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1996 Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays

1993 Tor Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2, in 89th World Series

1993 Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m

1993 A's trade Rickey Henderson to Blue Jays

1993 New York Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yanks, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st

1992 Toronto Blue Jays beat Atl Braves, 4 games to 2, in 88th World Series

1992 Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant

1992 Toronto Blue Jays win AL East title

1992 Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings

1992 New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent

1992 Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yanks 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yanks score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2

1991 Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans

1991 Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays

1990 Blue Jays trade F McGriff and T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar and J Carter

1990 Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats

1990 A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays and Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St. Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues

1990 Longest game in Toronto, Yanks beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns

1989 Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title

1989 Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning

1989 Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by New York Yankee Roberto Kelly

1989 Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East

1989 1st Baseball game to start outdoors and end indoors, as Toronto Blue Jays stadium closes roof during game at 8:48, and beat Brewers 4-2

1989 Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3

1989 Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway

1989 Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston

1987 Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant

1987 Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 home runs vs Baltimore Orioles

1987 Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure

1984 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game

1983 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park HRs

1979 Twins John Castino and Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year

1979 California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2

1977 Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when mgr Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound)

1977 Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits

1977 William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35

1977 Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6

1977 Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5

1973 Tomas Perez, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1973 Marty Janzen, born in Miami, Florida, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1973 Alex Gonzalez, born in Miami, Florida, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1972 Shawn Green, born in Des Plaines Illinois, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1972 Sandy Martinez, Villa Mella, Dominican Republic, catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1972 Carlos Delgado, born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1970 Jeff Ware, born in Norfolk, Virginia, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1970 Paul Spoljaric, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1969 Tim Crabtree, Jackson, Michigan, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1969 Robert Perez, born in Bolivar, Venezuela, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1969 Brad Cornett, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1968 Pat Hentgen, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1968 Domingo Cedeno, La Ramona, Dominican Republic, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1968 Paul Quantrill, London Ontario, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1968 John Olerud, born in Seattle, Washington, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1967 Ed Sprague, born in Castro Valley, California, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1967 Bill Risley, born in Chicago, Illinois, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1966 Juan Guzman, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1966 Michael Timlin, born in Midland, Texas, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1965 Jacob Brumfield, Bogalusa, Louisiana, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1965 Todd Stottlemyre, Yakima, Washington, pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays

1965 Erik Hanson, Kinnelon, New Jersey, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1963 Mel Stottlemyre, Jr., pitcher, Toronto Blues Jays

1963 Mike Huff, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1963 Tony Castillo, Lara Venezuela, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1963 David Cone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, baseball pitcher, New York Mets/Tor Blue Jays/New York Yankees

1962 Roger Clemens, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP

1961 Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa, Oklahoma, catcher, Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays

1961 Jimmy Key, born in Huntsville, Alabama, pitcher, Blue Jays, New York Yanks, Orioles

1960 Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays

1960 Joe Carter, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays

1959 Jesse Barfield, Illinois, outfielder, Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 HR leader

1959 George Bell, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP

1957 Dave Steib, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays

1951 Dave Winfield, baseball outfielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays, Twins

1948 Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game

1944 Cito Gaston, MLB manager for the Toronto Blue Jays



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