# 1997 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 1997 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 21st season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses. With a massive redesign of their logos and uniforms, the Blue Jays attempted to re-establish themselves in the American League East by signing Roger Clemens via free agency and bringing All-Stars Carlos García and Orlando Merced through trade. Although Clemens rejuvenated himself with the Blue Jays (en route to one of the best-ever single seasons by a starting pitcher, winning the Cy Young Award and the pitchers' triple crown), both Garcia and Merced ended up being flops as dismal overall hitting and an inconsistent bullpen doomed the Blue Jays once again to a last-place finish. 1997 also marked the end of the road for manager Cito Gaston, being fired near the end of the season (Gaston would eventually return to the team in 2008). Longtime fan-favourite Joe Carter also played in his final season for the Blue Jays, as he was released at the end of the season.

## Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1997 season.

### October 1996

| October 2 | Dane Johnson selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics. |
| October 3 | Brian Bohanon granted free agency (signed with New York Mets to a one-year, $205,000 contract on December 18, 1996). |
| October 15 | Mike Huff granted free agency. Félix José granted free agency. Scott Pose granted free agency (signed with New York Yankees to a one-year contract on November 27, 1996). |

### November 1996

| November 14 | Acquired Carlos García, Orlando Merced and Dan Plesac from the Pittsburgh Pirates for José Silva, Brandon Cromer, José Pett and players to be named later (Craig Wilson, Abraham Núñez and Mike Halperin on December 11, 1996). Re-signed Juan Guzmán to a two-year, $9.5 million contract. |
| November 18 | Juan Samuel granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $375,000 contract on December 18, 1996). |
| November 20 | Acquired Jason Stevenson from the Chicago Cubs for Miguel Cairo. |
| November 27 | Jeff Ware selected off of waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers. |

### December 1996

| December 9 | Travis Baptist drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1996 MLB Rule 5 draft. Mike Johnson drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1996 MLB Rule 5 draft. Tom Davey selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1996 Minor League Draft. Signed free agent Benito Santiago from the Philadelphia Phillies to a two-year, $6.5 million contract. |
| December 11 | Acquired Anton French from the Detroit Tigers for Roberto Durán. |
| December 11 | Signed Pat Hentgen to a contract extension through the 2001 season (three-year, $20 million contract). |
| December 13 | Signed free agent Roger Clemens from the Boston Red Sox to a four-year, $40 million contract. |
| December 18 | Re-signed free agent Juan Samuel to a one-year, $375,000 contract. |
| December 20 | Acquired Robert Person from the New York Mets for John Olerud and cash. |

### February 1997

| February 17 | Signed free agent Jeff Manto from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $240,000 contract. |

### March 1997

| March 20 | Tom Davey returned from the Baltimore Orioles. |

## Regular season
### Opening-day starters

* Joe Carter
* Carlos Delgado
* Carlos García
* Alex Gonzalez
* Shawn Green
* Pat Hentgen
* Orlando Merced
* Otis Nixon
* Benito Santiago
* Ed Sprague Jr.

### Interleague play

* June 30 – The first interleague game between the Montreal Expos and the Toronto Blue Jays took place at the SkyDome. The Expos won the game by a score of 2-1.

#### Expos vs. Jays

June 30, SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Montreal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Toronto | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| W: Pedro Martínez (10-3) L: Pat Hentgen (8-5) |||||||||||||
| Home Runs: Vladimir Guerrero (4), Carlos Delgado (15) Attendance: 37,430 Time: 2:03 |||||||||||||

#### Batting

| Montreal Expos | AB | R | H | RBI | Toronto Blue Jays | AB | R | H | RBI |
| Grudzielanek, ss | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Nixon cf | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lansing 2b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Merced dh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Santangelo 3b | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Carter lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Segui 1b | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Delgado 1b | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rodriguez lf | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sprague 3b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Orsulak lf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Green rf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guerrero rf | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Santiago c | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| McGuire dh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gonzalez ss | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| White cf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garcia 2b | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Widger c | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NONE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Totals | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 |

#### Pitching

| Montreal Expos | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Martinez W (10-3) | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| Hentgen L (8-5) | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Totals | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |

### Canada Day game

The Blue Jays and Expos played to a sold-out Skydome crowd on Canada Day. Legendary Roger Clemens would get the start as the Blue Jays donned red uniforms for the second time. Montreal pitcher Jeff Juden would have a no-hitter through the first six innings until Shawn Green would hit a dramatic home run to break Juden's bid for a no-hitter.

### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Baltimore Orioles | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 46‍–‍35 | 52‍–‍29 |
| New York Yankees | 96 | 66 | .593 | 2 | 47‍–‍33 | 49‍–‍33 |
| Detroit Tigers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 19 | 42‍–‍39 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 39‍–‍42 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 76 | 86 | .469 | 22 | 42‍–‍39 | 34‍–‍47 |

### Record vs. opponents

1997 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Anaheim | — | 4–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 11–1 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 4–12 |
| Baltimore | 7–4 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 8–4 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 10–1 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
| Boston | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 3–8 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 6–9 |
| Chicago | 5–6 | 6–5 | 8–3 | — | 5–7 | 4–7 | 11–1 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 8–7 |
| Cleveland | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 8–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 9–6 |
| Detroit | 6–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2–10 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
| Kansas City | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 1–11 | 3–8 | 5–6 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–8 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 6–9 |
| Milwaukee | 4–7 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 8–7 |
| Minnesota | 7–4 | 1–10 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 3–8 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 3–8 | 7–8 |
| New York | 7–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–2 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 8–3 | — | 6–5 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 5–10 |
| Oakland | 1–11 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 5–6 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 7–9 |
| Seattle | 6–6 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 8–3 | 7–9 |
| Texas | 4–8 | 1–10 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | — | 4–7 | 10–6 |
| Toronto | 5–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 5–7 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 7–4 | — | 4–11 |

### Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1997 regular season.

#### May 1997

| May 11 | Signed free agent Rubén Sierra from the Cincinnati Reds to a contract. |

#### June 1997

| June 5 | Acquired Ryan Thompson from the Cleveland Indians for Jeff Manto. |
| June 16 | Released Rubén Sierra. |

#### July 1997

| July 25 | Selected Omar Daal of off waivers from the Montreal Expos. |
| July 29 | Acquired Mariano Duncan from the New York Yankees for Angel Ramirez. |
| July 31 | Acquired José Cruz Jr. from the Seattle Mariners for Mike Timlin and Paul Spoljaric. |

#### August 1997

| August 8 | Tilson Brito selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics. |
| August 12 | Acquired Bobby Cripps from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Otis Nixon. |

### Game log

1997 Game Log :
April: 11–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1White Sox6–5 (10)Castillo (1–0)Plesac (0–1)Hernández (1)40,2990–1
2April 2White Sox6–1Clemens (1–0)Álvarez (0–1)31,3101–1
3April 4Brewers6–2Guzmán (1–0)Karl (0–1)Crabtree (1)26,3312–1
4April 5Brewers5–2McAndrew (1–0)Williams (0–1)Jones (1)31,2262–2
5April 6Brewers4–2McDonald (1–1)Hentgen (0–1)Jones (2)29,1062–3
--April 8@ White SoxPostponed (cold weather) Rescheduled for August 19
6April 9@ White Sox5–0Clemens (2–0)Álvarez (0–2)7463–3
7April 10@ White Sox4–0Guzmán (2–0)Baldwin (0–1)14,1804–3
--April 11@ BrewersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for July 28
--April 12@ BrewersPostponed (snow) Rescheduled for July 29
8April 13@ Brewers3–2Wickman (1–0)Crabtree (0–1)19,1434–4
9April 14Royals3–2Rusch (2–0)Quantrill (0–1)Pichardo (2)25,6424–5
10April 15Royals7–5Rosado (1–0)Guzmán (2–1)Pichardo (3)25,5824–6
11April 16Athletics4–3Crabtree (1–1)Taylor (0–1)26,1395–6
12April 17Athletics5–4Quantrill (1–1)Groom (0–1)Timlin (1)25,6256–6
13April 18@ Rangers6–5Hentgen (1–1)Pavlik (1–2)Timlin (2)30,4527–6
14April 19@ Rangers6–0Clemens (3–0)Hill (1–2)44,2068–6
15April 20@ Rangers10–5Witt (3–0)Guzmán (2–2)34,3338–7
16April 21@ Angels5–4 (13)DeLucia (1–0)Spoljaric (0–1)13,4138–8
17April 22@ Angels7–6Quantrill (2–1)James (1–2)Plesac (1)13,3539–8
18April 23@ Angels5–4 (10)DeLucia (2–0)Spoljaric (0–2)13,1179–9
19April 25Mariners13–8Ayala (2–0)Plesac (0–2)31,2159–10
20April 26Mariners4–3Quantrill (3–1)Lowe (0–1)31,42010–10
21April 27Mariners2–1Johnson (3–0)Person (0–1)Charlton (7)32,16010–11
22April 29@ Royals6–5 (10)Pichardo (1–0)Quantrill (3–2)12,53310–12
23April 30@ Royals1–0Clemens (4–0)Appier (3–1)Spoljaric (1)13,00411–12 :
May: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Royals8–0Rosado (2–0)Williams (0–2)12,04611–13
25May 2Twins3–2 (10)Radke (2–1)Crabtree (1–2)Aguilera (5)30,22611–14
26May 3Twins6–5Quantrill (4–2)Ritchie (2–3)29,15012–14
27May 4Twins1–0Hentgen (2–1)Tewksbury (1–5)29,11413–14
28May 5Tigers3–1Clemens (5–0)Olivares (1–2)27,16914–14
29May 6Tigers2–1 (10)Crabtree (2–2)Jones (1–2)26,29415–14
30May 7@ Indians7–1McDowell (3–2)Person (0–2)42,46315–15
31May 8@ Indians4–3Guzmán (3–2)Ogea (2–3)Quantrill (1)42,56716–15
32May 9@ Twins4–1Hentgen (3–1)Rodriguez (1–3)Timlin (3)13,27717–15
33May 10@ Twins6–4Clemens (6–0)Swindell (2–2)Crabtree (2)20,93218–15
34May 11@ Twins3–2Williams (1–2)Aldred (1–5)Timlin (4)32,55219–15
35May 12@ Twins12–2Radke (3–2)Carpenter (0–1)10,83019–16
36May 13@ Tigers4–0Lira (2–2)Guzmán (3–3)9,99219–17
37May 14@ Tigers7–2Hentgen (4–1)Moehler (2–3)11,78820–17
38May 16Indians5–2Clemens (7–0)Hershiser (3–2)Timlin (5)35,19521–17
39May 17Indians8–1Lopez (1–2)Williams (1–3)36,22021–18
40May 18Indians8–6Ogea (4–3)Carpenter (0–2)Jackson (4)31,13721–19
41May 20@ Yankees2–0Hentgen (5–1)Pettitte (6–2)20,22022–19
42May 21@ Yankees4–1Clemens (8–0)Rogers (3–2)19,86323–19
43May 23Angels12–2Springer (3–1)Guzmán (3–4)30,20923–20
44May 24Angels3–1Watson (2–3)Williams (1–4)Percival (2)28,35123–21
45May 25Angels4–3 (11)Timlin (1–0)DeLucia (4–2)28,18024–21
46May 26Rangers8–1Clemens (9–0)Santana (2–2)28,11325–21
47May 27Rangers15–5Burkett (4–3)Person (0–3)28,12625–22
48May 28Yankees6–4Wells (5–3)Guzmán (3–5)Rivera (15)32,33825–23
49May 29Yankees4–0Cone (6–3)Williams (1–5)Nelson (1)43,15525–24
50May 30@ Athletics12–7Prieto (4–3)Hentgen (5–2)11,00425–25
51May 31@ Athletics13–3Clemens (10–0)Telgheder (1–3)15,02726–25 :
June: 11–15 (Home: 5–11; Away: 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Athletics8–2Oquist (1–1)Person (0–4)21,12726–26
53June 2@ Mariners3–0Johnson (8–1)Andújar (0–1)40,31226–27
54June 3@ Mariners6–3Moyer (5–2)Williams (1–6)28,78626–28
55June 5Athletics4–3Reyes (1–0)Hentgen (5–3)Taylor (10)30,18926–29
56June 6Athletics4–1Clemens (11–0)Oquist (1–2)Quantrill (2)32,20827–29
57June 7Athletics3–1Person (1–4)Karsay (1–7)Quantrill (3)28,49028–29
58June 8Athletics7–5Wengert (3–3)Andújar (0–2)Taylor (11)29,40428–30
59June 10Mariners8–3Hentgen (6–3)Sanders (2–6)33,12429–30
60June 11Mariners5–1Fassero (6–2)Clemens (11–1)41,09929–31
61June 13@ Phillies4–3Gomes (1–0)Spoljaric (0–3)Bottalico (14)26,79929–32
62June 14@ Phillies3–2Person (2–4)Nye (0–2)Quantrill (4)22,58230–32
63June 15@ Phillies11–1Hentgen (7–3)Leiter (4–7)30,51631–32
64June 16Braves3–0Neagle (10–1)Clemens (11–2)34,40931–33
65June 17Braves8–7Maddux (8–3)Andújar (0–3)Wohlers (14)31,35631–34
66June 18Braves5–3Williams (2–6)Smoltz (6–6)Timlin (6)31,71732–34
67June 20Orioles3–0Hentgen (8–3)Mussina (8–2)30,26633–34
68June 21Orioles5–1Erickson (10–2)Plesac (0–3)40,13933–35
69June 22Orioles5–2Kamieniecki (6–3)Person (2–5)Myers (25)35,10633–36
70June 23Red Sox7–6Sele (9–5)Williams (2–7)Slocumb (8)30,38033–37
71June 24Red Sox9–6Wasdin (2–3)Andújar (0–4)Slocumb (9)27,26333–38
72June 25Red Sox13–12Wakefield (3–7)Hentgen (8–4)Slocumb (10)27,60533–39
73June 26@ Orioles3–0Clemens (12–2)Erickson (10–3)Timlin (7)47,61734–39
74June 27@ Orioles2–1Person (3–5)Kamieniecki (6–4)Spoljaric (2)47,90035–39
75June 28@ Orioles5–2Williams (3–7)Key (11–4)Timlin (8)47,68736–39
76June 29@ Orioles3–2Escobar (1–0)Benítez (0–3)Timlin (9)47,76337–39
77June 30Expos2–1Martínez (10–3)Hentgen (8–5)37,43037–40 :
July: 13–15 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Expos2–1Juden (10–2)Clemens (12–3)Urbina (15)50,43637–41
79July 2Expos7–6 (13)Timlin (2–0)Telford (2–2)34,17638–41
80July 3Yankees3–1Wells (9–4)Williams (3–8)Rivera (27)31,22738–42
81July 4Yankees1–0Escobar (2–0)Cone (8–4)34,13439–42
82July 5Yankees8–0Pettitte (9–5)Hentgen (8–6)44,20639–43
83July 6Yankees2–0Clemens (13–3)Mendoza (3–4)41,13740–43
84July 10@ Red Sox8–7 (11)Eshelman (3–3)Timlin (2–1)30,91340–44
85July 11@ Red Sox8–4Hentgen (9–6)Wasdin (3–4)32,54341–44
86July 12@ Red Sox3–1Clemens (14–3)Sele (10–7)Spoljaric (3)33,10642–44
87July 13@ Red Sox3–2Williams (4–8)Wakefield (3–10)Escobar (1)32,41843–44
88July 14@ Orioles9–5Mathews (2–1)Person (3–6)47,04243–45
89July 15@ Orioles8–4Boskie (5–3)Guzmán (3–6)47,06243–46
90July 16@ Rangers6–0Oliver (6–9)Hentgen (9–7)45,31343–47
91July 17@ Rangers9–1Clemens (15–3)Burkett (7–8)46,23944–47
92July 18@ Angels2–1Williams (5–8)Watson (8–6)Escobar (2)26,08745–47
93July 19@ Angels5–4Percival (4–4)Timlin (2–2)28,28845–48
94July 20@ Angels9–5Finley (8–6)Andújar (0–5)19,67145–49
95July 22Brewers5–2Hentgen (10–7)Eldred (9–10)Escobar (3)33,18146–49
96July 23Brewers8–0Clemens (16–3)McAndrew (1–1)31,58047–49
97July 24Brewers5–4Williams (6–8)Mercedes (3–6)Escobar (4)30,11448–49
98July 25Royals2–1Person (4–6)Rusch (3–6)Escobar (5)31,30849–49
99July 26Royals6–5Timlin (3–2)Carrasco (0–1)34,13350–49
100July 27Royals3–2Olson (1–0)Quantrill (4–3)32,34150–50
101July 28@ Brewers1–0Woodard (1–0)Clemens (16–4)Fetters (3)50–51
102July 28@ Brewers9–3Adamson (3–1)Flener (0–1)18,03450–52
103July 29@ Brewers2–0Mercedes (4–6)Williams (6–9)Fetters (4)22,54950–53
104July 29@ Brewers4–2Karl (6–10)Carpenter (0–3)Fetters (5)12,23750–54
105July 31@ Tigers4–2Thompson (9–8)Person (4–7)Jones (19)16,29450–55 :
August: 15–15 (Home: 8–6; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Tigers7–5Hentgen (11–7)Miceli (2–2)Escobar (6)23,68251–55
107August 2@ Tigers8–7Brocail (3–4)Quantrill (4–4)Jones (20)22,25451–56
108August 3@ Tigers5–2Blair (11–4)Williams (6–10)Jones (21)27,84851–57
109August 4@ Twins9–3Radke (16–5)Carpenter (0–4)19,01851–58
110August 5@ Twins8–3Person (5–7)Miller (0–2)17,92052–58
111August 6Indians6–3Hentgen (12–7)Lopez (3–5)Escobar (7)36,46353–58
112August 7Indians4–0Clemens (17–4)Smiley (1–1)35,19454–58
113August 8Tigers6–3Williams (7–10)Blair (11–5)Escobar (8)30,22855–58
114August 9Tigers3–2Sanders (4–9)Carpenter (0–5)Jones (23)37,16655–59
115August 10Tigers4–2Thompson (11–8)Person (5–8)32,35455–60
116August 11Tigers8–2Hentgen (13–7)Jarvis (0–2)30,10556–60
117August 12Twins9–1Clemens (18–4)Bowers (0–2)33,10857–60
118August 13Twins3–2Quantrill (5–4)Trombley (1–2)31,29258–60
119August 15@ Indians5–4 (10)Assenmacher (4–0)Crabtree (2–3)43,01158–61
120August 16@ Indians8–4Shuey (3–1)Quantrill (5–5)42,90858–62
121August 17@ Indians10–5Clemens (19–4)Wright (3–2)42,86159–62
122August 18@ Indians5–3Hershiser (11–5)Williams (7–11)Mesa (6)42,47159–63
123August 19@ White Sox6–5Carpenter (1–5)Cruz (0–1)Escobar (9)60–63
124August 19@ White Sox5–3Bere (1–0)Andújar (0–6)Karchner (7)19,64360–64
125August 20@ White Sox12–6Baldwin (9–13)Person (5–9)20,00360–65
126August 21@ White Sox6–3Drabek (10–8)Hentgen (13–8)Karchner (8)20,12060–66
127August 22@ Royals5–3Clemens (20–4)Rosado (8–10)Escobar (10)29,60461–66
128August 23@ Royals6–5Janzen (1–0)Walker (3–3)Quantrill (5)19,24962–66
129August 24@ Royals11–8 (13)Crabtree (3–3)Casian (0–2)14,43463–66
130August 26White Sox8–5Baldwin (10–13)Williams (7–12)Karchner (10)31,19863–67
131August 27White Sox13–2Hentgen (14–8)Drabek (10–9)30,21964–67
132August 28White Sox3–2 (11)Quantrill (6–5)McElroy (0–3)36,18165–67
133August 29Marlins8–0Leiter (9–9)Person (5–10)29,22365–68
134August 30Marlins4–1Fernandez (17–9)Carpenter (1–6)Nen (32)35,22965–69
135August 31Marlins8–3Hernández (9–0)Williams (7–13)31,12565–70 :
September: 11–16 (Home: 9–3; Away: 2–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Mets3–0Isringhausen (2–0)Hentgen (14–9)Franco (34)19,19665–71
137September 2@ Mets8–5Acevedo (2–1)Clemens (20–5)Wendell (5)17,63565–72
138September 3@ Mets4–2Mlicki (7–10)Quantrill (6–6)Franco (35)14,51365–73
139September 4Rangers6–2Helling (2–1)Carpenter (1–7)26,17865–74
140September 5Rangers5–1Williams (8–13)Pavlik (2–4)27,12166–74
141September 6Rangers2–1Hentgen (15–9)Burkett (7–12)Escobar (11)31,23267–74
142September 7Rangers4–0Clemens (21–5)Oliver (11–11)30,21268–74
143September 8Angels12–10Plesac (1–3)James (4–5)Escobar (12)25,77569–74
144September 9Angels2–0Carpenter (2–7)Hill (7–12)25,67470–74
145September 10@ Athletics3–2Mathews (5–2)Plesac (1–4)4,76470–75
146September 11@ Athletics8–7Mathews (6–2)Escobar (2–1)6,13570–76
147September 12@ Mariners7–3Ayala (10–4)Clemens (21–6)37,04470–77
148September 13@ Mariners6–3Escobar (3–1)Ayala (10–5)51,63171–77
149September 14@ Mariners3–2Timlin (6–4)Risley (0–1)Slocumb (24)45,47771–78
150September 15@ Mariners7–3Cloude (3–2)Williams (8–14)Slocumb (25)41,68471–79
151September 17@ Red Sox4–3Mahay (3–0)Quantrill (6–7)Gordon (9)23,64871–80
152September 18@ Red Sox3–2Corsi (4–2)Escobar (3–2)27,99071–81
153September 19@ Yankees3–0Daal (1–0)Gooden (8–5)Escobar (13)31,19572–81
154September 20@ Yankees4–3 (11)Banks (3–0)Janzen (1–1)38,33272–82
155September 21@ Yankees5–4 (10)Boehringer (3–2)Almanzar (0–1)40,03872–83
156September 22@ Yankees8–1Wells (15–10)Hentgen (15–10)23,38072–84
157September 23Orioles3–2Rodríguez (2–1)Clemens (21–7)Myers (44)29,27672–85
158September 24Orioles9–3Kamieniecki (10–6)Daal (1–1)27,44372–86
159September 25Orioles4–3Carpenter (3–7)Mussina (15–8)Escobar (14)28,32473–86
160September 26Red Sox3–0Williams (9–14)Henry (7–3)34,15574–86
161September 27Red Sox12–5Janzen (2–1)Corsi (5–3)37,40175–86
162September 28Red Sox3–2Plesac (2–4)Gordon (6–10)40,25176–86 :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
| C | Benito Santiago | 97 | 341 | 83 | 13 | 42 | .243 |
| 1B | Carlos Delgado | 153 | 519 | 136 | 30 | 91 | .262 |
| 2B | Carlos García | 103 | 350 | 77 | 3 | 23 | .220 |
| 3B | Ed Sprague Jr. | 138 | 504 | 115 | 14 | 48 | .228 |
| SS | Alex Gonzalez | 126 | 426 | 102 | 12 | 35 | .239 |
| LF | José Cruz Jr. | 55 | 212 | 49 | 14 | 34 | .231 |
| CF | Otis Nixon | 103 | 401 | 105 | 1 | 26 | .262 |
| RF | Orlando Merced | 98 | 368 | 98 | 9 | 40 | .266 |
| DH | Joe Carter | 157 | 612 | 143 | 21 | 102 | .234 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average
| Player | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | Avg. |
| Shawn Green | 135 | 429 | 123 | 16 | 53 | .287 |
| Charlie O'Brien | 69 | 225 | 49 | 4 | 27 | .218 |
| Jacob Brumfield | 58 | 174 | 36 | 2 | 20 | .207 |
| Shannon Stewart | 44 | 168 | 48 | 0 | 22 | .286 |
| Mariano Duncan | 39 | 167 | 38 | 0 | 12 | .228 |
| Tilson Brito | 49 | 126 | 28 | 0 | 8 | .222 |
| Tomás Pérez | 40 | 123 | 24 | 0 | 9 | .195 |
| Juan Samuel | 45 | 95 | 27 | 3 | 15 | .284 |
| Robert Pérez | 37 | 78 | 15 | 2 | 6 | .192 |
| Rubén Sierra | 14 | 48 | 10 | 1 | 5 | .208 |
| Tom Evans | 12 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 2 | .289 |
| Felipe Crespo | 12 | 28 | 8 | 1 | 5 | .286 |
| Rich Butler | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | .286 |
| Julio Mosquera | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Sandy Martínez | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |

### 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 | 264.0 | 15 | 10 | 3.68 | 160 |
| Roger Clemens | 34 | 264.0 | 21 | 7 | 2.05 | 292 |
| Woody Williams | 31 | 194.2 | 9 | 14 | 4.35 | 124 |
| Robert Person | 23 | 128.1 | 5 | 10 | 5.61 | 99 |
| Chris Carpenter | 14 | 81.1 | 3 | 7 | 5.09 | 55 |
| Juan Guzmán | 13 | 60.0 | 3 | 6 | 4.95 | 52 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Luis Andújar | 17 | 50.0 | 0 | 6 | 6.48 | 28 |
| Omar Daal | 9 | 27.0 | 1 | 1 | 4.00 | 28 |
| Huck Flener | 8 | 17.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.87 | 9 |
| Erik Hanson | 3 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 | 7.80 | 18 |

##### 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 |
| Kelvim Escobar | 27 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 2.90 | 36 |
| Paul Quantrill | 77 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1.94 | 56 |
| Dan Plesac | 73 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.58 | 61 |
| Mike Timlin | 38 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 2.87 | 36 |
| Paul Spoljaric | 37 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3.19 | 43 |
| Tim Crabtree | 37 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7.08 | 26 |
| Marty Janzen | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.60 | 17 |
| Carlos Almanzar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.70 | 4 |
| Bill Risley | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8.31 | 2 |
| Kenny Robinson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 4 |

## Award winners

* Roger Clemens, Pitcher of the Month Award, May
* Roger Clemens, Pitcher of the Month Award, August
* Roger Clemens, Cy Young Award
* Roger Clemens, MLB Leader, 21 Wins
* Roger Clemens, AL Strikeout Crown, 292 Strikeouts
* Roger Clemens, AL ERA Crown, 2.05
* Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Complete Games (9)
* Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Shutouts (3)
* Roger Clemens, American League Leader, Innings Pitched (264)
All-Star Game
* Roger Clemens, P
* Pat Hentgen, P

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Syracuse SkyChiefs | International League | Garth Iorg |
| 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 |