1993 New York Yankees season

1993 New York Yankees
1993 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Yankee Stadium (since 1976); New York City (since 1903);
Results
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Gene Michael
Manager(s)	Buck Showalter
Local television	WPIX; (Phil Rizzuto, Tom Seaver, Bobby Murcer); MSG; (Dewayne Staats, Tony Kubek, Al Trautwig)
Local radio	WABC (AM); (John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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The New York Yankees' 1993 season was the 91st season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 88-74 finishing 7 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays for their first winning season since 1988. New York was managed by Buck Showalter. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. This would be the last time the Yankees would miss the playoffs until 2008.

Offseason[]

November 3, 1992: Roberto Kelly was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul O'Neill and Joe DeBerry (minors).^[1]
November 6, 1992: Greg Cadaret was purchased from the Yankees by the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
November 17, 1992: Charlie Hayes was drafted from the Yankees by the Colorado Rockies with the 3rd pick in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft.^[3]
December 4, 1992: Spike Owen was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[4]
December 6, 1992: J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer were traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Jim Abbott.^[5]
December 7, 1992: Sherman Obando was drafted from the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles rule 5 draft.^[6]
December 10, 1992: Jimmy Key was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[7]
December 15, 1992: Wade Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[8]

Regular season[]


Reggie Jackson's number 44 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1993.

Season standings[]

v t AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	95	67	0.586	—	48–33	47–34
New York Yankees	88	74	0.543	7	50–31	38–43
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	0.525	10	48–33	37–44
Detroit Tigers	85	77	0.525	10	44–37	41–40
Boston Red Sox	80	82	0.494	15	43–38	37–44
Cleveland Indians	76	86	0.469	19	46–35	30–51
Milwaukee Brewers	69	93	0.426	26	38–43	31–50

Record vs. opponents[]

1993 American League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

Notable Transactions[]

July 30, 1993: John Habyan was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Royals as part of a 3-team trade. The Chicago Cubs sent Paul Assenmacher to the Yankees. The Royals sent Tuffy Rhodes to the Cubs.^[9]
August 31, 1993: Rich Batchelor was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lee Smith.^[10]

Roster[]

1993 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

25 Jim Abbott
43 Paul Assenmacher
34 Andy Cook
26 Steve Farr
35 Paul Gibson
42 John Habyan
53 Neal Heaton
34 Sterling Hitchcock
57 Steve Howe
53 Mark Hutton
42 Domingo Jean
43 Jeff Johnson
28 Scott Kamieniecki
22 Jimmy Key
34 Sam Militello
55 Rich Monteleone
54 Bobby Muñoz
33 Mélido Pérez
47 Lee Smith
31 Frank Tanana
27 Bob Wickman
39 Mike Witt

Catchers

38 Matt Nokes
20 Mike Stanley

Infielders

12 Wade Boggs
2 Mike Gallego
14 Pat Kelly
13 Jim Leyritz
24 Kevin Maas
23 Don Mattingly
17 Spike Owen
47 Dave Silvestri
35 Andy Stankiewicz

Outfielders

29 Mike Humphreys
19 Dion James
31 Hensley Meulens
21 Paul O'Neill
45 Danny Tartabull
18 Randy Velarde
51 Bernie Williams
13 Gerald Williams

Manager

11 Buck Showalter

Coaches

6 Clete Boyer
40 Tony Cloninger
52 Mark Connor
48 Rick Down
46 Frank Howard
50 Ed Napoleon

Game log[]

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Postponement
Bold	Yankees team member

Regular season[]

1993 game log: 88–74 (Home: 50–31; Away: 38–43)

April: 12–9 (Home: 4–3; Away: 8–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Stadium	Record
1	April 5	@ Indians	9–1	–	Cleveland Stadium	1–0
2	April 7	@ Indians	2–4		Cleveland Stadium	1–1
3	April 8	@ Indians	5–15	–	Cleveland Stadium	1–2
4	April 9	@ White Sox	11–6	–	Comiskey Park (II)	2–2
5	April 10	@ White Sox	12–0	–	Comiskey Park (II)	3–2
6	April 11	@ White Sox	4–6		Comiskey Park (II)	3–3
7	April 12	Royals	4–1	–	Yankee Stadium	4–3
8	April 14	Royals	6–5		Yankee Stadium	5–3
9	April 15	Royals	4–5		Yankee Stadium	5–4

May: 17–13 (Home: 11–9; Away: 6–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Stadium	Record
48	May 28	White Sox	4–0	–	Yankee Stadium	26–22
49	May 29	White Sox	8–2	–	Yankee Stadium	27–22
50	May 30	White Sox	6–3		Yankee Stadium	28–22
51	May 31	Indians	8–2	–	Yankee Stadium	29–22

June: 17–10 (Home: 10–2; Away: 7–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Stadium	Record
52	June 1	Indians	6–15	–	Yankee Stadium	29–23
53	June 2	Indians	8–5		Yankee Stadium	30–23
57	June 7	@ Royals	3–8	–	Royals Stadium	31–26
58	June 8	@ Royals	9–4	–	Royals Stadium	32–26
59	June 9	@ Royals	3–10	–	Royals Stadium	32–27

July: 14–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Record

August: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Stadium	Record
123	August 20	Royals	7–2	–	Yankee Stadium	70–53
124	August 21	Royals	3–2		Yankee Stadium	71–53
125	August 22	Royals	0–7	–	Yankee Stadium	71–54
126	August 23	@ White Sox	6–5 (10)		Comiskey Park (II)	72–54
127	August 24	@ White Sox	2–4		Comiskey Park (II)	72–55
128	August 25	@ White Sox	7–5		Comiskey Park (II)	73–55
129	August 26	@ Indians	4–0		Cleveland Stadium	74–55
130	August 27	@ Indians	2–9	–	Cleveland Stadium	74–56
131	August 28	@ Indians	4–8		Cleveland Stadium	74–57
132	August 29	@ Indians	14–8	–	Cleveland Stadium	75–57
133	August 31	White Sox	3–11	–	Yankee Stadium	75–58

September: 11–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Save	Stadium	Record
134	September 1	White Sox	3–5		Yankee Stadium	75–59
135	September 2	White Sox	7–1	–	Yankee Stadium	76–59
136	September 3	Indians	3–7		Yankee Stadium	76–60
137	September 4	Indians	4–0	–	Yankee Stadium	77–60
138	September 5	Indians	7–2	–	Yankee Stadium	78–60
142	September 10	@ Royals	5–6	–	Kaufmann Stadium	78–64
143	September 11	@ Royals	12–5	–	Kaufmann Stadium	79–64
144	September 12	@ Royals	2–10	–	Kaufmann Stadium	79–65

October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Stadium	Record

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Mike Stanley	130	423	129	.305	26	84
1B	Don Mattingly	134	530	154	.291	17	86
2B	Pat Kelly	106	318	72	.226	7	27
3B	Wade Boggs	143	560	169	.302	2	59
SS	Spike Owen	103	334	78	.234	2	20
LF	Dion James	115	343	114	.332	7	36
CF	Bernie Williams	139	567	152	.268	12	68
RF	Paul O'Neill	141	498	155	.311	20	75
DH	Danny Tartabull	138	513	128	.250	31	102

Other batters[]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Mike Gallego	119	403	114	.283	10	54
Jim Leyritz	95	259	80	.309	14	53
Randy Velarde	85	226	68	.301	7	24
Matt Nokes	76	217	54	.249	10	35
Kevin Maas	59	151	31	.205	9	25
Gerald Williams	42	67	10	.149	0	6
Hensley Meulens	25	35	6	.171	1	6
Dave Silvestri	7	21	6	.286	1	4
Andy Stankiewicz	16	9	0	.000	0	0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jimmy Key	34	236.7	18	6	3.00	173
Jim Abbott	32	214	11	14	4.37	95
Mélido Pérez	25	163	6	14	5.19	148
Scott Kamieniecki	30	154.1	10	7	4.08	72
Mike Witt	9	41	3	2	5.27	30
Sterling Hitchcock	6	31	1	2	4.65	26
Frank Tanana	3	19.2	0	2	3.20	12
Jeff Johnson	2	2.2	0	2	30.38	0

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Wickman	41	140.0	14	4	4.63	70
Domingo Jean	10	40.1	1	1	4.46	20
Mark Hutton	7	22	1	1	5.73	12
Sam Militello	3	9.1	1	1	6.75	5

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Steve Howe	51	3	5	4	4.97	19
Steve Farr	49	2	2	25	4.21	39
Rich Monteleone	42	7	4	0	4.94	50
Bobby Muñoz	38	3	3	0	5.32	33
John Habyan	36	2	1	1	4.04	29
Paul Assenmacher	26	2	2	0	3.12	11
Paul Gibson	20	2	0	0	3.06	25
Neal Heaton	18	1	0	0	6.00	15
Lee Smith	8	0	0	3	0.00	11
Andy Cook	4	0	1	0	5.06	4

Awards and honors[]

Don Mattingly, First Base, Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
Reggie Jackson's number retired.

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Stump Merrill
AA	Albany-Colonie Yankees	Eastern League	Mike Hart and Bill Evers
A	Prince William Cannons	Carolina League	Trey Hillman
A	Greensboro Hornets	South Atlantic League	Bill Evers and Gary Denbo
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Mark Newman
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Glenn Sherlock

^[11]

References[]

^ Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference
^ Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
^ Charlie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
^ Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference
^ Jim Abbott page at Baseball Reference
^ Sherman Obando page at Baseball Reference
^ Jimmy Key page at Baseball Reference
^ Wade Boggs page at Baseball Reference
^ John Habyan page at Baseball Reference
^ Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links[]

[1] Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference

[2] Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference

[3] Charlie Hayes page at Baseball Reference

[4] Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference

[5] Jim Abbott page at Baseball Reference

[6] Sherman Obando page at Baseball Reference

[7] Jimmy Key page at Baseball Reference

[8] Wade Boggs page at Baseball Reference

[9] John Habyan page at Baseball Reference

[10] Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference

[11] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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1993 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976) New York City (since 1903)
Results
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Gene Michael
Manager(s)	Buck Showalter
Local television	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Tom Seaver, Bobby Murcer) MSG (Dewayne Staats, Tony Kubek, Al Trautwig)
Local radio	WABC (AM) (John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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