Toronto Blue Jays
Level of Excellence
### Level of Excellence

In 1996, the Blue Jays instituted a "Level of Excellence" on the 500 level of the [Rogers Centre](/wiki/Rogers_Centre "Rogers Centre"), honouring "tremendous individual achievement."

| [260px](/wiki/Image:JaysRetired01.PNG "JaysRetired01.PNG")**[Tony Fernández](/wiki/Tony_Fern%C3%A1ndez "Tony Fernández")**SS, 3B: 1983–1990, 1993, 1998–1999, 2001 | [260px](/wiki/Image:JaysRetired11.PNG "JaysRetired11.PNG")**[George Bell](/wiki/George_Bell_%28outfielder%29 "George Bell (outfielder)")**LF: 1981–1990 | [JaysRetired25](/wiki/File:JaysRetired25.png "JaysRetired25.png")**[Carlos Delgado](/wiki/Carlos_Delgado "Carlos Delgado")**1B: 1993–2004 |
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| [260px](/wiki/Image:JaysRetired29.PNG "JaysRetired29.PNG")**[Joe Carter](/wiki/Joe_Carter "Joe Carter")**RF, 1B: 1991–1997 | [260px](/wiki/Image:JaysRetired37.PNG "JaysRetired37.PNG")**[Dave Stieb](/wiki/Dave_Stieb "Dave Stieb")**P: 1979–1992, 1998 | [260px](/wiki/Image:JaysRetired43.PNG "JaysRetired43.PNG")**[Cito Gaston](/wiki/Cito_Gaston "Cito Gaston")**Manager: 1989–1997, 2008–2010 |
| [260px](/wiki/Image:JaysRetired4306.PNG "JaysRetired4306.PNG")**[Tom Cheek](/wiki/Tom_Cheek "Tom Cheek")**Broadcaster: 1977–2005 | [260px](/wiki/Image:JaysRetiredPB.PNG "JaysRetiredPB.PNG")**[Paul Beeston](/wiki/Paul_Beeston "Paul Beeston")**VP: 1976–1989; President: 1989–1997, 2008–2015 | [260x260px](/wiki/File:32_RoyHalladay.png "32 RoyHalladay.png")**[Roy Halladay](/wiki/Roy_Halladay "Roy Halladay")**P: 1998–2009 |
| [260px](/wiki/Image:JaysRetiredPG.PNG "JaysRetiredPG.PNG")**[Pat Gillick](/wiki/Pat_Gillick "Pat Gillick")**GM: 1978–1994 | [260x260px](/wiki/File:JB%27s_Level_of_Excellence.png "JB's Level of Excellence.png")[José Bautista](/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bautista "José Bautista")RF, 3B: 2008–2017 |

Players' uniform numbers were listed—and in Tom Cheek's case, the number of consecutive games he called for the Blue Jays—until the 2013 All\-Star Break, even though, with the exception of [Roberto Alomar](/wiki/Roberto_Alomar "Roberto Alomar") and [Roy Halladay](/wiki/Roy_Halladay "Roy Halladay") these numbers have not been retired. During the 2013 All\-Star Break, the Level of Excellence was redesigned for the addition of Carlos Delgado's name. The redesign removed all uniform numbers from the Level of Excellence aside from Roberto Alomar's retired \#12, Roy Halladay's retired \#32 and Tom Cheek's 4306 consecutive called games streak. On April 30, 2021, the Blue Jays announced that they would remove Alomar from the Level of Excellence and take down his banner at Rogers Centre after he was banned from baseball for sexual harassment.

On March 5, 2023, the Blue Jays announced that [Jose Bautista](/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Bautista "José Bautista") would join the Level of Excellence on August 12, 2023, in a pre\-game ceremony prior to their game that day versus the [Chicago Cubs](/wiki/Chicago_Cubs "Chicago Cubs").


When and where will José Bautista be honored for joining the Level of Excellence?