2013 Toronto Blue Jays season

2013 Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Rogers Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Rogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managers	Alex Anthopoulos
Managers	John Gibbons
Television	Sportsnet Sportsnet One (Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Jack Morris, Matt Devlin)
Radio	Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN (Jerry Howarth, Jack Morris, Mike Wilner, Dirk Hayhurst)
Seasons

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

Offseason

Coaching staff

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

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

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

Departing players

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

Player signings

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

Trades

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

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

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

Opening Day

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

Standings

American League East

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	97	65	.599	—	53‍–‍28	44‍–‍37
Tampa Bay Rays	92	71	.564	5½	51‍–‍30	41‍–‍41
New York Yankees	85	77	.525	12	46‍–‍35	39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	.525	12	46‍–‍35	39‍–‍42
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	23	40‍–‍41	34‍–‍47

American League Wild Card

Division Winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
Boston Red Sox	97	65	.599
Oakland Athletics	96	66	.593
Detroit Tigers	93	69	.574

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Cleveland Indians	92	70	.568	½
Tampa Bay Rays	92	71	.564	—
Texas Rangers	91	72	.558	1
Kansas City Royals	86	76	.531	5½
New York Yankees	85	77	.525	6½
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	.525	6½
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	78	84	.481	13½
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	.457	17½
Seattle Mariners	71	91	.438	20½
Minnesota Twins	66	96	.407	25½
Chicago White Sox	63	99	.389	28½
Houston Astros	51	111	.315	40½

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 6–4 3–6 9–10 – – – Boston Red Sox 4–5 4–6 8–11 – – – New York Yankees 5–4 0–10 5–14 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 4–5 4–6 8–11 – – – Totals 19–18 11–28 30–46 – – – AL Central Chicago White Sox 2–2 1–2 3–4 – – – Cleveland Indians 1–2 1–2 2–4 – – – Detroit Tigers 1–3 1–2 2–5 – – – Kansas City Royals 2–1 2–1 4–2 – – – Minnesota Twins 2–1 3–0 5–1 – – – Totals 8–9 8–7 16–16 – – – AL West Houston Astros 3–1 1–2 4–3 – – – Los Angeles Angels 0–3 1–3 1–6 – – – Oakland Athletics 1–3 2–1 3–4 – – – Seattle Mariners 1–2 2–1 3–3 – – – Texas Rangers 2–1 4–0 6–1 – – – Totals 7–10 10–7 17–17 – – – National League Arizona Diamondbacks – 2–1 2–1 – – – Atlanta Braves 1–1 1–1 2–2 – – – Colorado Rockies 3–0 – 3–0 – – – Los Angeles Dodgers 0–3 – 0–3 – – – San Diego Padres – 1–2 1–2 – – – San Francisco Giants 2–0 1–1 3–1 – – – Totals 6–4 5–5 11–9 – – – Grand Totals 40–41 34–46 74–88 – – –

Month Games Won Lost Pct. April 27 10 17 .370 May 28 13 15 .464 June 26 17 9 .654 July 26 10 16 .385 August 29 12 17 .414 September 26 12 14 .462 Totals 162 74 88 .457

2013 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	11–8	4–3	3–4	4–2	4–2	3–4	5–2	3–3	9–10	5–2	2–4	6–13	5–2	10–9	11–9
Boston	8–11	—	4–2	6–1	3–4	6–1	2–5	3–3	4–3	13–6	3–3	6–1	12–7	2–4	11–8	14–6
Chicago	3–4	2–4	—	2–17	7–12	3–4	9–10	3–4	8–11	3–3	2–5	3–3	2–5	4–2	4–3	8–12
Cleveland	4–3	1–6	17–2	—	4–15	6–1	10–9	4–2	13–6	1–6	5–2	5–2	2–4	5–1	4–2	11–9
Detroit	2–4	4–3	12–7	15–4	—	6–1	9–10	0–6	11–8	3–3	3–4	5–2	3–3	3–4	5–2	12–8
Houston	2–4	1–6	4–3	1–6	1–6	—	2–4	10–9	1–5	1–5	4–15	9–10	2–5	2–17	3–4	8–12
Kansas City	4–3	5–2	10–9	9–10	10–9	4–2	—	2–5	15–4	2–5	1–5	4–3	6–1	3–3	2–4	9–11
Los Angeles	2–5	3–3	4–3	2–4	6–0	9–10	5–2	—	1–5	3–4	8–11	11–8	4–3	4–15	6–1	10–10
Minnesota	3–3	3–4	11–8	6–13	8–11	5–1	4–15	5–1	—	2–5	1–6	4–3	1–6	4–3	1–5	8–12
New York	10–9	6–13	3–3	6–1	3–3	5–1	5–2	4–3	5–2	—	1–5	4–3	7–12	3–4	14–5	9–11
Oakland	2–5	3–3	5–2	2–5	4–3	15–4	5–1	11–8	6–1	5–1	—	8–11	3–3	10–9	4–3	13–7
Seattle	4–2	1–6	3–3	2–5	2–5	10–9	3–4	8–11	3–4	3–4	11–8	—	3–3	7–12	3–3	8–12
Tampa Bay	13–6	7–12	5–2	4–2	3–3	5–2	1–6	3–4	6–1	12–7	3–3	3–3	—	4–4	11–8	12–8
Texas	2–5	4–2	2–4	1–5	4–3	17–2	3–3	15–4	3–4	4–3	9–10	12–7	4–4	—	1–6	10–10
Toronto	9–10	8–11	3–4	2–4	2–5	4–3	4–2	1–6	5–1	5–14	3–4	3–3	8–11	6–1	—	11–9

2013 Draft

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

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	10	Phillip Bickford*	RHP	Oaks Christian High School (CA)		Unsigned
2	47	Clinton Hollon	RHP	Woodford County High School (KY)		2013–07–06
3	83	Patrick Murphy	RHP	Hamilton High School (AZ)		2013–06–13
4	115	Evan Smith	LHP	Mary G. Montgomery High School (AL)		2013–06–13
5	145	Daniel Lietz	LHP	Heartland CC		2013–06–13
6	175	Matt Boyd	LHP	Oregon State		2013–07–11
7	205	Conner Greene	RHP	Santa Monica High School (CA)		2013–06–13
8	235	Kendall Graveman	RHP	Mississippi State		2013–07–09
9	265	Chad Girodo	LHP	Mississippi State		2013–07–09
10	295	Garrett Custons	C	Air Force		2013–06–13

• – Bickford did not sign with the Blue Jays by the deadline of July 12. Toronto received the 11th overall draft selection as compensation in the 2014 Major League Baseball draft, with which they drafted Max Pentecost.

Roster

2013 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 56 Mark Buehrle 54 Dave Bush 27 Brett Cecil 50 Steve Delabar 43 R. A. Dickey  4 Kyle Drabek 52 Justin Germano 35 Édgar González 48 J. A. Happ 44 Casey Janssen 33 Jeremy Jeffress 64 Chad Jenkins 55 Josh Johnson 37 Aaron Laffey 49 Brad Lincoln 62 Aaron Loup 29 Dustin McGowan 23 Brandon Morrow 35 Sean Nolin 38 Darren Oliver 34 Ramón Ortiz 57 Juan Pérez 47 Luis Pérez 58 Todd Redmond 32 Esmil Rogers 24 Ricky Romero 21 Sergio Santos 37 Mickey Storey 45 Neil Wagner 67 Chien-Ming Wang 51 Thad Weber		Catchers  9 J. P. Arencibia 22 Henry Blanco 15 Mike Nickeas 30 Josh Thole Infielders  1 Emilio Bonifacio 16 Mark DeRosa 10 Edwin Encarnación 17 Ryan Goins  3 Maicer Izturis 66 Munenori Kawasaki 18 Ryan Langerhans 31 Andy LaRoche 13 Brett Lawrie 26 Adam Lind  7 José Reyes		Outfielders 19 José Bautista 53 Melky Cabrera 11 Rajai Davis  8 Anthony Gose 22 Kevin Pillar 28 Colby Rasmus 14 Moisés Sierra		Manager  5 John Gibbons Coaches 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher) 20 DeMarlo Hale (bench) 41 Pat Hentgen (bullpen) 39 Chad Mottola (hitting) 25 Dwayne Murphy (first base)  2 Luis Rivera (third base) 40 Pete Walker (pitching)

Player stats

Batting

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Edwin Encarnación	142	530	90	144	29	1	36	104	7	82	.272	.534
J.P. Arencibia	138	474	45	92	18	0	21	55	0	18	.194	.365
Adam Lind	143	465	67	134	26	1	23	67	1	51	.288	.497
José Bautista	118	452	82	117	24	0	28	73	7	69	.259	.498
Colby Rasmus	118	417	57	115	26	1	22	66	0	37	.276	.501
Brett Lawrie	107	401	41	102	18	3	11	46	9	30	.254	.397
José Reyes	93	382	58	113	20	0	10	37	15	34	.296	.427
Maicer Izturis	107	365	33	86	12	0	5	32	1	27	.236	.310
Melky Cabrera	88	344	39	96	15	2	3	30	2	23	.279	.360
Rajai Davis	108	331	49	86	16	2	6	24	45	21	.260	.375
Emilio Bonifácio	94	262	33	57	16	1	3	20	12	13	.218	.321
Munenori Kawasaki	96	240	27	55	6	5	1	24	7	32	.229	.308
Mark DeRosa	88	204	23	48	12	1	7	36	0	28	.235	.407
Anthony Gose	52	147	15	38	6	5	2	12	4	5	.259	.408
Josh Thole	45	120	11	21	3	1	1	8	0	12	.175	.242
Ryan Goins	34	119	11	30	5	0	2	8	0	2	.252	.345
Moisés Sierra	35	107	11	31	13	1	1	13	1	14	.290	.458
Kevin Pillar	36	102	11	21	4	0	3	13	0	4	.206	.333
Henry Blanco	15	38	3	7	3	0	0	0	0	4	.184	.263
Ryan Langerhans	4	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.273	.273
Andy LaRoche	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mike Nickeas	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.---	.---
Pitcher Totals	162	22	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	2	.091	.136
Team Totals	162	5537	712	1398	273	24	185	669	112	510	.252	.411

Source:[1]

Pitching

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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
R.A. Dickey	14	13	4.21	34	34	0	224.2	207	113	105	71	177
Mark Buehrle	12	10	4.15	33	30	0	203.2	223	100	94	51	139
Esmil Rogers	5	9	4.77	44	20	0	137.2	152	76	73	44	96
J.A. Happ	5	7	4.56	18	18	0	92.2	91	53	47	45	77
Josh Johnson	2	8	6.20	16	16	0	81.1	105	64	56	30	83
Todd Redmond	4	3	4.32	17	14	0	77.0	70	38	37	23	76
Aaron Loup	4	6	2.47	64	0	2	69.1	66	23	19	13	53
Brett Cecil	5	1	2.82	60	0	1	60.2	44	20	19	23	70
Steve Delabar	5	5	3.22	55	0	1	58.2	50	25	21	29	82
Brandon Morrow	2	3	5.63	10	10	0	54.1	63	39	34	18	42
Casey Janssen	4	1	2.56	56	0	34	52.2	39	17	15	13	50
Darren Oliver	3	4	3.86	50	0	0	49.0	47	24	21	15	40
Neil Wagner	2	4	3.79	36	0	0	38.0	39	17	16	13	33
Chad Jenkins	1	0	2.70	10	3	0	33.1	31	13	10	6	15
Juan Pérez	1	2	3.69	19	0	0	31.2	23	17	13	15	33
Brad Lincoln	1	2	3.98	22	0	0	31.2	28	17	14	22	25
Chien-Ming Wang	1	2	7.67	6	6	0	27.0	40	24	23	9	14
Sergio Santos	1	1	1.75	29	0	1	25.2	11	5	5	4	28
Dustin McGowan	0	0	2.45	25	0	0	25.2	19	11	7	12	26
Ramón Ortiz	1	2	6.04	7	4	0	25.1	34	17	17	11	8
Jeremy Jeffress	1	0	0.87	10	0	0	10.1	8	1	1	5	12
Édgar González	0	0	7.88	3	0	0	8.0	9	7	7	5	3
Ricky Romero	0	2	11.05	4	2	0	7.1	11	9	9	8	5
Thad Weber	0	1	3.00	5	0	0	6.0	7	3	2	3	4
Luis Pérez	0	1	5.40	6	0	0	5.0	4	3	3	2	6
Mickey Storey	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	1	6
Dave Bush	0	0	15.00	1	0	0	3.0	5	5	5	1	1
Aaron Laffey	0	0	6.75	3	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	5	0
Kyle Drabek	0	0	7.71	3	0	0	2.1	4	2	2	2	3
Justin Germano	0	0	9.00	1	0	0	2.0	6	2	2	0	1
Sean Nolin	0	1	40.50	1	1	0	1.1	7	6	6	1	0
Team Totals	74	88	4.25	162	162	39	1452.0	1451	756	685	500	1208

Source:[2]

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays Win	Blue Jays Loss	Game Postponed

2013 Game Log
April 10–17 (Home 6–8, Road 4–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 1 April 2 Indians 1–4 Masterson (1–0) Dickey (0–1) Perez (1) 48,847 0–1 1 2 April 3 Indians 2–3 (11) Albers (1–0) Santos (0–1) Smith (1) 24,619 0–2 2 3 April 4 Indians 10–8 Delabar (1–0) Myers (0–1) Janssen (1) 19,515 1–2 1 4 April 5 Red Sox 4–6 Tazawa (1–0) Rogers (0–1) Hanrahan (2) 45,328 1–3 2 5 April 6 Red Sox 5–0 Happ (1–0) Lackey (0–1) 45,797 2–3 1 6 April 7 Red Sox 0–13 Lester (2–0) Dickey (0–2) 41,186 2–4 2 7 April 9 @ Tigers 3–7 Sánchez (1–0) Morrow (0–1) 28,979 2–5 3 8 April 10 @ Tigers 8–6 Loup (1–0) Villarreal (0–1) Janssen (2) 29,631 3–5 2 9 April 11 @ Tigers 1–11 Fister (2–0) Johnson (0–1) 28,781 3–6 2 10 April 12 @ Royals 8–4 Happ (2–0) Mendoza (0–1) Loup (1) 13,049 4–6 1½ 11 April 13 @ Royals 3–2 Dickey (1–2) Shields (1–2) Janssen (3) 21,960 5–6 1½ 12 April 14 @ Royals 2–3 Herrera (1–0) Oliver (0–1) 29,057 5–7 2½ 13 April 15 White Sox 4–3 Buehrle (1–0) Floyd (0–3) Janssen (4) 15,755 6–7 2½ 14 April 16 White Sox 3–4 Lindstrom (1–0) Delabar (1–1) Reed (5) 16,131 6–8 3½ 15 April 17 White Sox 0–7 Quintana (1–0) Happ (2–1) 15,684 6–9 4½ 16 April 18 White Sox 3–1 Dickey (2–2) Sale (1–2) Janssen (5) 18,015 7–9 4½ 17 April 19 Yankees 4–9 Pettitte (3–0) Morrow (0–2) 40,028 7–10 5 18 April 20 Yankees 3–5 (11) Kelley (1–0) Loup (1–1) Rivera (5) 46,095 7–11 6 19 April 21 Yankees 8–4 Cecil (1–0) Logan (0–1) 45,575 8–11 4½ 20 April 22 @ Orioles 1–2 Johnson (1–1) Loup (1–2) 11,168 8–12 5½ 21 April 23 @ Orioles 3–4 González (2–1) Dickey (2–3) Johnson (8) 13,272 8–13 5½ 22 April 24 @ Orioles 6–5 (11) Rogers (1–1) Johnson (1–2) Janssen (6) 14,981 9–13 5½ 23 April 25 @ Yankees 3–5 Kuroda (3–1) Buehrle (1–1) Rivera (7) 31,445 9–14 6½ 24 April 26 @ Yankees 4–6 Phelps (1–1) Lincoln (0–1) Rivera (8) 36,151 9–15 7½ 25 April 27 @ Yankees 4–5 Sabathia (4–2) Rogers (1–2) Chamberlain (1) 40,258 9–16 8½ 26 April 28 @ Yankees 2–3 Logan (1–1) Dickey (2–4) Rivera (9) 36,872 9–17 9½ 27 April 30 Red Sox 9–7 Delabar (2–1) Tazawa (2–1) Janssen (7) 22,915 10–17 8½
May 13–15 (Home 8–8, Road 5–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 28 May 1 Red Sox 1–10 Buchholz (6–0) Buehrle (1–2) 21,094 10–18 9½ 29 May 2 Red Sox 1–3 Dempster (2–2) Happ (2–2) Hanrahan (4) 25,851 10–19 10½ 30 May 3 Mariners 0–4 Hernández (4–2) Romero (0–1) 23,779 10–20 10½ 31 May 4 Mariners 1–8 Iwakuma (3–1) Dickey (2–5) 35,754 10–21 10½ 32 May 5 Mariners 10–2 Morrow (1–2) Saunders (2–4) 22,937 11–21 9½ 33 May 6 @ Rays 8–7 Oliver (1–1) Rodney (1–1) Janssen (8) 9,952 12–21 9½ 34 May 7 @ Rays 6–4 Delabar (3–1) Peralta (0–2) Janssen (9) 10,273 13–21 8½ 35 May 8 @ Rays 4–10 Moore (6–0) Romero (0–2) 11,075 13–22 8½ 36 May 9 @ Rays 4–5 (10) Farnsworth (2–0) Loup (1–3) 11,979 13–23 8½ 37 May 10 @ Red Sox 0–5 Lester (5–0) Ortiz (0–1) 33,606 13–24 9½ 38 May 11 @ Red Sox 3–2 Oliver (2–1) Tazawa (2–2) Janssen (10) 36,543 14–24 9½ 39 May 12 @ Red Sox 12–4 Jenkins (1–0) Dempster (2–4) 35,532 15–24 9½ 40 May 14 Giants 10–6 Dickey (3–5) Zito (3–2) 31,753 16–24 9½ 41 May 15 Giants 11–3 Ortiz (1–1) Vogelsong (1–4) 32,863 17–24 8½ 42 May 17 @ Yankees 0–5 Kuroda (6–2) Buehrle (1–3) 40,008 17–25 9 43 May 18 @ Yankees 2–7 Phelps (2–2) Morrow (1–3) 45,577 17–26 10 — May 19 @ Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for August 20 44 May 20 Rays 7–5 Dickey (4–5) Lueke (0–1) 29,885 18–26 10 45 May 21 Rays 3–4 Cobb (5–2) Ortiz (1–2) Rodney (9) 15,802 18–27 10 46 May 22 Rays 4–3 (10) Loup (2–3) Ramos (1–1) 18,771 19–27 9 47 May 23 Orioles 12–6 Morrow (2–3) Gausman (0–1) 21,466 20–27 8½ 48 May 24 Orioles 6–10 Tillman (4–2) Nolan (0–1) 25,104 20–28 9½ 49 May 25 Orioles 5–6 García (1–2) Dickey (4–6) Johnson (15) 35,915 20–29 10½ 50 May 26 Orioles 6–5 Delabar (4–1) Johnson (2–5) 28,502 21–29 9½ 51 May 27 Braves 9–3 Buehrle (2–3) Hudson (4–4) 22,808 22–29 9½ 52 May 28 Braves 6–7 (10) Gearrin (2–1) Weber (0–1) Kimbrel (16) 45,224 22–30 9½ 53 May 29 @ Braves 3–0 Pérez (1–0) Medlen (1–6) Janssen (11) 22,489 23–30 8½ 54 May 30 @ Braves 3–11 Minor (7–2) Dickey (4–7) 29,967 23–31 9½ 55 May 31 @ Padres 3–4 (17) Richard (1–5) Redmond (0–1) 24,219 23–32 9½
June 17–9 (Home 8–1, Road 9–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss. Save Attendance Record GB 56 June 1 @ Padres 3–4 Erlin (1–0) Buehrle (2–4) Gregerson (1) 40,403 23–33 10½ 57 June 2 @ Padres 7–4 (11) Janssen (1–0) Boxberger (0–1) Loup (2) 20,384 24–33 10½ 58 June 4 @ Giants 1–2 Lincecum (4–5) Johnson (0–2) Romo (16) 41,981 24–34 11½ 59 June 5 @ Giants 4–0 Dickey (5–7) Zito (4–4) Janssen (12) 41,559 25–34 10½ 60 June 7 Rangers 6–1 Wagner (1–0) Tepesch (3–5) 36,010 26–34 10½ 61 June 8 Rangers 4–3 (18) Loup (3–3) Wolf (1–1) 44,079 27–34 10 62 June 9 Rangers 4–6 Cotts (2–0) Wagner (1–1) Nathan (19) 42,722 27–35 11 63 June 10 @ White Sox 6–10 Jones (2–4) Dickey (5–8) 18,126 27–36 12 64 June 11 @ White Sox 7–5 (10) Cecil (2–0) Troncoso (0–1) Janssen (13) 20,700 28–36 11 — June 12 @ White Sox Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 23 65 June 13 @ Rangers 3–1 Rogers (2–2) Cotts (2–1) Janssen (14) 32,013 29–36 10½ 66 June 14 @ Rangers 8–0 Buehrle (3–4) Grimm (5–5) 37,203 30–36 9½ 67 June 15 @ Rangers 6–1 Dickey (6–8) Lindblom (0–2) 33,121 31–36 9½ 68 June 16 @ Rangers 7–2 Wang (1–0) Holland (5–4) 44,052 32–36 8½ 69 June 17 Rockies 2–0 Cecil (3–0) Belisle (4–4) Janssen (15) 20,946 33–36 8 70 June 18 Rockies 8–3 Rogers (3–2) Francis (2–5) 22,852 34–36 8½ 71 June 19 Rockies 5–2 Buehrle (4–4) Nicasio (4–3) Janssen (16) 27,235 35–36 7½ 72 June 21 Orioles 7–6 Janssen (2–0) Matusz (2–1) 35,472 36–36 7 73 June 22 Orioles 4–2 Oliver (3–1) González (5–3) Janssen (17) 43,261 37–36 6 74 June 23 Orioles 13–5 Johnson (1–2) García (3–5) 45,214 38–36 5 75 June 24 @ Rays 1–4 Hellickson (6–3) Rogers (3–3) Rodney (16) 11,407 38–37 5½ 76 June 25 @ Rays 1–5 Moore (10–3) Buehrle (4–5) 12,041 38–38 6½ 77 June 26 @ Rays 3–0 Dickey (7–8) Hernández (4–9) 21,502 39–38 6½ 78 June 27 @ Red Sox 4–7 Lester (8–4) Wang (1–1) Uehara (3) 34,750 39–39 7½ 79 June 28 @ Red Sox 5–7 Miller (1–2) Wagner (1–2) Uehara (4) 36,383 39–40 8½ 80 June 29 @ Red Sox 6–2 Delabar (5–1) Tazawa (4–3) 37,437 40–40 7½ 81 June 30 @ Red Sox 4–5 Uehara (1–0) Pérez (1–1) 37,425 40–41 8½
July 10–16 (Home 6–11, Road 4–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 82 July 1 Tigers 8–3 Dickey (8–8) Álvarez (1–2) 45,766 41–41 8 83 July 2 Tigers 6–7 Alburquerque (1–1) Wagner (1–3) Benoit (6) 27,189 41–42 9 84 July 3 Tigers 2–6 Scherzer (13–0) Johnson (1–3) 28,958 41–43 10 85 July 4 Tigers 1–11 Verlander (9–5) Rogers (3–4) 35,978 41–44 11 86 July 5 Twins 4–0 Buehrle (5–5) Correia (6–6) 25,672 42–44 11 87 July 6 Twins 0–6 Pelfrey (4–6) Dickey (8–9) 37,034 42–45 11 88 July 7 Twins 11–5 Redmond (1–1) Diamond (5–8) 43,795 43–45 10 89 July 9 @ Indians 0–3 Jiménez (7–4) Johnson (1–4) Perez (10) 13,640 43–46 10½ 90 July 10 @ Indians 5–4 Wagner (2–3) Hill (0–2) Delabar (1) 14,134 44–46 10½ 91 July 11 @ Indians 2–4 Salazar (1–0) Dickey (8–10) Perez (11) 20,641 44–47 11½ 92 July 12 @ Orioles 5–8 Tillman (11–3) Buehrle (5–6) Johnson (32) 42,660 44–48 12½ 93 July 13 @ Orioles 7–3 Loup (4–3) Hammel (7–6) Janssen (18) 46,150 45–48 11½ 94 July 14 @ Orioles 4–7 Feldman (1–1) Johnson (1–5) Johnson (33) 34,748 45–49 11½ 95 July 19 Rays 5–8 Price (4–5) Cecil (3–1) 33,266 45–50 12½ 96 July 20 Rays 3–4 Hellickson (9–3) Buehrle (5–7) Rodney (23) 42,639 45–51 12½ 97 July 21 Rays 3–4 Archer (5–3) Dickey (8–11) Rodney (24) 41,247 45–52 13½ 98 July 22 Dodgers 5–14 Ryu (8–3) Johnson (1–6) 34,515 45–53 13½ 99 July 23 Dodgers 9–10 League (4–3) Oliver (3–2) Jansen (12) 32,158 45–54 14½ 100 July 24 Dodgers 3–8 (10) League (5–3) Pérez (1–2) 35,368 45–55 14½ 101 July 25 Astros 4–0 Buehrle (6–7) Bédard (3–8) 24,188 46–55 14 102 July 26 Astros 12–6 Cecil (4–1) Clemens (4–4) 24,088 47–55 13½ 103 July 27 Astros 6–8 Keuchel (5–5) Johnson (1–7) Veras (19) 34,137 47–56 14½ 104 July 28 Astros 2–1 Janssen (3–0) Cisnero (2–2) 31,634 48–56 14 105 July 29 @ Athletics 4–9 Griffin (10–7) Rogers (3–5) 13,309 48–57 14½ 106 July 30 @ Athletics 5–0 Buehrle (7–7) Straily (6–5) 17,479 49–57 14½ 107 July 31 @ Athletics 5–2 (10) Janssen (4–0) Chavez (2–3) Cecil (1) 23,638 50–57 14
August 12–17 (Home 7–5, Road 5–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 108 August 1 @ Angels 2–8 Richards (3–4) Johnson (1–8) 37,179 50–58 15 109 August 2 @ Angels 5–7 De La Rosa (5–1) Delabar (5–2) Frieri (26) 38,884 50–59 15 110 August 3 @ Angels 3–7 Weaver (6–5) Rogers (3–6) 41,253 50–60 16 111 August 4 @ Angels 6–5 Cecil (5–1) Frieri (0–4) Janssen (19) 33,936 51–60 16 112 August 5 @ Mariners 3–1 Dickey (9–11) Iwakuma (10–5) Janssen (20) 32,300 52–60 15 113 August 6 @ Mariners 7–2 Johnson (2–8) Hernández (11–5) 28,198 53–60 15 114 August 7 @ Mariners 7–9 Maurer (3–7) Loup (4–4) Farquhar (3) 34,792 53–61 16 115 August 9 Athletics 6–14 Parker (8–6) Rogers (3–7) 31,862 53–62 15½ 116 August 10 Athletics 5–4 Buehrle (8–7) Gray (0–1) Janssen (21) 39,634 54–62 15½ 117 August 11 Athletics 4–6 Cook (4–2) Oliver (3–3) Balfour (30) 45,312 54–63 15½ 118 August 12 Athletics 1–5 Cook (5–2) Janssen (4–1) 36,111 54–64 16 119 August 13 Red Sox 2–4 (11) Uehara (3–0) Loup (4–5) 32,816 54–65 17 120 August 14 Red Sox 4–3 (10) Lincoln (1–1) Workman (3–2) 31,695 55–65 16 121 August 15 Red Sox 2–1 Buehrle (9–7) Peavy (9–5) Janssen (22) 40,477 56–65 15 122 August 16 @ Rays 4–5 Rodney (5–3) Loup (4–6) 15,433 56–66 15 123 August 17 @ Rays 6–2 Happ (3–2) Hernández (6–13) 25,036 57–66 15 124 August 18 @ Rays 1–2 (10) McGee (3–3) Lincoln (1–2) 23,373 57–67 15 125 August 20 @ Yankees 4–8 Nova (7–4) Wagner (2–4) 40,248 57–68 16 126 August 20 @ Yankees 2–3 Rivera (4–2) Oliver (3–4) 37,190 57–69 16 127 August 21 @ Yankees 2–4 Huff (1–0) Dickey (9–12) Rivera (37) 36,140 57–70 17 128 August 22 @ Yankees 3–5 Pettitte (9–9) Happ (3–3) Robertson (2) 40,116 57–71 17½ 129 August 23 @ Astros 4–12 Lyles (6–6) Redmond (1–2) 21,186 57–72 17½ 130 August 24 @ Astros 5–8 Peacock (3–4) Wang (1–2) Lo (2) 26,312 57–73 18½ 131 August 25 @ Astros 2–1 Buehrle (10–7) Lo (0–2) Janssen (23) 21,407 58–73 18½ 132 August 26 Yankees 5–2 Dickey (10–12) Hughes (4–13) Janssen (24) 35,241 59–73 18 133 August 27 Yankees 1–7 Pettitte (10–9) Happ (3–4) 34,047 59–74 19 134 August 28 Yankees 7–2 Redmond (2–2) Kuroda (11–10) 36,565 60–74 19 135 August 30 Royals 3–2 Buehrle (11–7) Santana (8–8) Janssen (25) 21,031 61–74 18½ 136 August 31 Royals 4–2 Dickey (11–12) Herrera (5–7) Janssen (26) 34,315 62–74 18½
September 12–14 (Home 5–8, Road 7–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 137 September 1 Royals 0–5 Shields (10–8) Happ (3–5) 22,961 62–75 19½ 138 September 2 @ D-backs 4–1 Rogers (4–7) McCarthy (3–9) Janssen (27) 21,014 63–75 18½ 139 September 3 @ D-backs 10–4 Redmond (3–2) Miley (9–10) 19,100 64–75 18½ 140 September 4 @ D-backs 3–4 (10) Harris (3–0) Pérez (0–1) 16,154 64–76 19½ 141 September 6 @ Twins 6–5 Dickey (12–12) Pelfrey (5–11) Janssen (28) 27,044 65–76 20 142 September 7 @ Twins 11–2 Happ (4–5) Correia (9–11) 32,882 66–76 20 143 September 8 @ Twins 2–0 Rogers (5–7) Burton (2–9) Janssen (29) 29,450 67–76 19 144 September 10 Angels 6–12 Williams (7–10) Buehrle (11–8) 19,079 67–77 20 145 September 11 Angels 4–5 Wilson (16–6) Delabar (5–3) Frieri (32) 17,994 67–78 21 146 September 12 Angels 3–4 Richards (7–6) Happ (4–6) Frieri (33) 20,767 67–79 21 147 September 13 Orioles 3–5 Hunter (6–5) Delabar (5–4) Johnson (44) 20,024 67–80 22 148 September 14 Orioles 4–3 Jeffress (1–0) Tillman (16–6) Janssen (30) 29,942 68–80 22 149 September 15 Orioles 1–3 González (10–7) Buehrle (11–9) Johnson (45) 22,331 68–81 23 150 September 17 Yankees 2–0 Dickey (13–12) Pettitte (10–10) Janssen (31) 24,894 69–81 22 151 September 18 Yankees 3–4 Huff (3–1) Delabar (5–5) Rivera (44) 24,247 69–82 22 152 September 19 Yankees 6–2 Redmond (4–2) Kuroda (11–12) Janssen (32) 32,003 70–82 22 153 September 20 @ Red Sox 3–6 Lester (15–8) Rogers (5–8) Uehara (20) 37,215 70–83 23 154 September 21 @ Red Sox 4–2 Buehrle (12–9) Buchholz (11–1) Janssen (33) 37,569 71–83 22 155 September 22 @ Red Sox 2–5 Doubront (11–6) Dickey (13–13) Uehara (21) 37,020 71–84 23 156 September 23 @ White Sox 2–3 Quintana (9–6) Happ (4–7) Reed (39) 19,122 71–85 23½ 157 September 24 @ Orioles 3–2 (10) Santos (1–1) Rodríguez (3–2) Janssen (34) 16,772 72–85 22½ 158 September 25 @ Orioles 5–9 McFarland (3–1) Rogers (5–9) Hammel (1) 23,698 72–86 23½ 159 September 26 @ Orioles 2–3 González (11–8) Buehrle (12–10) Johnson (48) 27,498 72–87 24 160 September 27 Rays 6–3 Dickey (14–13) Hellickson (12–10) Santos (1) 27,288 73–87 24 161 September 28 Rays 7–2 Happ (5–7) Torres (4–2) 33,232 74–87 23 162 September 29 Rays 6–7 Moore (17–4) Redmond (4–3) Rodney (37) 44,551 74–88 23

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Buffalo Bisons	International League	Marty Brown
AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	Gary Allenson
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Bobby Meacham
A	Lansing Lugnuts	Midwest League	John Tamargo, Jr.
A-Short Season	Vancouver Canadians	Northwest League	Clayton McCullough
Rookie	Bluefield Blue Jays	Appalachian League	Dennis Holmberg
Rookie	GCL Blue Jays	Gulf Coast League	John Schneider

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver

External links

• 2013 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference