1996 Event Free agent Roger Clemens signs with Toronto Blue Jays 1993 Event Tor Blue Jays beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 2, in 89th World Series 1993 Event Highest scoring World Series game Blue Jays 15, Phillies 14 in 4h14m 1993 Event A's trade Rickey Henderson to Blue Jays 1993 Event New York Yankee Mark Hutton is 1st Australian to be a starting pitcher, He beats Angels 5-2; Yankees, Red Sox, Blue Jays 3 way tie for 1st 1992 Event Toronto Blue Jays beat Atl Braves, 4 games to 2, in 88th World Series 1992 Event Toronto Blue Jays beats Oakland A's to win their 1st AL pennant 1992 Event Toronto Blue Jays win AL East title 1992 Event Brewers beat Blue Jays 22-2 with AL record 31 hits in 9 innings 1992 Event New York Mets trade David Cone to Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Kent 1992 Event Longest 2 undefeated baseball teams to meet (New York Yankees 5-0 vs Toronto Blue Jays 6-0); Yankees score 3 in top of 9th to win 5-2 1991 Event Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans 1991 Event Yankee pitchers pick-off 3 Toronto Blue Jays 1990 Event Blue Jays trade F McGriff and T Fernandez to SD for R Alomar and J Carter 1990 Event Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats 1990 Event 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 Event Longest game in Toronto, Yankees beat Blue Jays 8-7 in 15 inns 1989 Event Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title 1989 Event Blue Jays bat out of order against Brewers in 6th inning 1989 Event Blue Jays Dave Steib's perfect game broken up in 9th with 2 outs by New York Yankee Roberto Kelly 1989 Event Toronto Blue Jays are 10 games back in AL, and go on to win AL East 1989 Event 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 Event Toronto Blue Jays Skydome stadium opens, Mil Brewers win 5-3 1989 Event Red Sox lead Blue Jays 10-0 in 7th, but lose 12-11 in 12 for Blue Jays 12th consecutive victory at Fenway 1989 Event Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams and replace him with Cito Gaston 1987 Event Blues Jays lose final 7 games allowing Tigers to win AL pennant 1987 Event Toronto Blue Jays hit a record 10 home runs vs Baltimore Orioles 1987 Death Norman Harris, guitarist (O'Jays), dies at 39 of heart failure 1984 Event Strong winds cause a 30 minnutes delay in Toronto Blue Jays game 1983 Event Kirk Gibson (Tigers) and Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park home runs 1979 Event Twins John Castino and Jays Alfredo Griffin tie for AL Rookie of Year 1979 Event California Angels trounce Toronto Blue Jays, 24-2 1977 Event Orioles forfeit to Blue Jays when manager Earl Weaver pulls team off field in 5th citing hazardous condition (small tarpaulin on bullpen mound) 1977 Event Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits 1977 Death William Powell, rocker (O'Jays), dies of cancer at 35 1977 Event Billy Martin pulls Yankee line-up out of a hat, beats Blue Jays 8-6 1977 Event Toronto Blues Jays 1st game, they beat Chicago 9-5 1973 Birthday Tomas Perez, Barquisimeto Venezuela, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1973 Birthday Marty Janzen, born in Miami, Florida, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1973 Birthday Alex Gonzalez, born in Miami, Florida, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1972 Birthday Shawn Green, born in Des Plaines Illinois, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1972 Birthday Sandy Martinez, Villa Mella, Dominican Republic, catcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1972 Birthday Carlos Delgado, born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1970 Birthday Jeff Ware, born in Norfolk, Virginia, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1970 Birthday Paul Spoljaric, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1969 Birthday Tim Crabtree, Jackson, Michigan, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1969 Birthday Robert Perez, born in Bolivar, Venezuela, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1969 Birthday Brad Cornett, U.S. baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1968 Birthday Pat Hentgen, born in Detroit, Michigan, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1968 Birthday Domingo Cedeno, La Ramona, Dominican Republic, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1968 Birthday Paul Quantrill, London Ontario, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1968 Birthday John Olerud, born in Seattle, Washington, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1967 Birthday Ed Sprague, born in Castro Valley, California, infielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1967 Birthday Bill Risley, born in Chicago, Illinois, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1966 Birthday Juan Guzman, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1966 Birthday Michael Timlin, born in Midland, Texas, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1965 Birthday Jacob Brumfield, Bogalusa, Louisiana, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1965 Birthday Todd Stottlemyre, Yakima, Washington, pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals, Blue Jays 1965 Birthday Erik Hanson, Kinnelon, New Jersey, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1963 Birthday Mel Stottlemyre, Jr., pitcher, Toronto Blues Jays 1963 Birthday Mike Huff, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1963 Birthday Jeff Musselman, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets Major League Baseball teams 1963 Birthday Tony Castillo, Lara Venezuela, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1963 Birthday David Cone, born in Kansas City, Missouri, baseball pitcher, New York Mets/Tor Blue Jays/New York Yankees 1962 Birthday Roger Clemens, born in Dayton, Ohio, pitcher for the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Cy Young, MVP 1961 Birthday Charlie O'Brien, Tulsa, Oklahoma, catcher, Brewers, Mets, Braves, Blue Jays 1961 Birthday Jimmy Key, born in Huntsville, Alabama, pitcher, Blue Jays, New York Yankees, Orioles 1960 Birthday Juan Samuel, San Pedro de Macoris, infielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays 1960 Birthday Joe Carter, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, outfielder for the Toronto Blue Jays 1959 Birthday Jesse Barfield, Illinois, outfielder, Blue Jays, Yankees, 1986 home run leader 1959 Birthday George Bell, Dominican Republic, outfielder, Blue Jays, 1987 AL MVP 1957 Birthday Tom Candiotti, born in Walnut Creek, California, pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, also played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angelese Dodgers, and the Oakland Athletics 1957 Birthday Dave Steib, pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays 1956 Birthday Bill Caudill, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners 1955 Birthday Damaso Garcia, born in Moca, Dominican Republic, Major League Baseball player, played for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays and Montreal Expos 1978 - 1989 1954 Birthday Ken Schrom, born in Grangeville, Idaho, professional baseball player, pitcher, played for the California Angels, the Toronto Blue Jays 1951 Birthday Dave Winfield, baseball outfielder, New York Yankees, Blue Jays, Twins 1950 Birthday Jorge Orta, born in Mazatlan, Mexico, professional baseball player, played second baseman, third baseman, outfield, played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays 1948 Event Schenectady Blue Jays Tom Lasorda strikes out 25 in 15-inning game 1944 Birthday Cito Gaston, MLB manager for the Toronto Blue Jays
