Article: Fun Facts From the Most Dominant Series in Blue Jays History

[Leo Morgenstern]

It doesn't matter that Coors Field is a hitter's paradise. It doesn't matter that the Rockies are the worst team in baseball. What the Blue Jays' lineup accomplished over the past three days was nothing short of historic. 

The Blue Jays hit .453 with 13 home runs, a 1.346 OPS, and 3.8 FanGraphs WAR in 153 trips to the plate. Each of their 13 hitters who stepped up to bat scored a run. All but one finished the series batting at least .400 with an OPS north of .900.  

The results? A 15-1 win on Monday. A 10-4 victory on Tuesday. A 20-1 gut punch on Wednesday to secure the sweep. When all was said and done, Toronto had outscored Colorado 45-6. If that sounds unusual, unprecedented, or simply unbelievable, that's because it is. The Blue Jays have never scored so much in a three-game series. They've never outscored their opponents by so many runs in a three-game span. Indeed, Toronto's 39-run margin of victory in this series was the largest by any team in a three-game series since the Brooklyn Superbas outscored the Cincinnati Reds by 40 runs in September of 1901.

September of 1901.

September of 1901.

So, as you surely will have guessed, this series was chock-full of Blue Jays franchise records and fascinating trivia. I know you want the fun facts, and I know I want to give them to you, so let's dive right in.

Run Differential

• Yesterday’s 20-1 victory marked just the third time in Blue Jays history that they’ve won a game by a margin of 19 runs or more. Funnily enough, all three such games have come within the past four seasons. The Jays beat the Rays by an identical score of 20-1 in May 2023, while they trounced the Red Sox 28-5 in July 2022. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette are the only players who appeared in all three games. 
• Unfortunately for Toronto fans, all three of those victories came on the road. The team’s most resounding pounding at the Rogers Centre was a 17-1 win over Cleveland in July 2016. Russell Martin went 3-for-4 that day with a home run and five RBI, while J.A. Happ twirled an 11-strikeout gem. 
• As for the Blue Jays’ most embarrassing loss? That would be a 24-2 thrashing at the hands of the California Angels in August 1979.
• The Blue Jays have now won a game by at least 15 runs in each of the past five seasons. No other team has done so. In fact, nine teams have not won so much as a single game by 15 runs in the past five years: the White Sox, Guardians, Rockies, Tigers, Royals, Marlins, Twins, Mets, and Mariners.
• The Blue Jays are also one of only seven teams that have not lost a game by 15 or more runs in the past five years. The others are the Braves, Tigers, Angels, Padres, Royals, and Rangers.
• Toronto has now won four games by 10 or more runs this season. The franchise record for most double-digit victories in a season is nine, a record set in 1987. Needless to say, the Jays aren't likely to break that record this year. However, their victory on Wednesday was their third win by at least 14 runs this season, tying a franchise record set in 2021. 
• This week marked the first time the Blue Jays have ever won multiple games by 10 or more runs in the same series.

Runs Scored

• The Blue Jays are the only team to have scored at least 10 runs in three straight games this year. They had other such three-game streaks in 2000, 2001, 2003, 2013, and 2021. They’ve never scored 10 runs in more than three consecutive games in a season.
• The last team to score at least 10 runs in four straight games was the Cubs in 2018, while the last team to do so in five straight games was the Braves in 2006. The all-time MLB record is six straight games, shared by the 1929 Giants and 1901 Pirates.
• The Blue Jays are the first team since the 2019 Cubs to score at least 45 runs in a three-game span. It is a feat that has only been accomplished seven times in the 21st century and 36 times in major league history.
• The record for most runs scored in a three-game span is 56, set by the 1950 Red Sox.
• As previously mentioned, 45 runs in a three-game span is a new franchise record for the Blue Jays. However, it is only one run more than the club's previous high of 44 set in September 2021. 

Hits, Extra-Base Hits, and Total Bases

• With 63 hits in this series, the Blue Jays annihilated their franchise record for most hits in a three-game span. Their previous high was 52, set in 1999. Since then, they have only topped 50 hits in a three-game span one other time (July 2022). 
• The all-time MLB record for hits in a three-game span is 68, set by the Pirates in August 1922. The Blue Jays’ 63 is the most by any team since the 1933 Giants and the most by any American League team in recorded history. Previously, the Red Sox had held the AL record for more than 75 years; they had 62 hits in a three-game span in June 1950.
• Toronto’s 28 extra-base hits in the Rockies series also set a new franchise record for a three-game span. The all-time MLB record is 33, shared by the 1950 Red Sox and 2019 Red Sox.
• After everything you've read, you won’t be surprised to learn that Toronto’s 119 total bases in the Rockies series also set a franchise record for a three-game span. The previous franchise record was 101, set in September 1987.
• The 2025 Blue Jays now rank second all-time in total bases in a three-game span, trailing only the Red Sox, who recorded 124 total bases in June 1950.

A huge thank you to Stathead baseball, without which I couldn't have found any of the fun facts in this article. 

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[Masterbather]

I have to admit I felt bad for them in that ninth inning. 

The series was already so horrible for them, that ninth inning off a position player was just such a cruel kick in the balls. I mean even position players don't usually pitch that poorly.

A run differential in the -300's. That's more than twice as bad as the next closest team. And they were actually playing pretty decently since the All-Star break.

Oof.

[o2cui2i]

3 hours ago, Masterbather said:

I have to admit I felt bad for them in that ninth inning. 

The series was already so horrible for them, that ninth inning off a position player was just such a cruel kick in the balls. I mean even position players don't usually pitch that poorly.

A run differential in the -300's. That's more than twice as bad as the next closest team. And they were actually playing pretty decently since the All-Star break.

Oof.

Jays need to stress that it was just one series against a really bad club. The jays need to focus on keepingn good vibes and winning the LA series. 

They better not pitch to Otani. Don't let him beat you. Then live with the results. Just my opinion of course