February 28, Bob Engle is promoted from Assistant GM to Senior Advisor, Baseball Operations... June 2, Roger Clemens named the AL Pitcher of the Month for May... June 13, Blue Jays play first inter-league game in Philadelphia, losing 4-3 to the Phillies... June 31, Blue Jays play first ever regular season game with the Montreal Expos, three game series in SkyDome highlighted by July 1, Canada Day match-up... July 22, Paul Beeston, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto Blue Jays resigns from position and accepts post with Major League Baseball as President and Chief Operating Officer... July 31, Blue Jays acquire OF Jose Cruz Jr. in a trade with the Seattle Mariners in exchange for RHP Mike Timlin and LHP Paul Spoljaric... September 2, Roger Clemens named the AL Pitcher of the Month for August... September 24, Blue Jays manager Cito Gaston relieved of his duties, Mel Queen appointed interim manager for the rest of the season... September 27, Blue Jays announce Omar Malave as the Bobby Mattick Award winner and Jim Hughes as the Al LaMacchia award winner... September 28, Blue Jays announce coaches Nick Leyva, Gene Tenace, Alfredo Griffin and Willie Upshaw will not return for the 1998 season... October 30, Interbrew S.A. announces that they are no longer trying to sell the Toronto Blue Jays Baseball Club, the Toronto Argonauts Football Team or their share in SkyDome... November 10, Roger Clemens named as the American League Cy Young Award winner, his fourth and the second straight by a Blue Jay... November 24, Tim Johnson appointed as Manager of the Toronto Blue Jays... November 26, Blue Jays sign free agent pitcher Randy Myers to a three-year contract and catcher Darrin Fletcher to a two-year deal... November 26, Blue Jays radio rights awarded to Headline Sports... December 8, Blue Jays sign free agent 1B/DH Mike Stanley and 2B Tony Fernandez.

February 4, sign free agent outfielder Jose Canseco... March 2, Gord Ash is promoted from Vice-President to Executive Vice President, Baseball and General Manager, Bob Nicholson from Vice President, Business to Executive Vice President, Business, Howard Starkman appointed Vice-President, Media Relations, George Holm appointed Vice President, Sales and Operations & Susan Quigley appointed to Vice President, Finance and Administration... June 17, Dave Stieb returns to Blue Jays from Syracuse and first pitches on June 18 in Baltimore... July 4, Tony Fernandez becomes the franchise leader in hits collecting his 1,320 hit as a Blue Jay off Dennis Springer of Tampa Bay... July 5, Roger Clemens becomes the 11th pitcher to record 3000 career strikeouts after fanning Tampa Bay's Randy Winn... July 26, Jose Canseco hit career HR #380 to become the All-Time HR leader for non-US born players... July 27, Toronto Blue Jays play the Baltimore Orioles in the Hall of Fame Game in Cooperstown New York... July 30, Blue Jays trade Mike Stanley to Boston for RHP's Peter Munro and Jay Yennaco... July 31, Blue Jays trade RHP Juan Guzman to Baltimore for RHP Nerio Rodriguez and OF Shannon Carter... August 6, Trade Randy Myers to San Diego for C Brian Loyd and cash considerations... September 1, Roger Clemens named the AL Pitcher of the Month in August... September 4, Shawn Green becomes just the ninth player in the history of the American League, and the first Blue Jay, to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases in the same season... September 23, Blue Jays reach a multi -year agreement with CTV Sportsnet to broadcast up 42 games... November 16, Roger Clemens named American League Cy Young Award winner for the second consecutive season, his fifth and the third in club history... November 3, Name Dave Stewart as Assistant General Manager... December 13, Acquired RHP Joey Hamilton from the San Diego Padres in exchange for RHP's Woody Williams, Carlos Almanzar and OF Peter Tucci... December 8, Wayne Morgan promoted to the position of Special Assistant to the General Manager and Director, International Scouting... December 13 Roger Clemens named the AL's Joe Cronin Award winner for significant achievement.

Jim Fregosi was named Blue Jays manager in March, replacing Tim Johnson. Prior to the season, the Blue Jays traded two-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens to the Yankees for left-hander David Wells, reliever Graeme Lloyd and infielder Homer Bush. Toronto set club records in average (.280), runs (883), hits (1,580), doubles (337) and slugging percentage (.457).

Carlos Delgado with 44 home runs and Shawn Green with 42 home runs combined to hit 86 to make them the most prolific duo in the history of the club, breaking the mark of 84 set in 1998 by Jose Canseco (46) and Delgado (38). The Blue Jays shattered their previous mark of 45 players in the 1991 season by having 53 in 1999.

January 29, Sam Pollack retires as Chairman and CEO of the Blue Jays but will continue to serve as Senior Chairman and Director of the Toronto Blue Jays... Allan Chapin appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors... Gord Ash appointed President of Baseball Operations... Bob Nicholson appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer... Terry Zuk added in the position of Vice-President, Marketing... February 20, traded RHP Roger Clemens to the New York Yankees in exchange for LHP David Wells, 2B Homer Bush and LHP Graeme Lloyd... March 17, Jim Fregosi replaces Tim Johnson as manager... April 5, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announces that it will induct Blue Jays Bobby Mattick... April 30, Minor League Catching instructor Ernie Whitt announced as Manager of Canada's baseball team for the 1999 Pan-Am games... June 12, traded LHP Dan Plesac to Arizona in exchange for IF Tony Batista and RHP John Frascatore... June 16, Alex Gonzalez has arthroscopic surgery and is out for the rest of the season... July 1, John Frascatore wins his third consecutive game in relief in three days to tie a ML record... July 4, Pat Hentgen becomes fourth Blue Jays pitcher to post 100 wins... July 30, Blue Jays honour Joe Carter and Cito Gaston with their appointments to the Level of Excellence... August 30, Vernon Wells called up to Toronto after starting the season with Dunedin (A)... September 17, Tony Fernandez becomes franchise leader in games after playing in his 1,393 game as a Blue Jay... October 2, Billy Koch records his 31st save which is an AL rookie record and second in the majors... October 3, Shawn Green finishes the season with a club record 87 extra-base hits and 134 runs scored... October 12, Bob Engle, Senior Advisor, Baseball Operations, announces his retirement... Cito Gaston named as hitting coach... November 8, acquired OF Raul Mondesi and LHP Pedro Borbon Jr. in exchange for OF Shawn Green and 2B Jorge Nunez... November 11, traded RHP Pat Hentgen and LHP Paul Spoljaric to St. Louis in exchange for LHP Lance Painter, RHP Matt DeWitt and C Alberto Castillo... December 10, Sign Carlos Delgado to a three year contract extension... December 20, Tim McCleary named Vice-President, Baseball Operations and Assistant General Manager.

Both Halladay and the Blue Jays started the season slowly. After a breakthrough 19–7 season in 2002, “Doc” earned the starting assignment against the New York Yankees on Opening Day but took the loss in an 8–4 Yankees victory. Halladay suffered another loss and two no decisions in his next three April starts as the Blue Jays struggled out of the gate with a 10–18 record for the month. Though Carlos Delgado hit at a .366 clip with 28 RBI in April, the Blue Jays suffered through a season-high six-game losing streak between April 10-15 and fell to a season-low eight games below .500 twice during the month. One of the few highlights in the season’s opening month came on April 27 when the Blue Jays scored six runs in the bottom of the ninth to beat Kansas City 10–9. Toronto had trailed 7–0 in the second inning and 8–1 through six.

Halladay helped May get started off right with his first win of the season on May 1. He would win all six of his starts in May (winning honors as American League Pitcher of the Month) as the Blue Jays posted the best monthly mark in club history with a record of 21–8. Veteran catcher and former Blue Jay Greg Myers had returned to Toronto as a free agent in the offseason. Amazingly, he would enjoy his best season at the age of 36, establishing personal highs with 121 games played, 101 hits, 15 home runs, 52 RBI and a .307 batting average. He kick-started his career year with a .361mark in May, one of eight Blue Jays to hit .300 or better for the month. Vernon Wells, who had hit just .246 in April, batted at a .317 clip in May while driving in a club-high 28 runs. Wells went 4-for-6 with three runs scored and four RBI to pace Toronto to an 18–1 win in Kansas City on May 16. The 17-run difference marked the largest margin of victory in team history. The month also featured the first four-game sweep of the Yankees by the Blue Jays when the team took four in a row at Yankee Stadium between May 22–25.

Toronto was just two games out of first place as June began, but fell behind the Red Sox 6–0 in the third inning of their game on June 1. Roy Halladay managed to survive the shaky start and held on to pick up the win when his teammates rallied for an 11-8 victory and a three-game sweep of Boston. Halladay continued his winning ways right through June, running his record to 11–2 with a club-record 11 wins in 11 consecutive starts. Vernon Wells hit .369 for the month and socked eight homers, but it was Carlos Delgado who truly swung the hot bat. Delgado slugged 10 roundtrippers and knocked in 34 runs, breaking the club record of 32 RBI in a month he had previously shared with Dave Winfield.

Delgado entered July with 89 RBI and had a shot at Hank Greenberg’s 1935 Major League mark of 103 RBI before the All-Star Break, but fell just short with 97 when the Break began on July 14. He had to settle for moving into third place on the list and becoming one of only nine players in history to record 90 RBI before the All-Star Game.

July was not kind to the Blue Jays, as they suffered through their worst month of the season with a record of 8–17. Roy Halladay continued his winning ways, however, and, with a few no decisions tossed in, ran his streak to 15 wins in a row on July 27. Working on just three days rest for the third time during the season, Halladay allowed the Baltimore Orioles just two hits in seven scoreless innings en route to a 10–1 victory. His 15 straight wins tied Roger Clemens’ club record and left him just one short of the American League mark. However, Halladay and the Blue Jays were defeated 5–0 by the Anaheim Angels on August 1. The loss set the tone for another poor stretch, as Toronto managed just 13 wins in 28 games, but the final month of the season would truly be a September to remember. The Blue Jays closed out the season with a 19–7 record, including a 12–4 mark at SkyDome.

Halladay threw four consecutive complete games from September 1-17, winning them all. He went 5–1 in September with an ERA of 1.41, setting a new club record with his league-leading 22nd victory in his last start of the season on September 27. Halladay earned his second selection as AL Pitcher of the Month, putting the finishing touches on a season that would result in his winning the Cy Young Award. Carlos Delgado and Vernon Wells also finished the season in style. Wells set a new club record with his 214th hit on September 27, and ended the season with a league-leading 215 hits to join Paul Molitor as the only Blue Jays to lead the league in this category. Wells finished the year with a .317 average, 33 homers and 117 RBI. He also provided stellar defense in center field. Carlos Delgado led the league with 145 RBI, joining George Bell as the only Blue Jays to lead the league in runs batted in while becoming the first Toronto player to lead the entire Majors. Delgado’s final month of the season was highlighted by a four home run performance against Tampa Bay on September 25. He became just the 15th player in Major League history to hit four homers in a game, and just the sixth to do so in four consecutive at-bats. Delgado’s third home run that night was the 300th of this career.

Several other Blue Jays made key contributions during the 2003 season. Rookie Aquilino Lopez took over as the team’s closer and notched 14 saves, while Josh Towers was added to the starting rotation and compiled a record of 6–1. Reed Johnson proved to be a fine addition in right field, ranking among the rookie leaders in many offensive categories. Hitting mostly in the leadoff position, he batted .294 with 10 homers, 79 runs scored and 52 RBI. Frank Catalanotto also provided a spark from the number-two spot in the batting order, with a .299 average and a career-high 13 homers and 59 RBI. Josh Phelps clubbed 20 home runs, while Orlando Hudson provided record-setting defense at second base by leading the American League with a franchise-best 477 assists.

The Blue Jays finished 19 games worse than they did in 2003, and injuries played a big part as the team got off to a slow start. Carlos Delgado, Vernon Wells, Roy Halladay and Frank Catalanotto all missed at least a month, sinking the Jays out of third place for the first time in seven seasons. They finished last for the first time since Tampa Bay entered the league, and one had to go all the way back to 1980 to find a Toronto team that lost more games. 

The silver lining was strong rookie showings from Dave Bush, Alex Rios and Jason Frasor. Orlando Hudson progressed, Wells won a Gold Glove and Ted Lilly became an All-Star.

No one was sure what the first season in the post Carlos Delgado era would hold. As it turned out, the Blue Jays' youth movement -- complimented by stable veterans Roy Halladay and Vernon Wells -- was a step in the right direction. And while the playoffs once again proved just out of reach, Toronto left the season feeling that with a few key additions and even more maturation, the future is bright at Rogers Centre.

Orlando Hudson, Wells and Eric Hinske each homered on Opening Day, giving Halladay a strong first outing in a win over Tampa Bay. That start helped the Jays bolt out of the gate in '05, taking an April lead in the American League East standings while the Yankees and Red Sox stumbled. Halladay was a big part of the hot start, tallying a 4-1 record and 3.40 ERA in March and April, including two complete games.

The summer months saw a flattening out of the Jays' fortunes, and the club hovered around the .500 mark for much of the rest of the year. While 2004 All-Star Ted Lilly struggled through arm troubles and inconsistency, rookie left-hander Gustavo Chacin excelled, finishing 13-9 with a 3.72 ERA in 203 innings and winning two Rookie Pitcher of the Month Awards. Toronto needed the pitching help, since Halladay, after posting a 12-4 record with a sterling 2.41 ERA, suffered a broken tibia on a line drive hit directly at him, and was never able to return, shutting it down at the All-Star break.

Several other young Jays kept the team in the hunt. Rookie shortstop Russ Adams was solid in his first full year as a starter, while Alex Rios showed why he was one of the best prospects in the organization. Jason Frasor and Vinnie Chulk both helped anchor the bullpen. Orlando Hudson capped a stellar year with his first Gold Glove at second base. Shea Hillenbrand proved effective at first base, batting .291 with 82 RBIs. The team MVP, however, was center fielder Vernon Wells, who posted 28 homers and 97 RBIs and won a second consecutive Gold Glove for his defensive work.

In the end, however, despite improvement, the Blue Jays faded down the stretch, falling below the .500 mark in the season's last week, and finishing third in the AL East (80-82, 15 games out).

Toronto finished 2006 with 87 victories, which represented the most wins in a season during the tenure of general manager J.P. Ricciardi. The Jays also placed second in the American League East, marking their highest finish in the division since winning the World Series in 1993. Five Blue Jays (Roy Halladay, B.J. Ryan, Vernon Wells, Troy Glaus and Alex Rios) were named to the AL All-Star team, Wells picked up his third straight AL Gold Glove Award for this work in center field, and Halladay placed third in balloting for the AL Cy Young Award.