1992: Canada's first World Series title Toronto Blue Jays

the blue jays have hung series of banners atop rogers centre video board. @ time picture taken, there 6 banners hanging. 4 white banners represent team s 1985, 1989, , 1991 division championships , 1991 all-star game played in toronto. 2 dark blue banners represent both world series championship teams. since then, banners honouring elections of former team executive pat gillick , former second baseman roberto alomar baseball hall of fame have been added along 1 celebrating blue jays 2015 division championship. alomar s banner includes #12 on it, making him first blue jays player receive honour of having jersey number retired. team has 2 light blue banners 1992 , 1993 american league pennants no longer display them.

after 1991 season had ended, blue jays acquired pitcher jack morris, had led minnesota twins victory in world series pitching 10-inning complete game shutout in game 7 , had been named world series mvp. add veteran leadership explosive offence, toronto signed dave winfield team s designated hitter.

the 1992 regular season went well, jays clinched second straight al east crown final record of 96–66, 4 games ahead of milwaukee brewers. went entire season without being swept in series, becoming first team in 49 years accomplish feat. blue jays met oakland athletics (who had same record jays , won al west 6 games on defending champion twins) in alcs, winning 4 games two. pivotal game of series game 4, considered many 1 of important games in blue jays history: blue jays rallied 6–1 deficit after 7 innings, capped off roberto alomar s huge game-tying two-run homer off s closer dennis eckersley in top of ninth. paved way 7–6 victory in 11 innings, 3-games-to-1 lead in series , eventual 4–2 alcs series win.

the blue jays faced atlanta braves in world series. braves returned after being beaten twins previous year. pivotal game in series turned out game 2, in reserve player ed sprague hit 9th-inning two-run home run off braves closer jeff reardon give blue jays 5–4 lead, hold up. after winning game 3 candy maldonado s ninth inning rbi hit , game 4 due jimmy key s superb 7⅓ inning pitching effort in retired 15 straight batters (five innings), jays not win series on home turf braves struck 7–2 win in game 5. game 6 in atlanta, blue jays leading 3 games 2, close game. toronto 1 strike away winning in bottom of 9th inning, 2–1, otis nixon singled in tying run off blue jays closer tom henke. first run toronto bullpen had given in series. game decided in 11th inning, when dave winfield doubled down left-field line, driving in 2 runs. braves again come within 1 run in bottom of 11th, jays reliever mike timlin fielded otis nixon s bunt, throwing joe carter @ first base final out. blue jays became first team based outside of united states win world series. pat borders, jays catcher, unlikely player named mvp after hitting .450 1 home run in world series. oddly, morris acquired in large part reputation clutch postseason pitcher, went 0–3 in playoffs. morris, however, pitched in regular season, becoming blue jays first 20-game winner, record of 21–6 , era of 4.04.

team record 1992: 96 wins–66 losses, w%- 0.593




^ 1943 st. louis cardinals baseball-reference.com. accessed on june 13, 2014.
^ october 24, 1992 world series game 6 @ atlanta–fulton county stadium play play , box score . baseball-reference.com. october 24, 1992. retrieved february 19, 2011.