2001 Toronto Blue Jays season

December 2015 November 2013 Toronto Blue Jays 2001 American League East SkyDome Toronto 80–82 (.494) 3rd Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO) Gord Ash Buck Martinez CBC Television(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)The Sports Network(Dan Shulman, Pat Tabler)CTV Sportsnet(Rob Faulds, Jerry Howarth) CHUM (AM)(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek, Gary Matthews) The 2001 Toronto Blue Jays was the franchise's 25th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses. Transactions Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2001 season.2001 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2001-transactions.shtml baseball-reference.com 21 July 2023 October 2000 October 4 Marty Cordova granted free agency (signed with Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $500,000 contract on December 20, 2000).October 5 Mark Lukasiewicz selected off of waivers by the Anaheim Angels.October 15 Kevin Witt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on December 22, 2000).October 20 Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a four-year, $68 million contract.October 18 Charlie Greene granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on November 30, 2000). Robert Pérez granted free agency (signed with New York Yankees to a contract on November 16, 2000).October 30 Alex Gonzalez granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a four-year, $20 million contract on December 10, 2000).October 31 Frank Castillo granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a two-year, $4.5 million contract on December 7, 2000). Mark Guthrie granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a two-year, $3.6 million contract on January 5, 2001). Dave Martinez granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a two-year, $3 million contract on December 10, 2000). Mickey Morandini granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a contract on December 6, 2000). Steve Trachsel granted free agency (signed with New York Mets to a two-year, $7.3 million contract on December 14, 2000). November 2000 November 1 Craig Grebeck granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $700,000 contract on January 19, 2001). Re-signed Darrin Fletcher to a three-year, $10.9 million contract.November 5 Signed free agent Aaron Holbert from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract.November 7 Acquired Scott Eyre from the Chicago White Sox for Gary Glover.November 19 Signed amateur free agent Robinzon Díaz to a contract.November 22 Acquired Steve Parris from the Cincinnati Reds for Clayton Andrews and Leo Estrella. December 2000 December 2 Signed free agent Chris Latham from the Colorado Rockies to a contract.December 6 Re-signed free agent Mickey Morandini to a contract.December 7 Signed free agent Jason Dickson from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract.December 8 Signed free agent Dan Plesac from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a two-year, $4.4 million contract.December 10 Re-signed free agent Alex Gonzalez to a four-year, $20 million contract.December 11 Jay Gibbons drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2000 MLB Rule 5 draft. Signed free agent Jeff Frye from the Colorado Rockies to a one-year, $1 million contract. Acquired Jayson Werth from the Baltimore Orioles for John Bale.December 13 Signed free agent Chris Michalak from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $200,000 contract. Signed free agent Jaime Navarro from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.December 15 Signed free agent Ryan Thompson from the New York Yankees to a contract.December 19 Signed free agent Izzy Molina from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract.December 21 Signed free agent Trent Hubbard from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract. January 2001 January 9 Signed free agent Héctor Carrasco from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.January 14 Acquired Mike Sirotka, Brian Simmons, Kevin Beirne and Mike Williams from the Chicago White Sox for David Wells and Matt DeWitt.January 16 Sent Chad Mottola to the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.January 18 Re-signed Brad Fullmer to a two-year, $6.5 million contract. Re-signed Esteban Loaiza to a two-year, $10.3 million contract.January 24 Signed amateur free agent Alfredo Aceves to a contract. February 2001 February 9 Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.February 12 Re-signed Steve Parris to a two-year, $6.05 million contract. March 2001 March 17 Released Trent Hubbard.March 20 Acquired Matt DeWitt from the Chicago White Sox for Mike Williams.March 28 Released Héctor Carrasco. Released Todd Greene. Regular season August 17, 2001: Jeff Frye became the second Blue Jay in history to hit for the cycle. He achieved the feat against the Texas Rangers. Opening Day starters Tony Batista José Cruz Jr. Carlos Delgado Darrin Fletcher Homer Bush Brad Fullmer Alex Gonzalez Esteban Loaiza Raúl Mondesí Shannon Stewart https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR200104010.shtml Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays Box Score, April 1, 2001 Season standings Toronto Blue Jays Record vs. opponents TOR Transactions Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2001 regular season.2001 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/2001-transactions.shtml baseball-reference.com 20 July 2023 April 2001 April 2 Signed free agent Willie Banks of the New York Mets to a one-year contract. Released Ryan Thompson.April 16 Signed free agent Patrick Lennon of the Montreal Expos to a contract. June 2001 June 1 Released Patrick Lennon.June 8 Signed free agent Tony Fernández from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract.June 25 Tony Batista selected off of waivers by the Baltimore Orioles.June 27 Signed free agent Deion Sanders from the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent.June 29 Released Lance Painter. July 2001 July 6 Purchased Brian Hunter from the Atlantic City Surf of the Atlantic League.July 27 Released Deion Sanders.July 31 Released John Frascatore. August 2001 August 3 Released Joey Hamilton. Re-signed Paul Quantrill to a three-year, $9.6 million contract.August 13 Released Brian Hunter.August 15 Released Willie Banks.August 22 Chris Michalak selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers.August 27 Signed amateur free agent Eugenio Vélez to a contract. 2001 draft picks Source https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?team_ID=TOR&year_ID=2001&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year Feature: 2001 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation Baseball-Reference.com September 2, 2014 The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001. Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality 1 15 Gabe Gross OF Auburn University United States 2 59 Brandon League RHP St. Louis High School (Honolulu, HI) United States 3 91 Tyrell Godwin OF East Bladen High School United States 4 121 Chris Sheffield RHP University of Miami United States 5 151 Mike Rouse SS California State University, Fullerton United States 6 181 Lee Delfino SS East Carolina University United States 7 211 Jason Colson RHP Winthrop University United States 8 241 Sean Grimes LHP Saunders Secondary School Canada 9 271 Luke Hetherington OF Kentwood High School United States 10 301 Ryan Costello LHP Montclair State University United States Roster 2001 Toronto Blue Jays Roster Pitchers 40 Kevin Beirne 51 Pedro Borbón Jr. 37 Brian Bowles 26 Chris Carpenter 38 Pasqual Coco 49 Matt DeWitt 45 Kelvim Escobar 29 Scott Eyre 36 Bob File 52 John Frascatore 32 Roy Halladay 50 Joey Hamilton 44 Billy Koch 21 Esteban Loaiza 28 Brandon Lyon 17 Chris Michalak 28 Lance Painter 39 Steve Parris 19 Dan Plesac 48 Paul Quantrill Catchers 30 Alberto Castillo  9 Darrin Fletcher 17 Josh Phelps Infielders  7 Tony Batista 18 Homer Bush 25 Carlos Delgado 11 Ryan Freel  3 Jeff Frye 20 Brad Fullmer  8 Alex Gonzalez  2 César Izturis  7 Felipe López 12 Luis Lopez  5 Chris Woodward Outfielders 23 José Cruz Jr. 27 Chris Latham 43 Raúl Mondesí 22 Brian Simmons 24 Shannon Stewart 10 Vernon Wells Other batters  1 Tony FernándezManager 13 Buck Martinez Coaches 35 Terry Bevington (third base) 53 Mark Connor (pitching) 41 Cito Gaston (hitting) 16 Garth Iorg (first base) 47 Gil Patterson (bullpen)  1,4 Cookie Rojas (bench) Game log background:#6E8B3D 2001 Game Log y background:#9EBD69; April: 16–9 (Home: 11–5; Away: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 1 || Rangers † || 8–1 || Loaiza (1–0) || Helling (0–1) || || 19,891 || 1–0 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 3 || @ Devil Rays || 8–1 || Lopez (1–0) || Parris (0–1) || || 41,546 || 1–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 4 || @ Devil Rays || 11–8 || Quantrill (1–0) || Hill (0–1) || Koch (1) || 15,172 || 2–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 5 || @ Devil Rays || 11–0 || Carpenter (1–0) || Rekar (0–1) || || 14,023 || 3–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 6 || @ Yankees || 13–4 || Loaiza (2–0) || Parker (0–1) || || 29,606 || 4–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 7 || @ Yankees || 3–2 || Michalak (1–0) || Hernández (0–1) || Koch (2) || 30,487 || 5–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 8 || @ Yankees || 16–5 || Clemens (2–0) || Parris (0–2) || || 31,970 || 5–2 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 9 || Devil Rays || 8–1 || Hamilton (1–0) || Wilson (0–1) || || 48,115 || 6–2 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 10 || Devil Rays || 3–2 (10) || Quantrill (2–0) || Sturtze (0–1) || || 18,071 || 7–2 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 11 || Devil Rays || 4–3 || Yan (1–0) || Koch (0–1) || || 24,017 || 7–3 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || April 12 || Royals ||colspan=6|Postponed (SkyDome roof malfunction) Rescheduled for April 30 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 13 || Royals || 2–1 || Michalak (2–0) || Suppan (1–2) || Koch (3) || 26,148 || 8–3 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 14 || Royals || 5–4 || File (1–0) || Hernández (0–2) || || 26,024 || 9–3 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 15 || Royals || 4–2 || Stein (1–2) || Carpenter (1–1) || Hernández (2) || 21,379 || 9–4 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 17 || Yankees || 6–5 || Loaiza (3–0) || Keisler (0–1) || Koch (4) || 20,019 || 10–4 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 18 || Yankees || 7–2 || Michalak (3–0) || Hernández (0–2) || || 19,770 || 11–4 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 19 || Yankees || 6–5 (17) || Choate (1–0) || File (1–1) || Mendoza (1) || 24,684 || 11–5 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 20 || @ Royals || 12–4 || Carpenter (2–1) || Suzuki (1–1) || || 28,018 || 12–5 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 21 || @ Royals || 5–4 (13) || Henry (1–0) || Plesac (0–1) || || 18,246 || 12–6 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 22 || @ Royals || 5–1 || Reichert (2–1) || Loaiza (3–1) || Hernández (4) || 17,371 || 12–7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 24 || Rangers || 7–5 || Frascatore (1–0) || Mahomes (0–2) || Koch (5) || 15,381 || 13–7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 25 || Rangers || 8–5 || Quantrill (3–0) || Rogers (1–2) || Koch (6) || 15,021 || 14–7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || April 27 || Angels || 12–4 || Loaiza (4–1) || Washburn (0–3) || || 16,174 || 15–7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 28 || Angels || 4–1 || Ortiz (3–2) || Michalak (3–1) || Percival (4) || 19,261 || 15–8 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 29 || Angels || 2–0 || Parris (1–2) || Schoeneweis (2–2) || Koch (7) || 23,949 || 16–8 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 30 || Royals || 6–3 || Suppan (2–3) || Hamilton (1–1) || Hernández (6) || 13,766 || 16–9 |- y background:#9EBD69; May: 10–18 (Home: 2–8; Away: 8–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 1 || @ Athletics || 5–4 (10) || Quantrill (4–0) || Isringhausen (0–1) || Koch (8) || 10,935 || 17–9 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 2 || @ Athletics || 6–0 || Mulder (3–2) || Loaiza (4–2) || || 14,048 || 17–10 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 3 || @ Athletics || 3–2 (15)|| Bradford (1–1) || Borbón (0–1) || || 10,586 || 17–11 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 4 || @ Mariners || 8–3 || Parris (2–2) || Abbott (0–1) || || 42,284 || 18–11 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 5 || @ Mariners || 7–5 || Rhodes (3–0) || Borbón (0–2) || Sasaki (14) || 42,894 || 18–12 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 6 || @ Mariners || 11–3 || Carpenter (3–1) || Halama (2–3) || || 45,080 || 19–12 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 8 || Athletics || 8–5 || Mulder (4–2) || Loaiza (4–3) || Mecir (1) || 16,479 || 19–13 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 9 || Athletics || 8–5 || Hudson (3–3) || Michalak (3–2) || Isringhausen (5) || 16,241 || 19–14 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 10 || Athletics || 14–8 || Guthrie (1–0) || Painter (0–1) || || 16,130 || 19–15 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || May 11 || Mariners || 7–2 || Abbott (1–1) || Hamilton (1–2) || || 20,279 || 19–16 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 12 || Mariners || 11–7 || Tomko (2–1) || Escobar (0–1) || || 24,908 || 19–17 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 13 || Mariners || 7–5 || Moyer (6–1) || Loaiza (4–4) || Sasaki (17) || 20,624 || 19–18 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 15 || @ Angels || 9–3 || Michalak (4–2) || Valdez (2–3) || || 15,904 || 20–18 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 16 || @ Angels || 3–1 || Schoeneweis (3–2) || Parris (2–3) || Percival (8) || 15,611 || 20–19 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 17 || @ Angels || 4–2 || Hasegawa (2–3) || Escobar (0–2) || Percival (9) || 15,204 || 20–20 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 18 || @ Rangers || 9–3 || Carpenter (4–1) || Myette (0–1) || || 35,368 || 21–20 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 19 || @ Rangers || 6–5 || Quantrill (5–0) || Brantley (0–1) || Koch (9) || 48,336 || 22–20 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 20 || @ Rangers || 3–2 || Mahomes (3–2) || Michalak (4–3) || Zimmerman (4) || 33,272 || 22–21 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 21 || White Sox || 10–3 || Parris (3–3) || Biddle (1–4) || || 20,806 || 23–21 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 45 || May 23 || White Sox || 9–6 || Hamilton (2–2) || Wells (3–5) || Koch (10) || 19,115 || 24–21 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 24 || White Sox || 3–1 || Wells (1–1) || Carpenter (4–2) || Foulke (8) || 17,062 || 24–22 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 25 || @ Red Sox || 4–0 || Nomo (5–3) || Loaiza (4–5) || || 32,912 || 24–23 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 48 || May 26 || @ Red Sox || 5–0 || Michalak (5–3) || Castillo (5–3) || || 31,035 || 25–23 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 49 || May 27 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Wakefield (2–0) || Parris (3–4) || Lowe (4) || 31,420 || 25–24 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 28 || @ White Sox || 6–3 || Garland (2–2) || Hamilton (2–3) || Howry (1) || 20,631 || 25–25 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 51 || May 29 || @ White Sox || 4–0 || Carpenter (5–2) || Wells (1–2) || || 13,356 || 26–25 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || May 30 || @ White Sox || 4–3 || Wunsch (1–1) || Escobar (0–3) || Foulke (9) || 13,208 || 26–26 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || May 31 || Red Sox || 11–5 || Beck (1–2) || Escobar (0–4) || || 21,747 || 26–27 |- y background:#9EBD69; June: 12–15 (Home: 7–11; Away: 5–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 54 || June 1 || Red Sox || 6–4 (11)|| Lowe (3–5) || Koch (0–2) || || 21,564 || 26–28 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 55 || June 2 || Red Sox || 2–1 || Schourek (1–3) || Plesac (0–2) || Beck (3) || 24,603 || 26–29 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 56 || June 3 || Red Sox || 5–4 || Pichardo (1–0) || Carpenter (5–3) || Lowe (6) || 24,653 || 26–30 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 57 || June 5 || Devil Rays || 13–1 || Loaiza (5–5) || Lopez (3–7) || || 15,078 || 27–30 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 58 || June 6 || Devil Rays || 6–2 || Kennedy (1–0) || Michalak (5–4) || || 16,298 || 27–31 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 59 || June 7 || Devil Rays || 8–7 || Borbón (1–2) || Phelps (0–1) || || 26,835 || 28–31 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 60 || June 8 || Marlins || 7–6 (10)|| Koch (1–2) || Bones (2–2) || || 18,629 || 29–31 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 61 || June 9 || Marlins || 6–1 || Burnett (4–2) || Carpenter (5–4) || || 20,875 || 29–32 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 62 || June 10 || Marlins || 7–2 || Penny (5–1) || Loaiza (5–6) || || 20,070 || 29–33 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 63 || June 11 || Braves || 9–4 || File (2–1) || Burkett (5–5) || || 16,885 || 30–33 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 64 || June 12 || Braves || 3–0 || Pérez (4–4) || Parris (3–5) || Rocker (19) || 20,448 || 30–34 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 65 || June 13 || Braves || 12–5 || Hamilton (3–3) || Glavine (6–5) || || 19,901 || 31–34 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 66 || June 15 || @ Expos || 9–3 || Carpenter (6–4) || Vázquez (5–8) || || 8,692 || 32–34 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 67 || June 16 || @ Expos || 7–2 || Blank (1–2) || Loaiza (5–7) || || 11,113 || 32–35 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 68 || June 17 || @ Expos || 4–1 || Mota (1–0) || Quantrill (5–1) || || 8,440 || 32–36 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 69 || June 18 || @ Orioles || 3–2 || Ponson (4–4) || Borbón (1–3) || Trombley (5) || 33,605 || 32–37 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 70 || June 19 || @ Orioles || 5–1 || Towers (5–1) || Hamilton (3–4) || Groom (4) || 31,001 || 32–38 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 71 || June 20 || @ Orioles || 6–5 || Quantrill (6–1) || McElroy (1–2) || Koch (11) || 30,062 || 33–38 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 72 || June 22 || @ Red Sox || 4–3 || Borbón (2–3) || Schourek (1–4) || Koch (12) || 33,844 || 34–38 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 73 || June 23 || @ Red Sox || 9–6 || File (3–1) || Castillo (7–5) || Koch (13) || 33,266 || 35–38 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 74 || June 24 || @ Red Sox || 5–2 || Plesac (1–2) || Wakefield (5–2) || Koch (14) || 32,804 || 36–38 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 75 || June 25 || Orioles || 8–2 || Roberts (6–6) || Hamilton (3–5) || || 18,243 || 36–39 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 76 || June 26 || Orioles || 3–1 || Carpenter (7–4) || Johnson (6–5) || Koch (15) || 18,175 || 37–39 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 77 || June 27 || Orioles || 7–3 || Mercedes (4–8) || Loaiza (5–8) || || 17,517 || 37–40 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 78 || June 28 || Orioles || 5–0 || Ponson (5–5) || Michalak (5–5) || || 17,322 || 37–41 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 79 || June 29 || Red Sox || 8–4 || Quantrill (7–1) || Florie (0–1) || || 23,055 || 38–41 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 80 || June 30 || Red Sox || 7–5 || Cone (4–1) || Hamilton (3–6) || || 28,543 || 38–42 |- y background:#9EBD69; July: 11–16 (Home: 4–8; Away: 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 81 || July 1 || Red Sox || 4–0 || Arrojo (2–2) || Carpenter (7–5) || || 34,348 || 38–43 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 82 || July 2 || Red Sox || 16–4 || Nomo (7–4) || Loaiza (5–9) || || 38,237 || 38–44 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 83 || July 3 || @ Devil Rays || 7–2 || Kennedy (3–1) || Michalak (5–6) || Phelps (3) || 13,789 || 38–45 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 84 || July 4 || @ Devil Rays || 8–1 || Parris (4–5) || Rekar (1–10) || || 13,119 || 39–45 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 85 || July 5 || @ Devil Rays || 7–4 || Hamilton (4–6) || Rupe (4–8) || Koch (16) || 10,706 || 40–45 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 86 || July 6 || Expos || 10–7 || Lloyd (7–1) || Quantrill (7–2) || Urbina (13) || 20,074 || 40–46 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 87 || July 7 || Expos || 9–8 (11)|| Plesac (2–2) || Strickland (1–4) || || 23,976 || 41–46 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 88 || July 8 || Expos || 9–3 || Michalak (6–6) || Armas (7–8) || Quantrill (1) || 31,012 || 42–46 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 89 || July 12 || @ Phillies || 2–1 (11)|| Escobar (1–4) || Santiago (0–2) || Koch (17) || 20,306 || 43–46 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 90 || July 13 || @ Phillies || 5–2 || Daal (10–2) || Plesac (2–3) || Mesa (25) || 18,279 || 43–47 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 91 || July 14 || @ Phillies || 4–2 || Hamilton (5–6) || Figueroa (1–2) || Koch (18) || 22,418 || 44–47 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 92 || July 15 || @ Mets || 6–2 || Reed (8–4) || Michalak (6–7) || || 32,138 || 44–48 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 93 || July 16 || @ Mets || 3–0 || Trachsel (3–10) || Halladay (0–1) || Benítez (21) || 34,203 || 44–49 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 94 || July 17 || @ Mets || 1–0 || Leiter (6–8) || Carpenter (7–6) || Benítez (22) || 26,630 || 44–50 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 95 || July 18 || Red Sox || 5–4 || Garcés (3–0) || Koch (1–3) || Lowe (19) || 30,449 || 44–51 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 96 || July 19 || Red Sox || 4–3 || Escobar (2–4) || Lowe (4–7) || || 30,488 || 45–51 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 97 || July 20 || @ Yankees || 10–4 || Loaiza (6–9) || Jodie (0–1) || || 46,634 || 46–51 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 98 || July 21 || @ Yankees || 5–3 || Quantrill (8–2) || Rivera (3–5) || Koch (19) || 55,264 || 47–51 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 99 || July 22 || @ Yankees || 7–3 || Mussina (10–8) || Carpenter (7–7) || || 51,132 || 47–52 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 100 || July 23 || @ Yankees || 7–2 || Clemens (14–1) || Parris (4–6) || || 38,573 || 47–53 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 101 || July 24 || @ Red Sox || 6–4 || Cone (6–1) || Hamilton (5–7) || Lowe (20) || 33,154 || 47–54 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 102 || July 25 || @ Red Sox || 4–3 (10)|| Quantrill (9–2) || Lowe (4–8) || Koch (20) || 33,030 || 48–54 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 103 || July 26 || @ Red Sox || 6–3 || Nomo (11–4) || File (3–2) || Beck (5) || 33,094 || 48–55 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 104 || July 27 || Yankees || 9–1 || Mussina (11–8) || Carpenter (7–8) || || 36,666 || 48–56 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 105 || July 28 || Yankees || 12–1 || Clemens (15–1) || Escobar (2–5) || || 44,105 || 48–57 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 106 || July 29 || Yankees || 9–3 || Pettitte (11–6) || Hamilton (5–8) || || 40,149 || 48–58 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 107 || July 31 || Twins || 3–1 || Loaiza (7–9) || Mays (12–8) || Koch (21) || 23,849 || 49–58 |- y background:#9EBD69; August: 16–12 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 108 || August 1 || Twins || 3–1 || Halladay (1–1) || Lohse (3–4) || Koch (22) || 26,069 || 50–58 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 109 || August 2 || Twins || 9–4 || Reed (9–6) || Carpenter (7–9) || || 26,849 || 50–59 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 110 || August 3 || Orioles || 10–1 || Escobar (3–5) || Mercedes (5–13) || || 20,115 || 51–59 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 111 || August 4 || Orioles || 2–1 || Lyon (1–0) || Ponson (5–7) || Koch (23) || 22,322 || 52–59 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 112 || August 5 || Orioles || 5–4 || Loaiza (8–9) || Towers (6–7) || Koch (24) || 27,724 || 53–59 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 113 || August 7 || @ Mariners || 5–4 (14)|| Halama (8–6) || DeWitt (0–1) || || 45,636 || 53–60 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 114 || August 8 || @ Mariners || 12–4 || Moyer (13–5) || Carpenter (7–10) || || 45,450 || 53–61 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 115 || August 9 || @ Mariners || 6–5 || Quantrill (10–2) || García (13–4) || Koch (25) || 45,670 || 54–61 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 116 || August 10 || @ Angels || 8–7 || Schoeneweis (9–8) || Lyon (1–1) || Percival (32) || 30,484 || 54–62 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 117 || August 11 || @ Angels || 7–6 (10)|| Plesac (3–3) || Levine (5–7) || Koch (26) || 27,927 || 55–62 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 118 || August 12 || @ Angels || 6–5 || Levine (6–7) || Plesac (3–4) || Percival (33) || 19,129 || 55–63 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 119 || August 14 || Athletics || 6–3 || Koch (2–3) || Isringhausen (4–3) || || 25,121 || 56–63 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 120 || August 15 || Athletics || 5–2 || Escobar (4–5) || Zito (8–8) || Koch (27) || 23,135 || 57–63 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 121 || August 16 || Athletics || 8–4 || Lidle (8–5) || Lyon (1–2) || || 30,062 || 57–64 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 122 || August 17 || Rangers || 11–3 || Loaiza (9–9) || Oliver (9–8) || || 22,384 || 58–64 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 123 || August 18 || Rangers || 12–5 || Moreno (3–2) || Koch (2–4) || || 26,092 || 58–65 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 124 || August 19 || Rangers || 8–4 || Myette (2–2) || Carpenter (7–11) || || 30,336 || 58–66 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 125 || August 20 || @ Twins || 3–2 || Escobar (5–5) || Mays (12–12) || Koch (28) || 16,032 || 59–66 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 126 || August 21 || @ Twins || 7–5 || Lyon (2–2) || Cressend (2–2) || Koch (29) || 13,023 || 60–66 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 127 || August 22 || @ Twins || 6–3 || Reed (2–2) || Loaiza (9–10) || || 15,303 || 60–67 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 128 || August 23 || @ Twins || 6–2 || Halladay (2–1) || Lohse (4–6) || || 16,482 || 61–67 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 129 || August 24 || @ Orioles || 5–0 || Carpenter (8–11) || Johnson (10–9) || || 43,606 || 62–67 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 130 || August 25 || @ Orioles || 9–0 || Escobar (6–5) || Maduro (2–4) || || 42,260 || 63–67 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 131 || August 26 || @ Orioles || 5–1 || Lyon (3–2) || Mercedes (7–15) || || 37,994 || 64–67 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 132 || August 28 || @ Yankees || 4–0 || Mussina (13–11) || Loaiza (9–11) || Rivera (41) || 37,450 || 64–68 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 133 || August 29 || @ Yankees || 3–2 || Halladay (3–1) || Hitchcock (3–3) || Koch (30) || 36,855 || 65–68 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 134 || August 30 || @ Yankees || 5–4 (11)|| Witasick (3–0) || Eyre (0–1) || || 42,537 || 65–69 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 135 || August 31 || Tigers || 4–3 || Sparks (10–8) || Borbón (2–4) || Anderson (17) || 22,383 || 65–70 |- y background:#9EBD69; September: 10–10 (Home: 6–5; Away: 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 136 || September 1 || Tigers || 3–1 || Lyon (4–2) || Weaver (10–14) || Plesac (1) || 22,052 || 66–70 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 137 || September 2 || Tigers || 11–0 || Loaiza (10–11) || Lima (4–6) || || 24,146 || 67–70 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 138 || September 3 || Yankees || 7–5 || Wohlers (1–0) || Koch (2–5) || Mendoza (6) || 28,404 || 67–71 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 139 || September 4 || Yankees || 14–0 || Carpenter (9–11) || Pettitte (14–9) || || 20,036 || 68–71 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 140 || September 5 || Yankees || 4–3 || Clemens (19–1) || Escobar (6–6) || Rivera (44) || 29,235 || 68–72 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 141 || September 7 || @ Tigers || 2–1 || Lyon (5–2) || Lima (4–7) || Koch (31) || 28,083 || 69–72 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 142 || September 8 || @ Tigers || 4–3 || Murray (1–4) || Halladay (3–2) || Anderson (18) || 29,158 || 69–73 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 143 || September 9 || @ Tigers || 6–3 || Carpenter (10–11) || Cornejo (3–3) || || 24,652 || 70–73 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || September 11 || @ Orioles ||colspan=6|Postponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 1 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || September 12 || @ Orioles ||colspan=6|Postponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 2 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || September 13 || @ Orioles ||colspan=6|Postponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 3 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || September 14 || Indians ||colspan=6|Postponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 5 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || September 15 || Indians ||colspan=6|Postponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 6 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || September 16 || Indians ||colspan=6|Postponed (September 11 attacks) Rescheduled for October 7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 144 || September 18 || Orioles || 8–5 || Plesac (4–4) || Julio (1–1) || Koch (32) || 18,604 || 71–73 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 145 || September 19 || Orioles || 4–1 || Halladay (4–2) || Maduro (3–6) || Koch (33) || 31,303 || 72–73 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 146 || September 20 || Orioles || 12–6 || Parrish (1–1) || File (3–3) || || 21,895 || 72–74 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 147 || September 21 || Devil Rays || 7–4 || Rekar (2–13) || Lyon (5–3) || Yan (18) || 25,344 || 72–75 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 148 || September 22 || Devil Rays || 8–7 || Coco (1–0) || Colomé (1–2) || Koch (34) || 24,691 || 73–75 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 149 || September 23 || Devil Rays || 1–0 || Kennedy (6–8) || Escobar (6–7) || Yan (19) || 31,351 || 73–76 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 150 || September 24 || @ Indians || 3–2 (11)|| File (4–3) || Báez (5–2) || Eyre (1) || 32,425 || 74–76 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 151 || September 25 || @ Indians || 11–7 || Riske (2–0) || Plesac (4–5) || || 35,729 || 74–77 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || September 26 || @ Indians ||colspan=6|Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for October 5 ‡ |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 152 || September 27 || @ Devil Rays || 5–1 || Colomé (2–2) || Eyre (0–2) || || 13,045 || 74–78 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 153 || September 28 || @ Devil Rays || 6–1 || Rekar (3–13) || Escobar (6–8) || Phelps (5) || 10,586 || 74–79 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 154 || September 29 || @ Devil Rays || 5–2 || Bierbrodt (2–4) || Halladay (4–3) || Yan (20) || 17,635 || 74–80 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 155 || September 30 || @ Devil Rays || 6–5 (12)|| Quantrill (11–2) || Creek (2–5) || Eyre (2) || 14,217 || 75–80 |- y background:#9EBD69; October: 5–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 3–1) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 156 || October 1 || @ Orioles || 1–0 || Loaiza (11–11) || Bauer (0–4) || Koch (35) || 37,108 || 76–80 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 157 || October 2 || @ Orioles || 4–3 || Roberts (9–9) || DeWitt (0–2) || || 29,390 || 76–81 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 158 || October 3 || @ Orioles || 7–6 || Eyre (1–2) || Groom (1–4) || Koch (36) || 33,705 || 77–81 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 159 || October 5 || Indians || 5–0 || Halladay (5–3) || Finley (8–7) || || || 78–81 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 160 || October 5 || Indians || 4–3 (11)|| File (5–3) || Drese (1–2) || || 19,387 || 79–81 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 161 || October 6 || Indians || 5–2 || Carpenter (11–11) || Drew (0–2) || Quantrill (2) || 20,762 || 80–81 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 162 || October 7 || Indians || 3–2 || Sabathia (17–5) || Lyon (5–4) || Rocker (4) || 28,217 || 80–82 |- | † At Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ‡ Due to scheduling difficulties, this game was made up in Toronto. 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 Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Darrin Fletcher 134 416 94 .226 11 56 1B Carlos Delgado 162 574 160 .279 39 102 2B Homer Bush 78 271 83 .306 3 27 SS Alex Gonzalez 154 636 161 .253 17 76 3B Tony Batista 72 271 56 .207 13 45 LF Shannon Stewart 155 640 202 .316 12 60 CF José Cruz Jr. 146 577 158 .274 34 88 RF Raúl Mondesí 149 572 144 .252 27 84 DH Brad Fullmer 146 522 143 .274 18 83 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 Felipe López 49 177 46 .260 5 23 Jeff Frye 74 175 43 .246 2 15 César Izturis 46 134 36 .269 2 9 Alberto Castillo 66 131 26 .198 1 4 Luis Lopez 41 119 29 .244 3 10 Brian Simmons 60 107 19 .178 2 8 Vernon Wells 30 96 30 .274 2 10 Chris Latham 43 73 20 .274 2 10 Chris Woodward 37 63 12 .190 2 5 Tony Fernández 48 59 18 .305 1 12 Ryan Freel 9 22 6 .273 0 3 Josh Phelps 8 12 0 .000 0 1 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 Chris Carpenter 34 215.2 11 11 4.09 157 Esteban Loaiza 36 190.0 11 11 5.02 110 Joey Hamilton 22 122.1 5 8 5.89 82 Chris Michalak 24 115.0 6 7 4.62 57 Steve Parris 19 105.2 4 6 4.60 49 Roy Halladay 17 105.1 5 3 3.16 96 Brandon Lyon 11 63.0 5 4 4.29 35 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 Kelvim Escobar 59 126.0 6 8 3.50 121 Pasqual Coco 7 14.1 1 0 4.40 9 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 Billy Koch 69 2 5 36 4.80 55 Paul Quantrill 80 11 2 2 3.04 58 Pedro Borbón Jr. 71 2 4 0 3.71 45 Dan Plesac 62 4 5 1 3.57 68 Bob File 60 5 3 0 3.27 38 Scott Eyre 17 1 2 2 3.45 16 Matt DeWitt 16 0 2 0 3.79 13 John Frascatore 12 1 0 0 2.20 9 Lance Painter 10 0 1 0 7.85 14 Kevin Beirne 5 0 0 0 12.86 5 Brian Bowles 2 0 0 0 0.00 4 Award winners All-Star Game Paul Quantrill, PBlue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Omar Malavé AA Tennessee Smokies Southern League Rocket Wheeler A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Marty Pevey A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Rolando Pino A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Paul Elliott Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Tom BradleyJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 2001 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference 2001 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac Category:Toronto Blue Jays seasons Toronto Blue Jays Category:2001 in Toronto Category:2001 in sports in Ontario