1996 Toronto Blue Jays season

1996  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	SkyDome
City	Toronto
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Interbrew, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers	Gord Ash
Managers	Cito Gaston
Television	CBC Television (Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton) Baton (Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
Radio	CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1996 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 20th season in franchise history. The season involved the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The Blue Jays had a losing record for the third consecutive season.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1996 season. ^[1]

October 1995

October 16	Brent Bowers granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on November 30, 1995). Darren Hall granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $175,000 contract on November 1, 1995). Wally Whitehurst granted free agency (signed with Montreal Expos to a one-year, $125,000 contract on December 1, 1995).
October 19	Mike Huff granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 20, 1995).
October 30	Roberto Alomar granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a three-year, $18 million contract on December 21, 1995).

November 1995

November 1	Danny Cox granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a contract on December 6, 1995). Devon White granted free agency (signed with Florida Marlins to a three-year, $9.9 million contract on November 21, 1995).
November 2	Lance Parrish granted free agency (signed with Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract on January 4, 1996). Duane Ward granted free agency.
November 3	Paul Molitor granted free agency (signed with Minnesota Twins to a two-year, $5.5 million contract on December 5, 1995).
November 6	Al Leiter granted free agency (signed with Florida Marlins to a three-year, $8.6 million contract on December 14, 1995).

December 1995

December 4	Mike Coolbaugh drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1995 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 6	Re-signed free agent Danny Cox to a one-year contract. Signed Rich Rowland from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. Acquired Paul Quantrill from the Philadelphia Phillies for Howard Battle and Ricardo Jordan.
December 7	Signed free agent Otis Nixon from the Texas Rangers to a two-year, $4.4 million contract.
December 14	Signed free agent Charlie O'Brien from the Atlanta Braves to a two-year, $1.25 million contract.
December 18	Acquired Miguel Cairo and Bill Risley from the Seattle Mariners for Edwin Hurtado and Paul Menhart.
December 20	Re-signed free agent Mike Huff to a one-year contract. Re-signed Juan Guzmán to a one-year, $2.24 million contract. Re-signed Randy Knorr to a one-year, $280,000 contract.
December 22	Signed free agent Erik Hanson from the Boston Red Sox to a three-year, $9.4 million contract.

January 1996

January 16	Signed free agent Juan Samuel from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year, $325,000 contract.
January 24	Signed free agent Rubén Amaro Jr. from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $109,000 contract.

February 1996

February 10	Signed free agent Dane Johnson from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $125,000 contract.
February 20	Signed free agent Brian Bohanon from the Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $185,000 contract.
February 22	Signed free agent Frank Viola from the Cincinnati Reds to a one-year contract.

March 1996

March 10	Signed free agent Wes Chamberlain from the Kansas City Royals to a contract.
March 13	Acquired Scott Pose from the Cleveland Indians for Joe Lis.
March 14	Selected Roberto Durán off of waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 24	Released Ben Weber.
March 29	Ken Robinson selected off of waivers by the Kansas City Royals.

Regular season

A new tradition would start in 1996 as the Blue Jays donned red uniforms for the first time. These uniforms would be worn only on Canada Day and would feature "Canada" on the back of their jerseys rather than a player's name. Eventual Cy Young Award winner Pat Hentgen would start the Canada Day match against the Baltimore Orioles.

The final series of the season would be embroiled in controversy. Against the American League East champion Baltimore Orioles, two events would define the Orioles season. The game on Friday, September 27, 1996, would go down as one of the most infamous events in baseball history, as former Blue Jay Roberto Alomar would spit at umpire John Hirschbeck. The Sunday game would be a coming-out party for Brady Anderson, as he would hit his 50th home run of the regular season off Pat Hentgen. The total would break Frank Robinson's team record for most home runs in a season.

1996 also marked the end of an era for the Blue Jays, as they would redesign their logo and uniforms in the following year and also radically shake up their roster.

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	92	70	.568	—	49‍–‍31	43‍–‍39
Baltimore Orioles	88	74	.543	4	43‍–‍38	45‍–‍36
Boston Red Sox	85	77	.525	7	47‍–‍34	38‍–‍43
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	18	35‍–‍46	39‍–‍42
Detroit Tigers	53	109	.327	39	27‍–‍54	26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1996 v t e
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 35–46; Away: 39–42)
April: 11–14 (Home: 5–9; Away: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Athletics 9–6 Hanson (1–0) Reyes Timlin (1) 7,294 1–0 2 April 3 @ Athletics 10–4 Hentgen (1–0) Prieto — 8,050 2–0 3 April 5 @ Indians 7–1 Guzman (1–0) Hershiser — 41,782 3–0 4 April 6 @ Indians 3–5 Nagy Hanson (1–1) Mesa 41,852 3–1 5 April 7 @ Indians 3–8 Martinez Quantrill (0–1) — 41,689 3–2 6 April 9 Angels 5–0 Hentgen (2–0) Langston — 36,616 4–2 7 April 10 Angels 1–2 Holzemer Guzman (1–1) Percival 25,446 4–3 8 April 11 Angels 7–4 Hanson (2–1) Abbott Timlin (2) 25,512 5–3 9 April 12 Mariners 6–9 Hitchcock Quantrill (0–2) — 31,293 5–4 10 April 13 Mariners 3–14 Bosio Ware (0–1) — 33,645 5–5 11 April 14 Mariners 4–9 Wolcott Hentgen (2–1) — 29,301 5–6 12 April 15 Tigers 8–2 Guzman (2–1) Olivares — 26,127 6–6 13 April 16 Tigers 8–13 Gohr Hanson (2–2) Lewis 25,503 6–7 14 April 17 @ Angels 1–5 Finley Quantrill (0–3) — 15,361 6–8 15 April 18 @ Angels 6–9 James Ware (0–2) Percival 25,083 6–9 16 April 19 @ Mariners 10–4 Hentgen (3–1) Wolcott Bohanon (1) 32,189 7–9 17 April 20 @ Mariners 3–1 Guzman (3–1) Menhart Timlin (3) 47,487 8–9 18 April 21 @ Mariners 5–9 Johnson Hanson (2–3) — 34,915 8–10 19 April 22 @ Mariners 16–7 Castillo (1–0) Hurtado — 18,467 9–10 20 April 24 Athletics 6–7 Prieto Hentgen (3–2) Corsi 28,029 9–11 21 April 25 Athletics 3–4 (11) Mohler Crabtree (0–1) — 26,163 9–12 22 April 26 Indians 3–6 Hershiser Hanson (2–4) Mesa 30,227 9–13 23 April 27 Indians 11–6 Castillo (2–0) Nagy — 40,140 10–13 24 April 28 Indians 3–17 Lopez Viola (0–1) — 31,143 10–14 25 April 30 Brewers 9–8 Crabtree (1–1) Boze — 25,467 11–14
May: 13–15 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 Brewers 9–3 Guzman (4–1) Miranda — 25,684 12–14 27 May 2 Brewers 7–5 Hanson (3–4) Karl Timlin (4) 31,299 13–14 28 May 3 @ Red Sox 7–8 Moyer Quantrill (0–4) Slocumb 25,570 13–15 29 May 4 @ Red Sox 4–8 Gordon Viola (0–2) Slocumb 29,785 13–16 30 May 5 @ Red Sox 11–4 Hentgen (4–2) Wakefield — 29,866 14–16 31 May 7 @ Rangers 1–5 Oliver Guzman (4–2) — 23,005 14–17 32 May 8 @ Rangers 2–4 Witt Hanson (3–5) Henneman 20,694 14–18 33 May 9 @ Rangers 5–2 Quantrill (1–4) Hill Timlin (5) 34,451 15–18 34 May 10 Red Sox 5–6 (11) Slocumb Carrara (0–1) — 31,159 15–19 35 May 11 Red Sox 9–8 (11) Quantrill (2–4) Knackert — 33,163 16–19 36 May 12 Red Sox 8–7 (10) Janzen (1–0) Slocumb — 31,188 17–19 37 May 14 @ Twins 4–2 Hanson (4–5) Robertson Timlin (6) 13,483 18–19 38 May 15 @ Twins 1–2 Rodriguez Hentgen (4–3) — 11,793 18–20 39 May 16 @ Twins 1–4 Radke Quantrill (2–5) Stevens 13,538 18–21 40 May 17 @ Royals 2–4 Belcher Guzman (4–3) Montgomery 20,079 18–22 41 May 18 @ Royals 6–2 Viola (1–2) Appier — 18,116 19–22 42 May 19 @ Royals 3–2 Hanson (5–5) Gubicza Timlin (7) 15,039 20–22 43 May 20 @ Royals 4–5 Haney Hentgen (4–4) Montgomery 14,303 20–23 44 May 21 @ White Sox 1–2 Tapani Ware (0–3) Hernandez 17,483 20–24 45 May 22 @ White Sox 1–2 (11) McCaskill Timlin (0–1) — 17,882 20–25 46 May 23 Twins 5–4 (10) Janzen (2–0) Milchin — 31,163 21–25 47 May 24 Twins 0–4 Robertson Hanson (5–6) — 33,141 21–26 48 May 25 Twins 4–6 (10) Guardado Castillo (2–1) Stevens 34,118 21–27 49 May 26 Twins 3–9 Naulty Bohanon (0–1) — 30,170 21–28 50 May 27 White Sox 5–4 Janzen (3–0) Fernandez Timlin (8) 30,013 22–28 51 May 28 White Sox 5–8 Baldwin Viola (1–3) Hernandez 30,104 22–29 52 May 29 White Sox 6–5 Hanson (6–6) Magrane Timlin (9) 31,074 23–29 53 May 31 Royals 4–2 Hentgen (5–4) Gubicza Timlin (10) 33,194 24–29
June: 12–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Royals 5–3 (10) Crabtree (2–1) Montgomery — 31,107 25–29 55 June 2 Royals 5–7 Belcher Janzen (3–1) Montgomery 32,253 25–30 56 June 4 @ Yankees 4–5 Gooden Hanson (6–7) Wetteland 17,368 25–31 57 June 5 @ Yankees 12–7 Hentgen (6–4) Key — 17,142 26–31 58 June 6 @ Yankees 1–8 Pettitte Quantrill (2–6) — 18,475 26–32 59 June 7 @ Rangers 7–10 Pavlik Janzen (3–2) Henneman 40,046 26–33 60 June 8 @ Rangers 0–2 Oliver Guzman (4–4) — 43,439 26–34 61 June 9 @ Rangers 6–8 Witt Hanson (6–8) Henneman 41,605 26–35 62 June 10 Yankees 3–5 Key Hentgen (6–5) Wetteland 37,332 26–36 63 June 11 Yankees 4–6 Pettitte Quantrill (2–7) Wetteland 32,114 26–37 64 June 12 Yankees 7–4 Janzen (4–2) Mendoza — 44,238 27–37 65 June 13 @ Angels 4–6 Finley Guzman (4–5) James 20,528 27–38 66 June 14 @ Angels 4–7 Grimsley Hanson (6–9) Percival 18,503 27–39 67 June 15 @ Angels 5–7 Langston Crabtree (2–2) Percival 40,352 27–40 68 June 16 @ Angels 6–4 Quantrill (3–7) Abbott Timlin (11) 22,979 28–40 69 June 18 @ Mariners 11–3 Guzman (5–5) Wolcott — 25,912 29–40 70 June 19 @ Mariners 9–2 Hanson (7–9) Harikkala — 26,265 30–40 71 June 20 @ Athletics 1–0 Hentgen (7–5) Wengert Timlin (12) 8,027 31–40 72 June 21 @ Athletics 7–5 Quantrill (4–7) Johns Timlin (13) 10,278 32–40 73 June 22 @ Athletics 4–8 Chouinard Ware (0–4) — 20,124 32–41 74 June 23 @ Athletics 5–4 Guzman (6–5) Wojciechowski Timlin (14) 14,407 33–41 75 June 25 Mariners 8–7 Crabtree (3–2) Charlton — 31,420 34–41 76 June 26 Mariners 6–5 Ware (1–4) Ayala Crabtree (1) 30,158 35–41 77 June 27 Mariners 1–9 Wells Quantrill (4–8) — 31,108 35–42 78 June 28 Brewers 1–5 D'Amico Guzman (6–6) Fetters 31,333 35–43 79 June 29 Brewers 4–7 Karl Janzen (4–3) — 31,170 35–44 80 June 30 Brewers 15–2 Hanson (8–9) Bones — 30,104 36–44
July: 13–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Orioles 4–7 Coppinger Hentgen (7–6) Myers 43,377 36–45 82 July 2 Orioles 2–8 Erickson Quantrill (4–9) — 32,150 36–46 83 July 3 Orioles 5–2 Guzman (7–6) Krivda Timlin (15) 32,365 37–46 84 July 4 @ Tigers 1–6 Nitkowski Janzen (4–4) Myers 10,557 37–47 85 July 5 @ Tigers 3–4 Sager Hanson (8–10) Olson 20,808 37–48 86 July 6 @ Tigers 15–0 Hentgen (8–6) Olivares — 16,228 38–48 87 July 7 @ Tigers 0–9 Lira Ware (1–5) — 15,784 38–49 88 July 11 @ Brewers 6–3 Guzman (8–6) D'Amico Castillo (1) 16,019 39–49 89 July 12 @ Brewers 5–12 McDonald Hanson (8–11) — 15,691 39–50 90 July 13 @ Brewers 15–7 Hentgen (9–6) Karl — 29,383 40–50 91 July 14 @ Brewers 7–5 (10) Crabtree (4–2) Garcia Timlin (16) 20,798 41–50 92 July 15 @ Orioles 6–8 Haynes Timlin (0–2) — 43,192 41–51 93 July 16 @ Orioles 6–0 Guzman (9–6) Mussina — 45,851 42–51 94 July 17 @ Orioles 10–11 Coppinger Timlin (0–3) — 45,955 42–52 95 July 18 Tigers 8–4 Hentgen (10–6) Nitkowski — 31,202 43–52 96 July 19 Tigers 6–8 Urbani Janzen (4–5) Olson 30,123 43–53 97 July 20 Tigers 4–5 (10) Olson Quantrill (4–10) Lima 36,220 43–54 98 July 21 Tigers 5–4 (12) Spoljaric (1–0) Lima — 33,238 44–54 99 July 22 Indians 2–4 Hershiser Hanson (8–12) Mesa 35,517 44–55 100 July 23 Indians 3–1 Hentgen (11–6) Ogea Timlin (17) 35,194 45–55 101 July 24 Indians 0–10 Martinez Janzen (4–6) — 35,218 45–56 102 July 25 Athletics 4–3 Crabtree (5–2) Witasick — 30,174 46–56 103 July 26 Athletics 3–5 Groom Castillo (2–2) Taylor 32,241 46–57 104 July 27 Athletics 6–4 Hanson (9–12) Wasdin Timlin (18) 32,162 47–57 105 July 28 Athletics 1–0 Hentgen (12–6) Prieto — 31,150 48–57 106 July 30 @ Indians 3–1 Flener (1–0) Martinez Timlin (19) 42,355 49–57 107 July 31 @ Indians 2–4 Assenmacher Timlin (0–4) — 42,301 49–58
August: 14–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 9–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Indians 5–3 Hanson (10–12) Lopez Timlin (20) 42,249 50–58 109 August 2 Angels 9–2 Hentgen (13–6) Finley — 30,261 51–58 110 August 3 Angels 6–11 Langston Castillo (2–3) — 32,139 51–59 111 August 4 Angels 7–1 Flener (2–0) Abbott — 30,253 52–59 112 August 5 @ Red Sox 1–3 Wakefield Guzman (9–7) — 23,884 52–60 113 August 6 @ Red Sox 2–3 Maddux Hanson (10–13) Slocumb 25,264 52–61 114 August 7 @ Red Sox 0–8 Gordon Hentgen (13–7) — 30,443 52–62 115 August 8 @ Red Sox 9–6 Williams (1–0) Sele Timlin (21) 32,696 53–62 116 August 9 Rangers 4–5 Witt Quantrill (4–11) Henneman 33,535 53–63 117 August 10 Rangers 1–12 Oliver Guzman (9–8) — 34,109 53–64 118 August 11 Rangers 0–6 Burkett Hanson (10–14) — 32,162 53–65 119 August 12 Red Sox 5–1 Hentgen (14–7) Gordon — 33,250 54–65 120 August 13 Red Sox 5–7 Brandenburg Williams (1–1) Slocumb 30,502 54–66 121 August 14 Red Sox 6–8 Belinda Crabtree (5–3) Slocumb 32,354 54–67 122 August 16 @ Twins 4–5 (10) Parra Quantrill (4–12) — 19,838 54–68 123 August 17 @ Twins 1–11 Robertson Hanson (10–15) — 20,354 54–69 124 August 18 @ Twins 6–2 Hentgen (15–7) Aguilera — 18,010 55–69 125 August 19 @ Royals 2–1 Spoljaric (2–0) Rosado Timlin (22) 16,862 56–69 126 August 20 @ Royals 6–5 (14) Timlin (1–4) Huisman — 14,568 57–69 127 August 21 @ Royals 6–2 Guzman (10–8) Haney — 12,238 58–69 128 August 22 @ White Sox 1–0 (6) Hanson (11–15) Fernandez — 22,394 59–69 129 August 23 @ White Sox 4–2 Hentgen (16–7) Ruffcorn — 19,132 60–69 130 August 24 @ White Sox 9–2 Williams (2–1) Baldwin — 29,413 61–69 131 August 25 @ White Sox 9–10 (10) Hernandez Timlin (1–5) — 19,647 61–70 132 August 26 Twins 5–3 Guzman (11–8) Radke Timlin (23) 31,134 62–70 133 August 27 Twins 4–6 (11) Trombley Quantrill (4–13) — 30,033 62–71 134 August 28 Twins 6–1 Hentgen (17–7) Aguilera — 30,106 63–71 135 August 30 White Sox 2–11 Tapani Williams (2–2) — 30,072 63–72 136 August 31 White Sox 1–5 Alvarez Flener (2–1) — 32,141 63–73
September: 11–15 (Home: 5–10; Away: 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 White Sox 2–4 (11) Hernandez Spoljaric (2–1) — 30,156 63–74 138 September 2 Royals 0–2 Belcher Hanson (11–16) — 28,177 63–75 139 September 3 Royals 2–5 Appier Hentgen (17–8) — 25,729 63–76 140 September 4 Royals 6–0 Williams (3–2) Rosado — 25,827 64–76 141 September 6 @ Yankees 3–4 Rivera Risley (0–1) — 21,528 64–77 142 September 7 @ Yankees 3–2 Quantrill (5–13) Cone Timlin (24) 27,069 65–77 143 September 8 @ Yankees 4–2 Hanson (12–16) Pettitte Timlin (25) 28,575 66–77 144 September 9 Rangers 3–4 Gross Hentgen (17–9) Henneman 25,825 66–78 145 September 10 Rangers 8–11 Oliver Williams (3–3) Henneman 26,286 66–79 146 September 11 Rangers 8–3 Andujar (1–0) Vosberg — 27,262 67–79 147 September 13 Yankees 1–4 Pettitte Hanson (12–17) Wetteland 31,227 67–80 148 September 14 Yankees 1–3 Boehringer Hentgen (17–10) Wetteland 43,397 67–81 149 September 15 Yankees 3–1 Williams (4–3) Mendoza Timlin (26) 36,268 68–81 150 September 16 Yankees 0–10 Key Quantrill (5–14) — 30,115 68–82 151 September 17 @ Brewers 0–4 McDonald Andujar (1–1) — 10,184 68–83 152 September 18 @ Brewers 1–2 Fetters Timlin (1–6) — 9,550 68–84 153 September 20 @ Orioles 5–1 Hentgen (18–10) Krivda Spoljaric (1) 47,026 69–84 154 September 21 @ Orioles 3–6 Coppinger Williams (4–4) Myers 47,270 69–85 155 September 22 @ Orioles 4–5 Erickson Flener (2–2) Benitez 46,035 69–86 156 September 23 @ Tigers 6–4 Hanson (13–17) Sager Timlin (27) 9,678 70–86 157 September 24 @ Tigers 4–1 Hentgen (19–10) Miller Timlin (28) 8,355 71–86 158 September 25 @ Tigers 13–11 Brow (1–0) Cummings Timlin (29) 8,055 72–86 159 September 26 Orioles 1–4 Coppinger Williams (4–5) Benitez 30,141 72–87 160 September 27 Orioles 3–2 Flener (3–2) Erickson Timlin (30) 30,116 73–87 161 September 28 Orioles 2–3 (10) Myers Spoljaric (2–2) — 36,316 73–88 162 September 29 Orioles 4–1 Hentgen (20–10) Rodriguez Timlin (31) 38,267 74–88
Legend:       = Win       = Loss Bold = Blue Jays team member

Detailed records

American League Opponent W L WP RS RA AL East Baltimore Orioles 5 8 0.385 55 58 Boston Red Sox 5 8 0.385 72 77 Detroit Tigers 7 6 0.538 81 71 New York Yankees 5 8 0.385 46 61 Toronto Blue Jays Total 22 30 0.423 254 267 AL Central Chicago White Sox 5 7 0.417 46 55 Cleveland Indians 5 7 0.417 45 66 Kansas City Royals 8 5 0.615 51 40 Milwaukee Brewers 7 5 0.583 79 63 Minnesota Twins 5 8 0.385 44 59 Total 30 32 0.484 265 283 AL West California Angels 5 7 0.417 61 58 Oakland Athletics 8 4 0.667 59 50 Seattle Mariners 7 5 0.583 82 79 Texas Rangers 2 10 0.167 45 72 Total 22 26 0.458 247 259 Season Total 74 88 0.457 766 809

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 25 11 14 0.440 150 160 May 28 13 15 0.464 123 127 June 27 12 15 0.444 145 146 July 27 13 14 0.481 132 135 August 29 14 15 0.483 126 142 September 26 11 15 0.423 90 99 Total 162 74 88 0.457 766 809 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 81 35 46 0.432 364 433 Away 81 39 42 0.481 402 376 Total 162 74 88 0.457 766 809

Opening Day starters

• Tilson Brito
• Joe Carter
• Alex Gonzalez
• Pat Hentgen
• Otis Nixon
• Charlie O'Brien
• John Olerud
• Robert Pérez
• Juan Samuel
• Ed Sprague ^[2]

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1996 regular season. ^[3]

May 1996

May 5	Released Rubén Amaro Jr.
May 7	Selected Ken Robinson off of waivers from the Kansas City Royals.
May 15	Acquired Jacob Brumfield from the Pittsburgh Pirates for D.J. Boston.
May 17	Player rights of Randy Knorr sold to the Houston Astros.
May 24	Signed free agent Félix José from the Boston Red Sox to a minor-league contract.
May 27	Released Wes Chamberlain.

June 1996

June 5	Released Frank Viola.
June 15	Signed amateur free agent Luis Lopez to a contract.

July 1996

July 3

Signed amateur free agent César Izturis to a contract. Giovanni Carrara selected off of waivers by the Cincinnati Reds.

August 1996

August 22

Acquired Luis Andújar and Allen Halley from the Chicago White Sox for Tony Castillo and Domingo Cedeño.

September 1996

September 30

Scott Brow selected off of waivers by the Atlanta Braves.

1996 MLB draft

• June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball draft
  • Billy Koch was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th pick). Player signed August 23, 1996. ^[4]
  • Joe Lawrence was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (16th pick). Player signed July 1, 1996. ^[5]
  • Orlando Hudson was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 33rd round, but did not sign. ^[6]

Roster

1996 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 49 Luis Andújar 60,32 Brian Bohanon 27 Scott Brow 38 Giovanni Carrara 49 Tony Castillo 37 Tim Crabtree 38 Huck Flener 57 Juan Guzmán 39 Erik Hanson 41 Pat Hentgen 36 Marty Janzen 50 Dane Johnson 48 Paul Quantrill 55 Bill Risley 45 José Silva 24 Paul Spoljaric 40 Mike Timlin 19 Frank Viola 52 Jeff Ware 54 Woody Williams		Catchers 53,35 Sandy Martínez 46 Julio Mosquera 22 Charlie O'Brien Infielders 14 Tilson Brito  3 Miguel Cairo 20 Domingo Cedeño  6 Felipe Crespo 21 Carlos Delgado  8 Alex Gonzalez  9 John Olerud  1 Tomás Pérez 33 Ed Sprague		Outfielders  5 Jacob Brumfield 29 Joe Carter 15 Shawn Green 26 Mike Huff  2 Otis Nixon 17 Robert Pérez 11 Juan Samuel  7 Shannon Stewart		Manager 43 Cito Gaston Coaches  4 Alfredo Griffin (first base) 16 Nick Leyva (third base) 34 Mel Queen (pitching) 18 Gene Tenace (bullpen) 28 Willie Upshaw (hitting)

Game log

1996 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Athletics † 9 – 6 Hanson (1–0) Reyes (0–1) Timlin (1) 7,294 1–0 2 April 3 @ Athletics † 10 – 4 Hentgen (1–0) Prieto (0–1) 8,050 2–0 3 April 5 @ Indians 7 – 1 Guzmán (1–0) Hershiser (0–1) 41,782 3–0 4 April 6 @ Indians 5 – 3 Nagy (1–0) Hanson (1-1) Mesa (1) 41,852 3–1 5 April 7 @ Indians 8 – 3 Martínez (1-1) Quantrill (0–1) 41,689 3–2 6 April 9 Angels 5 – 0 Hentgen (2–0) Langston (0–1) 36,616 4–2 7 April 10 Angels 2 – 1 Holzemer (1–0) Guzmán (1-1) Percival (2) 25,446 4–3 8 April 11 Angels 7 – 4 Hanson (2–1) Abbott (0–2) Timlin (2) 25,512 5–3 9 April 12 Mariners 9 – 6 Hitchcock (3–0) Quantrill (0–2) 31,293 5–4 10 April 13 Mariners 14 – 3 Bosio (1–0) Ware (0–1) 33,645 5-5 11 April 14 Mariners 9 – 4 Wolcott (1-1) Hentgen (2–1) 29,301 5–6 12 April 15 Tigers 8 – 2 Guzmán (2–1) Olivares (1-1) 26,127 6-6 13 April 16 Tigers 13 – 8 Gohr (1–2) Hanson (2-2) Lewis (1) 25,503 6–7 14 April 17 @ Angels 5 – 1 Finley (3–1) Quantrill (0–3) 15,361 6–8 15 April 18 @ Angels 9 – 6 James (3–1) Ware (0–2) Percival (4) 25,083 6–9 16 April 19 @ Mariners 10 – 4 Hentgen (3–1) Wolcott (1–2) Bohanon (1) 32,189 7–9 17 April 20 @ Mariners 3 – 1 Guzmán (3–1) Menhart (0–2) Timlin (3) 47,487 8–9 18 April 21 @ Mariners 9 – 5 Johnson (4–0) Hanson (2–3) 34,915 8–10 19 April 22 @ Mariners 16 – 7 Castillo (1–0) Hurtado (1–3) 18,467 9–10 20 April 24 Athletics 7 – 6 Prieto (1-1) Hentgen (3–2) Corsi (1) 28,029 9–11 21 April 25 Athletics 4 – 3 (11) Mohler (2–0) Crabtree (0–1) 26,163 9–12 22 April 26 Indians 6 – 3 Hershiser (2-2) Hanson (2–4) Mesa (8) 30,227 9–13 23 April 27 Indians 11 – 6 Castillo (2–0) Nagy (3–1) 40,140 10–13 24 April 28 Indians 17 – 3 Lopez (1–0) Viola (0–1) 31,143 10–14 25 April 30 Brewers 9 – 8 Crabtree (1-1) Boze (0–1) 25,467 11–14
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 Brewers 9 – 3 Guzmán (4–1) Miranda (1-1) 25,684 12–14 27 May 2 Brewers 7 – 5 Hanson (3–4) Karl (2-2) Timlin (4) 31,299 13–14 28 May 3 @ Red Sox 8 – 7 ‡ Moyer (3–1) Quantrill (0–4) Slocumb (5) 25,570 13–15 29 May 4 @ Red Sox 8 – 4 Gordon (2-2) Viola (0–2) Slocumb (6) 29,785 13–16 30 May 5 @ Red Sox 11 – 4 Hentgen (4–2) Wakefield (2–4) 29,866 14–16 31 May 7 @ Rangers 5 – 1 Oliver (2–0) Guzmán (4–2) 23,005 14–17 32 May 8 @ Rangers 4 – 2 Witt (4–2) Hanson (3–5) Henneman (8) 20,694 14–18 33 May 9 @ Rangers 5 – 2 Quantrill (1–4) Hill (4–3) Timlin (5) 34,451 15–18 34 May 10 Red Sox 6 – 5 (11) Slocumb (1-1) Carrara (0–1) 31,159 15–19 35 May 11 Red Sox 9 – 8 (11) Quantrill (2–4) Knackert (0–1) 33,163 16–19 36 May 12 Red Sox 8 – 7 (10) Janzen (1–0) Slocumb (1–2) 31,188 17–19 37 May 14 @ Twins 4 – 2 Hanson (4–5) Robertson (0–6) Timlin (6) 13,483 18–19 38 May 15 @ Twins 2 – 1 Rodriguez (3–4) Hentgen (4–3) 11,793 18–20 39 May 16 @ Twins 4 – 1 Radke (4–5) Quantrill (2–5) Stevens (8) 13,538 18–21 40 May 17 @ Royals 4 – 2 Belcher (4–2) Guzmán (4–3) Montgomery (10) 20,079 18–22 41 May 18 @ Royals 6 – 2 Viola (1–2) Appier (3–4) 18,116 19–22 42 May 19 @ Royals 3 – 2 Hanson (5-5) Gubicza (3–6) Timlin (7) 15,039 20–22 43 May 20 @ Royals 5 – 4 Haney (3–4) Hentgen (4-4) Montgomery (11) 14,303 20–23 44 May 21 @ White Sox 2 – 1 Tapani (4–3) Ware (0–3) Hernández (12) 17,483 20–24 45 May 22 @ White Sox 2 – 1 (11) McCaskill (3–2) Timlin (0–1) 17,882 20–25 46 May 23 Twins 5 – 4 (10) Janzen (2–0) Milchin (1-1) 31,163 21–25 47 May 24 Twins 4 – 0 Robertson (1–7) Hanson (5–6) 33,141 21–26 48 May 25 Twins 6 – 4 (10) Guardado (2-2) Castillo (2–1) Stevens (9) 34,118 21–27 49 May 26 Twins 9 – 3 Naulty (3–0) Bohanon (0–1) 30,170 21–28 50 May 27 White Sox 5 – 4 Janzen (3–0) Fernandez (5–3) Timlin (8) 30,013 22–28 51 May 28 White Sox 8 – 5 Baldwin (4–1) Viola (1–3) Hernández (15) 30,104 22–29 52 May 29 White Sox 6 – 5 Hanson (6-6) Magrane (1-1) Timlin (9) 31,074 23–29 53 May 31 Royals 4 – 2 Hentgen (5–4) Gubicza (4–7) Timlin (10) 33,194 24–29
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Royals 5 – 3 (10) Crabtree (2–1) Montgomery (1–3) 31,107 25–29 55 June 2 Royals 7 – 5 Belcher (6–2) Janzen (3–1) Montgomery (14) 32,253 25–30 56 June 4 @ Yankees 5 – 4 Gooden (4-4) Hanson (6–7) Wetteland (13) 17,368 25–31 57 June 5 @ Yankees 12 – 7 Hentgen (6–4) Key (2–6) 17,142 26–31 58 June 6 @ Yankees 8 – 1 Pettitte (9–3) Quantrill (2–6) 18,475 26–32 59 June 7 @ Rangers 10 – 7 Pavlik (8–1) Janzen (3–2) Henneman (17) 40,046 26–33 60 June 8 @ Rangers 2 – 0 Oliver (5–2) Guzmán (4-4) 43,439 26–34 61 June 9 @ Rangers 8 – 6 Witt (6–4) Hanson (6–8) Henneman (18) 41,605 26–35 62 June 10 Yankees 5 – 3 Key (3–6) Hentgen (6–5) Wetteland (15) 37,332 26–36 63 June 11 Yankees 6 – 4 Pettitte (10–3) Quantrill (2–7) Wetteland (16) 32,114 26–37 64 June 12 Yankees 7 – 4 Janzen (4–2) Mendoza (1–2) 44,238 27–37 65 June 13 @ Angels 6 – 4 Finley (8–4) Guzmán (4–5) James (1) 20,528 27–38 66 June 14 @ Angels 7 – 4 Grimsley (4–5) Hanson (6–9) Percival (17) 18,503 27–39 67 June 15 @ Angels 7 – 5 Langston (4–2) Crabtree (2-2) Percival (18) 40,352 27–40 68 June 16 @ Angels 6 – 4 Quantrill (3–7) Abbott (1–10) Timlin (11) 22,979 28–40 69 June 18 @ Mariners 11 – 3 Guzmán (5-5) Wolcott (5–7) 25,912 29–40 70 June 19 @ Mariners 9 – 2 Hanson (7–9) Harikkala (0–1) 26,265 30–40 71 June 20 @ Athletics 1 – 0 Hentgen (7–5) Wengert (2–5) Timlin (12) 8,027 31–40 72 June 21 @ Athletics 7 – 5 Quantrill (4–7) Johns (4–9) Timlin (13) 10,278 32–40 73 June 22 @ Athletics 8 – 4 Chouinard (1–2) Ware (0–4) 20,124 32–41 74 June 23 @ Athletics 5 – 4 Guzmán (6–5) Wojciechowski (5-5) Timlin (14) 14,407 33–41 75 June 25 Mariners 8 – 7 Crabtree (3–2) Charlton (2-2) 31,420 34–41 76 June 26 Mariners 6 – 5 Ware (1–4) Ayala (0–1) Crabtree (1) 30,158 35–41 77 June 27 Mariners 9 – 1 Wells (9–1) Quantrill (4–8) 31,108 35–42 78 June 28 Brewers 5 – 1 D'Amico (1–0) Guzmán (6-6) Fetters (13) 31,333 35–43 79 June 29 Brewers 7 – 4 Karl (8–3) Janzen (4–3) 31,170 35–44 80 June 30 Brewers 15 – 2 Hanson (8–9) Bones (6–9) 30,104 36–44
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Orioles 7 – 4 Coppinger (3–0) Hentgen (7–6) Myers (16) 43,377 36–45 82 July 2 Orioles 8 – 2 Erickson (5–6) Quantrill (4–9) 32,150 36–46 83 July 3 Orioles 5 – 2 Guzmán (7–6) Krivda (2–4) Timlin (15) 32,365 37–46 84 July 4 @ Tigers 6 – 1 Nitkowski (1–0) Janzen (4-4) Myers (3) 10,557 37–47 85 July 5 @ Tigers 4 – 3 Sager (1-1) Hanson (8–10) Olson (4) 20,808 37–48 86 July 6 @ Tigers 15 – 0 Hentgen (8–6) Olivares (4–5) 16,228 38–48 87 July 7 @ Tigers 9 – 0 Lira (6–7) Ware (1–5) 15,784 38–49 88 July 11 @ Brewers 6 – 3 Guzmán (8–6) D'Amico (1–2) Castillo (1) 16,019 39–49 89 July 12 @ Brewers 12 – 5 McDonald (10–3) Hanson (8–11) 15,691 39–50 90 July 13 @ Brewers 15 – 7 Hentgen (9–6) Karl (8–5) 29,383 40–50 91 July 14 @ Brewers 7 – 5 (10) Crabtree (4–2) García (3-3) Timlin (16) 20,798 41–50 92 July 15 @ Orioles 8 – 6 Haynes (3–5) Timlin (0–2) 43,192 41–51 93 July 16 @ Orioles 6 – 0 Guzmán (9–6) Mussina (11–7) 45,851 42–51 94 July 17 @ Orioles 11 – 10 Coppinger (5–0) Timlin (0–3) 45,955 42–52 95 July 18 Tigers 8 – 4 Hentgen (10–6) Nitkowski (1–2) 31,202 43–52 96 July 19 Tigers 8 – 6 Urbani (2-2) Janzen (4–5) Olson (6) 30,123 43–53 97 July 20 Tigers 5 – 4 (10) Olson (2–0) Quantrill (4–10) Lima (1) 36,220 43–54 98 July 21 Tigers 5 – 4 (12) Spoljaric (1–0) Lima (0–5) 33,238 44–54 99 July 22 Indians 4 – 2 Hershiser (10–6) Hanson (8–12) Mesa (25) 35,517 44–55 100 July 23 Indians 3 – 1 Hentgen (11–6) Ogea (5–2) Timlin (17) 35,194 45–55 101 July 24 Indians 10 – 0 Martínez (9–5) Janzen (4–6) 35,218 45–56 102 July 25 Athletics 4 – 3 Crabtree (5–2) Witasick (0–1) 30,174 46–56 103 July 26 Athletics 5 – 3 Groom (5–0) Castillo (2-2) Taylor (11) 32,241 46–57 104 July 27 Athletics 6 – 4 Hanson (9–12) Wasdin (6–3) Timlin (18) 32,162 47–57 105 July 28 Athletics 1 – 0 Hentgen (12–6) Prieto (2–4) 31,150 48–57 106 July 30 @ Indians 3 – 1 Flener (1–0) Martínez (9–6) Timlin (19) 42,355 49–57 107 July 31 @ Indians 4 – 2 Assenmacher (2–1) Timlin (0–4) 42,301 49–58
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 @ Indians 5 – 3 Hanson (10–12) Lopez (1–3) Timlin (20) 42,249 50–58 109 August 2 Angels 9 – 2 Hentgen (13–6) Finley (11–9) 30,261 51–58 110 August 3 Angels 11 – 6 Langston (6–4) Castillo (2–3) 32,139 51–59 111 August 4 Angels 7 – 1 Flener (2–0) Abbott (1–14) 30,253 52–59 112 August 5 @ Red Sox 3 – 1 Wakefield (9–10) Guzmán (9–7) 23,884 52–60 113 August 6 @ Red Sox 3 – 2 Maddux (1-1) Hanson (10–13) Slocumb (16) 25,264 52–61 114 August 7 @ Red Sox 8 – 0 Gordon (9–5) Hentgen (13–7) 30,443 52–62 115 August 8 @ Red Sox 9 – 6 Williams (1–0) Sele (5–9) Timlin (21) 32,696 53–62 116 August 9 Rangers 5 – 4 Witt (11–8) Quantrill (4–11) Henneman (24) 33,535 53–63 117 August 10 Rangers 12 – 1 Oliver (10–5) Guzmán (9–8) 34,109 53–64 118 August 11 Rangers 6 – 0 Burkett (1–0) Hanson (10–14) 32,162 53–65 119 August 12 Red Sox 5 – 1 Hentgen (14–7) Gordon (9–6) 33,250 54–65 120 August 13 Red Sox 7 – 5 Brandenburg (3-3) Williams (1-1) Slocumb (18) 30,502 54–66 121 August 14 Red Sox 8 – 6 Belinda (2–1) Crabtree (5–3) Slocumb (19) 32,354 54–67 122 August 16 @ Twins 5 – 4 (10) Parra (4–3) Quantrill (4–12) 19,838 54–68 123 August 17 @ Twins 11 – 1 Robertson (6–11) Hanson (10–15) 20,354 54–69 124 August 18 @ Twins 6 – 2 Hentgen (15–7) Aguilera (6–5) 18,010 55–69 125 August 19 @ Royals 2 – 1 Spoljaric (2–0) Rosado (4–3) Timlin (22) 16,862 56–69 126 August 20 @ Royals 6 – 5 (14) Timlin (1–4) Huisman (0–1) 14,568 57–69 127 August 21 @ Royals 6 – 2 Guzmán (10–8) Haney (9–12) 12,238 58–69 128 August 22 @ White Sox 1 – 0 (7) Hanson (11–15) Fernandez (12–8) 22,394 59–69 129 August 23 @ White Sox 4 – 2 Hentgen (16–7) Ruffcorn (0–1) 19,132 60–69 130 August 24 @ White Sox 9 – 2 Williams (2–1) Baldwin (9–4) 29,413 61–69 131 August 25 @ White Sox 10 – 9 (10) Hernández (5–1) Timlin (1–5) 19,647 61–70 132 August 26 Twins 5 – 3 Guzmán (11–8) Radke (8–14) Timlin (23) 31,134 62–70 133 August 27 Twins 6 – 4 (11) Trombley (4–1) Quantrill (4–13) 30,033 62–71 134 August 28 Twins 6 – 1 Hentgen (17–7) Aguilera (7–6) 30,106 63–71 135 August 30 White Sox 11 – 2 Tapani (12–8) Williams (2-2) 30,072 63–72 136 August 31 White Sox 5 – 1 Álvarez (15–7) Flener (2–1) 32,141 63–73
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 White Sox 4 – 2 (11) Hernández (6–1) Spoljaric (2–1) 30,156 63–74 138 September 2 Royals 2 – 0 Belcher (13–8) Hanson (11–16) 28,177 63–75 139 September 3 Royals 5 – 2 Appier (12–10) Hentgen (17–8) 25,729 63–76 140 September 4 Royals 6 – 0 Williams (3–2) Rosado (5-5) 25,827 64–76 141 September 6 @ Yankees 4 – 3 Rivera (5–2) Risley (0–1) 21,528 64–77 142 September 7 @ Yankees 3 – 2 Quantrill (5–13) Cone (5–2) Timlin (24) 27,069 65–77 143 September 8 @ Yankees 4 – 2 Hanson (12–16) Pettitte (20–8) Timlin (25) 28,575 66–77 144 September 9 Rangers 4 – 3 Gross (11–8) Hentgen (17–9) Henneman (29) 25,825 66–78 145 September 10 Rangers 11 – 8 Oliver (12–6) Williams (3-3) Henneman (30) 26,286 66–79 146 September 11 Rangers 8 – 3 Andújar (1–2) Vosberg (1-1) 27,262 67–79 147 September 13 Yankees 4 – 1 Pettitte (21–8) Hanson (12–17) Wetteland (40) 31,227 67–80 148 September 14 Yankees 3 – 1 Boehringer (2–3) Hentgen (17–10) Wetteland (41) 43,397 67–81 149 September 15 Yankees 3 – 1 Williams (4–3) Mendoza (3–5) Timlin (26) 36,268 68–81 150 September 16 Yankees 10 – 0 Key (12–10) Quantrill (5–14) 30,115 68–82 151 September 17 @ Brewers 4 – 0 McDonald (12–10) Andújar (1–3) 10,184 68–83 152 September 18 @ Brewers 2 – 1 Fetters (3–2) Timlin (1–6) 9,550 68–84 153 September 20 @ Orioles 5 – 1 Hentgen (18–10) Krivda (2–5) Spoljaric (1) 47,026 69–84 154 September 21 @ Orioles 6 – 3 Coppinger (9–6) Williams (4-4) Myers (31) 47,270 69–85 155 September 22 @ Orioles 5 – 4 Erickson (13–11) Flener (2-2) Benítez (2) 46,035 69–86 156 September 23 @ Tigers 6 – 4 Hanson (13–17) Sager (4–5) Timlin (27) 9,678 70–86 157 September 24 @ Tigers 4 – 1 Hentgen (19–10) Miller (0–4) Timlin (28) 8,355 71–86 158 September 25 @ Tigers 13 – 11 Brow (1–0) Cummings (3–2) Timlin (29) 8,055 72–86 159 September 26 Orioles 4 – 1 Coppinger (10–6) Williams (4–5) Benítez (4) 30,141 72–87 160 September 27 Orioles 3 – 2 Flener (3–2) Erickson (13–12) Timlin (30) 30,116 73–87 161 September 28 Orioles 3 – 2 (10) Myers (4-4) Spoljaric (2-2) 36,316 73–88 162 September 29 Orioles 4 – 1 Hentgen (20–10) Rodríguez (0–1) Timlin (31) 38,267 74–88
† At Cashman Field in Las Vegas, Nevada. ‡ Game suspended due to curfew after the 6th inning. Completed on May 4.

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Charlie O'Brien	109	324	33	77	.238	13	44	0
1B	John Olerud	125	398	59	109	.274	18	61	1
2B	Tomás Pérez	91	295	24	74	.251	1	19	1
3B	Ed Sprague	159	591	88	146	.247	36	101	0
SS	Alex Gonzalez	147	527	64	124	.235	14	64	16
LF	Joe Carter	157	625	84	158	.253	30	107	7
CF	Otis Nixon	125	496	87	142	.286	1	29	54
RF	Shawn Green	132	422	52	118	.280	11	45	5
DH	Carlos Delgado	138	488	68	132	.270	25	92	0

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jacob Brumfield	90	308	79	.256	12	52
Domingo Cedeño	77	282	79	.280	2	17
Sandy Martínez	76	229	52	.227	3	18
Robert Pérez	86	202	66	.327	2	21
Juan Samuel	69	188	48	.255	8	26
Tilson Brito	26	80	19	.238	1	7
Felipe Crespo	22	49	9	.184	0	4
Mike Huff	11	29	5	.172	0	0
Miguel Cairo	9	27	6	.222	0	1
Julio Mosquera	8	22	5	.227	0	2
Shannon Stewart	7	17	3	.176	0	2

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pat Hentgen	35	265.2	20	10	3.22	177
Erik Hanson	35	214.2	13	17	5.41	156
Juan Guzmán	27	187.2	11	8	2.93	165
Frank Viola	6	30.1	1	3	7.71	18

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Paul Quantrill	38	134.1	5	14	5.43	86
Marty Janzen	15	73.2	4	6	7.33	47
Huck Flener	15	70.2	3	2	4.58	44
Woody Williams	12	59.0	4	5	4.73	43
Jeff Ware	13	32.2	1	5	9.09	11
Luis Andújar	3	14.1	1	1	5.02	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Timlin	59	1	6	31	3.65	52
Tim Crabtree	53	5	3	1	2.54	57
Tony Castillo	40	2	3	1	4.23	48
Paul Spoljaric	28	2	2	1	3.08	38
Bill Risley	25	0	1	0	3.89	29
Brian Bohanon	20	0	1	1	7.77	17
Scott Brow	18	1	0	0	5.59	23
Giovanni Carrara	11	0	1	0	11.40	10
Dane Johnson	10	0	0	0	3.00	7
José Silva	2	0	0	0	13.50	0

Award winners

• Juan Guzmán , Pitcher of the Month Award, April
• Juan Guzmán, American League ERA Leader, 2.93
• Pat Hentgen , Pitcher of the Month Award, July
• Pat Hentgen, Pitcher of the Month Award, August
• Pat Hentgen, Cy Young Award

All-Star Game

• Joe Carter , OF ^[8]
  • Joe Carter received boos at the All-Star Game, as it took place at Veterans Stadium, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies, ^{[9] [10] [11]} for his home run that ended the 1993 World Series. ^[10]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Richie Hebner
AA	Knoxville Smokies	Southern League	Omar Malavé
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Dennis Holmberg
A	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	J. J. Cannon
A-Short Season	St. Catharines Stompers	New York–Penn League	Rocket Wheeler
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Marty Pevey

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References

1. "1996 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
2. "1996 Toronto Blue Jays Roster by Baseball Almanac".
3. "1996 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
4. Billy Koch at Baseball Reference
5. Joe Lawrence at Baseball Reference
6. Orlando Hudson at Baseball Reference
7. "1996 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics".
8. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
9. Carchidi, Sam (July 9, 1996). "Carter Likes Even the Boos at the Vet". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D6.
10. Bodley, Hal (July 10, 1996). "To Phillie fans, Carter still Public Enemy No. 1". USA Today. p. 3C. Joe Carter...walked out onto the sizzling Veterans Stadium turf...held his head high...and heard the boos even before he was introduced. Hard-core Philly baseball fans...(will) never forgive Carter for the dramatic ninth-inning home run that won the 1993 World Series.
11. Griffin, Richard (July 9, 1996). "This time, Phillies pitcher shuts down Carter". Toronto Star. p. C3. As Carter took his first swing and the on-field introduction was made, the boos rained down.
12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1996 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 1996 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac