Blue Jays: Who had the best offensive three-year stretch?

Over the years, Blue Jays fans have been treated to some heroic single seasons by Blue Jays greats, whether it was AL-MVP seasons by Josh Donaldson and George Bell, or a franchise setting 54 home run season by Jose Bautista.  What is truly enjoyable to watch is when these players can come back season after season and perform.

The lockout is over, the season is around the corner and we are all getting excited for the 2022 MLB Season.  While we wait, I thought I would take a look at some of the best performances over a span of a few years and I felt looking at a three-year span was a suitable tally on how a player performed.  This list is about which players had the best offensive three consecutive season production.  It is not picking and choosing three years over say an eight-year Blue Jay career, but who has to be the best three consecutive seasons.

10. Fred McGriff (1988-1990)

A generation of kids watching the Blue Jays had power-hitting Fred McGriff to choose as their favourite player and watching his smooth swing put balls into the gap for a double or over the fence for a home run had fans amazed at the young first basemen.

Between the years of 1988-1990, McGriff was the model of consistency as he collected 34, 36 and 35 home runs while posting a slash line of .284/.392/.535 and an OPS of .927.  McGriff would lead the team in two of those years in terms of WAR and the one season he did not lead, he finished second to Dave Stieb who finished with a record of 18-6 along with a 2.93 ERA and a No-Hitter.

McGriff would receive AL-MVP votes in all three seasons and win the Silver Slugger Award in 1989 when he led the American League in home runs (36) and OPS (.924), which was actually the lowest OPS of those three seasons.  McGriff looked like a mainstay for years to come, but with the emergence of John Olerud, he was traded to San Diego in the most famous trades in team history that brought back Joe Carter and Roberto Alomar.