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Cito Gaston is the only manager to win the World Series with the Blue Jays.

There have been 12 different managers of the Toronto Blue Jays, the only Canadian baseball franchise in Major League Baseball. In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager (or more formally, the field manager). The Toronto Blue Jays are members of both the Major League Baseball’s (MLB) American League Eastern Division and of the American League (AL). The "Blue Jays" name originates from the bird of the same name. They are nicknamed "the Jays", which is featured on the team's logo and on the front of the home uniform. They are the first and only team outside the United States to win a World Series, the first team to win a World Series in Canada.[1] With the fellow Canadian franchise Montreal Expos moving to Washington, D.C. after the 2004 MLB season, and becoming the Washington Nationals, the Blue Jays are currently the only MLB team outside the United States.[2]

Cito Gaston, the current manager of the Blue Jays, managed the most games and wins of any Blue Jays manager with 1334 games and 690 wins. He is followed by Bobby Cox with in both categories with 648 games and 355 wins. Gaston is the only Blue Jays manager to win a World Series in 1992 and 1993. Cox is the only Blue Jays manager to be awarded the AL Manager of the Year Award in 1985. Mel Queen has the best winning percentage by winning 80 percent of his 5 games coached.

Key

# Number of coaches[a]
GC Games coached
W Wins
L Losses
W–L % Win–Loss percentage
* Spent entire MLB coaching career with the Blue Jays


Managers

Note: Statistics are correct as of July 16, 2008

# Name Term Regular Season Playoffs Awards Reference
GC W L W–L % GC W L
1 Roy Hartsfield* 1977–1979 484 166 318 .343 — — — [3]
2 Bobby Mattick* 1980–1981 268 104 164 .388 — — — [4]
3 Bobby Cox 1982–1985 648 355 292 .549 7 3 4 1985 AL Manager of the Year [5]
4 Jimy Williams 1986–1989 523 281 241 .538 — — — [6]
5 Cito Gaston* 1989–1991 417 235 182 .564 10 2 8 [7]
6 Gene Tenace 1991 33 19 14 .576 — — — [8]
– Cito Gaston* 1992–1997 902 448 454 .497 28 16 12 2 World Series Championships (1992, 1993) [7]
7 Mel Queen* 1997 5 4 1 .800 — — — [9]
8 Tim Johnson* 1998 162 88 74 .543 — — — [10]
9 Jim Fregosi 1999–2000 324 167 157 .515 — — — [11]
10 Buck Martinez* 2001–2002 215 100 115 .465 — — — [12]
11 Carlos Tosca* 2002–2004 382 191 191 .500 — — — [13]
12 John Gibbons* 2004–2008 610 305 305 .500 — — — [14]
– Cito Gaston* 2008–Present 21 12 9 .571 — — — [7]

Notes

  • a A running total of the number of managers of the Blue Jays. Thus any manager who has two separate terms as manager is only counted once.

References

General
  • "Toronto Blue Jays Managerial Register". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  • "Toronto Blue Jays Managers (1977-2008)". Baseball-Almanac.com. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
Specific
  1. ^ "MLB World Series Winners". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  2. ^ "Teams". MLB.com. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  3. ^ "Roy Hartsfield Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  4. ^ "Bobby Mattick Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  5. ^ "Bobby Cox Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  6. ^ "Jimy Williams Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  7. ^ a b c "Cito Gaston Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  8. ^ "Gene Tenace Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  9. ^ "Mel Queen Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  10. ^ "Tim Johnson Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  11. ^ "Jim Fregosi Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  12. ^ "Buck Martinez Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  13. ^ "Carlos Tosca Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  14. ^ "John Gibbons Managerial Record". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
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