The Cleveland Indians will feed Danny Salazar to the wolves on Monday night at the Rogers Centre…well, that’s what it will feel like when the Tribe become the latest and final team to take on the Toronto Blue Jays in their record-breaking month of August that has seen the team score an average of 6.61 runs a game

Heading into the final game of the month, the Jays are sporting a frankly absurd 21-5 mark for August, which will go down as the best record for a month in the franchise's 39-year history.

 

BEST BLUE JAYS MONTHS EVER

Month Year Record Winning Percentage
August 2015 21-5 0.806
May 1984 19-6 0.76
Sept./Oct. 1988 22-7 0.759
July 1999 19-7 0.731
Sept./Oct. 2003 19-7 0.731
May 2003 21-8 0.724
Sept./Oct. 2002 19-8 0.704
May 2014 21-9 0.7
Sept./Oct. 1992 21-9 0.7

 

If the Jays were to win tonight, their clip for the month moves to .814, while a loss would dip it to .777 for August. So where does that leave the 2015 Toronto Blue Jays among baseball's best in the month?

 

BEST AUGUSTS IN MLB HISTORY

 
TEAM YEAR RECORD WINNING PERCENTAGE FINISHED
Chicago Cubs 1906 26-3 .897 Lost in World Series
New York Giants 1936 24-3 .889 Won World Series
Oakland Athletics 2002 24-4 .857 Lost in ALDS
St. Louis Cardinals 1944 23-4 .852 Won World Series
Chicago White Sox 1906 21-4 .840 Won World Series
Toronto Blue Jays* 2015 22-5 .814 ?
Cleveland Indians 1954 26-6 .813 Won World Series
Brooklyn Dodgers 1953 25-6 .806 Lost in World Series
New York Yankees 1938 28-8 .778 Won World Series
Toronto Blue Jays% 2015 21-6 .777 ?
St. Louis Cardinals 1942 25-8 .758 Won World Series
New York Yankees 2009 21-7 .750 Won World Series
St. Louis Cardinals 2004 21-7 .750 Lost in World Series
Milwakee Brewers 2011 21-7 .750 Lost in NLCS

* - with a win

% - with a loss

While the month certainly puts the Jays in lofty company, all will go for naught if the team's 21-year playoff drought doesn't come to an end in October.