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2003 Toronto Blue Jays season

Field	Value
name	Toronto Blue Jays
season	2003
league	American League
division	East
ballpark	SkyDome
city	Toronto
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)

(Pat Tabler, Rod Black) Rogers Sportsnet (Rob Faulds, Tom Candiotti, John Cerutti) (Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek) |}} 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.

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2003 season.

October 2002

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 24	Signed free agent Josh Towers from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.

December 2002

December 28	Signed free agent Frank Catalanotto from the Texas Rangers to a one-year, $2.2 million contract.

January 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 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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2003 regular season.

April 2003

April 30	Doug Davis selected off of waivers from the Texas Rangers.

June 2003

June 20	Released Mike Moriarty.

July 2003

July 30	Signed amateur free agent Luis Pérez to a contract.

August 2003

August 10	Released Scott Service.

September 2003

September 5	Released Jeff Tam.

2003 draft picks

Source

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	United States	2003–06–17
2	50	Josh Banks	RHP	Florida International	United States	2003–06–04
3	80	Shaun Marcum	RHP	Missouri State	United States	2003–06–23
4	110	Kurt Isenberg	LHP	James Madison	United States	–
5	140	Justin James	RHP	Missouri	United States	–
6	170	Christian Snavely	OF	Ohio State	United States	–
7	200	Danny Core	RHP	Florida Atlantic	United States	–
8	230	Chad Mulholland	RHP	Missouri State	United States	–
9	260	Jamie Vermilyea	RHP	New Mexico	United States	2003–06–05
11	320	Tom Mastny	RHP	Furman University	Indonesia
18	530	Ryan Roberts	3B	Texas	United States	2003–06–05

Roster

2003 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

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

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
	36	266	22	7	3.25	204
	31		12	15	5.75	112
	30		9	9	5.51	76
Pete Walker	23		2	2	4.88	29
	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		13	9	4.29	159
Tanyon Sturtze	40		7	6	5.94	54
Josh Towers	14		8	1	4.48	42
Corey Thurman	6		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		1	3	14	3.42	64
Trever Miller	79		2	2	3	4.61	44
Cliff Politte	54		1	5	12	5.66	40
Jeff Tam	44		0	4	1	5.64	26
Jason Kershner	40	54	3	3	0	3.17	32
Doug Creek	21		0	0	0	3.29	11
Dan Reichert	15		0	0	0	6.06	13
Scott Service	15	16	0	0	0	4.50	17
Juan Acevedo	14		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		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

Farm system

References

"2003 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions".
"2003 Toronto Blue Jays Roster by Baseball Almanac".
"2003 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions".
"Feature: 2003 Free Agent Draft Pick Compensation". Baseball-Reference.com.
"2003 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics".
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012192230/http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/all_stars.jsp Blue Jays All-Stars. bluejays.com: History]
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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