2012 Toronto Blue Jays season

The 2012 Toronto Blue Jays season was the 36th season of Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays franchise, and the 23rd full season of play (24th overall) at the Rogers Centre. Their opening game was played on April 5 against the Cleveland Indians in Cleveland. The Blue Jays finished 73–89, in fourth place in the American League East.

2012 Toronto Blue Jays
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place4th
Other information
Owner(s)Rogers; Paul Beeston (CEO)
General manager(s)Alex Anthopoulos
Manager(s)John Farrell
Local televisionSportsnet
Sportsnet One
(Buck Martinez, Pat Tabler, Alan Ashby)
Local radioBlue Jays Radio Network
Sportsnet 590 the FAN
(Jerry Howarth, Alan Ashby, Mike Wilner)
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New identity

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 alternate royal blue jersey—to be used for home and road games—resembles those used from 1994 to 1996, as well as the batting practice jerseys used from 1982 to 1996.

Spring training

The Blue Jays had a 24–7 win–loss record in spring training, their .774 winning 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]

Regular season

Standings

American League East

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9567 0.586 51–30 44–37
Baltimore Orioles 9369 0.574 2 47–34 46–35
Tampa Bay Rays 9072 0.556 5 46–35 44–37
Toronto Blue Jays 7389 0.451 22 41–40 32–49
Boston Red Sox 6993 0.426 26 34–47 35–46

American League Wild Card

Division Winners W L Pct.
New York Yankees 9567 0.586
Oakland Athletics 9468 0.580
Detroit Tigers 8874 0.543
Wild Card teams
(Top 2 qualify for 1-game playoff)
W L Pct. GB
Baltimore Orioles 9369 0.574
Texas Rangers 9369 0.574
Tampa Bay Rays 9072 0.556 3
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 8973 0.549 4
Chicago White Sox 8577 0.525 8
Seattle Mariners 7587 0.463 18
Toronto Blue Jays 7389 0.451 20
Kansas City Royals 7290 0.444 21
Boston Red Sox 6993 0.426 24
Cleveland Indians 6894 0.420 25
Minnesota Twins 6696 0.407 27

Records vs opponents

Record Games Left
OpponentHomeRoadTotalHomeRoadTotal
AL East
Baltimore Orioles5–42–77–11
Boston Red Sox4–57–211–7
New York Yankees5–42–77–11
Tampa Bay Rays3–61–84–14
Totals17–1912–2429–43
AL Central
Chicago White Sox1–33–34–6
Cleveland Indians2–12–14–2
Detroit Tigers2–10–32–4
Kansas City Royals2–24–06–2
Minnesota Twins3–02–25–2
Totals10–711–921–16
AL West
Los Angeles Angels2–22–24–4
Oakland Athletics1–23–34–5
Seattle Mariners3–30–33–6
Texas Rangers3–30–33–6
Totals9–105–1114–21
[[<span style="color:white;">National League</span>]]
Atlanta Braves1–21–2
Miami Marlins2–12–1
Milwaukee Brewers1–21–2
New York Mets2–12–1
Philadelphia Phillies3–03–0
Washington Nationals0–30–3
Totals5–44–59–9
Grand Totals41–4032–4973–89
Month Games Won Lost Pct.
April231211.522
May281513.536
June271314.481
July251114.440
August28919.321
September281018.357
October3301.000
Totals1627389.451
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC LAA MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL
Baltimore13–56–24–43–35–42–75–29–94–58–110–82–511–711–7
Boston5–136–25–35–54–30–64–35–131–85–49–92–67–1111–7
Chicago2–62–611–76–126–123–514–45–23–38–14–36–36–49–9
Cleveland4–43–57–1110–88–105–46–121–52–84–44–44–52–48–10
Detroit3–35–512–68–1013–55–510–84–64–31–55–23–74–211–7
Kansas City4–53–412–610–85–134–57–113–45–41–74–24–52–68–10
Los Angeles7–26–05–34–55–55–46–34–59–1011–81–910–94–412–6
Minnesota2–53–44–1412–68–1011–73–63–44–52–81–52–82–59–9
New York9–913–52–55–16–44–35–44–35–56–38–104–311–713–5
Oakland5–48–13–38–23–44–510–95–45–512–75–411–85–410–8
Seattle1–84–51–84–45–17–18–118–23–67–124–69–106–38–10
Tampa Bay8–109–93–44–42–52–49–15–110–84–56–45–414–49–9
Texas5–26–23–65–47–35–49–108–23–48–1110–94–56–314–4
Toronto7–1111–74–64–22–46–24–45–27–114–53–64–143–69–9

2012 Draft picks

The 2012 Major League Baseball draft was held on June 4–6.

Round Pick Player Position College/School Nationality Signed
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
  • * The Blue Jays received the 22nd pick as compensation for unsigned 2011 draft pick Tyler Beede
  • * The Blue Jays received the 50th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Frank Francisco
  • * The Blue Jays received the 58th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Jon Rauch
  • * The Blue Jays received the 60th pick as compensation for loss of free agent Jose Molina

Roster

2012 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

  • 61 Alex Andreopoulos (bullpen catcher)

Top prospects

# Player Position Top 100 Rank MLB Rank 2012 Starting Team (Level)
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 to Baseball America Top 100 Prospects[2]

* According to 2012 Prospect Watch[3]

* Top 10 Blue Jays prospects via Baseball America[4]

Game log

Legend
Blue Jays Win Blue Jays Loss Game Postponed
2012 Game Log

Honours and awards

All-Star Game

Home Run Derby

  • José Bautista, 2nd selection – 2nd-place finish

Player of the Week

Player of the Month

  • José Bautista – June

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Las Vegas 51s Pacific Coast League Marty Brown
AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats Eastern League Sal Fasano
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Mike Redmond
A Lansing Lugnuts Midwest League John Tamargo, Jr.
A-Short Season Vancouver Canadians Northwest League Clayton McCullough
Rookie Bluefield Blue Jays Appalachian League Dennis Holmberg
Rookie GCL Blue Jays Gulf Coast League Omar Malavé and John Schneider

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Vancouver

References

  1. "Spring Training Standings". MLB. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
  2. "2012 Top 100 Prospects". BaseballAmerica.com. February 21, 2012. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  3. "2012 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  4. Rode, Nathan (December 19, 2011). "Toronto Blue Jays top 10 prospects". BaseballAmerica.com. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
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