1996 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1996  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place4th
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.

Contents

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 6Re-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 7Signed free agent Otis Nixon from the Texas Rangers to a two-year, $4.4 million contract.
December 14Signed free agent Charlie O'Brien from the Atlanta Braves to a two-year, $1.25 million contract.
December 18Acquired Miguel Cairo and Bill Risley from the Seattle Mariners for Edwin Hurtado and Paul Menhart.
December 20Re-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 22Signed free agent Erik Hanson from the Boston Red Sox to a three-year, $9.4 million contract.

January 1996

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

February 1996

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

March 1996

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

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 92700.568—49–3143–39
Baltimore Orioles 88740.543443–3845–36
Boston Red Sox 85770.525747–3438–43
Toronto Blue Jays 74880.4571835–4639–42
Detroit Tigers 531090.3273927–5426–55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —7–66–64–85–711–29–39–37–53–109–47–53–10–18–5
Boston 6–7—8–46–61–1112–13–97–56–67–68–57–66–68–5
California 6–64–8—6–64–96–64–87–54–87–66–75–84–97–5
Chicago 8–46–66–6—5–810–37–66–76–76–75–75–78–47–5
Cleveland 7–511–19–48–5—12–07–67–610–33–96–68–44–87–5
Detroit 2–111–126–63–100–12—6–64–86–65–84–86–64–96–7
Kansas City 3–99–38–46–76–76–6—4–96–74–85–77–56–65–8
Milwaukee 3–95–75–77–66–78–49–4—9–46–67–54–96–75–7
Minnesota 5–76–68–47–63–106–67–64–9—5–76–76–67–58–5
New York 10–36–76–77–69–38–58–46–67–5—9–33–95–78–5
Oakland 4–95–87–67–56–68–47–55–77–63–9—8–57–64–8
Seattle 5–76–78–57–54–86–65–79–46–69–35–8—10–35–7
Texas 10–3–16–69–44–88–49–46–67–65–77–56–73–10—10–2
Toronto 5–85–85–75–75–77–68–57–55–85–88–47–52–10—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 35–46; Away: 39–42)
April: 11–14 (Home: 5–9; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Athletics 9–6Hanson (1–0)ReyesTimlin (1)7,2941–0
2April 3@ Athletics 10–4Hentgen (1–0)Prieto—8,0502–0
3April 5@ Indians 7–1Guzman (1–0)Hershiser—41,7823–0
4April 6@ Indians 3–5NagyHanson (1–1)Mesa41,8523–1
5April 7@ Indians 3–8MartinezQuantrill (0–1)—41,6893–2
6April 9 Angels 5–0Hentgen (2–0)Langston—36,6164–2
7April 10 Angels 1–2HolzemerGuzman (1–1)Percival25,4464–3
8April 11 Angels 7–4Hanson (2–1)AbbottTimlin (2)25,5125–3
9April 12 Mariners 6–9HitchcockQuantrill (0–2)—31,2935–4
10April 13 Mariners 3–14BosioWare (0–1)—33,6455–5
11April 14 Mariners 4–9WolcottHentgen (2–1)—29,3015–6
12April 15 Tigers 8–2Guzman (2–1)Olivares—26,1276–6
13April 16 Tigers 8–13GohrHanson (2–2)Lewis25,5036–7
14April 17@ Angels 1–5FinleyQuantrill (0–3)—15,3616–8
15April 18@ Angels 6–9JamesWare (0–2)Percival25,0836–9
16April 19@ Mariners 10–4Hentgen (3–1)WolcottBohanon (1)32,1897–9
17April 20@ Mariners 3–1Guzman (3–1)MenhartTimlin (3)47,4878–9
18April 21@ Mariners 5–9JohnsonHanson (2–3)—34,9158–10
19April 22@ Mariners 16–7Castillo (1–0)Hurtado—18,4679–10
20April 24 Athletics 6–7PrietoHentgen (3–2)Corsi28,0299–11
21April 25 Athletics 3–4 (11)MohlerCrabtree (0–1)—26,1639–12
22April 26 Indians 3–6HershiserHanson (2–4)Mesa30,2279–13
23April 27 Indians 11–6Castillo (2–0)Nagy—40,14010–13
24April 28 Indians 3–17LopezViola (0–1)—31,14310–14
25April 30 Brewers 9–8Crabtree (1–1)Boze—25,46711–14
May: 13–15 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1 Brewers 9–3Guzman (4–1)Miranda—25,68412–14
27May 2 Brewers 7–5Hanson (3–4)KarlTimlin (4)31,29913–14
28May 3@ Red Sox 7–8MoyerQuantrill (0–4)Slocumb25,57013–15
29May 4@ Red Sox 4–8GordonViola (0–2)Slocumb29,78513–16
30May 5@ Red Sox 11–4Hentgen (4–2)Wakefield—29,86614–16
31May 7@ Rangers 1–5OliverGuzman (4–2)—23,00514–17
32May 8@ Rangers 2–4WittHanson (3–5)Henneman20,69414–18
33May 9@ Rangers 5–2Quantrill (1–4)HillTimlin (5)34,45115–18
34May 10 Red Sox 5–6 (11)SlocumbCarrara (0–1)—31,15915–19
35May 11 Red Sox 9–8 (11)Quantrill (2–4)Knackert—33,16316–19
36May 12 Red Sox 8–7 (10)Janzen (1–0)Slocumb—31,18817–19
37May 14@ Twins 4–2Hanson (4–5)RobertsonTimlin (6)13,48318–19
38May 15@ Twins 1–2RodriguezHentgen (4–3)—11,79318–20
39May 16@ Twins 1–4RadkeQuantrill (2–5)Stevens13,53818–21
40May 17@ Royals 2–4BelcherGuzman (4–3)Montgomery20,07918–22
41May 18@ Royals 6–2Viola (1–2)Appier—18,11619–22
42May 19@ Royals 3–2Hanson (5–5)GubiczaTimlin (7)15,03920–22
43May 20@ Royals 4–5HaneyHentgen (4–4)Montgomery14,30320–23
44May 21@ White Sox 1–2TapaniWare (0–3)Hernandez17,48320–24
45May 22@ White Sox 1–2 (11)McCaskillTimlin (0–1)—17,88220–25
46May 23 Twins 5–4 (10)Janzen (2–0)Milchin—31,16321–25
47May 24 Twins 0–4RobertsonHanson (5–6)—33,14121–26
48May 25 Twins 4–6 (10)GuardadoCastillo (2–1)Stevens34,11821–27
49May 26 Twins 3–9NaultyBohanon (0–1)—30,17021–28
50May 27 White Sox 5–4Janzen (3–0)FernandezTimlin (8)30,01322–28
51May 28 White Sox 5–8BaldwinViola (1–3)Hernandez30,10422–29
52May 29 White Sox 6–5Hanson (6–6)MagraneTimlin (9)31,07423–29
53May 31 Royals 4–2Hentgen (5–4)GubiczaTimlin (10)33,19424–29
June: 12–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1 Royals 5–3 (10)Crabtree (2–1)Montgomery—31,10725–29
55June 2 Royals 5–7BelcherJanzen (3–1)Montgomery32,25325–30
56June 4@ Yankees 4–5GoodenHanson (6–7)Wetteland17,36825–31
57June 5@ Yankees 12–7Hentgen (6–4)Key—17,14226–31
58June 6@ Yankees 1–8PettitteQuantrill (2–6)—18,47526–32
59June 7@ Rangers 7–10PavlikJanzen (3–2)Henneman40,04626–33
60June 8@ Rangers 0–2OliverGuzman (4–4)—43,43926–34
61June 9@ Rangers 6–8WittHanson (6–8)Henneman41,60526–35
62June 10 Yankees 3–5KeyHentgen (6–5)Wetteland37,33226–36
63June 11 Yankees 4–6PettitteQuantrill (2–7)Wetteland32,11426–37
64June 12 Yankees 7–4Janzen (4–2)Mendoza—44,23827–37
65June 13@ Angels 4–6FinleyGuzman (4–5)James20,52827–38
66June 14@ Angels 4–7GrimsleyHanson (6–9)Percival18,50327–39
67June 15@ Angels 5–7LangstonCrabtree (2–2)Percival40,35227–40
68June 16@ Angels 6–4Quantrill (3–7)AbbottTimlin (11)22,97928–40
69June 18@ Mariners 11–3Guzman (5–5)Wolcott—25,91229–40
70June 19@ Mariners 9–2Hanson (7–9)Harikkala—26,26530–40
71June 20@ Athletics 1–0Hentgen (7–5)WengertTimlin (12)8,02731–40
72June 21@ Athletics 7–5Quantrill (4–7)JohnsTimlin (13)10,27832–40
73June 22@ Athletics 4–8ChouinardWare (0–4)—20,12432–41
74June 23@ Athletics 5–4Guzman (6–5)WojciechowskiTimlin (14)14,40733–41
75June 25 Mariners 8–7Crabtree (3–2)Charlton—31,42034–41
76June 26 Mariners 6–5Ware (1–4)AyalaCrabtree (1)30,15835–41
77June 27 Mariners 1–9WellsQuantrill (4–8)—31,10835–42
78June 28 Brewers 1–5D'AmicoGuzman (6–6)Fetters31,33335–43
79June 29 Brewers 4–7KarlJanzen (4–3)—31,17035–44
80June 30 Brewers 15–2Hanson (8–9)Bones—30,10436–44
July: 13–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1 Orioles 4–7CoppingerHentgen (7–6)Myers43,37736–45
82July 2 Orioles 2–8EricksonQuantrill (4–9)—32,15036–46
83July 3 Orioles 5–2Guzman (7–6)KrivdaTimlin (15)32,36537–46
84July 4@ Tigers 1–6NitkowskiJanzen (4–4)Myers10,55737–47
85July 5@ Tigers 3–4SagerHanson (8–10)Olson20,80837–48
86July 6@ Tigers 15–0Hentgen (8–6)Olivares—16,22838–48
87July 7@ Tigers 0–9LiraWare (1–5)—15,78438–49
88July 11@ Brewers 6–3Guzman (8–6)D'AmicoCastillo (1)16,01939–49
89July 12@ Brewers 5–12McDonaldHanson (8–11)—15,69139–50
90July 13@ Brewers 15–7Hentgen (9–6)Karl—29,38340–50
91July 14@ Brewers 7–5 (10)Crabtree (4–2)GarciaTimlin (16)20,79841–50
92July 15@ Orioles 6–8HaynesTimlin (0–2)—43,19241–51
93July 16@ Orioles 6–0Guzman (9–6)Mussina—45,85142–51
94July 17@ Orioles 10–11CoppingerTimlin (0–3)—45,95542–52
95July 18 Tigers 8–4Hentgen (10–6)Nitkowski—31,20243–52
96July 19 Tigers 6–8UrbaniJanzen (4–5)Olson30,12343–53
97July 20 Tigers 4–5 (10)OlsonQuantrill (4–10)Lima36,22043–54
98July 21 Tigers 5–4 (12)Spoljaric (1–0)Lima—33,23844–54
99July 22 Indians 2–4HershiserHanson (8–12)Mesa35,51744–55
100July 23 Indians 3–1Hentgen (11–6)OgeaTimlin (17)35,19445–55
101July 24 Indians 0–10MartinezJanzen (4–6)—35,21845–56
102July 25 Athletics 4–3Crabtree (5–2)Witasick—30,17446–56
103July 26 Athletics 3–5GroomCastillo (2–2)Taylor32,24146–57
104July 27 Athletics 6–4Hanson (9–12)WasdinTimlin (18)32,16247–57
105July 28 Athletics 1–0Hentgen (12–6)Prieto—31,15048–57
106July 30@ Indians 3–1Flener (1–0)MartinezTimlin (19)42,35549–57
107July 31@ Indians 2–4AssenmacherTimlin (0–4)—42,30149–58
August: 14–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Indians 5–3Hanson (10–12)LopezTimlin (20)42,24950–58
109August 2 Angels 9–2Hentgen (13–6)Finley—30,26151–58
110August 3 Angels 6–11LangstonCastillo (2–3)—32,13951–59
111August 4 Angels 7–1Flener (2–0)Abbott—30,25352–59
112August 5@ Red Sox 1–3WakefieldGuzman (9–7)—23,88452–60
113August 6@ Red Sox 2–3MadduxHanson (10–13)Slocumb25,26452–61
114August 7@ Red Sox 0–8GordonHentgen (13–7)—30,44352–62
115August 8@ Red Sox 9–6Williams (1–0)SeleTimlin (21)32,69653–62
116August 9 Rangers 4–5WittQuantrill (4–11)Henneman33,53553–63
117August 10 Rangers 1–12OliverGuzman (9–8)—34,10953–64
118August 11 Rangers 0–6BurkettHanson (10–14)—32,16253–65
119August 12 Red Sox 5–1Hentgen (14–7)Gordon—33,25054–65
120August 13 Red Sox 5–7BrandenburgWilliams (1–1)Slocumb30,50254–66
121August 14 Red Sox 6–8BelindaCrabtree (5–3)Slocumb32,35454–67
122August 16@ Twins 4–5 (10)ParraQuantrill (4–12)—19,83854–68
123August 17@ Twins 1–11RobertsonHanson (10–15)—20,35454–69
124August 18@ Twins 6–2Hentgen (15–7)Aguilera—18,01055–69
125August 19@ Royals 2–1Spoljaric (2–0)RosadoTimlin (22)16,86256–69
126August 20@ Royals 6–5 (14)Timlin (1–4)Huisman—14,56857–69
127August 21@ Royals 6–2Guzman (10–8)Haney—12,23858–69
128August 22@ White Sox 1–0 (6)Hanson (11–15)Fernandez—22,39459–69
129August 23@ White Sox 4–2Hentgen (16–7)Ruffcorn—19,13260–69
130August 24@ White Sox 9–2Williams (2–1)Baldwin—29,41361–69
131August 25@ White Sox 9–10 (10)HernandezTimlin (1–5)—19,64761–70
132August 26 Twins 5–3Guzman (11–8)RadkeTimlin (23)31,13462–70
133August 27 Twins 4–6 (11)TrombleyQuantrill (4–13)—30,03362–71
134August 28 Twins 6–1Hentgen (17–7)Aguilera—30,10663–71
135August 30 White Sox 2–11TapaniWilliams (2–2)—30,07263–72
136August 31 White Sox 1–5AlvarezFlener (2–1)—32,14163–73
September: 11–15 (Home: 5–10; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1 White Sox 2–4 (11)HernandezSpoljaric (2–1)—30,15663–74
138September 2 Royals 0–2BelcherHanson (11–16)—28,17763–75
139September 3 Royals 2–5AppierHentgen (17–8)—25,72963–76
140September 4 Royals 6–0Williams (3–2)Rosado—25,82764–76
141September 6@ Yankees 3–4RiveraRisley (0–1)—21,52864–77
142September 7@ Yankees 3–2Quantrill (5–13)ConeTimlin (24)27,06965–77
143September 8@ Yankees 4–2Hanson (12–16)PettitteTimlin (25)28,57566–77
144September 9 Rangers 3–4GrossHentgen (17–9)Henneman25,82566–78
145September 10 Rangers 8–11OliverWilliams (3–3)Henneman26,28666–79
146September 11 Rangers 8–3Andujar (1–0)Vosberg—27,26267–79
147September 13 Yankees 1–4PettitteHanson (12–17)Wetteland31,22767–80
148September 14 Yankees 1–3BoehringerHentgen (17–10)Wetteland43,39767–81
149September 15 Yankees 3–1Williams (4–3)MendozaTimlin (26)36,26868–81
150September 16 Yankees 0–10KeyQuantrill (5–14)—30,11568–82
151September 17@ Brewers 0–4McDonaldAndujar (1–1)—10,18468–83
152September 18@ Brewers 1–2FettersTimlin (1–6)—9,55068–84
153September 20@ Orioles 5–1Hentgen (18–10)KrivdaSpoljaric (1)47,02669–84
154September 21@ Orioles 3–6CoppingerWilliams (4–4)Myers47,27069–85
155September 22@ Orioles 4–5EricksonFlener (2–2)Benitez46,03569–86
156September 23@ Tigers 6–4Hanson (13–17)SagerTimlin (27)9,67870–86
157September 24@ Tigers 4–1Hentgen (19–10)MillerTimlin (28)8,35571–86
158September 25@ Tigers 13–11Brow (1–0)CummingsTimlin (29)8,05572–86
159September 26 Orioles 1–4CoppingerWilliams (4–5)Benitez30,14172–87
160September 27 Orioles 3–2Flener (3–2)EricksonTimlin (30)30,11673–87
161September 28 Orioles 2–3 (10)MyersSpoljaric (2–2)—36,31673–88
162September 29 Orioles 4–1Hentgen (20–10)RodriguezTimlin (31)38,26774–88
Legend:       = Win       = Loss
Bold = Blue Jays team member

Detailed records

Opening Day starters

Transactions

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

May 1996

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

June 1996

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

July 1996

July 3Signed amateur free agent César Izturis to a contract.
Giovanni Carrara selected off of waivers by the Cincinnati Reds.

August 1996

August 22Acquired 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

Roster

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Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1996 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Athletics †9 – 6 Hanson (1-0) Reyes (0-1) Timlin (1)7,2941-0
2April 3@ Athletics †10 – 4 Hentgen (1-0) Prieto (0-1)8,0502-0
3April 5@ Indians 7 – 1 Guzmán (1-0) Hershiser (0-1)41,7823-0
4April 6@ Indians 5 – 3 Nagy (1-0) Hanson (1-1) Mesa (1)41,8523-1
5April 7@ Indians 8 – 3 Martínez (1-1) Quantrill (0-1)41,6893-2
6April 9 Angels 5 – 0 Hentgen (2-0) Langston (0-1)36,6164-2
7April 10 Angels 2 – 1 Holzemer (1-0) Guzmán (1-1) Percival (2)25,4464-3
8April 11 Angels 7 – 4 Hanson (2-1) Abbott (0-2) Timlin (2)25,5125-3
9April 12 Mariners 9 – 6 Hitchcock (3-0) Quantrill (0-2)31,2935-4
10April 13 Mariners 14 – 3 Bosio (1-0) Ware (0-1)33,6455-5
11April 14 Mariners 9 – 4 Wolcott (1-1) Hentgen (2-1)29,3015-6
12April 15 Tigers 8 – 2 Guzmán (2-1) Olivares (1-1)26,1276-6
13April 16 Tigers 13 – 8 Gohr (1-2) Hanson (2-2) Lewis (1)25,5036-7
14April 17@ Angels 5 – 1 Finley (3-1) Quantrill (0-3)15,3616-8
15April 18@ Angels 9 – 6 James (3-1) Ware (0-2) Percival (4)25,0836-9
16April 19@ Mariners 10 – 4 Hentgen (3-1) Wolcott (1-2) Bohanon (1)32,1897-9
17April 20@ Mariners 3 – 1 Guzmán (3-1) Menhart (0-2) Timlin (3)47,4878-9
18April 21@ Mariners 9 – 5 Johnson (4-0) Hanson (2-3)34,9158-10
19April 22@ Mariners 16 – 7 Castillo (1-0) Hurtado (1-3)18,4679-10
20April 24 Athletics 7 – 6 Prieto (1-1) Hentgen (3-2) Corsi (1)28,0299-11
21April 25 Athletics 4 – 3 (11) Mohler (2-0) Crabtree (0-1)26,1639-12
22April 26 Indians 6 – 3 Hershiser (2-2) Hanson (2-4) Mesa (8)30,2279-13
23April 27 Indians 11 – 6 Castillo (2-0) Nagy (3-1)40,14010-13
24April 28 Indians 17 – 3 Lopez (1-0) Viola (0-1)31,14310-14
25April 30 Brewers 9 – 8 Crabtree (1-1) Boze (0-1)25,46711-14
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1 Brewers 9 – 3 Guzmán (4-1) Miranda (1-1)25,68412-14
27May 2 Brewers 7 – 5 Hanson (3-4) Karl (2-2) Timlin (4)31,29913-14
28May 3@ Red Sox 8 – 7 ‡ Moyer (3-1) Quantrill (0-4) Slocumb (5)25,57013-15
29May 4@ Red Sox 8 – 4 Gordon (2-2) Viola (0-2) Slocumb (6)29,78513-16
30May 5@ Red Sox 11 – 4 Hentgen (4-2) Wakefield (2-4)29,86614-16
31May 7@ Rangers 5 – 1 Oliver (2-0) Guzmán (4-2)23,00514-17
32May 8@ Rangers 4 – 2 Witt (4-2) Hanson (3-5) Henneman (8)20,69414-18
33May 9@ Rangers 5 – 2 Quantrill (1-4) Hill (4-3) Timlin (5)34,45115-18
34May 10 Red Sox 6 – 5 (11) Slocumb (1-1) Carrara (0-1)31,15915-19
35May 11 Red Sox 9 – 8 (11) Quantrill (2-4) Knackert (0-1)33,16316-19
36May 12 Red Sox 8 – 7 (10) Janzen (1-0) Slocumb (1-2)31,18817-19
37May 14@ Twins 4 – 2 Hanson (4-5) Robertson (0-6) Timlin (6)13,48318-19
38May 15@ Twins 2 – 1 Rodriguez (3-4) Hentgen (4-3)11,79318-20
39May 16@ Twins 4 – 1 Radke (4-5) Quantrill (2-5) Stevens (8)13,53818-21
40May 17@ Royals 4 – 2 Belcher (4-2) Guzmán (4-3) Montgomery (10)20,07918-22
41May 18@ Royals 6 – 2 Viola (1-2) Appier (3-4)18,11619-22
42May 19@ Royals 3 – 2 Hanson (5-5) Gubicza (3-6) Timlin (7)15,03920-22
43May 20@ Royals 5 – 4 Haney (3-4) Hentgen (4-4) Montgomery (11)14,30320-23
44May 21@ White Sox 2 – 1 Tapani (4-3) Ware (0-3) Hernández (12)17,48320-24
45May 22@ White Sox 2 – 1 (11) McCaskill (3-2) Timlin (0-1)17,88220-25
46May 23 Twins 5 – 4 (10) Janzen (2-0) Milchin (1-1)31,16321-25
47May 24 Twins 4 – 0 Robertson (1-7) Hanson (5-6)33,14121-26
48May 25 Twins 6 – 4 (10) Guardado (2-2) Castillo (2-1) Stevens (9)34,11821-27
49May 26 Twins 9 – 3 Naulty (3-0) Bohanon (0-1)30,17021-28
50May 27 White Sox 5 – 4 Janzen (3-0) Fernandez (5-3) Timlin (8)30,01322-28
51May 28 White Sox 8 – 5 Baldwin (4-1) Viola (1-3) Hernández (15)30,10422-29
52May 29 White Sox 6 – 5 Hanson (6-6) Magrane (1-1) Timlin (9)31,07423-29
53May 31 Royals 4 – 2 Hentgen (5-4) Gubicza (4-7) Timlin (10)33,19424-29
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1 Royals 5 – 3 (10) Crabtree (2-1) Montgomery (1-3)31,10725-29
55June 2 Royals 7 – 5 Belcher (6-2) Janzen (3-1) Montgomery (14)32,25325-30
56June 4@ Yankees 5 – 4 Gooden (4-4) Hanson (6-7) Wetteland (13)17,36825-31
57June 5@ Yankees 12 – 7 Hentgen (6-4) Key (2-6)17,14226-31
58June 6@ Yankees 8 – 1 Pettitte (9-3) Quantrill (2-6)18,47526-32
59June 7@ Rangers 10 – 7 Pavlik (8-1) Janzen (3-2) Henneman (17)40,04626-33
60June 8@ Rangers 2 – 0 Oliver (5-2) Guzmán (4-4)43,43926-34
61June 9@ Rangers 8 – 6 Witt (6-4) Hanson (6-8) Henneman (18)41,60526-35
62June 10 Yankees 5 – 3 Key (3-6) Hentgen (6-5) Wetteland (15)37,33226-36
63June 11 Yankees 6 – 4 Pettitte (10-3) Quantrill (2-7) Wetteland (16)32,11426-37
64June 12 Yankees 7 – 4 Janzen (4-2) Mendoza (1-2)44,23827-37
65June 13@ Angels 6 – 4 Finley (8-4) Guzmán (4-5) James (1)20,52827-38
66June 14@ Angels 7 – 4 Grimsley (4-5) Hanson (6-9) Percival (17)18,50327-39
67June 15@ Angels 7 – 5 Langston (4-2) Crabtree (2-2) Percival (18)40,35227-40
68June 16@ Angels 6 – 4 Quantrill (3-7) Abbott (1-10) Timlin (11)22,97928-40
69June 18@ Mariners 11 – 3 Guzmán (5-5) Wolcott (5-7)25,91229-40
70June 19@ Mariners 9 – 2 Hanson (7-9) Harikkala (0-1)26,26530-40
71June 20@ Athletics 1 – 0 Hentgen (7-5) Wengert (2-5) Timlin (12)8,02731-40
72June 21@ Athletics 7 – 5 Quantrill (4-7) Johns (4-9) Timlin (13)10,27832-40
73June 22@ Athletics 8 – 4 Chouinard (1-2) Ware (0-4)20,12432-41
74June 23@ Athletics 5 – 4 Guzmán (6-5) Wojciechowski (5-5) Timlin (14)14,40733-41
75June 25 Mariners 8 – 7 Crabtree (3-2) Charlton (2-2)31,42034-41
76June 26 Mariners 6 – 5 Ware (1-4) Ayala (0-1) Crabtree (1)30,15835-41
77June 27 Mariners 9 – 1 Wells (9-1) Quantrill (4-8)31,10835-42
78June 28 Brewers 5 – 1 D'Amico (1-0) Guzmán (6-6) Fetters (13)31,33335-43
79June 29 Brewers 7 – 4 Karl (8-3) Janzen (4-3)31,17035-44
80June 30 Brewers 15 – 2 Hanson (8-9) Bones (6-9)30,10436-44
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1 Orioles 7 – 4 Coppinger (3-0) Hentgen (7-6) Myers (16)43,37736-45
82July 2 Orioles 8 – 2 Erickson (5-6) Quantrill (4-9)32,15036-46
83July 3 Orioles 5 – 2 Guzmán (7-6) Krivda (2-4) Timlin (15)32,36537-46
84July 4@ Tigers 6 – 1 Nitkowski (1-0) Janzen (4-4) Myers (3)10,55737-47
85July 5@ Tigers 4 – 3 Sager (1-1) Hanson (8-10) Olson (4)20,80837-48
86July 6@ Tigers 15 – 0 Hentgen (8-6) Olivares (4-5)16,22838-48
87July 7@ Tigers 9 – 0 Lira (6-7) Ware (1-5)15,78438-49
88July 11@ Brewers 6 – 3 Guzmán (8-6) D'Amico (1-2) Castillo (1)16,01939-49
89July 12@ Brewers 12 – 5 McDonald (10-3) Hanson (8-11)15,69139-50
90July 13@ Brewers 15 – 7 Hentgen (9-6) Karl (8-5)29,38340-50
91July 14@ Brewers 7 – 5 (10) Crabtree (4-2) García (3-3) Timlin (16)20,79841-50
92July 15@ Orioles 8 – 6 Haynes (3-5) Timlin (0-2)43,19241-51
93July 16@ Orioles 6 – 0 Guzmán (9-6) Mussina (11-7)45,85142-51
94July 17@ Orioles 11 – 10 Coppinger (5-0) Timlin (0-3)45,95542-52
95July 18 Tigers 8 – 4 Hentgen (10-6) Nitkowski (1-2)31,20243-52
96July 19 Tigers 8 – 6 Urbani (2-2) Janzen (4-5) Olson (6)30,12343-53
97July 20 Tigers 5 – 4 (10) Olson (2-0) Quantrill (4-10) Lima (1)36,22043-54
98July 21 Tigers 5 – 4 (12) Spoljaric (1-0) Lima (0-5)33,23844-54
99July 22 Indians 4 – 2 Hershiser (10-6) Hanson (8-12) Mesa (25)35,51744-55
100July 23 Indians 3 – 1 Hentgen (11-6) Ogea (5-2) Timlin (17)35,19445-55
101July 24 Indians 10 – 0 Martínez (9-5) Janzen (4-6)35,21845-56
102July 25 Athletics 4 – 3 Crabtree (5-2) Witasick (0-1)30,17446-56
103July 26 Athletics 5 – 3 Groom (5-0) Castillo (2-2) Taylor (11)32,24146-57
104July 27 Athletics 6 – 4 Hanson (9-12) Wasdin (6-3) Timlin (18)32,16247-57
105July 28 Athletics 1 – 0 Hentgen (12-6) Prieto (2-4)31,15048-57
106July 30@ Indians 3 – 1 Flener (1-0) Martínez (9-6) Timlin (19)42,35549-57
107July 31@ Indians 4 – 2 Assenmacher (2-1) Timlin (0-4)42,30149-58
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Indians 5 – 3 Hanson (10-12) Lopez (1-3) Timlin (20)42,24950-58
109August 2 Angels 9 – 2 Hentgen (13-6) Finley (11-9)30,26151-58
110August 3 Angels 11 – 6 Langston (6-4) Castillo (2-3)32,13951-59
111August 4 Angels 7 – 1 Flener (2-0) Abbott (1-14)30,25352-59
112August 5@ Red Sox 3 – 1 Wakefield (9-10) Guzmán (9-7)23,88452-60
113August 6@ Red Sox 3 – 2 Maddux (1-1) Hanson (10-13) Slocumb (16)25,26452-61
114August 7@ Red Sox 8 – 0 Gordon (9-5) Hentgen (13-7)30,44352-62
115August 8@ Red Sox 9 – 6 Williams (1-0) Sele (5-9) Timlin (21)32,69653-62
116August 9 Rangers 5 – 4 Witt (11-8) Quantrill (4-11) Henneman (24)33,53553-63
117August 10 Rangers 12 – 1 Oliver (10-5) Guzmán (9-8)34,10953-64
118August 11 Rangers 6 – 0 Burkett (1-0) Hanson (10-14)32,16253-65
119August 12 Red Sox 5 – 1 Hentgen (14-7) Gordon (9-6)33,25054-65
120August 13 Red Sox 7 – 5 Brandenburg (3-3) Williams (1-1) Slocumb (18)30,50254-66
121August 14 Red Sox 8 – 6 Belinda (2-1) Crabtree (5-3) Slocumb (19)32,35454-67
122August 16@ Twins 5 – 4 (10) Parra (4-3) Quantrill (4-12)19,83854-68
123August 17@ Twins 11 – 1 Robertson (6-11) Hanson (10-15)20,35454-69
124August 18@ Twins 6 – 2 Hentgen (15-7) Aguilera (6-5)18,01055-69
125August 19@ Royals 2 – 1 Spoljaric (2-0) Rosado (4-3) Timlin (22)16,86256-69
126August 20@ Royals 6 – 5 (14) Timlin (1-4) Huisman (0-1)14,56857-69
127August 21@ Royals 6 – 2 Guzmán (10-8) Haney (9-12)12,23858-69
128August 22@ White Sox 1 – 0 (7) Hanson (11-15) Fernandez (12-8)22,39459-69
129August 23@ White Sox 4 – 2 Hentgen (16-7) Ruffcorn (0-1)19,13260-69
130August 24@ White Sox 9 – 2 Williams (2-1) Baldwin (9-4)29,41361-69
131August 25@ White Sox 10 – 9 (10) Hernández (5-1) Timlin (1-5)19,64761-70
132August 26 Twins 5 – 3 Guzmán (11-8) Radke (8-14) Timlin (23)31,13462-70
133August 27 Twins 6 – 4 (11) Trombley (4-1) Quantrill (4-13)30,03362-71
134August 28 Twins 6 – 1 Hentgen (17-7) Aguilera (7-6)30,10663-71
135August 30 White Sox 11 – 2 Tapani (12-8) Williams (2-2)30,07263-72
136August 31 White Sox 5 – 1 Álvarez (15-7) Flener (2-1)32,14163-73
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1 White Sox 4 – 2 (11) Hernández (6-1) Spoljaric (2-1)30,15663-74
138September 2 Royals 2 – 0 Belcher (13-8) Hanson (11-16)28,17763-75
139September 3 Royals 5 – 2 Appier (12-10) Hentgen (17-8)25,72963-76
140September 4 Royals 6 – 0 Williams (3-2) Rosado (5-5)25,82764-76
141September 6@ Yankees 4 – 3 Rivera (5-2) Risley (0-1)21,52864-77
142September 7@ Yankees 3 – 2 Quantrill (5-13) Cone (5-2) Timlin (24)27,06965-77
143September 8@ Yankees 4 – 2 Hanson (12-16) Pettitte (20-8) Timlin (25)28,57566-77
144September 9 Rangers 4 – 3 Gross (11-8) Hentgen (17-9) Henneman (29)25,82566-78
145September 10 Rangers 11 – 8 Oliver (12-6) Williams (3-3) Henneman (30)26,28666-79
146September 11 Rangers 8 – 3 Andújar (1-2) Vosberg (1-1)27,26267-79
147September 13 Yankees 4 – 1 Pettitte (21-8) Hanson (12-17) Wetteland (40)31,22767-80
148September 14 Yankees 3 – 1 Boehringer (2-3) Hentgen (17-10) Wetteland (41)43,39767-81
149September 15 Yankees 3 – 1 Williams (4-3) Mendoza (3-5) Timlin (26)36,26868-81
150September 16 Yankees 10 – 0 Key (12-10) Quantrill (5-14)30,11568-82
151September 17@ Brewers 4 – 0 McDonald (12-10) Andújar (1-3)10,18468-83
152September 18@ Brewers 2 – 1 Fetters (3-2) Timlin (1-6)9,55068-84
153September 20@ Orioles 5 – 1 Hentgen (18-10) Krivda (2-5) Spoljaric (1)47,02669-84
154September 21@ Orioles 6 – 3 Coppinger (9-6) Williams (4-4) Myers (31)47,27069-85
155September 22@ Orioles 5 – 4 Erickson (13-11) Flener (2-2) Benítez (2)46,03569-86
156September 23@ Tigers 6 – 4 Hanson (13-17) Sager (4-5) Timlin (27)9,67870-86
157September 24@ Tigers 4 – 1 Hentgen (19-10) Miller (0-4) Timlin (28)8,35571-86
158September 25@ Tigers 13 – 11 Brow (1-0) Cummings (3-2) Timlin (29)8,05572-86
159September 26 Orioles 4 – 1 Coppinger (10-6) Williams (4-5) Benítez (4)30,14172-87
160September 27 Orioles 3 – 2 Flener (3-2) Erickson (13-12) Timlin (30)30,11673-87
161September 28 Orioles 3 – 2 (10) Myers (4-4) Spoljaric (2-2)36,31673-88
162September 29 Orioles 4 – 1 Hentgen (20-10) Rodríguez (0-1) Timlin (31)38,26774-88

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Charlie O'Brien 1093243377.23813440
1B John Olerud 12539859109.27418611
2B Tomás Pérez 912952474.2511191
3B Ed Sprague 15959188146.247361010
SS Alex Gonzalez 14752764124.235146416
LF Joe Carter 15762584158.253301077
CF Otis Nixon 12549687142.28612954
RF Shawn Green 13242252118.28011455
DH Carlos Delgado 13848868132.27025920

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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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jacob Brumfield 9030879.2561252
Domingo Cedeño 7728279.280217
Sandy Martínez 7622952.227318
Robert Pérez 8620266.327221
Juan Samuel 6918848.255826
Tilson Brito 268019.23817
Felipe Crespo 22499.18404
Mike Huff 11295.17200
Miguel Cairo 9276.22201
Julio Mosquera 8225.22702
Shannon Stewart 7173.17602

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pat Hentgen 35265.220103.22177
Erik Hanson 35214.213175.41156
Juan Guzmán 27187.21182.93165
Frank Viola 630.1137.7118

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Paul Quantrill 38134.15145.4386
Marty Janzen 1573.2467.3347
Huck Flener 1570.2324.5844
Woody Williams 1259.0454.7343
Jeff Ware 1332.2159.0911
Luis Andújar 314.1115.025

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mike Timlin 5916313.6552
Tim Crabtree 535312.5457
Tony Castillo 402314.2348
Paul Spoljaric 282213.0838
Bill Risley 250103.8929
Brian Bohanon 200117.7717
Scott Brow 181005.5923
Giovanni Carrara 1101011.4010
Dane Johnson 100003.007
José Silva 200013.500

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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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