1996 Toronto Blue Jays season

1996 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1977);
	Eastern Division (since 1977);
Location
	SkyDome (since 1989); Toronto (since 1977);
Results
Record	74–88 (.457)
Divisional place	4th
Other information
Owner(s)	Interbrew,; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General manager(s)	Gord Ash
Manager(s)	Cito Gaston
Local television	CBC Television; (Brian Williams, Tommy Hutton); Baton; (Don Chevrier, Tommy Hutton, Fergie Olver); The Sports Network; (Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
Local radio	CJCL (AM); (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1996 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 20th season in franchise history. The season involved the Blue Jays finishing fourth in the American League East with a record of 74 wins and 88 losses. The Blue Jays had a losing record for the third consecutive season.

Offseason

December 6, 1995: Howard Battle and Ricardo Jordan were traded by the Blue Jays to the Philadelphia Phillies for Paul Quantrill.[1]
December 7, 1995: Otis Nixon was signed as a free agent by the Toronto Blue Jays.[2]
December 14, 1995: Charlie O'Brien was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[3]
December 20, 1995: Mike Huff was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[4]
January 16, 1996: Juan Samuel was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[5]
February 10, 1996: Dane Johnson was signed as a free agent by the Blue Jays.[6]
February 22, 1996: Frank Viola signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.[7]

Regular season

A new tradition would start in 1996 as the Blue Jays donned red uniforms for the first time. These uniforms would be worn only on Canada Day and would feature "Canada" on the back of their jerseys rather than a player's name. Eventual Cy Young Award winner Pat Hentgen would start the Canada Day match against the Baltimore Orioles.

The final series of the season would be embroiled in controversy. Against the American League East champion Baltimore Orioles, two events would define the Orioles season. The game on Friday, September 27, 1996, would go down as one of the most infamous events in baseball history, as former Blue Jay Roberto Alomar would spit at umpire John Hirschbeck. The Sunday game would be a coming-out party for Brady Anderson, as he would hit his 50th home run of the regular season off Pat Hentgen. The total would break Frank Robinson's team record for most home runs in a season.

1996 also marked the end of an era for the Blue Jays, as they would redesign their logo and uniforms in the following year and also radically shake up their roster.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	92	70	0.568	—	49–31	43–39
Baltimore Orioles	88	74	0.543	4	43–38	45–36
Boston Red Sox	85	77	0.525	7	47–34	38–43
Toronto Blue Jays	74	88	0.457	18	35–46	39–42
Detroit Tigers	53	109	0.327	39	27–54	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1996 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	7–6	6–6	4–8	5–7	11–2	9–3	9–3	7–5	3–10	9–4	7–5	3–10–1	8–5
Boston	6–7	—	8–4	6–6	1–11	12–1	3–9	7–5	6–6	7–6	8–5	7–6	6–6	8–5
California	6–6	4–8	—	6–6	4–9	6–6	4–8	7–5	4–8	7–6	6–7	5–8	4–9	7–5
Chicago	8–4	6–6	6–6	—	5–8	10–3	7–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	5–7	5–7	8–4	7–5
Cleveland	7–5	11–1	9–4	8–5	—	12–0	7–6	7–6	10–3	3–9	6–6	8–4	4–8	7–5
Detroit	2–11	1–12	6–6	3–10	0–12	—	6–6	4–8	6–6	5–8	4–8	6–6	4–9	6–7
Kansas City	3–9	9–3	8–4	6–7	6–7	6–6	—	4–9	6–7	4–8	5–7	7–5	6–6	5–8
Milwaukee	3–9	5–7	5–7	7–6	6–7	8–4	9–4	—	9–4	6–6	7–5	4–9	6–7	5–7
Minnesota	5–7	6–6	8–4	7–6	3–10	6–6	7–6	4–9	—	5–7	6–7	6–6	7–5	8–5
New York	10–3	6–7	6–7	7–6	9–3	8–5	8–4	6–6	7–5	—	9–3	3–9	5–7	8–5
Oakland	4–9	5–8	7–6	7–5	6–6	8–4	7–5	5–7	7–6	3–9	—	8–5	7–6	4–8
Seattle	5–7	6–7	8–5	7–5	4–8	6–6	5–7	9–4	6–6	9–3	5–8	—	10–3	5–7
Texas	10–3–1	6–6	9–4	4–8	8–4	9–4	6–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	6–7	3–10	—	10–2
Toronto	5–8	5–8	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–6	8–5	7–5	5–8	5–8	8–4	7–5	2–10	—

Game log

1996 Game Log: 74–88 (Home: 35–46; Away: 39–42)

April: 11–14 (Home: 5–9; Away: 6–5)

May: 13–15 (Home: 8–5; Away: 5–10)

June: 12–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 7–9)

July: 13–14 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–7)

August: 14–15 (Home: 5–9; Away: 9–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	@ Indians	5–3	Hanson (10–12)	Lopez	Timlin (20)	42,249	50–58
109	August 2	Angels	9–2	Hentgen (13–6)	Finley	—	30,261	51–58
110	August 3	Angels	6–11	Langston	Castillo (2–3)	—	32,139	51–59
111	August 4	Angels	7–1	Flener (2–0)	Abbott	—	30,253	52–59
112	August 5	@ Red Sox	1–3	Wakefield	Guzman (9–7)	—	23,884	52–60
113	August 6	@ Red Sox	2–3	Maddux	Hanson (10–13)	Slocumb	25,264	52–61
114	August 7	@ Red Sox	0–8	Gordon	Hentgen (13–7)	—	30,443	52–62
115	August 8	@ Red Sox	9–6	Williams (1–0)	Sele	Timlin (21)	32,696	53–62
116	August 9	Rangers	4–5	Witt	Quantrill (4–11)	Henneman	33,535	53–63
117	August 10	Rangers	1–12	Oliver	Guzman (9–8)	—	34,109	53–64
118	August 11	Rangers	0–6	Burkett	Hanson (10–14)	—	32,162	53–65
119	August 12	Red Sox	5–1	Hentgen (14–7)	Gordon	—	33,250	54–65
120	August 13	Red Sox	5–7	Brandenburg	Williams (1–1)	Slocumb	30,502	54–66
121	August 14	Red Sox	6–8	Belinda	Crabtree (5–3)	Slocumb	32,354	54–67
122	August 16	@ Twins	4–5 (10)	Parra	Quantrill (4–12)	—	19,838	54–68
123	August 17	@ Twins	1–11	Robertson	Hanson (10–15)	—	20,354	54–69
124	August 18	@ Twins	6–2	Hentgen (15–7)	Aguilera	—	18,010	55–69
125	August 19	@ Royals	2–1	Spoljaric (2–0)	Rosado	Timlin (22)	16,862	56–69
126	August 20	@ Royals	6–5 (14)	Timlin (1–4)	Huisman	—	14,568	57–69
127	August 21	@ Royals	6–2	Guzman (10–8)	Haney	—	12,238	58–69
128	August 22	@ White Sox	1–0 (6)	Hanson (11–15)	Fernandez	—	22,394	59–69
129	August 23	@ White Sox	4–2	Hentgen (16–7)	Ruffcorn	—	19,132	60–69
130	August 24	@ White Sox	9–2	Williams (2–1)	Baldwin	—	29,413	61–69
131	August 25	@ White Sox	9–10 (10)	Hernandez	Timlin (1–5)	—	19,647	61–70
132	August 26	Twins	5–3	Guzman (11–8)	Radke	Timlin (23)	31,134	62–70
133	August 27	Twins	4–6 (11)	Trombley	Quantrill (4–13)	—	30,033	62–71
134	August 28	Twins	6–1	Hentgen (17–7)	Aguilera	—	30,106	63–71
135	August 30	White Sox	2–11	Tapani	Williams (2–2)	—	30,072	63–72
136	August 31	White Sox	1–5	Alvarez	Flener (2–1)	—	32,141	63–73

September: 11–15 (Home: 5–10; Away: 6–5)

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Blue Jays team member

Detailed records

American League
Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
AL East
Baltimore Orioles	5	8	0.385	55	58
Boston Red Sox	5	8	0.385	72	77
Detroit Tigers	7	6	0.538	81	71
New York Yankees	5	8	0.385	46	61
Toronto Blue Jays
Total	22	30	0.423	254	267
AL Central
Chicago White Sox	5	7	0.417	46	55
Cleveland Indians	5	7	0.417	45	66
Kansas City Royals	8	5	0.615	51	40
Milwaukee Brewers	7	5	0.583	79	63
Minnesota Twins	5	8	0.385	44	59
Total	30	32	0.484	265	283
AL West
California Angels	5	7	0.417	61	58
Oakland Athletics	8	4	0.667	59	50
Seattle Mariners	7	5	0.583	82	79
Texas Rangers	2	10	0.167	45	72
Total	22	26	0.458	247	259
Season Total	74	88	0.457	766	809

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	25	11	14	0.440	150	160
May	28	13	15	0.464	123	127
June	27	12	15	0.444	145	146
July	27	13	14	0.481	132	135
August	29	14	15	0.483	126	142
September	26	11	15	0.423	90	99
Total	162	74	88	0.457	766	809

Total	162	74	88	0.457	766	809
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	81	35	46	0.432	364	433
Away	81	39	42	0.481	402	376

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

May 15, 1996: D. J. Boston (minors) was traded by the Blue Jays to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jacob Brumfield.[9]
June 4, 1996: 1996 Major League Baseball draft
- Billy Koch was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (4th pick). Player signed August 23, 1996.[10]
- Joe Lawrence was drafted by the Blue Jays in the 1st round (16th pick). Player signed July 1, 1996.[11]
- Orlando Hudson was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 33rd round, but did not sign.[12]
June 5, 1996: Frank Viola was released by the Toronto Blue Jays.[7]
June 15, 1996: Luis Lopez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Blue Jays.[13]

Roster

1996 Toronto Blue Jays

Roster

Pitchers

49 Luis Andújar

60,32 Brian Bohanon

27 Scott Brow

38 Giovanni Carrara

49 Tony Castillo

37 Tim Crabtree

38 Huck Flener

57 Juan Guzmán

39 Erik Hanson

41 Pat Hentgen

36 Marty Janzen

50 Dane Johnson

48 Paul Quantrill

55 Bill Risley

45 José Silva

24 Paul Spoljaric

40 Mike Timlin

19 Frank Viola

52 Jeff Ware

54 Woody Williams

Catchers

53,35 Sandy Martínez

46 Julio Mosquera

22 Charlie O'Brien

Infielders

14 Tilson Brito

3 Miguel Cairo

20 Domingo Cedeño

6 Felipe Crespo

21 Carlos Delgado

8 Alex Gonzalez

9 John Olerud

1 Tomás Pérez

33 Ed Sprague

Outfielders

5 Jacob Brumfield

29 Joe Carter

15 Shawn Green

26 Mike Huff

2 Otis Nixon

17 Robert Pérez

11 Juan Samuel

7 Shannon Stewart

Manager

43 Cito Gaston

Coaches

4 Alfredo Griffin (first base)

16 Nick Leyva (third base)

34 Mel Queen (pitching)

18 Gene Tenace (bullpen)

28 Willie Upshaw (hitting)

Game log

1996 Game Log

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	@ Athletics †	9 – 6	Hanson (1-0)	Reyes (0-1)	Timlin (1)	7,294	1-0
2	April 3	@ Athletics †	10 – 4	Hentgen (1-0)	Prieto (0-1)		8,050	2-0
3	April 5	@ Indians	7 – 1	Guzmán (1-0)	Hershiser (0-1)		41,782	3-0
4	April 6	@ Indians	5 – 3	Nagy (1-0)	Hanson (1-1)	Mesa (1)	41,852	3-1
5	April 7	@ Indians	8 – 3	Martínez (1-1)	Quantrill (0-1)		41,689	3-2
6	April 9	Angels	5 – 0	Hentgen (2-0)	Langston (0-1)		36,616	4-2
7	April 10	Angels	2 – 1	Holzemer (1-0)	Guzmán (1-1)	Percival (2)	25,446	4-3
8	April 11	Angels	7 – 4	Hanson (2-1)	Abbott (0-2)	Timlin (2)	25,512	5-3
9	April 12	Mariners	9 – 6	Hitchcock (3-0)	Quantrill (0-2)		31,293	5-4
10	April 13	Mariners	14 – 3	Bosio (1-0)	Ware (0-1)		33,645	5-5
11	April 14	Mariners	9 – 4	Wolcott (1-1)	Hentgen (2-1)		29,301	5-6
12	April 15	Tigers	8 – 2	Guzmán (2-1)	Olivares (1-1)		26,127	6-6
13	April 16	Tigers	13 – 8	Gohr (1-2)	Hanson (2-2)	Lewis (1)	25,503	6-7
14	April 17	@ Angels	5 – 1	Finley (3-1)	Quantrill (0-3)		15,361	6-8
15	April 18	@ Angels	9 – 6	James (3-1)	Ware (0-2)	Percival (4)	25,083	6-9
16	April 19	@ Mariners	10 – 4	Hentgen (3-1)	Wolcott (1-2)	Bohanon (1)	32,189	7-9
17	April 20	@ Mariners	3 – 1	Guzmán (3-1)	Menhart (0-2)	Timlin (3)	47,487	8-9
18	April 21	@ Mariners	9 – 5	Johnson (4-0)	Hanson (2-3)		34,915	8-10
19	April 22	@ Mariners	16 – 7	Castillo (1-0)	Hurtado (1-3)		18,467	9-10
20	April 24	Athletics	7 – 6	Prieto (1-1)	Hentgen (3-2)	Corsi (1)	28,029	9-11
21	April 25	Athletics	4 – 3 (11)	Mohler (2-0)	Crabtree (0-1)		26,163	9-12
22	April 26	Indians	6 – 3	Hershiser (2-2)	Hanson (2-4)	Mesa (8)	30,227	9-13
23	April 27	Indians	11 – 6	Castillo (2-0)	Nagy (3-1)		40,140	10-13
24	April 28	Indians	17 – 3	Lopez (1-0)	Viola (0-1)		31,143	10-14
25	April 30	Brewers	9 – 8	Crabtree (1-1)	Boze (0-1)		25,467	11-14

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
26	May 1	Brewers	9 – 3	Guzmán (4-1)	Miranda (1-1)		25,684	12-14
27	May 2	Brewers	7 – 5	Hanson (3-4)	Karl (2-2)	Timlin (4)	31,299	13-14
28	May 3	@ Red Sox	8 – 7 ‡	Moyer (3-1)	Quantrill (0-4)	Slocumb (5)	25,570	13-15
29	May 4	@ Red Sox	8 – 4	Gordon (2-2)	Viola (0-2)	Slocumb (6)	29,785	13-16
30	May 5	@ Red Sox	11 – 4	Hentgen (4-2)	Wakefield (2-4)		29,866	14-16
31	May 7	@ Rangers	5 – 1	Oliver (2-0)	Guzmán (4-2)		23,005	14-17
32	May 8	@ Rangers	4 – 2	Witt (4-2)	Hanson (3-5)	Henneman (8)	20,694	14-18
33	May 9	@ Rangers	5 – 2	Quantrill (1-4)	Hill (4-3)	Timlin (5)	34,451	15-18
34	May 10	Red Sox	6 – 5 (11)	Slocumb (1-1)	Carrara (0-1)		31,159	15-19
35	May 11	Red Sox	9 – 8 (11)	Quantrill (2-4)	Knackert (0-1)		33,163	16-19
36	May 12	Red Sox	8 – 7 (10)	Janzen (1-0)	Slocumb (1-2)		31,188	17-19
37	May 14	@ Twins	4 – 2	Hanson (4-5)	Robertson (0-6)	Timlin (6)	13,483	18-19
38	May 15	@ Twins	2 – 1	Rodriguez (3-4)	Hentgen (4-3)		11,793	18-20
39	May 16	@ Twins	4 – 1	Radke (4-5)	Quantrill (2-5)	Stevens (8)	13,538	18-21
40	May 17	@ Royals	4 – 2	Belcher (4-2)	Guzmán (4-3)	Montgomery (10)	20,079	18-22
41	May 18	@ Royals	6 – 2	Viola (1-2)	Appier (3-4)		18,116	19-22
42	May 19	@ Royals	3 – 2	Hanson (5-5)	Gubicza (3-6)	Timlin (7)	15,039	20-22
43	May 20	@ Royals	5 – 4	Haney (3-4)	Hentgen (4-4)	Montgomery (11)	14,303	20-23
44	May 21	@ White Sox	2 – 1	Tapani (4-3)	Ware (0-3)	Hernández (12)	17,483	20-24
45	May 22	@ White Sox	2 – 1 (11)	McCaskill (3-2)	Timlin (0-1)		17,882	20-25
46	May 23	Twins	5 – 4 (10)	Janzen (2-0)	Milchin (1-1)		31,163	21-25
47	May 24	Twins	4 – 0	Robertson (1-7)	Hanson (5-6)		33,141	21-26
48	May 25	Twins	6 – 4 (10)	Guardado (2-2)	Castillo (2-1)	Stevens (9)	34,118	21-27
49	May 26	Twins	9 – 3	Naulty (3-0)	Bohanon (0-1)		30,170	21-28
50	May 27	White Sox	5 – 4	Janzen (3-0)	Fernandez (5-3)	Timlin (8)	30,013	22-28
51	May 28	White Sox	8 – 5	Baldwin (4-1)	Viola (1-3)	Hernández (15)	30,104	22-29
52	May 29	White Sox	6 – 5	Hanson (6-6)	Magrane (1-1)	Timlin (9)	31,074	23-29
53	May 31	Royals	4 – 2	Hentgen (5-4)	Gubicza (4-7)	Timlin (10)	33,194	24-29

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
54	June 1	Royals	5 – 3 (10)	Crabtree (2-1)	Montgomery (1-3)		31,107	25-29
55	June 2	Royals	7 – 5	Belcher (6-2)	Janzen (3-1)	Montgomery (14)	32,253	25-30
56	June 4	@ Yankees	5 – 4	Gooden (4-4)	Hanson (6-7)	Wetteland (13)	17,368	25-31
57	June 5	@ Yankees	12 – 7	Hentgen (6-4)	Key (2-6)		17,142	26-31
58	June 6	@ Yankees	8 – 1	Pettitte (9-3)	Quantrill (2-6)		18,475	26-32
59	June 7	@ Rangers	10 – 7	Pavlik (8-1)	Janzen (3-2)	Henneman (17)	40,046	26-33
60	June 8	@ Rangers	2 – 0	Oliver (5-2)	Guzmán (4-4)		43,439	26-34
61	June 9	@ Rangers	8 – 6	Witt (6-4)	Hanson (6-8)	Henneman (18)	41,605	26-35
62	June 10	Yankees	5 – 3	Key (3-6)	Hentgen (6-5)	Wetteland (15)	37,332	26-36
63	June 11	Yankees	6 – 4	Pettitte (10-3)	Quantrill (2-7)	Wetteland (16)	32,114	26-37
64	June 12	Yankees	7 – 4	Janzen (4-2)	Mendoza (1-2)		44,238	27-37
65	June 13	@ Angels	6 – 4	Finley (8-4)	Guzmán (4-5)	James (1)	20,528	27-38
66	June 14	@ Angels	7 – 4	Grimsley (4-5)	Hanson (6-9)	Percival (17)	18,503	27-39
67	June 15	@ Angels	7 – 5	Langston (4-2)	Crabtree (2-2)	Percival (18)	40,352	27-40
68	June 16	@ Angels	6 – 4	Quantrill (3-7)	Abbott (1-10)	Timlin (11)	22,979	28-40
69	June 18	@ Mariners	11 – 3	Guzmán (5-5)	Wolcott (5-7)		25,912	29-40
70	June 19	@ Mariners	9 – 2	Hanson (7-9)	Harikkala (0-1)		26,265	30-40
71	June 20	@ Athletics	1 – 0	Hentgen (7-5)	Wengert (2-5)	Timlin (12)	8,027	31-40
72	June 21	@ Athletics	7 – 5	Quantrill (4-7)	Johns (4-9)	Timlin (13)	10,278	32-40
73	June 22	@ Athletics	8 – 4	Chouinard (1-2)	Ware (0-4)		20,124	32-41
74	June 23	@ Athletics	5 – 4	Guzmán (6-5)	Wojciechowski (5-5)	Timlin (14)	14,407	33-41
75	June 25	Mariners	8 – 7	Crabtree (3-2)	Charlton (2-2)		31,420	34-41
76	June 26	Mariners	6 – 5	Ware (1-4)	Ayala (0-1)	Crabtree (1)	30,158	35-41
77	June 27	Mariners	9 – 1	Wells (9-1)	Quantrill (4-8)		31,108	35-42
78	June 28	Brewers	5 – 1	D'Amico (1-0)	Guzmán (6-6)	Fetters (13)	31,333	35-43
79	June 29	Brewers	7 – 4	Karl (8-3)	Janzen (4-3)		31,170	35-44
80	June 30	Brewers	15 – 2	Hanson (8-9)	Bones (6-9)		30,104	36-44

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	Orioles	7 – 4	Coppinger (3-0)	Hentgen (7-6)	Myers (16)	43,377	36-45
82	July 2	Orioles	8 – 2	Erickson (5-6)	Quantrill (4-9)		32,150	36-46
83	July 3	Orioles	5 – 2	Guzmán (7-6)	Krivda (2-4)	Timlin (15)	32,365	37-46
84	July 4	@ Tigers	6 – 1	Nitkowski (1-0)	Janzen (4-4)	Myers (3)	10,557	37-47
85	July 5	@ Tigers	4 – 3	Sager (1-1)	Hanson (8-10)	Olson (4)	20,808	37-48
86	July 6	@ Tigers	15 – 0	Hentgen (8-6)	Olivares (4-5)		16,228	38-48
87	July 7	@ Tigers	9 – 0	Lira (6-7)	Ware (1-5)		15,784	38-49
88	July 11	@ Brewers	6 – 3	Guzmán (8-6)	D'Amico (1-2)	Castillo (1)	16,019	39-49
89	July 12	@ Brewers	12 – 5	McDonald (10-3)	Hanson (8-11)		15,691	39-50
90	July 13	@ Brewers	15 – 7	Hentgen (9-6)	Karl (8-5)		29,383	40-50
91	July 14	@ Brewers	7 – 5 (10)	Crabtree (4-2)	Garcia (3-3)	Timlin (16)	20,798	41-50
92	July 15	@ Orioles	8 – 6	Haynes (3-5)	Timlin (0-2)		43,192	41-51
93	July 16	@ Orioles	6 – 0	Guzmán (9-6)	Mussina (11-7)		45,851	42-51
94	July 17	@ Orioles	11 – 10	Coppinger (5-0)	Timlin (0-3)		45,955	42-52
95	July 18	Tigers	8 – 4	Hentgen (10-6)	Nitkowski (1-2)		31,202	43-52
96	July 19	Tigers	8 – 6	Urbani (2-2)	Janzen (4-5)	Olson (6)	30,123	43-53
97	July 20	Tigers	5 – 4 (10)	Olson (2-0)	Quantrill (4-10)	Lima (1)	36,220	43-54
98	July 21	Tigers	5 – 4 (12)	Spoljaric (1-0)	Lima (0-5)		33,238	44-54
99	July 22	Indians	4 – 2	Hershiser (10-6)	Hanson (8-12)	Mesa (25)	35,517	44-55
100	July 23	Indians	3 – 1	Hentgen (11-6)	Ogea (5-2)	Timlin (17)	35,194	45-55
101	July 24	Indians	10 – 0	Martínez (9-5)	Janzen (4-6)		35,218	45-56
102	July 25	Athletics	4 – 3	Crabtree (5-2)	Witasick (0-1)		30,174	46-56
103	July 26	Athletics	5 – 3	Groom (5-0)	Castillo (2-2)	Taylor (11)	32,241	46-57
104	July 27	Athletics	6 – 4	Hanson (9-12)	Wasdin (6-3)	Timlin (18)	32,162	47-57
105	July 28	Athletics	1 – 0	Hentgen (12-6)	Prieto (2-4)		31,150	48-57
106	July 30	@ Indians	3 – 1	Flener (1-0)	Martínez (9-6)	Timlin (19)	42,355	49-57
107	July 31	@ Indians	4 – 2	Assenmacher (2-1)	Timlin (0-4)		42,301	49-58

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
108	August 1	@ Indians	5 – 3	Hanson (10-12)	Lopez (1-3)	Timlin (20)	42,249	50-58
109	August 2	Angels	9 – 2	Hentgen (13-6)	Finley (11-9)		30,261	51-58
110	August 3	Angels	11 – 6	Langston (6-4)	Castillo (2-3)		32,139	51-59
111	August 4	Angels	7 – 1	Flener (2-0)	Abbott (1-14)		30,253	52-59
112	August 5	@ Red Sox	3 – 1	Wakefield (9-10)	Guzmán (9-7)		23,884	52-60
113	August 6	@ Red Sox	3 – 2	Maddux (1-1)	Hanson (10-13)	Slocumb (16)	25,264	52-61
114	August 7	@ Red Sox	8 – 0	Gordon (9-5)	Hentgen (13-7)		30,443	52-62
115	August 8	@ Red Sox	9 – 6	Williams (1-0)	Sele (5-9)	Timlin (21)	32,696	53-62
116	August 9	Rangers	5 – 4	Witt (11-8)	Quantrill (4-11)	Henneman (24)	33,535	53-63
117	August 10	Rangers	12 – 1	Oliver (10-5)	Guzmán (9-8)		34,109	53-64
118	August 11	Rangers	6 – 0	Burkett (1-0)	Hanson (10-14)		32,162	53-65
119	August 12	Red Sox	5 – 1	Hentgen (14-7)	Gordon (9-6)		33,250	54-65
120	August 13	Red Sox	7 – 5	Brandenburg (3-3)	Williams (1-1)	Slocumb (18)	30,502	54-66
121	August 14	Red Sox	8 – 6	Belinda (2-1)	Crabtree (5-3)	Slocumb (19)	32,354	54-67
122	August 16	@ Twins	5 – 4 (10)	Parra (4-3)	Quantrill (4-12)		19,838	54-68
123	August 17	@ Twins	11 – 1	Robertson (6-11)	Hanson (10-15)		20,354	54-69
124	August 18	@ Twins	6 – 2	Hentgen (15-7)	Aguilera (6-5)		18,010	55-69
125	August 19	@ Royals	2 – 1	Spoljaric (2-0)	Rosado (4-3)	Timlin (22)	16,862	56-69
126	August 20	@ Royals	6 – 5 (14)	Timlin (1-4)	Huisman (0-1)		14,568	57-69
127	August 21	@ Royals	6 – 2	Guzmán (10-8)	Haney (9-12)		12,238	58-69
128	August 22	@ White Sox	1 – 0 (7)	Hanson (11-15)	Fernandez (12-8)		22,394	59-69
129	August 23	@ White Sox	4 – 2	Hentgen (16-7)	Ruffcorn (0-1)		19,132	60-69
130	August 24	@ White Sox	9 – 2	Williams (2-1)	Baldwin (9-4)		29,413	61-69
131	August 25	@ White Sox	10 – 9 (10)	Hernández (5-1)	Timlin (1-5)		19,647	61-70
132	August 26	Twins	5 – 3	Guzmán (11-8)	Radke (8-14)	Timlin (23)	31,134	62-70
133	August 27	Twins	6 – 4 (11)	Trombley (4-1)	Quantrill (4-13)		30,033	62-71
134	August 28	Twins	6 – 1	Hentgen (17-7)	Aguilera (7-6)		30,106	63-71
135	August 30	White Sox	11 – 2	Tapani (12-8)	Williams (2-2)		30,072	63-72
136	August 31	White Sox	5 – 1	Álvarez (15-7)	Flener (2-1)		32,141	63-73

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
137	September 1	White Sox	4 – 2 (11)	Hernández (6-1)	Spoljaric (2-1)		30,156	63-74
138	September 2	Royals	2 – 0	Belcher (13-8)	Hanson (11-16)		28,177	63-75
139	September 3	Royals	5 – 2	Appier (12-10)	Hentgen (17-8)		25,729	63-76
140	September 4	Royals	6 – 0	Williams (3-2)	Rosado (5-5)		25,827	64-76
141	September 6	@ Yankees	4 – 3	Rivera (5-2)	Risley (0-1)		21,528	64-77
142	September 7	@ Yankees	3 – 2	Quantrill (5-13)	Cone (5-2)	Timlin (24)	27,069	65-77
143	September 8	@ Yankees	4 – 2	Hanson (12-16)	Pettitte (20-8)	Timlin (25)	28,575	66-77
144	September 9	Rangers	4 – 3	Gross (11-8)	Hentgen (17-9)	Henneman (29)	25,825	66-78
145	September 10	Rangers	11 – 8	Oliver (12-6)	Williams (3-3)	Henneman (30)	26,286	66-79
146	September 11	Rangers	8 – 3	Andújar (1-2)	Vosberg (1-1)		27,262	67-79
147	September 13	Yankees	4 – 1	Pettitte (21-8)	Hanson (12-17)	Wetteland (40)	31,227	67-80
148	September 14	Yankees	3 – 1	Boehringer (2-3)	Hentgen (17-10)	Wetteland (41)	43,397	67-81
149	September 15	Yankees	3 – 1	Williams (4-3)	Mendoza (3-5)	Timlin (26)	36,268	68-81
150	September 16	Yankees	10 – 0	Key (12-10)	Quantrill (5-14)		30,115	68-82
151	September 17	@ Brewers	4 – 0	McDonald (12-10)	Andújar (1-3)		10,184	68-83
152	September 18	@ Brewers	2 – 1	Fetters (3-2)	Timlin (1-6)		9,550	68-84
153	September 20	@ Orioles	5 – 1	Hentgen (18-10)	Krivda (2-5)	Spoljaric (1)	47,026	69-84
154	September 21	@ Orioles	6 – 3	Coppinger (9-6)	Williams (4-4)	Myers (31)	47,270	69-85
155	September 22	@ Orioles	5 – 4	Erickson (13-11)	Flener (2-2)	Benítez (2)	46,035	69-86
156	September 23	@ Tigers	6 – 4	Hanson (13-17)	Sager (4-5)	Timlin (27)	9,678	70-86
157	September 24	@ Tigers	4 – 1	Hentgen (19-10)	Miller (0-4)	Timlin (28)	8,355	71-86
158	September 25	@ Tigers	13 – 11	Brow (1-0)	Cummings (3-2)	Timlin (29)	8,055	72-86
159	September 26	Orioles	4 – 1	Coppinger (10-6)	Williams (4-5)	Benítez (4)	30,141	72-87
160	September 27	Orioles	3 – 2	Flener (3-2)	Erickson (13-12)	Timlin (30)	30,116	73-87
161	September 28	Orioles	3 – 2 (10)	Myers (4-4)	Spoljaric (2-2)		36,316	73-88
162	September 29	Orioles	4 – 1	Hentgen (20-10)	Rodríguez (0-1)	Timlin (31)	38,267	74-88

† At Cashman Field in Las Vegas, Nevada.
‡ Game suspended due to curfew after the 6th inning. Completed on May 4.

Player stats

Starters by position

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

= Indicates team leader

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	Charlie O'Brien	109	324	33	77	.238	13	44	0
1B	John Olerud	125	398	59	109	.274	18	61	1
2B	Tomás Pérez	91	295	24	74	.251	1	19	1
3B	Ed Sprague	159	591	88	146	.247	36	101	0
SS	Alex Gonzalez	147	527	64	124	.235	14	64	16
LF	Joe Carter	157	625	84	158	.253	30	107	7
CF	Otis Nixon	125	496	87	142	.286	1	29	54
RF	Shawn Green	132	422	52	118	.280	11	45	5
DH	Carlos Delgado	138	488	68	132	.270	25	92	0

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Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jacob Brumfield	90	308	79	.256	12	52
Domingo Cedeño	77	282	79	.280	2	17
Sandy Martínez	76	229	52	.227	3	18
Robert Pérez	86	202	66	.327	2	21
Juan Samuel	69	188	48	.255	8	26
Tilson Brito	26	80	19	.238	1	7
Mike Huff	11	29	5	.172	0	0
Shannon Stewart	7	17	3	.176	0	2

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Pat Hentgen	35	265⅔	20	10	3.22	177
Erik Hanson	35	214⅔	13	17	5.41	156
Juan Guzmán	27	187⅔	11	8	2.93	165
Frank Viola	6	30⅓	1	3	7.71	18

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Paul Quantrill	38	134⅓	5	14	5.43	86
Jeff Ware	13	32⅔	1	5	9.09	11
Luis Andújar	3	14⅓	1	1	5.02	5

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mike Timlin	59	1	6	31	3.65	52
Paul Spoljaric	28	2	2	1	3.08	38
Scott Brow	18	1	0	0	5.59	23
Dane Johnson	10	0	0	0	3.00	7
José Silva	2	0	0	0	13.50	0

Award winners

Juan Guzmán, Pitcher of the Month Award, April
Juan Guzmán, American League ERA Leader, 2.93
Pat Hentgen, Pitcher of the Month Award, July
Pat Hentgen, Pitcher of the Month Award, August
Pat Hentgen, Cy Young Award

All-Star Game

Joe Carter, OF[15]
- Joe Carter received boos at the All-Star Game, as it took place at Veterans Stadium, the home of the Philadelphia Phillies,[16][17][18] for his home run that ended the 1993 World Series.[17]

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Richie Hebner
AA	Knoxville Smokies	Southern League	Omar Malavé
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Dennis Holmberg
A	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	J. J. Cannon
A-Short Season	St. Catharines Stompers	New York–Penn League	Rocket Wheeler
Rookie	Medicine Hat Blue Jays	Pioneer League	Marty Pevey

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References

Howard Battle at Baseball Reference
Otis Nixon at Baseball Reference
Charlie O'Brien at Baseball Reference
Mike Huff at Baseball Reference
Juan Samuel at Baseball Reference
Dane Johnson at Baseball Reference
Frank Viola at Baseball Reference
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=TOR
Jacob Brumfield at Baseball Reference
Billy Koch at Baseball Reference
Joe Lawrence at Baseball Reference
Orlando Hudson at Baseball Reference
Luis Lopez at Baseball Reference
https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1996.shtml
Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
Carchidi, Sam (July 9, 1996). "Carter Likes Even the Boos at the Vet". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D6.
Bodley, Hal (July 10, 1996). "To Phillie fans, Carter still Public Enemy No. 1". USA Today. p. 3C. Joe Carter...walked out onto the sizzling Veterans Stadium turf...held his head high...and heard the boos even before he was introduced. Hard-core Philly baseball fans...(will) never forgive Carter for the dramatic ninth-inning home run that won the 1993 World Series.
Griffin, Richard (July 9, 1996). "This time, Phillies pitcher shuts down Carter". Toronto Star. p. C3. As Carter took his first swing and the on-field introduction was made, the boos rained down.
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

1996 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Reference
1996 Toronto Blue Jays at Baseball Almanac

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[1] Howard Battle at Baseball Reference

[2] Otis Nixon at Baseball Reference

[3] Charlie O'Brien at Baseball Reference

[4] Mike Huff at Baseball Reference

[5] Juan Samuel at Baseball Reference

[6] Dane Johnson at Baseball Reference

[viola-7] Frank Viola at Baseball Reference

[8] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1996&t=TOR

[9] Jacob Brumfield at Baseball Reference

[10] Billy Koch at Baseball Reference

[11] Joe Lawrence at Baseball Reference

[12] Orlando Hudson at Baseball Reference

[13] Luis Lopez at Baseball Reference

[14] ttps://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/TOR/1996.shtml

[15] Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History

[16] Carchidi, Sam (July 9, 1996). "Carter Likes Even the Boos at the Vet". Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D6.

[Boos-17] Bodley, Hal (July 10, 1996). "To Phillie fans, Carter still Public Enemy No. 1". USA Today. p. 3C. Joe Carter...walked out onto the sizzling Veterans Stadium turf...held his head high...and heard the boos even before he was introduced. Hard-core Philly baseball fans...(will) never forgive Carter for the dramatic ninth-inning home run that won the 1993 World Series.

[18] Griffin, Richard (July 9, 1996). "This time, Phillies pitcher shuts down Carter". Toronto Star. p. C3. As Carter took his first swing and the on-field introduction was made, the boos rained down.

[19] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007