2011 Toronto Blue Jays season

2011  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Rogers Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
Record	81–81 (.500)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Rogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managers	Alex Anthopoulos
Managers	John Farrell
Television	Rogers Sportsnet Rogers Sportsnet One (Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Alan Ashby)
Radio	Blue Jays Radio Network FAN 590 (Jerry Howarth, Alan Ashby, Mike Wilner, Gregg Zaun)
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The 2011 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 35th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 22nd full season of play (23rd overall) at the Rogers Centre. It was also the first season with John Farrell as the team's manager. The Blue Jays had an up-and-down season, finishing with an 81–81 record, in fourth place in the American League East.

Season standings

American League East

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	65	.599	—	52‍–‍29	45‍–‍36
Tampa Bay Rays	91	71	.562	6	47‍–‍34	44‍–‍37
Boston Red Sox	90	72	.556	7	45‍–‍36	45‍–‍36
Toronto Blue Jays	81	81	.500	16	42‍–‍39	39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles	69	93	.426	28	39‍–‍42	30‍–‍51

American League Wild Card

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Division Winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	97	65	.599
Texas Rangers	96	66	.593
Detroit Tigers	95	67	.586

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Tampa Bay Rays	91	71	.562	—
Boston Red Sox	90	72	.556	1
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	86	76	.531	5
Toronto Blue Jays	81	81	.500	10
Cleveland Indians	80	82	.494	11
Chicago White Sox	79	83	.488	12
Oakland Athletics	74	88	.457	17
Kansas City Royals	71	91	.438	20
Baltimore Orioles	69	93	.426	22
Seattle Mariners	67	95	.414	24
Minnesota Twins	63	99	.389	28

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 6–3 6–3 12–6 – – – Boston Red Sox 5–4 3–6 8–10 – – – New York Yankees 5–4 2–7 7–11 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 3–6 3–6 6–12 – – – Totals 19–17 14–22 33–39 – – – AL Central Chicago White Sox 3–1 1–2 4–3 – – – Cleveland Indians 1–2 3–1 4–3 – – – Detroit Tigers 1–3 1–1 2–4 – – – Kansas City Royals 1–2 2–2 3–4 – – – Minnesota Twins 2–1 3–0 5–1 – – – Totals 8–9 10–6 18–15 – – – AL West Los Angeles Angels 4–3 1–2 5–5 – – – Oakland Athletics 3–3 2–2 5–5 – – – Seattle Mariners 3–0 3–3 6–3 – – – Texas Rangers 2–1 4–3 6–4 – – – Totals 12–7 10–10 22–17 – – – National League Atlanta Braves – 0–3 0–3 – – – Cincinnati Reds – 2–1 2–1 – – – Houston Astros 1–2 – 1–2 – – – Philadelphia Phillies 1–2 – 1–2 – – – Pittsburgh Pirates 1–2 – 1–2 – – – St. Louis Cardinals – 3–0 3–0 – – – Totals 3–6 5–4 8–10 – – – Grand Totals 42–39 39–42 81–81 – – –

Month Games Won Lost Pct. April 27 13 14 .481 May 28 15 13 .536 June 27 12 15 .444 July 26 15 11 .577 August 28 13 15 .464 September 26 13 13 .500 Totals 162 81 81 .500

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	8–10	4–4	2–5	5–5	5–4	3–6	6–2	5–13	4–5	4–2	9–9	1–5	6–12	7–11
Boston	10–8	–	2–4	4–6	5–1	5–3	6–2	5–2	12–6	6–2	5–4	6–12	4–6	10–8	10–8
Chicago	4–4	4–2	–	11–7	5–13	7–11	2–6	9–9	2–6	6–4	7–2	4–4	4–4	3–4	11–7
Cleveland	5–2	6–4	7–11	–	6–12	12–6	3–6	11–7	3–4	5–2	5–4	2–4	1–9	3–4	11–7
Detroit	5–5	1–5	13–5	12–6	–	11–7	3–4	14–4	4–3	5–5	4–6	6–1	6–3	4–2	7–11
Kansas City	4–5	3–5	11–7	6–12	7–11	–	7–3	8–10	3–3	4–5	5–3	2–5	2–6	4–3	5–13
Los Angeles	6–3	2–6	6–2	6–3	4–3	3–7	–	6–3	4–5	8–11	12–7	4–4	7–12	5–5	13–5
Minnesota	2–6	2–5	9–9	7–11	4–14	10–8	3–6	–	2–6	4–4	3–5	3–7	5–3	1–5	8–10
New York	13–5	6–12	6–2	4–3	3–4	3–3	5–4	6–2	–	6–3	5–4	9–9	7–2	11–7	13–5
Oakland	5–4	2–6	4–6	2–5	5–5	5–4	11–8	4–4	3–6	–	9–10	5–2	6–13	5–5	8–10
Seattle	2–4	4–5	2–7	4–5	6–4	3–5	7–12	5–3	4–5	10–9	–	4–6	4–15	3–6	9–9
Tampa Bay	9–9	12–6	4–4	4–2	1–6	5–2	4–4	7–3	9–9	2–5	6–4	–	4–5	12–6	12–6
Texas	5–1	6–4	4–4	9–1	3–6	6–2	12–7	3–5	2–7	13–6	15–4	5–4	–	4–6	9–9
Toronto	12–6	8–10	4–3	4–3	2–4	3–4	5–5	5–1	7–11	5–5	6–3	6–12	6–4	–	8–10

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• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2011

Season summary

Following an unexpectedly successful 2010 season, one of the Blue Jays' priorities was to find a replacement for retiring manager Cito Gaston. After reviewing many candidates, the Blue Jays vetted four finalists, Sandy Alomar Jr., DeMarlo Hale, John Farrell and their third base coach Brian Butterfield. The Jays hired Farrell on October 22, 2010.

Relief pitcher Scott Downs declined arbitration, becoming a free agent; he signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on December 10, 2010. Catcher John Buck was also expected to leave, as GM Alex Anthopoulos and several commentators noted that he deserved a full-time job and contract coming off an all-star season, but that the Jays would be looking to prospect J. P. Arencibia as their starting catcher, after he hit .301 with 32 home runs in 104 Triple-A games. ^{[1] [2]}

The Jays made several notable acquisitions through free agency, including relievers Jon Rauch and Octavio Dotel. On November 17, 2010, the Blue Jays traded for outfielder Rajai Davis from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for two minor league pitchers Trystan Magnuson and Danny Farquhar.

On January 21, the Blue Jays announced a blockbuster deal that sent the face of the franchise, Vernon Wells, to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in exchange for catcher/first baseman Mike Napoli and outfielder Juan Rivera. ^[3] Four days later, the Blue Jays traded Napoli to the Texas Rangers for reliever Frank Francisco, ^[4] Rivera was Designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on July 3, 2011, and acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers with cash for a player to be named later or cash back. ^[5]

On February 17, the Blue Jays announced that José Bautista had agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $64 million. ^[6] Bautista led the MLB with 54 home runs, won the AL Hank Aaron Award and placed fourth in MVP balloting in 2010.

On June 1, in a game against the Cleveland Indians, Eric Thames, Rajai Davis and Jayson Nix hit back-to-back-to-back triples for the first time in franchise history. It was also the first time in the Major Leagues since Mike Gates, Tim Raines and Tim Wallach of the Montreal Expos accomplished this incredibly rare feat back in 1981.

On July 27, the Blue Jays completed a three-team trade to acquire long sought-after center fielder Colby Rasmus from the St. Louis Cardinals. In total, the trade involved many players, with Rasmus, P. J. Walters, Brian Tallet, and Trever Miller traded from St. Louis to Toronto, Mark Teahen traded from the Chicago White Sox to Toronto, Zach Stewart and Jason Frasor traded from Toronto to Chicago, Edwin Jackson traded to the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox (through Toronto), along with outfielder Corey Patterson, relief pitchers Octavio Dotel, and Marc Rzepczynski. The trade was seen as a watershed moment in the Blue Jays development process in the Anthopoulous regime, providing the team a multi-tooled centre fielder to anchor a young, developing outfield trio.

On July 31, the Blue Jays retired their first number, Roberto Alomar's #12.

On August 10, ESPN reported a cover story claiming the Toronto Blue Jays organization engaged in sign stealing ^[7] from visiting teams at the Rogers Centre, during the 2010 season. The story, by Peter Keating and Amy K. Nelson, alleged that a man in white, sitting in the outfield crowd, was raising his arms above his head to indicate an off-speed pitch. ^[7] While the story was not validated by visiting players, managers or other MLB organizations, the Blue Jays responded with a press conference to denounce the allegations.

On August 23, Aaron Hill and John McDonald were traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for second baseman Kelly Johnson. ^[8]

In August, J. P. Arencibia broke the Blue Jays single-season record for most home runs by a catcher, finishing the year with 23. Russell Martin would later tie this record in 2015.

2011 Draft picks

The 2011 MLB draft was held on June 7–9.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	21	Tyler Beede	RHP	Lawrence Academy (MA)		Unsigned
C-A	35*	Jacob Anderson	RHP	Chino High School (CA)		2011–08–12
C-A	46*	Joe Musgrove	RHP	Grossmont High School (CA)		2011–06–22
C-A	53*	Dwight Smith Jr.	OF	McIntosh High School (GA)		2011–08–14
C-A	57*	Kevin Comer	RHP	Seneca High School (NJ)		2011–08–15
2	74*	Daniel Norris	LHP	Science Hill High School (TN)		2011–08–15
2	78	Jeremy Gabryszwski	RHP	Crosby High School (TX)		2011–07–27
3	108	John Stilson	RHP	Texas A&M		2011–08–14
4	139	Tom Robson	RHP	Delta SS		2011–08–12
5	169	Andrew Chin	LHP	Buckingham Browne & Nichols (MA)		Unsigned
6	199	Anthony DeSclafani	RHP	Florida		2011–08–14
7	229	Christian Lopes	SS	Edison High School (CA)		2011–08–15
8	259	Mark Biggs	RHP	Warren East High School (KY)		2011–08–14
9	289	Andrew Suarez	LHP	Christopher Columbus High School (FL)		Unsigned
10	319	Aaron Garza	RHP	Galveston Ball High School (TX)		Unsigned

• * The Blue Jays received the 35th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Scott Downs
• * The Blue Jays received the 46th pick as compensation for loss of free agent John Buck
• * The Blue Jays received the 53rd pick as compensation for loss of free agent Miguel Olivo
• * The Blue Jays received the 57th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Kevin Gregg
• * The Blue Jays received the 74th pick as a compensation pick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for signing type-A free agent Scott Downs

Roster

2011 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 37 Henderson Álvarez 58 Chad Beck 57 Shawn Camp 34 Joel Carreño 27 Brett Cecil 29 Octavio Dotel  4 Kyle Drabek 49 Danny Farquhar 50 Frank Francisco 54 Jason Frasor 44 Casey Janssen 58 Wil Ledezma 35 Rommie Lewis 51 Jesse Litsch 29 Dustin McGowan 43 Trever Miller 59 Brad Mills 23 Brandon Morrow 47 Luis Pérez 25 David Purcey 60 Jon Rauch 37 Jo-Jo Reyes 48 Scott Richmond 24 Ricky Romero 34 Marc Rzepczynski 56 Zach Stewart 56 Brian Tallet 33 Carlos Villanueva 40 P. J. Walters		Catchers  9 J. P. Arencibia  8 José Molina Infielders 40,30 David Cooper 10 Edwin Encarnación  5 Yunel Escobar  2 Aaron Hill  2 Kelly Johnson 13 Brett Lawrie 26 Adam Lind 18 Mike McCoy  6 John McDonald 28 Jayson Nix 20 Mark Teahen 25 Chris Woodward		Outfielders 19 José Bautista 11 Rajai Davis 39 Adam Loewen  1 Darin Mastroianni 16 Corey Patterson 28 Colby Rasmus 20 Juan Rivera 45 Travis Snider 46 Eric Thames  3 DeWayne Wise		Manager 52 John Farrell Coaches 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher) 55 Brian Butterfield (third base) 41 Pat Hentgen (bullpen)  7 Torey Lovullo (first base) 21 Dwayne Murphy (hitting) 63 Luis Rivera (coach) 22 Don Wakamatsu (bench) 53 Bruce Walton (pitching)

Top prospects

#	Player	Position	Top 100 Rank	Scouting Book	2011 Starting Team (Level)
1	Kyle Drabek	Right-handed pitcher	29	15	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)
2	Deck McGuire	Right-handed pitcher	95	53	Dunedin Blue Jays (Advanced-A)
3	Anthony Gose	Outfielder	-	133	New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA)
4	Travis d'Arnaud	Catcher	36	102	New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA)
5	Zach Stewart	Right-handed pitcher	-	101	New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA)
6	Asher Wojciechowski	Right-handed pitcher	-	193	Dunedin Blue Jays (Advanced-A)
7	J. P. Arencibia	Catcher	-	88	Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)
8	Carlos Perez	Catcher	-	-	Lansing Lugnuts (A)
9	Aaron Sanchez	Right-handed pitcher	-	-	Bluefield Blue Jays (rookie)
10	Jake Marisnick	Outfielder	-	-	Lansing Lugnuts (A)
11	Brett Lawrie	Second baseman	40	16	Las Vegas 51s (AAA)

* According to Baseball America Top 100 Prospects ^[9]

* According to Scouting Book Top Minor League Prospects ^[10]

* Top 10 Blue Jays prospects via Baseball America ^[11]

Game log

Regular season

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Blue Jays Win	Blue Jays Loss	Game Postponed

2011 Game Log
April 13–14 (Home 6–5, Road 7–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 1 April 1 Twins 13–3 Romero (1–0) Pavano (0–1) 47,984 1–0 – 2 April 2 Twins 6–1 Drabek (1–0) Liriano (0–1) 27,194 2–0 – 3 April 3 Twins 4–3 Blackburn (1–0) Cecil (0–1) Nathan (1) 35,505 2–1 1 4 April 5 Athletics 7–6 (10) Frasor (1–0) Balfour (0–1) 11,077 3–1 1 5 April 6 Athletics 5–3 Litsch (1–0) Braden (0–1) Rauch (1) 11,684 4–1 – 6 April 7 Athletics 2–1 Cahill (1–0) Frasor (1–1) Fuentes (1) 19,528 4–2 1 7 April 8 @ Angels 3–2 Dotel (1–0) Santana (0–1) Rauch (2) 43,853 5–2 ½ 8 April 9 @ Angels 6–5 (14) Haren (2–0) Rauch (0–1) 43,513 5–3 1 9 April 10 @ Angels 3–1 Weaver (3–0) Reyes (0–1) Rodney (2) 43,525 5–4 1 10 April 11 @ Mariners 8–7 Lueke (1–0) Camp (0–1) 13,056 5–5 1½ 11 April 12 @ Mariners 3–2 Pineda (1–1) Romero (1–1) League (2) 15,500 5–6 2 12 April 13 @ Mariners 8–3 Rzepczynski (1–0) Ray (1–1) 12,407 6–6 1 13 April 15 @ Red Sox 7–6 Cecil (1–1) Jenks (0–1) Rauch (3) 37,467 7–6 ½ 14 April 16 @ Red Sox 4–1 Beckett (2–1) Reyes (0–2) Papelbon (2) 37,310 7–7 1½ 15 April 17 @ Red Sox 8–1 Lester (1–1) Litsch (1–1) 37,802 7–8 2½ 16 April 18 @ Red Sox 9–1 Matsuzaka (1–2) Romero (1–2) 37,916 7–9 3 17 April 19 Yankees 6–5 (10) Rauch (1–1) Nova (1–2) 25,250 8–9 2 18 April 20 Yankees 6–2 Colón (1–1) Cecil (1–2) Soriano (1) 26,062 8–10 3 19 April 22 Rays 6–4 (11) Rzepczynski (2–0) Russell (1–1) 23,129 9–10 2½ 20 April 23 Rays 6–4 Price (3–2) Morrow (0–1) Farnsworth (5) 21,826 9–11 3½ 21 April 24 Rays 2–0 Shields (2–1) Romero (1–3) 14,456 9–12 4½ 22 April 25 @ Rangers 6–4 Drabek (2–0) Lewis (1–3) Rauch (4) 22,915 10–12 3½ 23 April 26 @ Rangers 10–3 Litsch (2–1) Harrison (3–2) 21,755 11–12 2½ 24 April 27 @ Rangers 7–6 Eppley (1–0) Dotel (1–1) Oliver (2) 29,322 11–13 3½ 25 April 28 @ Rangers 5–2 Francisco (1–0) Oliver (1–2) 24,121 12–13 3½ 26 April 29 @ Yankees 5–3 Romero (2–3) García (1–1) Rauch (5) 40,830 13–13 2½ 27 April 30 @ Yankees 5–4 Burnett (4–1) Drabek (2–1) Rivera (9) 42,460 13–14 3½
May 15–13 (Home 9–8, Road 6–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 28 May 1 @ Yankees 5–2 Nova (2–2) Litsch (2–2) Rivera (10) 43,363 13–15 4½ 29 May 3 @ Rays 3–2 Farnsworth (2–0) Rauch (1–2) 10,248 13–16 5 30 May 4 @ Rays 3–2 Morrow (1–1) Niemann (1–4) Francisco (1) 10,099 14–16 4 31 May 5 @ Rays 3–1 Price (4–3) Drabek (2–2) Farnsworth (6) 12,682 14–17 4 32 May 6 Tigers 7–4 Litsch (3–2) Coke (1–5) Francisco (2) 19,711 15–17 4 33 May 7 Tigers 9–0 Verlander (3–3) Romero (2–4) 23,453 15–18 4 34 May 8 Tigers 5–2 Penny (3–3) Reyes (0–3) Valverde (7) 17,392 15–19 5 35 May 9 Tigers 10–5 Scherzer (6–0) Morrow (1–2) 11,785 15–20 5½ 36 May 10 Red Sox 7–6 (10) Villanueva (1–0) Albers (0–1) 17,820 16–20 5½ 37 May 11 Red Sox 9–3 Litsch (4–2) Lackey (2–5) 19,163 17–20 4½ 38 May 13 @ Twins 2–0 Romero (3–4) Burnett (0–2) Francisco (3) 38,809 18–20 5 39 May 14 @ Twins 9–3 (11) Rauch (2–2) Perkins (0–1) 39,934 19–20 4 40 May 15 @ Twins 11–3 Morrow (2–2) Duensing (2–3) 39,301 20–20 3 41 May 16 @ Tigers 4–2 Drabek (3–2) Benoit (1–3) Francisco (4) 20,444 21–20 3 – May 17 @ Tigers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 27 2½ 42 May 18 Rays 6–5 Hellickson (5–2) Litsch (4–3) Farnsworth (9) 14,415 21–21 3½ 43 May 19 Rays 3–2 Romero (4–4) Davis (4–4) Francisco (5) 12,590 22–21 2½ 44 May 20 Astros 5–2 López (1–1) Francisco (1–1) Melancon (2) 15,478 22–22 2½ 45 May 21 Astros 7–5 Janssen (1–0) Myers (1–4) Dotel (1) 21,494 23–22 1½ 46 May 22 Astros 3–2 Rodríguez (3–3) Drabek (3–3) Melancon (3) 19,487 23–23 2½ 47 May 23 @ Yankees 7–3 Villanueva (2–0) Colón (2–3) 41,946 24–23 1½ 48 May 24 @ Yankees 5–4 Sabathia (5–3) Francisco (1–2) 41,549 24–24 2½ 49 May 25 @ Yankees 7–3 García (3–4) Reyes (0–4) 43,201 24–25 3½ 50 May 26 White Sox 3–1 Crain (2–1) Rzepczynski (2–1) Santos (8) 14,353 24–26 4 51 May 27 White Sox 4–2 Janssen (2–0) Buehrle (4–4) Rauch (6) 16,668 25–26 4 52 May 28 White Sox 9–8 (14) Pérez (1–0) Floyd (5–5) 22,659 26–26 3½ 53 May 29 White Sox 13–4 Romero (5–4) Danks (0–8) 18,325 27–26 3 54 May 30 Indians 11–1 Reyes (1–4) Carmona (3–6) 12,902 28–26 2 55 May 31 Indians 6–3 Talbot (2–1) Morrow (2–3) 14,556 28–27 2½
June 12–15 (Home 3–7, Road 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 56 June 1 Indians 13–9 Tomlin (7–2) Drabek (3–4) 15,397 28–28 3½ 57 June 3 @ Orioles 8–4 Villanueva (3–0) Britton (5–4) 18,587 29–28 3 58 June 4 @ Orioles 5–3 Arrieta (7–3) Romero (5–5) Gregg (10) 20,086 29–29 4 59 June 5 @ Orioles 7–4 Reyes (2–4) Guthrie (2–8) 25,431 30–29 4 60 June 6 @ Royals 3–2 (11) Soria (4–3) Francisco (1–3) 12,194 30–30 4½ 61 June 7 @ Royals 8–5 Drabek (4–4) Mazzaro (0–1) Rauch (7) 16,539 31–30 3½ 62 June 8 @ Royals 9–8 Villanueva (4–0) Duffy (0–2) Janssen (1) 12,152 32–30 3½ 63 June 9 @ Royals 3–2 Hochevar (4–6) Romero (5–6) Soria (8) 13,941 32–31 4½ 64 June 10 Red Sox 5–1 Buchholz (5–3) Reyes (2–5) 28,588 32–32 5½ 65 June 11 Red Sox 16–4 Lackey (4–5) Morrow (2–4) 39,437 32–33 6½ 66 June 12 Red Sox 14–1 Lester (9–2) Drabek (4–5) 30,364 32–34 7½ 67 June 14 Orioles 6–5 (11) Camp (1–1) Uehara (1–1) 15,592 33–34 6½ 68 June 15 Orioles 4–1 Romero (6–6) Arrieta (8–4) Francisco (6) 14,541 34–34 6½ 69 June 16 Orioles 4–3 Berken (1–2) Rauch (2–3) Gregg (13) 31,822 34–35 7½ 70 June 17 @ Reds 3–2 Reyes (3–5) Leake (6–3) Francisco (7) 32,026 35–35 7½ 71 June 18 @ Reds 4–0 Morrow (3–4) Vólquez (4–3) 31,688 36–35 6½ 72 June 19 @ Reds 2–1 Arroyo (6–6) Villanueva (4–1) Cordero (5) 32,618 36–36 7½ 73 June 20 @ Braves 2–0 Hudson (6–6) Romero (6–7) Kimbrel (20) 22,937 36–37 8½ 74 June 21 @ Braves 5–1 Minor (1–2) Stewart (0–1) 26,849 36–38 8½ 75 June 22 @ Braves 5–1 Beachy (2–1) Reyes (3–6) 23,152 36–39 8½ 76 June 24 @ Cardinals 5–4 Frasor (2–1) Salas (4–2) Francisco (8) 37,724 37–39 7½ 77 June 25 @ Cardinals 6–3 Villanueva (5–1) García (6–3) 40,289 38–39 7 78 June 26 @ Cardinals 5–0 Romero (7–7) McClellan (6–4) 36,542 39–39 7 79 June 27 @ Tigers 4–2 Benoit (2–3) Rzepczynski (2–2) Valverde (18) 25,181 39–40 7½ 80 June 28 Pirates 7–6 Correia (10–6) Reyes (3–7) Hanrahan (23) 17,085 39–41 8½ 81 June 29 Pirates 2–1 Morrow (4–4) Maholm (4–9) Francisco (9) 15,632 40–41 8½ 82 June 30 Pirates 6–2 Karstens (6–4) Cecil (1–3) 14,939 40–42 9½
July 15–11 (Home 10–6, Road 5–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 83 July 1 Phillies 7–6 Báez (2–3) Francisco (1–4) Bastardo (4) 45,512 40–43 10½ 84 July 2 Phillies 5–3 Halladay (11–3) Pérez (1–1) 44,078 40–44 11½ 85 July 3 Phillies 7–4 Dotel (2–1) Lee (9–6) 26,204 41–44 10½ 86 July 4 @ Red Sox 9–7 Morrow (5–4) Lackey (5–8) Francisco (10) 38,072 42–44 9½ 87 July 5 @ Red Sox 3–2 Albers (3–3) Cecil (1–4) Papelbon (18) 37,745 42–45 10½ 88 July 6 @ Red Sox 6–4 Wakefield (5–3) Romero (7–8) Papelbon (19) 37,404 42–46 10½ 89 July 7 @ Indians 5–4 Sipp (4–1) Pérez (1–2) 18,816 42–47 11 90 July 8 @ Indians 11–7 Reyes (4–7) Talbot (2–5) 25,835 43–47 11 91 July 9 @ Indians 5–4 (10) Rauch (3–3) Perez (2–4) Camp (1) 27,661 44–47 11 92 July 10 @ Indians 7–1 Cecil (2–4) Carrasco (8–6) 21,148 45–47 11 93 July 14 Yankees 16–7 Reyes (5–7) Colón (6–5) 37,342 46–47 10½ 94 July 15 Yankees 7–1 Morrow (6–4) García (7–7) 33,525 47–47 9½ 95 July 16 Yankees 4–1 Sabathia (14–4) Romero (7–9) Rivera (23) 45,606 47–48 10½ 96 July 17 Yankees 7–2 Hughes (1–2) Villanueva (5–2) 36,586 47–49 11½ 97 July 19 Mariners 6–5 (14) Janssen (3–0) Wright (2–3) 15,957 48–49 11 98 July 20 Mariners 11–6 Morrow (7–4) Vargas (6–8) 18,093 49–49 11 99 July 21 Mariners 7–5 Rauch (4–3) Pauley (5–4) 23,146 50–49 10½ 100 July 22 @ Rangers 12–2 Lewis (10–7) Reyes (5–8) 37,360 50–50 11½ 101 July 23 @ Rangers 5–4 Oliver (3–5) Rzepczynski (2–3) 38,537 50–51 12½ 102 July 24 @ Rangers 3–0 Cecil (3–4) Ogando (10–4) 43,117 51–51 12½ 103 July 26 Orioles 12–4 Arrieta (10–7) Morrow (7–5) 17,477 51–52 13 104 July 27 Orioles 3–0 Romero (8–9) Simón (2–4) Rauch (8) 16,861 52–52 13 105 July 28 Orioles 8–5 Villanueva (6–2) Bergesen (2–7) 16,152 53–52 12 106 July 29 Rangers 3–2 Cecil (4–4) Ogando (10–5) Rauch (9) 19,287 54–52 11 107 July 30 Rangers 3–0 Holland (10–4) Mills (0–1) 22,560 54–53 12 108 July 31 Rangers 7–3 Morrow (8–5) Wilson (10–4) 45,629 55–53 12
August 13–15 (Home 5–8, Road 8–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 109 August 2 @ Rays 3–1 Romero (9–9) Price (9–10) Rauch (10) 13,333 56–53 11½ 110 August 3 @ Rays 9–1 Shields (10–9) Villanueva (6–3) 11,803 56–54 12½ 111 August 4 @ Rays 7–6 Gomes (1–1) Camp (1–2) 28,491 56–55 12½ 112 August 5 @ Orioles 5–4 Mills (1–1) Hunter (1–2) Rauch (11) 18,770 57–55 12½ 113 August 6 @ Orioles 6–2 Tillman (3–4) Morrow (8–6) 19,396 57–56 12½ 114 August 7 @ Orioles 7–2 Romero (10–9) Simón (3–5) 13,824 58–56 12½ 115 August 9 Athletics 4–1 Harden (3–2) Cecil (4–5) Bailey (14) 20,521 58–57 14 116 August 10 Athletics 8–4 Janssen (4–0) González (9–10) Litsch (1) 19,541 59–57 13 117 August 11 Athletics 10–3 Moscoso (5–6) Mills (1–2) 27,918 59–58 13½ 118 August 12 Angels 5–1 Santana (9–8) Morrow (8–7) 24,731 59–59 14½ 119 August 13 Angels 11–2 Romero (11–9) Weaver (14–6) 27,185 60–59 13½ 120 August 14 Angels 5–4 (10) Rauch (5–3) Rodney (2–5) 23,355 61–59 12½ 121 August 15 @ Mariners 6–5 Wilhelmsen (1–0) Rauch (5–4) League (30) 28,530 61–60 13 122 August 16 @ Mariners 13–7 Pérez (2–2) Vargas (7–11) 23,089 62–60 13 123 August 17 @ Mariners 5–1 Morrow (9–7) Beavan (3–4) 26,579 63–60 12 124 August 18 @ Athletics 7–0 Romero (12–9) Cahill (9–12) 12,220 64–60 12 125 August 19 @ Athletics 2–0 Harden (4–2) Cecil (4–6) Bailey (16) 13,174 64–61 13 126 August 20 @ Athletics 5–1 González (10–11) Álvarez (0–1) 28,434 64–62 13 127 August 21 @ Athletics 1–0 Pérez (3–2) Moscoso (6–7) Janssen (2) 16,811 65–62 13 128 August 23 Royals 6–4 Chen (9–5) Morrow (9–8) Soria (23) 20,009 65–63 13 129 August 24 Royals 4–3 Litsch (5–3) Coleman (1–3) Francisco (11) 18,292 66–63 13 130 August 25 Royals 9–6 Francis (5–14) Cecil (4–7) 17,355 66–64 14 131 August 26 Rays 6–1 Shields (12–10) Álvarez (0–2) 20,491 66–65 14 132 August 27 Rays 6–5 Niemann (9–5) Camp (1–3) Peralta (2) 24,052 66–66 15½ 133 August 28 Rays 12–0 Price (12–11) Morrow (9–9) 21,618 66–67 16 134 August 29 Rays 7–3 Romero (13–9) Davis (8–8) 19,725 67–67 15½ 135 August 30 @ Orioles 6–5 (10) Eyre (1–0) Tallet (0–2) 10,756 67–68 15½ 136 August 31 @ Orioles 13–0 Álvarez (1–2) Reyes (7–11) 14,211 68–68 15½
September 13–13 (Home 9–5, Road 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 137 September 1 @ Orioles 8–6 Camp (2–3) Eyre (1–1) Francisco (12) 11,617 69–68 14½ 138 September 2 @ Yankees 3–2 Nova (15–4) Morrow (9–10) Rivera (37) 47,240 69–69 15 139 September 3 @ Yankees 6–4 Logan (5–2) Romero (13–10) Robertson (1) 47,744 69–70 16 140 September 4 @ Yankees 9–3 Sabathia (19–7) Cecil (4–8) 47,464 69–71 17 141 September 5 Red Sox 1–0 (11) Camp (3–3) Wheeler (2–2) 27,573 70–71 17 142 September 6 Red Sox 14–0 Lester (15–6) Pérez (3–3) 17,565 70–72 18 143 September 7 Red Sox 11–10 Camp (4–3) Bard (2–6) Francisco (13) 16,154 71–72 17 144 September 8 Red Sox 7–4 Romero (14–10) Miller (6–3) 17,189 72–72 16 145 September 9 Orioles 2–0 Guthrie (7–17) Cecil (4–9) Johnson (4) 13,918 72–73 16 146 September 10 Orioles 5–4 Litsch (6–3) Gregg (0–3) 17,742 73–73 15 147 September 11 Orioles 6–5 Carreño (1–0) Hunter (3–4) Francisco (14) 14,235 74–73 15 148 September 13 @ Red Sox 18–6 Wakefield (7–6) Morrow (9–11) 38,020 74–74 16½ 149 September 14 @ Red Sox 5–4 Romero (15–10) Bard (2–8) Francisco (15) 37,087 75–74 15½ 150 September 16 Yankees 5–4 Janssen (5–0) Logan (5–3) 29,323 76–74 14½ 151 September 17 Yankees 7–6 Laffey (3–2) Villaneuva (6–4) Rivera (42) 39,288 76–75 15½ 152 September 18 Yankees 3–0 Morrow (10–11) García (11–8) Francisco (16) 34,657 77–75 14½ 153 September 19 Angels 3–2 (10) Janssen (6–0) Downs (6–3) 11,178 78–75 14½ 154 September 20 Angels 10–6 Piñiero (7–7) Cecil (4–10) Downs (1) 13,514 78–76 15½ 155 September 21 Angels 7–2 Haren (16–9) McGowan (0–1) 14,784 78–77 17 156 September 22 Angels 4–3 (12) Camp (5–3) Richards (0–2) 22,769 79–77 16 157 September 23 @ Rays 5–1 Morrow (11–11) Price (12–13) 18,093 80–77 15½ 158 September 24 @ Rays 6–2 Torres (1–1) Romero (15–11) 27,773 80–78 16½ 159 September 25 @ Rays 5–2 Davis (11–10) Cecil (4–11) Peralta (6) 21,008 80–79 17 160 September 26 @ White Sox 4–3 Axelrod (1–0) McGowan (0–2) Santos (30) 21,320 80–80 17 161 September 27 @ White Sox 2–1 Buehrle (13–9) Álvarez (1–3) Sale (3) 23,934 80–81 17 162 September 28 @ White Sox 3–2 Camp (6–3) Sale (2–2) Francisco (17) 20,524 81–81 16

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
José Bautista	149	513	105	155	24	2	43	103	9	132	.302	.608
Yunel Escobar	133	513	77	149	24	3	11	48	3	61	.290	.413
Adam Lind	125	499	56	125	16	0	26	87	1	32	.251	.439
Edwin Encarnación	134	481	70	131	36	0	17	55	8	43	.272	.453
J.P. Arencibia	129	443	47	97	20	4	23	78	1	36	.219	.438
Aaron Hill	104	396	38	89	15	1	6	45	16	23	.225	.313
Eric Thames	95	362	58	95	24	5	12	37	2	23	.262	.456
Rajai Davis	95	320	44	76	21	6	1	29	34	15	.238	.350
Corey Patterson	89	317	44	80	16	3	6	33	13	15	.252	.379
Juan Rivera	70	247	22	60	11	0	6	28	3	22	.243	.360
Mike McCoy	80	197	26	39	8	0	2	10	12	25	.198	.269
Travis Snider	49	187	23	42	14	0	3	30	9	11	.225	.348
José Molina	55	171	19	48	12	1	3	15	2	15	.281	.415
John McDonald	65	168	19	42	8	1	2	20	2	8	.250	.345
Brett Lawrie	43	150	26	44	8	4	9	25	7	16	.293	.580
Jayson Nix	46	136	15	23	5	1	4	16	4	12	.169	.309
Colby Rasmus	35	133	14	23	10	0	3	13	0	5	.173	.316
Kelly Johnson	33	115	16	31	4	2	3	9	3	16	.270	.417
David Cooper	27	71	9	15	7	0	2	12	0	7	.211	.394
Mark Teahen	27	42	3	8	1	0	1	3	0	4	.190	.286
Adam Loewen	14	32	4	6	1	0	1	4	0	3	.188	.313
DeWayne Wise	20	32	4	4	0	1	2	2	2	0	.125	.375
Chris Woodward	11	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Darin Mastroianni	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	22	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	.091	.091
Team Totals	162	5559	743	1384	285	34	186	704	131	525	.249	.413

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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; SO = Strikeouts

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ricky Romero	15	11	2.92	32	32	0	225.0	176	85	73	80	178
Brandon Morrow	11	11	4.72	30	30	0	179.1	162	103	94	69	203
Brett Cecil	4	11	4.73	20	20	0	123.2	122	68	65	42	87
Jo-Jo Reyes	5	8	5.40	20	20	0	110.0	140	78	66	35	64
Carlos Villanueva	6	4	4.04	33	13	0	107.0	103	49	48	32	68
Kyle Drabek	4	5	6.06	18	14	0	78.2	87	54	53	55	51
Jesse Litsch	6	3	4.44	28	8	1	75.0	69	40	37	28	66
Shawn Camp	6	3	4.21	67	0	1	66.1	79	36	31	22	32
Luis Pérez	3	3	5.12	37	4	0	65.0	74	40	37	27	54
Henderson Álvarez	1	3	3.53	10	10	0	63.2	64	26	25	8	40
Jon Rauch	5	4	4.85	53	0	11	52.0	56	28	28	14	36
Casey Janssen	6	0	2.26	55	0	2	55.2	47	14	14	14	53
Frank Francisco	1	4	3.55	54	0	17	50.2	49	21	20	18	53
Jason Frasor	2	1	2.98	44	0	0	42.1	38	15	14	15	37
Marc Rzepczynski	2	3	2.97	43	0	0	39.1	28	16	13	15	33
Octavio Dotel	2	1	3.68	36	0	1	29.1	20	13	12	12	30
Dustin McGowan	0	2	6.43	5	4	0	21.0	20	15	15	13	20
Brad Mills	1	2	9.82	5	4	0	18.1	23	20	20	12	18
Zach Stewart	0	1	4.86	3	3	0	16.2	26	9	9	5	10
Joel Carreño	1	0	1.15	11	0	0	15.2	11	2	2	4	14
Wil Ledezma	0	0	15.00	5	0	0	6.0	11	10	10	7	6
Rommie Lewis	0	0	9.00	6	0	0	5.0	12	8	5	2	5
Trever Miller	0	0	4.91	6	0	0	3.2	6	2	2	2	2
David Purcey	0	0	11.57	5	0	0	2.1	3	3	3	4	3
Chad Beck	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	3
Danny Farquhar	0	0	13.50	3	0	0	2.0	4	4	3	2	1
Mike McCoy	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
P.J. Walters	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
Scott Richmond	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Tallet	0	1	54.00	1	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	2	1
Team Totals	81	81	4.32	162	162	33	1458.2	1433	761	700	540	1169

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Honours and awards

All-Star Game

• José Bautista, 2nd selection
• Ricky Romero, 1st selection

Home Run Derby

• José Bautista, 1st selection

Player of the Week

• Ricky Romero – August 1–7

Player of the Month

• José Bautista – April, May

Pitcher of the Month

• Ricky Romero – August

Hank Aaron Award

• José Bautista

Silver Slugger

• José Bautista – OF

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Marty Brown
AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	Sal Fasano
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Clayton McCullough
A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	Mike Redmond
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	John Schneider and Rich Miller
Rookie	Bluefield Blue Jays	Appalachian League	Dennis Holmberg
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	Omar Malavé

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Hampshire, Vancouver

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External links

• 2011 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference