2012 Toronto Blue Jays season

2012 Toronto Blue Jays
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Rogers Centre
City	Toronto, Ontario
Record	73–89 (.451)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Rogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General managers	Alex Anthopoulos
Managers	John Farrell
Television	Sportsnet Sportsnet One (Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Alan Ashby)
Radio	Blue Jays Radio Network Sportsnet 590 the FAN (Jerry Howarth, Alan Ashby, Mike Wilner)
Seasons

The 2012 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 36th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 23rd full season of play (24th overall) at the Rogers Centre. Their opening game was played on April 5 against the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. The Blue Jays finished 73–89, in fourth place in the American League East.

New identity

On November 18, 2011, the Blue Jays unveiled a new logo and uniforms for the 2012 season. The logo and all-white home uniform bear a strong resemblance to the original logo and home uniforms, used from 1977 to 1996. The grey road uniform resembles those used from 1989 to 1996, and the alternate royal blue jersey—to be used for home and road games—resembles those used from 1994 to 1996, as well as the batting practice jerseys used from 1982 to 1996.

Spring training

The Blue Jays had a 24–7 win–loss record in spring training, their .774 winning percentage being the best of all MLB teams during pre-season. One of their games finished tied and was therefore not included in the standings.

Regular season

Standings

American League East

AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	95	67	.586	—	51‍–‍30	44‍–‍37
Baltimore Orioles	93	69	.574	2	47‍–‍34	46‍–‍35
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	5	46‍–‍35	44‍–‍37
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	22	41‍–‍40	32‍–‍49
Boston Red Sox	69	93	.426	26	34‍–‍47	35‍–‍46

American League Wild Card

Division Winners

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	95	67	.586
Oakland Athletics	94	68	.580
Detroit Tigers	88	74	.543

Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Texas Rangers	93	69	.574	—
Baltimore Orioles	93	69	.574	—
Tampa Bay Rays	90	72	.556	3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	89	73	.549	4
Chicago White Sox	85	77	.525	8
Seattle Mariners	75	87	.463	18
Toronto Blue Jays	73	89	.451	20
Kansas City Royals	72	90	.444	21
Boston Red Sox	69	93	.426	24
Cleveland Indians	68	94	.420	25
Minnesota Twins	66	96	.407	27

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left Opponent Home Road Total Home Road Total AL East Baltimore Orioles 5–4 2–7 7–11 – – – Boston Red Sox 4–5 7–2 11–7 – – – New York Yankees 5–4 2–7 7–11 – – – Tampa Bay Rays 3–6 1–8 4–14 – – – Totals 17–19 12–24 29–43 – – – AL Central Chicago White Sox 1–3 3–3 4–6 – – – Cleveland Indians 2–1 2–1 4–2 – – – Detroit Tigers 2–1 0–3 2–4 – – – Kansas City Royals 2–2 4–0 6–2 – – – Minnesota Twins 3–0 2–2 5–2 – – – Totals 10–7 11–9 21–16 – – – AL West Los Angeles Angels 2–2 2–2 4–4 – – – Oakland Athletics 1–2 3–3 4–5 – – – Seattle Mariners 3–3 0–3 3–6 – – – Texas Rangers 3–3 0–3 3–6 – – – Totals 9–10 5–11 14–21 – – – National League Atlanta Braves – 1–2 1–2 – – – Miami Marlins – 2–1 2–1 – – – Milwaukee Brewers – 1–2 1–2 – – – New York Mets 2–1 – 2–1 – – – Philadelphia Phillies 3–0 – 3–0 – – – Washington Nationals 0–3 – 0–3 – – – Totals 5–4 4–5 9–9 – – – Grand Totals 41–40 32–49 73–89 – – –

Month Games Won Lost Pct. April 23 12 11 .522 May 28 15 13 .536 June 27 13 14 .481 July 25 11 14 .440 August 28 9 19 .321 September 28 10 18 .357 October 3 3 0 1.000 Totals 162 73 89 .451

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	13–5	6–2	4–4	3–3	5–4	2–7	5–2	9–9	4–5	8–1	10–8	2–5	11–7	11–7
Boston	5–13	–	6–2	5–3	5–5	4–3	0–6	4–3	5–13	1–8	5–4	9–9	2–6	7–11	11–7
Chicago	2–6	2–6	–	11–7	6–12	6–12	3–5	14–4	5–2	3–3	8–1	4–3	6–3	6–4	9–9
Cleveland	4–4	3–5	7–11	–	10–8	8–10	5–4	6–12	1–5	2–8	4–4	4–4	4–5	2–4	8–10
Detroit	3–3	5–5	12–6	8–10	–	13–5	5–5	10–8	4–6	4–3	1–5	5–2	3–7	4–2	11–7
Kansas City	4–5	3–4	12–6	10–8	5–13	–	4–5	7–11	3–4	5–4	1–7	4–2	4–5	2–6	8–10
Los Angeles	7–2	6–0	5–3	4–5	5–5	5–4	–	6–3	4–5	9–10	11–8	1–9	10–9	4–4	12–6
Minnesota	2–5	3–4	4–14	12–6	8–10	11–7	3–6	–	3–4	4–5	2–8	1–5	2–8	2–5	9–9
New York	9–9	13–5	2–5	5–1	6–4	4–3	5–4	4–3	–	5–5	6–3	8–10	4–3	11–7	13–5
Oakland	5–4	8–1	3–3	8–2	3–4	4–5	10–9	5–4	5–5	–	12–7	5–4	11–8	5–4	10–8
Seattle	1–8	4–5	1–8	4–4	5–1	7–1	8–11	8–2	3–6	7–12	–	4–6	9–10	6–3	8–10
Tampa Bay	8–10	9–9	3–4	4–4	2–5	2–4	9–1	5–1	10–8	4–5	6–4	–	5–4	14–4	9–9
Texas	5–2	6–2	3–6	5–4	7–3	5–4	9–10	8–2	3–4	8–11	10–9	4–5	–	6–3	14–4
Toronto	7–11	11–7	4–6	4–2	2–4	6–2	4–4	5–2	7–11	4–5	3–6	4–14	3–6	–	9–9

• Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2012

2012 Draft picks

The 2012 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 4–6.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/School	Nationality	Signed
1	17	D. J. Davis	OF	Stone County High School (MS)		2012–06–11
1	22*	Marcus Stroman	RHP	Duke		2012–07–03
C-A	50*	Matt Smoral	LHP	Solon High School (OH)		2012–06–18
C-A	58*	Mitch Nay	3B	Hamilton High School (AZ)		2012–06–11
C-A	60*	Tyler Gonzales	RHP	James Madison High School (TX)		2012–06–11
2	81	Chase De Jong	RHP	Woodrow Wilson High School (CA)		2012–07–01
3	112	Anthony Alford	OF	Petal High School (MS)		2012–06–11
4	145	Tucker Donahue	RHP	Stetson		2012–06–11
5	175	Brad Delatte	LHP	Nicholls State		2012–06–11
6	205	Eric Phillips	3B	Georgia Southern		2012–06–11
7	235	Ian Parmley	OF	Liberty		2012–06–11
8	265	Harrison Frawley	C	Coastal Carolina		2012–06–11
9	295	Jordan Leyland	1B	Azusa Pacific		2012–06–11
10	325	Alex Azor	OF	Navy		2012–06–11

• * The Blue Jays received the 22nd pick as compensation for unsigned 2011 draft pick Tyler Beede
• * The Blue Jays received the 50th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Frank Francisco
• * The Blue Jays received the 58th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Jon Rauch
• * The Blue Jays received the 60th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Jose Molina

Roster

2012 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers 37 Henderson Álvarez 58 Chad Beck 39 Andrew Carpenter 39 David Carpenter 34 Joel Carreño 27 Brett Cecil 20 Jesse Chavez 56 Robert Coello 48 Francisco Cordero 46 Evan Crawford 50 Steve Delabar  4 Kyle Drabek 35 Sam Dyson 54 Jason Frasor 48 J. A. Happ 45 Shawn Hill 36 Drew Hutchison 56 Ryota Igarashi 44 Casey Janssen 64 Chad Jenkins 20 Bobby Korecky 32 Aaron Laffey 49 Brad Lincoln 62 Aaron Loup 31 Brandon Lyon 23 Brandon Morrow 38 Darren Oliver 49 David Pauley 47 Luis Pérez 57 Scott Richmond 24 Ricky Romero 21 Sergio Santos 33 Carlos Villanueva		Catchers  9 J. P. Arencibia  6 Jeff Mathis  8 Yorvit Torrealba Infielders 30 David Cooper 10 Edwin Encarnación  5 Yunel Escobar 68 Yan Gomes  3 Adeiny Hechavarria  2 Kelly Johnson 13 Brett Lawrie 26 Adam Lind 18 Mike McCoy 17 Omar Vizquel		Outfielders 19 José Bautista 11 Rajai Davis  8 Ben Francisco 43 Anthony Gose 28 Colby Rasmus 14 Moisés Sierra 45 Travis Snider 14 Eric Thames		Manager 52 John Farrell Coaches 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher) 55 Brian Butterfield (third base)  7 Torey Lovullo (first base) 41 Dwayne Murphy (hitting) 63 Luis Rivera (coach) 22 Don Wakamatsu (bench) 40 Pete Walker (bullpen) 53 Bruce Walton (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
Colby Rasmus	151	565	75	126	21	5	23	75	4	47	.223	.400
Yunel Escobar	145	558	58	141	22	1	9	51	5	35	.253	.344
Edwin Encarnación	151	542	93	152	24	0	42	110	13	84	.280	.557
Kelly Johnson	142	507	61	114	19	2	16	55	14	62	.225	.365
Brett Lawrie	125	494	73	135	26	3	11	48	13	33	.273	.405
Rajai Davis	142	447	64	115	24	3	8	43	46	29	.257	.378
J. P. Arencibia	102	347	45	81	16	0	18	56	1	18	.233	.435
José Bautista	92	332	64	80	14	0	27	65	5	59	.241	.527
Adam Lind	93	321	28	82	14	2	11	45	0	29	.255	.414
Jeff Mathis	70	211	25	46	13	0	8	27	1	9	.218	.393
Anthony Gose	56	166	25	37	7	3	1	11	15	17	.223	.319
Omar Vizquel	60	153	13	36	5	1	0	7	3	7	.235	.281
Eric Thames	46	148	17	36	7	1	3	11	0	9	.243	.365
Moisés Sierra	49	147	14	33	4	0	6	15	1	8	.224	.374
David Cooper	45	140	16	42	11	0	4	11	0	4	.300	.464
Adeiny Hechavarria	41	126	10	32	8	0	2	15	0	4	.254	.365
Yan Gomes	43	98	9	20	4	0	4	13	0	6	.204	.367
Mike McCoy	32	52	10	9	1	0	1	7	2	4	.173	.250
Ben Francisco	27	50	5	12	5	1	0	2	0	4	.240	.380
Travis Snider	10	36	6	9	2	0	3	8	0	3	.250	.556
Yorvit Torrealba	10	28	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	2	.214	.321
Pitcher Totals	162	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.105
Team Totals	162	5487	716	1346	247	22	198	677	123	473	.245	.407

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
Henderson Álvarez	9	14	4.85	31	31	0	187.1	216	110	101	54	79
Ricky Romero	9	14	5.77	32	32	0	181.0	198	122	116	105	124
Carlos Villanueva	7	7	4.16	38	16	0	125.1	113	59	58	46	122
Brandon Morrow	10	7	2.96	21	21	0	124.2	98	45	41	41	108
Aaron Laffey	4	6	4.56	22	16	0	100.2	100	56	51	37	48
Kyle Drabek	4	7	4.67	13	13	0	71.1	67	41	37	47	47
Casey Janssen	1	1	2.54	62	0	22	63.2	44	18	18	11	67
Brett Cecil	2	4	5.72	21	9	0	61.1	70	40	39	23	51
Drew Hutchison	5	3	4.60	11	11	0	58.2	59	31	30	20	49
Darren Oliver	3	4	2.06	62	0	2	56.2	43	13	13	15	52
Jason Frasor	1	1	4.12	50	0	0	43.2	42	20	20	22	53
Luis Pérez	2	2	3.43	35	0	0	42.0	38	16	16	16	39
J.A. Happ	3	2	4.69	10	6	0	40.1	35	21	21	17	46
Francisco Cordero	3	5	5.77	41	0	2	34.1	48	24	22	14	26
Chad Jenkins	1	3	4.50	13	3	0	32.0	32	16	16	11	16
Aaron Loup	0	2	2.64	33	0	0	30.2	26	10	9	2	21
Steve Delabar	2	2	3.38	27	0	0	29.1	23	12	11	15	46
Brad Lincoln	1	0	5.65	24	0	0	28.2	29	18	18	10	28
Brandon Lyon	4	0	2.88	30	0	1	25.0	19	8	8	9	28
Joel Carreño	0	2	6.14	11	2	0	22.0	22	15	15	14	16
Jesse Chavez	1	1	8.44	9	2	0	21.1	25	22	20	10	27
Chad Beck	0	0	6.32	14	0	0	15.2	21	12	11	5	9
Andrew Carpenter	0	0	5.00	6	0	0	9.0	7	5	5	6	9
Evan Crawford	0	0	6.75	10	0	0	8.0	10	6	6	4	5
Robert Coello	0	1	12.79	6	0	0	6.1	10	9	9	4	11
David Pauley	0	0	9.95	5	0	0	6.1	11	7	7	2	2
Sergio Santos	0	1	9.00	6	0	2	5.0	6	5	5	4	4
Scott Richmond	0	0	6.00	3	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	0	2
Shawn Hill	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	2	0
David Carpenter	0	0	30.38	3	0	0	2.2	8	10	9	2	4
Jeff Mathis	0	0	9.00	2	0	0	2.0	4	2	2	1	0
Ryota Igarashi	0	0	36.00	2	0	0	1.0	5	4	4	2	2
Bobby Korecky	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	0
Sam Dyson	0	0	40.50	2	0	0	0.2	4	3	3	2	1
Team Totals	73	89	4.64	162	162	29	1443.2	1439	784	745	514	1142

Source:[2]

Top prospects

#	Player	Position	Top 100 Rank	MLB Rank	2012 Starting Team (Level)
1	Travis d'Arnaud	Catcher	17	25	AAA
2	Anthony Gose*	Outfielder	39	56	AAA
3	Jake Marisnick	Outfielder	67	57	High A
4	Daniel Norris	Left-handed pitcher	91	-	TBD
5	Justin Nicolino	Left-handed pitcher	-	-	A
6	Aaron Sanchez	Right-handed pitcher	-	-	A
7	Noah Syndergaard	Right-handed pitcher	-	94	A
8	Deck McGuire	Right-handed pitcher	-	-	AA
9	Drew Hutchison*	Right-handed pitcher	-	-	AA
10	Asher Wojciechowski	Right-handed pitcher	-	-	High A

* According to Baseball America Top 100 Prospects

* According to 2012 Prospect Watch

* Top 10 Blue Jays prospects via Baseball America

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays Win	Blue Jays Loss	Game Postponed

2012 Game Log
April 12–11 (Home 6–7, Road 6–4) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 1 April 5 @ Indians 7–4 (16) Pérez (1–0) Asencio (0–1) – 43,190 1–0 +½ 2 April 7 @ Indians 7–4 (12) Janssen (1–0) Sipp (0–1) – 18,842 2–0 – 3 April 8 @ Indians 3–4 Lowe (1–0) Carreño (0–1) Perez (1) 10,518 2–1 1 4 April 9 Red Sox 2–4 Atchison (1–0) Santos (0–1) Aceves (1) 48,473 2–2 1½ 5 April 10 Red Sox 7–3 Drabek (1–0) Bard (0–1) – 26,357 3–2 ½ 6 April 11 Red Sox 3–1 Romero (1–0) Lester (0–1) Santos (1) 25,285 4–2 ½ 7 April 13 Orioles 5–7 O'Day (1–0) Oliver (0–1) Johnson (3) 21,988 4–3 – 8 April 14 Orioles 4–6 Ayala (1–0) Cordero (0–1) Johnson (4) 28,355 4–4 1 9 April 15 Orioles 9–2 Drabek (2–0) Matusz (0–2) – 20,252 5–4 – 10 April 17 Rays 7–3 Romero (2–0) Niemann (0–2) – 15,331 6–4 ½ 11 April 18 Rays 2–12 Price (2–1) Morrow (0–1) – 15,828 6–5 ½ 12 April 19 Rays 4–9 Hellickson (2–0) Álvarez (0–1) – 18,976 6–6 1½ 13 April 20 @ Royals 4–3 Pérez (2–0) Holland (0–2) Santos (2) 23,065 7–6 ½ 14 April 21 @ Royals 9–5 Hutchison (1–0) Teaford (0–1) – 27,804 8–6 ½ 15 April 22 @ Royals 5–3 Romero (3–0) Duffy (1–2) Cordero (1) 26,891 9–6 – 16 April 23 @ Royals 4–1 Morrow (1–1) Chen (0–2) Cordero (2) 13,267 10–6 – 17 April 24 @ Orioles 1–2 Hunter (2–1) Álvarez (0–2) Strop (1) 11,058 10–7 – 18 April 25 @ Orioles 0–3 Hammel (3–0) Drabek (2–1) Strop (2) 10,415 10–8 1 19 April 26 @ Orioles 2–5 O'Day (2–0) Janssen (1–1) Ayala (1) 13,725 10–9 2 20 April 27 Mariners 5–9 (10) Furbush (2–1) Pérez (2–1) 24,303 10–10 3 21 April 28 Mariners 7–0 Morrow (2–1) Millwood (0–2) 30,765 11–10 2 22 April 29 Mariners 7–2 Álvarez (1–2) Vargas (3–2) 22,320 12–10 2 23 April 30 Rangers 1–4 Darvish (4–0) Drabek (2–2) Nathan (6) 21,945 12–11 3
May 15–13 (Home 9–3, Road 6–10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 24 May 1 Rangers 8–7 Cordero (1–1) Adams (0–1) 18,774 13–11 3 25 May 2 Rangers 11–5 Romero (4–0) Harrison (3–2) 25,123 14–11 3 26 May 3 @ Angels 5–0 Morrow (3–1) Haren (1–2) 28,359 15–11 3 27 May 4 @ Angels 4–0 Álvarez (2–2) Santana (0–6) 33,160 16–11 3 28 May 5 @ Angels 2–6 Wilson (4–2) Drabek (2–3) 39,018 16–12 3 29 May 6 @ Angels 3–4 Williams (3–1) Hutchison (1–1) Hawkins (1) 37,548 16–13 3½ 30 May 8 @ Athletics 3–7 Balfour (1–1) Cordero (1–2) 10,784 16–14 3 31 May 9 @ Athletics 5–2 Morrow (4–1) Ross (1–3) Janssen (1) 14,815 17–14 3 32 May 10 @ Twins 6–2 Álvarez (3–2) Marquis (2-2) 31,438 18–14 2 33 May 11 @ Twins 6–7 Blackburn (1–4) Drabek (2–4) Capps (6) 33,387 18–15 3 34 May 12 @ Twins 2–1 Hutchison (2–1) Walters (0–1) Janssen (2) 38,820 19–15 3 35 May 13 @ Twins 3–4 Diamond (2–0) Romero (4–1) Capps (7) 36,889 19–16 3 36 May 14 Rays 1–7 Ramos (1–0) Morrow (4–2) 15,289 19–17 3 37 May 15 Rays 3–4 Price (6–2) Álvarez (3–3) Rodney (11) 15,612 19–18 4 38 May 16 Yankees 8–1 Drabek (3–4) Kuroda (3–5) 28,915 20–18 4 39 May 17 Yankees 4–1 Hutchison (3–1) Hughes (3–5) Janssen (3) 31,266 21–18 4 40 May 18 Mets 14–5 Romero (5–1) Niese (2–2) 26,712 22–18 4 41 May 19 Mets 2–0 Morrow (5–2) Hefner (0–1) 34,962 23–18 4 42 May 20 Mets 5–6 Gee (3–3) Álvarez (3–4) Francisco (10) 41,867 23–19 4 43 May 21 @ Rays 6–2 Drabek (4–4) Hellickson (4–1) 10,844 24–19 3 44 May 22 @ Rays 5–8 Davis (1–0) Hutchison (3–2) Rodney (14) 12,307 24–20 4 45 May 23 @ Rays 4–5 (11) McGee (1–1) Oliver (0–2) 11,471 24–21 4 46 May 25 @ Rangers 3–14 Holland (4–3) Morrow (5–3) 46,789 24–22 5 47 May 26 @ Rangers 7–8 (13) Tateyama (1–0) Frasor (0–1) 47,430 24–23 5 48 May 27 @ Rangers 6–12 Darvish (7–2) Drabek (4–5) 46,637 24–24 5 49 May 28 Orioles 6–2 Hutchison (4–2) Hunter (2–3) Janssen (4) 16,575 25–24 4 50 May 29 Orioles 8–6 Romero (6–1) Arrieta (2–6) 17,352 26–24 3 51 May 30 Orioles 4–1 Morrow (6–3) Hammel (6–2) Janssen (5) 17,754 27–24 2
June 13–14 (Home 6–6, Road 7–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss. Save Attendance Record GB 52 June 1 Red Sox 2–7 Buchholz (5–2) Álvarez (3–5) 29,678 27–25 3 53 June 2 Red Sox 4–7 Doubront (6–2) Drabek (4–6) Aceves (14) 43,390 27–26 3 54 June 3 Red Sox 5–1 Hutchison (5–2) Bard (5–6) 41,925 28–26 3 55 June 5 @ White Sox 9–5 Romero (7–1) Humber (2–3) 23,107 29–26 2 56 June 6 @ White Sox 4–0 Morrow (7–3) Quintana (1–1) 25,672 30–26 2 57 June 7 @ White Sox 3–4 Reed (1–1) Cordero (1–3) 25,743 30–27 2 58 June 8 @ Braves 3–4 (10) Martínez (3–1) Cordero (1–4) 42,488 30–28 3 59 June 9 @ Braves 2–5 Hanson (7–4) Hutchison (5–3) Kimbrel (18) 32,819 30–29 4 60 June 10 @ Braves 12–4 Villanueva (1–0) Hernández (1–1) 20,222 31–29 4 61 June 11 Nationals 3–6 Jackson (3–3) Morrow (7–4) 18,513 31–30 4½ 62 June 12 Nationals 2–4 Wang (2–2) Álvarez (3–6) Clippard (9) 22,538 31–31 5½ 63 June 13 Nationals 2–6 Strasburg (8–1) Drabek (4–7) 41,667 31–32 6½ 64 June 15 Phillies 3–0 Villanueva (2–0) Worley (3–3) Janssen (6) 28,266 32–32 6½ 65 June 16 Phillies 6–5 (10) Cordero (2–4) Savery (0–2) 42,070 33–32 6½ 66 June 17 Phillies 6–2 Cecil (1–0) Kendrick (2–7) 45,060 34–32 6½ 67 June 18 @ Brewers 6–7 Loe (4–2) Coello (0–1) Axford (12) 32,223 34–33 7½ 68 June 19 @ Brewers 10–9 Oliver (1–2) Axford (1–4) Janssen (7) 36,334 35–33 6½ 69 June 20 @ Brewers 3–8 Gallardo (6–5) Carreño (0–2) 33,077 35–34 6½ 70 June 22 @ Marlins 12–5 Romero (8–1) Sánchez (3–6) 22,387 36–34 5½ 71 June 23 @ Marlins 7–1 Oliver (2–2) Cishek (4–1) 24,448 37–34 5½ 72 June 24 @ Marlins 0–9 Buehrle (6–8) Chavez (0–1) 27,888 37–35 6½ 73 June 25 @ Red Sox 9–6 Álvarez (4–6) Doubront (8–4) Janssen (8) 37,208 38–35 6½ 74 June 26 @ Red Sox 1–5 Miller (2–0) Pérez (2–2) 37,755 38–36 7½ 75 June 27 @ Red Sox 4–10 Lester (5–5) Romero (8–2) 37,744 38–37 8½ 76 June 28 Angels 7–9 Haren (6–7) Cecil (1–1) Frieri (10) 24,668 38–38 8½ 77 June 29 Angels 7–5 Cordero (3–4) Walden (2–2) Janssen (9) 24,538 39–38 7½ 78 June 30 Angels 11–2 Álvarez (5–6) Richards (2–1) 29,287 40–38 7½
July 11–14 (Home 7–6, Road 4–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 79 July 1 Angels 6–10 Isringhausen (3–0) Cordero (3–5) 34,853 40–39 8½ 80 July 2 Royals 3–11 Teaford (1–1) Romero (8–3) 17,127 40–40 8½ 81 July 3 Royals 6–3 Cecil (2–1) Mazzaro (3–3) Janssen (10) 15,516 41–40 7½ 82 July 4 Royals 4–1 Villanueva (3–0) Mendoza (3–5) Janssen (11) 17,831 42–40 7½ 83 July 5 Royals 6–9 Hochevar (6–8) Álvarez (5–7) Broxton (21) 20,598 42–41 8 84 July 6 @ White Sox 2–4 Peavy (7–5) Laffey (0–1) Reed (13) 27,129 42–42 9 85 July 7 @ White Sox 0–2 Floyd (7–8) Romero (8–4) Thornton (2) 25,399 42–43 9½ 86 July 8 @ White Sox 11–9 Frasor (1–1) Axelrod (0–2) Janssen (12) 27,190 43–43 9½ 87 July 13 Indians 0–1 Masterson (6–8) Romero (8–5) Perez (25) 32,308 43–44 10½ 88 July 14 Indians 11–9 Laffey (1–1) Jiménez (8–8) Janssen (13) 32,517 44–44 10½ 89 July 15 Indians 3–0 Villanueva (4–0) Lowe (8–7) Oliver (1) 26,407 45–44 9½ 90 July 16 @ Yankees 3–6 Robertson (1–3) Loup (0–1) Soriano (23) 42,819 45–45 10½ 91 July 17 @ Yankees 1–6 Sabathia (10–3) Cecil (2–2) Soriano (24) 44,975 45–46 11½ 92 July 18 @ Yankees 0–6 (7) Kuroda (9–7) Romero (8–6) 45,986 45–47 12½ 93 July 20 @ Red Sox 6–1 Laffey (2–1) Beckett (5–8) 38,093 46–47 11 94 July 21 @ Red Sox 7–3 Villanueva (5–0) Cook (2–3) 38,170 47–47 10 95 July 22 @ Red Sox 15–7 Álvarez (6–7) Lester (5–8) 37,737 48–47 9 96 July 24 Athletics 2–7 Blackley (3–2) Cecil (2–3) 25,686 48–48 9½ 97 July 25 Athletics 0–16 Griffin (3–0) Romero (8–7) 23,948 48–49 10½ 98 July 26 Athletics 10–4 Lyon (1–2) Milone (9–7) 39,003 49–49 10 99 July 27 Tigers 8–3 Villanueva (6–0) Porcello (7–6) 33,962 50–49 10 100 July 28 Tigers 5–1 Álvarez (7–7) Sánchez (5–8) 41,832 51–49 9 101 July 29 Tigers 1–4 Fister (5–7) Cecil (2–4) Valverde (20) 35,975 51–50 9 102 July 30 @ Mariners 1–4 Iwakuma (2–2) Romero (8–8) Luetge (1) 22,443 51–51 9 103 July 31 @ Mariners 2–7 Vargas (12–7) Laffey (2–2) 21,434 51–52 9
August 9–19 (Home 5–7, Road 4–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 104 August 1 @ Mariners 3–5 Beavan (7–6) Villanueva (6–1) Wilhelmsen (15) 22,537 51–53 10 105 August 2 @ Athletics 1–4 Colón (8–8) Álvarez (7–8) Cook (11) 10,823 51–54 10½ 106 August 3 @ Athletics 4–5 (15) Blackley (4–3) Loup (0–2) 30,169 51–55 11½ 107 August 4 @ Athletics 3–1 (11) Chavez (1–1) Blevins (4–1) Oliver (2) 17,121 52–55 10½ 108 August 5 @ Athletics 6–5 Laffey (3–2) Milone (9–9) Janssen (14) 18,308 53–55 10½ 109 August 7 @ Rays 1–4 Shields (10–7) Happ (7–10) Rodney (33) 13,823 53–56 10 110 August 8 @ Rays 2–3 Cobb (6–8) Villanueva (6–2) Rodney (34) 13,441 53–57 11 111 August 9 @ Rays 1–7 Moore (9–7) Álvarez (7–9) 23,462 53–58 12 112 August 10 Yankees 4–10 García (6–5) Romero (8–9) 41,610 53–59 13 113 August 11 Yankees 2–5 Nova (11–6) Laffey (3–3) Soriano (28) 45,582 53–60 14 114 August 12 Yankees 10–7 Happ (8–10) Hughes (11–10) Janssen (15) 43,924 54–60 13 115 August 13 White Sox 3–2 (11) Delabar (3–1) Séptimo (0–2) 16,828 55–60 13 116 August 14 White Sox 2–3 Quintana (5–2) Álvarez (7–10) Reed (21) 18,919 55–61 14 117 August 15 White Sox 5–9 Floyd (9–9) Romero (8–10) 20,119 55–62 15 118 August 16 White Sox 2–7 Liriano (4–10) Laffey (3–4) 19,855 55–63 15 119 August 17 Rangers 3–2 Happ (9–10) Darvish (12–9) Janssen (16) 26,816 56–63 15 120 August 18 Rangers 1–2 Kirkman (1–2) Villanueva (6–3) Nathan (24) 30,033 56–64 15 121 August 19 Rangers 2–11 Harrison (14–7) Álvarez (7–11) 35,701 56–65 16 122 August 21 @ Tigers 3–5 Scherzer (13–6) Romero (8–11) Valverde (24) 39,499 56–66 15½ 123 August 22 @ Tigers 2–3 Sánchez (7–10) Laffey (3–5) Valverde (25) 37,225 56–67 15½ 124 August 23 @ Tigers 2–3 (11) Benoit (3–3) Jenkins (0–1) 39,910 56–68 16 125 August 24 @ Orioles 4–6 Britton (3–1) Villanueva (6–4) Johnson (39) 25,754 56–69 17 126 August 25 @ Orioles 2–8 Johnson (2–0) Morrow (7–5) 25,082 56–70 17 – August 26 @ Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 24 17½ 127 August 27 @ Yankees 8–7 (11) Oliver (3–2) Lowe (8–11) 42,962 57–70 16½ 128 August 28 @ Yankees 1–2 Hughes (13–11) Romero (8–12) Soriano (34) 42,472 57–71 17½ 129 August 29 @ Yankees 8–5 Happ (10–10) Sabathia (13–4) Janssen (17) 46,010 58–71 16½ 130 August 30 Rays 2–0 Villanueva (7–4) Moore (10–8) Janssen (18) 22,711 59–71 16 131 August 31 Rays 2–1 Morrow (8–5) Hellickson (8–10) Janssen (19) 20,158 60–71 15
September 10–18 (Home 5–10, Road 5–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 132 September 1 Rays 4–5 Davis (2–0) Álvarez (7–12) Rodney (40) 20,478 60–72 16 133 September 2 Rays 4–9 Price (17–5) Romero (8–13) 18,568 60–73 16 134 September 3 Orioles 0–4 Saunders (7–11) Happ (10–11) 17,220 60–74 16 135 September 4 Orioles 0–12 Britton (5–1) Villanueva (7–5) 13,556 60–75 16 136 September 5 Orioles 6–4 Delabar (4–1) González (6–4) 14,458 61–75 16 137 September 7 @ Red Sox 7–5 Álvarez (8–12) Doubront (10–8) 37,156 62–75 15½ 138 September 8 @ Red Sox 9–2 Lincoln (5–2) Matsuzaka (1–5) 37,107 63–75 14½ 139 September 9 @ Red Sox 4–3 Lyon (2–2) Buchholz (11–6) Janssen (20) 37,226 64–75 14½ 140 September 11 Mariners 3–4 Ramírez (1–2) Morrow (8–6) Wilhelmsen (25) 12,935 64–76 14½ 141 September 12 Mariners 2–3 Millwood (6–12) Romero (8–14) Wilhelmsen (26) 13,519 64–77 15½ 142 September 13 Mariners 8–3 Álvarez (9–12) Hernández (13–8) 13,756 65–77 15½ 143 September 14 Red Sox 5–8 Carpenter (1–0) Oliver (3–3) Bailey (3) 21,888 65–78 15½ 144 September 15 Red Sox 2–3 Breslow (3–0) Delabar (4–2) Bailey (4) 27,325 65–79 16½ 145 September 16 Red Sox 5–0 Lyon (3–2) Lester (9–12) 21,698 66–79 16½ – September 18 @ Yankees Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 19 146 September 19 @ Yankees 2–4 Pettitte (4–3) Álvarez (9–13) Soriano (41) 39,859 66–80 17½ 147 September 19 @ Yankees 1–2 Eppley (1–2) Delabar (4–3) Soriano (42) 39,997 66–81 18½ 148 September 20 @ Yankees 7–10 Hughes (16–12) Laffey (3–6) Robertson (2) 40,511 66–82 19½ 149 September 21 @ Rays 1–12 Shields (15–9) Villanueva (7–6) 14,187 66–83 20½ 150 September 22 @ Rays 5–11 Badenhop (3–2) Morrow (8–7) 15,699 66–84 21½ 151 September 23 @ Rays 0–3 Hellickson (9–10) Jenkins (0–2) Rodney (44) 18,985 66–85 21½ 153 September 24 @ Orioles 1–4 Johnson (4–0) Álvarez (9–14) Johnson (48) 66–86 22½ 154 September 24 @ Orioles 9–5 Romero (9–14) Chen (12–10) 31,015 67–86 22 154 September 25 @ Orioles 4–0 Laffey (4–6) Saunders (8–13) 30,205 68–86 21 155 September 26 @ Orioles 2–12 González (8–4) Villanueva (7–7) 26,513 68–87 22 156 September 27 Yankees 6–0 Morrow (9–7) Nova (12–8) 23,060 69–87 21 157 September 28 Yankees 4–11 Kuroda (15–11) Jenkins (0–3) 25,785 69–88 22 158 September 29 Yankees 3–2 Hill (1–0) Pettitte (5–4) Janssen (21) 36,139 70–88 21 159 September 30 Yankees 6–9 Logan (7–2) Oliver (3–4) 31,418 70–89 22
October 3–0 (Home 3–0, Road 0–0) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record GB 160 October 1 Twins 6–5 (10) Lyon (4–2) Duensing (4–12) 12,359 71–89 22 161 October 2 Twins 4–3 Jenkins (1–3) Swarzak (3–6) Janssen (22) 13,930 72–89 22 162 October 3 Twins 2–1 Morrow (10–7) Diamond (12–9) Lyon (1) 19,769 73–89 22

Honours and awards

All-Star Game

• José Bautista, 3rd selection

Home Run Derby

• José Bautista, 2nd selection – 2nd-place finish

Player of the Week

• J. P. Arencibia – May 14–20

Player of the Month

• José Bautista – June

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	Marty Brown
AA	New Hampshire Fisher Cats	Eastern League	Sal Fasano
A	Dunedin Blue Jays	Florida State League	Mike Redmond
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	Omar Malavé and John Schneider

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver

External links

• 2012 Toronto Blue Jays season at Baseball Reference