2004 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2004   Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record67–94 (.414)
Divisional place5th
Owners Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managers J. P. Ricciardi
Managers Carlos Tosca, John Gibbons
Television The Sports Network
(Pat Tabler, Rod Black)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Rob Faulds, John Cerutti)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Mike Wilner)
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The 2004 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 28th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their worst record since 1980. The Blue Jays' radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father – a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular season games and 41 postseason games. It was the team's first season where Ace is the sole mascot, following the removal of Diamond at the end of the previous season.

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2004 season. [1]

September 2003

September 29 Ken Huckaby granted free agency (signed with Texas Rangers to a one-year contract on November 19, 2003).
Doug Linton granted free agency (signed with Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract on January 16, 2004).
John Wasdin granted free agency (signed with Texas Rangers to a one-year contract on October 22, 2003).
September 30 DeWayne Wise granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a one-year, $325,000 contract on October 25, 2003).

October 2003

October 8Released Doug Creek.
October 15 Bruce Aven granted free agency.
Brian Bowles granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract on December 12, 2003).
Mike Colangelo granted free agency (signed with Florida Marlins to a one-year contract on January 28, 2004).
Dan Reichert granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract on February 25, 2004).
Anthony Sanders granted free agency (signed with Colorado Rockies to a contract on February 5, 2004).
Tanyon Sturtze granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 19, 2003).
Corey Thurman granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on November 26, 2003).
Scott Wiggins granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on November 24, 2003).
October 26 Kelvim Escobar granted free agency (signed with Anaheim Angels to a three-year, $18.75 million contract on November 24, 2003).
Cory Lidle granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $2.75 million contract on January 6, 2004).
October 28Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a one-year, $2.3 million contract.

November 2003

November 18Signed free agent Pat Hentgen from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $2.2 million contract.
Acquired Ted Lilly from the Oakland Athletics for Bobby Kielty.
November 20Signed free agent Dave Maurer to a one-year contract.
November 26Signed free agent Bruce Chen from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.

December 2003

December 9Signed free agent Kerry Ligtenberg from the Baltimore Orioles to a two-year, $4.5 million contract.
December 14As part of three-team trade: Acquired Justin Speier from the Colorado Rockies. Traded a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies (Sandy Nin on December 15, 2003). Traded Mark Hendrickson to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In addition, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Joe Kennedy to the Colorado Rockies.
December 18Signed free agent Miguel Batista from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a three-year, $13.1 million contract.
December 21 Trever Miller granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $650,000 contract on January 7, 2004).
Cliff Politte granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $800,000 on January 7, 2004).
December 27Signed free agent Valerio De Los Santos from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $850,000 contract.

January 2004

January 1Signed free agent Jayson Durocher from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract.
January 7Signed free agent Terry Adams from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $1.7 million contract.
Signed free agent Chris Gomez from the Minnesota Twins to a one-year, $750,000 contract.
Signed free agent Chad Hermansen from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract.
Signed Mark Lukasiewicz from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract.
Tom Wilson selected off of waivers by the San Diego Padres.
January 14Re-signed Ted Lilly to a two-year, $5 million contract.
January 20Re-signed Justin Speier to a one-year, $1.6 million contract.
January 22Re-signed Roy Halladay to a four-year, $42 million contract.

March 2004

March 5Released Pete Walker.
March 29Acquired Jason Frasor from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jayson Werth.
March 31Selected Sean Douglass off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.

Regular season

Summary

The 2004 season was a disappointing year for the Blue Jays right from the beginning. They started the season 0–8 at SkyDome and never started a lengthy winning streak. Much of that was due to injuries to All-Stars Carlos Delgado, Vernon Wells and Roy Halladay among others. Although the additions of starting pitchers Ted Lilly and Miguel Batista and reliever Justin Speier were relatively successful, veteran Pat Hentgen faltered throughout the season and retired on July 24. Rookies and minor league callups David Bush, Jason Frasor, Josh Towers and others filled the void in the rotation and the bullpen; however, inconsistent performances were evident. Most starting pitchers did not pitch further than the sixth inning; thus, the overused bullpen contributed to the frequent relinquishing of early scoring leads.

The offense really sputtered due to the injuries of Wells, Delgado, Catalanotto and others, although in their absence, Josh Phelps emerged as the team's go to guy, hitting 12 homers and driving in 51 runs before being limited to playing against left-handed pitching and was traded to the Cleveland Indians. Five different catchers were used: Greg Myers, Bobby Estalella, Kevin Cash, Gregg Zaun, and rookie Guillermo Quiróz. Greg Myers was injured running the bases in Minnesota, early in the season, and was lost for the year. Bobby Estalella was called up, but he proved to be brittle as well. Gregg Zaun landed the starting catching job for the rest of the season. Kevin Cash continued to struggle from an offensive standpoint and would be moved in the offseason. The highly touted Guillermo Quiróz was promoted from the minors near the end of the season.

With the team struggling in last place and mired in a five-game losing streak, manager Carlos Tosca was fired on August 8, 2004, and was replaced by first-base coach John Gibbons through the end of the season. The Jays' trying year would also touch long-time radio announcer Tom Cheek, who had to break his streak of calling all 4,306 regular season games in franchise history, upon the death of his father. Cheek had to take more time off later to remove a brain tumor, and by the end of the season, Cheek only called the home games.

Nevertheless, prospects Russ Adams, Gabe Gross, and Alex Ríos provided excitement for the fans. Adams hit his first major league home run in his second game, in which Gross also earned his own first major league grand slam. Alex Ríos was among the MLB Rookie of the Year Award candidates. However, the award went to Bobby Crosby of the Oakland Athletics. Rookie pitchers David Bush, Gustavo Chacín and Jason Frasor also showed promise for the club's future. The Blue Jays' lone MLB All-Star Game representative in 2004 was pitcher Ted Lilly.

On October 2, 2004, the Toronto Blue Jays announced the dismissals of pitching coach Gil Patterson and first-base coach Joe Breeden, effective at the end of the season. One day later, the Blue Jays finished the 2004 campaign with a 3–2 loss against the New York Yankees in front of an announced crowd of 49,948. However, the Jays' annus horribilis continued after the game, when it was announced that former pitcher and current TV broadcaster John Cerutti died suddenly of natural causes at the age of only 44.

More losses to the Jays family came in the offseason. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member Bobby Mattick, the manager from 1980 to 1981 and perhaps the best baseball man in the organization, suffered a stroke and died at the age of 89. Mattick had also served as the Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Blue Jays. A few days before Christmas, the Jays also mourned the loss of former first baseman Doug Ault, who had hit two home runs in the team's inaugural game in 1977; he was only 54 years old.

Rogers Communications, the owner of the Jays, purchased SkyDome from Sportsco International in November 2004 for approximately $25 million CAD ($21.24 million USD), just a fraction of the construction cost.

Just days after superstar Carlos Delgado became a free agent after the club refused arbitration, the Jays announced the signing of Manitoban third baseman Corey Koskie, formerly of the Minnesota Twins. One month after Koskie was inked, the Jays traded pitching prospect Adam Peterson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for corner infielder/DH Shea Hillenbrand.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10161.623—57‍–‍2444‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox 9864.605355‍–‍2643‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles 7884.4812338‍–‍4340‍–‍41
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 7091.43530½41‍–‍3929‍–‍52
Toronto Blue Jays 6794.41633½40‍–‍4127‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

2004 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —6–34–55–44–57–27–05–45–410–913–76–19–104–57–11
Baltimore 3–6—10–92–43–36–06–34–55–140–77–211–85–211–85–13
Boston 5–49–10—4–23–46–14–22–411–88–15–414–54–514–59–9
Chicago 4–54–22–4—10–98–1113–69–103–42–77–24–26–33–48–10
Cleveland 5–43–34–39–10—9–1011–87–122–46–35–43–31–85–210–8
Detroit 2–70–61–611–810–9—8–117–124–34–55–43–34–54–29–9
Kansas City 0–73–62–46–138–1111–8—7–121–52–72–53–64–53–36–12
Minnesota 4–55–44–210–912–712–712–7—2–42–55–44–55–24–211–7
New York 4–514–58–114–34–23–45–14–2—7–26–315–45–412–710–8
Oakland 9–107–01–87–23–65–47–25–22–7—11–87–211–96–310–8
Seattle 7–132–74–52–74–54–55–24–53–68–11—2–57–122–79–9
Tampa Bay 1–68–115–142–43–33–36–35–44–152–75–2—2–79–915–3
Texas 10–92–55–43–68–15–45–42–54–59–1112–77–2—7–210–8
Toronto 5–48–115–144–32–52–43–32–47–123–67–29–92–7—8–10

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2004 regular season. [2]

April 2004

April 9Signed free agent Gregg Zaun from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract.
Selected Micheal Nakamura off waivers from the Minnesota Twins.
April 18Sent Scott Cassidy to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal.

May 2004

May 1Sent Bruce Chen to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal.
May 3Received Stubby Clapp from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.
May 12Received Frank Menechino from the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.
May 21Signed free agent Bobby Estalella from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a one-year contract.
May 27Signed free agent Marvin Benard from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract.

June 2004

June 2Signed free agent Ryan Glynn from the Atlanta Braves to a contract.
June 16Acquired Julius Matos from the Montreal Expos for G.J. Raymundo.
June 23Received Anthony Sanders from the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.

July 2004

July 14Released Mark Lukasiewicz.
July 24Acquired John Hattig from the Boston Red Sox for Terry Adams.

August 2004

August 2Signed free agent Jesús Sánchez from the Cincinnati Reds to a contract.
August 4Acquired Eric Crozier from the Cleveland Indians for Josh Phelps.

September 2004

September 2Released Marvin Benard.
September 13Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a two-year, $5.4 million contract.

2004 draft picks

Source [3]

The 2004 MLB draft was held on June 7–8. The Blue Jays had two compensation picks.

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationalitySigned
116 David Purcey LHP Oklahoma Flag of the United States.svg 2004–07–20
132* Zach Jackson LHP Texas A&M Flag of the United States.svg 2004–07–23
257 Curtis Thigpen C Texas Flag of the United States.svg 2004–07–09
383* Adam Lind 1B South Alabama Flag of the United States.svg 2004–06–16
387Danny HillRHP Missouri Flag of the United States.svg 2004–06–16
4117 Casey Janssen RHP UCLA Flag of the United States.svg 2004–06–16
5147Ryan KlostermanSS Vanderbilt Flag of the United States.svg 2004–06–22
6177Preston PattonOF Texas A&M Flag of the United States.svg –
7207Randy DickenRHP Shippensburg Flag of the United States.svg 2004–06–16
8237Rhame Cannon1B The Citadel Flag of the United States.svg 2004–06–16
9267Joseph Metropoulos1B Southern California Flag of the United States.svg 2004–06–16
10297Brian Hall2B Stanford Flag of the United States.svg 2004–06–16
24717 Jesse Litsch RHP South Florida Community College Flag of the United States.svg –

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Game log

2004 Game Log
April: 7–15 (Home: 1–8; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5 Tigers 7–0 Johnson (1–0) Halladay (0–1)47,8170–1
2April 6 Tigers 7–3 Maroth (1–0) Batista (0–1) Robertson (1)21,0030–2
3April 7 Tigers 6–3 Bonderman (1–0) Hentgen (0–1)13,1000–3
4April 9@ Red Sox 10–5 Speier (1–0) Timlin (0–1)34,3371–3
5April 10@ Red Sox 4–1 Martínez (1–1) Halladay (0–2) Foulke (2)35,3051–4
6April 11@ Red Sox 6–4 (12) Malaska (1–0) López (0–1)34,2861–5
7April 13@ Tigers 7–5 Adams (1–0) Patterson (0–1) Speier (1)8,8042–5
8April 14@ Tigers 5–3 Robertson (1–0) Lilly (0–1) Patterson (1)15,1292–6
9April 15@ Tigers 11–0 Halladay (1–2) Johnson (1–2)17,5723–6
10April 16 Orioles 11–2 Riley (1–0) Batista (0–2)14,2393–7
11April 17 Orioles 5–3 Ryan (1–0) Speier (1–1) Julio (1)20,1773–8
12April 18 Orioles 7–0 DuBose (1–2) Hentgen (0–2)16,8423–9
13April 20 Red Sox 4–2 Martínez (2–1) Halladay (1–3) Foulke (4)26,0103–10
14April 21 Red Sox 4–2 Wakefield (2–0) Lilly (0–2) Foulke (5)16,1633–11
15April 22 Red Sox 7–3 Adams (2–0) Schilling (2–1)16,4804–11
16April 23@ Orioles 11–3 DuBose (2–2) Towers (0–1)26,8274–12
17April 24@ Orioles 5–4 (12) Ligtenberg (1–0) DeJean (0–1)41,0935–12
18April 25@ Orioles 15–3 Halladay (2–3) Ponson (2–1)31,0286–12
19April 26@ Twins 6–1 Lilly (1–2) Radke (2–2)13,8597–12
20April 27@ Twins 7–4 Rincón (3–0) Speier (1–2)14,0297–13
21April 28@ Twins 9–5 Rincón (4–0) Frasor (0–1)15,1647–14
22April 29@ White Sox 6–4 Loaiza (4–0) Nakamura (0–1) Koch (2)11,2107–15
--April 30@ White Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for May 1
May: 15–14 (Home: 13–6; Away: 2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1@ White Sox 4–3 (10) Takatsu (1–0) Speier (1–3)7–16
24May 1@ White Sox 10–6 Lilly (2–2) Wright (0–4)22,0728–16
25May 2@ White Sox 3–2 Garland (2–1) Batista (0–3) Koch (3)15,5508–17
26May 3 Royals 3–2 (10) Field (1–0) Adams (2–1) Cerda (1)13,0078–18
27May 4 Royals 5–4 Hentgen (1–2) May (0–4) Frasor (1)20,0119–18
28May 5 Royals 10–3 Halladay (3–3) Anderson (1–3)14,10310–18
29May 7 White Sox 5–4 Adams (3–1) Politte (0–1)15,66111–18
30May 8 White Sox 4–2 Frasor (1–1) Cotts (0–1) Adams (1)18,36812–18
31May 9 White Sox 5–2 Miller (1–0) Loaiza (4–2) Ligtenberg (1)17,54613–18
32May 10@ Royals 9–3 Hentgen (2–2) Anderson (1–4)13,80314–18
33May 11@ Royals 5–1 Camp (2–0) Halladay (3–4)15,77914–19
34May 12@ Royals 4–3 Field (2–0) Adams (3–2)29,30914–20
35May 13 Red Sox 12–6 Batista (1–3) Schilling (4–3)20,87615–20
36May 14 Red Sox 9–3 Embree (2–0) Ligtenberg (1–1)20,94815–21
37May 15 Red Sox 4–0 Arroyo (2–1) Hentgen (2–3)36,84115–22
38May 16 Red Sox 3–1 Halladay (4–4) Martínez (4–3) Adams (2)31,61816–22
39May 17 Twins 9–5 Rincón (6–2) Nakamura (0–2) Fultz (1)13,50216–23
40May 18 Twins 5–3 Batista (2–3) Santana (2–1) Adams (3)25,40517–23
41May 19 Twins 6–5 Fultz (2–1) Adams (3–3) Nathan (13)25,67517–24
42May 21@ Red Sox 11–5 Timlin (3–1) Nakamura (0–3)35,28717–25
43May 22@ Red Sox 5–2 Martínez (1–0) Ligtenberg (1–2) Foulke (9)35,19617–26
44May 23@ Red Sox 7–2 Wakefield (4–2) Batista (2–4)35,23917–27
45May 24 Angels 6–5 (10) Frasor (2–1) Weber (0–2)15,30118–27
46May 26 Angels 6–5 Adams (4–3) Percival (2–1)14,51519–27
47May 27 Angels 3–2 Halladay (5–4) Washburn (7–2) Frasor (2)14,77320–27
48May 28 Rangers 5–4 Lilly (3–2) Dickey (4–5) Frasor (3)16,39421–27
49May 29 Rangers 6–2 Batista (3–4) Dominguez (0–1)30,70422–27
50May 30 Rangers 4–2 Rogers (8–2) Miller (1–1) Cordero (16)22,22522–28
51May 31@ Mariners 6–2 Moyer (4–2) Hentgen (2–4)27,85622–29
June: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Mariners 6–5 López (1–1) Nageotte (0–1) Frasor (4)24,84823–29
53June 2@ Mariners 5–3 Lilly (4–2) Piñeiro (1–7) Ligtenberg (2)25,31724–29
54June 3@ Athletics 2–1 (11) Bradford (3–1) Adams (4–4)10,87924–30
55June 4@ Athletics 6–1 Towers (1–1) Bradford (3–2) Chulk (1)12,82225–30
56June 5@ Athletics 4–0 Hudson (6–2) Hentgen (2–5)20,77225–31
57June 6@ Athletics 8–3 Redman (4–3) Kershner (0–1)24,09225–32
58June 8 Dodgers 7–1 Lilly (5–2) Nomo (3–6)16,49926–32
59June 9 Dodgers 4–0 Batista (4–4) Lima (4–2)18,00327–32
60June 10 Dodgers 6–1 Ishii (8–3) Towers (1–2)16,26727–33
61June 11 Diamondbacks 3–2 Choate (1–0) Frasor (2–2) Valverde (7)14,25927–34
62June 12 Diamondbacks 15–4 Halladay (6–4) Good (0–1) Chulk (2)30,34928–34
63June 13 Diamondbacks 5–3 Johnson (9–4) Lilly (5–3) Valverde (8)22,76628–35
64June 15@ Giants 4–3 Schmidt (8–2) Batista (4–5) Herges (17)36,73728–36
65June 16@ Giants 10–2 Rueter (3–6) Hentgen (2–6)36,83428–37
66June 17@ Giants 8–5 Brower (4–3) Speier (1–4) Herges (18)40,46428–38
67June 18@ Padres 3–2 Lilly (6–3) Wells (2–5) Frasor (5)40,51129–38
68June 19@ Padres 3–2 Linebrink (3–1) Speier (1–5) Hoffman (15)40,30729–39
69June 20@ Padres 3–0 Batista (5–5) Lawrence (8–5) Frasor (6)41,06030–39
70June 22 Devil Rays 5–1 Harper (2–0) Hentgen (2–7)15,64630–40
71June 23 Devil Rays 2–1 (10) Frasor (3–2) Colomé (1–1)14,71331–40
72June 24 Devil Rays 19–13 Halama (4–1) Lilly (6–4)14,87631–41
73June 25 Expos 3–1 Towers (2–2) Day (5–8) Frasor (7)16,48432–41
74June 26 Expos 10–5 Batista (6–5) Downs (0–1)23,87533–41
75June 27 Expos 9–4 Hernández (5–7) Hentgen (2–8)25,91533–42
76June 28@ Devil Rays 10–2 Zambrano (8–4) Halladay (6–5)11,21833–43
77June 29@ Devil Rays 4–0 Lilly (7–4) Halama (4–2)11,64034–43
78June 30@ Devil Rays 6–2 Brazelton (2–0) Towers (2–3)10,56034–44
July: 11–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Devil Rays 14–0 Batista (7–5) Hendrickson (5–6)14,41735–44
80July 2@ Expos †2–0 Hernández (6–7) Bush (0–1)8,22035–45
81July 3@ Expos †2–0 Halladay (7–5) Armas (1–3) Frasor (8)8,83136–45
82July 4@ Expos †6–4 Hill (1–1) Lilly (7–5) Horgan (1)8,27936–46
83July 6 Mariners 7–6 Batista (8–5) Moyer (6–5) Frasor (9)16,26237–46
84July 7 Mariners 12–4 Towers (3–3) Blackley (1–1)18,51338–46
85July 8 Mariners 10–8 Speier (2–5) Guardado (2–1)16,18839–46
86July 9 Angels 5–4 Colón (6–8) Halladay (7–6) Percival (14)15,07139–47
87July 10 Angels 11–2 Escobar (5–5) Lilly (7–6)20,63539–48
88July 11 Angels 5–2 Lackey (7–8) Batista (8–6) Percival (15)17,57339–49
89July 16@ Rangers 11–2 Drese (5–5) Halladay (7–7)44,34839–50
90July 17@ Rangers 4–0 Rodríguez (3–0) Lilly (7–7)43,18939–51
91July 18@ Rangers 7–5 Brocail (1–1) Chulk (0–1) Cordero (28)24,33439–52
92July 19@ Athletics 5–3 Towers (4–3) Saarloos (1–1) Frasor (10)15,48040–52
93July 20@ Athletics 1–0 (14) Lehr (1–1) Speier (2–6)18,88540–53
94July 21@ Yankees 10–3 Vázquez (11–6) Hentgen (2–9)53,03140–54
95July 22@ Yankees 1–0 Rivera (1–0) Chulk (0–2)53,65740–55
96July 23 Devil Rays 7–4 Batista (9–6) Hendrickson (7–8) Frasor (11)16,63341–55
97July 24 Devil Rays 4–2 Towers (5–3) Bell (3–4) Frasor (12)18,84142–55
98July 25 Devil Rays 5–3 Bush (1–1) Zambrano (9–7) Ligtenberg (3)15,78443–55
99July 26 Yankees 6–5 (10) Rivera (2–1) Frasor (3–3)30,04143–56
100July 27 Yankees 7–4 Proctor (1–0) Ligtenberg (1–3) Gordon (3)30,08743–57
101July 28 Yankees 3–2 (10) Frasor (4–3) Proctor (1–1)31,38544–57
102July 30@ Devil Rays 3–0 Towers (6–3) Halama (5–5) Frasor (13)10,53145–57
103July 31@ Devil Rays 6–5 Sosa (3–0) Bush (1–2) Báez (21)17,41845–58
August: 10–20 (Home: 5–10; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Devil Rays 5–3 Brazelton (4–3) Douglass (0–1) Báez (22)10,75045–59
105August 2 Indians 6–1 Lilly (8–7) Lee (10–4)17,54946–59
106August 3 Indians 7–6 Speier (3–6) Betancourt (4–5) Frasor (14)15,02547–59
107August 4 Indians 14–5 Westbrook (9–5) Towers (6–4)15,67547–60
108August 5 Indians 6–3 (10) Betancourt (5–5) Ligtenberg (1–4) Wickman (2)30,03747–61
109August 6@ Yankees 11–4 Vázquez (13–6) Douglass (0–2)48,90047–62
110August 7@ Yankees 6–0 Hernández (4–0) Lilly (8–8)54,02547–63
111August 8@ Yankees 8–2 Lieber (8–7) Batista (9–7)52,61647–64
112August 9@ Yankees 5–4 Towers (7–4) Loaiza (9–6) Frasor (15)49,85348–64
113August 10@ Indians 2–0 Durbin (5–4) Bush (1–3) Wickman (5)19,94248–65
114August 11@ Indians 3–2 Sabathia (9–6) Frederick (0–1) Wickman (6)23,69648–66
115August 12@ Indians 6–2 Riske (6–2) Ligtenberg (1–5)22,73448–67
116August 13 Orioles 4–0 Ponson (8–12) Batista (9–8)21,23448–68
117August 14 Orioles 7–2 Towers (8–4) Borkowski (3–3)35,76849–68
118August 15 Orioles 11–7 Groom (3–0) Chulk (0–3)26,13249–69
119August 16@ Red Sox 8–4 Lowe (11–10) Miller (1–2) Foulke (20)35,27149–70
120August 17@ Red Sox 5–4 Foulke (3–3) Frederick (0–2)35,10549–71
121August 18@ Red Sox 6–4 Wakefield (9–7) Batista (9–9)34,86749–72
122August 20@ Orioles 14–4 Towers (9–4) Borkowski (3–4)35,02450–72
123August 21@ Orioles 10–4 Bush (2–3) Cabrera (9–6)38,07951–72
124August 22@ Orioles 8–5 Miller (2–2) Bédard (5–8) Frasor (16)44,48252–72
125August 23 Red Sox 3–0 Lilly (9–8) Martínez (13–5)27,14553–72
126August 24 Red Sox 5–4 Wakefield (10–7) Batista (9–10) Foulke (23)22,21753–73
127August 25 Red Sox 11–5 Schilling (16–6) Towers (9–5)22,47953–74
128August 26 Yankees 7–4 Nitkowski (1–1) Frasor (4–4) Rivera (44)35,68253–75
129August 27 Yankees 8–7 Sturtze (5–2) Miller (2–3) Gordon (4)35,43653–76
130August 28 Yankees 18–6 Brown (10–3) Lilly (9–9) Rivera (45)43,54153–77
131August 29 Yankees 6–4 Batista (10–10) Mussina (9–8) Frasor (17)44,07254–77
132August 31 Mariners 7–5 Atchison (2–2) Ligtenberg (1–6) Putz (6)21,17454–78
September: 10–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1 Mariners 4–2 Bush (3–3) Villone (5–5) Speier (2)22,31055–78
134September 2 Mariners 8–6 File (1–0) Baek (1–1) Speier (3)23,37456–78
135September 3 Athletics 7–4 Hudson (11–4) Lilly (9–10) Dotel (18)28,48856–79
136September 4 Athletics 9–5 Hammond (4–1) Frasor (4–5)29,14956–80
137September 5 Athletics 13–5 Glynn (1–0) Harden (9–6)28,32757–80
138September 7@ Angels 5–2 Colón (14–11) Bush (3–4) Percival (27)36,27757–81
139September 8@ Angels 1–0 Miller (3–3) Escobar (9–10) Speier (4)36,90558–81
140September 9@ Angels 5–4 Lilly (10–10) Washburn (11–6) Speier (5)37,51459–81
141September 10@ Rangers 10–3 Drese (12–8) Batista (10–11)24,61759–82
142September 11@ Rangers 10–7 Mahay (3–0) Frasor (4–6) Cordero (43)40,58759–83
143September 12@ Rangers 7–6 Brocail (3–1) Speier (3–7) Cordero (44)20,43459–84
144September 13 Orioles 9–1 Chen (1–0) Miller (3–4)18,37259–85
145September 15 Orioles 3–0 Lilly (11–10) Riley (1–4) Speier (6)19,94260–85
146September 16 Orioles 9–5 López (13–8) Batista (10–12)21,45160–86
147September 17 Devil Rays 11–4 Waechter (4–7) Towers (9–6)25,98760–87
148September 18 Devil Rays 4–2 Bush (4–4) Ritchie (0–1) Batista (1)33,43261–87
149September 19 Devil Rays 9–7 Chulk (1–3) Kazmir (2–2) Speier (7)30,71462–87
150September 20@ Yankees 6–3 Chacín (1–0) Vázquez (14–10) Batista (2)10,73263–87
151September 21@ Yankees 5–3 Loaiza (10–7) Halladay (7–8) Rivera (50)36,67563–88
152September 22@ Yankees 5–4 Lilly (12–10) Hernández (8–1) Batista (3)49,56064–88
153September 24@ Devil Rays 4–2 Hendrickson (10–15) Towers (9–7) Báez (29)13,00364–89
154September 25@ Devil Rays 6–5 Báez (4–3) Batista (10–13)20,97864–90
--September 26@ Devil Rays Cancelled (Hurricane Jeanne)Not rescheduled
155September 27@ Orioles 4–1 League (1–0) Ponson (11–15) Batista (4)17,80965–90
--September 28@ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 29
156September 29@ Orioles 7–6 Ryan (4–6) Speier (3–8)65–91
157September 29@ Orioles 4–0 Bauer (2–1) Chacín (1–1)20,60065–92
158September 30@ Orioles 9–3 Riley (3–4) Towers (9–8)18,79365–93
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1 Yankees 7–0 Bush (5–4) Hernández (8–2)48,91466–93
160October 2 Yankees 4–2 Halladay (8–8) Brown (10–6) Batista (5)50,49867–93
161October 3 Yankees 3–2 Proctor (2–1) Towers (9–9) Sturtze (1)49,94867–94
† At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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 Gregg Zaun 10733891.269636
1B Carlos Delgado 128458123.2693299
2B Orlando Hudson 135489132.2701258
SS Chris Gomez 10934196.282337
3B Eric Hinske 155570140.2461569
LF Reed Johnson 141537145.2701061
CF Vernon Wells 134536146.2722367
RF Alex Ríos 111426122.286128
DH Josh Phelps 7929570.2371251

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Frank Catalanotto 7524973.293126
Frank Menechino 7123671.301925
Chris Woodward 6921350.235124
Kevin Cash 6018135.193421
Dave Berg 5815439.253323
Gabe Gross 4412927.209316
Howie Clark 4011525.217312
Russ Adams 227222.306410
Guillermo Quiróz 175211.21206
Simon Pond 16498.16316
Eric Crozier 14335.15224
Greg Myers 8184.22201
Bobby Estalella 5133.23100
Chad Hermansen 470.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Miguel Batista 38198.210134.80104
Ted Lilly 32197.112104.06168
Roy Halladay 21133.0884.2095
Josh Towers 21116.1995.1151
Dave Bush 1697.2543.6964
Justin Miller 1981.2346.0647
Pat Hentgen 1880.1296.9533
Gustavo Chacin 214.0112.576

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Sean Douglass 1438.2026.2836
Ryan Glynn 620.0104.0514

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Jason Frasor 6346174.0854
Justin Speier 623873.9152
Kerry Ligtenberg 571636.3849
Vinnie Chulk 471324.6644
Terry Adams 424433.9835
Bob File 241004.8115
Jason Kershner 240106.0415
Kevin Frederick 220206.5922
Micheal Nakamura 190307.3624
Aquilino López 181106.0013
Valerio De Los Santos 170006.1710
Brandon League 31000.000
Adam Peterson 300016.882
Dave Maurer 300054.001
Frank Menechino 10000.000

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Marty Pevey
AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League Mike Basso
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Omar Malavé
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Ken Joyce
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie Pulaski Blue Jays Appalachian League Gary Cathcart

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