# 2012 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2012 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 36th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 23rd full season of play (24th overall) at the Rogers Centre. Their opening game was played on April 5 against the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. The Blue Jays finished 73–89, in fourth place in the American League East.

## New identity

On November 18, 2011, the Blue Jays unveiled a new logo and uniforms for the 2012 season. The logo and all-white home uniform bear a strong resemblance to the original logo and home uniforms, used from 1977 to 1996. The grey road uniform resembles those used from 1989 to 1996, and the alternate royal blue jersey—to be used for home and road games—resembles those used from 1994 to 1996, as well as the batting practice jerseys used from 1982 to 1996.

## Spring training

The Blue Jays had a 24–7 win–loss record in spring training, their .774 winning percentage being the best of all MLB teams during pre-season. One of their games finished tied and was therefore not included in the standings.

## Regular season
### Standings
#### American League East

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 93 | 69 | .574 | 2 | 47‍–‍34 | 46‍–‍35 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 5 | 46‍–‍35 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 22 | 41‍–‍40 | 32‍–‍49 |
| Boston Red Sox | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 34‍–‍47 | 35‍–‍46 |

#### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Oakland Athletics | 94 | 68 | .580 |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Texas Rangers | 93 | 69 | .574 | — |
| Baltimore Orioles | 93 | 69 | .574 | — |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 90 | 72 | .556 | 3 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 89 | 73 | .549 | 4 |
| Chicago White Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 8 |
| Seattle Mariners | 75 | 87 | .463 | 18 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 73 | 89 | .451 | 20 |
| Kansas City Royals | 72 | 90 | .444 | 21 |
| Boston Red Sox | 69 | 93 | .426 | 24 |
| Cleveland Indians | 68 | 94 | .420 | 25 |
| Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 27 |

#### Records vs opponents

| | Record | Record | Record | Games Left | Games Left | Games Left |
| Opponent | Home | Road | Total | Home | Road | Total |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 5–4 | 2–7 | 7–11 | – | – | – |
| Boston Red Sox | 4–5 | 7–2 | 11–7 | – | – | – |
| New York Yankees | 5–4 | 2–7 | 7–11 | – | – | – |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 3–6 | 1–8 | 4–14 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 17–19 | 12–24 | 29–43 | – | – | – |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 1–3 | 3–3 | 4–6 | – | – | – |
| Cleveland Indians | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | – | – | – |
| Detroit Tigers | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–4 | – | – | – |
| Kansas City Royals | 2–2 | 4–0 | 6–2 | – | – | – |
| Minnesota Twins | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–2 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 10–7 | 11–9 | 21–16 | – | – | – |
| AL West |||||||
| Los Angeles Angels | 2–2 | 2–2 | 4–4 | – | – | – |
| Oakland Athletics | 1–2 | 3–3 | 4–5 | – | – | – |
| Seattle Mariners | 3–3 | 0–3 | 3–6 | – | – | – |
| Texas Rangers | 3–3 | 0–3 | 3–6 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 9–10 | 5–11 | 14–21 | – | – | – |
| National League |||||||
| Atlanta Braves | – | 1–2 | 1–2 | – | – | – |
| Miami Marlins | – | 2–1 | 2–1 | – | – | – |
| Milwaukee Brewers | – | 1–2 | 1–2 | – | – | – |
| New York Mets | 2–1 | – | 2–1 | – | – | – |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 3–0 | – | 3–0 | – | – | – |
| Washington Nationals | 0–3 | – | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 5–4 | 4–5 | 9–9 | – | – | – |
| Grand Totals | 41–40 | 32–49 | 73–89 | – | – | – |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Pct. |
| April | 23 | 12 | 11 | .522 |
| May | 28 | 15 | 13 | .536 |
| June | 27 | 13 | 14 | .481 |
| July | 25 | 11 | 14 | .440 |
| August | 28 | 9 | 19 | .321 |
| September | 28 | 10 | 18 | .357 |
| October | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 162 | 73 | 89 | .451 |
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | – | 13–5 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 5–2 | 9–9 | 4–5 | 8–1 | 10–8 | 2–5 | 11–7 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 5–13 | – | 6–2 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 4–3 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 5–13 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 9–9 | 2–6 | 7–11 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 2–6 | 2–6 | – | 11–7 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 3–5 | 14–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 8–1 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
| Cleveland | 4–4 | 3–5 | 7–11 | – | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–4 | 6–12 | 1–5 | 2–8 | 4–4 | 4–4 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 8–10 |
| Detroit | 3–3 | 5–5 | 12–6 | 8–10 | – | 13–5 | 5–5 | 10–8 | 4–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 5–2 | 3–7 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
| Kansas City | 4–5 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 | 5–13 | – | 4–5 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 1–7 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–6 | 8–10 |
| Los Angeles | 7–2 | 6–0 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 5–4 | – | 6–3 | 4–5 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 1–9 | 10–9 | 4–4 | 12–6 |
| Minnesota | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–14 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 3–6 | – | 3–4 | 4–5 | 2–8 | 1–5 | 2–8 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 9–9 | 13–5 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 6–4 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–3 | – | 5–5 | 6–3 | 8–10 | 4–3 | 11–7 | 13–5 |
| Oakland | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–3 | 8–2 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 5–5 | – | 12–7 | 5–4 | 11–8 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
| Seattle | 1–8 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 4–4 | 5–1 | 7–1 | 8–11 | 8–2 | 3–6 | 7–12 | – | 4–6 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 8–10 |
| Tampa Bay | 8–10 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 4–4 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 9–1 | 5–1 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 6–4 | – | 5–4 | 14–4 | 9–9 |
| Texas | 5–2 | 6–2 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 9–10 | 8–2 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 4–5 | – | 6–3 | 14–4 |
| Toronto | 7–11 | 11–7 | 4–6 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 6–2 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 7–11 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 4–14 | 3–6 | – | 9–9 |
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## 2012 draft picks

The 2012 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 4–6.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Signed |
| 1 | 17 | D. J. Davis | OF | Stone County High School (MS) | 2012–06–11 |
| 1 | 22* | Marcus Stroman | RHP | Duke | 2012–07–03 |
| C-A | 50* | Matt Smoral | LHP | Solon High School (OH) | 2012–06–18 |
| C-A | 58* | Mitch Nay | 3B | Hamilton High School (AZ) | 2012–06–11 |
| C-A | 60* | Tyler Gonzales | RHP | James Madison High School (TX) | 2012–06–11 |
| 2 | 81 | Chase De Jong | RHP | Woodrow Wilson High School (CA) | 2012–07–01 |
| 3 | 112 | Anthony Alford | OF | Petal High School (MS) | 2012–06–11 |
| 4 | 145 | Tucker Donahue | RHP | Stetson | 2012–06–11 |
| 5 | 175 | Brad Delatte | LHP | Nicholls State | 2012–06–11 |
| 6 | 205 | Eric Phillips | 3B | Georgia Southern | 2012–06–11 |
| 7 | 235 | Ian Parmley | OF | Liberty | 2012–06–11 |
| 8 | 265 | Harrison Frawley | C | Coastal Carolina | 2012–06–11 |
| 9 | 295 | Jordan Leyland | 1B | Azusa Pacific | 2012–06–11 |
| 10 | 325 | Alex Azor | OF | Navy | 2012–06–11 |
* * The Blue Jays received the 22nd pick as compensation for unsigned 2011 draft pick Tyler Beede
* * The Blue Jays received the 50th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Frank Francisco
* * The Blue Jays received the 58th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Jon Rauch
* * The Blue Jays received the 60th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Jose Molina

### Roster
## 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 |
| Colby Rasmus | 151 | 565 | 75 | 126 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 75 | 4 | 47 | .223 | .400 |
| Yunel Escobar | 145 | 558 | 58 | 141 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 51 | 5 | 35 | .253 | .344 |
| Edwin Encarnación | 151 | 542 | 93 | 152 | 24 | 0 | 42 | 110 | 13 | 84 | .280 | .557 |
| Kelly Johnson | 142 | 507 | 61 | 114 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 55 | 14 | 62 | .225 | .365 |
| Brett Lawrie | 125 | 494 | 73 | 135 | 26 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 13 | 33 | .273 | .405 |
| Rajai Davis | 142 | 447 | 64 | 115 | 24 | 3 | 8 | 43 | 46 | 29 | .257 | .378 |
| J. P. Arencibia | 102 | 347 | 45 | 81 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 56 | 1 | 18 | .233 | .435 |
| José Bautista | 92 | 332 | 64 | 80 | 14 | 0 | 27 | 65 | 5 | 59 | .241 | .527 |
| Adam Lind | 93 | 321 | 28 | 82 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 0 | 29 | .255 | .414 |
| Jeff Mathis | 70 | 211 | 25 | 46 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 27 | 1 | 9 | .218 | .393 |
| Anthony Gose | 56 | 166 | 25 | 37 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 17 | .223 | .319 |
| Omar Vizquel | 60 | 153 | 13 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | .235 | .281 |
| Eric Thames | 46 | 148 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 9 | .243 | .365 |
| Moisés Sierra | 49 | 147 | 14 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 8 | .224 | .374 |
| David Cooper | 45 | 140 | 16 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 4 | .300 | .464 |
| Adeiny Hechavarria | 41 | 126 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 4 | .254 | .365 |
| Yan Gomes | 43 | 98 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 6 | .204 | .367 |
| Mike McCoy | 32 | 52 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | .173 | .250 |
| Ben Francisco | 27 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .240 | .380 |
| Travis Snider | 10 | 36 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .250 | .556 |
| Yorvit Torrealba | 10 | 28 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .214 | .321 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .105 | .105 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5487 | 716 | 1346 | 247 | 22 | 198 | 677 | 123 | 473 | .245 | .407 |
Source:

### 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 |
| Henderson Álvarez | 9 | 14 | 4.85 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 187.1 | 216 | 110 | 101 | 54 | 79 |
| Ricky Romero | 9 | 14 | 5.77 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 181.0 | 198 | 122 | 116 | 105 | 124 |
| Carlos Villanueva | 7 | 7 | 4.16 | 38 | 16 | 0 | 125.1 | 113 | 59 | 58 | 46 | 122 |
| Brandon Morrow | 10 | 7 | 2.96 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 124.2 | 98 | 45 | 41 | 41 | 108 |
| Aaron Laffey | 4 | 6 | 4.56 | 22 | 16 | 0 | 100.2 | 100 | 56 | 51 | 37 | 48 |
| Kyle Drabek | 4 | 7 | 4.67 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 71.1 | 67 | 41 | 37 | 47 | 47 |
| Casey Janssen | 1 | 1 | 2.54 | 62 | 0 | 22 | 63.2 | 44 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 67 |
| Brett Cecil | 2 | 4 | 5.72 | 21 | 9 | 0 | 61.1 | 70 | 40 | 39 | 23 | 51 |
| Drew Hutchison | 5 | 3 | 4.60 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 58.2 | 59 | 31 | 30 | 20 | 49 |
| Darren Oliver | 3 | 4 | 2.06 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 56.2 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 52 |
| Jason Frasor | 1 | 1 | 4.12 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 42 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 53 |
| Luis Pérez | 2 | 2 | 3.43 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 42.0 | 38 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 39 |
| J.A. Happ | 3 | 2 | 4.69 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 40.1 | 35 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 46 |
| Francisco Cordero | 3 | 5 | 5.77 | 41 | 0 | 2 | 34.1 | 48 | 24 | 22 | 14 | 26 |
| Chad Jenkins | 1 | 3 | 4.50 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 32.0 | 32 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 16 |
| Aaron Loup | 0 | 2 | 2.64 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 30.2 | 26 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 21 |
| Steve Delabar | 2 | 2 | 3.38 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 29.1 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 46 |
| Brad Lincoln | 1 | 0 | 5.65 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 28.2 | 29 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 28 |
| Brandon Lyon | 4 | 0 | 2.88 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 25.0 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 28 |
| Joel Carreño | 0 | 2 | 6.14 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 22.0 | 22 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 |
| Jesse Chavez | 1 | 1 | 8.44 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 21.1 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 10 | 27 |
| Chad Beck | 0 | 0 | 6.32 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 9 |
| Andrew Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 5.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Evan Crawford | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Robert Coello | 0 | 1 | 12.79 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 11 |
| David Pauley | 0 | 0 | 9.95 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| Sergio Santos | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Scott Richmond | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shawn Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| David Carpenter | 0 | 0 | 30.38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Jeff Mathis | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ryota Igarashi | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Bobby Korecky | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Sam Dyson | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 73 | 89 | 4.64 | 162 | 162 | 29 | 1443.2 | 1439 | 784 | 745 | 514 | 1142 |
Source:

### Top prospects

| # | Player | Position | Top 100 Rank | MLB Rank | 2012 Starting Team (Level) |
| 1 | Travis d'Arnaud | Catcher | 17 | 25 | AAA |
| 2 | Anthony Gose* | Outfielder | 39 | 56 | AAA |
| 3 | Jake Marisnick | Outfielder | 67 | 57 | High A |
| 4 | Daniel Norris | Left-handed pitcher | 91 | - | TBD |
| 5 | Justin Nicolino | Left-handed pitcher | - | - | A |
| 6 | Aaron Sanchez | Right-handed pitcher | - | - | A |
| 7 | Noah Syndergaard | Right-handed pitcher | - | 94 | A |
| 8 | Deck McGuire | Right-handed pitcher | - | - | AA |
| 9 | Drew Hutchison* | Right-handed pitcher | - | - | AA |
| 10 | Asher Wojciechowski | Right-handed pitcher | - | - | High A |
* According to Baseball America Top 100 Prospects
* According to 2012 Prospect Watch
* Top 10 Blue Jays prospects via Baseball America

## Game log

Legend :
| Blue Jays Win | Blue Jays Loss | Game Postponed |
2012 Game Log :
April 12–11 (Home 6–7, Road 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
1April 5@ Indians7–4 (16)Pérez (1–0)Asencio (0–1)–43,1901–0+½
2April 7@ Indians7–4 (12)Janssen (1–0)Sipp (0–1)–18,8422–0–
3April 8@ Indians3–4Lowe (1–0)Carreño (0–1)Perez (1)10,5182–11
4April 9Red Sox2–4Atchison (1–0)Santos (0–1)Aceves (1)48,4732–21½
5April 10Red Sox7–3Drabek (1–0)Bard (0–1)–26,3573–2½
6April 11Red Sox3–1Romero (1–0)Lester (0–1)Santos (1)25,2854–2½
7April 13Orioles5–7O'Day (1–0)Oliver (0–1)Johnson (3)21,9884–3–
8April 14Orioles4–6Ayala (1–0)Cordero (0–1)Johnson (4)28,3554–41
9April 15Orioles9–2Drabek (2–0)Matusz (0–2)–20,2525–4–
10April 17Rays7–3Romero (2–0)Niemann (0–2)–15,3316–4½
11April 18Rays2–12Price (2–1)Morrow (0–1)–15,8286–5½
12April 19Rays4–9Hellickson (2–0)Álvarez (0–1)–18,9766–61½
13April 20@ Royals4–3Pérez (2–0)Holland (0–2)Santos (2)23,0657–6½
14April 21@ Royals9–5Hutchison (1–0)Teaford (0–1)–27,8048–6½
15April 22@ Royals5–3Romero (3–0)Duffy (1–2)Cordero (1)26,8919–6–
16April 23@ Royals4–1Morrow (1–1)Chen (0–2)Cordero (2)13,26710–6–
17April 24@ Orioles1–2Hunter (2–1)Álvarez (0–2)Strop (1)11,05810–7–
18April 25@ Orioles0–3Hammel (3–0)Drabek (2–1)Strop (2)10,41510–81
19April 26@ Orioles2–5O'Day (2–0)Janssen (1–1)Ayala (1)13,72510–92
20April 27Mariners5–9 (10)Furbush (2–1)Pérez (2–1)24,30310–103
21April 28Mariners7–0Morrow (2–1)Millwood (0–2)30,76511–102
22April 29Mariners7–2Álvarez (1–2)Vargas (3–2)22,32012–102
23April 30Rangers1–4Darvish (4–0)Drabek (2–2)Nathan (6)21,94512–113 :
May 15–13 (Home 9–3, Road 6–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
24May 1Rangers8–7Cordero (1–1)Adams (0–1)18,77413–113
25May 2Rangers11–5Romero (4–0)Harrison (3–2)25,12314–113
26May 3@ Angels5–0Morrow (3–1)Haren (1–2)28,35915–113
27May 4@ Angels4–0Álvarez (2–2)Santana (0–6)33,16016–113
28May 5@ Angels2–6Wilson (4–2)Drabek (2–3)39,01816–123
29May 6@ Angels3–4Williams (3–1)Hutchison (1–1)Hawkins (1)37,54816–133½
30May 8@ Athletics3–7Balfour (1–1)Cordero (1–2)10,78416–143
31May 9@ Athletics5–2Morrow (4–1)Ross (1–3)Janssen (1)14,81517–143
32May 10@ Twins6–2Álvarez (3–2)Marquis (2-2)31,43818–142
33May 11@ Twins6–7Blackburn (1–4)Drabek (2–4)Capps (6)33,38718–153
34May 12@ Twins2–1Hutchison (2–1)Walters (0–1)Janssen (2)38,82019–153
35May 13@ Twins3–4Diamond (2–0)Romero (4–1)Capps (7)36,88919–163
36May 14Rays1–7Ramos (1–0)Morrow (4–2)15,28919–173
37May 15Rays3–4Price (6–2)Álvarez (3–3)Rodney (11)15,61219–184
38May 16Yankees8–1Drabek (3–4)Kuroda (3–5)28,91520–184
39May 17Yankees4–1Hutchison (3–1)Hughes (3–5)Janssen (3)31,26621–184
40May 18Mets14–5Romero (5–1)Niese (2–2)26,71222–184
41May 19Mets2–0Morrow (5–2)Hefner (0–1)34,96223–184
42May 20Mets5–6Gee (3–3)Álvarez (3–4)Francisco (10)41,86723–194
43May 21@ Rays6–2Drabek (4–4)Hellickson (4–1)10,84424–193
44May 22@ Rays5–8Davis (1–0)Hutchison (3–2)Rodney (14)12,30724–204
45May 23@ Rays4–5 (11)McGee (1–1)Oliver (0–2)11,47124–214
46May 25@ Rangers3–14Holland (4–3)Morrow (5–3)46,78924–225
47May 26@ Rangers7–8 (13)Tateyama (1–0)Frasor (0–1)47,43024–235
48May 27@ Rangers6–12Darvish (7–2)Drabek (4–5)46,63724–245
49May 28Orioles6–2Hutchison (4–2)Hunter (2–3)Janssen (4)16,57525–244
50May 29Orioles8–6Romero (6–1)Arrieta (2–6)17,35226–243
51May 30Orioles4–1Morrow (6–3)Hammel (6–2)Janssen (5)17,75427–242 :
June 13–14 (Home 6–6, Road 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLoss.SaveAttendanceRecordGB
52June 1Red Sox2–7Buchholz (5–2)Álvarez (3–5)29,67827–253
53June 2Red Sox4–7Doubront (6–2)Drabek (4–6)Aceves (14)43,39027–263
54June 3Red Sox5–1Hutchison (5–2)Bard (5–6)41,92528–263
55June 5@ White Sox9–5Romero (7–1)Humber (2–3)23,10729–262
56June 6@ White Sox4–0Morrow (7–3)Quintana (1–1)25,67230–262
57June 7@ White Sox3–4Reed (1–1)Cordero (1–3)25,74330–272
58June 8@ Braves3–4 (10)Martínez (3–1)Cordero (1–4)42,48830–283
59June 9@ Braves2–5Hanson (7–4)Hutchison (5–3)Kimbrel (18)32,81930–294
60June 10@ Braves12–4Villanueva (1–0)Hernández (1–1)20,22231–294
61June 11Nationals3–6Jackson (3–3)Morrow (7–4)18,51331–304½
62June 12Nationals2–4Wang (2–2)Álvarez (3–6)Clippard (9)22,53831–315½
63June 13Nationals2–6Strasburg (8–1)Drabek (4–7)41,66731–326½
64June 15Phillies3–0Villanueva (2–0)Worley (3–3)Janssen (6)28,26632–326½
65June 16Phillies6–5 (10)Cordero (2–4)Savery (0–2)42,07033–326½
66June 17Phillies6–2Cecil (1–0)Kendrick (2–7)45,06034–326½
67June 18@ Brewers6–7Loe (4–2)Coello (0–1)Axford (12)32,22334–337½
68June 19@ Brewers10–9Oliver (1–2)Axford (1–4)Janssen (7)36,33435–336½
69June 20@ Brewers3–8Gallardo (6–5)Carreño (0–2)33,07735–346½
70June 22@ Marlins12–5Romero (8–1)Sánchez (3–6)22,38736–345½
71June 23@ Marlins7–1Oliver (2–2)Cishek (4–1)24,44837–345½
72June 24@ Marlins0–9Buehrle (6–8)Chavez (0–1)27,88837–356½
73June 25@ Red Sox9–6Álvarez (4–6)Doubront (8–4)Janssen (8)37,20838–356½
74June 26@ Red Sox1–5Miller (2–0)Pérez (2–2)37,75538–367½
75June 27@ Red Sox4–10Lester (5–5)Romero (8–2)37,74438–378½
76June 28Angels7–9Haren (6–7)Cecil (1–1)Frieri (10)24,66838–388½
77June 29Angels7–5Cordero (3–4)Walden (2–2)Janssen (9)24,53839–387½
78June 30Angels11–2Álvarez (5–6)Richards (2–1)29,28740–387½ :
July 11–14 (Home 7–6, Road 4–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
79July 1Angels6–10Isringhausen (3–0)Cordero (3–5)34,85340–398½
80July 2Royals3–11Teaford (1–1)Romero (8–3)17,12740–408½
81July 3Royals6–3Cecil (2–1)Mazzaro (3–3)Janssen (10)15,51641–407½
82July 4Royals4–1Villanueva (3–0)Mendoza (3–5)Janssen (11)17,83142–407½
83July 5Royals6–9Hochevar (6–8)Álvarez (5–7)Broxton (21)20,59842–418
84July 6@ White Sox2–4Peavy (7–5)Laffey (0–1)Reed (13)27,12942–429
85July 7@ White Sox0–2Floyd (7–8)Romero (8–4)Thornton (2)25,39942–439½
86July 8@ White Sox11–9Frasor (1–1)Axelrod (0–2)Janssen (12)27,19043–439½
87July 13Indians0–1Masterson (6–8)Romero (8–5)Perez (25)32,30843–4410½
88July 14Indians11–9Laffey (1–1)Jiménez (8–8)Janssen (13)32,51744–4410½
89July 15Indians3–0Villanueva (4–0)Lowe (8–7)Oliver (1)26,40745–449½
90July 16@ Yankees3–6Robertson (1–3)Loup (0–1)Soriano (23)42,81945–4510½
91July 17@ Yankees1–6Sabathia (10–3)Cecil (2–2)Soriano (24)44,97545–4611½
92July 18@ Yankees0–6 (7)Kuroda (9–7)Romero (8–6)45,98645–4712½
93July 20@ Red Sox6–1Laffey (2–1)Beckett (5–8)38,09346–4711
94July 21@ Red Sox7–3Villanueva (5–0)Cook (2–3)38,17047–4710
95July 22@ Red Sox15–7Álvarez (6–7)Lester (5–8)37,73748–479
96July 24Athletics2–7Blackley (3–2)Cecil (2–3)25,68648–489½
97July 25Athletics0–16Griffin (3–0)Romero (8–7)23,94848–4910½
98July 26Athletics10–4Lyon (1–2)Milone (9–7)39,00349–4910
99July 27Tigers8–3Villanueva (6–0)Porcello (7–6)33,96250–4910
100July 28Tigers5–1Álvarez (7–7)Sánchez (5–8)41,83251–499
101July 29Tigers1–4Fister (5–7)Cecil (2–4)Valverde (20)35,97551–509
102July 30@ Mariners1–4Iwakuma (2–2)Romero (8–8)Luetge (1)22,44351–519
103July 31@ Mariners2–7Vargas (12–7)Laffey (2–2)21,43451–529 :
August 9–19 (Home 5–7, Road 4–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
104August 1@ Mariners3–5Beavan (7–6)Villanueva (6–1)Wilhelmsen (15)22,53751–5310
105August 2@ Athletics1–4Colón (8–8)Álvarez (7–8)Cook (11)10,82351–5410½
106August 3@ Athletics4–5 (15)Blackley (4–3)Loup (0–2)30,16951–5511½
107August 4@ Athletics3–1 (11)Chavez (1–1)Blevins (4–1)Oliver (2)17,12152–5510½
108August 5@ Athletics6–5Laffey (3–2)Milone (9–9)Janssen (14)18,30853–5510½
109August 7@ Rays1–4Shields (10–7)Happ (7–10)Rodney (33)13,82353–5610
110August 8@ Rays2–3Cobb (6–8)Villanueva (6–2)Rodney (34)13,44153–5711
111August 9@ Rays1–7Moore (9–7)Álvarez (7–9)23,46253–5812
112August 10Yankees4–10García (6–5)Romero (8–9)41,61053–5913
113August 11Yankees2–5Nova (11–6)Laffey (3–3)Soriano (28)45,58253–6014
114August 12Yankees10–7Happ (8–10)Hughes (11–10)Janssen (15)43,92454–6013
115August 13White Sox3–2 (11)Delabar (3–1)Séptimo (0–2)16,82855–6013
116August 14White Sox2–3Quintana (5–2)Álvarez (7–10)Reed (21)18,91955–6114
117August 15White Sox5–9Floyd (9–9)Romero (8–10)20,11955–6215
118August 16White Sox2–7Liriano (4–10)Laffey (3–4)19,85555–6315
119August 17Rangers3–2Happ (9–10)Darvish (12–9)Janssen (16)26,81656–6315
120August 18Rangers1–2Kirkman (1–2)Villanueva (6–3)Nathan (24)30,03356–6415
121August 19Rangers2–11Harrison (14–7)Álvarez (7–11)35,70156–6516
122August 21@ Tigers3–5Scherzer (13–6)Romero (8–11)Valverde (24)39,49956–6615½
123August 22@ Tigers2–3Sánchez (7–10)Laffey (3–5)Valverde (25)37,22556–6715½
124August 23@ Tigers2–3 (11)Benoit (3–3)Jenkins (0–1)39,91056–6816
125August 24@ Orioles4–6Britton (3–1)Villanueva (6–4)Johnson (39)25,75456–6917
126August 25@ Orioles2–8Johnson (2–0)Morrow (7–5)25,08256–7017
–August 26@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 2417½
127August 27@ Yankees8–7 (11)Oliver (3–2)Lowe (8–11)42,96257–7016½
128August 28@ Yankees1–2Hughes (13–11)Romero (8–12)Soriano (34)42,47257–7117½
129August 29@ Yankees8–5Happ (10–10)Sabathia (13–4)Janssen (17)46,01058–7116½
130August 30Rays2–0Villanueva (7–4)Moore (10–8)Janssen (18)22,71159–7116
131August 31Rays2–1Morrow (8–5)Hellickson (8–10)Janssen (19)20,15860–7115 :
September 10–18 (Home 5–10, Road 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
132September 1Rays4–5Davis (2–0)Álvarez (7–12)Rodney (40)20,47860–7216
133September 2Rays4–9Price (17–5)Romero (8–13)18,56860–7316
134September 3Orioles0–4Saunders (7–11)Happ (10–11)17,22060–7416
135September 4Orioles0–12Britton (5–1)Villanueva (7–5)13,55660–7516
136September 5Orioles6–4Delabar (4–1)González (6–4)14,45861–7516
137September 7@ Red Sox7–5Álvarez (8–12)Doubront (10–8)37,15662–7515½
138September 8@ Red Sox9–2Lincoln (5–2)Matsuzaka (1–5)37,10763–7514½
139September 9@ Red Sox4–3Lyon (2–2)Buchholz (11–6)Janssen (20)37,22664–7514½
140September 11Mariners3–4Ramírez (1–2)Morrow (8–6)Wilhelmsen (25)12,93564–7614½
141September 12Mariners2–3Millwood (6–12)Romero (8–14)Wilhelmsen (26)13,51964–7715½
142September 13Mariners8–3Álvarez (9–12)Hernández (13–8)13,75665–7715½
143September 14Red Sox5–8Carpenter (1–0)Oliver (3–3)Bailey (3)21,88865–7815½
144September 15Red Sox2–3Breslow (3–0)Delabar (4–2)Bailey (4)27,32565–7916½
145September 16Red Sox5–0Lyon (3–2)Lester (9–12)21,69866–7916½
–September 18@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 19
146September 19@ Yankees2–4Pettitte (4–3)Álvarez (9–13)Soriano (41)39,85966–8017½
147September 19@ Yankees1–2Eppley (1–2)Delabar (4–3)Soriano (42)39,99766–8118½
148September 20@ Yankees7–10Hughes (16–12)Laffey (3–6)Robertson (2)40,51166–8219½
149September 21@ Rays1–12Shields (15–9)Villanueva (7–6)14,18766–8320½
150September 22@ Rays5–11Badenhop (3–2)Morrow (8–7)15,69966–8421½
151September 23@ Rays0–3Hellickson (9–10)Jenkins (0–2)Rodney (44)18,98566–8521½
153September 24@ Orioles1–4Johnson (4–0)Álvarez (9–14)Johnson (48)66–8622½
154September 24@ Orioles9–5Romero (9–14)Chen (12–10)31,01567–8622
154September 25@ Orioles4–0Laffey (4–6)Saunders (8–13)30,20568–8621
155September 26@ Orioles2–12González (8–4)Villanueva (7–7)26,51368–8722
156September 27Yankees6–0Morrow (9–7)Nova (12–8)23,06069–8721
157September 28Yankees4–11Kuroda (15–11)Jenkins (0–3)25,78569–8822
158September 29Yankees3–2Hill (1–0)Pettitte (5–4)Janssen (21)36,13970–8821
159September 30Yankees6–9Logan (7–2)Oliver (3–4)31,41870–8922 :
October 3–0 (Home 3–0, Road 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
160October 1Twins6–5 (10)Lyon (4–2)Duensing (4–12)12,35971–8922
161October 2Twins4–3Jenkins (1–3)Swarzak (3–6)Janssen (22)13,93072–8922
162October 3Twins2–1Morrow (10–7)Diamond (12–9)Lyon (1)19,76973–8922 :

## Honours and awards

All-Star Game
* José Bautista, 3rd selection
Home Run Derby
* José Bautista, 2nd selection – 2nd-place finish
Player of the Week
* J. P. Arencibia – May 14–20
Player of the Month
* José Bautista – June

## Farm system

| 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 | Mike Redmond |
| A | Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | John Tamargo, Jr. |
| A-Short Season | Vancouver Canadians | Northwest League | Clayton McCullough |
| Rookie | Bluefield Blue Jays | Appalachian League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | GCL Blue Jays | Gulf Coast League | Omar Malavé and John Schneider |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver