2002 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2002   Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record78–84 (.481)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Rogers Communications,
Interbrew
General managers J. P. Ricciardi
Managers Buck Martinez, Carlos Tosca
Television CBC Television
(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Rod Black, Pat Tabler)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Rob Faulds, John Cerutti)
Radio CHUM (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 2002 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 26th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2002 season. [1]

October 2001

October 15 Jason Dickson granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 14, 2001).
Aaron Holbert granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a contract on January 30, 2002).
Izzy Molina granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on November 20, 2001).
October 19 Kevin Beirne granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 3, 2001).
Matt DeWitt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on December 18, 2001).
Ryan Freel granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 8, 2001).

November 2001

November 5 Tony Fernández granted free agency.
Jeff Frye granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on March 25, 2002).
November 20 Brian Simmons selected off of waivers by the Chicago White Sox.

December 2001

December 7Acquired Eric Hinske and Justin Miller from the Oakland Athletics for Billy Koch.
December 10Acquired Félix Heredia and a player to be named later (Jim Deschaine on December 13, 2001) from the Chicago Cubs for Alex Gonzalez.
December 12Released Alberto Castillo.
December 13Drafted Corey Thurman from the Kansas City Royals in the 2001 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Acquired Luke Prokopec and Chad Ricketts from the Los Angeles Dodgers for César Izturis and Paul Quantrill.
December 18Signed free agent Brian Lesher from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $245,000 contract.
Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract.
Signed free agent Chris Peters from the New York Yankees to a contract.
December 22 Luis Lopez selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics.

January 2002

January 2Acquired Tom Wilson from the Oakland Athletics for Mike Kremblas.
January 17Acquired Brian Cooper from the Anaheim Angels for Brad Fullmer.
Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $2.3 million contract.
Re-signed Shannon Stewart to a one-year, $4.25 million contract.

February 2002

February 6Signed free agent Dave Berg from the Florida Marlins to a one-year, $450,000 contract.
February 10Signed free agent Ken Huckaby from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a contract.
February 14Signed free agent Pedro Swann from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.

March 2002

March 27 Chris Latham selected off of waivers by the New York Mets.
March 29Released Chris Peters.
March 30Signed free agent Simon Pond from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.

Regular season

Summary

The Blue Jays started the 2002 season with slow progress in performance. Buck Martinez was fired about a third of the way through the season, with a 20–33 record. He was replaced by third base coach Carlos Tosca, an experienced minor league manager. They went 58–51 under Tosca to finish the season 78–84. Roy Halladay, a talented but inconsistent prospect who was no more than a fifth starter who alternated between Toronto and Triple-A during his first three seasons, was relied on as the team's ace and rose to the challenge being the team's top pitcher, finishing the season with a 19–7 record and a 2.93 ERA. The hitters were led once again by Carlos Delgado. Ricciardi was credited for dumping Raúl Mondesí in mid-season to the New York Yankees to free up his salary, which in turn was used for the off-season signing of Mike Bordick, Frank Catalanotto and Tanyon Sturtze. Promising young players were assigned to key roles, including starting third baseman Eric Hinske (who later won the Rookie of the Year Award for this year) and 23-year-old centre fielder Vernon Wells, who had his first 100 RBI season replacing Mondesi. Another bright young player was Josh Phelps, a former catcher turned designated hitter, who hit 15 home runs.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10358.640—52‍–‍2851‍–‍30
Boston Red Sox 9369.57410½42‍–‍3951‍–‍30
Toronto Blue Jays 7884.48125½42‍–‍3936‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles 6795.41436½34‍–‍4733‍–‍48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106.3424830‍–‍5125‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358.640
Minnesota Twins 9467.584
Oakland Athletics 10359.636
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 9963.611—
Boston Red Sox 9369.5746
Seattle Mariners 9369.5746
Chicago White Sox 8181.50018
Toronto Blue Jays 7884.48121
Cleveland Indians 7488.45725
Texas Rangers 7290.44427
Baltimore Orioles 6795.41432
Kansas City Royals 62100.38337
Detroit Tigers 55106.34243½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106.34243½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2002 regular season. [2]

April 2002

April 24Player rights of Alfredo Aceves sold to Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League.

May 2002

May 3Selected Pete Walker off of waivers from the New York Mets.
May 10Released Homer Bush.
May 15Sent Pedro Borbón Jr. to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.
May 26Acquired Cliff Politte from the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Plesac.

June 2002

June 21Signed free agent Scott Winchester from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract.

July 2002

July 1Acquired Scott Wiggins from the New York Yankees for Raúl Mondesí.

August 2002

August 8 Scott Eyre selected off of waivers by the San Francisco Giants.
August 30Selected Jason Kershner off of waivers from the San Diego Padres.

September 2002

September 30Released Brian Cooper.

2002 draft picks

Source [3]

The 2002 MLB draft was held on June 4–5.

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationalitySigned
114 Russ Adams SS North Carolina Flag of the United States.svg 2002–06–07
255 Dave Bush RHP Wake Forest Flag of the United States.svg 2002–06–04
386Justin MaureauLHP Wichita State Flag of the United States.svg –
4110 Adam Peterson RHP Wichita State Flag of the United States.svg 2002–06–11
5146Chad PleinessRHP Central Michigan Flag of the United States.svg –
6176 Jason Perry OF Georgia Tech Flag of the United States.svg 2002–06–22
7206Brian GrantRHP C.B. Aycock High School (NC) Flag of the United States.svg –
8236Chris LeonardLHP Miami (FL) Flag of the United States.svg –
9266Russ SavickasRHP Johnston High School Flag of the United States.svg –
10296Eric Arnold2B Rice Flag of the United States.svg –

Roster

2002 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
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Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2002 Game Log
April: 8–16 (Home: 3–8; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Red Sox 12–11 Escobar (1–0) Urbina (0–1)33,5201–0
--April 3@ Red Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 2
2April 4 Twins 7–2 Halladay (1–0) Mays (0–1)47,4692–0
3April 5 Twins 4–3 Reed (1–0) Lyon (0–1) Guardado (3)15,7842–1
4April 6 Twins 7–5 Hawkins (1–0) Eyre (0–1) Guardado (4)18,9472–2
5April 7 Twins 10–6 Radke (1–0) Cooper (0–1)21,0712–3
6April 8 Yankees 16–3 Wells (2–0) Prokopec (0–1)16,0732–4
7April 9 Yankees 5–2 Mussina (2–0) Plesac (0–1) Rivera (4)18,0032–5
8April 10 Yankees 9–7 Borbón (1–0) Lilly (0–1) Escobar (1)19,1243–5
9April 11 Yankees 11–3 Eyre (1–1) Clemens (1–2)20,0914–5
10April 12@ Devil Rays 14–7 Miller (1–0) Rupe (1–1)11,0585–5
11April 13@ Devil Rays 5–4 Prokopec (1–1) Sturtze (0–2) Escobar (2)11,1436–5
12April 14@ Devil Rays 5–4 (10) Yan (1–0) Coco (0–1)11,2226–6
13April 16 Red Sox 14–3 Castillo (1–0) Lyon (0–2) Arrojo (1)16,0696–7
14April 17 Red Sox 10–3 Oliver (2–0) Eyre (1–2)16,5726–8
15April 19@ Yankees 6–5 Rivera (1–1) File (0–1)36,1366–9
16April 20@ Yankees 5–4 (10) Plesac (1–1) Mendoza (0–2)39,2657–9
17April 21@ Yankees 9–2 Clemens (2–2) Carpenter (0–1)43,3097–10
18April 23@ Rangers 2–1 Lyon (1–2) Valdez (1–3) Escobar (3)20,4728–10
19April 24@ Rangers 3–2 Rogers (2–0) Prokopec (1–2) Irabu (2)21,0728–11
20April 25@ Rangers 11–9 Van Poppel (1–0) Plesac (1–2) Irabu (3)24,1628–12
21April 26@ Angels 4–0 Appier (2–1) Smith (0–1) Percival (3)25,2968–13
22April 27@ Angels 11–4 Sele (1–2) Borbón (1–1)29,1128–14
23April 28@ Angels 8–5 (14) Lukasiewicz (1–0) Borbón (1–2)25,0738–15
24April 30 Rangers 10–3 Rogers (3–0) Prokopec (1–3)12,5718–16
May: 10–17 (Home: 5–12; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1 Rangers 8–1 Burba (2–0) Halladay (1–1)13,0558–17
26May 2 Rangers 5–3 Bell (2–0) Smith (0–2) Irabu (6)13,0118–18
27May 3 Angels 6–4 Sele (2–2) Lyon (1–3) Percival (4)13,1838–19
28May 4 Angels 4–1 Miller (2–0) Schoeneweis (1–4) Escobar (4)20,5589–19
29May 5 Angels 8–2 Ortiz (3–3) Prokopec (1–4)24,0469–20
30May 7@ Mariners 4–1 Halladay (2–1) Baldwin (3–2) Escobar (5)34,50010–20
31May 8@ Mariners 5–4 (10) Sasaki (2–0) Eyre (1–3)35,19010–21
32May 9@ Mariners 8–7 (11) Franklin (3–1) Thurman (0–1)37,73410–22
33May 10@ Athletics 6–2 Prokopec (2–4) Mulder (2–2)10,82411–22
34May 11@ Athletics 7–4 Zito (3–2) Miller (2–1)21,11511–23
35May 12@ Athletics 11–4 Halladay (3–1) Lidle (1–5) Walker (1)19,51912–23
36May 14 Mariners 6–3 Loaiza (1–0) García (4–3) Escobar (6)14,30813–23
37May 15 Mariners 8–6 Rhodes (2–1) Escobar (1–1) Sasaki (9)17,01213–24
38May 16 Mariners 15–2 Piñeiro (4–0) Prokopec (2–5)14,28013–25
39May 17 Athletics 7–1 Halladay (4–1) Mulder (2–3)14,06114–25
40May 18 Athletics 6–3 Miller (3–1) Fyhrie (1–3) Escobar (7)17,84615–25
41May 19 Athletics 11–0 Loaiza (2–0) Hudson (3–6)23,40816–25
42May 20@ Yankees 6–3 Mendoza (1–2) Heredia (0–1) Rivera (14)30,65716–26
43May 21@ Yankees 4–1 Mussina (6–2) Prokopec (2–6) Karsay (1)26,53116–27
44May 22@ Yankees 8–3 Halladay (5–1) Hernández (0–1)44,28417–27
45May 24 Indians 5–2 Drese (5–3) Miller (3–2) Wickman (10)16,38517–28
46May 25 Indians 3–0 Sabathia (4–4) Loaiza (2–1) Wickman (11)21,58917–29
47May 26 Indians 3–1 Colón (6–3) Prokopec (2–7)22,38017–30
48May 27 Red Sox 8–6 Castillo (3–5) Halladay (5–2) Urbina (16)14,10817–31
49May 28 Red Sox 6–4 Wakefield (2–1) Escobar (1–2) Urbina (17)13,07517–32
50May 29 Red Sox 7–4 Burkett (6–0) Cassidy (0–1) Fossum (1)17,87517–33
51May 31@ Tigers 4–2 Loaiza (3–1) Bernero (1–1) Escobar (8)28,57818–33
June: 15–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Tigers 4–1 (11) Politte (1–0) Patterson (0–1) Escobar (9)19,58119–33
53June 2@ Tigers 7–6 Halladay (6–2) Weaver (4–7) Escobar (10)21,39920–33
54June 3 Devil Rays 6–1 Walker (1–0) Sturtze (0–7)13,00221–33
55June 4 Devil Rays 3–1 Miller (4–2) Wilson (2–4) Escobar (11)13,16222–33
56June 5 Devil Rays 8–6 Álvarez (1–1) Loaiza (3–2)13,64322–34
57June 6 Devil Rays 5–4 Escobar (2–2) Harper (2–3)24,06923–34
58June 7 Rockies 8–0 Halladay (7–2) Hampton (3–7)20,03224–34
59June 8 Rockies 3–1 Walker (2–0) Thomson (6–5) Escobar (12)21,29825–34
60June 9 Rockies 3–2 Escobar (3–2) Jiménez (1–4)20,32826–34
61June 10 Giants 6–5 Thurman (1–1) Rueter (7–4) Escobar (13)18,08127–34
62June 11 Giants 9–2 Jensen (6–5) Lyon (1–4)20,22827–35
63June 12 Giants 6–3 Hernández (6–6) Halladay (7–3) Nen (17)21,10627–36
64June 14@ Expos 8–2 Ohka (6–3) Miller (4–3)7,55727–37
65June 15@ Expos 9–3 Day (1–0) Loaiza (3–3)12,47427–38
66June 16@ Expos 6–5 Stewart (3–1) Escobar (3–3)15,42527–39
67June 18@ Dodgers 2–1 Halladay (8–3) Ashby (6–6)24,99128–39
68June 19@ Dodgers 5–2 Ishii (11–2) Miller (4–4) Gagné (24)31,42928–40
69June 20@ Dodgers 2–1 Pérez (8–3) Loaiza (3–4) Gagné (25)24,97728–41
70June 21@ Diamondbacks 4–3 Kim (3–0) Escobar (3–4)34,26328–42
71June 22@ Diamondbacks 6–3 Carpenter (1–1) Batista (4–4)39,01829–42
72June 23@ Diamondbacks 9–3 Halladay (9–3) Anderson (2–7)36,24730–42
73June 25@ Devil Rays 20–11 Walker (3–0) Sosa (0–1)10,38031–42
74June 26@ Devil Rays 4–2 Sturtze (1–8) Parris (0–1) Yan (10)10,15431–43
75June 27@ Devil Rays 6–4 Harper (3–3) Politte (1–1) Yan (11)10,32831–44
76June 28 Expos 2–1 Armas (8–7) Halladay (9–4) Stewart (9)20,84831–45
77June 29 Expos 5–4 (10) Escobar (4–4) Herges (2–2)24,34432–45
78June 30 Expos 7–5 Eyre (2–3) Lloyd (2–3) Escobar (14)24,96533–45
July: 13–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Red Sox 4–0 Martínez (10–2) Parris (0–2)33,00533–46
80July 2@ Red Sox 2–1 Banks (2–0) Eyre (2–4) Embree (1)32,99333–47
81July 2@ Red Sox 6–4 Kim (2–0) Smith (0–3) Embree (2)32,90233–48
82July 3@ Red Sox 5–2 Gomes (1–0) Politte (1–2) Urbina (22)31,77733–49
83July 4@ Red Sox 9–5 Lowe (12–4) Heredia (0–2)32,08633–50
84July 5@ Yankees 6–3 Hernández (5–2) Loaiza (3–5) Rivera (21)46,78833–51
85July 6@ Yankees 8–3 Parris (1–2) Pettitte (2–3)55,00534–51
86July 7@ Yankees 10–6 Weaver (7–8) Thurman (1–2)46,92234–52
87July 11 Red Sox 10–3 Burkett (8–3) Walker (3–1)19,49434–53
88July 12 Red Sox 5–0 Halladay (10–4) Lowe (12–5)20,18535–53
89July 13 Red Sox 4–1 Carpenter (2–1) Castillo (5–10)28,11236–53
90July 14 Red Sox 6–5 Escobar (5–4) Urbina (0–4)24,14037–53
91July 15 Yankees 8–5 Parris (2–2) Hernández (5–3) Escobar (15)25,37138–53
92July 16 Yankees 7–6 Karsay (4–4) Politte (1–3) Rivera (23)27,19738–54
93July 17 Orioles 7–1 Halladay (11–4) Johnson (3–7)17,01539–54
94July 18 Orioles 5–4 Carpenter (3–1) Driskill (6–3) Escobar (16)17,00440–54
95July 19 Devil Rays 11–8 Loaiza (4–5) Creek (2–1) Escobar (17)16,98541–54
96July 20 Devil Rays 12–10 Parris (3–2) de los Santos (0–1) Escobar (18)24,44942–54
97July 21 Devil Rays 7–5 Sosa (1–2) Walker (3–2) Yan (12)21,44242–55
98July 22@ Orioles 6–3 Halladay (12–4) Johnson (3–8) Escobar (19)27,23543–55
--July 23@ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 24
99July 24@ Orioles 5–2 Carpenter (4–1) Driskill (6–4) Politte (1)30,96144–55
100July 26@ Twins 10–5 Fiore (9–2) Prokopec (2–8)25,04944–56
101July 27@ Twins 5–4 (10) Wells (1–1) Escobar (5–5)40,30644–57
102July 28@ Twins 4–0 Santana (5–2) Loaiza (4–6)30,55444–58
103July 29@ Royals 4–1 Byrd (14–7) Carpenter (4–2)14,75944–59
104July 30@ Royals 13–4 Walker (4–2) Asencio (2–4)13,06645–59
105July 31@ Royals 9–2 Parris (4–2) Sedlacek (1–2)13,46146–59
August: 13–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Royals 3–2 Halladay (13–4) Hernández (1–1) Escobar (20)12,66947–59
107August 2 Orioles 9–8 Ryan (2–0) Escobar (5–6) Julio (21)19,05247–60
108August 3 Orioles 8–4 Driskill (7–5) Carpenter (4–3)17,53447–61
109August 4 Orioles 5–4 Heredia (1–2) Ryan (2–1) Escobar (21)17,63748–61
110August 5 Orioles 7–1 Parris (5–2) López (12–4)15,24549–61
111August 6 Mariners 14–12 Halladay (14–4) Baldwin (7–8) Escobar (22)25,39250–61
112August 7 Mariners 5–4 (10) Sasaki (3–5) Prokopec (2–9)27,73350–62
113August 8 Mariners 3–1 Moyer (12–4) Carpenter (4–4) Nelson (1)25,48650–63
114August 9 Angels 5–4 Walker (5–2) Ortiz (9–9) Escobar (23)18,72851–63
115August 10 Angels 11–4 Lackey (4–2) Parris (5–3)25,11851–64
116August 11 Angels 1–0 Washburn (15–3) Halladay (14–5) Percival (27)34,01351–65
117August 12@ Athletics 2–1 Loaiza (5–6) Harang (4–3) Escobar (24)14,17852–65
118August 13@ Athletics 5–4 Zito (16–5) Carpenter (4–5) Koch (29)17,46652–66
119August 14@ Athletics 4–2 Hudson (9–9) Walker (5–3) Koch (30)40,52852–67
120August 16@ Rangers 6–5 Kolb (3–1) Escobar (5–7)31,19452–68
121August 17@ Rangers 9–5 Reyes (1–0) Parris (5–4)30,42652–69
122August 18@ Rangers 10–7 Myette (2–4) Loaiza (5–7)20,21452–70
123August 19 Royals 2–0 Walker (6–3) Byrd (14–9) Escobar (25)16,21853–70
124August 20 Royals 6–5 (12) Affeldt (2–4) Cassidy (0–2) Hernández (22)20,00253–71
125August 21 Royals 7–4 Sedlacek (3–3) Halladay (14–6) Hernández (23)25,30453–72
126August 23@ Orioles 11–7 Brock (2–1) Cassidy (0–3) Ryan (1)32,95553–73
127August 24@ Orioles 4–1 Walker (7–3) Driskill (8–7) Escobar (26)25,88054–73
128August 24@ Orioles 8–3 Loaiza (6–7) Bauer (6–5)30,49855–73
129August 25@ Orioles 5–2 Miller (5–4) Johnson (4–10) Escobar (27)30,81256–73
130August 26@ White Sox 8–4 Thurman (2–2) Parque (1–4)15,76057–73
131August 27@ White Sox 8–4 (10) Osuna (7–2) Cassidy (0–4)12,18557–74
132August 28@ White Sox 8–0 Garland (9–10) Parris (5–5)12,97257–75
133August 29 Yankees 7–4 Loaiza (7–7) Clemens (11–5)32,67958–75
134August 30 Yankees 9–7 Weaver (8–11) Walker (7–4) Karsay (8)24,30158–76
135August 31 Yankees 5–1 Miller (6–4) Hernández (7–4)36,02159–76
September: 19–8 (Home: 10–3; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1 Yankees 7–6 Halladay (15–6) Wells (15–7) Escobar (28)32,57760–76
137September 2 White Sox 5–3 Garland (10–10) Thurman (2–3) Marte (8)18,37360–77
138September 3 White Sox 5–4 Rauch (1–1) Loaiza (7–8) Marte (9)14,42760–78
139September 4 White Sox 6–2 Walker (8–4) Wright (10–12)21,12261–78
140September 5@ Red Sox 5–4 Miller (7–4) Hermanson (1–1) Escobar (29)30,02162–78
141September 6@ Red Sox 7–2 Wakefield (9–5) Halladay (15–7)31,84762–79
142September 7@ Red Sox 4–1 Fossum (4–3) Bowles (0–1) Urbina (31)31,59162–80
143September 8@ Red Sox 9–4 Loaiza (8–8) Castillo (5–14)31,34463–80
144September 9@ Indians 11–9 Bowles (1–1) Sadler (1–1) Escobar (30)28,56764–80
145September 10@ Indians 5–4 Bowles (2–1) Wohlers (2–4) Escobar (31)24,31265–80
146September 11@ Indians 6–5 (11) Cassidy (1–4) Elder (0–1) Kershner (1)26,60966–80
147September 13 Devil Rays 5–2 Halladay (16–7) Brazelton (0–1) Escobar (32)14,25767–80
148September 14 Devil Rays 8–4 Hendrickson (1–0) Sturtze (3–17) Escobar (33)22,15568–80
149September 15 Devil Rays 7–4 Kennedy (8–11) Loaiza (8–9) Yan (18)16,51368–81
150September 16@ Orioles 2–0 Walker (9–4) Ponson (7–7) Escobar (34)20,27969–81
151September 17@ Orioles 10–4 Stephens (2–4) Miller (7–5)20,48669–82
152September 18@ Orioles 2–1 Halladay (17–7) Douglass (0–4) Escobar (35)20,92870–82
153September 19@ Orioles 9–3 Hendrickson (2–0) López (15–8)24,16271–82
154September 20@ Devil Rays 11–7 Sturtze (4–17) Loaiza (8–10)12,68271–83
155September 21@ Devil Rays 4–3 Carter (2–0) Walker (9–5)13,35171–84
156September 22@ Devil Rays 12–6 Miller (8–5) Wilson (6–11)19,62572–84
157September 24 Orioles 11–1 Halladay (18–7) Douglass (0–5)14,43873–84
158September 25 Orioles 3–2 Hendrickson (3–0) López (15–9) Escobar (36)17,28774–84
159September 26 Orioles 5–1 Loaiza (9–10) Hentgen (0–4)13,12775–84
160September 27 Tigers 5–2 Walker (10–5) Van Hekken (1–3) Escobar (37)15,40776–84
161September 28 Tigers 10–2 Miller (9–5) Beverlin (0–3)19,54177–84
162September 29 Tigers 1–0 Halladay (19–7) Maroth (6–10) Escobar (38)30,02978–84

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 Ken Huckaby 8827367.245322
1B Carlos Delgado 143505140.27733108
2B Orlando Hudson 5419253.276423
SS Chris Woodward 9031286.2761345
3B Eric Hinske 151566158.2792484
LF Shannon Stewart 141577175.3031045
CF Vernon Wells 159608167.27523100
RF Raúl Mondesí 7529967.2241545
DH Josh Phelps 7426582.3091558

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
José Cruz Jr. 124466114.2451870
Dave Berg 109374101.270439
Felipe López 8528264.227834
Tom Wilson 9626568.257837
Joe Lawrence 5515027.180215
Darrin Fletcher 4512728.220322
DeWayne Wise 4211220.179313
Homer Bush 237818.23112
Jayson Werth 154612.26106
Brian Lesher 24385.13202
Kevin Cash 7142.14300
Pedro Swann 13121.08301

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roy Halladay 34239.11972.93168
Esteban Loaiza 25151.19105.7187
Steve Parris 1475.1555.9748
Chris Carpenter 1373.1455.2845
Brian Cooper 28.10114.043

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pete Walker 37139.11054.3380
Justin Miller 25102.1955.5468
Luke Prokopec 2271.2296.7841
Brandon Lyon 1562.0146.5330
Mark Hendrickson 1636.2302.4521
Mike Smith 1435.1036.6216

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Kelvim Escobar 7657384.2785
Scott Cassidy 581405.7348
Cliff Politte 551313.6157
Félix Heredia 531203.6131
Scott Eyre 492404.9751
Corey Thurman 432304.3756
Dan Plesac 191203.3814
Brian Bowles 172104.0519
Pedro Borbón Jr. 161204.9711
Jason Kershner 100011.697
Bob File 501018.902
Scott Wiggins 30003.383
Pasqual Coco 201018.000

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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 Paul Elliott
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Rolando Pino

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