In 1985, Toronto won their first championship of any sort: the first of their six American League East division titles. The Blue Jays featured strong pitching and a balanced offense. Their mid-season call-up of relief pitcher Tom Henke also proved to be important. They finished 99–62 (the franchise record for most wins), two games in front of the New York Yankees. The Blue Jays faced the Kansas City Royals in the American League Championship Series (ALCS), and took a 3 games to 1 lead. However, Kansas City won three consecutive games to win the series, 4 games to 3, on their way to their first World Series championship. Shortly after the loss in the ALCS, Bobby Cox left the Blue Jays to return to his former club, the Atlanta Braves, as general manager.