2003 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2003  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record86–76 (.531)
Divisional place3rd
Owners Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managers J. P. Ricciardi
Managers Carlos Tosca
Television The Sports Network
(Pat Tabler, Rod Black)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Rob Faulds, Tom Candiotti, John Cerutti)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 2003 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 27th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. It was the team's final season with Diamond as one of the mascots, as she was removed at the end of the season, leaving Ace as the sole mascot of the Blue Jays.

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2003 season. [1]

October 2002

October 9Released Chris Carpenter.
Brandon Lyon selected off of waivers by the Boston Red Sox.
October 15 Joe Lawrence granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 11, 2002).
Brian Lesher granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on December 18, 2002).
Chad Mottola granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 1, 2002).
Luke Prokopec granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $390,000 contract on November 4, 2002).
Pedro Swann granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a one-year contract on February 3, 2003).
Scott Winchester granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract on January 29, 2003).
October 23Signed free agent Doug Linton from the Atlanta Braves to a one-year, $350,000 contract.
October 28 Félix Heredia granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $600,000 contract on January 7, 2003).
Steve Parris granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $400,000 contract.
October 29Signed free agent Doug Creek from the Seattle Mariners to a one-year, $700,000 contract.
Esteban Loaiza granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract on January 24, 2003).

November 2002

November 1Signed free agent Jeff Tam from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $600,000 contract.
November 12Signed free agent Howie Clark from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.
November 13Signed free agent Trever Miller from the Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $305,000 contract.
November 16Acquired Cory Lidle from the Oakland Athletics for Mike Rouse and Chris Mowday.
November 17Signed free agent Mike Moriarty from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.
November 18Signed free agent Rob Ryan from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.
November 19Signed free agent Tim Young from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.
November 24Signed free agent Josh Towers from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.

December 2002

December 5Signed free agent Bruce Aven from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year contract.
December 15As part of four-team trade: traded Felipe López to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later from the Oakland Athletics (Jason Arnold on December 16, 2002). In addition, Arizona Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics; and the Cincinnati Reds sent Elmer Dessens and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Re-signed Dave Berg to a two-year, $1.5 million contract.
December 16Drafted Jason Dubois from the Chicago Cubs in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Matt Ford drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Drafted Aquilino López from the Seattle Mariners in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Frank Gracesqui selected by the Florida Marlins in the 2002 Minor League Draft.
Drafted Gary Majewski from the Chicago White Sox in the 2002 Minor League Draft.
Signed free agent Greg Myers from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $800,000 contract.
December 20Signed free agent Mike Bordick from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $1 million contract.
December 21 José Cruz Jr. granted free agency (signed with San Francisco Giants to a one-year, $2.5 million contract on January 28, 2003).
Signed free agent Tanyon Sturtze from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $1 million contract.
December 23Signed free agent Mike Colangelo from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year contract.
December 28Signed free agent Frank Catalanotto from the Texas Rangers to a one-year, $2.2 million contract.

January 2003

January 15Re-signed Chris Woodward to a one-year, $775,000 contract.
January 17Re-signed Cliff Politte to a one-year, $845,000 contract.
Re-signed Roy Halladay to a one-year, $3.8 million contract.
January 27Acquired John-Ford Griffin from the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later (Jason Perry on June 23, 2003).
January 31Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $3.9 million contract.

February 2003

February 18Re-signed Shannon Stewart to a one-year, $6.2 million contract.

March 2003

March 11Released Pasqual Coco.
March 15Returned Jason Dubois to the Chicago Cubs.
March 17Returned Gary Majewski to the Chicago White Sox.
Re-signed Eric Hinske to a five-year, $14.75 million contract.
Re-signed Vernon Wells to a five-year, $14.7 million contract.
March 27Signed free agent Dan Reichert from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year contract.
March 28Selected Kevin Frederick from the Minnesota Twins off of waivers.

Regular season

Summary

The 2003 season was a surprise to both team management and baseball analysts. After a poor April, the team had its most successful month ever in May. The offense was mainly responsible for the stunning turnaround. Delgado took over the major league lead in runs batted in, followed closely by Wells. The middle infield positions remained a gametime decision – Bordick played shortstop and third base, Dave Berg second base and third base, Chris Woodward shortstop and Orlando Hudson second base. Minor league call-up Howie Clark entered the mix as a utility player after Hinske underwent surgery to repair a broken hamate bone in his right hand, which he had tried to play through for the first six weeks.

Despite their hitting successes, poor pitching continued to plague the team. Roy Halladay was spectacular in winning his first Cy Young Award, going 22–7, with a 3.25 ERA, but he didn't get much help from his fellow pitchers, although he had a poor start himself. Rookie Aquilino López was a pleasant surprise out of the bullpen. Kelvim Escobar and former NBA player Mark Hendrickson were inserted into the rotation with their places in the bullpen filled by waiver acquisitions Doug Davis and Josh Towers, who went 8–1 after being called up from Triple-A Syracuse. The closer role was a season-long revolving door, with nobody able to take hold of the reins. Trade speculation had focussed on the acquisitions of pitching at the expense of hitters, but in the end the team simply divested itself of impending free agent Shannon Stewart without getting a pitcher in return. Instead Bobby Kielty, another outfielder with a much lower batting average than Stewart's, was obtained from the Minnesota Twins and later traded in November 2003 to the Oakland Athletics for starter Ted Lilly. The top four pitchers for the projected 2004 rotation would include Halladay, Lilly, free agent Miguel Batista, and the return of Pat Hentgen.

After the spectacular turnaround in May 2003, which helped the team move to just few games behind the wildcard leading Boston Red Sox, team performance slowly returned to reality, as predicted by team management. Carlos Delgado was second in the voting for the American League MVP Award, although the Jays were in third place in their division. The Jays also announced that a new logo, and new uniforms, would be used as of January 1, 2004.

Opening Day starters

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10161.623—50‍–‍3251‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 9567.586653‍–‍2842‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays 8676.5311541‍–‍4045‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 7191.4383040‍–‍4031‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399.3893836‍–‍4527‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2003
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Anaheim —1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore 8–1—9–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston 6–310–9—5–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago 4–34–24–5—11–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland 3–63–32–48–11—12–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit 1–63–31–88–117–12—5–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City 3–64–31–58–1113–614–5—11–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota 4–54–34–210–910–915–48–11—0–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York 6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–0—3–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland 12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–3—7–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle 11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–7—4–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay 3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–4—3–611–83–15
Texas 10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–3—5–44–14
Toronto 7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–5—10–8

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2003 regular season. [3]

April 2003

April 30 Doug Davis selected off of waivers from the Texas Rangers.

June 2003

June 12Released Tim Young.
June 16Selected Scott Service off of waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
June 17Signed free agent Juan Acevedo from the New York Yankees to a contract.
June 19Released Rob Ryan.
June 20Released Mike Moriarty.

July 2003

July 8Acquired John Wasdin from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rich Thompson.
July 11 Doug Davis granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on July 14, 2003).
July 16Acquired Bobby Kielty from the Minnesota Twins for Shannon Stewart and a player to be named later (Dave Gassner on December 15, 2003).
July 30Signed amateur free agent Luis Pérez to a contract.

August 2003

August 7Signed free agent Anthony Sanders from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract.
August 9Released Juan Acevedo.
August 10Released Scott Service.

September 2003

September 5Released Jeff Tam.

2003 draft picks

Source [4]

The 2003 MLB draft was held on June 3–4.

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationalitySigned
113 Aaron Hill SS Louisiana State Flag of the United States.svg 2003–06–17
250 Josh Banks RHP Florida International Flag of the United States.svg 2003–06–04
380 Shaun Marcum RHP Missouri State Flag of the United States.svg 2003–06–23
4110Kurt IsenbergLHP James Madison Flag of the United States.svg –
5140 Justin James RHP Missouri Flag of the United States.svg –
6170Christian SnavelyOF Ohio State Flag of the United States.svg –
7200 Danny Core RHP Florida Atlantic Flag of the United States.svg –
8230Chad MulhollandRHP Missouri State Flag of the United States.svg –
9260 Jamie Vermilyea RHP New Mexico Flag of the United States.svg 2003–06–05
11320 Tom Mastny RHP Furman University Flag of Indonesia.svg
18530 Ryan Roberts 3B Texas Flag of the United States.svg 2003–06–05

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Game log

2003 Game Log
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31 Yankees 8–4 Clemens (1–0) Halladay (0–1)50,1190–1
April: 10–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 1 Yankees 10–1 Pettitte (1–0) Lidle (0–1)15,1760–2
3April 2 Yankees 9–7 Mussina (1–0) Hendrickson (0–1) Acevedo (1)16,2220–3
4April 4@ Twins 7–2 Sturtze (1–0) Reed (0–1)48,6171–3
5April 5@ Twins 4–3 (11) Walker (1–0) Guardado (0–1) Escobar (1)31,4212–3
6April 6@ Twins 8–1 Lidle (1–1) Radke (1–1)23,5493–3
7April 8 Red Sox 8–4 Hendrickson (1–1) Lowe (1–1)13,1474–3
8April 9 Red Sox 10–5 Sturtze (2–0) Fossum (1–1)13,0995–3
9April 10 Red Sox 8–7 Timlin (1–0) Politte (0–1)13,7795–4
10April 11 Twins 6–4 Rogers (1–0) Lidle (1–2) Guardado (3)13,2375–5
11April 12 Twins 9–6 Hawkins (1–0) Escobar (0–1) Guardado (4)14,1185–6
12April 13 Twins 9–3 Mays (2–1) Hendrickson (1–2)13,3335–7
13April 14@ Yankees 10–9 Contreras (1–0) López (0–1) Hammond (1)30,7615–8
14April 15@ Yankees 5–0 Mussina (3–0) Halladay (0–2)33,8335–9
15April 16@ Yankees 7–6 Lidle (2–2) Hitchcock (0–1) Escobar (2)25,8316–9
16April 17@ Yankees 4–0 Weaver (1–0) Walker (1–1)32,0576–10
17April 18@ Red Sox 7–3 Wakefield (2–0) Tam (0–1)31,4406–11
18April 19@ Red Sox 7–2 Lowe (3–1) Sturtze (2–1)32,3296–12
19April 20@ Red Sox 6–5 Timlin (3–0) Politte (0–2)29,5796–13
20April 21@ Red Sox 11–6 Lidle (3–2) Burkett (1–1)34,3707–13
21April 22@ Devil Rays 4–3 Kennedy (1–1) Kershner (0–1) Carter (2)10,0137–14
22April 23@ Devil Rays 4–3 Venafro (1–0) Hendrickson (1–3) Carter (3)9,2217–15
23April 24@ Devil Rays 5–3 Sturtze (3–1) Sosa (1–2) Escobar (3)8,6188–15
24April 25 Royals 6–5 Escobar (1–1) Carrasco (1–1)16,4179–15
25April 26 Royals 9–6 Grimsley (1–1) Tam (0–2) MacDougal (10)17,1979–16
26April 27 Royals 10–9 Politte (1–2) MacDougal (1–1)17,05910–16
27April 29 Rangers 16–11 Thomson (2–2) Hendrickson (1–4) Cordero (1)48,09710–17
28April 30 Rangers 11–3 Drese (2–1) Sturtze (3–2)16,02110–18
May: 21–8 (Home: 9–4; Away: 12–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 1 Rangers 7–6 Halladay (1–2) Lewis (3–2) Politte (1)16,11111–18
30May 2 Angels 3–1 Lidle (4–2) Lackey (1–3)17,79912–18
31May 3 Angels 7–1 Davis (1–0) Shields (1–1)21,00713–18
32May 4 Angels 8–2 Hendrickson (2–4) Ortiz (4–3) Escobar (4)21,51314–18
33May 6@ Rangers 15–5 Halladay (2–2) Lewis (3–3)20,09215–18
34May 7@ Rangers 5–4 Fultz (1–0) Sturtze (3–3) Urbina (10)18,50815–19
35May 8@ Rangers 8–6 Lidle (5–2) Drese (2–2) Politte (2)20,17716–19
36May 9@ Angels 6–1 Sele (1–0) Davis (1–1)42,82016–20
37May 10@ Angels 7–4 Hendrickson (3–4) Ortiz (4–4)43,66117–20
38May 11@ Angels 4–2 Halladay (3–2) Washburn (3–4) Politte (3)32,12918–20
39May 13 Devil Rays 7–5 Kennedy (3–3) Sturtze (3–4) Carter (8)14,00718–21
40May 14 Devil Rays 7–6 Lidle (6–2) Brazelton (0–2) Politte (4)29,01319–21
41May 15 Devil Rays 9–5 Colomé (1–1) Davis (1–2)20,41719–22
42May 16@ Royals 18–1 Hendrickson (4–4) George (4–3)24,16720–22
43May 17@ Royals 7–4 Halladay (4–2) Grimsley (1–3) Politte (5)25,03221–22
44May 18@ Royals 4–3 Sturtze (4–4) Snyder (0–1) Politte (6)15,46222–22
45May 19@ White Sox 12–2 Lidle (7–2) Wright (0–2)19,62823–22
46May 20@ White Sox 4–1 Colón (5–3) Davis (1–3)12,85723–23
47May 21@ White Sox 6–5 Marte (2–0) Politte (1–3) Koch (5)13,07623–24
48May 22@ Yankees 8–3 Halladay (5–2) Pettitte (4–5)45,77724–24
49May 23@ Yankees 6–2 Escobar (2–1) Mussina (7–3)34,13425–24
50May 24@ Yankees 5–2 Lidle (8–2) Wells (6–2) Politte (7)35,02326–24
51May 25@ Yankees 5–3 Davis (2–3) Weaver (3–3) Politte (8)40,94027–24
52May 26 White Sox 11–5 Towers (1–0) Buehrle (2–8) Tam (1)19,00928–24
53May 27 White Sox 5–1 Halladay (6–2) Colón (5–4)19,36529–24
54May 28 White Sox 8–0 Garland (3–4) Escobar (2–2)36,80629–25
55May 29 White Sox 3–2 Loaiza (8–2) Lidle (8–3) Koch (6)20,01029–26
56May 30 Red Sox 13–2 Davis (3–3) Burkett (3–3)21,38130–26
57May 31 Red Sox 10–7 Sturtze (5–4) Fossum (4–4) Politte (9)28,80931–26
June: 15–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58June 1 Red Sox 11–8 Halladay (7–2) White (0–1)26,89032–26
59June 3@ Cardinals 11–5 Morris (7–3) Escobar (2–3)28,90732–27
60June 4@ Cardinals 8–5 Simontacchi (3–3) Lidle (8–4) Eldred (5)28,84032–28
61June 5@ Cardinals 13–5 Williams (8–1) Hendrickson (4–5)33,72932–29
62June 6@ Reds 9–2 Halladay (8–2) Riedling (0–3)28,28133–29
63June 7@ Reds 9–8 Reitsma (5–2) Politte (1–4)30,15833–30
64June 8@ Reds 5–0 Escobar (3–3) Haynes (0–5)25,63334–30
65June 10 Pirates 13–8 Lidle (9–4) Benson (5–7)14,09035–30
66June 11 Pirates 8–5 Halladay (9–2) D'Amico (4–7)32,03636–30
67June 12 Pirates 5–4 Hendrickson (5–5) Suppan (5–6) Politte (10)15,01537–30
68June 13 Cubs 5–1 Escobar (4–3) Wood (5–5)23,01838–30
69June 14 Cubs 4–2 Prior (8–2) Davis (3–4) Borowski (13)33,16738–31
70June 15 Cubs 5–4 (10) López (1–1) Guthrie (0–3)34,22139–31
--June 17@ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for July 3
71June 18@ Orioles 6–2 Halladay (10–2) Daal (4–8) López (1)28,82840–31
72June 19@ Orioles 6–1 Escobar (5–3) Helling (4–5)24,21841–31
73June 20@ Expos 8–4 Lidle (10–4) Vázquez (6–5)11,35542–31
74June 21@ Expos 8–5 Ayala (6–2) Politte (1–5) Biddle (19)11,48342–32
75June 22@ Expos 4–2 Halladay (11–2) Hernández (6–6) Politte (11)15,50843–32
76June 23 Orioles 13–4 Davis (4–4) Daal (4–9)17,55544–32
77June 24 Orioles 6–4 Helling (5–5) Escobar (5–4) Julio (16)17,42544–33
78June 25 Orioles 9–2 Ponson (10–4) Lidle (10–5)37,24844–34
79June 26 Orioles 13–8 Sturtze (6–4) Driskill (1–3) López (2)19,09845–34
80June 27 Expos 6–5 Miller (1–0) Manon (0–1)24,02446–34
81June 28 Expos 4–2 Vargas (5–3) Davis (4–5) Biddle (22)33,33446–35
82June 29 Expos 10–2 Ohka (7–7) Escobar (5–5)37,35446–36
83June 30@ Tigers 6–2 Maroth (3–12) Lidle (10–6)13,35346–37
July: 8–17 (Home: 3–11; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
84July 1@ Tigers 5–0 Roney (1–2) Hendrickson (5–6) Walker (1)15,44846–38
85July 2@ Tigers 8–2 Halladay (12–2) Bernero (1–12)16,05247–38
86July 3@ Orioles 6–5 Johnson (7–3) Davis (4–6) Julio (17)27,02247–39
87July 4@ Orioles 8–5 Driskill (2–3) López (1–2) Julio (18)25,64147–40
88July 5@ Orioles 9–2 Ponson (11–5) Lidle (10–7)29,85947–41
89July 6@ Orioles 5–3 (10) Acevedo (1–3) Ligtenberg (0–1)30,28448–41
90July 8 Red Sox 2–1 (12) Jones (1–0) Tam (0–3) Kim (2)20,02248–42
91July 9 Red Sox 8–7 Lyon (4–5) Tam (0–4) Kim (3)23,55148–43
92July 10 Red Sox 7–1 Mendoza (3–3) Lidle (10–8)20,11348–44
93July 11 Yankees 8–5 Pettitte (11–6) Miller (1–1) Rivera (16)27,65248–45
94July 12 Yankees 10–3 Halladay (13–2) Mussina (10–6)37,11949–45
95July 13 Yankees 6–2 Weaver (5–7) Escobar (5–6)32,66449–46
96July 17@ Red Sox 5–2 Halladay (14–2) Lowe (10–4)34,52150–46
97July 18@ Red Sox 4–1 Escobar (6–6) Wakefield (6–5) Miller (1)34,13651–46
98July 19@ Red Sox 5–4 (10) Kim (3–2) López (1–3)34,81251–47
99July 20@ Red Sox 9–4 Martínez (7–2) Wasdin (0–1)34,32151–48
100July 21@ Yankees 8–0 (8) Hendrickson (6–6) Weaver (5–8)51,95852–48
--July 22@ Yankees Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 8
101July 23 White Sox 7–6 White (1–1) Acevedo (1–4) Marte (7)20,32052–49
102July 24 White Sox 4–3 (13) Gordon (5–5) Sturtze (6–5) White (1)18,43852–50
103July 25 Orioles 5–3 Lidle (11–8) Johnson (8–5) Miller (2)17,09553–50
104July 26 Orioles 7–2 Hentgen (3–5) Hendrickson (6–7)23,16853–51
105July 27 Orioles 10–1 Halladay (15–2) López (3–6)21,78754–51
106July 29 Devil Rays 9–8 Levine (3–5) Miller (1–2) Carter (17)21,00754–52
107July 30 Devil Rays 5–3 Zambrano (8–5) Lidle (11–9) Colomé (2)21,06854–53
108July 31 Devil Rays 7–6 Sosa (4–8) Hendrickson (6–8) Carter (18)29,54454–54
August: 13–15 (Home: 4–6; Away: 9–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Angels 5–0 Ortiz (13–8) Halladay (15–3)42,63554–55
110August 2@ Angels 6–1 Thurman (1–0) Washburn (8–11)43,08755–55
111August 3@ Angels 4–0 Escobar (7–6) Shields (2–2) Politte (12)42,19856–55
112August 4@ Devil Rays 10–1 Zambrano (9–5) Lidle (11–10)8,19356–56
113August 5@ Devil Rays 5–4 (10) Colomé (3–5) Acevedo (1–5)9,56656–57
114August 6@ Devil Rays 7–3 Halladay (16–3) Kennedy (3–9)9,43057–57
115August 8 Rangers 5–3 Dickey (6–5) Thurman (1–1) Cordero (7)24,39257–58
116August 9 Rangers 5–3 Escobar (8–6) Fultz (1–3) López (3)24,64458–58
117August 10 Rangers 5–4 Lewis (5–7) Towers (1–1) Cordero (8)25,40158–59
118August 11@ Mariners 5–3 Hendrickson (7–8) Piñeiro (13–7) López (4)44,92259–59
119August 12@ Mariners 3–1 García (10–12) Halladay (16–4) Hasegawa (11)37,01859–60
120August 13@ Mariners 13–6 Mateo (3–0) Kershner (0–2)37,06659–61
121August 14@ Mariners 5–2 Escobar (9–6) Meche (13–8) López (5)41,94560–61
122August 15@ Athletics 8–5 Towers (2–1) Harden (3–2) Miller (3)17,44661–61
123August 16@ Athletics 6–4 Hudson (12–4) Hendrickson (7–9) Foulke (30)31,04561–62
124August 17@ Athletics 7–3 Zito (10–10) Halladay (16–5) Foulke (31)32,48861–63
125August 19 Mariners 9–1 Franklin (9–10) Escobar (9–7)24,02561–64
126August 20 Mariners 5–2 Towers (3–1) Meche (13–9)21,58862–64
127August 21 Mariners 7–3 Hendrickson (8–9) Moyer (15–6)20,11163–64
128August 22 Athletics 6–3 Halladay (17–5) Zito (10–11) López (6)22,05064–64
129August 23 Athletics 11–5 Wood (1–0) Sturtze (6–6)27,74064–65
130August 24 Athletics 17–2 Hudson (13–4) Escobar (9–8) Neu (1)32,97964–66
131August 25 Athletics 8–6 Lilly (7–9) Lidle (11–11) Foulke (34)22,11164–67
132August 26@ Red Sox 12–9 Towers (4–1) Sauerbeck (0–1) López (7)33,73165–67
133August 27@ Red Sox 6–3 Timlin (6–4) Halladay (17–6) Kim (11)34,20665–68
134August 29@ Indians 7–3 Escobar (10–8) Sabathia (12–8)21,00866–68
135August 30@ Indians 9–3 Lidle (12–11) Westbrook (6–8) Towers (1)21,80667–68
136August 31@ Indians 5–4 Báez (1–7) Kershner (0–3)20,86667–69
September: 19–9 (Home: 12–4; Away: 7–5)
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137September 1 Yankees 8–1 Halladay (18–6) Wells (12–6)26,86968–69
138September 3 Yankees 4–3 Kershner (1–3) Osuna (2–5) López (8)21,77069–69
139September 4 Yankees 3–2 Contreras (5–2) Walker (1–2) Rivera (32)17,25469–70
140September 5 Tigers 8–6 Sturtze (7–6) Maroth (6–20) López (9)14,45570–70
141September 6 Tigers 1–0 (10) Halladay (19–6) Rodney (0–2)18,26171–70
142September 7 Tigers 8–0 Towers (5–1) Mears (0–2)16,61772–70
143September 8@ Yankees 9–3 Mussina (16–7) Escobar (10–9)8,84872–71
144September 9@ Devil Rays 11–6 Waechter (3–0) Lidle (12–12) Kennedy (1)8,52872–72
145September 10@ Devil Rays 6–5 Hendrickson (9–9) Sosa (5–10) López (10)8,52273–72
146September 11@ Devil Rays 3–1 Halladay (20–6) González (6–9)9,34574–72
147September 12 Orioles 4–2 Towers (6–1) DuBose (2–5) López (11)15,27475–72
148September 13 Orioles 6–1 Escobar (11–9) Hentgen (6–8)18,30976–72
149September 14 Orioles 5–3 Riley (1–0) Lidle (12–13) Julio (33)18,76376–73
150September 16@ Tigers 9–6 Kershner (2–3) Cornejo (6–16)9,80177–73
151September 17@ Tigers 6–0 Halladay (21–6) Loux (0–1)11,24078–73
152September 18@ Tigers 10–6 Towers (7–1) Maroth (7–21)9,95179–73
153September 19@ Orioles 5–2 Escobar (12–9) Carrasco (2–5) López (12)25,85780–73
154September 20@ Orioles 2–1 Ligtenberg (3–2) Lidle (12–14) Julio (35)32,38180–74
155September 21@ Orioles 7–4 Walker (2–2) Carrasco (2–6) López (13)27,50281–74
156September 22 Devil Rays 5–2 Bell (5–4) Halladay (21–7)22,86981–75
157September 23 Devil Rays 8–5 Kershner (3–3) Zambrano (11–10)17,20882–75
158September 24 Devil Rays 5–3 Escobar (13–9) Waechter (3–2) López (14)16,05083–75
159September 25 Devil Rays 10–8 Miller (2–2) Carter (7–5)13,40884–75
160September 26 Indians 2–1 Stanford (1–3) Lidle (12–15) Riske (8)13,86184–76
161September 27 Indians 5–4 Halladay (22–7) Mulholland (3–4)21,50485–76
162September 28 Indians 6–2 Towers (8–1) Lee (3–3)22,01486–76

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

PlayerPosGABRHHRRBIAvg.SB
Greg Myers C121329511011552.3070
Carlos Delgado 1B16157011717242145.3020
Orlando Hudson 2B14247454127957.2685
Chris Woodward SS1043494991745.2611
Eric Hinske 3B124449741091263.24312
Shannon Stewart LF713034789735.2941
Vernon Wells CF16167811821533117.3174
Reed Johnson RF114412791211052.2945
Josh Phelps DH119396571062066.2601

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
Frank Catalanotto 1334891461359.299
Mike Bordick 10234394554.274
Tom Wilson 9625666535.258
Bobby Kielty 6218944425.233
Dave Berg 6116141418.255
Kevin Cash 341061518.142
Howie Clark 38702507.357
Jayson Werth 264810210.208
Ken Huckaby 511202.182

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roy Halladay 362662273.25204
Cory Lidle 31192+2⁄312155.75112
Mark Hendrickson 30158+1⁄3995.5176
Pete Walker 2355+1⁄3224.8829
Doug Davis 1254465.0025

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kelvim Escobar 41180+1⁄31394.29159
Tanyon Sturtze 4089+1⁄3765.9454
Josh Towers 1464+1⁄3814.4842
Corey Thurman 615+1⁄3116.4611
John Wasdin 350123.405

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Aquilino López 7273+2⁄313143.4264
Trever Miller 7952+2⁄32234.6144
Cliff Politte 5449+1⁄315125.6640
Jeff Tam 4444+2⁄30415.6426
Jason Kershner 40543303.1732
Doug Creek 2113+2⁄30003.2911
Dan Reichert 1516+1⁄30006.0613
Scott Service 15160004.5017
Juan Acevedo 1412+2⁄31204.269
Doug Linton 790003.007
Brian Bowles 570002.572
Vinnie Chulk 35+1⁄30005.062

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Omar Malavé
AA New Haven Ravens Eastern League Marty Pevey
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Mike Basso
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Mark Meleski
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie Pulaski Blue Jays Appalachian League Paul Elliott

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References

  1. ↑ "2003 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  2. ↑ "2003 Toronto Blue Jays Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  3. ↑ "2003 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Feature: 2003 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  5. ↑ "2003 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics".
  6. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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