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.

1986 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Labatt Breweries,
Imperial Trust,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)Pat Gillick
Manager(s)Jimy Williams
Local televisionCFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
Local radioCJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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Offseason

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.

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Boston Red Sox 9566 0.590 51–30 44–36
New York Yankees 9072 0.556 41–39 49–33
Detroit Tigers 8775 0.537 49–32 38–43
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 42–39 44–37
Cleveland Indians 8478 0.519 11½ 45–35 39–43
Milwaukee Brewers 7784 0.478 18 41–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 7389 0.451 22½ 37–42 36–47

Record vs. opponents

1986 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore 4–96–69–34–91–126–66–78–45–85–76–65–78–5
Boston 9–45–77–510–37–66–66–610–25–87–58–48–47–6
California 6–67–57–66–67–58–55–77–67–510–38–58–56–6
Chicago 3–95–76–75–76–67–65–76–76–67–68–52–116–6
Cleveland 9–43–106–67–54–98–48–56–65–810–29–36–63–10–1
Detroit 12–16–75–76–69–45–78–57–56–76–66–67–54–9
Kansas City 6–66–65–86–74–87–56–66–74–88–55–88–55–7
Milwaukee 7–66–67–57–55–85–86–64–88–55–76–64–87–6
Minnesota 4–82–106–77–66–65–77–68–44–86–76–76–74–8
New York 8–58–55–76–68–57–68–45–88–45–78–47–57–6
Oakland 7–55–73–106–72–106–65–87–57–67–510–33–108–4
Seattle 6–64–85–85–83–96–68–56–67–64–83–104–96–6
Texas 7–54–85–811–26–65–75–88–47–65–710–39–45–7
Toronto 5–86–76–66–610–3–19–47–56–78–46–74–86–67–5

Transactions

Draft picks

Roster

1986 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1986 Game Log

Player stats

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
CErnie Whitt131395106.2681656
1BWillie Upshaw155573144.251960
2BDámaso García122424119.281646
3BRance Mulliniks11734890.2591145
SSTony Fernández163687213.3101065
LFGeorge Bell159641198.30931108
CFLloyd Moseby152589149.2532186
RFJesse Barfield158589170.28940108
DHCliff Johnson10733684.2501555

Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Garth Iorg13732785.260344
Rick Leach11024676.309539
Buck Martinez8116029.181212
Kelly Gruber8714328.196515
Cecil Fielder348313.157413
Manuel Lee357816.20517
Ron Shepherd656914.20324
Jeff Hearron12235.21704
Fred McGriff351.20000

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jimmy Key3623214113.57141
Jim Clancy34219.114143.94126
Dave Stieb372057124.74127
John Cerutti34145.1944.1589
Doyle Alexander17111544.4665
Joe Johnson1688723.8939

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Don Gordon1421.20117.0613
Stan Clarke1012.20109.249
Luis Aquino711.11106.355
Jeff Musselman65.100010.134
Steve Davis33.200017.185
Duane Ward2201013.501
Mickey Mahler210000.000

Relief pitchers

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Tom Henke6391.195273.35118
Mark Eichhorn69157146101.72166
Dennis Lamp40732625.0530
Jim Acker23602404.3532
Bill Caudill4036.12426.1932

Award winners

All-Star Game

  • Jesse Barfield, Outfield
  • Lloyd Moseby, Outfield
  • Tony Fernández, Shortstop[7]

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[8]

References

  1. Luis Sojo at Baseball Reference
  2. Mark Whiten at Baseball Reference
  3. César Cedeño at Baseball Reference
  4. Joe Beckwith at Baseball Reference
  5. Doyle Alexander at Baseball Reference
  6. Doug Linton at Baseball Reference
  7. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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