2001 Toronto Blue Jays season explained

Toronto Blue Jays
Season:	2001
League:	American League
Division:	East
Ballpark:	SkyDome
City:	Toronto
Record:	80–82 (.494)
Divisional Place:	3rd
Owners:	Rogers Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General Managers:	Gord Ash
Managers:	Buck Martinez
Television:	CBC Television (Brian Williams, John Cerutti) The Sports Network (Dan Shulman, Pat Tabler) CTV Sportsnet (Rob Faulds, Jerry Howarth)
Radio:	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.^[1]

October 2000

	Marty Cordova granted free agency (signed with Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $500,000 contract on December 20, 2000).
	Mark Lukasiewicz selected off of waivers by the Anaheim Angels.
	Kevin Witt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on December 22, 2000).
	Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a four-year, $68 million contract.
	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).
	Alex Gonzalez granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a four-year, $20 million contract on December 10, 2000).
	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

	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.
	Signed free agent Aaron Holbert from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract.
	Acquired Scott Eyre from the Chicago White Sox for Gary Glover.
	Signed amateur free agent Robinzon Díaz to a contract.
	Acquired Steve Parris from the Cincinnati Reds for Clayton Andrews and Leo Estrella.

December 2000

	Signed free agent Chris Latham from the Colorado Rockies to a contract.
	Re-signed free agent Mickey Morandini to a contract.
	Signed free agent Jason Dickson from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract.
	Signed free agent Dan Plesac from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a two-year, $4.4 million contract.
	Re-signed free agent Alex Gonzalez to a four-year, $20 million contract.
	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.
	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.
	Signed free agent Ryan Thompson from the New York Yankees to a contract.
	Signed free agent Izzy Molina from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract.
	Signed free agent Trent Hubbard from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.

January 2001

	Signed free agent Héctor Carrasco from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.
	Acquired Mike Sirotka, Brian Simmons, Kevin Beirne and Mike Williams from the Chicago White Sox for David Wells and Matt DeWitt.
	Sent Chad Mottola to the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal.
	Re-signed Brad Fullmer to a two-year, $6.5 million contract. Re-signed Esteban Loaiza to a two-year, $10.3 million contract.
	Signed amateur free agent Alfredo Aceves to a contract.

February 2001

	Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $1.5 million contract.
	Re-signed Steve Parris to a two-year, $6.05 million contract.

March 2001

	Released Trent Hubbard.
	Acquired Matt DeWitt from the Chicago White Sox for Mike Williams.
	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

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Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2001 regular season.^[3]

April 2001

	Signed free agent Willie Banks of the New York Mets to a one-year contract. Released Ryan Thompson.
	Signed free agent Patrick Lennon of the Montreal Expos to a contract.

June 2001

	Released Patrick Lennon.
	Signed free agent Tony Fernández from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract.
	Tony Batista selected off of waivers by the Baltimore Orioles.
	Signed free agent Deion Sanders from the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent.
	Released Lance Painter.

July 2001

	Purchased Brian Hunter from the Atlantic City Surf of the Atlantic League.
	Released Deion Sanders.
	Released John Frascatore.

August 2001

	Released Joey Hamilton. Re-signed Paul Quantrill to a three-year, $9.6 million contract.
	Released Brian Hunter.
	Released Willie Banks.
	Chris Michalak selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers.
	Signed amateur free agent Eugenio Vélez to a contract.

2001 Draft picks

Source ^[4]

The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School

1	15	Gabe Gross	OF	Auburn University
2	59	Brandon League	RHP	St. Louis High School (Honolulu, HI)
3	91	Tyrell Godwin	OF	East Bladen High School
4	121	Chris Sheffield	RHP	University of Miami
5	151	Mike Rouse	SS	California State University, Fullerton
6	181	Lee Delfino	SS	East Carolina University
7	211	Jason Colson	RHP	Winthrop University
8	241	Sean Grimes	LHP	Saunders Secondary School
9	271	Luke Hetherington	OF	Kentwood High School
10	301	Ryan Costello	LHP	Montclair State University

Game log

|- 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|-|- 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|-|- 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|-|- 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|-|- 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|-|- 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|-|- 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

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	134	416	94	.226	11	56
1B	162	574	160	.279	39	102
2B	78	271	83	.306	3	27
SS	154	636	161	.253	17	76
3B	72	271	56	.207	13	45
LF	155	640	202	.316	12	60
CF	146	577	158	.274	34	88
RF	149	572	144	.252	27	84
DH	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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
49	177	46	.260	5	23
74	175	43	.246	2	15
46	134	36	.269	2	9
66	131	26	.198	1	4
41	119	29	.244	3	10
60	107	19	.178	2	8
30	96	30	.274	2	10
43	73	20	.274	2	10
37	63	12	.190	2	5
48	59	18	.305	1	12
9	22	6	.273	0	3
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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	215.2	11	11	4.09	157
36	190.0	11	11	5.02	110
22	122.1	5	8	5.89	82
24	115.0	6	7	4.62	57
19	105.2	4	6	4.60	49
17	105.1	5	3	3.16	96
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
	59	126.0	6	8	3.50	121
	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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
69	2	5	36	4.80	55
80	11	2	2	3.04	58
71	2	4	0	3.71	45
62	4	5	1	3.57	68
60	5	3	0	3.27	38
17	1	2	2	3.45	16
16	0	2	0	3.79	13
12	1	0	0	2.20	9
10	0	1	0	7.85	14
5	0	0	0	12.86	5
2	0	0	0	0.00	4

Award winners

All-Star Game

Paul Quantrill, P^[5]

Farm system

References

Web site: 2001 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions . baseball-reference.com . 21 July 2023.
Web site: Texas Rangers at Toronto Blue Jays Box Score, April 1, 2001.
Web site: 2001 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions . baseball-reference.com . 20 July 2023.
Web site: Feature: 2001 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation . . September 2, 2014.
http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/all_stars.jsp Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

2001 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
2001 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac