# 1999 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1999 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 23rd season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 84 wins and 78 losses. The team set a franchise record for most runs scored in a season (883) and hits in a season (1,580). The previous Blue Jays records for most runs scored and most hits in a season were set in 1993 when the Jays scored 847 runs and collected 1,556 hits. Conversely, the Blue Jays pitching staff gave up the most runs of any Blue Jays team since 1979. It was the team's final season with original mascot BJ Birdy.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1999 season.

### October 1998

| October 15 | Ben Van Ryn granted free agency. |
| October 16 | Alex Delgado granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on November 18, 1998). José Herrera granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on January 2, 1999). |
| October 22 | José Canseco granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a two-year, $5.025 million contract on December 11, 1998). |
| October 23 | Craig Grebeck granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a two-year, $1.35 million contract on October 27, 1998). Benito Santiago granted free agency (signed with Chicago Cubs to a one-year, $1.5 million contract on December 9, 1998). |
| October 26 | Dave Stieb granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 7, 1998). |
| October 27 | Re-signed free agent Craig Grebeck to a two-year, $1.35 million contract. |

### November 1998

| November 5 | Juan Samuel granted free agency. |
| November 18 | Re-signed free agent Alex Delgado to a one-year contract. Released Shannon Withem. |

### December 1998

| December 7 | Re-signed free agent Dave Stieb to a one-year contract. |
| December 12 | Acquired Joey Hamilton from the San Diego Padres for Woody Williams, Carlos Almanzar and Pete Tucci. |
| December 14 | Signed free agent Gerónimo Berroa from the Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $500,000 contract. Acquired Eric Ludwick from the Detroit Tigers for Beiker Graterol. |
| December 16 | Signed free agent Walt McKeel from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. |
| December 23 | Signed free agent Rob Butler from the Houston Astros to a one-year, $275,000 contract. Signed free agent Mike Matheny from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year, $600,000 contract. |

### January 1999

| January 6 | Signed free agent Wayne Kirby from the New York Mets to a contract. |
| January 11 | Signed amateur free agent Francisco Rosario to a contract. |
| January 18 | Signed free agent Joey Cora from the Cleveland Indians to a contract. |
| January 19 | Signed free agent Willie Greene from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $1 million contract. Signed free agent Vicente Palacios to a contract. |

### February 1999

| February 9 | Released Patrick Lennon. |
| February 18 | Acquired David Wells, Homer Bush and Graeme Lloyd from the New York Yankees for Roger Clemens. |
| February 28 | Re-signed free agent Patrick Lennon to a one-year contract. |

### March 1999

| March 14 | Signed free agent Norberto Martín from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract. |
| March 17 | Released Felipe Crespo. |
| March 21 | Released Vicente Palacios. |
| March 30 | Acquired Dave Hollins and cash from the Anaheim Angels for Tomás Pérez. |

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 48‍–‍33 | 50‍–‍31 |
| Boston Red Sox | 94 | 68 | .580 | 4 | 49‍–‍32 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 84 | 78 | .519 | 14 | 40‍–‍41 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 41‍–‍40 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 69 | 93 | .426 | 29 | 33‍–‍48 | 36‍–‍45 |

### Record vs. opponents

1999 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 3–9 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 |
| Baltimore | 9–3 | — | 5–7 | 7–3 | 1–9 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 8–1 | 4–9 | 5–7 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 11–7 |
| Boston | 9–1 | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 8–2 | 6–4 | 8–4 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 9–3 | 6–12 |
| Chicago | 5–5 | 3–7 | 5–7 | — | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–3–1 | 5–7 | 3–7 | 4–8 | 6–4 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 9–9 |
| Cleveland | 9–1 | 9–1 | 4–8 | 9–3 | — | 8–5 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 5–4 | 3–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 |
| Detroit | 5–5 | 5–5 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–8 | — | 7–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
| Kansas City | 5–7 | 4–6 | 2–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–7 | — | 5–8 | 5–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–8 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 |
| Minnesota | 4–6 | 1–8 | 4–6 | 3–8–1 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–5 | — | 4–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–5 | 0–12 | 4–6 | 10–7 |
| New York | 4–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–3 | 7–5 | 4–5 | 6–4 | — | 6–4 | 9–1 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 9–9 |
| Oakland | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–4 | 7–3 | 2–10 | 6–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 4–6 | — | 6–6 | 9–1 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 12–6 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 5–5 | 3–7 | 8–4 | 3–7 | 7–3 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 1–9 | 6–6 | — | 8–4 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 7–11 |
| Tampa Bay | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–4 | 4–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–2 | 5–5 | 4–8 | 1–9 | 4–8 | — | 4–8 | 5–8 | 4–14 |
| Texas | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–4 | 5–5 | 7–3 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 12–0 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–4 | — | 6–4 | 10–8 |
| Toronto | 9–3 | 11–1 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 7–3 | 6–4 | 2–10 | 2–8 | 2–7 | 8–5 | 4–6 | — | 9–9 |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1999 regular season.

#### April 1999

| April 1 | Signed free agent Doug Bochtler from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract. Released Walt McKeel. |
| April 2 | Released Adam Melhuse. Tom Evans selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers. |
| April 5 | Signed free agent Chris Jones from the San Diego Padres to a one-year contract. Re-signed free agent Adam Melhuse to a one-year contract. |
| April 15 | Signed free agent Pat Kelly from the St. Louis Cardinals to a one-year contract. |
| April 16 | Returned Eric Ludwick to the Florida Marlins. |

#### May 1999

| May 5 | Acquired Paul Spoljaric from the Philadelphia Phillies for Robert Person. |
| May 7 | Selected Jacob Brumfield off of waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
| May 19 | Player rights of Doug Bochtler sold to the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
| May 28 | Selected Willis Otáñez off of waivers from the Baltimore Orioles. |

#### June 1999

| June 9 | Released Patrick Lennon. Released Pat Kelly. |
| June 12 | Acquired Tony Batista and John Frascatore from the Arizona Diamondbacks for Dan Plesac. |
| June 21 | Released Dave Hollins. |

#### July 1999

| July 3 | Signed amateur free agent Davis Romero to a contract. |
| July 8 | Acquired Juan Melo from the San Diego Padres for Isabel Giron. |
| July 28 | Acquired David Segui from the Seattle Mariners for Tom Davey and Steve Sinclair. |
| July 31 | Signed free agent John Hudek from the Atlanta Braves to a contract. |

#### August 1999

| August 6 | Selected Curtis Goodwin off of waivers from the Chicago Cubs. |
| August 7 | Signed amateur free agent Kevin Cash to a contract. |
| August 9 | Acquired Brian McRae from the Colorado Rockies for a player to be named later (Pat Lynch on August 23, 1999). |
| August 26 | Signed free agent Brendan Donnelly from the Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract. |
| August 30 | Released Gerónimo Berroa. |
| August 31 | Signed free agent Pat Borders from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year contract. |

#### September 1999

| September 3 | Traded Juan Melo to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later (Jaime Goudie on September 13, 1999). |

### Game log

1999 Game Log :
April: 13–11 (Home: 9–1; Away: 4–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 6@ Twins6–1Radke (1–0)Hentgen (0–1)45,6010–1
2April 7@ Twins9–3Wells (1–0)Lincoln (0–1)Halladay (1)9,2201–1
3April 8@ Twins11–9Trombley (1–0)Hamilton (0–1)Aguilera (1)9,4311–2
4April 9@ Orioles7–4Escobar (1–0)Ponson (0–1)36,4302–2
5April 10@ Orioles1–0Mussina (2–0)Carpenter (0–1)Timlin (2)43,7002–3
6April 11@ Orioles9–5Halladay (1–0)Orosco (0–1)40,2733–3
7April 12Devil Rays7–1Wells (2–0)Saunders (1–1)37,1604–3
8April 13Devil Rays8–5White (1–0)Hamilton (0–2)Hernández (3)23,7104–4
9April 14Devil Rays7–6 (11)Lloyd (1–0)Lopez (0–1)23,8475–4
10April 15Devil Rays11–1Carpenter (1–1)Santana (0–2)23,7656–4
11April 16Orioles7–6Lloyd (2–0)Bones (0–1)Person (1)25,2817–4
12April 17Orioles7–4Wells (3–0)Linton (0–1)Lloyd (1)30,7398–4
13April 18Orioles6–0Halladay (2–0)Guzmán (0–2)27,1269–4
14April 20Angels5–1Escobar (2–0)Finley (1–2)23,77510–4
15April 21Angels3–2Carpenter (2–1)Olivares (2–1)Person (2)23,74911–4
16April 22Angels8–7Davey (1–0)Petkovsek (0–1)Lloyd (2)28,21212–4
17April 23@ Yankees6–4Hernández (3–1)Wells (3–1)Rivera (3)36,52912–5
18April 24@ Yankees7–4Mendoza (2–1)Plesac (0–1)Rivera (4)46,92412–6
19April 25@ Yankees4–3 (11)Grimsley (1–0)Person (0–1)51,90312–7
20April 26@ Angels4–3 (11)Percival (1–1)Rodríguez (0–1)17,32412–8
21April 27@ Angels10–1Hentgen (1–1)Olivares (2–2)17,89913–8
22April 28@ Angels12–10Petkovsek (1–1)Lloyd (2–1)Percival (3)18,30413–9
23April 29@ Angels17–1Hill (1–1)Halladay (2–1)18,34613–10
24April 30@ Mariners11–9Halama (1–2)Person (0–2)Mesa (6)29,35313–11 :
May: 11–17 (Home: 4–12; Away: 7–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
25May 1@ Mariners9–3Carpenter (3–1)Moyer (1–4)Davey (1)35,62814–11
26May 2@ Mariners3–2Cloude (3–1)Plesac (0–2)31,35514–12
27May 3@ Mariners16–10Wells (4–1)García (3–1)22,30415–12
28May 4Athletics13–4Oquist (3–2)Halladay (2–2)Jones (1)20,25815–13
29May 5Athletics8–2Rogers (1–2)Escobar (2–1)20,31415–14
30May 6Athletics3–2Heredia (2–2)Carpenter (3–2)Taylor (7)20,31015–15
31May 7Rangers9–6Hentgen (2–1)Clark (2–3)Koch (1)22,11016–15
32May 8Rangers4–3Morgan (5–2)Wells (4–2)Wetteland (10)24,64216–16
33May 9Rangers11–6Patterson (1–0)Munro (0–1)20,37416–17
34May 11@ Royals8–2Escobar (3–1)Pittsley (1–2)12,14117–17
35May 12@ Royals7–1Appier (4–2)Carpenter (3–3)13,07317–18
36May 13@ Royals8–2Hentgen (3–1)Rosado (2–2)19,57318–18
37May 14Red Sox5–0Peña (2–0)Wells (4–3)22,18618–19
38May 15Red Sox6–5Wasdin (2–0)Plesac (0–3)Gordon (4)24,57918–20
39May 16Red Sox9–6Lloyd (3–1)Gross (0–2)21,09419–20
40May 17Red Sox8–7Wasdin (3–0)Lloyd (3–2)20,39519–21
41May 18Tigers7–5Hentgen (4–1)Thompson (4–5)Koch (2)20,31020–21
42May 19Tigers7–3Moehler (4–3)Wells (4–4)20,38420–22
43May 20Tigers7–0Halladay (3–2)Mlicki (1–4)21,13721–22
44May 21@ Red Sox5–2Rapp (2–2)Escobar (3–2)27,28421–23
45May 22@ Red Sox6–4Wakefield (2–4)Carpenter (3–4)Gordon (6)32,03821–24
46May 23@ Red Sox10–8Martínez (9–1)Hentgen (4–2)Gordon (7)28,55921–25
47May 24@ Tigers12–6Wells (5–4)Moehler (4–4)13,03822–25
48May 25@ Tigers5–3Halladay (4–2)Mlicki (1–5)Koch (3)13,08723–25
49May 26@ Tigers9–5Escobar (4–2)Blair (1–5)Lloyd (3)14,17724–25
50May 28Yankees10–6Pettitte (3–2)Carpenter (3–5)30,35524–26
51May 29Yankees8–3Cone (5–2)Hentgen (4–3)40,17524–27
52May 30Yankees8–3Irabu (2–3)Wells (5–5)39,11124–28 :
June: 15–13 (Home: 12–5; Away: 3–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
53June 1White Sox6–2Sirotka (3–6)Escobar (4–3)20,39924–29
54June 2White Sox9–7Carpenter (4–5)Snyder (6–4)Koch (4)22,19725–29
55June 3White Sox10–3Navarro (4–4)Hentgen (4–4)33,67325–30
56June 4Expos6–2Wells (6–5)Ayala (0–5)24,14726–30
57June 5Expos5–0Batista (5–2)Hamilton (0–3)28,11226–31
58June 6Expos9–2Escobar (5–3)Hermanson (3–5)24,39227–31
59June 7@ Mets8–2Hershiser (5–5)Halladay (4–3)21,45727–32
60June 8@ Mets11–3Isringhausen (1–1)Hentgen (4–5)18,98427–33
61June 9@ Mets4–3 (14)Mahomes (2–0)Davey (1–1)18,25427–34
62June 11@ Phillies8–4Wolf (1–0)Hamilton (0–4)26,54127–35
63June 12@ Phillies7–2Byrd (9–3)Escobar (5–4)20,44927–36
64June 13@ Phillies7–2Hentgen (5–5)Schilling (8–4)28,45928–36
65June 15Angels13–2Wells (7–5)Belcher (4–6)21,16529–36
66June 16Angels3–2Lloyd (4–2)Schoeneweis (0–1)Koch (5)22,18430–36
67June 17Angels3–0Escobar (6–4)Hill (3–6)Koch (6)20,46531–36
68June 18Royals6–5Witasick (2–5)Hentgen (5–6)Whisenant (1)24,24531–37
69June 19Royals7–0Halladay (5–3)Appier (6–6)23,36932–37
70June 20Royals2–1Wells (8–5)Service (3–2)24,21133–37
71June 21Royals11–4Hamilton (1–4)Fussell (0–4)20,39434–37
72June 22Indians4–3Escobar (7–4)Gooden (2–3)Koch (7)22,19735–37
73June 23Indians9–6Nagy (9–4)Quantrill (0–1)23,27135–38
74June 24Indians3–0Halladay (6–3)Burba (7–3)Koch (8)26,11736–38
75June 25@ Devil Rays11–4Álvarez (3–5)Wells (8–6)18,63336–39
76June 26@ Devil Rays5–2Rupe (4–3)Hamilton (1–5)Hernández (21)22,06236–40
77June 27@ Devil Rays8–0Witt (4–4)Escobar (7–5)20,55636–41
78June 28@ Devil Rays3–2Carpenter (5–5)Eiland (0–4)Koch (9)17,72737–41
79June 29Orioles6–5 (10)Frascatore (1–0)Rhodes (3–3)21,42138–41
80June 30Orioles10–9 (10)Frascatore (2–0)Orosco (0–2)21,13739–41 :
July: 19–7 (Home: 9–5; Away: 10–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Orioles8–6Frascatore (3–0)Timlin (3–7)Koch (10)30,26340–41
82July 2Devil Rays8–7Aldred (3–2)Escobar (7–6)Hernández (22)23,10940–42
83July 3Devil Rays5–0Carpenter (6–5)Witt (4–5)25,34441–42
84July 4Devil Rays6–3Hentgen (6–6)White (4–2)Koch (11)24,63942–42
85July 6@ Orioles4–3 (10)Lloyd (5–2)Timlin (3–8)Koch (12)37,93943–42
86July 7@ Orioles7–6Spoljaric (1–0)Molina (0–1)Koch (13)42,27544–42
87July 8@ Orioles11–6Escobar (8–6)Ponson (7–6)41,73845–42
88July 9@ Expos4–3Urbina (5–4)Lloyd (5–3)10,09145–43
89July 10@ Expos7–6Quantrill (1–1)Telford (2–2)Koch (14)15,00546–43
90July 11@ Expos1–0Wells (9–6)Pavano (6–8)15,20147–43
91July 15Marlins8–6Looper (2–1)Koch (0–1)Alfonseca (2)25,07247–44
92July 16Marlins4–2Springer (4–10)Hentgen (6–7)Alfonseca (3)22,44947–45
93July 17Marlins6–1Wells (10–6)Edmondson (3–4)27,15948–45
94July 18Braves3–2Hamilton (2–5)Millwood (11–5)Koch (15)31,13749–45
95July 19Braves8–7 (10)Frascatore (4–0)Hudek (0–2)31,06450–45
96July 20Braves11–6Halladay (7–3)Glavine (8–9)28,36651–45
97July 21@ Indians4–3Frascatore (5–0)Jackson (3–3)Koch (16)43,21852–45
98July 22@ Indians4–3Wells (11–6)Nagy (11–6)Koch (17)43,13853–45
99July 23@ White Sox2–1Hamilton (3–5)Parque (9–7)Koch (18)14,16654–45
100July 24@ White Sox6–5Eyre (1–0)Escobar (8–7)Howry (16)25,67454–46
101July 25@ White Sox11–3Carpenter (7–5)Sirotka (7–9)18,29955–46
102July 26@ White Sox4–3 (11)Frascatore (6–0)Howry (2–2)Koch (19)17,63156–46
103July 27Red Sox11–9Guthrie (1–1)Halladay (7–4)Wakefield (13)38,63156–47
104July 28Red Sox8–0Rapp (3–5)Hamilton (3–6)36,19056–48
105July 30Tigers8–2Escobar (9–7)Weaver (6–7)28,41257–48
106July 31Tigers7–6Halladay (8–4)Mlicki (5–10)Koch (20)29,52758–48 :
August: 12–16 (Home: 2–10; Away: 10–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
107August 1Tigers8–5Hentgen (7–7)Borkowski (0–2)Koch (21)30,10559–48
108August 2@ Yankees3–1Pettitte (8–8)Wells (11–7)Rivera (28)40,82559–49
109August 3@ Yankees3–1Hamilton (4–6)Cone (10–6)Koch (22)43,11060–49
110August 4@ Yankees8–3Irabu (9–3)Escobar (9–8)52,83360–50
111August 6@ Rangers5–4Carpenter (8–5)Zimmerman (9–1)Koch (23)31,66461–50
112August 7@ Rangers6–0Sele (12–6)Hentgen (7–8)40,32961–51
113August 8@ Rangers8–7Frascatore (7–0)Venafro (3–2)Koch (24)32,37462–51
114August 9@ Rangers19–4Hamilton (5–6)Morgan (12–7)23,23563–51
115August 10@ Twins10–6Escobar (10–8)Radke (8–11)15,84264–51
116August 11@ Twins6–3Carpenter (9–5)Milton (4–9)15,77765–51
117August 12@ Twins3–0Mays (5–4)Hentgen (7–9)Trombley (19)21,20665–52
118August 13Athletics9–8Appier (12–9)Halladay (8–5)Jones (7)34,15065–53
119August 14Athletics13–5Hudson (7–1)Hamilton (5–7)37,11365–54
120August 15Athletics9–5Oquist (9–7)Escobar (10–9)34,67765–55
121August 16Mariners7–5Moyer (12–6)Carpenter (9–6)Mesa (26)29,30865–56
122August 17Mariners8–5Abbott (4–0)Hentgen (7–10)Mesa (27)30,13765–57
123August 18Mariners5–1García (12–7)Wells (11–8)Paniagua (3)38,22465–58
124August 20@ Athletics11–0Hamilton (6–7)Oquist (9–8)13,33566–58
125August 21@ Athletics8–4Olivares (11–9)Carpenter (9–7)26,28266–59
126August 22@ Athletics4–3Jones (4–5)Koch (0–2)23,90766–60
127August 23@ Athletics9–4Wells (12–8)Appier (12–11)10,04767–60
128August 24@ Angels5–1Hentgen (8–10)Ortiz (1–1)Koch (25)21,49268–60
129August 25@ Angels7–2Hamilton (7–7)Finley (8–11)21,59269–60
130August 27Rangers8–2Helling (11–7)Carpenter (9–8)30,18169–61
131August 28Rangers9–7Sele (15–7)Wells (12–9)Wetteland (35)31,11769–62
132August 29Rangers4–2Burkett (5–7)Halladay (8–6)Wetteland (36)30,50269–63
133August 30Twins2–1Hentgen (9–10)Ryan (0–2)Koch (26)22,13770–63
134August 31Twins14–3Radke (11–12)Hamilton (7–8)23,13670–64 :
September: 11–14 (Home: 3–8; Away: 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
135September 1Twins4–0Escobar (11–9)Milton (6–11)23,14571–64
136September 2Twins6–1Wells (13–9)Mays (5–7)22,25572–64
137September 3@ Royals5–4Quantrill (2–1)Morman (2–3)Koch (27)13,85773–64
138September 4@ Royals6–3 (9)Hentgen (10–10)Suppan (8–9)Frascatore (1)15,24374–64
139September 5@ Royals6–3Witasick (6–11)Escobar (11–10)Fussell (2)15,31574–65
140September 7@ Mariners7–4Meche (6–4)Wells (13–10)Mesa (32)39,70974–66
141September 8@ Mariners4–3Mesa (2–5)Koch (0–3)36,97174–67
142September 10@ Tigers7–6Jones (3–4)Frascatore (7–1)33,73674–68
143September 11@ Tigers9–5Spoljaric (2–0)Cordero (1–2)40,26975–68
144September 12@ Tigers5–3Escobar (12–10)Weaver (8–11)Koch (28)39,34976–68
145September 13Yankees2–1Wells (14–10)Hernández (16–8)30,11877–68
146September 14Yankees10–6Mendoza (7–8)Koch (0–4)29,14077–69
147September 15Yankees6–4Pettitte (13–11)Hentgen (10–11)Rivera (41)29,46077–70
148September 17White Sox7–3Wells (3–1)Escobar (12–11)30,74377–71
149September 18White Sox7–4Navarro (8–12)Quantrill (2–2)Howry (23)28,26077–72
150September 19White Sox3–2Sirotka (10–13)Halladay (8–7)Howry (24)27,12077–73
151September 21@ Red Sox3–0Martínez (22–4)Hentgen (10–12)27,79977–74
152September 22@ Red Sox14–9Escobar (13–11)Rapp (6–7)25,34578–74
153September 23@ Red Sox7–5Wells (15–10)Beck (0–1)Koch (29)30,78079–74
154September 24Indians18–4Brower (2–1)Munro (0–2)26,62079–75
155September 25Indians9–6Colón (17–5)Spoljaric (2–1)Jackson (38)32,02979–76
156September 26Indians11–7Shuey (8–5)Koch (0–5)34,25379–77
157September 28@ Devil Rays8–2Wells (16–10)Wheeler (0–4)19,78180–77
158September 29@ Devil Rays6–2Escobar (14–11)Witt (7–15)22,18081–77
159September 30@ Indians9–2Colón (18–5)Spoljaric (2–2)43,20181–78 :
October: 3–0 (Home: 0–0; Away: 3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
160October 1@ Indians8–6Quantrill (3–2)Karsay (10–2)Koch (30)43,04082–78
161October 2@ Indians7–3Hentgen (11–12)Wright (8–10)Koch (31)43,04983–78
162October 3@ Indians9–2Wells (17–10)Burba (15–9)43,01284–78 :

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

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Darrin Fletcher | 115 | 412 | 120 | .291 | 18 | 80 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 152 | 573 | 156 | .272 | 44 | 134 |
| 2B | Homer Bush | 128 | 485 | 155 | .320 | 5 | 55 |
| SS | Tony Batista | 98 | 375 | 107 | .285 | 26 | 79 |
| 3B | Tony Fernández | 142 | 485 | 159 | .328 | 6 | 75 |
| LF | Shannon Stewart | 145 | 608 | 185 | .304 | 11 | 67 |
| CF | José Cruz Jr. | 106 | 349 | 84 | .241 | 14 | 45 |
| RF | Shawn Green | 158 | 614 | 190 | .309 | 42 | 123 |
| DH | Willie Greene | 81 | 226 | 46 | .204 | 12 | 41 |

#### 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 |
| Jacob Brumfield | 62 | 170 | 40 | .235 | 2 | 19 |
| Mike Matheny | 57 | 163 | 35 | .215 | 3 | 17 |
| Alex Gonzalez | 38 | 154 | 45 | .292 | 2 | 12 |
| Willis Otáñez | 42 | 127 | 32 | .252 | 5 | 13 |
| Pat Kelly | 37 | 116 | 31 | .267 | 6 | 20 |
| Craig Grebeck | 34 | 113 | 41 | .363 | 0 | 10 |
| Dave Hollins | 27 | 99 | 22 | .222 | 2 | 6 |
| David Segui | 31 | 95 | 30 | .316 | 5 | 13 |
| Vernon Wells | 24 | 88 | 23 | .261 | 1 | 8 |
| Brian McRae | 31 | 82 | 16 | .195 | 3 | 11 |
| Gerónimo Berroa | 22 | 62 | 12 | .194 | 1 | 6 |
| Casey Blake | 14 | 39 | 10 | .256 | 1 | 1 |
| Kevin Witt | 15 | 34 | 7 | .206 | 1 | 5 |
| Patrick Lennon | 9 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 1 | 6 |
| Norberto Martin | 9 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Dalesandro | 16 | 27 | 5 | .185 | 0 | 1 |
| Chris Woodward | 14 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
| Pat Borders | 6 | 14 | 3 | .214 | 1 | 3 |
| Kevin Brown | 2 | 9 | 4 | .444 | 0 | 1 |
| Curtis Goodwin | 2 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Rob Butler | 8 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Sanders | 3 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 0 | 2 |

### 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 | 34 | 231.2 | 17 | 10 | 4.82 | 169 |
| Pat Hentgen | 34 | 199.0 | 11 | 12 | 4.79 | 118 |
| Kelvim Escobar | 33 | 174.0 | 14 | 11 | 5.69 | 129 |
| Chris Carpenter | 24 | 150.0 | 9 | 8 | 4.38 | 106 |
| Joey Hamilton | 22 | 98.0 | 7 | 8 | 6.52 | 56 |

#### 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 |
| Roy Halladay | 36 | 149.1 | 8 | 7 | 3.92 | 82 |

#### 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 | 56 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 3.39 | 57 |
| Graeme Lloyd | 74 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3.63 | 47 |
| Paul Quantrill | 41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3.33 | 28 |
| Paul Spoljaric | 37 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4.65 | 63 |
| John Frascatore | 33 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3.41 | 22 |
| Pete Munro | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.02 | 38 |
| Dan Plesac | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3.34 | 26 |
| Tom Davey | 29 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.70 | 42 |
| Robert Person | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9.82 | 12 |
| Steve Sinclair | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.71 | 3 |
| Mike Romano | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.81 | 3 |
| John Hudek | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.27 | 2 |
| Nerio Rodriguez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
| John Bale | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 4 |
| Eric Ludwick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
| Gary Glover | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Carlos Delgado, Silver Slugger Award
* Shawn Green, Gold Glove Award
* Shawn Green, Silver Slugger Award
All-Star Game
* Tony Fernández, 3B
* Shawn Green, OF

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Pat Kelly |
| AA | Knoxville Smokies | Southern League | Omar Malavé |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Rocket Wheeler |
| A | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | Rolando Pino |
| A-Short Season | St. Catharines Stompers | New York–Penn League | Eddie Rodríguez |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Paul Elliott |