2006 Toronto Blue Jays season

2006  Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Rogers Centre
City	Toronto
Record	87–75 (.537)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managers	J. P. Ricciardi
Managers	John Gibbons
Television	The Sports Network (Rod Black, Pat Tabler) Rogers Sportsnet (Jamie Campbell, Pat Tabler, Rance Mulliniks, Darrin Fletcher)
Radio	CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Mike Wilner, Warren Sawkiw)
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The 2006 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 30th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. For the second straight season, Blue Jays hitters combined for fewer than 1,000 strikeouts. It was the first time since the team's World Series championships in 1992 and 1993 that the Blue Jays had combined for fewer than 1,000 strikeouts in consecutive 162-game seasons, as well as the first season since 1993 that the team finished above third place in its division.

Offseason

• December 7, 2005: Lyle Overbay was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Ty Taubenheim to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dave Bush, Gabe Gross, and Zach Jackson. ^[1]
• December 27, 2005: Orlando Hudson was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Miguel Batista to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Troy Glaus and Sergio Santos (minors). ^[2]

Regular season

Summary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	65	0.599	—	50–31	47–34
Toronto Blue Jays	87	75	0.537	10	50–31	37–44
Boston Red Sox	86	76	0.531	11	48–33	38–43
Baltimore Orioles	70	92	0.432	27	40–41	30–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	61	101	0.377	36	41–40	20–61

Record vs. opponents

2006 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	3–15	2–5	4–2	3–3	5–1	4–6	3–6	7–12	2–4	4–6	13–6	3–6	8–11	9–9
Boston	15–3	—	4–2	3–4	3–3	4–5	3–3	1–5	8–11	3–7	4–6	10–9	5–4	7–12	16–2
Chicago	5–2	2–4	—	8–11	12–7	11–8	6–3	9–10	2–4	3–3	5–4	3–3	5–5	5–4	14–4
Cleveland	2–4	4–3	11–8	—	6–13	10–8	4–5	8–11	3–4	3–6	4–5	6–1	5–4	4–2	8–10
Detroit	3–3	3–3	7–12	13–6	—	14–4	3–5	11–8	2–5	5–4	6–3	5–3	5–5	3–3	15–3
Kansas City	1–5	5–4	8–11	8–10	4–14	—	3–7	7–12	2–7	4–5	3–5	1–5	3–3	3–4	10–8
Los Angeles	6–4	3–3	3–6	5–4	5–3	7–3	—	4–2	6–4	11–8	10–9	7–2	11–8	4–6	7–11
Minnesota	6–3	5–1	10–9	11–8	8–11	12–7	2–4	—	3–3	6–4	5–3	6–1	4–5	2–5	16–2
New York	12–7	11–8	4–2	4–3	5–2	7–2	4–6	3–3	—	3–6	3–3	13–5	8–2	10–8	10–8
Oakland	4–2	7–3	3–3	6–3	4–5	5–4	8–11	4–6	6–3	—	17–2	6–3	9–10	6–4	8–10
Seattle	6–4	6–4	4–5	5–4	3–6	5–3	9–10	3–5	3–3	2–17	—	6–3	8–11	4–5	14–4
Tampa Bay	6–13	9–10	3–3	1–6	3–5	5–1	2–7	1–6	5–13	3–6	3–6	—	3–6	6–12	11–7
Texas	6–3	4–5	5–5	4–5	5–5	3–3	8–11	5–4	2–8	10–9	11–8	6–3	—	4–2	7–11
Toronto	11–8	12–7	4–5	2–4	3–3	4–3	6–4	5–2	8–10	4–6	5–4	12–6	2–4	—	9–9

2006 Draft picks

Source ^[7]

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	14	Travis Snider	OF	Jackson High School (WA)		2006–06–18
4	120	Brandon Magee	RHP	Bradley		2006–06–16
5	150	Luke Hopkins	1B	New Mexico State		2006–06–11
6	180	Brian Jeroloman	C	Florida		2006–06–29
7	210	Jonathan Baksh	OF	Florida Tech		2006–06–09
8	240	Daniel O'Brien	LHP	Western Michigan		2006–06–11
9	270	Cole Figueroa	SS	Lincoln High School (FL)		Unsigned
10	300	Scott Campbell	2B	Gonzaga		2006–06–21

Roster

2006 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 49 Jeremy Accardo 34 A. J. Burnett 39 Gustavo Chacín 50 Vinnie Chulk 37 Scott Downs 54 Jason Frasor 32 Roy Halladay 44 Casey Janssen 22 Brandon League 31 Ted Lilly 28 Shaun Marcum 40 Dustin McGowan 50 Davis Romero 36 Francisco Rosario 52 B. J. Ryan 60 Scott Schoeneweis 30 Justin Speier 56 Brian Tallet 48 Ty Taubenheim  7 Josh Towers 41 Pete Walker		Catchers  1 Bengie Molina 47 Jason Phillips  9 Gregg Zaun Infielders  8 Russ Adams 13 Edgardo Alfonzo 43 Kevin Barker 46 Luis Figueroa 25 Troy Glaus 23 John Hattig  2 Aaron Hill 29 Shea Hillenbrand  6 John McDonald 35 Lyle Overbay  4 Ryan Roberts		Outfielders 27 Frank Catalanotto 11 Eric Hinske  3 Reed Johnson 26 Adam Lind 21 Chad Mottola 15 Alex Ríos 10 Vernon Wells		Manager  5 John Gibbons Coaches 38 Brad Arnsberg (pitching) 14 Mickey Brantley (hitting) 55 Brian Butterfield (third base) 58 Marty Pevey (first base) 52 Bruce Walton (bullpen) 12 Ernie Whitt (bench)

Game log

2006 Game Log
April # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 4 Twins 6–3 Halladay (1–0) Santana (0–1) Ryan (1) 50,449 1–0 2 April 5 Twins 13–4 Radke (1–0) Towers (0–1) 18,156 1–1 3 April 6 Twins 6–3 Chacín (1–0) Silva (0–1) Ryan (2) 16,221 2–1 4 April 7 Devil Rays 9–8 Dunn (1–0) Walker (0–1) Miceli (1) 15,631 2–2 5 April 8 Devil Rays 8–4 Tallet (1–0) Childers (0–1) 18,755 3–2 6 April 9 Devil Rays 5–2 Kazmir (1–1) Halladay (1–1) Miceli (2) 20,184 3–3 7 April 11 @ Red Sox 5–3 Beckett (2–0) Towers (0–2) Papelbon (4) 35,491 3–4 8 April 12 @ Red Sox 8–4 Chacín (2–0) Wells (0–1) 36,378 4–4 9 April 13 @ Red Sox 8–6 Lilly (1–0) Clement (1–1) Ryan (3) 36,524 5–4 10 April 14 @ White Sox 13–7 Walker (1–1) Vázquez (0–1) 31,418 6–4 11 April 15 @ White Sox 4–2 Buehrle (2–0) Burnett (0–1) Jenks (4) 33,247 6–5 12 April 16 @ White Sox 6–4 (5) García (2–1) Towers (0–3) 27,137 6–6 13 April 18 Yankees 10–5 Chacín (3–0) Johnson (2–2) 48,776 7–6 14 April 19 Yankees 3–1 Mussina (2–1) Lilly (1–1) Rivera (2) 32,886 7–7 15 April 21 Red Sox 7–6 (12) Speier (1–0) Foulke (0–1) 28,333 8–7 16 April 22 Red Sox 8–1 Halladay (2–1) DiNardo (0–1) Walker (1) 34,387 9–7 17 April 23 Red Sox 6–3 Clement (2–1) Towers (0–4) Papelbon (8) 28,737 9–8 18 April 25 Orioles 7–3 Chacín (4–0) López (1–2) 32,257 10–8 19 April 26 Orioles 8–2 Lilly (2–1) Bédard (4–1) 19,336 11–8 20 April 27 Orioles 7–5 Benson (3–2) Janssen (0–1) 18,756 11–9 21 April 28 @ Yankees 7–2 Halladay (3–1) Wright (0–2) Ryan (4) 47,204 12–9 22 April 29 @ Yankees 17–6 Johnson (4–2) Towers (0–5) 50,119 12–10 23 April 30 @ Yankees 4–1 Mussina (4–1) Chacín (4–1) Rivera (4) 52,954 12–11
May # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 @ Orioles 9–7 Lilly (3–1) Hawkins (0–1) Ryan (5) 14,315 13–11 25 May 2 @ Orioles 9–2 Benson (4–2) Janssen (0–2) Williams (1) 15,795 13–12 26 May 3 @ Red Sox 7–6 McGowan (1–0) Papelbon (0–1) Ryan (6) 35,881 14–12 27 May 4 @ Red Sox 7–4 Clement (3–2) Towers (0–6) Papelbon (11) 36,396 14–13 28 May 5 Angels 13–3 Chacín (5–1) Santana (2–1) 22,227 15–13 29 May 6 Angels 3–0 Escobar (4–2) Lilly (3–2) Rodríguez (9) 29,761 15–14 30 May 7 Angels 3–1 Janssen (1–2) Lackey (3–3) Ryan (7) 24,351 16–14 31 May 8 Angels 5–1 Halladay (4–1) Weaver (1–5) 18,611 17–14 32 May 9 Athletics 6–5 Haren (2–3) Towers (0–7) Street (5) 36,269 17–15 33 May 10 Athletics 9–7 Rosario (1–0) Blanton (3–4) Ryan (8) 19,269 18–15 34 May 11 Athletics 8–3 Lilly (4–2) Saarloos (1–1) 23,974 19–15 35 May 12 @ Devil Rays 4–1 McClung (2–4) Janssen (1–3) Walker (5) 11,816 19–16 36 May 13 @ Devil Rays 8–1 Halladay (5–1) Hendrickson (2–3) 15,184 20–16 37 May 14 @ Devil Rays 8–3 Towers (1–7) Fossum (1–2) 12,224 21–16 38 May 16 @ Angels 8–3 Santana (4–1) Lilly (4–3) 43,066 21–17 39 May 17 @ Angels 3–0 Janssen (2–3) Escobar (5–3) Ryan (9) 38,767 22–17 40 May 18 @ Angels 8–4 (10) Frasor (1–0) Rodríguez (0–1) 37,850 23–17 41 May 19 @ Rockies 8–3 Cook (5–3) Towers (1–8) 26,011 23–18 42 May 20 @ Rockies 5–1 Francis (3–3) Taubenheim (0–1) 26,212 23–19 43 May 21 @ Rockies 5–3 Fogg (3–2) Lilly (4–4) Fuentes (10) 30,291 23–20 44 May 22 Devil Rays 6–4 Janssen (3–3) McClung (2–5) Ryan (10) 22,563 24–20 45 May 23 Devil Rays 4–1 Halladay (6–1) Hendrickson (3–4) Ryan (11) 34,594 25–20 46 May 24 Devil Rays 10–8 Camp (2–0) Frasor (1–1) Walker (9) 20,187 25–21 47 May 26 White Sox 8–2 Lilly (5–4) García (7–2) 22,729 26–21 48 May 27 White Sox 3–2 (11) Schoeneweis (1–0) Nelson (0–1) 30,063 27–21 49 May 28 White Sox 7–5 Garland (4–2) Taubenheim (0–2) Jenks (14) 35,277 27–22 50 May 29 Red Sox 7–6 Ryan (1–0) Riske (0–1) 24,038 28–22 51 May 30 Red Sox 8–5 Chacín (6–1) Beckett (7–2) Ryan (12) 27,324 29–22 52 May 31 Red Sox 8–6 Van Buren (1–0) Lilly (5–5) Papelbon (19) 24,526 29–23
June # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 53 June 2 @ Devil Rays 13–4 Janssen (4–3) McClung (2–7) 9,463 30–23 54 June 3 @ Devil Rays 6–2 Halladay (7–1) Hendrickson (3–6) Ryan (13) 15,696 31–23 55 June 4 @ Devil Rays 10–5 Waechter (1–4) Chacín (6–2) 14,347 31–24 56 June 5 @ Orioles 4–0 Cabrera (3–2) Lilly (5–6) 15,185 31–25 57 June 6 @ Orioles 6–4 Downs (1–0) Britton (0–1) Ryan (14) 16,868 32–25 58 June 7 @ Orioles 5–3 Janssen (5–3) Benson (6–5) Ryan (15) 15,803 33–25 59 June 8 @ Orioles 7–5 Birkins (2–0) Rosario (1–1) Ray (15) 17,637 33–26 60 June 9 Tigers 10–5 Frasor (2–1) Jones (0–4) 21,425 34–26 61 June 10 Tigers 5–3 Miner (1–1) Lilly (5–7) Jones (17) 27,021 34–27 62 June 11 Tigers 10–5 Robertson (6–3) Taubenheim (0–3) Zumaya (1) 30,404 34–28 63 June 12 Orioles 6–4 Benson (7–5) Janssen (5–4) Ray (16) 17,876 34–29 64 June 13 Orioles 7–1 Halladay (8–1) Loewen (0–1) 20,766 35–29 65 June 14 Orioles 6–3 Chulk (1–0) López (4–8) Ryan (16) 23,325 36–29 66 June 15 Orioles 4–2 Lilly (6–7) Cabrera (4–3) Ryan (17) 32,285 37–29 67 June 16 @ Marlins 3–1 Olsen (6–3) Taubenheim (0–4) Tankersley (2) 10,242 37–30 68 June 17 @ Marlins 8–2 Moehler (5–5) Janssen (5–5) 12,099 37–31 69 June 18 @ Marlins 4–1 Johnson (6–4) Halladay (8–2) Borowski (11) 10,536 37–32 70 June 20 @ Braves 6–5 Schoeneweis (2–0) Yates (0–1) Ryan (18) 26,915 38–32 71 June 21 @ Braves 6–3 Lilly (7–7) Hudson (6–6) Ryan (19) 26,232 39–32 72 June 22 @ Braves 3–2 Taubenheim (1–4) Remlinger (2–4) Ryan (20) 26,829 40–32 73 June 23 Mets 6–1 Glavine (11–2) Janssen (5–6) 28,507 40–33 74 June 24 Mets 7–4 Halladay (9–2) Hernández (4–7) Ryan (21) 31,327 41–33 75 June 25 Mets 7–4 Trachsel (6–4) Towers (1–9) Wagner (15) 32,277 41–34 76 June 27 Nationals 6–0 Burnett (1–1) Ortiz (5–6) 20,288 42–34 77 June 28 Nationals 6–1 Lilly (8–7) Hill (1–3) 17,067 43–34 78 June 29 Nationals 8–4 Halladay (10–2) Patterson (1–2) 17,175 44–34 79 June 30 Phillies 8–1 Janssen (6–6) Bernero (0–1) 17,311 45–34
July # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 80 July 1 Phillies 5–2 Downs (2–0) Lidle (4–7) Ryan (22) 24,248 46–34 81 July 2 Phillies 11–6 Geary (5–0) Burnett (1–2) 26,177 46–35 82 July 3 @ Rangers 6–1 Rheinecker (4–2) Lilly (8–8) 30,021 46–36 83 July 4 @ Rangers 3–2 Halladay (11–2) Koronka (6–5) Ryan (23) 42,255 47–36 84 July 5 @ Rangers 9–3 Padilla (8–5) Janssen (6–7) Cordero (6) 25,803 47–37 85 July 6 @ Royals 6–2 Redman (6–4) Taubenheim (1–5) 10,858 47–38 86 July 7 @ Royals 13–3 Hudson (2–3) Burnett (1–3) 17,162 47–39 87 July 8 @ Royals 7–5 Tallet (2–0) Peralta (1–1) Ryan (24) 22,635 48–39 88 July 9 @ Royals 11–3 Halladay (12–2) Gobble (3–2) 17,748 49–39 89 July 14 Mariners 5–3 Meche (9–4) Janssen (6–8) Putz (17) 23,443 49–40 90 July 15 Mariners 7–6 (14) Downs (3–0) Fruto (0–1) 36,069 50–40 91 July 16 Mariners 4–3 (11) Downs (4–0) Sherrill (2–2) 28,679 51–40 92 July 17 Rangers 10–1 Lilly (9–8) Koronka (6–6) 16,872 52–40 93 July 18 Rangers 5–2 Padilla (10–5) Schoeneweis (2–1) Otsuka (19) 20,017 52–41 94 July 19 Rangers 5–4 Millwood (10–5) Janssen (6–9) Otsuka (20) 20,778 52–42 95 July 20 Yankees 5–4 (11) Tallet (3–0) Rivera (4–5) 42,336 53–42 96 July 21 Yankees 7–3 Burnett (2–3) Wright (6–6) Schoeneweis (1) 40,149 54–42 97 July 22 Yankees 5–4 Wang (11–4) Downs (4–1) Rivera (23) 50,014 54–43 98 July 23 Yankees 13–5 Marcum (1–0) Ponson (0–1) 42,337 55–43 99 July 24 @ Mariners 7–3 Piñeiro (7–8) Janssen (6–10) 29,787 55–44 100 July 25 @ Mariners 12–3 Halladay (13–2) Meche (9–5) 30,793 56–44 101 July 26 @ Mariners 7–4 Moyer (6–9) Burnett (2–4) Putz (20) 33,629 56–45 102 July 27 @ Athletics 5–2 Blanton (11–8) Lilly (9–9) Street (21) 19,251 56–46 103 July 28 @ Athletics 4–3 Downs (5–1) Loaiza (4–7) Ryan (25) 22,217 57–46 104 July 29 @ Athletics 7–4 Zito (11–7) McGowan (1–1) Street (22) 25,627 57–47 105 July 30 @ Athletics 6–5 Street (4–3) Ryan (1–1) 29,709 57–48
August # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 106 August 1 @ Yankees 5–1 Wright (7–6) Burnett (2–5) 52,237 57–49 107 August 2 @ Yankees 7–2 Wang (13–4) Lilly (9–10) 54,414 57–50 108 August 3 @ Yankees 8–1 Lidle (1–0) Marcum (1–1) 52,156 57–51 109 August 4 White Sox 6–4 Garland (12–3) Halladay (13–3) Jenks (30) 30,060 57–52 110 August 5 White Sox 7–1 Vázquez (10–6) Rosario (1–2) 35,117 57–53 111 August 6 White Sox 7–3 Burnett (3–5) Contreras (10–4) 36,453 58–53 112 August 7 Orioles 8–1 Accardo (1–0) Ortiz (0–3) League (1) 23,838 59–53 113 August 8 Orioles 8–4 Cabrera (5–7) Schoeneweis (2–2) 28,823 59–54 114 August 9 Orioles 4–3 Halladay (14–3) Bédard (12–8) Ryan (26) 34,199 60–54 115 August 10 @ Twins 5–0 Lilly (10–10) Silva (8–10) 30,118 61–54 116 August 11 @ Twins 7–1 Burnett (4–5) Garza (0–1) 31,814 62–54 117 August 12 @ Twins 4–0 Downs (6–1) Bonser (2–4) 36,261 63–54 118 August 13 @ Twins 5–0 Radke (12–8) Marcum (1–2) 32,811 63–55 119 August 15 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Halladay (15–3) Meadows (2–3) Ryan (27) 9,217 64–55 120 August 16 @ Devil Rays 8–3 Shields (5–6) Lilly (10–11) 8,195 64–56 121 August 17 @ Devil Rays 6–2 Burnett (5–5) Meadows (2–4) 8,697 65–56 122 August 18 @ Orioles 7–2 Benson (10–9) Downs (6–2) 22,679 65–57 123 August 19 @ Orioles 15–0 Cabrera (6–8) Marcum (1–3) 25,380 65–58 124 August 20 @ Orioles 9–2 Halladay (16–3) Bédard (12–9) 23,639 66–58 125 August 21 Athletics 12–10 Haren (12–9) League (0–1) Duchscherer (4) 28,280 66–59 126 August 22 Athletics 4–3 Burnett (6–5) Halsey (3–4) Ryan (28) 30,071 67–59 127 August 23 Athletics 6–0 Loaiza (7–7) Chacín (6–3) 32,516 67–60 128 August 25 Royals 6–3 Marcum (2–3) Hudson (6–5) Ryan (29) 26,343 68–60 129 August 26 Royals 2–0 Hernández (4–8) Halladay (16–4) 38,070 68–61 130 August 27 Royals 10–6 Lilly (11–11) Pérez (1–2) 36,417 69–61 131 August 28 @ Indians 6–4 Byrd (9–6) Burnett (6–6) Mastny (4) 19,623 69–62 132 August 29 @ Indians 5–2 Sabathia (10–8) League (0–2) 21,563 69–63 133 August 30 @ Indians 3–2 (10) Betancourt (3–4) Ryan (1–2) 22,065 69–64 134 August 31 @ Red Sox 6–4 Delcarmen (2–0) Halladay (16–5) Papelbon (35) 36,238 69–65
September # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ Red Sox 2–1 Snyder (4–3) Lilly (11–12) Timlin (3) 36,235 69–66 136 September 2 @ Red Sox 5–1 Burnett (7–6) Jarvis (0–1) 35,973 70–66 137 September 3 @ Red Sox 6–1 Chacín (7–3) Beckett (14–10) 35,719 71–66 138 September 4 Indians 4–3 League (1–2) Sabathia (10–9) Ryan (30) 27,864 72–66 139 September 5 Indians 7–2 Sowers (7–3) Accardo (1–1) 18,517 72–67 140 September 6 Indians 3–2 Lilly (12–12) Westbrook (12–9) Ryan (31) 20,406 73–67 141 September 8 @ Angels 4–1 Saunders (5–2) Burnett (7–7) Rodríguez (40) 42,259 73–68 142 September 9 @ Angels 2–1 Chacín (8–3) Escobar (10–13) Ryan (32) 44,007 74–68 143 September 10 @ Angels 4–3 Weaver (11–2) Towers (1–10) Rodríguez (41) 40,506 74–69 144 September 11 @ Mariners 6–2 Lilly (13–12) Woods (4–3) 24,462 75–69 145 September 12 @ Mariners 4–2 Meche (10–8) Marcum (2–4) Putz (32) 26,144 75–70 146 September 13 @ Mariners 10–0 Burnett (8–7) Baek (3–1) 26,225 76–70 147 September 15 Devil Rays 5–4 (10) Ryan (2–2) Meadows (3–6) 27,607 77–70 148 September 16 Devil Rays 6–1 Lilly (14–12) Howell (0–3) 30,698 78–70 149 September 17 Devil Rays 5–3 Speier (2–0) Camp (7–4) Ryan (33) 32,959 79–70 150 September 18 Yankees 7–6 Rasner (3–0) Burnett (8–8) Veras (1) 32,846 79–71 151 September 19 Yankees 6–3 Karstens (2–1) Frasor (2–2) Farnsworth (6) 30,793 79–72 152 September 20 Yankees 3–2 Romero (1–0) Henn (0–1) Ryan (34) 33,029 80–72 153 September 22 Red Sox 7–1 Tavárez (4–4) Lilly (14–13) 33,874 80–73 154 September 23 Red Sox 5–3 Burnett (9–8) Hansack (0–1) Ryan (35) 42,267 81–73 155 September 24 Red Sox 13–4 Chacín (9–3) Snyder (4–5) 44,212 82–73 156 September 25 Red Sox 5–0 Marcum (3–4) Wakefield (7–11) 40,123 83–73 157 September 26 @ Tigers 4–3 Bonderman (14–8) McGowan (1–2) Jones (37) 27,908 83–74 158 September 27 @ Tigers 7–4 Lilly (15–13) Robertson (13–13) Ryan (36) 26,430 84–74 159 September 28 @ Tigers 8–6 Burnett (10–8) Rogers (17–7) Ryan (37) 28,670 85–74 160 September 29 @ Yankees 7–2 Mussina (15–7) Chacín (9–4) 52,331 85–75 161 September 30 @ Yankees 6–5 Frasor (3–2) Myers (1–2) Ryan (38) 54,576 86–75
October # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 162 October 1 @ Yankees 7–5 Towers (2–10) Farnsworth (3–6) Downs (1) 54,886 87–75

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Bengie Molina	117	433	123	.284	19	57
1B	Lyle Overbay	157	581	181	.312	22	92
2B	Aaron Hill	155	546	159	.291	6	50
SS	John McDonald	104	260	58	.223	3	23
3B	Troy Glaus	153	540	136	.252	38	104
LF	Frank Catalanotto	128	437	131	.300	7	56
CF	Vernon Wells	154	611	185	.303	32	106
RF	Alex Ríos	128	450	136	.302	17	82
DH	Shea Hillenbrand	81	296	89	.301	12	39

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Reed Johnson	134	461	147	.319	12	49
Gregg Zaun	99	290	79	.272	12	40
Russ Adams	90	251	55	.219	3	28
Eric Hinske	78	197	52	.264	12	29
Adam Lind	18	60	22	.367	2	8
Jason Phillips	25	48	12	.250	0	6
Edgardo Alfonzo	12	37	6	.162	0	4
John Hattig	13	24	8	.333	0	3
Kevin Barker	12	17	4	.235	1	1
Chad Mottola	10	16	4	.250	0	0
Ryan Roberts	9	13	1	.077	1	1
Luis Figueroa	8	9	1	.111	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roy Halladay	32	220.0	16	5	3.19	132
Ted Lilly	32	181.2	15	13	4.31	160
A.J. Burnett	21	135.2	10	8	3.98	118
Casey Janssen	19	94.0	6	10	5.07	44
Gustavo Chacin	17	87.1	9	4	5.05	47

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Shawn Marcum	21	78.1	3	4	5.06	65
Josh Towers	15	62.0	2	10	8.42	35
Ty Taubenheim	12	35.0	1	5	4.89	26
Dustin McGowan	16	27.1	1	2	7.24	22

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
B.J. Ryan	65	2	2	38	1.37	86
Scott Downs	59	6	2	1	4.09	61
Justin Speier	58	2	0	0	2.98	55
Scott Schoenweis	55	2	2	1	6.51	18
Jason Frasor	51	3	2	0	4.32	51
Brian Tallet	44	3	0	0	3.81	37
Brandon League	33	1	2	1	2.53	29
Jeremy Accardo	27	1	1	0	5.97	14
Pete Walker	23	1	1	1	5.40	27
Vinnie Chulk	20	1	0	0	5.25	18
Francisco Rosario	17	1	2	0	6.65	21
Davis Romero	7	1	0	0	3.86	10

Award winners

• Vernon Wells , Gold Glove Award

All-Star Game

• Troy Glaus, third base
• Roy Halladay, pitcher
• Alex Ríos, outfield
• B. J. Ryan, pitcher
• Vernon Wells, outfield ^[8]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

^[9]

References

1. Lyle Overbay Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
2. Orlando Hudson Statistics – Baseball-Reference.com
3. Bastian, Jordan (July 2, 2006). "Five Jays named to AL All-Star squad". MLB.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. Bastian, Jordan (July 7, 2006). "Notes: Rios released from hospital". MLB.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
5. Maloney, Jim (July 7, 2006). "Cabrera, Tejada join Derby pool". MLB.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
6. Bastian, Jordan (August 22, 2006). "Jays lose tight game after altercation". MLB.com. Retrieved June 18, 2007.
7. "Feature: 2006 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
8. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
9. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2006 Toronto Blue Jays team page at Baseball Reference
• 2006 Toronto Blue Jays team page at www.baseball-almanac.com