The Blue Jays were one of the worst teams in the majors in the first half of the split season, as the Blue Jays had a record of 16 wins and 42 losses, a percentage of.276. Although the Blue Jays had future stars Jesse Barfield, George Bell, and Lloyd Moseby in the lineup, the team continued to struggle. On May 15, 1981, Len Barker of the Cleveland Indians pitched a perfect game against the Blue Jays. It was the tenth perfect game ever pitched, is one of only seventeen in the history of the major leagues, and remains the last no-hitter thrown by an Indian. The result of the season was one of the more controversial times in franchise history. The President of the Blue Jays, Peter Bavasi, went to see the team in Anaheim against the California Angels. Bavasi's father, Buzzie Bavasi was the president of the Angels, and his team had gotten off to a lacklustre start. Buzzie wanted to fire Angels manager Jim Fregosi, and Peter Bavasi had the idea to fire his manager, Bobby Mattick. Both thought it would be big news if father and son fired their manager on the same night. One of the Blue Jays executives advised the Jays Vice-Chairman of the Board, Peter Hardy. After a brief conversation, Hardy made it clear to Peter Bavasi that Mattick would not be fired in this way. After the strike was resolved, the Blue Jays started the second half of the season with a close to.500 winning percentage. Peter Bavasi was heard to muse aloud the requirement to print World Series tickets. The Jays would finish the second half with 21 wins and 27 losses, seven and a half games out of first place. Despite the attempted Bavasi firing, Mattick would resign as manager at the end of the season. On November 22, 1981, Hardy forced Bavasi to resign from the Blue Jays.
Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Pos
Player
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
Avg.
HR
RBI
SB
C
74
195
16
46
9
0
.236
1
16
5
1B
94
290
34
72
6
1
.248
17
43
1
2B
64
250
24
63
8
1
.252
1
13
13
3B
86
246
20
46
6
2
.187
0
14
8
SS
101
388
30
81
19
6
.209
0
21
8
LF
85
288
20
71
15
0
.247
1
21
3
CF
100
378
36
88
16
2
.233
9
43
11
RF
66
227
21
50
7
4
.220
4
28
4
DH
80
240
32
51
9
2
.213
11
28
0
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
Player
G
AB
R
H
2B
3B
Avg.
HR
RBI
SB
70
215
17
52
11
0
.242
0
10
2
61
111
15
19
3
1
.171
4
10
2
60
163
19
38
2
1
.233
5
12
3
45
128
13
29
8
1
.227
4
21
1
37
85
4
17
2
0
.200
0
6
1
32
73
7
18
5
0
.247
0
5
0
25
95
7
22
3
2
.232
2
9
4
25
47
5
11
2
0
.234
0
4
0
16
50
6
15
4
0
.300
0
1
0
14
28
1
4
0
0
.143
0
1
0
8
15
1
3
1
0
.200
0
0
0
7
9
0
1
1
0
.111
0
0
0
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player
G
GS
IP
W
L
ERA
R
ER
BB
K
25
25
183.2
11
10
3.19
70
65
61
89
22
22
125.0
6
12
4.90
77
68
64
56
12
11
71.0
2
9
4.31
41
34
35
29
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
Player
G
GS
IP
W
L
SV
ERA
R
ER
BB
K
29
19
129.2
7
13
1
3.68
63
53
44
71
21
13
97.2
2
7
0
3.96
51
43
31
41
20
11
90.1
5
5
0
3.89
42
39
35
33
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
