1989 Toronto Blue Jays
Record: 89-71
Finish: 1st in AL West Division
Runs Scored: 785
Runs Allowed: 633
Exp W-L: 96-64
 
Ballpark: Exhibition Stadium
Attendance: 2,174,480
Manager: Shashank Misra

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 77-60, 1st in the American League
AA: 76-61, 2nd in the American League
A: 63-74, 9th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost World Championship 2-4 to New York (N) Giants
Won AL League Series 4-2 over Detroit Tigers
Won Divisional Series 4-1 over Cleveland (A) Indians
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Ken Landreaux 34 148 560 92 169 29 4 14 86 30 9 47 60 .302 .356 .443 .799 83.1 16.8 4.4
1B *Kent Hrbek 29 154 547 89 167 35 2 26 108 0 1 56 59 .305 .365 .519 .884 95.8 20.7 2.0
DH #Albert Hall 31 131 453 84 122 30 3 4 47 59 21 57 102 .269 .352 .375 .728 63.9 11.8 0.3
3B *Dave Magadan 26 123 415 61 108 24 3 6 59 2 0 71 68 .260 .368 .376 .743 61.1 11.8 3.0
CF *Ralph Bryant 28 137 432 68 103 26 5 23 70 0 1 43 119 .238 .310 .481 .791 60.4 10.4 4.3
C *Mackey Sasser 26 116 408 44 103 37 3 3 62 0 0 13 39 .252 .274 .380 .654 37.2 4.6 5.7
SS *Tom Foley 29 104 346 44 91 30 4 5 40 0 0 32 71 .263 .326 .416 .743 45.2 8.4 4.3
2B  Mariano Duncan 26 108 342 31 72 13 3 2 28 3 0 13 73 .211 .240 .284 .524 19.6 0.0 4.4
RF  Dan Gladden 31 106 298 38 79 12 2 4 39 16 4 24 45 .265 .325 .359 .684 34.9 5.2 2.0
SS  Randy Velarde 26 101 273 35 72 21 1 6 37 1 0 31 73 .264 .344 .414 .758 37.4 7.0 3.1
1B *Duane Walker 32 80 266 32 72 18 0 5 39 1 0 19 50 .271 .316 .395 .711 32.4 5.2 2.1
3B  Chris Brown 27 97 235 32 48 11 0 3 30 0 0 15 49 .204 .263 .289 .552 16.0 0.0 2.1
C  Dave Van Gorder 32 69 210 20 49 8 1 2 18 0 0 25 38 .233 .311 .310 .620 21.4 2.1 3.1
SS *Bill Spiers 23 61 188 18 44 10 2 2 17 0 1 16 15 .234 .291 .340 .632 18.2 1.6 2.5
RF  Mike Marshall 29 46 157 26 45 8 1 10 19 0 0 15 25 .287 .349 .541 .890 28.2 6.1 0.2
SS #Jose Uribe 30 53 132 21 42 5 1 0 8 1 0 11 13 .318 .377 .371 .748 19.1 3.9 1.0
LF *Doug Frobel 30 36 104 20 27 7 0 4 21 0 1 21 23 .260 .384 .442 .826 17.0 3.6 1.0
LF  Glenn Wilson 30 38 116 14 31 9 0 0 11 0 1 5 16 .267 .298 .345 .642 9.6 0.9 0.7
RF  Al Cowens 37 40 84 11 23 6 1 1 12 0 0 4 11 .274 .307 .405 .712 9.8 1.6 0.0
CF #John Cangelosi 26 15 44 4 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 15 .182 .280 .182 .462 2.3 0.0 0.5
  Team Totals 29.1 1763 5610 784 1475 339 36 120 755 113 39 523 964 .263 .326 .400 .727 712.5 121.8 46.7
  Rank among 12 AL teams 1 3 3 5 3 9 3 2 8 5 9 5 3 8 5 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bret Saberhagen 25 13 12 .520 43 32 0 252.3 252 98 21 40 173 3.50 15.9
*Bruce Hurst 31 16 8 .667 32 31 0 230.7 177 59 14 54 151 2.30 21.7
 Jose Deleon 28 17 2 .895 35 24 3 189.3 161 75 18 73 150 3.57 14.5
 Manny Sarmiento 33 10 8 .556 30 30 0 181.0 182 78 10 57 106 3.88 9.9
*Matt Young 30 6 7 .462 22 21 0 135.0 135 68 14 52 101 4.53 4.9
*Norm Charlton 26 12 15 .444 73 5 24 135.0 117 54 8 54 113 3.60 13.7
*Carlos Diaz 31 4 3 .571 50 0 3 81.0 65 19 3 19 70 2.11 9.1
*Rob Murphy 29 3 3 .500 50 0 2 77.7 107 58 13 27 46 6.72 0.0
*Joe Magrane 24 2 5 .286 9 3 0 63.7 60 35 8 14 41 4.95 1.5
 Victor Cruz 31 3 1 .750 27 0 4 34.3 22 16 2 35 35 4.19 2.6
 Scott Bankhead 25 1 4 .200 5 4 0 28.3 25 9 2 6 21 2.86 1.8
 Mark Huismann 31 0 3 .000 4 4 0 24.7 30 13 4 6 17 4.74 0.4
 Allen Ripley 36 2 0 1.000 12 0 1 13.0 10 0 0 2 6 0.00 2.4
Team Totals 29.2 89 71 .556 392 154 37 1446.0 1343 582 117 439 1030 3.62 98.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 2 2 10 2 1 4 3 2 2 4 2  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 30.8
M.Sasser 893.3 97 109 682 34 5 0 .993 35.7
D.Van Gorder 548.7 63 68 371 21 4 0 .990 28.9
J.Uribe 4.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1446.0 160 178 1059 55 9 0 .992 32.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.30
K.Hrbek 1105.0 122 130 1260 87 8 118 .994 10.97
D.Walker 113.3 14 14 138 13 1 12 .993 11.99
D.Gladden 96.0 10 18 105 4 1 9 .991 10.22
M.Marshall 33.9 4 4 40 1 0 3 1.000 10.88
R.Bryant 9.0 2 2 13 0 0 0 1.000 13.00
A.Hall 3.0 0 3 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
R.Velarde 2.0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
M.Duncan 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1364.2 152 175 1565 106 10 142 .994 11.02
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.72
M.Duncan 823.7 98 101 151 345 14 66 .973 5.42
B.Spiers 480.3 57 58 84 198 3 40 .989 5.28
R.Velarde 61.7 4 19 15 30 1 10 .978 6.57
D.Gladden 50.3 1 22 8 21 1 2 .967 5.19
A.Hall 17.0 0 7 4 5 0 3 1.000 4.76
J.Uribe 8.0 0 6 4 3 0 0 1.000 7.88
T.Foley 5.0 0 3 1 2 0 1 1.000 5.40
Team Total 1446.0 160 216 267 604 19 122 .979 5.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.54
D.Magadan 920.7 102 110 61 198 14 24 .949 2.53
C.Brown 473.0 56 63 32 113 6 11 .960 2.76
M.Duncan 17.3 2 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.56
K.Hrbek 15.3 0 9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Hall 7.7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Uribe 6.0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Velarde 5.0 0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 5.40
T.Foley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 198 94 316 20 36 .953 2.55
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.16
T.Foley 841.3 97 98 121 324 11 56 .976 4.76
R.Velarde 323.0 38 40 39 135 12 19 .935 4.85
J.Uribe 150.0 18 19 26 55 0 16 1.000 4.86
C.Brown 41.3 1 18 12 13 0 3 1.000 5.44
A.Hall 29.0 2 7 5 13 1 3 .947 5.59
D.Magadan 23.3 0 10 3 7 0 2 1.000 3.86
B.Spiers 20.0 2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Duncan 18.0 2 3 3 11 0 1 1.000 7.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 199 209 562 24 100 .970 4.80
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
D.Walker 541.3 62 62 115 2 2 2 .983 1.95
D.Frobel 276.3 32 33 57 2 0 1 1.000 1.92
R.Velarde 184.7 22 23 35 1 0 0 1.000 1.75
G.Wilson 67.2 7 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
D.Gladden 63.0 5 13 13 0 1 0 .929 1.86
M.Marshall 54.6 6 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.32
K.Landreaux 49.0 5 9 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
R.Bryant 28.7 2 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.45
A.Hall 6.7 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
J.Uribe 5.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Cowens 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Van Gorder 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1279.4 141 178 261 5 3 3 .989 1.87
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.35
R.Bryant 864.7 98 102 211 7 0 2 1.000 2.27
K.Landreaux 313.0 34 37 81 0 3 0 .964 2.33
J.Cangelosi 111.3 14 14 31 0 1 0 .969 2.51
R.Velarde 79.0 8 13 24 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
D.Gladden 60.0 6 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
A.Cowens 6.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Walker 6.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
J.Uribe 4.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
D.Frobel 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1446.0 160 184 366 7 4 2 .989 2.32
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
K.Landreaux 856.7 94 98 176 6 0 0 1.000 1.91
D.Gladden 350.7 44 44 67 3 1 1 .986 1.80
G.Wilson 164.3 20 23 32 1 1 0 .971 1.81
R.Bryant 50.7 2 19 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.49
M.Marshall 15.0 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
D.Frobel 6.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
D.Walker 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Hall 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Cangelosi 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
A.Cowens 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1451.3 162 196 296 11 2 1 .994 1.90
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.97
B.Saberhagen 252.3 32 43 16 43 2 2 .967 2.10
B.Hurst 230.7 31 32 16 37 1 3 .981 2.07
J.Deleon 189.3 24 35 11 19 1 1 .968 1.43
M.Sarmiento 181.0 30 30 18 30 0 5 1.000 2.39
N.Charlton 135.0 5 73 2 18 1 1 .952 1.33
M.Young 135.0 21 22 5 22 0 1 1.000 1.80
C.Diaz 81.0 0 50 7 11 1 0 .947 2.00
R.Murphy 77.7 0 50 6 16 0 1 1.000 2.55
J.Magrane 63.7 3 9 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.98
V.Cruz 34.3 0 27 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.84
S.Bankhead 28.3 4 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.95
M.Huismann 24.7 4 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.46
A.Ripley 13.0 0 12 0 2 1 0 .667 1.38
Team Total 1446.0 154 392 93 214 7 16 .978 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hrbek .305
On-Base Pct Hrbek .365
Slugging Pct Hrbek .519
OPS Hrbek .884
XR Hrbek 95.8
Games Hrbek 154
At-Bats Landreaux 560
Runs Landreaux 92
Hits Landreaux 169
Total Bases Hrbek 284
Singles Landreaux 122
Doubles Sasser 37
Triples Bryant 5
Homeruns Hrbek 26
RBIs Hrbek 108
Stolen Bases Hall 59
Caught Stealing Hall 21
Walks Magadan 71
Strikeouts Bryant 119
ERA Hurst 2.30
Wins Deleon 17
Losses Charlton 15
Winning Pct Deleon .895
Saves Charlton 24
Games Pitched Charlton 73
Games Started Saberhagen 32
Complete Games Hurst 6
Shutouts Deleon, Saberhagen 2
Innings Pitched Saberhagen 252.3
Hits Allowed Saberhagen 252
Homeruns Allowed Saberhagen 21
Strikeouts Saberhagen 173
Walks Allowed Deleon 73
Walks per 9IP Saberhagen 1.4
Hits per 9IP Hurst 6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Deleon 7.1
WHiP Hurst 1.00
OAVG Hurst .209
OOBP Hurst .257
OSLG Hurst .322
OOPS Hurst .579
Team All-Stars
Kent Hrbek
Bruce Hurst
Ken Landreaux
Player Salaries
Ken Landreaux $ 8,000,000
Kent Hrbek $ 6,000,000
Mike Marshall $ 5,250,000
Manny Sarmiento $ 5,000,000
Bret Saberhagen $ 4,421,429
Jose Deleon $ 3,650,000
Bruce Hurst $ 3,000,000
Chris Brown $ 2,485,714
Albert Hall $ 2,385,714
Ralph Bryant $ 2,285,714
Tom Foley $ 1,892,857
Duane Walker $ 1,621,429
Glenn Wilson $ 1,542,857
Carlos Diaz $ 1,400,000
Doug Frobel $ 1,074,286
Dave Van Gorder $ 885,714
Allen Ripley $ 807,143
Rob Murphy $ 491,429
John Cangelosi $ 417,857
John Tudor $ 350,000
Victor Cruz $ 350,000
Mackey Sasser $ 300,000
Norm Charlton $ 300,000
Al Cowens $ 300,000
Mariano Duncan $ 300,000
Dan Gladden $ 300,000
Dave Magadan $ 300,000
Jack O'Connor $ 300,000
Bill Spiers $ 300,000
Mark Huismann $ 300,000
Scott Bankhead $ 300,000
Randy Velarde $ 300,000
Matt Young $ 300,000
Joe Magrane $ 300,000
Jose Uribe $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/14 Released Rick Rhoden    
2/14 Released Jim Sundberg    
2/14 Released Bryan Clutterbuck    
2/14 Released Al Nipper    
2/14 Released Bob Owchinko    
2/14 Released Jerry Reed    
2/14 Released Jorge Orta    
2/14 Released Dave Stewart    
2/14 Released Cecil Espy    
2/14 Released Scott Holman    
2/14 Released Jack Lazorko    
2/14 Released Jack Daugherty    
2/14 Released Milt Thompson    
2/14 Released Eddie Miller    
2/14 Released Angel Salazar    
2/14 Released Henry Cotto    
2/14 Released Candy Maldonado    
2/14 Released Ken Gerhart    
2/14 Released Junior Noboa    
2/14 Released Darrel Akerfelds    
2/14 Released Sil Campusano    
2/14 Released Terry Pendleton    
2/25 Signed     Dave Engle
3/4 Traded Marquis Grissom Cleveland (N) Mackey Sasser
Al Cowens
Ralph Bryant
Andy Hawkins
4/3 Signed     Tito Landrum
4/3 Signed     Mark Huismann
4/3 Signed     John Martin
7/1 Traded Mike Aldrete Los Angeles Glenn Wilson
7/31 Traded Mark Lemke New York (N) Scott Bankhead
7/31 Traded Jim Walewander Tampa Bay Mike Marshall
Joe Magrane