2009 Toronto Blue Jays
Singing of the national anthem during the Opening Day ceremony
Singing of the national anthem during the Opening Day ceremony
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkRogers Centre
CityToronto, Ontario
Record75–87 (.463)
Divisional place4th
OwnersRogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managersJ. P. Ricciardi
ManagersCito Gaston
TelevisionTSN, TSN2
(Rod Black, Pat Tabler)
Rogers Sportsnet
(Jamie Campbell, Pat Tabler, Rance Mulliniks, Darrin Fletcher)
RadioFAN 590
(Jerry Howarth, Alan Ashby, Mike Wilner)
Seasons

The 2009 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 33rd in Major League Baseball, and the 20th full season of play at the Rogers Centre. The team was managed by Cito Gaston, who was hired by the team midway through the 2008 season. General manager J. P. Ricciardi was fired on the penultimate day of the season, as the team again failed to make the playoffs. He was replaced by Assistant General Manager Alex Anthopoulos.

The team started the season well, and was in first place in the American League East with a 27–14 record. The team was swept by the Red Sox at Fenway Park from May 19 to 21, the first of nine straight losses that ultimately led to a disappointing season with a record of 75–87, 28 games behind the division lead, and 20 games behind the wild card spot. It was the first time that Toronto had finished with a losing record since 2005, when they finished 80–82.

Offseason

Front office reorganization

Ted Rogers, the founder of Rogers Communications and the Blue Jays' owner, died at the age of 75 on December 2, 2008, at his home in Toronto.[1] Rogers purchased the Blue Jays in 2000, hoping to lead the franchise to its first playoff berth since the club last won the World Series in 1993. The team continues to be owned and operated by Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership, a division of Rogers Communications.

Prior to Rogers' death, the team named Paul Beeston as interim president of baseball operations and chief operating officer replacing retiring president Paul Godfrey.[2] The first employee in Toronto Blue Jays history, Beeston served in the same capacity with the organization from 1989 to 1997. Soon after being introduced on October 14, 2008, Beeston began a significant reorganization of the baseball operations of the club. In the wake of the global financial crisis and the loss of advertising revenue, the team let go of several employees from its media division on December 2.[3]

On January 21, 2009, assistant general manager Bart Given was also dismissed to keep "costs down" for the upcoming season according to the team.[4]

Additions were made to the scouting department, including the hiring of pro scouts Roy Smith,[5] Steve Springer and four others.[6]

Player transactions

The most significant change from the 2008 team was the departure of pitcher A. J. Burnett, who filed for free agency and signed a contract with the New York Yankees. Shaun Marcum (elbow), Casey Janssen (shoulder) and Dustin McGowan (labrum) started the season on the disabled list. Janssen has since returned, Getting a loss in his season debut vs the Braves, which the Jays lost 4-3.

Retentions

For the twelfth consecutive season the organization avoided going to an arbitration hearing, re-signing the five arbitration eligible players on the team. The team and relievers Brandon League (one year/$640K), Jeremy Accardo (one year/$900K), Jason Frasor (one year/$1.45M), Brian Tallet (one year/$1.025M) and Shawn Camp (one year/$750K) along with infielder José Bautista (one year/$2.4M) all came to terms.[7]

The team also picked up the club option held on catcher Rod Barajas.[8]

Departures

On November 5, 2008, pitcher A. J. Burnett opted out of the remaining two years of his five-year contract, ending months of speculation that the starter was planning to leave Toronto.[9] Burnett, who in 2008 led the team in strikeouts and won 18 games, went on to sign with the division rival New York Yankees on December 18.[10]

None of the five major league free agents from the Blue Jays' 2008 roster were tendered contracts. Catcher Gregg Zaun ended his five-year tenure in Toronto and signed a one-year deal with the rival Baltimore Orioles.[11] Outfielder Brad Wilkerson (Boston),[12] relief pitcher John Parrish (Orioles),[13] and infielder Héctor Luna (Los Angeles (NL)) all signed minor league contracts elsewhere, while outfielder Kevin Mench signed a one-year deal with the Hanshin Tigers of Japan's Nippon League.[14]

Minor league pitching prospect Jean Machi, who had been on the forty-man roster, was also released by the club in November.[15] Another major departure, third baseman Scott Rolen, was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for personal reasons.

Arrivals

Edwin Encarnación was acquired on the trade deadline in a deal with the Cincinnati Reds.

The Blue Jays, faced with financial hardships, the fall of the Canadian dollar against the American dollar and a smaller budget, did not opt to make any major impact moves. Towards the end of spring training, they did however sign Kevin Millar to a one-year deal. Millar is known as a solid player to have in the clubhouse and would find time playing the DH and utility infield.

However, with the trade of Scott Rolen to the Cincinnati Reds, the Blue Jays welcomed infielder Edwin Encarnación, relief pitcher Josh Roenicke and a minor league pitching prospect.

Pitchers

Two starters recovering from major shoulder surgery would have an opportunity to claim rotation slots with the club coming out of spring training. Former All-Star starter Matt Clement, who spent an injury riddled 2008 season with St. Louis was signed on December 12.[16] Left-handed starter Mike Maroth, who last pitched in the majors in 2007 with St. Louis, was inked to a minor league deal on December 30.

Two former first overall draft picks were also acquired by the club. 2002 top selection Bryan Bullington was claimed off waivers from Cleveland in October.[17] The Jays also traded for 2004 number one choice Matt Bush in February.[18] Bush had previously been in the Padres organisation.

The team imported fourteen-year Nippon League veteran Ken Takahashi from Japan.[19] Toronto claimed southpaw Brian Burres (Baltimore),[20] and reliever T. J. Beam (Pittsburgh)[21] off waivers. The club also re-signed Dirk Hayhurst in February, days after releasing the former waiver claim.[22]

Position players

Former silver slugging catcher Michael Barrett[23] and infielder Kevin Millar[24] were among the prominent additions to the team offensively. Barrett, who missed much of his 2008 season with the Padres due to a facial fracture, is a top candidate to be the Blue Jays backup catcher. Millar, who spent the previous three seasons with Baltimore and hit twenty home runs in 2008, will have an opportunity for a bench or platoon role with the Jays.

In January, the team signed outfielder Jason Lane (Boston) and infielder Brandon Fahey (Baltimore) to minor league deals.[25] In December, the team inked catcher Raúl Chávez (Pittsburgh) and designated hitter Randy Ruiz (Minnesota).[26] In October the club announced it signed former Orioles pitcher Adam Loewen and will attempt to convert him to a first baseman.[27]

Injuries

Starter Shaun Marcum was lost for the 2009 season when he underwent Tommy John surgery in the fall of 2008.[28] The right-hander went under the knife to repair ligaments in his pitching elbow, and is tentatively expected to be back for the Jays' 2010 spring training.

Pitcher Casey Janssen who missed all of 2008 due to shoulder problems was expected to compete for a rotation spot,[29] but was put on the 15-day disabled list just before the season began. Starter Dustin McGowan who is recovering from right labrum surgery is expected to rejoin the club sometime in May.[30]

On April 23, the Blue Jays placed starting pitcher Ricky Romero and closer B. J. Ryan on the 15-day disabled list. Romero was suffering from a right oblique strain, while Ryan was sent to see a specialist for a tight left trapezius muscle. Ryan has since returned, but not as the closer.[31]

On June 9, it was announced that Jesse Litsch will undergo season-ending ligament replacement ("Tommy John") surgery.[32]

Broadcasts

The Jays' flagship station for radio is The FAN 590, which has all 162 regular season games. Jerry Howarth and Alan Ashby will call all 162, with Mike Wilner being the third personality. Mike will also host the pregame and postgame show for each game, as long as there is time for it before/after. The Blue Jays' flagship TV station is Rogers Sportsnet, which is airing over 100 games in 2009 for the Jays. The two other stations are both in the TSN network, TSN and TSN2. TSN has coverage starting after they are done with NHL on TSN (during the Stanley Cup Finals, coverage usually starts). From May 19–21, the two Jays stations were occupied with hockey and TSN2 airs the Jays in TSN's place. With Sportsnet taking care of the annual Memorial Cup, and TSN covering the NHL conference finals, TSN2 was open, and took in at the time, the biggest series of the Jays' young season. Rod Black and Pat Tabler did not cover this series though, TSN2 broadcast NESN coverage. TSN2 had the September 13 game versus the Tigers and will air the Jays home closer versus the Mariners on September 27. Untelevised games can be seen on JaysVision on Rogers Cable (digital only). Otherwise, the viewer must subscribe to MLB Extra Innings, which gets the feed from the opposing team's station. MLB Extra Innings is available on satellite and digital cable.

Regular season

Season summary

The Blue Jays mascot during the 2009 season

The Jays began the year with a schedule that had them playing teams from the Central and the West divisions for 24 games in April. Adam Lind slugged out an opening day record 6 RBI, and the Jays pummeled the Tigers, giving Roy Halladay the win. They went on to win the first 6 series of the season, and finished April with a 15-9 record, tied with the Red Sox for first in the AL East.

The first game against the New York Yankees occurred on May 12, in a marquee matchup of Roy Halladay versus former teammate A. J. Burnett. Not only did the Jays win 8-2, but Halladay recorded his first complete game of the season, while giving Burnett his first loss on the year. The Jays drew a crowd of 43,737 fans. This was the first non-home opener Rogers Centre sell out since July 22 of the previous year against the Yankees, drawing a crowd of 50,014. However, the remaining two games of the 2009series were won by the Yankees, making this the first series lost by the Jays at home that season. They followed this with a series sweep of the Chicago White Sox, at which time the Jays had the best record (27-14) in the American League, but this was followed by a disastrous road trip to Boston, Atlanta and Baltimore during which the Jays lost 9 straight games, tying their longest away-game losing streak since a nine-game run in May 2007. This left the Jays at 27-23, behind Boston and the Yankees by 1.5 games. The Blue Jays then bounced back, taking two out of three from Boston, and had some more considerable successes, most notably a three-game road sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies. However, they never again held a playoff position, and gradually faded out of the picture: they were out of contention by the All-Star break, and were never able to mount any sort of charge reminiscent of 2008's 10-game winning streak to get back in the race.

Roy Halladay and Aaron Hill were named to the American League All-Star team. Halladay was the starting pitcher, and Hill started the game at second base.

Firing of J. P. Ricciardi

Alex Anthopoulos took over for J. P. Ricciardi.

On October 3, the J. P. Ricciardi era ended in Toronto. When he took over in 2002, he guaranteed a playoff berth; the Jays never even came close to a playoff berth, never finishing better than 10 games behind the top of the division during Ricciardi's reign. After a promising start to 2009, the Jays faltered, and Ricciardi publicized the topic of a Roy Halladay trade, which many Jays fans disapproved. Allegedly, Ricciardi told Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports a day before the firing, in which some Blue Jays players spoke critically about Cito Gaston. A day later, Paul Beeston reportedly found out about Ricciardi leaking the information to the media, and promptly fired him. Assistant GM Alex Anthopoulos took over immediately.

Season standings

AL East

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10359 0.636 — 57–24 46–35
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 8 56–25 39–42
Tampa Bay Rays 8478 0.519 19 52–29 32–49
Toronto Blue Jays 7587 0.463 28 44–37 31–50
Baltimore Orioles 6498 0.395 39 39–42 25–56

Detailed record

TeamHomeAwayTotalGms left
AL East
Baltimore Orioles8-11-89-9-
Boston Red Sox4-53-67-11-
New York Yankees3-63-66-12-
Tampa Bay Rays3-61-84-14-
18-188-2826-46-
AL Central
Chicago White Sox4-02-16-1-
Cleveland Indians2-32-14-4-
Detroit Tigers3-12-25-3-
Kansas City Royals2-11-33-4-
Minnesota Twins2-23-15-3-
13-710-823-15-
AL West
Los Angeles Angels3-31-14-4-
Oakland Athletics2-14-26-3-
Seattle Mariners3-11-24-3-
Texas Rangers2-13-45-5-
10-69-919-15-
National League
Atlanta BravesN/A0-30-3-
Cincinnati Reds2-1N/A2-1-
Florida Marlins0-3N/A0-3-
Philadelphia Phillies1-23-04-2-
Washington NationalsN/A1-21-2-
3-64-57-11-
Month Games Won Lost
April24159
May291415
June261214
July24816
August261016
September301614
October303
1627587

Vs. opponents

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore–2–165–42–53–54–42–83–25–131–54–58–105–59–911–7
Boston16–2–4–47–26–15–34–54–29–95–52–49–92–711–711–7
Chicago4–54−4–10–89–99–95–46−123–44–54–56–22–41–612–6
Cleveland5–22–78–10–4–1410–82–48–103–52–56–45–31–84–45–13
Detroit5–31–69–914–4–9–95–47–121–55–45–45–27–23–510–8
Kansas City4–43–59–98–109–9–1–96–122–42–65–41–93–34–38–10
Los Angeles8–25–44–54–24–59–1–6–45–512–710–94–28–114–414–4
Minnesota2–32–412–610–812–712–64–6–0–74–65–53–36–43–512–6
New York13–59–94–35–35–14–25–57–0–7–26–411–75–412–610–8
Oakland5–15–55–45–24–56–27–126–42–7–5–146–411–83–65–13
Seattle5–44–25–44–64–54–59–105–54–614–5–5–38–113–411–7
Tampa Bay10–89–92–63–52–59–12–43–37–114–63–5–3–614–413–5
Texas5–57–24–28–12–73–311–84–64–58–1111–86–3–5–59–9
Toronto9–97–116–14–45–33–44–45–36–126–34–34–145–5–7–11

2009 draft picks

Source[33]

The 2009 MLB Draft was held on June 9–11. The Blue Jays had a first round pick, along with one compensation pick. The Blue Jays also had two picks in the third round.

Round Pick Player Position College/school Nationality Signed
1 20 Chad Jenkins RHP Kennesaw State United States 2009–08–15
C-A 37* James Paxton LHP Kentucky Canada Unsigned
2 68 Jake Eliopoulos LHP Sacred Heart Catholic High School (ON) Canada Unsigned
3 99 Jake Barrett RHP Desert Ridge High School (AZ) United States Unsigned
3 104 Jake Marisnick CF Riverside Polytechnic High School (CA) United States 2009–08–17
4 130 Ryan Goins SS Dallas Baptist United States 2009–07–17
5 160 Ryan Schimpf 2B Louisiana State United States 2009–07–27
6 190 K. C. Hobson RF Stockdale High School (CA) United States 2009–08–17
7 220 Egan Smith LHP College of Southern Nevada United States 2009–06–14
8 250 Brian Slover RHP Cal State-Northridge United States 2009–07–20
9 280 Aaron Loup LHP Tulane United States 2009–06–29
10 310 Yan Gomes C Barry Brazil 2009–06–19
  • * The Blue Jays received the 37th pick as compensation for loss of free agent A. J. Burnett

Roster

2009 Toronto Blue Jays
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Game log

Legend
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Game log
April 15–9 (home 7–3, road 8–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
1April 6Tigers12–5Halladay (1–0)Verlander (0–1)48,0271–00
2April 7Tigers5–4Ryan (1–0)Lyon (0–1)16,7902–0+½
3April 8Tigers5–1Miner (1–0)Litsch (0–1)12,1452–1½
4April 9Tigers6–2Romero (1–0)Porcello (0–1)15,2973–1+½
5April 10@ Indians13–7League (1–0)Pérez (0–1)42,4734–1+½
6April 11@ Indians5–4Halladay (2–0)Lee (0–2)Frasor (1)20,8955–1+½
7April 12@ Indians8–4Reyes (1–0)Purcey (0–1)14,2165–2+½
8April 13@ Twins8–6Frasor (1–0)Ayala (1–1)Ryan (1)16,4106–2+½
9April 14@ Twins3–2 (11)Crain (1–0)Carlson (0–1)15,3756–3½
10April 15@ Twins12–2Richmond (1–0)Baker (0–1)19,4717–3+½
11April 16@ Twins9–2Halladay (3–0)Liriano (0–3)15,1698–3+1
12April 17Athletics8–5Bailey (2–0)League (1–1)Ziegler (3)18,2728–4+1
13April 18Athletics4–2 (12)Frasor (2–0)Giese (0–1)21,6989–4+2
14April 19Athletics1–0Romero (2–0)Braden (1–2)Ryan (2)22,16410–4+2½
15April 21Rangers5–4McCarthy (2–0)Halladay (3–1)Francisco (2)20,99610–5+1½
16April 22Rangers8–7 (11)Frasor (3–0)Wilson (0–2)13,09011–5+1½
17April 23Rangers5–2Richmond (2–0)Millwood (1–2)Downs (1)15,48712–5+2
18April 24@ White Sox14–0Tallet (1–0)Floyd (2–2)27,10313–5+2
19April 25@ White Sox10–2Buehrle (3–0)Burres (0–1)30,38313–6+1
20April 26@ White Sox4–3Halladay (4–1)Linebrink (0–1)Downs (2)31,45914–6+1
21April 27@ Royals7–1Bannister (2–0)Purcey (0–2)9,68514–70
22April 28@ Royals8–1Richmond (3–0)Meche (1–2)15,19115–7+1
23April 29@ Royals11–3Greinke (5–0)Tallet (1–1)10,61915–80
24April 30@ Royals8–6Davies (2–1)Burres (0–2)11,89615–90
May 14–15 (home 11–4, road 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
25May 1Orioles8–4Halladay (5–1)Hendrickson (1–4)20,02016–9+1
26May 2Orioles5–4 (11)Frasor (4–0)Bass (0–1)18,33117–9+1
27May 3Orioles4–3Richmond (4–0)Guthrie (2–2)Downs (3)20,41818–9+2
28May 4Indians9–7 (12)Betancourt (1–1)Camp (0–1)Lewis (1)15,29518–10+1
29May 5Indians10–6Wolfe (1–0)Chulk (0–1)22,00519–10+1
30May 6@ Angels13–1Halladay (6–1)Ortega (0–2)41,12320–10+2
31May 7@ Angels6–1Weaver (3–1)Ray (0–1)41,00720–11+1
32May 8@ Athletics5–3Wuertz (2–1)Richmond (4–1)Bailey (1)14,10320–120
33May 9@ Athletics6–4Tallet (2–1)Gallagher (1–1)15,81721–12+1
34May 10@ Athletics5–0Cecil (1–0)Braden (3–4)15,12622–12+1
35May 12Yankees5–1Halladay (7–1)Burnett (2–1)43,73723–12+1
36May 13Yankees8–2Pettitte (3–1)Richmond (4–2)20,16423–13+1
37May 14Yankees3–2Sabathia (3–3)Carlson (0–2)Rivera (7)22,66723–14+1
38May 15White Sox8–3Cecil (2–0)Danks (2–3)17,24124–14+2
39May 16White Sox2–1Ray (1–1)Linebrink (1–2)Downs (4)21,87925–14+2
40May 17White Sox8–2Halladay (8–1)Floyd (2–4)37,13726–14+3
41May 18White Sox3–2Carlson (1–2)Dotel (1–1)Downs (5)24,20627–14+3½
42May 19@ Red Sox2–1Wakefield (5–2)Tallet (2–2)Papelbon (11)37,83027–15+2½
43May 20@ Red Sox8–3Penny (4–1)Cecil (2–1)38,09927–16+1½
44May 21@ Red Sox5–1Lester (3–4)Ray (1–2)38,34727–17+½
45May 22@ Braves1–0Kawakami (3–5)Carlson (1–3)González (7)21,53327–18+½
46May 23@ Braves4–3Lowe (6–2)Janssen (0–1)Soriano (4)27,37727–19+½
47May 24@ Braves10–2Bennett (2–1)Camp (0–2)23,97127–20½
48May 25@ Orioles4–1Guthrie (4–4)Tallet (2–3)Sherrill (10)24,90427–211½
49May 26@ Orioles7–2Berken (1–0)Romero (2–1)10,13027–221½
50May 27@ Orioles12–10 (11)Báez (4–1)Wolfe (1–1)13,71327–231½
51May 29Red Sox6–3Janssen (1–1)Wakefield (6–3)Downs (6)32,02628–231½
52May 30Red Sox5–3Tallet (3–3)Ramírez (4–2)Downs (7)35,48429–231½
53May 31Red Sox8–2Lester (4–5)Romero (2–2)30,49629–241½
June 12–14 (home 6–11, road 6–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
54June 2Angels6–4Halladay (9–1)Saunders (6–4)26,80930–242
55June 3Angels8–1Weaver (5–2)Janssen (1–2)17,12730–252
56June 4Angels6–5Speier (2–1)League (1–2)31,16330–263
57June 5Royals9–3Romero (3–2)Greinke (8–2)15,43531–262½
58June 6Royals6–2Hochevar (1–2)Richmond (4–3)16,55231–273
59June 7Royals4–0Halladay (10–1)Davies (2–6)21,07132–272½
60June 8@ Rangers6–3Janssen (2–2)Feldman (5–1)Downs (8)17,85633–272½
61June 9@ Rangers9–0Tallet (4–3)Mathis (0–1)17,53534–271½
–June 10@ RangersPostponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 12
62June 11@ Rangers1–0Millwood (6–4)Romero (3–3)Wilson (6)16,07334–283
63June 12Marlins7–3Meyer (1–0)League (1–3)17,92234–294
64June 13Marlins6–5West (2–1)Janssen (2–3)Lindstrom (12)20,63434–305
65June 14Marlins11–3Johnson (6–1)Tallet (4–4)20,98534–315
66June 16@ Phillies8–3 (10)Downs (1–0)Condrey (4–2)44,95835–315
67June 17@ Phillies7–1Richmond (5–3)Moyer (4–6)42,09136–315
68June 18@ Phillies8–7Frasor (5–0)Madson (2–2)Accardo (1)44,03637–314
69June 19@ Nationals2–1 (11)Colomé (1–0)Frasor (5–1)20,86037–324
70June 20@ Nationals5–3 (12)Tavárez (3–4)Richmond (5–4)22,14237–335
71June 21@ Nationals9–4Romero (4–3)Martis (5–2)26,61038–335
72June 23Reds7–5Tallet (5–4)Owings (4–8)Frasor (2)30,35139–335
73June 24Reds8–2Richmond (6–4)Arroyo (8–6)15,40940–335
74June 25Reds7–5Cueto (6–4)Camp (0–3)Cordero (18)15,32940–345
75June 26Phillies6–1Romero (5–3)Hamels (4–4)21,33141–345
76June 27Phillies10–0Happ (5–0)Mills (0–1)28,80541–356
77June 28Phillies5–4Moyer (6–6)Tallet (5–5)Lidge (14)36,37841–366
78June 29Rays4–1Niemann (7–4)Halladay (10–2)Choate (4)15,66541–377
79June 30Rays4–1Garza (6–5)Richmond (6–5)Howell (6)15,47741–387
July 8–16 (home 5–5, road 3–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
80July 1Rays5–0Romero (6–3)Shields (6–6)30,53342–387
81July 3@ Yankees4–2Burnett (7–4)Tallet (5–6)Rivera (21)46,30842–397
82July 4@ Yankees6–5 (12)Tomko (1–2)Camp (0–4)46,62042–407
83July 5@ Yankees10–8Albaladejo (3–1)Ryan (1–1)Aceves (1)46,32042–418
84July 6@ Yankees7–6Romero (7–3)Pettitte (8–4)Frasor (3)46,45043–417
85July 7@ Rays3–1 (11)Wheeler (3–1)League (1–4)15,24443–428
86July 8@ Rays10–9Howell (5–2)Frasor (5–2)15,25243–439
87July 9@ Rays3–2Price (3–3)Halladay (10–3)Wheeler (1)25,74943–449
88July 10@ Orioles2–0Cecil (3–1)Berken (1–6)Downs (9)30,57444–449
89July 11@ Orioles4–3 (12)Hendrickson (5–4)Carlson (1–4)28,28144–4510
90July 12@ Orioles4–2Bergesen (6–3)Rzepczynski (0–1)Sherrill (20)21,62144–4611
91July 17Red Sox4–1Buchholz (1–0)Romero (7–4)Papelbon (24)32,92844–4712
92July 18Red Sox6–2Rzepczynski (1–1)Penny (6–4)36,92645–4711
93July 19Red Sox3–1Halladay (11–3)Lester (8–7)36,53446–4710
94July 21Indians2–1Lee (6–9)Downs(1–1)18,33046–4810½
95July 22Indians10–6Romero (8–4)Pavano (8–8)18,37547–4810½
96July 23Indians5–4Huff (5–4)Rzepczynski (1–2)Wood (13)32,06147–4911½
97July 24Rays4–2Garza (7–7)Downs (1–2)Howell (11)24,16147–5012½
98July 25Rays10–9 (12)Howell (6–2)Camp (0–5)Nelson (3)26,52747–5112½
99July 26Rays5–1Cecil (4–1)Niemann (9–5)30,61048–5112½
100July 27@ Mariners11–4Romero (9–4)Hernández (11–4)28,69649–5112½
101July 28@ Mariners4–3Aardsma (3–3)Downs (1–3)26,14849–5212½
102July 29@ Mariners3–2Rowland-Smith (1–1)Halladay (11–4)Aardsma (25)32,64949–5313½
103July 31@ Athletics8–5Braden (8–9)Richmond (6–6)Bailey (14)12,15149–5413
August 10–16 (home 5–9, road 5–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
104August 1@ Athletics6–5Cecil (5–1)Cahill (6–10)Frasor (4)35,06750–5412
105August 2@ Athletics7–2Romero (10–4)Mazzaro (2–8)13,07051–5412
106August 4Yankees5–3Pettitte (9–6)Halladay (11–5)33,66951–5513
107August 5Yankees8–4Aceves (7–1)Rzepczynski (1–3)31,40251–5614
108August 7Orioles7–5Berken (2–9)Romero (10–5)Johnson (3)30,79551–5715½
109August 8Orioles3–2 (10)Frasor (6–2)Báez (4–6)28,61352–5716½
110August 9Orioles7–3Halladay (12–5)Matusz (1–1)27,46453–5715½
111August 10@ Yankees5–4Camp (1–5)Mitre (1–1)Frasor (5)46,37654–5714½
112August 11@ Yankees7–5Robertson (2–1)Carlson (1–5)Rivera (33)46,52354–5815½
113August 12@ Yankees4–3Gaudin (5–10)Camp (1–6)47,11354–5916½
114August 14@ Rays5–2Halladay (13–5)Shields (7–9)Frasor (6)21,52255–5917
115August 15@ Rays8–3Kazmir (7–7)Tallet (5–7)29,63255–6018
116August 16@ Rays5–2Wheeler (4–3)League (1–5)24,62555–6118½
117August 18Red Sox10–9Okajima (4–0)Janssen (2–4)Papelbon (29)25,47255–6218½
118August 19Red Sox6–1Buchholz (2–3)Halladay (13–6)25,92555–6319½
119August 20Red Sox8–1Lester (10–7)Cecil (5–2)22,81755–6420
120August 21Angels5–4Rzepczynski (2–3)O'Sullivan (3–2)Janssen (1)15,99356–6420
121August 22Angels7–3Santana (7–6)Richmond (6–7)23,23556–6520
122August 23Angels8–3Romero (11–5)Bell (1–1)23,93557–6520½
123August 24Rays12–7Niemann (12–5)Halladay (13–7)17,18457–6620½
124August 25Rays7–3Shields (8–10)Cecil (5–3)17,30757–6720½
125August 26Rays3–2League (2–5)Howell (6–4)15,34958–6720½
126August 28@ Red Sox6–5Okajima (5–0)Tallet (5–8)Papelbon (31)37,84458–6821
127August 29@ Red Sox3–2Buchholz (3–3)Romero (11–6)Papelbon (32)37,45258–6922
128August 30@ Red Sox7–0Byrd (1–0)Halladay (13–8)37,56058–7023
129August 31@ Rangers18–10Cecil (6–3)Holland (7–9)16,67559–7023
September 16–14 (home 10–5, road 6–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
130September 1@ Rangers5–2Nippert (5–2)Rzepczynski (2–4)Francisco (20)59–7124½
131September 1@ Rangers5–2McCarthy (6–2)Tallet (5–9)Francisco (21)17,20359–7224½
132September 2@ Rangers6–4Hunter (7–3)Richmond (6–8)Francisco (22)21,83659–7325½
133September 3Yankees10–5Aceves (10–1)Romero (11–7)22,77359–7426½
134September 4Yankees6–0Halladay (14–8)Chamberlain (8–5)22,17960–7425½
135September 5Yankees6–4Pettitte (13–6)Cecil (6–4)Hughes (3)31,29560–7526½
136September 6Yankees14–8Tallet (6–9)Mitre (3–2)30,87361–7525½
137September 7Twins6–3Crain (5–4)Richmond (6–9)Nathan (37)13,15361–7627
138September 8Twins6–3Romero (12–7)Rauch (4–3)Frasor (7)13,48862–7627
139September 9Twins4–1Pavano (12–11)Halladay (14–9)Nathan (38)11,15962–7728
140September 10Twins3–2Cecil (7–4)Baker (13–8)Frasor (8)11,46163–7727½
141September 11@ Tigers6–4Tallet (7–9)Robertson (2–1)Frasor (9)31,57564–7726½
142September 12@ Tigers8–6League (3–5)Rodney (2–4)Frasor (10)36,14265–7725½
143September 13@ Tigers7–2Porcello (13–8)Romero (12–8)32,46865–7826½
144September 14@ Tigers6–5 (10)Seay (6–3)Wolfe (1–2)24,37565–7927½
145September 15@ Yankees10–4Halladay (15–9)Mitre (3–3)45,84766–7926½
146September 16@ Yankees5–4Rivera (3–2)Frasor (6–3)46,04666–8027½
147September 18@ Rays11–4Shields (10–11)Richmond (6–10)18,42666–8127½
148September 19@ Rays4–0Garza (8–10)Romero (12–9)22,70566–8228½
149September 20@ Rays3–1Price (9–7)Halladay (15–10)Howell (17)20,93766–8328½
150September 21Orioles9–2Purcey (1–2)Tillamn (2–4)11,59867–8327½
151September 22Orioles6–5 (11)Camp (2–6)Sarfate (0–1)11,86968–8327½
152September 23Orioles7–3Richmond (7–10)Guthrie (10–16)13,74369–8327½
153September 24Mariners5–4Hernández (17–5)Carlson (1–6)Aardsma (36)15,30669–8428
154September 25Mariners5–0Halladay (16–10)Fister (2–4)20,66870–8428
155September 26Mariners5–4 (10)Frasor (7–3)Kelley (5–4)29,78371–8428
156September 27Mariners5–4Wolfe (2–2)Rowland-Smith (4–4)Camp (1)39,05272–8428
157September 28@ Red Sox11–5 (7)Richmond (8–10)Bowden (0–1)37,59173–8428
158September 29@ Red Sox8–7Romero (13–9)Buchholz (7–4)Frasor (11)37,61874–8428
159September 30@ Red Sox12–0Halladay (17–10)Wakefield (11–5)37,24675–8427
October 0–3 (home 0–0, road 0–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordGB
160October 2@ Orioles13–7Berken (6–12)Purcey (1–3)16,92175–8527
161October 3@ Orioles6–3Hendrickson (6–5)Richmond (8–11)Johnson (10)23,25475–8627
162October 4@ Orioles5–4 (11)Albers (3–6)League (3–6)17,96975–8728

Player stats

Note: Yellow background = Team leader

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases [34]

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB
Russ Adams 8 20 2 4 0 0 0 0 .200 0
Rod Barajas 125 429 43 97 19 0 19 71 .226 1
Michael Barrett 7 18 3 3 0 0 1 2 .167 0
José Bautista 113 336 54 79 13 3 13 79 .235 4
Raúl Chávez 51 159 10 41 8 0 2 15 .258 1
David Dellucci 22 65 5 12 4 0 0 3 .185 0
Edwin Encarnación 42 154 25 37 5 1 8 23 .240 1
Aaron Hill 158 682 103 195 37 0 36 108 .286 6
Joe Inglett 36 89 11 25 4 1 0 31 .281 3
Adam Lind 151 587 93 179 46 0 35 114 .305 1
John McDonald 73 151 18 39 7 0 4 13 .258 0
Kevin Millar 78 251 29 56 14 0 7 29 .223 0
Lyle Overbay 132 423 57 112 35 1 16 64 .265 0
Kyle Phillips 5 18 1 5 3 0 0 2 .278 0
Alex Ríos 108 436 52 115 25 2 14 62 .264 19
Scott Rolen 88 338 52 108 29 0 8 43 .320 4
Randy Ruiz 33 115 25 36 7 0 10 17 .313 1
Marco Scutaro 144 574 100 162 35 1 12 60 .282 14
Travis Snider 77 241 34 58 14 1 9 29 .241 1
Vernon Wells 158 630 84 164 37 3 15 66 .260 17
Pitcher totals 162 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0
Team Totals 162 5696 798 1516 339 13 209 766 .266 73

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; K = Strikeouts [35]

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP R ER BB K
Jeremy Accardo 0 0 2.55 26 0 1 24.2 7 7 17 18
Bryan Bullington 0 0 3.00 4 0 0 6.0 2 2 6 5
Brian Burres 0 2 14.21 2 2 0 6.1 12 10 5 4
Shawn Camp 2 6 3.50 59 0 1 79.2 33 31 29 58
Jesse Carlson 1 6 4.66 73 0 0 67.2 37 35 21 51
Brett Cecil 7 4 5.30 18 17 0 93.1 56 55 38 69
Scott Downs 1 3 3.09 48 0 9 46.2 18 16 13 43
Jason Frasor 7 3 2.50 61 0 11 57.2 16 16 16 56
Roy Halladay 17 10 2.79 32 32 0 239.0 76 74 35 208
Dirk Hayhurst 0 0 2.78 15 0 0 22.2 7 7 9 13
Casey Janssen 2 4 5.85 21 5 1 40.0 27 26 14 24
Brandon League 3 6 4.58 67 0 0 74.2 38 38 21 76
Jesse Litsch 0 1 9.00 10 0 0 9.0 9 9 1 8
Brad Mills 0 1 14.09 2 2 0 7.2 12 12 6 9
Bill Murphy 0 0 3.18 8 0 0 11.1 4 4 8 6
David Purcey 1 3 6.19 9 9 0 48.0 35 33 30 39
Robert Ray 1 2 4.44 4 4 0 24.1 15 12 6 13
Scott Richmond 8 11 5.52 27 24 0 138.2 87 85 59 117
Ricky Romero 13 9 4.30 29 29 0 178.0 85 85 79 141
B. J. Ryan 1 1 6.53 25 0 2 20.2 15 15 17 13
Marc Rzepczynski 2 4 3.67 11 11 0 61.1 25 25 30 60
Brian Tallet 7 9 5.32 37 25 0 160.2 98 95 72 120
Brian Wolfe 2 2 8.22 14 0 0 15.1 14 14 7 11
Team Totals 75 87 4.47 162 162 25 1451.0 771 720 551 1181

Honours and awards

Aaron Hill had a career year with the Blue Jays in 2009

All-Star Game

Awards

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Mike Basso
AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League Gary Cathcart
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Omar Malavé
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League Clayton McCullough
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League John Schneider

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