2003 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2003 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 27th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 86 wins and 76 losses. It was the team's final season with Diamond as one of the mascots, as she was removed at the end of the season, leaving Ace as the sole mascot of the Blue Jays.

2003 Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	SkyDome
City	Toronto, Ontario
Record	86–76 (.531)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Rogers; Paul Godfrey (CEO)
General managers	J. P. Ricciardi
Managers	Carlos Tosca
Television	The Sports Network (Pat Tabler, Rod Black) Rogers Sportsnet (Rob Faulds, Tom Candiotti, John Cerutti)
Radio	CJCL (AM) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2003 season.^[1]

October 2002

October 9	Released Chris Carpenter. Brandon Lyon selected off of waivers by the Boston Red Sox.
October 15	Joe Lawrence granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on December 11, 2002). Brian Lesher granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on December 18, 2002). Chad Mottola granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a contract on November 1, 2002). Luke Prokopec granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $390,000 contract on November 4, 2002). Pedro Swann granted free agency (signed with Baltimore Orioles to a one-year contract on February 3, 2003). Scott Winchester granted free agency (signed with Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year contract on January 29, 2003).
October 23	Signed free agent Doug Linton from the Atlanta Braves to a one-year, $350,000 contract.
October 28	Félix Heredia granted free agency (signed with Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $600,000 contract on January 7, 2003). Steve Parris granted free agency (signed with Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $400,000 contract.
October 29	Signed free agent Doug Creek from the Seattle Mariners to a one-year, $700,000 contract. Esteban Loaiza granted free agency (signed with Chicago White Sox to a one-year, $500,000 contract on January 24, 2003).

November 2002

November 1	Signed free agent Jeff Tam from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $600,000 contract.
November 12	Signed free agent Howie Clark from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.
November 13	Signed free agent Trever Miller from the Cincinnati Reds to a one-year, $305,000 contract.
November 16	Acquired Cory Lidle from the Oakland Athletics for Mike Rouse and Chris Mowday.
November 17	Signed free agent Mike Moriarty from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.
November 18	Signed free agent Rob Ryan from the Boston Red Sox to a contract.
November 19	Signed free agent Tim Young from the Cleveland Indians to a contract.
November 24	Signed free agent Josh Towers from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.

December 2002

December 5	Signed free agent Bruce Aven from the Philadelphia Phillies to a one-year contract.
December 15	As part of four-team trade: traded Felipe López to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later from the Oakland Athletics (Jason Arnold on December 16, 2002). In addition, Arizona Diamondbacks sent Erubiel Durazo to the Oakland Athletics; and the Cincinnati Reds sent Elmer Dessens and cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Re-signed Dave Berg to a two-year, $1.5 million contract.
December 16	Drafted Jason Dubois from the Chicago Cubs in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft. Matt Ford drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft. Drafted Aquilino López from the Seattle Mariners in the 2002 MLB Rule 5 draft. Frank Gracesqui selected by the Florida Marlins in the 2002 Minor League Draft. Drafted Gary Majewski from the Chicago White Sox in the 2002 Minor League Draft. Signed free agent Greg Myers from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year, $800,000 contract.
December 20	Signed free agent Mike Bordick from the Baltimore Orioles to a one-year, $1 million contract.
December 21	José Cruz Jr. granted free agency (signed with San Francisco Giants to a one-year, $2.5 million contract on January 28, 2003). Signed free agent Tanyon Sturtze from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year, $1 million contract.
December 23	Signed free agent Mike Colangelo from the Oakland Athletics to a one-year contract.
December 28	Signed free agent Frank Catalanotto from the Texas Rangers to a one-year, $2.2 million contract.

January 2003

January 15	Re-signed Chris Woodward to a one-year, $775,000 contract.
January 17	Re-signed Cliff Politte to a one-year, $845,000 contract. Re-signed Roy Halladay to a one-year, $3.8 million contract.
January 27	Acquired John-Ford Griffin from the Oakland Athletics for a player to be named later (Jason Perry on June 23, 2003).
January 31	Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $3.9 million contract.

February 2003

February 18

Re-signed Shannon Stewart to a one-year, $6.2 million contract.

March 2003

March 11	Released Pasqual Coco.
March 15	Returned Jason Dubois to the Chicago Cubs.
March 17	Returned Gary Majewski to the Chicago White Sox. Re-signed Eric Hinske to a five-year, $14.75 million contract. Re-signed Vernon Wells to a five-year, $14.7 million contract.
March 27	Signed free agent Dan Reichert from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays to a one-year contract.
March 28	Selected Kevin Frederick from the Minnesota Twins off of waivers.

Regular season

Summary

The 2003 season was a surprise to both team management and baseball analysts. After a poor April, the team had its most successful month ever in May. The offense was mainly responsible for the stunning turnaround. Delgado took over the major league lead in runs batted in, followed closely by Wells. The middle infield positions remained a gametime decision – Bordick played shortstop and third base, Dave Berg second base and third base, Chris Woodward shortstop and Orlando Hudson second base. Minor league call-up Howie Clark entered the mix as a utility player after Hinske underwent surgery to repair a broken hamate bone in his right hand, which he had tried to play through for the first six weeks.

Despite their hitting successes, poor pitching continued to plague the team. Roy Halladay was spectacular in winning his first Cy Young Award, going 22–7, with a 3.25 ERA, but he didn't get much help from his fellow pitchers, although he had a poor start himself. Rookie Aquilino López was a pleasant surprise out of the bullpen. Kelvim Escobar and former NBA player Mark Hendrickson were inserted into the rotation with their places in the bullpen filled by waiver acquisitions Doug Davis and Josh Towers, who went 8–1 after being called up from Triple-A Syracuse. The closer role was a season-long revolving door, with nobody able to take hold of the reins. Trade speculation had focussed on the acquisitions of pitching at the expense of hitters, but in the end the team simply divested itself of impending free agent Shannon Stewart without getting a pitcher in return. Instead Bobby Kielty, another outfielder with a much lower batting average than Stewart's, was obtained from the Minnesota Twins and later traded in November 2003 to the Oakland Athletics for starter Ted Lilly. The top four pitchers for the projected 2004 rotation would include Halladay, Lilly, free agent Miguel Batista, and the return of Pat Hentgen.

After the spectacular turnaround in May 2003, which helped the team move to just few games behind the wildcard leading Boston Red Sox, team performance slowly returned to reality, as predicted by team management. Carlos Delgado was second in the voting for the American League MVP Award, although the Jays were in third place in their division. The Jays also announced that a new logo, and new uniforms, would be used as of January 1, 2004.

Opening Day starters

• Frank Catalanotto
• Carlos Delgado
• Roy Halladay
• Eric Hinske
• Ken Huckaby
• Orlando Hudson
• Josh Phelps
• Shannon Stewart
• Vernon Wells
• Chris Woodward^[2]

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	101	61	.623	—	50‍–‍32	51‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	6	53‍–‍28	42‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	15	41‍–‍40	45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles	71	91	.438	30	40‍–‍40	31‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	63	99	.389	38	36‍–‍45	27‍–‍54

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	1–8	3–6	3–4	6–3	6–1	6–3	5–4	3–6	8–12	8–11	6–3	9–10	2–7	11–7
Baltimore	8–1	—	9–10	2–4	3–3	3–3	3–4	3–4	6–13–1	2–7	4–5	8–11	7–2	8–11	5–13
Boston	6–3	10–9	—	5–4	4–2	8–1	5–1	2–4	9–10	3–4	5–2	12–7	5–4	10–9	11–7
Chicago	4–3	4–2	4–5	—	11–8	11–8	11–8	9–10	4–2	4–5	2–7	3–3	3–4	6–3	10–8
Cleveland	3–6	3–3	2–4	8–11	—	12–7	6–13	9–10	2–5	3–6	3–6	5–2	4–5	2–4	6–12
Detroit	1–6	3–3	1–8	8–11	7–12	—	5–14	4–15	1–5	3–6	1–8	2–4	1–6	2–7	4–14
Kansas City	3–6	4–3	1–5	8–11	13–6	14–5	—	11–8	2–4	2–7	4–5	4–3	7–2	1–5	9–9
Minnesota	4–5	4–3	4–2	10–9	10–9	15–4	8–11	—	0–7	8–1	3–6	6–0	5–4	3–3	10–8
New York	6–3	13–6–1	10–9	2–4	5–2	5–1	4–2	7–0	—	3–6	5–4	14–5	4–5	10–9	13–5
Oakland	12–8	7–2	4–3	5–4	6–3	6–3	7–2	1–8	6–3	—	7–12	6–3	15–4	5–2	9–9
Seattle	11–8	5–4	2–5	7–2	6–3	8–1	5–4	6–3	4–5	12–7	—	4–5	10–10	3–4	10–8
Tampa Bay	3–6	11–8	7–12	3–3	2–5	4–2	3–4	0–6	5–14	3–6	5–4	—	3–6	11–8	3–15
Texas	10–9	2–7	4–5	4–3	5–4	6–1	2–7	4–5	5–4	4–15	10–10	6–3	—	5–4	4–14
Toronto	7–2	11–8	9–10	3–6	4–2	7–2	5–1	3–3	9–10	2–5	4–3	8–11	4–5	—	10–8

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2003 regular season.^[3]

April 2003

April 30

Doug Davis selected off of waivers from the Texas Rangers.

June 2003

June 12	Released Tim Young.
June 16	Selected Scott Service off of waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
June 17	Signed free agent Juan Acevedo from the New York Yankees to a contract.
June 19	Released Rob Ryan.
June 20	Released Mike Moriarty.

July 2003

July 8	Acquired John Wasdin from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Rich Thompson.
July 11	Doug Davis granted free agency (signed with Milwaukee Brewers to a contract on July 14, 2003).
July 16	Acquired Bobby Kielty from the Minnesota Twins for Shannon Stewart and a player to be named later (Dave Gassner on December 15, 2003).
July 30	Signed amateur free agent Luis Pérez to a contract.

August 2003

August 7	Signed free agent Anthony Sanders from the Chicago White Sox to a one-year contract.
August 9	Released Juan Acevedo.
August 10	Released Scott Service.

September 2003

September 5

Released Jeff Tam.

2003 Draft picks

Source ^[4]

The 2003 MLB draft was held on June 3–4.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	13	Aaron Hill	SS	Louisiana State		2003–06–17
2	50	Josh Banks	RHP	Florida International		2003–06–04
3	80	Shaun Marcum	RHP	Missouri State		2003–06–23
4	110	Kurt Isenberg	LHP	James Madison		–
5	140	Justin James	RHP	Missouri		–
6	170	Christian Snavely	OF	Ohio State		–
7	200	Danny Core	RHP	Florida Atlantic		–
8	230	Chad Mulholland	RHP	Missouri State		–
9	260	Jamie Vermilyea	RHP	New Mexico		2003–06–05
11	320	Tom Mastny	RHP	Furman University
18	530	Ryan Roberts	3B	Texas		2003–06–05

Roster

2003 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 57 Juan Acevedo 26 Brian Bowles 50 Vinnie Chulk 39 Doug Creek 48 Doug Davis 45 Kelvim Escobar 32 Roy Halladay 43 Mark Hendrickson 46 Jason Kershner 21 Cory Lidle 30 Doug Linton 44 Aquilino López 51 Trever Miller 19 Cliff Politte 54 Dan Reichert 53 Scott Service 31 Tanyon Sturtze 33 Jeff Tam 35 Corey Thurman  7 Josh Towers 41 Pete Walker 38 John Wasdin		Catchers 29 Kevin Cash 20 Ken Huckaby 28 Greg Myers  9 Tom Wilson Infielders  2 Dave Berg 16 Mike Bordick  6 Howie Clark 25 Carlos Delgado 11 Eric Hinske  3 Orlando Hudson 17 Josh Phelps  5 Chris Woodward		Outfielders 27 Frank Catalanotto 37 Reed Johnson 24 Bobby Kielty 24 Shannon Stewart 10 Vernon Wells 54 Jayson Werth		Manager 14 Carlos Tosca Coaches 56 Mike Barnett (hitting) 55 Brian Butterfield (third base) 58 John Gibbons (first base) 47 Gil Patterson (pitching) 52 Bruce Walton (bullpen)

Game log

2003 Game Log
March: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 Yankees 8–4 Clemens (1–0) Halladay (0–1) 50,119 0–1
April: 10–17 (Home: 4–9; Away: 6–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 1 Yankees 10–1 Pettitte (1–0) Lidle (0–1) 15,176 0–2 3 April 2 Yankees 9–7 Mussina (1–0) Hendrickson (0–1) Acevedo (1) 16,222 0–3 4 April 4 @ Twins 7–2 Sturtze (1–0) Reed (0–1) 48,617 1–3 5 April 5 @ Twins 4–3 (11) Walker (1–0) Guardado (0–1) Escobar (1) 31,421 2–3 6 April 6 @ Twins 8–1 Lidle (1–1) Radke (1–1) 23,549 3–3 7 April 8 Red Sox 8–4 Hendrickson (1–1) Lowe (1–1) 13,147 4–3 8 April 9 Red Sox 10–5 Sturtze (2–0) Fossum (1–1) 13,099 5–3 9 April 10 Red Sox 8–7 Timlin (1–0) Politte (0–1) 13,779 5–4 10 April 11 Twins 6–4 Rogers (1–0) Lidle (1–2) Guardado (3) 13,237 5–5 11 April 12 Twins 9–6 Hawkins (1–0) Escobar (0–1) Guardado (4) 14,118 5–6 12 April 13 Twins 9–3 Mays (2–1) Hendrickson (1–2) 13,333 5–7 13 April 14 @ Yankees 10–9 Contreras (1–0) López (0–1) Hammond (1) 30,761 5–8 14 April 15 @ Yankees 5–0 Mussina (3–0) Halladay (0–2) 33,833 5–9 15 April 16 @ Yankees 7–6 Lidle (2–2) Hitchcock (0–1) Escobar (2) 25,831 6–9 16 April 17 @ Yankees 4–0 Weaver (1–0) Walker (1–1) 32,057 6–10 17 April 18 @ Red Sox 7–3 Wakefield (2–0) Tam (0–1) 31,440 6–11 18 April 19 @ Red Sox 7–2 Lowe (3–1) Sturtze (2–1) 32,329 6–12 19 April 20 @ Red Sox 6–5 Timlin (3–0) Politte (0–2) 29,579 6–13 20 April 21 @ Red Sox 11–6 Lidle (3–2) Burkett (1–1) 34,370 7–13 21 April 22 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Kennedy (1–1) Kershner (0–1) Carter (2) 10,013 7–14 22 April 23 @ Devil Rays 4–3 Venafro (1–0) Hendrickson (1–3) Carter (3) 9,221 7–15 23 April 24 @ Devil Rays 5–3 Sturtze (3–1) Sosa (1–2) Escobar (3) 8,618 8–15 24 April 25 Royals 6–5 Escobar (1–1) Carrasco (1–1) 16,417 9–15 25 April 26 Royals 9–6 Grimsley (1–1) Tam (0–2) MacDougal (10) 17,197 9–16 26 April 27 Royals 10–9 Politte (1–2) MacDougal (1–1) 17,059 10–16 27 April 29 Rangers 16–11 Thomson (2–2) Hendrickson (1–4) Cordero (1) 48,097 10–17 28 April 30 Rangers 11–3 Drese (2–1) Sturtze (3–2) 16,021 10–18
May: 21–8 (Home: 9–4; Away: 12–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 29 May 1 Rangers 7–6 Halladay (1–2) Lewis (3–2) Politte (1) 16,111 11–18 30 May 2 Angels 3–1 Lidle (4–2) Lackey (1–3) 17,799 12–18 31 May 3 Angels 7–1 Davis (1–0) Shields (1–1) 21,007 13–18 32 May 4 Angels 8–2 Hendrickson (2–4) Ortiz (4–3) Escobar (4) 21,513 14–18 33 May 6 @ Rangers 15–5 Halladay (2–2) Lewis (3–3) 20,092 15–18 34 May 7 @ Rangers 5–4 Fultz (1–0) Sturtze (3–3) Urbina (10) 18,508 15–19 35 May 8 @ Rangers 8–6 Lidle (5–2) Drese (2–2) Politte (2) 20,177 16–19 36 May 9 @ Angels 6–1 Sele (1–0) Davis (1–1) 42,820 16–20 37 May 10 @ Angels 7–4 Hendrickson (3–4) Ortiz (4–4) 43,661 17–20 38 May 11 @ Angels 4–2 Halladay (3–2) Washburn (3–4) Politte (3) 32,129 18–20 39 May 13 Devil Rays 7–5 Kennedy (3–3) Sturtze (3–4) Carter (8) 14,007 18–21 40 May 14 Devil Rays 7–6 Lidle (6–2) Brazelton (0–2) Politte (4) 29,013 19–21 41 May 15 Devil Rays 9–5 Colomé (1–1) Davis (1–2) 20,417 19–22 42 May 16 @ Royals 18–1 Hendrickson (4–4) George (4–3) 24,167 20–22 43 May 17 @ Royals 7–4 Halladay (4–2) Grimsley (1–3) Politte (5) 25,032 21–22 44 May 18 @ Royals 4–3 Sturtze (4–4) Snyder (0–1) Politte (6) 15,462 22–22 45 May 19 @ White Sox 12–2 Lidle (7–2) Wright (0–2) 19,628 23–22 46 May 20 @ White Sox 4–1 Colón (5–3) Davis (1–3) 12,857 23–23 47 May 21 @ White Sox 6–5 Marte (2–0) Politte (1–3) Koch (5) 13,076 23–24 48 May 22 @ Yankees 8–3 Halladay (5–2) Pettitte (4–5) 45,777 24–24 49 May 23 @ Yankees 6–2 Escobar (2–1) Mussina (7–3) 34,134 25–24 50 May 24 @ Yankees 5–2 Lidle (8–2) Wells (6–2) Politte (7) 35,023 26–24 51 May 25 @ Yankees 5–3 Davis (2–3) Weaver (3–3) Politte (8) 40,940 27–24 52 May 26 White Sox 11–5 Towers (1–0) Buehrle (2–8) Tam (1) 19,009 28–24 53 May 27 White Sox 5–1 Halladay (6–2) Colón (5–4) 19,365 29–24 54 May 28 White Sox 8–0 Garland (3–4) Escobar (2–2) 36,806 29–25 55 May 29 White Sox 3–2 Loaiza (8–2) Lidle (8–3) Koch (6) 20,010 29–26 56 May 30 Red Sox 13–2 Davis (3–3) Burkett (3–3) 21,381 30–26 57 May 31 Red Sox 10–7 Sturtze (5–4) Fossum (4–4) Politte (9) 28,809 31–26
June: 15–11 (Home: 9–5; Away: 6–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 58 June 1 Red Sox 11–8 Halladay (7–2) White (0–1) 26,890 32–26 59 June 3 @ Cardinals 11–5 Morris (7–3) Escobar (2–3) 28,907 32–27 60 June 4 @ Cardinals 8–5 Simontacchi (3–3) Lidle (8–4) Eldred (5) 28,840 32–28 61 June 5 @ Cardinals 13–5 Williams (8–1) Hendrickson (4–5) 33,729 32–29 62 June 6 @ Reds 9–2 Halladay (8–2) Riedling (0–3) 28,281 33–29 63 June 7 @ Reds 9–8 Reitsma (5–2) Politte (1–4) 30,158 33–30 64 June 8 @ Reds 5–0 Escobar (3–3) Haynes (0–5) 25,633 34–30 65 June 10 Pirates 13–8 Lidle (9–4) Benson (5–7) 14,090 35–30 66 June 11 Pirates 8–5 Halladay (9–2) D'Amico (4–7) 32,036 36–30 67 June 12 Pirates 5–4 Hendrickson (5–5) Suppan (5–6) Politte (10) 15,015 37–30 68 June 13 Cubs 5–1 Escobar (4–3) Wood (5–5) 23,018 38–30 69 June 14 Cubs 4–2 Prior (8–2) Davis (3–4) Borowski (13) 33,167 38–31 70 June 15 Cubs 5–4 (10) López (1–1) Guthrie (0–3) 34,221 39–31 -- June 17 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for July 3 71 June 18 @ Orioles 6–2 Halladay (10–2) Daal (4–8) López (1) 28,828 40–31 72 June 19 @ Orioles 6–1 Escobar (5–3) Helling (4–5) 24,218 41–31 73 June 20 @ Expos 8–4 Lidle (10–4) Vázquez (6–5) 11,355 42–31 74 June 21 @ Expos 8–5 Ayala (6–2) Politte (1–5) Biddle (19) 11,483 42–32 75 June 22 @ Expos 4–2 Halladay (11–2) Hernández (6–6) Politte (11) 15,508 43–32 76 June 23 Orioles 13–4 Davis (4–4) Daal (4–9) 17,555 44–32 77 June 24 Orioles 6–4 Helling (5–5) Escobar (5–4) Julio (16) 17,425 44–33 78 June 25 Orioles 9–2 Ponson (10–4) Lidle (10–5) 37,248 44–34 79 June 26 Orioles 13–8 Sturtze (6–4) Driskill (1–3) López (2) 19,098 45–34 80 June 27 Expos 6–5 Miller (1–0) Manon (0–1) 24,024 46–34 81 June 28 Expos 4–2 Vargas (5–3) Davis (4–5) Biddle (22) 33,334 46–35 82 June 29 Expos 10–2 Ohka (7–7) Escobar (5–5) 37,354 46–36 83 June 30 @ Tigers 6–2 Maroth (3–12) Lidle (10–6) 13,353 46–37
July: 8–17 (Home: 3–11; Away: 5–6) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 84 July 1 @ Tigers 5–0 Roney (1–2) Hendrickson (5–6) Walker (1) 15,448 46–38 85 July 2 @ Tigers 8–2 Halladay (12–2) Bernero (1–12) 16,052 47–38 86 July 3 @ Orioles 6–5 Johnson (7–3) Davis (4–6) Julio (17) 27,022 47–39 87 July 4 @ Orioles 8–5 Driskill (2–3) López (1–2) Julio (18) 25,641 47–40 88 July 5 @ Orioles 9–2 Ponson (11–5) Lidle (10–7) 29,859 47–41 89 July 6 @ Orioles 5–3 (10) Acevedo (1–3) Ligtenberg (0–1) 30,284 48–41 90 July 8 Red Sox 2–1 (12) Jones (1–0) Tam (0–3) Kim (2) 20,022 48–42 91 July 9 Red Sox 8–7 Lyon (4–5) Tam (0–4) Kim (3) 23,551 48–43 92 July 10 Red Sox 7–1 Mendoza (3–3) Lidle (10–8) 20,113 48–44 93 July 11 Yankees 8–5 Pettitte (11–6) Miller (1–1) Rivera (16) 27,652 48–45 94 July 12 Yankees 10–3 Halladay (13–2) Mussina (10–6) 37,119 49–45 95 July 13 Yankees 6–2 Weaver (5–7) Escobar (5–6) 32,664 49–46 96 July 17 @ Red Sox 5–2 Halladay (14–2) Lowe (10–4) 34,521 50–46 97 July 18 @ Red Sox 4–1 Escobar (6–6) Wakefield (6–5) Miller (1) 34,136 51–46 98 July 19 @ Red Sox 5–4 (10) Kim (3–2) López (1–3) 34,812 51–47 99 July 20 @ Red Sox 9–4 Martínez (7–2) Wasdin (0–1) 34,321 51–48 100 July 21 @ Yankees 8–0 (8) Hendrickson (6–6) Weaver (5–8) 51,958 52–48 -- July 22 @ Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 8 101 July 23 White Sox 7–6 White (1–1) Acevedo (1–4) Marte (7) 20,320 52–49 102 July 24 White Sox 4–3 (13) Gordon (5–5) Sturtze (6–5) White (1) 18,438 52–50 103 July 25 Orioles 5–3 Lidle (11–8) Johnson (8–5) Miller (2) 17,095 53–50 104 July 26 Orioles 7–2 Hentgen (3–5) Hendrickson (6–7) 23,168 53–51 105 July 27 Orioles 10–1 Halladay (15–2) López (3–6) 21,787 54–51 106 July 29 Devil Rays 9–8 Levine (3–5) Miller (1–2) Carter (17) 21,007 54–52 107 July 30 Devil Rays 5–3 Zambrano (8–5) Lidle (11–9) Colomé (2) 21,068 54–53 108 July 31 Devil Rays 7–6 Sosa (4–8) Hendrickson (6–8) Carter (18) 29,544 54–54
August: 13–15 (Home: 4–6; Away: 9–9) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 109 August 1 @ Angels 5–0 Ortiz (13–8) Halladay (15–3) 42,635 54–55 110 August 2 @ Angels 6–1 Thurman (1–0) Washburn (8–11) 43,087 55–55 111 August 3 @ Angels 4–0 Escobar (7–6) Shields (2–2) Politte (12) 42,198 56–55 112 August 4 @ Devil Rays 10–1 Zambrano (9–5) Lidle (11–10) 8,193 56–56 113 August 5 @ Devil Rays 5–4 (10) Colomé (3–5) Acevedo (1–5) 9,566 56–57 114 August 6 @ Devil Rays 7–3 Halladay (16–3) Kennedy (3–9) 9,430 57–57 115 August 8 Rangers 5–3 Dickey (6–5) Thurman (1–1) Cordero (7) 24,392 57–58 116 August 9 Rangers 5–3 Escobar (8–6) Fultz (1–3) López (3) 24,644 58–58 117 August 10 Rangers 5–4 Lewis (5–7) Towers (1–1) Cordero (8) 25,401 58–59 118 August 11 @ Mariners 5–3 Hendrickson (7–8) Piñeiro (13–7) López (4) 44,922 59–59 119 August 12 @ Mariners 3–1 García (10–12) Halladay (16–4) Hasegawa (11) 37,018 59–60 120 August 13 @ Mariners 13–6 Mateo (3–0) Kershner (0–2) 37,066 59–61 121 August 14 @ Mariners 5–2 Escobar (9–6) Meche (13–8) López (5) 41,945 60–61 122 August 15 @ Athletics 8–5 Towers (2–1) Harden (3–2) Miller (3) 17,446 61–61 123 August 16 @ Athletics 6–4 Hudson (12–4) Hendrickson (7–9) Foulke (30) 31,045 61–62 124 August 17 @ Athletics 7–3 Zito (10–10) Halladay (16–5) Foulke (31) 32,488 61–63 125 August 19 Mariners 9–1 Franklin (9–10) Escobar (9–7) 24,025 61–64 126 August 20 Mariners 5–2 Towers (3–1) Meche (13–9) 21,588 62–64 127 August 21 Mariners 7–3 Hendrickson (8–9) Moyer (15–6) 20,111 63–64 128 August 22 Athletics 6–3 Halladay (17–5) Zito (10–11) López (6) 22,050 64–64 129 August 23 Athletics 11–5 Wood (1–0) Sturtze (6–6) 27,740 64–65 130 August 24 Athletics 17–2 Hudson (13–4) Escobar (9–8) Neu (1) 32,979 64–66 131 August 25 Athletics 8–6 Lilly (7–9) Lidle (11–11) Foulke (34) 22,111 64–67 132 August 26 @ Red Sox 12–9 Towers (4–1) Sauerbeck (0–1) López (7) 33,731 65–67 133 August 27 @ Red Sox 6–3 Timlin (6–4) Halladay (17–6) Kim (11) 34,206 65–68 134 August 29 @ Indians 7–3 Escobar (10–8) Sabathia (12–8) 21,008 66–68 135 August 30 @ Indians 9–3 Lidle (12–11) Westbrook (6–8) Towers (1) 21,806 67–68 136 August 31 @ Indians 5–4 Báez (1–7) Kershner (0–3) 20,866 67–69
September: 19–9 (Home: 12–4; Away: 7–5) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 Yankees 8–1 Halladay (18–6) Wells (12–6) 26,869 68–69 138 September 3 Yankees 4–3 Kershner (1–3) Osuna (2–5) López (8) 21,770 69–69 139 September 4 Yankees 3–2 Contreras (5–2) Walker (1–2) Rivera (32) 17,254 69–70 140 September 5 Tigers 8–6 Sturtze (7–6) Maroth (6–20) López (9) 14,455 70–70 141 September 6 Tigers 1–0 (10) Halladay (19–6) Rodney (0–2) 18,261 71–70 142 September 7 Tigers 8–0 Towers (5–1) Mears (0–2) 16,617 72–70 143 September 8 @ Yankees 9–3 Mussina (16–7) Escobar (10–9) 8,848 72–71 144 September 9 @ Devil Rays 11–6 Waechter (3–0) Lidle (12–12) Kennedy (1) 8,528 72–72 145 September 10 @ Devil Rays 6–5 Hendrickson (9–9) Sosa (5–10) López (10) 8,522 73–72 146 September 11 @ Devil Rays 3–1 Halladay (20–6) González (6–9) 9,345 74–72 147 September 12 Orioles 4–2 Towers (6–1) DuBose (2–5) López (11) 15,274 75–72 148 September 13 Orioles 6–1 Escobar (11–9) Hentgen (6–8) 18,309 76–72 149 September 14 Orioles 5–3 Riley (1–0) Lidle (12–13) Julio (33) 18,763 76–73 150 September 16 @ Tigers 9–6 Kershner (2–3) Cornejo (6–16) 9,801 77–73 151 September 17 @ Tigers 6–0 Halladay (21–6) Loux (0–1) 11,240 78–73 152 September 18 @ Tigers 10–6 Towers (7–1) Maroth (7–21) 9,951 79–73 153 September 19 @ Orioles 5–2 Escobar (12–9) Carrasco (2–5) López (12) 25,857 80–73 154 September 20 @ Orioles 2–1 Ligtenberg (3–2) Lidle (12–14) Julio (35) 32,381 80–74 155 September 21 @ Orioles 7–4 Walker (2–2) Carrasco (2–6) López (13) 27,502 81–74 156 September 22 Devil Rays 5–2 Bell (5–4) Halladay (21–7) 22,869 81–75 157 September 23 Devil Rays 8–5 Kershner (3–3) Zambrano (11–10) 17,208 82–75 158 September 24 Devil Rays 5–3 Escobar (13–9) Waechter (3–2) López (14) 16,050 83–75 159 September 25 Devil Rays 10–8 Miller (2–2) Carter (7–5) 13,408 84–75 160 September 26 Indians 2–1 Stanford (1–3) Lidle (12–15) Riske (8) 13,861 84–76 161 September 27 Indians 5–4 Halladay (22–7) Mulholland (3–4) 21,504 85–76 162 September 28 Indians 6–2 Towers (8–1) Lee (3–3) 22,014 86–76

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player	Pos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	SB
Greg Meyers	C	121	329	51	101	15	52	.307	0
Carlos Delgado	1B	161	570	117	172	42	145	.302	0
Orlando Hudson	2B	142	474	54	127	9	57	.268	5
Chris Woodward	SS	104	349	49	91	7	45	.261	1
Eric Hinske	3B	124	449	74	109	12	63	.243	12
Shannon Stewart	LF	71	303	47	89	7	35	.294	1
Vernon Wells	CF	161	678	118	215	33	117	.317	4
Reed Johnson	RF	114	412	79	121	10	52	.294	5
Josh Phelps	DH	119	396	57	106	20	66	.260	1

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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	Avg.
Frank Catalanotto	133	489	146	13	59	.299
Mike Bordick	102	343	94	5	54	.274
Tom Wilson	96	256	66	5	35	.258
Bobby Kielty	62	189	44	4	25	.233
Dave Berg	61	161	41	4	18	.255
Kevin Cash	34	106	15	1	8	.142
Howie Clark	38	70	25	0	7	.357
Jayson Werth	26	48	10	2	10	.208
Ken Huckaby	5	11	2	0	2	.182

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Roy Halladay	36	266	22	7	3.25	204
Cory Lidle	31	192+2⁄3	12	15	5.75	112
Mark Hendrickson	30	158+1⁄3	9	9	5.51	76
Pete Walker	23	55+1⁄3	2	2	4.88	29
Doug Davis	12	54	4	6	5.00	25

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	41	180+1⁄3	13	9	4.29	159
Tanyon Sturtze	40	89+1⁄3	7	6	5.94	54
Josh Towers	14	64+1⁄3	8	1	4.48	42
Corey Thurman	6	15+1⁄3	1	1	6.46	11
John Wasdin	3	5	0	1	23.40	5

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Aquilino López	72	73+2⁄3	1	3	14	3.42	64
Trever Miller	79	52+2⁄3	2	2	3	4.61	44
Cliff Politte	54	49+1⁄3	1	5	12	5.66	40
Jeff Tam	44	44+2⁄3	0	4	1	5.64	26
Jason Kershner	40	54	3	3	0	3.17	32
Doug Creek	21	13+2⁄3	0	0	0	3.29	11
Dan Reichert	15	16+1⁄3	0	0	0	6.06	13
Scott Service	15	16	0	0	0	4.50	17
Juan Acevedo	14	12+2⁄3	1	2	0	4.26	9
Doug Linton	7	9	0	0	0	3.00	7
Brian Bowles	5	7	0	0	0	2.57	2
Vinnie Chulk	3	5+1⁄3	0	0	0	5.06	2

Award winners

• Carlos Delgado, 1B, Silver Slugger Award
• Roy Halladay, Pitcher of the Month Award, May
• Roy Halladay, Pitcher of the Month Award, September
• Roy Halladay, American League Cy Young Award
• Roy Halladay, The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award
• Vernon Wells, OF, Silver Slugger Award

All-Star Game

• Carlos Delgado, first base
• Roy Halladay, pitcher
• Vernon Wells, outfield^[6]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse SkyChiefs	International League	Omar Malavé
AA	New Haven Ravens	Eastern League	Marty Pevey
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Mike Basso
A	Charleston Alley Cats	South Atlantic League	Mark Meleski
A-Short Season	Auburn Doubledays	New York–Penn League	Dennis Holmberg
Rookie	Pulaski Blue Jays	Appalachian League	Paul Elliott

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References

1. "2003 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2023.
2. "2003 Toronto Blue Jays Roster by Baseball Almanac".
3. "2003 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
4. "Feature: 2003 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
5. "2003 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics".
6. Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 2003 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
• 2003 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac