That bulleted list is an awesome testament and leads me to ask this question, in all seriousness ...

Vernon Wells: most dominant (career) offensive Blue Jay in team history?

Hmm... is Wells the only Jay to homer for the Jays in 3 different decades? Did anyone do it for 70's/80's/90's (I don't think anyone did) or 80/90/00 or 90/00/10's?

Hate replying to myself, but Tony Fernandez just barely did it, with 1 home run in 2001 plus a batch in the 80's and 90's. Anyone else?

I'm really going to miss him.

Vernon Wells: most dominant (career) offensive Blue Jay in team history?

Nah.  Delgado was better:

Games: 1423 (2)

Plate Appearances: 6018 (1)

Runs: 889 (1)

Hits: 1413 (3)

Doubles: 343 (1)

Triples: Delgado not in Top 10

Home Runs:  336 (1)

Runs Batted In:  1058 (1)

Stolen Bases:  Delgado not in Top 10

Walks:  827 (1)

Batting Average:  .282

On Base Percentage:  .392 (2)

Slugging Percentage: .556 (1)

Delgado is also leading in WAR for Position players, Offensive WAR, Runs Created, Adj. Batting Wins, Extra Base Hits, Times on Base, Hit by Pitch, AB per HR, Win Probability Added, Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)...

I would say Wells has a case for 2nd best offensive career, but everyone pales in comparison to Carlos Delgado

Vernon Wells: most dominant (career) offensive Blue Jay in team history?

Nope, it's pretty clearly Delgado,

Great photos, Niall. They are a fitting tribute to his 2010 season and career as a Blue Jay.

Hmm... is Wells the only Jay to homer for the Jays in 3 different decades? Did anyone do it for 70's/80's/90's (I don't think anyone did) or 80/90/00 or 90/00/10's?

Alfredo Griffin must have done it; that would be '70s-'80s-'90s.

He didn't, though! Played two seasons as a backup for the Jays in the '90s and didn't hit a single home run.

Greg Myers and Rob Ducey played for the Blue Jays in the '80s, '90s and '00s, but sadly only managed to hit home runs in two of the three decades.

Wells for me will always be a little bit of a let down. At age 24, he looked like he would become one of the best players in baseball.  .550 SLG and Gold Glove defense in CF is a damn hard combo to find especially when he seemed like he was on the upswing. He followed that with years of inconsistency never capturing the stardom he seemed likely to. I don't think Wells will be a player that will live large in Jays' history. He wasn't one of the best players in the league, he wasn't charismatic, he was really never scary at the plate ( and often he was very frustrating) and  he wasn't part of any winning teams. This may seem a little harsh but to me he was a good and occasionally very good player who lasted a long time on the Jays and will be remembered most by most baseball fans as the guy who got the ridiculous contract. (and also as the guy the Angels made the stupid trade for) His career numbers are one of the best ever for a Blue Jay but he's not one of the best Blue Jays ever. It's amusing to think of what the reaction he would have received had he been traded after last year.

My enduring Vernon Wells memory is from a game... Maybe someone has a better command of the details than I do. It was a night game, I remember that, and not too early in the season. I thought it was from the season after Delgado left, but I may be wrong about that. Glaus may have been on the team at the time, and I'm pretty sure the game was against Boston.

Anyway, the game was something of a slugfest; it seemed that Ortiz and Ramirez were driving in runs with doubles and homers every time up. And the only hitter the Jays had who even sort of compared with them was Wells. Now, both Ortiz and Ramirez individually were more imposing sluggers than Wells was, plus there was only one of him, so this was a mismatch. Wells did his best, though, and had a good game, with, I don't know, two doubles and a home run himself, or something, and kept the game from getting completely out of hand. Vernon Wells: maybe not as good as we wanted him to be, but nevertheless very good.

Say what you will about Vernon's on field performance, and how it failed to live up to our expectations (and his I would imagine), but the guy was a class act and always gracious with the fans and giving of his time and money in Toronto. Yes he had a lot of money to work with, but how many other athletes come close to doing what he did for kids in the cities they play in, but don't necessarily live in? Would he be as big of a disappointment to us had the previous regime not handed out ridiculous superstar money to a merely good to very good player? I'm not so sure. We would have been disappointed, but not to the extent that we are as we look back on his accomplishments in Toronto. I think in due time, he will be recognized as having been one of the best players this organization ever had/developed (from a longevity sense obviously). CF who can hit for power, and at times play gold glove defense and at other times be perceived to play gold glove defense are always in short supply. Yeah, he popped up too often, or rolled over on an outside pitch for a rally killing DP more than we would've liked, but when did you ever see him not bust his butt down the line in an effort to beat the throw and somehow prevent the inevitable? As I said over on another blerg: "Love the guy, like the ballplayer, hate the contract", which Wilner squeezed into his "Thoughts From The Departure Lounge" post. Not that that "brush with fame" means anything except that it might have resonance with how we come to see Vernon in the future: as one of our best ever. The taste of disappointment is still fresh, but I think in 5-10 years we'll remember him differently. Then again, I've been wrong many times before, and Toronto fans are a cynical bunch (probably with good reason ;) )