On This Day: March 8

1985 

Dave Stieb, the ace of the Blue Jays staff for the past five seasons, signs an 11-year contract that could be worth up to $25 million with deferred payments and incentives. However, he would pitch only another six full seasons. Stieb won 140 games in the 1980s, the second-highest total by a pitcher in that decade, behind only Jack Morris.