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These are my 3 favourite Blue Jays

First Favourite Player
Alex Gonzalez

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Appeared in only 38 games in the 1999/2000 season after suffering a torn labrum of the right shoulder...Was on the disabled list May 17 and surgery performed by Dr.James Andrews on June 17...Was batting .292 with 13 doubles, 2 homeruns and 12 RBI in 38 games...Enntered 1999 with a career average of .236...Started the season by matching his career high with four hits on opening night at Minnesota...Hit in seven straight games from April 8 to 14 batting .429 (12-28) with a home run and seven RBI...Collected career hit number #50 on May 11 at KC(double)...2HR's - 1 vs LHP, 1 vs RHP...Fielding percentage was .980 (201-205) with 34 double plays...In the spring hit .324 with 2 HR and 13 RBI

2nd Favourite Player
Brad Fullmer

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In his first season with Toronto hit .295 with 29 doubles and career highs of 32 home runs and 104 RBI...Set new club record for home runs and RBI by a designated hitter...Previous marks were 25HR's by Canseco in 1998 and 91 RBI by Winfield in 1992...Was second only to Edgar Martinez among AL DH's in home runs and RBI...Was acquired by Toronto from Montreal on March 16 in a three way deal which saw Texas acquire David Segui from Toronto and Montreal acquire 1B Lee Stevens from Texas...Reached 100 RBI's on September 15 in Chicago... Suffered from a hyper-extended right elbow and did not play after September 24...Had an MRI which revealed loose bodies in his right elbow which were removed October 10, by Dr. Lewis Yocum...Was one of Toronto's four players to hit 30HR's in 2000 (Batista, Cruz, Delgado) â it marks just the second time in AL history this has been done (Anaheim - 2000)...Also one of Toronto's seven players to hit 20 home runs and become just the second such group in Major League history (Baltimore - 1996).

3rd Favourite Player
Chris Carpenter

Was 10-12 with a 6.26 ERA in 34 games, 27 starts... As a starter posted a record of 8-12 in 27 starts with a 6.55 ERA and two complete games... In relief was 2-0 in seven games with an ERA of 3.86... Opened the season losing his first three starts and posting an ERA of 7.31, 18 hits, six home runs and ten walks in 16.0 innings... Posted first win of the season with a complete game victory over the Yankees on April 21 in an 8-3 win â was his seventh career complete game... Was the first of three consecutive wins to even his record at 3-3 on May 1... Was 2-3 in April with a 5.25ERA in five starts and in May was 2-2 in six starts with a 5.59 ERA... Tossed second complete game (8.0) of the season in a 4-3 loss in Tampa Bay on May 12... Fell to 3-5 before defeating Pedro Martinez, 3-2 in Boston on May 23... Allowed runs in the first inning of five consecutive starts from May 6 to May 28... Posted second three game win streak of the season from May 23 to June 14... An 8-1 win on June 14 at Detroit left him with a winning record for the only time during the season at 6-5... The rest of the season would post a 3-7 record... On June 20 allowed a career high nine ER against the Tigers in 2.0 innings of work... Would match that two starts later in Baltimore in 4.2 innings... ERA as starter excluding those two starts drops from 6.55 to 5.76... Of his 27 starts had nine starts with six or more earned runs andLAST SEASON: Was 10-12 with a 6.26 ERA in 34 games, 27 starts... As a starter posted a record of 8-12 in 27 starts with a 6.55 ERA and two complete games... In relief was 2-0 in seven games with an ERA of 3.86... Opened the season losing his first three starts and posting an ERA of 7.31, 18 hits, six home runs and ten walks in 16.0 innings... Posted first win of the season with a complete game victory over the Yankees on April 21 in an 8-3 win â was his seventh career complete game... Was the first of three consecutive wins to even his record at 3-3 on May 1... Was 2-3 in April with a 5.25ERA in five starts and in May was 2-2 in six starts with a 5.59 ERA... Tossed second complete game (8.0) of the season in a 4-3 loss in Tampa Bay on May 12... Fell to 3-5 before defeating Pedro Martinez, 3-2 in Boston on May 23... Allowed runs in the first inning of five consecutive starts from May 6 to May 28... Posted second three game win streak of the season from May 23 to June 14... An 8-1 win on June 14 at Detroit left him with a winning record for the only time during the season at 6-5... The rest of the season would post a 3-7 record... On June 20 allowed a career high nine ER against the Tigers in 2.0 innings of work... Would match that two starts later in Baltimore in 4.2 innings... ERA as starter excluding those two starts drops from 6.55 to 5.76... Of his 27 starts had nine starts with six or more earned runs and 11 of five or more... At the All-Star break was 7-7 with a 6.13ERA and following the break was 3-5 with a 6.48 ERA... Made 20 consecutive starts and was 7-9 with a 6.66ERA before appearing in relief on July 22 against Baltimore... Then returned to rotation for two more starts and lasted 3.1 innings in both... Then five straight appearances in relief from August 6 to 23 and was a combined 2-0 with a 6.63ERA... Won two straight relief appearances on August 10 & 13... Collected win #8 on August 10 at KC after retiring 12 of 15 batters faced over 4.1 scoreless innings in relief... Win #9 came on August 13 at Minnesota after pitching 5.1 innings in relief, was the longest relief appearance by a Blue Jay in 2000 and also tied the AL season high for strikeouts in relief at seven... Returned to the rotation from August 29 to September 28... Lost start on August 29 at Anaheim in career game #200... Posted three straight quality starts from September 5 to 16 and was 1-0... On September 16 against the White Sox was hit on the right side of the face by a ball off the bat of Jose Valentin... Returned to the mound on September 28 in a start at Baltimore where he suffered his 12th loss of the season... Pitched in relief in Cleveland on October 1 to finish the season... Opponents finished the season batting .290 with a .294 average by left-handers and a .287 average by right handers... In his first inning pitched opponents hit .306... At home was 3-6 with a 7.53 ERA while on the road posted a winning record of 7-6 with a 5.25 ERA.