The 9 greatest players in Toronto Blue Jays history

Best Season as a Blue Jay: 1993 - .363/.473/.599 with 24 home runs, 107 RBIs, 114 walks, 1.072 OPS, 186 OPS+ and 8.1 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: .293/.395/.471 with 109 home runs, 471 RBIs, 514 walks, 910 hits, .866 OPS, 130 OPS+ and 23 fWAR

Olerud wearing a helmet while he played first base is one of the most distinct looks like baseball history. But the reason he hung around the majors for 17 years and became so synonymous with wearing the helmet is because he was a hell of a hitter. Olerud spent parts of eight seasons in Toronto, and was a key cog as the team won their first two championships in 1992 and 1993. In 1993, Olerud led the American League in batting average, on-base percentage, OPS, OPS+ and doubles. He finished third in American League MVP voting that year, behind two future Hall of Famers in Frank Thomas and Paul Molitor.

Best Season as a Blue Jay: 2012 - .280/.384/.557 with 42 home runs, 110 RBIs, 84 walks, .941 OPS, 153 OPS+ and a 4.6 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: .268/.355/.522 with 239 home runs, 679 RBIs, 477 walks, 977 hits, .878 OPS, 136 OPS+ and 23.2 fWAR

Complete with his imaginary parrot, Encarnación checks in at No. 8. In parts of eight seasons with the Blue Jays, Encarnación made three All-Star teams and hit more than half of his 424 career home runs. Encarnación's 239 home runs as a Blue Jay are third in franchise history, and he's sixth in RBIs with 679. Encarnación's walk-off home run in the 2016 Wild Card Game is one of the most notable round trippers in the history of the Blue Jays.

Best Season as a Blue Jay: 1986 - .289/.368/.559 with 40 home runs, 108 RBIs, 69 walks, .927 OPS, 146 OPS+ and a 7.5 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: .265/.334/.483 with 179 home runs, 527 RBIs, 342 walks, 919 hits, .817 OPS, 118 OPS+ and 30.5 fWAR

Barfield spent eight-and-a-half seasons with the Blue Jays, winning two Gold Glove Awards and making an All-Star team. His best season came in 1986, when he edged out future Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt for the major league lead in home runs at 40. Barfield finished fifth in American League MVP voting in 1986, one spot behind teammate George Bell and four spots behind the aforementioned Clemens, who won the award.

Best Season as a Blue Jay: 1993 - .326/.408/.492 with 17 home runs, 93 RBIs, 80 walks, .900 OPS, 141 OPS+ and a 5.7 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: .307/.382/.451 with 55 home runs, 342 RBIs, 322 walks, 832 hits, .833 OPS, 123 OPS+ and 20.3 fWAR

Alomar only spent five seasons in Toronto, but he went into the Hall of Fame with a Blue Jays cap, making him the first player in Cooperstown as a member of the franchise. Alomar -- who helped Toronto win back-to-back World Series titles in 1992 and 1993 -- had his No. 12 retired by the franchise in July of 2011.

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Best Season as a Blue Jay: 1986 - .310/.338/.428 with 10 home runs, 65 RBIs, .766 OPS. 105 OPS+ and a 4.5 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: .297/.353/.412 with 60 home runs, 613 RBIs, 439 walks, 1,583 hits, .765 OPS, 106 OPS+ and 34.4 fWAR

It took him four separate stints in Toronto, but Fernández's name is all over the Blue Jays record book. Having made four All-Star teams as a Blue Jay, Fernández is the all-time franchise leader in hits, singles and triples. He also finds himself in the top five in terms of doubles, total bases and stolen bases in Blue Jays history.

Best Season as a Blue Jay: 2000 - .344/.470/.664 with 41 home runs, 137 RBIs, 123 walks, 1.134 OPS, 181 OPS+ and a 7.4 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: .282/.392/.556 with 336 home runs, 1,058 RBIs, 827 walks, 1,413 hits, .949 OPS, 142 OPS+ and 34.7 fWAR

Delgado had some very productive seasons in Miami and Queens, but his peak came during the parts of 12 seasons that he donned a maple leaf on his cap for. Between 1996 and 2004, Delgado finished in the top eight in both home runs and RBIs, despite being clean in an era where many other players seemingly weren't. With one of the sweetest swings baseball has seen, Delgado homered four times in a game against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays on Sept. 25, 2003. He's the only player in Blue Jays history to hit four home runs in a single game, and one of just six in the history of the American League.

Best Season as a Blue Jay: 2011 - .302/.447/.608 with 43 home runs, 103 RBIs, 132 walks, 1.056 OPS, 182 OPS+ and an 8.1 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: .253/.372/.506 with 288 home runs, 766 RBIs, 803 walks, 1,103 hits, .878 OPS, 136 OPS+ and 36.2 fWAR

Bautista was a late bloomer, but when he finally bloomed, boy was he fun to watch. "Joey Bats" led baseball in home runs in both 2010 and 2011. Between 2010 and 2015, Bautista's 227 home runs were the most in baseball, with no one else even reaching 200 over that period. And while Joe Carter's walk-off home run to win the 1993 World Series is the most famous in Blue Jays history, Bautista's go-ahead home run (and subsequent bat flip) in Game 5 of the 2015 ALDS is probably the most talked about blast of the last decade.

Best Season as a Blue Jay: 1984 - 16-8 with a 2.83 ERA, 146 ERA+, 3.32 FIP, 1.135 WHIP, 198 strikeouts, 11 complete games and a 5.6 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: 175-134 with a 3.42 ERA, 123 ERA+, 3.82 FIP, 1.241 WHIP, 1,658 strikeouts, 103 complete games and 43.6 fWAR

While not the most dominant pitcher in Blue Jays history, Stieb is certainly on the inner circle of starting pitchers in franchise history. Across 15 years in Toronto, Stieb led baseball in ERA, ERA+, innings pitched, complete games and complete-game shutouts on at least one occasion. Stieb is the all-time franchise leader in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts, games started, complete games and complete-game shutouts.

Best Season as a Blue Jay: 2003 - 22-7 with a 3.25 ERA, 145 ERA+, 3.23 FIP, 1.071 WHIP, 204 strikeouts, nine complete games and a 7.0 fWAR
Career Stats as a Blue Jay: 148-76 with a 3.43 ERA, 133 ERA+, 3.47 FIP, 1.198 WHIP, 1,495 strikeouts, 49 complete games and 48.7 fWAR

Halladay was the perfect mix of being dominant and a workhorse. In 12 seasons with the Blue Jays, Halladay finished in the top five in American League Cy Young Award voting on five occasions, winning the award in 2003. He also led the junior circuit in complete games five times. The most memorable moments of Halladay's career may have come during his four seasons with the Philadelphia Phillies -- which is partially why his Hall of Fame plaque has a blank cap -- but the overwhelming majority of his production came in Toronto. The Blue Jays retired Doc's No. 32 in March of 2018, less than six months after his tragic passing.