# 2003 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2003 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 27th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. It was the team's final season with Diamond as one of the mascots, as she was removed at the end of the season, leaving Ace as the sole mascot of the Blue Jays.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2003 season.

### October 2002

| October 9 | Released Chris Carpenter. Brandon Lyon selected off of waivers by the Boston Red Sox. |
| October 15 | Joe Lawrence granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 11, 2002). Brian Lesher granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on December 18, 2002). Chad Mottola granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 1, 2002). Luke Prokopec granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $390,000 contract on November 4, 2002). Pedro Swann granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a one-year contract on February 3, 2003). Scott Winchester granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract on January 29, 2003). |
| October 23 | Signed free agent Doug Linton from the Atlanta Braves to a one-year, $350,000 contract. |
| October 28 | Félix Heredia granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $600,000 contract on January 7, 2003). Steve Parris granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $400,000 contract. |
| October 29 | Signed free agent Doug Creek from the Seattle Mariners to a one-year, $700,000 contract. Esteban Loaiza granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract on January 24, 2003). |

### November 2002

| November 1 | Signed free agent Jeff Tam from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $600,000 contract. |
| November 12 | Signed free agent Howie Clark from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract. |
| November 13 | Signed free agent Trever Miller from the Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $305,000 contract. |
| November 16 | Acquired Cory Lidle from the Oakland Athletics for Mike Rouse and Chris Mowday. |
| November 17 | Signed free agent Mike Moriarty from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract. |
| November 18 | Signed free agent Rob Ryan from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. |
| November 19 | Signed free agent Tim Young from the Cleveland Indians to a contract. |
| November 24 | Signed free agent Josh Towers from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract. |

### December 2002

| December 5 | Signed free agent Bruce Aven from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year contract. |
| December 15 | As part of four-team trade: traded Felipe López to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later from the Oakland Athletics (Jason Arnold on December 16, 2002). In addition, Arizona Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics; and the Cincinnati Reds sent Elmer Dessens and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Re-signed Dave Berg to a two-year, $1.5 million contract. |
| December 16 | Drafted Jason Dubois from the Chicago Cubs in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft. Matt Ford drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted Aquilino López from the Seattle Mariners in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft. Frank Gracesqui selected by the Florida Marlins in the 2002 Minor League Draft. Drafted Gary Majewski from the Chicago White Sox in the 2002 Minor League Draft. Signed free agent Greg Myers from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $800,000 contract. |
| December 20 | Signed free agent Mike Bordick from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $1 million contract. |
| December 21 | José Cruz Jr. granted free agency (signed with San Francisco Giants to a one-year, $2.5 million contract on January 28, 2003). Signed free agent Tanyon Sturtze from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $1 million contract. |
| December 23 | Signed free agent Mike Colangelo from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year contract. |
| December 28 | Signed free agent Frank Catalanotto from the Texas Rangers to a one-year, $2.2 million contract. |

### January 2003

| January 15 | Re-signed Chris Woodward to a one-year, $775,000 contract. |
| January 17 | Re-signed Cliff Politte to a one-year, $845,000 contract. Re-signed Roy Halladay to a one-year, $3.8 million contract. |
| January 27 | Acquired John-Ford Griffin from the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later (Jason Perry on June 23, 2003). |
| January 31 | Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $3.9 million contract. |

### February 2003

| February 18 | Re-signed Shannon Stewart to a one-year, $6.2 million contract. |

### March 2003

| March 11 | Released Pasqual Coco. |
| March 15 | Returned Jason Dubois to the Chicago Cubs. |
| March 17 | Returned Gary Majewski to the Chicago White Sox. Re-signed Eric Hinske to a five-year, $14.75 million contract. Re-signed Vernon Wells to a five-year, $14.7 million contract. |
| March 27 | Signed free agent Dan Reichert from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year contract. |
| March 28 | Selected Kevin Frederick from the Minnesota Twins off of waivers. |

## Regular season
### Summary

The 2003 season was a surprise to both team management and baseball analysts. After a poor April, the team had its most successful month ever in May. The offense was mainly responsible for the stunning turnaround. Delgado took over the major league lead in runs batted in, followed closely by Wells. The middle infield positions remained a gametime decision – Bordick played shortstop and third base, Dave Berg second base and third base, Chris Woodward shortstop and Orlando Hudson second base. Minor league call-up Howie Clark entered the mix as a utility player after Hinske underwent surgery to repair a broken hamate bone in his right hand, which he had tried to play through for the first six weeks.
Despite their hitting successes, poor pitching continued to plague the team. Roy Halladay was spectacular in winning his first Cy Young Award, going 22–7, with a 3.25 ERA, but he didn't get much help from his fellow pitchers, although he had a poor start himself. Rookie Aquilino López was a pleasant surprise out of the bullpen. Kelvim Escobar and former NBA player Mark Hendrickson were inserted into the rotation with their places in the bullpen filled by waiver acquisitions Doug Davis and Josh Towers, who went 8–1 after being called up from Triple-A Syracuse. The closer role was a season-long revolving door, with nobody able to take hold of the reins. Trade speculation had focussed on the acquisitions of pitching at the expense of hitters, but in the end the team simply divested itself of impending free agent Shannon Stewart without getting a pitcher in return. Instead Bobby Kielty, another outfielder with a much lower batting average than Stewart's, was obtained from the Minnesota Twins and later traded in November 2003 to the Oakland Athletics for starter Ted Lilly. The top four pitchers for the projected 2004 rotation would include Halladay, Lilly, free agent Miguel Batista, and the return of Pat Hentgen.
After the spectacular turnaround in May 2003, which helped the team move to just few games behind the wildcard leading Boston Red Sox, team performance slowly returned to reality, as predicted by team management. Carlos Delgado was second in the voting for the American League MVP Award, although the Jays were in third place in their division. The Jays also announced that a new logo, and new uniforms, would be used as of January 1, 2004.

### Opening Day starters

* Frank Catalanotto
* Carlos Delgado
* Roy Halladay
* Eric Hinske
* Ken Huckaby
* Orlando Hudson
* Josh Phelps
* Shannon Stewart
* Vernon Wells
* Chris Woodward

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 101 | 61 | .623 | — | 50‍–‍32 | 51‍–‍29 |
| Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | 6 | 53‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 86 | 76 | .531 | 15 | 41‍–‍40 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 71 | 91 | .438 | 30 | 40‍–‍40 | 31‍–‍51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 63 | 99 | .389 | 38 | 36‍–‍45 | 27‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

2003 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 1–8 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 8–12 | 8–11 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–7 | 11–7 |
| Baltimore | 8–1 | — | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 6–13–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 7–2 | 8–11 | 5–13 |
| Boston | 6–3 | 10–9 | — | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–7 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 11–7 |
| Chicago | 4–3 | 4–2 | 4–5 | — | 11–8 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 10–8 |
| Cleveland | 3–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–11 | — | 12–7 | 6–13 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 5–2 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 6–12 |
| Detroit | 1–6 | 3–3 | 1–8 | 8–11 | 7–12 | — | 5–14 | 4–15 | 1–5 | 3–6 | 1–8 | 2–4 | 1–6 | 2–7 | 4–14 |
| Kansas City | 3–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 14–5 | — | 11–8 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 7–2 | 1–5 | 9–9 |
| Minnesota | 4–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 10–9 | 10–9 | 15–4 | 8–11 | — | 0–7 | 8–1 | 3–6 | 6–0 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 10–8 |
| New York | 6–3 | 13–6–1 | 10–9 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 7–0 | — | 3–6 | 5–4 | 14–5 | 4–5 | 10–9 | 13–5 |
| Oakland | 12–8 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 1–8 | 6–3 | — | 7–12 | 6–3 | 15–4 | 5–2 | 9–9 |
| Seattle | 11–8 | 5–4 | 2–5 | 7–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 12–7 | — | 4–5 | 10–10 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
| Tampa Bay | 3–6 | 11–8 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 0–6 | 5–14 | 3–6 | 5–4 | — | 3–6 | 11–8 | 3–15 |
| Texas | 10–9 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 6–1 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–15 | 10–10 | 6–3 | — | 5–4 | 4–14 |
| Toronto | 7–2 | 11–8 | 9–10 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | — | 10–8 |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2003 regular season.

#### April 2003

| April 30 | Doug Davis selected off of waivers from the Texas Rangers. |

#### June 2003

| June 12 | Released Tim Young. |
| June 16 | Selected Scott Service off of waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks. |
| June 17 | Signed free agent Juan Acevedo from the New York Yankees to a contract. |
| June 19 | Released Rob Ryan. |
| June 20 | Released Mike Moriarty. |

#### July 2003

| July 8 | Acquired John Wasdin from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rich Thompson. |
| July 11 | Doug Davis granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on July 14, 2003). |
| July 16 | Acquired Bobby Kielty from the Minnesota Twins for Shannon Stewart and a player to be named later (Dave Gassner on December 15, 2003). |
| July 30 | Signed amateur free agent Luis Pérez to a contract. |

#### August 2003

| August 7 | Signed free agent Anthony Sanders from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract. |
| August 9 | Released Juan Acevedo. |
| August 10 | Released Scott Service. |

#### September 2003

| September 5 | Released Jeff Tam. |

### 2003 draft picks

Source
The 2003 MLB draft was held on June 3–4.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Signed |
| 1 | 13 | Aaron Hill | SS | Louisiana State | 2003–06–17 |
| 2 | 50 | Josh Banks | RHP | Florida International | 2003–06–04 |
| 3 | 80 | Shaun Marcum | RHP | Missouri State | 2003–06–23 |
| 4 | 110 | Kurt Isenberg | LHP | James Madison | – |
| 5 | 140 | Justin James | RHP | Missouri | – |
| 6 | 170 | Christian Snavely | OF | Ohio State | – |
| 7 | 200 | Danny Core | RHP | Florida Atlantic | – |
| 8 | 230 | Chad Mulholland | RHP | Missouri State | – |
| 9 | 260 | Jamie Vermilyea | RHP | New Mexico | 2003–06–05 |
| 11 | 320 | Tom Mastny | RHP | Furman University | |
| 18 | 530 | Ryan Roberts | 3B | Texas | 2003–06–05 |

### Game log

2003 Game Log :
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1March 31Yankees8–4Clemens (1–0)Halladay (0–1)50,1190–1 :
April: 10–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
2April 1Yankees10–1Pettitte (1–0)Lidle (0–1)15,1760–2
3April 2Yankees9–7Mussina (1–0)Hendrickson (0–1)Acevedo (1)16,2220–3
4April 4@ Twins7–2Sturtze (1–0)Reed (0–1)48,6171–3
5April 5@ Twins4–3 (11)Walker (1–0)Guardado (0–1)Escobar (1)31,4212–3
6April 6@ Twins8–1Lidle (1–1)Radke (1–1)23,5493–3
7April 8Red Sox8–4Hendrickson (1–1)Lowe (1–1)13,1474–3
8April 9Red Sox10–5Sturtze (2–0)Fossum (1–1)13,0995–3
9April 10Red Sox8–7Timlin (1–0)Politte (0–1)13,7795–4
10April 11Twins6–4Rogers (1–0)Lidle (1–2)Guardado (3)13,2375–5
11April 12Twins9–6Hawkins (1–0)Escobar (0–1)Guardado (4)14,1185–6
12April 13Twins9–3Mays (2–1)Hendrickson (1–2)13,3335–7
13April 14@ Yankees10–9Contreras (1–0)López (0–1)Hammond (1)30,7615–8
14April 15@ Yankees5–0Mussina (3–0)Halladay (0–2)33,8335–9
15April 16@ Yankees7–6Lidle (2–2)Hitchcock (0–1)Escobar (2)25,8316–9
16April 17@ Yankees4–0Weaver (1–0)Walker (1–1)32,0576–10
17April 18@ Red Sox7–3Wakefield (2–0)Tam (0–1)31,4406–11
18April 19@ Red Sox7–2Lowe (3–1)Sturtze (2–1)32,3296–12
19April 20@ Red Sox6–5Timlin (3–0)Politte (0–2)29,5796–13
20April 21@ Red Sox11–6Lidle (3–2)Burkett (1–1)34,3707–13
21April 22@ Devil Rays4–3Kennedy (1–1)Kershner (0–1)Carter (2)10,0137–14
22April 23@ Devil Rays4–3Venafro (1–0)Hendrickson (1–3)Carter (3)9,2217–15
23April 24@ Devil Rays5–3Sturtze (3–1)Sosa (1–2)Escobar (3)8,6188–15
24April 25Royals6–5Escobar (1–1)Carrasco (1–1)16,4179–15
25April 26Royals9–6Grimsley (1–1)Tam (0–2)MacDougal (10)17,1979–16
26April 27Royals10–9Politte (1–2)MacDougal (1–1)17,05910–16
27April 29Rangers16–11Thomson (2–2)Hendrickson (1–4)Cordero (1)48,09710–17
28April 30Rangers11–3Drese (2–1)Sturtze (3–2)16,02110–18 :
May: 21–8 (Home: 9–4; Away: 12–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
29May 1Rangers7–6Halladay (1–2)Lewis (3–2)Politte (1)16,11111–18
30May 2Angels3–1Lidle (4–2)Lackey (1–3)17,79912–18
31May 3Angels7–1Davis (1–0)Shields (1–1)21,00713–18
32May 4Angels8–2Hendrickson (2–4)Ortiz (4–3)Escobar (4)21,51314–18
33May 6@ Rangers15–5Halladay (2–2)Lewis (3–3)20,09215–18
34May 7@ Rangers5–4Fultz (1–0)Sturtze (3–3)Urbina (10)18,50815–19
35May 8@ Rangers8–6Lidle (5–2)Drese (2–2)Politte (2)20,17716–19
36May 9@ Angels6–1Sele (1–0)Davis (1–1)42,82016–20
37May 10@ Angels7–4Hendrickson (3–4)Ortiz (4–4)43,66117–20
38May 11@ Angels4–2Halladay (3–2)Washburn (3–4)Politte (3)32,12918–20
39May 13Devil Rays7–5Kennedy (3–3)Sturtze (3–4)Carter (8)14,00718–21
40May 14Devil Rays7–6Lidle (6–2)Brazelton (0–2)Politte (4)29,01319–21
41May 15Devil Rays9–5Colomé (1–1)Davis (1–2)20,41719–22
42May 16@ Royals18–1Hendrickson (4–4)George (4–3)24,16720–22
43May 17@ Royals7–4Halladay (4–2)Grimsley (1–3)Politte (5)25,03221–22
44May 18@ Royals4–3Sturtze (4–4)Snyder (0–1)Politte (6)15,46222–22
45May 19@ White Sox12–2Lidle (7–2)Wright (0–2)19,62823–22
46May 20@ White Sox4–1Colón (5–3)Davis (1–3)12,85723–23
47May 21@ White Sox6–5Marte (2–0)Politte (1–3)Koch (5)13,07623–24
48May 22@ Yankees8–3Halladay (5–2)Pettitte (4–5)45,77724–24
49May 23@ Yankees6–2Escobar (2–1)Mussina (7–3)34,13425–24
50May 24@ Yankees5–2Lidle (8–2)Wells (6–2)Politte (7)35,02326–24
51May 25@ Yankees5–3Davis (2–3)Weaver (3–3)Politte (8)40,94027–24
52May 26White Sox11–5Towers (1–0)Buehrle (2–8)Tam (1)19,00928–24
53May 27White Sox5–1Halladay (6–2)Colón (5–4)19,36529–24
54May 28White Sox8–0Garland (3–4)Escobar (2–2)36,80629–25
55May 29White Sox3–2Loaiza (8–2)Lidle (8–3)Koch (6)20,01029–26
56May 30Red Sox13–2Davis (3–3)Burkett (3–3)21,38130–26
57May 31Red Sox10–7Sturtze (5–4)Fossum (4–4)Politte (9)28,80931–26 :
June: 15–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
58June 1Red Sox11–8Halladay (7–2)White (0–1)26,89032–26
59June 3@ Cardinals11–5Morris (7–3)Escobar (2–3)28,90732–27
60June 4@ Cardinals8–5Simontacchi (3–3)Lidle (8–4)Eldred (5)28,84032–28
61June 5@ Cardinals13–5Williams (8–1)Hendrickson (4–5)33,72932–29
62June 6@ Reds9–2Halladay (8–2)Riedling (0–3)28,28133–29
63June 7@ Reds9–8Reitsma (5–2)Politte (1–4)30,15833–30
64June 8@ Reds5–0Escobar (3–3)Haynes (0–5)25,63334–30
65June 10Pirates13–8Lidle (9–4)Benson (5–7)14,09035–30
66June 11Pirates8–5Halladay (9–2)D'Amico (4–7)32,03636–30
67June 12Pirates5–4Hendrickson (5–5)Suppan (5–6)Politte (10)15,01537–30
68June 13Cubs5–1Escobar (4–3)Wood (5–5)23,01838–30
69June 14Cubs4–2Prior (8–2)Davis (3–4)Borowski (13)33,16738–31
70June 15Cubs5–4 (10)López (1–1)Guthrie (0–3)34,22139–31
--June 17@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 3
71June 18@ Orioles6–2Halladay (10–2)Daal (4–8)López (1)28,82840–31
72June 19@ Orioles6–1Escobar (5–3)Helling (4–5)24,21841–31
73June 20@ Expos8–4Lidle (10–4)Vázquez (6–5)11,35542–31
74June 21@ Expos8–5Ayala (6–2)Politte (1–5)Biddle (19)11,48342–32
75June 22@ Expos4–2Halladay (11–2)Hernández (6–6)Politte (11)15,50843–32
76June 23Orioles13–4Davis (4–4)Daal (4–9)17,55544–32
77June 24Orioles6–4Helling (5–5)Escobar (5–4)Julio (16)17,42544–33
78June 25Orioles9–2Ponson (10–4)Lidle (10–5)37,24844–34
79June 26Orioles13–8Sturtze (6–4)Driskill (1–3)López (2)19,09845–34
80June 27Expos6–5Miller (1–0)Manon (0–1)24,02446–34
81June 28Expos4–2Vargas (5–3)Davis (4–5)Biddle (22)33,33446–35
82June 29Expos10–2Ohka (7–7)Escobar (5–5)37,35446–36
83June 30@ Tigers6–2Maroth (3–12)Lidle (10–6)13,35346–37 :
July: 8–17 (Home: 3–11; Away: 5–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
84July 1@ Tigers5–0Roney (1–2)Hendrickson (5–6)Walker (1)15,44846–38
85July 2@ Tigers8–2Halladay (12–2)Bernero (1–12)16,05247–38
86July 3@ Orioles6–5Johnson (7–3)Davis (4–6)Julio (17)27,02247–39
87July 4@ Orioles8–5Driskill (2–3)López (1–2)Julio (18)25,64147–40
88July 5@ Orioles9–2Ponson (11–5)Lidle (10–7)29,85947–41
89July 6@ Orioles5–3 (10)Acevedo (1–3)Ligtenberg (0–1)30,28448–41
90July 8Red Sox2–1 (12)Jones (1–0)Tam (0–3)Kim (2)20,02248–42
91July 9Red Sox8–7Lyon (4–5)Tam (0–4)Kim (3)23,55148–43
92July 10Red Sox7–1Mendoza (3–3)Lidle (10–8)20,11348–44
93July 11Yankees8–5Pettitte (11–6)Miller (1–1)Rivera (16)27,65248–45
94July 12Yankees10–3Halladay (13–2)Mussina (10–6)37,11949–45
95July 13Yankees6–2Weaver (5–7)Escobar (5–6)32,66449–46
96July 17@ Red Sox5–2Halladay (14–2)Lowe (10–4)34,52150–46
97July 18@ Red Sox4–1Escobar (6–6)Wakefield (6–5)Miller (1)34,13651–46
98July 19@ Red Sox5–4 (10)Kim (3–2)López (1–3)34,81251–47
99July 20@ Red Sox9–4Martínez (7–2)Wasdin (0–1)34,32151–48
100July 21@ Yankees8–0 (8)Hendrickson (6–6)Weaver (5–8)51,95852–48
--July 22@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 8
101July 23White Sox7–6White (1–1)Acevedo (1–4)Marte (7)20,32052–49
102July 24White Sox4–3 (13)Gordon (5–5)Sturtze (6–5)White (1)18,43852–50
103July 25Orioles5–3Lidle (11–8)Johnson (8–5)Miller (2)17,09553–50
104July 26Orioles7–2Hentgen (3–5)Hendrickson (6–7)23,16853–51
105July 27Orioles10–1Halladay (15–2)López (3–6)21,78754–51
106July 29Devil Rays9–8Levine (3–5)Miller (1–2)Carter (17)21,00754–52
107July 30Devil Rays5–3Zambrano (8–5)Lidle (11–9)Colomé (2)21,06854–53
108July 31Devil Rays7–6Sosa (4–8)Hendrickson (6–8)Carter (18)29,54454–54 :
August: 13–15 (Home: 4–6; Away: 9–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
109August 1@ Angels5–0Ortiz (13–8)Halladay (15–3)42,63554–55
110August 2@ Angels6–1Thurman (1–0)Washburn (8–11)43,08755–55
111August 3@ Angels4–0Escobar (7–6)Shields (2–2)Politte (12)42,19856–55
112August 4@ Devil Rays10–1Zambrano (9–5)Lidle (11–10)8,19356–56
113August 5@ Devil Rays5–4 (10)Colomé (3–5)Acevedo (1–5)9,56656–57
114August 6@ Devil Rays7–3Halladay (16–3)Kennedy (3–9)9,43057–57
115August 8Rangers5–3Dickey (6–5)Thurman (1–1)Cordero (7)24,39257–58
116August 9Rangers5–3Escobar (8–6)Fultz (1–3)López (3)24,64458–58
117August 10Rangers5–4Lewis (5–7)Towers (1–1)Cordero (8)25,40158–59
118August 11@ Mariners5–3Hendrickson (7–8)Piñeiro (13–7)López (4)44,92259–59
119August 12@ Mariners3–1García (10–12)Halladay (16–4)Hasegawa (11)37,01859–60
120August 13@ Mariners13–6Mateo (3–0)Kershner (0–2)37,06659–61
121August 14@ Mariners5–2Escobar (9–6)Meche (13–8)López (5)41,94560–61
122August 15@ Athletics8–5Towers (2–1)Harden (3–2)Miller (3)17,44661–61
123August 16@ Athletics6–4Hudson (12–4)Hendrickson (7–9)Foulke (30)31,04561–62
124August 17@ Athletics7–3Zito (10–10)Halladay (16–5)Foulke (31)32,48861–63
125August 19Mariners9–1Franklin (9–10)Escobar (9–7)24,02561–64
126August 20Mariners5–2Towers (3–1)Meche (13–9)21,58862–64
127August 21Mariners7–3Hendrickson (8–9)Moyer (15–6)20,11163–64
128August 22Athletics6–3Halladay (17–5)Zito (10–11)López (6)22,05064–64
129August 23Athletics11–5Wood (1–0)Sturtze (6–6)27,74064–65
130August 24Athletics17–2Hudson (13–4)Escobar (9–8)Neu (1)32,97964–66
131August 25Athletics8–6Lilly (7–9)Lidle (11–11)Foulke (34)22,11164–67
132August 26@ Red Sox12–9Towers (4–1)Sauerbeck (0–1)López (7)33,73165–67
133August 27@ Red Sox6–3Timlin (6–4)Halladay (17–6)Kim (11)34,20665–68
134August 29@ Indians7–3Escobar (10–8)Sabathia (12–8)21,00866–68
135August 30@ Indians9–3Lidle (12–11)Westbrook (6–8)Towers (1)21,80667–68
136August 31@ Indians5–4Báez (1–7)Kershner (0–3)20,86667–69 :
September: 19–9 (Home: 12–4; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1Yankees8–1Halladay (18–6)Wells (12–6)26,86968–69
138September 3Yankees4–3Kershner (1–3)Osuna (2–5)López (8)21,77069–69
139September 4Yankees3–2Contreras (5–2)Walker (1–2)Rivera (32)17,25469–70
140September 5Tigers8–6Sturtze (7–6)Maroth (6–20)López (9)14,45570–70
141September 6Tigers1–0 (10)Halladay (19–6)Rodney (0–2)18,26171–70
142September 7Tigers8–0Towers (5–1)Mears (0–2)16,61772–70
143September 8@ Yankees9–3Mussina (16–7)Escobar (10–9)8,84872–71
144September 9@ Devil Rays11–6Waechter (3–0)Lidle (12–12)Kennedy (1)8,52872–72
145September 10@ Devil Rays6–5Hendrickson (9–9)Sosa (5–10)López (10)8,52273–72
146September 11@ Devil Rays3–1Halladay (20–6)González (6–9)9,34574–72
147September 12Orioles4–2Towers (6–1)DuBose (2–5)López (11)15,27475–72
148September 13Orioles6–1Escobar (11–9)Hentgen (6–8)18,30976–72
149September 14Orioles5–3Riley (1–0)Lidle (12–13)Julio (33)18,76376–73
150September 16@ Tigers9–6Kershner (2–3)Cornejo (6–16)9,80177–73
151September 17@ Tigers6–0Halladay (21–6)Loux (0–1)11,24078–73
152September 18@ Tigers10–6Towers (7–1)Maroth (7–21)9,95179–73
153September 19@ Orioles5–2Escobar (12–9)Carrasco (2–5)López (12)25,85780–73
154September 20@ Orioles2–1Ligtenberg (3–2)Lidle (12–14)Julio (35)32,38180–74
155September 21@ Orioles7–4Walker (2–2)Carrasco (2–6)López (13)27,50281–74
156September 22Devil Rays5–2Bell (5–4)Halladay (21–7)22,86981–75
157September 23Devil Rays8–5Kershner (3–3)Zambrano (11–10)17,20882–75
158September 24Devil Rays5–3Escobar (13–9)Waechter (3–2)López (14)16,05083–75
159September 25Devil Rays10–8Miller (2–2)Carter (7–5)13,40884–75
160September 26Indians2–1Stanford (1–3)Lidle (12–15)Riske (8)13,86184–76
161September 27Indians5–4Halladay (22–7)Mulholland (3–4)21,50485–76
162September 28Indians6–2Towers (8–1)Lee (3–3)22,01486–76 :

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | Pos | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | SB |
| Greg Myers | C | 121 | 329 | 51 | 101 | 15 | 52 | .307 | 0 |
| Carlos Delgado | 1B | 161 | 570 | 117 | 172 | 42 | 145 | .302 | 0 |
| Orlando Hudson | 2B | 142 | 474 | 54 | 127 | 9 | 57 | .268 | 5 |
| Chris Woodward | SS | 104 | 349 | 49 | 91 | 7 | 45 | .261 | 1 |
| Eric Hinske | 3B | 124 | 449 | 74 | 109 | 12 | 63 | .243 | 12 |
| Shannon Stewart | LF | 71 | 303 | 47 | 89 | 7 | 35 | .294 | 1 |
| Vernon Wells | CF | 161 | 678 | 118 | 215 | 33 | 117 | .317 | 4 |
| Reed Johnson | RF | 114 | 412 | 79 | 121 | 10 | 52 | .294 | 5 |
| Josh Phelps | DH | 119 | 396 | 57 | 106 | 20 | 66 | .260 | 1 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average
| Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
| Frank Catalanotto | 133 | 489 | 146 | 13 | 59 | .299 |
| Mike Bordick | 102 | 343 | 94 | 5 | 54 | .274 |
| Tom Wilson | 96 | 256 | 66 | 5 | 35 | .258 |
| Bobby Kielty | 62 | 189 | 44 | 4 | 25 | .233 |
| Dave Berg | 61 | 161 | 41 | 4 | 18 | .255 |
| Kevin Cash | 34 | 106 | 15 | 1 | 8 | .142 |
| Howie Clark | 38 | 70 | 25 | 0 | 7 | .357 |
| Jayson Werth | 26 | 48 | 10 | 2 | 10 | .208 |
| Ken Huckaby | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .182 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Roy Halladay | 36 | 266 | 22 | 7 | 3.25 | 204 |
| Cory Lidle | 31 | 192+2⁄3 | 12 | 15 | 5.75 | 112 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 30 | 158+1⁄3 | 9 | 9 | 5.51 | 76 |
| Pete Walker | 23 | 55+1⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 4.88 | 29 |
| Doug Davis | 12 | 54 | 4 | 6 | 5.00 | 25 |

#### 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 | 41 | 180+1⁄3 | 13 | 9 | 4.29 | 159 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 40 | 89+1⁄3 | 7 | 6 | 5.94 | 54 |
| Josh Towers | 14 | 64+1⁄3 | 8 | 1 | 4.48 | 42 |
| Corey Thurman | 6 | 15+1⁄3 | 1 | 1 | 6.46 | 11 |
| John Wasdin | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23.40 | 5 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Aquilino López | 72 | 73+2⁄3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 3.42 | 64 |
| Trever Miller | 79 | 52+2⁄3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4.61 | 44 |
| Cliff Politte | 54 | 49+1⁄3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 5.66 | 40 |
| Jeff Tam | 44 | 44+2⁄3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5.64 | 26 |
| Jason Kershner | 40 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3.17 | 32 |
| Doug Creek | 21 | 13+2⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.29 | 11 |
| Dan Reichert | 15 | 16+1⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.06 | 13 |
| Scott Service | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 17 |
| Juan Acevedo | 14 | 12+2⁄3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.26 | 9 |
| Doug Linton | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 |
| Brian Bowles | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.57 | 2 |
| Vinnie Chulk | 3 | 5+1⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | 2 |

## Award winners

* Carlos Delgado, 1B, Silver Slugger Award
* Roy Halladay, Pitcher of the Month Award, May
* Roy Halladay, Pitcher of the Month Award, September
* Roy Halladay, American League Cy Young Award
* Roy Halladay, The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
* Vernon Wells, OF, Silver Slugger Award
All-Star Game
* Carlos Delgado, first base
* Roy Halladay, pitcher
* Vernon Wells, outfield

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Omar Malavé |
| AA | New Haven Ravens | Eastern League | Marty Pevey |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Mike Basso |
| A | Charleston Alley Cats | South Atlantic League | Mark Meleski |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Doubledays | New York–Penn League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | Pulaski Blue Jays | Appalachian League | Paul Elliott |