1982 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1982 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's sixth season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing sixth in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses. Bobby Cox became the third field manager in team history.
Dave Stieb established himself as one of the top pitchers in the American League, as he led the AL with 19 complete games and 5 shutouts.

Offseason

November 17, 1981: Aurelio Rodríguez was traded by the New York Yankees to the Toronto Blue Jays for a player to be named later. The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Lebo to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
November 27, 1981: Danny Ainge was released by the Blue Jays.
December 28, 1981: Paul Mirabella was traded by the Blue Jays to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Dave Geisel to the Blue Jays on March 25.
March 25, 1982: Phil Huffman was traded by the Blue Jays to the Kansas City Royals for Rance Mulliniks.
Regular season

One of the key events of the season was that the Toronto Blue Jays sold its first beer. Exhibition Stadium was the only stadium in the major leagues that did not sell beer. The Ontario Legislature reached a decision on July 7, 1982. Dr. Robert Elgie, the minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations announced that beer would be sold on a trial basis at Exhibition Stadium. On July 30, 1982, Paul Godfrey sold the first ceremonial beer at Exhibition Stadium to William Turner, a fan from London, Ontario.

Opening Day Lineup

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 2, 1982: Aurelio Rodríguez was traded by the Blue Jays to the Chicago White Sox for Wayne Nordhagen.
May 5, 1982: John Mayberry was traded by the Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Dave Revering, Tom Dodd, and Jeff Reynolds.
June 7, 1982: 1982 Major League Baseball draft
*Jimmy Key was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round. Player signed June 12, 1982.
*Mike Henneman was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 27th round, but did not sign.
June 15, 1982: Wayne Nordhagen was traded by the Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Davis.
June 22, 1982: Dick Davis was traded by the Blue Jays to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later. The Pirates completed the deal by sending Wayne Nordhagen to the Blue Jays on June 25.
Roster

Game log

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos.	Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	AVG	SB
C		105	284	28	74	14	2	11	42	.261	3
1B		160	580	77	155	25	7	21	75	.267	8
2B		147	597	89	185	32	3	5	42	.310	54
3B		129	417	45	119	20	5	1	36	.285	3
SS		162	539	57	130	20	8	1	48	.241	10
LF		140	437	59	128	26	3	6	49	.293	14
CF		147	487	51	115	20	9	9	52	.236	11
RF		139	394	54	97	13	2	18	58	.246	1
DH		72	185	12	50	6	0	1	20	.270	0

Other batters

Pitching

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	R	ER	BB	K
	17	14	3.25	38	38	0	288.1	116	104	75	141
	16	14	3.71	40	40	0	266.2	122	110	77	139
	12	15	3.93	38	38	0	249.2	113	109	79	111
	8	6	3.21	44	0	8	70.0	27	25	30	49
	8	7	3.16	56	0	11	111.0	48	39	32	60
	8	8	3.06	48	2	6	97.0	37	33	31	71
	5	10	4.43	30	23	0	136.0	76	67	66	82
	1	0	5.87	6	0	0	15.1	11	10	15	8
	1	1	7.25	32	4	0	58.1	48	47	26	35
	1	1	3.98	16	2	0	31.2	15	14	17	22
	1	5	6.03	16	8	0	59.2	44	40	25	22
	0	0	4.91	11	0	0	22.0	16	12	6	20
	0	3	5.45	7	7	0	38.0	28	23	14	16
Totals	78	84	3.95	162	162	25	1443.0	701	633	493	776

Award winners

Jim Clancy, American League All-Star Selection, Reserve
Dámaso García, 2B, Silver Slugger Award
Dave Stieb, The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
Dave Stieb, American League Leader, 19 Complete Games
Dave Stieb, American League Leader, 5 Shutouts
Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Medicine Hat

Popular movies

The Hunger Games (film) - 2012 American dystopian action thriller science fiction-adventure film directed by Gary Ross and based on Suzanne Collins’s 2008 novel of the same name. It is the first insta...
untitled Captain Marvel sequel - part of Marvel Cinematic Universe....
Killers of the Flower Moon (film project) - Killers of the Flower Moon - film project in United States of America. It was presented as drama, detective fiction, thriller. The film project starred Leonardo Dicaprio, Robert De Niro. Director of...
Five Nights at Freddy's (film) - Five Nights at Freddy's - film published in 2017 in United States of America. Scenarist of the film - Scott Cawthon....

Popular books

Book of Revelation - The Book of Revelation is the final book of the New Testament, and consequently is also the final book of the Christian Bible. Its title is derived from the first word of the Koine Greek text: apok...
Book of Genesis - account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, Israel's ancestors and the origins...
Gospel of Matthew - The Gospel According to Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and one of the three synoptic gospels. It tells how Israel's Messiah, rejected and executed in Israel, pronounces judgement on ...
Michelin Guide - Michelin Guides are a series of guide books published by the French tyre company Michelin for more than a century. The term normally refers to the annually published Michelin Red Guide , the oldest...
Psalms - The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms , the Psalter or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim , the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and thus a book of th...
Ecclesiastes - Ecclesiastes is one of 24 books of the Tanakh , where it is classified as one of the Ketuvim . Originally written c. 450–200 BCE, it is also among the canonical Wisdom literature of the Old Tes...
The 48 Laws of Power - non-fiction book by American author Robert Greene. The book...

Popular television series

The Crown (TV series) - historical drama web television series about the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, created and principally written by Peter Morgan, and produced by Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Tel...
Friends - American sitcom television series, created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast sta...
Young Sheldon - spin-off prequel to The Big Bang Theory and begins with the character Sheldon...
Modern Family - American television mockumentary family sitcom created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company. It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23...
Loki (TV series) - upcoming American web television miniseries created for Disney+ by Michael Waldron, based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, shar...
Game of Thrones - American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It...
Shameless (American TV series) - American comedy-drama television series developed by John Wells which debuted on Showtime on January 9, 2011. It...