# 1987 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1987 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 11th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses. They had been in first place by 3½ games over the Detroit Tigers with a week left to play, but they dropped their next seven games in a row, capped off by a sweep at the hands of Detroit at Tiger Stadium on the last weekend of the season, and lost the division by two games.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1987 season.

### October 1986

| October 8 | Released Mickey Mahler. |
| October 20 | Released Dennis Lamp. |

### November 1986

| November 12 | Jim Clancy granted free agency. Cliff Johnson granted free agency. Buck Martinez granted free agency. Ernie Whitt granted free agency. |

### December 1986

| December 8 | Drafted José Núñez from the Kansas City Royals in the 1986 MLB Rule 5 draft. Stan Clarke drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 1986 MLB Rule 5 draft. Cliff Young drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1986 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 9 | Gibson Alba selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 1986 Minor League Draft. |

### January 1987

| January 6 | Re-signed free agent Jim Clancy to a two-year, $1.75 million contract. |
| January 8 | Re-signed free agent Ernie Whitt to a three-year, $2.3 million contract. |
| January 12 | Signed free agent Steve Fireovid from the Seattle Mariners to a contract. |

### February 1987

| February 2 | Acquired Craig McMurtry from the Atlanta Braves for Dámaso García and Luis Leal. |

### March 1987

| March 26 | Released Ron Shepherd. |

### April 1987

| April 2 | Released Bill Caudill. |
| April 4 | Signed free agent Odell Jones from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract. |
| April 6 | Cliff Young returned from the Oakland Athletics. |

## Regular season

* Blue Jays left fielder George Bell drove in 134 runs to lead the American League, along with 47 home runs, and was selected the league's Most Valuable Player in a close vote over the Tigers' Alan Trammell.
* Tom Henke established himself as an elite closer, as he led the American League in saves with 34.
* Starting pitcher Jimmy Key led the American League with a 2.76 ERA.
* July 21, 1987: Jimmy Key threw exactly three pitches and recorded three outs. This was accomplished in the second inning.
* September 14, 1987: The Blue Jays set a Major League record by hitting 10 home runs in a game against the Baltimore Orioles.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Detroit Tigers | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 96 | 66 | .593 | 2 | 52‍–‍29 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 91 | 71 | .562 | 7 | 48‍–‍33 | 43‍–‍38 |
| New York Yankees | 89 | 73 | .549 | 9 | 51‍–‍30 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 50‍–‍30 | 28‍–‍54 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95 | .414 | 31 | 31‍–‍51 | 36‍–‍44 |
| Cleveland Indians | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | 35‍–‍46 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1987 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 1–12 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 2–11 | 5–7 | 3–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 1–12 |
| Boston | 12–1 | — | 4–8 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 2–11 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 |
| California | 3–9 | 8–4 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 5–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 5–8 | 5–7 |
| Chicago | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
| Cleveland | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | — | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 3–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 2–10 | 5–8 |
| Detroit | 9–4 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 9–4 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–6 |
| Kansas City | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 4–8 | 8–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 |
| Milwaukee | 11–2 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 7–6 | 8–4 | — | 3–9 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 9–4 |
| Minnesota | 7–5 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 4–8 | 5–8 | 9–3 | — | 6–6 | 10–3 | 9–4 | 6–7 | 3–9 |
| New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 |
| Oakland | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 7–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–7 | 7–5 |
| Seattle | 8–4 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–9 | 8–4 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 | — | 9–4 | 2–10 |
| Texas | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 10–2 | 4–8 | 6–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 3–9 |
| Toronto | 12–1 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 4–9 | 9–3 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1987 regular season.

#### April 1987

| April 17 | Released Steve Fireovid. |

#### June 1987

| June 5 | Signed free agent Charlie Moore from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $256,000 contract. |

#### July 1987

| July 14 | Acquired Juan Beníquez from the Kansas City Royals for Luis Aquino. |
| July 30 | Signed amateur free agent Nigel Wilson to a contract. |

#### August 1987

| August 4 | Signed amateur free agent Domingo Cedeño to a contract. |
| August 9 | Acquired Phil Niekro from the Cleveland Indians for Darryl Landrum and a player to be named later (Don Gordon on August 10, 1987). |
| August 18 | Signed amateur free agent Denis Boucher to a contract. |
| August 25 | Released Gary Lavelle. |
| August 31 | Released Phil Niekro. Acquired Mike Flanagan from the Baltimore Orioles for Oswaldo Peraza and a player to be named later (José Mesa on September 4, 1987). |

#### September 1987

| September 22 | Acquired Juan Guzmán from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Mike Sharperson. |

### Game log

1987 Game Log :
April: 12–8 (Home: 7–4; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6Indians7–3Key (1–0)Candiotti (0–1)40,4041–0
2April 8Indians5–1Clancy (1–0)Swindell (0–1)20,3882–0
3April 9Indians14–3Niekro (1–0)Johnson (0–1)Carlton (1)21,0882–1
4April 10@ Red Sox3–0Hurst (1–0)Stieb (0–1)33,6792–2
5April 11@ Red Sox11–1Key (2–0)Clemens (0–1)33,3653–2
6April 12@ Red Sox8–3Stanley (1–1)Clancy (1–1)27,5213–3
7April 14White Sox4–3 (13)Eichhorn (1–0)McKeon (0–1)17,3244–3
8April 15White Sox5–0DeLeón (2–0)Stieb (0–2)17,2854–4
9April 16Red Sox4–2Key (3–0)Clemens (0–2)Henke (1)22,0655–4
10April 17Red Sox10–5Cerutti (1–0)Stanley (1–2)Eichhorn (1)36,4006–4
11April 18Red Sox6–4Sellers (1–0)Clancy (1–2)Schiraldi (2)39,1076–5
12April 19Red Sox4–1Nipper (2–0)Johnson (0–2)Gardner (2)28,1406–6
13April 20@ Indians8–7 (10)Musselman (1–0)Jones (0–1)11,1647–6
14April 21@ Indians5–0Candiotti (1–3)Key (3–1)7,2037–7
15April 22@ Indians6–3Eichhorn (2–0)Carlton (1–2)Henke (2)6,0008–7
16April 24@ White Sox4–2 (10)Eichhorn (3–0)James (0–1)Henke (3)10,1059–7
17April 25@ White Sox5–4James (1–1)Eichhorn (3–1)18,6449–8
18April 26@ White Sox5–2Key (4–1)DeLeón (2–2)Henke (4)20,44310–8
19April 28Twins5–1Clancy (2–2)Viola (1–3)21,18211–8
20April 29Twins8–1Johnson (1–2)Smithson (3–1)19,02012–8 :
May: 16–11 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
21May 1Rangers3–2 (10)Musselman (2–0)Williams (2–2)22,15413–8
22May 2Rangers9–8Eichhorn (4–1)Harris (1–3)28,35214–8
23May 3Rangers3–1Clancy (3–2)Correa (1–2)Henke (5)32,32515–8
--May 4@ RoyalsPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 3
24May 5@ Royals6–4Leibrandt (4–1)Johnson (1–3)Gleaton (1)19,24515–9
25May 6@ Royals6–3Black (1–0)Key (4–2)Gleaton (2)28,08315–10
26May 8@ Rangers7–4Clancy (4–2)Guzmán (1–2)Eichhorn (2)21,83216–10
27May 9@ Rangers15–4Stieb (1–2)Correa (1–3)28,84717–10
28May 10@ Rangers9–8Witt (1–1)Eichhorn (4–2)Mohorcic (3)17,35617–11
29May 11Royals4–0Key (5–2)Leibrandt (4–2)24,15418–11
30May 12Royals3–1Black (2–0)Cerutti (1–1)Quisenberry (3)30,03418–12
31May 13@ Twins7–0Clancy (5–2)Portugal (1–2)9,15819–12
32May 14@ Twins16–4Stieb (2–2)Straker (2–1)10,05320–12
33May 15@ Athletics3–2Johnson (2–3)Plunk (1–2)Henke (6)13,13921–12
34May 16@ Athletics10–3Haas (1–0)Key (5–3)20,90021–13
35May 17@ Athletics3–0Stewart (5–3)Cerutti (1–2)30,51121–14
36May 18@ Angels12–0Clancy (6–2)Cook (1–2)23,71022–14
37May 19@ Angels2–1Buice (2–2)Musselman (2–1)Moore (5)23,62222–15
38May 20@ Angels5–4 (10)Lucas (1–1)Henke (0–1)23,76622–16
39May 22@ Mariners7–5Eichhorn (5–2)Bankhead (5–3)Henke (7)10,01223–16
40May 23@ Mariners6–2Clancy (7–2)Moore (2–5)13,48921–12
41May 24@ Mariners5–2Langston (5–4)Stieb (2–3)12,75124–17
42May 25@ Mariners6–5Key (6–3)Morgan (4–5)Musselman (1)8,49925–17
43May 27Athletics4–1Haas (2–1)Johnson (2–4)Ontiveros (1)25,24525–18
44May 28Athletics4–3Stewart (6–4)Clancy (7–3)Leiper (1)27,01725–19
45May 29Angels3–1Stieb (3–3)Sutton (2–5)Henke (8)33,10726–19
46May 30Angels4–3 (10)Eichhorn (6–2)Lazorko (0–2)36,05527–19
47May 31Angels7–2Cerutti (2–2)Candelaria (4–2)40,31328–19 :
June: 17–11 (Home: 8–7; Away: 9–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
48June 1Mariners2–0Bankhead (6–3)Johnson (2–5)Wilkinson (2)28,29428–20
49June 2Mariners4–3Musselman (3–1)Moore (2–7)Henke (9)31,07629–20
50June 3Mariners7–2Stieb (4–3)Langston (6–5)Eichhorn (3)30,50230–20
51June 5Orioles6–2Key (7–3)Bell (5–3)32,51431–20
52June 6Orioles8–5 (11)Musselman (4–1)Dixon (3–5)36,34532–20
53June 7Orioles3–2Eichhorn (7–2)Boddicker (5–2)42,25433–20
54June 8@ Yankees11–0Stieb (5–3)Rhoden (6–4)25,52634–20
55June 9@ Yankees7–2Cerutti (3–2)Guidry (0–2)29,76535–20
56June 10@ Yankees4–1Key (8–3)John (6–2)Henke (10)26,80636–20
57June 11@ Orioles8–6Johnson (3–5)Habyan (1–2)Henke (11)17,40937–20
58June 12@ Orioles8–5Eichhorn (8–2)Boddicker (5–3)Musselman (2)27,52138–20
59June 13@ Orioles8–2Cerutti (4–2)McGregor (2–6)25,35939–20
60June 14@ Orioles8–5Schmidt (7–1)Eichhorn (8–3)DeLeón (1)31,35839–21
61June 15Tigers2–1Terrell (5–6)Key (8–4)King (4)36,22539–22
62June 16Tigers10–4Lavelle (1–0)Robinson (4–3)36,39840–22
63June 17Tigers3–2Tanana (6–3)Clancy (7–4)Hernández (2)46,22740–23
64June 18Brewers6–3Nieves (5–4)Stieb (5–4)Plesac (15)31,35340–24
65June 19Brewers15–6Musselman (5–1)Clear (5–2)31,23041–24
66June 20Brewers3–2Wegman (6–6)Key (8–5)Plesac (16)38,46541–25
67June 21Brewers7–6Musselman (6–1)Crim (3–5)Henke (12)44,44442–25
68June 22@ Tigers2–0Tanana (7–3)Clancy (7–5)28,97842–26
69June 23@ Tigers8–7Stieb (6–4)Robinson (4–4)Henke (13)29,27543–26
70June 24@ Tigers5–3Cerutti (5–2)Morris (10–3)Musselman (3)34,86644–26
71June 26@ Brewers10–5Plesac (4–0)Henke (0–2)29,46144–27
72June 27@ Brewers8–1Clancy (8–5)Nieves (5–5)48,15945–27
73June 28@ Brewers11–5Higuera (6–7)Stieb (6–5)42,38945–28
74June 29Yankees15–14Righetti (5–3)Henke (0–3)42,17945–29
75June 30Yankees4–0Guidry (1–3)Wells (0–1)45,29745–30 :
July: 15–12 (Home: 12–4; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
76July 1Yankees6–1 (12)Clements (2–0)Musselman (6–2)47,82845–31
77July 3@ Royals6–4Gubicza (7–8)Clancy (8–6)Gleaton (4)45–32
78July 3@ Royals5–4Farr (3–2)Henke (0–4)40,61945–33
79July 4@ Royals9–1Black (4–2)Wells (0–2)Stoddard (1)40,74645–34
80July 5@ Royals4–3 (10)Quisenberry (4–0)Eichhorn (8–4)25,60745–35
81July 6Rangers6–4Key (9–5)Hough (9–4)Henke (14)28,26446–35
82July 7Rangers6–2Clancy (9–6)Loynd (1–5)Henke (15)28,01347–35
83July 8Rangers5–2Musselman (7–2)Witt (4–4)Henke (16)30,34148–35
84July 9Royals7–1Núñez (1–0)Black (4–3)31,29049–35
85July 10Royals7–0Stieb (7–5)Leibrandt (8–7)35,20050–35
86July 11Royals2–1Saberhagen (15–3)Key (9–6)38,28950–36
87July 12Royals3–2Clancy (10–6)Black (4–4)Henke (17)40,26851–36
88July 16@ Twins5–2Key (10–6)Blyleven (8–7)Henke (18)34,33452–36
89July 17@ Twins3–2Viola (9–6)Eichhorn (8–5)Reardon (18)28,23452–37
90July 18@ Twins7–5Stieb (8–5)Niekro (5–7)38,36553–37
91July 19@ Twins7–6Schatzeder (1–0)Lavelle (1–1)Reardon (19)32,09553–38
92July 20@ Rangers5–3Cerutti (6–2)Hough (10–6)Henke (19)27,50154–38
93July 21@ Rangers6–4Mohorcic (6–2)Musselman (7–3)13,79154–39
94July 22@ Rangers5–3Russell (3–1)Lavelle (1–2)Mohorcic (13)16,38054–40
95July 23Twins4–3Stieb (9–5)Frazier (5–5)35,32055–40
96July 24Twins8–6Eichhorn (9–5)Reardon (5–5)Henke (20)30,38256–40
97July 25Twins13–9Schatzeder (2–0)Musselman (7–4)36,39556–41
98July 26Twins4–2Key (11–6)Blyleven (9–8)Henke (21)33,35357–41
99July 27Red Sox10–8Musselman (8–4)Schiraldi (5–5)Henke (22)35,42558–41
100July 28Red Sox5–4Musselman (9–4)Sambito (1–3)Henke (23)36,12259–41
101July 29Red Sox6–5Schiraldi (6–5)Lavelle (1–3)35,05259–42
102July 31Indians8–3Key (12–6)Ritter (0–1)30,25660–42 :
August: 17–12 (Home: 12–6; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
103August 1Indians3–0Bailes (4–4)Clancy (10–7)Stewart (2)38,43560–43
104August 2Indians11–5Stieb (10–5)Akerfelds (0–2)Lavelle (1)33,35161–43
105August 3@ White Sox14–5Musselman (10–4)Bannister (6–9)12,19362–43
106August 4@ White Sox4–1Cerutti (7–2)Allen (0–6)Henke (24)13,31963–43
107August 5@ White Sox3–2Key (13–6)Dotson (8–8)Henke (25)13,36064–43
108August 6@ Indians14–5Bailes (5–4)Clancy (10–8)7,97864–44
109August 7@ Indians15–1Stieb (11–5)Akerfelds (0–3)24,04965–44
110August 8@ Indians3–1Candiotti (5–11)Núñez (1–1)16,70665–45
111August 9@ Indians5–1Cerutti (8–2)Schrom (5–8)13,89066–45
112August 10@ Red Sox9–1Clemens (12–7)Clancy (10–9)30,60666–46
113August 11@ Red Sox8–3Key (14–6)Stanley (3–12)32,55567–46
114August 12@ Red Sox10–4Stieb (12–5)Sellers (4–5)33,40368–46
115August 13White Sox10–3Bannister (8–9)Niekro (7–12)45,15268–47
116August 14White Sox3–2Cerutti (9–2)DeLeón (5–11)Henke (26)37,23669–47
117August 15White Sox1–0Dotson (10–8)Clancy (10–10)37,15569–48
118August 16White Sox6–4Eichhorn (10–5)Searage (2–3)Henke (27)41,38470–48
119August 18@ Athletics2–1Stieb (13–5)Eckersley (6–6)Henke (28)34,82371–48
120August 19@ Athletics7–3Stewart (17–8)Cerutti (9–3)16,03971–49
121August 20@ Athletics7–6Lavelle (2–3)Cadaret (2–1)Henke (29)12,60772–49
122August 21@ Angels3–1Reuss (4–1)Niekro (7–13)Minton (10)47,92572–50
123August 22@ Angels2–0Núñez (2–1)Witt (15–9)Henke (30)34,20973–50
124August 23@ Angels5–2McCaskill (4–5)Stieb (13–6)Buice (14)42,00073–51
125August 24@ Mariners7–3Cerutti (10–3)Morgan (10–14)11,86974–51
126August 25@ Mariners6–3Clancy (11–10)Moore (6–16)Eichhorn (4)12,36775–51
127August 27Athletics9–4Key (15–6)Cadaret (3–2)38,02676–51
128August 28Athletics3–2Stewart (18–9)Stieb (13–7)Eckersley (10)32,25676–52
129August 29Athletics6–5 (10)Plunk (2–4)Eichhorn (10–6)Eckersley (11)42,38876–53
130August 30Athletics13–3Clancy (12–10)Rijo (2–7)38,21177–53
131August 31Angels8–7 (11)Fraser (9–8)Henke (0–5)Lucas (3)30,22477–54 :
September: 19–9 (Home: 13–5; Away: 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
132September 1Angels4–3 (10)Musselman (11–4)Witt (15–10)31,10178–54
133September 2Angels7–6Wells (1–2)Buice (5–6)33,40879–54
134September 4Mariners6–5 (10)Núñez (3–1)Powell (0–3)33,04280–54
135September 5Mariners3–0Flanagan (4–6)Campbell (0–3)Henke (31)38,43681–54
136September 6Mariners3–2 (11)Núñez (4–1)Núñez (3–3)44,28782–54
137September 7@ Brewers5–3Ward (1–0)Plesac (5–6)Henke (32)16,93583–54
138September 8@ Brewers6–4Bosio (10–5)Stieb (13–8)Crim (9)8,05383–55
139September 9@ Brewers6–4Clear (7–5)Wells (1–3)10,55583–56
140September 11Yankees6–5 (10)Wells (2–3)Righetti (7–4)38,54084–56
141September 12Yankees13–1Key (16–6)Rhoden (16–10)45,64885–56
142September 13Yankees8–5Hudson (10–6)Cerutti (10–4)Righetti (27)45,31285–57
143September 14Orioles18–3Clancy (13–10)Dixon (7–10)27,44686–57
144September 15Orioles6–2Flanagan (5–6)Mesa (0–1)27,19287–57
145September 16Orioles7–0Key (17–6)Boddicker (10–9)29,35388–57
146September 17@ Yankees6–5Righetti (8–4)Henke (0–6)27,03288–58
147September 18@ Yankees6–3Clancy (14–10)Allen (0–8)Wells (1)34,11089–58
148September 19@ Yankees4–2Gullickson (3–2)Flanagan (5–7)Righetti (29)38,23989–59
149September 20@ Yankees6–2Wells (3–3)Leiter (1–1)45,26790–59
150September 21@ Orioles2–1Cerutti (11–4)Boddicker (10–10)Henke (33)13,68391–59
151September 22@ Orioles8–4Wells (4–3)Ballard (2–7)13,92392–59
152September 23@ Orioles6–1Clancy (15–10)Habyan (5–6)22,59093–59
153September 24Tigers4–3Flanagan (6–7)Morris (18–10)Henke (34)42,43694–59
154September 25Tigers3–2Musselman (12–4)Hernández (3–4)46,23395–59
155September 26Tigers10–9Núñez (5–1)Henneman (9–3)46,42996–59
156September 27Tigers3–2 (13)Henneman (10–3)Núñez (5–2)Noles (2)46,34696–60
157September 28Brewers6–4Wegman (11–11)Flanagan (6–8)Clear (6)34,11396–61
158September 29Brewers5–3Bosio (11–7)Key (17–7)34,31496–62
159September 30Brewers5–2Nieves (14–8)Stieb (13–9)35,24596–63 :
October: 0–3 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 2@ Tigers4–3Alexander (9–0)Clancy (15–11)Henneman (7)45,16796–64
161October 3@ Tigers3–2 (12)Henneman (11–3)Musselman (12–5)45,02696–65
162October 4@ Tigers1–0Tanana (15–10)Key (17–8)51,00596–66 :

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader
* = Indicates league 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 | Ernie Whitt | 135 | 446 | 120 | .269 | 19 | 75 |
| 1B | Willie Upshaw | 150 | 512 | 125 | .244 | 15 | 58 |
| 2B | Garth Iorg | 122 | 310 | 65 | .210 | 4 | 30 |
| 3B | Kelly Gruber | 138 | 341 | 80 | .235 | 12 | 36 |
| SS | Tony Fernández | 146 | 578 | 186 | .322 | 5 | 67 |
| LF | George Bell | 156 | 610 | 188 | .308 | 47 | 134 |
| CF | Lloyd Moseby | 155 | 592 | 167 | .282 | 26 | 96 |
| RF | Jesse Barfield | 159 | 590 | 155 | .263 | 28 | 84 |
| DH | Fred McGriff | 107 | 295 | 73 | .247 | 20 | 43 |

#### 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 |
| Rance Mulliniks | 124 | 332 | 103 | .310 | 11 | 44 |
| Rick Leach | 98 | 195 | 55 | .282 | 3 | 25 |
| Cecil Fielder | 82 | 175 | 47 | .269 | 14 | 32 |
| Nelson Liriano | 37 | 158 | 38 | .241 | 2 | 10 |
| Manuel Lee | 56 | 121 | 31 | .256 | 1 | 11 |
| Charlie Moore | 51 | 107 | 23 | .215 | 1 | 27 |
| Mike Sharperson | 32 | 96 | 20 | .208 | 0 | 9 |
| Juan Beníquez | 39 | 81 | 23 | .284 | 5 | 21 |
| Rob Ducey | 34 | 48 | 9 | .188 | 1 | 6 |
| Jeff DeWillis | 13 | 25 | 3 | .120 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Stark | 5 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Myers | 7 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Lou Thornton | 12 | 2 | 1 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexis Infante | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 | 261.0 | 17 | 8 | 2.76 | 161 |
| Jim Clancy | 37 | 241.1 | 15 | 11 | 3.54 | 180 |
| Dave Stieb | 33 | 185.0 | 13 | 9 | 4.09 | 115 |
| Joe Johnson | 14 | 66.2 | 3 | 5 | 5.13 | 27 |
| Mike Flanagan | 7 | 49.1 | 3 | 2 | 2.37 | 43 |
| Phil Niekro | 3 | 12.0 | 0 | 2 | 8.25 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| John Cerutti | 44 | 151.1 | 11 | 4 | 4.40 | 92 |
| José Núñez | 37 | 97.0 | 5 | 2 | 5.01 | 99 |

#### 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 | 72 | 0 | 6 | 34 | 2.49 | 128 |
| Mark Eichhorn | 89 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3.17 | 96 |
| Jeff Musselman | 68 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4.15 | 54 |
| Gary Lavelle | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5.53 | 17 |
| David Wells | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3.99 | 32 |
| Duane Ward | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.94 | 10 |
| Don Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 3 |

## Award winners

* Jesse Barfield, Gold Glove Award
* George Bell, American League RBI Champion, 134
* George Bell, American League MVP
* George Bell, Silver Slugger Award
* George Bell, The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
* Jim Clancy, Pitcher of the Month Award, May
* Tony Fernández, Gold Glove Award
* Tom Henke, American League Leader, Saves, 34
* Jimmy Key, American League ERA Champion, 2.76 ERA
All-Star Game
* George Bell, OF, starter
* Tony Fernández, shortstop, reserve
* Tom Henke, pitcher, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Doug Ault |
| AA | Knoxville Blue Jays | Southern League | Glenn Ezell |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Bob Bailor |
| A | Myrtle Beach Blue Jays | South Atlantic League | Barry Foote |
| A-Short Season | St. Catharines Blue Jays | New York–Penn League | Joe Lonnett |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Eddie Dennis |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Myrtle Beach