2009 season Toronto Blue Jays

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blue jays pitcher roy halladay



the 2009 season saw addition of 2 new patches on blue jays uniforms: on right arm, bright red maple leaf (part of canadian flag), , on left arm, small black band ted written on it, in reference late team owner ted rogers, died in off-season.


on opening day @ rogers centre, blue jays, led roy halladay, beat detroit tigers 12–5. aaron hill , roy halladay both had excellent years , represented blue jays @ 2009 all-star game in st. louis. jays started season well, posting 27–14 record, afterwards jays fell nine-game losing streak , never able recover remainder of season. in mid-august, gm j. p. ricciardi allowed chicago white sox claim alex ríos off waivers. 2 games remaining in disappointing season, ricciardi fired on october 3. replaced assistant general manager alex anthopoulos.


despite 75-win season, jays saw strong return of aaron hill, won american league comeback player of year award , silver slugger second base. adam lind, had strong season, earned silver slugger designated hitter.



team record 2009: 75 wins–87 losses, w%- 0.463, 28 games behind division leader, fourth in division




^ blue jays announce ricciardi leaving club tsn. accessed on october 3, 2009.
^ bastian, jordan (october 3, 2009). ricciardi out blue jays gm . mlb. retrieved october 3, 2009. 






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