Pearson Cup
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Statistics | |
Meetings total | 43 |
Regular season series | Blue Jays, 24–19 |
Largest victory | Blue Jays: 14–2 (June 22, 1998) Expos: 11–2 (June 10, 2000) |
Longest win streak |
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Current win streak | defunct |
The Pearson Cup (
The series began in 1978, and ran until 1986.[1] Due to a strike, no game was played in 1981.[2] In 2003, the series was revived as part of the Blue Jays–Expos interleague rivalry.[3] It continued on into the 2004 season, after which the Expos moved to Washington, D.C., and became the Washington Nationals. The cup is now on display in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ontario.
Results
From 1978 to 1986, the Cup was awarded after a one-game exhibition, that had no effect on the major league standings. The 1979 and 1985 games were abandoned as ties due to time constraints; in 1979 the Expos had to catch an airplane flight,[4] while in 1985 the Jays had to catch a flight.[5][6]
The game was suspended in 1987 as the two teams could not find a mutually agreeable date to play the game.[7] There was discussion about reviving the game in the preseason, or playing it in another Canadian city such as Vancouver, but this never took place.[8][9][10]
During the 2003 and 2004 series, the Cup was awarded after a six-game set, three in Toronto and three in Montreal.[3] These games counted in major-league standings and were played during the regular season.
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Season | Date | Location | Visiting team | Runs | Home team | Attendance | Ref | Cumulative record | |
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1978 | June 29 | Olympic Stadium | Toronto | 4–5 (10) | Montreal | 20,221 | [11] | Montreal 1–0–0 | |
1979 | April 19 | Exhibition Stadium | Montreal | 4–4 (11) | Toronto | 21,564 | [4] | Montreal 1–0–1 | |
1980 | July 31 | Olympic Stadium | Toronto | 1–3 | Montreal | 6,731 | [12] | Montreal 2–0–1 | |
1981 | July 6 | Exhibition Stadium | Cancelled due to players' strike | [2][13] | Montreal 2–0–1 | ||||
1982 | September 2 | Exhibition Stadium | Montreal | 7–3 | Toronto | 23,102 | [14] | Montreal 3–0–1 | |
1983 | May 5 | Olympic Stadium | Toronto | 7–5 | Montreal | 8,291 | [15] | Montreal 3–1–1 | |
1984 | May 24 | Exhibition Stadium | Montreal | 5–6 (13) | Toronto | 24,768 | [16] | Montreal 3–2–1 | |
1985 | May 9 | Olympic Stadium | Toronto | 2–2 (11) | Montreal | 11,075 | [5] | Montreal 3–2–2 | |
1986 | April 28 | Exhibition Stadium | Montreal | 2–5 | Toronto | 16,786 | [17] | Tied 3–3–2 | |
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Season | Date | Location | Visiting team | Games | Home team | Average Attendance |
Ref | Series | Cumulative record |
2003 | June 20–22 | Olympic Stadium | Toronto | 2–1 | Montreal | 12,782 | [18] | Tied 3–3 |
Tied 3–3–3 |
June 27–29 | SkyDome |
Montreal | 2–1 | Toronto | 31,571 | ||||
2004 | June 25–27 | SkyDome | Montreal | 1–2 | Toronto | 22,091 | [19] | Tied 3–3 |
Tied 3–3–4 |
July 2–4 | Hiram Bithorn Stadium (San Juan, Puerto Rico) |
Toronto | 1–2 | Montreal | 8,443 |
The All-Canadian Series
The Blue Jays and Expos first played meaningful baseball in the
Major League Baseball put the final nail in the Series' coffin by playing the final set between the Jays and Expos in San Juan, Puerto Rico instead of Montreal. Major League Baseball's intention to boost attendance by playing in San Juan ended up resulting in lower attendance than the series had attracted in Montreal a year earlier.[22][23][24]
The All-Canadian Series ended after 2004 when the Expos were relocated and became known as the Washington Nationals.[25][26] The Blue Jays won the series 24 games to 19 games, and Toronto also won the most season series (3–2–2).[27]
Season-by-season results
The two teams met annually from 1997 to 2004 as part of the All-Canadian Series, then met annually again starting in 2023 as a result of the scheduling formula change, meeting intermittently from 2005 to 2022.
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1990s (Blue Jays, 9–4)
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2000s (Blue Jays, 24–21)
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2010s (Blue Jays, 5–4)
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2020s (Nationals, 8–6)
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Summary of Results
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Neutral-site games
The Blue Jays played a number of exhibition games at
The club also has discussed playing more games at BC Place with the president of the Vancouver Canadians.[48][49][50][51]
Notes
- Canadian Bill Atkinson was the winning pitcher and scored the winning run for the Expos in the first-ever Pearson Cup game at the Olympic Stadium in 1978.[citation needed]
- Pedro Martínez was the winning pitcher on June 30, 1997, in the first game of 'The All-Canadian Series', pitching 9 innings, striking out 10, walking one.[52]
See also
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