When Was the Last Time the Blue Jays Won the World Series?

The Toronto Blue Jays played their first season in 1977 and didn’t have to wait too long before they were competing for a spot in the World Series. The Blue Jays are one of four franchises to have won every World Series they have appeared in. 

MLB’s postseason is notoriously unpredictable. Being a best online sportsbook favourite doesn’t guarantee a team will go on a deep postseason run. It’s all about getting hot at the right time, which the Blue Jays have done on a couple of occasions. 

When Was the Last Time the Blue Jays Won the World Series?

The Blue Jays last won the World Series in 1993. 

Toronto beat the Philadelphia Phillies 4-2 in the 1993 World Series, with Paul Molitor winning World Series MVP honours after signing from the Milwaukee Brewers in the prior offseason. Molitor was also runner-up for American League MVP in the 1993 regular season. 

Going into the 1993 season, the Jays had won 86 or more games in 10 consecutive seasons. Blue Jays’ odds were priced as one of the favourites to win the Fall Classic. 

The 1993 World Series was a high-scoring affair. Toronto won 8-5 in Game 1 before losing 6-4 in Game 2. The Blue Jays took control of the series by winning Games 3 and 4 in Philadelphia, behind a combined 25 runs.. A five-hit complete-game shutout from Curt Schilling led the Phillies to a win in Game 5 and kept the series alive. 

Back at home, the Blue Jays led Game 6 5-1 going into the seventh inning, but the Phillies fought back with a five-run inning, including a three-run bomb from Lenny Dykstra. 

That set up one of the greatest moments in modern MLB history. Philadelphia, leading 6-5, gave the ball to their lefty closer, Mitch Williams. 

Williams began the bottom of the ninth by walking Rickey Henderson and then started using a slide-step for the first time in his career. He got Devin White to fly out before Molitor knocked a single.

Joe Carter came to the plate with two runners on. He was hitless in the game but had hit a home run in Game 2. 

Carter, who had an .872 OPS against lefties in the 1993 regular season, got an inside pitch from Williams. He drove it just over the wall in left field and erupted with emotion. The image of Carter repeatedly jumping up and down as he rounds the bases is truly iconic. It was just the second time that a walk-off home run decided the World Series. 

How Many World Series Have Blue Jays Won?

The Blue Jays have won two World Series. 

Toronto won its first World Series in 1992 and its second in 1993. Since 1974, the Blue Jays and the New York Yankees are the only franchises to win back-to-back World Series.

Pat Borders won World Series MVP as the Blue Jays defeated the Atlanta Braves 4-2 in the 1992 World Series. Borders recorded a 1.250 OPS in the Fall Classic with four extra-base hits. After posting a .676 OPS in the regular season, baseball betting markets would not have expected Borders to compete for World Series MVP, but he played a massive part in the Jays’ success. 

Facing a Braves team that won 98 games in the regular season and had a rotation featuring John Smoltz, Tom Glavine, and Steve Avery, the Blue Jays took a commanding 3-1 lead. Toronto’s pitching staff held the Braves to just 10 runs over the last four games. 

The Braves fought back at home in Game 5, with David Justice and Lonnie Smith hitting homers. Despite a blown save from Tom Henke, the Blue Jays wrapped the series up in Game 6 thanks to two runs in the top of the 11th inning.