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1983 Toronto Blue Jays season

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Record
  
89–73 (.549)

General manager(s)
  
Pat Gillick

Divisional place
  
4th

Manager(s)
  
Bobby Cox

Owner(s)
  
Labatt Breweries, Imperial Trust, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

Local television
  
CFTO-TV (Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)

The 1983 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's seventh season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. It was the franchise's first winning season, and it started a streak of 11 consecutive winning seasons.

Contents

Offseason

  • December 9, 1982: Dale Murray and Tom Dodd were traded by the Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Fred McGriff, Dave Collins, Mike Morgan, and cash.
  • February 23, 1983: Mickey Klutts was signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

    • Regular season

  • Willie Upshaw became the first Blue Jay to get over 100 RBIs with 104
  • On August 4, 1983, New York Yankee Dave Winfield, while warming up before the 5th inning of a game at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, accidentally killed a seagull with a thrown ball. He doffed his cap in mock sorrow. Fans responded by hurling obscenities and improvised missiles. After the game, he was brought to the Ontario Provincial Police station on charges of cruelty to animals and was forced to post a $500 bond before being released. Quipped Yankees manager Billy Martin, "It's the first time he's hit the cutoff man." The charges were dropped the following day. For years afterward Winfield's appearances in Toronto were greeted with loud choruses of boos, but he later became a fan favorite when he joined the team in 1992.

    • Opening Day starters

  • Dave Collins
  • Dámaso García
  • Jim Gott
  • Alfredo Griffin
  • Cliff Johnson
  • Lloyd Moseby
  • Rance Mulliniks
  • Hosken Powell
  • Willie Upshaw
  • Ernie Whitt

    • Notable transactions

  • February 5, 1983: Leon Roberts was traded by the Blue Jays to the Kansas City Royals for Cecil Fielder.
  • June 6, 1983: Webster Garrison was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 2nd round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed August 21, 1983.
  • June 21, 1983: Doyle Alexander was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.

    • Starters by position

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

    Other batters

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

    Starting pitchers

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

    Other pitchers

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

    Relief pitchers

    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

    Award winners

  • Lloyd Moseby, Player of the Month Award, August
  • Lloyd Moseby, Silver Slugger Award
  • Dave Stieb, Pitcher of the Month Award, May

    • All-Star Game

  • Dave Stieb, Starting Pitcher

    • References

    1983 Toronto Blue Jays season Wikipedia
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