A rundown of the Blue Jays ten previous playoff runs

1992: Blue Jays win World Series over Atlanta Braves (4-2). Blue Jays win ALCS over Oakland Athletics (4-2). 

That offseason GM Pat Gillick landed big name free agents Dave Winfield and Jack Morris and the rest, as they say, is history. Toronto (96-66) met their playoff nemesis in the Athletics (96-66) and one of the most iconic moments in franchise history came to fruition when the Blue Jays came from behind in Game Four in Oakland to score three runs in the eighth and Alomar hit a game-tying home run in the top of the ninth off future Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley.

The Blue Jays won that game in the 11th inning to take a 3-1 series lead over Oakland, and clinched their first AL pennant three days later with a 9-2 win at home in Game Six. 

Ten days later they were World Series champions. This series against the Braves had a little bit of everything. Great pitching, spectacular defense and timely hits. The Blue Jays won three straight games by a single run, while winning two of those games by knocking in a run in their final at-bat. In Game Six in Atlanta, with a 3-2 series lead, Winfield drove in the winning runs and Mike Timlin came out of the bullpen to save the game, and send the World Series banner north of the border. 

1993: Blue Jays win World Series over Philadelphia Phillies (4-2). Blue Jays win ALCS over Chicago White Sox (4-2)  

It hadn’t been done since the 1977-78 New York Yankees, but the ‘93 Blue Jays became the first team in the “free agency” era to build a team that won back-to-back World Series championships. The road to get there went through Chicago (94-68) who had both the AL Cy Young Award winner (Jack McDowell) and the AL MVP (Frank Thomas) on their squad.

Toronto (95-67) took the first two games on the road. They dropped the next two at home, but came through in Game Five when Juan Guzmán outdueled McDowell and the Blue Jays won 5-3 for a 3-2 series lead. They clinched in Game Six with a 6-3 win in Chicago on October 12. 11 days later - Carter touched ‘em all.

While that will always be the number one memory from this series, the Blue Jays and Phillies had quite the battle over six games. Outside of Philadelphia’s 2-0 win in Game Five, the winning team scored at least six runs in every contest in a series that was defined by hitting.