1982 Toronto Blue Jays season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Toronto Blue Jays
season = 1982
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1977
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1977
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Exhibition Stadium
y4 = 1977
city = Toronto, Ontario
y5 = 1977
owners = Labatt Breweries,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
managers = Bobby Cox
television = CTV Television Network
(Don Chevrier, Tony Kubek, Fergie Olver)
radio = CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)|The by|1982 Toronto Blue Jays season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Blue Jays finishing 6th in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses. Bobby Cox would become 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 27, 1981: Danny Ainge was released by the Blue Jays. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aingeda01.shtml Danny Ainge page at Baseball Reference] ]
*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. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/geiseda01.shtml Dave Geisel page at Baseball Reference] ]

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 (along with Hamilton’s Ivor Wynne Stadium and Ottawa’s Lansdowne Park). Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.184, Penguin Books, ISBN 0-14-023978-2 ] 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

* Jesse Barfield
* Mark Bomback
* Dámaso García
* Alfredo Griffin
* John Mayberry
* Lloyd Moseby
* Rance Mulliniks
* Willie Upshaw
* Ernie Whitt
* Alvis Woods

eason standings

Transactions

* March 25, 1982: Phil Huffman was traded by the Blue Jays to the Kansas City Royals for Rance Mulliniks. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mullira01.shtml Rance Mulliniks page at Baseball Reference] ]
* May 5, 1982: John Mayberry was traded by the Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Dave Revering, Tom Dodd, and Jeff Reynolds (minors). [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maybejo01.shtml John Mayberry page at Baseball Reference] ]
*June 7, 1982: Jimmy Key was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 3rd round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed June 12, 1982. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keyji01.shtml]
* June 7, 1982: Mike Henneman was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 27th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hennemi01.shtml Mike Henneman page at Baseball Reference] ]
* June 15, 1982: Wayne Nordhagen was traded by the Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Dick Davis. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisdi02.shtml Dick Davis page at Baseball Reference] ]
* 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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Award Winners

* Jim Clancy, American League All-Star Selection, Reserve [ [http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/all_stars.jsp Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History ] ]
* 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

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1982.shtml 1982 Toronto Blue Jays team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1982&t=TOR 1982 Toronto Blue Jays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]