| 2012 Toronto Blue Jays | |
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| 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) |
The2012 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 36th season ofMajor League Baseball'sToronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 23rd full season of play (24th overall) at theRogers Centre. Their opening game was played on April 5 against theCleveland Indians inCleveland. The Blue Jays finished 73–89, in fourth place in theAmerican League East.
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 alternateroyal blue jersey—to be used for home and road games—resembles those used from 1994 to 1996, as well as thebatting practice jerseys used from 1982 to 1996.
The Blue Jays had a 24–7 win–loss record inspring training, their .774winning 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.[1]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 |
| Oakland Athletics | 94 | 68 | .580 |
| Detroit Tigers | 88 | 74 | .543 |
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| 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 |
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL | ||
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| 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 | ||
The2012 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 4–6.
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | College/School | Nationality | Signed |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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| 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]
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 |
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| 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 |
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| # | Player | Position | Top 100 Rank | MLB Rank | 2012 Starting Team (Level) |
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| 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 toBaseball America Top 100 Prospects[2]
* According to 2012 Prospect Watch[3]
* Top 10 Blue Jays prospects via Baseball America[4]
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May 15–13 (Home 9–3, Road 6–10)
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June 13–14 (Home 6–6, Road 7–8)
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July 11–14 (Home 7–6, Road 4–8)
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August 9–19 (Home 5–7, Road 4–12)
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September 10–18 (Home 5–10, Road 5–8)
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All-Star Game
Home Run Derby
Player of the Week
Player of the Month
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver