1993: Back-to-back champs Toronto Blue Jays

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after 1992 season, blue jays let world series hero dave winfield , longtime closer tom henke go, signed 2 key free agents: designated hitter paul molitor milwaukee brewers , perennial playoff success dave stewart oakland athletics.


in 1993, blue jays had 7 all-stars: outfielders devon white , joe carter, infielders john olerud , roberto alomar, designated hitter molitor, plus starting pitcher pat hentgen, , closer duane ward. in august, jays acquired former nemesis rickey henderson athletics. blue jays cruised 95–67 record, 1 less win 1992 , 7 games ahead of new york yankees, winning third straight division title. jays beat chicago white sox 4 games 2 in alcs, , philadelphia phillies, 4 games two, second straight world series victory. world series featured several exciting games, including game 4, played under slight rain, in blue jays came 14–9 deficit win 15–14 , take 3 games 1 lead in series. remains highest scoring game in world series history. game 6 in toronto saw blue jays lead 5–1, give 5 runs in 7th inning trail 6–5. in bottom of 9th inning, joe carter hit one-out, three-run walk-off home run clinch series off of phillies closer mitch williams. second world series–winning walk-off home run in history of major league baseball (following bill mazeroski s in game 7 in 1960), carter s hit differed first in toronto, while not facing elimination, trailing in bottom of 9th. home run memorable late blue jays broadcaster tom cheek s call:




– tom cheek, late blue jays radio play-by-play announcer

molitor named world series mvp after hitting .500 in series. in regular season, 3 blue jays—olerud, molitor , alomar—finished 1–2–3 al batting crown, led olerud s franchise record .363 average. first time in 100 years top 3 hitters in league same team.



team record 1993: 95 wins–67 losses, w%- 0.586




^ cite error: named reference history invoked never defined (see page).
^ 1893 national league batting leaders baseball-reference.com. accessed on may 29, 2012.






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