1985: The first AL East title Toronto Blue Jays
dave stieb has second highest number of wins among pitchers in 1980s.
in 1985, toronto won first championship of sort: first of 6 american league east division titles. blue jays featured strong pitching , balanced offence. tony fernández excelled in first full season, , veteran pitcher doyle alexander led team 17 wins, including division-clinching complete game win. mid-season call of relief pitcher tom henke proved important. finished 99–62 (the franchise record wins), 2 games in front of new york yankees. blue jays faced kansas city royals in american league championship series (alcs), , took 3 games 1 lead (known drive of 85 ). however, kansas city won 3 consecutive games win series 4–3, on way first world series championship.
after playoffs, al manager of year, bobby cox, left blue jays become general manager of atlanta braves, team managed.
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