Toronto Blue Jays award winners and league leaders

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This is a list of award winners and league leaders for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.

Contents

Individual Player Awards

All-MLB First Team

All-MLB Second Team

AL Most Valuable Player Award

AL Cy Young Award

Warren Spahn Award

Best Left-handed Pitcher Award in Major League Baseball

Edgar Martínez Award

Outstanding Designated Hitter Award

AL Rookie of the Year Award

AL Gold Glove Award

none

Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award by Position

• CF Kevin Pillar (2015)

See explanatory note at Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders.

AL Silver Slugger Awards

Best offensive player at each position

none

Silver Bat Award

AL Batting Average Leader

AL Hank Aaron Award

Awarded to the most outstanding offensive player

AL Manager of the Year

AL Comeback Player of the Year

ALCS Most Valuable Player

World Series Most Valuable Player

All-Star Game Most Valuable Player

DHL Hometown Heroes (2006)

The Sporting News American League Player of the Year

The Sporting News American League Pitcher of the Year

Baseball America All-Rookie Team

See: Baseball America#Baseball America All-Rookie Team

Team award

Franchise records

Other achievements

National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees

See: Toronto Blue Jays § Baseball Hall of Famers

Retired numbers

See: Toronto Blue Jays#Retired numbers

Level of Excellence

See: Toronto Blue Jays#Level of Excellence

All-Star Game Selections

YearPlayer(s)
2023 Bo Bichette (SS), Kevin Gausman (P), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B), Whit Merrifield (2B), Jordan Romano (P)
2022 Santiago Espinal (2B), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B), Alejandro Kirk (C), Alek Manoah (P), Jordan Romano (P), George Springer (OF)
2021 Bo Bichette (SS), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (1B), Teoscar Hernández (OF), Marcus Semien (2B)
2019 Marcus Stroman (P)
2018 J. A. Happ (P)
2017 Justin Smoak (1B), Roberto Osuna (P)
2016 Josh Donaldson (3B), Edwin Encarnación (DH), Marco Estrada (P), Aaron Sanchez (P), Michael Saunders (OF)
2015 José Bautista (OF), Josh Donaldson (3B), Russell Martin (C)
2014José Bautista (OF), Mark Buehrle (P), Edwin Encarnación (1B)
2013José Bautista (OF), Brett Cecil (P), Steve Delabar (P), Edwin Encarnación (DH)
2012José Bautista (OF)
2011José Bautista (OF), Ricky Romero (P)
2010José Bautista (OF), John Buck (C), Vernon Wells (OF)
2009 Aaron Hill (2B), Roy Halladay (P)
2008Roy Halladay (P)
2007 Alex Ríos (OF)
2006 Troy Glaus (3B), Roy Halladay (P), B. J. Ryan (P), Alex Ríos (OF), Vernon Wells (OF)
2005Roy Halladay (P), Shea Hillenbrand (DH)
2004 Ted Lilly (P)
2003 Carlos Delgado (1B), Roy Halladay (P), Vernon Wells (OF)
2002Roy Halladay (P)
2001 Paul Quantrill (P)
2000 Tony Batista (3B), Carlos Delgado (1B), David Wells (P)
1999 Tony Fernández (3B), Shawn Green (OF)
1998 Roger Clemens (P)
1997Roger Clemens (P), Pat Hentgen (P)
1996 Joe Carter (OF)
1995 Roberto Alomar (2B)
1994Roberto Alomar (2B), Joe Carter (OF), Pat Hentgen (P), Paul Molitor (DH)
1993Roberto Alomar (2B), Joe Carter (OF), Pat Hentgen (P), Paul Molitor (DH), John Olerud (1B), Duane Ward (P), Devon White (OF)
1992Roberto Alomar (2B), Joe Carter (OF), Juan Guzmán (P)
1991Roberto Alomar (2B), Joe Carter (OF), Jimmy Key (P)
1990 George Bell (OF), Kelly Gruber (3B), Dave Stieb (P)
1989 Tony Fernández (SS), Kelly Gruber (3B)
1988Dave Stieb (P)
1987George Bell (OF), Tony Fernández (SS), Tom Henke (P)
1986 Jesse Barfield (OF), Tony Fernández (SS), Lloyd Moseby (OF)
1985 Dámaso García (2B), Jimmy Key (P), Dave Stieb (P), Ernie Whitt (C)
1984Damaso Garcia (2B), Alfredo Griffin (SS), Dave Stieb (P)
1983Dave Stieb (P)
1982 Jim Clancy (P)
1981Dave Stieb (P)
1980Dave Stieb (P)
1979 Dave Lemanczyk (P)
1978 Roy Howell (3B)
1977 Ron Fairly (OF)

BBWAA Neil MacCarl Award

This award is presented by the BBWAA to the Toronto Blue Jays Player of the Year.
YearPlayerPosition(s)StatisticsNotes
1977 Bob Bailor SS/OF .310/.335/.403 BA/OBP/SLG, 5 HR, 32 RBI Blue Jays inaugural season
1978 Bob Bailor (2)OF.264/.310/.338 BA/OBP/SLG, 1 HR, 52 RBI
1979 Alfredo Griffin SS.287/.333/.364 BA/OBP/SLG, 2 HR, 31 RBI Co-Rookie of the Year
1980 John Mayberry 1B .248/.349/.473 BA/OBP/SLG, 30 HR, 82 RBI
1981 Dave Stieb SP 11–10 W–L, 3.19 ERA, 89 SO All-Star, Only pitcher to win the award
1982 Dámaso García 2B .310/.338/.399 BA/OBP/SLG, 5 HR, 42 RBI Silver Slugger
1983 Lloyd Moseby CF .315/.376/.499 BA/OBP/SLG, 18 HR, 81 RBISilver Slugger
1984 Dave Collins OF.318/.366/.444 BA/OBP/SLG, 15 3B, 44 RBI, 60 SB
1985 Jesse Barfield RF .289/.369/.536 BA/OBP/SLG, 27 HR, 84 RBI
1986 Jesse Barfield (2)RF.289/.368/.559 BA/OBP/SLG, 40 HR, 108 RBIAll-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
1987 George Bell LF .308/.352/.608 BA/OBP/SLG, 47 HR, 134 RBI AL MVP, All-Star, Silver Slugger
1988 Fred McGriff 1B.282/.376/.552 BA/OBP/SLG, 34 HR, 82 RBI
1989 George Bell (2)LF.297/.330/.458 BA/OBP/SLG, 18 HR, 104 RBI
1990 Kelly Gruber 3B .274/.330/.512 BA/OBP/SLG, 31 HR, 118 RBIAll-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
1991 Roberto Alomar 2B.295/.354/.436 BA/OBP/SLG, 9 HR, 69 RBI, 53 SB All-Star, Gold Glove
1992 Roberto Alomar (2)2B.310/.405/.427 BA/OBP/SLG, 8 HR, 76 RBI, 49 SB ALCS MVP, All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
1993 John Olerud 1B.363/.473/.599 BA/OBP/SLG, 24 HR, 107 RBI, 54 2B All-Star, Silver Bat
1994 Joe Carter OF.271/.317/.524 BA/OBP/SLG, 27 HR, 103 RBIAll-Star
1995 Roberto Alomar (3)2B.300/.354/.449 BA/OBP/SLG, 13 HR, 66 RBIAll-Star, Gold Glove
1996 Joe Carter (2)OF.253/.306/.475 BA/OBP/SLG, 30 HR, 107 RBIAll-Star
1997 Carlos Delgado 1B.262/.350/.528 BA/OBP/SLG, 30 HR, 91 RBI
1998 Carlos Delgado (2)1B.292/.385/.592 BA/OBP/SLG, 38 HR, 115 RBI
1999 Shawn Green RF.309/.384/.588 BA/OBP/SLG, 42 HR, 123 RBIAll-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
2000 Carlos Delgado (3)1B.344/.470/.664 BA/OBP/SLG, 41 HR, 137 RBI, 57 2BAll-Star, Silver Slugger, Hank Aaron Award
2001 Carlos Delgado (4)1B.279/.408/.540 BA/OBP/SLG, 39 HR, 102 RBI
2002 Carlos Delgado (5)1B.277/.406/.549 BA/OBP/SLG, 33 HR, 108 RBI
2003 Carlos Delgado (6)1B.302/.426/.593 BA/OBP/SLG, 42 HR, 145 RBIAll-Star, Silver Slugger
2004 Vernon Wells CF.272/.337/.472 BA/OBP/SLG, 23 HR, 67 RBIGold Glove
2005 Vernon Wells (2)CF.269/.320/.463 BA/OBP/SLG, 28 HR, 97 RBIGold Glove
2006 Vernon Wells (3)CF.303/.357/.542 BA/OBP/SLG, 32 HR, 106 RBIAll-Star, Gold Glove
2007 Alex Rios RF.297/.354/.498 BA/OBP/SLG, 24 HR, 85 RBIAll-Star
2008 Vernon Wells (4)CF.300/.343/.496 BA/OBP/SLG, 20 HR, 78 RBI
2009 Aaron Hill 2B.286/.330/.499 BA/OBP/SLG, 36 HR, 108 RBIAll-Star, Silver Slugger, Comeback Player of the Year
2010 José Bautista RF.260/.378/.617 BA/OBP/SLG, 54 HR, 124 RBIAll-Star, Silver Slugger, Hank Aaron Award
2011 José Bautista (2)RF.302/.447/.608 BA/OBP/SLG, 43 HR, 103 RBIAll-Star, Silver Slugger, Hank Aaron Award
2012 Edwin Encarnación 1B.280/.384/.557 BA/OBP/SLG, 42 HR, 110 RBI
2013 Edwin Encarnación (2)1B.272/.370/.534 BA/OBP/SLG, 36 HR, 104 RBIAll-Star
2014 José Bautista (3)RF.286/.403/.524 BA/OBP/SLG, 35 HR, 103 RBIAll-Star, Silver Slugger
2015 Josh Donaldson 3B.297/.371/.568 BA/OBP/SLG, 41 HR, 123 RBIAL MVP, All-Star, Silver Slugger, Hank Aaron Award
2016 Josh Donaldson (2)3B.284/.404/.549 BA/OBP/SLG, 37 HR, 99 RBIAll-Star, Silver Slugger
2017 Josh Donaldson (3)3B.270/.385/.559 BA/OBP/SLG, 33 HR, 78 RBI
2018 Justin Smoak 1B.242/.350/.457 BA/OBP/SLG, 25 HR, 77 RBI
2019 Lourdes Gurriel Jr. OF.277/.327/.541 BA/OBP/SLG, 20 HR, 50 RBI
2020 Teoscar Hernández OF.289/.340/.579 BA/OBP/SLG, 16 HR, 34 RBISilver Slugger
2021 Vlad Guerrero Jr. 1B.311/.401/.601 BA/OBP/SLG, 48 HR, 111 RBIAll-Star, Silver Slugger, Hank Aaron Award
2022 Vlad Guerrero Jr. (2)1B.274/.339/.480 BA/OBP/SLG, 32 HR, 97 RBIAll-Star, Gold Glove
2023 Bo Bichette SS.306/.339/.475 BA/OBP/SLG, 20 HR, 73 RBIAll-Star

BBWAA Toronto Chapter Blue Jays Awards Pitcher of the Year Award

YearPlayer
2007 Roy Halladay
2008 Roy Halladay
2009 Roy Halladay
2010 Ricky Romero
2011 Ricky Romero
2012 Casey Janssen
2013 Casey Janssen
2014 Mark Buehrle
2015 Marco Estrada
2016 Aaron Sanchez
2017 Marcus Stroman
2018 J.A. Happ
2019 Ken Giles
2020 Hyun Jin Ryu
2021 Robbie Ray
2022 Alek Manoah
2023 Kevin Gausman

World Baseball Classic MVP

Minor league system

AAA International League Rookie of the Year

AAA International League Player of the Year

AAA International League Most Valuable Pitcher Award

AAA Pacific Coast League Most Valuable Player Award

American League Offensive Leaders

AL Home Runs Leaders

AL RBI Leader

AL Runs Scored Leader

AL Bases on Balls Leader

AL Singles Leader

AL Doubles Leader

AL Triples Leaders

AL Extra-Base Hits Leader

At-Bats Leader

AL Total Bases Leader

AL OPS Leader

AL Games Played Leaders

AL Sacrifice Flies Leader

AL At-Bats per Strikeout Leader

AL Outs Leaders

American League Pitching Leaders

MLB Triple Crown ~ Pitching

MLB Leader in ERA, Wins & Strike Outs

AL Earned Run Average Leaders

AL Adjusted ERA Leader

AL Wins Leaders

AL Strikeouts Leader

AL Winning Percentage Leader

AL Innings Pitched Leaders

AL WHIP Leaders

AL Batting Average Against Leaders

AL Saves Leaders

AL Appearance Leaders

AL Games Started Leaders

AL Complete Games Leaders

AL Shutouts Leaders

AL Losses Leaders

AL Hits Allowed/9IP Leaders

AL Strikeouts/9IP Leader

AL Walks/9IP Leader

AL Home Runs Allowed Leader

AL Walks Allowed Leader

AL Hits Allowed Leaders

AL Earned Runs Allowed Leaders

AL Hit Batsmen Leaders

AL Batters Faced Leaders

AL Games Finished Leader

American League Youngest Player

American League Oldest Player

See also

Footnotes

  1. Eddy, Matt (October 21, 2011). "Infield, Pitching Staff Highlight 2011 Rookie Team". Baseball America. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
  2. The World Series Trophy was first awarded in 1967. In 1985, it was renamed the Commissioner's Trophy. From 1970 to 1984, the "Commissioner's Trophy" was the name of the award given to the All-Star Game MVP.
  3. The award was created by MLB in 2010, "to recognize the charitable and philanthropic efforts of MLB Clubs." The award has been given to the Red Sox (2010), the White Sox (2011), the Blue Jays (2012), and the Tigers (2013). Calcaterra, Craig (November 14, 2013). "The Tigers win baseball's Philanthropic Excellence Award". HardballTalk. NBC Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
World Series Champions
Preceded by:
Minnesota Twins
1991
1992 & 1993 Succeeded by :
Atlanta Braves
1995
American League Champions
Preceded by:
Minnesota Twins
1991
1992 & 1993 Succeeded by :
Cleveland Indians
1995
American League Eastern Division Champions
Preceded by:
Detroit Tigers
1984
1985 Succeeded by :
Boston Red Sox
1986
Preceded by:
Boston Red Sox
1988
1989 Succeeded by :
Boston Red Sox
1990
Preceded by:
Boston Red Sox
1990
19911993 Succeeded by :
Boston Red Sox
1995
Preceded by:
Baltimore Orioles
2014
2015 Succeeded by:
Boston Red Sox
2016

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