the blue jays won their last world series in 25.
when did the blue jays win their last world series?
25
on december 4, 1990, the san diego padres and blue jays made one of the biggest blockbuster deals of the decade. the padres traded second baseman roberto alomar and outfielder joe carter to the blue jays in exchange for first baseman fred mcgriff and shortstop tony fernández. blue jays gm pat gillick and padres gm joe mcilvaine originally talked about just trading joe carter for fred mcgriff. the padres were losing jack clark and needed a new first baseman. the blue jays had john olerud ready to take over at first base but were losing outfielder george bell. gillick decided to up the ante by trying to get alomar. gillick figured that with garry templeton in the twilight of his career, fernández would be an adequate replacement. alomar feuded with padres manager greg riddoch and the thinking was that bip roberts and joey cora could platoon at second base. over the next two seasons, alomar and carter would help the blue jays win the 1992 world series and 1993 world series.
1991 toronto blue jays season
following an off day, the blue jays returned home, beginning a homestand with three games against the detroit tigers. marcus stroman made his scheduled start in the series opener following his injury-shortened start in baltimore. richard ureña hit his first career home run, but the blue jays were unable to overcome a second inning deficit caused by a nicholas castellanos grand slam and lost the game by a score of 5–4. in the second game, brett anderson earned his first win for the blue jays and kevin pillar contributed with four hits, helping the blue jays win 5–4. in the rubber match, teoscar hernández recorded his first multi home run game, hitting his first two home runs for the blue jays and contributing with 5 rbi. the blue jays won the game 8–2 and won their first series since mid-august when they won three out of four games against the tampa bay rays. the blue jays wrapped up their homestand with three games against the baltimore orioles, winning the first game 4–3. joe biagini started the second game and pitched his most impressive start, pitching eight innings for the first time in his career. trailing 2–1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the blue jays came back and defeated the orioles 3–2, with richard ureña tallying his first career walkoff hit. the blue jays would not complete the sweep, as baltimore would win the series finale 2–1. following their 4–2 homestand, the blue jays traveled to minnesota for a four-game series against the twins, who currently occupied the second wildcard spot. in the first game, with the blue jays trailing the twins 2–1 in the top of the ninth inning with two outs, justin smoak hit his 38th home run of the season to tie the game. however, the blue jays lost 3–2 in the tenth inning, suffering a fourth extra innings walkoff loss in september. the blue jays would rebound and win the second game of the series 4–3. in the third game of the series, josh donaldson hit two home runs and marco estrada pitched eight innings, leading the blue jays to a 7–2 victory. the series would not end nicely for the blue jays, as joe biagini struggled in his start in the series finale and was pulled after 1 innings in a 13–7 loss. josh donaldson hit five home runs in the four-game series.
2017 toronto blue jays season