<p>Correlation is not causation, but here&#8217;s an interesting statistic: the 2025 Blue Jays have more wins through their first 132 games of the season than both the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1993 Blue Jays, who each had 75 wins in 132 games.</p>
<p>We all know how 1992 and 1993 ended for the Blue Jays.</p>
<p>Although Toronto&#8217;s 77 wins aren&#8217;t the most in franchise history through 132 games (that record belongs to the 1985 AL East division-winning squad), this year&#8217;s Blue Jays team is on pace to win 94 games in the regular season. That&#8217;s a significant turnaround for a team that was four games under .500 back on May 7.</p>
<p>But since we love comparables, it might be fun to see how the 2025 Blue Jays are performing compared to their World Series champion counterparts. One major caveat: it&#8217;s not an apples-to-apples comparison, as the game has changed significantly compared to 32 and 33 years ago. However, here&#8217;s a look at 1992, 1993, and 2025.</p>
<h2>Blue Jays Hitting Comparison (1992 vs 1993 vs 2025)</h2>
<figure id="attachment_90436" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-90436" style="width: 859px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="size-full wp-image-90436" src="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Hitting.png" alt="" width="859" height="142" srcset="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Hitting.png 859w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Hitting-300x50.png 300w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Hitting-768x127.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-90436" class="wp-caption-text">Stathead (Numbers as of August 25, 2025)</figcaption></figure>
<p>In a vacuum, the 1993 Blue Jays were consistently the superior offensive team compared to the 1992 Blue Jays, and this holds through the first 131 games. The 1993 team had higher numbers in runs scored, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging.</p>
<p>But interestingly enough, the 2025 Blue Jays are not that far behind. Through 131 games, the 2025 Blue Jays have scored more runs and have a better AVG, OBP, SLG and OPS than the World Series champion 1992 squad. Again, I&#8217;m not saying the 2025 Blue Jays are producing like a World Series team, but this new crew is slightly better than their 1992 counterparts at the plate.</p>
<p>While the Blue Jays don&#8217;t have a bona fide slugger on the team this year who could crank out 40-plus home runs, what they have is balance throughout their lineup. Despite sitting 13th in home runs, the Blue Jays rank first in batting average and on-base percentage, fifth in slugging percentage and third in on-base plus slugging.</p>
<p>Those aren&#8217;t offensive numbers you&#8217;d expect from a team whose leading home run hitter has 22 home runs, but when you have ten hitters with a wRC+ of 100 or more, you don&#8217;t need an Aaron Judge or Cal Raleigh to club 40-plus home runs. That&#8217;s because those other guys get you offence in the aggregate.</p>
<h2>Blue Jays Pitching Comparison (1992 vs 1993 vs 2025)</h2>
<figure id="attachment_90437" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-90437" style="width: 780px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="wp-image-90437 size-full" src="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Pitching.png" alt="" width="780" height="141" srcset="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Pitching.png 780w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Pitching-300x54.png 300w, https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Pitching-768x139.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-90437" class="wp-caption-text">Stathead (Numbers as of August 25, 2025)</figcaption></figure>
<p>This might be the most surprising statistic among all these numbers, but the 2025 Blue Jays have a better team ERA than both the 1992 and 1993 Blue Jays. Keep in mind, the 1992 squad technically had a superior pitching staff than 1993 squad, but this year&#8217;s cast of characters is holding its own on the pitching side.</p>
<p>While most of the Blue Jays&#8217; starting rotation struggled mightily outside of Dave Stewart in 1993, the 1992 pitching staff — both the rotation and the bullpen — was lockdown in the 1992 World Series and a significant factor why the Blue Jays were the best team in baseball that year. By the way, Blue Jays relievers combined to throw 15.1 innings of relief while giving up one total earned run in the 1992 World Series.</p>
<p>Another signal that baseball in the 21st century is a vastly different animal is the lone complete game thrown by Chris Bassitt this year compared to the 14 complete games thrown by the 1992 pitching staff (Jack Morris and Todd Stottlemyre had six apiece).</p>
<p>Toronto&#8217;s starting rotation had a 4.32 ERA heading into Monday&#8217;s contest, which ranked 19th in baseball. They have the workhorses that can get them to the postseason, but there are some questions about whether guys like Jose Berrios and Chris Bassitt should be entrusted in big games for the Blue Jays in October.</p>
<p>Luckily, <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/instant-reaction-toronto-blue-jays-beat-miami-marlins-behind-shane-biebers-brilliant-debut">the Blue Jays have Shane Bieber</a> and Max Scherzer peaking at the perfect time, so there&#8217;s reason to believe Toronto&#8217;s starting rotation number should improve down the stretch.</p>
<p>The Blue Jays bullpen owns an ERA of 4.02 this season, which is 17th in MLB. Toronto relievers have had an especially rough time in the second half, with a 5.51 ERA. That&#8217;s 29th in baseball, ahead of only the Colorado Rockies with a 6.26 ERA. And if there&#8217;s one area that could be a glaring weakness for Toronto down the stretch, it&#8217;s the bullpen.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s still time for this relief corps to get its stuff in order before the end of the regular season, and their 25.7% strikeout rate, which ranks 2nd in MLB this season, is still a promising sign. Strikeouts play a huge role in the postseason, and the Blue Jays have no shortage of relievers who can throw gas.</p>
<p>Like successful teams before them, winners have overcome mediocre-to-borderline-bad bullpens to go deep into October.</p>
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Correlation is not causation, but here's an interesting statistic: the 2025 Blue Jays have more wins through their first 132 games of the season than both the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1993 Blue Jays, who each had 75 wins in 132 games.

We all know how 1992 and 1993 ended for the Blue Jays.

Although Toronto's 77 wins aren't the most in franchise history through 132 games (that record belongs to the 1985 AL East division-winning squad), this year's Blue Jays team is on pace to win 94 games in the regular season. That's a significant turnaround for a team that was four games under .500 back on May 7.

But since we love comparables, it might be fun to see how the 2025 Blue Jays are performing compared to their World Series champion counterparts. One major caveat: it's not an apples-to-apples comparison, as the game has changed significantly compared to 32 and 33 years ago. However, here's a look at 1992, 1993, and 2025.
<h2>Blue Jays Hitting Comparison (1992 vs 1993 vs 2025)</h2>
[caption id="attachment_90436" align="alignnone" width="859"]<img class="size-full wp-image-90436" src="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Hitting.png" alt="" width="859" height="142" /> Stathead (Numbers as of August 25, 2025)[/caption]

In a vacuum, the 1993 Blue Jays were consistently the superior offensive team compared to the 1992 Blue Jays, and this holds through the first 131 games. The 1993 team had higher numbers in runs scored, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and on-base plus slugging.

But interestingly enough, the 2025 Blue Jays are not that far behind. Through 131 games, the 2025 Blue Jays have scored more runs and have a better AVG, OBP, SLG and OPS than the World Series champion 1992 squad. Again, I'm not saying the 2025 Blue Jays are producing like a World Series team, but this new crew is slightly better than their 1992 counterparts at the plate.

While the Blue Jays don't have a bona fide slugger on the team this year who could crank out 40-plus home runs, what they have is balance throughout their lineup. Despite sitting 13th in home runs, the Blue Jays rank first in batting average and on-base percentage, fifth in slugging percentage and third in on-base plus slugging.

Those aren't offensive numbers you'd expect from a team whose leading home run hitter has 22 home runs, but when you have ten hitters with a wRC+ of 100 or more, you don't need an Aaron Judge or Cal Raleigh to club 40-plus home runs. That's because those other guys get you offence in the aggregate.
<h2>Blue Jays Pitching Comparison (1992 vs 1993 vs 2025)</h2>
[caption id="attachment_90437" align="alignnone" width="780"]<img class="wp-image-90437 size-full" src="https://publish.bluejaysnation.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2025/08/Blue-Jays-Comp-Pitching.png" alt="" width="780" height="141" /> Stathead (Numbers as of August 25, 2025)[/caption]

This might be the most surprising statistic among all these numbers, but the 2025 Blue Jays have a better team ERA than both the 1992 and 1993 Blue Jays. Keep in mind, the 1992 squad technically had a superior pitching staff than 1993 squad, but this year's cast of characters is holding its own on the pitching side.

While most of the Blue Jays' starting rotation struggled mightily outside of Dave Stewart in 1993, the 1992 pitching staff — both the rotation and the bullpen — was lockdown in the 1992 World Series and a significant factor why the Blue Jays were the best team in baseball that year. By the way, Blue Jays relievers combined to throw 15.1 innings of relief while giving up one total earned run in the 1992 World Series.

Another signal that baseball in the 21st century is a vastly different animal is the lone complete game thrown by Chris Bassitt this year compared to the 14 complete games thrown by the 1992 pitching staff (Jack Morris and Todd Stottlemyre had six apiece).

Toronto's starting rotation had a 4.32 ERA heading into Monday's contest, which ranked 19th in baseball. They have the workhorses that can get them to the postseason, but there are some questions about whether guys like Jose Berrios and Chris Bassitt should be entrusted in big games for the Blue Jays in October.

Luckily, <a href="https://bluejaysnation.com/news/instant-reaction-toronto-blue-jays-beat-miami-marlins-behind-shane-biebers-brilliant-debut">the Blue Jays have Shane Bieber</a> and Max Scherzer peaking at the perfect time, so there's reason to believe Toronto's starting rotation number should improve down the stretch.

The Blue Jays bullpen owns an ERA of 4.02 this season, which is 17th in MLB. Toronto relievers have had an especially rough time in the second half, with a 5.51 ERA. That's 29th in baseball, ahead of only the Colorado Rockies with a 6.26 ERA. And if there's one area that could be a glaring weakness for Toronto down the stretch, it's the bullpen.

There's still time for this relief corps to get its stuff in order before the end of the regular season, and their 25.7% strikeout rate, which ranks 2nd in MLB this season, is still a promising sign. Strikeouts play a huge role in the postseason, and the Blue Jays have no shortage of relievers who can throw gas.

Like successful teams before them, winners have overcome mediocre-to-borderline-bad bullpens to go deep into October.

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