# 2000 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2000 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 24th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 83 wins and 79 losses. It was the team's first season with new mascots Ace and Diamond.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2000 season.

### October 1999

| October 5 | Norberto Martin granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 1, 1999). |
| October 7 | Rob Butler granted free agency. |
| October 15 | Alex Delgado granted free agency. Willie Greene granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $395,000 contract on January 19, 2000). Chris Jones granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a contract on February 27, 2000). Adam Melhuse granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a contract on December 15, 1999). |
| October 20 | Jacob Brumfield granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1999)d. Released John Hudek. |
| October 29 | Graeme Lloyd granted free agency (signed with Montreal Expos to a three-year, $9 million contract on December 20, 1999). David Segui granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $4.325 million contract on January 18, 2000). |

### November 1999

| November 3 | Brian McRae granted free agency. |
| November 5 | Tony Fernández granted free agency (signed with Seibu Lions of the NPB to a one-year contract). |
| November 8 | Acquired Pedro Borbón Jr. and Raúl Mondesí from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Shawn Green and Jorge Núñez. |
| November 10 | Signed free agent Charlie Greene from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract. |
| November 11 | Pat Borders granted free agency (signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on January 27, 2000). Acquired Alberto Castillo, Matt DeWitt and Lance Painter from the St. Louis Cardinals for Pat Hentgen and Paul Spoljaric. |
| November 12 | Signed free agent Darwin Cubillán from the New York Yankees to a contract. |
| November 16 | Released Mike Matheny. |
| November 17 | Signed free agent Chad Mottola from the Chicago White Sox to a contract. |

### December 1999

| December 7 | Re-signed free agent Jacob Brumfield to a one-year contract. Re-signed Willis Otáñez to a one-year contract. |
| December 10 | Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a three-year, $36 million contract. |
| December 13 | Jim Mann drafted by the New York Mets in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Brian Smith drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted DeWayne Wise from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1999 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 21 | Signed free agent Frank Castillo from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a one-year, $375,000 contract. |

### January 2000

| January 4 | Re-signed Tony Batista to a four-year, $16 million contract. |
| January 6 | Signed free agent Robert Ellis from the Houston Astros to a contract. |
| January 18 | Re-signed free agent David Segui to a one-year, $4.325 contract. |
| January 19 | Re-signed Homer Bush to a three-year, $7.3 million contract. |

### February 2000

| February 16 | Signed free agent Eric Gunderson from the Texas Rangers to a one-year contract. |

### March 2000

| March 14 | Signed free agent Robert Pérez from the Orix BlueWave of the NPB to a one-year contract. |
| March 16 | As part of three-team trade, acquired Brad Fullmer from the Montreal Expos. Traded David Segui and cash to the Texas Rangers. In addition, Montreal Expos acquired Lee Stevens from the Texas Rangers. |
| March 22 | Jim Mann returned by the New York Mets. Acquired Jerson Perez from the New York Mets for Jim Mann. |
| March 26 | Signed free agent Glenn Williams from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. |
| March 27 | Signed free agent Marty Cordova from the Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract. |
| March 28 | Nerio Rodríguez selected off of waivers by the New York Mets. |
| March 29 | Anthony Sanders selected off of waivers by the Seattle Mariners. |

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 87 | 74 | .540 | — | 44‍–‍36 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 2½ | 42‍–‍39 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 83 | 79 | .512 | 4½ | 45‍–‍36 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 13½ | 44‍–‍37 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 92 | .429 | 18 | 36‍–‍44 | 33‍–‍48 |

### Record vs. opponents

2000 American League recordvte Source: AL Standings Head-to-Head :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 7–5 | 5–4 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 12–6 |
| Baltimore | 5–7 | — | 5–7 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 3–7 | 6–3 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 3–7 | 8–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 7–11 |
| Boston | 4–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–6 | 8–2 | 6–7 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 9–9 |
| Chicago | 6–4 | 6–4 | 5–7 | — | 8–5 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–3 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 5–5 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 6–3 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 | — | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 5–5 | 6–6 | 7–2 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 13–5 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–6 | — | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–4 | 6–4 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–9 | 10–8 |
| Kansas City | 6–6 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 8–10 |
| Minnesota | 3–7 | 3–6 | 2–8 | 5–7 | 8–5 | 6–7 | 5–7 | — | 5–5 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 7–11 |
| New York | 5–5 | 7–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 8–2 | 5–5 | — | 6–3 | 4–6 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 11–6 |
| Oakland | 8–5 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 3–6 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 3–6 | — | 9–4 | 7–2 | 5–7 | 7–3 | 11–7 |
| Seattle | 8–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 2–7 | 2–7 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–9 | — | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 11–7 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–6 | 5–8 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 2–7 | 3–9 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| Texas | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–7 | 5–5 | 4–6 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–11 |
| Toronto | 7–5 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 3–7 | 2–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | — | 9–9 |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2000 regular season.

#### April 2000

| April 10 | Signed free agent Todd Greene of the Anaheim Angels to a contract. |
| April 28 | Released Mark Dalesandro. |

#### May 2000

| May 23 | Released Robert Ellis. Casey Blake selected off of waivers by the Minnesota Twins. |

#### June 2000

| June 12 | Acquired Francisco Álvarez from the Minnesota Twins for Mike Romano. |

#### July 2000

| July 19 | Acquired Esteban Loaiza from the Texas Rangers for Darwin Cubillán and Michael Young. |
| July 25 | Acquired Alvin Morrow from the Milwaukee Brewers for Kevin Brown. |
| July 26 | Sent Eric Gunderson to San Francisco Giants as part of a conditional deal. Acquired Rob Ducey from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (John Sneed on July 31, 2000). |
| July 28 | Released Brendan Donnelly. |
| July 31 | Acquired Mark Guthrie and Steve Trachsel from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for Brent Abernathy. |

#### August 2000

| August 4 | Acquired Dave Martinez from the Texas Rangers for a player to be named later (Pete Munro on August 8, 2000). |
| August 5 | Acquired Mickey Morandini from the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later (Rob Ducey on August 7, 2000). |

### 2000 draft picks

Source
The 2000 MLB draft was held in June 2000.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School |
| 1 | 18 | Miguel Negron | OF | Manuela Toro High School (Caguas, PR) |
| 1s | 33 | Dustin McGowan | RHP | Long County High School |
| 2 | 45 | Peter Bauer | RHP | University of South Carolina |
| 2 | 58 | Dominic Rich | 2B | Auburn University |
| 3 | 88 | Morrin Davis | OF | Hillsborough High School |
| 4 | 118 | Raul Tablado | SS | Miami Southridge High School |
| 5 | 148 | Mike Smith | RHP | University of Richmond |
| 6 | 178 | Rich Thompson | OF | James Madison University |
| 7 | 208 | Aaron Sisk | 3B | University of New Mexico |
| 8 | 238 | David Abbott | RHP | University of Arizona |
| 9 | 268 | Nom Siriveaw | 3B | Oklahoma State University |
| 10 | 298 | Jerrod Payne | RHP | University of North Florida |

### Game log

2000 Game Log :
April: 12–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 3Royals5–4Koch (1–0)Spradlin (0–1)40,8981–0
2April 4Royals6–3Halladay (1–0)Witasick (0–1)Koch (1)13,5142–0
3April 5Royals4–3Rosado (1–0)Carpenter (0–1)Bottalico (1)14,9572–1
4April 6Royals9–3Durbin (1–0)Escobar (0–1)Rigby (1)14,3362–2
5April 7@ Rangers11–5Clark (1–0)Castillo (0–1)31,6192–3
6April 8@ Rangers4–0Wells (1–0)Rogers (1–1)37,1283–3
7April 9@ Rangers7–5Helling (1–0)Halladay (1–1)40,1863–4
8April 10@ Angels6–0Schoeneweis (2–0)Carpenter (0–2)14,3383–5
9April 11@ Angels5–4Ortiz (1–0)Escobar (0–2)Percival (2)15,2293–6
10April 12@ Angels6–2Borbón (1–0)Petkovsek (0–1)16,4944–6
11April 14Mariners11–9Moyer (2–1)Wells (1–1)17,3064–7
12April 15Mariners17–6Rodriguez (1–0)Halladay (1–2)Paniagua (1)21,7544–8
13April 16Mariners19–7García (2–1)Carpenter (0–3)15,3254–9
14April 17Angels7–1Escobar (1–2)Ortiz (1–1)13,6225–9
15April 18Angels16–10Dickson (2–0)Castillo (0–2)13,8255–10
16April 19Angels12–4Wells (2–1)Hill (1–3)13,5726–10
17April 20Angels12–11Halladay (2–2)Bottenfield (1–2)Koch (2)13,9857–10
18April 21Yankees8–3Carpenter (1–3)Mendoza (2–1)25,9218–10
19April 22Yankees8–2Escobar (2–2)Cone (0–2)30,1679–10
20April 23Yankees10–7Hernández (4–0)Andrews (0–1)Rivera (6)20,4859–11
21April 24@ Athletics3–2Wells (3–1)Appier (3–2)Koch (3)8,36310–11
22April 25@ Athletics11–2Hudson (2–2)Halladay (2–3)8,26610–12
23April 26@ Athletics4–2Carpenter (2–3)Olivares (1–3)Koch (4)14,47711–12
24April 28@ Yankees6–0Cone (1–2)Escobar (2–3)35,98711–13
25April 29@ Yankees6–2Wells (4–1)Hernández (4–1)Koch (5)38,78312–13
26April 30@ Yankees7–1Clemens (2–2)Halladay (2–4)43,72112–14 :
May: 16–12 (Home: 8–8; Away: 8–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
27May 1@ White Sox5–3Carpenter (3–3)Wells (2–3)Koch (6)14,44813–14
28May 2@ White Sox4–1Castillo (1–2)Wunsch (0–1)Koch (7)10,39714–14
29May 3@ White Sox7–3Baldwin (5–0)Escobar (2–4)Foulke (4)12,02614–15
30May 4Indians8–1Wells (5–1)Finley (3–1)16,63715–15
31May 5Indians11–10Koch (2–0)Shuey (1–1)19,19116–15
32May 6Indians8–6Rincón (1–0)Quantrill (0–1)Karsay (5)23,73016–16
33May 7Indians10–8 (12)Shuey (2–1)Gunderson (0–1)Karsay (6)19,16116–17
34May 8Orioles6–5Escobar (3–4)Johnson (0–2)Koch (8)15,10317–17
35May 9Orioles6–4Wells (6–1)Mussina (1–4)Koch (9)15,17718–17
36May 10Orioles7–2Painter (1–0)Erickson (0–1)Quantrill (1)15,59819–17
37May 12@ Devil Rays4–3White (1–2)Carpenter (3–4)Lopez (2)17,53219–18
38May 13@ Devil Rays8–4Escobar (4–4)Lidle (0–1)20,05420–18
39May 14@ Devil Rays3–2Wells (7–1)Lopez (2–3)15,78821–18
40May 15Red Sox8–1Schourek (2–3)Castillo (1–3)16,12421–19
41May 16Red Sox7–6Munro (1–0)Lowe (2–1)17,66322–19
42May 17Red Sox8–0Martínez (7–1)Carpenter (3–5)20,07822–20
43May 19White Sox5–3Sirotka (3–3)Escobar (4–5)Foulke (6)18,26822–21
44May 20White Sox6–2Baldwin (7–0)Wells (7–2)20,09122–22
45May 21White Sox2–1Eldred (4–2)Castillo (1–4)Foulke (7)18,26422–23
46May 22White Sox4–3Koch (3–0)Howry (0–1)19,16723–23
47May 23@ Red Sox3–2Carpenter (4–5)Martínez (7–2)Koch (10)33,40224–23
48May 24@ Red Sox6–3 (11)Cormier (2–0)Frascatore (0–1)31,25024–24
49May 25@ Red Sox11–6Wells (8–2)Schourek (2–4)32,71625–24
50May 26@ Tigers8–2Frascatore (1–1)Brocail (1–3)33,06826–24
51May 27@ Tigers4–3Brocail (2–3)Quantrill (0–2)29,58426–25
52May 28@ Tigers12–7Andrews (1–1)Blair (2–1)29,10527–25
53May 30Twins4–1Redman (4–0)Escobar (4–6)Hawkins (2)16,37127–26
54May 31Twins4–2Wells (9–2)Radke (3–6)Koch (11)17,30528–26 :
June: 16–10 (Home: 7–3; Away: 9–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
55June 1Twins5–1Milton (5–1)Castillo (1–5)30,44428–27
56June 2@ Marlins11–10Bones (1–0)Munro (1–1)Alfonseca (16)12,20928–28
57June 3@ Marlins2–1Looper (1–1)Koch (3–1)Alfonseca (17)17,54628–29
58June 4@ Marlins7–2Escobar (5–6)Núñez (0–6)11,00729–29
59June 5@ Braves9–3Wells (10–2)Burkett (4–3)33,64130–29
60June 6@ Braves7–6Remlinger (2–1)Frascatore (1–2)39,45430–30
61June 7@ Braves12–8Cubillán (1–0)Millwood (4–5)Koch (12)33,24031–30
62June 9Expos13–3Carpenter (5–5)Tucker (0–1)26,12232–30
63June 10Expos11–2Armas (2–3)Escobar (5–7)30,23932–31
64June 11Expos8–3Koch (4–1)Mota (0–1)25,83833–31
65June 12@ Tigers4–2Castillo (2–5)Nomo (2–6)Koch (13)21,77934–31
66June 13@ Tigers16–3Blair (3–1)Andrews (1–2)23,31434–32
67June 14@ Tigers8–1Carpenter (6–5)Weaver (3–6)27,47935–32
68June 16@ Red Sox7–4Pichardo (2–0)Escobar (5–8)Lowe (16)33,63835–33
69June 17@ Red Sox11–10Wells (11–2)Martínez (5–4)Koch (14)32,95136–33
70June 18@ Red Sox5–1Castillo (3–5)Fassero (6–3)Koch (15)32,92537–33
71June 20Tigers18–6Weaver (4–6)Carpenter (6–6)18,85037–34
72June 21Tigers6–0Escobar (6–8)Moehler (4–4)18,12538–34
73June 22Tigers7–4Wells (12–2)Nomo (2–7)20,25939–34
74June 23Red Sox5–4Castillo (4–5)Wasdin (0–3)Koch (16)28,19840–34
75June 24Red Sox6–4Halladay (3–4)Rose (3–5)Koch (17)30,13041–34
76June 25Red Sox6–5 (13)DeWitt (1–0)Florie (0–2)31,02242–34
77June 27@ Devil Rays11–1Trachsel (6–7)Escobar (6–9)14,65742–35
78June 28@ Devil Rays5–2Wells (13–2)Yan (4–6)15,30843–35
79June 29@ Devil Rays12–3Castillo (5–5)Lidle (1–3)21,66644–35
80June 30@ Orioles8–3Rapp (5–5)Halladay (3–5)40,41244–36 :
July: 11–16 (Home: 6–7; Away: 5–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1@ Orioles12–5Ponson (5–4)Carpenter (6–7)40,87644–37
82July 2@ Orioles3–2Trombley (4–2)Quantrill (0–3)Mills (1)41,26744–38
83July 3@ Orioles6–4Wells (14–2)Johnson (0–7)Koch (18)39,61745–38
84July 4@ Indians9–4Colón (8–5)Frascatore (1–3)43,22245–39
85July 5@ Indians15–7Brewington (2–0)Quantrill (0–4)43,14145–40
86July 6@ Indians9–6Carpenter (7–7)Burba (8–4)Koch (19)43,23746–40
87July 7@ Expos10–5Lira (2–0)Quantrill (0–5)13,31746–41
88July 8@ Expos6–3Wells (15–2)Armas (4–6)Koch (20)17,42047–41
89July 9@ Expos13–3Castillo (6–5)Hermanson (6–7)22,48948–41
90July 13Phillies8–5Schilling (5–5)Carpenter (7–8)Brantley (14)22,16348–42
91July 14Phillies3–2Koch (5–1)Brantley (1–3)21,38549–42
92July 15Phillies7–3Chen (5–0)Wells (15–3)24,82849–43
93July 16Mets7–3Halladay (4–5)Leiter (10–3)Koch (21)30,13950–43
94July 17Mets7–5 (11)Franco (4–3)Borbón (1–1)Benítez (21)23,12950–44
95July 18Mets11–7Jones (4–4)Carpenter (7–9)24,63350–45
96July 19Devil Rays5–2Escobar (7–9)Lopez (6–7)Koch (22)18,75151–45
97July 20Devil Rays6–5Quantrill (1–5)White (3–6)Koch (23)18,91552–45
98July 21Orioles9–5Rapp (6–6)Halladay (4–6)23,47052–46
99July 22Orioles8–2Mercedes (5–4)Loaiza (5–7)27,58552–47
100July 23Orioles4–1Castillo (7–5)Mussina (6–10)Koch (24)26,27653–47
101July 25Indians10–3Finley (9–7)Escobar (7–10)28,67253–48
102July 26Indians8–1Wells (16–3)Colón (9–8)31,18354–48
103July 27@ Mariners7–2Loaiza (6–7)Rhodes (3–5)40,39855–48
104July 28@ Mariners7–4García (3–1)Carpenter (7–10)Sasaki (25)37,12655–49
105July 29@ Mariners6–5 (13)Tomko (5–3)Halladay (4–7)45,26455–50
106July 30@ Mariners10–6Sele (12–6)Escobar (7–11)Paniagua (2)43,64855–51
107July 31@ Athletics6–1Hudson (12–3)Wells (16–4)13,60855–52 :
August: 15–11 (Home: 8–3; Away: 7–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Athletics3–1 (10)Isringhausen (5–3)Koch (5–2)17,46955–53
109August 2@ Athletics5–4Mecir (8–2)Guthrie (1–2)Isringhausen (24)26,47355–54
110August 3Rangers3–1Castillo (8–5)Rogers (10–9)Koch (25)24,82556–54
111August 4Rangers10–8Quantrill (2–5)Venafro (1–1)Koch (26)23,51857–54
112August 5Rangers8–5Wells (17–4)Davis (4–3)Koch (27)26,14358–54
113August 6Rangers11–6Glynn (3–1)Escobar (7–12)28,78058–55
114August 7@ Royals8–7Stein (3–3)Loaiza (6–8)Bottalico (12)17,53358–56
115August 8@ Royals6–1Castillo (9–5)Suzuki (5–7)14,08659–56
116August 9@ Royals5–3Suppan (6–6)Trachsel (6–11)Larkin (1)14,19859–57
117August 10@ Royals15–7Carpenter (8–10)Fussell (4–3)18,18860–57
118August 11@ Twins9–4Romero (2–1)Escobar (7–13)13,36060–58
119August 12@ Twins6–3Redman (11–5)Loaiza (6–9)Hawkins (8)30,16160–59
120August 13@ Twins13–3Carpenter (9–10)Radke (8–13)25,65661–59
121August 15Angels8–4Wise (1–1)Wells (17–5)26,70661–60
122August 16Angels8–6Koch (6–2)Pote (1–1)32,49762–60
123August 18Twins3–2Loaiza (7–9)Kinney (0–1)Koch (28)23,07463–60
124August 19Twins5–1Radke (9–13)Guthrie (1–3)Guardado (8)25,17163–61
125August 20Twins6–3Wells (18–5)Carrasco (3–3)32,62764–61
126August 22Royals7–5Escobar (8–13)Santiago (6–4)Koch (29)22,55165–61
127August 23Royals9–8Escobar (9–13)Larkin (0–2)Koch (30)22,61666–61
128August 25@ Rangers1–0 (11)Venafro (2–1)Koch (6–3)35,36566–62
129August 26@ Rangers9–3Hamilton (1–0)Sikorski (1–2)Borbón (1)39,38867–62
130August 27@ Rangers6–4Trachsel (7–11)Helling (14–9)Koch (31)21,89668–62
131August 28@ Angels4–2Loaiza (8–9)Ortiz (4–5)Koch (32)17,48369–62
132August 29@ Angels9–4Holtz (2–3)Carpenter (9–11)17,77369–63
133August 30@ Angels11–2Wells (19–5)Wise (3–2)19,65370–63 :
September: 13–15 (Home: 9–8; Away: 4–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
134September 1Athletics4–3Frascatore (2–3)Jones (3–2)22,18771–63
135September 2Athletics8–0Heredia (14–9)Trachsel (7–12)Mecir (3)26,26171–64
136September 3Athletics4–3Hudson (15–6)Loaiza (8–10)Mecir (4)24,15671–65
137September 4Athletics10–0Zito (3–3)Wells (19–6)21,82471–66
138September 5Mariners4–3Rhodes (4–7)Escobar (9–14)Sasaki (32)21,12871–67
139September 6Mariners7–3Hamilton (2–0)Halama (11–8)17,05572–67
140September 7Mariners8–1García (6–4)Trachsel (7–13)17,57172–68
141September 8Tigers3–0Loaiza (9–10)Weaver (9–13)19,12173–68
142September 9Tigers6–5Koch (7–3)Nitkowski (4–9)23,62374–68
143September 10Tigers6–2Carpenter (10–11)Sparks (6–4)Escobar (1)21,66675–68
144September 12@ Yankees10–2Neagle (7–4)Hamilton (2–1)30,37075–69
145September 13@ Yankees3–2Clemens (13–6)Loaiza (9–11)Rivera (34)29,08375–70
146September 14@ Yankees3–2 (11)Koch (8–3)Choate (0–1)Escobar (2)35,04076–70
147September 15@ White Sox6–5Escobar (10–14)Garland (3–7)Koch (33)23,10577–70
148September 16@ White Sox6–3Wunsch (6–3)Escobar (10–15)Foulke (31)33,20477–71
149September 17@ White Sox14–1Painter (2–0)Wells (5–9)26,11378–71
150September 19Yankees16–3Trachsel (8–13)Pettitte (18–8)28,90879–71
151September 20Yankees7–2Loaiza (10–11)Cone (4–13)28,46380–71
152September 21Yankees3–1Wells (20–6)Hernández (12–12)30,07481–71
153September 22Devil Rays3–2Lidle (3–6)Frascatore (2–4)Hernández (30)18,06381–72
154September 23Devil Rays7–6Koch (9–3)Enders (0–1)24,47382–72
155September 24Devil Rays6–0Harper (1–2)Trachsel (8–14)28,17282–73
156September 25Devil Rays5–1Wilson (1–4)Loaiza (10–12)Hernández (31)20,71582–74
157September 26@ Orioles2–1Mercedes (13–7)Wells (20–7)Kohlmeier (13)31,61482–75
158September 27@ Orioles4–0Castillo (10–5)Ponson (9–13)30,36283–75
159September 28@ Orioles23–1Rapp (9–12)Carpenter (10–12)32,20383–76
160September 29@ Indians8–4Speier (5–2)Trachsel (8–15)Karsay (20)42,76883–77
161September 30@ Indians6–5Finley (16–11)Loaiza (10–13)Wickman (14)42,67683–78 :
October: 0–1 (Home: 0–0; Away: 0–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
162October 1@ Indians11–4Woodard (3–3)Wells (20–8)42,59483–79 :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; TB = Total bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB |
| C | Darrin Fletcher | 122 | 416 | 43 | 133 | 20 | 58 | .320 | 214 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 162 | 569 | 115 | 196 | 41 | 137 | .344 | 378 |
| 2B | Homer Bush | 76 | 297 | 38 | 64 | 1 | 18 | .215 | 75 |
| SS | Alex Gonzalez | 141 | 527 | 68 | 133 | 15 | 69 | .252 | 213 |
| 3B | Tony Batista | 154 | 620 | 96 | 163 | 41 | 114 | .263 | 322 |
| LF | Shannon Stewart | 136 | 583 | 107 | 186 | 21 | 69 | .319 | 302 |
| CF | José Cruz Jr. | 162 | 603 | 91 | 146 | 31 | 76 | .242 | 281 |
| RF | Raúl Mondesí | 96 | 388 | 78 | 105 | 24 | 67 | .271 | 203 |
| DH | Brad Fullmer | 133 | 482 | 76 | 142 | 32 | 104 | .295 | 269 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; TB = Total bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | Avg. | TB |
| Craig Grebeck | 66 | 241 | 38 | 71 | 3 | 23 | .295 | 99 |
| Marty Cordova | 62 | 200 | 23 | 49 | 4 | 18 | .245 | 68 |
| Alberto Castillo | 66 | 185 | 14 | 39 | 1 | 16 | .211 | 49 |
| Dave Martinez | 47 | 180 | 29 | 56 | 2 | 22 | .311 | 74 |
| Mickey Morandini | 35 | 107 | 10 | 29 | 0 | 7 | .271 | 33 |
| Chris Woodward | 37 | 104 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 14 | .183 | 35 |
| Todd Greene | 34 | 85 | 11 | 20 | 5 | 10 | .235 | 37 |
| DeWayne Wise | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .136 | 3 |
| Rob Ducey | 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | . 154 | 3 |
| Chad Mottola | 3 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .222 | 2 |
| Charlie Greene | 3 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .111 | 1 |
| Andy Thompson | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | 1 |
| Vernon Wells | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |
| Josh Phelps | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| David Wells | 35 | 229.2 | 20 | 8 | 4.11 | 166 |
| Chris Carpenter | 34 | 175.1 | 10 | 12 | 6.26 | 113 |
| Frank Castillo | 25 | 138.0 | 10 | 5 | 3.59 | 104 |
| Esteban Loaiza | 14 | 92.0 | 5 | 7 | 3.62 | 62 |
| Steve Trachsel | 11 | 63.0 | 2 | 5 | 5.29 | 32 |
| Joey Hamilton | 6 | 33.0 | 2 | 1 | 3.55 | 15 |
| Pasqual Coco | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |

#### 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 | 43 | 180.0 | 10 | 15 | 5.35 | 142 |
| Roy Halladay | 19 | 67.2 | 4 | 7 | 10.64 | 44 |
| Peter Munro | 9 | 25.2 | 1 | 1 | 5.96 | 16 |
| Clayton Andrews | 8 | 20.2 | 1 | 2 | 10.02 | 12 |

#### 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 | 68 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 2.63 | 60 |
| Paul Quantrill | 68 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4.52 | 47 |
| John Frascatore | 60 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5.42 | 30 |
| Pedro Borbón Jr. | 59 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.48 | 29 |
| Lance Painter | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.73 | 53 |
| Mark Guthrie | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.79 | 20 |
| Matt DeWitt | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.56 | 6 |
| Darwin Cubillán | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.04 | 14 |
| Eric Gunderson | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.11 | 2 |
| Leo Estrella | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 3 |
| John Bale | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 6 |

## Award winners

* Carlos Delgado, Hank Aaron Award
* Carlos Delgado, Silver Slugger Award
* Carlos Delgado, The Sporting News Player of the Year Award
All-Star Game
* David Wells, P, starter
* Carlos Delgado, 1B, reserve
* Tony Batista, 3B, reserve

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Pat Kelly and Mel Queen |
| AA | Tennessee Smokies | Southern League | Rocket Wheeler |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Marty Pevey |
| A | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Rolando Pino |
| A-Short Season | Queens Kings | New York–Penn League | Eddie Rodríguez |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Paul Elliott |