2013 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 37th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 24th full season of play (25th overall) at the Rogers Centre. Despite high expectations heading into the season, the Blue Jays finished 74–88, in last place in the American League East.

2013 Toronto Blue Jays
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkRogers Centre
CityToronto, Ontario
Record74–88 (.457)
Divisional place5th
OwnersRogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managersAlex Anthopoulos
ManagersJohn Gibbons
TelevisionSportsnet
Sportsnet One
(Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Jack Morris, Matt Devlin)
RadioBlue Jays Radio Network
Sportsnet 590 the FAN
(Jerry Howarth, Jack Morris, Mike Wilner, Dirk Hayhurst)
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Offseason

Coaching staff

On October 21, 2012, the Blue Jays officially announced that they had released their manager John Farrell from his contract in the same agreement that sent David Carpenter to the Red Sox in exchange for Mike Avilés.[1]

On November 20, 2012, the Blue Jays announced that former manager John Gibbons would once again manage the Blue Jays, in 2013.

On November 26, 2012, the Blue Jays announced most of the coaching staff that will be working under John Gibbons. Five of its six coaching positions were filled. DeMarlo Hale (bench coach), Chad Mottola (hitting coach), Dwayne Murphy (first base coach) Luis Rivera (third base coach) and Pete Walker (pitching coach) were all signed on.[2] The following month, Pat Hentgen was hired as the bullpen coach.

Departing players

After the end of the 2012 season, the Blue Jays lost a number of players including Carlos Villanueva, Kelly Johnson, Jason Frasor and Brandon Lyon. They also declined the option for Rajai Davis, but instead gave him a $2.5 million one-year contract.

Player signings

The Blue Jays started their offseason by signing free agent Maicer Izturis to a three-year $9 million deal with an option year, on November 8. On November 16, they signed free agent Melky Cabrera to a two-year $16 million deal.

Trades

On the same day as the Izturis signing, the Blue Jays acquired RHP Jeremy Jeffress from the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations. They then completed a trade with the Cleveland Indians in which they acquired RHP Esmil Rogers in exchange for the newly acquired Mike Avilés and Yan Gomes.

On November 14, Toronto Blue Jays and Miami Marlins completed a blockbuster trade. Toronto acquired pitcher Josh Johnson, pitcher Mark Buehrle, shortstop José Reyes, utility man Emilio Bonifacio, and catcher John Buck. In return, Toronto sent pitcher Henderson Álvarez, pitching prospect Justin Nicolino, outfield prospect Jake Marisnick, infielder Yunel Escobar, infielder Adeiny Hechavarria, catcher Jeff Mathis and pitching prospect Anthony DeSclafani. Toronto also received $8+ million in cash from the Marlins. The mega-trade is described as a fire sale after the Marlins took on huge salaries a year prior, and dumped all of their high-salaried players.[3][4]

On December 17, 2012, the Blue Jays acquired the 2012 National League Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey in a trade with the New York Mets that sent prospects Travis D'Arnaud, Noah Syndergaard, minor leaguer Wuilmer Becrra and catcher John Buck to New York. Toronto also received catcher Josh Thole and minor league catcher Mike Nickeas in the trade. As part of the transaction, the Blue Jays signed Dickey to an extension worth a total of $29 million over 3 years with a $12 million 4th year option.[5]

Opening Day

The Blue Jays began their 2013 season on April 2, with a home game against the Cleveland Indians. On February 5, 2013 at the annual state of the franchise address, manager John Gibbons named reigning National League Cy Young Award winner R. A. Dickey as the opening day starter for the Blue Jays.[6][7]

Standings

American League East

AL East
TeamWLPct.GBHomeRoad
Boston Red Sox9765.59953‍–‍2844‍–‍37
Tampa Bay Rays9271.56451‍–‍3041‍–‍41
New York Yankees8577.5251246‍–‍3539‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles8577.5251246‍–‍3539‍–‍42
Toronto Blue Jays7488.4572340‍–‍4134‍–‍47


American League Wild Card

Division Winners
TeamWLPct.
Boston Red Sox9765.599
Oakland Athletics9666.593
Detroit Tigers9369.574
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)
TeamWLPct.GB
Cleveland Indians9270.568
Tampa Bay Rays9271.564
Texas Rangers9172.5581
Kansas City Royals8676.531
New York Yankees8577.525
Baltimore Orioles8577.525
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim7884.48113½
Toronto Blue Jays7488.45717½
Seattle Mariners7191.43820½
Minnesota Twins6696.40725½
Chicago White Sox6399.38928½
Houston Astros51111.31540½


Records vs opponents

RecordGames Left
OpponentHomeRoadTotalHomeRoadTotal
AL East
Baltimore Orioles6–43–69–10
Boston Red Sox4–54–68–11
New York Yankees5–40–105–14
Tampa Bay Rays4–54–68–11
Totals19–1811–2830–46
AL Central
Chicago White Sox2–21–23–4
Cleveland Indians1–21–22–4
Detroit Tigers1–31–22–5
Kansas City Royals2–12–14–2
Minnesota Twins2–13–05–1
Totals8–98–716–16
AL West
Houston Astros3–11–24–3
Los Angeles Angels0–31–31–6
Oakland Athletics1–32–13–4
Seattle Mariners1–22–13–3
Texas Rangers2–14–06–1
Totals7–1010–717–17
National League
Arizona Diamondbacks2–12–1
Atlanta Braves1–11–12–2
Colorado Rockies3–03–0
Los Angeles Dodgers0–30–3
San Diego Padres1–21–2
San Francisco Giants2–01–13–1
Totals6–45–511–9
Grand Totals40–4134–4674–88
MonthGamesWonLostPct.
April271017.370
May281315.464
June26179.654
July261016.385
August291217.414
September261214.462
Totals1627488.457
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETHOUKCLAAMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL
Baltimore11–84–33–44–24–23–45–23–39–105–22–46–135–210–911–9
Boston8–114–26–13–46–12–53–34–313–63–36–112–72–411–814–6
Chicago3–42–42–177–123–49–103–48–113–32–53–32–54–24–38–12
Cleveland4–31–617–24–156–110–94–213–61–65–25–22–45–14–211–9
Detroit2–44–312–715–46–19–100–611–83–33–45–23–33–45–212–8
Houston2–41–64–31–61–62–410–91–51–54–159–102–52–173–48–12
Kansas City4–35–210–99–1010–94–22–515–42–51–54–36–13–32–49–11
Los Angeles2–53–34–32–46–09–105–21–53–48–1111–84–34–156–110–10
Minnesota3–33–411–86–138–115–14–155–12–51–64–31–64–31–58–12
New York10–96–133–36–13–35–15–24–35–21–54–37–123–414–59–11
Oakland2–53–35–22–54–315–45–111–86–15–18–113–310–94–313–7
Seattle4–21–63–32–52–510–93–48–113–43–411–83–37–123–38–12
Tampa Bay13–67–125–24–23–35–21–63–46–112–73–33–34–411–812–8
Texas2–54–22–41–54–317–23–315–43–44–39–1012–74–41–610–10
Toronto9–108–113–42–42–54–34–21–65–15–143–43–38–116–111–9


2013 Draft

The 2013 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 6–8.

RoundPickPlayerPositionCollege/SchoolNationalitySigned
110Phillip Bickford*RHPOaks Christian High School (CA) Unsigned
247Clinton HollonRHPWoodford County High School (KY) 2013–07–06
383Patrick MurphyRHPHamilton High School (AZ) 2013–06–13
4115Evan SmithLHPMary G. Montgomery High School (AL) 2013–06–13
5145Daniel LietzLHPHeartland CC 2013–06–13
6175Matt BoydLHPOregon State 2013–07–11
7205Conner GreeneRHPSanta Monica High School (CA) 2013–06–13
8235Kendall GravemanRHPMississippi State 2013–07–09
9265Chad GirodoLHPMississippi State 2013–07–09
10295Garrett CustonsCAir Force 2013–06–13
  • – Bickford did not sign with the Blue Jays by the deadline of July 12. Toronto received the 11th overall draft selection as compensation in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, with which they drafted Max Pentecost.

Roster

2013 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Edwin Encarnación1425309014429136104782.272.534
J.P. Arencibia13847445921802155018.194.365
Adam Lind143465671342612367151.288.497
José Bautista118452821172402873769.259.498
Colby Rasmus118417571152612266037.276.501
Brett Lawrie107401411021831146930.254.397
José Reyes933825811320010371534.296.427
Maicer Izturis1073653386120532127.236.310
Melky Cabrera883443996152330223.279.360
Rajai Davis10833149861626244521.260.375
Emilio Bonifácio9426233571613201213.218.321
Munenori Kawasaki96240275565124732.229.308
Mark DeRosa882042348121736028.235.407
Anthony Gose5214715386521245.259.408
Josh Thole4512011213118012.175.242
Ryan Goins341191130502802.252.345
Moisés Sierra351071131131113114.290.458
Kevin Pillar3610211214031304.206.333
Henry Blanco153837300004.184.263
Ryan Langerhans41133000012.273.273
Andy LaRoche1400000000.000.000
Mike Nickeas1000000000.---.---
Pitcher Totals1622232100102.091.136
Team Totals1625537712139827324185669112510.252.411

Source:[1]

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
R.A. Dickey14134.2134340224.220711310571177
Mark Buehrle12104.1533300203.22231009451139
Esmil Rogers594.7744200137.215276734496
J.A. Happ574.561818092.29153474577
Josh Johnson286.201616081.110564563083
Todd Redmond434.321714077.07038372376
Aaron Loup462.47640269.16623191353
Brett Cecil512.82600160.24420192370
Steve Delabar553.22550158.25025212982
Brandon Morrow235.631010054.16339341842
Casey Janssen412.565603452.23917151350
Darren Oliver343.86500049.04724211540
Neil Wagner243.79360038.03917161333
Chad Jenkins102.70103033.1311310615
Juan Pérez123.69190031.22317131533
Brad Lincoln123.98220031.22817142225
Chien-Ming Wang127.6766027.0402423914
Sergio Santos111.75290125.21155428
Dustin McGowan002.45250025.2191171226
Ramón Ortiz126.0474025.1341717118
Jeremy Jeffress100.87100010.1811512
Édgar González007.883008.097753
Ricky Romero0211.054207.1119985
Thad Weber013.005006.073234
Luis Pérez015.406005.043326
Mickey Storey006.753004.063316
Dave Bush0015.001003.055511
Aaron Laffey006.753002.222250
Kyle Drabek007.713002.142223
Justin Germano009.001002.062201
Sean Nolin0140.501101.176610
Team Totals74884.25162162391452.014517566855001208

Source:[2]

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays WinBlue Jays LossGame Postponed
2013 Game Log
April 10–17 (Home 6–8, Road 4–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
1April 2Indians1–4Masterson (1–0)Dickey (0–1)Perez (1)48,8470–11
2April 3Indians2–3 (11)Albers (1–0)Santos (0–1)Smith (1)24,6190–22
3April 4Indians10–8Delabar (1–0)Myers (0–1)Janssen (1)19,5151–21
4April 5Red Sox4–6Tazawa (1–0)Rogers (0–1)Hanrahan (2)45,3281–32
5April 6Red Sox5–0Happ (1–0)Lackey (0–1)45,7972–31
6April 7Red Sox0–13Lester (2–0)Dickey (0–2)41,1862–42
7April 9@ Tigers3–7Sánchez (1–0)Morrow (0–1)28,9792–53
8April 10@ Tigers8–6Loup (1–0)Villarreal (0–1)Janssen (2)29,6313–52
9April 11@ Tigers1–11Fister (2–0)Johnson (0–1)28,7813–62
10April 12@ Royals8–4Happ (2–0)Mendoza (0–1)Loup (1)13,0494–6
11April 13@ Royals3–2Dickey (1–2)Shields (1–2)Janssen (3)21,9605–6
12April 14@ Royals2–3Herrera (1–0)Oliver (0–1)29,0575–7
13April 15White Sox4–3Buehrle (1–0)Floyd (0–3)Janssen (4)15,7556–7
14April 16White Sox3–4Lindstrom (1–0)Delabar (1–1)Reed (5)16,1316–8
15April 17White Sox0–7Quintana (1–0)Happ (2–1)15,6846–9
16April 18White Sox3–1Dickey (2–2)Sale (1–2)Janssen (5)18,0157–9
17April 19Yankees4–9Pettitte (3–0)Morrow (0–2)40,0287–105
18April 20Yankees3–5 (11)Kelley (1–0)Loup (1–1)Rivera (5)46,0957–116
19April 21Yankees8–4Cecil (1–0)Logan (0–1)45,5758–11
20April 22@ Orioles1–2Johnson (1–1)Loup (1–2)11,1688–12
21April 23@ Orioles3–4González (2–1)Dickey (2–3)Johnson (8)13,2728–13
22April 24@ Orioles6–5 (11)Rogers (1–1)Johnson (1–2)Janssen (6)14,9819–13
23April 25@ Yankees3–5Kuroda (3–1)Buehrle (1–1)Rivera (7)31,4459–14
24April 26@ Yankees4–6Phelps (1–1)Lincoln (0–1)Rivera (8)36,1519–15
25April 27@ Yankees4–5Sabathia (4–2)Rogers (1–2)Chamberlain (1)40,2589–16
26April 28@ Yankees2–3Logan (1–1)Dickey (2–4)Rivera (9)36,8729–17
27April 30Red Sox9–7Delabar (2–1)Tazawa (2–1)Janssen (7)22,91510–17
May 13–15 (Home 8–8, Road 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
28May 1Red Sox1–10Buchholz (6–0)Buehrle (1–2)21,09410–18
29May 2Red Sox1–3Dempster (2–2)Happ (2–2)Hanrahan (4)25,85110–1910½
30May 3Mariners0–4Hernández (4–2)Romero (0–1)23,77910–2010½
31May 4Mariners1–8Iwakuma (3–1)Dickey (2–5)35,75410–2110½
32May 5Mariners10–2Morrow (1–2)Saunders (2–4)22,93711–21
33May 6@ Rays8–7Oliver (1–1)Rodney (1–1)Janssen (8)9,95212–21
34May 7@ Rays6–4Delabar (3–1)Peralta (0–2)Janssen (9)10,27313–21
35May 8@ Rays4–10Moore (6–0)Romero (0–2)11,07513–22
36May 9@ Rays4–5 (10)Farnsworth (2–0)Loup (1–3)11,97913–23
37May 10@ Red Sox0–5Lester (5–0)Ortiz (0–1)33,60613–24
38May 11@ Red Sox3–2Oliver (2–1)Tazawa (2–2)Janssen (10)36,54314–24
39May 12@ Red Sox12–4Jenkins (1–0)Dempster (2–4)35,53215–24
40May 14Giants10–6Dickey (3–5)Zito (3–2)31,75316–24
41May 15Giants11–3Ortiz (1–1)Vogelsong (1–4)32,86317–24
42May 17@ Yankees0–5Kuroda (6–2)Buehrle (1–3)40,00817–259
43May 18@ Yankees2–7Phelps (2–2)Morrow (1–3)45,57717–2610
May 19@ YankeesPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 20
44May 20Rays7–5Dickey (4–5)Lueke (0–1)29,88518–2610
45May 21Rays3–4Cobb (5–2)Ortiz (1–2)Rodney (9)15,80218–2710
46May 22Rays4–3 (10)Loup (2–3)Ramos (1–1)18,77119–279
47May 23Orioles12–6Morrow (2–3)Gausman (0–1)21,46620–27
48May 24Orioles6–10Tillman (4–2)Nolan (0–1)25,10420–28
49May 25Orioles5–6García (1–2)Dickey (4–6)Johnson (15)35,91520–2910½
50May 26Orioles6–5Delabar (4–1)Johnson (2–5)28,50221–29
51May 27Braves9–3Buehrle (2–3)Hudson (4–4)22,80822–29
52May 28Braves6–7 (10)Gearrin (2–1)Weber (0–1)Kimbrel (16)45,22422–30
53May 29@ Braves3–0Pérez (1–0)Medlen (1–6)Janssen (11)22,48923–30
54May 30@ Braves3–11Minor (7–2)Dickey (4–7)29,96723–31
55May 31@ Padres3–4 (17)Richard (1–5)Redmond (0–1)24,21923–32
June 17–9 (Home 8–1, Road 9–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLoss.SaveAttendanceRecordGB
56June 1@ Padres3–4Erlin (1–0)Buehrle (2–4)Gregerson (1)40,40323–3310½
57June 2@ Padres7–4 (11)Janssen (1–0)Boxberger (0–1)Loup (2)20,38424–3310½
58June 4@ Giants1–2Lincecum (4–5)Johnson (0–2)Romo (16)41,98124–3411½
59June 5@ Giants4–0Dickey (5–7)Zito (4–4)Janssen (12)41,55925–3410½
60June 7Rangers6–1Wagner (1–0)Tepesch (3–5)36,01026–3410½
61June 8Rangers4–3 (18)Loup (3–3)Wolf (1–1)44,07927–3410
62June 9Rangers4–6Cotts (2–0)Wagner (1–1)Nathan (19)42,72227–3511
63June 10@ White Sox6–10Jones (2–4)Dickey (5–8)18,12627–3612
64June 11@ White Sox7–5 (10)Cecil (2–0)Troncoso (0–1)Janssen (13)20,70028–3611
June 12@ White SoxPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 23
65June 13@ Rangers3–1Rogers (2–2)Cotts (2–1)Janssen (14)32,01329–3610½
66June 14@ Rangers8–0Buehrle (3–4)Grimm (5–5)37,20330–36
67June 15@ Rangers6–1Dickey (6–8)Lindblom (0–2)33,12131–36
68June 16@ Rangers7–2Wang (1–0)Holland (5–4)44,05232–36
69June 17Rockies2–0Cecil (3–0)Belisle (4–4)Janssen (15)20,94633–368
70June 18Rockies8–3Rogers (3–2)Francis (2–5)22,85234–36
71June 19Rockies5–2Buehrle (4–4)Nicasio (4–3)Janssen (16)27,23535–36
72June 21Orioles7–6Janssen (2–0)Matusz (2–1)35,47236–367
73June 22Orioles4–2Oliver (3–1)González (5–3)Janssen (17)43,26137–366
74June 23Orioles13–5Johnson (1–2)García (3–5)45,21438–365
75June 24@ Rays1–4Hellickson (6–3)Rogers (3–3)Rodney (16)11,40738–37
76June 25@ Rays1–5Moore (10–3)Buehrle (4–5)12,04138–38
77June 26@ Rays3–0Dickey (7–8)Hernández (4–9)21,50239–38
78June 27@ Red Sox4–7Lester (8–4)Wang (1–1)Uehara (3)34,75039–39
79June 28@ Red Sox5–7Miller (1–2)Wagner (1–2)Uehara (4)36,38339–40
80June 29@ Red Sox6–2Delabar (5–1)Tazawa (4–3)37,43740–40
81June 30@ Red Sox4–5Uehara (1–0)Pérez (1–1)37,42540–41
July 10–16 (Home 6–11, Road 4–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
82July 1Tigers8–3Dickey (8–8)Álvarez (1–2)45,76641–418
83July 2Tigers6–7Alburquerque (1–1)Wagner (1–3)Benoit (6)27,18941–429
84July 3Tigers2–6Scherzer (13–0)Johnson (1–3)28,95841–4310
85July 4Tigers1–11Verlander (9–5)Rogers (3–4)35,97841–4411
86July 5Twins4–0Buehrle (5–5)Correia (6–6)25,67242–4411
87July 6Twins0–6Pelfrey (4–6)Dickey (8–9)37,03442–4511
88July 7Twins11–5Redmond (1–1)Diamond (5–8)43,79543–4510
89July 9@ Indians0–3Jiménez (7–4)Johnson (1–4)Perez (10)13,64043–4610½
90July 10@ Indians5–4Wagner (2–3)Hill (0–2)Delabar (1)14,13444–4610½
91July 11@ Indians2–4Salazar (1–0)Dickey (8–10)Perez (11)20,64144–4711½
92July 12@ Orioles5–8Tillman (11–3)Buehrle (5–6)Johnson (32)42,66044–4812½
93July 13@ Orioles7–3Loup (4–3)Hammel (7–6)Janssen (18)46,15045–4811½
94July 14@ Orioles4–7Feldman (1–1)Johnson (1–5)Johnson (33)34,74845–4911½
95July 19Rays5–8Price (4–5)Cecil (3–1)33,26645–5012½
96July 20Rays3–4Hellickson (9–3)Buehrle (5–7)Rodney (23)42,63945–5112½
97July 21Rays3–4Archer (5–3)Dickey (8–11)Rodney (24)41,24745–5213½
98July 22Dodgers5–14Ryu (8–3)Johnson (1–6)34,51545–5313½
99July 23Dodgers9–10League (4–3)Oliver (3–2)Jansen (12)32,15845–5414½
100July 24Dodgers3–8 (10)League (5–3)Pérez (1–2)35,36845–5514½
101July 25Astros4–0Buehrle (6–7)Bédard (3–8)24,18846–5514
102July 26Astros12–6Cecil (4–1)Clemens (4–4)24,08847–5513½
103July 27Astros6–8Keuchel (5–5)Johnson (1–7)Veras (19)34,13747–5614½
104July 28Astros2–1Janssen (3–0)Cisnero (2–2)31,63448–5614
105July 29@ Athletics4–9Griffin (10–7)Rogers (3–5)13,30948–5714½
106July 30@ Athletics5–0Buehrle (7–7)Straily (6–5)17,47949–5714½
107July 31@ Athletics5–2 (10)Janssen (4–0)Chavez (2–3)Cecil (1)23,63850–5714
August 12–17 (Home 7–5, Road 5–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
108August 1@ Angels2–8Richards (3–4)Johnson (1–8)37,17950–5815
109August 2@ Angels5–7De La Rosa (5–1)Delabar (5–2)Frieri (26)38,88450–5915
110August 3@ Angels3–7Weaver (6–5)Rogers (3–6)41,25350–6016
111August 4@ Angels6–5Cecil (5–1)Frieri (0–4)Janssen (19)33,93651–6016
112August 5@ Mariners3–1Dickey (9–11)Iwakuma (10–5)Janssen (20)32,30052–6015
113August 6@ Mariners7–2Johnson (2–8)Hernández (11–5)28,19853–6015
114August 7@ Mariners7–9Maurer (3–7)Loup (4–4)Farquhar (3)34,79253–6116
115August 9Athletics6–14Parker (8–6)Rogers (3–7)31,86253–6215½
116August 10Athletics5–4Buehrle (8–7)Gray (0–1)Janssen (21)39,63454–6215½
117August 11Athletics4–6Cook (4–2)Oliver (3–3)Balfour (30)45,31254–6315½
118August 12Athletics1–5Cook (5–2)Janssen (4–1)36,11154–6416
119August 13Red Sox2–4 (11)Uehara (3–0)Loup (4–5)32,81654–6517
120August 14Red Sox4–3 (10)Lincoln (1–1)Workman (3–2)31,69555–6516
121August 15Red Sox2–1Buehrle (9–7)Peavy (9–5)Janssen (22)40,47756–6515
122August 16@ Rays4–5Rodney (5–3)Loup (4–6)15,43356–6615
123August 17@ Rays6–2Happ (3–2)Hernández (6–13)25,03657–6615
124August 18@ Rays1–2 (10)McGee (3–3)Lincoln (1–2)23,37357–6715
125August 20@ Yankees4–8Nova (7–4)Wagner (2–4)40,24857–6816
126August 20@ Yankees2–3Rivera (4–2)Oliver (3–4)37,19057–6916
127August 21@ Yankees2–4Huff (1–0)Dickey (9–12)Rivera (37)36,14057–7017
128August 22@ Yankees3–5Pettitte (9–9)Happ (3–3)Robertson (2)40,11657–7117½
129August 23@ Astros4–12Lyles (6–6)Redmond (1–2)21,18657–7217½
130August 24@ Astros5–8Peacock (3–4)Wang (1–2)Lo (2)26,31257–7318½
131August 25@ Astros2–1Buehrle (10–7)Lo (0–2)Janssen (23)21,40758–7318½
132August 26Yankees5–2Dickey (10–12)Hughes (4–13)Janssen (24)35,24159–7318
133August 27Yankees1–7Pettitte (10–9)Happ (3–4)34,04759–7419
134August 28Yankees7–2Redmond (2–2)Kuroda (11–10)36,56560–7419
135August 30Royals3–2Buehrle (11–7)Santana (8–8)Janssen (25)21,03161–7418½
136August 31Royals4–2Dickey (11–12)Herrera (5–7)Janssen (26)34,31562–7418½
September 12–14 (Home 5–8, Road 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
137September 1Royals0–5Shields (10–8)Happ (3–5)22,96162–7519½
138September 2@ D-backs4–1Rogers (4–7)McCarthy (3–9)Janssen (27)21,01463–7518½
139September 3@ D-backs10–4Redmond (3–2)Miley (9–10)19,10064–7518½
140September 4@ D-backs3–4 (10)Harris (3–0)Pérez (0–1)16,15464–7619½
141September 6@ Twins6–5Dickey (12–12)Pelfrey (5–11)Janssen (28)27,04465–7620
142September 7@ Twins11–2Happ (4–5)Correia (9–11)32,88266–7620
143September 8@ Twins2–0Rogers (5–7)Burton (2–9)Janssen (29)29,45067–7619
144September 10Angels6–12Williams (7–10)Buehrle (11–8)19,07967–7720
145September 11Angels4–5Wilson (16–6)Delabar (5–3)Frieri (32)17,99467–7821
146September 12Angels3–4Richards (7–6)Happ (4–6)Frieri (33)20,76767–7921
147September 13Orioles3–5Hunter (6–5)Delabar (5–4)Johnson (44)20,02467–8022
148September 14Orioles4–3Jeffress (1–0)Tillman (16–6)Janssen (30)29,94268–8022
149September 15Orioles1–3González (10–7)Buehrle (11–9)Johnson (45)22,33168–8123
150September 17Yankees2–0Dickey (13–12)Pettitte (10–10)Janssen (31)24,89469–8122
151September 18Yankees3–4Huff (3–1)Delabar (5–5)Rivera (44)24,24769–8222
152September 19Yankees6–2Redmond (4–2)Kuroda (11–12)Janssen (32)32,00370–8222
153September 20@ Red Sox3–6Lester (15–8)Rogers (5–8)Uehara (20)37,21570–8323
154September 21@ Red Sox4–2Buehrle (12–9)Buchholz (11–1)Janssen (33)37,56971–8322
155September 22@ Red Sox2–5Doubront (11–6)Dickey (13–13)Uehara (21)37,02071–8423
156September 23@ White Sox2–3Quintana (9–6)Happ (4–7)Reed (39)19,12271–8523½
157September 24@ Orioles3–2 (10)Santos (1–1)Rodríguez (3–2)Janssen (34)16,77272–8522½
158September 25@ Orioles5–9McFarland (3–1)Rogers (5–9)Hammel (1)23,69872–8623½
159September 26@ Orioles2–3González (11–8)Buehrle (12–10)Johnson (48)27,49872–8724
160September 27Rays6–3Dickey (14–13)Hellickson (12–10)Santos (1)27,28873–8724
161September 28Rays7–2Happ (5–7)Torres (4–2)33,23274–8723
162September 29Rays6–7Moore (17–4)Redmond (4–3)Rodney (37)44,55174–8823

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAABuffalo BisonsInternational LeagueMarty Brown
AANew Hampshire Fisher CatsEastern LeagueGary Allenson
ADunedin Blue JaysFlorida State LeagueBobby Meacham
ALansing LugnutsMidwest LeagueJohn Tamargo, Jr.
A-Short SeasonVancouver CanadiansNorthwest LeagueClayton McCullough
RookieBluefield Blue JaysAppalachian LeagueDennis Holmberg
RookieGCL Blue JaysGulf Coast LeagueJohn Schneider

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver[8]

References