1990 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1990 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 14th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. It was their first full season in the SkyDome, where an MLB attendance record of 3,885,284 was set that year. The Blue Jays led the division by 1½ games over the Boston Red Sox with one week left in the season. However, they then proceeded to drop six of their last eight games, losing the division title to the Red Sox by a two-game margin.

Transactions
Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1990 season.

Regular season
The 1990 season belonged to third baseman Kelly Gruber. He had career highs in home runs and RBIs, with 31 and 118, respectively. Along with outfielder George Bell and pitcher Dave Stieb, Gruber was named an American League All-Star, stealing two bases in the All-Star Game on July 10 at Chicago's Wrigley Field. A finalist for the American League MVP Award, at season's end he was named the AL's Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Award winner at third base.

The Blue Jays were involved in two no-hitters during the 1990 season. On June 29, Dave Stewart of the Oakland Athletics no-hit them by a score of 5–0. On September 2, Jays ace Dave Stieb finally got the no-hitter that had eluded him, blanking the Cleveland Indians 3–0.

Opening Day starters

 * George Bell, OF
 * Junior Felix, OF
 * Tony Fernández, SS
 * Kelly Gruber, 3B
 * Nelson Liriano, 2B
 * Fred McGriff, 1B
 * Greg Myers, C
 * John Olerud, DH
 * Dave Stieb, P
 * Mookie Wilson, OF

Transactions
Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1990 regular season.

1990 MLB Draft

 * June 4, 1990: 1990 Major League Baseball draft
 * Steve Karsay was drafted by the Jays in the 1st round (22nd pick).
 * Future Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke was drafted by the Blue Jays. Player signed August 20, 1990.
 * Felipe Crespo was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 3rd round. Player signed September 22, 1990.
 * Howard Battle was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 4th round. Player signed June 6, 1990.
 * Ricardo Jordan was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 37th round.

Eric Lindros
The hype around Eric Lindros during his early career led to an exclusive deal with sports card manufacturer SCORE. Attempting to leverage this arrangement as much as possible, he was even featured on a baseball card showing him as a third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, although he never actually played baseball. He was only there taking batting practice one day.

Starters by position
''Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Other batters
''Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in''

Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Award winners

 * Kelly Gruber, Player of the Month Award, September
 * Kelly Gruber, Silver Slugger Award
 * Kelly Gruber, Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game
 * George Bell, OF
 * Kelly Gruber, 3B
 * Dave Stieb, P