Today In Dave Stieb History
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Detailing the history of Dave Stieb, legendary #BlueJays pitcher and Hall of Famer (Canadian Baseball HoF 2005; San Jose Sports HoF 2023)
November 13, 1990 (1/2) - Five years after last appearing on a Cy Young Award ballot, the #BlueJays' Dave Stieb finishes in a fifth-place tie for 1990's top honour, with two third-place votes from 28 BBWAA scribes.
It's the mainstream's belated acknowledgement of his return to form in 1988.
It's the mainstream's belated acknowledgement of his return to form in 1988.
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 AM
November 13, 1990 (1/2) - Five years after last appearing on a Cy Young Award ballot, the #BlueJays' Dave Stieb finishes in a fifth-place tie for 1990's top honour, with two third-place votes from 28 BBWAA scribes.
It's the mainstream's belated acknowledgement of his return to form in 1988.
It's the mainstream's belated acknowledgement of his return to form in 1988.
November 8, 2023 (redux) (1/3) - Still got Halls of Fame on the brain (I wonder why).
Here's the San Jose Sports Hall Of Fame 2023 class (Lorrie Fair, Patrick Marleau, Dave Stieb, Chris Wondolowski) with their official plaques, permanently displayed on the concourse at the SAP Center.
Here's the San Jose Sports Hall Of Fame 2023 class (Lorrie Fair, Patrick Marleau, Dave Stieb, Chris Wondolowski) with their official plaques, permanently displayed on the concourse at the SAP Center.
November 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
November 8, 2023 (redux) (1/3) - Still got Halls of Fame on the brain (I wonder why).
Here's the San Jose Sports Hall Of Fame 2023 class (Lorrie Fair, Patrick Marleau, Dave Stieb, Chris Wondolowski) with their official plaques, permanently displayed on the concourse at the SAP Center.
Here's the San Jose Sports Hall Of Fame 2023 class (Lorrie Fair, Patrick Marleau, Dave Stieb, Chris Wondolowski) with their official plaques, permanently displayed on the concourse at the SAP Center.
November 8, 2023 [continued] - In summer 2023, we were asked to contribute to Dave Stieb's San Jose Sports Hall of Fame induction video, which played just before his acceptance speech.
It's a great clip. Here's our trailer-length edit:📽️
In the "tweet" BELOW, a link to the FULL clip.
It's a great clip. Here's our trailer-length edit:📽️
In the "tweet" BELOW, a link to the FULL clip.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
November 8, 2023 [continued] - In summer 2023, we were asked to contribute to Dave Stieb's San Jose Sports Hall of Fame induction video, which played just before his acceptance speech.
It's a great clip. Here's our trailer-length edit:📽️
In the "tweet" BELOW, a link to the FULL clip.
It's a great clip. Here's our trailer-length edit:📽️
In the "tweet" BELOW, a link to the FULL clip.
November 8, 2023 (1/3) -🚨A picture's worth a thousand-and-thirty-seven words!
A #BlueJays legend becomes part of his hometown’s sporting firmament: Dave Stieb is inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.⚾️
#SanJoseSportsAuthority
A #BlueJays legend becomes part of his hometown’s sporting firmament: Dave Stieb is inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.⚾️
#SanJoseSportsAuthority
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
November 8, 2023 (1/3) -🚨A picture's worth a thousand-and-thirty-seven words!
A #BlueJays legend becomes part of his hometown’s sporting firmament: Dave Stieb is inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.⚾️
#SanJoseSportsAuthority
A #BlueJays legend becomes part of his hometown’s sporting firmament: Dave Stieb is inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame.⚾️
#SanJoseSportsAuthority
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November 7, 2025 (1/2) - Buck Martinez Appreciation Post
October 14, 1976: In the biggest game of his career, Buck goes 3-for-4 in G5 of the ALCS (aka the "Chambliss game").
He's also confounded everyone with the pronunciation of his surname.
We've all been saying it wrong?🤯
October 14, 1976: In the biggest game of his career, Buck goes 3-for-4 in G5 of the ALCS (aka the "Chambliss game").
He's also confounded everyone with the pronunciation of his surname.
We've all been saying it wrong?🤯
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
November 7, 2025 (1/2) - Buck Martinez Appreciation Post
October 14, 1976: In the biggest game of his career, Buck goes 3-for-4 in G5 of the ALCS (aka the "Chambliss game").
He's also confounded everyone with the pronunciation of his surname.
We've all been saying it wrong?🤯
October 14, 1976: In the biggest game of his career, Buck goes 3-for-4 in G5 of the ALCS (aka the "Chambliss game").
He's also confounded everyone with the pronunciation of his surname.
We've all been saying it wrong?🤯
November 7, 2025 (1/2) - Buck Martinez Appreciation Post
October 14, 1976: In the biggest game of his career, Buck goes 3-for-4 in G5 of the ALCS (aka the "Chambliss game").
He's also confounded everyone with the pronunciation of his surname.
We've all been saying it wrong?🤯
October 14, 1976: In the biggest game of his career, Buck goes 3-for-4 in G5 of the ALCS (aka the "Chambliss game").
He's also confounded everyone with the pronunciation of his surname.
We've all been saying it wrong?🤯
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
November 7, 2025 (1/2) - Buck Martinez Appreciation Post
October 14, 1976: In the biggest game of his career, Buck goes 3-for-4 in G5 of the ALCS (aka the "Chambliss game").
He's also confounded everyone with the pronunciation of his surname.
We've all been saying it wrong?🤯
October 14, 1976: In the biggest game of his career, Buck goes 3-for-4 in G5 of the ALCS (aka the "Chambliss game").
He's also confounded everyone with the pronunciation of his surname.
We've all been saying it wrong?🤯
November 7, 1948 -🚨 Future Dave Stieb teammate and #BlueJays icon Buck Martinez is born in Redding, CA.🎂
Playing for Milwaukee, he singled in Stieb’s first home start and win, July 9, 1979.
Buck caught Stieb 88 times, to a 3.05 ERA (Stieb's career ERA was 3.44).
Playing for Milwaukee, he singled in Stieb’s first home start and win, July 9, 1979.
Buck caught Stieb 88 times, to a 3.05 ERA (Stieb's career ERA was 3.44).
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 AM
November 7, 1948 -🚨 Future Dave Stieb teammate and #BlueJays icon Buck Martinez is born in Redding, CA.🎂
Playing for Milwaukee, he singled in Stieb’s first home start and win, July 9, 1979.
Buck caught Stieb 88 times, to a 3.05 ERA (Stieb's career ERA was 3.44).
Playing for Milwaukee, he singled in Stieb’s first home start and win, July 9, 1979.
Buck caught Stieb 88 times, to a 3.05 ERA (Stieb's career ERA was 3.44).
November 4, 1982 [P2] - The 1982 Cy Young voting debacle - nicely summed up by Jon Bois' Captain Ahab doc in this clip📽️ - creates a butterfly effect felt even in 2025:
Dave Stieb's easier to overlook by Era Committee Hall Of Fame panels without that hardware, isn't he.
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Dave Stieb's easier to overlook by Era Committee Hall Of Fame panels without that hardware, isn't he.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:25 AM
November 4, 1982 [P2] - The 1982 Cy Young voting debacle - nicely summed up by Jon Bois' Captain Ahab doc in this clip📽️ - creates a butterfly effect felt even in 2025:
Dave Stieb's easier to overlook by Era Committee Hall Of Fame panels without that hardware, isn't he.
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Dave Stieb's easier to overlook by Era Committee Hall Of Fame panels without that hardware, isn't he.
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November 4, 1982 [P1] - Oh, goody! Time for this old favourite again.
The 1982 AL Cy Young Award vote's in. Milwaukee's Pete Vuckovich wins. The #BlueJays' Dave Stieb's fourth.
Look at Pete's K:BB ratio!
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The 1982 AL Cy Young Award vote's in. Milwaukee's Pete Vuckovich wins. The #BlueJays' Dave Stieb's fourth.
Look at Pete's K:BB ratio!
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November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
November 4, 1982 [P1] - Oh, goody! Time for this old favourite again.
The 1982 AL Cy Young Award vote's in. Milwaukee's Pete Vuckovich wins. The #BlueJays' Dave Stieb's fourth.
Look at Pete's K:BB ratio!
1/2
The 1982 AL Cy Young Award vote's in. Milwaukee's Pete Vuckovich wins. The #BlueJays' Dave Stieb's fourth.
Look at Pete's K:BB ratio!
1/2
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November 3, 2025 (1/3):🚨The @baseballhall.org has released its 2026 Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot.
Dave Stieb has been overlooked.
Carlos Delgado IS on the ballot. Congratulations, #25! Best of luck next month.
Following: two charts showing the eight candidates vis-à-vis their peers.
Dave Stieb has been overlooked.
Carlos Delgado IS on the ballot. Congratulations, #25! Best of luck next month.
Following: two charts showing the eight candidates vis-à-vis their peers.
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
November 3, 2025 (1/3):🚨The @baseballhall.org has released its 2026 Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot.
Dave Stieb has been overlooked.
Carlos Delgado IS on the ballot. Congratulations, #25! Best of luck next month.
Following: two charts showing the eight candidates vis-à-vis their peers.
Dave Stieb has been overlooked.
Carlos Delgado IS on the ballot. Congratulations, #25! Best of luck next month.
Following: two charts showing the eight candidates vis-à-vis their peers.
November 3, 2025 (1/3):🚨The @baseballhall.org has released its 2026 Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot.
Dave Stieb has been overlooked.
Carlos Delgado IS on the ballot. Congratulations, #25! Best of luck next month.
Following: two charts showing the eight candidates vis-à-vis their peers.
Dave Stieb has been overlooked.
Carlos Delgado IS on the ballot. Congratulations, #25! Best of luck next month.
Following: two charts showing the eight candidates vis-à-vis their peers.
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
November 3, 2025 (1/3):🚨The @baseballhall.org has released its 2026 Contemporary Era Hall of Fame ballot.
Dave Stieb has been overlooked.
Carlos Delgado IS on the ballot. Congratulations, #25! Best of luck next month.
Following: two charts showing the eight candidates vis-à-vis their peers.
Dave Stieb has been overlooked.
Carlos Delgado IS on the ballot. Congratulations, #25! Best of luck next month.
Following: two charts showing the eight candidates vis-à-vis their peers.
November 3, 2025: The @baseballhall.org's released its 2026 Contempoary Era Hall of Fame ballot.
There's a legendary #BlueJays player included, but it's not Dave Stieb.
Six hitters, two pitchers - the split we hoped and expected.
Results announced December 7.
More to come.
There's a legendary #BlueJays player included, but it's not Dave Stieb.
Six hitters, two pitchers - the split we hoped and expected.
Results announced December 7.
More to come.
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
November 3, 2025: The @baseballhall.org's released its 2026 Contempoary Era Hall of Fame ballot.
There's a legendary #BlueJays player included, but it's not Dave Stieb.
Six hitters, two pitchers - the split we hoped and expected.
Results announced December 7.
More to come.
There's a legendary #BlueJays player included, but it's not Dave Stieb.
Six hitters, two pitchers - the split we hoped and expected.
Results announced December 7.
More to come.
November 2, 1982 (1/3) - 🚨The votes are in! Dave Stieb wins The Sporting News' 1982 A.L. Pitcher of the Year award, a huge hit of mainstream recognition for the rapidly improving #BlueJays. Read on... 🧵 🚨
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 AM
November 2, 1982 (1/3) - 🚨The votes are in! Dave Stieb wins The Sporting News' 1982 A.L. Pitcher of the Year award, a huge hit of mainstream recognition for the rapidly improving #BlueJays. Read on... 🧵 🚨
November 2, 2025 - The 2025 Blue Jays - a likeable, great team - lost a marvellous World Series last night.
The one of us here who's less partisan, perhaps a bit angrier about the org's legacy-ignorant shenanigans, began wondering whether there was a curse.
Maybe it's real. #CurseOf37
The one of us here who's less partisan, perhaps a bit angrier about the org's legacy-ignorant shenanigans, began wondering whether there was a curse.
Maybe it's real. #CurseOf37
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
November 2, 2025 - The 2025 Blue Jays - a likeable, great team - lost a marvellous World Series last night.
The one of us here who's less partisan, perhaps a bit angrier about the org's legacy-ignorant shenanigans, began wondering whether there was a curse.
Maybe it's real. #CurseOf37
The one of us here who's less partisan, perhaps a bit angrier about the org's legacy-ignorant shenanigans, began wondering whether there was a curse.
Maybe it's real. #CurseOf37
November 1, 2025 (1/2) - Tone deaf move by the Blue Jays to give Jack Morris the first pitch tonight (alongside Paul Molitor, mind).
Never mind the career-long feud with Dave Stieb. Never mind the fact Stieb didn't throw a pitch this month.
Jack Morris is just a disappointing human.
Never mind the career-long feud with Dave Stieb. Never mind the fact Stieb didn't throw a pitch this month.
Jack Morris is just a disappointing human.
November 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
November 1, 2025 (1/2) - Tone deaf move by the Blue Jays to give Jack Morris the first pitch tonight (alongside Paul Molitor, mind).
Never mind the career-long feud with Dave Stieb. Never mind the fact Stieb didn't throw a pitch this month.
Jack Morris is just a disappointing human.
Never mind the career-long feud with Dave Stieb. Never mind the fact Stieb didn't throw a pitch this month.
Jack Morris is just a disappointing human.
October 30, 1984 (1/3) - Cy Young votes are in!
Dave Stieb's modern-day case:
7.9 bWAR (1st; Blyleven 7.2)
5.6 WAA (1st; Blyleven 5.1)
48.45 RE24 (1st; Hernandez 38.28)
146 ERA+ (1st; Blyleven 144)
267 IP (1st; Hough 266)
2.83 ERA (2nd; Boddicker 2.79)
He finishes... seventh.
With one vote.
Dave Stieb's modern-day case:
7.9 bWAR (1st; Blyleven 7.2)
5.6 WAA (1st; Blyleven 5.1)
48.45 RE24 (1st; Hernandez 38.28)
146 ERA+ (1st; Blyleven 144)
267 IP (1st; Hough 266)
2.83 ERA (2nd; Boddicker 2.79)
He finishes... seventh.
With one vote.
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
October 30, 1984 (1/3) - Cy Young votes are in!
Dave Stieb's modern-day case:
7.9 bWAR (1st; Blyleven 7.2)
5.6 WAA (1st; Blyleven 5.1)
48.45 RE24 (1st; Hernandez 38.28)
146 ERA+ (1st; Blyleven 144)
267 IP (1st; Hough 266)
2.83 ERA (2nd; Boddicker 2.79)
He finishes... seventh.
With one vote.
Dave Stieb's modern-day case:
7.9 bWAR (1st; Blyleven 7.2)
5.6 WAA (1st; Blyleven 5.1)
48.45 RE24 (1st; Hernandez 38.28)
146 ERA+ (1st; Blyleven 144)
267 IP (1st; Hough 266)
2.83 ERA (2nd; Boddicker 2.79)
He finishes... seventh.
With one vote.
October 28, 1985 (1/2) - 🚨 "Dave Stieb, you're going to Disneyland!" (Okay, they probably all went after winning the World Series in 1992, but here he is after the ALCS defeat, winding down with his family...) 🚨
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
October 28, 1985 (1/2) - 🚨 "Dave Stieb, you're going to Disneyland!" (Okay, they probably all went after winning the World Series in 1992, but here he is after the ALCS defeat, winding down with his family...) 🚨
October 26, 1992 [P2]: Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth emcee the rally inside SkyDome, with 40-odd #BlueJays briefly taking the mic.
Most keep it pretty basic.
Dave Stieb’s bottled a lot of thoughts in 14 years with Toronto. He’s not an over-sharer.
🚨Today, though, he lets it all out.📽️
Most keep it pretty basic.
Dave Stieb’s bottled a lot of thoughts in 14 years with Toronto. He’s not an over-sharer.
🚨Today, though, he lets it all out.📽️
October 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
October 26, 1992 [P2]: Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth emcee the rally inside SkyDome, with 40-odd #BlueJays briefly taking the mic.
Most keep it pretty basic.
Dave Stieb’s bottled a lot of thoughts in 14 years with Toronto. He’s not an over-sharer.
🚨Today, though, he lets it all out.📽️
Most keep it pretty basic.
Dave Stieb’s bottled a lot of thoughts in 14 years with Toronto. He’s not an over-sharer.
🚨Today, though, he lets it all out.📽️
October 26, 1992 [P1]: The championship parade! The icing on every pro athlete's bucket list cake.
The #BlueJays ride from the Royal York to SkyDome via Wellington and Peter. Dave Stieb rides with the Grubers.
🚨VIDEO!📽️
That's BOTH OF US hustling across the screen @ 0:24.
The #BlueJays ride from the Royal York to SkyDome via Wellington and Peter. Dave Stieb rides with the Grubers.
🚨VIDEO!📽️
That's BOTH OF US hustling across the screen @ 0:24.
October 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
October 26, 1992 [P1]: The championship parade! The icing on every pro athlete's bucket list cake.
The #BlueJays ride from the Royal York to SkyDome via Wellington and Peter. Dave Stieb rides with the Grubers.
🚨VIDEO!📽️
That's BOTH OF US hustling across the screen @ 0:24.
The #BlueJays ride from the Royal York to SkyDome via Wellington and Peter. Dave Stieb rides with the Grubers.
🚨VIDEO!📽️
That's BOTH OF US hustling across the screen @ 0:24.
October 25, 1998 (1/3) - 🚨 #Stieb2000! Dave Stieb, age 41, lets it be known through his agent that his aim is to be a four-decade player. How did it start and how did it end? Read on... 🧵 🚨
October 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
October 25, 1998 (1/3) - 🚨 #Stieb2000! Dave Stieb, age 41, lets it be known through his agent that his aim is to be a four-decade player. How did it start and how did it end? Read on... 🧵 🚨
October 24, 1992 [Last-night-in-Dave-Stieb-history print edition] (1/3) - The game ended late at 12:51 a.m. EST. Newspaper print rooms would run hot through the wee hours.
Throughout Canada, people spilled onto streets.
In Atlanta's visitors' clubhouse, the #BlueJays rejoiced.
Throughout Canada, people spilled onto streets.
In Atlanta's visitors' clubhouse, the #BlueJays rejoiced.
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
October 24, 1992 [Last-night-in-Dave-Stieb-history print edition] (1/3) - The game ended late at 12:51 a.m. EST. Newspaper print rooms would run hot through the wee hours.
Throughout Canada, people spilled onto streets.
In Atlanta's visitors' clubhouse, the #BlueJays rejoiced.
Throughout Canada, people spilled onto streets.
In Atlanta's visitors' clubhouse, the #BlueJays rejoiced.
October 24, 1992 (P3) - 🚨 "Congratulations, Dave Stieb. You're a World Series champion!" 🚨
Timlin to Carter, to Stieb (injured for the playoffs) running out onto the field in those flat-soled running shoes. What could do wrong... (next tweet, please...)
Timlin to Carter, to Stieb (injured for the playoffs) running out onto the field in those flat-soled running shoes. What could do wrong... (next tweet, please...)
October 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
October 24, 1992 (P3) - 🚨 "Congratulations, Dave Stieb. You're a World Series champion!" 🚨
Timlin to Carter, to Stieb (injured for the playoffs) running out onto the field in those flat-soled running shoes. What could do wrong... (next tweet, please...)
Timlin to Carter, to Stieb (injured for the playoffs) running out onto the field in those flat-soled running shoes. What could do wrong... (next tweet, please...)
October 24, 1992 (P2) - 🚨 "I sensed the end was near here. I gotta be the first one out there." - Dave Stieb, as the #BlueJays win their first World Series, taking down Atlanta in 6 games. Watch and read on... 🧵 🚨
October 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
October 24, 1992 (P2) - 🚨 "I sensed the end was near here. I gotta be the first one out there." - Dave Stieb, as the #BlueJays win their first World Series, taking down Atlanta in 6 games. Watch and read on... 🧵 🚨
October 24, 1992 (P1) - 🚨 Dave Stieb and the #BlueJays win their 1st World Series, Timlin-to-Carter style! Watch Part 1 below (with the man in the white running shoes leading the charge onto the field)... 📽 🚨
October 25, 2025 at 12:38 AM
October 24, 1992 (P1) - 🚨 Dave Stieb and the #BlueJays win their 1st World Series, Timlin-to-Carter style! Watch Part 1 below (with the man in the white running shoes leading the charge onto the field)... 📽 🚨
October 24, 2025 (1/2) - Timing: it's everything.
There're only two pitchers in #BlueJays history to make the jump from the June amateur draft to their MLB careers the very next season.
One is Dave Stieb.
The other starts Game One of the 2025 World Series tonight.
There're only two pitchers in #BlueJays history to make the jump from the June amateur draft to their MLB careers the very next season.
One is Dave Stieb.
The other starts Game One of the 2025 World Series tonight.
October 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
October 24, 2025 (1/2) - Timing: it's everything.
There're only two pitchers in #BlueJays history to make the jump from the June amateur draft to their MLB careers the very next season.
One is Dave Stieb.
The other starts Game One of the 2025 World Series tonight.
There're only two pitchers in #BlueJays history to make the jump from the June amateur draft to their MLB careers the very next season.
One is Dave Stieb.
The other starts Game One of the 2025 World Series tonight.