1999 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1999  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Interbrew,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Gord Ash
Managers Jim Fregosi
Television CBC Television
(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
CTV Sportsnet
(Rod Black, Joe Carter)
Radio CHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1999 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 23rd season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. The team set a franchise record for most runs scored in a season (883) and hits in a season (1,580). The previous Blue Jays records for most runs scored and most hits in a season were set in 1993 when the Jays scored 847 runs and collected 1,556 hits. Conversely, the Blue Jays pitching staff gave up the most runs of any Blue Jays team since 1979. It was the team's final season with original mascot BJ Birdy.

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1999 season. [1]

October 1998

October 15 Ben Van Ryn granted free agency.
October 16 Alex Delgado granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on November 18, 1998).
José Herrera granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on January 2, 1999).
October 22 José Canseco granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a two-year, $5.025 million contract on December 11, 1998).
October 23 Craig Grebeck granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $1.35 million contract on October 27, 1998).
Benito Santiago granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on December 9, 1998).
October 26 Dave Stieb granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1998).
October 27Re-signed free agent Craig Grebeck to a two-year, $1.35 million contract.

November 1998

November 5 Juan Samuel granted free agency.
November 18Re-signed free agent Alex Delgado to a one-year contract.
Released Shannon Withem.

December 1998

December 7Re-signed free agent Dave Stieb to a one-year contract.
December 12Acquired Joey Hamilton from the San Diego Padres for Woody Williams, Carlos Almanzar and Pete Tucci.
December 14Signed free agent Gerónimo Berroa from the Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $500,000 contract.
Acquired Eric Ludwick from the Detroit Tigers for Beiker Graterol.
December 16Signed free agent Walt McKeel from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.
December 23Signed free agent Rob Butler from the Houston Astros to a one-year, $275,000 contract.
Signed free agent Mike Matheny from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $600,000 contract.

January 1999

January 6Signed free agent Wayne Kirby from the New York Mets to a contract.
January 11Signed amateur free agent Francisco Rosario to a contract.
January 18Signed free agent Joey Cora from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.
January 19Signed free agent Willie Greene from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $1 million contract.
Signed free agent Vicente Palacios to a contract.

February 1999

February 9Released Patrick Lennon.
February 18Acquired David Wells, Homer Bush and Graeme Lloyd from the New York Yankees for Roger Clemens.
February 28Re-signed free agent Patrick Lennon to a one-year contract.

March 1999

March 14Signed free agent Norberto Martín from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract.
March 17Released Felipe Crespo.
March 21Released Vicente Palacios.
March 30Acquired Dave Hollins and cash from the Anaheim Angels for Tomás Pérez.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 98640.605—48–3350–31
Boston Red Sox 94680.580449–3245–36
Toronto Blue Jays 84780.5191440–4144–37
Baltimore Orioles 78840.4812041–4037–44
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 69930.4262933–4836–45

Record vs. opponents

1999 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —3–91–95–51–95–57–56–46–48–46–67–56–63–96–12
Baltimore 9–3—5–77–31–95–56–48–14–95–75–55–76–61–1111–7
Boston 9–17–5—7–58–47–58–26–48–44–67–34–94–59–36–12
Chicago 5–53–75–7—3–97–56–68–3–15–73–74–86–45–56–49–9
Cleveland 9–19–14–89–3—8–57–59–33–710–27–35–43–75–79–9
Detroit 5–55–55–75–75–8—7–46–65–74–63–74–55–52–108–10
Kansas City 5–74–62–86–65–74–7—5–85–46–67–52–84–63–76–12
Minnesota 4–61–84–63–8–13–96–68–5—4–67–54–85–50–124–610–7
New York 4–69–44–87–57–37–54–56–4—6–49–18–48–410–29–9
Oakland 4–87–56–47–32–106–46–65–74–6—6–69–15–78–212–6
Seattle 6–65–53–78–43–77–35–78–41–96–6—8–45–87–27–11
Tampa Bay 5–77–59–44–64–55–48–25–54–81–94–8—4–85–84–14
Texas 6–66–65–45–57–35–56–412–04–87–58–58–4—6–410–8
Toronto 9–311–13–94–67–510–27–36–42–102–82–78–54–6—9–9

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1999 regular season. [2]

April 1999

April 1Signed free agent Doug Bochtler from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract.
Released Walt McKeel.
April 2Released Adam Melhuse.
Tom Evans selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers.
April 5Signed free agent Chris Jones from the San Diego Padres to a one-year contract.
Re-signed free agent Adam Melhuse to a one-year contract.
April 15Signed free agent Pat Kelly from the St. Louis Cardinals to a one-year contract.
April 16Returned Eric Ludwick to the Florida Marlins.

May 1999

May 5Acquired Paul Spoljaric from the Philadelphia Phillies for Robert Person.
May 7Selected Jacob Brumfield off of waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May 19Player rights of Doug Bochtler sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
May 28Selected Willis Otáñez off of waivers from the Baltimore Orioles.

June 1999

June 9Released Patrick Lennon.
Released Pat Kelly.
June 12Acquired Tony Batista and John Frascatore from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dan Plesac.
June 21Released Dave Hollins.

July 1999

July 3Signed amateur free agent Davis Romero to a contract.
July 8Acquired Juan Melo from the San Diego Padres for Isabel Giron.
July 28Acquired David Segui from the Seattle Mariners for Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair.
July 31Signed free agent John Hudek from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.

August 1999

August 6Selected Curtis Goodwin off of waivers from the Chicago Cubs.
August 7Signed amateur free agent Kevin Cash to a contract.
August 9Acquired Brian McRae from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later (Pat Lynch on August 23, 1999).
August 26Signed free agent Brendan Donnelly from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract.
August 30Released Gerónimo Berroa.
August 31Signed free agent Pat Borders from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year contract.

September 1999

September 3Traded Juan Melo to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later (Jaime Goudie on September 13, 1999).

Roster

1999 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1999 Game Log
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Twins 6 – 1 Radke (1-0) Hentgen (0-1)45,6010-1
2April 7@ Twins 9 – 3 Wells (1-0) Lincoln (0-1) Halladay (1)9,2201-1
3April 8@ Twins 11 – 9 Trombley (1-0) Hamilton (0-1) Aguilera (1)9,4311-2
4April 9@ Orioles 7 – 4 Escobar (1-0) Ponson (0-1)36,4302-2
5April 10@ Orioles 1 – 0 Mussina (2-0) Carpenter (0-1) Timlin (2)43,7002-3
6April 11@ Orioles 9 – 5 Halladay (1-0) Orosco (0-1)40,2733-3
7April 12 Devil Rays 7 – 1 Wells (2-0) Saunders (1-1)37,1604-3
8April 13 Devil Rays 8 – 5 White (1-0) Hamilton (0-2) Hernández (3)23,7104-4
9April 14 Devil Rays 7 – 6 (11) Lloyd (1-0) Lopez (0-1)23,8475-4
10April 15 Devil Rays 11 – 1 Carpenter (1-1) Santana (0-2)23,7656-4
11April 16 Orioles 7 – 6 Lloyd (2-0) Bones (0-1) Person (1)25,2817-4
12April 17 Orioles 7 – 4 Wells (3-0) Linton (0-1) Lloyd (1)30,7398-4
13April 18 Orioles 6 – 0 Halladay (2-0) Guzmán (0-2)27,1269-4
14April 20 Angels 5 – 1 Escobar (2-0) Finley (1-2)23,77510-4
15April 21 Angels 3 – 2 Carpenter (2-1) Olivares (2-1) Person (2)23,74911-4
16April 22 Angels 8 – 7 Davey (1-0) Petkovsek (0-1) Lloyd (2)28,21212-4
17April 23@ Yankees 6 – 4 Hernández (3-1) Wells (3-1) Rivera (3)36,52912-5
18April 24@ Yankees 7 – 4 Mendoza (2-1) Plesac (0-1) Rivera (4)46,92412-6
19April 25@ Yankees 4 – 3 (11) Grimsley (1-0) Person (0-1)51,90312-7
20April 26@ Angels 4 – 3 (11) Percival (1-1) Rodríguez (0-1)17,32412-8
21April 27@ Angels 10 – 1 Hentgen (1-1) Olivares (2-2)17,89913-8
22April 28@ Angels 12 – 10 Petkovsek (1-1) Lloyd (2-1) Percival (3)18,30413-9
23April 29@ Angels 17 – 1 Hill (1-1) Halladay (2-1)18,34613-10
24April 30@ Mariners 11 – 9 Halama (1-2) Person (0-2) Mesa (6)29,35313-11
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Mariners 9 – 3 Carpenter (3-1) Moyer (1-4) Davey (1)35,62814-11
26May 2@ Mariners 3 – 2 Cloude (3-1) Plesac (0-2)31,35514-12
27May 3@ Mariners 16 – 10 Wells (4-1) García (3-1)22,30415-12
28May 4 Athletics 13 – 4 Oquist (3-2) Halladay (2-2) Jones (1)20,25815-13
29May 5 Athletics 8 – 2 Rogers (1-2) Escobar (2-1)20,31415-14
30May 6 Athletics 3 – 2 Heredia (2-2) Carpenter (3-2) Taylor (7)20,31015-15
31May 7 Rangers 9 – 6 Hentgen (2-1) Clark (2-3) Koch (1)22,11016-15
32May 8 Rangers 4 – 3 Morgan (5-2) Wells (4-2) Wetteland (10)24,64216-16
33May 9 Rangers 11 – 6 Patterson (1-0) Munro (0-1)20,37416-17
34May 11@ Royals 8 – 2 Escobar (3-1) Pittsley (1-2)12,14117-17
35May 12@ Royals 7 – 1 Appier (4-2) Carpenter (3-3)13,07317-18
36May 13@ Royals 8 – 2 Hentgen (3-1) Rosado (2-2)19,57318-18
37May 14 Red Sox 5 – 0 Peña (2-0) Wells (4-3)22,18618-19
38May 15 Red Sox 6 – 5 Wasdin (2-0) Plesac (0-3) Gordon (4)24,57918-20
39May 16 Red Sox 9 – 6 Lloyd (3-1) Gross (0-2)21,09419-20
40May 17 Red Sox 8 – 7 Wasdin (3-0) Lloyd (3-2)20,39519-21
41May 18 Tigers 7 – 5 Hentgen (4-1) Thompson (4-5) Koch (2)20,31020-21
42May 19 Tigers 7 – 3 Moehler (4-3) Wells (4-4)20,38420-22
43May 20 Tigers 7 – 0 Halladay (3-2) Mlicki (1-4)21,13721-22
44May 21@ Red Sox 5 – 2 Rapp (2-2) Escobar (3-2)27,28421-23
45May 22@ Red Sox 6 – 4 Wakefield (2-4) Carpenter (3-4) Gordon (6)32,03821-24
46May 23@ Red Sox 10 – 8 Martínez (9-1) Hentgen (4-2) Gordon (7)28,55921-25
47May 24@ Tigers 12 – 6 Wells (5-4) Moehler (4-4)13,03822-25
48May 25@ Tigers 5 – 3 Halladay (4-2) Mlicki (1-5) Koch (3)13,08723-25
49May 26@ Tigers 9 – 5 Escobar (4-2) Blair (1-5) Lloyd (3)14,17724-25
50May 28 Yankees 10 – 6 Pettitte (3-2) Carpenter (3-5)30,35524-26
51May 29 Yankees 8 – 3 Cone (5-2) Hentgen (4-3)40,17524-27
52May 30 Yankees 8 – 3 Irabu (2-3) Wells (5-5)39,11124-28
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1 White Sox 6 – 2 Sirotka (3-6) Escobar (4-3)20,39924-29
54June 2 White Sox 9 – 7 Carpenter (4-5) Snyder (6-4) Koch (4)22,19725-29
55June 3 White Sox 10 – 3 Navarro (4-4) Hentgen (4-4)33,67325-30
56June 4 Expos 6 – 2 Wells (6-5) Ayala (0-5)24,14726-30
57June 5 Expos 5 – 0 Batista (5-2) Hamilton (0-3)28,11226-31
58June 6 Expos 9 – 2 Escobar (5-3) Hermanson (3-5)24,39227-31
59June 7@ Mets 8 – 2 Hershiser (5-5) Halladay (4-3)21,45727-32
60June 8@ Mets 11 – 3 Isringhausen (1-1) Hentgen (4-5)18,98427-33
61June 9@ Mets 4 – 3 (14) Mahomes (2-0) Davey (1-1)18,25427-34
62June 11@ Phillies 8 – 4 Wolf (1-0) Hamilton (0-4)26,54127-35
63June 12@ Phillies 7 – 2 Byrd (9-3) Escobar (5-4)20,44927-36
64June 13@ Phillies 7 – 2 Hentgen (5-5) Schilling (8-4)28,45928-36
65June 15 Angels 13 – 2 Wells (7-5) Belcher (4-6)21,16529-36
66June 16 Angels 3 – 2 Lloyd (4-2) Schoeneweis (0-1) Koch (5)22,18430-36
67June 17 Angels 3 – 0 Escobar (6-4) Hill (3-6) Koch (6)20,46531-36
68June 18 Royals 6 – 5 Witasick (2-5) Hentgen (5-6) Whisenant (1)24,24531-37
69June 19 Royals 7 – 0 Halladay (5-3) Appier (6-6)23,36932-37
70June 20 Royals 2 – 1 Wells (8-5) Service (3-2)24,21133-37
71June 21 Royals 11 – 4 Hamilton (1-4) Fussell (0-4)20,39434-37
72June 22 Indians 4 – 3 Escobar (7-4) Gooden (2-3) Koch (7)22,19735-37
73June 23 Indians 9 – 6 Nagy (9-4) Quantrill (0-1)23,27135-38
74June 24 Indians 3 – 0 Halladay (6-3) Burba (7-3) Koch (8)26,11736-38
75June 25@ Devil Rays 11 – 4 Álvarez (3-5) Wells (8-6)18,63336-39
76June 26@ Devil Rays 5 – 2 Rupe (4-3) Hamilton (1-5) Hernández (21)22,06236-40
77June 27@ Devil Rays 8 – 0 Witt (4-4) Escobar (7-5)20,55636-41
78June 28@ Devil Rays 3 – 2 Carpenter (5-5) Eiland (0-4) Koch (9)17,72737-41
79June 29 Orioles 6 – 5 (10) Frascatore (1-0) Rhodes (3-3)21,42138-41
80June 30 Orioles 10 – 9 (10) Frascatore (2-0) Orosco (0-2)21,13739-41
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1 Orioles 8 – 6 Frascatore (3-0) Timlin (3-7) Koch (10)30,26340-41
82July 2 Devil Rays 8 – 7 Aldred (3-2) Escobar (7-6) Hernández (22)23,10940-42
83July 3 Devil Rays 5 – 0 Carpenter (6-5) Witt (4-5)25,34441-42
84July 4 Devil Rays 6 – 3 Hentgen (6-6) White (4-2) Koch (11)24,63942-42
85July 6@ Orioles 4 – 3 (10) Lloyd (5-2) Timlin (3-8) Koch (12)37,93943-42
86July 7@ Orioles 7 – 6 Spoljaric (1-0) Molina (0-1) Koch (13)42,27544-42
87July 8@ Orioles 11 – 6 Escobar (8-6) Ponson (7-6)41,73845-42
88July 9@ Expos 4 – 3 Urbina (5-4) Lloyd (5-3)10,09145-43
89July 10@ Expos 7 – 6 Quantrill (1-1) Telford (2-2) Koch (14)15,00546-43
90July 11@ Expos 1 – 0 Wells (9-6) Pavano (6-8)15,20147-43
91July 15 Marlins 8 – 6 Looper (2-1) Koch (0-1) Alfonseca (2)25,07247-44
92July 16 Marlins 4 – 2 Springer (4-10) Hentgen (6-7) Alfonseca (3)22,44947-45
93July 17 Marlins 6 – 1 Wells (10-6) Edmondson (3-4)27,15948-45
94July 18 Braves 3 – 2 Hamilton (2-5) Millwood (11-5) Koch (15)31,13749-45
95July 19 Braves 8 – 7 (10) Frascatore (4-0) Hudek (0-2)31,06450-45
96July 20 Braves 11 – 6 Halladay (7-3) Glavine (8-9)28,36651-45
97July 21@ Indians 4 – 3 Frascatore (5-0) Jackson (3-3) Koch (16)43,21852-45
98July 22@ Indians 4 – 3 Wells (11-6) Nagy (11-6) Koch (17)43,13853-45
99July 23@ White Sox 2 – 1 Hamilton (3-5) Parque (9-7) Koch (18)14,16654-45
100July 24@ White Sox 6 – 5 Eyre (1-0) Escobar (8-7) Howry (16)25,67454-46
101July 25@ White Sox 11 – 3 Carpenter (7-5) Sirotka (7-9)18,29955-46
102July 26@ White Sox 4 – 3 (11) Frascatore (6-0) Howry (2-2) Koch (19)17,63156-46
103July 27 Red Sox 11 – 9 Guthrie (1-1) Halladay (7-4) Wakefield (13)38,63156-47
104July 28 Red Sox 8 – 0 Rapp (3-5) Hamilton (3-6)36,19056-48
105July 30 Tigers 8 – 2 Escobar (9-7) Weaver (6-7)28,41257-48
106July 31 Tigers 7 – 6 Halladay (8-4) Mlicki (5-10) Koch (20)29,52758-48
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1 Tigers 8 – 5 Hentgen (7-7) Borkowski (0-2) Koch (21)30,10559-48
108August 2@ Yankees 3 – 1 Pettitte (8-8) Wells (11-7) Rivera (28)40,82559-49
109August 3@ Yankees 3 – 1 Hamilton (4-6) Cone (10-6) Koch (22)43,11060-49
110August 4@ Yankees 8 – 3 Irabu (9-3) Escobar (9-8)52,83360-50
111August 6@ Rangers 5 – 4 Carpenter (8-5) Zimmerman (9-1) Koch (23)31,66461-50
112August 7@ Rangers 6 – 0 Sele (12-6) Hentgen (7-8)40,32961-51
113August 8@ Rangers 8 – 7 Frascatore (7-0) Venafro (3-2) Koch (24)32,37462-51
114August 9@ Rangers 19 – 4 Hamilton (5-6) Morgan (12-7)23,23563-51
115August 10@ Twins 10 – 6 Escobar (10-8) Radke (8-11)15,84264-51
116August 11@ Twins 6 – 3 Carpenter (9-5) Milton (4-9)15,77765-51
117August 12@ Twins 3 – 0 Mays (5-4) Hentgen (7-9) Trombley (19)21,20665-52
118August 13 Athletics 9 – 8 Appier (12-9) Halladay (8-5) Jones (7)34,15065-53
119August 14 Athletics 13 – 5 Hudson (7-1) Hamilton (5-7)37,11365-54
120August 15 Athletics 9 – 5 Oquist (9-7) Escobar (10-9)34,67765-55
121August 16 Mariners 7 – 5 Moyer (12-6) Carpenter (9-6) Mesa (26)29,30865-56
122August 17 Mariners 8 – 5 Abbott (4-0) Hentgen (7-10) Mesa (27)30,13765-57
123August 18 Mariners 5 – 1 García (12-7) Wells (11-8) Paniagua (3)38,22465-58
124August 20@ Athletics 11 – 0 Hamilton (6-7) Oquist (9-8)13,33566-58
125August 21@ Athletics 8 – 4 Olivares (11-9) Carpenter (9-7)26,28266-59
126August 22@ Athletics 4 – 3 Jones (4-5) Koch (0-2)23,90766-60
127August 23@ Athletics 9 – 4 Wells (12-8) Appier (12-11)10,04767-60
128August 24@ Angels 5 – 1 Hentgen (8-10) Ortiz (1-1) Koch (25)21,49268-60
129August 25@ Angels 7 – 2 Hamilton (7-7) Finley (8-11)21,59269-60
130August 27 Rangers 8 – 2 Helling (11-7) Carpenter (9-8)30,18169-61
131August 28 Rangers 9 – 7 Sele (15-7) Wells (12-9) Wetteland (35)31,11769-62
132August 29 Rangers 4 – 2 Burkett (5-7) Halladay (8-6) Wetteland (36)30,50269-63
133August 30 Twins 2 – 1 Hentgen (9-10) Ryan (0-2) Koch (26)22,13770-63
134August 31 Twins 14 – 3 Radke (11-12) Hamilton (7-8)23,13670-64
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1 Twins 4 – 0 Escobar (11-9) Milton (6-11)23,14571-64
136September 2 Twins 6 – 1 Wells (13-9) Mays (5-7)22,25572-64
137September 3@ Royals 5 – 4 Quantrill (2-1) Morman (2-3) Koch (27)13,85773-64
138September 4@ Royals 6 – 3 (9) Hentgen (10-10) Suppan (8-9) Frascatore (1)15,24374-64
139September 5@ Royals 6 – 3 Witasick (6-11) Escobar (11-10) Fussell (2)15,31574-65
140September 7@ Mariners 7 – 4 Meche (6-4) Wells (13-10) Mesa (32)39,70974-66
141September 8@ Mariners 4 – 3 Mesa (2-5) Koch (0-3)36,97174-67
142September 10@ Tigers 7 – 6 Jones (3-4) Frascatore (7-1)33,73674-68
143September 11@ Tigers 9 – 5 Spoljaric (2-0) Cordero (1-2)40,26975-68
144September 12@ Tigers 5 – 3 Escobar (12-10) Weaver (8-11) Koch (28)39,34976-68
145September 13 Yankees 2 – 1 Wells (14-10) Hernández (16-8)30,11877-68
146September 14 Yankees 10 – 6 Mendoza (7-8) Koch (0-4)29,14077-69
147September 15 Yankees 6 – 4 Pettitte (13-11) Hentgen (10-11) Rivera (41)29,46077-70
148September 17 White Sox 7 – 3 Wells (3-1) Escobar (12-11)30,74377-71
149September 18 White Sox 7 – 4 Navarro (8-12) Quantrill (2-2) Howry (23)28,26077-72
150September 19 White Sox 3 – 2 Sirotka (10-13) Halladay (8-7) Howry (24)27,12077-73
151September 21@ Red Sox 3 – 0 Martínez (22-4) Hentgen (10-12)27,79977-74
152September 22@ Red Sox 14 – 9 Escobar (13-11) Rapp (6-7)25,34578-74
153September 23@ Red Sox 7 – 5 Wells (15-10) Beck (0-1) Koch (29)30,78079-74
154September 24 Indians 18 – 4 Brower (2-1) Munro (0-2)26,62079-75
155September 25 Indians 9 – 6 Colón (17-5) Spoljaric (2-1) Jackson (38)32,02979-76
156September 26 Indians 11 – 7 Shuey (8-5) Koch (0-5)34,25379-77
157September 28@ Devil Rays 8 – 2 Wells (16-10) Wheeler (0-4)19,78180-77
158September 29@ Devil Rays 6 – 2 Escobar (14-11) Witt (7-15)22,18081-77
159September 30@ Indians 9 – 2 Colón (18-5) Spoljaric (2-2)43,20181-78
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Indians 8 – 6 Quantrill (3-2) Karsay (10-2) Koch (30)43,04082-78
161October 2@ Indians 7 – 3 Hentgen (11-12) Wright (8-10) Koch (31)43,04983-78
162October 3@ Indians 9 – 2 Wells (17-10) Burba (15-9)43,01284-78

Player stats

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Darrin Fletcher 115412120.2911880
1B Carlos Delgado 152573156.27244134
2B Homer Bush 128485155.320555
SS Tony Batista 98375107.2852679
3B Tony Fernández 142485159.328675
LF Shannon Stewart 145608185.3041167
CF José Cruz Jr. 10634984.2411445
RF Shawn Green 158614190.30942123
DH Willie Greene 8122646.2041241

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 6217040.235219
Mike Matheny 5716335.215317
Alex Gonzalez 3815445.292212
Willis Otáñez 4212732.252513
Pat Kelly 3711631.267620
Craig Grebeck 3411341.363010
Dave Hollins 279922.22226
David Segui 319530.316513
Vernon Wells 248823.26118
Brian McRae 318216.195311
Gerónimo Berroa 226212.19416
Casey Blake 143910.25611
Kevin Witt 15347.20615
Patrick Lennon 9296.20716
Norberto Martin 9276.22200
Mark Dalesandro 16275.18501
Chris Woodward 14266.23102
Pat Borders 6143.21413
Kevin Brown 294.44401
Curtis Goodwin 280.00000
Rob Butler 871.14301
Anthony Sanders 372.28602

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Wells 34231.217104.82169
Pat Hentgen 34199.011124.79118
Kelvim Escobar 33174.014115.69129
Chris Carpenter 24150.0984.38106
Joey Hamilton 2298.0786.5256

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roy Halladay 36149.1873.9282

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Koch 5605313.3957
Graeme Lloyd 745333.6347
Paul Quantrill 413203.3328
Paul Spoljaric 372204.6563
John Frascatore 337113.4122
Pete Munro 310206.0238
Dan Plesac 300303.3426
Tom Davey 291114.7042
Robert Person 110229.8212
Steve Sinclair 300012.713
Mike Romano 300011.813
John Hudek 300012.272
Nerio Rodriguez 201013.502
John Bale 100013.504
Eric Ludwick 100027.000
Gary Glover 10000.000

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Pat Kelly
AA Knoxville Smokies Southern League Omar Malavé
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Rocket Wheeler
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Rolando Pino
A-Short Season St. Catharines Stompers New York–Penn League Eddie Rodríguez
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Paul Elliott

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  3. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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