# 2001 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2001 Toronto Blue Jays was the franchise's 25th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2001 season.

### October 2000

| October 4 | Marty Cordova granted free agency (signed with Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $500,000 contract on December 20, 2000). |
| October 5 | Mark Lukasiewicz selected off of waivers by the Anaheim Angels. |
| October 15 | Kevin Witt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on December 22, 2000). |
| October 20 | Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a four-year, $68 million contract. |
| October 18 | Charlie Greene granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on November 30, 2000). Robert Pérez granted free agency (signed with New York Yankees to a contract on November 16, 2000). |
| October 30 | Alex Gonzalez granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a four-year, $20 million contract on December 10, 2000). |
| October 31 | Frank Castillo granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a two-year, $4.5 million contract on December 7, 2000). Mark Guthrie granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a two-year, $3.6 million contract on January 5, 2001). Dave Martinez granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a two-year, $3 million contract on December 10, 2000). Mickey Morandini granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a contract on December 6, 2000). Steve Trachsel granted free agency (signed with New York Mets to a two-year, $7.3 million contract on December 14, 2000). |

### November 2000

| November 1 | Craig Grebeck granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $700,000 contract on January 19, 2001). Re-signed Darrin Fletcher to a three-year, $10.9 million contract. |
| November 5 | Signed free agent Aaron Holbert from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract. |
| November 7 | Acquired Scott Eyre from the Chicago White Sox for Gary Glover. |
| November 19 | Signed amateur free agent Robinzon Díaz to a contract. |
| November 22 | Acquired Steve Parris from the Cincinnati Reds for Clayton Andrews and Leo Estrella. |

### December 2000

| December 2 | Signed free agent Chris Latham from the Colorado Rockies to a contract. |
| December 6 | Re-signed free agent Mickey Morandini to a contract. |
| December 7 | Signed free agent Jason Dickson from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract. |
| December 8 | Signed free agent Dan Plesac from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a two-year, $4.4 million contract. |
| December 10 | Re-signed free agent Alex Gonzalez to a four-year, $20 million contract. |
| December 11 | Jay Gibbons drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2000 MLB Rule 5 draft. Signed free agent Jeff Frye from the Colorado Rockies to a one-year, $1 million contract. Acquired Jayson Werth from the Baltimore Orioles for John Bale. |
| December 13 | Signed free agent Chris Michalak from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $200,000 contract. Signed free agent Jaime Navarro from the Cleveland Indians to a contract. |
| December 15 | Signed free agent Ryan Thompson from the New York Yankees to a contract. |
| December 19 | Signed free agent Izzy Molina from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract. |
| December 21 | Signed free agent Trent Hubbard from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract. |

### January 2001

| January 9 | Signed free agent Héctor Carrasco from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. |
| January 14 | Acquired Mike Sirotka, Brian Simmons, Kevin Beirne and Mike Williams from the Chicago White Sox for David Wells and Matt DeWitt. |
| January 16 | Sent Chad Mottola to the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal. |
| January 18 | Re-signed Brad Fullmer to a two-year, $6.5 million contract. Re-signed Esteban Loaiza to a two-year, $10.3 million contract. |
| January 24 | Signed amateur free agent Alfredo Aceves to a contract. |

### February 2001

| February 9 | Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $1.5 million contract. |
| February 12 | Re-signed Steve Parris to a two-year, $6.05 million contract. |

### March 2001

| March 17 | Released Trent Hubbard. |
| March 20 | Acquired Matt DeWitt from the Chicago White Sox for Mike Williams. |
| March 28 | Released Héctor Carrasco. Released Todd Greene. |

## Regular season

* August 17, 2001: Jeff Frye became the second Blue Jay in history to hit for the cycle. He achieved the feat against the Texas Rangers.

### Opening Day starters

* Tony Batista
* José Cruz Jr.
* Carlos Delgado
* Darrin Fletcher
* Homer Bush
* Brad Fullmer
* Alex Gonzalez
* Esteban Loaiza
* Raúl Mondesí
* Shannon Stewart

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 65 | .594 | — | 51‍–‍28 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Boston Red Sox | 82 | 79 | .509 | 13½ | 41‍–‍40 | 41‍–‍39 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 16 | 40‍–‍42 | 40‍–‍40 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 63 | 98 | .391 | 32½ | 30‍–‍50 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 62 | 100 | .383 | 34 | 37‍–‍44 | 25‍–‍56 |

### Record vs. opponents

2001 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 4–5 | 4–3 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 4–3 | 6–14 | 4–15 | 7–2 | 7–12 | 5–4 | 10–8 |
| Baltimore | 5–4 | — | 9–10 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 2–7 | 1–8 | 10–9 | 2–7 | 7–12 | 6–12 |
| Boston | 3–4 | 10–9 | — | 3–3 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 14–5 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 10–8 |
| Chicago | 3–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | — | 10–9 | 13–6 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 2–7 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 3–3 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 4–5 | 5–1 | 6–3 | 9–10 | — | 13–6 | 11–8 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 2–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 |
| Detroit | 4–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 6–13 | 6–13 | — | 8–11 | 4–15 | 4–5 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 2–4 | 10–8 |
| Kansas City | 4–5 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–14 | 8–11 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 0–6 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 8–10 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 14–5 | 5–14 | 15–4 | 13–6 | — | 4–2 | 5–4 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 9–9 |
| New York | 3–4 | 13–5 | 13–5 | 5–1 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 6–0 | 2–4 | — | 3–6 | 3–6 | 13–6 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 14–6 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–3 | — | 9–10 | 7–2 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
| Seattle | 15–4 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 7–2 | 15–5 | 6–3 | 12–6 |
| Tampa Bay | 2–7 | 9–10 | 5–14 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 6–1 | 6–13 | 2–7 | 2–7 | — | 4–5 | 9–10 | 10–8 |
| Texas | 12–7 | 7–2 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 1–8 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 5–15 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 8–10 |
| Toronto | 4–5 | 12–7 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 10–9 | 6–3 | — | 8–10 |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2001 regular season.

#### April 2001

| April 2 | Signed free agent Willie Banks of the New York Mets to a one-year contract. Released Ryan Thompson. |
| April 16 | Signed free agent Patrick Lennon of the Montreal Expos to a contract. |

#### June 2001

| June 1 | Released Patrick Lennon. |
| June 8 | Signed free agent Tony Fernández from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract. |
| June 25 | Tony Batista selected off of waivers by the Baltimore Orioles. |
| June 27 | Signed free agent Deion Sanders from the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent. |
| June 29 | Released Lance Painter. |

#### July 2001

| July 6 | Purchased Brian Hunter from the Atlantic City Surf of the Atlantic League. |
| July 27 | Released Deion Sanders. |
| July 31 | Released John Frascatore. |

#### August 2001

| August 3 | Released Joey Hamilton. Re-signed Paul Quantrill to a three-year, $9.6 million contract. |
| August 13 | Released Brian Hunter. |
| August 15 | Released Willie Banks. |
| August 22 | Chris Michalak selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers. |
| August 27 | Signed amateur free agent Eugenio Vélez to a contract. |

### 2001 draft picks

Source
The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School |
| 1 | 15 | Gabe Gross | OF | Auburn University |
| 2 | 59 | Brandon League | RHP | St. Louis High School (Honolulu, HI) |
| 3 | 91 | Tyrell Godwin | OF | East Bladen High School |
| 4 | 121 | Chris Sheffield | RHP | University of Miami |
| 5 | 151 | Mike Rouse | SS | California State University, Fullerton |
| 6 | 181 | Lee Delfino | SS | East Carolina University |
| 7 | 211 | Jason Colson | RHP | Winthrop University |
| 8 | 241 | Sean Grimes | LHP | Saunders Secondary School |
| 9 | 271 | Luke Hetherington | OF | Kentwood High School |
| 10 | 301 | Ryan Costello | LHP | Montclair State University |

### Game log

2001 Game Log :
April: 16–9 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1Rangers †8–1Loaiza (1–0)Helling (0–1)19,8911–0
2April 3@ Devil Rays8–1Lopez (1–0)Parris (0–1)41,5461–1
3April 4@ Devil Rays11–8Quantrill (1–0)Hill (0–1)Koch (1)15,1722–1
4April 5@ Devil Rays11–0Carpenter (1–0)Rekar (0–1)14,0233–1
5April 6@ Yankees13–4Loaiza (2–0)Parker (0–1)29,6064–1
6April 7@ Yankees3–2Michalak (1–0)Hernández (0–1)Koch (2)30,4875–1
7April 8@ Yankees16–5Clemens (2–0)Parris (0–2)31,9705–2
8April 9Devil Rays8–1Hamilton (1–0)Wilson (0–1)48,1156–2
9April 10Devil Rays3–2 (10)Quantrill (2–0)Sturtze (0–1)18,0717–2
10April 11Devil Rays4–3Yan (1–0)Koch (0–1)24,0177–3
–April 12RoyalsPostponed (SkyDome roof malfunction) Rescheduled for April 30
11April 13Royals2–1Michalak (2–0)Suppan (1–2)Koch (3)26,1488–3
12April 14Royals5–4File (1–0)Hernández (0–2)26,0249–3
13April 15Royals4–2Stein (1–2)Carpenter (1–1)Hernández (2)21,3799–4
14April 17Yankees6–5Loaiza (3–0)Keisler (0–1)Koch (4)20,01910–4
15April 18Yankees7–2Michalak (3–0)Hernández (0–2)19,77011–4
16April 19Yankees6–5 (17)Choate (1–0)File (1–1)Mendoza (1)24,68411–5
17April 20@ Royals12–4Carpenter (2–1)Suzuki (1–1)28,01812–5
18April 21@ Royals5–4 (13)Henry (1–0)Plesac (0–1)18,24612–6
19April 22@ Royals5–1Reichert (2–1)Loaiza (3–1)Hernández (4)17,37112–7
20April 24Rangers7–5Frascatore (1–0)Mahomes (0–2)Koch (5)15,38113–7
21April 25Rangers8–5Quantrill (3–0)Rogers (1–2)Koch (6)15,02114–7
22April 27Angels12–4Loaiza (4–1)Washburn (0–3)16,17415–7
23April 28Angels4–1Ortiz (3–2)Michalak (3–1)Percival (4)19,26115–8
24April 29Angels2–0Parris (1–2)Schoeneweis (2–2)Koch (7)23,94916–8
25April 30Royals6–3Suppan (2–3)Hamilton (1–1)Hernández (6)13,76616–9 :
May: 10–18 (Home: 2–8; Away: 8–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1@ Athletics5–4 (10)Quantrill (4–0)Isringhausen (0–1)Koch (8)10,93517–9
27May 2@ Athletics6–0Mulder (3–2)Loaiza (4–2)14,04817–10
28May 3@ Athletics3–2 (15)Bradford (1–1)Borbón (0–1)10,58617–11
29May 4@ Mariners8–3Parris (2–2)Abbott (0–1)42,28418–11
30May 5@ Mariners7–5Rhodes (3–0)Borbón (0–2)Sasaki (14)42,89418–12
31May 6@ Mariners11–3Carpenter (3–1)Halama (2–3)45,08019–12
32May 8Athletics8–5Mulder (4–2)Loaiza (4–3)Mecir (1)16,47919–13
33May 9Athletics8–5Hudson (3–3)Michalak (3–2)Isringhausen (5)16,24119–14
34May 10Athletics14–8Guthrie (1–0)Painter (0–1)16,13019–15
35May 11Mariners7–2Abbott (1–1)Hamilton (1–2)20,27919–16
36May 12Mariners11–7Tomko (2–1)Escobar (0–1)24,90819–17
37May 13Mariners7–5Moyer (6–1)Loaiza (4–4)Sasaki (17)20,62419–18
38May 15@ Angels9–3Michalak (4–2)Valdez (2–3)15,90420–18
39May 16@ Angels3–1Schoeneweis (3–2)Parris (2–3)Percival (8)15,61120–19
40May 17@ Angels4–2Hasegawa (2–3)Escobar (0–2)Percival (9)15,20420–20
41May 18@ Rangers9–3Carpenter (4–1)Myette (0–1)35,36821–20
42May 19@ Rangers6–5Quantrill (5–0)Brantley (0–1)Koch (9)48,33622–20
43May 20@ Rangers3–2Mahomes (3–2)Michalak (4–3)Zimmerman (4)33,27222–21
44May 21White Sox10–3Parris (3–3)Biddle (1–4)20,80623–21
45May 23White Sox9–6Hamilton (2–2)Wells (3–5)Koch (10)19,11524–21
46May 24White Sox3–1Wells (1–1)Carpenter (4–2)Foulke (8)17,06224–22
47May 25@ Red Sox4–0Nomo (5–3)Loaiza (4–5)32,91224–23
48May 26@ Red Sox5–0Michalak (5–3)Castillo (5–3)31,03525–23
49May 27@ Red Sox4–2Wakefield (2–0)Parris (3–4)Lowe (4)31,42025–24
50May 28@ White Sox6–3Garland (2–2)Hamilton (2–3)Howry (1)20,63125–25
51May 29@ White Sox4–0Carpenter (5–2)Wells (1–2)13,35626–25
52May 30@ White Sox4–3Wunsch (1–1)Escobar (0–3)Foulke (9)13,20826–26
53May 31Red Sox11–5Beck (1–2)Escobar (0–4)21,74726–27 :
June: 12–15 (Home: 7–11; Away: 5–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Red Sox6–4 (11)Lowe (3–5)Koch (0–2)21,56426–28
55June 2Red Sox2–1Schourek (1–3)Plesac (0–2)Beck (3)24,60326–29
56June 3Red Sox5–4Pichardo (1–0)Carpenter (5–3)Lowe (6)24,65326–30
57June 5Devil Rays13–1Loaiza (5–5)Lopez (3–7)15,07827–30
58June 6Devil Rays6–2Kennedy (1–0)Michalak (5–4)16,29827–31
59June 7Devil Rays8–7Borbón (1–2)Phelps (0–1)26,83528–31
60June 8Marlins7–6 (10)Koch (1–2)Bones (2–2)18,62929–31
61June 9Marlins6–1Burnett (4–2)Carpenter (5–4)20,87529–32
62June 10Marlins7–2Penny (5–1)Loaiza (5–6)20,07029–33
63June 11Braves9–4File (2–1)Burkett (5–5)16,88530–33
64June 12Braves3–0Pérez (4–4)Parris (3–5)Rocker (19)20,44830–34
65June 13Braves12–5Hamilton (3–3)Glavine (6–5)19,90131–34
66June 15@ Expos9–3Carpenter (6–4)Vázquez (5–8)8,69232–34
67June 16@ Expos7–2Blank (1–2)Loaiza (5–7)11,11332–35
68June 17@ Expos4–1Mota (1–0)Quantrill (5–1)8,44032–36
69June 18@ Orioles3–2Ponson (4–4)Borbón (1–3)Trombley (5)33,60532–37
70June 19@ Orioles5–1Towers (5–1)Hamilton (3–4)Groom (4)31,00132–38
71June 20@ Orioles6–5Quantrill (6–1)McElroy (1–2)Koch (11)30,06233–38
72June 22@ Red Sox4–3Borbón (2–3)Schourek (1–4)Koch (12)33,84434–38
73June 23@ Red Sox9–6File (3–1)Castillo (7–5)Koch (13)33,26635–38
74June 24@ Red Sox5–2Plesac (1–2)Wakefield (5–2)Koch (14)32,80436–38
75June 25Orioles8–2Roberts (6–6)Hamilton (3–5)18,24336–39
76June 26Orioles3–1Carpenter (7–4)Johnson (6–5)Koch (15)18,17537–39
77June 27Orioles7–3Mercedes (4–8)Loaiza (5–8)17,51737–40
78June 28Orioles5–0Ponson (5–5)Michalak (5–5)17,32237–41
79June 29Red Sox8–4Quantrill (7–1)Florie (0–1)23,05538–41
80June 30Red Sox7–5Cone (4–1)Hamilton (3–6)28,54338–42 :
July: 11–16 (Home: 4–8; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Red Sox4–0Arrojo (2–2)Carpenter (7–5)34,34838–43
82July 2Red Sox16–4Nomo (7–4)Loaiza (5–9)38,23738–44
83July 3@ Devil Rays7–2Kennedy (3–1)Michalak (5–6)Phelps (3)13,78938–45
84July 4@ Devil Rays8–1Parris (4–5)Rekar (1–10)13,11939–45
85July 5@ Devil Rays7–4Hamilton (4–6)Rupe (4–8)Koch (16)10,70640–45
86July 6Expos10–7Lloyd (7–1)Quantrill (7–2)Urbina (13)20,07440–46
87July 7Expos9–8 (11)Plesac (2–2)Strickland (1–4)23,97641–46
88July 8Expos9–3Michalak (6–6)Armas (7–8)Quantrill (1)31,01242–46
89July 12@ Phillies2–1 (11)Escobar (1–4)Santiago (0–2)Koch (17)20,30643–46
90July 13@ Phillies5–2Daal (10–2)Plesac (2–3)Mesa (25)18,27943–47
91July 14@ Phillies4–2Hamilton (5–6)Figueroa (1–2)Koch (18)22,41844–47
92July 15@ Mets6–2Reed (8–4)Michalak (6–7)32,13844–48
93July 16@ Mets3–0Trachsel (3–10)Halladay (0–1)Benítez (21)34,20344–49
94July 17@ Mets1–0Leiter (6–8)Carpenter (7–6)Benítez (22)26,63044–50
95July 18Red Sox5–4Garcés (3–0)Koch (1–3)Lowe (19)30,44944–51
96July 19Red Sox4–3Escobar (2–4)Lowe (4–7)30,48845–51
97July 20@ Yankees10–4Loaiza (6–9)Jodie (0–1)46,63446–51
98July 21@ Yankees5–3Quantrill (8–2)Rivera (3–5)Koch (19)55,26447–51
99July 22@ Yankees7–3Mussina (10–8)Carpenter (7–7)51,13247–52
100July 23@ Yankees7–2Clemens (14–1)Parris (4–6)38,57347–53
101July 24@ Red Sox6–4Cone (6–1)Hamilton (5–7)Lowe (20)33,15447–54
102July 25@ Red Sox4–3 (10)Quantrill (9–2)Lowe (4–8)Koch (20)33,03048–54
103July 26@ Red Sox6–3Nomo (11–4)File (3–2)Beck (5)33,09448–55
104July 27Yankees9–1Mussina (11–8)Carpenter (7–8)36,66648–56
105July 28Yankees12–1Clemens (15–1)Escobar (2–5)44,10548–57
106July 29Yankees9–3Pettitte (11–6)Hamilton (5–8)40,14948–58
107July 31Twins3–1Loaiza (7–9)Mays (12–8)Koch (21)23,84949–58 :
August: 16–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1Twins3–1Halladay (1–1)Lohse (3–4)Koch (22)26,06950–58
109August 2Twins9–4Reed (9–6)Carpenter (7–9)26,84950–59
110August 3Orioles10–1Escobar (3–5)Mercedes (5–13)20,11551–59
111August 4Orioles2–1Lyon (1–0)Ponson (5–7)Koch (23)22,32252–59
112August 5Orioles5–4Loaiza (8–9)Towers (6–7)Koch (24)27,72453–59
113August 7@ Mariners5–4 (14)Halama (8–6)DeWitt (0–1)45,63653–60
114August 8@ Mariners12–4Moyer (13–5)Carpenter (7–10)45,45053–61
115August 9@ Mariners6–5Quantrill (10–2)García (13–4)Koch (25)45,67054–61
116August 10@ Angels8–7Schoeneweis (9–8)Lyon (1–1)Percival (32)30,48454–62
117August 11@ Angels7–6 (10)Plesac (3–3)Levine (5–7)Koch (26)27,92755–62
118August 12@ Angels6–5Levine (6–7)Plesac (3–4)Percival (33)19,12955–63
119August 14Athletics6–3Koch (2–3)Isringhausen (4–3)25,12156–63
120August 15Athletics5–2Escobar (4–5)Zito (8–8)Koch (27)23,13557–63
121August 16Athletics8–4Lidle (8–5)Lyon (1–2)30,06257–64
122August 17Rangers11–3Loaiza (9–9)Oliver (9–8)22,38458–64
123August 18Rangers12–5Moreno (3–2)Koch (2–4)26,09258–65
124August 19Rangers8–4Myette (2–2)Carpenter (7–11)30,33658–66
125August 20@ Twins3–2Escobar (5–5)Mays (12–12)Koch (28)16,03259–66
126August 21@ Twins7–5Lyon (2–2)Cressend (2–2)Koch (29)13,02360–66
127August 22@ Twins6–3Reed (2–2)Loaiza (9–10)15,30360–67
128August 23@ Twins6–2Halladay (2–1)Lohse (4–6)16,48261–67
129August 24@ Orioles5–0Carpenter (8–11)Johnson (10–9)43,60662–67
130August 25@ Orioles9–0Escobar (6–5)Maduro (2–4)42,26063–67
131August 26@ Orioles5–1Lyon (3–2)Mercedes (7–15)37,99464–67
132August 28@ Yankees4–0Mussina (13–11)Loaiza (9–11)Rivera (41)37,45064–68
133August 29@ Yankees3–2Halladay (3–1)Hitchcock (3–3)Koch (30)36,85565–68
134August 30@ Yankees5–4 (11)Witasick (3–0)Eyre (0–1)42,53765–69
135August 31Tigers4–3Sparks (10–8)Borbón (2–4)Anderson (17)22,38365–70 :
September: 10–10 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Tigers3–1Lyon (4–2)Weaver (10–14)Plesac (1)22,05266–70
137September 2Tigers11–0Loaiza (10–11)Lima (4–6)24,14667–70
138September 3Yankees7–5Wohlers (1–0)Koch (2–5)Mendoza (6)28,40467–71
139September 4Yankees14–0Carpenter (9–11)Pettitte (14–9)20,03668–71
140September 5Yankees4–3Clemens (19–1)Escobar (6–6)Rivera (44)29,23568–72
141September 7@ Tigers2–1Lyon (5–2)Lima (4–7)Koch (31)28,08369–72
142September 8@ Tigers4–3Murray (1–4)Halladay (3–2)Anderson (18)29,15869–73
143September 9@ Tigers6–3Carpenter (10–11)Cornejo (3–3)24,65270–73
–September 11@ OriolesPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 1
–September 12@ OriolesPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 2
–September 13@ OriolesPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 3
–September 14IndiansPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 5
–September 15IndiansPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 6
–September 16IndiansPostponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 7
144September 18Orioles8–5Plesac (4–4)Julio (1–1)Koch (32)18,60471–73
145September 19Orioles4–1Halladay (4–2)Maduro (3–6)Koch (33)31,30372–73
146September 20Orioles12–6Parrish (1–1)File (3–3)21,89572–74
147September 21Devil Rays7–4Rekar (2–13)Lyon (5–3)Yan (18)25,34472–75
148September 22Devil Rays8–7Coco (1–0)Colomé (1–2)Koch (34)24,69173–75
149September 23Devil Rays1–0Kennedy (6–8)Escobar (6–7)Yan (19)31,35173–76
150September 24@ Indians3–2 (11)File (4–3)Báez (5–2)Eyre (1)32,42574–76
151September 25@ Indians11–7Riske (2–0)Plesac (4–5)35,72974–77
–September 26@ IndiansPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 5 ‡
152September 27@ Devil Rays5–1Colomé (2–2)Eyre (0–2)13,04574–78
153September 28@ Devil Rays6–1Rekar (3–13)Escobar (6–8)Phelps (5)10,58674–79
154September 29@ Devil Rays5–2Bierbrodt (2–4)Halladay (4–3)Yan (20)17,63574–80
155September 30@ Devil Rays6–5 (12)Quantrill (11–2)Creek (2–5)Eyre (2)14,21775–80 :
October: 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
156October 1@ Orioles1–0Loaiza (11–11)Bauer (0–4)Koch (35)37,10876–80
157October 2@ Orioles4–3Roberts (9–9)DeWitt (0–2)29,39076–81
158October 3@ Orioles7–6Eyre (1–2)Groom (1–4)Koch (36)33,70577–81
159October 5Indians5–0Halladay (5–3)Finley (8–7)78–81
160October 5Indians4–3 (11)File (5–3)Drese (1–2)19,38779–81
161October 6Indians5–2Carpenter (11–11)Drew (0–2)Quantrill (2)20,76280–81
162October 7Indians3–2Sabathia (17–5)Lyon (5–4)Rocker (4)28,21780–82 :
† At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ‡ Due to scheduling difficulties, this game was made up in Toronto. :

## 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 | Darrin Fletcher | 134 | 416 | 94 | .226 | 11 | 56 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 162 | 574 | 160 | .279 | 39 | 102 |
| 2B | Homer Bush | 78 | 271 | 83 | .306 | 3 | 27 |
| SS | Alex Gonzalez | 154 | 636 | 161 | .253 | 17 | 76 |
| 3B | Tony Batista | 72 | 271 | 56 | .207 | 13 | 45 |
| LF | Shannon Stewart | 155 | 640 | 202 | .316 | 12 | 60 |
| CF | José Cruz Jr. | 146 | 577 | 158 | .274 | 34 | 88 |
| RF | Raúl Mondesí | 149 | 572 | 144 | .252 | 27 | 84 |
| DH | Brad Fullmer | 146 | 522 | 143 | .274 | 18 | 83 |

#### 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 |
| Felipe López | 49 | 177 | 46 | .260 | 5 | 23 |
| Jeff Frye | 74 | 175 | 43 | .246 | 2 | 15 |
| César Izturis | 46 | 134 | 36 | .269 | 2 | 9 |
| Alberto Castillo | 66 | 131 | 26 | .198 | 1 | 4 |
| Luis Lopez | 41 | 119 | 29 | .244 | 3 | 10 |
| Brian Simmons | 60 | 107 | 19 | .178 | 2 | 8 |
| Vernon Wells | 30 | 96 | 30 | .274 | 2 | 10 |
| Chris Latham | 43 | 73 | 20 | .274 | 2 | 10 |
| Chris Woodward | 37 | 63 | 12 | .190 | 2 | 5 |
| Tony Fernández | 48 | 59 | 18 | .305 | 1 | 12 |
| Ryan Freel | 9 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 3 |
| Josh Phelps | 8 | 12 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 |

### 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 |
| Chris Carpenter | 34 | 215.2 | 11 | 11 | 4.09 | 157 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 36 | 190.0 | 11 | 11 | 5.02 | 110 |
| Joey Hamilton | 22 | 122.1 | 5 | 8 | 5.89 | 82 |
| Chris Michalak | 24 | 115.0 | 6 | 7 | 4.62 | 57 |
| Steve Parris | 19 | 105.2 | 4 | 6 | 4.60 | 49 |
| Roy Halladay | 17 | 105.1 | 5 | 3 | 3.16 | 96 |
| Brandon Lyon | 11 | 63.0 | 5 | 4 | 4.29 | 35 |

#### 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 | 59 | 126.0 | 6 | 8 | 3.50 | 121 |
| Pasqual Coco | 7 | 14.1 | 1 | 0 | 4.40 | 9 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Koch | 69 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 4.80 | 55 |
| Paul Quantrill | 80 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 3.04 | 58 |
| Pedro Borbón Jr. | 71 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3.71 | 45 |
| Dan Plesac | 62 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3.57 | 68 |
| Bob File | 60 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3.27 | 38 |
| Scott Eyre | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3.45 | 16 |
| Matt DeWitt | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.79 | 13 |
| John Frascatore | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.20 | 9 |
| Lance Painter | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.85 | 14 |
| Kevin Beirne | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.86 | 5 |
| Brian Bowles | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |

## Award winners

All-Star Game
* Paul Quantrill, P

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Omar Malavé |
| AA | Tennessee Smokies | Southern League | Rocket Wheeler |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Marty Pevey |
| A | Charleston Alley Cats | South Atlantic League | Rolando Pino |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Doubledays | New York–Penn League | Paul Elliott |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Tom Bradley |