# 2004 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2004 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 28th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 67 wins and 94 losses, their worst record since 1980. The Blue Jays' radio play-by-play announcer, Tom Cheek, called every Blue Jays game from the team's inaugural contest on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father – a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular season games and 41 postseason games. It was the team's first season where Ace is the sole mascot, following the removal of Diamond at the end of the previous season.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2004 season.

### September 2003

| September 29 | Ken Huckaby granted free agency (signed with Texas Rangers to a one-year contract on November 19, 2003). Doug Linton granted free agency (signed with Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract on January 16, 2004). John Wasdin granted free agency (signed with Texas Rangers to a one-year contract on October 22, 2003). |
| September 30 | DeWayne Wise granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a one-year, $325,000 contract on October 25, 2003). |

### October 2003

| October 8 | Released Doug Creek. |
| October 15 | Bruce Aven granted free agency. Brian Bowles granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract on December 12, 2003). Mike Colangelo granted free agency (signed with Florida Marlins to a one-year contract on January 28, 2004). Dan Reichert granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract on February 25, 2004). Anthony Sanders granted free agency (signed with Colorado Rockies to a contract on February 5, 2004). Tanyon Sturtze granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 19, 2003). Corey Thurman granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on November 26, 2003). Scott Wiggins granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on November 24, 2003). |
| October 26 | Kelvim Escobar granted free agency (signed with Anaheim Angels to a three-year, $18.75 million contract on November 24, 2003). Cory Lidle granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $2.75 million contract on January 6, 2004). |
| October 28 | Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a one-year, $2.3 million contract. |

### November 2003

| November 18 | Signed free agent Pat Hentgen from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $2.2 million contract. Acquired Ted Lilly from the Oakland Athletics for Bobby Kielty. |
| November 20 | Signed free agent Dave Maurer to a one-year contract. |
| November 26 | Signed free agent Bruce Chen from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. |

### December 2003

| December 9 | Signed free agent Kerry Ligtenberg from the Baltimore Orioles to a two-year, $4.5 million contract. |
| December 14 | As part of three-team trade: Acquired Justin Speier from the Colorado Rockies. Traded a player to be named later to the Colorado Rockies (Sandy Nin on December 15, 2003). Traded Mark Hendrickson to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In addition, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays sent Joe Kennedy to the Colorado Rockies. |
| December 18 | Signed free agent Miguel Batista from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a three-year, $13.1 million contract. |
| December 21 | Trever Miller granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $650,000 contract on January 7, 2004). Cliff Politte granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $800,000 on January 7, 2004). |
| December 27 | Signed free agent Valerio De Los Santos from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $850,000 contract. |

### January 2004

| January 1 | Signed free agent Jayson Durocher from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract. |
| January 7 | Signed free agent Terry Adams from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year, $1.7 million contract. Signed free agent Chris Gomez from the Minnesota Twins to a one-year, $750,000 contract. Signed free agent Chad Hermansen from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract. Signed Mark Lukasiewicz from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract. Tom Wilson selected off of waivers by the San Diego Padres. |
| January 14 | Re-signed Ted Lilly to a two-year, $5 million contract. |
| January 20 | Re-signed Justin Speier to a one-year, $1.6 million contract. |
| January 22 | Re-signed Roy Halladay to a four-year, $42 million contract. |

### March 2004

| March 5 | Released Pete Walker. |
| March 29 | Acquired Jason Frasor from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jayson Werth. |
| March 31 | Selected Sean Douglass off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. |

## Regular season
### Summary

The 2004 season was a disappointing year for the Blue Jays right from the beginning. They started the season 0–8 at SkyDome and never started a lengthy winning streak. Much of that was due to injuries to All-Stars Carlos Delgado, Vernon Wells and Roy Halladay among others. Although the additions of starting pitchers Ted Lilly and Miguel Batista and reliever Justin Speier were relatively successful, veteran Pat Hentgen faltered throughout the season and retired on July 24. Rookies and minor league callups David Bush, Jason Frasor, Josh Towers and others filled the void in the rotation and the bullpen; however, inconsistent performances were evident. Most starting pitchers did not pitch further than the sixth inning; thus, the overused bullpen contributed to the frequent relinquishing of early scoring leads.
The offense really sputtered due to the injuries of Wells, Delgado, Catalanotto and others, although in their absence, Josh Phelps emerged as the team's go to guy, hitting 12 homers and driving in 51 runs before being limited to playing against left-handed pitching and was traded to the Cleveland Indians. Five different catchers were used: Greg Myers, Bobby Estalella, Kevin Cash, Gregg Zaun, and rookie Guillermo Quiróz. Greg Myers was injured running the bases in Minnesota, early in the season, and was lost for the year. Bobby Estalella was called up, but he proved to be brittle as well. Gregg Zaun landed the starting catching job for the rest of the season. Kevin Cash continued to struggle from an offensive standpoint and would be moved in the offseason. The highly touted Guillermo Quiróz was promoted from the minors near the end of the season.
With the team struggling in last place and mired in a five-game losing streak, manager Carlos Tosca was fired on August 8, 2004, and was replaced by first-base coach John Gibbons through the end of the season. The Jays' trying year would also touch long-time radio announcer Tom Cheek, who had to break his streak of calling all 4,306 regular season games in franchise history, upon the death of his father. Cheek had to take more time off later to remove a brain tumor, and by the end of the season, Cheek only called the home games.
Nevertheless, prospects Russ Adams, Gabe Gross, and Alex Ríos provided excitement for the fans. Adams hit his first major league home run in his second game, in which Gross also earned his own first major league grand slam. Alex Ríos was among the MLB Rookie of the Year Award candidates. However, the award went to Bobby Crosby of the Oakland Athletics. Rookie pitchers David Bush, Gustavo Chacín and Jason Frasor also showed promise for the club's future. The Blue Jays' lone MLB All-Star Game representative in 2004 was pitcher Ted Lilly.
On October 2, 2004, the Toronto Blue Jays announced the dismissals of pitching coach Gil Patterson and first-base coach Joe Breeden, effective at the end of the season. One day later, the Blue Jays finished the 2004 campaign with a 3–2 loss against the New York Yankees in front of an announced crowd of 49,948. However, the Jays' annus horribilis continued after the game, when it was announced that former pitcher and current TV broadcaster John Cerutti died suddenly of natural causes at the age of only 44.
More losses to the Jays family came in the offseason. Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame member Bobby Mattick, the manager from 1980 to 1981 and perhaps the best baseball man in the organization, suffered a stroke and died at the age of 89. Mattick had also served as the Vice President of Baseball Operations for the Blue Jays. A few days before Christmas, the Jays also mourned the loss of former first baseman Doug Ault, who had hit two home runs in the team's inaugural game in 1977; he was only 54 years old.
Rogers Communications, the owner of the Jays, purchased SkyDome from Sportsco International in November 2004 for approximately $25 million CAD ($21.24 million USD), just a fraction of the construction cost.
Just days after superstar Carlos Delgado became a free agent after the club refused arbitration, the Jays announced the signing of Manitoban third baseman Corey Koskie, formerly of the Minnesota Twins. One month after Koskie was inked, the Jays traded pitching prospect Adam Peterson to the Arizona Diamondbacks for corner infielder/DH Shea Hillenbrand.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 57‍–‍24 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 98 | 64 | .605 | 3 | 55‍–‍26 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 78 | 84 | .481 | 23 | 38‍–‍43 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 70 | 91 | .435 | 30½ | 41‍–‍39 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 67 | 94 | .416 | 33½ | 40‍–‍41 | 27‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

2004 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 7–0 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 13–7 | 6–1 | 9–10 | 4–5 | 7–11 |
| Baltimore | 3–6 | — | 10–9 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–14 | 0–7 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 5–2 | 11–8 | 5–13 |
| Boston | 5–4 | 9–10 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 14–5 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 4–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | — | 10–9 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 2–7 | 7–2 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 8–10 |
| Cleveland | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 9–10 | — | 9–10 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 5–2 | 10–8 |
| Detroit | 2–7 | 0–6 | 1–6 | 11–8 | 10–9 | — | 8–11 | 7–12 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 4–2 | 9–9 |
| Kansas City | 0–7 | 3–6 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 8–11 | 11–8 | — | 7–12 | 1–5 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 6–12 |
| Minnesota | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 12–7 | 12–7 | 12–7 | — | 2–4 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 11–7 |
| New York | 4–5 | 14–5 | 8–11 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | — | 7–2 | 6–3 | 15–4 | 5–4 | 12–7 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 9–10 | 7–0 | 1–8 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 2–7 | — | 11–8 | 7–2 | 11–9 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
| Seattle | 7–13 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–5 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 8–11 | — | 2–5 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 9–9 |
| Tampa Bay | 1–6 | 8–11 | 5–14 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 4–15 | 2–7 | 5–2 | — | 2–7 | 9–9 | 15–3 |
| Texas | 10–9 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 9–11 | 12–7 | 7–2 | — | 7–2 | 10–8 |
| Toronto | 5–4 | 8–11 | 5–14 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–12 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 9–9 | 2–7 | — | 8–10 |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2004 regular season.

#### April 2004

| April 9 | Signed free agent Gregg Zaun from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract. Selected Micheal Nakamura off waivers from the Minnesota Twins. |
| April 18 | Sent Scott Cassidy to the Boston Red Sox as part of a conditional deal. |

#### May 2004

| May 1 | Sent Bruce Chen to the Baltimore Orioles as part of a conditional deal. |
| May 3 | Received Stubby Clapp from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal. |
| May 12 | Received Frank Menechino from the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal. |
| May 21 | Signed free agent Bobby Estalella from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a one-year contract. |
| May 27 | Signed free agent Marvin Benard from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract. |

#### June 2004

| June 2 | Signed free agent Ryan Glynn from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. |
| June 16 | Acquired Julius Matos from the Montreal Expos for G.J. Raymundo. |
| June 23 | Received Anthony Sanders from the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal. |

#### July 2004

| July 14 | Released Mark Lukasiewicz. |
| July 24 | Acquired John Hattig from the Boston Red Sox for Terry Adams. |

#### August 2004

| August 2 | Signed free agent Jesús Sánchez from the Cincinnati Reds to a contract. |
| August 4 | Acquired Eric Crozier from the Cleveland Indians for Josh Phelps. |

#### September 2004

| September 2 | Released Marvin Benard. |
| September 13 | Re-signed Frank Catalanotto to a two-year, $5.4 million contract. |

### 2004 draft picks

Source
The 2004 MLB draft was held on June 7–8. The Blue Jays had two compensation picks.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Signed |
| 1 | 16 | David Purcey | LHP | Oklahoma | 2004–07–20 |
| 1 | 32* | Zach Jackson | LHP | Texas A&M | 2004–07–23 |
| 2 | 57 | Curtis Thigpen | C | Texas | 2004–07–09 |
| 3 | 83* | Adam Lind | 1B | South Alabama | 2004–06–16 |
| 3 | 87 | Danny Hill | RHP | Missouri | 2004–06–16 |
| 4 | 117 | Casey Janssen | RHP | UCLA | 2004–06–16 |
| 5 | 147 | Ryan Klosterman | SS | Vanderbilt | 2004–06–22 |
| 6 | 177 | Preston Patton | OF | Texas A&M | – |
| 7 | 207 | Randy Dicken | RHP | Shippensburg | 2004–06–16 |
| 8 | 237 | Rhame Cannon | 1B | The Citadel | 2004–06–16 |
| 9 | 267 | Joseph Metropoulos | 1B | Southern California | 2004–06–16 |
| 10 | 297 | Brian Hall | 2B | Stanford | 2004–06–16 |
| 24 | 717 | Jesse Litsch | RHP | South Florida Community College | – |
* * The Blue Jays received the 32nd pick as compensation for loss of free agent Kelvim Escobar
* * The Blue Jays received the 83rd pick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as compensation for signing of free agent Kelvim Escobar

### Game log

2004 Game Log :
April: 7–15 (Home: 1–8; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 5Tigers7–0Johnson (1–0)Halladay (0–1)47,8170–1
2April 6Tigers7–3Maroth (1–0)Batista (0–1)Robertson (1)21,0030–2
3April 7Tigers6–3Bonderman (1–0)Hentgen (0–1)13,1000–3
4April 9@ Red Sox10–5Speier (1–0)Timlin (0–1)34,3371–3
5April 10@ Red Sox4–1Martínez (1–1)Halladay (0–2)Foulke (2)35,3051–4
6April 11@ Red Sox6–4 (12)Malaska (1–0)López (0–1)34,2861–5
7April 13@ Tigers7–5Adams (1–0)Patterson (0–1)Speier (1)8,8042–5
8April 14@ Tigers5–3Robertson (1–0)Lilly (0–1)Patterson (1)15,1292–6
9April 15@ Tigers11–0Halladay (1–2)Johnson (1–2)17,5723–6
10April 16Orioles11–2Riley (1–0)Batista (0–2)14,2393–7
11April 17Orioles5–3Ryan (1–0)Speier (1–1)Julio (1)20,1773–8
12April 18Orioles7–0DuBose (1–2)Hentgen (0–2)16,8423–9
13April 20Red Sox4–2Martínez (2–1)Halladay (1–3)Foulke (4)26,0103–10
14April 21Red Sox4–2Wakefield (2–0)Lilly (0–2)Foulke (5)16,1633–11
15April 22Red Sox7–3Adams (2–0)Schilling (2–1)16,4804–11
16April 23@ Orioles11–3DuBose (2–2)Towers (0–1)26,8274–12
17April 24@ Orioles5–4 (12)Ligtenberg (1–0)DeJean (0–1)41,0935–12
18April 25@ Orioles15–3Halladay (2–3)Ponson (2–1)31,0286–12
19April 26@ Twins6–1Lilly (1–2)Radke (2–2)13,8597–12
20April 27@ Twins7–4Rincón (3–0)Speier (1–2)14,0297–13
21April 28@ Twins9–5Rincón (4–0)Frasor (0–1)15,1647–14
22April 29@ White Sox6–4Loaiza (4–0)Nakamura (0–1)Koch (2)11,2107–15
--April 30@ White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for May 1 :
May: 15–14 (Home: 13–6; Away: 2–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1@ White Sox4–3 (10)Takatsu (1–0)Speier (1–3)7–16
24May 1@ White Sox10–6Lilly (2–2)Wright (0–4)22,0728–16
25May 2@ White Sox3–2Garland (2–1)Batista (0–3)Koch (3)15,5508–17
26May 3Royals3–2 (10)Field (1–0)Adams (2–1)Cerda (1)13,0078–18
27May 4Royals5–4Hentgen (1–2)May (0–4)Frasor (1)20,0119–18
28May 5Royals10–3Halladay (3–3)Anderson (1–3)14,10310–18
29May 7White Sox5–4Adams (3–1)Politte (0–1)15,66111–18
30May 8White Sox4–2Frasor (1–1)Cotts (0–1)Adams (1)18,36812–18
31May 9White Sox5–2Miller (1–0)Loaiza (4–2)Ligtenberg (1)17,54613–18
32May 10@ Royals9–3Hentgen (2–2)Anderson (1–4)13,80314–18
33May 11@ Royals5–1Camp (2–0)Halladay (3–4)15,77914–19
34May 12@ Royals4–3Field (2–0)Adams (3–2)29,30914–20
35May 13Red Sox12–6Batista (1–3)Schilling (4–3)20,87615–20
36May 14Red Sox9–3Embree (2–0)Ligtenberg (1–1)20,94815–21
37May 15Red Sox4–0Arroyo (2–1)Hentgen (2–3)36,84115–22
38May 16Red Sox3–1Halladay (4–4)Martínez (4–3)Adams (2)31,61816–22
39May 17Twins9–5Rincón (6–2)Nakamura (0–2)Fultz (1)13,50216–23
40May 18Twins5–3Batista (2–3)Santana (2–1)Adams (3)25,40517–23
41May 19Twins6–5Fultz (2–1)Adams (3–3)Nathan (13)25,67517–24
42May 21@ Red Sox11–5Timlin (3–1)Nakamura (0–3)35,28717–25
43May 22@ Red Sox5–2Martínez (1–0)Ligtenberg (1–2)Foulke (9)35,19617–26
44May 23@ Red Sox7–2Wakefield (4–2)Batista (2–4)35,23917–27
45May 24Angels6–5 (10)Frasor (2–1)Weber (0–2)15,30118–27
46May 26Angels6–5Adams (4–3)Percival (2–1)14,51519–27
47May 27Angels3–2Halladay (5–4)Washburn (7–2)Frasor (2)14,77320–27
48May 28Rangers5–4Lilly (3–2)Dickey (4–5)Frasor (3)16,39421–27
49May 29Rangers6–2Batista (3–4)Dominguez (0–1)30,70422–27
50May 30Rangers4–2Rogers (8–2)Miller (1–1)Cordero (16)22,22522–28
51May 31@ Mariners6–2Moyer (4–2)Hentgen (2–4)27,85622–29 :
June: 12–15 (Home: 6–6; Away: 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Mariners6–5López (1–1)Nageotte (0–1)Frasor (4)24,84823–29
53June 2@ Mariners5–3Lilly (4–2)Piñeiro (1–7)Ligtenberg (2)25,31724–29
54June 3@ Athletics2–1 (11)Bradford (3–1)Adams (4–4)10,87924–30
55June 4@ Athletics6–1Towers (1–1)Bradford (3–2)Chulk (1)12,82225–30
56June 5@ Athletics4–0Hudson (6–2)Hentgen (2–5)20,77225–31
57June 6@ Athletics8–3Redman (4–3)Kershner (0–1)24,09225–32
58June 8Dodgers7–1Lilly (5–2)Nomo (3–6)16,49926–32
59June 9Dodgers4–0Batista (4–4)Lima (4–2)18,00327–32
60June 10Dodgers6–1Ishii (8–3)Towers (1–2)16,26727–33
61June 11Diamondbacks3–2Choate (1–0)Frasor (2–2)Valverde (7)14,25927–34
62June 12Diamondbacks15–4Halladay (6–4)Good (0–1)Chulk (2)30,34928–34
63June 13Diamondbacks5–3Johnson (9–4)Lilly (5–3)Valverde (8)22,76628–35
64June 15@ Giants4–3Schmidt (8–2)Batista (4–5)Herges (17)36,73728–36
65June 16@ Giants10–2Rueter (3–6)Hentgen (2–6)36,83428–37
66June 17@ Giants8–5Brower (4–3)Speier (1–4)Herges (18)40,46428–38
67June 18@ Padres3–2Lilly (6–3)Wells (2–5)Frasor (5)40,51129–38
68June 19@ Padres3–2Linebrink (3–1)Speier (1–5)Hoffman (15)40,30729–39
69June 20@ Padres3–0Batista (5–5)Lawrence (8–5)Frasor (6)41,06030–39
70June 22Devil Rays5–1Harper (2–0)Hentgen (2–7)15,64630–40
71June 23Devil Rays2–1 (10)Frasor (3–2)Colomé (1–1)14,71331–40
72June 24Devil Rays19–13Halama (4–1)Lilly (6–4)14,87631–41
73June 25Expos3–1Towers (2–2)Day (5–8)Frasor (7)16,48432–41
74June 26Expos10–5Batista (6–5)Downs (0–1)23,87533–41
75June 27Expos9–4Hernández (5–7)Hentgen (2–8)25,91533–42
76June 28@ Devil Rays10–2Zambrano (8–4)Halladay (6–5)11,21833–43
77June 29@ Devil Rays4–0Lilly (7–4)Halama (4–2)11,64034–43
78June 30@ Devil Rays6–2Brazelton (2–0)Towers (2–3)10,56034–44 :
July: 11–14 (Home: 7–5; Away: 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Devil Rays14–0Batista (7–5)Hendrickson (5–6)14,41735–44
80July 2@ Expos †2–0Hernández (6–7)Bush (0–1)8,22035–45
81July 3@ Expos †2–0Halladay (7–5)Armas (1–3)Frasor (8)8,83136–45
82July 4@ Expos †6–4Hill (1–1)Lilly (7–5)Horgan (1)8,27936–46
83July 6Mariners7–6Batista (8–5)Moyer (6–5)Frasor (9)16,26237–46
84July 7Mariners12–4Towers (3–3)Blackley (1–1)18,51338–46
85July 8Mariners10–8Speier (2–5)Guardado (2–1)16,18839–46
86July 9Angels5–4Colón (6–8)Halladay (7–6)Percival (14)15,07139–47
87July 10Angels11–2Escobar (5–5)Lilly (7–6)20,63539–48
88July 11Angels5–2Lackey (7–8)Batista (8–6)Percival (15)17,57339–49
89July 16@ Rangers11–2Drese (5–5)Halladay (7–7)44,34839–50
90July 17@ Rangers4–0Rodríguez (3–0)Lilly (7–7)43,18939–51
91July 18@ Rangers7–5Brocail (1–1)Chulk (0–1)Cordero (28)24,33439–52
92July 19@ Athletics5–3Towers (4–3)Saarloos (1–1)Frasor (10)15,48040–52
93July 20@ Athletics1–0 (14)Lehr (1–1)Speier (2–6)18,88540–53
94July 21@ Yankees10–3Vázquez (11–6)Hentgen (2–9)53,03140–54
95July 22@ Yankees1–0Rivera (1–0)Chulk (0–2)53,65740–55
96July 23Devil Rays7–4Batista (9–6)Hendrickson (7–8)Frasor (11)16,63341–55
97July 24Devil Rays4–2Towers (5–3)Bell (3–4)Frasor (12)18,84142–55
98July 25Devil Rays5–3Bush (1–1)Zambrano (9–7)Ligtenberg (3)15,78443–55
99July 26Yankees6–5 (10)Rivera (2–1)Frasor (3–3)30,04143–56
100July 27Yankees7–4Proctor (1–0)Ligtenberg (1–3)Gordon (3)30,08743–57
101July 28Yankees3–2 (10)Frasor (4–3)Proctor (1–1)31,38544–57
102July 30@ Devil Rays3–0Towers (6–3)Halama (5–5)Frasor (13)10,53145–57
103July 31@ Devil Rays6–5Sosa (3–0)Bush (1–2)Báez (21)17,41845–58 :
August: 10–20 (Home: 5–10; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Devil Rays5–3Brazelton (4–3)Douglass (0–1)Báez (22)10,75045–59
105August 2Indians6–1Lilly (8–7)Lee (10–4)17,54946–59
106August 3Indians7–6Speier (3–6)Betancourt (4–5)Frasor (14)15,02547–59
107August 4Indians14–5Westbrook (9–5)Towers (6–4)15,67547–60
108August 5Indians6–3 (10)Betancourt (5–5)Ligtenberg (1–4)Wickman (2)30,03747–61
109August 6@ Yankees11–4Vázquez (13–6)Douglass (0–2)48,90047–62
110August 7@ Yankees6–0Hernández (4–0)Lilly (8–8)54,02547–63
111August 8@ Yankees8–2Lieber (8–7)Batista (9–7)52,61647–64
112August 9@ Yankees5–4Towers (7–4)Loaiza (9–6)Frasor (15)49,85348–64
113August 10@ Indians2–0Durbin (5–4)Bush (1–3)Wickman (5)19,94248–65
114August 11@ Indians3–2Sabathia (9–6)Frederick (0–1)Wickman (6)23,69648–66
115August 12@ Indians6–2Riske (6–2)Ligtenberg (1–5)22,73448–67
116August 13Orioles4–0Ponson (8–12)Batista (9–8)21,23448–68
117August 14Orioles7–2Towers (8–4)Borkowski (3–3)35,76849–68
118August 15Orioles11–7Groom (3–0)Chulk (0–3)26,13249–69
119August 16@ Red Sox8–4Lowe (11–10)Miller (1–2)Foulke (20)35,27149–70
120August 17@ Red Sox5–4Foulke (3–3)Frederick (0–2)35,10549–71
121August 18@ Red Sox6–4Wakefield (9–7)Batista (9–9)34,86749–72
122August 20@ Orioles14–4Towers (9–4)Borkowski (3–4)35,02450–72
123August 21@ Orioles10–4Bush (2–3)Cabrera (9–6)38,07951–72
124August 22@ Orioles8–5Miller (2–2)Bédard (5–8)Frasor (16)44,48252–72
125August 23Red Sox3–0Lilly (9–8)Martínez (13–5)27,14553–72
126August 24Red Sox5–4Wakefield (10–7)Batista (9–10)Foulke (23)22,21753–73
127August 25Red Sox11–5Schilling (16–6)Towers (9–5)22,47953–74
128August 26Yankees7–4Nitkowski (1–1)Frasor (4–4)Rivera (44)35,68253–75
129August 27Yankees8–7Sturtze (5–2)Miller (2–3)Gordon (4)35,43653–76
130August 28Yankees18–6Brown (10–3)Lilly (9–9)Rivera (45)43,54153–77
131August 29Yankees6–4Batista (10–10)Mussina (9–8)Frasor (17)44,07254–77
132August 31Mariners7–5Atchison (2–2)Ligtenberg (1–6)Putz (6)21,17454–78 :
September: 10–15 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Mariners4–2Bush (3–3)Villone (5–5)Speier (2)22,31055–78
134September 2Mariners8–6File (1–0)Baek (1–1)Speier (3)23,37456–78
135September 3Athletics7–4Hudson (11–4)Lilly (9–10)Dotel (18)28,48856–79
136September 4Athletics9–5Hammond (4–1)Frasor (4–5)29,14956–80
137September 5Athletics13–5Glynn (1–0)Harden (9–6)28,32757–80
138September 7@ Angels5–2Colón (14–11)Bush (3–4)Percival (27)36,27757–81
139September 8@ Angels1–0Miller (3–3)Escobar (9–10)Speier (4)36,90558–81
140September 9@ Angels5–4Lilly (10–10)Washburn (11–6)Speier (5)37,51459–81
141September 10@ Rangers10–3Drese (12–8)Batista (10–11)24,61759–82
142September 11@ Rangers10–7Mahay (3–0)Frasor (4–6)Cordero (43)40,58759–83
143September 12@ Rangers7–6Brocail (3–1)Speier (3–7)Cordero (44)20,43459–84
144September 13Orioles9–1Chen (1–0)Miller (3–4)18,37259–85
145September 15Orioles3–0Lilly (11–10)Riley (1–4)Speier (6)19,94260–85
146September 16Orioles9–5López (13–8)Batista (10–12)21,45160–86
147September 17Devil Rays11–4Waechter (4–7)Towers (9–6)25,98760–87
148September 18Devil Rays4–2Bush (4–4)Ritchie (0–1)Batista (1)33,43261–87
149September 19Devil Rays9–7Chulk (1–3)Kazmir (2–2)Speier (7)30,71462–87
150September 20@ Yankees6–3Chacín (1–0)Vázquez (14–10)Batista (2)10,73263–87
151September 21@ Yankees5–3Loaiza (10–7)Halladay (7–8)Rivera (50)36,67563–88
152September 22@ Yankees5–4Lilly (12–10)Hernández (8–1)Batista (3)49,56064–88
153September 24@ Devil Rays4–2Hendrickson (10–15)Towers (9–7)Báez (29)13,00364–89
154September 25@ Devil Rays6–5Báez (4–3)Batista (10–13)20,97864–90
--September 26@ Devil RaysCancelled (Hurricane Jeanne) Not rescheduled
155September 27@ Orioles4–1League (1–0)Ponson (11–15)Batista (4)17,80965–90
--September 28@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 29
156September 29@ Orioles7–6Ryan (4–6)Speier (3–8)65–91
157September 29@ Orioles4–0Bauer (2–1)Chacín (1–1)20,60065–92
158September 30@ Orioles9–3Riley (3–4)Towers (9–8)18,79365–93 :
October: 1–2 (Home: 0–0; Away: 1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
159October 1Yankees7–0Bush (5–4)Hernández (8–2)48,91466–93
160October 2Yankees4–2Halladay (8–8)Brown (10–6)Batista (5)50,49867–93
161October 3Yankees3–2Proctor (2–1)Towers (9–9)Sturtze (1)49,94867–94 :
† At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. :

## 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 | Gregg Zaun | 107 | 338 | 91 | .269 | 6 | 36 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 128 | 458 | 123 | .269 | 32 | 99 |
| 2B | Orlando Hudson | 135 | 489 | 132 | .270 | 12 | 58 |
| SS | Chris Gomez | 109 | 341 | 96 | .282 | 3 | 37 |
| 3B | Eric Hinske | 155 | 570 | 140 | .246 | 15 | 69 |
| LF | Reed Johnson | 141 | 537 | 145 | .270 | 10 | 61 |
| CF | Vernon Wells | 134 | 536 | 146 | .272 | 23 | 67 |
| RF | Alex Ríos | 111 | 426 | 122 | .286 | 1 | 28 |
| DH | Josh Phelps | 79 | 295 | 70 | .237 | 12 | 51 |

#### 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 |
| Frank Catalanotto | 75 | 249 | 73 | .293 | 1 | 26 |
| Frank Menechino | 71 | 236 | 71 | .301 | 9 | 25 |
| Chris Woodward | 69 | 213 | 50 | .235 | 1 | 24 |
| Kevin Cash | 60 | 181 | 35 | .193 | 4 | 21 |
| Dave Berg | 58 | 154 | 39 | .253 | 3 | 23 |
| Gabe Gross | 44 | 129 | 27 | .209 | 3 | 16 |
| Howie Clark | 40 | 115 | 25 | .217 | 3 | 12 |
| Russ Adams | 22 | 72 | 22 | .306 | 4 | 10 |
| Guillermo Quiróz | 17 | 52 | 11 | .212 | 0 | 6 |
| Simon Pond | 16 | 49 | 8 | .163 | 1 | 6 |
| Eric Crozier | 14 | 33 | 5 | .152 | 2 | 4 |
| Greg Myers | 8 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Estalella | 5 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Hermansen | 4 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| Miguel Batista | 38 | 198.2 | 10 | 13 | 4.80 | 104 |
| Ted Lilly | 32 | 197.1 | 12 | 10 | 4.06 | 168 |
| Roy Halladay | 21 | 133.0 | 8 | 8 | 4.20 | 95 |
| Josh Towers | 21 | 116.1 | 9 | 9 | 5.11 | 51 |
| Dave Bush | 16 | 97.2 | 5 | 4 | 3.69 | 64 |
| Justin Miller | 19 | 81.2 | 3 | 4 | 6.06 | 47 |
| Pat Hentgen | 18 | 80.1 | 2 | 9 | 6.95 | 33 |
| Gustavo Chacin | 2 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.57 | 6 |

#### 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 |
| Sean Douglass | 14 | 38.2 | 0 | 2 | 6.28 | 36 |
| Ryan Glynn | 6 | 20.0 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| Jason Frasor | 63 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 4.08 | 54 |
| Justin Speier | 62 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 3.91 | 52 |
| Kerry Ligtenberg | 57 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 6.38 | 49 |
| Vinnie Chulk | 47 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.66 | 44 |
| Terry Adams | 42 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.98 | 35 |
| Bob File | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.81 | 15 |
| Jason Kershner | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.04 | 15 |
| Kevin Frederick | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.59 | 22 |
| Micheal Nakamura | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.36 | 24 |
| Aquilino López | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 13 |
| Valerio De Los Santos | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.17 | 10 |
| Brandon League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Adam Peterson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.88 | 2 |
| Dave Maurer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 |
| Frank Menechino | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Vernon Wells, Gold Glove Award
All-Star Game
* Ted Lilly, pitcher

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Marty Pevey |
| AA | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | Eastern League | Mike Basso |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Omar Malavé |
| A | Charleston Alley Cats | South Atlantic League | Ken Joyce |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Doubledays | New York–Penn League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | Pulaski Blue Jays | Appalachian League | Gary Cathcart |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Hampshire