# 1998 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1998 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 22nd season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 88 wins and 74 losses, which was their best record since their 1993 World Series-winning season; the 88 wins were not surpassed until 2015.
With the disappointing last-place finish of the previous year, General Manager Gord Ash once again dug into the wallet to improve the team, signing reliever Randy Myers and slugger José Canseco as free agents. Though the team improved noticeably (thanks to another pitching Triple Crown and Cy Young Award-winning campaign by ace hurler Roger Clemens and a powerful lineup that featured Canseco, Carlos Delgado, Shawn Green, and José Cruz Jr.), they could not finish ahead of the New York Yankees or the Boston Red Sox, who won 114 and 92 games en route to winning the division crown and wild card respectively.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1998 season.

### October 1997

| October 6 | Luis Andújar granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on November 11, 1997). Jacob Brumfield granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on January 5, 1998), |
| October 15 | Huck Flener granted free agency. Ryan Thompson granted free agency. |
| October 17 | Rickey Cradle granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a one-year contract on November 7, 1997). |
| October 27 | Orlando Merced granted free agency (signed with Minnesota Twins to a one-year, $800,000 contract on January 14, 1998). Charlie O'Brien granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a two-year, $1.4 million contract on December 10, 1997). |
| October 28 | Joe Carter granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $3.3 million contract on December 12, 1997). Mariano Duncan granted free agency. Juan Samuel granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $421,000 contract. |
| October 29 | Selected Dane Johnson off of waivers from the Oakland Athletics. |

### November 1997

| November 11 | Re-signed free agent Luis Andújar to a one-year contract. |
| November 18 | Rich Butler selected by Tampa Bay Devil Rays as the 10th pick in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft. Omar Daal selected by Arizona Diamondbacks as the 31st pick in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft. Marty Janzen selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 1997 MLB Expansion Draft. |
| November 25 | Signed free agent Shannon Withem from the Detroit Tigers to a contract. |
| November 26 | Signed free agent Darrin Fletcher from the Montreal Expos to a two-year, $4.1 million contract. Signed free agent Randy Myers from the Baltimore Orioles to a three-year, $18 million contract. |
| November 27 | Signed free agent Craig Grebeck from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year, $390,000 contract. Signed free agent Pat Kelly from the New York Yankees to a one-year, $325,000 contract. |

### December 1997

| December 6 | Re-signed free agent Juan Samuel to a one-year, $421,000 contract. |
| December 8 | Signed free agent Mark Dalesandro from the Chicago Cubs to a contract. Signed free agent Tony Fernández from the Cleveland Indians to a two-year, $4.2 million contract. Signed free agent Mike Stanley from the New York Yankees to a two-year, $6.15 million contract. |
| December 10 | Signed free agent Alex Delgado from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract. |
| December 11 | Signed free agent José Herrera from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year contract. Traded Sandy Martínez to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later (Trevor Schaffer on December 19, 1997). |
| December 15 | Drafted Luis Saturria from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1997 MLB Rule 5 draft. Joe Davenport drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1997 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 21 | Carlos García granted free agency (signed with Cleveland Indians to a contract on January 6, 1998). |

### January 1998

| January 5 | Re-signed free agent Jacob Brumfield to a one-year contract. |
| January 20 | Signed free agent Phil Plantier from the St. Louis Cardinals to a contract. |

### February 1998

| February 4 | Signed free agent Jose Canseco from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $2.1 million contract. |
| February 6 | Re-signed Shawn Green to a two-year, $4.625 million contract. |

### March 1998

| March 14 | Acquired Kevin Brown from the Texas Rangers for Tim Crabtree. |
| March 15 | Re-signed Dan Plesac to a contract extension through 1999 (one-year, $1.5 million in 1999). |
| March 20 | Returned Luis Saturria to the St. Louis Cardinals. |
| March 24 | Released Jacob Brumfield. |
| March 25 | Signed free agent Patrick Lennon from the Anaheim Angels to a contract. |
| March 30 | Robert Pérez selected off of waivers by the Seattle Mariners. |

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 114 | 48 | .704 | — | 62‍–‍19 | 52‍–‍29 |
| Boston Red Sox | 92 | 70 | .568 | 22 | 51‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 88 | 74 | .543 | 26 | 51‍–‍30 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 79 | 83 | .488 | 35 | 42‍–‍39 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 63 | 99 | .389 | 51 | 33‍–‍48 | 30‍–‍51 |

### Record vs. opponents

1998 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 10–6 |
| Baltimore | 6–5 | — | 6–6 | 2–9 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 5–6 | 7–3 | 3–9 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 5–11 |
| Boston | 5–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–6 | 8–3 | 5–5 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 5–7 | 9–2 | 7–4 | 9–3 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 9–7 |
| Chicago | 6–5 | 9–2 | 6–5 | — | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 4–6–1 | 7–9 |
| Cleveland | 7–4 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 6–6 | — | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 9–2 | 7–3 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 10–6 |
| Detroit | 3–8 | 1–10 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 7–9 |
| Kansas City | 5–6 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 7–5 | 0–10 | 7–4 | 4–6 | 8–3 | 3–8 | 6–5 | 9–7 |
| Minnesota | 5–6 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2–9 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 7–9 |
| New York | 5–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 10–0 | 7–4 | — | 8–3 | 8–3 | 11–1 | 8–3 | 6–6 | 13–3 |
| Oakland | 7–5 | 3–8 | 2–9 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 3–8 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 8–8 |
| Seattle | 3–9 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 6–4 | 9–2 | 3–8 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 5–7 | 4–7 | 7–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 5–6 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 6–5 | 3–7 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 1–11 | 6–5 | 5–6 | — | 4–7 | 5–7 | 5–11 |
| Texas | 7–5 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–4 | — | 7–4 | 8–8 |
| Toronto | 7–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–4–1 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 4–7 | — | 9–7 |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1998 regular season.

#### April 1998

| April 1 | Signed free agent Dave Stieb to a one-year, $300,000 contract. |

#### May 1998

| May 21 | Signed amateur free agent Scott Cassidy to a contract. |
| May 29 | Selected Ben Van Ryn off of waivers from the San Diego Padres. |

#### June 1998

| June 16 | Released Erik Hanson. |

#### July 1998

| July 1 | Signed free agent Tony Phillips from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract. |
| July 3 | Signed amateur free agent Gustavo Chacín to a contract. |
| July 10 | Released Luis Andújar. |
| July 16 | Player rights of Pat Kelly sold to the St. Louis Cardinals. |
| July 30 | Acquired Pete Munro and Jay Yennaco from the Boston Red Sox for Mike Stanley. |
| July 31 | Acquired Nerio Rodríguez and Shannon Carter from the Baltimore Orioles for Juan Guzmán. Acquired Scott Rivette from the Oakland Athletics for Ed Sprague Jr. Acquired Leo Estrella from the New York Mets for Tony Phillips. |

#### August 1998

| August 6 | Acquired Brian Loyd from the San Diego Padres for Randy Myers. |

#### September 1998

| September 23 | Julio Mosquera selected off of waivers by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. |
| September 25 | Signed amateur free agent Guillermo Quiróz to a contract. |

### 1998 MLB Draft

* June 2, 1998: Felipe López was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1998 amateur draft. Player signed August 11, 1998.

### Game log

1998 Game Log :
April: 10–16 (Home: 5–8; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Twins3–2Clemens (1–0)Tewksbury (0–1)Myers (1)41,3871–0
2April 2Twins3–2Guardado (1–0)Escobar (0–1)Aguilera (1)25,5841–1
3April 3Rangers5–0Helling (1–0)Guzmán (0–1)25,5091–2
4April 4Rangers9–2Williams (1–0)Oliver (0–1)30,1562–2
5April 5Rangers6–5Burkett (1–1)Risley (0–1)Wetteland (1)28,1062–3
6April 7@ Twins12–2Tewksbury (1–1)Clemens (1–1)8,4212–4
7April 8@ Twins9–6Hentgen (1–0)Hawkins (0–1)Myers (2)8,5323–4
8April 9@ Twins13–2Radke (1–1)Guzmán (0–2)9,0753–5
9April 10@ Rangers4–3Helling (2–0)Plesac (0–1)Wetteland (2)32,3143–6
10April 11@ Rangers9–8Almanzar (1–0)Oliver (0–2)Myers (3)37,5204–6
11April 12@ Rangers3–1Wetteland (1–0)Quantrill (0–1)28,4354–7
12April 13@ Royals11–1Rusch (1–2)Hentgen (1–1)11,7494–8
13April 14@ Royals5–1Guzmán (1–2)Rapp (0–1)Quantrill (1)11,1945–8
14April 15@ Royals7–3Haney (2–0)Williams (1–1)11,3165–9
15April 17White Sox6–1Clemens (2–1)Bere (0–3)28,2406–9
16April 18White Sox9–4Hentgen (2–1)Navarro (1–2)29,0657–9
17April 19White Sox5–4 (12)Carpenter (1–0)Castillo (0–1)31,2658–9
18April 20Yankees3–2 (11)Banks (1–0)Risley (0–2)Stanton (4)26,3858–10
19April 21Yankees5–3 (10)Stanton (1–0)Plesac (0–2)27,1928–11
20April 22Yankees9–1Pettitte (3–2)Clemens (2–2)29,1648–12
21April 24@ White Sox3–1Hentgen (3–1)Navarro (1–3)Myers (4)14,1989–12
22April 25@ White Sox8–1Eyre (1–2)Guzmán (1–3)14,4579–13
23April 26@ White Sox5–5 (6)Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 1513,7059–13
24April 27@ Yankees1–0Pettitte (4–2)Clemens (2–3)Rivera (2)17,8639–14
25April 28@ Yankees5–2Williams (2–1)Mendoza (0–1)Myers (5)18,72710–14
26April 29Royals7–2Pichardo (1–2)Hentgen (3–2)25,64410–15
27April 30Royals7–4Rusch (3–3)Guzmán (1–4)Montgomery (5)26,69010–16 :
May: 18–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 10–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
28May 1@ Athletics5–2Candiotti (3–3)Hanson (0–1)Taylor (7)7,07810–17
29May 2@ Athletics7–0Clemens (3–3)Oquist (0–1)10,72911–17
30May 3@ Athletics6–3Williams (3–1)Telgheder (0–1)Myers (6)23,46312–17
31May 4@ Athletics7–4Rogers (5–1)Hentgen (3–3)5,20612–18
32May 5@ Angels13–11Plesac (1–2)Percival (0–2)Myers (7)17,27113–18
33May 6@ Angels6–5Escobar (1–1)Hasegawa (1–1)Myers (8)17,39214–18
34May 7@ Mariners6–0Clemens (4–3)Moyer (2–4)24,12915–18
35May 8@ Mariners8–3Johnson (3–1)Williams (3–2)29,92015–19
36May 9@ Mariners4–1Hentgen (4–3)Swift (2–2)Myers (9)49,85116–19
37May 10@ Mariners3–1Fassero (4–1)Guzmán (1–5)Ayala (7)39,24916–20
38May 12Athletics4–3 (10)Myers (1–0)Taylor (0–3)25,63617–20
39May 13Athletics4–2Haynes (2–1)Clemens (4–4)Fetters (2)25,73217–21
40May 14Angels5–4Myers (2–0)DeLucia (1–2)25,60618–21
41May 15Angels9–1Hentgen (5–3)Hill (6–2)26,64419–21
42May 16Mariners8–1Fassero (5–1)Guzmán (1–6)31,12119–22
43May 17Mariners4–3Plesac (2–2)Slocumb (1–3)28,11120–22
44May 18Mariners9–4Spoljaric (3–0)Clemens (4–5)28,12520–23
45May 19Devil Rays3–1Williams (4–2)Springer (1–7)Myers (10)25,66221–23
46May 20Devil Rays9–1Hentgen (6–3)Álvarez (4–5)26,10722–23
47May 21Devil Rays6–1Guzmán (2–6)Arrojo (6–3)30,10823–23
48May 22@ Indians9–7Burba (5–4)Hanson (0–2)Jackson (12)43,26923–24
49May 23@ Indians7–2Clemens (5–5)Colón (3–3)43,30624–24
50May 24@ Indians5–0Williams (5–2)Gooden (0–1)43,19425–24
51May 25@ Red Sox7–5Hentgen (7–3)Martínez (5–1)Myers (11)32,34226–24
52May 26@ Red Sox5–2Guzmán (3–6)Avery (1–1)Myers (12)27,66827–24
53May 28Indians6–2Burba (6–4)Carpenter (1–1)30,28227–25
54May 29Indians7–3Colón (4–3)Clemens (5–6)29,08527–26
55May 30Indians4–2Williams (6–2)Gooden (0–2)Myers (13)37,17928–26
56May 31Indians8–3Nagy (7–2)Hentgen (7–4)Mesa (1)30,09028–27 :
June: 14–14 (Home: 8–5; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
57June 1Red Sox9–5Corsi (2–0)Myers (2–1)27,37228–28
58June 2Red Sox11–3Avery (2–1)Carpenter (1–2)26,17728–29
59June 3Tigers5–1Clemens (6–6)Greisinger (0–1)26,29129–29
60June 4Tigers9–6Williams (7–2)Moehler (5–5)Myers (14)34,40830–29
61June 5Phillies8–7Green (4–4)Risley (0–3)Leiter (11)31,17630–30
62June 6Phillies10–6Gomes (5–2)Guzmán (3–7)30,10230–31
63June 7Phillies3–1Carpenter (2–2)Schilling (5–7)Myers (15)26,23631–31
64June 8@ Marlins4–3 (17)Edmondson (1–1)Hanson (0–3)17,41431–32
65June 9@ Marlins5–4Hernández (4–4)Quantrill (0–2)14,59131–33
66June 10@ Marlins4–3 (10)Person (1–0)Powell (4–4)Myers (16)16,99432–33
67June 12Orioles9–5Mussina (5–3)Guzmán (3–8)30,23732–34
68June 13Orioles9–8Person (2–0)Drabek (5–7)Myers (17)38,10233–34
69June 14Orioles7–4Clemens (7–6)Smith (0–1)Myers (18)28,13234–34
70June 15@ Devil Rays8–7White (1–3)Quantrill (0–3)Hernández (13)24,12234–35
71June 16@ Devil Rays4–3Mecir (3–0)Myers (2–2)24,27834–36
72June 17@ Devil Rays2–1Arrojo (9–4)Guzmán (3–9)Hernández (14)24,39434–37
73June 18@ Orioles13–6Carpenter (3–2)Johns (2–2)47,37435–37
74June 19@ Orioles7–4 (15)Charlton (2–1)Risley (0–4)47,01235–38
75June 20@ Orioles11–3Erickson (8–6)Williams (7–3)48,01135–39
76June 21@ Orioles7–3Hentgen (8–4)Ponson (1–5)Myers (19)47,52236–39
77June 22Expos14–2Guzmán (4–9)Pavano (1–1)33,13237–39
78June 23Expos3–2Carpenter (4–2)Batista (2–4)Myers (20)33,49238–39
79June 24@ Expos7–6Clemens (8–6)Boskie (1–1)Myers (21)16,51539–39
80June 25@ Expos1–0Williams (8–3)Pérez (6–7)9,25640–39
81June 26@ Braves6–4Hentgen (9–4)Smoltz (5–2)Myers (22)47,08141–39
82June 27@ Braves2–0Maddux (11–2)Guzmán (4–10)48,33841–40
83June 28@ Braves10–3Glavine (11–3)Carpenter (4–3)44,18541–41
84June 30Mets6–3Clemens (9–6)Reed (9–5)30,32242–41 :
July: 12–15 (Home: 9–4; Away: 3–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
85July 1Mets15–10Plesac (3–2)Rojas (3–2)37,25243–41
86July 2Mets9–1Jones (7–5)Hentgen (9–5)27,32543–42
87July 3Devil Rays3–2 (10)Myers (3–2)Yan (4–2)25,62544–42
88July 4Devil Rays8–0Carpenter (5–3)Springer (2–11)29,19845–42
89July 5Devil Rays2–1Quantrill (1–3)White (1–4)Myers (23)31,24046–42
90July 9@ Tigers4–3Anderson (2–0)Plesac (3–3)Jones (15)16,01246–43
91July 10@ Tigers3–2 (10)Jones (1–3)Quantrill (1–4)23,39446–44
92July 11@ Tigers5–2Moehler (9–6)Carpenter (5–4)Runyan (1)21,07246–45
93July 12@ Tigers7–2Clemens (10–6)Brocail (4–2)20,23147–45
94July 13@ Orioles5–0Rodríguez (1–2)Guzmán (4–11)41,47447–46
95July 14@ Orioles11–5Mussina (7–5)Williams (8–4)44,12247–47
96July 15@ White Sox9–3Navarro (8–10)Hentgen (9–6)47–48
97July 15@ White Sox5–2Castillo (4–4)Stieb (0–1)Simas (7)15,60247–49
98July 16@ White Sox5–2Carpenter (6–4)Baldwin (4–4)Myers (24)19,63848–49
99July 17Yankees9–6Clemens (11–6)Holmes (0–2)Myers (25)39,17249–49
100July 18Yankees10–3Hernández (4–2)Guzmán (4–12)48,12349–50
101July 19Yankees9–3Williams (9–4)Pettitte (12–6)42,17650–50
102July 21White Sox6–3Baldwin (5–4)Hentgen (9–7)Simas (8)30,20950–51
103July 22White Sox4–0Clemens (12–6)Parque (2–3)29,22151–51
104July 23@ Red Sox8–7 (10)Gordon (5–3)Myers (3–3)33,01151–52
105July 24@ Red Sox10–6Guzmán (5–12)Avery (7–3)Quantrill (2)33,15952–52
106July 25@ Red Sox5–3Lowe (1–7)Williams (9–5)Gordon (28)33,09952–53
107July 26@ Red Sox6–3Martínez (14–3)Hentgen (9–8)33,05952–54
108July 28Rangers8–3Clemens (13–6)Sele (12–8)29,17753–54
109July 29Rangers9–6Oliver (6–7)Carpenter (6–5)Wetteland (28)28,22053–55
110July 30Rangers1–0Guzmán (6–12)Loaiza (0–2)Myers (26)29,26454–55
111July 31@ Twins6–4Rodriguez (1–0)Williams (9–6)Aguilera (27)26,05454–56 :
August: 17–10 (Home: 11–5; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
112August 1@ Twins10–9Hentgen (10–8)Hawkins (7–10)Myers (27)17,12855–56
113August 2@ Twins6–4Clemens (14–6)Radke (10–9)Myers (28)40,09656–56
114August 4@ Rangers11–9Stottlemyre (1–0)Carpenter (6–6)Wetteland (29)45,21356–57
115August 5@ Rangers4–3Wetteland (3–1)Myers (3–4)27,76656–58
116August 7Athletics7–6Haynes (8–4)Williams (9–7)Fetters (5)31,28656–59
117August 8Athletics6–5 (10)Plesac (4–3)Fetters (1–6)31,33057–59
118August 9Athletics4–3Quantrill (2–4)Mohler (3–3)30,11458–59
119August 11Mariners7–4Carpenter (7–6)Fassero (10–8)Quantrill (3)33,13759–59
120August 12Mariners11–5Rodríguez (2–3)Ayala (1–8)39,13960–59
121August 13Angels4–3Risley (1–4)Hasegawa (6–3)Plesac (1)26,48161–59
122August 14Angels7–5Watson (5–7)Hentgen (10–9)Percival (33)27,27661–60
123August 15Angels6–3 (11)DeLucia (2–4)Sinclair (0–1)30,37961–61
124August 16Angels6–4Carpenter (8–6)Juden (0–1)Quantrill (4)29,25962–61
125August 17@ Athletics4–2Escobar (2–1)Candiotti (8–14)Plesac (2)9,76163–61
126August 18@ Athletics10–5Haynes (9–5)Williams (9–8)9,08663–62
127August 19@ Mariners16–2Hentgen (11–9)Cloude (7–9)Stieb (1)26,25864–62
128August 20@ Mariners7–0Clemens (15–6)Swift (10–7)26,64265–62
129August 21@ Angels9–4Carpenter (9–6)Juden (0–2)36,05266–62
130August 22@ Angels5–1Sparks (8–2)Escobar (2–2)Hasegawa (3)42,88266–63
131August 23@ Angels3–2Finley (10–6)Almanzar (1–1)Percival (35)34,14266–64
132August 24Royals7–3Barber (1–1)Hentgen (11–10)Whisenant (2)26,30666–65
133August 25Royals3–0Clemens (16–6)Haney (5–6)26,17367–65
134August 26Royals7–2Belcher (12–10)Carpenter (9–7)25,55767–66
135August 27Royals11–1Escobar (3–2)Rosado (7–10)25,52468–66
136August 28Twins7–6Williams (10–8)Trombley (4–4)Plesac (3)26,26869–66
137August 29Twins14–7Stieb (1–1)Radke (10–13)30,10170–66
138August 30Twins6–0Clemens (17–6)Rodriguez (4–3)29,20271–66 :
September: 17–8 (Home: 10–2; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
139September 1@ Royals2–1Carpenter (10–7)Belcher (12–11)Quantrill (5)12,44772–66
140September 2@ Royals5–0Escobar (4–2)Rosado (7–11)Quantrill (6)12,54173–66
141September 3Red Sox4–3 (11)Person (3–0)Veras (0–1)27,22674–66
142September 4Red Sox12–1Hentgen (12–10)Wakefield (15–7)Stieb (2)29,16675–66
143September 5Red Sox4–3Clemens (18–6)Saberhagen (12–7)Quantrill (7)37,15876–66
144September 6Red Sox8–7Quantrill (3–4)Lowe (3–9)Person (1)38,37477–66
145September 7Indians15–1Escobar (5–2)Ogea (4–3)31,08978–66
146September 9Indians6–3 (13)Jones (1–2)Almanzar (1–2)Jackson (37)32,15778–67
147September 10@ Yankees8–5Pettitte (16–9)Hentgen (12–11)Holmes (2)25,88178–68
148September 11@ Yankees5–4Almanzar (2–2)Irabu (11–9)Person (2)35,85679–68
149September 12@ Yankees5–3Carpenter (11–7)Wells (17–4)Person (3)48,75280–68
150September 13@ Yankees5–3Escobar (6–2)Cone (19–6)Person (4)47,47181–68
151September 14@ Indians6–3Gooden (8–6)Sinclair (0–2)Jackson (39)43,15281–69
152September 15@ Indians7–5Ogea (5–3)Stieb (1–2)Assenmacher (2)43,32381–70
153September 16@ Tigers2–1Clemens (19–6)Powell (3–8)Person (5)10,96782–70
154September 17@ Tigers7–4Brocail (5–2)Person (3–1)13,30482–71
155September 18@ Devil Rays6–1Rekar (2–7)Escobar (6–3)32,05382–72
156September 19@ Devil Rays7–5Lopez (7–3)Van Ryn (0–1)Hernández (26)35,68982–73
157September 20@ Devil Rays7–5 (12)Risley (2–4)Lopez (7–4)32,18383–73
158September 21Orioles3–1Clemens (20–6)Erickson (15–13)Plesac (4)30,38084–73
159September 22Orioles7–3Carpenter (12–7)Mussina (13–9)26,36385–73
160September 23Orioles6–3Escobar (7–3)Guzmán (10–16)Person (6)28,14786–73
161September 25Tigers7–5Moehler (14–13)Williams (10–9)Jones (28)33,15186–74
162September 26Tigers5–4 (13)Risley (3–4)Sager (4–2)40,26887–74
163September 27Tigers2–1Halladay (1–0)Thompson (11–15)38,03688–74 :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging Average; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | Slg. | SB |
| C | Darrin Fletcher | 124 | 407 | 37 | 115 | 9 | 52 | .283 | .410 | 0 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 142 | 503 | 94 | 155 | 38 | 115 | .292 | .592 | 3 |
| 2B | Craig Grebeck | 102 | 301 | 33 | 77 | 2 | 27 | .256 | .346 | 2 |
| 3B | Ed Sprague Jr. | 105 | 382 | 49 | 91 | 17 | 51 | .238 | .424 | 0 |
| SS | Alex Gonzalez | 158 | 568 | 70 | 136 | 13 | 51 | .239 | .361 | 21 |
| LF | Shannon Stewart | 144 | 516 | 90 | 144 | 12 | 55 | .279 | .417 | 51 |
| CF | Jose Cruz Jr. | 105 | 352 | 55 | 89 | 11 | 42 | .253 | .403 | 11 |
| RF | Shawn Green | 158 | 630 | 106 | 175 | 35 | 100 | .278 | .510 | 35 |
| DH | Jose Canseco | 151 | 583 | 98 | 138 | 46 | 107 | .237 | .518 | 29 |

#### 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 |
| Tony Fernández | 138 | 486 | 156 | .321 | 9 | 72 |
| Mike Stanley | 98 | 341 | 82 | .240 | 22 | 47 |
| Felipe Crespo | 66 | 130 | 34 | .262 | 1 | 15 |
| Kevin Brown | 52 | 110 | 29 | .264 | 2 | 15 |
| Mark Dalesandro | 32 | 67 | 20 | .299 | 2 | 14 |
| Juan Samuel | 43 | 50 | 9 | .180 | 1 | 2 |
| Tony Phillips | 13 | 48 | 17 | .354 | 1 | 7 |
| Benito Santiago | 15 | 29 | 9 | .310 | 0 | 4 |
| Tom Evans | 7 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tomás Pérez | 6 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Witt | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Lennon | 2 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 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 |
| Roger Clemens | 33 | 234.2 | 20 | 6 | 2.65 | 271 |
| Woody Williams | 32 | 209.2 | 10 | 9 | 4.46 | 151 |
| Pat Hentgen | 29 | 177.2 | 12 | 11 | 5.17 | 94 |
| Chris Carpenter | 33 | 175.0 | 12 | 7 | 4.37 | 136 |
| Juan Guzmán | 22 | 145.0 | 6 | 12 | 4.41 | 113 |
| Roy Halladay | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.93 | 13 |

#### 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 |
| Kelvim Escobar | 22 | 79.2 | 7 | 3 | 3.73 | 72 |
| Dave Stieb | 19 | 50.1 | 1 | 2 | 4.83 | 27 |
| Erik Hanson | 11 | 49.0 | 0 | 3 | 6.24 | 21 |

#### 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 |
| Randy Myers | 41 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 4.46 | 32 |
| Paul Quantrill | 82 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2.59 | 59 |
| Dan Plesac | 78 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.78 | 55 |
| Bill Risley | 44 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 5.27 | 42 |
| Robert Person | 27 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7.04 | 31 |
| Carlos Almanzar | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5.34 | 20 |
| Steve Sinclair | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.60 | 8 |
| Ben Van Ryn | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 3 |
| Nerio Rodriguez | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 3 |
| Luis Andújar | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.53 | 1 |
| Shannon Withem | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 2 |

## Award winners

* José Canseco, DH, Silver Slugger Award
* Roger Clemens, Pitcher of the Month Award, August
* Roger Clemens, Cy Young Award
* Roger Clemens, MLB Leader Wins, 20
* Roger Clemens, AL Strikeout Crown, 271 Strikeouts
* Roger Clemens, AL ERA Crown, 2.65
* Roger Clemens, Major League Record, First Pitcher to win Five Cy Young Awards
All-Star Game
* Roger Clemens, P

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Terry Bevington |
| AA | Knoxville Smokies | Southern League | Omar Malavé |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Rocket Wheeler |
| A | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Marty Pevey |
| A-Short Season | St. Catharines Stompers | New York–Penn League | Duane Larson |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Rolando Pino |