The 1992 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 16th season of Major League Baseball. Toronto finished first in the American League East for the fourth time with a record of 96 wins and 66 losses, closing the season with an attendance record of 4,028,318.Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.288, Penguin Books, Toronto was not swept in a single series all year, becoming the first team in 49 years to accomplish the feat.1943 St. Louis Cardinals Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed on June 13, 2014.

In the American League Championship Series, the Blue Jays defeated the Oakland Athletics in six games for their first American League pennant in four tries. In the World Series, Toronto faced the Atlanta Braves, who had won their second straight National League pennant, but lost the previous year's World Series. The Blue Jays prevailed in six games, becoming the first non-U.S.-based team to win a World Series. They were the first Toronto based team in a major professional sports league to win a championship since the 1967 Toronto Maple Leafs.

Transactions Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1992 season.

October 1991 Ravelo Manzanillo granted free agency. Efraín Valdez granted free agency. Mickey Weston granted free agency. Frank Wills granted free agency. Released Cory Snyder. Mookie Wilson granted free agency. Jim Acker granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners on February 2, 1992, to a one-year, $275,000 contract).

November 1991 Dave Parker granted free agency. Tom Candiotti granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers on December 3, 1991, to a four-year, $15.5 million contract). Rene Gonzales granted free agency (signed with California Angels on January 10, 1992, to a one-year, $300,000 contract).

December 1991 Signed free agent Butch Davis from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract. Signed free agent Eric Plunk from the New York Yankees to a contract. Signed free agent Jack Morris from the Minnesota Twins to a two-year, $10.85 million contract. Signed free agent Dave Winfield from the California Angels to a one-year, $2.3 million contract.

February 1992 Re-signed Roberto Alomar to a four-year, $18.5 million contract.

March 1992 Signed free agent Alfredo Griffin from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $637,500 contract. Vince Horsman selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics. Released Eric Plunk.

April 1992 Selected Shawn Hillegas off of waivers from the Cleveland Indians. Shawn Hillegas granted free agency (signed a contract with the New York Yankees on April 9, 1992).

Spring training The Toronto Blue Jays spent their 16th spring training at Dunedin, Florida, while playing their home exhibition games at Dunedin Stadium at Grant Field for the 3rd spring training season.

Regular season Despite their post-season success, the Blue Jays had many ups and downs during the regular season. The Jays started off winning the first six games of the regular season and Roberto Alomar was named the AL Player of the Month for the month of April.

On August 25, they had lost six of their last seven games and were only two games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles in the standings.Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, pp.284-285, Penguin Books, At this point, general manager Pat Gillick decided to acquire a fiery right-hander from the New York Mets named David Cone. The trade resulted in the Jays sending minor league prospect Ryan Thompson and utility infielder Jeff Kent to the Mets.Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.285, Penguin Books, The deal sent the message that the Blue Jays were committed to winning. Cone would have 4 wins, 3 losses and a 2.55 ERA.Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.286, Penguin Books,

The regular season also marked the end of the road for Dave Stieb, who made his last start for the Blue Jays on August 8 and only lasted three innings.Diamond Dreams: 20 Years of Blue Jays Baseball, Stephen Brunt, p.287, Penguin Books, On September 23, Stieb announced that he was finished for the season. 1992 was Stieb's final season for the Jays before briefly coming out of retirement years later.

Four days later, on September 27, Jack Morris would make club history by becoming the first pitcher in franchise history to win 20 games in a season. Morris would have to wait through a two-hour rain delay at Yankee Stadium to get the win.

Heading into the last weekend of the season, only the Milwaukee Brewers were still in contention. Led by manager Phil Garner, the Brewers had won 22 of 29 games since August 29. The Brewers trailed the Blue Jays by 2 games, and the Jays were heading into a weekend series vs. the Detroit Tigers. On October 3, Juan Guzmán had a one-hitter through eight innings and Duane Ward picked up the save as the Jays won the game 3-1 and clinched the American League East Division title.

Season standings

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 5–2 3–3 8–5 – – – Boston Red Sox 3–3 3–4 6–7 – – – Cleveland Indians 4–3 3–3 7–6 – – – Detroit Tigers 4–2 4–3 8–5 – – – Milwaukee Brewers 3–3 2–5 5–8 – – – New York Yankees 6–1 5–1 11–2 – – –Totals 25–14 20–19 45–33 – – – AL West California Angels 5–1 2–4 7–5 – – – Chicago White Sox 5–1 2–4 7–5 – – – Kansas City Royals 4–2 3–3 7–5 – – – Minnesota Twins 4–2 3–3 7–5 – – – Oakland Athletics 3–3 3–3 6–6 – – – Seattle Mariners 3–3 5–1 8–4 – – – Texas Rangers 4–2 5–1 9–3 – – –Totals 28–14 23–19 51–33 – – – Grand Totals 53–28 43–38 96–66 – – – Month Games Won Lost Pct. April 23 16 7 May 27 15 12 June 26 14 12 July 26 16 10 August 30 14 16 September 27 18 9 October 3 3 0 Totals 162 96 66

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Devon White, CF Roberto Alomar, 2B Joe Carter, LF Dave Winfield, DH John Olerud, 1B Derek Bell, RF Kelly Gruber, 3B Pat Borders, C Manuel Lee, SS Jack Morris, P

Transactions Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1992 regular season.

June 1992 Signed amateur free agent Brad Cornett to a contract.

July 1992 Signed amateur free agent Kelvim Escobar to a contract. Acquired Mark Eichhorn from the California Angels for Rob Ducey and Greg Myers.

August 1992 Signed free agent Terry McGriff from the California Angels to a contract. Acquired David Cone from the New York Mets for Jeff Kent and a player to be named later (Ryan Thompson on September 1, 1992).

Roster 1992 Toronto Blue Jays Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

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Game log Legend Blue Jays win Blue Jays loss Game postponed

|- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 1 || April 6 || @ Tigers || 4–2 || Morris (1–0) || Gullickson (0–1) || || Tiger Stadium || 51,068 || 1–0 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 2 || April 8 || @ Tigers || 10–9 || Henke (1–0) || Tanana (0–1) || Ward (1) || Tiger Stadium || 12,819 || 2–0 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 3 || April 9 || @ Tigers || 3–1 || Guzmán (1–0) || Terrell (0–1) || Ward (2) || Tiger Stadium || 9,720 || 3–0 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 4 || April 10 || Orioles || 4–3 || Hentgen (1–0) || Olson (0–1) || || SkyDome || 50,424 || 4–0 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 5 || April 11 || Orioles || 7–2 || Morris (2–0) || Sutcliffe (1–1) || || SkyDome || 50,375 || 5–0 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 6 || April 12 || Orioles || 3–1 || Wells (1–0) || Mesa (0–1) || Ward (3) || SkyDome || 48,309 || 6–0 || W6 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 7 || April 13 || Yankees || 2–5 || Howe (1–0) || Stottlemyre (0–1) || Farr (2) || SkyDome || 44,115 || 6–1 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 8 || April 14 || Yankees || 12–6 || Guzmán (2–0) || Johnson (0–1) || || SkyDome || 45,579 || 7–1 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 9 || April 15 || Yankees || 2–0 || Key (1–0) || Pérez (1–1) || Henke (1) || SkyDome || 48,111 || 8–1 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 16 || Yankees || 7–6 || Ward (1–0) || Farr (0–1) || || SkyDome || 50,376 || 9–1 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 11 || April 17 || @ Red Sox || 0–1 || Clemens (2–1) || Wells (1–1) || Reardon (2) || Fenway Park || 27,467 || 9–2 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 12 || April 18 || @ Red Sox || 2–1 || Stottlemyre (1–1) || Viola (0–2) || Henke (2) || Fenway Park || 32,640 || 10–2 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 13 || April 19 || @ Red Sox || 4–5 || Darwin (1–0) || Henke (1–1) || || Fenway Park || 28,196 || 10–3 ||L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 14 || April 20 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 (13) || MacDonald (1–0) || Bolton (0–1) || || Fenway Park || 34,709 || 11–3 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 15 || April 21 || Indians || 2–1 || Morris (3–0) || Cook (0–2) || || SkyDome || 40,191 || 12–3 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 16 || April 22 || Indians || 2–7 || Nagy (3–1) || Stieb (0–1) || Power (1) || SkyDome || 43,292 || 12–4 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 17 || April 23 || Indians || 13–8 || Stottlemyre (2–1) || Otto (1–2) || || SkyDome || 42,401 || 13–4 || W1 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 18 || April 24 || Royals || 4–3 || Guzmán (3–0) || Gordon (0–2) || Henke (3) || SkyDome || 50,352 || 14–4 || W2 |- align="center" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 19 || April 25 || Royals || 6–4 || Hentgen (2–0) || Young (0–1) || Ward (4) || SkyDome || 50,346 || 15–4 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 20 || April 26 || Royals || 0–9 || Gubicza (1–2) || Morris (3–1) || || SkyDome || 46,486 || 15–5 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 21 || April 28 || Angels || 5–9 || Finley (1–1) || Stieb (0–2) || || SkyDome || 46,201 || 15–6 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 22 || April 29 || Angels || 1–0 || Stottlemyre (3–1) || Abbott (1–3) || || SkyDome || 47,356 || 16–6 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 23 || April 30 || @ Brewers || 2–3 || Bosio (2–1) || Ward (1–1) || Henry (4) || County Stadium || 8,877 || 16–7 || L1

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 24 || May 1 || @ Brewers || 3–4 || Navarro (2–2) || Key (1–1) || Henry (5) || County Stadium || 13,794 || 16–8 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 25 || May 2 || @ Brewers || 4–5 || Fetters (1–0) || Morris (3–2) || Henry (6) || County Stadium || 26,547 || 16–9 || L3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 26 || May 3 || @ Brewers || 4–1 || Stieb (1–2) || Wegman (2–2) || || County Stadium || 17,312 || 17–9 || W1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 27 || May 4 || @ Athletics || 7–3 || Stottlemyre (4–1) || Darling (1–2) || || Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum || 20,137 || 18–9 || W2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 28 || May 5 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Guzmán (4–0) || Slusarski (2–1) || Ward (5) || Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum || 18,753 || 19–9 || W3 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 29 || May 6 || @ Mariners || 12–4 || Key (2–1) || Johnson (3–2) || || Kingdome || 12,771 || 20–9 || W4 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 30 || May 7 || @ Mariners || 8–7 || Hentgen (3–0) || Schooler (0–2) || Henke (4) || Kingdome || 13,347 || 21–9 || W5 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 31 || May 8 || @ Angels || 1–4 || Eichhorn (1–2) || Stieb (1–3) || || Anaheim Stadium || 36,383 || 21–10 || L1 |- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb;" | 32 || May 9 || @ Angels || 1–2 || Abbott (2–4) || Stottlemyre (4–2) || Harvey (10) || Anaheim Stadium || 36,159 || 21–11 || L2 |- style="text-align:center; background:#bfb;" | 33 || May 10 || @ Angels || 4–1 || Guzmán (5–0) || Grahe (2–3) || || Anaheim Stadium || 23,009 || 22–11 || W1