# 2002 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2002 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 26th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2002 season.

### October 2001

| October 15 | Jason Dickson granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 14, 2001). Aaron Holbert granted free agency (signed with Seattle Mariners to a contract on January 30, 2002). Izzy Molina granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on November 20, 2001). |
| October 19 | Kevin Beirne granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 3, 2001). Matt DeWitt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on December 18, 2001). Ryan Freel granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 8, 2001). |

### November 2001

| November 5 | Tony Fernández granted free agency. Jeff Frye granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a contract on March 25, 2002). |
| November 20 | Brian Simmons selected off of waivers by the Chicago White Sox. |

### December 2001

| December 7 | Acquired Eric Hinske and Justin Miller from the Oakland Athletics for Billy Koch. |
| December 10 | Acquired Félix Heredia and a player to be named later (Jim Deschaine on December 13, 2001) from the Chicago Cubs for Alex Gonzalez. |
| December 12 | Released Alberto Castillo. |
| December 13 | Drafted Corey Thurman from the Kansas City Royals in the 2001 MLB Rule 5 draft. Acquired Luke Prokopec and Chad Ricketts from the Los Angeles Dodgers for César Izturis and Paul Quantrill. |
| December 18 | Signed free agent Brian Lesher from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $245,000 contract. Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract. Signed free agent Chris Peters from the New York Yankees to a contract. |
| December 22 | Luis Lopez selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics. |

### January 2002

| January 2 | Acquired Tom Wilson from the Oakland Athletics for Mike Kremblas. |
| January 17 | Acquired Brian Cooper from the Anaheim Angels for Brad Fullmer. Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $2.3 million contract. Re-signed Shannon Stewart to a one-year, $4.25 million contract. |

### February 2002

| February 6 | Signed free agent Dave Berg from the Florida Marlins to a one-year, $450,000 contract. |
| February 10 | Signed free agent Ken Huckaby from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a contract. |
| February 14 | Signed free agent Pedro Swann from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. |

### March 2002

| March 27 | Chris Latham selected off of waivers by the New York Mets. |
| March 29 | Released Chris Peters. |
| March 30 | Signed free agent Simon Pond from the Cleveland Indians to a contract. |

## Regular season
### Summary

The Blue Jays started the 2002 season with slow progress in performance. Buck Martinez was fired about a third of the way through the season, with a 20–33 record. He was replaced by third base coach Carlos Tosca, an experienced minor league manager. They went 58–51 under Tosca to finish the season 78–84. Roy Halladay, a talented but inconsistent prospect who was no more than a fifth starter who alternated between Toronto and Triple-A during his first three seasons, was relied on as the team's ace and rose to the challenge being the team's top pitcher, finishing the season with a 19–7 record and a 2.93 ERA. The hitters were led once again by Carlos Delgado. Ricciardi was credited for dumping Raúl Mondesí in mid-season to the New York Yankees to free up his salary, which in turn was used for the off-season signing of Mike Bordick, Frank Catalanotto and Tanyon Sturtze. Promising young players were assigned to key roles, including starting third baseman Eric Hinske (who later won the Rookie of the Year Award for this year) and 23-year-old centre fielder Vernon Wells, who had his first 100 RBI season replacing Mondesi. Another bright young player was Josh Phelps, a former catcher turned designated hitter, who hit 15 home runs.

### Opening Day starters

* Homer Bush, 2B
* José Cruz Jr., OF
* Carlos Delgado, 1B
* Darrin Fletcher, C
* Roy Halladay, P
* Eric Hinske, 3B
* Felipe López, SS
* Raúl Mondesí, DH
* Shannon Stewart, OF
* Vernon Wells, OF

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 58 | .640 | — | 52‍–‍28 | 51‍–‍30 |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 | 10½ | 42‍–‍39 | 51‍–‍30 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | .481 | 25½ | 42‍–‍39 | 36‍–‍45 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95 | .414 | 36½ | 34‍–‍47 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 55 | 106 | .342 | 48 | 30‍–‍51 | 25‍–‍55 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| New York Yankees | 103 | 58 | .640 |
| Minnesota Twins | 94 | 67 | .584 |
| Oakland Athletics | 103 | 59 | .636 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Anaheim Angels | 99 | 63 | .611 | — |
| Boston Red Sox | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 |
| Seattle Mariners | 93 | 69 | .574 | 6 |
| Chicago White Sox | 81 | 81 | .500 | 18 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 78 | 84 | .481 | 21 |
| Cleveland Indians | 74 | 88 | .457 | 25 |
| Texas Rangers | 72 | 90 | .444 | 27 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 67 | 95 | .414 | 32 |
| Kansas City Royals | 62 | 100 | .383 | 37 |
| Detroit Tigers | 55 | 106 | .342 | 43½ |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 55 | 106 | .342 | 43½ |

### Record vs. opponents

2002 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 7–2 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 9–11 | 9–10 | 8–1 | 12–7 | 7–2 | 11–7 |
| Baltimore | 2–7 | — | 6–13 | 3–4 | 1–5 | 2–4 | 7–0 | 5–1 | 6–13 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 10–9 | 3–6 | 4–15 | 9–9 |
| Boston | 4–3 | 13–6 | — | 2–4 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 16–3 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 5–13 |
| Chicago | 3–6 | 4–3 | 4–2 | — | 9–10 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Cleveland | 3–6 | 5–1 | 4–5 | 10–9 | — | 10–9 | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 6–12 |
| Detroit | 1–8 | 4–2 | 4–5 | 7–12 | 9–10 | — | 9–10 | 4–14 | 1–8 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 0–6 | 6–12 |
| Kansas City | 3–6 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 8–11 | 10–9 | 10–9 | — | 5–14 | 1–5 | 1–8 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 5–13 |
| Minnesota | 5–4 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 11–8 | 11–8 | 14–4 | 14–5 | — | 0–6 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 6–1 | 10–8 |
| New York | 4–3 | 13–6 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 6–3 | 8–1 | 5–1 | 6–0 | — | 5–4 | 4–5 | 13–5 | 4–3 | 10–9 | 11–7 |
| Oakland | 11–9 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 8–1 | 6–3 | 4–5 | — | 8–11 | 8–1 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 16–2 |
| Seattle | 10–9 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 11–8 | — | 5–4 | 13–7 | 6–3 | 11–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 1–8 | 9–10 | 3–16 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 5–13 | 1–8 | 4–5 | — | 4–5 | 8–11 | 7–11 |
| Texas | 7–12 | 6–3 | 3–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 3–4 | 6–13 | 7–13 | 5–4 | — | 8–1 | 9–9 |
| Toronto | 2–7 | 15–4 | 6–13 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 9–10 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 11–8 | 1–8 | — | 9–9 |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2002 regular season.

#### April 2002

| April 24 | Player rights of Alfredo Aceves sold to Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League. |

#### May 2002

| May 3 | Selected Pete Walker off of waivers from the New York Mets. |
| May 10 | Released Homer Bush. |
| May 15 | Sent Pedro Borbón Jr. to the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal. |
| May 26 | Acquired Cliff Politte from the Philadelphia Phillies for Dan Plesac. |

#### June 2002

| June 21 | Signed free agent Scott Winchester from the Montreal Expos to a one-year contract. |

#### July 2002

| July 1 | Acquired Scott Wiggins from the New York Yankees for Raúl Mondesí. |

#### August 2002

| August 8 | Scott Eyre selected off of waivers by the San Francisco Giants. |
| August 30 | Selected Jason Kershner off of waivers from the San Diego Padres. |

#### September 2002

| September 30 | Released Brian Cooper. |

### 2002 draft picks

Source
The 2002 MLB draft was held on June 4–5.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Signed |
| 1 | 14 | Russ Adams | SS | North Carolina | 2002–06–07 |
| 2 | 55 | Dave Bush | RHP | Wake Forest | 2002–06–04 |
| 3 | 86 | Justin Maureau | LHP | Wichita State | – |
| 4 | 110 | Adam Peterson | RHP | Wichita State | 2002–06–11 |
| 5 | 146 | Chad Pleiness | RHP | Central Michigan | – |
| 6 | 176 | Jason Perry | OF | Georgia Tech | 2002–06–22 |
| 7 | 206 | Brian Grant | RHP | C.B. Aycock High School (NC) | – |
| 8 | 236 | Chris Leonard | LHP | Miami (FL) | – |
| 9 | 266 | Russ Savickas | RHP | Johnston High School | – |
| 10 | 296 | Eric Arnold | 2B | Rice | – |

### Game log

2002 Game Log :
April: 8–16 (Home: 3–8; Away: 5–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Red Sox12–11Escobar (1–0)Urbina (0–1)33,5201–0
--April 3@ Red SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 2
2April 4Twins7–2Halladay (1–0)Mays (0–1)47,4692–0
3April 5Twins4–3Reed (1–0)Lyon (0–1)Guardado (3)15,7842–1
4April 6Twins7–5Hawkins (1–0)Eyre (0–1)Guardado (4)18,9472–2
5April 7Twins10–6Radke (1–0)Cooper (0–1)21,0712–3
6April 8Yankees16–3Wells (2–0)Prokopec (0–1)16,0732–4
7April 9Yankees5–2Mussina (2–0)Plesac (0–1)Rivera (4)18,0032–5
8April 10Yankees9–7Borbón (1–0)Lilly (0–1)Escobar (1)19,1243–5
9April 11Yankees11–3Eyre (1–1)Clemens (1–2)20,0914–5
10April 12@ Devil Rays14–7Miller (1–0)Rupe (1–1)11,0585–5
11April 13@ Devil Rays5–4Prokopec (1–1)Sturtze (0–2)Escobar (2)11,1436–5
12April 14@ Devil Rays5–4 (10)Yan (1–0)Coco (0–1)11,2226–6
13April 16Red Sox14–3Castillo (1–0)Lyon (0–2)Arrojo (1)16,0696–7
14April 17Red Sox10–3Oliver (2–0)Eyre (1–2)16,5726–8
15April 19@ Yankees6–5Rivera (1–1)File (0–1)36,1366–9
16April 20@ Yankees5–4 (10)Plesac (1–1)Mendoza (0–2)39,2657–9
17April 21@ Yankees9–2Clemens (2–2)Carpenter (0–1)43,3097–10
18April 23@ Rangers2–1Lyon (1–2)Valdez (1–3)Escobar (3)20,4728–10
19April 24@ Rangers3–2Rogers (2–0)Prokopec (1–2)Irabu (2)21,0728–11
20April 25@ Rangers11–9Van Poppel (1–0)Plesac (1–2)Irabu (3)24,1628–12
21April 26@ Angels4–0Appier (2–1)Smith (0–1)Percival (3)25,2968–13
22April 27@ Angels11–4Sele (1–2)Borbón (1–1)29,1128–14
23April 28@ Angels8–5 (14)Lukasiewicz (1–0)Borbón (1–2)25,0738–15
24April 30Rangers10–3Rogers (3–0)Prokopec (1–3)12,5718–16 :
May: 10–17 (Home: 5–12; Away: 5–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1Rangers8–1Burba (2–0)Halladay (1–1)13,0558–17
26May 2Rangers5–3Bell (2–0)Smith (0–2)Irabu (6)13,0118–18
27May 3Angels6–4Sele (2–2)Lyon (1–3)Percival (4)13,1838–19
28May 4Angels4–1Miller (2–0)Schoeneweis (1–4)Escobar (4)20,5589–19
29May 5Angels8–2Ortiz (3–3)Prokopec (1–4)24,0469–20
30May 7@ Mariners4–1Halladay (2–1)Baldwin (3–2)Escobar (5)34,50010–20
31May 8@ Mariners5–4 (10)Sasaki (2–0)Eyre (1–3)35,19010–21
32May 9@ Mariners8–7 (11)Franklin (3–1)Thurman (0–1)37,73410–22
33May 10@ Athletics6–2Prokopec (2–4)Mulder (2–2)10,82411–22
34May 11@ Athletics7–4Zito (3–2)Miller (2–1)21,11511–23
35May 12@ Athletics11–4Halladay (3–1)Lidle (1–5)Walker (1)19,51912–23
36May 14Mariners6–3Loaiza (1–0)García (4–3)Escobar (6)14,30813–23
37May 15Mariners8–6Rhodes (2–1)Escobar (1–1)Sasaki (9)17,01213–24
38May 16Mariners15–2Piñeiro (4–0)Prokopec (2–5)14,28013–25
39May 17Athletics7–1Halladay (4–1)Mulder (2–3)14,06114–25
40May 18Athletics6–3Miller (3–1)Fyhrie (1–3)Escobar (7)17,84615–25
41May 19Athletics11–0Loaiza (2–0)Hudson (3–6)23,40816–25
42May 20@ Yankees6–3Mendoza (1–2)Heredia (0–1)Rivera (14)30,65716–26
43May 21@ Yankees4–1Mussina (6–2)Prokopec (2–6)Karsay (1)26,53116–27
44May 22@ Yankees8–3Halladay (5–1)Hernández (0–1)44,28417–27
45May 24Indians5–2Drese (5–3)Miller (3–2)Wickman (10)16,38517–28
46May 25Indians3–0Sabathia (4–4)Loaiza (2–1)Wickman (11)21,58917–29
47May 26Indians3–1Colón (6–3)Prokopec (2–7)22,38017–30
48May 27Red Sox8–6Castillo (3–5)Halladay (5–2)Urbina (16)14,10817–31
49May 28Red Sox6–4Wakefield (2–1)Escobar (1–2)Urbina (17)13,07517–32
50May 29Red Sox7–4Burkett (6–0)Cassidy (0–1)Fossum (1)17,87517–33
51May 31@ Tigers4–2Loaiza (3–1)Bernero (1–1)Escobar (8)28,57818–33 :
June: 15–12 (Home: 9–4; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Tigers4–1 (11)Politte (1–0)Patterson (0–1)Escobar (9)19,58119–33
53June 2@ Tigers7–6Halladay (6–2)Weaver (4–7)Escobar (10)21,39920–33
54June 3Devil Rays6–1Walker (1–0)Sturtze (0–7)13,00221–33
55June 4Devil Rays3–1Miller (4–2)Wilson (2–4)Escobar (11)13,16222–33
56June 5Devil Rays8–6Álvarez (1–1)Loaiza (3–2)13,64322–34
57June 6Devil Rays5–4Escobar (2–2)Harper (2–3)24,06923–34
58June 7Rockies8–0Halladay (7–2)Hampton (3–7)20,03224–34
59June 8Rockies3–1Walker (2–0)Thomson (6–5)Escobar (12)21,29825–34
60June 9Rockies3–2Escobar (3–2)Jiménez (1–4)20,32826–34
61June 10Giants6–5Thurman (1–1)Rueter (7–4)Escobar (13)18,08127–34
62June 11Giants9–2Jensen (6–5)Lyon (1–4)20,22827–35
63June 12Giants6–3Hernández (6–6)Halladay (7–3)Nen (17)21,10627–36
64June 14@ Expos8–2Ohka (6–3)Miller (4–3)7,55727–37
65June 15@ Expos9–3Day (1–0)Loaiza (3–3)12,47427–38
66June 16@ Expos6–5Stewart (3–1)Escobar (3–3)15,42527–39
67June 18@ Dodgers2–1Halladay (8–3)Ashby (6–6)24,99128–39
68June 19@ Dodgers5–2Ishii (11–2)Miller (4–4)Gagné (24)31,42928–40
69June 20@ Dodgers2–1Pérez (8–3)Loaiza (3–4)Gagné (25)24,97728–41
70June 21@ Diamondbacks4–3Kim (3–0)Escobar (3–4)34,26328–42
71June 22@ Diamondbacks6–3Carpenter (1–1)Batista (4–4)39,01829–42
72June 23@ Diamondbacks9–3Halladay (9–3)Anderson (2–7)36,24730–42
73June 25@ Devil Rays20–11Walker (3–0)Sosa (0–1)10,38031–42
74June 26@ Devil Rays4–2Sturtze (1–8)Parris (0–1)Yan (10)10,15431–43
75June 27@ Devil Rays6–4Harper (3–3)Politte (1–1)Yan (11)10,32831–44
76June 28Expos2–1Armas (8–7)Halladay (9–4)Stewart (9)20,84831–45
77June 29Expos5–4 (10)Escobar (4–4)Herges (2–2)24,34432–45
78June 30Expos7–5Eyre (2–3)Lloyd (2–3)Escobar (14)24,96533–45 :
July: 13–14 (Home: 8–3; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1@ Red Sox4–0Martínez (10–2)Parris (0–2)33,00533–46
80July 2@ Red Sox2–1Banks (2–0)Eyre (2–4)Embree (1)32,99333–47
81July 2@ Red Sox6–4Kim (2–0)Smith (0–3)Embree (2)32,90233–48
82July 3@ Red Sox5–2Gomes (1–0)Politte (1–2)Urbina (22)31,77733–49
83July 4@ Red Sox9–5Lowe (12–4)Heredia (0–2)32,08633–50
84July 5@ Yankees6–3Hernández (5–2)Loaiza (3–5)Rivera (21)46,78833–51
85July 6@ Yankees8–3Parris (1–2)Pettitte (2–3)55,00534–51
86July 7@ Yankees10–6Weaver (7–8)Thurman (1–2)46,92234–52
87July 11Red Sox10–3Burkett (8–3)Walker (3–1)19,49434–53
88July 12Red Sox5–0Halladay (10–4)Lowe (12–5)20,18535–53
89July 13Red Sox4–1Carpenter (2–1)Castillo (5–10)28,11236–53
90July 14Red Sox6–5Escobar (5–4)Urbina (0–4)24,14037–53
91July 15Yankees8–5Parris (2–2)Hernández (5–3)Escobar (15)25,37138–53
92July 16Yankees7–6Karsay (4–4)Politte (1–3)Rivera (23)27,19738–54
93July 17Orioles7–1Halladay (11–4)Johnson (3–7)17,01539–54
94July 18Orioles5–4Carpenter (3–1)Driskill (6–3)Escobar (16)17,00440–54
95July 19Devil Rays11–8Loaiza (4–5)Creek (2–1)Escobar (17)16,98541–54
96July 20Devil Rays12–10Parris (3–2)de los Santos (0–1)Escobar (18)24,44942–54
97July 21Devil Rays7–5Sosa (1–2)Walker (3–2)Yan (12)21,44242–55
98July 22@ Orioles6–3Halladay (12–4)Johnson (3–8)Escobar (19)27,23543–55
--July 23@ OriolesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 24
99July 24@ Orioles5–2Carpenter (4–1)Driskill (6–4)Politte (1)30,96144–55
100July 26@ Twins10–5Fiore (9–2)Prokopec (2–8)25,04944–56
101July 27@ Twins5–4 (10)Wells (1–1)Escobar (5–5)40,30644–57
102July 28@ Twins4–0Santana (5–2)Loaiza (4–6)30,55444–58
103July 29@ Royals4–1Byrd (14–7)Carpenter (4–2)14,75944–59
104July 30@ Royals13–4Walker (4–2)Asencio (2–4)13,06645–59
105July 31@ Royals9–2Parris (4–2)Sedlacek (1–2)13,46146–59 :
August: 13–17 (Home: 7–9; Away: 6–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Royals3–2Halladay (13–4)Hernández (1–1)Escobar (20)12,66947–59
107August 2Orioles9–8Ryan (2–0)Escobar (5–6)Julio (21)19,05247–60
108August 3Orioles8–4Driskill (7–5)Carpenter (4–3)17,53447–61
109August 4Orioles5–4Heredia (1–2)Ryan (2–1)Escobar (21)17,63748–61
110August 5Orioles7–1Parris (5–2)López (12–4)15,24549–61
111August 6Mariners14–12Halladay (14–4)Baldwin (7–8)Escobar (22)25,39250–61
112August 7Mariners5–4 (10)Sasaki (3–5)Prokopec (2–9)27,73350–62
113August 8Mariners3–1Moyer (12–4)Carpenter (4–4)Nelson (1)25,48650–63
114August 9Angels5–4Walker (5–2)Ortiz (9–9)Escobar (23)18,72851–63
115August 10Angels11–4Lackey (4–2)Parris (5–3)25,11851–64
116August 11Angels1–0Washburn (15–3)Halladay (14–5)Percival (27)34,01351–65
117August 12@ Athletics2–1Loaiza (5–6)Harang (4–3)Escobar (24)14,17852–65
118August 13@ Athletics5–4Zito (16–5)Carpenter (4–5)Koch (29)17,46652–66
119August 14@ Athletics4–2Hudson (9–9)Walker (5–3)Koch (30)40,52852–67
120August 16@ Rangers6–5Kolb (3–1)Escobar (5–7)31,19452–68
121August 17@ Rangers9–5Reyes (1–0)Parris (5–4)30,42652–69
122August 18@ Rangers10–7Myette (2–4)Loaiza (5–7)20,21452–70
123August 19Royals2–0Walker (6–3)Byrd (14–9)Escobar (25)16,21853–70
124August 20Royals6–5 (12)Affeldt (2–4)Cassidy (0–2)Hernández (22)20,00253–71
125August 21Royals7–4Sedlacek (3–3)Halladay (14–6)Hernández (23)25,30453–72
126August 23@ Orioles11–7Brock (2–1)Cassidy (0–3)Ryan (1)32,95553–73
127August 24@ Orioles4–1Walker (7–3)Driskill (8–7)Escobar (26)25,88054–73
128August 24@ Orioles8–3Loaiza (6–7)Bauer (6–5)30,49855–73
129August 25@ Orioles5–2Miller (5–4)Johnson (4–10)Escobar (27)30,81256–73
130August 26@ White Sox8–4Thurman (2–2)Parque (1–4)15,76057–73
131August 27@ White Sox8–4 (10)Osuna (7–2)Cassidy (0–4)12,18557–74
132August 28@ White Sox8–0Garland (9–10)Parris (5–5)12,97257–75
133August 29Yankees7–4Loaiza (7–7)Clemens (11–5)32,67958–75
134August 30Yankees9–7Weaver (8–11)Walker (7–4)Karsay (8)24,30158–76
135August 31Yankees5–1Miller (6–4)Hernández (7–4)36,02159–76 :
September: 19–8 (Home: 10–3; Away: 9–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1Yankees7–6Halladay (15–6)Wells (15–7)Escobar (28)32,57760–76
137September 2White Sox5–3Garland (10–10)Thurman (2–3)Marte (8)18,37360–77
138September 3White Sox5–4Rauch (1–1)Loaiza (7–8)Marte (9)14,42760–78
139September 4White Sox6–2Walker (8–4)Wright (10–12)21,12261–78
140September 5@ Red Sox5–4Miller (7–4)Hermanson (1–1)Escobar (29)30,02162–78
141September 6@ Red Sox7–2Wakefield (9–5)Halladay (15–7)31,84762–79
142September 7@ Red Sox4–1Fossum (4–3)Bowles (0–1)Urbina (31)31,59162–80
143September 8@ Red Sox9–4Loaiza (8–8)Castillo (5–14)31,34463–80
144September 9@ Indians11–9Bowles (1–1)Sadler (1–1)Escobar (30)28,56764–80
145September 10@ Indians5–4Bowles (2–1)Wohlers (2–4)Escobar (31)24,31265–80
146September 11@ Indians6–5 (11)Cassidy (1–4)Elder (0–1)Kershner (1)26,60966–80
147September 13Devil Rays5–2Halladay (16–7)Brazelton (0–1)Escobar (32)14,25767–80
148September 14Devil Rays8–4Hendrickson (1–0)Sturtze (3–17)Escobar (33)22,15568–80
149September 15Devil Rays7–4Kennedy (8–11)Loaiza (8–9)Yan (18)16,51368–81
150September 16@ Orioles2–0Walker (9–4)Ponson (7–7)Escobar (34)20,27969–81
151September 17@ Orioles10–4Stephens (2–4)Miller (7–5)20,48669–82
152September 18@ Orioles2–1Halladay (17–7)Douglass (0–4)Escobar (35)20,92870–82
153September 19@ Orioles9–3Hendrickson (2–0)López (15–8)24,16271–82
154September 20@ Devil Rays11–7Sturtze (4–17)Loaiza (8–10)12,68271–83
155September 21@ Devil Rays4–3Carter (2–0)Walker (9–5)13,35171–84
156September 22@ Devil Rays12–6Miller (8–5)Wilson (6–11)19,62572–84
157September 24Orioles11–1Halladay (18–7)Douglass (0–5)14,43873–84
158September 25Orioles3–2Hendrickson (3–0)López (15–9)Escobar (36)17,28774–84
159September 26Orioles5–1Loaiza (9–10)Hentgen (0–4)13,12775–84
160September 27Tigers5–2Walker (10–5)Van Hekken (1–3)Escobar (37)15,40776–84
161September 28Tigers10–2Miller (9–5)Beverlin (0–3)19,54177–84
162September 29Tigers1–0Halladay (19–7)Maroth (6–10)Escobar (38)30,02978–84 :

## 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 | Ken Huckaby | 88 | 273 | 67 | .245 | 3 | 22 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 143 | 505 | 140 | .277 | 33 | 108 |
| 2B | Orlando Hudson | 54 | 192 | 53 | .276 | 4 | 23 |
| SS | Chris Woodward | 90 | 312 | 86 | .276 | 13 | 45 |
| 3B | Eric Hinske | 151 | 566 | 158 | .279 | 24 | 84 |
| LF | Shannon Stewart | 141 | 577 | 175 | .303 | 10 | 45 |
| CF | Vernon Wells | 159 | 608 | 167 | .275 | 23 | 100 |
| RF | Raúl Mondesí | 75 | 299 | 67 | .224 | 15 | 45 |
| DH | Josh Phelps | 74 | 265 | 82 | .309 | 15 | 58 |

#### 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 |
| José Cruz Jr. | 124 | 466 | 114 | .245 | 18 | 70 |
| Dave Berg | 109 | 374 | 101 | .270 | 4 | 39 |
| Felipe López | 85 | 282 | 64 | .227 | 8 | 34 |
| Tom Wilson | 96 | 265 | 68 | .257 | 8 | 37 |
| Joe Lawrence | 55 | 150 | 27 | .180 | 2 | 15 |
| Darrin Fletcher | 45 | 127 | 28 | .220 | 3 | 22 |
| DeWayne Wise | 42 | 112 | 20 | .179 | 3 | 13 |
| Homer Bush | 23 | 78 | 18 | .231 | 1 | 2 |
| Jayson Werth | 15 | 46 | 12 | .261 | 0 | 6 |
| Brian Lesher | 24 | 38 | 5 | .132 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Cash | 7 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
| Pedro Swann | 13 | 12 | 1 | .083 | 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 |
| Roy Halladay | 34 | 239.1 | 19 | 7 | 2.93 | 168 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 25 | 151.1 | 9 | 10 | 5.71 | 87 |
| Steve Parris | 14 | 75.1 | 5 | 5 | 5.97 | 48 |
| Chris Carpenter | 13 | 73.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.28 | 45 |
| Brian Cooper | 2 | 8.1 | 0 | 1 | 14.04 | 3 |

#### 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 |
| Pete Walker | 37 | 139.1 | 10 | 5 | 4.33 | 80 |
| Justin Miller | 25 | 102.1 | 9 | 5 | 5.54 | 68 |
| Luke Prokopec | 22 | 71.2 | 2 | 9 | 6.78 | 41 |
| Brandon Lyon | 15 | 62.0 | 1 | 4 | 6.53 | 30 |
| Mark Hendrickson | 16 | 36.2 | 3 | 0 | 2.45 | 21 |
| Mike Smith | 14 | 35.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.62 | 16 |

#### 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 |
| Kelvim Escobar | 76 | 5 | 7 | 38 | 4.27 | 85 |
| Scott Cassidy | 58 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5.73 | 48 |
| Cliff Politte | 55 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3.61 | 57 |
| Félix Heredia | 53 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.61 | 31 |
| Scott Eyre | 49 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4.97 | 51 |
| Corey Thurman | 43 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4.37 | 56 |
| Dan Plesac | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.38 | 14 |
| Brian Bowles | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.05 | 19 |
| Pedro Borbón Jr. | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.97 | 11 |
| Jason Kershner | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.69 | 7 |
| Bob File | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.90 | 2 |
| Scott Wiggins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |
| Pasqual Coco | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Eric Hinske, American League Rookie of the Year Award
* Eric Hinske, The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award
All-Star Game
* Roy Halladay, pitcher

## 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 | Paul Elliott |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Doubledays | New York–Penn League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Rolando Pino |