The 2001 Toronto Blue Jays was the franchise's 25th season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing third in the American League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses.
Transactions Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 2001 season. October 2000 Marty Cordova granted free agency (signed with Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $500,000 contract on December 20, 2000). Mark Lukasiewicz selected off of waivers by the Anaheim Angels. Kevin Witt granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on December 22, 2000). Re-signed Carlos Delgado to a four-year, $68 million contract. Charlie Greene granted free agency (signed with San Diego Padres to a one-year contract on November 30, 2000). Robert Pérez granted free agency (signed with New York Yankees to a contract on November 16, 2000). Alex Gonzalez granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a four-year, $20 million contract on December 10, 2000). Frank Castillo granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a two-year, $4.5 million contract on December 7, 2000). Mark Guthrie granted free agency (signed with Oakland Athletics to a two-year, $3.6 million contract on January 5, 2001). Dave Martinez granted free agency (signed with Atlanta Braves to a two-year, $3 million contract on December 10, 2000). Mickey Morandini granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a contract on December 6, 2000). Steve Trachsel granted free agency (signed with New York Mets to a two-year, $7.3 million contract on December 14, 2000).
November 2000 Craig Grebeck granted free agency (signed with Boston Red Sox to a one-year, $700,000 contract on January 19, 2001). Re-signed Darrin Fletcher to a three-year, $10.9 million contract. Signed free agent Aaron Holbert from the Florida Marlins to a one-year contract. Acquired Scott Eyre from the Chicago White Sox for Gary Glover. Signed amateur free agent Robinzon Díaz to a contract. Acquired Steve Parris from the Cincinnati Reds for Clayton Andrews and Leo Estrella.
December 2000 Signed free agent Chris Latham from the Colorado Rockies to a contract. Re-signed free agent Mickey Morandini to a contract. Signed free agent Jason Dickson from the Anaheim Angels to a one-year contract. Signed free agent Dan Plesac from the Arizona Diamondbacks to a two-year, $4.4 million contract. Re-signed free agent Alex Gonzalez to a four-year, $20 million contract. Jay Gibbons drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2000 MLB Rule 5 draft. Signed free agent Jeff Frye from the Colorado Rockies to a one-year, $1 million contract. Acquired Jayson Werth from the Baltimore Orioles for John Bale. Signed free agent Chris Michalak from the Los Angeles Dodgers to a one-year, $200,000 contract. Signed free agent Jaime Navarro from the Cleveland Indians to a contract. Signed free agent Ryan Thompson from the New York Yankees to a contract. Signed free agent Izzy Molina from the Kansas City Royals to a one-year contract. Signed free agent Trent Hubbard from the Baltimore Orioles to a contract.
January 2001 Signed free agent Héctor Carrasco from the Boston Red Sox to a contract. Acquired Mike Sirotka, Brian Simmons, Kevin Beirne and Mike Williams from the Chicago White Sox for David Wells and Matt DeWitt. Sent Chad Mottola to the Florida Marlins as part of a conditional deal. Re-signed Brad Fullmer to a two-year, $6.5 million contract. Re-signed Esteban Loaiza to a two-year, $10.3 million contract. Signed amateur free agent Alfredo Aceves to a contract.
February 2001 Re-signed Kelvim Escobar to a one-year, $1.5 million contract. Re-signed Steve Parris to a two-year, $6.05 million contract.
March 2001 Released Trent Hubbard. Acquired Matt DeWitt from the Chicago White Sox for Mike Williams. Released Héctor Carrasco. Released Todd Greene.
Regular season August 17, 2001: Jeff Frye became the second Blue Jay in history to hit for the cycle. He achieved the feat against the Texas Rangers.
Opening Day starters Tony Batista José Cruz Jr. Carlos Delgado Darrin Fletcher Homer Bush Brad Fullmer Alex Gonzalez Esteban Loaiza Raúl Mondesí Shannon Stewart
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Transactions Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2001 regular season. April 2001 Signed free agent Willie Banks of the New York Mets to a one-year contract. Released Ryan Thompson. Signed free agent Patrick Lennon of the Montreal Expos to a contract.
June 2001 Released Patrick Lennon. Signed free agent Tony Fernández from the Milwaukee Brewers to a one-year contract. Tony Batista selected off of waivers by the Baltimore Orioles. Signed free agent Deion Sanders from the Cincinnati Reds as a free agent. Released Lance Painter.
July 2001 Purchased Brian Hunter from the Atlantic City Surf of the Atlantic League. Released Deion Sanders. Released John Frascatore.
August 2001 Released Joey Hamilton. Re-signed Paul Quantrill to a three-year, $9.6 million contract. Released Brian Hunter. Released Willie Banks. Chris Michalak selected off of waivers by the Texas Rangers. Signed amateur free agent Eugenio Vélez to a contract.
2001 draft picks Source
The 2002 MLB draft was held in June 2001. Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality 1 15 Gabe Gross OF Auburn University 2 59 Brandon League RHP St. Louis High School (Honolulu, HI) 3 91 Tyrell Godwin OF East Bladen High School 4 121 Chris Sheffield RHP University of Miami 5 151 Mike Rouse SS California State University, Fullerton 6 181 Lee Delfino SS East Carolina University 7 211 Jason Colson RHP Winthrop University 8 241 Sean Grimes LHP Saunders Secondary School 9 271 Luke Hetherington OF Kentwood High School 10 301 Ryan Costello LHP Montclair State University
Roster 2001 Toronto Blue Jays Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other battersManager
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Game log
|- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 1 || April 1 || Rangers † || 8–1 || Loaiza (1–0) || Helling (0–1) || || 19,891 || 1–0 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 3 || @ Devil Rays || 8–1 || Lopez (1–0) || Parris (0–1) || || 41,546 || 1–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 3 || April 4 || @ Devil Rays || 11–8 || Quantrill (1–0) || Hill (0–1) || Koch (1) || 15,172 || 2–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 5 || @ Devil Rays || 11–0 || Carpenter (1–0) || Rekar (0–1) || || 14,023 || 3–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 6 || @ Yankees || 13–4 || Loaiza (2–0) || Parker (0–1) || || 29,606 || 4–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 6 || April 7 || @ Yankees || 3–2 || Michalak (1–0) || Hernández (0–1) || Koch (2) || 30,487 || 5–1 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 7 || April 8 || @ Yankees || 16–5 || Clemens (2–0) || Parris (0–2) || || 31,970 || 5–2 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 8 || April 9 || Devil Rays || 8–1 || Hamilton (1–0) || Wilson (0–1) || || 48,115 || 6–2 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 9 || April 10 || Devil Rays || 3–2 (10) || Quantrill (2–0) || Sturtze (0–1) || || 18,071 || 7–2 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 11 || Devil Rays || 4–3 || Yan (1–0) || Koch (0–1) || || 24,017 || 7–3 |- align="centre" bgcolor=#bbbbbb | – || April 12 || Royals ||colspan=6|Postponed (SkyDome roof malfunction) Rescheduled for April 30 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 11 || April 13 || Royals || 2–1 || Michalak (2–0) || Suppan (1–2) || Koch (3) || 26,148 || 8–3 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 14 || Royals || 5–4 || File (1–0) || Hernández (0–2) || || 26,024 || 9–3 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 15 || Royals || 4–2 || Stein (1–2) || Carpenter (1–1) || Hernández (2) || 21,379 || 9–4 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 17 || Yankees || 6–5 || Loaiza (3–0) || Keisler (0–1) || Koch (4) || 20,019 || 10–4 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 18 || Yankees || 7–2 || Michalak (3–0) || Hernández (0–2) || || 19,770 || 11–4 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 19 || Yankees || 6–5 (17) || Choate (1–0) || File (1–1) || Mendoza (1) || 24,684 || 11–5 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 20 || @ Royals || 12–4 || Carpenter (2–1) || Suzuki (1–1) || || 28,018 || 12–5 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 21 || @ Royals || 5–4 (13) || Henry (1–0) || Plesac (0–1) || || 18,246 || 12–6 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 22 || @ Royals || 5–1 || Reichert (2–1) || Loaiza (3–1) || Hernández (4) || 17,371 || 12–7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 20 || April 24 || Rangers || 7–5 || Frascatore (1–0) || Mahomes (0–2) || Koch (5) || 15,381 || 13–7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 21 || April 25 || Rangers || 8–5 || Quantrill (3–0) || Rogers (1–2) || Koch (6) || 15,021 || 14–7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 22 || April 27 || Angels || 12–4 || Loaiza (4–1) || Washburn (0–3) || || 16,174 || 15–7 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 23 || April 28 || Angels || 4–1 || Ortiz (3–2) || Michalak (3–1) || Percival (4) || 19,261 || 15–8 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 29 || Angels || 2–0 || Parris (1–2) || Schoeneweis (2–2) || Koch (7) || 23,949 || 16–8 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || April 30 || Royals || 6–3 || Suppan (2–3) || Hamilton (1–1) || Hernández (6) || 13,766 || 16–9
|- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 1 || @ Athletics || 5–4 (10) || Quantrill (4–0) || Isringhausen (0–1) || Koch (8) || 10,935 || 17–9 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 27 || May 2 || @ Athletics || 6–0 || Mulder (3–2) || Loaiza (4–2) || || 14,048 || 17–10 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 3 || @ Athletics || 3–2 (15)|| Bradford (1–1) || Borbón (0–1) || || 10,586 || 17–11 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 4 || @ Mariners || 8–3 || Parris (2–2) || Abbott (0–1) || || 42,284 || 18–11 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 30 || May 5 || @ Mariners || 7–5 || Rhodes (3–0) || Borbón (0–2) || Sasaki (14) || 42,894 || 18–12 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 31 || May 6 || @ Mariners || 11–3 || Carpenter (3–1) || Halama (2–3) || || 45,080 || 19–12 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 8 || Athletics || 8–5 || Mulder (4–2) || Loaiza (4–3) || Mecir (1) || 16,479 || 19–13 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 9 || Athletics || 8–5 || Hudson (3–3) || Michalak (3–2) || Isringhausen (5) || 16,241 || 19–14 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 34 || May 10 || Athletics || 14–8 || Guthrie (1–0) || Painter (0–1) || || 16,130 || 19–15 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 35 || May 11 || Mariners || 7–2 || Abbott (1–1) || Hamilton (1–2) || || 20,279 || 19–16 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 36 || May 12 || Mariners || 11–7 || Tomko (2–1) || Escobar (0–1) || || 24,908 || 19–17 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 13 || Mariners || 7–5 || Moyer (6–1) || Loaiza (4–4) || Sasaki (17) || 20,624 || 19–18 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 15 || @ Angels || 9–3 || Michalak (4–2) || Valdez (2–3) || || 15,904 || 20–18 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 16 || @ Angels || 3–1 || Schoeneweis (3–2) || Parris (2–3) || Percival (8) || 15,611 || 20–19 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 17 || @ Angels || 4–2 || Hasegawa (2–3) || Escobar (0–2) || Percival (9) || 15,204 || 20–20 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 41 || May 18 || @ Rangers || 9–3 || Carpenter (4–1) || Myette (0–1) || || 35,368 || 21–20 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 42 || May 19 || @ Rangers || 6–5 || Quantrill (5–0) || Brantley (0–1) || Koch (9) || 48,336 || 22–20 |- align="centre" bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 43 || May 20 || @ Rangers || 3–2 || Mahomes (3–2) || Michalak (4–3) || Zimmerman (4) || 33,272 || 22–21 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 21 || White Sox || 10–3 || Parris (3–3) || Biddle (1–4) || || 20,806 || 23–21 |- align="centre" bgcolor="bbffbb"