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Record: 76-86   .469.... 5th in American League East
Stadium: SkyDome
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,589,297
Payroll: $45,894,833
Top Draft Pick: Vernon Wells (#5)   MLB
Manager - 0 -, Cito Gaston

Affiliates - AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs AA Knoxville Smokies A+ Dunedin Blue Jays A Hagerstown Suns A- St. Catharines Stompers Rk Medicine Hat Blue Jays

Team Leaders

HR: Delgado [30]
RBI: Carter [102]
2B: Delgado [42]
SB: Nixon [47]
W: Clemens [21]
SV: Escobar [14]
SO: Clemens [292]

Oldest Player: Otis Nixon [38]
Youngest Player: Kelvim Escobar [21]
Longest Tenure: Joe Carter, Juan Guzman, Pat Hentgen, Ed Sprague, Mike Timlin [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Rich Butler (Sep 6) Jose Cruz (May 31) Tom Evans (Sep 2)
Pitchers: Carlos Almanzar (Sep 4) Chris Carpenter (May 12) Kelvim Escobar (Jun 29)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Brent Abernathy	2B	20	Hagerstown	A
Lawrence Adams	OF	20	Medicine Hat	Rk
Sharnol Adriana	2B	26	Knoxville	AA
Randy Albaral	OF	20	St. Catharines	A-
Mike Aldrete	1B-LF	36	Syracuse	AAA
Carlos Almanzar	P	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Luis Andujar	P	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Rich Aude	1B	26	Syracuse	AAA
Lorenzo Bagley	OF	21	St. Catharines	A-
Brian Barnett		21	St. Catharines	A-
Iran Barrera	P	23	Medicine Hat	Rk
Andrew Barrett	OF	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
	OF		Medicine Hat	Rk
Stan Baston	OF-3B	20	Hagerstown	A
	OF-3B		St. Catharines	A-
Brian Bejarano	1B	22	Medicine Hat	Rk
Joe Bernhardt	IF	17	Medicine Hat	Rk
Casey Blake	3B	24	Dunedin	A+
Ron Bost	P	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Colin Brackeen	P	22	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jorge Brito	C	31	Syracuse	AAA
Tilson Brito	2B-3B	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Billy Brown	OF	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jacob Brumfield	CF-LF	32	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	CF-LF		Dunedin	A+
Rich Butler	LF-RF	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	LF-RF		Syracuse	AAA
Ben Candelaria	OF	22	Knoxville	AA
Chris Carpenter	P	22	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Joe Carter	LF-RF	37	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Paul Chiaffredo	C	21	St. Catharines	A-
Roger Clemens	P	35	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Tim Crabtree	P	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Rickey Cradle	CF-RF	24	Syracuse	AAA
	CF-RF		Knoxville	AA
Felipe Crespo	LF-RF	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	LF-RF		Syracuse	AAA
Bobby Cripps	C	20	St. Catharines	A-
Jose Cruz	RF	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
John Curl	1B	24	Knoxville	AA
	1B		Dunedin	A+
Omar Daal	P	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	P		Syracuse	AAA
Lorenzo De La Cruz	OF	26	Syracuse	AAA
	OF		Knoxville	AA
Carlos Delgado	1B	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Cesar Diaz	C	23	Knoxville	AA
	C		Dunedin	A+
Mariano Duncan	2B-SS	34	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Kelvim Escobar	P	21	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Tom Evans	3B	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	3B		Syracuse	AAA
	3B		Dunedin	A+
Huck Flener	P	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Blaine Fortin	C	20	Medicine Hat	Rk
Ryan Freel	CF-3B	21	Knoxville	AA
	CF-3B		Dunedin	A+
Anton French	OF	22	Knoxville	AA
	OF		Dunedin	A+
Carlos Garcia	2B	29	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Ray Giannelli	3B	31	Syracuse	AAA
Tim Giles	1B	22	Hagerstown	A
Alex Gonzalez	SS	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Sam Goure	P	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Matt Gourlay	P	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Shawn Green	RF	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Juan Guzman	P	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Robert Hampton	OF	21	Hagerstown	A
Erik Hanson	P	32	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Chris Hayes	OF	23	Dunedin	A+
Santiago Henry	P	25	Syracuse	AAA
	P		Knoxville	AA
Pat Hentgen	P	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Travis Hubbel	P	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Alejandro Hueda	P	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Cesar Izturis	SS	17	St. Catharines	A-
Marty Janzen	P	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Damon Johnson	OF	22	Hagerstown	A
Ryan Jones	1B	22	Syracuse	AAA
	1B		Knoxville	AA
Davan Keathley	P	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
John Kehoe	2B	24	Hagerstown	A
Jason Koehler	C	23	Dunedin	A+
	C		Hagerstown	A
	C		St. Catharines	A-
Roger Lancaster	P	22	Medicine Hat	Rk
James Landingham	OF	20	Medicine Hat	Rk
Selwyn Langaigne	OF	21	Dunedin	A+
	OF		St. Catharines	A-
Joe Lawrence	2B	20	Hagerstown	A
Luis Lopez	3B-1B	23	Hagerstown	A
Pat Lynch	P	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jeff Maloney	SS	20	Hagerstown	A
Jeff Manto	3B-1B	33	Syracuse	AAA
Sandy Martinez	C	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	C		Syracuse	AAA
Matt Mcclellan	P	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Robert Medina	C	21	St. Catharines	A-
Adam Melhuse	C	25	Syracuse	AAA
	C		Knoxville	AA
Orlando Merced	RF-1B	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
David Morgan	C	25	Knoxville	AA
	C		Dunedin	A+
Luis Morillo	OF	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Greg Morrison	OF	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Julio Mosquera	C	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	C		Syracuse	AAA
	C		Knoxville	AA
Rob Mummau	SS	26	Syracuse	AAA
Chad Needle	P	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Juan Nieves			St. Catharines	A-
Otis Nixon	CF-OF	38	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Charlie O'Brien	C	36	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Carlos Ortiz	1B	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jeff Patzke	2B	23	Syracuse	AAA
Thomas Peck	OF	23	Dunedin	A+
Mike Peeples	OF	21	Dunedin	A+
Angelo Perez	OF	20	Medicine Hat	Rk
Robert Perez	LF-RF	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Tomas Perez	2B-SS	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	2B-SS		Syracuse	AAA
Robert Person	P	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Josh Phelps	1B-C	19	Hagerstown	A
Dan Plesac	P	35	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Paul Quantrill	P	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Angel Ramirez	P	18	Syracuse	AAA
	P		Knoxville	AA
Bill Risley	P	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Jonathan Rivers	OF	23	Dunedin	A+
Lonell Roberts	OF	26	Syracuse	AAA
	OF		Knoxville	AA
Kenny Robinson	P	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Felipe Rodriguez	2B	20	Medicine Hat	Rk
Franklin Rodriguez	P	20	Medicine Hat	Rk
Luis Rodriguez	C	23	Syracuse	AAA
	C		Knoxville	AA
	C		Hagerstown	A
Mike Rodriguez	C	22	Hagerstown	A
	C		St. Catharines	A-
Anthony Salley	P	22	Medicine Hat	Rk
Juan Samuel	2B	36	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Anthony Sanders	LF-RF	23	Knoxville	AA
	LF-RF		Dunedin	A+
Benito Santiago	C	32	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Jeremy Satterfield	P	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Dustin Seale	P	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Pablo Sencion	3B	21	St. Catharines	A-
Andy Shatley	3B	21	Hagerstown	A
Ruben Sierra	RF	31	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	RF		Syracuse	AAA
Will Skett	OF	23	Knoxville	AA
	OF		Dunedin	A+
John Sneed	P	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Fausto Solano	SS	23	Knoxville	AA
Fred Soriano	2B	23	Syracuse	AAA
	2B		Knoxville	AA
	2B		Dunedin	A+
	2B		Hagerstown	A
Paul Spoljaric	P	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Ed Sprague	3B	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Shannon Stewart	LF	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	LF		Syracuse	AAA
Craig Stone	1B	22	Dunedin	A+
Michael Strange	2B	23	Knoxville	AA
	2B		Dunedin	A+
Ryan Stromsborg	2B	22	Hagerstown	A
Andy Thompson	LF	22	Knoxville	AA
Ryan Thompson	CF-RF	29	Syracuse	AAA
Mike Timlin	P	31	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Peter Tucci	OF	21	Hagerstown	A
Jose Umbria	C	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Clarence Watley	OF	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Vernon Wells	CF	18	St. Catharines	A-
Mike Whitlock	1B	20	Dunedin	A+
Darrell Whitmore	OF-RF	28	Syracuse	AAA
Woody Williams	P	31	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Symmion Willis	OF	24	Dunedin	A+
	OF		Hagerstown	A
Kevin Witt	1B-LF	21	Knoxville	AA
Chris Woodward	SS	21	Dunedin	A+
Michael Young	2B-SS	20	St. Catharines	A-
Ryan Zeber	C	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jesse Zepeda	SS	23	Medicine Hat	Rk

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Tim Adkins	23	Dunedin	A+
Carlos Almanzar	23	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	23	Syracuse	AAA
	23	Knoxville	AA
Clayton Andrews	19	Hagerstown	A
Luis Andujar	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	24	Syracuse	AAA
John Bale	23	Hagerstown	A
Iran Barrera	23	Medicine Hat	Rk
Andrew Barrett	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
David Bleazard	23	Hagerstown	A
Kurt Bogott	25	Syracuse	AAA
	25	Knoxville	AA
Ron Bost	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Brian Bowles	21	Dunedin	A+
	21	Hagerstown	A
	21	St. Catharines	A-
Colin Brackeen	22	Dunedin	A+
	22	Medicine Hat	Rk
Josh Bradford	23	Dunedin	A+
Derek Brandow	27	Syracuse	AAA
Chad Brown	25	Syracuse	AAA
	25	Knoxville	AA
Kyle Burchart	21	St. Catharines	A-
Tim Cain	27	Syracuse	AAA
Chris Carpenter	22	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	22	Syracuse	AAA
Joe Casey	18	St. Catharines	A-
Marc Charbonneau	22	Hagerstown	A
	22	St. Catharines	A-
Roger Clemens	35	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Pasqual Coco	20	St. Catharines	A-
Tim Crabtree	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	27	Syracuse	AAA
	27	St. Catharines	A-
John Crowther	21	Dunedin	A+
John Curl	24	Knoxville	AA
Mark Curtis	19	St. Catharines	A-
Jim Czajkowski	33	Syracuse	AAA
	33	Knoxville	AA
Omar Daal	25	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	25	Syracuse	AAA
Joe Davenport	21	Hagerstown	A
Tom Davey	24	Knoxville	AA
	24	Dunedin	A+
Ernie Delgado	22	Hagerstown	A
Roger Doman	24	Syracuse	AAA
	24	Knoxville	AA
Kelvim Escobar	21	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	21	Knoxville	AA
	21	Dunedin	A+
Randy Eversgerd	21	Hagerstown	A
	21	St. Catharines	A-
Huck Flener	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	28	Syracuse	AAA
Ken Folkers	22	Knoxville	AA
	22	Hagerstown	A
	22	St. Catharines	A-
Chris Freeman	25	Knoxville	AA
Marvin Freeman	34	Syracuse	AAA
Ray Giannelli	31	Syracuse	AAA
Gary Glover	20	Hagerstown	A
Miguel Gomez	23	Dunedin	A+
	23	Hagerstown	A
Mike Gordon	24	Knoxville	AA
Sam Goure	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Matt Gourlay	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Beiker Graterol	22	Knoxville	AA
	22	Dunedin	A+
	22	Hagerstown	A
Juan Guzman	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	30	Dunedin	A+
Roy Halladay	20	Syracuse	AAA
	20	Knoxville	AA
Erik Hanson	32	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	32	Dunedin	A+
D.J. Harris		Knoxville	AA
		Dunedin	A+
Ty Hartshorn	23	Dunedin	A+
Woody Heath	21	St. Catharines	A-
Pat Hentgen	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Billy Hibbard	21	Hagerstown	A
Alejandro Hueda	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Tim Huff	22	St. Catharines	A-
David Huggins	21	St. Catharines	A-
Marty Janzen	24	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	24	Syracuse	AAA
Jason Jarvis	23	Knoxville	AA
	23	Dunedin	A+
Davan Keathley	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Billy Koch	22	Dunedin	A+
Jason Koehler	23	St. Catharines	A-
Tim Lacefield	22	St. Catharines	A-
Yan Lachapelle	21	Hagerstown	A
Roger Lancaster	22	Medicine Hat	Rk
Clint Lawrence	20	Hagerstown	A
Jeremy Lee	22	Dunedin	A+
Benny Lowe	23	Knoxville	AA
	23	Dunedin	A+
	23	Hagerstown	A
Mark Lukasiewicz	24	Syracuse	AAA
	24	Knoxville	AA
Pat Lynch	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jim Mann	22	Dunedin	A+
	22	Hagerstown	A
Diego Markwell	17	St. Catharines	A-
Chris McBride	23	Knoxville	AA
	23	Dunedin	A+
Matt Mcclellan	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Sean Mcclellan	24	Dunedin	A+
	24	Hagerstown	A
Doug Meiners	23	Knoxville	AA
Adam Meinershagen	24	Knoxville	AA
	24	Dunedin	A+
David Morgan	25	Knoxville	AA
Chad Needle	18	Medicine Hat	Rk
Carey Paige	23	Dunedin	A+
Robert Person	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	27	Syracuse	AAA
Dan Plesac	35	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Paul Quantrill	28	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Kendall Rhine	26	Syracuse	AAA
	26	Knoxville	AA
	26	Dunedin	A+
Bill Risley	30	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	30	Syracuse	AAA
	30	Dunedin	A+
Kenny Robinson	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	27	Syracuse	AAA
Franklin Rodriguez	20	Medicine Hat	Rk
Mike Romano	25	Syracuse	AAA
Anthony Salley	22	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jeremy Satterfield	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Jaron Seabury	21	St. Catharines	A-
Dustin Seale	19	Medicine Hat	Rk
Mark Sievert	24	Syracuse	AAA
	24	Dunedin	A+
Steve Sinclair	26	Syracuse	AAA
	26	Dunedin	A+
Brian Smith	25	Syracuse	AAA
	25	Knoxville	AA
John Sneed	21	Medicine Hat	Rk
Paul Spoljaric	27	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
	27	Dunedin	A+
Jason Stevenson	23	Knoxville	AA
Michael Strange	23	Dunedin	A+
Mike Timlin	31	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Jay Veniard	23	Knoxville	AA
	23	Dunedin	A+
Oreste Volkert	22	Hagerstown	A
Matt Weimer	22	St. Catharines	A-
Woody Williams	31	Toronto Blue Jays	MLB
Orlando Woodards	19	St. Catharines	A-
Joe Young	22	Knoxville	AA
Jesse Zepeda	23	Medicine Hat	Rk