2021 Toronto Blue Jays season

2021  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	TD Ballpark Sahlen Field Rogers Centre
City	Dunedin, Florida Buffalo, New York Toronto, Ontario
Record	91–71 (.562)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Rogers, CEO Mark Shapiro
General managers	Ross Atkins
Managers	Charlie Montoyo
Television	Sportsnet Sportsnet One (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler)
Radio	Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Ben Wagner)
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The 2021 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 45th season in Major League Baseball.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions, the team played their first 21 games at their spring training home of TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, ^[1] instead of returning to their normal home of Rogers Centre in Toronto, with the hope of moving back once Canada–U.S. travel restrictions were eased. Starting in June, the team then played 23 home games at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York (their home in 2020). ^{[2] [3]} On July 30, the Blue Jays returned to Rogers Centre for the first time since the 2019 season. ^[4]

The Blue Jays finished the regular season with a 91–71 record, giving the team their best win percentage since 2015, but did not qualify for the postseason. The team finished in fourth place in the American League East, one game behind both the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, which secured the AL's two wild card spots.

Offseason

The Toronto Blue Jays signed Robbie Ray, Tyler Chatwood, Kirby Yates, George Springer, Marcus Semien, and Joe Panik. However, Yates had a season-ending Tommy John surgery shortly before the start of the regular season, the second such surgery in his life.

Regular season

The Blue Jays playing a home game at Sahlen Field in Buffalo, New York in July 2021

American League East

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Tampa Bay Rays	100	62	.617	—	52‍–‍29	48‍–‍33
Boston Red Sox	92	70	.568	8	49‍–‍32	43‍–‍38
New York Yankees	92	70	.568	8	46‍–‍35	46‍–‍35
Toronto Blue Jays	91	71	.562	9	47‍–‍33	44‍–‍38
Baltimore Orioles	52	110	.321	48	27‍–‍54	25‍–‍56

American League Wild Card v t e Division Leaders Team W L Pct. Tampa Bay Rays 100 62 .617 Houston Astros 95 67 .586 Chicago White Sox 93 69 .574 v t e Wild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) Team W L Pct. GB Boston Red Sox 92 70 .568 — New York Yankees 92 70 .568 — Toronto Blue Jays 91 71 .562 1 Seattle Mariners 90 72 .556 2 Oakland Athletics 86 76 .531 6 Cleveland Indians 80 82 .494 12 Los Angeles Angels 77 85 .475 15 Detroit Tigers 77 85 .475 15 Kansas City Royals 74 88 .457 18 Minnesota Twins 73 89 .451 19 Texas Rangers 60 102 .370 32 Baltimore Orioles 52 110 .321 40

Blue Jays team leaders Batting [5] Batting average† Vladimir Guerrero Jr. .311 RBIs Teoscar Hernández 116 Home runs Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 48 Runs scored 123 Stolen bases Bo Bichette 25 Pitching [6] Wins Hyun-jin Ryu 14 ERA‡ Robbie Ray 2.84 WHIP‡ 1.04 Strikeouts 248 Saves Jordan Romano 23 † Minimum 3.1 plate appearances per team games played    AVG qualified batters: Bichette, Grichuk, Guerrero Jr., Gurriel Jr., Hernández, Semien ‡ Minimum 1 inning pitched per team games played    ERA & WHIP qualified pitchers: Ray, Ryu

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 8–2 6–3 14–5 – – – Boston Red Sox 4–5 5–5 9–10 – – – New York Yankees 3–6 8–2 11–8 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 4–6 4–5 8–11 – – – Totals 19–19 23–15 42–34 – – – AL Central Chicago White Sox 2–2 1–2 3–4 – – – Cleveland Indians 3–1 2–1 5–2 – – – Detroit Tigers 1–2 2–1 3–3 – – – Kansas City Royals 3–0 1–3 4–3 – – – Minnesota Twins 2–1 2–2 4–3 – – – Totals 11–6 8–9 19–15 – – – AL West Houston Astros 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – – Los Angeles Angels 1–3 2–1 3–4 – – – Oakland Athletics 3–0 2–2 5–2 – – – Seattle Mariners 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – – Texas Rangers 3–0 1–2 4–2 – – – Totals 9–7 7–9 16–16 – – – National League Atlanta Braves 3–0 3–0 6–0 – – – Miami Marlins 2–0 2–0 4–0 – – – New York Mets – 1–2 1–2 – – – Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 – 2–1 – – – Washington Nationals 1–1 0–2 1–3 – – – Totals 8–2 6–4 14–6 – – – Grand Totals 47–34 44–37 91–71 – – –

Month Games Won Lost Pct. April 24 12 12 .500 May 28 15 13 .536 June 26 14 12 .538 July 23 12 11 .522 August 30 16 14 .533 September 28 19 9 .679 October 3 3 0 1.000 Totals 162 91 71 .562

2021 draft

The 2021 Major League Baseball draft began on July 11. The draft was shortened to 20 rounds for the 2021 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. ^[7] The Blue Jays forfeited their second round selection due to signing George Springer during the offseason. ^[8]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	19	Gunnar Hoglund	RHP	Ole Miss		July 16 [9]
3	91	Ricky Tiedemann	LHP	Golden West		July 21 [10]
4	121	Chad Dallas	RHP	Tennessee		July 17 [11]
5	152	Irv Carter	RHP	Calvary Christian Academy		July 19 [12]
6	182	Hayden Juenger	RHP	Missouri State		July 21 [13]
7	212	Jaden Rudd	OF	A. Crawford Mosley High School		July 21 [13]
8	242	Hunter Gregory	RHP	Old Dominion		July 21 [13]
9	272	Conor Larkin	RHP	Penn State		July 21 [13]
10	302	Connor Cooke	RHP	Louisiana-Lafayette		July 21 [13]

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays win	Blue Jays loss	Game postponed

2021 Game Log: 91–71 (Home: 47–34; Away: 44–37)
April: 12–12 (Home: 5–4; Road: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 1 April 1 @ Yankees 3–2 (10) Romano (1–0) Nelson (0–1) Merryweather (1) 10,850 1–0 — 2 April 3 @ Yankees 3–5 Loáisiga (1–0) Stripling (0–1) Green (1) 10,107 1–1 1 3 April 4 @ Yankees 3–1 Borucki (1–0) Germán (0–1) Merryweather (2) 10,066 2–1 1 4 April 5 @ Rangers 6–2 Matz (1–0) Foltynewicz (0–1) — 38,258 3–1 — 5 April 6 @ Rangers 4–7 Dunning (1–0) Roark (0–1) Kennedy (1) 18,585 3–2 — 6 April 7 @ Rangers 1–2 Gibson (1–0) Ryu (0–1) Kennedy (2) 16,876 3–3 1 7 April 8 Angels 5–7 (11) Guerra (2–0) Borucki (1–1) Iglesias (2) 1,348 3–4 1 8 April 9 Angels 1–7 Heaney (1–1) Zeuch (0–1) — 1,523 3–5 1½ 9 April 10 Angels 15–1 Matz (2–0) Quintana (0–1) Milone (1) 1,292 4–5 1½ – April 11 Angels Postponed (Rain, Makeup August 10) 10 April 12 Yankees 1–3 Cole (2–0) Ray (0–1) Chapman (1) 1,576 4–6 2½ 11 April 13 Yankees 7–3 Ryu (1–1) Taillon (0–1) — 1,550 5–6 2½ 12 April 14 Yankees 5–4 Dolis (1–0) Green (0–2) — 1,613 6–6 3 13 April 15 @ Royals 5–7 Junis (1–0) Kay (0–1) Barlow (1) 6,266 6–7 3 — April 16 @ Royals Postponed (Rain, Makeup: April 17) 14 April 17 (1) @ Royals 5–1 (7) Matz (3–0) Minor (1–1) — 9,048 7–7 15 April 17 (2) @ Royals 2–3 (7) Holland (2–1) Payamps (0–1) — 8,950 7–8 3½ 16 April 18 @ Royals 0–2 Zimmer (1–0) Zeuch (0–2) Holland (2) 9,042 7–9 3 17 April 20 @ Red Sox 2–4 Rodríguez (3–0) Ryu (1–2) Barnes (3) 4,728 7–10 4½ 18 April 21 @ Red Sox 6–3 Borucki (2–1) Richards (0–2) Castro (1) 4,661 8–10 3½ 19 April 23 @ Rays 5–3 Matz (4–0) Glasnow (2–1) Dolis (1) 5,564 9–10 3 20 April 24 @ Rays 3–5 Thompson (2–1) Romano (1–1) Kittredge (1) 6,688 9–11 3 21 April 25 @ Rays 1–0 Mayza (1–0) Fleming (1–2) Dolis (2) 6,372 10–11 3 22 April 27 Nationals 9–5 Milone (1–0) Scherzer (1–2) — 1,471 11–11 3 23 April 28 Nationals 2–8 Fedde (2–2) Matz (4–1) — 1,274 11–12 4 24 April 30 Braves 13–5 Ray (1–1) Smyly (0–2) — 1,629 12–12 3½
May: 15–13 (Home: 5–7; Road: 10–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 25 May 1 Braves 6–5 (10) Romano (2–1) Jones (0–2) — 1,634 13–12 2½ 26 May 2 Braves 7–2 Borucki (3–1) Anderson (2–1) Dolis (3) 1,554 14–12 1½ 27 May 3 @ Athletics 4–5 Montas (3–2) Matz (4–2) Diekman (3) 2,944 14–13 2 28 May 4 @ Athletics 1–4 Irvin (3–3) Kay (0–2) Petit (1) 2,970 14–14 3 29 May 5 @ Athletics 9–4 Romano (3–1) Trivino (1–1) — 2,893 15–14 2 30 May 6 @ Athletics 10–4 Ryu (2–2) Fiers (0–2) — 3,611 16–14 2 31 May 7 @ Astros 4–10 Urquidy (3–2) Stripling (0–2) — 25,410 16–15 3 32 May 8 @ Astros 8–4 Matz (5–2) Javier (3–1) — 25,794 17–15 3 33 May 9 @ Astros 4–7 Abreu (2–1) Pearson (0–1) Pressly (6) 24,355 17–16 4 34 May 11 @ Braves 5–3 Thornton (1–0) Minter (1–1) Romano (1) 21,688 18–16 2½ 35 May 12 @ Braves 4–1 Ryu (3–2) Jackson (1–1) Cole (1) 21,171 19–16 1½ 36 May 13 @ Braves 8–4 Bergen (1–0) Smith (0–3) — 21,653 20–16 1½ 37 May 14 Phillies 1–5 Brogdon (4–1) Thornton (1–1) — 1,171 20–17 2½ 38 May 15 Phillies 4–0 Bergen (2–0) Nola (3–3) — 1,397 21–17 2½ 39 May 16 Phillies 10–8 Ray (2–1) Anderson (2–4) — 1,107 22–17 1½ 40 May 18 Red Sox 8–0 Ryu (4–2) Rodríguez (5–2) — 1,566 23–17 ½ 41 May 19 Red Sox 3–7 Richards (4–2) Stripling (0–3) — 1,581 23–18 1½ 42 May 20 Red Sox 7–8 Valdéz (2–0) Dolis (1–1) Barnes (10) 1,562 23–19 2½ 43 May 21 Rays 7–9 (12) Castillo (1–2) Beasley (0–1) — 1,437 23–20 3½ 44 May 22 Rays 1–3 Kittredge (5–0) Castro (0–1) Castillo (8) 1,514 23–21 4½ 45 May 23 Rays 4–6 Fleming (4–3) Chatwood (0–1) Feyereisen (1) 1,496 23–22 4½ 46 May 24 Rays 8–14 (11) Springs (4–1) Payamps (0–2) — 1,641 23–23 5½ 47 May 25 @ Yankees 6–2 Matz (6–2) Kluber (4–3) — 12,025 24–23 4½ — May 26 @ Yankees Postponed (Rain, Makeup May 27) 48 May 27 (1) @ Yankees 2–0 (7) Manoah (1–0) Germán (4–3) Romano (2) N/A 25–23 49 May 27 (2) @ Yankees 3–5 (7) Loáisiga (4–2) Ray (2–2) Green (2) 14,056 25–24 5½ 50 May 28 @ Indians 11–2 (7) Ryu (5–2) Morgan (0–1) — 9,198 26–24 5 — May 29 @ Indians Postponed (Rain, Makeup May 30) 51 May 30 (1) @ Indians 4–1 (7) Stripling (1–3) Civale (7–2) Romano (3) N/A 27–24 5½ 52 May 30 (2) @ Indians 5–6 (7) Clase (3–2) Chatwood (0–2) — 11,690 27–25 6
June: 14–12 (Home: 7–7; Road: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 53 June 1 Marlins 5–1 Ray (3–2) Alcántara (2–5) — 5,321 28–25 5½ 54 June 2 Marlins 6–5 Castro (1–1) García (3–4) — 5,385 29–25 4½ 55 June 4 Astros 1–13 Greinke (6–2) Ryu (5–3) — 5,510 29–26 5 56 June 5 Astros 6–2 Stripling (2–3) Urquidy (4–3) — 5,327 30–26 5 57 June 6 Astros 3–6 García (5–3) Matz (6–3) Pressly (9) 5,404 30–27 6 58 June 8 @ White Sox 1–6 Crochet (2–2) Thornton (1–2) — 12,761 30–28 7 59 June 9 @ White Sox 6–2 Chatwood (1–2) Bummer (0–4) — 14,438 31–28 6 60 June 10 @ White Sox 2–5 Keuchel (5–1) Ryu (5–4) Hendriks (16) 16,903 31-29 6½ 61 June 11 @ Red Sox 5–6 Whitlock (2–1) Dolis (1–2) — 25,257 31–30 7½ 62 June 12 @ Red Sox 7–2 Matz (7–3) Pivetta (6–2) — 24,024 32–30 7½ 63 June 13 @ Red Sox 18–4 Ray (4–2) Pérez (4–4) — 22,595 33–30 7½ 64 June 14 @ Red Sox 1–2 Barnes (3–1) Dolis (1–3) — 20,070 33–31 8½ 65 June 15 Yankees 5–6 Loáisiga (6–2) Mayza (1–1) Chapman (13) 7,145 33–32 8½ 66 June 16 Yankees 2–3 Cole (8–3) Stripling (2–4) Chapman (14) 7,271 33–33 8½ 67 June 17 Yankees 4–8 Green (1–4) Castro (1–2) — 7,288 33–34 8½ 68 June 18 @ Orioles 1–7 Wells (2–0) Ray (4–3) — 13,284 33–35 8½ 69 June 19 @ Orioles 10–7 Romano (4–1) Fry (0–2) — 10,721 34–35 8 70 June 20 @ Orioles 7–4 Ryu (6–4) Harvey (3–9) Chatwood (1) 14,917 35–35 7 71 June 22 @ Marlins 2–1 Mayza (2–1) García (3–6) Romano (4) 6,291 36–35 7 72 June 23 @ Marlins 3–1 Ray (5–3) Rogers (7–4) Romano (5) 6,164 37–35 6 73 June 24 Orioles 9–0 Kay (1–2) Kremer (0–7) — 6,264 38–35 5½ 74 June 25 Orioles 5–6 (10) Fry (1–2) Thornton (1–3) Sulser (2) 7,844 38–36 6½ 75 June 26 Orioles 12–4 Ryu (7–4) Akin (0–4) — 5,913 39–36 6½ 76 June 27 Orioles 5–2 Stripling (3–4) López (2–10) Romano (6) 6,044 40–36 6 77 June 29 Mariners 9–3 Ray (6–3) Montero (5–3) — 6,736 41–36 6½ 78 June 30 Mariners 7–9 (10) Graveman (2–0) Murphy (0–1) Steckenrider (2) 6,632 41–37 7½
July: 12–11 (Home: 7–4; Road: 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 79 July 1 Mariners 2–7 Kikuchi (6–3) Ryu (7–5) Sewald (1) 5,456 41–38 8½ 80 July 2 Rays 11–1 Manoah (2–0) Patiño (1–2) — 10,011 42–38 8½ 81 July 3 Rays 6–3 Cimber (2–2) McClanahan (3–3) — 9,189 43–38 7½ 82 July 4 Rays 1–5 Yarbrough (5–3) Ray (6–4) — 7,537 43–39 8½ 83 July 6 @ Orioles 5–7 Watkins (1–0) Matz (7–4) — 7,388 43–40 9 84 July 7 @ Orioles 10–2 Ryu (8–5) Harvey (3–10) — 7,457 44–40 8 — July 8 @ Orioles Postponed (Rain, Makeup September 11) 85 July 9 @ Rays 1–7 Kittredge (6–1) Manoah (2–1) — 8,551 44–41 9 86 July 10 @ Rays 2–5 Yarbrough (6–3) Stripling (3–5) Castillo (13) 9,954 44–42 9 87 July 11 @ Rays 3–1 Ray (7–4) Hill (6–4) Romano (7) 11,233 45–42 8 88 July 16 Rangers 10–2 Ray (8–4) Lyles (5–6) — 10,100 46–42 8 — July 17 Rangers Postponed (Rain, Makeup July 18) 89 July 18 (1) Rangers 5–0 (7) Ryu (9–5) Allard (2–7) — N/A 47–42 7 90 July 18 (2) Rangers 10–0 (7) Matz (8–4) Foltynewicz (2–9) — 12,335 48–42 6 91 July 19 Red Sox 4–13 Pivetta (8–4) Stripling (3–6) — 12,811 48–43 7 — July 20 Red Sox Postponed (Rain, Makeup August 7) 92 July 21 Red Sox 4–7 Richards (6–5) Ray (8–5) Barnes (20) 14,607 48–44 8 93 July 23 @ Mets 0–3 Megill (1–0) Matz (8–5) Díaz (20) 28,126 48–45 9½ 94 July 24 @ Mets 10–3 Richards (4–0) Walker (7–4) — 29,269 49–45 8½ 95 July 25 @ Mets 4–5 Lugo (3–1) Barnes (1–2) Díaz (21) 23,675 49–46 9½ 96 July 26 @ Red Sox 4–5 Ottavino (3–3) Richards (4–1) Barnes (22) 27,142 49–47 10½ — July 27 @ Red Sox Postponed (Rain, Makeup July 28) 97 July 28 (1) @ Red Sox 4–1 (7) Ray (9–5) Richards (6–6) Romano (8) 27,410 50–47 9½ 98 July 28 (2) @ Red Sox 1–4 (7) Whitlock (4–1) Matz (8–6) Barnes (23) 27,783 50–48 10½ 99 July 29 @ Red Sox 13–1 Ryu (10–5) Rodríguez (7–6) — 33,191 51–48 9½ 100 July 30 Royals 6–4 Stripling (4–6) Lynch (1–3) Romano (9) 13,446 52–48 8½ 101 July 31 Royals 4–0 Manoah (3–1) Minor (8–9) — 13,953 53–48 8
August: 16–14 (Home: 11–8; Road: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 102 August 1 Royals 5–1 Berríos (8–5) Keller (7–10) — 14,427 54–48 8 103 August 2 Indians 2–5 (10) Shaw (4–5) Hand (5–6) Clase (14) 14,653 54–49 8 104 August 3 Indians 7–2 Ryu (11–5) Plesac (6–4) — 14,270 55–49 7 105 August 4 Indians 8–6 Matz (9–6) Mejía (1–7) — 14,410 56–49 7 106 August 5 Indians 3–0 Stripling (5–6) McKenzie (1–5) Cimber (1) 14,289 57–49 6½ 107 August 6 Red Sox 12–4 Manoah (4–1) Eovaldi (9–7) — 14,719 58–49 6½ 108 August 7 (1) Red Sox 1–0 (7) Romano (5–1) Barnes (5–3) — 14,768 59–49 6 109 August 7 (2) Red Sox 1–2 (8) Barnes (6–3) Cimber (2–3) Ottavino (8) 12,659 59–50 7 110 August 8 Red Sox 9–8 Dolis (2–3) Barnes (6–4) Romano (10) 14,766 60–50 7 111 August 10 (1) Angels 3–6 Guerra (3–2) Matz (9–7) Iglesias (25) 3,656 60–51 7½ 112 August 10 (2) @ Angels 4–0 Richards (5–1) Suárez (5–5) — 14,443 61–51 7½ 113 August 11 @ Angels 10–2 Manoah (5–1) Bundy (2–9) — 22,620 62–51 6½ 114 August 12 @ Angels 3–6 Ohtani (7–1) Berríos (8–6) — 19,590 62–52 7½ 115 August 13 @ Mariners 2–3 Steckenrider (5–2) Cimber (2–4) — 28,207 62–53 8½ 116 August 14 @ Mariners 3–9 Middleton (1–2) Ryu (11–6) — 26,090 62–54 8½ 117 August 15 @ Mariners 8–3 Matz (10–7) Gilbert (5–4) — 22,679 63–54 7½ 118 August 17 @ Nationals 6–12 Fedde (5–8) Manoah (5–2) — 20,060 63–55 9 119 August 18 @ Nationals 5–8 Thompson (1–1) Hand (5–7) Finnegan (4) 18,336 63–56 10 120 August 20 Tigers 1–4 (10) Soto (5–3) Richards (5–2) — 14,649 63–57 10½ 121 August 21 Tigers 3–0 Ryu (12–6) Peralta (3–3) Romano (11) 14,887 64–57 10½ 122 August 22 Tigers 3–5 (11) Soto (6–3) Snead (0–1) Jiménez (1) 14,865 64–58 11½ 123 August 23 White Sox 2–1 Mayza (3–1) Kimbrel (2–4) Romano (12) 14,640 65–58 11 124 August 24 White Sox 2–5 Cease (10–6) Berríos (8–7) Hendriks (29) 14,553 65–59 12 125 August 25 White Sox 3–1 Mayza (4–1) Bummer (2–5) Romano (13) 14,276 66–59 12 126 August 26 White Sox 7–10 Rodón (10–5) Ryu (12–7) Kimbrel (24) 14,958 66–60 12½ 127 August 27 @ Tigers 1–2 Cisnero (3–4) Mayza (4–2) Soto (16) 17,259 66–61 13½ 128 August 28 @ Tigers 3–2 (10) Romano (6–1) Funkhouser (6–2) — 18,783 67–61 13½ 129 August 29 @ Tigers 2–1 Berríos (9–7) Boyd (3–7) Mayza (1) 15,956 68–61 13½ 130 August 30 Orioles 7–3 Ray (10–5) Tate (0–4) Romano (14) 14,406 69–61 13½ 131 August 31 Orioles 2–4 Akin (2–8) Ryu (12–8) Sulser (6) 13,963 69–62 14½
September: 19–9 (Home: 9–4; Road: 10–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 132 September 1 Orioles 5–4 Mayza (5–2) Tate (0–5) Romano (15) 14,262 70–62 13½ 133 September 3 Athletics 11–10 Romano (7–1) Romo (1–1) — 14,843 71–62 13 134 September 4 Athletics 10–8 Berríos (10–7) Blackburn (0–2) — 14,947 72–62 13 135 September 5 Athletics 8–0 Ray (11–5) Irvin (9–13) — 14,988 73–62 12 136 September 6 @ Yankees 8–0 Ryu (13–8) Taillon (8–6) — 31,196 74–62 12 137 September 7 @ Yankees 5–1 Matz (11–8) Cole (14–7) — 30,164 75–62 12 138 September 8 @ Yankees 6–3 Richards (6–2) Holmes (6–3) Romano (16) 25,873 76–62 11 139 September 9 @ Yankees 6–4 Berríos (11–7) Romano (0–2) — 30,112 77–62 10½ 140 September 10 @ Orioles 3–6 Greene (1–0) Merryweather (0–1) Sulser (7) 11,751 77–63 10½ 141 September 11 (1) @ Orioles 11–10 (7) Pearson (1–1) Wells (2–2) Romano (17) N/A 78–63 10 142 September 11 (2) @ Orioles 11–2 (7) Richards (7–2) Akin (2–9) — 10,219 79–63 10 143 September 12 @ Orioles 22–7 Matz (12–7) Lowther (0–2) — 8,474 80–63 9 144 September 13 Rays 8–1 Manoah (6–2) Yarbrough (8–5) — 12,119 81–63 8 145 September 14 Rays 0–2 Rasmussen (3–1) Berríos (11–8) Kittredge (7) 13,103 81–64 9 146 September 15 Rays 6–3 Ray (12–5) Wacha (3–5) Romano (18) 12,153 82–64 8 147 September 17 Twins 3–7 Pineda (7–8) Ryu (13–9) — 14,798 82–65 9½ 148 September 18 Twins 6–2 Matz (13–7) Ober (2–3) — 14,722 83–65 8½ 149 September 19 Twins 5–3 Berríos (12–8) Farrell (1–1) Romano (19) 14,601 84–65 7½ 150 September 20 @ Rays 4–6 Baz (1–0) Ray (12–6) Enns (2) 10,119 84–66 8½ 151 September 21 @ Rays 4–2 Manoah (7–2) Anderson (0–1) Romano (20) 9,888 85–66 7½ 152 September 22 @ Rays 1–7 Chargois (6–1) Stripling (5–7) — 10,994 85–67 8½ 153 September 23 @ Twins 2–7 Pineda (8–8) Hatch (0–1) Garza Jr. (1) 15,509 85–68 9 154 September 24 @ Twins 1–3 Ober (3–3) Berríos (12–9) Colomé (16) 18,861 85–69 10 155 September 25 @ Twins 6–1 Ray (13–6) Gant (5–10) — 27,183 86–69 10 156 September 26 @ Twins 5–2 Manoah (8–2) Jax (3–5) Romano (21) 20,676 87–69 10 157 September 28 Yankees 2–7 King (1–4) Ryu (13–10) — 28,769 87–70 10 158 September 29 Yankees 6–5 Cimber (3–4) Holmes (8–4) Romano (22) 29,601 88–70 10 159 September 30 Yankees 2–6 King (2–4) Ray (13–7) — 29,659 88–71 10
October: 3–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 160 October 1 Orioles 6–4 Matz (14–7) Eshelman (0–3) Romano (23) 28,855 89–71 10 161 October 2 Orioles 10–1 Manoah (9–2) Means (6–9) — 29,916 90–71 10 162 October 3 Orioles 12–4 Ryu (14–10) Zimmermann (4–5) — 29,942 91–71 9

Statistics

Batting

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	Ref.
Riley Adams	12	28	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	.107	[15]
Bo Bichette	159	640	121	191	30	1	29	102	25	40	.298	[16]
Cavan Biggio	79	250	27	56	10	1	7	27	3	37	.224	[17]
Jonathan Davis	52	70	16	10	1	0	1	4	4	11	.143	[18]
Corey Dickerson	46	131	16	37	6	2	4	15	4	9	.282	[19]
Jarrod Dyson	25	13	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.077	[20]
Santiago Espinal	92	222	32	69	13	1	2	17	6	22	.311	[21]
Randal Grichuk	149	511	59	123	25	1	22	81	0	27	.241	[22]
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	161	604	123	188	29	1	48	111	4	86	.311	[23]
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	141	500	62	138	28	2	21	84	1	32	.276	[24]
Teoscar Hernández	143	550	92	163	29	0	32	116	12	36	.296	[25]
Jared Hoying	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	[26]
Danny Jansen	70	184	32	41	13	0	11	28	0	17	.223	[27]
Alejandro Kirk	60	165	19	40	8	0	8	24	0	19	.242	[28]
Jake Lamb	12	31	5	4	2	0	1	6	0	5	.129	[29]
Otto López	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	[30]
Reese McGuire	78	198	22	50	15	0	1	10	0	15	.253	[31]
Josh Palacios	13	35	7	7	0	0	0	4	0	3	.200	[32]
Joe Panik	42	114	9	28	6	0	2	11	0	8	.246	[33]
Marcus Semien	162	652	115	173	39	2	45	102	15	66	.265	[34]
Kevin Smith	18	32	2	3	0	0	1	1	0	3	.094	[35]
George Springer	78	299	59	79	19	1	22	50	4	37	.264	[36]
Rowdy Tellez	50	139	12	29	4	1	4	8	0	9	.209	[37]
Breyvic Valera	39	87	10	22	6	0	1	15	1	8	.253	[38]
Pitcher Totals	162	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—
Team Totals	162	5476	846	1455	285	13	262	816	81	496	.266

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; WHIP = Walks plus hits per inning pitched; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Total runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; Ref. = Reference

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	WHIP	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Ref.
Nick Allgeyer	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	[39]
Bryan Baker	1	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.00	1	1	0	0	0	1	[40]
Jacob Barnes	10	0	0	1	0	6.30	1.80	10	12	7	7	6	15	[41]
Jeremy Beasley	8	0	0	1	0	7.71	1.71	91⁄3	7	9	8	9	13	[42]
Travis Bergen	10	1	2	0	0	1.69	1.22	102⁄3	5	2	2	8	6	[43]
José Berríos	12	12	5	4	0	3.58	1.09	701⁄3	64	30	28	13	78	[44]
Ryan Borucki	24	0	3	1	0	4.94	1.23	232⁄3	18	14	13	11	21	[45]
Anthony Castro	25	0	1	2	1	4.74	1.26	242⁄3	23	15	13	8	32	[46]
Tyler Chatwood	30	0	1	2	1	5.46	1.43	28	20	17	17	20	32	[47]
Adam Cimber	39	0	2	2	1	1.69	0.96	371⁄3	31	10	7	5	30	[48]
A. J. Cole	6	0	0	0	1	1.13	0.88	8	6	1	1	1	7	[49]
Rafael Dolis	39	0	2	3	3	5.63	1.75	32	29	21	20	27	39	[50]
Carl Edwards Jr.	6	0	0	0	0	6.75	1.88	51⁄3	8	4	4	2	5	[51]
Brad Hand	11	0	0	2	0	7.27	1.85	82⁄3	13	10	7	3	5	[52]
Thomas Hatch	3	2	0	1	0	6.75	1.82	91⁄3	11	7	7	6	8	[53]
Anthony Kay	11	5	1	2	0	5.61	1.66	332⁄3	38	22	21	18	39	[54]
Alek Manoah	20	20	9	2	0	3.22	1.05	1112⁄3	77	44	40	40	127	[55]
Steven Matz	29	29	14	7	0	3.82	1.33	1502⁄3	158	70	64	43	144	[56]
Tim Mayza	61	0	5	2	1	3.40	0.98	53	40	21	20	12	57	[57]
Julian Merryweather	13	1	0	1	2	4.85	1.31	13	13	7	7	4	12	[58]
Tommy Milone	6	1	1	0	1	6.43	1.64	14	20	10	10	3	17	[59]
Patrick Murphy	8	0	0	1	0	4.82	1.71	91⁄3	12	6	5	4	6	[60]
Connor Overton	4	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.90	62⁄3	4	0	0	2	4	[61]
Joel Payamps	22	0	0	2	0	2.70	1.07	30	21	10	9	11	22	[62]
Nate Pearson	12	1	1	1	0	4.20	1.73	15	14	8	7	12	20	[63]
David Phelps	11	1	0	0	0	0.87	1.16	101⁄3	8	2	1	4	15	[64]
Robbie Ray	32	32	13	7	0	2.84	1.04	1931⁄3	150	62	61	52	248	[65]
Trevor Richards	32	0	4	2	0	3.31	0.80	322⁄3	16	13	12	10	37	[66]
Tanner Roark	3	1	0	1	0	6.43	1.29	7	7	7	5	2	8	[67]
Jordan Romano	62	0	7	1	23	2.14	1.05	63	41	17	15	25	85	[68]
Hyun-jin Ryu	31	31	14	10	0	4.37	1.22	169	170	85	82	37	143	[69]
Tayler Saucedo	29	0	0	0	0	4.56	1.25	252⁄3	22	14	13	10	19	[70]
Kirby Snead	7	0	0	1	0	2.35	1.17	72⁄3	7	3	2	2	7	[71]
Joakim Soria	10	0	0	0	0	7.88	1.50	8	8	7	7	4	9	[72]
Ross Stripling	24	19	5	7	0	4.80	1.27	1011⁄3	99	55	54	30	94	[73]
Trent Thornton	37	3	1	3	0	4.78	1.43	49	54	33	26	16	52	[74]
Ty Tice	4	0	0	0	0	5.14	1.86	7	9	4	4	4	6	[75]
T. J. Zeuch	5	3	0	2	0	6.60	2.00	15	21	16	11	9	8	[76]
Team Totals	162	162	91	71	34	3.91	1.23	1405.1	1257	663	610	473	1468

Achievements

• In their 11–1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on July 2, Alek Manoah set a new franchise record for most consecutive strikeouts with 7. ^[77]
• Three Blue Jays (Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Marcus Semien, and Teoscar Hernández) were named as starters in the 2021 MLB All-Star game, the most since 1993.
• In their 22–7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on September 12, Lourdes Gurriel Jr. set a new franchise record for most grand slams in a season with 4. ^[78]
• They tied the all-time record and became only the ninth team ever (including two past Blue Jays teams) to have 7 players reach 20 home runs for the season (Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 48, Marcus Semien – 46, Teoscar Hernández – 32, Bo Bichette – 29, Randal Grichuk – 22, George Springer – 22, and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. – 21). ^{[79] [80]}
• Marcus Semien set a new all-time season home run record for a 2nd baseman (46). ^[81]

Roster

2021 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 51 Nick Allgeyer 43 Bryan Baker 23 Jacob Barnes 59 Jeremy Beasley 64 Travis Bergen 17 José Berríos 56 Ryan Borucki 63 Anthony Castro 34 Tyler Chatwood 90 Adam Cimber 36 A. J. Cole 41 Rafael Dolis 43 Carl Edwards Jr. 52 Brad Hand 31 Thomas Hatch 47 Anthony Kay  6 Alek Manoah 22 Steven Matz 58 Tim Mayza 67 Julian Merryweather 69 Tommy Milone 66 Patrick Murphy 44 Connor Overton 54 Joel Payamps 24 Nate Pearson 35 David Phelps 38 Robbie Ray 33 Trevor Richards 14 Tanner Roark 68 Jordan Romano 99 Hyun-jin Ryu 52,54 Tayler Saucedo 60 Kirby Snead 28 Joakim Soria 48 Ross Stripling 57 Trent Thornton 60 Ty Tice 29 T. J. Zeuch		Catchers 50 Riley Adams  9 Danny Jansen 30 Alejandro Kirk  7 Reese McGuire Infielders 11 Bo Bichette  8 Cavan Biggio  5 Santiago Espinal 27 Vladimir Guerrero Jr.  2 Jake Lamb  2 Joe Panik 10 Marcus Semien 66 Kevin Smith 44 Rowdy Tellez 74 Breyvic Valera		Outfielders 30 Anthony Alford  3 Jonathan Davis 14 Corey Dickerson  1 Jarrod Dyson 15 Randal Grichuk 13 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 37 Teoscar Hernández 28 Jared Hoying 77 Josh Palacios  4 George Springer Other batters 72 Otto Lopez		Manager 25 Charlie Montoyo Coaches 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher) 55 Nevin Ashley (bullpen catcher) 53 Mark Budzinski (first base) 26 Matt Buschmann (bullpen) 19 Dave Hudgens (bench) 16 Gil Kim (coach) 18 Guillermo Martínez (hitting) 20 Luis Rivera (third base) 21 John Schneider (coach) 40 Pete Walker (pitching)

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

(Updated to games played October 3, 2021)

Level	Team	League	Manager	Win–loss record	Position	Postseason	Ref.
Triple-A	Buffalo Bisons	Triple-A East	Casey Candaele	71–46	Northeast Division 1st place +3 G	Qualified	[82]
Double-A	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Double-A Northeast	Cesar Martin	52–55	Northeast Division 3rd place 14 GB	Did not qualify	[83]
High-A	Vancouver Canadians	High-A West	Donnie Murphy	55–64	West Division 5th place 14 GB	Did not qualify	[84]
Low-A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Low-A Southeast	Luis Hurtado	57–63	West Division 4th place 18 GB	Did not qualify	[85]
Rookie	FCL Blue Jays	Florida Complex League	Brent Lavallee	25–29	North Division 3rd place 12 GB	No playoffs were held	[86]
Rookie	DSL Blue Jays	Dominican Summer League	Dane Fujinaka	38–19	Baseball City 2nd place 1 GB	No playoffs were held	[87]

External links

• 2021 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference

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