1989 Toronto Blue Jays season
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
79 July 1 Red Sox 3 - 1 Hetzel ( 1-0 ) Stottlemyre ( 0-4 ) Smith ( 10 ) 48,639 37-42
80 July 2 Red Sox 4 - 1 ( 11 ) Murphy ( 1-3 ) Wells ( 2-4 ) Smith ( 11 ) 48,516 37-43
81 July 3 Red Sox 3 - 2 Cerutti ( 4-4 ) Smithson ( 4-7 ) Ward ( 6 ) 48,483 38-43
82 July 4 Orioles 8 - 0 Schmidt ( 8-7 ) Stieb ( 7-5 ) Williamson ( 7 ) 44,025 38-44
83 July 5 Orioles 5 - 4 Milacki ( 5-8 ) Key ( 7-8 ) Olson ( 13 ) 49,239 38-45
84 July 6 Orioles 4 - 1 Stottlemyre ( 1-4 ) Ballard ( 10-4 ) Ward ( 7 ) 46,629 39-45
85 July 7 @ Tigers 6 - 4 Cummings ( 2-0 ) Hernández ( 2-2 ) Henke ( 4 ) 25,213 40-45
86 July 8 @ Tigers 8 - 3 Cerutti ( 5-4 ) Alexander ( 4-9 ) Ward ( 8 ) 31,342 41-45
87 July 9 @ Tigers 2 - 0 Stieb ( 8-5 ) Tanana ( 7-9 ) Henke ( 5 ) 32,428 42-45
88 July 13 Athletics 11 - 7 Burns ( 5-2 ) Key ( 7-9 ) 48,207 42-46
89 July 14 Athletics 4 - 1 Stieb ( 9-5 ) Welch ( 10-5 ) Ward ( 9 ) 48,325 43-46
90 July 15 Athletics 6 - 1 Flanagan ( 5-6 ) Stewart ( 13-5 ) 48,238 44-46
91 July 16 Athletics 6 - 2 Moore ( 12-5 ) Cerutti ( 5-5 ) Burns ( 7 ) 48,405 44-47
92 July 17 Angels 6 - 4 Wells ( 3-4 ) Abbott ( 8-6 ) Henke ( 6 ) 45-47
93 July 17 Angels 5 - 4 Wells ( 4-4 ) McClure ( 2-1 ) Henke ( 7 ) 48,641 46-47
94 July 18 Angels 1 - 0 Blyleven ( 10-2 ) Key ( 7-10 ) 48,717 46-48
95 July 20 @ Mariners 5 - 2 Bankhead ( 10-4 ) Stieb ( 9-6 ) Powell ( 2 ) 15,723 46-49
96 July 21 @ Mariners 8 - 1 Flanagan ( 6-6 ) Harris ( 1-3 ) 17,591 47-49
97 July 22 @ Mariners 7 - 1 Cerutti ( 6-5 ) Dunne ( 1-5 ) Ward ( 10 ) 22,044 48-49
98 July 23 @ Mariners 5 - 2 Johnson ( 4-2 ) Key ( 7-11 ) 17,973 48-50
The 1989 season was the Toronto Blue Jays' 13th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing first in the American League East with a record of 89 wins and 73 losses. They lost the ALCS in five games to the eventual World Series champion Oakland Athletics. It was the team's last season at Exhibition Stadium, before moving to SkyDome halfway into the season. The Blue Jays hit eight grand slams, the most in MLB in 1989.