1986 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1986 Toronto Blue Jays
Major league affiliations
Location
1986 Information
Owner(s) Labatt Breweries,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Manager(s) Jimy Williams
Local television CFTO-TV
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
The Sports Network
(Ken Singleton, Fergie Olver)
Local radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)

The 1986 Toronto Blue Jays season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses.

Contents

[edit] Regular season

  • Tony Fernández and Jesse Barfield had career years with the Blue Jays. Fernandez led the American League with 683 At Bats in a season and he was the first Blue Jay to get over 200 hits in a season with 213.
  • Jesse Barfield led the American League with 40 Home Runs. On May 17, 1986 – Jesse Barfield has six RBIs in one game against the Cleveland Indians.
  • 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 led in wins with 14.

[edit] Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB
Boston Red Sox 95 66 .590 --
New York Yankees 90 72 .556 5½
Detroit Tigers 87 75 .537 8½
Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 .531 9½
Cleveland Indians 84 78 .519 11½
Milwaukee Brewers 77 84 .478 18
Baltimore Orioles 73 89 .451 22½

[edit] Roster

1986 Toronto Blue Jays roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Game log

1986 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 8 @ Rangers 6 - 3 Guzmán (1-0) Stieb (0-1) Harris (1) 40,602 0-1
2 April 9 @ Rangers 3 - 1 Alexander (1-0) Correa (0-1) Henke (1) 8,589 1-1
3 April 10 @ Rangers 11 - 10 Henke (1-0) Harris (0-1) 8,341 2-1
4 April 11 @ Royals 6 - 2 Clancy (1-0) Gubicza (0-1) 39,033 3-1
5 April 12 @ Royals 1 - 0 Leonard (1-0) Acker (0-1) 24,332 3-2
6 April 13 @ Royals 7 - 4 Black (1-1) Stieb (0-2) Farr (1) 26,684 3-3
7 April 14 Orioles 2 - 1 Boddicker (1-0) Alexander (1-1) 43,587 3-4
8 April 17 Orioles 5 - 3 Flanagan (1-1) Key (0-1) Aase (2) 3-5
9 April 17 Orioles 7 - 4 Henke (2-0) T. Martinez (0-1) 19,251 4-5
10 April 18 Royals 6 - 4 Leonard (2-0) Stieb (0-3) Quisenberry (2) 21,224 4-6
11 April 19 Royals 6 - 5 Alexander (2-1) Black (1-2) Henke (2) 26,149 5-6
12 April 20 Royals 6 - 4 Leibrandt (2-0) Lamp (0-1) Quisenberry (3) 38,141 5-7
13 April 21 Rangers 7 - 6 Eichhorn (1-0) Harris (2-2) Henke (3) 16,219 6-7
14 April 22 Rangers 10 - 1 Witt (1-0) Clancy (1-1) Mahler (1) 16,161 6-8
15 April 23 Rangers 9 - 8 Williams (1-0) Lamp (0-2) Harris (2) 17,281 6-9
16 April 25 @ Orioles 2 - 1 (10) Eichhorn (2-0) Aase (1-2) 20,524 7-9
17 April 26 @ Orioles 11 - 5 Havens (1-1) Henke (2-1) 22,659 7-10
18 April 27 @ Orioles 8 - 0 Clancy (2-1) Dixon (2-1) 29,928 8-10
19 April 29 Angels 4 - 3 Forster (2-0) Eichhorn (2-1) Moore (5) 18,103 8-11
20 April 30 Angels 6 - 4 Alexander (3-1) Moore (1-1) 18,171 9-11
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
21 May 1 Angels 7 - 4 Slaton (3-1) Key (0-2) Moore (6) 20,102 9-12
22 May 2 Mariners 3 - 2 (11) Ladd (2-1) Eichhorn (2-2) 18,134 9-13
23 May 3 Mariners 4 - 2 Morgan (2-2) Acker (0-2) Ladd (1) 27,115 9-14
24 May 4 Mariners 3 - 2 Henke (3-1) Moore (1-3) 22,154 10-14
25 May 5 Athletics 10 - 6 Eichhorn (3-2) Krueger (0-1) 20,111 11-14
26 May 6 Athletics 17 - 3 Haas (6-0) Key (0-3) 22,177 11-15
27 May 7 @ Angels 6 - 2 Sutton (1-3) Clancy (2-2) Corbett (2) 24,895 11-16
28 May 8 @ Angels 7 - 6 Eichhorn (4-2) Forster (3-1) Henke (4) 23,650 12-16
29 May 9 @ Mariners 13 - 3 Moore (2-3) Stieb (0-4) 12,026 12-17
30 May 10 @ Mariners 8 - 7 (11) Ladd (3-1) Henke (3-2) 20,155 12-18
31 May 11 @ Mariners 4 - 3 Key (1-3) Swift (0-3) Eichhorn (1) 10,172 13-18
32 May 12 @ Athletics 5 - 3 Clancy (3-2) Andújar (4-2) Eichhorn (2) 20,126 14-18
33 May 13 @ Athletics 6 - 3 (10) Mooneyham (1-0) Lamp (0-3) 7,124 14-19
34 May 14 @ Athletics 9 - 4 Young (1-0) Stieb (0-5) 10,940 14-20
35 May 16 Indians 7 - 6 Acker (1-2) Candiotti (2-4) Eichhorn (3) 21,251 15-20
36 May 17 Indians 11 - 5 Key (2-3) Heaton (1-3) 27,473 16-20
37 May 18 Indians 10 - 2 Clancy (4-2) Schulze (2-1) 28,063 17-20
38 May 19 Indians 6 - 4 Niekro (3-3) Stieb (0-6) Bailes (3) 27,202 17-21
39 May 20 @ White Sox 2 - 1 Davis (2-1) Cerutti (0-1) 12,837 17-22
40 May 21 @ White Sox 5 - 4 Nelson (4-1) Acker (1-3) 13,976 17-23
41 May 22 @ White Sox 5 - 0 Key (3-3) Dotson (2-4) 12,605 18-23
42 May 23 @ Indians 3 - 1 Schulze (3-1) Clancy (4-3) 61,340 18-24
43 May 24 @ Indians 9 - 6 Lamp (1-3) Easterly (0-2) Eichhorn (4) 12,348 19-24
44 May 25 @ Indians 8 - 1 Cerutti (1-1) Schrom (3-2) 13,772 20-24
45 May 26 @ Twins 9 - 1 Portugal (1-5) Alexander (3-2) 10,885 20-25
46 May 27 @ Twins 7 - 6 (11) Pastore (2-0) Henke (3-3) 9,052 20-26
47 May 28 @ Twins 14 - 8 Clancy (5-3) Blyleven (4-4) 9,133 21-26
48 May 30 White Sox 6 - 0 Stieb (1-6) Davis (2-2) 31,125 22-26
49 May 31 White Sox 4 - 3 (11) Henke (4-3) Nelson (4-2) 40,145 23-26
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
50 June 1 White Sox 6 - 4 Dotson (3-5) Key (3-4) 31,302 23-27
51 June 2 Twins 3 - 1 Clancy (6-3) Blyleven (4-5) Henke (5) 26,022 24-27
52 June 3 Twins 6 - 5 Eichhorn (5-2) Atherton (2-3) Henke (6) 27,112 25-27
53 June 4 Twins 10 - 4 Viola (5-5) Stieb (1-7) 30,234 25-28
54 June 6 @ Tigers 12 - 2 Alexander (4-2) Terrell (6-3) 37,353 26-28
55 June 7 @ Tigers 2 - 1 Tanana (5-4) Key (3-5) Hernández (9) 37,750 26-29
56 June 8 @ Tigers 4 - 2 Eichhorn (6-2) O'Neal (0-3) Henke (7) 36,681 27-29
57 June 9 Red Sox 5 - 1 Stieb (2-7) Woodward (1-2) 27,551 28-29
58 June 10 Red Sox 4 - 3 (10) Stanley (3-2) Eichhorn (6-3) 28,149 28-30
59 June 11 Red Sox 3 - 2 Clemens (11-0) Alexander (4-3) Stanley (10) 25,226 28-31
60 June 12 Tigers 9 - 0 (7) Key (4-5) LaPoint (2-5) 30,135 29-31
61 June 13 Tigers 10 - 5 King (2-0) Clancy (6-4) 36,471 29-32
62 June 14 Tigers 6 - 5 Henke (5-3) Hernández (2-3) 40,063 30-32
63 June 15 Tigers 9 - 6 Lamp (2-3) Cary (0-2) Henke (8) 38,157 31-32
64 June 16 @ Brewers 9 - 2 Alexander (5-3) Wegman (2-6) Gordon (1) 12,809 32-32
65 June 17 @ Brewers 2 - 1 (12) Henke (6-3) Plesac (4-4) 14,465 33-32
66 June 18 @ Brewers 3 - 1 Higuera (9-5) Clancy (6-5) 21,652 33-33
67 June 19 Yankees 10 - 9 (10) Caudill (1-0) Righetti (4-4) 35,389 34-33
68 June 20 Yankees 10 - 8 (10) Fisher (3-3) Gordon (0-1) 38,109 34-34
69 June 21 Yankees 4 - 2 (10) Righetti (5-4) Lamp (2-4) Pulido (1) 43,678 34-35
70 June 22 Yankees 15 - 1 Key (5-5) Niekro (7-5) 40,101 35-35
71 June 23 Brewers 5 - 3 Darwin (4-3) Stieb (2-8) Plesac (6) 26,110 35-36
72 June 24 Brewers 8 - 0 Cerutti (2-1) Higuera (9-6) 26,280 36-36
73 June 25 Brewers 5 - 1 Clancy (7-5) Leary (6-6) Lamp (1) 30,181 37-36
74 June 27 @ Yankees 14 - 7 Acker (2-3) Fisher (4-4) Henke (9) 30,815 38-36
75 June 28 @ Yankees 7 - 4 Key (6-5) Niekro (7-6) 43,187 39-36
76 June 29 @ Yankees 6 - 3 Cerutti (3-1) Fisher (4-5) Henke (10) 35,437 40-36
77 June 30 @ Red Sox 10 - 9 (10) Stanley (5-2) Acker (2-4) 30,770 40-37
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
78 July 1 @ Red Sox 9 - 7 Seaver (3-6) Alexander (5-4) Sambito (7) 32,729 40-38
79 July 2 @ Red Sox 4 - 2 Key (7-5) Clemens (14-1) Henke (11) 27,493 41-38
80 July 3 @ Red Sox 8 - 5 Cerutti (4-1) Boyd (10-6) Henke (12) 21,123 42-38
81 July 4 Angels 9 - 1 Sutton (7-5) Stieb (2-9) 30,283 42-39
82 July 5 Angels 7 - 3 Clancy (8-5) Romanick (5-7) 40,426 43-39
83 July 6 Angels 8 - 2 McCaskill (9-5) Lamp (2-5) 36,197 43-40
84 July 7 Mariners 7 - 5 Key (8-5) Morgan (6-8) Caudill (1) 26,208 44-40
85 July 8 Mariners 8 - 5 Huismann (2-2) Cerutti (4-2) Young (8) 28,241 44-41
86 July 9 Mariners 6 - 5 Caudill (2-0) Moore (5-8) Henke (13) 30,044 45-41
87 July 10 Athletics 8 - 4 Clancy (9-5) Plunk (2-5) 28,172 46-41
88 July 11 Athletics 6 - 5 Eichhorn (7-3) Rijo (3-8) Henke (14) 30,370 47-41
89 July 12 Athletics 5 - 3 Stewart (2-0) Key (8-6) Ontiveros (8) 35,470 47-42
90 July 13 Athletics 10 - 5 Young (6-6) Caudill (2-1) Leiper (1) 37,138 47-43
91 July 17 @ Angels 8 - 5 Key (9-6) Sutton (8-6) Cerutti (1) 31,585 48-43
92 July 18 @ Angels 2 - 0 Clancy (10-5) McCaskill (10-6) Eichhorn (5) 31,672 49-43
93 July 19 @ Angels 9 - 3 Candelaria (3-0) Stieb (2-10) 30,577 49-44
94 July 20 @ Angels 6 - 3 (10) Henke (7-3) Corbett (2-2) Caudill (2) 27,795 50-44
95 July 21 @ Mariners 8 - 3 Cerutti (5-2) Huismann (2-3) 17,823 51-44
96 July 22 @ Mariners 8 - 7 (12) Reed (3-0) Caudill (2-2) 10,152 51-45
97 July 23 @ Mariners 6 - 2 Clancy (11-5) Moore (6-10) Stieb (1) 11,485 52-45
98 July 25 @ Athletics 6 - 5 (10) Bair (1-2) Caudill (2-3) 12,778 52-46
99 July 26 @ Athletics 2 - 0 Plunk (3-6) Cerutti (5-3) Andújar (1) 22,168 52-47
100 July 27 @ Athletics 1 - 0 (15) Leiper (1-1) Clarke (0-1) 21,628 52-48
101 July 28 @ Royals 6 - 0 Clancy (12-5) Leibrandt (9-7) 40,468 53-48
102 July 29 @ Royals 5 - 2 Stieb (3-10) Bankhead (4-5) Henke (15) 27,292 54-48
103 July 30 @ Royals 7 - 2 Johnson (1-0) Leonard (6-10) 35,750 55-48
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
104 August 1 Orioles 7 - 3 Dixon (10-8) Key (9-7) 34,370 55-49
105 August 2 Orioles 5 - 2 McGregor (8-10) Clancy (12-6) Aase (28) 41,091 55-50
106 August 3 Orioles 6 - 4 Cerutti (6-3) Flanagan (5-7) Henke (16) 36,446 56-50
107 August 4 Orioles 12 - 2 Boddicker (14-5) Johnson (1-1) 35,041 56-51
108 August 5 Royals 8 - 6 Bankhead (5-5) Lamp (2-6) Farr (6) 30,437 56-52
109 August 6 Royals 8 - 0 Key (10-7) Jackson (6-8) 32,130 57-52
110 August 7 Royals 5 - 4 Eichhorn (8-3) Farr (7-3) Henke (17) 34,285 58-52
111 August 8 @ Rangers 9 - 7 Harris (6-8) Eichhorn (8-4) 31,197 58-53
112 August 9 @ Rangers 7 - 6 (10) Harris (7-8) Caudill (2-4) 31,517 58-54
113 August 10 @ Rangers 8 - 7 (10) Eichhorn (9-3) Williams (8-4) 15,040 59-54
114 August 11 @ Orioles 3 - 1 Flanagan (6-7) Key (10-8) Aase (29) 21,444 59-55
115 August 12 @ Orioles 3 - 0 Clancy (13-6) McGregor (8-11) 20,292 60-55
116 August 13 @ Orioles 7 - 6 (13) Aase (5-3) Aquino (0-1) 22,477 60-56
117 August 15 Rangers 6 - 1 Johnson (2-1) Correa (7-10) Eichhorn (6) 31,411 61-56
118 August 16 Rangers 13 - 1 Key (11-8) Hough (9-8) 41,203 62-56
119 August 17 Rangers 8 - 7 (11) Eichhorn (10-4) Russell (4-2) 38,413 63-56
120 August 19 White Sox 5 - 1 Stieb (4-10) Cowley (8-8) 34,158 64-56
121 August 20 White Sox 4 - 1 Johnson (3-1) DeLeon (3-2) 33,493 65-56
122 August 21 White Sox 4 - 3 Schmidt (1-4) Key (11-9) Nelson (5) 35,393 65-57
123 August 22 @ Twins 4 - 3 Blyleven (13-10) Clancy (13-7) Frazier (2) 14,359 65-58
124 August 23 @ Twins 7 - 4 Cerutti (7-3) Smithson (9-12) Eichhorn (7) 22,604 66-58
125 August 24 @ Twins 7 - 5 (10) Henke (8-3) Atherton (5-8) 18,117 67-58
126 August 26 @ Indians 6 - 6 5,400 67-58
127 August 27 @ Indians 3 - 2 (12) Eichhorn (11-4) Oelkers (2-3) Henke (18) 68-58
128 August 27 @ Indians 6 - 3 Cerutti (8-3) Wills (1-2) Henke (19) 9,051 69-58
129 August 28 @ Indians 9 - 1 Clancy (14-7) Schrom (11-6) 7,466 70-58
130 August 29 Twins 6 - 5 Eichhorn (12-4) Atherton (5-10) 38,241 71-58
131 August 30 Twins 8 - 1 Johnson (4-1) Viola (13-10) Lamp (2) 43,556 72-58
132 August 31 Twins 7 - 5 Aquino (1-1) Anderson (3-5) Eichhorn (8) 45,161 73-58
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
133 September 1 Indians 5 - 4 Henke (9-3) Camacho (2-3) 44,335 74-58
134 September 2 Indians 9 - 5 Schrom (12-6) Clancy (14-8) Wills (2) 33,535 74-59
135 September 3 Indians 3 - 1 Stieb (5-10) Candiotti (13-10) Henke (20) 31,532 75-59
136 September 5 @ White Sox 5 - 0 Dotson (10-13) Johnson (4-2) 11,650 75-60
137 September 6 @ White Sox 4 - 0 Key (12-9) Bannister (9-11) 22,014 76-60
138 September 7 @ White Sox 4 - 3 Nelson (6-6) Clancy (14-9) Thigpen (5) 13,553 76-61
139 September 9 Yankees 3 - 1 Guidry (7-10) Eichhorn (12-5) Righetti (36) 35,353 76-62
140 September 11 Yankees 3 - 1 Drabek (5-7) Key (12-10) Righetti (37) 76-63
141 September 11 Yankees 7 - 5 Fisher (9-5) Henke (9-4) Righetti (38) 33,292 76-64
142 September 12 @ Brewers 4 - 1 Johnson (2-1) Clancy (14-10) Clear (13) 7,255 76-65
143 September 13 @ Brewers 7 - 1 Johnson (5-2) Vuckovich (1-2) Eichhorn (9) 10,472 77-65
144 September 14 @ Brewers 5 - 0 Higuera (19-9) Stieb (5-11) 8,706 77-66
145 September 15 @ Brewers 5 - 2 Cerutti (9-3) Wegman (4-12) Henke (21) 5,742 78-66
146 September 16 Tigers 6 - 4 Key (13-10) Terrell (12-12) Henke (22) 31,128 79-66
147 September 17 Tigers 8 - 6 Morris (18-8) Clancy (14-11) Hernández (22) 30,116 79-67
148 September 19 Red Sox 6 - 4 Stieb (6-11) Seaver (7-13) Henke (23) 40,494 80-67
149 September 20 Red Sox 5 - 2 Johnson (6-2) Nipper (9-11) Eichhorn (10) 43,713 81-67
150 September 21 Red Sox 3 - 2 Clemens (24-4) Key (13-11) Schiraldi (9) 44,197 81-68
151 September 22 @ Tigers 2 - 1 Morris (19-8) Clancy (14-12) 14,979 81-69
152 September 23 @ Tigers 6 - 3 Eichhorn (13-5) Hernández (8-7) Henke (24) 14,364 82-69
153 September 24 @ Tigers 8 - 2 Stieb (7-11) Petry (5-9) 15,069 83-69
154 September 25 @ Tigers 4 - 2 Johnson (7-2) Tanana (11-9) Henke (25) 16,591 84-69
155 September 26 @ Red Sox 1 - 0 (12) Eichhorn (14-5) Schiraldi (4-2) Henke (26) 33,657 85-69
156 September 27 @ Red Sox 2 - 0 Hurst (13-7) Clancy (14-13) 33,358 85-70
157 September 28 @ Red Sox 12 - 3 Boyd (16-10) Ward (0-1) 32,929 85-71
158 September 29 @ Yankees 8 - 1 Rasmussen (17-6) Cerutti (9-4) 15,770 85-72
159 September 30 @ Yankees 5 - 2 Nielsen (3-4) Stieb (7-12) Righetti (43) 15,166 85-73
October
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
160 October 1 @ Yankees 3 - 0 Key (14-11) Guidry (9-12) Henke (27) 17,876 86-73
161 October 3 Brewers 4 - 1 Wegman (5-12) Clancy (14-14) Plesac (14) 26,619 86-74
162 October 5 Brewers 2 - 1 Leary (12-12) Henke (9-5) Clear (15) 86-75
163 October 5 Brewers 4 - 3 Nieves (11-12) Eichhorn (14-6) Clear (16) 34,176 86-76

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Award Winners

All-Star Game

  • Jesse Barfield, Outfield
  • Tony Fernández, Shortstop

[edit] References

v • d • e
1986 MLB season by team
AL East
Baltimore • Boston • Cleveland • Detroit • Milwaukee • New York • Toronto
AL West
NL East
NL West
1986 All-Star Game • 1986 World Series


v • d • e
Toronto Blue Jays
Based in Toronto, Ontario
The Franchise
Ballparks
Culture
Rivalries
Important Figures
Level of
Excellence
Key Personnel
Owner: Ted Rogers • President & CEO: Paul Godfrey • General Manager: J. P. Ricciardi • Manager: John Gibbons
World Series
Championships (2)
American League
Pennants (2)
Division Titles
Eastern: 1985 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • Wild Card: none
Minors