The 1993 toronto blue jays roster for the mlb regular season and playoffs. Toronto even though he was in the home dugout at the time, former toronto blue jays manager cito gaston didnt see joe carter hit his famous home run to win the 1993 world series. Jays thirdbasemen have never been incredibly productive but gruber is. Hasbro starting lineup pro action roger clemens 1998 new. Can you name the the 1993 toronto blue jays world series starting lineup. Each team will play a full 162 game season, and a postseason, finally concluding with a world series winner. Toronto after last weeks reairing of the 1992 world series, blue jays fans will have a chance to see joe carter touch em all. The toronto blue jays remember their 1993 world series title. Test your knowledge on this sports quiz to see how you do and compare your score to others. Starting with the 1990 world series, im going to hunt for tactical decisions that would look out of place today, and see just how different baseball is.
Philadelphia phillies 6 at toronto blue jays 8, f facing elimination, the phillies trailed by four in the seventh. Its also available for football, basketball and hockey. Joey bats, josh donaldson, roberto alomar and more. See results from the 1993 toronto blue jays starting lineup quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet. The 1993 blue jays were baseballs most potent offence, hitting. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most number of games were played during the regular season. In 1989, they started playing at the sky dome now the rogers centre. All these years later, those 1993 blue jays were one. The team has won six east division titles, two al pennants and two world series titles. Blue jays 1993 world series win airing on sportsnet.
The toronto blue jays were founded in 1977 and were originally based at exhibition stadium. What was the best toronto blue jays team of all time. The 90th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff played between the defending champions and american league al champion toronto blue jays and the national league nl champion philadelphia phillies. Beginning monday, sportsnet will air all six games of the 1993 world series between the blue jays and phillies, culminating in carters famous walkoff home run. Cleveland indians power past toronto blue jays to clinch. The blue jays defeated the phillies, four games to two. The veteran ripped a 1and1 hanging curveball well into the leftfield mezzanine seats, increasing the blue jays lead to 51. Carter, gaston, other 93 blue jays reunite for 25th. Toronto blue jays, canadas team, begins pursuit of world. Members of the 1992 and 1993 world serieswinning toronto blue jays teams are recognized on the 25th anniversary of their backtoback championships before the game against the tampa bay rays at. Minnesota twins new york yankees oakland athletics seattle mariners tampa bay rays texas rangers toronto blue jays. The 1993 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1993. Jays from the couch brings you a comparison of the 2016 toronto blue jays and the 1993 team that won the world series.
The lineup is filled with a bunch of power bats though not necessarily stand out as huge offensive threats. Wamco regressed, which was to be expected after all the success they had in 1993. Find great deals on ebay for 1993 world series and 1993 world series baseball. More than half of the blue jays 40man roster turned over from yearoveryear, and they still repeated as world series champions. World quiz, 1993, blue, jay, lineup, player, starting, starting lineups, toronto. Get scores, news and notes in your inbox every day. Molitor was indeed named world series mvp and finished the series batting. Bidding to return to the world series for the first time since 1993, the blue jays lost in the alcs for the second straight year, following last years sixgame defeat against eventual champion. He and alomar also tied the series record for most hits, 12, in a sixgame world series. Toronto blue jays vintage baseball bats for sale ebay.
Won world series 42 over atlanta braves won al championship series 42 over oakland athletics. He picked up a victory in game 2 of the world series but surrendered the first five runs in the fateful game 6 loss. He missed the first championship, but was traded back for the 1993 title. Here are 12 telling stats from that 1514 win over the philadelphia phillies. Blue jays honour world series teams with bobblehead. Angels astros athletics blue jays braves brewers cardinals cubs diamondbacks dodgers giants indians mariners marlins mets nationals orioles padres phillies pirates. An allstar, mulholland made 28 starts during the regular season en route to a 3. Of the 22 players to hit for the blue jays that year, five of them scored the lions share of their runs. Unlike after the 1992 campaign, the blue jays made few changes to their roster during the 1993 offseason. They were shut out only once on june 30th, by fernando valenzuela in 162 regularseason games. The toronto blue jays have been around for 43 years, though theyve yet to develop many hall of fame caliber players. Game 4 of the 1993 world series is one of the most iconic victories in toronto blue jays history.
Long before the playoffs, the jays laid the groundwork for a second championship. Next saturday will mark 25 years since our backtoback world series. The blue jays would repeat as world champions and become the first backtoback champions since. This series, although not without good pitching a quality start from pat hentgen in game 3. The 1993 toronto blue jays team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1993 season. Toronto blue jays battle for the ages 1993 vs 2016. With the exception of their leadoff hitters, you can expect nearly every bat to produce at least 20 home runs and hitting for a. But that 1993 blue jays team would, id think, be at the very top of the list of best, deepest, most talented teams around these parts in half a century or so. Toronto back in 1993, the toronto blue jays were flying toward a second straight world series title, and in the seventh inning of every game at.
Uncategorizedcomments off on toronto blue jays 1993. Unfollow toronto blue jays world series baseball cards to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Why the toronto blue jays will win the world series the toronto blue jays went allin at the nonwaiver trading deadline and won big as in a 4018 record from aug. The 1993 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 1993 season. I was inspired by this post to run an ootp baseball simulation using the best teams in each franchises history. Of the 40 players who suited up for the 1992 blue jays, only 19 returned for the 1993 season. Molitors hitting kept him in the lineup over john olerud for the games in philadelphia, where he would play first base. Can you name the blue jays starting lineup in game 6 of the 1993 world series. The blue jays became the second expansion team to win two world series championships, following the. Toronto is focused on winning the world series, and while theres no such thing as a sure bet at this time of the year, its clear that the blue jays are one of the early favorites. Official toronto blue jays collectibles, blue jays. But it has been overshadowed by the 1993, in which a substantially altered lineup of jays overcame the roughandtumble philadelphia phillies. The toronto blue jays begin their firstround playoff series thursday afternoon at the rogers centre, a game canadian baseball fans have been waiting for since 1993.
Toronto the blue jays are taking part in the postseason for the first time since 1993, but the ultimate goal is a lot bigger than that. Toronto blue jays born as an expansion team in 1977, the blue jays have won the world series twice and made the playoffs. For the first time in nine postseason games, the toronto blue jays will have a different starting lineup for the third game of the world series tuesday night. The 1993 toronto blue jays team roster seen on this page. Alomar, molitor and olerud were three pillars in that domineering lineup. Toronto blue jays 1993 world series champions sweatshirt vintage nutmeg xl. As blue jays begin new playoff era, electric atmosphere.