Mahler from the Texas Rangers. |

#### Draft picks

* June 2, 1986: Doug Linton was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 43rd round of the 1986 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed September 5, 1986.

### Game log

1986 Game Log :
April: 9–11 (Home: 5–4; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 8@ Rangers6–3Guzmán (1–0)Stieb (0–1)Harris (1)40,6020–1
2April 9@ Rangers3–1Alexander (1–0)Correa (0–1)Henke (1)8,5891–1
3April 10@ Rangers11–10Henke (1–0)Harris (0–1)8,3412–1
4April 11@ Royals6–2Clancy (1–0)Gubicza (0–1)39,0333–1
5April 12@ Royals1–0Leonard (1–0)Acker (0–1)24,3323–2
6April 13@ Royals7–4Black (1–1)Stieb (0–2)Farr (1)26,6843–3
7April 14Orioles2–1Boddicker (1–0)Alexander (1–1)43,5873–4
--April 16OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for April 17
8April 17Orioles5–3Flanagan (1–1)Key (0–1)Aase (2)3–5
9April 17Orioles7–4Henke (2–0)Martinez (0–1)19,2514–5
10April 18Royals6–4Leonard (2–0)Stieb (0–3)Quisenberry (2)21,2244–6
11April 19Royals6–5Alexander (2–1)Black (1–2)Henke (2)26,1495–6
12April 20Royals6–4Leibrandt (2–0)Lamp (0–1)Quisenberry (3)38,1415–7
13April 21Rangers7–6Eichhorn (1–0)Harris (2–2)Henke (3)16,2196–7
14April 22Rangers10–1Witt (1–0)Clancy (1–1)Mahler (1)16,1616–8
15April 23Rangers9 – 8Williams (1–0)Lamp (0–2)Harris (2)17,2816–9
16April 25@ Orioles2–1 (10)Eichhorn (2–0)Aase (1–2)20,5247–9
17April 26@ Orioles11–5Havens (1–1)Henke (2–1)22,6597–10
18April 27@ Orioles8–0Clancy (2–1)Dixon (2–1)29,9288–10
19April 29Angels4–3Forster (2–0)Eichhorn (2–1)Moore (5)18,1038–11
20April 30Angels6–4Alexander (3–1)Moore (1–1)18,1719–11 :
May: 14–15 (Home: 7–5; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1Angels7–4Slaton (3–1)Key (0–2)Moore (6)20,1029–12
22May 2Mariners3–2 (11)Ladd (2–1)Eichhorn (2–2)18,1349–13
23May 3Mariners4–2Morgan (2–2)Acker (0–2)Ladd (1)27,1159–14
24May 4Mariners3–2Henke (3–1)Moore (1–3)22,15410–14
25May 5Athletics10–6Eichhorn (3–2)Krueger (0–1)20,11111–14
26May 6Athletics17–3Haas (6–0)Key (0–3)22,17711–15
27May 7@ Angels6–2Sutton (1–3)Clancy (2–2)Corbett (2)24,89511–16
28May 8@ Angels7–6Eichhorn (4–2)Forster (3–1)Henke (4)23,65012–16
29May 9@ Mariners13–3Moore (2–3)Stieb (0–4)12,02612–17
30May 10@ Mariners8–7 (11)Ladd (3–1)Henke (3–2)20,15512–18
31May 11@ Mariners4–3Key (1–3)Swift (0–3)Eichhorn (1)10,17213–18
32May 12@ Athletics5–3Clancy (3–2)Andújar (4–2)Eichhorn (2)20,12614–18
33May 13@ Athletics6–3 (10)Mooneyham (1–0)Lamp (0–3)7,12414–19
34May 14@ Athletics9–4Young (1–0)Stieb (0–5)10,94014–20
35May 16Indians7–6Acker (1–2)Candiotti (2–4)Eichhorn (3)21,25115–20
36May 17Indians11–5Key (2–3)Heaton (1–3)27,47316–20
37May 18Indians10–2Clancy (4–2)Schulze (2–1)28,06317–20
38May 19Indians6–4Niekro (3–3)Stieb (0–6)Bailes (3)27,20217–21
39May 20@ White Sox2–1Davis (2–1)Cerutti (0–1)12,83717–22
40May 21@ White Sox5–4Nelson (4–1)Acker (1–3)13,97617–23
41May 22@ White Sox5–0Key (3–3)Dotson (2–4)12,60518–23
42May 23@ Indians3–1Schulze (3–1)Clancy (4–3)61,34018–24
43May 24@ Indians9–6Lamp (1–3)Easterly (0–2)Eichhorn (4)12,34819–24
44May 25@ Indians8–1Cerutti (1–1)Schrom (3–2)13,77220–24
45May 26@ Twins9–1Portugal (1–5)Alexander (3–2)10,88520–25
46May 27@ Twins7–6 (11)Pastore (2–0)Henke (3–3)9,05220–26
47May 28@ Twins14–8Clancy (5–3)Blyleven (4–4)9,13321–26
48May 30White Sox6–0Stieb (1–6)Davis (2–2)31,12522–26
49May 31White Sox4–3 (11)Henke (4–3)Nelson (4–2)40,14523–26 :
June: 17–11 (Home: 10–8; Away: 7–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
50June 1White Sox6–4Dotson (3–5)Key (3–4)31,30223–27
51June 2Twins3–1Clancy (6–3)Blyleven (4–5)Henke (5)26,02224–27
52June 3Twins6–5Eichhorn (5–2)Atherton (2–3)Henke (6)27,11225–27
53June 4Twins10–4Viola (5–5)Stieb (1–7)30,23425–28
54June 6@ Tigers12–2Alexander (4–2)Terrell (6–3)37,35326–28
55June 7@ Tigers2–1Tanana (5–4)Key (3–5)Hernández (9)37,75026–29
56June 8@ Tigers4–2Eichhorn (6–2)O'Neal (0–3)Henke (7)36,68127–29
57June 9Red Sox5–1Stieb (2–7)Woodward (1–2)27,55128–29
58June 10Red Sox4–3 (10)Stanley (3–2)Eichhorn (6–3)28,14928–30
59June 11Red Sox3–2Clemens (11–0)Alexander (4–3)Stanley (10)25,22628–31
60June 12Tigers9–0 (7)Key (4–5)LaPoint (2–5)30,13529–31
61June 13Tigers10–5King (2–0)Clancy (6–4)36,47129–32
62June 14Tigers6–5Henke (5–3)Hernández (2–3)40,06330–32
63June 15Tigers9–6Lamp (2–3)Cary (0–2)Henke (8)38,15731–32
64June 16@ Brewers9–2Alexander (5–3)Wegman (2–6)Gordon (1)12,80932–32
65June 17@ Brewers2–1 (12)Henke (6–3)Plesac (4–4)14,46533–32
66June 18@ Brewers3–1Higuera (9–5)Clancy (6–5)21,65233–33
67June 19Yankees10–9 (10)Caudill (1–0)Righetti (4–4)35,38934–33
68June 20Yankees10–8 (10)Fisher (3–3)Gordon (0–1)38,10934–34
69June 21Yankees4–2 (10)Righetti (5–4)Lamp (2–4)Pulido (1)43,67834–35
70June 22Yankees15–1Key (5–5)Niekro (7–5)40,10135–35
71June 23Brewers5–3Darwin (4–3)Stieb (2–8)Plesac (6)26,11035–36
72June 24Brewers8–0Cerutti (2–1)Higuera (9–6)26,28036–36
73June 25Brewers5–1Clancy (7–5)Leary (6–6)Lamp (1)30,18137–36
74June 27@ Yankees14–7Acker (2–3)Fisher (4–4)Henke (9)30,81538–36
75June 28@ Yankees7–4Key (6–5)Niekro (7–6)43,18739–36
76June 29@ Yankees6–3Cerutti (3–1)Fisher (4–5)Henke (10)35,43740–36
77June 30@ Red Sox10–9 (10)Stanley (5–2)Acker (2–4)30,77040–37 :
July: 15–11 (Home: 5–5; Away: 10–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1@ Red Sox9–7Seaver (3–6)Alexander (5–4)Sambito (7)32,72940–38
79July 2@ Red Sox4–2Key (7–5)Clemens (14–1)Henke (11)27,49341–38
80July 3@ Red Sox8–5Cerutti (4–1)Boyd (10–6)Henke (12)21,12342–38
81July 4Angels9–1Sutton (7–5)Stieb (2–9)30,28342–39
82July 5Angels7–3Clancy (8–5)Romanick (5–7)40,42643–39
83July 6Angels8–2McCaskill (9–5)Lamp (2–5)36,19743–40
84July 7Mariners7–5Key (8–5)Morgan (6–8)Caudill (1)26,20844–40
85July 8Mariners8–5Huismann (2–2)Cerutti (4–2)Young (8)28,24144–41
86July 9Mariners6–5Caudill (2–0)Moore (5–8)Henke (13)30,04445–41
87July 10Athletics8–4Clancy (9–5)Plunk (2–5)28,17246–41
88July 11Athletics6–5Eichhorn (7–3)Rijo (3–8)Henke (14)30,37047–41
89July 12Athletics5–3Stewart (2–0)Key (8–6)Ontiveros (8)35,47047–42
90July 13Athletics10–5Young (6–6)Caudill (2–1)Leiper (1)37,13847–43
91July 17@ Angels8–5Key (9–6)Sutton (8–6)Cerutti (1)31,58548–43
92July 18@ Angels2–0Clancy (10–5)McCaskill (10–6)Eichhorn (5)31,67249–43
93July 19@ Angels9–3Candelaria (3–0)Stieb (2–10)30,57749–44
94July 20@ Angels6–3 (10)Henke (7–3)Corbett (2–2)Caudill (2)27,79550–44
95July 21@ Mariners8–3Cerutti (5–2)Huismann (2–3)17,82351–44
96July 22@ Mariners8–7 (12)Reed (3–0)Caudill (2–2)10,15251–45
97July 23@ Mariners6–2Clancy (11–5)Moore (6–10)Stieb (1)11,48552–45
98July 25@ Athletics6–5 (10)Bair (1–2)Caudill (2–3)12,77852–46
99July 26@ Athletics2–0Plunk (3–6)Cerutti (5–3)Andújar (1)22,16852–47
100July 27@ Athletics1–0 (15)Leiper (1–1)Clarke (0–1)21,62852–48
101July 28@ Royals6–0Clancy (12–5)Leibrandt (9–7)40,46853–48
102July 29@ Royals5–2Stieb (3–10)Bankhead (4–5)Henke (15)27,29254–48
103July 30@ Royals7–2Johnson (1–0)Leonard (6–10)35,75055–48 :
August: 18–10 (Home: 11–5; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1Orioles7–3Dixon (10–8)Key (9–7)34,37055–49
105August 2Orioles5–2McGregor (8–10)Clancy (12–6)Aase (28)41,09155–50
106August 3Orioles6–4Cerutti (6–3)Flanagan (5–7)Henke (16)36,44656–50
107August 4Orioles12–2Boddicker (14–5)Johnson (1–1)35,04156–51
108August 5Royals8–6Bankhead (5–5)Lamp (2–6)Farr (6)30,43756–52
109August 6Royals8–0Key (10–7)Jackson (6–8)32,13057–52
110August 7Royals5–4Eichhorn (8–3)Farr (7–3)Henke (17)34,28558–52
111August 8@ Rangers9–7Harris (6–8)Eichhorn (8–4)31,19758–53
112August 9@ Rangers7–6 (10)Harris (7–8)Caudill (2–4)31,51758–54
113August 10@ Rangers8–7 (10)Eichhorn (9–3)Williams (8–4)15,04059–54
114August 11@ Orioles3–1Flanagan (6–7)Key (10–8)Aase (29)21,44459–55
115August 12@ Orioles3–0Clancy (13–6)McGregor (8–11)20,29260–55
116August 13@ Orioles7–6 (13)Aase (5–3)Aquino (0–1)22,47760–56
117August 15Rangers6–1Johnson (2–1)Correa (7–10)Eichhorn (6)31,41161–56
118August 16Rangers13–1Key (11–8)Hough (9–8)41,20362–56
119August 17Rangers8–7 (11)Eichhorn (10–4)Russell (4–2)38,41363–56
120August 19White Sox5–1Stieb (4–10)Cowley (8–8)34,15864–56
121August 20White Sox4–1Johnson (3–1)DeLeón (3–2)33,49365–56
122August 21White Sox4–3Schmidt (1–4)Key (11–9)Nelson (5)35,39365–57
123August 22@ Twins4–3Blyleven (13–10)Clancy (13–7)Frazier (2)14,35965–58
124August 23@ Twins7–4Cerutti (7–3)Smithson (9–12)Eichhorn (7)22,60466–58
125August 24@ Twins7–5 (10)Henke (8–3)Atherton (5–8)18,11767–58
126August 26@ Indians6–6 (9)Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 275,40067–58
127August 27@ Indians3–2 (12)Eichhorn (11–4)Oelkers (2–3)Henke (18)68–58
128August 27@ Indians6–3Cerutti (8–3)Wills (1–2)Henke (19)9,05169–58
129August 28@ Indians9–1Clancy (14–7)Schrom (11–6)7,46670–58
130August 29Twins6–5Eichhorn (12–4)Atherton (5–10)38,24171–58
131August 30Twins8–1Johnson (4–1)Viola (13–10)Lamp (2)43,55672–58
132August 31Twins7–5Aquino (1–1)Anderson (3–5)Eichhorn (8)45,16173–58 :
September: 12–15 (Home: 5–5; Away: 7–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Indians5–4Henke (9–3)Camacho (2–3)44,33574–58
134September 2Indians9–5Schrom (12–6)Clancy (14–8)Wills (2)33,53574–59
135September 3Indians3–1Stieb (5–10)Candiotti (13–10)Henke (20)31,53275–59
136September 5@ White Sox5–0Dotson (10–13)Johnson (4–2)11,65075–60
137September 6@ White Sox4–0Key (12–9)Bannister (9–11)22,01476–60
138September 7@ White Sox4–3Nelson (6–6)Clancy (14–9)Thigpen (5)13,55376–61
139September 9Yankees3–1Guidry (7–10)Eichhorn (12–5)Righetti (36)35,35376–62
--September 10YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 11
140September 11Yankees3–1Drabek (5–7)Key (12–10)Righetti (37)76–63
141September 11Yankees7–5Fisher (9–5)Henke (9–4)Righetti (38)33,29276–64
142September 12@ Brewers4–1Johnson (2–1)Clancy (14–10)Clear (13)7,25576–65
143September 13@ Brewers7–1Johnson (5–2)Vuckovich (1–2)Eichhorn (9)10,47277–65
144September 14@ Brewers5–0Higuera (19–9)Stieb (5–11)8,70677–66
145September 15@ Brewers5–2Cerutti (9–3)Wegman (4–12)Henke (21)5,74278–66
146September 16Tigers6–4Key (13–10)Terrell (12–12)Henke (22)31,12879–66
147September 17Tigers8–6Morris (18–8)Clancy (14–11)Hernández (22)30,11679–67
148September 19Red Sox6–4Stieb (6–11)Seaver (7–13)Henke (23)40,49480–67
149September 20Red Sox5–2Johnson (6–2)Nipper (9–11)Eichhorn (10)43,71381–67
150September 21Red Sox3–2Clemens (24–4)Key (13–11)Schiraldi (9)44,19781–68
151September 22@ Tigers2–1Morris (19–8)Clancy (14–12)14,97981–69
152September 23@ Tigers6–3Eichhorn (13–5)Hernández (8–7)Henke (24)14,36482–69
153September 24@ Tigers8–2Stieb (7–11)Petry (5–9)15,06983–69
154September 25@ Tigers4–2Johnson (7–2)Tanana (11–9)Henke (25)16,59184–69
155September 26@ Red Sox1–0 (12)Eichhorn (14–5)Schiraldi (4–2)Henke (26)33,65785–69
156September 27@ Red Sox2–0Hurst (13–7)Clancy (14–13)33,35885–70
157September 28@ Red Sox12–3Boyd (16–10)Ward (0–1)32,92985–71
158September 29@ Yankees8–1Rasmussen (17–6)Cerutti (9–4)15,77085–72
159September 30@ Yankees5–2Nielsen (3–4)Stieb (7–12)Righetti (43)15,16685–73 :
October: 1–3 (Home: 1–0; Away: 0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Yankees3–0Key (14–11)Guidry (9–12)Henke (27)17,87686–73
161October 3Brewers4–1Wegman (5–12)Clancy (14–14)Plesac (14)26,61986–74
--October 4BrewersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 5
162October 5Brewers2–1Leary (12–12)Henke (9–5)Clear (15)86–75
163October 5Brewers4–3Nieves (11–12)Eichhorn (14–6)Clear (16)34,17686–76 :

## Player stats
### 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 | Ernie Whitt | 131 | 395 | 106 | .268 | 16 | 56 |
| 1B | Willie Upshaw | 155 | 573 | 144 | .251 | 9 | 60 |
| 2B | Dámaso García | 122 | 424 | 119 | .281 | 6 | 46 |
| 3B | Rance Mulliniks | 117 | 348 | 90 | .259 | 11 | 45 |
| SS | Tony Fernández | 163 | 687 | 213 | .310 | 10 | 65 |
| LF | George Bell | 159 | 641 | 198 | .309 | 31 | 108 |
| CF | Lloyd Moseby | 152 | 589 | 149 | .253 | 21 | 86 |
| RF | Jesse Barfield | 158 | 589 | 170 | .289 | 40 | 108 |
| DH | Cliff Johnson | 107 | 336 | 84 | .250 | 15 | 55 |

#### 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 |
| Garth Iorg | 137 | 327 | 85 | .260 | 3 | 44 |
| Rick Leach | 110 | 246 | 76 | .309 | 5 | 39 |
| Buck Martinez | 81 | 160 | 29 | .181 | 2 | 12 |
| Kelly Gruber | 87 | 143 | 28 | .196 | 5 | 15 |
| Cecil Fielder | 34 | 83 | 13 | .157 | 4 | 13 |
| Manuel Lee | 35 | 78 | 16 | .205 | 1 | 7 |
| Ron Shepherd | 65 | 69 | 14 | .203 | 2 | 4 |
| Jeff Hearron | 12 | 23 | 5 | .217 | 0 | 4 |
| Fred McGriff | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 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 |
| Jimmy Key | 36 | 232.0 | 14 | 11 | 3.57 | 141 |
| Jim Clancy | 34 | 219.1 | 14 | 14 | 3.94 | 126 |
| Dave Stieb | 37 | 205.0 | 7 | 12 | 4.74 | 127 |
| Doyle Alexander | 17 | 111.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.46 | 65 |
| Joe Johnson | 16 | 88.0 | 7 | 2 | 3.89 | 39 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| John Cerutti | 34 | 145.1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4.15 | 89 |
| Jim Acker | 23 | 60.0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.35 | 32 |
| Duane Ward | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Tom Henke | 63 | 91.1 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 3.35 | 118 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 69 | 157.0 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 1.72 | 166 |
| Dennis Lamp | 40 | 73.0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5.05 | 30 |
| Bill Caudill | 40 | 36.1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6.19 | 32 |
| Don Gordon | 14 | 21.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.06 | 13 |
| Stan Clarke | 10 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.24 | 9 |
| Luis Aquino | 7 | 11.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.35 | 5 |
| Jeff Musselman | 6 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 4 |
| Steve Davis | 3 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.18 | 5 |
| Mickey Mahler | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Jesse Barfield, American League Home Run Champion, 40 Home Runs
* Jesse Barfield, Gold Glove Award
* Jesse Barfield, Silver Slugger Award
* George Bell, Silver Slugger Award
* Mark Eichhorn, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award
* Tony Fernández, American League Leader in At-Bats, 687
* Tony Fernández, Gold Glove Award
All-Star Game
* Jesse Barfield, outfield
* Lloyd Moseby, outfield
* Tony Fernández, shortstop

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Doug Ault |
| AA | Knoxville Blue Jays | Southern League | Larry Hardy |
| A | Ventura County Gulls | California League | Glenn Ezell |
| A | Florence Blue Jays | South Atlantic League | Héctor Torres |
| A-Short Season | St. Catharines Blue Jays | New York–Penn League | Cloyd Boyer |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Dennis Holmberg |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: St. Catharines