Toronto Blue Jays
From the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s collection containing tens of thousands of artifacts, our curators have created each team’s Starting Nine by hand-picking nine must-see pieces for each of the 30 MLB teams. This limited-time list is the perfect introduction to the Museum for every Toronto Blue Jays fan. Don’t wait to make your visit to Cooperstown to take the Hall of Fame Starting Nine challenge.
Roger Clemens: 3,000th Strikeout Cap
Blue Jays pitcher Roger Clemens wore this cap when he posted his 3,000th career strikeout, whiffing Tampa Bay rookie Randy Winn in the third inning at Toronto’s SkyDome, July 5, 1998.
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Fred McGriff: Home Run Record Bat
The Blue Jays set a single-game major league record by blasting 10 home runs against the Orioles on September 14, 1987. Toronto rookie and 2023 Hall of Fame inductee Fred McGriff clouted the final homer of the barrage with this bat.
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Joe Carter: 1993 World Series-Winning Bat
Trailing by a run in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series, Blue Jays right fielder Joe Carter swung this bat for a dramatic ninth-inning three-run home run, simultaneously ending the game and giving Toronto their second straight World Championship title. Autumn Glory
Paul Molitor: World Series MVP Shoes
Blue Jays star Paul Molitor wore these shoes during the 1993 World Series when he relentlessly punished Phillies pitching. In the six-game Series, Molitor went 12-for-24, collected six extra-base hits and scored 10 runs, earning him World Series MVP honors.
Autumn Glory
World Series in Canada First Pitch Baseball
On Oct. 20, 1992, Toronto hosted the Braves for Game 3 of the World Series. Atlanta’s Otis Nixon hit this first-pitch baseball to center field to start the historic game, the first World Series contest to take place outside the United States.
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Blue Jays 1992 World Series Ring
This 1992 Toronto Blue Jays World Championship ring commemorates the first World Series title won by a club based outside the United States. Sixteen diamonds, one for each year of the club’s history, surround the head of a blue jay, the eye of the bird set with a solitaire diamond.
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Russell Martin: Canada Day Jersey
Toronto catcher Russell Martin wore this special Blue Jays jersey on Canada Day 2017. A native of Ontario and veteran of four seasons with Toronto (2015-2018), Martin has caught more major league games than any other Canadian-born player.
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Vladimir Guerrero Jr.: 2021 All-Star Game helmet
While wearing this helmet during the 2021 MLB All-Star Game at Denver’s Coors Field, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. blasted a monster home run in the third inning and collected a pair of RBI as the American League topped the National League, 5-2. The 22-year-old first baseman became the youngest player to be named MVP of the Midsummer Classic.
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Roy Halladay: Hall of Fame Plaque
On July 21, 2019, the National Baseball Hall of Fame unveiled this plaque honoring new inductee Roy Halladay. The 6' 6" right-hander played the first 12 seasons of his 16-year big league career (1998-2009) with Toronto. Over those dozen years with the Blue Jays, “Doc” paced all American League pitchers with 1,495 strikeouts, 148 wins and 15 shutouts.
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