1998 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1998  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Interbrew,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Gord Ash
Managers Tim Johnson
Television CBC Television
(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
Radio CHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1998 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 22nd season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses, which was their best record since their 1993 World Series-winning season; the 88 wins were not surpassed until 2015.

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With the disappointing last-place finish of the previous year, General Manager Gord Ash once again dug into the wallet to improve the team, signing reliever Randy Myers and slugger José Canseco as free agents. Though the team improved noticeably (thanks to another pitching Triple Crown and Cy Young Award-winning campaign by ace hurler Roger Clemens and a powerful lineup that featured Canseco, Carlos Delgado, Shawn Green, and José Cruz Jr.), they could not finish ahead of the New York Yankees or the Boston Red Sox, who won 114 and 92 games en route to winning the division crown and wild card respectively.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1998 season. [1]

October 1997

October 6 Luis Andújar granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on November 11, 1997).
Jacob Brumfield granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on January 5, 1998),
October 15 Huck Flener granted free agency.
Ryan Thompson granted free agency.
October 17 Rickey Cradle granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a one-year contract on November 7, 1997).
October 27 Orlando Merced granted free agency (signed with Minnesota Twins to a one-year, $800,000 contract on January 14, 1998).
Charlie O'Brien granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a two-year, $1.4 million contract on December 10, 1997).
October 28 Joe Carter granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $3.3 million contract on December 12, 1997).
Mariano Duncan granted free agency.
Juan Samuel granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $421,000 contract.
October 29Selected Dane Johnson off of waivers from the Oakland Athletics.

November 1997

November 11Re-signed free agent Luis Andújar to a one-year contract.
November 18 Rich Butler selected by Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 10th pick in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft.
Omar Daal selected by Arizona Diamondbacks as the 31st pick in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft.
Marty Janzen selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft.
November 25Signed free agent Shannon Withem from the Detroit Tigers to a contract.
November 26Signed free agent Darrin Fletcher from the Montreal Expos to a two-year, $4.1 million contract.
Signed free agent Randy Myers from the Baltimore Orioles to a three-year, $18 million contract.
November 27Signed free agent Craig Grebeck from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year, $390,000 contract.
Signed free agent Pat Kelly from the New York Yankees to a one-year, $325,000 contract.

December 1997

December 6Re-signed free agent Juan Samuel to a one-year, $421,000 contract.
December 8Signed free agent Mark Dalesandro from the Chicago Cubs to a contract.
Signed free agent Tony Fernández from the Cleveland Indians to a two-year, $4.2 million contract.
Signed free agent Mike Stanley from the New York Yankees to a two-year, $6.15 million contract.
December 10Signed free agent Alex Delgado from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract.
December 11Signed free agent José Herrera from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year contract.
Traded Sandy Martínez to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later (Trevor Schaffer on December 19, 1997).
December 15Drafted Luis Saturria from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1997 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Joe Davenport drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1997 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 21 Carlos García granted free agency (signed with Cleveland Indians to a contract on January 6, 1998).

January 1998

January 5Re-signed free agent Jacob Brumfield to a one-year contract.
January 20Signed free agent Phil Plantier from the St. Louis Cardinals to a contract.

February 1998

February 4Signed free agent Jose Canseco from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $2.1 million contract.
February 6Re-signed Shawn Green to a two-year, $4.625 million contract.

March 1998

March 14Acquired Kevin Brown from the Texas Rangers for Tim Crabtree.
March 15Re-signed Dan Plesac to a contract extension through 1999 (one-year, $1.5 million in 1999).
March 20Returned Luis Saturria to the St. Louis Cardinals.
March 24Released Jacob Brumfield.
March 25Signed free agent Patrick Lennon from the Anaheim Angels to a contract.
March 30 Robert Pérez selected off of waivers by the Seattle Mariners.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 11448.704—62‍–‍1952‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 9270.5682251‍–‍3041‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays 8874.5432651‍–‍3037‍–‍44
Baltimore Orioles 7983.4883542‍–‍3937‍–‍44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399.3895133‍–‍4830‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

1998 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —5–66–55–64–78–36–56–56–55–79–36–55–74–710–6
Baltimore 6–5—6–62–95–610–15–67–33–98–36–55–76–55–75–11
Boston 5–66–6—5–68–35–58–35–65–79–27–49–36–55–79–7
Chicago 6–59–26–5—6–66–68–46–64–74–74–75–65–64–6–17–9
Cleveland 7–46–53–86–6—9–38–46–64–73–89–27–34–77–410–6
Detroit 3–81–105–56–63–9—6–68–43–87–43–85–63–85–67–9
Kansas City 5–66–53–84–84–86–6—7–50–107–44–68–33–86–59–7
Minnesota 5–63–76–56–66–64–85–7—4–74–72–97–47–44–77–9
New York 5–69–37–57–47–48–310–07–4—8–38–311–18–36–613–3
Oakland 7–53–82–97–48–34–74–77–43–8—5–75–66–65–68–8
Seattle 3–95–64–77–42–98–36–49–23–87–5—6–55–74–77–9
Tampa Bay 5–67–53–96–53–76–53–84–71–116–55–6—4–75–75–11
Texas 7–55–65–66–57–48–38–34–73–86–67–57–4—7–48–8
Toronto 7–47–57–56–4–14–76–55–67–46–66–57–47–54–7—9–7

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1998 regular season. [2]

April 1998

April 1Signed free agent Dave Stieb to a one-year, $300,000 contract.

May 1998

May 21Signed amateur free agent Scott Cassidy to a contract.
May 29Selected Ben Van Ryn off of waivers from the San Diego Padres.

June 1998

June 16Released Erik Hanson.

July 1998

July 1Signed free agent Tony Phillips from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract.
July 3Signed amateur free agent Gustavo Chacín to a contract.
July 10Released Luis Andújar.
July 16Player rights of Pat Kelly sold to the St. Louis Cardinals.
July 30Acquired Pete Munro and Jay Yennaco from the Boston Red Sox for Mike Stanley.
July 31Acquired Nerio Rodríguez and Shannon Carter from the Baltimore Orioles for Juan Guzmán.
Acquired Scott Rivette from the Oakland Athletics for Ed Sprague Jr.
Acquired Leo Estrella from the New York Mets for Tony Phillips.

August 1998

August 6Acquired Brian Loyd from the San Diego Padres for Randy Myers.

September 1998

September 23 Julio Mosquera selected off of waivers by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
September 25Signed amateur free agent Guillermo Quiróz to a contract.

1998 MLB Draft

Roster

1998 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1998 Game Log
April: 10–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1 Twins 3–2 Clemens (1–0) Tewksbury (0–1) Myers (1)41,3871–0
2April 2 Twins 3–2 Guardado (1–0) Escobar (0–1) Aguilera (1)25,5841–1
3April 3 Rangers 5–0 Helling (1–0) Guzmán (0–1)25,5091–2
4April 4 Rangers 9–2 Williams (1–0) Oliver (0–1)30,1562–2
5April 5 Rangers 6–5 Burkett (1–1) Risley (0–1) Wetteland (1)28,1062–3
6April 7@ Twins 12–2 Tewksbury (1–1) Clemens (1–1)8,4212–4
7April 8@ Twins 9–6 Hentgen (1–0) Hawkins (0–1) Myers (2)8,5323–4
8April 9@ Twins 13–2 Radke (1–1) Guzmán (0–2)9,0753–5
9April 10@ Rangers 4–3 Helling (2–0) Plesac (0–1) Wetteland (2)32,3143–6
10April 11@ Rangers 9–8 Almanzar (1–0) Oliver (0–2) Myers (3)37,5204–6
11April 12@ Rangers 3–1 Wetteland (1–0) Quantrill (0–1)28,4354–7
12April 13@ Royals 11–1 Rusch (1–2) Hentgen (1–1)11,7494–8
13April 14@ Royals 5–1 Guzmán (1–2) Rapp (0–1) Quantrill (1)11,1945–8
14April 15@ Royals 7–3 Haney (2–0) Williams (1–1)11,3165–9
15April 17 White Sox 6–1 Clemens (2–1) Bere (0–3)28,2406–9
16April 18 White Sox 9–4 Hentgen (2–1) Navarro (1–2)29,0657–9
17April 19 White Sox 5–4 (12) Carpenter (1–0) Castillo (0–1)31,2658–9
18April 20 Yankees 3–2 (11) Banks (1–0) Risley (0–2) Stanton (4)26,3858–10
19April 21 Yankees 5–3 (10) Stanton (1–0) Plesac (0–2)27,1928–11
20April 22 Yankees 9–1 Pettitte (3–2) Clemens (2–2)29,1648–12
21April 24@ White Sox 3–1 Hentgen (3–1) Navarro (1–3) Myers (4)14,1989–12
22April 25@ White Sox 8–1 Eyre (1–2) Guzmán (1–3)14,4579–13
23April 26@ White Sox 5–5 (6)Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 1513,7059–13
24April 27@ Yankees 1–0 Pettitte (4–2) Clemens (2–3) Rivera (2)17,8639–14
25April 28@ Yankees 5–2 Williams (2–1) Mendoza (0–1) Myers (5)18,72710–14
26April 29 Royals 7–2 Pichardo (1–2) Hentgen (3–2)25,64410–15
27April 30 Royals 7–4 Rusch (3–3) Guzmán (1–4) Montgomery (5)26,69010–16
May: 18–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Athletics 5–2 Candiotti (3–3) Hanson (0–1) Taylor (7)7,07810–17
29May 2@ Athletics 7–0 Clemens (3–3) Oquist (0–1)10,72911–17
30May 3@ Athletics 6–3 Williams (3–1) Telgheder (0–1) Myers (6)23,46312–17
31May 4@ Athletics 7–4 Rogers (5–1) Hentgen (3–3)5,20612–18
32May 5@ Angels 13–11 Plesac (1–2) Percival (0–2) Myers (7)17,27113–18
33May 6@ Angels 6–5 Escobar (1–1) Hasegawa (1–1) Myers (8)17,39214–18
34May 7@ Mariners 6–0 Clemens (4–3) Moyer (2–4)24,12915–18
35May 8@ Mariners 8–3 Johnson (3–1) Williams (3–2)29,92015–19
36May 9@ Mariners 4–1 Hentgen (4–3) Swift (2–2) Myers (9)49,85116–19
37May 10@ Mariners 3–1 Fassero (4–1) Guzmán (1–5) Ayala (7)39,24916–20
38May 12 Athletics 4–3 (10) Myers (1–0) Taylor (0–3)25,63617–20
39May 13 Athletics 4–2 Haynes (2–1) Clemens (4–4) Fetters (2)25,73217–21
40May 14 Angels 5–4 Myers (2–0) DeLucia (1–2)25,60618–21
41May 15 Angels 9–1 Hentgen (5–3) Hill (6–2)26,64419–21
42May 16 Mariners 8–1 Fassero (5–1) Guzmán (1–6)31,12119–22
43May 17 Mariners 4–3 Plesac (2–2) Slocumb (1–3)28,11120–22
44May 18 Mariners 9–4 Spoljaric (3–0) Clemens (4–5)28,12520–23
45May 19 Devil Rays 3–1 Williams (4–2) Springer (1–7) Myers (10)25,66221–23
46May 20 Devil Rays 9–1 Hentgen (6–3) Álvarez (4–5)26,10722–23
47May 21 Devil Rays 6–1 Guzmán (2–6) Arrojo (6–3)30,10823–23
48May 22@ Indians 9–7 Burba (5–4) Hanson (0–2) Jackson (12)43,26923–24
49May 23@ Indians 7–2 Clemens (5–5) Colón (3–3)43,30624–24
50May 24@ Indians 5–0 Williams (5–2) Gooden (0–1)43,19425–24
51May 25@ Red Sox 7–5 Hentgen (7–3) Martínez (5–1) Myers (11)32,34226–24
52May 26@ Red Sox 5–2 Guzmán (3–6) Avery (1–1) Myers (12)27,66827–24
53May 28 Indians 6–2 Burba (6–4) Carpenter (1–1)30,28227–25
54May 29 Indians 7–3 Colón (4–3) Clemens (5–6)29,08527–26
55May 30 Indians 4–2 Williams (6–2) Gooden (0–2) Myers (13)37,17928–26
56May 31 Indians 8–3 Nagy (7–2) Hentgen (7–4) Mesa (1)30,09028–27
June: 14–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1 Red Sox 9–5 Corsi (2–0) Myers (2–1)27,37228–28
58June 2 Red Sox 11–3 Avery (2–1) Carpenter (1–2)26,17728–29
59June 3 Tigers 5–1 Clemens (6–6) Greisinger (0–1)26,29129–29
60June 4 Tigers 9–6 Williams (7–2) Moehler (5–5) Myers (14)34,40830–29
61June 5 Phillies 8–7 Green (4–4) Risley (0–3) Leiter (11)31,17630–30
62June 6 Phillies 10–6 Gomes (5–2) Guzmán (3–7)30,10230–31
63June 7 Phillies 3–1 Carpenter (2–2) Schilling (5–7) Myers (15)26,23631–31
64June 8@ Marlins 4–3 (17) Edmondson (1–1) Hanson (0–3)17,41431–32
65June 9@ Marlins 5–4 Hernández (4–4) Quantrill (0–2)14,59131–33
66June 10@ Marlins 4–3 (10) Person (1–0) Powell (4–4) Myers (16)16,99432–33
67June 12 Orioles 9–5 Mussina (5–3) Guzmán (3–8)30,23732–34
68June 13 Orioles 9–8 Person (2–0) Drabek (5–7) Myers (17)38,10233–34
69June 14 Orioles 7–4 Clemens (7–6) Smith (0–1) Myers (18)28,13234–34
70June 15@ Devil Rays 8–7 White (1–3) Quantrill (0–3) Hernández (13)24,12234–35
71June 16@ Devil Rays 4–3 Mecir (3–0) Myers (2–2)24,27834–36
72June 17@ Devil Rays 2–1 Arrojo (9–4) Guzmán (3–9) Hernández (14)24,39434–37
73June 18@ Orioles 13–6 Carpenter (3–2) Johns (2–2)47,37435–37
74June 19@ Orioles 7–4 (15) Charlton (2–1) Risley (0–4)47,01235–38
75June 20@ Orioles 11–3 Erickson (8–6) Williams (7–3)48,01135–39
76June 21@ Orioles 7–3 Hentgen (8–4) Ponson (1–5) Myers (19)47,52236–39
77June 22 Expos 14–2 Guzmán (4–9) Pavano (1–1)33,13237–39
78June 23 Expos 3–2 Carpenter (4–2) Batista (2–4) Myers (20)33,49238–39
79June 24@ Expos 7–6 Clemens (8–6) Boskie (1–1) Myers (21)16,51539–39
80June 25@ Expos 1–0 Williams (8–3) Pérez (6–7)9,25640–39
81June 26@ Braves 6–4 Hentgen (9–4) Smoltz (5–2) Myers (22)47,08141–39
82June 27@ Braves 2–0 Maddux (11–2) Guzmán (4–10)48,33841–40
83June 28@ Braves 10–3 Glavine (11–3) Carpenter (4–3)44,18541–41
84June 30 Mets 6–3 Clemens (9–6) Reed (9–5)30,32242–41
July: 12–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 3–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
85July 1 Mets 15–10 Plesac (3–2) Rojas (3–2)37,25243–41
86July 2 Mets 9–1 Jones (7–5) Hentgen (9–5)27,32543–42
87July 3 Devil Rays 3–2 (10) Myers (3–2) Yan (4–2)25,62544–42
88July 4 Devil Rays 8–0 Carpenter (5–3) Springer (2–11)29,19845–42
89July 5 Devil Rays 2–1 Quantrill (1–3) White (1–4) Myers (23)31,24046–42
90July 9@ Tigers 4–3 Anderson (2–0) Plesac (3–3) Jones (15)16,01246–43
91July 10@ Tigers 3–2 (10) Jones (1–3) Quantrill (1–4)23,39446–44
92July 11@ Tigers 5–2 Moehler (9–6) Carpenter (5–4) Runyan (1)21,07246–45
93July 12@ Tigers 7–2 Clemens (10–6) Brocail (4–2)20,23147–45
94July 13@ Orioles 5–0 Rodríguez (1–2) Guzmán (4–11)41,47447–46
95July 14@ Orioles 11–5 Mussina (7–5) Williams (8–4)44,12247–47
96July 15@ White Sox 9–3 Navarro (8–10) Hentgen (9–6)47–48
97July 15@ White Sox 5–2 Castillo (4–4) Stieb (0–1) Simas (7)15,60247–49
98July 16@ White Sox 5–2 Carpenter (6–4) Baldwin (4–4) Myers (24)19,63848–49
99July 17 Yankees 9–6 Clemens (11–6) Holmes (0–2) Myers (25)39,17249–49
100July 18 Yankees 10–3 Hernández (4–2) Guzmán (4–12)48,12349–50
101July 19 Yankees 9–3 Williams (9–4) Pettitte (12–6)42,17650–50
102July 21 White Sox 6–3 Baldwin (5–4) Hentgen (9–7) Simas (8)30,20950–51
103July 22 White Sox 4–0 Clemens (12–6) Parque (2–3)29,22151–51
104July 23@ Red Sox 8–7 (10) Gordon (5–3) Myers (3–3)33,01151–52
105July 24@ Red Sox 10–6 Guzmán (5–12) Avery (7–3) Quantrill (2)33,15952–52
106July 25@ Red Sox 5–3 Lowe (1–7) Williams (9–5) Gordon (28)33,09952–53
107July 26@ Red Sox 6–3 Martínez (14–3) Hentgen (9–8)33,05952–54
108July 28 Rangers 8–3 Clemens (13–6) Sele (12–8)29,17753–54
109July 29 Rangers 9–6 Oliver (6–7) Carpenter (6–5) Wetteland (28)28,22053–55
110July 30 Rangers 1–0 Guzmán (6–12) Loaiza (0–2) Myers (26)29,26454–55
111July 31@ Twins 6–4 Rodriguez (1–0) Williams (9–6) Aguilera (27)26,05454–56
August: 17–10 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
112August 1@ Twins 10–9 Hentgen (10–8) Hawkins (7–10) Myers (27)17,12855–56
113August 2@ Twins 6–4 Clemens (14–6) Radke (10–9) Myers (28)40,09656–56
114August 4@ Rangers 11–9 Stottlemyre (1–0) Carpenter (6–6) Wetteland (29)45,21356–57
115August 5@ Rangers 4–3 Wetteland (3–1) Myers (3–4)27,76656–58
116August 7 Athletics 7–6 Haynes (8–4) Williams (9–7) Fetters (5)31,28656–59
117August 8 Athletics 6–5 (10) Plesac (4–3) Fetters (1–6)31,33057–59
118August 9 Athletics 4–3 Quantrill (2–4) Mohler (3–3)30,11458–59
119August 11 Mariners 7–4 Carpenter (7–6) Fassero (10–8) Quantrill (3)33,13759–59
120August 12 Mariners 11–5 Rodríguez (2–3) Ayala (1–8)39,13960–59
121August 13 Angels 4–3 Risley (1–4) Hasegawa (6–3) Plesac (1)26,48161–59
122August 14 Angels 7–5 Watson (5–7) Hentgen (10–9) Percival (33)27,27661–60
123August 15 Angels 6–3 (11) DeLucia (2–4) Sinclair (0–1)30,37961–61
124August 16 Angels 6–4 Carpenter (8–6) Juden (0–1) Quantrill (4)29,25962–61
125August 17@ Athletics 4–2 Escobar (2–1) Candiotti (8–14) Plesac (2)9,76163–61
126August 18@ Athletics 10–5 Haynes (9–5) Williams (9–8)9,08663–62
127August 19@ Mariners 16–2 Hentgen (11–9) Cloude (7–9) Stieb (1)26,25864–62
128August 20@ Mariners 7–0 Clemens (15–6) Swift (10–7)26,64265–62
129August 21@ Angels 9–4 Carpenter (9–6) Juden (0–2)36,05266–62
130August 22@ Angels 5–1 Sparks (8–2) Escobar (2–2) Hasegawa (3)42,88266–63
131August 23@ Angels 3–2 Finley (10–6) Almanzar (1–1) Percival (35)34,14266–64
132August 24 Royals 7–3 Barber (1–1) Hentgen (11–10) Whisenant (2)26,30666–65
133August 25 Royals 3–0 Clemens (16–6) Haney (5–6)26,17367–65
134August 26 Royals 7–2 Belcher (12–10) Carpenter (9–7)25,55767–66
135August 27 Royals 11–1 Escobar (3–2) Rosado (7–10)25,52468–66
136August 28 Twins 7–6 Williams (10–8) Trombley (4–4) Plesac (3)26,26869–66
137August 29 Twins 14–7 Stieb (1–1) Radke (10–13)30,10170–66
138August 30 Twins 6–0 Clemens (17–6) Rodriguez (4–3)29,20271–66
September: 17–8 (Home: 10–2; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1@ Royals 2–1 Carpenter (10–7) Belcher (12–11) Quantrill (5)12,44772–66
140September 2@ Royals 5–0 Escobar (4–2) Rosado (7–11) Quantrill (6)12,54173–66
141September 3 Red Sox 4–3 (11) Person (3–0) Veras (0–1)27,22674–66
142September 4 Red Sox 12–1 Hentgen (12–10) Wakefield (15–7) Stieb (2)29,16675–66
143September 5 Red Sox 4–3 Clemens (18–6) Saberhagen (12–7) Quantrill (7)37,15876–66
144September 6 Red Sox 8–7 Quantrill (3–4) Lowe (3–9) Person (1)38,37477–66
145September 7 Indians 15–1 Escobar (5–2) Ogea (4–3)31,08978–66
146September 9 Indians 6–3 (13) Jones (1–2) Almanzar (1–2) Jackson (37)32,15778–67
147September 10@ Yankees 8–5 Pettitte (16–9) Hentgen (12–11) Holmes (2)25,88178–68
148September 11@ Yankees 5–4 Almanzar (2–2) Irabu (11–9) Person (2)35,85679–68
149September 12@ Yankees 5–3 Carpenter (11–7) Wells (17–4) Person (3)48,75280–68
150September 13@ Yankees 5–3 Escobar (6–2) Cone (19–6) Person (4)47,47181–68
151September 14@ Indians 6–3 Gooden (8–6) Sinclair (0–2) Jackson (39)43,15281–69
152September 15@ Indians 7–5 Ogea (5–3) Stieb (1–2) Assenmacher (2)43,32381–70
153September 16@ Tigers 2–1 Clemens (19–6) Powell (3–8) Person (5)10,96782–70
154September 17@ Tigers 7–4 Brocail (5–2) Person (3–1)13,30482–71
155September 18@ Devil Rays 6–1 Rekar (2–7) Escobar (6–3)32,05382–72
156September 19@ Devil Rays 7–5 Lopez (7–3) Van Ryn (0–1) Hernández (26)35,68982–73
157September 20@ Devil Rays 7–5 (12) Risley (2–4) Lopez (7–4)32,18383–73
158September 21 Orioles 3–1 Clemens (20–6) Erickson (15–13) Plesac (4)30,38084–73
159September 22 Orioles 7–3 Carpenter (12–7) Mussina (13–9)26,36385–73
160September 23 Orioles 6–3 Escobar (7–3) Guzmán (10–16) Person (6)28,14786–73
161September 25 Tigers 7–5 Moehler (14–13) Williams (10–9) Jones (28)33,15186–74
162September 26 Tigers 5–4 (13) Risley (3–4) Sager (4–2)40,26887–74
163September 27 Tigers 2–1 Halladay (1–0) Thompson (11–15)38,03688–74

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.Slg.SB
C Darrin Fletcher 12440737115952.283.4100
1B Carlos Delgado 1425039415538115.292.5923
2B Craig Grebeck 1023013377227.256.3462
3B Ed Sprague Jr. 10538249911751.238.4240
SS Alex Gonzalez 158568701361351.239.36121
LF Shannon Stewart 144516901441255.279.41751
CF Jose Cruz Jr. 10535255891142.253.40311
RF Shawn Green 15863010617535100.278.51035
DH Jose Canseco 1515839813846107.237.51829

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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
Tony Fernández 138486156.321972
Mike Stanley 9834182.2402247
Felipe Crespo 6613034.262115
Kevin Brown 5211029.264215
Mark Dalesandro 326720.299214
Juan Samuel 43509.18012
Tony Phillips 134817.35417
Benito Santiago 15299.31004
Tom Evans 7100.00000
Tomás Pérez 691.11100
Kevin Witt 571.14300
Patrick Lennon 242.50000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roger Clemens 33234.22062.65271
Woody Williams 32209.21094.46151
Pat Hentgen 29177.212115.1794
Chris Carpenter 33175.01274.37136
Juan Guzmán 22145.06124.41113
Roy Halladay 214.0101.9313

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kelvim Escobar 2279.2733.7372
Dave Stieb 1950.1124.8327
Erik Hanson 1149.0036.2421

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Randy Myers 4134284.4632
Paul Quantrill 823472.5959
Dan Plesac 784343.7855
Bill Risley 443405.2742
Robert Person 273167.0431
Carlos Almanzar 252205.3420
Steve Sinclair 240203.608
Ben Van Ryn 100109.003
Nerio Rodriguez 71009.723
Luis Andújar 50009.531
Shannon Withem 10003.002

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Terry Bevington
AA Knoxville Smokies Southern League Omar Malavé
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Rocket Wheeler
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Marty Pevey
A-Short Season St. Catharines Stompers New York–Penn League Duane Larson
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Rolando Pino

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  5. ↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.234, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN   978-0-451-22363-0
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