2011 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2011 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 35th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 22nd full season of play (23rd overall) at the Rogers Centre. It was also the first season with John Farrell as the team's manager. The Blue Jays had an up-and-down season, finishing with an 81–81 record, in fourth place in the American League East.

2011 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record81–81 (.500)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Rogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General manager(s)Alex Anthopoulos
Manager(s)John Farrell
Local televisionRogers Sportsnet
Rogers Sportsnet One
(Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Alan Ashby)
Local radioBlue Jays Radio Network
FAN 590
(Jerry Howarth, Alan Ashby, Mike Wilner, Gregg Zaun)
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AL East
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9765 0.599 — 52–29 45–36
Tampa Bay Rays 9171 0.562 6 47–34 44–37
Boston Red Sox 9072 0.556 7 45–36 45–36
Toronto Blue Jays 8181 0.500 16 42–39 39–42
Baltimore Orioles 6993 0.426 28 39–42 30–51

Records vs opponents
Record Games Left
OpponentHomeRoadTotalHomeRoadTotal
AL East
Baltimore Orioles6–36–312–6–––
Boston Red Sox5–43–68–10–––
New York Yankees5–42–77–11–––
Tampa Bay Rays3–63–66–12–––
Totals19–1714–2233–39–––
AL Central
Chicago White Sox3–11–24–3–––
Cleveland Indians1–23–14–3–––
Detroit Tigers1–31–12–4–––
Kansas City Royals1–22–23–4–––
Minnesota Twins2–13–05–1–––
Totals8–910–618–15–––
AL West
Los Angeles Angels4–31–25–5–––
Oakland Athletics3–32–25–5–––
Seattle Mariners3–03–36–3–––
Texas Rangers2–14–36–4–––
Totals12–710–1022–17–––
National League
Atlanta Braves–0–30–3–––
Cincinnati Reds–2–12–1–––
Houston Astros1–2–1–2–––
Philadelphia Phillies1–2–1–2–––
Pittsburgh Pirates1–2–1–2–––
St. Louis Cardinals–3–03–0–––
Totals3–65–48–10–––
Grand Totals42–3939–4281–81–––
Month Games Won Lost Pct.
April271314.481
May281513.536
June271215.444
July261511.577
August281315.464
September261313.500
Totals1628181.500
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–8–104–42–55–55–43–66–25–134–54–29–91–56–127–11
Boston10–8–2–44–65–15–36–25–212–66–25–46–124–610–810–8
Chicago4–44–2–11–75–137–112–69–92–66–47–24–44–43–411–7
Cleveland5–26–47–11–6–1212–63–611–73–45–25–42–41–93–411–7
Detroit5–51–513–512–6–11–73–414–44–35–54–66–16–34–27–11
Kansas City4–53–511–76–127–11–7–38–103–34–55–32–52–64–35–13
Los Angeles6–32–66–26–34–33–7–6–34–58–1112–74–47–125–513–5
Minnesota2–62–59–97–114–1410–83–6–2–64–43–53–75–31–58–10
New York13–56–126–24–33–43–35–46–2–6–35–49–97–211–713–5
Oakland5–42–64–62–55–55–411–84–43–6–9–105–26–135–58–10
Seattle2–44–52–74–56–43–57–125–34–510–9–4–64–153–69–9
Tampa Bay9–912–64–44–21–65–24–47–39–92–56–4–4–512–612–6
Texas5–16–44–49–13–66–212–73–52–713–615–45–4–4–69–9
Toronto12–68–104–34–32–43–45–55–17–115–56–36–126–4–8–10

Season summary

Following an unexpectedly successful 2010 season, one of the Blue Jays' priorities was to find a replacement for retiring manager Cito Gaston. After reviewing many candidates, the Blue Jays vetted four finalists, Sandy Alomar Jr., DeMarlo Hale, John Farrell and their third base coach Brian Butterfield. The Jays hired Farrell on October 22, 2010.

Relief pitcher Scott Downs declined arbitration, becoming a free agent; he signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on December 10, 2010. Catcher John Buck was also expected to leave, as GM Alex Anthopoulos and several commentators noted that he deserved a full-time job and contract coming off an all-star season, but that the Jays would be looking to prospect J. P. Arencibia as their starting catcher, after he hit .301 with 32 home runs in 104 Triple-A games.[1][2]

The Jays made several notable acquisitions through free agency, including relievers Jon Rauch and Octavio Dotel. On November 17, 2010, the Blue Jays traded for outfielder Rajai Davis from the Oakland Athletics in exchange for two minor league pitchers Trystan Magnuson and Danny Farquhar.

On January 21, the Blue Jays announced a blockbuster deal that sent the face of the franchise, Vernon Wells, to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, in exchange for catcher/first baseman Mike Napoli and outfielder Juan Rivera.[3] Four days later, the Blue Jays traded Napoli to the Texas Rangers for reliever Frank Francisco,[4] Rivera was Designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on July 3, 2011, and acquired by the Los Angeles Dodgers with cash for a player to be named later or cash back.[5]

On February 17, the Blue Jays announced that José Bautista had agreed to a five-year contract extension worth $64 million.[6] Bautista led the MLB with 54 home runs, won the AL Hank Aaron Award and placed fourth in MVP balloting in 2010.

On June 1, in a game against the Cleveland Indians, Eric Thames, Rajai Davis and Jayson Nix hit back-to-back-to-back triples for the first time in franchise history. It was also the first time in the Major Leagues since Mike Gates, Tim Raines and Tim Wallach of the Montreal Expos accomplished this incredibly rare feat back in 1981.

On July 27, the Blue Jays completed a three-team trade to acquire long sought-after center fielder Colby Rasmus from the St. Louis Cardinals. In total, the trade involved many players, with Rasmus, P. J. Walters, Brian Tallet, and Trever Miller traded from St. Louis to Toronto, Mark Teahen traded from the Chicago White Sox to Toronto, Zach Stewart and Jason Frasor traded from Toronto to Chicago, Edwin Jackson traded to the St. Louis Cardinals from the Chicago White Sox (through Toronto), along with outfielder Corey Patterson, relief pitchers Octavio Dotel, and Marc Rzepczynski. The trade was seen as a watershed moment in the Blue Jays development process in the Anthopoulous regime, providing the team a multi-tooled centre fielder to anchor a young, developing outfield trio.

On July 31, the Blue Jays retired their first number, Roberto Alomar's #12.

On August 10, ESPN reported a cover story claiming the Toronto Blue Jays organization engaged in sign stealing[7] from visiting teams at the Rogers Centre, during the 2010 season. The story, by Peter Keating and Amy K. Nelson, alleged that a man in white, sitting in the outfield crowd, was raising his arms above his head to indicate an off-speed pitch.[7] While the story was not validated by visiting players, managers or other MLB organizations, the Blue Jays responded with a press conference to denounce the allegations.

On August 23, Aaron Hill and John McDonald were traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for second baseman Kelly Johnson.[8]

In August, J. P. Arencibia broke the Blue Jays single-season record for most home runs by a catcher, finishing the year with 23. Russell Martin would later tie this record in 2015.

2011 Draft picks

The 2011 MLB draft was held on June 7–9.

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality Signed
1 21 Tyler Beede RHP Lawrence Academy (MA) Unsigned
C-A 35* Jacob Anderson RHP Chino High School (CA) 2011–08–12
C-A 46* Joe Musgrove RHP Grossmont High School (CA) 2011–06–22
C-A 53* Dwight Smith Jr. OF McIntosh High School (GA) 2011–08–14
C-A 57* Kevin Comer RHP Seneca High School (NJ) 2011–08–15
2 74* Daniel Norris LHP Science Hill High School (TN) 2011–08–15
2 78 Jeremy Gabryszwski RHP Crosby High School (TX) 2011–07–27
3 108 John Stilson RHP Texas A&M 2011–08–14
4 139 Tom Robson RHP Delta SS 2011–08–12
5 169 Andrew Chin LHP Buckingham Browne & Nichols (MA) Unsigned
6 199 Anthony DeSclafani RHP Florida 2011–08–14
7 229 Christian Lopes SS Edison High School (CA) 2011–08–15
8 259 Mark Biggs RHP Warren East High School (KY) 2011–08–14
9 289 Andrew Suarez LHP Christopher Columbus High School (FL) Unsigned
10 319 Aaron Garza RHP Galveston Ball High School (TX) Unsigned
  • * The Blue Jays received the 35th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Scott Downs
  • * The Blue Jays received the 46th pick as compensation for loss of free agent John Buck
  • * The Blue Jays received the 53rd pick as compensation for loss of free agent Miguel Olivo
  • * The Blue Jays received the 57th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Kevin Gregg
  • * The Blue Jays received the 74th pick as a compensation pick from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for signing type-A free agent Scott Downs

Roster
2011 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher)

Top prospects
# Player Position Top 100 Rank Scouting Book 2011 Starting Team (Level)
1
Kyle Drabek
Right-handed pitcher
29
15
Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)
2
Deck McGuire
Right-handed pitcher
95
53
Dunedin Blue Jays (Advanced-A)
3
Anthony Gose
Outfielder
-
133
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA)
4
Travis d'Arnaud
Catcher
36
102
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA)
5
Zach Stewart
Right-handed pitcher
-
101
New Hampshire Fisher Cats (AA)
6
Asher Wojciechowski
Right-handed pitcher
-
193
Dunedin Blue Jays (Advanced-A)
7
J. P. Arencibia
Catcher
-
88
Toronto Blue Jays (MLB)
8
Carlos Perez
Catcher
-
-
Lansing Lugnuts (A)
9
Aaron Sanchez
Right-handed pitcher
-
-
Bluefield Blue Jays (Rookie)
10
Jake Marisnick
Outfielder
-
-
Lansing Lugnuts (A)
11
Brett Lawrie
Second baseman
40
16
Las Vegas 51s (AAA)

* According to Baseball America Top 100 Prospects[9]

* According to Scouting Book Top Minor League Prospects[10]

* Top 10 Blue Jays prospects via Baseball America[11]

Game log

Regular season
Legend
Blue Jays Win Blue Jays Loss Game Postponed
2011 Game Log
April 13–14 (Home 6–5, Road 7–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
1April 1Twins13–3Romero (1–0)Pavano (0–1)47,9841–0–
2April 2Twins6–1Drabek (1–0)Liriano (0–1)27,1942–0–
3April 3Twins4–3Blackburn (1–0)Cecil (0–1)Nathan (1)35,5052–11
4April 5Athletics7–6 (10)Frasor (1–0)Balfour (0–1)11,0773–11
5April 6Athletics5–3Litsch (1–0)Braden (0–1)Rauch (1)11,6844–1–
6April 7Athletics2–1Cahill (1–0)Frasor (1–1)Fuentes (1)19,5284–21
7April 8@ Angels3–2Dotel (1–0)Santana (0–1)Rauch (2)43,8535–2½
8April 9@ Angels6–5 (14)Haren (2–0)Rauch (0–1)43,5135–31
9April 10@ Angels3–1Weaver (3–0)Reyes (0–1)Rodney (2)43,5255–41
10April 11@ Mariners8–7Lueke (1–0)Camp (0–1)13,0565–51½
11April 12@ Mariners3–2Pineda (1–1)Romero (1–1)League (2)15,5005–62
12April 13@ Mariners8–3Rzepczynski (1–0)Ray (1–1)12,4076–61
13April 15@ Red Sox7–6Cecil (1–1)Jenks (0–1)Rauch (3)37,4677–6½
14April 16@ Red Sox4–1Beckett (2–1)Reyes (0–2)Papelbon (2)37,3107–71½
15April 17@ Red Sox8–1Lester (1–1)Litsch (1–1)37,8027–82½
16April 18@ Red Sox9–1Matsuzaka (1–2)Romero (1–2)37,9167–93
17April 19Yankees6–5 (10)Rauch (1–1)Nova (1–2)25,2508–92
18April 20Yankees6–2Colón (1–1)Cecil (1–2)Soriano (1)26,0628–103
19April 22Rays6–4 (11)Rzepczynski (2–0)Russell (1–1)23,1299–102½
20April 23Rays6–4Price (3–2)Morrow (0–1)Farnsworth (5)21,8269–113½
21April 24Rays2–0Shields (2–1)Romero (1–3)14,4569–124½
22April 25@ Rangers6–4Drabek (2–0)Lewis (1–3)Rauch (4)22,91510–123½
23April 26@ Rangers10–3Litsch (2–1)Harrison (3–2)21,75511–122½
24April 27@ Rangers7–6Eppley (1–0)Dotel (1–1)Oliver (2)29,32211–133½
25April 28@ Rangers5–2Francisco (1–0)Oliver (1–2)24,12112–133½
26April 29@ Yankees5–3Romero (2–3)García (1–1)Rauch (5)40,83013–132½
27April 30@ Yankees5–4Burnett (4–1)Drabek (2–1)Rivera (9)42,46013–143½
May 15–13 (Home 9–8, Road 6–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
28May 1@ Yankees5–2Nova (2–2)Litsch (2–2)Rivera (10)43,36313–154½
29May 3@ Rays3–2Farnsworth (2–0)Rauch (1–2)10,24813–165
30May 4@ Rays3–2Morrow (1–1)Niemann (1–4)Francisco (1)10,09914–164
31May 5@ Rays3–1Price (4–3)Drabek (2–2)Farnsworth (6)12,68214–174
32May 6Tigers7–4Litsch (3–2)Coke (1–5)Francisco (2)19,71115–174
33May 7Tigers9–0Verlander (3–3)Romero (2–4)23,45315–184
34May 8Tigers5–2Penny (3–3)Reyes (0–3)Valverde (7)17,39215–195
35May 9Tigers10–5Scherzer (6–0)Morrow (1–2)11,78515–205½
36May 10Red Sox7–6 (10)Villanueva (1–0)Albers (0–1)17,82016–205½
37May 11Red Sox9–3Litsch (4–2)Lackey (2–5)19,16317–204½
38May 13@ Twins2–0Romero (3–4)Burnett (0–2)Francisco (3)38,80918–205
39May 14@ Twins9–3 (11)Rauch (2–2)Perkins (0–1)39,93419–204
40May 15@ Twins11–3Morrow (2–2)Duensing (2–3)39,30120–203
41May 16@ Tigers4–2Drabek (3–2)Benoit (1–3)Francisco (4)20,44421–203
–May 17@ TigersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for June 272½
42May 18Rays6–5Hellickson (5–2)Litsch (4–3)Farnsworth (9)14,41521–213½
43May 19Rays3–2Romero (4–4)Davis (4–4)Francisco (5)12,59022–212½
44May 20Astros5–2López (1–1)Francisco (1–1)Melancon (2)15,47822–222½
45May 21Astros7–5Janssen (1–0)Myers (1–4)Dotel (1)21,49423–221½
46May 22Astros3–2Rodríguez (3–3)Drabek (3–3)Melancon (3)19,48723–232½
47May 23@ Yankees7–3Villanueva (2–0)Colón (2–3)41,94624–231½
48May 24@ Yankees5–4Sabathia (5–3)Francisco (1–2)41,54924–242½
49May 25@ Yankees7–3García (3–4)Reyes (0–4)43,20124–253½
50May 26White Sox3–1Crain (2–1)Rzepczynski (2–1)Santos (8)14,35324–264
51May 27White Sox4–2Janssen (2–0)Buehrle (4–4)Rauch (6)16,66825–264
52May 28White Sox9–8 (14)Pérez (1–0)Floyd (5–5)22,65926–263½
53May 29White Sox13–4Romero (5–4)Danks (0–8)18,32527–263
54May 30Indians11–1Reyes (1–4)Carmona (3–6)12,90228–262
55May 31Indians6–3Talbot (2–1)Morrow (2–3)14,55628–272½
June 12–15 (Home 3–7, Road 9–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
56June 1Indians13–9Tomlin (7–2)Drabek (3–4)15,39728–283½
57June 3@ Orioles8–4Villanueva (3–0)Britton (5–4)18,58729–283
58June 4@ Orioles5–3Arrieta (7–3)Romero (5–5)Gregg (10)20,08629–294
59June 5@ Orioles7–4Reyes (2–4)Guthrie (2–8)25,43130–294
60June 6@ Royals3–2 (11)Soria (4–3)Francisco (1–3)12,19430–304½
61June 7@ Royals8–5Drabek (4–4)Mazzaro (0–1)Rauch (7)16,53931–303½
62June 8@ Royals9–8Villanueva (4–0)Duffy (0–2)Janssen (1)12,15232–303½
63June 9@ Royals3–2Hochevar (4–6)Romero (5–6)Soria (8)13,94132–314½
64June 10Red Sox5–1Buchholz (5–3)Reyes (2–5)28,58832–325½
65June 11Red Sox16–4Lackey (4–5)Morrow (2–4)39,43732–336½
66June 12Red Sox14–1Lester (9–2)Drabek (4–5)30,36432–347½
67June 14Orioles6–5 (11)Camp (1–1)Uehara (1–1)15,59233–346½
68June 15Orioles4–1Romero (6–6)Arrieta (8–4)Francisco (6)14,54134–346½
69June 16Orioles4–3Berken (1–2)Rauch (2–3)Gregg (13)31,82234–357½
70June 17@ Reds3–2Reyes (3–5)Leake (6–3)Francisco (7)32,02635–357½
71June 18@ Reds4–0Morrow (3–4)Vólquez (4–3)31,68836–356½
72June 19@ Reds2–1Arroyo (6–6)Villanueva (4–1)Cordero (5)32,61836–367½
73June 20@ Braves2–0Hudson (6–6)Romero (6–7)Kimbrel (20)22,93736–378½
74June 21@ Braves5–1Minor (1–2)Stewart (0–1)26,84936–388½
75June 22@ Braves5–1Beachy (2–1)Reyes (3–6)23,15236–398½
76June 24@ Cardinals5–4Frasor (2–1)Salas (4–2)Francisco (8)37,72437–397½
77June 25@ Cardinals6–3Villanueva (5–1)García (6–3)40,28938–397
78June 26@ Cardinals5–0Romero (7–7)McClellan (6–4)36,54239–397
79June 27@ Tigers4–2Benoit (2–3)Rzepczynski (2–2)Valverde (18)25,18139–407½
80June 28Pirates7–6Correia (10–6)Reyes (3–7)Hanrahan (23)17,08539–418½
81June 29Pirates2–1Morrow (4–4)Maholm (4–9)Francisco (9)15,63240–418½
82June 30Pirates6–2Karstens (6–4)Cecil (1–3)14,93940–429½
July 15–11 (Home 10–6, Road 5–5)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
83July 1Phillies7–6Báez (2–3)Francisco (1–4)Bastardo (4)45,51240–4310½
84July 2Phillies5–3Halladay (11–3)Pérez (1–1)44,07840–4411½
85July 3Phillies7–4Dotel (2–1)Lee (9–6)26,20441–4410½
86July 4@ Red Sox9–7Morrow (5–4)Lackey (5–8)Francisco (10)38,07242–449½
87July 5@ Red Sox3–2Albers (3–3)Cecil (1–4)Papelbon (18)37,74542–4510½
88July 6@ Red Sox6–4Wakefield (5–3)Romero (7–8)Papelbon (19)37,40442–4610½
89July 7@ Indians5–4Sipp (4–1)Pérez (1–2)18,81642–4711
90July 8@ Indians11–7Reyes (4–7)Talbot (2–5)25,83543–4711
91July 9@ Indians5–4 (10)Rauch (3–3)Perez (2–4)Camp (1)27,66144–4711
92July 10@ Indians7–1Cecil (2–4)Carrasco (8–6)21,14845–4711
93July 14Yankees16–7Reyes (5–7)Colón (6–5)37,34246–4710½
94July 15Yankees7–1Morrow (6–4)García (7–7)33,52547–479½
95July 16Yankees4–1Sabathia (14–4)Romero (7–9)Rivera (23)45,60647–4810½
96July 17Yankees7–2Hughes (1–2)Villanueva (5–2)36,58647–4911½
97July 19Mariners6–5 (14)Janssen (3–0)Wright (2–3)15,95748–4911
98July 20Mariners11–6Morrow (7–4)Vargas (6–8)18,09349–4911
99July 21Mariners7–5Rauch (4–3)Pauley (5–4)23,14650–4910½
100July 22@ Rangers12–2Lewis (10–7)Reyes (5–8)37,36050–5011½
101July 23@ Rangers5–4Oliver (3–5)Rzepczynski (2–3)38,53750–5112½
102July 24@ Rangers3–0Cecil (3–4)Ogando (10–4)43,11751–5112½
103July 26Orioles12–4Arrieta (10–7)Morrow (7–5)17,47751–5213
104July 27Orioles3–0Romero (8–9)Simón (2–4)Rauch (8)16,86152–5213
105July 28Orioles8–5Villanueva (6–2)Bergesen (2–7)16,15253–5212
106July 29Rangers3–2Cecil (4–4)Ogando (10–5)Rauch (9)19,28754–5211
107July 30Rangers3–0Holland (10–4)Mills (0–1)22,56054–5312
108July 31Rangers7–3Morrow (8–5)Wilson (10–4)45,62955–5312
August 13–15 (Home 5–8, Road 8–7)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
109August 2@ Rays3–1Romero (9–9)Price (9–10)Rauch (10)13,33356–5311½
110August 3@ Rays9–1Shields (10–9)Villanueva (6–3)11,80356–5412½
111August 4@ Rays7–6Gomes (1–1)Camp (1–2)28,49156–5512½
112August 5@ Orioles5–4Mills (1–1)Hunter (1–2)Rauch (11)18,77057–5512½
113August 6@ Orioles6–2Tillman (3–4)Morrow (8–6)19,39657–5612½
114August 7@ Orioles7–2Romero (10–9)Simón (3–5)13,82458–5612½
115August 9Athletics4–1Harden (3–2)Cecil (4–5)Bailey (14)20,52158–5714
116August 10Athletics8–4Janssen (4–0)González (9–10)Litsch (1)19,54159–5713
117August 11Athletics10–3Moscoso (5–6)Mills (1–2)27,91859–5813½
118August 12Angels5–1Santana (9–8)Morrow (8–7)24,73159–5914½
119August 13Angels11–2Romero (11–9)Weaver (14–6)27,18560–5913½
120August 14Angels5–4 (10)Rauch (5–3)Rodney (2–5)23,35561–5912½
121August 15@ Mariners6–5Wilhelmsen (1–0)Rauch (5–4)League (30)28,53061–6013
122August 16@ Mariners13–7Pérez (2–2)Vargas (7–11)23,08962–6013
123August 17@ Mariners5–1Morrow (9–7)Beavan (3–4)26,57963–6012
124August 18@ Athletics7–0Romero (12–9)Cahill (9–12)12,22064–6012
125August 19@ Athletics2–0Harden (4–2)Cecil (4–6)Bailey (16)13,17464–6113
126August 20@ Athletics5–1González (10–11)Álvarez (0–1)28,43464–6213
127August 21@ Athletics1–0Pérez (3–2)Moscoso (6–7)Janssen (2)16,81165–6213
128August 23Royals6–4Chen (9–5)Morrow (9–8)Soria (23)20,00965–6313
129August 24Royals4–3Litsch (5–3)Coleman (1–3)Francisco (11)18,29266–6313
130August 25Royals9–6Francis (5–14)Cecil (4–7)17,35566–6414
131August 26Rays6–1Shields (12–10)Álvarez (0–2)20,49166–6514
132August 27Rays6–5Niemann (9–5)Camp (1–3)Peralta (2)24,05266–6615½
133August 28Rays12–0Price (12–11)Morrow (9–9)21,61866–6716
134August 29Rays7–3Romero (13–9)Davis (8–8)19,72567–6715½
135August 30@ Orioles6–5 (10)Eyre (1–0)Tallet (0–2)10,75667–6815½
136August 31@ Orioles13–0Álvarez (1–2)Reyes (7–11)14,21168–6815½
September 13–13 (Home 9–5, Road 4–8)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB
137September 1@ Orioles8–6Camp (2–3)Eyre (1–1)Francisco (12)11,61769–6814½
138September 2@ Yankees3–2Nova (15–4)Morrow (9–10)Rivera (37)47,24069–6915
139September 3@ Yankees6–4Logan (5–2)Romero (13–10)Robertson (1)47,74469–7016
140September 4@ Yankees9–3Sabathia (19–7)Cecil (4–8)47,46469–7117
141September 5Red Sox1–0 (11)Camp (3–3)Wheeler (2–2)27,57370–7117
142September 6Red Sox14–0Lester (15–6)Pérez (3–3)17,56570–7218
143September 7Red Sox11–10Camp (4–3)Bard (2–6)Francisco (13)16,15471–7217
144September 8Red Sox7–4Romero (14–10)Miller (6–3)17,18972–7216
145September 9Orioles2–0Guthrie (7–17)Cecil (4–9)Johnson (4)13,91872–7316
146September 10Orioles5–4Litsch (6–3)Gregg (0–3)17,74273–7315
147September 11Orioles6–5Carreño (1–0)Hunter (3–4)Francisco (14)14,23574–7315
148September 13@ Red Sox18–6Wakefield (7–6)Morrow (9–11)38,02074–7416½
149September 14@ Red Sox5–4Romero (15–10)Bard (2–8)Francisco (15)37,08775–7415½
150September 16Yankees5–4Janssen (5–0)Logan (5–3)29,32376–7414½
151September 17Yankees7–6Laffey (3–2)Villaneuva (6–4)Rivera (42)39,28876–7515½
152September 18Yankees3–0Morrow (10–11)García (11–8)Francisco (16)34,65777–7514½
153September 19Angels3–2 (10)Janssen (6–0)Downs (6–3)11,17878–7514½
154September 20Angels10–6Piñiero (7–7)Cecil (4–10)Downs (1)13,51478–7615½
155September 21Angels7–2Haren (16–9)McGowan (0–1)14,78478–7717
156September 22Angels4–3 (12)Camp (5–3)Richards (0–2)22,76979–7716
157September 23@ Rays5–1Morrow (11–11)Price (12–13)18,09380–7715½
158September 24@ Rays6–2Torres (1–1)Romero (15–11)27,77380–7816½
159September 25@ Rays5–2Davis (11–10)Cecil (4–11)Peralta (6)21,00880–7917
160September 26@ White Sox4–3Axelrod (1–0)McGowan (0–2)Santos (30)21,32080–8017
161September 27@ White Sox2–1Buehrle (13–9)Álvarez (1–3)Sale (3)23,93480–8117
162September 28@ White Sox3–2Camp (6–3)Sale (2–2)Francisco (17)20,52481–8116

Honours and awards

All-Star Game

Home Run Derby

  • José Bautista, 1st selection

Player of the Week

  • Ricky Romero – August 1–7

Player of the Month

  • José Bautista – April, May

Pitcher of the Month

  • Ricky Romero – August

Hank Aaron Award

  • José Bautista

Silver Slugger

  • José Bautista – OF

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Marty Brown
AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League Sal Fasano
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Clayton McCullough
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Mike Redmond
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League John Schneider and Rich Miller
Rookie Bluefield Blue Jays Appalachian League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Omar Malavé

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: New Hampshire, Vancouver

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