1990 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977)

rpriske · 01-10-2021, 12:28 PM

Expansion Jays! 63-99 - WS - New York Mets over Minnesota Twins

1978 69-93 - WS - Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers

1979 94-68 - WS - Texas Rangers over Cincinnati Reds

1980 97-66 (Lost a tiebreaker game to Detroit) - WS - Detroit Tigers over Cincinnati Reds

1981 89-73 - WS - Pittsburgh Pirates over Detroit Tigers

1982 98-64 - WS - Detroit Tigers over Pittsburgh Pirates

1983 104-58 (Lost ALCS to Oakland 3-1) - WS - Oakland Athletics over St.Louis Cardinals

1984 114-48 (Beat Kansas City in ALCS 4-0) - WS - Los Angeles Dodgers over Toronto Blue Jays (4 games to 1)

1985 123-39 (Record for wins) (Beat Kansas City in ALCS 4-0) - WS - Toronto Blue Jays over Chicago Cubs (4 games to 2)

1986 122-40 (Beat Kansas City in ALCS 4-1) - WS - Toronto Blue Jays over Pittsburgh Pirates (4 games to 2)

1987 115-47 - (Lost ALCS 4-0 to Texas) - WS - Philadelphia Phillies over Texas Rangers (4 games to 1)

1988 86-76 - (Lost ALCS 4-2 to Angels) - WS - St. Louis Cardinals over California Angels (4 games to 2)

1989 68-94 - (Worst season since 1977) - WS - St. Louis Cardinals over Texas Rangers (4 games to 0)

rpriske · 01-10-2021, 12:32 PM

Writers are saying that the Toronto Blue Jays had one of the best offseasons of any team in either league.

Key Additions:

Cal Ripken Jr. (Trade with CAL)
Gary Gaetti (Free Agency)
Ed Forsyth (Trade with BOS)
Michael Aguilar (Trade with MIL)

Key Losses:

Junior Felix (Trade with BOS)
Orel Hershiser (Trade with CAL)
Daniel Wood, Ed Vande Berg, Steve Ray (All lost to waiver claims)

rpriske · 01-14-2021, 10:30 AM

February 26th, 1990

Randy Johnson went 2 for 3 with a home run, a double, and four RBI as the Blue Jays beat the Rangers 7-6 to open Spring Training.

WP - Fernando Valenzuela (1-0)
Save - Yasushi Taguchi (1)
LP - Keith Harding (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-0

rpriske · 01-14-2021, 10:53 AM

February 27th, 1990

Toronto went into the 9th with a four run lead but Rafael Perez gave up three straight home runs to give the Brewers a walk-off, 8-7 win.

David Roberts homered for the Jays.

WP - Chris Owens (1-0)
LP - Rafael Perez (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-1

rpriske · 01-14-2021, 11:22 AM

February 28th, 1990

For the second straight day, the Toronto bullpen let them down in the 9th. Today they lost 8-5 to the Yankees.

Arturo Vasquez and Francisco Mendoza homered for the Jays.

WP - Joel Lo (1-0)
LP - Scott Holman (0-1)

Spring Record - 1-2

rpriske · 01-14-2021, 11:53 AM

March 1st, 1990

The Toronto bullpen nearly blew things again, but the Jays were able to pull out a 10-9 win over the White Sox.

Francisco Mendoza went 3 for 3 with 4 RBI.

Ed Forsyth left the game with a bruised foot. It does not seem serious.

WP - Lee Guetterman (1-0)
Save - Greg Green (1)
LP - Jeff Gray (0-1)

Spring Record - 2-2

rpriske · 01-18-2021, 07:54 AM

March 2nd, 1990

A good showing by Dave Stieb was wasted by three errors leading to four unearned runs but then Ron Gravel came in and pitched four perfect innings in relief as the Jays grabbed the game back and beat the Mariners 9-5.

Bob Allen homered for Toronto.

WP - Ron Gravel (1-0)
LP - Artie Reilly (0-1)

Spring Record - 3-2

rpriske · 01-20-2021, 10:24 AM

March 3rd, 1990

The Blue Jays had a good game all around, beating the Tigers, 11-4.

Francisco Mendoza went 2 for 5 with a home run and 3 RBI.

Randy Johnson also homered for Toronto.

WP - Orlando Contreras (1-0)
LP - Chris Pierce (0-1)

Spring Record - 4-2

rpriske · 01-20-2021, 10:48 AM

March 4th, 1990

Arturo Vazquez is on fire this spring, hitting .727 so far. Today he went 3 for 3 including a home run as the Blue Jays beat the Red Sox, 9-6.

Gary Gaetti and David Roberts also homered for Toronto.

Joseph Prost left the game with a strained oblique and is expected to miss the next 3-4 weeks of Spring Training.

WP - Ramon Martinez (1-0)
Save - Lee Smith (1)
LP - Greg Swindell (0-1)

Spring Record - 5-2

rpriske · 01-20-2021, 11:11 AM

March 5th, 1990

Jim Abbott pitched five scoreless innings, leading the Blue Jays to a 9-3 win over the A's.

WP - Jim Abbott (1-0)
LP - Jimmy Key (0-2)

Spring Record - 6-2

rpriske · 01-23-2021, 12:43 PM

March 6th, 1990

George Brett reached base five times as the Blue Jays pounded Cleveland, 9-1.

Francisco Mendoza hit a Grand Slam. Michael Aguilar and Randy Johnson also homered for Toronto.

WP - Jim Kane (1-0)
LP - Dave Stapleton (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-2

rpriske · 01-26-2021, 03:32 PM

March 7th, 1990

Francisco Mendoza homered in the 8th and Cal Ripken singled in the 9th. Those were the only hits the Blue Jays could manage as they fell 2-1 to the Orioles.

WP - Don Robinson (1-0)
Save - Clarence Chase (1)
LP - Robinson Lopez (0-1)

Spring Record - 7-3

rpriske · 01-26-2021, 03:42 PM

First Round of Spring Cuts:

Sent to minor league camp:

Rafael Perez
Rick Nelson
Yasushi Taguchi
Diego Guzman

TRADE

To CARDINALS

Scott Holman
Ted Yong

To BLUE JAYS

Darren Daulton (SLC retains small amount of contract)
Santiago Canseco
Jorge Gonzalez
Patrick Price
Julio Diaz

Daulton joins the Major League camp.

rpriske · 01-29-2021, 09:53 AM

March 8th, 1990

Cal Ripken homered twice, backing a strong outing by Dave Stieb, as the Blue Jays beat the Angels 4-2.

Randy Johnson also homered for Toronto.

WP - Dave Stieb (1-0)
Save - Michael Klinger (1)
LP - Orel Hershiser (1-1)

Spring Record - 8-3

rpriske · 02-03-2021, 08:12 AM

March 9th, 1990

Paul O'Neill's home run led the Toronto bats as they bailed out Todd Stottlemyre and beat the Twins, 7-5.

WP - Todd Stottlemyre (1-0)
Save - Michael Hall (1)
LP - Jason Powell (0-1)

Spring Record - 9-3

rpriske · 02-08-2021, 09:07 AM

March 11th, 1990

George Brett muscled two home runs as the Blue Jays beat the Royals, 8-2.

WP - Ramon Martinez (2-0)
LP - Doug Sullivan (0-2)

Spring Record - 10-3

rpriske · 02-12-2021, 07:51 AM

March 12th, 1990

An 8th inning home run by Ken King tied it up and a 9th inning home run by Gary Gaetti walked it off as the Blue Jays beat the Rangers, 4-3.

WP - Fernando Valenzuela (2-0)
LP - Matt Prisk (0-1)

Spring Record - 11-3

rpriske · 02-14-2021, 04:04 PM

March 13th, 1990

Jim Kane was his constant self and the Blue Jays beat the Brewers, 5-4.

Arturo Vazquez hit his 3rd homer of the spring.

Bob Allen left the game with a strained knee. He will likely take it easy for the next week.

WP - Jim Kane (2-0)
Save - Michael Klinger (2)
LP - Ron Darling (0-1)

Spring Record - 12-3

rpriske · 02-14-2021, 04:34 PM

March 14th, 1990

Robinson Lopez pitched five hitless innings, setting the Blue Jays up for a nice, 5-3 win over the Yankees.

Randy Johnson homered for Toronto.

WP - Robinson Lopez (1-1)
Save - Antonio Gonzalez (1)
LP - Ray White (1-1)

Spring Record - 13-3

rpriske · 02-14-2021, 04:55 PM

March 15th, 1990

Dave Stieb had been very sharp in his previous two spring starts but today the White Sox roughed him, scoring none times over five innings, on the way to a 12-5 win over the Blue Jays.

Francisco Mendoza and Paul O'Neill homered for Toronto.

WP - Scott Garrelts (2-1)
Save - Jeff Gray (3)
LP - Dave Stieb (1-1)

Spring Record - 13-4

01-10-2021, 12:28 PM	#1
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	1990 Toronto Blue Jays (est. 1977) Expansion Jays! 63-99 - WS - New York Mets over Minnesota Twins 1978 69-93 - WS - Cincinnati Reds over Detroit Tigers 1979 94-68 - WS - Texas Rangers over Cincinnati Reds 1980 97-66 (Lost a tiebreaker game to Detroit) - WS - Detroit Tigers over Cincinnati Reds 1981 89-73 - WS - Pittsburgh Pirates over Detroit Tigers 1982 98-64 - WS - Detroit Tigers over Pittsburgh Pirates 1983 104-58 (Lost ALCS to Oakland 3-1) - WS - Oakland Athletics over St.Louis Cardinals 1984 114-48 (Beat Kansas City in ALCS 4-0) - WS - Los Angeles Dodgers over Toronto Blue Jays (4 games to 1) 1985 123-39 (Record for wins) (Beat Kansas City in ALCS 4-0) - WS - Toronto Blue Jays over Chicago Cubs (4 games to 2) 1986 122-40 (Beat Kansas City in ALCS 4-1) - WS - Toronto Blue Jays over Pittsburgh Pirates (4 games to 2) 1987 115-47 - (Lost ALCS 4-0 to Texas) - WS - Philadelphia Phillies over Texas Rangers (4 games to 1) 1988 86-76 - (Lost ALCS 4-2 to Angels) - WS - St. Louis Cardinals over California Angels (4 games to 2) 1989 68-94 - (Worst season since 1977) - WS - St. Louis Cardinals over Texas Rangers (4 games to 0) __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-10-2021, 12:32 PM	#2
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	Writers are saying that the Toronto Blue Jays had one of the best offseasons of any team in either league. Key Additions: Cal Ripken Jr. (Trade with CAL) Gary Gaetti (Free Agency) Ed Forsyth (Trade with BOS) Michael Aguilar (Trade with MIL) Key Losses: Junior Felix (Trade with BOS) Orel Hershiser (Trade with CAL) Daniel Wood, Ed Vande Berg, Steve Ray (All lost to waiver claims) __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 01-10-2021 at 12:40 PM.

01-14-2021, 10:30 AM	#3
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	February 26th, 1990 Randy Johnson went 2 for 3 with a home run, a double, and four RBI as the Blue Jays beat the Rangers 7-6 to open Spring Training. WP - Fernando Valenzuela (1-0) Save - Yasushi Taguchi (1) LP - Keith Harding (0-1) Spring Record - 1-0 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 01-14-2021 at 11:53 AM.

01-14-2021, 10:53 AM	#4
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	February 27th, 1990 Toronto went into the 9th with a four run lead but Rafael Perez gave up three straight home runs to give the Brewers a walk-off, 8-7 win. David Roberts homered for the Jays. WP - Chris Owens (1-0) LP - Rafael Perez (0-1) Spring Record - 1-1 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 01-14-2021 at 11:53 AM.

01-14-2021, 11:22 AM	#5
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	February 28th, 1990 For the second straight day, the Toronto bullpen let them down in the 9th. Today they lost 8-5 to the Yankees. Arturo Vasquez and Francisco Mendoza homered for the Jays. WP - Joel Lo (1-0) LP - Scott Holman (0-1) Spring Record - 1-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 01-14-2021 at 11:53 AM.

01-14-2021, 11:53 AM	#6
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 1st, 1990 The Toronto bullpen nearly blew things again, but the Jays were able to pull out a 10-9 win over the White Sox. Francisco Mendoza went 3 for 3 with 4 RBI. Ed Forsyth left the game with a bruised foot. It does not seem serious. WP - Lee Guetterman (1-0) Save - Greg Green (1) LP - Jeff Gray (0-1) Spring Record - 2-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-18-2021, 07:54 AM	#7
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 2nd, 1990 A good showing by Dave Stieb was wasted by three errors leading to four unearned runs but then Ron Gravel came in and pitched four perfect innings in relief as the Jays grabbed the game back and beat the Mariners 9-5. Bob Allen homered for Toronto. WP - Ron Gravel (1-0) LP - Artie Reilly (0-1) Spring Record - 3-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 01-18-2021 at 08:52 AM.

01-20-2021, 10:24 AM	#8
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 3rd, 1990 The Blue Jays had a good game all around, beating the Tigers, 11-4. Francisco Mendoza went 2 for 5 with a home run and 3 RBI. Randy Johnson also homered for Toronto. WP - Orlando Contreras (1-0) LP - Chris Pierce (0-1) Spring Record - 4-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-20-2021, 10:48 AM	#9
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 4th, 1990 Arturo Vazquez is on fire this spring, hitting .727 so far. Today he went 3 for 3 including a home run as the Blue Jays beat the Red Sox, 9-6. Gary Gaetti and David Roberts also homered for Toronto. Joseph Prost left the game with a strained oblique and is expected to miss the next 3-4 weeks of Spring Training. WP - Ramon Martinez (1-0) Save - Lee Smith (1) LP - Greg Swindell (0-1) Spring Record - 5-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ```````````````````````````````````````` Last edited by rpriske; 01-20-2021 at 10:49 AM.

01-20-2021, 11:11 AM	#10
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 5th, 1990 Jim Abbott pitched five scoreless innings, leading the Blue Jays to a 9-3 win over the A's. WP - Jim Abbott (1-0) LP - Jimmy Key (0-2) Spring Record - 6-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-23-2021, 12:43 PM	#11
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 6th, 1990 George Brett reached base five times as the Blue Jays pounded Cleveland, 9-1. Francisco Mendoza hit a Grand Slam. Michael Aguilar and Randy Johnson also homered for Toronto. WP - Jim Kane (1-0) LP - Dave Stapleton (0-1) Spring Record - 7-2 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-26-2021, 03:32 PM	#12
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 7th, 1990 Francisco Mendoza homered in the 8th and Cal Ripken singled in the 9th. Those were the only hits the Blue Jays could manage as they fell 2-1 to the Orioles. WP - Don Robinson (1-0) Save - Clarence Chase (1) LP - Robinson Lopez (0-1) Spring Record - 7-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-26-2021, 03:42 PM	#13
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	First Round of Spring Cuts: Sent to minor league camp: Rafael Perez Rick Nelson Yasushi Taguchi Diego Guzman TRADE To CARDINALS Scott Holman Ted Yong To BLUE JAYS Darren Daulton (SLC retains small amount of contract) Santiago Canseco Jorge Gonzalez Patrick Price Julio Diaz Daulton joins the Major League camp. __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

01-29-2021, 09:53 AM	#14
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 8th, 1990 Cal Ripken homered twice, backing a strong outing by Dave Stieb, as the Blue Jays beat the Angels 4-2. Randy Johnson also homered for Toronto. WP - Dave Stieb (1-0) Save - Michael Klinger (1) LP - Orel Hershiser (1-1) Spring Record - 8-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

02-03-2021, 08:12 AM	#15
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 9th, 1990 Paul O'Neill's home run led the Toronto bats as they bailed out Todd Stottlemyre and beat the Twins, 7-5. WP - Todd Stottlemyre (1-0) Save - Michael Hall (1) LP - Jason Powell (0-1) Spring Record - 9-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

02-08-2021, 09:07 AM	#16
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 11th, 1990 George Brett muscled two home runs as the Blue Jays beat the Royals, 8-2. WP - Ramon Martinez (2-0) LP - Doug Sullivan (0-2) Spring Record - 10-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

02-12-2021, 07:51 AM	#17
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 12th, 1990 An 8th inning home run by Ken King tied it up and a 9th inning home run by Gary Gaetti walked it off as the Blue Jays beat the Rangers, 4-3. WP - Fernando Valenzuela (2-0) LP - Matt Prisk (0-1) Spring Record - 11-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

02-14-2021, 04:04 PM	#18
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 13th, 1990 Jim Kane was his constant self and the Blue Jays beat the Brewers, 5-4. Arturo Vazquez hit his 3rd homer of the spring. Bob Allen left the game with a strained knee. He will likely take it easy for the next week. WP - Jim Kane (2-0) Save - Michael Klinger (2) LP - Ron Darling (0-1) Spring Record - 12-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

02-14-2021, 04:34 PM	#19
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 14th, 1990 Robinson Lopez pitched five hitless innings, setting the Blue Jays up for a nice, 5-3 win over the Yankees. Randy Johnson homered for Toronto. WP - Robinson Lopez (1-1) Save - Antonio Gonzalez (1) LP - Ray White (1-1) Spring Record - 13-3 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````

02-14-2021, 04:55 PM	#20
rpriske Hall Of Famer Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Spencerville, ON, Canada Posts: 25,833	March 15th, 1990 Dave Stieb had been very sharp in his previous two spring starts but today the White Sox roughed him, scoring none times over five innings, on the way to a 12-5 win over the Blue Jays. Francisco Mendoza and Paul O'Neill homered for Toronto. WP - Scott Garrelts (2-1) Save - Jeff Gray (3) LP - Dave Stieb (1-1) Spring Record - 13-4 __________________ Rusty Priske Poet, Canadian, Baseball Fan ````````````````````````````````````````