# 2006 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2006 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 30th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing second in the American League East with a record of 87 wins and 75 losses. For the second straight season, Blue Jays hitters combined for fewer than 1,000 strikeouts. It was the first time since the team's World Series championships in 1992 and 1993 that the Blue Jays had combined for fewer than 1,000 strikeouts in consecutive 162-game seasons, as well as the first season since 1993 that the team finished above third place in its division.

## Offseason

* December 7, 2005: Lyle Overbay was traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Ty Taubenheim to the Toronto Blue Jays for Dave Bush, Gabe Gross, and Zach Jackson.
* December 27, 2005: Orlando Hudson was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Miguel Batista to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Troy Glaus and Sergio Santos (minors).

## Regular season
### Summary

On January 3, J.P. Ricciardi signed free-agent catcher Jason Phillips to a minor league contract. Phillips, who hit .238 the previous season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, also had an invitation to spring training, was supposed to have competed with Guillermo Quiróz for the role of the Blue Jays' backup catcher. Quiroz was later claimed on waivers by the Seattle Mariners, and Phillips started the season with the team after Gregg Zaun was put on the disabled list.
The trades for Troy Glaus and Lyle Overbay in the off-season created a glut of corner infielders for the Jays, as the team now had five players (Glaus, Overbay, Eric Hinske, Corey Koskie, and Shea Hillenbrand) who could play third base, first base, or designated hitter. The Jays relieved some of this pressure on January 6, by trading Koskie to the Milwaukee Brewers in the second deal between the two clubs in less than a month. The Blue Jays received minor league pitcher Brian Wolfe in return for Koskie. The Blue Jays also moved first baseman (and former third baseman) Eric Hinske to right field as a result.
On February 6, Toronto signed former Angels catcher Bengie Molina to a one-year contract with an option for a second. Three days later, Toronto wrapped up its off season moves by re-signing Shea Hillenbrand and Pete Walker, each to a one-year deal.
On July 2, Troy Glaus, Vernon Wells, Roy Halladay, B. J. Ryan, and Alex Ríos were picked to represent the Blue Jays at the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. However, Rios would not compete in the game due to a serious staph infection that occurred around June 28, possibly as the result of a foul ball off Rios' leg during a game on June 27. Manager John Gibbons was also picked as an assistant coach for the AL team. The five Blue Jay players selected to the AL All-Star team was the most to appear in an All-Star Game since 1993. The only AL team with more All-Stars than the Jays was the World Series champion the Chicago White Sox, with six.
On July 7, Troy Glaus was picked to compete in the 2006 Home Run Derby, though during the Derby, he hit only one home run and was eliminated after the first round.
On July 19, infielder Shea Hillenbrand was designated for assignment after an altercation with the team management. Shortly after Hillenbrand, along with reliever Vinnie Chulk, was traded to the San Francisco Giants for reliever Jeremy Accardo.
On August 3, rookie second baseman Ryan Roberts started his first game in the MLB, and had his first hit, which was a home run. He is one of few Blue Jays rookies to have his first hit a home run in his first start.
On August 12, the Blue Jays got the Minnesota Twins to hit into six double plays, tying a Blue Jays record set on April 16, 1996. (Blue Jays vs. Detroit).
On August 16, the Blue Jays traded reliever Scott Schoeneweis to the Cincinnati Reds for cash considerations or a player to be named later (later announced to be INF Trevor Lawhorn).
On August 17, the Blue Jays traded first and third baseman and outfielder Eric Hinske and cash considerations to the Boston Red Sox for a player to be named later.
During a game against the Oakland Athletics on August 21, 2006, while on the verge of blowing an 8-run lead, John Gibbons walked to the mound to remove starter Ted Lilly. An argument ensued on the mound, in front of the audience at the Rogers Centre. Lilly eventually did leave the game and then headed into the clubhouse. Gibbons subsequently followed him into the hallway, where it appeared to eyewitnesses that he and Lilly got into a fight. Numerous team members and support personnel rushed into the tunnel to break them up. After the game, both the pitcher and manager denied any altercation and said the problem had been resolved.
Despite their on-field and off-field problems, the Blue Jays managed to play well in the critical month of September, going 18–10. This, combined with the slumping of the Boston Red Sox, enabled Toronto to snare sole possession of second place in the American League East by the end of the season. This marked the first time that the Jays had finished above third place in their division since their World Championship season of 1993, and with the most wins since the 1998 season.
On November 17, the Blue Jays announced that they had signed designated hitter Frank Thomas to a two-year contract worth $18 million, with an option for 2009.
On November 28, the Blue Jays announced that they had re-signed catcher Gregg Zaun to a two-year contract with an option for 2009.
On December 18, the Blue Jays announced that they had re-signed centre fielder Vernon Wells to a seven-year contract worth $126 million, to come into effect after the 2007 season. It was the largest contract in club history.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 50‍–‍31 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 87 | 75 | .537 | 10 | 50‍–‍31 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Boston Red Sox | 86 | 76 | .531 | 11 | 48‍–‍33 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 70 | 92 | .432 | 27 | 40‍–‍41 | 30‍–‍51 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 61 | 101 | .377 | 36 | 41‍–‍40 | 20‍–‍61 |

### Record vs. opponents

2006 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 3–15 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–6 | 3–6 | 7–12 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 13–6 | 3–6 | 8–11 | 9–9 |
| Boston | 15–3 | — | 4–2 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–5 | 3–3 | 1–5 | 8–11 | 3–7 | 4–6 | 10–9 | 5–4 | 7–12 | 16–2 |
| Chicago | 5–2 | 2–4 | — | 8–11 | 12–7 | 11–8 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 14–4 |
| Cleveland | 2–4 | 4–3 | 11–8 | — | 6–13 | 10–8 | 4–5 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Detroit | 3–3 | 3–3 | 7–12 | 13–6 | — | 14–4 | 3–5 | 11–8 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 5–3 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 15–3 |
| Kansas City | 1–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 8–10 | 4–14 | — | 3–7 | 7–12 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 3–5 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 10–8 |
| Los Angeles | 6–4 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 5–4 | 5–3 | 7–3 | — | 4–2 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 10–9 | 7–2 | 11–8 | 4–6 | 7–11 |
| Minnesota | 6–3 | 5–1 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 8–11 | 12–7 | 2–4 | — | 3–3 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 6–1 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 16–2 |
| New York | 12–7 | 11–8 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 4–6 | 3–3 | — | 3–6 | 3–3 | 13–5 | 8–2 | 10–8 | 10–8 |
| Oakland | 4–2 | 7–3 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–11 | 4–6 | 6–3 | — | 17–2 | 6–3 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 8–10 |
| Seattle | 6–4 | 6–4 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 3–6 | 5–3 | 9–10 | 3–5 | 3–3 | 2–17 | — | 6–3 | 8–11 | 4–5 | 14–4 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–13 | 9–10 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 5–1 | 2–7 | 1–6 | 5–13 | 3–6 | 3–6 | — | 3–6 | 6–12 | 11–7 |
| Texas | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 4–5 | 5–5 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 5–4 | 2–8 | 10–9 | 11–8 | 6–3 | — | 4–2 | 7–11 |
| Toronto | 11–8 | 12–7 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 6–4 | 5–2 | 8–10 | 4–6 | 5–4 | 12–6 | 2–4 | — | 9–9 |

### 2006 draft picks

Source
The 2006 MLB draft was held on June 6–7.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Signed |
| 1 | 14 | Travis Snider | OF | Jackson High School (WA) | 2006–06–18 |
| 4 | 120 | Brandon Magee | RHP | Bradley | 2006–06–16 |
| 5 | 150 | Luke Hopkins | 1B | New Mexico State | 2006–06–11 |
| 6 | 180 | Brian Jeroloman | C | Florida | 2006–06–29 |
| 7 | 210 | Jonathan Baksh | OF | Florida Tech | 2006–06–09 |
| 8 | 240 | Daniel O'Brien | LHP | Western Michigan | 2006–06–11 |
| 9 | 270 | Cole Figueroa | SS | Lincoln High School (FL) | Unsigned |
| 10 | 300 | Scott Campbell | 2B | Gonzaga | 2006–06–21 |

### Game log

2006 Game Log: 87–75 :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
1April 4Twins6–3Halladay (1–0)Santana (0–1)Ryan (1)50,4491–0
2April 5Twins13–4Radke (1–0)Towers (0–1)18,1561–1
3April 6Twins6–3Chacín (1–0)Silva (0–1)Ryan (2)16,2212–1
4April 7Devil Rays9–8Dunn (1–0)Walker (0–1)Miceli (1)15,6312–2
5April 8Devil Rays8–4Tallet (1–0)Childers (0–1)18,7553–2
6April 9Devil Rays5–2Kazmir (1–1)Halladay (1–1)Miceli (2)20,1843–3
7April 11@ Red Sox5–3Beckett (2–0)Towers (0–2)Papelbon (4)35,4913–4
8April 12@ Red Sox8–4Chacín (2–0)Wells (0–1)36,3784–4
9April 13@ Red Sox8–6Lilly (1–0)Clement (1–1)Ryan (3)36,5245–4
10April 14@ White Sox13–7Walker (1–1)Vázquez (0–1)31,4186–4
11April 15@ White Sox4–2Buehrle (2–0)Burnett (0–1)Jenks (4)33,2476–5
12April 16@ White Sox6–4 (5)García (2–1)Towers (0–3)27,1376–6
13April 18Yankees10–5Chacín (3–0)Johnson (2–2)48,7767–6
14April 19Yankees3–1Mussina (2–1)Lilly (1–1)Rivera (2)32,8867–7
15April 21Red Sox7–6 (12)Speier (1–0)Foulke (0–1)28,3338–7
16April 22Red Sox8–1Halladay (2–1)DiNardo (0–1)Walker (1)34,3879–7
17April 23Red Sox6–3Clement (2–1)Towers (0–4)Papelbon (8)28,7379–8
18April 25Orioles7–3Chacín (4–0)López (1–2)32,25710–8
19April 26Orioles8–2Lilly (2–1)Bédard (4–1)19,33611–8
20April 27Orioles7–5Benson (3–2)Janssen (0–1)18,75611–9
21April 28@ Yankees7–2Halladay (3–1)Wright (0–2)Ryan (4)47,20412–9
22April 29@ Yankees17–6Johnson (4–2)Towers (0–5)50,11912–10
23April 30@ Yankees4–1Mussina (4–1)Chacín (4–1)Rivera (4)52,95412–11 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
24May 1@ Orioles9–7Lilly (3–1)Hawkins (0–1)Ryan (5)14,31513–11
25May 2@ Orioles9–2Benson (4–2)Janssen (0–2)Williams (1)15,79513–12
26May 3@ Red Sox7–6McGowan (1–0)Papelbon (0–1)Ryan (6)35,88114–12
27May 4@ Red Sox7–4Clement (3–2)Towers (0–6)Papelbon (11)36,39614–13
28May 5Angels13–3Chacín (5–1)Santana (2–1)22,22715–13
29May 6Angels3–0Escobar (4–2)Lilly (3–2)Rodríguez (9)29,76115–14
30May 7Angels3–1Janssen (1–2)Lackey (3–3)Ryan (7)24,35116–14
31May 8Angels5–1Halladay (4–1)Weaver (1–5)18,61117–14
32May 9Athletics6–5Haren (2–3)Towers (0–7)Street (5)36,26917–15
33May 10Athletics9–7Rosario (1–0)Blanton (3–4)Ryan (8)19,26918–15
34May 11Athletics8–3Lilly (4–2)Saarloos (1–1)23,97419–15
35May 12@ Devil Rays4–1McClung (2–4)Janssen (1–3)Walker (5)11,81619–16
36May 13@ Devil Rays8–1Halladay (5–1)Hendrickson (2–3)15,18420–16
37May 14@ Devil Rays8–3Towers (1–7)Fossum (1–2)12,22421–16
38May 16@ Angels8–3Santana (4–1)Lilly (4–3)43,06621–17
39May 17@ Angels3–0Janssen (2–3)Escobar (5–3)Ryan (9)38,76722–17
40May 18@ Angels8–4 (10)Frasor (1–0)Rodríguez (0–1)37,85023–17
41May 19@ Rockies8–3Cook (5–3)Towers (1–8)26,01123–18
42May 20@ Rockies5–1Francis (3–3)Taubenheim (0–1)26,21223–19
43May 21@ Rockies5–3Fogg (3–2)Lilly (4–4)Fuentes (10)30,29123–20
44May 22Devil Rays6–4Janssen (3–3)McClung (2–5)Ryan (10)22,56324–20
45May 23Devil Rays4–1Halladay (6–1)Hendrickson (3–4)Ryan (11)34,59425–20
46May 24Devil Rays10–8Camp (2–0)Frasor (1–1)Walker (9)20,18725–21
47May 26White Sox8–2Lilly (5–4)García (7–2)22,72926–21
48May 27White Sox3–2 (11)Schoeneweis (1–0)Nelson (0–1)30,06327–21
49May 28White Sox7–5Garland (4–2)Taubenheim (0–2)Jenks (14)35,27727–22
50May 29Red Sox7–6Ryan (1–0)Riske (0–1)24,03828–22
51May 30Red Sox8–5Chacín (6–1)Beckett (7–2)Ryan (12)27,32429–22
52May 31Red Sox8–6Van Buren (1–0)Lilly (5–5)Papelbon (19)24,52629–23 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
53June 2@ Devil Rays13–4Janssen (4–3)McClung (2–7)9,46330–23
54June 3@ Devil Rays6–2Halladay (7–1)Hendrickson (3–6)Ryan (13)15,69631–23
55June 4@ Devil Rays10–5Waechter (1–4)Chacín (6–2)14,34731–24
56June 5@ Orioles4–0Cabrera (3–2)Lilly (5–6)15,18531–25
57June 6@ Orioles6–4Downs (1–0)Britton (0–1)Ryan (14)16,86832–25
58June 7@ Orioles5–3Janssen (5–3)Benson (6–5)Ryan (15)15,80333–25
59June 8@ Orioles7–5Birkins (2–0)Rosario (1–1)Ray (15)17,63733–26
60June 9Tigers10–5Frasor (2–1)Jones (0–4)21,42534–26
61June 10Tigers5–3Miner (1–1)Lilly (5–7)Jones (17)27,02134–27
62June 11Tigers10–5Robertson (6–3)Taubenheim (0–3)Zumaya (1)30,40434–28
63June 12Orioles6–4Benson (7–5)Janssen (5–4)Ray (16)17,87634–29
64June 13Orioles7–1Halladay (8–1)Loewen (0–1)20,76635–29
65June 14Orioles6–3Chulk (1–0)López (4–8)Ryan (16)23,32536–29
66June 15Orioles4–2Lilly (6–7)Cabrera (4–3)Ryan (17)32,28537–29
67June 16@ Marlins3–1Olsen (6–3)Taubenheim (0–4)Tankersley (2)10,24237–30
68June 17@ Marlins8–2Moehler (5–5)Janssen (5–5)12,09937–31
69June 18@ Marlins4–1Johnson (6–4)Halladay (8–2)Borowski (11)10,53637–32
70June 20@ Braves6–5Schoeneweis (2–0)Yates (0–1)Ryan (18)26,91538–32
71June 21@ Braves6–3Lilly (7–7)Hudson (6–6)Ryan (19)26,23239–32
72June 22@ Braves3–2Taubenheim (1–4)Remlinger (2–4)Ryan (20)26,82940–32
73June 23Mets6–1Glavine (11–2)Janssen (5–6)28,50740–33
74June 24Mets7–4Halladay (9–2)Hernández (4–7)Ryan (21)31,32741–33
75June 25Mets7–4Trachsel (6–4)Towers (1–9)Wagner (15)32,27741–34
76June 27Nationals6–0Burnett (1–1)Ortiz (5–6)20,28842–34
77June 28Nationals6–1Lilly (8–7)Hill (1–3)17,06743–34
78June 29Nationals8–4Halladay (10–2)Patterson (1–2)17,17544–34
79June 30Phillies8–1Janssen (6–6)Bernero (0–1)17,31145–34 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
80July 1Phillies5–2Downs (2–0)Lidle (4–7)Ryan (22)24,24846–34
81July 2Phillies11–6Geary (5–0)Burnett (1–2)26,17746–35
82July 3@ Rangers6–1Rheinecker (4–2)Lilly (8–8)30,02146–36
83July 4@ Rangers3–2Halladay (11–2)Koronka (6–5)Ryan (23)42,25547–36
84July 5@ Rangers9–3Padilla (8–5)Janssen (6–7)Cordero (6)25,80347–37
85July 6@ Royals6–2Redman (6–4)Taubenheim (1–5)10,85847–38
86July 7@ Royals13–3Hudson (2–3)Burnett (1–3)17,16247–39
87July 8@ Royals7–5Tallet (2–0)Peralta (1–1)Ryan (24)22,63548–39
88July 9@ Royals11–3Halladay (12–2)Gobble (3–2)17,74849–39
89July 14Mariners5–3Meche (9–4)Janssen (6–8)Putz (17)23,44349–40
90July 15Mariners7–6 (14)Downs (3–0)Fruto (0–1)36,06950–40
91July 16Mariners4–3 (11)Downs (4–0)Sherrill (2–2)28,67951–40
92July 17Rangers10–1Lilly (9–8)Koronka (6–6)16,87252–40
93July 18Rangers5–2Padilla (10–5)Schoeneweis (2–1)Otsuka (19)20,01752–41
94July 19Rangers5–4Millwood (10–5)Janssen (6–9)Otsuka (20)20,77852–42
95July 20Yankees5–4 (11)Tallet (3–0)Rivera (4–5)42,33653–42
96July 21Yankees7–3Burnett (2–3)Wright (6–6)Schoeneweis (1)40,14954–42
97July 22Yankees5–4Wang (11–4)Downs (4–1)Rivera (23)50,01454–43
98July 23Yankees13–5Marcum (1–0)Ponson (0–1)42,33755–43
99July 24@ Mariners7–3Piñeiro (7–8)Janssen (6–10)29,78755–44
100July 25@ Mariners12–3Halladay (13–2)Meche (9–5)30,79356–44
101July 26@ Mariners7–4Moyer (6–9)Burnett (2–4)Putz (20)33,62956–45
102July 27@ Athletics5–2Blanton (11–8)Lilly (9–9)Street (21)19,25156–46
103July 28@ Athletics4–3Downs (5–1)Loaiza (4–7)Ryan (25)22,21757–46
104July 29@ Athletics7–4Zito (11–7)McGowan (1–1)Street (22)25,62757–47
105July 30@ Athletics6–5Street (4–3)Ryan (1–1)29,70957–48 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
106August 1@ Yankees5–1Wright (7–6)Burnett (2–5)52,23757–49
107August 2@ Yankees7–2Wang (13–4)Lilly (9–10)54,41457–50
108August 3@ Yankees8–1Lidle (1–0)Marcum (1–1)52,15657–51
109August 4White Sox6–4Garland (12–3)Halladay (13–3)Jenks (30)30,06057–52
110August 5White Sox7–1Vázquez (10–6)Rosario (1–2)35,11757–53
111August 6White Sox7–3Burnett (3–5)Contreras (10–4)36,45358–53
112August 7Orioles8–1Accardo (1–0)Ortiz (0–3)League (1)23,83859–53
113August 8Orioles8–4Cabrera (5–7)Schoeneweis (2–2)28,82359–54
114August 9Orioles4–3Halladay (14–3)Bédard (12–8)Ryan (26)34,19960–54
115August 10@ Twins5–0Lilly (10–10)Silva (8–10)30,11861–54
116August 11@ Twins7–1Burnett (4–5)Garza (0–1)31,81462–54
117August 12@ Twins4–0Downs (6–1)Bonser (2–4)36,26163–54
118August 13@ Twins5–0Radke (12–8)Marcum (1–2)32,81163–55
119August 15@ Devil Rays4–3Halladay (15–3)Meadows (2–3)Ryan (27)9,21764–55
120August 16@ Devil Rays8–3Shields (5–6)Lilly (10–11)8,19564–56
121August 17@ Devil Rays6–2Burnett (5–5)Meadows (2–4)8,69765–56
122August 18@ Orioles7–2Benson (10–9)Downs (6–2)22,67965–57
123August 19@ Orioles15–0Cabrera (6–8)Marcum (1–3)25,38065–58
124August 20@ Orioles9–2Halladay (16–3)Bédard (12–9)23,63966–58
125August 21Athletics12–10Haren (12–9)League (0–1)Duchscherer (4)28,28066–59
126August 22Athletics4–3Burnett (6–5)Halsey (3–4)Ryan (28)30,07167–59
127August 23Athletics6–0Loaiza (7–7)Chacín (6–3)32,51667–60
128August 25Royals6–3Marcum (2–3)Hudson (6–5)Ryan (29)26,34368–60
129August 26Royals2–0Hernández (4–8)Halladay (16–4)38,07068–61
130August 27Royals10–6Lilly (11–11)Pérez (1–2)36,41769–61
131August 28@ Indians6–4Byrd (9–6)Burnett (6–6)Mastny (4)19,62369–62
132August 29@ Indians5–2Sabathia (10–8)League (0–2)21,56369–63
133August 30@ Indians3–2 (10)Betancourt (3–4)Ryan (1–2)22,06569–64
134August 31@ Red Sox6–4Delcarmen (2–0)Halladay (16–5)Papelbon (35)36,23869–65 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
135September 1@ Red Sox2–1Snyder (4–3)Lilly (11–12)Timlin (3)36,23569–66
136September 2@ Red Sox5–1Burnett (7–6)Jarvis (0–1)35,97370–66
137September 3@ Red Sox6–1Chacín (7–3)Beckett (14–10)35,71971–66
138September 4Indians4–3League (1–2)Sabathia (10–9)Ryan (30)27,86472–66
139September 5Indians7–2Sowers (7–3)Accardo (1–1)18,51772–67
140September 6Indians3–2Lilly (12–12)Westbrook (12–9)Ryan (31)20,40673–67
141September 8@ Angels4–1Saunders (5–2)Burnett (7–7)Rodríguez (40)42,25973–68
142September 9@ Angels2–1Chacín (8–3)Escobar (10–13)Ryan (32)44,00774–68
143September 10@ Angels4–3Weaver (11–2)Towers (1–10)Rodríguez (41)40,50674–69
144September 11@ Mariners6–2Lilly (13–12)Woods (4–3)24,46275–69
145September 12@ Mariners4–2Meche (10–8)Marcum (2–4)Putz (32)26,14475–70
146September 13@ Mariners10–0Burnett (8–7)Baek (3–1)26,22576–70
147September 15Devil Rays5–4 (10)Ryan (2–2)Meadows (3–6)27,60777–70
148September 16Devil Rays6–1Lilly (14–12)Howell (0–3)30,69878–70
149September 17Devil Rays5–3Speier (2–0)Camp (7–4)Ryan (33)32,95979–70
150September 18Yankees7–6Rasner (3–0)Burnett (8–8)Veras (1)32,84679–71
151September 19Yankees6–3Karstens (2–1)Frasor (2–2)Farnsworth (6)30,79379–72
152September 20Yankees3–2Romero (1–0)Henn (0–1)Ryan (34)33,02980–72
153September 22Red Sox7–1Tavárez (4–4)Lilly (14–13)33,87480–73
154September 23Red Sox5–3Burnett (9–8)Hansack (0–1)Ryan (35)42,26781–73
155September 24Red Sox13–4Chacín (9–3)Snyder (4–5)44,21282–73
156September 25Red Sox5–0Marcum (3–4)Wakefield (7–11)40,12383–73
157September 26@ Tigers4–3Bonderman (14–8)McGowan (1–2)Jones (37)27,90883–74
158September 27@ Tigers7–4Lilly (15–13)Robertson (13–13)Ryan (36)26,43084–74
159September 28@ Tigers8–6Burnett (10–8)Rogers (17–7)Ryan (37)28,67085–74
160September 29@ Yankees7–2Mussina (15–7)Chacín (9–4)52,33185–75
161September 30@ Yankees6–5Frasor (3–2)Myers (1–2)Ryan (38)54,57686–75 :
October
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
162October 1@ Yankees7–5Towers (2–10)Farnsworth (3–6)Downs (1)54,88687–75 :

## 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 | Bengie Molina | 117 | 433 | 123 | .284 | 19 | 57 |
| 1B | Lyle Overbay | 157 | 581 | 181 | .312 | 22 | 92 |
| 2B | Aaron Hill | 155 | 546 | 159 | .291 | 6 | 50 |
| SS | John McDonald | 104 | 260 | 58 | .223 | 3 | 23 |
| 3B | Troy Glaus | 153 | 540 | 136 | .252 | 38 | 104 |
| LF | Frank Catalanotto | 128 | 437 | 131 | .300 | 7 | 56 |
| CF | Vernon Wells | 154 | 611 | 185 | .303 | 32 | 106 |
| RF | Alex Ríos | 128 | 450 | 136 | .302 | 17 | 82 |
| DH | Shea Hillenbrand | 81 | 296 | 89 | .301 | 12 | 39 |

#### 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 |
| Reed Johnson | 134 | 461 | 147 | .319 | 12 | 49 |
| Gregg Zaun | 99 | 290 | 79 | .272 | 12 | 40 |
| Russ Adams | 90 | 251 | 55 | .219 | 3 | 28 |
| Eric Hinske | 78 | 197 | 52 | .264 | 12 | 29 |
| Adam Lind | 18 | 60 | 22 | .367 | 2 | 8 |
| Jason Phillips | 25 | 48 | 12 | .250 | 0 | 6 |
| Edgardo Alfonzo | 12 | 37 | 6 | .162 | 0 | 4 |
| John Hattig | 13 | 24 | 8 | .333 | 0 | 3 |
| Kevin Barker | 12 | 17 | 4 | .235 | 1 | 1 |
| Chad Mottola | 10 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Roberts | 9 | 13 | 1 | .077 | 1 | 1 |
| Luis Figueroa | 8 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 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 |
| Roy Halladay | 32 | 220.0 | 16 | 5 | 3.19 | 132 |
| Ted Lilly | 32 | 181.2 | 15 | 13 | 4.31 | 160 |
| A.J. Burnett | 21 | 135.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.98 | 118 |
| Casey Janssen | 19 | 94.0 | 6 | 10 | 5.07 | 44 |
| Gustavo Chacin | 17 | 87.1 | 9 | 4 | 5.05 | 47 |

#### 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 |
| Shawn Marcum | 21 | 78.1 | 3 | 4 | 5.06 | 65 |
| Josh Towers | 15 | 62.0 | 2 | 10 | 8.42 | 35 |
| Ty Taubenheim | 12 | 35.0 | 1 | 5 | 4.89 | 26 |
| Dustin McGowan | 16 | 27.1 | 1 | 2 | 7.24 | 22 |

#### 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 |
| B.J. Ryan | 65 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 1.37 | 86 |
| Scott Downs | 59 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4.09 | 61 |
| Justin Speier | 58 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.98 | 55 |
| Scott Schoenweis | 55 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6.51 | 18 |
| Jason Frasor | 51 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.32 | 51 |
| Brian Tallet | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3.81 | 37 |
| Brandon League | 33 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2.53 | 29 |
| Jeremy Accardo | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.97 | 14 |
| Pete Walker | 23 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.40 | 27 |
| Vinnie Chulk | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.25 | 18 |
| Francisco Rosario | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6.65 | 21 |
| Davis Romero | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 10 |

## Award winners

* Vernon Wells, Gold Glove Award
All-Star Game
* Troy Glaus, third base
* Roy Halladay, pitcher
* Alex Ríos, outfield
* B. J. Ryan, pitcher
* Vernon Wells, outfield

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Mike Basso |
| AA | New Hampshire Fisher Cats | Eastern League | Doug Davis |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Omar Malavé |
| A | Lansing Lugnuts | Midwest League | Ken Joyce |
| A-Short Season | Auburn Doubledays | New York–Penn League | Dennis Holmberg |
| Rookie | Pulaski Blue Jays | Appalachian League | Dave Pano |