2006 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2006  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Rogers Centre
City Toronto
Record87–75 (.537)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managers J. P. Ricciardi
Managers John Gibbons
Television The Sports Network
(Rod Black, Pat Tabler)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Jamie Campbell, Pat Tabler, Rance Mulliniks, Darrin Fletcher)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Mike Wilner, Warren Sawkiw)
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The 2006 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 30th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. For the second straight season, Blue Jays hitters combined for fewer than 1,000 strikeouts. It was the first time since the team's World Series championships in 1992 and 1993 that the Blue Jays had combined for fewer than 1,000 strikeouts in consecutive 162-game seasons, as well as the first season since 1993 that the team finished above third place in its division.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Summary

On January 3, J.P. Ricciardi signed free-agent catcher Jason Phillips to a minor league contract. Phillips, who hit .238 the previous season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, also had an invitation to spring training, was supposed to have competed with Guillermo Quiróz for the role of the Blue Jays' backup catcher. Quiroz was later claimed on waivers by the Seattle Mariners, and Phillips started the season with the team after Gregg Zaun was put on the disabled list.

The trades for Troy Glaus and Lyle Overbay in the off-season created a glut of corner infielders for the Jays, as the team now had five players (Glaus, Overbay, Eric Hinske, Corey Koskie, and Shea Hillenbrand) who could play third base, first base, or designated hitter. The Jays relieved some of this pressure on January 6, by trading Koskie to the Milwaukee Brewers in the second deal between the two clubs in less than a month. The Blue Jays received minor league pitcher Brian Wolfe in return for Koskie. The Blue Jays also moved first baseman (and former third baseman) Eric Hinske to right field as a result.

On February 6, Toronto signed former Angels catcher Bengie Molina to a one-year contract with an option for a second. Three days later, Toronto wrapped up its off season moves by re-signing Shea Hillenbrand and Pete Walker, each to a one-year deal.

On July 2, Troy Glaus, Vernon Wells, Roy Halladay, B. J. Ryan, and Alex Ríos were picked to represent the Blue Jays at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. [3] However, Rios would not compete in the game due to a serious staph infection that occurred around June 28, possibly as the result of a foul ball off Rios' leg during a game on June 27. [4] Manager John Gibbons was also picked as an assistant coach for the AL team. The five Blue Jay players selected to the AL All-Star team was the most to appear in an All-Star Game since 1993. The only AL team with more All-Stars than the Jays was the World Series champion the Chicago White Sox, with six. [5]

On July 7, Troy Glaus was picked to compete in the 2006 Home Run Derby, though during the Derby, he hit only one home run and was eliminated after the first round.

On July 19, infielder Shea Hillenbrand was designated for assignment after an altercation with the team management. Shortly after Hillenbrand, along with reliever Vinnie Chulk, was traded to the San Francisco Giants for reliever Jeremy Accardo.

On August 3, rookie second baseman Ryan Roberts started his first game in the MLB, and had his first hit, which was a home run. He is one of few Blue Jays rookies to have his first hit a home run in his first start.

On August 12, the Blue Jays got the Minnesota Twins to hit into six double plays, tying a Blue Jays record set on April 16, 1996. (Blue Jays vs. Detroit).

On August 16, the Blue Jays traded reliever Scott Schoeneweis to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations or a player to be named later (later announced to be INF Trevor Lawhorn).

On August 17, the Blue Jays traded first and third baseman and outfielder Eric Hinske and cash considerations to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later.

During a game against the Oakland Athletics on August 21, 2006, while on the verge of blowing an 8-run lead, John Gibbons walked to the mound to remove starter Ted Lilly. An argument ensued on the mound, in front of the audience at the Rogers Centre. Lilly eventually did leave the game and then headed into the clubhouse. Gibbons subsequently followed him into the hallway, where it appeared to eyewitnesses that he and Lilly got into a fight. Numerous team members and support personnel rushed into the tunnel to break them up. After the game, both the pitcher and manager denied any altercation and said the problem had been resolved. [6]

Despite their on-field and off-field problems, the Blue Jays managed to play well in the critical month of September, going 18–10. This, combined with the slumping of the Boston Red Sox, enabled Toronto to snare sole possession of second place in the American League East by the end of the season. This marked the first time that the Jays had finished above third place in their division since their World Championship season of 1993, and with the most wins since the 1998 season.

On November 17, the Blue Jays announced that they had signed designated hitter Frank Thomas to a two-year contract worth $18 million, with an option for 2009.

On November 28, the Blue Jays announced that they had re-signed catcher Gregg Zaun to a two-year contract with an option for 2009.

On December 18, the Blue Jays announced that they had re-signed centre fielder Vernon Wells to a seven-year contract worth $126 million, to come into effect after the 2007 season. It was the largest contract in club history.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9765.599—50‍–‍3147‍–‍34
Toronto Blue Jays 8775.5371050‍–‍3137‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox 8676.5311148‍–‍3338‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles 7092.4322740‍–‍4130‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 61101.3773641‍–‍4020‍–‍61

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Baltimore —3–152–54–23–35–14–63–67–122–44–613–63–68–119–9
Boston 15–3—4–23–43–34–53–31–58–113–74–610–95–47–1216–2
Chicago 5–22–4—8–1112–711–86–39–102–43–35–43–35–55–414–4
Cleveland 2–44–311–8—6–1310–84–58–113–43–64–56–15–44–28–10
Detroit 3–33–37–1213–6—14–43–511–82–55–46–35–35–53–315–3
Kansas City 1–55–48–118–104–14—3–77–122–74–53–51–53–33–410–8
Los Angeles 6–43–33–65–45–37–3—4–26–411–810–97–211–84–67–11
Minnesota 6–35–110–911–88–1112–72–4—3–36–45–36–14–52–516–2
New York 12–711–84–24–35–27–24–63–3—3–63–313–58–210–810–8
Oakland 4–27–33–36–34–55–48–114–66–3—17–26–39–106–48–10
Seattle 6–46–44–55–43–65–39–103–53–32–17—6–38–114–514–4
Tampa Bay 6–139–103–31–63–55–12–71–65–133–63–6—3–66–1211–7
Texas 6–34–55–54–55–53–38–115–42–810–911–86–3—4–27–11
Toronto 11–812–74–52–43–34–36–45–28–104–65–412–62–4—9–9

2006 draft picks

Source [7]

The 2006 MLB draft was held on June 6–7.

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationalitySigned
114 Travis Snider OF Jackson High School (WA) Flag of the United States.svg 2006–06–18
4120Brandon MageeRHP Bradley Flag of the United States.svg 2006–06–16
5150Luke Hopkins1B New Mexico State Flag of the United States.svg 2006–06–11
6180 Brian Jeroloman C Florida Flag of the United States.svg 2006–06–29
7210Jonathan BakshOF Florida Tech Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 2006–06–09
8240Daniel O'BrienLHP Western Michigan Flag of the United States.svg 2006–06–11
9270 Cole Figueroa SS Lincoln High School (FL) Flag of the United States.svg Unsigned
10300Scott Campbell2B Gonzaga Flag of New Zealand.svg 2006–06–21

Roster

2006 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

2006 Game Log: 87–75
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
1April 4 Twins 6–3 Halladay (1–0) Santana (0–1) Ryan (1)50,4491–0
2April 5 Twins 13–4 Radke (1–0) Towers (0–1)18,1561–1
3April 6 Twins 6–3 Chacín (1–0) Silva (0–1) Ryan (2)16,2212–1
4April 7 Devil Rays 9–8 Dunn (1–0) Walker (0–1) Miceli (1)15,6312–2
5April 8 Devil Rays 8–4 Tallet (1–0) Childers (0–1)18,7553–2
6April 9 Devil Rays 5–2 Kazmir (1–1) Halladay (1–1) Miceli (2)20,1843–3
7April 11@ Red Sox 5–3 Beckett (2–0) Towers (0–2) Papelbon (4)35,4913–4
8April 12@ Red Sox 8–4 Chacín (2–0) Wells (0–1)36,3784–4
9April 13@ Red Sox 8–6 Lilly (1–0) Clement (1–1) Ryan (3)36,5245–4
10April 14@ White Sox 13–7 Walker (1–1) Vázquez (0–1)31,4186–4
11April 15@ White Sox 4–2 Buehrle (2–0) Burnett (0–1) Jenks (4)33,2476–5
12April 16@ White Sox 6–4 (5) García (2–1) Towers (0–3)27,1376–6
13April 18 Yankees 10–5 Chacín (3–0) Johnson (2–2)48,7767–6
14April 19 Yankees 3–1 Mussina (2–1) Lilly (1–1) Rivera (2)32,8867–7
15April 21 Red Sox 7–6 (12) Speier (1–0) Foulke (0–1)28,3338–7
16April 22 Red Sox 8–1 Halladay (2–1) DiNardo (0–1) Walker (1)34,3879–7
17April 23 Red Sox 6–3 Clement (2–1) Towers (0–4) Papelbon (8)28,7379–8
18April 25 Orioles 7–3 Chacín (4–0) López (1–2)32,25710–8
19April 26 Orioles 8–2 Lilly (2–1) Bédard (4–1)19,33611–8
20April 27 Orioles 7–5 Benson (3–2) Janssen (0–1)18,75611–9
21April 28@ Yankees 7–2 Halladay (3–1) Wright (0–2) Ryan (4)47,20412–9
22April 29@ Yankees 17–6 Johnson (4–2) Towers (0–5)50,11912–10
23April 30@ Yankees 4–1 Mussina (4–1) Chacín (4–1) Rivera (4)52,95412–11
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
24May 1@ Orioles 9–7 Lilly (3–1) Hawkins (0–1) Ryan (5)14,31513–11
25May 2@ Orioles 9–2 Benson (4–2) Janssen (0–2) Williams (1)15,79513–12
26May 3@ Red Sox 7–6 McGowan (1–0) Papelbon (0–1) Ryan (6)35,88114–12
27May 4@ Red Sox 7–4 Clement (3–2) Towers (0–6) Papelbon (11)36,39614–13
28May 5 Angels 13–3 Chacín (5–1) Santana (2–1)22,22715–13
29May 6 Angels 3–0 Escobar (4–2) Lilly (3–2) Rodríguez (9)29,76115–14
30May 7 Angels 3–1 Janssen (1–2) Lackey (3–3) Ryan (7)24,35116–14
31May 8 Angels 5–1 Halladay (4–1) Weaver (1–5)18,61117–14
32May 9 Athletics 6–5 Haren (2–3) Towers (0–7) Street (5)36,26917–15
33May 10 Athletics 9–7 Rosario (1–0) Blanton (3–4) Ryan (8)19,26918–15
34May 11 Athletics 8–3 Lilly (4–2) Saarloos (1–1)23,97419–15
35May 12@ Devil Rays 4–1 McClung (2–4) Janssen (1–3) Walker (5)11,81619–16
36May 13@ Devil Rays 8–1 Halladay (5–1) Hendrickson (2–3)15,18420–16
37May 14@ Devil Rays 8–3 Towers (1–7) Fossum (1–2)12,22421–16
38May 16@ Angels 8–3 Santana (4–1) Lilly (4–3)43,06621–17
39May 17@ Angels 3–0 Janssen (2–3) Escobar (5–3) Ryan (9)38,76722–17
40May 18@ Angels 8–4 (10) Frasor (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1)37,85023–17
41May 19@ Rockies 8–3 Cook (5–3) Towers (1–8)26,01123–18
42May 20@ Rockies 5–1 Francis (3–3) Taubenheim (0–1)26,21223–19
43May 21@ Rockies 5–3 Fogg (3–2) Lilly (4–4) Fuentes (10)30,29123–20
44May 22 Devil Rays 6–4 Janssen (3–3) McClung (2–5) Ryan (10)22,56324–20
45May 23 Devil Rays 4–1 Halladay (6–1) Hendrickson (3–4) Ryan (11)34,59425–20
46May 24 Devil Rays 10–8 Camp (2–0) Frasor (1–1) Walker (9)20,18725–21
47May 26 White Sox 8–2 Lilly (5–4) García (7–2)22,72926–21
48May 27 White Sox 3–2 (11) Schoeneweis (1–0) Nelson (0–1)30,06327–21
49May 28 White Sox 7–5 Garland (4–2) Taubenheim (0–2) Jenks (14)35,27727–22
50May 29 Red Sox 7–6 Ryan (1–0) Riske (0–1)24,03828–22
51May 30 Red Sox 8–5 Chacín (6–1) Beckett (7–2) Ryan (12)27,32429–22
52May 31 Red Sox 8–6 Van Buren (1–0) Lilly (5–5) Papelbon (19)24,52629–23
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
53June 2@ Devil Rays 13–4 Janssen (4–3) McClung (2–7)9,46330–23
54June 3@ Devil Rays 6–2 Halladay (7–1) Hendrickson (3–6) Ryan (13)15,69631–23
55June 4@ Devil Rays 10–5 Waechter (1–4) Chacín (6–2)14,34731–24
56June 5@ Orioles 4–0 Cabrera (3–2) Lilly (5–6)15,18531–25
57June 6@ Orioles 6–4 Downs (1–0) Britton (0–1) Ryan (14)16,86832–25
58June 7@ Orioles 5–3 Janssen (5–3) Benson (6–5) Ryan (15)15,80333–25
59June 8@ Orioles 7–5 Birkins (2–0) Rosario (1–1) Ray (15)17,63733–26
60June 9 Tigers 10–5 Frasor (2–1) Jones (0–4)21,42534–26
61June 10 Tigers 5–3 Miner (1–1) Lilly (5–7) Jones (17)27,02134–27
62June 11 Tigers 10–5 Robertson (6–3) Taubenheim (0–3) Zumaya (1)30,40434–28
63June 12 Orioles 6–4 Benson (7–5) Janssen (5–4) Ray (16)17,87634–29
64June 13 Orioles 7–1 Halladay (8–1) Loewen (0–1)20,76635–29
65June 14 Orioles 6–3 Chulk (1–0) López (4–8) Ryan (16)23,32536–29
66June 15 Orioles 4–2 Lilly (6–7) Cabrera (4–3) Ryan (17)32,28537–29
67June 16@ Marlins 3–1 Olsen (6–3) Taubenheim (0–4) Tankersley (2)10,24237–30
68June 17@ Marlins 8–2 Moehler (5–5) Janssen (5–5)12,09937–31
69June 18@ Marlins 4–1 Johnson (6–4) Halladay (8–2) Borowski (11)10,53637–32
70June 20@ Braves 6–5 Schoeneweis (2–0) Yates (0–1) Ryan (18)26,91538–32
71June 21@ Braves 6–3 Lilly (7–7) Hudson (6–6) Ryan (19)26,23239–32
72June 22@ Braves 3–2 Taubenheim (1–4) Remlinger (2–4) Ryan (20)26,82940–32
73June 23 Mets 6–1 Glavine (11–2) Janssen (5–6)28,50740–33
74June 24 Mets 7–4 Halladay (9–2) Hernández (4–7) Ryan (21)31,32741–33
75June 25 Mets 7–4 Trachsel (6–4) Towers (1–9) Wagner (15)32,27741–34
76June 27 Nationals 6–0 Burnett (1–1) Ortiz (5–6)20,28842–34
77June 28 Nationals 6–1 Lilly (8–7) Hill (1–3)17,06743–34
78June 29 Nationals 8–4 Halladay (10–2) Patterson (1–2)17,17544–34
79June 30 Phillies 8–1 Janssen (6–6) Bernero (0–1)17,31145–34
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
80July 1 Phillies 5–2 Downs (2–0) Lidle (4–7) Ryan (22)24,24846–34
81July 2 Phillies 11–6 Geary (5–0) Burnett (1–2)26,17746–35
82July 3@ Rangers 6–1 Rheinecker (4–2) Lilly (8–8)30,02146–36
83July 4@ Rangers 3–2 Halladay (11–2) Koronka (6–5) Ryan (23)42,25547–36
84July 5@ Rangers 9–3 Padilla (8–5) Janssen (6–7) Cordero (6)25,80347–37
85July 6@ Royals 6–2 Redman (6–4) Taubenheim (1–5)10,85847–38
86July 7@ Royals 13–3 Hudson (2–3) Burnett (1–3)17,16247–39
87July 8@ Royals 7–5 Tallet (2–0) Peralta (1–1) Ryan (24)22,63548–39
88July 9@ Royals 11–3 Halladay (12–2) Gobble (3–2)17,74849–39
89July 14 Mariners 5–3 Meche (9–4) Janssen (6–8) Putz (17)23,44349–40
90July 15 Mariners 7–6 (14) Downs (3–0) Fruto (0–1)36,06950–40
91July 16 Mariners 4–3 (11) Downs (4–0) Sherrill (2–2)28,67951–40
92July 17 Rangers 10–1 Lilly (9–8) Koronka (6–6)16,87252–40
93July 18 Rangers 5–2 Padilla (10–5) Schoeneweis (2–1) Otsuka (19)20,01752–41
94July 19 Rangers 5–4 Millwood (10–5) Janssen (6–9) Otsuka (20)20,77852–42
95July 20 Yankees 5–4 (11) Tallet (3–0) Rivera (4–5)42,33653–42
96July 21 Yankees 7–3 Burnett (2–3) Wright (6–6) Schoeneweis (1)40,14954–42
97July 22 Yankees 5–4 Wang (11–4) Downs (4–1) Rivera (23)50,01454–43
98July 23 Yankees 13–5 Marcum (1–0) Ponson (0–1)42,33755–43
99July 24@ Mariners 7–3 Piñeiro (7–8) Janssen (6–10)29,78755–44
100July 25@ Mariners 12–3 Halladay (13–2) Meche (9–5)30,79356–44
101July 26@ Mariners 7–4 Moyer (6–9) Burnett (2–4) Putz (20)33,62956–45
102July 27@ Athletics 5–2 Blanton (11–8) Lilly (9–9) Street (21)19,25156–46
103July 28@ Athletics 4–3 Downs (5–1) Loaiza (4–7) Ryan (25)22,21757–46
104July 29@ Athletics 7–4 Zito (11–7) McGowan (1–1) Street (22)25,62757–47
105July 30@ Athletics 6–5 Street (4–3) Ryan (1–1)29,70957–48
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
106August 1@ Yankees 5–1 Wright (7–6) Burnett (2–5)52,23757–49
107August 2@ Yankees 7–2 Wang (13–4) Lilly (9–10)54,41457–50
108August 3@ Yankees 8–1 Lidle (1–0) Marcum (1–1)52,15657–51
109August 4 White Sox 6–4 Garland (12–3) Halladay (13–3) Jenks (30)30,06057–52
110August 5 White Sox 7–1 Vázquez (10–6) Rosario (1–2)35,11757–53
111August 6 White Sox 7–3 Burnett (3–5) Contreras (10–4)36,45358–53
112August 7 Orioles 8–1 Accardo (1–0) Ortiz (0–3) League (1)23,83859–53
113August 8 Orioles 8–4 Cabrera (5–7) Schoeneweis (2–2)28,82359–54
114August 9 Orioles 4–3 Halladay (14–3) Bédard (12–8) Ryan (26)34,19960–54
115August 10@ Twins 5–0 Lilly (10–10) Silva (8–10)30,11861–54
116August 11@ Twins 7–1 Burnett (4–5) Garza (0–1)31,81462–54
117August 12@ Twins 4–0 Downs (6–1) Bonser (2–4)36,26163–54
118August 13@ Twins 5–0 Radke (12–8) Marcum (1–2)32,81163–55
119August 15@ Devil Rays 4–3 Halladay (15–3) Meadows (2–3) Ryan (27)9,21764–55
120August 16@ Devil Rays 8–3 Shields (5–6) Lilly (10–11)8,19564–56
121August 17@ Devil Rays 6–2 Burnett (5–5) Meadows (2–4)8,69765–56
122August 18@ Orioles 7–2 Benson (10–9) Downs (6–2)22,67965–57
123August 19@ Orioles 15–0 Cabrera (6–8) Marcum (1–3)25,38065–58
124August 20@ Orioles 9–2 Halladay (16–3) Bédard (12–9)23,63966–58
125August 21 Athletics 12–10 Haren (12–9) League (0–1) Duchscherer (4)28,28066–59
126August 22 Athletics 4–3 Burnett (6–5) Halsey (3–4) Ryan (28)30,07167–59
127August 23 Athletics 6–0 Loaiza (7–7) Chacín (6–3)32,51667–60
128August 25 Royals 6–3 Marcum (2–3) Hudson (6–5) Ryan (29)26,34368–60
129August 26 Royals 2–0 Hernández (4–8) Halladay (16–4)38,07068–61
130August 27 Royals 10–6 Lilly (11–11) Pérez (1–2)36,41769–61
131August 28@ Indians 6–4 Byrd (9–6) Burnett (6–6) Mastny (4)19,62369–62
132August 29@ Indians 5–2 Sabathia (10–8) League (0–2)21,56369–63
133August 30@ Indians 3–2 (10) Betancourt (3–4) Ryan (1–2)22,06569–64
134August 31@ Red Sox 6–4 Delcarmen (2–0) Halladay (16–5) Papelbon (35)36,23869–65
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
135September 1@ Red Sox 2–1 Snyder (4–3) Lilly (11–12) Timlin (3)36,23569–66
136September 2@ Red Sox 5–1 Burnett (7–6) Jarvis (0–1)35,97370–66
137September 3@ Red Sox 6–1 Chacín (7–3) Beckett (14–10)35,71971–66
138September 4 Indians 4–3 League (1–2) Sabathia (10–9) Ryan (30)27,86472–66
139September 5 Indians 7–2 Sowers (7–3) Accardo (1–1)18,51772–67
140September 6 Indians 3–2 Lilly (12–12) Westbrook (12–9) Ryan (31)20,40673–67
141September 8@ Angels 4–1 Saunders (5–2) Burnett (7–7) Rodríguez (40)42,25973–68
142September 9@ Angels 2–1 Chacín (8–3) Escobar (10–13) Ryan (32)44,00774–68
143September 10@ Angels 4–3 Weaver (11–2) Towers (1–10) Rodríguez (41)40,50674–69
144September 11@ Mariners 6–2 Lilly (13–12) Woods (4–3)24,46275–69
145September 12@ Mariners 4–2 Meche (10–8) Marcum (2–4) Putz (32)26,14475–70
146September 13@ Mariners 10–0 Burnett (8–7) Baek (3–1)26,22576–70
147September 15 Devil Rays 5–4 (10) Ryan (2–2) Meadows (3–6)27,60777–70
148September 16 Devil Rays 6–1 Lilly (14–12) Howell (0–3)30,69878–70
149September 17 Devil Rays 5–3 Speier (2–0) Camp (7–4) Ryan (33)32,95979–70
150September 18 Yankees 7–6 Rasner (3–0) Burnett (8–8) Veras (1)32,84679–71
151September 19 Yankees 6–3 Karstens (2–1) Frasor (2–2) Farnsworth (6)30,79379–72
152September 20 Yankees 3–2 Romero (1–0) Henn (0–1) Ryan (34)33,02980–72
153September 22 Red Sox 7–1 Tavárez (4–4) Lilly (14–13)33,87480–73
154September 23 Red Sox 5–3 Burnett (9–8) Hansack (0–1) Ryan (35)42,26781–73
155September 24 Red Sox 13–4 Chacín (9–3) Snyder (4–5)44,21282–73
156September 25 Red Sox 5–0 Marcum (3–4) Wakefield (7–11)40,12383–73
157September 26@ Tigers 4–3 Bonderman (14–8) McGowan (1–2) Jones (37)27,90883–74
158September 27@ Tigers 7–4 Lilly (15–13) Robertson (13–13) Ryan (36)26,43084–74
159September 28@ Tigers 8–6 Burnett (10–8) Rogers (17–7) Ryan (37)28,67085–74
160September 29@ Yankees 7–2 Mussina (15–7) Chacín (9–4)52,33185–75
161September 30@ Yankees 6–5 Frasor (3–2) Myers (1–2) Ryan (38)54,57686–75
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
162October 1@ Yankees 7–5 Towers (2–10) Farnsworth (3–6) Downs (1)54,88687–75

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 Bengie Molina 117433123.2841957
1B Lyle Overbay 157581181.3122292
2B Aaron Hill 155546159.291650
SS John McDonald 10426058.223323
3B Troy Glaus 153540136.25238104
LF Frank Catalanotto 128437131.300756
CF Vernon Wells 154611185.30332106
RF Alex Ríos 128450136.3021782
DH Shea Hillenbrand 8129689.3011239

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Reed Johnson 134461147.3191249
Gregg Zaun 9929079.2721240
Russ Adams 9025155.219328
Eric Hinske 7819752.2641229
Adam Lind 186022.36728
Jason Phillips 254812.25006
Edgardo Alfonzo 12376.16204
John Hattig 13248.33303
Kevin Barker 12174.23511
Chad Mottola 10164.25000
Ryan Roberts 9131.07711
Luis Figueroa 891.11100

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Roy Halladay 32220.01653.19132
Ted Lilly 32181.215134.31160
A.J. Burnett 21135.21083.98118
Casey Janssen 1994.06105.0744
Gustavo Chacin 1787.1945.0547

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Shawn Marcum 2178.1345.0665
Josh Towers 1562.02108.4235
Ty Taubenheim 1235.0154.8926
Dustin McGowan 1627.1127.2422

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
B.J. Ryan 6522381.3786
Scott Downs 596214.0961
Justin Speier 582002.9855
Scott Schoenweis 552216.5118
Jason Frasor 513204.3251
Brian Tallet 443003.8137
Brandon League 331212.5329
Jeremy Accardo 271105.9714
Pete Walker 231115.4027
Vinnie Chulk 201005.2518
Francisco Rosario 171206.6521
Davis Romero 71003.8610

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Mike Basso
AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League Doug Davis
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Omar Malavé
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Ken Joyce
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie Pulaski Blue Jays Appalachian League Dave Pano

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