# 1996 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1996 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 20th season in franchise history. The season involved the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The Blue Jays had a losing record for the third consecutive season.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1996 season.

### October 1995

| October 16 | Brent Bowers granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a contract on November 30, 1995). Darren Hall granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $175,000 contract on November 1, 1995). Wally Whitehurst granted free agency (signed with Montreal Expos to a one-year, $125,000 contract on December 1, 1995). |
| October 19 | Mike Huff granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year contract on December 20, 1995). |
| October 30 | Roberto Alomar granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a three-year, $18 million contract on December 21, 1995). |

### November 1995

| November 1 | Danny Cox granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a contract on December 6, 1995). Devon White granted free agency (signed with Florida Marlins to a three-year, $9.9 million contract on November 21, 1995). |
| November 2 | Lance Parrish granted free agency (signed with Pittsburgh Pirates to a contract on January 4, 1996). Duane Ward granted free agency. |
| November 3 | Paul Molitor granted free agency (signed with Minnesota Twins to a two-year, $5.5 million contract on December 5, 1995). |
| November 6 | Al Leiter granted free agency (signed with Florida Marlins to a three-year, $8.6 million contract on December 14, 1995). |

### December 1995

| December 4 | Mike Coolbaugh drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1995 MLB Rule 5 draft. |
| December 6 | Re-signed free agent Danny Cox to a one-year contract. Signed Rich Rowland from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. Acquired Paul Quantrill from the Philadelphia Phillies for Howard Battle and Ricardo Jordan. |
| December 7 | Signed free agent Otis Nixon from the Texas Rangers to a two-year, $4.4 million contract. |
| December 14 | Signed free agent Charlie O'Brien from the Atlanta Braves to a two-year, $1.25 million contract. |
| December 18 | Acquired Miguel Cairo and Bill Risley from the Seattle Mariners for Edwin Hurtado and Paul Menhart. |
| December 20 | Re-signed free agent Mike Huff to a one-year contract. Re-signed Juan Guzmán to a one-year, $2.24 million contract. Re-signed Randy Knorr to a one-year, $280,000 contract. |
| December 22 | Signed free agent Erik Hanson from the Boston Red Sox to a three-year, $9.4 million contract. |

### January 1996

| January 16 | Signed free agent Juan Samuel from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year, $325,000 contract. |
| January 24 | Signed free agent Rubén Amaro Jr. from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $109,000 contract. |

### February 1996

| February 10 | Signed free agent Dane Johnson from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $125,000 contract. |
| February 20 | Signed free agent Brian Bohanon from the Detroit Tigers to a one-year, $185,000 contract. |
| February 22 | Signed free agent Frank Viola from the Cincinnati Reds to a one-year contract. |

### March 1996

| March 10 | Signed free agent Wes Chamberlain from the Kansas City Royals to a contract. |
| March 13 | Acquired Scott Pose from the Cleveland Indians for Joe Lis. |
| March 14 | Selected Roberto Durán off of waivers from the Los Angeles Dodgers. |
| March 24 | Released Ben Weber. |
| March 29 | Ken Robinson selected off of waivers by the Kansas City Royals. |

## Regular season

A new tradition would start in 1996 as the Blue Jays donned red uniforms for the first time. These uniforms would be worn only on Canada Day and would feature "Canada" on the back of their jerseys rather than a player's name. Eventual Cy Young Award winner Pat Hentgen would start the Canada Day match against the Baltimore Orioles.
The final series of the season would be embroiled in controversy. Against the American League East champion Baltimore Orioles, two events would define the Orioles season. The game on Friday, September 27, 1996, would go down as one of the most infamous events in baseball history, as former Blue Jay Roberto Alomar would spit at umpire John Hirschbeck. The Sunday game would be a coming-out party for Brady Anderson, as he would hit his 50th home run of the regular season off Pat Hentgen. The total would break Frank Robinson's team record for most home runs in a season.
1996 also marked the end of an era for the Blue Jays, as they would redesign their logo and uniforms in the following year and also radically shake up their roster.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 49‍–‍31 | 43‍–‍39 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 88 | 74 | .543 | 4 | 43‍–‍38 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Boston Red Sox | 85 | 77 | .525 | 7 | 47‍–‍34 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 18 | 35‍–‍46 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Detroit Tigers | 53 | 109 | .327 | 39 | 27‍–‍54 | 26‍–‍55 |

### Record vs. opponents

1996 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
| Baltimore | — | 7–6 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 3–10 | 9–4 | 7–5 | 3–10–1 | 8–5 |
| Boston | 6–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 1–11 | 12–1 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 8–5 |
| California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 5–8 | 4–9 | 7–5 |
| Chicago | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 5–8 | 10–3 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 7–5 |
| Cleveland | 7–5 | 11–1 | 9–4 | 8–5 | — | 12–0 | 7–6 | 7–6 | 10–3 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–5 |
| Detroit | 2–11 | 1–12 | 6–6 | 3–10 | 0–12 | — | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–9 | 6–7 |
| Kansas City | 3–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | — | 4–9 | 6–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 5–8 |
| Milwaukee | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 6–7 | 8–4 | 9–4 | — | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–9 | 6–7 | 5–7 |
| Minnesota | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–6 | 3–10 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 4–9 | — | 5–7 | 6–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–5 |
| New York | 10–3 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 7–6 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | — | 9–3 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 8–5 |
| Oakland | 4–9 | 5–8 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–9 | — | 8–5 | 7–6 | 4–8 |
| Seattle | 5–7 | 6–7 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 5–8 | — | 10–3 | 5–7 |
| Texas | 10–3–1 | 6–6 | 9–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–4 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 6–7 | 3–10 | — | 10–2 |
| Toronto | 5–8 | 5–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 8–5 | 7–5 | 5–8 | 5–8 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 2–10 | — |

### Game log

1996 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 35–46; Away: 39–42) :
April: 11–14 (Home: 5–9; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Athletics9–6Hanson (1–0)ReyesTimlin (1)7,2941–0
2April 3@ Athletics10–4Hentgen (1–0)Prieto—8,0502–0
3April 5@ Indians7–1Guzman (1–0)Hershiser—41,7823–0
4April 6@ Indians3–5NagyHanson (1–1)Mesa41,8523–1
5April 7@ Indians3–8MartinezQuantrill (0–1)—41,6893–2
6April 9Angels5–0Hentgen (2–0)Langston—36,6164–2
7April 10Angels1–2HolzemerGuzman (1–1)Percival25,4464–3
8April 11Angels7–4Hanson (2–1)AbbottTimlin (2)25,5125–3
9April 12Mariners6–9HitchcockQuantrill (0–2)—31,2935–4
10April 13Mariners3–14BosioWare (0–1)—33,6455–5
11April 14Mariners4–9WolcottHentgen (2–1)—29,3015–6
12April 15Tigers8–2Guzman (2–1)Olivares—26,1276–6
13April 16Tigers8–13GohrHanson (2–2)Lewis25,5036–7
14April 17@ Angels1–5FinleyQuantrill (0–3)—15,3616–8
15April 18@ Angels6–9JamesWare (0–2)Percival25,0836–9
16April 19@ Mariners10–4Hentgen (3–1)WolcottBohanon (1)32,1897–9
17April 20@ Mariners3–1Guzman (3–1)MenhartTimlin (3)47,4878–9
18April 21@ Mariners5–9JohnsonHanson (2–3)—34,9158–10
19April 22@ Mariners16–7Castillo (1–0)Hurtado—18,4679–10
20April 24Athletics6–7PrietoHentgen (3–2)Corsi28,0299–11
21April 25Athletics3–4 (11)MohlerCrabtree (0–1)—26,1639–12
22April 26Indians3–6HershiserHanson (2–4)Mesa30,2279–13
23April 27Indians11–6Castillo (2–0)Nagy—40,14010–13
24April 28Indians3–17LopezViola (0–1)—31,14310–14
25April 30Brewers9–8Crabtree (1–1)Boze—25,46711–14 :
May: 13–15 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Brewers9–3Guzman (4–1)Miranda—25,68412–14
27May 2Brewers7–5Hanson (3–4)KarlTimlin (4)31,29913–14
28May 3@ Red Sox7–8MoyerQuantrill (0–4)Slocumb25,57013–15
29May 4@ Red Sox4–8GordonViola (0–2)Slocumb29,78513–16
30May 5@ Red Sox11–4Hentgen (4–2)Wakefield—29,86614–16
31May 7@ Rangers1–5OliverGuzman (4–2)—23,00514–17
32May 8@ Rangers2–4WittHanson (3–5)Henneman20,69414–18
33May 9@ Rangers5–2Quantrill (1–4)HillTimlin (5)34,45115–18
34May 10Red Sox5–6 (11)SlocumbCarrara (0–1)—31,15915–19
35May 11Red Sox9–8 (11)Quantrill (2–4)Knackert—33,16316–19
36May 12Red Sox8–7 (10)Janzen (1–0)Slocumb—31,18817–19
37May 14@ Twins4–2Hanson (4–5)RobertsonTimlin (6)13,48318–19
38May 15@ Twins1–2RodriguezHentgen (4–3)—11,79318–20
39May 16@ Twins1–4RadkeQuantrill (2–5)Stevens13,53818–21
40May 17@ Royals2–4BelcherGuzman (4–3)Montgomery20,07918–22
41May 18@ Royals6–2Viola (1–2)Appier—18,11619–22
42May 19@ Royals3–2Hanson (5–5)GubiczaTimlin (7)15,03920–22
43May 20@ Royals4–5HaneyHentgen (4–4)Montgomery14,30320–23
44May 21@ White Sox1–2TapaniWare (0–3)Hernandez17,48320–24
45May 22@ White Sox1–2 (11)McCaskillTimlin (0–1)—17,88220–25
46May 23Twins5–4 (10)Janzen (2–0)Milchin—31,16321–25
47May 24Twins0–4RobertsonHanson (5–6)—33,14121–26
48May 25Twins4–6 (10)GuardadoCastillo (2–1)Stevens34,11821–27
49May 26Twins3–9NaultyBohanon (0–1)—30,17021–28
50May 27White Sox5–4Janzen (3–0)FernandezTimlin (8)30,01322–28
51May 28White Sox5–8BaldwinViola (1–3)Hernandez30,10422–29
52May 29White Sox6–5Hanson (6–6)MagraneTimlin (9)31,07423–29
53May 31Royals4–2Hentgen (5–4)GubiczaTimlin (10)33,19424–29 :
June: 12–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Royals5–3 (10)Crabtree (2–1)Montgomery—31,10725–29
55June 2Royals5–7BelcherJanzen (3–1)Montgomery32,25325–30
56June 4@ Yankees4–5GoodenHanson (6–7)Wetteland17,36825–31
57June 5@ Yankees12–7Hentgen (6–4)Key—17,14226–31
58June 6@ Yankees1–8PettitteQuantrill (2–6)—18,47526–32
59June 7@ Rangers7–10PavlikJanzen (3–2)Henneman40,04626–33
60June 8@ Rangers0–2OliverGuzman (4–4)—43,43926–34
61June 9@ Rangers6–8WittHanson (6–8)Henneman41,60526–35
62June 10Yankees3–5KeyHentgen (6–5)Wetteland37,33226–36
63June 11Yankees4–6PettitteQuantrill (2–7)Wetteland32,11426–37
64June 12Yankees7–4Janzen (4–2)Mendoza—44,23827–37
65June 13@ Angels4–6FinleyGuzman (4–5)James20,52827–38
66June 14@ Angels4–7GrimsleyHanson (6–9)Percival18,50327–39
67June 15@ Angels5–7LangstonCrabtree (2–2)Percival40,35227–40
68June 16@ Angels6–4Quantrill (3–7)AbbottTimlin (11)22,97928–40
69June 18@ Mariners11–3Guzman (5–5)Wolcott—25,91229–40
70June 19@ Mariners9–2Hanson (7–9)Harikkala—26,26530–40
71June 20@ Athletics1–0Hentgen (7–5)WengertTimlin (12)8,02731–40
72June 21@ Athletics7–5Quantrill (4–7)JohnsTimlin (13)10,27832–40
73June 22@ Athletics4–8ChouinardWare (0–4)—20,12432–41
74June 23@ Athletics5–4Guzman (6–5)WojciechowskiTimlin (14)14,40733–41
75June 25Mariners8–7Crabtree (3–2)Charlton—31,42034–41
76June 26Mariners6–5Ware (1–4)AyalaCrabtree (1)30,15835–41
77June 27Mariners1–9WellsQuantrill (4–8)—31,10835–42
78June 28Brewers1–5D'AmicoGuzman (6–6)Fetters31,33335–43
79June 29Brewers4–7KarlJanzen (4–3)—31,17035–44
80June 30Brewers15–2Hanson (8–9)Bones—30,10436–44 :
July: 13–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Orioles4–7CoppingerHentgen (7–6)Myers43,37736–45
82July 2Orioles2–8EricksonQuantrill (4–9)—32,15036–46
83July 3Orioles5–2Guzman (7–6)KrivdaTimlin (15)32,36537–46
84July 4@ Tigers1–6NitkowskiJanzen (4–4)Myers10,55737–47
85July 5@ Tigers3–4SagerHanson (8–10)Olson20,80837–48
86July 6@ Tigers15–0Hentgen (8–6)Olivares—16,22838–48
87July 7@ Tigers0–9LiraWare (1–5)—15,78438–49
88July 11@ Brewers6–3Guzman (8–6)D'AmicoCastillo (1)16,01939–49
89July 12@ Brewers5–12McDonaldHanson (8–11)—15,69139–50
90July 13@ Brewers15–7Hentgen (9–6)Karl—29,38340–50
91July 14@ Brewers7–5 (10)Crabtree (4–2)GarciaTimlin (16)20,79841–50
92July 15@ Orioles6–8HaynesTimlin (0–2)—43,19241–51
93July 16@ Orioles6–0Guzman (9–6)Mussina—45,85142–51
94July 17@ Orioles10–11CoppingerTimlin (0–3)—45,95542–52
95July 18Tigers8–4Hentgen (10–6)Nitkowski—31,20243–52
96July 19Tigers6–8UrbaniJanzen (4–5)Olson30,12343–53
97July 20Tigers4–5 (10)OlsonQuantrill (4–10)Lima36,22043–54
98July 21Tigers5–4 (12)Spoljaric (1–0)Lima—33,23844–54
99July 22Indians2–4HershiserHanson (8–12)Mesa35,51744–55
100July 23Indians3–1Hentgen (11–6)OgeaTimlin (17)35,19445–55
101July 24Indians0–10MartinezJanzen (4–6)—35,21845–56
102July 25Athletics4–3Crabtree (5–2)Witasick—30,17446–56
103July 26Athletics3–5GroomCastillo (2–2)Taylor32,24146–57
104July 27Athletics6–4Hanson (9–12)WasdinTimlin (18)32,16247–57
105July 28Athletics1–0Hentgen (12–6)Prieto—31,15048–57
106July 30@ Indians3–1Flener (1–0)MartinezTimlin (19)42,35549–57
107July 31@ Indians2–4AssenmacherTimlin (0–4)—42,30149–58 :
August: 14–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 9–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Indians5–3Hanson (10–12)LopezTimlin (20)42,24950–58
109August 2Angels9–2Hentgen (13–6)Finley—30,26151–58
110August 3Angels6–11LangstonCastillo (2–3)—32,13951–59
111August 4Angels7–1Flener (2–0)Abbott—30,25352–59
112August 5@ Red Sox1–3WakefieldGuzman (9–7)—23,88452–60
113August 6@ Red Sox2–3MadduxHanson (10–13)Slocumb25,26452–61
114August 7@ Red Sox0–8GordonHentgen (13–7)—30,44352–62
115August 8@ Red Sox9–6Williams (1–0)SeleTimlin (21)32,69653–62
116August 9Rangers4–5WittQuantrill (4–11)Henneman33,53553–63
117August 10Rangers1–12OliverGuzman (9–8)—34,10953–64
118August 11Rangers0–6BurkettHanson (10–14)—32,16253–65
119August 12Red Sox5–1Hentgen (14–7)Gordon—33,25054–65
120August 13Red Sox5–7BrandenburgWilliams (1–1)Slocumb30,50254–66
121August 14Red Sox6–8BelindaCrabtree (5–3)Slocumb32,35454–67
122August 16@ Twins4–5 (10)ParraQuantrill (4–12)—19,83854–68
123August 17@ Twins1–11RobertsonHanson (10–15)—20,35454–69
124August 18@ Twins6–2Hentgen (15–7)Aguilera—18,01055–69
125August 19@ Royals2–1Spoljaric (2–0)RosadoTimlin (22)16,86256–69
126August 20@ Royals6–5 (14)Timlin (1–4)Huisman—14,56857–69
127August 21@ Royals6–2Guzman (10–8)Haney—12,23858–69
128August 22@ White Sox1–0 (6)Hanson (11–15)Fernandez—22,39459–69
129August 23@ White Sox4–2Hentgen (16–7)Ruffcorn—19,13260–69
130August 24@ White Sox9–2Williams (2–1)Baldwin—29,41361–69
131August 25@ White Sox9–10 (10)HernandezTimlin (1–5)—19,64761–70
132August 26Twins5–3Guzman (11–8)RadkeTimlin (23)31,13462–70
133August 27Twins4–6 (11)TrombleyQuantrill (4–13)—30,03362–71
134August 28Twins6–1Hentgen (17–7)Aguilera—30,10663–71
135August 30White Sox2–11TapaniWilliams (2–2)—30,07263–72
136August 31White Sox1–5AlvarezFlener (2–1)—32,14163–73 :
September: 11–15 (Home: 5–10; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1White Sox2–4 (11)HernandezSpoljaric (2–1)—30,15663–74
138September 2Royals0–2BelcherHanson (11–16)—28,17763–75
139September 3Royals2–5AppierHentgen (17–8)—25,72963–76
140September 4Royals6–0Williams (3–2)Rosado—25,82764–76
141September 6@ Yankees3–4RiveraRisley (0–1)—21,52864–77
142September 7@ Yankees3–2Quantrill (5–13)ConeTimlin (24)27,06965–77
143September 8@ Yankees4–2Hanson (12–16)PettitteTimlin (25)28,57566–77
144September 9Rangers3–4GrossHentgen (17–9)Henneman25,82566–78
145September 10Rangers8–11OliverWilliams (3–3)Henneman26,28666–79
146September 11Rangers8–3Andujar (1–0)Vosberg—27,26267–79
147September 13Yankees1–4PettitteHanson (12–17)Wetteland31,22767–80
148September 14Yankees1–3BoehringerHentgen (17–10)Wetteland43,39767–81
149September 15Yankees3–1Williams (4–3)MendozaTimlin (26)36,26868–81
150September 16Yankees0–10KeyQuantrill (5–14)—30,11568–82
151September 17@ Brewers0–4McDonaldAndujar (1–1)—10,18468–83
152September 18@ Brewers1–2FettersTimlin (1–6)—9,55068–84
153September 20@ Orioles5–1Hentgen (18–10)KrivdaSpoljaric (1)47,02669–84
154September 21@ Orioles3–6CoppingerWilliams (4–4)Myers47,27069–85
155September 22@ Orioles4–5EricksonFlener (2–2)Benitez46,03569–86
156September 23@ Tigers6–4Hanson (13–17)SagerTimlin (27)9,67870–86
157September 24@ Tigers4–1Hentgen (19–10)MillerTimlin (28)8,35571–86
158September 25@ Tigers13–11Brow (1–0)CummingsTimlin (29)8,05572–86
159September 26Orioles1–4CoppingerWilliams (4–5)Benitez30,14172–87
160September 27Orioles3–2Flener (3–2)EricksonTimlin (30)30,11673–87
161September 28Orioles2–3 (10)MyersSpoljaric (2–2)—36,31673–88
162September 29Orioles4–1Hentgen (20–10)RodriguezTimlin (31)38,26774–88 :
Legend:        = Win        = Loss Bold = Blue Jays team member :

### Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| AL East |||||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 55 | 58 |
| Boston Red Sox | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 72 | 77 |
| Detroit Tigers | 7 | 6 | 0.538 | 81 | 71 |
| New York Yankees | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 46 | 61 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | | | | | |
| Total | 22 | 30 | 0.423 | 254 | 267 |
| AL Central |||||||
| Chicago White Sox | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 46 | 55 |
| Cleveland Indians | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 45 | 66 |
| Kansas City Royals | 8 | 5 | 0.615 | 51 | 40 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 79 | 63 |
| Minnesota Twins | 5 | 8 | 0.385 | 44 | 59 |
| Total | 30 | 32 | 0.484 | 265 | 283 |
| AL West |||||||
| California Angels | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 61 | 58 |
| Oakland Athletics | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 59 | 50 |
| Seattle Mariners | 7 | 5 | 0.583 | 82 | 79 |
| Texas Rangers | 2 | 10 | 0.167 | 45 | 72 |
| Total | 22 | 26 | 0.458 | 247 | 259 |
| Season Total | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 766 | 809 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 25 | 11 | 14 | 0.440 | 150 | 160 |
| May | 28 | 13 | 15 | 0.464 | 123 | 127 |
| June | 27 | 12 | 15 | 0.444 | 145 | 146 |
| July | 27 | 13 | 14 | 0.481 | 132 | 135 |
| August | 29 | 14 | 15 | 0.483 | 126 | 142 |
| September | 26 | 11 | 15 | 0.423 | 90 | 99 |
| Total | 162 | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 766 | 809 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 81 | 35 | 46 | 0.432 | 364 | 433 |
| Away | 81 | 39 | 42 | 0.481 | 402 | 376 |
| Total | 162 | 74 | 88 | 0.457 | 766 | 809 |

### Opening Day starters

* Tilson Brito
* Joe Carter
* Alex Gonzalez
* Pat Hentgen
* Otis Nixon
* Charlie O'Brien
* John Olerud
* Robert Pérez
* Juan Samuel
* Ed Sprague

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1996 regular season.

#### May 1996

| May 5 | Released Rubén Amaro Jr. |
| May 7 | Selected Ken Robinson off of waivers from the Kansas City Royals. |
| May 15 | Acquired Jacob Brumfield from the Pittsburgh Pirates for D.J. Boston. |
| May 17 | Player rights of Randy Knorr sold to the Houston Astros. |
| May 24 | Signed free agent Félix José from the Boston Red Sox to a minor-league contract. |
| May 27 | Released Wes Chamberlain. |

#### June 1996

| June 5 | Released Frank Viola. |
| June 15 | Signed amateur free agent Luis Lopez to a contract. |

#### July 1996

| July 3 | Signed amateur free agent César Izturis to a contract. Giovanni Carrara selected off of waivers by the Cincinnati Reds. |

#### August 1996

| August 22 | Acquired Luis Andújar and Allen Halley from the Chicago White Sox for Tony Castillo and Domingo Cedeño. |

#### September 1996

| September 30 | Scott Brow selected off of waivers by the Atlanta Braves. |

### 1996 MLB Draft

* June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball draft
** Billy Koch was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th pick). Player signed August 23, 1996.
** Joe Lawrence was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (16th pick). Player signed July 1, 1996.
** Orlando Hudson was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 33rd round, but did not sign.

### Game log

1996 Game Log :
April
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Athletics †9 – 6Hanson (1-0)Reyes (0-1)Timlin (1)7,2941-0
2April 3@ Athletics †10 – 4Hentgen (1-0)Prieto (0-1)8,0502-0
3April 5@ Indians7 – 1Guzmán (1-0)Hershiser (0-1)41,7823-0
4April 6@ Indians5 – 3Nagy (1-0)Hanson (1-1)Mesa (1)41,8523-1
5April 7@ Indians8 – 3Martínez (1-1)Quantrill (0-1)41,6893-2
6April 9Angels5 – 0Hentgen (2-0)Langston (0-1)36,6164-2
7April 10Angels2 – 1Holzemer (1-0)Guzmán (1-1)Percival (2)25,4464-3
8April 11Angels7 – 4Hanson (2-1)Abbott (0-2)Timlin (2)25,5125-3
9April 12Mariners9 – 6Hitchcock (3-0)Quantrill (0-2)31,2935-4
10April 13Mariners14 – 3Bosio (1-0)Ware (0-1)33,6455-5
11April 14Mariners9 – 4Wolcott (1-1)Hentgen (2-1)29,3015-6
12April 15Tigers8 – 2Guzmán (2-1)Olivares (1-1)26,1276-6
13April 16Tigers13 – 8Gohr (1-2)Hanson (2-2)Lewis (1)25,5036-7
14April 17@ Angels5 – 1Finley (3-1)Quantrill (0-3)15,3616-8
15April 18@ Angels9 – 6James (3-1)Ware (0-2)Percival (4)25,0836-9
16April 19@ Mariners10 – 4Hentgen (3-1)Wolcott (1-2)Bohanon (1)32,1897-9
17April 20@ Mariners3 – 1Guzmán (3-1)Menhart (0-2)Timlin (3)47,4878-9
18April 21@ Mariners9 – 5Johnson (4-0)Hanson (2-3)34,9158-10
19April 22@ Mariners16 – 7Castillo (1-0)Hurtado (1-3)18,4679-10
20April 24Athletics7 – 6Prieto (1-1)Hentgen (3-2)Corsi (1)28,0299-11
21April 25Athletics4 – 3 (11)Mohler (2-0)Crabtree (0-1)26,1639-12
22April 26Indians6 – 3Hershiser (2-2)Hanson (2-4)Mesa (8)30,2279-13
23April 27Indians11 – 6Castillo (2-0)Nagy (3-1)40,14010-13
24April 28Indians17 – 3Lopez (1-0)Viola (0-1)31,14310-14
25April 30Brewers9 – 8Crabtree (1-1)Boze (0-1)25,46711-14 :
May
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
26May 1Brewers9 – 3Guzmán (4-1)Miranda (1-1)25,68412-14
27May 2Brewers7 – 5Hanson (3-4)Karl (2-2)Timlin (4)31,29913-14
28May 3@ Red Sox8 – 7 ‡Moyer (3-1)Quantrill (0-4)Slocumb (5)25,57013-15
29May 4@ Red Sox8 – 4Gordon (2-2)Viola (0-2)Slocumb (6)29,78513-16
30May 5@ Red Sox11 – 4Hentgen (4-2)Wakefield (2-4)29,86614-16
31May 7@ Rangers5 – 1Oliver (2-0)Guzmán (4-2)23,00514-17
32May 8@ Rangers4 – 2Witt (4-2)Hanson (3-5)Henneman (8)20,69414-18
33May 9@ Rangers5 – 2Quantrill (1-4)Hill (4-3)Timlin (5)34,45115-18
34May 10Red Sox6 – 5 (11)Slocumb (1-1)Carrara (0-1)31,15915-19
35May 11Red Sox9 – 8 (11)Quantrill (2-4)Knackert (0-1)33,16316-19
36May 12Red Sox8 – 7 (10)Janzen (1-0)Slocumb (1-2)31,18817-19
37May 14@ Twins4 – 2Hanson (4-5)Robertson (0-6)Timlin (6)13,48318-19
38May 15@ Twins2 – 1Rodriguez (3-4)Hentgen (4-3)11,79318-20
39May 16@ Twins4 – 1Radke (4-5)Quantrill (2-5)Stevens (8)13,53818-21
40May 17@ Royals4 – 2Belcher (4-2)Guzmán (4-3)Montgomery (10)20,07918-22
41May 18@ Royals6 – 2Viola (1-2)Appier (3-4)18,11619-22
42May 19@ Royals3 – 2Hanson (5-5)Gubicza (3-6)Timlin (7)15,03920-22
43May 20@ Royals5 – 4Haney (3-4)Hentgen (4-4)Montgomery (11)14,30320-23
44May 21@ White Sox2 – 1Tapani (4-3)Ware (0-3)Hernández (12)17,48320-24
45May 22@ White Sox2 – 1 (11)McCaskill (3-2)Timlin (0-1)17,88220-25
46May 23Twins5 – 4 (10)Janzen (2-0)Milchin (1-1)31,16321-25
47May 24Twins4 – 0Robertson (1-7)Hanson (5-6)33,14121-26
48May 25Twins6 – 4 (10)Guardado (2-2)Castillo (2-1)Stevens (9)34,11821-27
49May 26Twins9 – 3Naulty (3-0)Bohanon (0-1)30,17021-28
50May 27White Sox5 – 4Janzen (3-0)Fernandez (5-3)Timlin (8)30,01322-28
51May 28White Sox8 – 5Baldwin (4-1)Viola (1-3)Hernández (15)30,10422-29
52May 29White Sox6 – 5Hanson (6-6)Magrane (1-1)Timlin (9)31,07423-29
53May 31Royals4 – 2Hentgen (5-4)Gubicza (4-7)Timlin (10)33,19424-29 :
June
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
54June 1Royals5 – 3 (10)Crabtree (2-1)Montgomery (1-3)31,10725-29
55June 2Royals7 – 5Belcher (6-2)Janzen (3-1)Montgomery (14)32,25325-30
56June 4@ Yankees5 – 4Gooden (4-4)Hanson (6-7)Wetteland (13)17,36825-31
57June 5@ Yankees12 – 7Hentgen (6-4)Key (2-6)17,14226-31
58June 6@ Yankees8 – 1Pettitte (9-3)Quantrill (2-6)18,47526-32
59June 7@ Rangers10 – 7Pavlik (8-1)Janzen (3-2)Henneman (17)40,04626-33
60June 8@ Rangers2 – 0Oliver (5-2)Guzmán (4-4)43,43926-34
61June 9@ Rangers8 – 6Witt (6-4)Hanson (6-8)Henneman (18)41,60526-35
62June 10Yankees5 – 3Key (3-6)Hentgen (6-5)Wetteland (15)37,33226-36
63June 11Yankees6 – 4Pettitte (10-3)Quantrill (2-7)Wetteland (16)32,11426-37
64June 12Yankees7 – 4Janzen (4-2)Mendoza (1-2)44,23827-37
65June 13@ Angels6 – 4Finley (8-4)Guzmán (4-5)James (1)20,52827-38
66June 14@ Angels7 – 4Grimsley (4-5)Hanson (6-9)Percival (17)18,50327-39
67June 15@ Angels7 – 5Langston (4-2)Crabtree (2-2)Percival (18)40,35227-40
68June 16@ Angels6 – 4Quantrill (3-7)Abbott (1-10)Timlin (11)22,97928-40
69June 18@ Mariners11 – 3Guzmán (5-5)Wolcott (5-7)25,91229-40
70June 19@ Mariners9 – 2Hanson (7-9)Harikkala (0-1)26,26530-40
71June 20@ Athletics1 – 0Hentgen (7-5)Wengert (2-5)Timlin (12)8,02731-40
72June 21@ Athletics7 – 5Quantrill (4-7)Johns (4-9)Timlin (13)10,27832-40
73June 22@ Athletics8 – 4Chouinard (1-2)Ware (0-4)20,12432-41
74June 23@ Athletics5 – 4Guzmán (6-5)Wojciechowski (5-5)Timlin (14)14,40733-41
75June 25Mariners8 – 7Crabtree (3-2)Charlton (2-2)31,42034-41
76June 26Mariners6 – 5Ware (1-4)Ayala (0-1)Crabtree (1)30,15835-41
77June 27Mariners9 – 1Wells (9-1)Quantrill (4-8)31,10835-42
78June 28Brewers5 – 1D'Amico (1-0)Guzmán (6-6)Fetters (13)31,33335-43
79June 29Brewers7 – 4Karl (8-3)Janzen (4-3)31,17035-44
80June 30Brewers15 – 2Hanson (8-9)Bones (6-9)30,10436-44 :
July
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
81July 1Orioles7 – 4Coppinger (3-0)Hentgen (7-6)Myers (16)43,37736-45
82July 2Orioles8 – 2Erickson (5-6)Quantrill (4-9)32,15036-46
83July 3Orioles5 – 2Guzmán (7-6)Krivda (2-4)Timlin (15)32,36537-46
84July 4@ Tigers6 – 1Nitkowski (1-0)Janzen (4-4)Myers (3)10,55737-47
85July 5@ Tigers4 – 3Sager (1-1)Hanson (8-10)Olson (4)20,80837-48
86July 6@ Tigers15 – 0Hentgen (8-6)Olivares (4-5)16,22838-48
87July 7@ Tigers9 – 0Lira (6-7)Ware (1-5)15,78438-49
88July 11@ Brewers6 – 3Guzmán (8-6)D'Amico (1-2)Castillo (1)16,01939-49
89July 12@ Brewers12 – 5McDonald (10-3)Hanson (8-11)15,69139-50
90July 13@ Brewers15 – 7Hentgen (9-6)Karl (8-5)29,38340-50
91July 14@ Brewers7 – 5 (10)Crabtree (4-2)García (3-3)Timlin (16)20,79841-50
92July 15@ Orioles8 – 6Haynes (3-5)Timlin (0-2)43,19241-51
93July 16@ Orioles6 – 0Guzmán (9-6)Mussina (11-7)45,85142-51
94July 17@ Orioles11 – 10Coppinger (5-0)Timlin (0-3)45,95542-52
95July 18Tigers8 – 4Hentgen (10-6)Nitkowski (1-2)31,20243-52
96July 19Tigers8 – 6Urbani (2-2)Janzen (4-5)Olson (6)30,12343-53
97July 20Tigers5 – 4 (10)Olson (2-0)Quantrill (4-10)Lima (1)36,22043-54
98July 21Tigers5 – 4 (12)Spoljaric (1-0)Lima (0-5)33,23844-54
99July 22Indians4 – 2Hershiser (10-6)Hanson (8-12)Mesa (25)35,51744-55
100July 23Indians3 – 1Hentgen (11-6)Ogea (5-2)Timlin (17)35,19445-55
101July 24Indians10 – 0Martínez (9-5)Janzen (4-6)35,21845-56
102July 25Athletics4 – 3Crabtree (5-2)Witasick (0-1)30,17446-56
103July 26Athletics5 – 3Groom (5-0)Castillo (2-2)Taylor (11)32,24146-57
104July 27Athletics6 – 4Hanson (9-12)Wasdin (6-3)Timlin (18)32,16247-57
105July 28Athletics1 – 0Hentgen (12-6)Prieto (2-4)31,15048-57
106July 30@ Indians3 – 1Flener (1-0)Martínez (9-6)Timlin (19)42,35549-57
107July 31@ Indians4 – 2Assenmacher (2-1)Timlin (0-4)42,30149-58 :
August
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
108August 1@ Indians5 – 3Hanson (10-12)Lopez (1-3)Timlin (20)42,24950-58
109August 2Angels9 – 2Hentgen (13-6)Finley (11-9)30,26151-58
110August 3Angels11 – 6Langston (6-4)Castillo (2-3)32,13951-59
111August 4Angels7 – 1Flener (2-0)Abbott (1-14)30,25352-59
112August 5@ Red Sox3 – 1Wakefield (9-10)Guzmán (9-7)23,88452-60
113August 6@ Red Sox3 – 2Maddux (1-1)Hanson (10-13)Slocumb (16)25,26452-61
114August 7@ Red Sox8 – 0Gordon (9-5)Hentgen (13-7)30,44352-62
115August 8@ Red Sox9 – 6Williams (1-0)Sele (5-9)Timlin (21)32,69653-62
116August 9Rangers5 – 4Witt (11-8)Quantrill (4-11)Henneman (24)33,53553-63
117August 10Rangers12 – 1Oliver (10-5)Guzmán (9-8)34,10953-64
118August 11Rangers6 – 0Burkett (1-0)Hanson (10-14)32,16253-65
119August 12Red Sox5 – 1Hentgen (14-7)Gordon (9-6)33,25054-65
120August 13Red Sox7 – 5Brandenburg (3-3)Williams (1-1)Slocumb (18)30,50254-66
121August 14Red Sox8 – 6Belinda (2-1)Crabtree (5-3)Slocumb (19)32,35454-67
122August 16@ Twins5 – 4 (10)Parra (4-3)Quantrill (4-12)19,83854-68
123August 17@ Twins11 – 1Robertson (6-11)Hanson (10-15)20,35454-69
124August 18@ Twins6 – 2Hentgen (15-7)Aguilera (6-5)18,01055-69
125August 19@ Royals2 – 1Spoljaric (2-0)Rosado (4-3)Timlin (22)16,86256-69
126August 20@ Royals6 – 5 (14)Timlin (1-4)Huisman (0-1)14,56857-69
127August 21@ Royals6 – 2Guzmán (10-8)Haney (9-12)12,23858-69
128August 22@ White Sox1 – 0 (7)Hanson (11-15)Fernandez (12-8)22,39459-69
129August 23@ White Sox4 – 2Hentgen (16-7)Ruffcorn (0-1)19,13260-69
130August 24@ White Sox9 – 2Williams (2-1)Baldwin (9-4)29,41361-69
131August 25@ White Sox10 – 9 (10)Hernández (5-1)Timlin (1-5)19,64761-70
132August 26Twins5 – 3Guzmán (11-8)Radke (8-14)Timlin (23)31,13462-70
133August 27Twins6 – 4 (11)Trombley (4-1)Quantrill (4-13)30,03362-71
134August 28Twins6 – 1Hentgen (17-7)Aguilera (7-6)30,10663-71
135August 30White Sox11 – 2Tapani (12-8)Williams (2-2)30,07263-72
136August 31White Sox5 – 1Álvarez (15-7)Flener (2-1)32,14163-73 :
September
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
137September 1White Sox4 – 2 (11)Hernández (6-1)Spoljaric (2-1)30,15663-74
138September 2Royals2 – 0Belcher (13-8)Hanson (11-16)28,17763-75
139September 3Royals5 – 2Appier (12-10)Hentgen (17-8)25,72963-76
140September 4Royals6 – 0Williams (3-2)Rosado (5-5)25,82764-76
141September 6@ Yankees4 – 3Rivera (5-2)Risley (0-1)21,52864-77
142September 7@ Yankees3 – 2Quantrill (5-13)Cone (5-2)Timlin (24)27,06965-77
143September 8@ Yankees4 – 2Hanson (12-16)Pettitte (20-8)Timlin (25)28,57566-77
144September 9Rangers4 – 3Gross (11-8)Hentgen (17-9)Henneman (29)25,82566-78
145September 10Rangers11 – 8Oliver (12-6)Williams (3-3)Henneman (30)26,28666-79
146September 11Rangers8 – 3Andújar (1-2)Vosberg (1-1)27,26267-79
147September 13Yankees4 – 1Pettitte (21-8)Hanson (12-17)Wetteland (40)31,22767-80
148September 14Yankees3 – 1Boehringer (2-3)Hentgen (17-10)Wetteland (41)43,39767-81
149September 15Yankees3 – 1Williams (4-3)Mendoza (3-5)Timlin (26)36,26868-81
150September 16Yankees10 – 0Key (12-10)Quantrill (5-14)30,11568-82
151September 17@ Brewers4 – 0McDonald (12-10)Andújar (1-3)10,18468-83
152September 18@ Brewers2 – 1Fetters (3-2)Timlin (1-6)9,55068-84
153September 20@ Orioles5 – 1Hentgen (18-10)Krivda (2-5)Spoljaric (1)47,02669-84
154September 21@ Orioles6 – 3Coppinger (9-6)Williams (4-4)Myers (31)47,27069-85
155September 22@ Orioles5 – 4Erickson (13-11)Flener (2-2)Benítez (2)46,03569-86
156September 23@ Tigers6 – 4Hanson (13-17)Sager (4-5)Timlin (27)9,67870-86
157September 24@ Tigers4 – 1Hentgen (19-10)Miller (0-4)Timlin (28)8,35571-86
158September 25@ Tigers13 – 11Brow (1-0)Cummings (3-2)Timlin (29)8,05572-86
159September 26Orioles4 – 1Coppinger (10-6)Williams (4-5)Benítez (4)30,14172-87
160September 27Orioles3 – 2Flener (3-2)Erickson (13-12)Timlin (30)30,11673-87
161September 28Orioles3 – 2 (10)Myers (4-4)Spoljaric (2-2)36,31673-88
162September 29Orioles4 – 1Hentgen (20-10)Rodríguez (0-1)Timlin (31)38,26774-88 :
† At Cashman Field in Las Vegas, Nevada.
‡ Game suspended due to curfew after the 6th inning. Completed on May 4. :

## Player stats

* = Indicates team leader

### 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; SB = Stolen bases
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI | SB |
| C | Charlie O'Brien | 109 | 324 | 33 | 77 | .238 | 13 | 44 | 0 |
| 1B | John Olerud | 125 | 398 | 59 | 109 | .274 | 18 | 61 | 1 |
| 2B | Tomás Pérez | 91 | 295 | 24 | 74 | .251 | 1 | 19 | 1 |
| 3B | Ed Sprague | 159 | 591 | 88 | 146 | .247 | 36 | 101 | 0 |
| SS | Alex Gonzalez | 147 | 527 | 64 | 124 | .235 | 14 | 64 | 16 |
| LF | Joe Carter | 157 | 625 | 84 | 158 | .253 | 30 | 107 | 7 |
| CF | Otis Nixon | 125 | 496 | 87 | 142 | .286 | 1 | 29 | 54 |
| RF | Shawn Green | 132 | 422 | 52 | 118 | .280 | 11 | 45 | 5 |
| DH | Carlos Delgado | 138 | 488 | 68 | 132 | .270 | 25 | 92 | 0 |

#### 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 | 90 | 308 | 79 | .256 | 12 | 52 |
| Domingo Cedeño | 77 | 282 | 79 | .280 | 2 | 17 |
| Sandy Martínez | 76 | 229 | 52 | .227 | 3 | 18 |
| Robert Pérez | 86 | 202 | 66 | .327 | 2 | 21 |
| Juan Samuel | 69 | 188 | 48 | .255 | 8 | 26 |
| Tilson Brito | 26 | 80 | 19 | .238 | 1 | 7 |
| Felipe Crespo | 22 | 49 | 9 | .184 | 0 | 4 |
| Mike Huff | 11 | 29 | 5 | .172 | 0 | 0 |
| Miguel Cairo | 9 | 27 | 6 | .222 | 0 | 1 |
| Julio Mosquera | 8 | 22 | 5 | .227 | 0 | 2 |
| Shannon Stewart | 7 | 17 | 3 | .176 | 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 |
| Pat Hentgen | 35 | 265.2 | 20 | 10 | 3.22 | 177 |
| Erik Hanson | 35 | 214.2 | 13 | 17 | 5.41 | 156 |
| Juan Guzmán | 27 | 187.2 | 11 | 8 | 2.93 | 165 |
| Frank Viola | 6 | 30.1 | 1 | 3 | 7.71 | 18 |

#### 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 |
| Paul Quantrill | 38 | 134.1 | 5 | 14 | 5.43 | 86 |
| Marty Janzen | 15 | 73.2 | 4 | 6 | 7.33 | 47 |
| Huck Flener | 15 | 70.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.58 | 44 |
| Woody Williams | 12 | 59.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.73 | 43 |
| Jeff Ware | 13 | 32.2 | 1 | 5 | 9.09 | 11 |
| Luis Andújar | 3 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 5.02 | 5 |

#### 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 |
| Mike Timlin | 59 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 3.65 | 52 |
| Tim Crabtree | 53 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2.54 | 57 |
| Tony Castillo | 40 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4.23 | 48 |
| Paul Spoljaric | 28 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.08 | 38 |
| Bill Risley | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.89 | 29 |
| Brian Bohanon | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7.77 | 17 |
| Scott Brow | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.59 | 23 |
| Giovanni Carrara | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11.40 | 10 |
| Dane Johnson | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 7 |
| José Silva | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |

## Award winners

* Juan Guzmán, Pitcher of the Month Award, April
* Juan Guzmán, American League ERA Leader, 2.93
* Pat Hentgen, Pitcher of the Month Award, July
* Pat Hentgen, Pitcher of the Month Award, August
* Pat Hentgen, Cy Young Award
All-Star Game
* Joe Carter, OF
** Joe Carter received boos at the All-Star Game, as it took place at Veterans Stadium, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies, for his home run that ended the 1993 World Series.

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse Chiefs | International League | Richie Hebner |
| AA | Knoxville Smokies | Southern League | Omar Malavé |
| A | Dunedin Blue Jays | Florida State League | Dennis Holmberg |
| A | Hagerstown Suns | South Atlantic League | J. J. Cannon |
| A-Short Season | St. Catharines Stompers | New York–Penn League | Rocket Wheeler |
| Rookie | Medicine Hat Blue Jays | Pioneer League | Marty Pevey |