2009 Toronto Blue Jays season

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2009  Toronto Blue Jays
Ceremony (3431778679).jpg
Singing of the national anthem during the Opening Day ceremony
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Rogers Centre
City Toronto, Ontario
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place4th
Owners Rogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managers J. P. Ricciardi
Managers Cito Gaston
Television TSN , TSN2
(Rod Black, Pat Tabler)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Jamie Campbell, Pat Tabler, Rance Mulliniks, Darrin Fletcher)
Radio FAN 590
(Jerry Howarth, Alan Ashby, Mike Wilner)
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The 2009 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 33rd in Major League Baseball, and the 20th full season of play at the Rogers Centre. The team was managed by Cito Gaston, who was hired by the team midway through the 2008 season. General manager J. P. Ricciardi was fired on the penultimate day of the season, as the team again failed to make the playoffs. He was replaced by Assistant General Manager Alex Anthopoulos.

Contents

Front office reorganization

Ted Rogers, the founder of Rogers Communications and the Blue Jays' owner, died at the age of 75 on December 2, 2008, at his home in Toronto. [1] Rogers purchased the Blue Jays in 2000, hoping to lead the franchise to its first playoff berth since the club last won the World Series in 1993. The team continues to be owned and operated by Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership, a division of Rogers Communications.

Prior to Rogers' death, the team named Paul Beeston as interim president of baseball operations and chief operating officer replacing retiring president Paul Godfrey. [2] The first employee in Toronto Blue Jays history, Beeston served in the same capacity with the organization from 1989 to 1997. Soon after being introduced on October 14, 2008, Beeston began a significant reorganization of the baseball operations of the club. In the wake of the global financial crisis and the loss of advertising revenue, the team let go of several employees from its media division on December 2. [3]

On January 21, 2009, assistant general manager Bart Given was also dismissed to keep "costs down" for the upcoming season according to the team. [4]

Additions were made to the scouting department, including the hiring of pro scouts Roy Smith, [5] Steve Springer and four others. [6]

Player transactions

The most significant change from the 2008 team was the departure of pitcher A. J. Burnett, who filed for free agency and signed a contract with the New York Yankees. Shaun Marcum (elbow), Casey Janssen (shoulder) and Dustin McGowan (labrum) started the season on the disabled list. Janssen has since returned, Getting a loss in his season debut vs the Braves, which the Jays lost 4-3.

Retentions

For the twelfth consecutive season the organization avoided going to an arbitration hearing, re-signing the five arbitration eligible players on the team. The team and relievers Brandon League (one year/$640K), Jeremy Accardo (one year/$900K), Jason Frasor (one year/$1.45M), Brian Tallet (one year/$1.025M) and Shawn Camp (one year/$750K) along with infielder José Bautista (one year/$2.4M) all came to terms. [7]

The team also picked up the club option held on catcher Rod Barajas. [8]

Departures

On November 5, 2008, pitcher A. J. Burnett opted out of the remaining two years of his five-year contract, ending months of speculation that the starter was planning to leave Toronto. [9] Burnett, who in 2008 led the team in strikeouts and won 18 games, went on to sign with the division rival New York Yankees on December 18. [10]

None of the five major league free agents from the Blue Jays' 2008 roster were tendered contracts. Catcher Gregg Zaun ended his five-year tenure in Toronto and signed a one-year deal with the rival Baltimore Orioles. [11] Outfielder Brad Wilkerson (Boston), [12] relief pitcher John Parrish (Orioles), [13] and infielder Héctor Luna (Los Angeles (NL)) all signed minor league contracts elsewhere, while outfielder Kevin Mench signed a one-year deal with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Nippon League. [14]

Minor league pitching prospect Jean Machi, who had been on the forty-man roster, was also released by the club in November. [15] Another major departure, third baseman Scott Rolen, was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for personal reasons.

Arrivals

Edwin Encarnacion was acquired on the trade deadline in a deal with the Cincinnati Reds. Edwin Encarnacion.jpg
Edwin Encarnación was acquired on the trade deadline in a deal with the Cincinnati Reds.

The Blue Jays, faced with financial hardships, the fall of the Canadian dollar against the American dollar and a smaller budget, did not opt to make any major impact moves. Towards the end of spring training, they did however sign Kevin Millar to a one-year deal. Millar is known as a solid player to have in the clubhouse and would find time playing the DH and utility infield.

However, with the trade of Scott Rolen to the Cincinnati Reds, the Blue Jays welcomed infielder Edwin Encarnación, relief pitcher Josh Roenicke and a minor league pitching prospect.

Pitchers

Two starters recovering from major shoulder surgery would have an opportunity to claim rotation slots with the club coming out of spring training. Former All-Star starter Matt Clement, who spent an injury riddled 2008 season with St. Louis was signed on December 12. [16] Left-handed starter Mike Maroth, who last pitched in the majors in 2007 with St. Louis, was inked to a minor league deal on December 30.

Two former first overall draft picks were also acquired by the club. 2002 top selection Bryan Bullington was claimed off waivers from Cleveland in October. [17] The Jays also traded for 2004 number one choice Matt Bush in February. [18] Bush had previously been in the Padres organisation.

The team imported fourteen-year Nippon League veteran Ken Takahashi from Japan. [19] Toronto claimed southpaw Brian Burres (Baltimore), [20] and reliever T. J. Beam (Pittsburgh) [21] off waivers. The club also re-signed Dirk Hayhurst in February, days after releasing the former waiver claim. [22]

Position players

Former silver slugging catcher Michael Barrett [23] and infielder Kevin Millar [24] were among the prominent additions to the team offensively. Barrett, who missed much of his 2008 season with the Padres due to a facial fracture, is a top candidate to be the Blue Jays backup catcher. Millar, who spent the previous three seasons with Baltimore and hit twenty home runs in 2008, will have an opportunity for a bench or platoon role with the Jays.

In January, the team signed outfielder Jason Lane (Boston) and infielder Brandon Fahey (Baltimore) to minor league deals. [25] In December, the team inked catcher Raúl Chávez (Pittsburgh) and designated hitter Randy Ruiz (Minnesota). [26] In October the club announced it signed former Orioles pitcher Adam Loewen and will attempt to convert him to a first baseman. [27]

Injuries

Starter Shaun Marcum was lost for the 2009 season when he underwent Tommy John surgery in the fall of 2008. [28] The right-hander went under the knife to repair ligaments in his pitching elbow, and is tentatively expected to be back for the Jays' 2010 spring training.

Pitcher Casey Janssen who missed all of 2008 due to shoulder problems was expected to compete for a rotation spot, [29] but was put on the 15-day disabled list just before the season began. Starter Dustin McGowan who is recovering from right labrum surgery is expected to rejoin the club sometime in May. [30]

On April 23, the Blue Jays placed starting pitcher Ricky Romero and closer B. J. Ryan on the 15-day disabled list. Romero was suffering from a right oblique strain, while Ryan was sent to see a specialist for a tight left trapezius muscle. Ryan has since returned, but not as the closer. [31]

On June 9, it was announced that Jesse Litsch will undergo season-ending ligament replacement ("Tommy John") surgery. [32]

Broadcasts

The Jays' flagship station for radio is The FAN 590, which has all 162 regular season games. Jerry Howarth and Alan Ashby will call all 162, with Mike Wilner being the third personality. Mike will also host the pregame and postgame show for each game, as long as there is time for it before/after. The Blue Jays' flagship TV station is Rogers Sportsnet, which is airing over 100 games in 2009 for the Jays. The two other stations are both in the TSN network, TSN and TSN2. TSN has coverage starting after they are done with NHL on TSN (during the Stanley Cup Finals, coverage usually starts). From May 19–21, the two Jays stations were occupied with hockey and TSN2 airs the Jays in TSN's place. With Sportsnet taking care of the annual Memorial Cup, and TSN covering the NHL conference finals, TSN2 was open, and took in at the time, the biggest series of the Jays' young season. Rod Black and Pat Tabler did not cover this series though, TSN2 broadcast NESN coverage. TSN2 had the September 13 game versus the Tigers and will air the Jays home closer versus the Mariners on September 27. Untelevised games can be seen on JaysVision on Rogers Cable (digital only). Otherwise, the viewer must subscribe to MLB Extra Innings, which gets the feed from the opposing team's station. MLB Extra Innings is available on satellite and digital cable.

Regular season

Season summary

The Blue Jays mascot during the 2009 season Blue Jays Mascot.jpg
The Blue Jays mascot during the 2009 season

The Jays began the year with a schedule that had them playing teams from the Central and the West divisions for 24 games in April. Adam Lind slugged out an opening day record 6 RBI, and the Jays pummeled the Tigers, giving Roy Halladay the win. They went on to win the first 6 series of the season, and finished April with a 15-9 record, tied with the Red Sox for first in the AL East.

The first game against the New York Yankees occurred on May 12, in a marquee matchup of Roy Halladay versus former teammate A. J. Burnett. Not only did the Jays win 8-2, but Halladay recorded his first complete game of the season, while giving Burnett his first loss on the year. The Jays drew a crowd of 43,737 fans. This was the first non-home opener Rogers Centre sell out since July 22 of the previous year against the Yankees, drawing a crowd of 50,014. However, the remaining two games of the 2009series were won by the Yankees, making this the first series lost by the Jays at home that season. They followed this with a series sweep of the Chicago White Sox, at which time the Jays had the best record (27-14) in the American League, but this was followed by a disastrous road trip to Boston, Atlanta and Baltimore during which the Jays lost 9 straight games, tying their longest away-game losing streak since a nine-game run in May 2007. This left the Jays at 27-23, behind Boston and the Yankees by 1.5 games. The Blue Jays then bounced back, taking two out of three from Boston, and had some more considerable successes, most notably a three-game road sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies. However, they never again held a playoff position, and gradually faded out of the picture: they were out of contention by the All-Star break, and were never able to mount any sort of charge reminiscent of 2008's 10-game winning streak to get back in the race.

Roy Halladay and Aaron Hill were named to the American League All-Star team. Halladay was the starting pitcher, and Hill started the game at second base.

Firing of J. P. Ricciardi

Alex Anthopoulos took over for J. P. Ricciardi. Anthopolous.jpg
Alex Anthopoulos took over for J. P. Ricciardi.

On October 3, the J. P. Ricciardi era ended in Toronto. When he took over in 2002, he guaranteed a playoff berth; the Jays never even came close to a playoff berth, never finishing better than 10 games behind the top of the division during Ricciardi's reign. After a promising start to 2009, the Jays faltered, and Ricciardi publicized the topic of a Roy Halladay trade, which many Jays fans disapproved. Allegedly, Ricciardi told Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports a day before the firing, in which some Blue Jays players spoke critically about Cito Gaston. A day later, Paul Beeston reportedly found out about Ricciardi leaking the information to the media, and promptly fired him. Assistant GM Alex Anthopoulos took over immediately.

Season standings

AL East

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359.636—57‍–‍2446‍–‍35
Boston Red Sox 9567.586856‍–‍2539‍–‍42
Tampa Bay Rays 8478.5191952‍–‍2932‍–‍49
Toronto Blue Jays 7587.4632844‍–‍3731‍–‍50
Baltimore Orioles 6498.3953939‍–‍4225‍–‍56

Detailed record

TeamHomeAwayTotalGms left
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 8-11-89-9-
Boston Red Sox 4-53-67-11-
New York Yankees 3-63-66-12-
Tampa Bay Rays 3-61-84-14-
18-188-2826-46-
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 4-02-16-1-
Cleveland Indians 2-32-14-4-
Detroit Tigers 3-12-25-3-
Kansas City Royals 2-11-33-4-
Minnesota Twins 2-23-15-3-
13-710-823-15-
AL West
Los Angeles Angels 3-31-14-4-
Oakland Athletics 2-14-26-3-
Seattle Mariners 3-11-24-3-
Texas Rangers 2-13-45-5-
10-69-919-15-
National League
Atlanta Braves N/A0-30-3-
Cincinnati Reds 2-1N/A2-1-
Florida Marlins 0-3N/A0-3-
Philadelphia Phillies 1-23-04-2-
Washington Nationals N/A1-21-2-
3-64-57-11-
MonthGamesWonLost
April24159
May291415
June261214
July24816
August261016
September301614
October303
1627587

Vs. opponents

TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore –2–165–42–53–54–42–83–25–131–54–58–105–59–911–7
Boston 16–2–4–47–26–15–34–54–29–95–52–49–92–711–711–7
Chicago 4–54−4–10–89–99–95–46−123–44–54–56–22–41–612–6
Cleveland 5–22–78–10–4–1410–82–48–103–52–56–45–31–84–45–13
Detroit 5–31–69–914–4–9–95–47–121–55–45–45–27–23–510–8
Kansas City 4–43–59–98–109–9–1–96–122–42–65–41–93–34–38–10
Los Angeles 8–25–44–54–24–59–1–6–45–512–710–94–28–114–414–4
Minnesota 2–32–412–610–812–712–64–6–0–74–65–53–36–43–512–6
New York 13–59–94–35–35–14–25–57–0–7–26–411–75–412–610–8
Oakland 5–15–55–45–24–56–27–126–42–7–5–146–411–83–65–13
Seattle 5–44–25–44–64–54–59–105–54–614–5–5–38–113–411–7
Tampa Bay 10–89–92–63–52–59–12–43–37–114–63–5–3–614–413–5
Texas 5–57–24–28–12–73–311–84–64–58–1111–86–3–5–59–9
Toronto 9–97–116–14–45–33–44–45–36–126–34–34–145–5–7–11
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2009 draft picks

Source [33]

The 2009 MLB Draft was held on June 9–11. The Blue Jays had a first round pick, along with one compensation pick. The Blue Jays also had two picks in the third round.

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/schoolNationalitySigned
120 Chad Jenkins RHP Kennesaw State Flag of the United States.svg 2009–08–15
C-A37* James Paxton LHP Kentucky Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Unsigned
268Jake EliopoulosLHP Sacred Heart Catholic High School (ON) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Unsigned
399 Jake Barrett RHP Desert Ridge High School (AZ) Flag of the United States.svg Unsigned
3104 Jake Marisnick CF Riverside Polytechnic High School (CA) Flag of the United States.svg 2009–08–17
4130 Ryan Goins SS Dallas Baptist Flag of the United States.svg 2009–07–17
5160 Ryan Schimpf 2B Louisiana State Flag of the United States.svg 2009–07–27
6190K. C. HobsonRF Stockdale High School (CA) Flag of the United States.svg 2009–08–17
7220Egan SmithLHP College of Southern Nevada Flag of the United States.svg 2009–06–14
8250Brian SloverRHP Cal State-Northridge Flag of the United States.svg 2009–07–20
9280 Aaron Loup LHP Tulane Flag of the United States.svg 2009–06–29
10310 Yan Gomes C Barry Flag of Brazil.svg 2009–06–19

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Game log

Legend
Blue Jays winBlue Jays lossGame postponed
Game log
April 15–9 (home 7–3, road 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
1April 6 Tigers 12–5 Halladay (1–0) Verlander (0–1)48,0271–00
2April 7 Tigers 5–4 Ryan (1–0) Lyon (0–1)16,7902–0+½
3April 8 Tigers 5–1 Miner (1–0) Litsch (0–1)12,1452–1½
4April 9 Tigers 6–2 Romero (1–0) Porcello (0–1)15,2973–1+½
5April 10@ Indians 13–7 League (1–0) Pérez (0–1)42,4734–1+½
6April 11@ Indians 5–4 Halladay (2–0) Lee (0–2) Frasor (1)20,8955–1+½
7April 12@ Indians 8–4 Reyes (1–0) Purcey (0–1)14,2165–2+½
8April 13@ Twins 8–6 Frasor (1–0) Ayala (1–1) Ryan (1)16,4106–2+½
9April 14@ Twins 3–2 (11) Crain (1–0) Carlson (0–1)15,3756–3½
10April 15@ Twins 12–2 Richmond (1–0) Baker (0–1)19,4717–3+½
11April 16@ Twins 9–2 Halladay (3–0) Liriano (0–3)15,1698–3+1
12April 17 Athletics 8–5 Bailey (2–0) League (1–1) Ziegler (3)18,2728–4+1
13April 18 Athletics 4–2 (12) Frasor (2–0) Giese (0–1)21,6989–4+2
14April 19 Athletics 1–0 Romero (2–0) Braden (1–2) Ryan (2)22,16410–4+2½
15April 21 Rangers 5–4 McCarthy (2–0) Halladay (3–1) Francisco (2)20,99610–5+1½
16April 22 Rangers 8–7 (11) Frasor (3–0) Wilson (0–2)13,09011–5+1½
17April 23 Rangers 5–2 Richmond (2–0) Millwood (1–2) Downs (1)15,48712–5+2
18April 24@ White Sox 14–0 Tallet (1–0) Floyd (2–2)27,10313–5+2
19April 25@ White Sox 10–2 Buehrle (3–0) Burres (0–1)30,38313–6+1
20April 26@ White Sox 4–3 Halladay (4–1) Linebrink (0–1) Downs (2)31,45914–6+1
21April 27@ Royals 7–1 Bannister (2–0) Purcey (0–2)9,68514–70
22April 28@ Royals 8–1 Richmond (3–0) Meche (1–2)15,19115–7+1
23April 29@ Royals 11–3 Greinke (5–0) Tallet (1–1)10,61915–80
24April 30@ Royals 8–6 Davies (2–1) Burres (0–2)11,89615–90
May 14–15 (home 11–4, road 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
25May 1 Orioles 8–4 Halladay (5–1) Hendrickson (1–4)20,02016–9+1
26May 2 Orioles 5–4 (11) Frasor (4–0) Bass (0–1)18,33117–9+1
27May 3 Orioles 4–3 Richmond (4–0) Guthrie (2–2) Downs (3)20,41818–9+2
28May 4 Indians 9–7 (12) Betancourt (1–1) Camp (0–1) Lewis (1)15,29518–10+1
29May 5 Indians 10–6 Wolfe (1–0) Chulk (0–1)22,00519–10+1
30May 6@ Angels 13–1 Halladay (6–1) Ortega (0–2)41,12320–10+2
31May 7@ Angels 6–1 Weaver (3–1) Ray (0–1)41,00720–11+1
32May 8@ Athletics 5–3 Wuertz (2–1) Richmond (4–1) Bailey (1)14,10320–120
33May 9@ Athletics 6–4 Tallet (2–1) Gallagher (1–1)15,81721–12+1
34May 10@ Athletics 5–0 Cecil (1–0) Braden (3–4)15,12622–12+1
35May 12 Yankees 5–1 Halladay (7–1) Burnett (2–1)43,73723–12+1
36May 13 Yankees 8–2 Pettitte (3–1) Richmond (4–2)20,16423–13+1
37May 14 Yankees 3–2 Sabathia (3–3) Carlson (0–2) Rivera (7)22,66723–14+1
38May 15 White Sox 8–3 Cecil (2–0) Danks (2–3)17,24124–14+2
39May 16 White Sox 2–1 Ray (1–1) Linebrink (1–2) Downs (4)21,87925–14+2
40May 17 White Sox 8–2 Halladay (8–1) Floyd (2–4)37,13726–14+3
41May 18 White Sox 3–2 Carlson (1–2) Dotel (1–1) Downs (5)24,20627–14+3½
42May 19@ Red Sox 2–1 Wakefield (5–2) Tallet (2–2) Papelbon (11)37,83027–15+2½
43May 20@ Red Sox 8–3 Penny (4–1) Cecil (2–1)38,09927–16+1½
44May 21@ Red Sox 5–1 Lester (3–4) Ray (1–2)38,34727–17+½
45May 22@ Braves 1–0 Kawakami (3–5) Carlson (1–3) González (7)21,53327–18+½
46May 23@ Braves 4–3 Lowe (6–2) Janssen (0–1) Soriano (4)27,37727–19+½
47May 24@ Braves 10–2 Bennett (2–1) Camp (0–2)23,97127–20½
48May 25@ Orioles 4–1 Guthrie (4–4) Tallet (2–3) Sherrill (10)24,90427–211½
49May 26@ Orioles 7–2 Berken (1–0) Romero (2–1)10,13027–221½
50May 27@ Orioles 12–10 (11) Báez (4–1) Wolfe (1–1)13,71327–231½
51May 29 Red Sox 6–3 Janssen (1–1) Wakefield (6–3) Downs (6)32,02628–231½
52May 30 Red Sox 5–3 Tallet (3–3) Ramírez (4–2) Downs (7)35,48429–231½
53May 31 Red Sox 8–2 Lester (4–5) Romero (2–2)30,49629–241½
June 12–14 (home 6–11, road 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
54June 2 Angels 6–4 Halladay (9–1) Saunders (6–4)26,80930–242
55June 3 Angels 8–1 Weaver (5–2) Janssen (1–2)17,12730–252
56June 4 Angels 6–5 Speier (2–1) League (1–2)31,16330–263
57June 5 Royals 9–3 Romero (3–2) Greinke (8–2)15,43531–262½
58June 6 Royals 6–2 Hochevar (1–2) Richmond (4–3)16,55231–273
59June 7 Royals 4–0 Halladay (10–1) Davies (2–6)21,07132–272½
60June 8@ Rangers 6–3 Janssen (2–2) Feldman (5–1) Downs (8)17,85633–272½
61June 9@ Rangers 9–0 Tallet (4–3) Mathis (0–1)17,53534–271½
–June 10@ Rangers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 12
62June 11@ Rangers 1–0 Millwood (6–4) Romero (3–3) Wilson (6)16,07334–283
63June 12 Marlins 7–3 Meyer (1–0) League (1–3)17,92234–294
64June 13 Marlins 6–5 West (2–1) Janssen (2–3) Lindstrom (12)20,63434–305
65June 14 Marlins 11–3 Johnson (6–1) Tallet (4–4)20,98534–315
66June 16@ Phillies 8–3 (10) Downs (1–0) Condrey (4–2)44,95835–315
67June 17@ Phillies 7–1 Richmond (5–3) Moyer (4–6)42,09136–315
68June 18@ Phillies 8–7 Frasor (5–0) Madson (2–2) Accardo (1)44,03637–314
69June 19@ Nationals 2–1 (11) Colomé (1–0) Frasor (5–1)20,86037–324
70June 20@ Nationals 5–3 (12) Tavárez (3–4) Richmond (5–4)22,14237–335
71June 21@ Nationals 9–4 Romero (4–3) Martis (5–2)26,61038–335
72June 23 Reds 7–5 Tallet (5–4) Owings (4–8) Frasor (2)30,35139–335
73June 24 Reds 8–2 Richmond (6–4) Arroyo (8–6)15,40940–335
74June 25 Reds 7–5 Cueto (6–4) Camp (0–3) Cordero (18)15,32940–345
75June 26 Phillies 6–1 Romero (5–3) Hamels (4–4)21,33141–345
76June 27 Phillies 10–0 Happ (5–0) Mills (0–1)28,80541–356
77June 28 Phillies 5–4 Moyer (6–6) Tallet (5–5) Lidge (14)36,37841–366
78June 29 Rays 4–1 Niemann (7–4) Halladay (10–2) Choate (4)15,66541–377
79June 30 Rays 4–1 Garza (6–5) Richmond (6–5) Howell (6)15,47741–387
July 8–16 (home 5–5, road 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
80July 1 Rays 5–0 Romero (6–3) Shields (6–6)30,53342–387
81July 3@ Yankees 4–2 Burnett (7–4) Tallet (5–6) Rivera (21)46,30842–397
82July 4@ Yankees 6–5 (12) Tomko (1–2) Camp (0–4)46,62042–407
83July 5@ Yankees 10–8 Albaladejo (3–1) Ryan (1–1) Aceves (1)46,32042–418
84July 6@ Yankees 7–6 Romero (7–3) Pettitte (8–4) Frasor (3)46,45043–417
85July 7@ Rays 3–1 (11) Wheeler (3–1) League (1–4)15,24443–428
86July 8@ Rays 10–9 Howell (5–2) Frasor (5–2)15,25243–439
87July 9@ Rays 3–2 Price (3–3) Halladay (10–3) Wheeler (1) 25,74943–449
88July 10@ Orioles 2–0 Cecil (3–1) Berken (1–6) Downs (9)30,57444–449
89July 11@ Orioles 4–3 (12) Hendrickson (5–4) Carlson (1–4)28,28144–4510
90July 12@ Orioles 4–2 Bergesen (6–3) Rzepczynski (0–1) Sherrill (20)21,62144–4611
91July 17 Red Sox 4–1 Buchholz (1–0) Romero (7–4) Papelbon (24)32,92844–4712
92July 18 Red Sox 6–2 Rzepczynski (1–1) Penny (6–4)36,92645–4711
93July 19 Red Sox 3–1 Halladay (11–3) Lester (8–7)36,53446–4710
94July 21 Indians 2–1 Lee (6–9) Downs (1–1)18,33046–4810½
95July 22 Indians 10–6 Romero (8–4) Pavano (8–8)18,37547–4810½
96July 23 Indians 5–4 Huff (5–4) Rzepczynski (1–2) Wood (13)32,06147–4911½
97July 24 Rays 4–2 Garza (7–7) Downs (1–2) Howell (11)24,16147–5012½
98July 25 Rays 10–9 (12) Howell (6–2) Camp (0–5) Nelson (3)26,52747–5112½
99July 26 Rays 5–1 Cecil (4–1) Niemann (9–5)30,61048–5112½
100July 27@ Mariners 11–4 Romero (9–4) Hernández (11–4)28,69649–5112½
101July 28@ Mariners 4–3 Aardsma (3–3) Downs (1–3)26,14849–5212½
102July 29@ Mariners 3–2 Rowland-Smith (1–1) Halladay (11–4) Aardsma (25)32,64949–5313½
103July 31@ Athletics 8–5 Braden (8–9) Richmond (6–6) Bailey (14)12,15149–5413
August 10–16 (home 5–9, road 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
104August 1@ Athletics 6–5 Cecil (5–1) Cahill (6–10) Frasor (4)35,06750–5412
105August 2@ Athletics 7–2 Romero (10–4) Mazzaro (2–8)13,07051–5412
106August 4 Yankees 5–3 Pettitte (9–6) Halladay (11–5)33,66951–5513
107August 5 Yankees 8–4 Aceves (7–1) Rzepczynski (1–3)31,40251–5614
108August 7 Orioles 7–5 Berken (2–9) Romero (10–5) Johnson (3)30,79551–5715½
109August 8 Orioles 3–2 (10) Frasor (6–2) Báez (4–6)28,61352–5716½
110August 9 Orioles 7–3 Halladay (12–5) Matusz (1–1)27,46453–5715½
111August 10@ Yankees 5–4 Camp (1–5) Mitre (1–1) Frasor (5)46,37654–5714½
112August 11@ Yankees 7–5 Robertson (2–1) Carlson (1–5) Rivera (33)46,52354–5815½
113August 12@ Yankees 4–3 Gaudin (5–10) Camp (1–6)47,11354–5916½
114August 14@ Rays 5–2 Halladay (13–5) Shields (7–9) Frasor (6)21,52255–5917
115August 15@ Rays 8–3 Kazmir (7–7) Tallet (5–7)29,63255–6018
116August 16@ Rays 5–2 Wheeler (4–3) League (1–5)24,62555–6118½
117August 18 Red Sox 10–9 Okajima (4–0) Janssen (2–4) Papelbon (29)25,47255–6218½
118August 19 Red Sox 6–1 Buchholz (2–3) Halladay (13–6)25,92555–6319½
119August 20 Red Sox 8–1 Lester (10–7) Cecil (5–2)22,81755–6420
120August 21 Angels 5–4 Rzepczynski (2–3) O'Sullivan (3–2) Janssen (1)15,99356–6420
121August 22 Angels 7–3 Santana (7–6) Richmond (6–7)23,23556–6520
122August 23 Angels 8–3 Romero (11–5) Bell (1–1)23,93557–6520½
123August 24 Rays 12–7 Niemann (12–5) Halladay (13–7)17,18457–6620½
124August 25 Rays 7–3 Shields (8–10) Cecil (5–3)17,30757–6720½
125August 26 Rays 3–2 League (2–5) Howell (6–4)15,34958–6720½
126August 28@ Red Sox 6–5 Okajima (5–0) Tallet (5–8) Papelbon (31)37,84458–6821
127August 29@ Red Sox 3–2 Buchholz (3–3) Romero (11–6) Papelbon (32)37,45258–6922
128August 30@ Red Sox 7–0 Byrd (1–0) Halladay (13–8)37,56058–7023
129August 31@ Rangers 18–10 Cecil (6–3) Holland (7–9)16,67559–7023
September 16–14 (home 10–5, road 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
130September 1@ Rangers 5–2 Nippert (5–2) Rzepczynski (2–4) Francisco (20)59–7124½
131September 1@ Rangers 5–2 McCarthy (6–2) Tallet (5–9) Francisco (21)17,20359–7224½
132September 2@ Rangers 6–4 Hunter (7–3) Richmond (6–8) Francisco (22)21,83659–7325½
133September 3 Yankees 10–5 Aceves (10–1) Romero (11–7)22,77359–7426½
134September 4 Yankees 6–0 Halladay (14–8) Chamberlain (8–5)22,17960–7425½
135September 5 Yankees 6–4 Pettitte (13–6) Cecil (6–4) Hughes (3)31,29560–7526½
136September 6 Yankees 14–8 Tallet (6–9) Mitre (3–2)30,87361–7525½
137September 7 Twins 6–3 Crain (5–4) Richmond (6–9) Nathan (37)13,15361–7627
138September 8 Twins 6–3 Romero (12–7) Rauch (4–3) Frasor (7)13,48862–7627
139September 9 Twins 4–1 Pavano (12–11) Halladay (14–9) Nathan (38)11,15962–7728
140September 10 Twins 3–2 Cecil (7–4) Baker (13–8) Frasor (8)11,46163–7727½
141September 11@ Tigers 6–4 Tallet (7–9) Robertson (2–1) Frasor (9)31,57564–7726½
142September 12@ Tigers 8–6 League (3–5) Rodney (2–4) Frasor (10)36,14265–7725½
143September 13@ Tigers 7–2 Porcello (13–8) Romero (12–8)32,46865–7826½
144September 14@ Tigers 6–5 (10) Seay (6–3) Wolfe (1–2)24,37565–7927½
145September 15@ Yankees 10–4 Halladay (15–9) Mitre (3–3)45,84766–7926½
146September 16@ Yankees 5–4 Rivera (3–2) Frasor (6–3)46,04666–8027½
147September 18@ Rays 11–4 Shields (10–11) Richmond (6–10)18,42666–8127½
148September 19@ Rays 4–0 Garza (8–10) Romero (12–9)22,70566–8228½
149September 20@ Rays 3–1 Price (9–7) Halladay (15–10) Howell (17)20,93766–8328½
150September 21 Orioles 9–2 Purcey (1–2) Tillamn (2–4)11,59867–8327½
151September 22 Orioles 6–5 (11) Camp (2–6) Sarfate (0–1)11,86968–8327½
152September 23 Orioles 7–3 Richmond (7–10) Guthrie (10–16)13,74369–8327½
153September 24 Mariners 5–4 Hernández (17–5) Carlson (1–6) Aardsma (36)15,30669–8428
154September 25 Mariners 5–0 Halladay (16–10) Fister (2–4)20,66870–8428
155September 26 Mariners 5–4 (10) Frasor (7–3) Kelley (5–4)29,78371–8428
156September 27 Mariners 5–4 Wolfe (2–2) Rowland-Smith (4–4) Camp (1)39,05272–8428
157September 28@ Red Sox 11–5 (7) Richmond (8–10) Bowden (0–1)37,59173–8428
158September 29@ Red Sox 8–7 Romero (13–9) Buchholz (7–4) Frasor (11)37,61874–8428
159September 30@ Red Sox 12–0 Halladay (17–10) Wakefield (11–5)37,24675–8427
October 0–3 (home 0–0, road 0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
160October 2@ Orioles 13–7 Berken (6–12) Purcey (1–3)16,92175–8527
161October 3@ Orioles 6–3 Hendrickson (6–5) Richmond (8–11) Johnson (10)23,25475–8627
162October 4@ Orioles 5–4 (11) Albers (3–6) League (3–6)17,96975–8728

Player stats

Note: Yellow background = Team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases [34]

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBIAVGSB
Russ Adams 820240000.2000
Rod Barajas 12542943971901971.2261
Michael Barrett 718330012.1670
José Bautista 11333654791331379.2354
Raúl Chávez 51159104180215.2581
David Dellucci 22655124003.1850
Edwin Encarnación 42154253751823.2401
Aaron Hill 15868210319537036108.2866
Joe Inglett 3689112541031.2813
Adam Lind 1515879317946035114.3051
John McDonald 73151183970413.2580
Kevin Millar 782512956140729.2230
Lyle Overbay 132423571123511664.2650
Kyle Phillips 518153002.2780
Alex Ríos 108436521152521462.26419
Scott Rolen 8833852108290843.3204
Randy Ruiz 331152536701017.3131
Marco Scutaro 1445741001623511260.28214
Travis Snider 772413458141929.2411
Vernon Wells 158630841643731566.26017
Pitcher totals16220000000.0000
Team Totals1625696798151633913209766.26673

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts [34]

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPRERBBK
Jeremy Accardo 002.55260124.2771718
Bryan Bullington 003.004006.02265
Brian Burres 0214.212206.1121054
Shawn Camp 263.50590179.233312958
Jesse Carlson 164.66730067.237352151
Brett Cecil 745.301817093.156553869
Scott Downs 133.09480946.218161343
Jason Frasor 732.506101157.216161656
Roy Halladay 17102.7932320239.0767435208
Dirk Hayhurst 002.78150022.277913
Casey Janssen 245.85215140.027261424
Brandon League 364.58670074.238382176
Jesse Litsch 019.0010009.09918
Brad Mills 0114.092207.2121269
Bill Murphy 003.1880011.14486
David Purcey 136.1999048.035333039
Robert Ray 124.4444024.11512613
Scott Richmond 8115.5227240138.2878559117
Ricky Romero 1394.3029290178.0858579141
B. J. Ryan 116.53250220.215151713
Marc Rzepczynski 243.671111061.125253060
Brian Tallet 795.3237250160.2989572120
Brian Wolfe 228.22140015.11414711
Team Totals75874.47162162251451.07717205511181

Honours and awards

Aaron Hill had a career year with the Blue Jays in 2009 Aaron Hill.jpg
Aaron Hill had a career year with the Blue Jays in 2009

All-Star Game

Awards

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Mike Basso
AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League Gary Cathcart
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Omar Malavé
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Clayton McCullough
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League John Schneider

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