Editing Toronto Blue Jays (section)

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

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:120%; border:3px"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#498bae;"
|[[Image:JaysRetired01.PNG|260px]]<br />'''[[Tony Fernández]]'''<br />SS, 3B: 1983–1990, 1993, 1998–1999, 2001 <br />
|[[Image:JaysRetired11.PNG|260px]]<br />'''[[George Bell (outfielder)|George Bell]]'''<br />LF: 1981–1990<br />
|[[File:JaysRetired25.png|JaysRetired25]]<br />'''[[Carlos Delgado]]'''<br />1B: 1993–2004<br />
|- style="text-align:center; background:#498bae;"
|[[Image:JaysRetired29.PNG|260px]]<br />'''[[Joe Carter]]'''<br />RF, 1B: 1991–1997<br />
|[[Image:JaysRetired37.PNG|260px]]<br />'''[[Dave Stieb]]'''<br />P: 1979–1992, 1998<br />
|[[Image:JaysRetired43.PNG|260px]]<br />'''[[Cito Gaston]]'''<br />Manager: 1989–1997, 2008–2010<br />
|- style="text-align:center; background:#498bae;"
|[[Image:JaysRetired4306.PNG|260px]]<br />'''[[Tom Cheek]]'''<br />Broadcaster: 1977–2005<br />
|[[Image:JaysRetiredPB.PNG|260px]]<br />'''[[Paul Beeston]]'''<br />VP: 1976–1989; President: 1989–1997, 2008–2015<br />
|[[File:32 RoyHalladay.png|260x260px]]<br />'''[[Roy Halladay]]'''<br />P: 1998–2009<br />
|- style="text-align:center; background:#498bae;"
|[[Image:JaysRetiredPG.PNG|260px]]<br />'''[[Pat Gillick]]'''<br />GM: 1978–1994<br />
|[[File:JB's Level of Excellence.png|260x260px]]<br />[[José Bautista]]<br />RF, 3B: 2008–2017<br />
|}

Players' uniform numbers were listed—and in Tom Cheek's case, the number of consecutive games he called for the Blue Jays<ref name="Level of Excellence">{{cite web|title=Level of Excellence|url=http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/level_of_excellence.jsp|publisher=Toronto Blue Jays|access-date=November 19, 2011|archive-date=November 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105102726/http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/tor/history/level_of_excellence.jsp|url-status=dead}}</ref>—until the 2013 All-Star Break, even though, with the exception of [[Roberto Alomar]] and [[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.<ref name="McNeil retired numbers">{{cite web|last=McNeil|first=Shane|title=YOUR CALL: SHOULD THE BLUE JAYS RETIRE ANY MORE NUMBERS?|url=https://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=372126|work=TSN|access-date=November 19, 2011|date=July 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118083706/http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=372126|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/BlueJays/photos/a.381692688771/10158463576833772 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/34558408771/10158463576833772 |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited|title=Facebook|website=www.facebook.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Davidi |first1=Shi |title=MLB, Blue Jays sever ties with Roberto Alomar after sexual misconduct investigation |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/article/mlb-puts-roberto-alomar-ineligible-list-reviewing-sexual-misconduct-allegation/ |website=Sportsnet}}</ref>

On March 5, 2023, the Blue Jays announced that [[José Bautista|Jose 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]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blue Jays to honour Jose Bautista on Level of Excellence |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/mlb/blue-jays-to-honour-jose-bautista-on-level-of-excellence/ |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=Sportsnet.ca |language=en}}</ref>