2000 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2000  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record83–79 (.512)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Rogers Communications, Interbrew
General managers Gord Ash
Managers Jim Fregosi
Television CBC Television
(Brian Williams, Rich Waltz, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
CTV Sportsnet
(Rod Black, Joe Carter)
Radio CHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews)
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The 2000 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 24th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. It was the team's first season with new mascots Ace and Diamond.

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2000 season. [1]

October 1999

October 5 Norberto Martin granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 1, 1999).
October 7 Rob Butler granted free agency.
October 15 Alex Delgado granted free agency.
Willie Greene granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $395,000 contract on January 19, 2000).
Chris Jones granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on February 27, 2000).
Adam Melhuse granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 15, 1999).
October 20 Jacob Brumfield granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1999)d.
Released John Hudek.
October 29 Graeme Lloyd granted free agency (signed with Montreal Expos to a three-year, $9 million contract on December 20, 1999).
David Segui granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $4.325 million contract on January 18, 2000).

November 1999

November 3 Brian McRae granted free agency.
November 5 Tony Fernández granted free agency (signed with Seibu Lions of the NPB to a one-year contract).
November 8Acquired Pedro Borbón Jr. and Raúl Mondesí from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Green and Jorge Núñez.
November 10Signed free agent Charlie Greene from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract.
November 11 Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on January 27, 2000).
Acquired Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt and Lance Painter from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric.
November 12Signed free agent Darwin Cubillán from the New York Yankees to a contract.
November 16Released Mike Matheny.
November 17Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Chicago White Sox to a contract.

December 1999

December 7Re-signed free agent Jacob Brumfield to a one-year contract.
Re-signed Willis Otáñez to a one-year contract.
December 10Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a three-year, $36 million contract.
December 13 Jim Mann drafted by the New York Mets in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Brian Smith drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Drafted DeWayne Wise from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft.
December 21Signed free agent Frank Castillo from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a one-year, $375,000 contract.

January 2000

January 4Re-signed Tony Batista to a four-year, $16 million contract.
January 6Signed free agent Robert Ellis from the Houston Astros to a contract.
January 18Re-signed free agent David Segui to a one-year, $4.325 contract.
January 19Re-signed Homer Bush to a three-year, $7.3 million contract.

February 2000

February 16Signed free agent Eric Gunderson from the Texas Rangers to a one-year contract.

March 2000

March 14Signed free agent Robert Pérez from the Orix BlueWave of the NPB to a one-year contract.
March 16As part of three-team trade, acquired Brad Fullmer from the Montreal Expos. Traded David Segui and cash to the Texas Rangers. In addition, Montreal Expos acquired Lee Stevens from the Texas Rangers.
March 22 Jim Mann returned by the New York Mets.
Acquired Jerson Perez from the New York Mets for Jim Mann.
March 26Signed free agent Glenn Williams from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.
March 27Signed free agent Marty Cordova from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract.
March 28 Nerio Rodríguez selected off of waivers by the New York Mets.
March 29 Anthony Sanders selected off of waivers by the Seattle Mariners.

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 8774.540—44‍–‍3643‍–‍38
Boston Red Sox 8577.5252½42‍–‍3943‍–‍38
Toronto Blue Jays 8379.5124½45‍–‍3638‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles 7488.45713½44‍–‍3730‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6992.4291836‍–‍4433‍–‍48

Record vs. opponents

2000 American League record

Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKC MINNYYOAKSEATB TEXTORNL 
Anaheim —7–55–44–63–65–56–67–35–55–85–86–67–55–712–6
Baltimore 5–7—5–74–65–46–43–76–35–74–83–78–56–67–67–11
Boston 4–57–5—7–56–67–54–68–26–75–55–56–67–34–89–9
Chicago 6–46–45–7—8–59–35–77–58–46–37–56–45–55–512–6
Cleveland 6–34–56–65–8—6–75–75–85–56–67–28–26–48–413–5
Detroit 5–54–65–73–97–6—5–77–68–46–47–24–55–53–910–8
Kansas City 6–67–36–47–57–57–5—7–52–84–84–85–53–74–68–10
Minnesota 3–73–62–85–78–56–75–7—5–55–73–94–68–45–47–11
New York 5–57–57–64–85–54–88–25–5—6–34–66–610–25–711–6
Oakland 8–58–45–53–66–64–68–47–53–6—9–47–25–77–311–7
Seattle 8–57–35–55–72–72–78–49–36–44–9—9–37–58–211–7
Tampa Bay 6–65–86–64–62–85–45–56–46–62–73–9—5–75–79–9
Texas 5–76–63–75–54–65–57–34–82–107–55–77–5—4–67–11
Toronto 7–56–78–45–54–89–36–44–57–53–72–87–56–4—9–9

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2000 regular season. [2]

April 2000

April 10Signed free agent Todd Greene of the Anaheim Angels to a contract.
April 28Released Mark Dalesandro.

May 2000

May 23Released Robert Ellis.
Casey Blake selected off of waivers by the Minnesota Twins.

June 2000

June 12Acquired Francisco Álvarez from the Minnesota Twins for Mike Romano.

July 2000

July 19Acquired Esteban Loaiza from the Texas Rangers for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young.
July 25Acquired Alvin Morrow from the Milwaukee Brewers for Kevin Brown.
July 26Sent Eric Gunderson to San Francisco Giants as part of a conditional deal.
Acquired Rob Ducey from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (John Sneed on July 31, 2000).
July 28Released Brendan Donnelly.
July 31Acquired Mark Guthrie and Steve Trachsel from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brent Abernathy.

August 2000

August 4Acquired Dave Martinez from the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later (Pete Munro on August 8, 2000).
August 5Acquired Mickey Morandini from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (Rob Ducey on August 7, 2000).

2000 draft picks

Source [3]

The 2000 MLB draft was held in June 2000.

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationality
118Miguel NegronOFManuela Toro High School (Caguas, PR) Flag of Puerto Rico.svg
1s33 Dustin McGowan RHP Long County High School Flag of the United States.svg
245Peter BauerRHP University of South Carolina Flag of the United States.svg
258Dominic Rich2B Auburn University Flag of the United States.svg
388Morrin DavisOF Hillsborough High School Flag of the United States.svg
4118Raul TabladoSS Miami Southridge High School Flag of the United States.svg
5148 Mike Smith RHP University of Richmond Flag of the United States.svg
6178 Rich Thompson OF James Madison University Flag of the United States.svg
7208Aaron Sisk3B University of New Mexico Flag of the United States.svg
8238David AbbottRHP University of Arizona Flag of the United States.svg
9268Nom Siriveaw3B Oklahoma State University Flag of Thailand.svg
10298Jerrod PayneRHP University of North Florida Flag of the United States.svg

Roster

2000 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2000 Game Log
April: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3 Royals 5–4 Koch (1–0) Spradlin (0–1)40,8981–0
2April 4 Royals 6–3 Halladay (1–0) Witasick (0–1) Koch (1)13,5142–0
3April 5 Royals 4–3 Rosado (1–0) Carpenter (0–1) Bottalico (1)14,9572–1
4April 6 Royals 9–3 Durbin (1–0) Escobar (0–1) Rigby (1)14,3362–2
5April 7@ Rangers 11–5 Clark (1–0) Castillo (0–1)31,6192–3
6April 8@ Rangers 4–0 Wells (1–0) Rogers (1–1)37,1283–3
7April 9@ Rangers 7–5 Helling (1–0) Halladay (1–1)40,1863–4
8April 10@ Angels 6–0 Schoeneweis (2–0) Carpenter (0–2)14,3383–5
9April 11@ Angels 5–4 Ortiz (1–0) Escobar (0–2) Percival (2)15,2293–6
10April 12@ Angels 6–2 Borbón (1–0) Petkovsek (0–1)16,4944–6
11April 14 Mariners 11–9 Moyer (2–1) Wells (1–1)17,3064–7
12April 15 Mariners 17–6 Rodriguez (1–0) Halladay (1–2) Paniagua (1)21,7544–8
13April 16 Mariners 19–7 García (2–1) Carpenter (0–3)15,3254–9
14April 17 Angels 7–1 Escobar (1–2) Ortiz (1–1)13,6225–9
15April 18 Angels 16–10 Dickson (2–0) Castillo (0–2)13,8255–10
16April 19 Angels 12–4 Wells (2–1) Hill (1–3)13,5726–10
17April 20 Angels 12–11 Halladay (2–2) Bottenfield (1–2) Koch (2)13,9857–10
18April 21 Yankees 8–3 Carpenter (1–3) Mendoza (2–1)25,9218–10
19April 22 Yankees 8–2 Escobar (2–2) Cone (0–2)30,1679–10
20April 23 Yankees 10–7 Hernández (4–0) Andrews (0–1) Rivera (6)20,4859–11
21April 24@ Athletics 3–2 Wells (3–1) Appier (3–2) Koch (3)8,36310–11
22April 25@ Athletics 11–2 Hudson (2–2) Halladay (2–3)8,26610–12
23April 26@ Athletics 4–2 Carpenter (2–3) Olivares (1–3) Koch (4)14,47711–12
24April 28@ Yankees 6–0 Cone (1–2) Escobar (2–3)35,98711–13
25April 29@ Yankees 6–2 Wells (4–1) Hernández (4–1) Koch (5)38,78312–13
26April 30@ Yankees 7–1 Clemens (2–2) Halladay (2–4)43,72112–14
May: 16–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ White Sox 5–3 Carpenter (3–3) Wells (2–3) Koch (6)14,44813–14
28May 2@ White Sox 4–1 Castillo (1–2) Wunsch (0–1) Koch (7)10,39714–14
29May 3@ White Sox 7–3 Baldwin (5–0) Escobar (2–4) Foulke (4)12,02614–15
30May 4 Indians 8–1 Wells (5–1) Finley (3–1)16,63715–15
31May 5 Indians 11–10 Koch (2–0) Shuey (1–1)19,19116–15
32May 6 Indians 8–6 Rincón (1–0) Quantrill (0–1) Karsay (5)23,73016–16
33May 7 Indians 10–8 (12) Shuey (2–1) Gunderson (0–1) Karsay (6)19,16116–17
34May 8 Orioles 6–5 Escobar (3–4) Johnson (0–2) Koch (8)15,10317–17
35May 9 Orioles 6–4 Wells (6–1) Mussina (1–4) Koch (9)15,17718–17
36May 10 Orioles 7–2 Painter (1–0) Erickson (0–1) Quantrill (1)15,59819–17
37May 12@ Devil Rays 4–3 White (1–2) Carpenter (3–4) Lopez (2)17,53219–18
38May 13@ Devil Rays 8–4 Escobar (4–4) Lidle (0–1)20,05420–18
39May 14@ Devil Rays 3–2 Wells (7–1) Lopez (2–3)15,78821–18
40May 15 Red Sox 8–1 Schourek (2–3) Castillo (1–3)16,12421–19
41May 16 Red Sox 7–6 Munro (1–0) Lowe (2–1)17,66322–19
42May 17 Red Sox 8–0 Martínez (7–1) Carpenter (3–5)20,07822–20
43May 19 White Sox 5–3 Sirotka (3–3) Escobar (4–5) Foulke (6)18,26822–21
44May 20 White Sox 6–2 Baldwin (7–0) Wells (7–2)20,09122–22
45May 21 White Sox 2–1 Eldred (4–2) Castillo (1–4) Foulke (7)18,26422–23
46May 22 White Sox 4–3 Koch (3–0) Howry (0–1)19,16723–23
47May 23@ Red Sox 3–2 Carpenter (4–5) Martínez (7–2) Koch (10)33,40224–23
48May 24@ Red Sox 6–3 (11) Cormier (2–0) Frascatore (0–1)31,25024–24
49May 25@ Red Sox 11–6 Wells (8–2) Schourek (2–4)32,71625–24
50May 26@ Tigers 8–2 Frascatore (1–1) Brocail (1–3)33,06826–24
51May 27@ Tigers 4–3 Brocail (2–3) Quantrill (0–2)29,58426–25
52May 28@ Tigers 12–7 Andrews (1–1) Blair (2–1)29,10527–25
53May 30 Twins 4–1 Redman (4–0) Escobar (4–6) Hawkins (2)16,37127–26
54May 31 Twins 4–2 Wells (9–2) Radke (3–6) Koch (11)17,30528–26
June: 16–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1 Twins 5–1 Milton (5–1) Castillo (1–5)30,44428–27
56June 2@ Marlins 11–10 Bones (1–0) Munro (1–1) Alfonseca (16)12,20928–28
57June 3@ Marlins 2–1 Looper (1–1) Koch (3–1) Alfonseca (17)17,54628–29
58June 4@ Marlins 7–2 Escobar (5–6) Núñez (0–6)11,00729–29
59June 5@ Braves 9–3 Wells (10–2) Burkett (4–3)33,64130–29
60June 6@ Braves 7–6 Remlinger (2–1) Frascatore (1–2)39,45430–30
61June 7@ Braves 12–8 Cubillán (1–0) Millwood (4–5) Koch (12)33,24031–30
62June 9 Expos 13–3 Carpenter (5–5) Tucker (0–1)26,12232–30
63June 10 Expos 11–2 Armas (2–3) Escobar (5–7)30,23932–31
64June 11 Expos 8–3 Koch (4–1) Mota (0–1)25,83833–31
65June 12@ Tigers 4–2 Castillo (2–5) Nomo (2–6) Koch (13)21,77934–31
66June 13@ Tigers 16–3 Blair (3–1) Andrews (1–2)23,31434–32
67June 14@ Tigers 8–1 Carpenter (6–5) Weaver (3–6)27,47935–32
68June 16@ Red Sox 7–4 Pichardo (2–0) Escobar (5–8) Lowe (16)33,63835–33
69June 17@ Red Sox 11–10 Wells (11–2) Martínez (5–4) Koch (14)32,95136–33
70June 18@ Red Sox 5–1 Castillo (3–5) Fassero (6–3) Koch (15)32,92537–33
71June 20 Tigers 18–6 Weaver (4–6) Carpenter (6–6)18,85037–34
72June 21 Tigers 6–0 Escobar (6–8) Moehler (4–4)18,12538–34
73June 22 Tigers 7–4 Wells (12–2) Nomo (2–7)20,25939–34
74June 23 Red Sox 5–4 Castillo (4–5) Wasdin (0–3) Koch (16)28,19840–34
75June 24 Red Sox 6–4 Halladay (3–4) Rose (3–5) Koch (17)30,13041–34
76June 25 Red Sox 6–5 (13) DeWitt (1–0) Florie (0–2)31,02242–34
77June 27@ Devil Rays 11–1 Trachsel (6–7) Escobar (6–9)14,65742–35
78June 28@ Devil Rays 5–2 Wells (13–2) Yan (4–6)15,30843–35
79June 29@ Devil Rays 12–3 Castillo (5–5) Lidle (1–3)21,66644–35
80June 30@ Orioles 8–3 Rapp (5–5) Halladay (3–5)40,41244–36
July: 11–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Orioles 12–5 Ponson (5–4) Carpenter (6–7)40,87644–37
82July 2@ Orioles 3–2 Trombley (4–2) Quantrill (0–3) Mills (1)41,26744–38
83July 3@ Orioles 6–4 Wells (14–2) Johnson (0–7) Koch (18)39,61745–38
84July 4@ Indians 9–4 Colón (8–5) Frascatore (1–3)43,22245–39
85July 5@ Indians 15–7 Brewington (2–0) Quantrill (0–4)43,14145–40
86July 6@ Indians 9–6 Carpenter (7–7) Burba (8–4) Koch (19)43,23746–40
87July 7@ Expos 10–5 Lira (2–0) Quantrill (0–5)13,31746–41
88July 8@ Expos 6–3 Wells (15–2) Armas (4–6) Koch (20)17,42047–41
89July 9@ Expos 13–3 Castillo (6–5) Hermanson (6–7)22,48948–41
90July 13 Phillies 8–5 Schilling (5–5) Carpenter (7–8) Brantley (14)22,16348–42
91July 14 Phillies 3–2 Koch (5–1) Brantley (1–3)21,38549–42
92July 15 Phillies 7–3 Chen (5–0) Wells (15–3)24,82849–43
93July 16 Mets 7–3 Halladay (4–5) Leiter (10–3) Koch (21)30,13950–43
94July 17 Mets 7–5 (11) Franco (4–3) Borbón (1–1) Benítez (21)23,12950–44
95July 18 Mets 11–7 Jones (4–4) Carpenter (7–9)24,63350–45
96July 19 Devil Rays 5–2 Escobar (7–9) Lopez (6–7) Koch (22)18,75151–45
97July 20 Devil Rays 6–5 Quantrill (1–5) White (3–6) Koch (23)18,91552–45
98July 21 Orioles 9–5 Rapp (6–6) Halladay (4–6)23,47052–46
99July 22 Orioles 8–2 Mercedes (5–4) Loaiza (5–7)27,58552–47
100July 23 Orioles 4–1 Castillo (7–5) Mussina (6–10) Koch (24)26,27653–47
101July 25 Indians 10–3 Finley (9–7) Escobar (7–10)28,67253–48
102July 26 Indians 8–1 Wells (16–3) Colón (9–8)31,18354–48
103July 27@ Mariners 7–2 Loaiza (6–7) Rhodes (3–5)40,39855–48
104July 28@ Mariners 7–4 García (3–1) Carpenter (7–10) Sasaki (25)37,12655–49
105July 29@ Mariners 6–5 (13) Tomko (5–3) Halladay (4–7)45,26455–50
106July 30@ Mariners 10–6 Sele (12–6) Escobar (7–11) Paniagua (2)43,64855–51
107July 31@ Athletics 6–1 Hudson (12–3) Wells (16–4)13,60855–52
August: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Athletics 3–1 (10) Isringhausen (5–3) Koch (5–2)17,46955–53
109August 2@ Athletics 5–4 Mecir (8–2) Guthrie (1–2) Isringhausen (24)26,47355–54
110August 3 Rangers 3–1 Castillo (8–5) Rogers (10–9) Koch (25)24,82556–54
111August 4 Rangers 10–8 Quantrill (2–5) Venafro (1–1) Koch (26)23,51857–54
112August 5 Rangers 8–5 Wells (17–4) Davis (4–3) Koch (27)26,14358–54
113August 6 Rangers 11–6 Glynn (3–1) Escobar (7–12)28,78058–55
114August 7@ Royals 8–7 Stein (3–3) Loaiza (6–8) Bottalico (12)17,53358–56
115August 8@ Royals 6–1 Castillo (9–5) Suzuki (5–7)14,08659–56
116August 9@ Royals 5–3 Suppan (6–6) Trachsel (6–11) Larkin (1)14,19859–57
117August 10@ Royals 15–7 Carpenter (8–10) Fussell (4–3)18,18860–57
118August 11@ Twins 9–4 Romero (2–1) Escobar (7–13)13,36060–58
119August 12@ Twins 6–3 Redman (11–5) Loaiza (6–9) Hawkins (8)30,16160–59
120August 13@ Twins 13–3 Carpenter (9–10) Radke (8–13)25,65661–59
121August 15 Angels 8–4 Wise (1–1) Wells (17–5)26,70661–60
122August 16 Angels 8–6 Koch (6–2) Pote (1–1)32,49762–60
123August 18 Twins 3–2 Loaiza (7–9) Kinney (0–1) Koch (28)23,07463–60
124August 19 Twins 5–1 Radke (9–13) Guthrie (1–3) Guardado (8)25,17163–61
125August 20 Twins 6–3 Wells (18–5) Carrasco (3–3)32,62764–61
126August 22 Royals 7–5 Escobar (8–13) Santiago (6–4) Koch (29)22,55165–61
127August 23 Royals 9–8 Escobar (9–13) Larkin (0–2) Koch (30)22,61666–61
128August 25@ Rangers 1–0 (11) Venafro (2–1) Koch (6–3)35,36566–62
129August 26@ Rangers 9–3 Hamilton (1–0) Sikorski (1–2) Borbón (1)39,38867–62
130August 27@ Rangers 6–4 Trachsel (7–11) Helling (14–9) Koch (31)21,89668–62
131August 28@ Angels 4–2 Loaiza (8–9) Ortiz (4–5) Koch (32)17,48369–62
132August 29@ Angels 9–4 Holtz (2–3) Carpenter (9–11)17,77369–63
133August 30@ Angels 11–2 Wells (19–5) Wise (3–2)19,65370–63
September: 13–15 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1 Athletics 4–3 Frascatore (2–3) Jones (3–2)22,18771–63
135September 2 Athletics 8–0 Heredia (14–9) Trachsel (7–12) Mecir (3)26,26171–64
136September 3 Athletics 4–3 Hudson (15–6) Loaiza (8–10) Mecir (4)24,15671–65
137September 4 Athletics 10–0 Zito (3–3) Wells (19–6)21,82471–66
138September 5 Mariners 4–3 Rhodes (4–7) Escobar (9–14) Sasaki (32)21,12871–67
139September 6 Mariners 7–3 Hamilton (2–0) Halama (11–8)17,05572–67
140September 7 Mariners 8–1 García (6–4) Trachsel (7–13)17,57172–68
141September 8 Tigers 3–0 Loaiza (9–10) Weaver (9–13)19,12173–68
142September 9 Tigers 6–5 Koch (7–3) Nitkowski (4–9)23,62374–68
143September 10 Tigers 6–2 Carpenter (10–11) Sparks (6–4) Escobar (1)21,66675–68
144September 12@ Yankees 10–2 Neagle (7–4) Hamilton (2–1)30,37075–69
145September 13@ Yankees 3–2 Clemens (13–6) Loaiza (9–11) Rivera (34)29,08375–70
146September 14@ Yankees 3–2 (11) Koch (8–3) Choate (0–1) Escobar (2)35,04076–70
147September 15@ White Sox 6–5 Escobar (10–14) Garland (3–7) Koch (33)23,10577–70
148September 16@ White Sox 6–3 Wunsch (6–3) Escobar (10–15) Foulke (31)33,20477–71
149September 17@ White Sox 14–1 Painter (2–0) Wells (5–9)26,11378–71
150September 19 Yankees 16–3 Trachsel (8–13) Pettitte (18–8)28,90879–71
151September 20 Yankees 7–2 Loaiza (10–11) Cone (4–13)28,46380–71
152September 21 Yankees 3–1 Wells (20–6) Hernández (12–12)30,07481–71
153September 22 Devil Rays 3–2 Lidle (3–6) Frascatore (2–4) Hernández (30)18,06381–72
154September 23 Devil Rays 7–6 Koch (9–3) Enders (0–1)24,47382–72
155September 24 Devil Rays 6–0 Harper (1–2) Trachsel (8–14)28,17282–73
156September 25 Devil Rays 5–1 Wilson (1–4) Loaiza (10–12) Hernández (31)20,71582–74
157September 26@ Orioles 2–1 Mercedes (13–7) Wells (20–7) Kohlmeier (13)31,61482–75
158September 27@ Orioles 4–0 Castillo (10–5) Ponson (9–13)30,36283–75
159September 28@ Orioles 23–1 Rapp (9–12) Carpenter (10–12)32,20383–76
160September 29@ Indians 8–4 Speier (5–2) Trachsel (8–15) Karsay (20)42,76883–77
161September 30@ Indians 6–5 Finley (16–11) Loaiza (10–13) Wickman (14)42,67683–78
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1@ Indians 11–4 Woodard (3–3) Wells (20–8)42,59483–79

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; TB = Total bases

PosPlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.TB
C Darrin Fletcher 122416431332058.320214
1B Carlos Delgado 16256911519641137.344378
2B Homer Bush 762973864118.21575
SS Alex Gonzalez 141527681331569.252213
3B Tony Batista 1546209616341114.263322
LF Shannon Stewart 1365831071862169.319302
CF José Cruz Jr. 162603911463176.242281
RF Raúl Mondesí 96388781052467.271203
DH Brad Fullmer 1334827614232104.295269

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHHRRBIAvg.TB
Craig Grebeck 662413871323.29599
Marty Cordova 622002349418.24568
Alberto Castillo 661851439116.21149
Dave Martinez 471802956222.31174
Mickey Morandini 35107102907.27133
Chris Woodward 371041619314.18335
Todd Greene 34851120510.23537
DeWayne Wise 28223300.1363
Rob Ducey 5132201. 1543
Chad Mottola 391202.2222
Charlie Greene 390100.1111
Andy Thompson 262101.1671
Vernon Wells 320000.0000
Josh Phelps 110000.0000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
David Wells 35229.22084.11166
Chris Carpenter 34175.110126.26113
Frank Castillo 25138.01053.59104
Esteban Loaiza 1492.0573.6262
Steve Trachsel 1163.0255.2932
Joey Hamilton 633.0213.5515
Pasqual Coco 14.0009.002

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kelvim Escobar 43180.010155.35142
Roy Halladay 1967.24710.6444
Peter Munro 925.2115.9616
Clayton Andrews 820.21210.0212

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Billy Koch 6893332.6360
Paul Quantrill 682514.5247
John Frascatore 602405.4230
Pedro Borbón Jr. 591116.4829
Lance Painter 422004.7353
Mark Guthrie 230204.7920
Matt DeWitt 81008.566
Darwin Cubillán 71008.0414
Eric Gunderson 60107.112
Leo Estrella 20005.793
John Bale 200014.736

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Pat Kelly and Mel Queen
AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Rocket Wheeler
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Marty Pevey
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League Rolando Pino
A-Short Season Queens Kings New York–Penn League Eddie Rodríguez
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Paul Elliott

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