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The Rogers Centre, home field of the Blue Jays since June 1989. This is a list of seasons completed by the Toronto Blue Jays, based in Toronto, Ontario, and a member of Major League Baseball's (MLB) American League East Division. Since June 5, 1989, the Blue Jays have played in the Rogers Centre (called the "SkyDome" until February 2, 2005). [1]
It remains the highest scoring game in World Series history. Game 6 in Toronto saw the Blue Jays lead 5–1, but give up 5 runs in the 7th inning to trail 6–5. In the bottom of the 9th inning Joe Carter hit a one-out, three-run walk-off home run to clinch the series, off Phillies closer Mitch Williams. This is the only time in the history of ...
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
Overall result – Blue Jays win (3–2 in the 11th), Mike Bolsinger vs. Boston Red Sox (July 18, 2017) – Bottom of 13th inning. Overall result – Blue Jays loss (5–4 in the 15th) 50-home run season: José Bautista (2010 season, season total 54) Back-to-back-to-back triples: Eric Thames, Rajai Davis, Jayson Nix vs. Cleveland Indians (June ...
The Blue Jays' former radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Toronto Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father—a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular-season games and 41 postseason games. Cheek later died on October 9, 2005 ...
The Blue Jays first played their home games at Exhibition Stadium until 1989, when they moved into the SkyDome, which was renamed Rogers Centre in 2005. [1] The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honour, which is often given to the player who is expected to ...
The 2010 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 34th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the team's 21st full season of play (22nd overall) at the Rogers Centre. The 2010 season was the first under general manager Alex Anthopoulos , who replaced J. P. Ricciardi after the 2009 season .
It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The team's paid attendance of 4,001,527 led the major leagues, as the Jays became the first team in MLB history to draw four million fans in a season. Toronto lost the ALCS to the eventual world champion Minnesota Twins in five games.