2001 Toronto Blue Jays season

2001  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	SkyDome
City	Toronto
Record	80–82 (.494)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managers	Gord Ash
Managers	Buck Martinez
Television	CBC Television (Brian Williams, John Cerutti) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Pat Tabler) CTV Sportsnet (Rob Faulds, Jerry Howarth)
Radio	CHUM (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews)
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The 2001 Toronto Blue Jays was the franchise's 25th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2001 season. ^[1]

October 2000

October 4	Marty Cordova granted free agency (signed with Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $500,000 contract on December 20, 2000).
October 5	Mark Lukasiewicz selected off of waivers by the Anaheim Angels.
October 15	Kevin Witt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on December 22, 2000).
October 20	Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a four-year, $68 million contract.
October 18	Charlie Greene granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on November 30, 2000). Robert Pérez granted free agency (signed with New York Yankees to a contract on November 16, 2000).
October 30	Alex Gonzalez granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a four-year, $20 million contract on December 10, 2000).
October 31	Frank Castillo granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a two-year, $4.5 million contract on December 7, 2000). Mark Guthrie granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a two-year, $3.6 million contract on January 5, 2001). Dave Martinez granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a two-year, $3 million contract on December 10, 2000). Mickey Morandini granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a contract on December 6, 2000). Steve Trachsel granted free agency (signed with New York Mets to a two-year, $7.3 million contract on December 14, 2000).

November 2000

November 1	Craig Grebeck granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $700,000 contract on January 19, 2001). Re-signed Darrin Fletcher to a three-year, $10.9 million contract.
November 5	Signed free agent Aaron Holbert from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract.
November 7	Acquired Scott Eyre from the Chicago White Sox for Gary Glover.
November 19	Signed amateur free agent Robinzon Díaz to a contract.
November 22	Acquired Steve Parris from the Cincinnati Reds for Clayton Andrews and Leo Estrella.

December 2000

December 2	Signed free agent Chris Latham from the Colorado Rockies to a contract.
December 6	Re-signed free agent Mickey Morandini to a contract.
December 7	Signed free agent Jason Dickson from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract.
December 8	Signed free agent Dan Plesac from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a two-year, $4.4 million contract.
December 10	Re-signed free agent Alex Gonzalez to a four-year, $20 million contract.
December 11	Jay Gibbons drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2000 MLB Rule 5 draft. Signed free agent Jeff Frye from the Colorado Rockies to a one-year, $1 million contract. Acquired Jayson Werth from the Baltimore Orioles for John Bale.
December 13	Signed free agent Chris Michalak from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $200,000 contract. Signed free agent Jaime Navarro from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.
December 15	Signed free agent Ryan Thompson from the New York Yankees to a contract.
December 19	Signed free agent Izzy Molina from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract.
December 21	Signed free agent Trent Hubbard from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.

January 2001

January 9	Signed free agent Héctor Carrasco from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.
January 14	Acquired Mike Sirotka, Brian Simmons, Kevin Beirne and Mike Williams from the Chicago White Sox for David Wells and Matt DeWitt.
January 16	Sent Chad Mottola to the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.
January 18	Re-signed Brad Fullmer to a two-year, $6.5 million contract. Re-signed Esteban Loaiza to a two-year, $10.3 million contract.
January 24	Signed amateur free agent Alfredo Aceves to a contract.

February 2001

February 9	Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.
February 12	Re-signed Steve Parris to a two-year, $6.05 million contract.

March 2001

March 17	Released Trent Hubbard.
March 20	Acquired Matt DeWitt from the Chicago White Sox for Mike Williams.
March 28	Released Héctor Carrasco. Released Todd Greene.

Regular season

• August 17, 2001: Jeff Frye became the second Blue Jay in history to hit for the cycle. He achieved the feat against the Texas Rangers.

Opening Day starters

• Tony Batista
• José Cruz Jr.
• Carlos Delgado
• Darrin Fletcher
• Homer Bush
• Brad Fullmer
• Alex Gonzalez
• Esteban Loaiza
• Raúl Mondesí
• Shannon Stewart

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Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	65	.594	—	51‍–‍28	44‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	82	79	.509	13½	41‍–‍40	41‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays	80	82	.494	16	40‍–‍42	40‍–‍40
Baltimore Orioles	63	98	.391	32½	30‍–‍50	33‍–‍48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	62	100	.383	34	37‍–‍44	25‍–‍56

Record vs. opponents

2001 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–5	4–3	6–3	5–4	5–4	5–4	3–6	4–3	6–14	4–15	7–2	7–12	5–4	10–8
Baltimore	5–4	—	9–10	3–4	1–5	4–2	5–2	3–3	5–13	2–7	1–8	10–9	2–7	7–12	6–12
Boston	3–4	10–9	—	3–3	3–6	4–5	3–3	3–3	5–13	4–5	3–6	14–5	5–2	12–7	10–8
Chicago	3–6	4–3	3–3	—	10–9	13–6	14–5	5–14	1–5	1–8	2–7	5–2	7–2	3–3	12–6
Cleveland	4–5	5–1	6–3	9–10	—	13–6	11–8	14–5	4–5	4–3	2–5	5–1	5–4	2–4	7–11
Detroit	4–5	2–4	5–4	6–13	6–13	—	8–11	4–15	4–5	1–6	2–5	4–2	8–1	2–4	10–8
Kansas City	4–5	2–5	3–3	5–14	8–11	11–8	—	6–13	0–6	3–6	3–6	4–2	4–5	4–3	8–10
Minnesota	6–3	3–3	3–3	14–5	5–14	15–4	13–6	—	4–2	5–4	1–8	1–6	4–5	2–5	9–9
New York	3–4	13–5	13–5	5–1	5–4	5–4	6–0	2–4	—	3–6	3–6	13–6	3–4	11–8	10–8
Oakland	14–6	7–2	5–4	8–1	3–4	6–1	6–3	4–5	6–3	—	9–10	7–2	9–10	6–3	12–6
Seattle	15–4	8–1	6–3	7–2	5–2	5–2	6–3	8–1	6–3	10–9	—	7–2	15–5	6–3	12–6
Tampa Bay	2–7	9–10	5–14	2–5	1–5	2–4	2–4	6–1	6–13	2–7	2–7	—	4–5	9–10	10–8
Texas	12–7	7–2	2–5	2–7	4–5	1–8	5–4	5–4	4–3	10–9	5–15	5–4	—	3–6	8–10
Toronto	4–5	12–7	7–12	3–3	4–2	4–2	3–4	5–2	8–11	3–6	3–6	10–9	6–3	—	8–10

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2001 regular season. ^[3]

April 2001

April 2	Signed free agent Willie Banks of the New York Mets to a one-year contract. Released Ryan Thompson.
April 16	Signed free agent Patrick Lennon of the Montreal Expos to a contract.

June 2001

June 1	Released Patrick Lennon.
June 8	Signed free agent Tony Fernández from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract.
June 25	Tony Batista selected off of waivers by the Baltimore Orioles.
June 27	Signed free agent Deion Sanders from the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent.
June 29	Released Lance Painter.

July 2001

July 6	Purchased Brian Hunter from the Atlantic City Surf of the Atlantic League.
July 27	Released Deion Sanders.
July 31	Released John Frascatore.

August 2001

August 3	Released Joey Hamilton. Re-signed Paul Quantrill to a three-year, $9.6 million contract.
August 13	Released Brian Hunter.
August 15	Released Willie Banks.
August 22	Chris Michalak selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers.
August 27	Signed amateur free agent Eugenio Vélez to a contract.

2001 draft picks

Source ^[4]

The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality
1	15	Gabe Gross	OF	Auburn University
2	59	Brandon League	RHP	St. Louis High School (Honolulu, HI)
3	91	Tyrell Godwin	OF	East Bladen High School
4	121	Chris Sheffield	RHP	University of Miami
5	151	Mike Rouse	SS	California State University, Fullerton
6	181	Lee Delfino	SS	East Carolina University
7	211	Jason Colson	RHP	Winthrop University
8	241	Sean Grimes	LHP	Saunders Secondary School
9	271	Luke Hetherington	OF	Kentwood High School
10	301	Ryan Costello	LHP	Montclair State University

Roster

2001 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 40 Kevin Beirne 51 Pedro Borbón Jr. 37 Brian Bowles 26 Chris Carpenter 38 Pasqual Coco 49 Matt DeWitt 45 Kelvim Escobar 29 Scott Eyre 36 Bob File 52 John Frascatore 32 Roy Halladay 50 Joey Hamilton 44 Billy Koch 21 Esteban Loaiza 28 Brandon Lyon 17 Chris Michalak 28 Lance Painter 39 Steve Parris 19 Dan Plesac 48 Paul Quantrill		Catchers 30 Alberto Castillo  9 Darrin Fletcher 17 Josh Phelps Infielders  7 Tony Batista 18 Homer Bush 25 Carlos Delgado 11 Ryan Freel  3 Jeff Frye 20 Brad Fullmer  8 Alex Gonzalez  2 César Izturis  7 Felipe López 12 Luis Lopez  5 Chris Woodward		Outfielders 23 José Cruz Jr. 27 Chris Latham 43 Raúl Mondesí 22 Brian Simmons 24 Shannon Stewart 10 Vernon Wells Other batters  1 Tony Fernández		Manager 13 Buck Martinez Coaches 35 Terry Bevington (third base) 53 Mark Connor (pitching) 41 Cito Gaston (hitting) 16 Garth Iorg (first base) 47 Gil Patterson (bullpen)  1,4 Cookie Rojas (bench)

Game log

2001 Game Log
April: 16–9 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 1 Rangers † 8–1 Loaiza (1–0) Helling (0–1) 19,891 1–0 2 April 3 @ Devil Rays 8–1 Lopez (1–0) Parris (0–1) 41,546 1–1 3 April 4 @ Devil Rays 11–8 Quantrill (1–0) Hill (0–1) Koch (1) 15,172 2–1 4 April 5 @ Devil Rays 11–0 Carpenter (1–0) Rekar (0–1) 14,023 3–1 5 April 6 @ Yankees 13–4 Loaiza (2–0) Parker (0–1) 29,606 4–1 6 April 7 @ Yankees 3–2 Michalak (1–0) Hernández (0–1) Koch (2) 30,487 5–1 7 April 8 @ Yankees 16–5 Clemens (2–0) Parris (0–2) 31,970 5–2 8 April 9 Devil Rays 8–1 Hamilton (1–0) Wilson (0–1) 48,115 6–2 9 April 10 Devil Rays 3–2 (10) Quantrill (2–0) Sturtze (0–1) 18,071 7–2 10 April 11 Devil Rays 4–3 Yan (1–0) Koch (0–1) 24,017 7–3 – April 12 Royals Postponed (SkyDome roof malfunction)Rescheduled for April 30 11 April 13 Royals 2–1 Michalak (2–0) Suppan (1–2) Koch (3) 26,148 8–3 12 April 14 Royals 5–4 File (1–0) Hernández (0–2) 26,024 9–3 13 April 15 Royals 4–2 Stein (1–2) Carpenter (1–1) Hernández (2) 21,379 9–4 14 April 17 Yankees 6–5 Loaiza (3–0) Keisler (0–1) Koch (4) 20,019 10–4 15 April 18 Yankees 7–2 Michalak (3–0) Hernández (0–2) 19,770 11–4 16 April 19 Yankees 6–5 (17) Choate (1–0) File (1–1) Mendoza (1) 24,684 11–5 17 April 20 @ Royals 12–4 Carpenter (2–1) Suzuki (1–1) 28,018 12–5 18 April 21 @ Royals 5–4 (13) Henry (1–0) Plesac (0–1) 18,246 12–6 19 April 22 @ Royals 5–1 Reichert (2–1) Loaiza (3–1) Hernández (4) 17,371 12–7 20 April 24 Rangers 7–5 Frascatore (1–0) Mahomes (0–2) Koch (5) 15,381 13–7 21 April 25 Rangers 8–5 Quantrill (3–0) Rogers (1–2) Koch (6) 15,021 14–7 22 April 27 Angels 12–4 Loaiza (4–1) Washburn (0–3) 16,174 15–7 23 April 28 Angels 4–1 Ortiz (3–2) Michalak (3–1) Percival (4) 19,261 15–8 24 April 29 Angels 2–0 Parris (1–2) Schoeneweis (2–2) Koch (7) 23,949 16–8 25 April 30 Royals 6–3 Suppan (2–3) Hamilton (1–1) Hernández (6) 13,766 16–9
May: 10–18 (Home: 2–8; Away: 8–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 26 May 1 @ Athletics 5–4 (10) Quantrill (4–0) Isringhausen (0–1) Koch (8) 10,935 17–9 27 May 2 @ Athletics 6–0 Mulder (3–2) Loaiza (4–2) 14,048 17–10 28 May 3 @ Athletics 3–2 (15) Bradford (1–1) Borbón (0–1) 10,586 17–11 29 May 4 @ Mariners 8–3 Parris (2–2) Abbott (0–1) 42,284 18–11 30 May 5 @ Mariners 7–5 Rhodes (3–0) Borbón (0–2) Sasaki (14) 42,894 18–12 31 May 6 @ Mariners 11–3 Carpenter (3–1) Halama (2–3) 45,080 19–12 32 May 8 Athletics 8–5 Mulder (4–2) Loaiza (4–3) Mecir (1) 16,479 19–13 33 May 9 Athletics 8–5 Hudson (3–3) Michalak (3–2) Isringhausen (5) 16,241 19–14 34 May 10 Athletics 14–8 Guthrie (1–0) Painter (0–1) 16,130 19–15 35 May 11 Mariners 7–2 Abbott (1–1) Hamilton (1–2) 20,279 19–16 36 May 12 Mariners 11–7 Tomko (2–1) Escobar (0–1) 24,908 19–17 37 May 13 Mariners 7–5 Moyer (6–1) Loaiza (4–4) Sasaki (17) 20,624 19–18 38 May 15 @ Angels 9–3 Michalak (4–2) Valdez (2–3) 15,904 20–18 39 May 16 @ Angels 3–1 Schoeneweis (3–2) Parris (2–3) Percival (8) 15,611 20–19 40 May 17 @ Angels 4–2 Hasegawa (2–3) Escobar (0–2) Percival (9) 15,204 20–20 41 May 18 @ Rangers 9–3 Carpenter (4–1) Myette (0–1) 35,368 21–20 42 May 19 @ Rangers 6–5 Quantrill (5–0) Brantley (0–1) Koch (9) 48,336 22–20 43 May 20 @ Rangers 3–2 Mahomes (3–2) Michalak (4–3) Zimmerman (4) 33,272 22–21 44 May 21 White Sox 10–3 Parris (3–3) Biddle (1–4) 20,806 23–21 45 May 23 White Sox 9–6 Hamilton (2–2) Wells (3–5) Koch (10) 19,115 24–21 46 May 24 White Sox 3–1 Wells (1–1) Carpenter (4–2) Foulke (8) 17,062 24–22 47 May 25 @ Red Sox 4–0 Nomo (5–3) Loaiza (4–5) 32,912 24–23 48 May 26 @ Red Sox 5–0 Michalak (5–3) Castillo (5–3) 31,035 25–23 49 May 27 @ Red Sox 4–2 Wakefield (2–0) Parris (3–4) Lowe (4) 31,420 25–24 50 May 28 @ White Sox 6–3 Garland (2–2) Hamilton (2–3) Howry (1) 20,631 25–25 51 May 29 @ White Sox 4–0 Carpenter (5–2) Wells (1–2) 13,356 26–25 52 May 30 @ White Sox 4–3 Wunsch (1–1) Escobar (0–3) Foulke (9) 13,208 26–26 53 May 31 Red Sox 11–5 Beck (1–2) Escobar (0–4) 21,747 26–27
June: 12–15 (Home: 7–11; Away: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 54 June 1 Red Sox 6–4 (11) Lowe (3–5) Koch (0–2) 21,564 26–28 55 June 2 Red Sox 2–1 Schourek (1–3) Plesac (0–2) Beck (3) 24,603 26–29 56 June 3 Red Sox 5–4 Pichardo (1–0) Carpenter (5–3) Lowe (6) 24,653 26–30 57 June 5 Devil Rays 13–1 Loaiza (5–5) Lopez (3–7) 15,078 27–30 58 June 6 Devil Rays 6–2 Kennedy (1–0) Michalak (5–4) 16,298 27–31 59 June 7 Devil Rays 8–7 Borbón (1–2) Phelps (0–1) 26,835 28–31 60 June 8 Marlins 7–6 (10) Koch (1–2) Bones (2–2) 18,629 29–31 61 June 9 Marlins 6–1 Burnett (4–2) Carpenter (5–4) 20,875 29–32 62 June 10 Marlins 7–2 Penny (5–1) Loaiza (5–6) 20,070 29–33 63 June 11 Braves 9–4 File (2–1) Burkett (5–5) 16,885 30–33 64 June 12 Braves 3–0 Pérez (4–4) Parris (3–5) Rocker (19) 20,448 30–34 65 June 13 Braves 12–5 Hamilton (3–3) Glavine (6–5) 19,901 31–34 66 June 15 @ Expos 9–3 Carpenter (6–4) Vázquez (5–8) 8,692 32–34 67 June 16 @ Expos 7–2 Blank (1–2) Loaiza (5–7) 11,113 32–35 68 June 17 @ Expos 4–1 Mota (1–0) Quantrill (5–1) 8,440 32–36 69 June 18 @ Orioles 3–2 Ponson (4–4) Borbón (1–3) Trombley (5) 33,605 32–37 70 June 19 @ Orioles 5–1 Towers (5–1) Hamilton (3–4) Groom (4) 31,001 32–38 71 June 20 @ Orioles 6–5 Quantrill (6–1) McElroy (1–2) Koch (11) 30,062 33–38 72 June 22 @ Red Sox 4–3 Borbón (2–3) Schourek (1–4) Koch (12) 33,844 34–38 73 June 23 @ Red Sox 9–6 File (3–1) Castillo (7–5) Koch (13) 33,266 35–38 74 June 24 @ Red Sox 5–2 Plesac (1–2) Wakefield (5–2) Koch (14) 32,804 36–38 75 June 25 Orioles 8–2 Roberts (6–6) Hamilton (3–5) 18,243 36–39 76 June 26 Orioles 3–1 Carpenter (7–4) Johnson (6–5) Koch (15) 18,175 37–39 77 June 27 Orioles 7–3 Mercedes (4–8) Loaiza (5–8) 17,517 37–40 78 June 28 Orioles 5–0 Ponson (5–5) Michalak (5–5) 17,322 37–41 79 June 29 Red Sox 8–4 Quantrill (7–1) Florie (0–1) 23,055 38–41 80 June 30 Red Sox 7–5 Cone (4–1) Hamilton (3–6) 28,543 38–42
July: 11–16 (Home: 4–8; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 81 July 1 Red Sox 4–0 Arrojo (2–2) Carpenter (7–5) 34,348 38–43 82 July 2 Red Sox 16–4 Nomo (7–4) Loaiza (5–9) 38,237 38–44 83 July 3 @ Devil Rays 7–2 Kennedy (3–1) Michalak (5–6) Phelps (3) 13,789 38–45 84 July 4 @ Devil Rays 8–1 Parris (4–5) Rekar (1–10) 13,119 39–45 85 July 5 @ Devil Rays 7–4 Hamilton (4–6) Rupe (4–8) Koch (16) 10,706 40–45 86 July 6 Expos 10–7 Lloyd (7–1) Quantrill (7–2) Urbina (13) 20,074 40–46 87 July 7 Expos 9–8 (11) Plesac (2–2) Strickland (1–4) 23,976 41–46 88 July 8 Expos 9–3 Michalak (6–6) Armas (7–8) Quantrill (1) 31,012 42–46 89 July 12 @ Phillies 2–1 (11) Escobar (1–4) Santiago (0–2) Koch (17) 20,306 43–46 90 July 13 @ Phillies 5–2 Daal (10–2) Plesac (2–3) Mesa (25) 18,279 43–47 91 July 14 @ Phillies 4–2 Hamilton (5–6) Figueroa (1–2) Koch (18) 22,418 44–47 92 July 15 @ Mets 6–2 Reed (8–4) Michalak (6–7) 32,138 44–48 93 July 16 @ Mets 3–0 Trachsel (3–10) Halladay (0–1) Benítez (21) 34,203 44–49 94 July 17 @ Mets 1–0 Leiter (6–8) Carpenter (7–6) Benítez (22) 26,630 44–50 95 July 18 Red Sox 5–4 Garcés (3–0) Koch (1–3) Lowe (19) 30,449 44–51 96 July 19 Red Sox 4–3 Escobar (2–4) Lowe (4–7) 30,488 45–51 97 July 20 @ Yankees 10–4 Loaiza (6–9) Jodie (0–1) 46,634 46–51 98 July 21 @ Yankees 5–3 Quantrill (8–2) Rivera (3–5) Koch (19) 55,264 47–51 99 July 22 @ Yankees 7–3 Mussina (10–8) Carpenter (7–7) 51,132 47–52 100 July 23 @ Yankees 7–2 Clemens (14–1) Parris (4–6) 38,573 47–53 101 July 24 @ Red Sox 6–4 Cone (6–1) Hamilton (5–7) Lowe (20) 33,154 47–54 102 July 25 @ Red Sox 4–3 (10) Quantrill (9–2) Lowe (4–8) Koch (20) 33,030 48–54 103 July 26 @ Red Sox 6–3 Nomo (11–4) File (3–2) Beck (5) 33,094 48–55 104 July 27 Yankees 9–1 Mussina (11–8) Carpenter (7–8) 36,666 48–56 105 July 28 Yankees 12–1 Clemens (15–1) Escobar (2–5) 44,105 48–57 106 July 29 Yankees 9–3 Pettitte (11–6) Hamilton (5–8) 40,149 48–58 107 July 31 Twins 3–1 Loaiza (7–9) Mays (12–8) Koch (21) 23,849 49–58
August: 16–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 Twins 3–1 Halladay (1–1) Lohse (3–4) Koch (22) 26,069 50–58 109 August 2 Twins 9–4 Reed (9–6) Carpenter (7–9) 26,849 50–59 110 August 3 Orioles 10–1 Escobar (3–5) Mercedes (5–13) 20,115 51–59 111 August 4 Orioles 2–1 Lyon (1–0) Ponson (5–7) Koch (23) 22,322 52–59 112 August 5 Orioles 5–4 Loaiza (8–9) Towers (6–7) Koch (24) 27,724 53–59 113 August 7 @ Mariners 5–4 (14) Halama (8–6) DeWitt (0–1) 45,636 53–60 114 August 8 @ Mariners 12–4 Moyer (13–5) Carpenter (7–10) 45,450 53–61 115 August 9 @ Mariners 6–5 Quantrill (10–2) García (13–4) Koch (25) 45,670 54–61 116 August 10 @ Angels 8–7 Schoeneweis (9–8) Lyon (1–1) Percival (32) 30,484 54–62 117 August 11 @ Angels 7–6 (10) Plesac (3–3) Levine (5–7) Koch (26) 27,927 55–62 118 August 12 @ Angels 6–5 Levine (6–7) Plesac (3–4) Percival (33) 19,129 55–63 119 August 14 Athletics 6–3 Koch (2–3) Isringhausen (4–3) 25,121 56–63 120 August 15 Athletics 5–2 Escobar (4–5) Zito (8–8) Koch (27) 23,135 57–63 121 August 16 Athletics 8–4 Lidle (8–5) Lyon (1–2) 30,062 57–64 122 August 17 Rangers 11–3 Loaiza (9–9) Oliver (9–8) 22,384 58–64 123 August 18 Rangers 12–5 Moreno (3–2) Koch (2–4) 26,092 58–65 124 August 19 Rangers 8–4 Myette (2–2) Carpenter (7–11) 30,336 58–66 125 August 20 @ Twins 3–2 Escobar (5–5) Mays (12–12) Koch (28) 16,032 59–66 126 August 21 @ Twins 7–5 Lyon (2–2) Cressend (2–2) Koch (29) 13,023 60–66 127 August 22 @ Twins 6–3 Reed (2–2) Loaiza (9–10) 15,303 60–67 128 August 23 @ Twins 6–2 Halladay (2–1) Lohse (4–6) 16,482 61–67 129 August 24 @ Orioles 5–0 Carpenter (8–11) Johnson (10–9) 43,606 62–67 130 August 25 @ Orioles 9–0 Escobar (6–5) Maduro (2–4) 42,260 63–67 131 August 26 @ Orioles 5–1 Lyon (3–2) Mercedes (7–15) 37,994 64–67 132 August 28 @ Yankees 4–0 Mussina (13–11) Loaiza (9–11) Rivera (41) 37,450 64–68 133 August 29 @ Yankees 3–2 Halladay (3–1) Hitchcock (3–3) Koch (30) 36,855 65–68 134 August 30 @ Yankees 5–4 (11) Witasick (3–0) Eyre (0–1) 42,537 65–69 135 August 31 Tigers 4–3 Sparks (10–8) Borbón (2–4) Anderson (17) 22,383 65–70
September: 10–10 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 136 September 1 Tigers 3–1 Lyon (4–2) Weaver (10–14) Plesac (1) 22,052 66–70 137 September 2 Tigers 11–0 Loaiza (10–11) Lima (4–6) 24,146 67–70 138 September 3 Yankees 7–5 Wohlers (1–0) Koch (2–5) Mendoza (6) 28,404 67–71 139 September 4 Yankees 14–0 Carpenter (9–11) Pettitte (14–9) 20,036 68–71 140 September 5 Yankees 4–3 Clemens (19–1) Escobar (6–6) Rivera (44) 29,235 68–72 141 September 7 @ Tigers 2–1 Lyon (5–2) Lima (4–7) Koch (31) 28,083 69–72 142 September 8 @ Tigers 4–3 Murray (1–4) Halladay (3–2) Anderson (18) 29,158 69–73 143 September 9 @ Tigers 6–3 Carpenter (10–11) Cornejo (3–3) 24,652 70–73 – September 11 @ Orioles Postponed (September 11 attacks)Rescheduled for October 1 – September 12 @ Orioles Postponed (September 11 attacks)Rescheduled for October 2 – September 13 @ Orioles Postponed (September 11 attacks)Rescheduled for October 3 – September 14 Indians Postponed (September 11 attacks)Rescheduled for October 5 – September 15 Indians Postponed (September 11 attacks)Rescheduled for October 6 – September 16 Indians Postponed (September 11 attacks)Rescheduled for October 7 144 September 18 Orioles 8–5 Plesac (4–4) Julio (1–1) Koch (32) 18,604 71–73 145 September 19 Orioles 4–1 Halladay (4–2) Maduro (3–6) Koch (33) 31,303 72–73 146 September 20 Orioles 12–6 Parrish (1–1) File (3–3) 21,895 72–74 147 September 21 Devil Rays 7–4 Rekar (2–13) Lyon (5–3) Yan (18) 25,344 72–75 148 September 22 Devil Rays 8–7 Coco (1–0) Colomé (1–2) Koch (34) 24,691 73–75 149 September 23 Devil Rays 1–0 Kennedy (6–8) Escobar (6–7) Yan (19) 31,351 73–76 150 September 24 @ Indians 3–2 (11) File (4–3) Báez (5–2) Eyre (1) 32,425 74–76 151 September 25 @ Indians 11–7 Riske (2–0) Plesac (4–5) 35,729 74–77 – September 26 @ Indians Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for October 5 ‡ 152 September 27 @ Devil Rays 5–1 Colomé (2–2) Eyre (0–2) 13,045 74–78 153 September 28 @ Devil Rays 6–1 Rekar (3–13) Escobar (6–8) Phelps (5) 10,586 74–79 154 September 29 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Bierbrodt (2–4) Halladay (4–3) Yan (20) 17,635 74–80 155 September 30 @ Devil Rays 6–5 (12) Quantrill (11–2) Creek (2–5) Eyre (2) 14,217 75–80
October: 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 3–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 156 October 1 @ Orioles 1–0 Loaiza (11–11) Bauer (0–4) Koch (35) 37,108 76–80 157 October 2 @ Orioles 4–3 Roberts (9–9) DeWitt (0–2) 29,390 76–81 158 October 3 @ Orioles 7–6 Eyre (1–2) Groom (1–4) Koch (36) 33,705 77–81 159 October 5 Indians 5–0 Halladay (5–3) Finley (8–7) 78–81 160 October 5 Indians 4–3 (11) File (5–3) Drese (1–2) 19,387 79–81 161 October 6 Indians 5–2 Carpenter (11–11) Drew (0–2) Quantrill (2) 20,762 80–81 162 October 7 Indians 3–2 Sabathia (17–5) Lyon (5–4) Rocker (4) 28,217 80–82
† At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ‡ Due to scheduling difficulties, this game was made up in Toronto.

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Darrin Fletcher	134	416	94	.226	11	56
1B	Carlos Delgado	162	574	160	.279	39	102
2B	Homer Bush	78	271	83	.306	3	27
SS	Alex Gonzalez	154	636	161	.253	17	76
3B	Tony Batista	72	271	56	.207	13	45
LF	Shannon Stewart	155	640	202	.316	12	60
CF	José Cruz Jr.	146	577	158	.274	34	88
RF	Raúl Mondesí	149	572	144	.252	27	84
DH	Brad Fullmer	146	522	143	.274	18	83

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Felipe López	49	177	46	.260	5	23
Jeff Frye	74	175	43	.246	2	15
César Izturis	46	134	36	.269	2	9
Alberto Castillo	66	131	26	.198	1	4
Luis Lopez	41	119	29	.244	3	10
Brian Simmons	60	107	19	.178	2	8
Vernon Wells	30	96	30	.274	2	10
Chris Latham	43	73	20	.274	2	10
Chris Woodward	37	63	12	.190	2	5
Tony Fernández	48	59	18	.305	1	12
Ryan Freel	9	22	6	.273	0	3
Josh Phelps	8	12	0	.000	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Chris Carpenter	34	215.2	11	11	4.09	157
Esteban Loaiza	36	190.0	11	11	5.02	110
Joey Hamilton	22	122.1	5	8	5.89	82
Chris Michalak	24	115.0	6	7	4.62	57
Steve Parris	19	105.2	4	6	4.60	49
Roy Halladay	17	105.1	5	3	3.16	96
Brandon Lyon	11	63.0	5	4	4.29	35

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Kelvim Escobar	59	126.0	6	8	3.50	121
Pasqual Coco	7	14.1	1	0	4.40	9

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Billy Koch	69	2	5	36	4.80	55
Paul Quantrill	80	11	2	2	3.04	58
Pedro Borbón Jr.	71	2	4	0	3.71	45
Dan Plesac	62	4	5	1	3.57	68
Bob File	60	5	3	0	3.27	38
Scott Eyre	17	1	2	2	3.45	16
Matt DeWitt	16	0	2	0	3.79	13
John Frascatore	12	1	0	0	2.20	9
Lance Painter	10	0	1	0	7.85	14
Kevin Beirne	5	0	0	0	12.86	5
Brian Bowles	2	0	0	0	0.00	4

Award winners

All-Star Game

• Paul Quantrill, P ^[5]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse SkyChiefs	International League	Omar Malavé
AA	Tennessee Smokies	Southern League	Rocket Wheeler
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Marty Pevey
A	Charleston Alley Cats	South Atlantic League	Rolando Pino
A-Short Season	Auburn Doubledays	New York–Penn League	Paul Elliott
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Tom Bradley

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References

1. "2001 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
2. "Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays Box Score, April 1, 2001".
3. "2001 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
4. "Feature: 2001 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved September 2, 2014.
5. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
6. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2001 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 2001 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac