# 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 37th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 24th full season of play (25th overall) at the Rogers Centre. Despite high expectations heading into the season, the Blue Jays finished 74–88, in last place in the American League East.

## Offseason
### Coaching staff

On October 21, 2012, the Blue Jays officially announced that they had released their manager John Farrell from his contract in the same agreement that sent David Carpenter to the Red Sox in exchange for Mike Avilés.
On November 20, 2012, the Blue Jays announced that former manager John Gibbons would once again manage the Blue Jays, in 2013.
On November 26, 2012, the Blue Jays announced most of the coaching staff that will be working under John Gibbons. Five of its six coaching positions were filled. DeMarlo Hale (bench coach), Chad Mottola (hitting coach), Dwayne Murphy (first base coach) Luis Rivera (third base coach) and Pete Walker (pitching coach) were all signed on. The following month, Pat Hentgen was hired as the bullpen coach.

### Departing players

After the end of the 2012 season, the Blue Jays lost a number of players including Carlos Villanueva, Kelly Johnson, Jason Frasor and Brandon Lyon. They also declined the option for Rajai Davis, but instead gave him a $2.5 million one-year contract.

### Player signings

The Blue Jays started their offseason by signing free agent Maicer Izturis to a three-year $9 million deal with an option year, on November 8. On November 16, they signed free agent Melky Cabrera to a two-year $16 million deal.

### Trades

On the same day as the Izturis signing, the Blue Jays acquired RHP Jeremy Jeffress from the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations. They then completed a trade with the Cleveland Indians in which they acquired RHP Esmil Rogers in exchange for the newly acquired Mike Avilés and Yan Gomes.
On November 14, Toronto Blue Jays and Miami Marlins completed a blockbuster trade. Toronto acquired pitcher Josh Johnson, pitcher Mark Buehrle, shortstop José Reyes, utility man Emilio Bonifacio, and catcher John Buck. In return, Toronto sent pitcher Henderson Álvarez, pitching prospect Justin Nicolino, outfield prospect Jake Marisnick, infielder Yunel Escobar, infielder Adeiny Hechavarria, catcher Jeff Mathis and pitching prospect Anthony DeSclafani. Toronto also received $8+ million in cash from the Marlins. The mega-trade is described as a fire sale after the Marlins took on huge salaries a year prior, and dumped all of their high-salaried players.
On December 17, 2012, the Blue Jays acquired the 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey in a trade with the New York Mets that sent prospects Travis D'Arnaud, Noah Syndergaard, minor leaguer Wuilmer Becrra and catcher John Buck to New York. Toronto also received catcher Josh Thole and minor league catcher Mike Nickeas in the trade. As part of the transaction, the Blue Jays signed Dickey to an extension worth a total of $29 million over 3 years with a $12 million 4th year option.

### Opening Day

The Blue Jays began their 2013 season on April 2, with a home game against the Cleveland Indians. On February 5, 2013 at the annual state of the franchise address, manager John Gibbons named reigning National League Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey as the opening day starter for the Blue Jays.

## Standings
### American League East

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 92 | 71 | .564 | 5½ | 51‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍41 |
| New York Yankees | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 46‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 46‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23 | 40‍–‍41 | 34‍–‍47 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Boston Red Sox | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Detroit Tigers | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 92 | 70 | .568 | +½ |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 92 | 71 | .564 | — |
| Texas Rangers | 91 | 72 | .558 | 1 |
| Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5½ |
| New York Yankees | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6½ |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6½ |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 78 | 84 | .481 | 13½ |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20½ |
| Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 25½ |
| Chicago White Sox | 63 | 99 | .389 | 28½ |
| Houston Astros | 51 | 111 | .315 | 40½ |

## Records vs opponents

| | Record | Record | Record | Games Left | Games Left | Games Left |
| Opponent | Home | Road | Total | Home | Road | Total |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 6–4 | 3–6 | 9–10 | – | – | – |
| Boston Red Sox | 4–5 | 4–6 | 8–11 | – | – | – |
| New York Yankees | 5–4 | 0–10 | 5–14 | – | – | – |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 4–5 | 4–6 | 8–11 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 19–18 | 11–28 | 30–46 | – | – | – |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–4 | – | – | – |
| Cleveland Indians | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | – | – | – |
| Detroit Tigers | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | – | – | – |
| Kansas City Royals | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | – | – | – |
| Minnesota Twins | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 8–9 | 8–7 | 16–16 | – | – | – |
| AL West |||||||
| Houston Astros | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | – | – | – |
| Los Angeles Angels | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 | – | – | – |
| Oakland Athletics | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–4 | – | – | – |
| Seattle Mariners | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | – | – | – |
| Texas Rangers | 2–1 | 4–0 | 6–1 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 7–10 | 10–7 | 17–17 | – | – | – |
| National League |||||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks | – | 2–1 | 2–1 | – | – | – |
| Atlanta Braves | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | – | – | – |
| Colorado Rockies | 3–0 | – | 3–0 | – | – | – |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 0–3 | – | 0–3 | – | – | – |
| San Diego Padres | – | 1–2 | 1–2 | – | – | – |
| San Francisco Giants | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | – | – | – |
| Totals | 6–4 | 5–5 | 11–9 | – | – | – |
| Grand Totals | 40–41 | 34–46 | 74–88 | – | – | – |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Pct. |
| April | 27 | 10 | 17 | .370 |
| May | 28 | 13 | 15 | .464 |
| June | 26 | 17 | 9 | .654 |
| July | 26 | 10 | 16 | .385 |
| August | 29 | 12 | 17 | .414 |
| September | 26 | 12 | 14 | .462 |
| Totals | 162 | 74 | 88 | .457 |
2013 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013vte :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 11–9 |
| Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 14–6 |
| Chicago | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 2–17 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 8–12 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 1–6 | 17–2 | — | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 11–9 |
| Detroit | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 9–10 | 0–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–8 |
| Houston | 2–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–15 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 2–17 | 3–4 | 8–12 |
| Kansas City | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 9–10 | 10–9 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–11 |
| Los Angeles | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 9–10 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–10 |
| Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 6–13 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 4–15 | 5–1 | — | 2–5 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–12 |
| New York | 10–9 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 9–11 |
| Oakland | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 5–1 | — | 8–11 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Seattle | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 8–12 |
| Tampa Bay | 13–6 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–4 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
| Texas | 2–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 17–2 | 3–3 | 15–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 4–4 | — | 1–6 | 10–10 |
| Toronto | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 6–1 | — | 11–9 |

## 2013 draft

The 2013 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 6–8.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Signed |
| 1 | 10 | Phillip Bickford* | RHP | Oaks Christian High School (CA) | Unsigned |
| 2 | 47 | Clinton Hollon | RHP | Woodford County High School (KY) | 2013–07–06 |
| 3 | 83 | Patrick Murphy | RHP | Hamilton High School (AZ) | 2013–06–13 |
| 4 | 115 | Evan Smith | LHP | Mary G. Montgomery High School (AL) | 2013–06–13 |
| 5 | 145 | Daniel Lietz | LHP | Heartland CC | 2013–06–13 |
| 6 | 175 | Matt Boyd | LHP | Oregon State | 2013–07–11 |
| 7 | 205 | Conner Greene | RHP | Santa Monica High School (CA) | 2013–06–13 |
| 8 | 235 | Kendall Graveman | RHP | Mississippi State | 2013–07–09 |
| 9 | 265 | Chad Girodo | LHP | Mississippi State | 2013–07–09 |
| 10 | 295 | Garrett Custons | C | Air Force | 2013–06–13 |
* – Bickford did not sign with the Blue Jays by the deadline of July 12. Toronto received the 11th overall draft selection as compensation in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, with which they drafted Max Pentecost.

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Edwin Encarnación | 142 | 530 | 90 | 144 | 29 | 1 | 36 | 104 | 7 | 82 | .272 | .534 |
| J.P. Arencibia | 138 | 474 | 45 | 92 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 55 | 0 | 18 | .194 | .365 |
| Adam Lind | 143 | 465 | 67 | 134 | 26 | 1 | 23 | 67 | 1 | 51 | .288 | .497 |
| José Bautista | 118 | 452 | 82 | 117 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 73 | 7 | 69 | .259 | .498 |
| Colby Rasmus | 118 | 417 | 57 | 115 | 26 | 1 | 22 | 66 | 0 | 37 | .276 | .501 |
| Brett Lawrie | 107 | 401 | 41 | 102 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 9 | 30 | .254 | .397 |
| José Reyes | 93 | 382 | 58 | 113 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 37 | 15 | 34 | .296 | .427 |
| Maicer Izturis | 107 | 365 | 33 | 86 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 27 | .236 | .310 |
| Melky Cabrera | 88 | 344 | 39 | 96 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 23 | .279 | .360 |
| Rajai Davis | 108 | 331 | 49 | 86 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 45 | 21 | .260 | .375 |
| Emilio Bonifácio | 94 | 262 | 33 | 57 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 13 | .218 | .321 |
| Munenori Kawasaki | 96 | 240 | 27 | 55 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 32 | .229 | .308 |
| Mark DeRosa | 88 | 204 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 36 | 0 | 28 | .235 | .407 |
| Anthony Gose | 52 | 147 | 15 | 38 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | .259 | .408 |
| Josh Thole | 45 | 120 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 12 | .175 | .242 |
| Ryan Goins | 34 | 119 | 11 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .252 | .345 |
| Moisés Sierra | 35 | 107 | 11 | 31 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 14 | .290 | .458 |
| Kevin Pillar | 36 | 102 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | .206 | .333 |
| Henry Blanco | 15 | 38 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .184 | .263 |
| Ryan Langerhans | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .273 | .273 |
| Andy LaRoche | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 |
| Mike Nickeas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .--- | .--- |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .091 | .136 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5537 | 712 | 1398 | 273 | 24 | 185 | 669 | 112 | 510 | .252 | .411 |
Source:

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| R.A. Dickey | 14 | 13 | 4.21 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 224.2 | 207 | 113 | 105 | 71 | 177 |
| Mark Buehrle | 12 | 10 | 4.15 | 33 | 30 | 0 | 203.2 | 223 | 100 | 94 | 51 | 139 |
| Esmil Rogers | 5 | 9 | 4.77 | 44 | 20 | 0 | 137.2 | 152 | 76 | 73 | 44 | 96 |
| J.A. Happ | 5 | 7 | 4.56 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 92.2 | 91 | 53 | 47 | 45 | 77 |
| Josh Johnson | 2 | 8 | 6.20 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 81.1 | 105 | 64 | 56 | 30 | 83 |
| Todd Redmond | 4 | 3 | 4.32 | 17 | 14 | 0 | 77.0 | 70 | 38 | 37 | 23 | 76 |
| Aaron Loup | 4 | 6 | 2.47 | 64 | 0 | 2 | 69.1 | 66 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 53 |
| Brett Cecil | 5 | 1 | 2.82 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 60.2 | 44 | 20 | 19 | 23 | 70 |
| Steve Delabar | 5 | 5 | 3.22 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 58.2 | 50 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 82 |
| Brandon Morrow | 2 | 3 | 5.63 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 54.1 | 63 | 39 | 34 | 18 | 42 |
| Casey Janssen | 4 | 1 | 2.56 | 56 | 0 | 34 | 52.2 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 50 |
| Darren Oliver | 3 | 4 | 3.86 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 49.0 | 47 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 40 |
| Neil Wagner | 2 | 4 | 3.79 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 38.0 | 39 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 33 |
| Chad Jenkins | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 33.1 | 31 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 15 |
| Juan Pérez | 1 | 2 | 3.69 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 23 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 33 |
| Brad Lincoln | 1 | 2 | 3.98 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 28 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 25 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 1 | 2 | 7.67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 27.0 | 40 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 14 |
| Sergio Santos | 1 | 1 | 1.75 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 25.2 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 |
| Dustin McGowan | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 26 |
| Ramón Ortiz | 1 | 2 | 6.04 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 25.1 | 34 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 8 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 1 | 0 | 0.87 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| Édgar González | 0 | 0 | 7.88 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 |
| Ricky Romero | 0 | 2 | 11.05 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7.1 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| Thad Weber | 0 | 1 | 3.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Luis Pérez | 0 | 1 | 5.40 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Mickey Storey | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Dave Bush | 0 | 0 | 15.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Aaron Laffey | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Kyle Drabek | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Justin Germano | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sean Nolin | 0 | 1 | 40.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 74 | 88 | 4.25 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1452.0 | 1451 | 756 | 685 | 500 | 1208 |
Source:

## Game log

Legend :
| Blue Jays Win | Blue Jays Loss | Game Postponed |
2013 Game Log :
April 10–17 (Home 6–8, Road 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
1April 2Indians1–4Masterson (1–0)Dickey (0–1)Perez (1)48,8470–11
2April 3Indians2–3 (11)Albers (1–0)Santos (0–1)Smith (1)24,6190–22
3April 4Indians10–8Delabar (1–0)Myers (0–1)Janssen (1)19,5151–21
4April 5Red Sox4–6Tazawa (1–0)Rogers (0–1)Hanrahan (2)45,3281–32
5April 6Red Sox5–0Happ (1–0)Lackey (0–1)45,7972–31
6April 7Red Sox0–13Lester (2–0)Dickey (0–2)41,1862–42
7April 9@ Tigers3–7Sánchez (1–0)Morrow (0–1)28,9792–53
8April 10@ Tigers8–6Loup (1–0)Villarreal (0–1)Janssen (2)29,6313–52
9April 11@ Tigers1–11Fister (2–0)Johnson (0–1)28,7813–62
10April 12@ Royals8–4Happ (2–0)Mendoza (0–1)Loup (1)13,0494–61½
11April 13@ Royals3–2Dickey (1–2)Shields (1–2)Janssen (3)21,9605–61½
12April 14@ Royals2–3Herrera (1–0)Oliver (0–1)29,0575–72½
13April 15White Sox4–3Buehrle (1–0)Floyd (0–3)Janssen (4)15,7556–72½
14April 16White Sox3–4Lindstrom (1–0)Delabar (1–1)Reed (5)16,1316–83½
15April 17White Sox0–7Quintana (1–0)Happ (2–1)15,6846–94½
16April 18White Sox3–1Dickey (2–2)Sale (1–2)Janssen (5)18,0157–94½
17April 19Yankees4–9Pettitte (3–0)Morrow (0–2)40,0287–105
18April 20Yankees3–5 (11)Kelley (1–0)Loup (1–1)Rivera (5)46,0957–116
19April 21Yankees8–4Cecil (1–0)Logan (0–1)45,5758–114½
20April 22@ Orioles1–2Johnson (1–1)Loup (1–2)11,1688–125½
21April 23@ Orioles3–4González (2–1)Dickey (2–3)Johnson (8)13,2728–135½
22April 24@ Orioles6–5 (11)Rogers (1–1)Johnson (1–2)Janssen (6)14,9819–135½
23April 25@ Yankees3–5Kuroda (3–1)Buehrle (1–1)Rivera (7)31,4459–146½
24April 26@ Yankees4–6Phelps (1–1)Lincoln (0–1)Rivera (8)36,1519–157½
25April 27@ Yankees4–5Sabathia (4–2)Rogers (1–2)Chamberlain (1)40,2589–168½
26April 28@ Yankees2–3Logan (1–1)Dickey (2–4)Rivera (9)36,8729–179½
27April 30Red Sox9–7Delabar (2–1)Tazawa (2–1)Janssen (7)22,91510–178½ :
May 13–15 (Home 8–8, Road 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
28May 1Red Sox1–10Buchholz (6–0)Buehrle (1–2)21,09410–189½
29May 2Red Sox1–3Dempster (2–2)Happ (2–2)Hanrahan (4)25,85110–1910½
30May 3Mariners0–4Hernández (4–2)Romero (0–1)23,77910–2010½
31May 4Mariners1–8Iwakuma (3–1)Dickey (2–5)35,75410–2110½
32May 5Mariners10–2Morrow (1–2)Saunders (2–4)22,93711–219½
33May 6@ Rays8–7Oliver (1–1)Rodney (1–1)Janssen (8)9,95212–219½
34May 7@ Rays6–4Delabar (3–1)Peralta (0–2)Janssen (9)10,27313–218½
35May 8@ Rays4–10Moore (6–0)Romero (0–2)11,07513–228½
36May 9@ Rays4–5 (10)Farnsworth (2–0)Loup (1–3)11,97913–238½
37May 10@ Red Sox0–5Lester (5–0)Ortiz (0–1)33,60613–249½
38May 11@ Red Sox3–2Oliver (2–1)Tazawa (2–2)Janssen (10)36,54314–249½
39May 12@ Red Sox12–4Jenkins (1–0)Dempster (2–4)35,53215–249½
40May 14Giants10–6Dickey (3–5)Zito (3–2)31,75316–249½
41May 15Giants11–3Ortiz (1–1)Vogelsong (1–4)32,86317–248½
42May 17@ Yankees0–5Kuroda (6–2)Buehrle (1–3)40,00817–259
43May 18@ Yankees2–7Phelps (2–2)Morrow (1–3)45,57717–2610
—May 19@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 20
44May 20Rays7–5Dickey (4–5)Lueke (0–1)29,88518–2610
45May 21Rays3–4Cobb (5–2)Ortiz (1–2)Rodney (9)15,80218–2710
46May 22Rays4–3 (10)Loup (2–3)Ramos (1–1)18,77119–279
47May 23Orioles12–6Morrow (2–3)Gausman (0–1)21,46620–278½
48May 24Orioles6–10Tillman (4–2)Nolan (0–1)25,10420–289½
49May 25Orioles5–6García (1–2)Dickey (4–6)Johnson (15)35,91520–2910½
50May 26Orioles6–5Delabar (4–1)Johnson (2–5)28,50221–299½
51May 27Braves9–3Buehrle (2–3)Hudson (4–4)22,80822–299½
52May 28Braves6–7 (10)Gearrin (2–1)Weber (0–1)Kimbrel (16)45,22422–309½
53May 29@ Braves3–0Pérez (1–0)Medlen (1–6)Janssen (11)22,48923–308½
54May 30@ Braves3–11Minor (7–2)Dickey (4–7)29,96723–319½
55May 31@ Padres3–4 (17)Richard (1–5)Redmond (0–1)24,21923–329½ :
June 17–9 (Home 8–1, Road 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLoss.SaveAttendanceRecordGB
56June 1@ Padres3–4Erlin (1–0)Buehrle (2–4)Gregerson (1)40,40323–3310½
57June 2@ Padres7–4 (11)Janssen (1–0)Boxberger (0–1)Loup (2)20,38424–3310½
58June 4@ Giants1–2Lincecum (4–5)Johnson (0–2)Romo (16)41,98124–3411½
59June 5@ Giants4–0Dickey (5–7)Zito (4–4)Janssen (12)41,55925–3410½
60June 7Rangers6–1Wagner (1–0)Tepesch (3–5)36,01026–3410½
61June 8Rangers4–3 (18)Loup (3–3)Wolf (1–1)44,07927–3410
62June 9Rangers4–6Cotts (2–0)Wagner (1–1)Nathan (19)42,72227–3511
63June 10@ White Sox6–10Jones (2–4)Dickey (5–8)18,12627–3612
64June 11@ White Sox7–5 (10)Cecil (2–0)Troncoso (0–1)Janssen (13)20,70028–3611
—June 12@ White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 23
65June 13@ Rangers3–1Rogers (2–2)Cotts (2–1)Janssen (14)32,01329–3610½
66June 14@ Rangers8–0Buehrle (3–4)Grimm (5–5)37,20330–369½
67June 15@ Rangers6–1Dickey (6–8)Lindblom (0–2)33,12131–369½
68June 16@ Rangers7–2Wang (1–0)Holland (5–4)44,05232–368½
69June 17Rockies2–0Cecil (3–0)Belisle (4–4)Janssen (15)20,94633–368
70June 18Rockies8–3Rogers (3–2)Francis (2–5)22,85234–368½
71June 19Rockies5–2Buehrle (4–4)Nicasio (4–3)Janssen (16)27,23535–367½
72June 21Orioles7–6Janssen (2–0)Matusz (2–1)35,47236–367
73June 22Orioles4–2Oliver (3–1)González (5–3)Janssen (17)43,26137–366
74June 23Orioles13–5Johnson (1–2)García (3–5)45,21438–365
75June 24@ Rays1–4Hellickson (6–3)Rogers (3–3)Rodney (16)11,40738–375½
76June 25@ Rays1–5Moore (10–3)Buehrle (4–5)12,04138–386½
77June 26@ Rays3–0Dickey (7–8)Hernández (4–9)21,50239–386½
78June 27@ Red Sox4–7Lester (8–4)Wang (1–1)Uehara (3)34,75039–397½
79June 28@ Red Sox5–7Miller (1–2)Wagner (1–2)Uehara (4)36,38339–408½
80June 29@ Red Sox6–2Delabar (5–1)Tazawa (4–3)37,43740–407½
81June 30@ Red Sox4–5Uehara (1–0)Pérez (1–1)37,42540–418½ :
July 10–16 (Home 6–11, Road 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
82July 1Tigers8–3Dickey (8–8)Álvarez (1–2)45,76641–418
83July 2Tigers6–7Alburquerque (1–1)Wagner (1–3)Benoit (6)27,18941–429
84July 3Tigers2–6Scherzer (13–0)Johnson (1–3)28,95841–4310
85July 4Tigers1–11Verlander (9–5)Rogers (3–4)35,97841–4411
86July 5Twins4–0Buehrle (5–5)Correia (6–6)25,67242–4411
87July 6Twins0–6Pelfrey (4–6)Dickey (8–9)37,03442–4511
88July 7Twins11–5Redmond (1–1)Diamond (5–8)43,79543–4510
89July 9@ Indians0–3Jiménez (7–4)Johnson (1–4)Perez (10)13,64043–4610½
90July 10@ Indians5–4Wagner (2–3)Hill (0–2)Delabar (1)14,13444–4610½
91July 11@ Indians2–4Salazar (1–0)Dickey (8–10)Perez (11)20,64144–4711½
92July 12@ Orioles5–8Tillman (11–3)Buehrle (5–6)Johnson (32)42,66044–4812½
93July 13@ Orioles7–3Loup (4–3)Hammel (7–6)Janssen (18)46,15045–4811½
94July 14@ Orioles4–7Feldman (1–1)Johnson (1–5)Johnson (33)34,74845–4911½
95July 19Rays5–8Price (4–5)Cecil (3–1)33,26645–5012½
96July 20Rays3–4Hellickson (9–3)Buehrle (5–7)Rodney (23)42,63945–5112½
97July 21Rays3–4Archer (5–3)Dickey (8–11)Rodney (24)41,24745–5213½
98July 22Dodgers5–14Ryu (8–3)Johnson (1–6)34,51545–5313½
99July 23Dodgers9–10League (4–3)Oliver (3–2)Jansen (12)32,15845–5414½
100July 24Dodgers3–8 (10)League (5–3)Pérez (1–2)35,36845–5514½
101July 25Astros4–0Buehrle (6–7)Bédard (3–8)24,18846–5514
102July 26Astros12–6Cecil (4–1)Clemens (4–4)24,08847–5513½
103July 27Astros6–8Keuchel (5–5)Johnson (1–7)Veras (19)34,13747–5614½
104July 28Astros2–1Janssen (3–0)Cisnero (2–2)31,63448–5614
105July 29@ Athletics4–9Griffin (10–7)Rogers (3–5)13,30948–5714½
106July 30@ Athletics5–0Buehrle (7–7)Straily (6–5)17,47949–5714½
107July 31@ Athletics5–2 (10)Janssen (4–0)Chavez (2–3)Cecil (1)23,63850–5714 :
August 12–17 (Home 7–5, Road 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
108August 1@ Angels2–8Richards (3–4)Johnson (1–8)37,17950–5815
109August 2@ Angels5–7De La Rosa (5–1)Delabar (5–2)Frieri (26)38,88450–5915
110August 3@ Angels3–7Weaver (6–5)Rogers (3–6)41,25350–6016
111August 4@ Angels6–5Cecil (5–1)Frieri (0–4)Janssen (19)33,93651–6016
112August 5@ Mariners3–1Dickey (9–11)Iwakuma (10–5)Janssen (20)32,30052–6015
113August 6@ Mariners7–2Johnson (2–8)Hernández (11–5)28,19853–6015
114August 7@ Mariners7–9Maurer (3–7)Loup (4–4)Farquhar (3)34,79253–6116
115August 9Athletics6–14Parker (8–6)Rogers (3–7)31,86253–6215½
116August 10Athletics5–4Buehrle (8–7)Gray (0–1)Janssen (21)39,63454–6215½
117August 11Athletics4–6Cook (4–2)Oliver (3–3)Balfour (30)45,31254–6315½
118August 12Athletics1–5Cook (5–2)Janssen (4–1)36,11154–6416
119August 13Red Sox2–4 (11)Uehara (3–0)Loup (4–5)32,81654–6517
120August 14Red Sox4–3 (10)Lincoln (1–1)Workman (3–2)31,69555–6516
121August 15Red Sox2–1Buehrle (9–7)Peavy (9–5)Janssen (22)40,47756–6515
122August 16@ Rays4–5Rodney (5–3)Loup (4–6)15,43356–6615
123August 17@ Rays6–2Happ (3–2)Hernández (6–13)25,03657–6615
124August 18@ Rays1–2 (10)McGee (3–3)Lincoln (1–2)23,37357–6715
125August 20@ Yankees4–8Nova (7–4)Wagner (2–4)40,24857–6816
126August 20@ Yankees2–3Rivera (4–2)Oliver (3–4)37,19057–6916
127August 21@ Yankees2–4Huff (1–0)Dickey (9–12)Rivera (37)36,14057–7017
128August 22@ Yankees3–5Pettitte (9–9)Happ (3–3)Robertson (2)40,11657–7117½
129August 23@ Astros4–12Lyles (6–6)Redmond (1–2)21,18657–7217½
130August 24@ Astros5–8Peacock (3–4)Wang (1–2)Lo (2)26,31257–7318½
131August 25@ Astros2–1Buehrle (10–7)Lo (0–2)Janssen (23)21,40758–7318½
132August 26Yankees5–2Dickey (10–12)Hughes (4–13)Janssen (24)35,24159–7318
133August 27Yankees1–7Pettitte (10–9)Happ (3–4)34,04759–7419
134August 28Yankees7–2Redmond (2–2)Kuroda (11–10)36,56560–7419
135August 30Royals3–2Buehrle (11–7)Santana (8–8)Janssen (25)21,03161–7418½
136August 31Royals4–2Dickey (11–12)Herrera (5–7)Janssen (26)34,31562–7418½ :
September 12–14 (Home 5–8, Road 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
137September 1Royals0–5Shields (10–8)Happ (3–5)22,96162–7519½
138September 2@ D-backs4–1Rogers (4–7)McCarthy (3–9)Janssen (27)21,01463–7518½
139September 3@ D-backs10–4Redmond (3–2)Miley (9–10)19,10064–7518½
140September 4@ D-backs3–4 (10)Harris (3–0)Pérez (0–1)16,15464–7619½
141September 6@ Twins6–5Dickey (12–12)Pelfrey (5–11)Janssen (28)27,04465–7620
142September 7@ Twins11–2Happ (4–5)Correia (9–11)32,88266–7620
143September 8@ Twins2–0Rogers (5–7)Burton (2–9)Janssen (29)29,45067–7619
144September 10Angels6–12Williams (7–10)Buehrle (11–8)19,07967–7720
145September 11Angels4–5Wilson (16–6)Delabar (5–3)Frieri (32)17,99467–7821
146September 12Angels3–4Richards (7–6)Happ (4–6)Frieri (33)20,76767–7921
147September 13Orioles3–5Hunter (6–5)Delabar (5–4)Johnson (44)20,02467–8022
148September 14Orioles4–3Jeffress (1–0)Tillman (16–6)Janssen (30)29,94268–8022
149September 15Orioles1–3González (10–7)Buehrle (11–9)Johnson (45)22,33168–8123
150September 17Yankees2–0Dickey (13–12)Pettitte (10–10)Janssen (31)24,89469–8122
151September 18Yankees3–4Huff (3–1)Delabar (5–5)Rivera (44)24,24769–8222
152September 19Yankees6–2Redmond (4–2)Kuroda (11–12)Janssen (32)32,00370–8222
153September 20@ Red Sox3–6Lester (15–8)Rogers (5–8)Uehara (20)37,21570–8323
154September 21@ Red Sox4–2Buehrle (12–9)Buchholz (11–1)Janssen (33)37,56971–8322
155September 22@ Red Sox2–5Doubront (11–6)Dickey (13–13)Uehara (21)37,02071–8423
156September 23@ White Sox2–3Quintana (9–6)Happ (4–7)Reed (39)19,12271–8523½
157September 24@ Orioles3–2 (10)Santos (1–1)Rodríguez (3–2)Janssen (34)16,77272–8522½
158September 25@ Orioles5–9McFarland (3–1)Rogers (5–9)Hammel (1)23,69872–8623½
159September 26@ Orioles2–3González (11–8)Buehrle (12–10)Johnson (48)27,49872–8724
160September 27Rays6–3Dickey (14–13)Hellickson (12–10)Santos (1)27,28873–8724
161September 28Rays7–2Happ (5–7)Torres (4–2)33,23274–8723
162September 29Rays6–7Moore (17–4)Redmond (4–3)Rodney (37)44,55174–8823 :

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | Marty Brown |
| AA | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | Eastern League | Gary Allenson |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Bobby Meacham |
| A | Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | John Tamargo, Jr. |
| A-Short Season | Vancouver Canadians | Northwest League | Clayton McCullough |
| Rookie | Bluefield Blue Jays | Appalachian League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | GCL Blue Jays | Gulf Coast League | John Schneider |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver