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The 1983 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's seventh season of Major League Baseball. For the first time in team history, Toronto avoided a last place finish in their division and recorded a winning record.
Willie Mays Aikens (born October 14, 1954) is an American former professional baseball first baseman who played in Major League Baseball for the California Angels, Kansas City Royals, and Toronto Blue Jays between 1977 and 1985. He had established himself as one of the top sluggers in the game before drugs derailed his career.
The following is a list of players both past and current who appeared at least in one game for the Toronto Blue Jays American League franchise (1977–present). Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in Italics have been honoured on the Blue Jays Level of Excellence
Carter continued to play for the Blue Jays until 1997, and led the Blue Jays in home runs and RBIs in 1994 and 1995. When he represented the Blue Jays at the 1996 All-Star Game , he received boos for his home run that won the Blue Jays the 1993 World Series, as the game took place at Veterans Stadium , then the home of the Philadelphia Phillies.
On December 5, 1983, the Toronto Blue Jays picked him up in the Rule 5 draft. Gruber saw his first MLB action shortly thereafter, playing in his first game on April 20, 1984. Over the next three seasons, he split time between MLB and the minor leagues, earning an everyday spot in the Toronto line-up by 1987.
This November 1983 photo captures the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls that shoppers waited for hours in line for. (Bettmann/Corbis/Getty Images) (Bettmann/CORBIS) Still, they wanted their story to leave ...
September 2, 1983, for the Toronto Blue Jays: Last MLB appearance; October 7, 2001, for the Toronto Blue Jays: MLB statistics; Batting average.288: Hits: 2,276: Home runs: 94: Runs batted in: 844: Stats at Baseball Reference Teams; Toronto Blue Jays (1983–1990) San Diego Padres (1991–1992) New York Mets ; Toronto Blue Jays ; Cincinnati Reds
Aug. 18—Five universities picked up five of Jamestown's premier long-distance runners this fall, leaving Jamestown High School head cross country coach Ken Gardner kind of at a loss headed into ...