1984 Toronto Blue Jays season

1984 Toronto Blue Jays
Division	Eastern Division
Ballpark	Exhibition Stadium
City	Toronto
Owners	Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Managers	Bobby Cox
Television	CFTO-TV (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Radio	CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
Seasons

The 1984 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's eighth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses.

Offseason

• November 14, 1983: Sil Campusano was signed by the Blue Jays as an amateur free agent.
• December 5, 1983: Kelly Gruber was drafted by the Blue Jays from the Cleveland Indians in the 1983 rule 5 draft.
• January 10, 1984: Dennis Lamp was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.

Regular season

• August 19, 1984: In a game against the Oakland Athletics, Cliff Johnson hit the 19th pinch home run of his career, breaking Jerry Lynch's record of 18.
• Jimmy Key set a Jays rookie record by appearing in 63 games.
• Lloyd Moseby and Dave Collins each led the American League with 15 triples.
• Rance Mulliniks sets a team record by getting 8 consecutive hits.
• Dave Stieb finished second in the American League in strikeouts and ERA.

Opening Day starters

• Jim Clancy
• Jesse Barfield
• George Bell
• Dámaso García
• Alfredo Griffin
• Cliff Johnson
• Lloyd Moseby
• Rance Mulliniks
• Willie Upshaw
• Ernie Whitt

Season standings

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Detroit Tigers	104	58	.642	—	53‍–‍29	51‍–‍29
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	15	49‍–‍32	40‍–‍41
New York Yankees	87	75	.537	17	51‍–‍30	36‍–‍45
Boston Red Sox	86	76	.531	18	41‍–‍40	45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	.525	19	44‍–‍37	41‍–‍40
Cleveland Indians	75	87	.463	29	41‍–‍39	34‍–‍48
Milwaukee Brewers	67	94	.416	36½	38‍–‍43	29‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1984 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	8–4	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	9–3	9–3	4–9
Boston	7–6	—	9–3	7–5	10–3	7–6	3–9	9–4	6–6	7–6	7–5	4–8	5–7	5–8
California	4–8	3–9	—	8–5	8–4	4–8	6–7	8–4	4–9	8–4	7–6	9–4	5–8	7–5
Chicago	5–7	5–7	5–8	—	8–4	4–8	5–8	7–5	8–5	7–5	6–7	5–8	5–8	4–8
Cleveland	6–7	3–10	4–8	4–8	—	4–9	6–6	9–4	7–5	2–11	7–5	8–4	9–3	6–7–1
Detroit	6–7	6–7	8–4	8–4	9–4	—	7–5	11–2	9–3	7–6	9–3	6–6	10–2	8–5
Kansas City	7–5	9–3	7–6	8–5	6–6	5–7	—	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	9–4	6–7	5–7
Milwaukee	6–7	4–9	4–8	5–7	4–9	2–11	6–6	—	5–7	6–7	4–8	6–6	5–6	10–3
Minnesota	7–5	6–6	9–4	5–8	5–7	3–9	7–6	7–5	—	8–4	8–5	7–6	8–5	1–11
New York	8–5	6–7	4–8	5–7	11–2	6–7	7–5	7–6	4–8	—	8–4	7–5	6–6	8–5
Oakland	6–6	5–7	6–7	7–6	5–7	3–9	8–5	8–4	5–8	4–8	—	8–5	8–5	4–8
Seattle	3–9	8–4	4–9	8–5	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–6	6–7	5–7	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	3–9	7–5	8–5	8–5	3–9	2–10	7–6	6–5	5–8	6–6	5–8	3–10	—	6–6
Toronto	9–4	8–5	5–7	8–4	7–6–1	5–8	7–5	3–10	11–1	5–8	8–4	7–5	6–6	—

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1984: Rick Leach was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.
• May 8, 1984: Geno Petralli was purchased from the Blue Jays by the Cleveland Indians.
• June 4, 1984: Dane Johnson was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1984 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed June 21, 1984.

Roster

1984 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 31 Jim Acker 33 Doyle Alexander 18 Jim Clancy 35 Bryan Clark 38 Jim Gott 25 Roy Lee Jackson 27 Jimmy Key 53 Dennis Lamp 48 Luis Leal 50 Joey McLaughlin 30 Ron Musselman 37 Dave Stieb		Catchers 54 Toby Hernández 13 Buck Martinez 14 Geno Petralli 12 Ernie Whitt Infielders  1 Tony Fernández  7 Dámaso García  4 Alfredo Griffin 17 Kelly Gruber 16 Garth Iorg  2 Fred Manrique  5 Rance Mulliniks 26 Willie Upshaw		Outfielders 29 Jesse Barfield 11 George Bell 10 Dave Collins  9 Rick Leach 15 Lloyd Moseby 21 Ron Shepherd 23 Mitch Webster Other batters 24 Willie Aikens 44 Cliff Johnson		Manager  6 Bobby Cox Coaches 43 Cito Gaston 42 Billy Smith  8 John Sullivan 41 Al Widmar  3 Jimy Williams

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Ernie Whitt	124	315	35	75	12	1	.238	15	46	0
1B	Willie Upshaw	152	569	79	158	31	9	.278	19	84	10
2B	Dámaso García	152	633	79	180	32	5	.284	5	46	46
3B	Rance Mulliniks	125	343	41	111	21	5	.324	3	42	2
SS	Alfredo Griffin	140	419	53	101	8	2	.241	4	30	11
LF	Dave Collins	128	441	59	136	24	15	.308	2	44	60
CF	Lloyd Moseby	158	592	97	166	28	15	.280	18	92	39
RF	George Bell	159	606	85	177	39	4	.292	26	87	11
DH	Cliff Johnson	127	359	51	109	23	1	.304	16	61	0

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Jesse Barfield	110	320	51	91	14	1	.284	14	49	8
Garth Iorg	121	247	24	56	10	3	.227	1	25	1
Willie Aikens	93	234	21	48	7	0	.205	11	26	0
Tony Fernández	88	233	29	63	5	3	.270	3	19	5
Buck Martinez	102	232	24	51	13	1	.220	5	37	0
Rick Leach	65	88	11	23	6	2	.261	0	7	0
Mitch Webster	26	22	9	5	2	1	.227	0	4	0
Kelly Gruber	15	16	1	1	0	0	.063	1	2	0
Fred Manrique	10	9	0	3	0	0	.333	0	1	0
Ron Shepherd	12	4	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Geno Petralli	3	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0
Toby Hernández	3	2	1	1	0	0	.500	0	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Doyle Alexander	36	35	261.2	17	6	3.13	99	91	59	139
Dave Stieb	35	35	267	16	8	2.83	87	84	88	198
Luis Leal	35	35	222.1	13	8	3.89	106	96	77	134
Jim Clancy	36	36	219.2	13	15	5.12	132	125	88	118

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Jim Gott	35	12	109.2	7	6	2	4.02	54	49	49	73
Bryan Clark	20	3	45.2	1	2	0	5.91	33	30	22	21

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	R	ER	BB	K
Jimmy Key	63	62	4	5	10	4.65	37	32	32	44
Dennis Lamp	56	85	8	8	9	4.55	53	43	38	45
Roy Lee Jackson	54	86	7	8	10	3.56	40	34	31	58
Jim Acker	32	72	3	5	1	4.38	39	35	25	33
Ron Musselman	11	21.1	0	2	1	2.11	7	5	10	9
Joey McLaughlin	6	10.2	0	0	0	2.53	6	3	7	3
Rick Leach	1	1	0	0	0	27.00	3	3	2	0

Award winners

• Doyle Alexander, Pitcher of the Month Award, September
• Dave Collins, American League Leader, Triples, 15
• Lloyd Moseby, American League Leader, Triples, 15

All-Star Game

• Dámaso García, Second base
• Alfredo Griffin, Shortstop
• Dave Stieb, Pitcher

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Jim Beauchamp
AA	Knoxville Blue Jays	Southern League	John McLaren
A	Kinston Blue Jays	Carolina League	Doug Ault
A	Florence Blue Jays	South Atlantic League	Dennis Holmberg
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	Ramón Webster
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Duane Larson

External links

• 1984 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1984 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac