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Spring Heat
A look back at the most fearsome pitchers to wear the Jays uniform
ROY HALLADAY’S DAY as the Toronto Blue Jays dominant ace might be coming to a close. With opening day just around the corner, it seems an ideal time to revisit some of the most formidable hurlers in team history.
The Jays have trotted some of the finest pitchers in the game out to the mound. But none are more easily identifiable with the Blue Jays than the mustachioed wonder, Dave Stieb. The winningest pitcher in team history (176 games), Stieb was with the club from 1979 to 1992 and again in 1998. He was best known as a fiery competitor, with a blistering fastball, a penchant for talking to himself on the mound and for throwing the occasional brushback pitch. Another Jays hurler known for playing a bit of chin music was Roger Clemons. He came to T.O., by way of the Boston Red Sox, who thought his career was coming to an end. Of course, after leaving the Sox, Clemons pitched for another decade (two years with Toronto), racking up an additional 162 wins, four Cy Young Awards and two World Series championships. Two of Clemons’s most successful individual seasons (no team success) in his career were when he wore a Blue Jays uniform, winning the pitcher’s triple crown by leading the league in strikeouts, ERA and wins.
The only other Jay to win a Cy Young, other than Roy Halladay and Roger Clemons, was Pat Hentgen, who won it in 1996. In addition, Hentgen was a young live wire on the mound when the Jays won back-to-back championships in 1992 and 1993.
Another dominant force for the Jays in their heyday was the man they called the Terminator, Tom Henke. With his classic large-rimmed glasses, fastball and killer forkball, Henke established himself as one of the finest closers in the game who helped lead the Blue Jays to the 1992 World Series win.
Oh, and our man Roy. The Cy Young winner has yet to win a World Series ring, but he could best them all ... unless the folks at Rogers decide the team can’t afford to keep him.
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