1989–1991: Cito Gaston takes charge, two more AL East titles Toronto Blue Jays

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the toronto blue jays cap logo (1977–1996)


in 1989, blue jays new retractable roofed home, skydome, opened in mid-season. marked beginning of extremely successful five-year period team. in may, management fired manager jimy williams , replaced him cito gaston, team s hitting instructor. club had dismal 12–24 record @ time of firing, went 77–49 under gaston win al east title 2 games, 89–73 record. on may 28, george bell s walk-off home run, off of chicago white sox closer bobby thigpen, marked end of exhibition stadium era. first game @ new stadium took place on june 5 against milwaukee brewers; jays lost 5–3. in 1989 alcs, rickey henderson led world series champion oakland athletics 4–1 series win.


in 1990, blue jays again had strong season, finished in second place, 2 games behind boston red sox. dave stieb pitched no-hitter, beating cleveland indians 3–0 in front of less capacity crowd @ cleveland municipal stadium. of 2014, remains no-hitter ever pitched blue jay. during offseason, blue jays made 1 of 2 biggest trades in franchise history, sending all-star shortstop tony fernández , first baseman fred mcgriff san diego padres in exchange outfielder joe carter , second baseman roberto alomar. jays obtained centre fielder devon white california angels. these deals, particularly trade san diego, instrumental in team s future success.


carter, alomar , white prove extremely effective additions, blue jays again won division in 1991, carter drove in alomar division-winning run. once again, however, fell short in postseason, losing minnesota twins, on way second world series victory in 5 seasons, in alcs. in 1991, blue jays became first major league club ever draw on 4 million fans in 1 season.



team record 1989: 89 wins–73 losses, w%- 0.549
team record 1990: 86 wins–76 losses, w%- 0.531, 2 games behind division leader
team record 1991: 91 wins–71 losses, w%- 0.562






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