2002 New York Yankees season

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2002 New York Yankees
AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Yankee Stadium (since 1976)
  • New York City (since 1903)
Results
Record103–58 (.640)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWCBS-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, David Cone, Paul O'Neill)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
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The New York Yankees' 2002 season was the 100th season for the Yankees in New York, and their 102nd overall going back to their origins in Baltimore. The team finished with a record of 103-58 finishing 10.5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. 2002 was a transition year for the Yankees, as they soldiered on without O'Neill, Martinez, Brosius and Knoblauch, their main pieces in the 1990s dynasty. In the playoffs, they lost in the ALDS in 4 games to the Anaheim Angels, marking the 2002 Yankees season a failure as they did not advance to a World Series for the first time since 1997; failing to win their fifth straight pennant; they did not win a World Championship, giving the team a 2-year title drought.

Offseason[]

  • December 7, 2001: David Justice was traded by the Yankees to the New York Mets for Robin Ventura.
  • December 13, 2001: John Vander Wal was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Yankees for Jay Witasick.[1]
  • December 13, 2001: Jason Giambi, a free agent, signed a 7-year $120-million deal with the Yankees.[2]
  • January 8, 2002: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.[3]
  • January 11, 2002: David Wells was signed as a free agent with the Yankees.
  • January 17, 2002: Clay Bellinger was released by the Yankees.[4]
  • January 28, 2002: Ron Coomer was signed as a free agent with the Yankees.[5]
  • March 27, 2002: Bobby Estalella was released by the Yankees.[6]

Broadcasting changes[]

Beginning this season, the newly launched YES Network began airing the regular season games, taking over from MSG Network as cable rights holder for these games until the 2001 season. The on-air team of Ken Singleton and Jim Kaat was moved from MSG to YES beginning this season, while Michael Kay as play-by-play commentator added beginning this season in addition to radio duties and they also added retired right fielder Paul O'Neill and former Yankees pitcher David Cone as color commentators; in addition, the over-the-air Yankees games were moved from Fox owned and operated station WNYW to CBS owned and operated station WCBS-TV; Bobby Murcer remained as a play-by-play announcer for the games on over-the-air television; however, the Yankees' over-the-air games continued to be aired nationally on the former through its network's sporting division via Baseball package this season. Also beginning this season, the radio broadcasts of Yankees games moved from WABC-AM to CBS Radio-owned AM station WCBS-AM in which it is a sister to its over-the-air rights holder WCBS-TV which will remain for three years until the 2004 season.

Regular season[]

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

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AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103 58 0.640 — 52–28 51–30
Boston Red Sox 93 69 0.574 10½ 42–39 51–30
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 0.481 25½ 42–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 0.414 36½ 34–47 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 0.342 48 30–51 25–55

American League Wild Card[]

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Division Leaders 		W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103 58 0.640
Minnesota Twins 94 67 0.584
Oakland Athletics 103 59 0.636


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 W L Pct.
Anaheim Angels 99 63 0.611
Boston Red Sox 93 69 0.574
Seattle Mariners 93 69 0.574
Chicago White Sox 81 81 0.500
Toronto Blue Jays 78 84 0.481
Cleveland Indians 74 88 0.457
Texas Rangers 72 90 0.444
Baltimore Orioles 67 95 0.414
Kansas City Royals 62 100 0.383
Detroit Tigers 55 106 0.342
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55 106 0.342

Record vs. opponents[]

2002 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim — 7–2 3–4 6–3 6–3 8–1 6–3 4–5 3–4 9–11 9–10 8–1 12–7 7–2 11–7
Baltimore 2–7 — 6–13 3–4 1–5 2–4 7–0 5–1 6–13 4–5 5–4 10–9 3–6 4–15 9–9
Boston 4–3 13–6 — 2–4 5–4 5–4 4–2 3–3 9–10 6–3 4–5 16–3 4–3 13–6 5–13
Chicago 3–6 4–3 4–2 — 9–10 12–7 11–8 8–11 2–4 2–7 5–4 4–3 5–4 4–2 8–10
Cleveland 3–6 5–1 4–5 10–9 — 10–9 9–10 8–11 3–6 2–5 3–4 4–2 4–5 3–3 6–12
Detroit 1–8 4–2 4–5 7–12 9–10 — 9–10 4–14 1–8 1–6 2–5 2–4 5–4 0–6 6–12
Kansas City 3–6 0–7 2–4 8–11 10–9 10–9 — 5–14 1–5 1–8 3–6 4–2 7–2 3–4 5–13
Minnesota 5–4 1–5 3–3 11–8 11–8 14–4 14–5 — 0–6 3–6 5–4 5–2 6–3 6–1 10–8
New York 4–3 13–6 10–9 4–2 6–3 8–1 5–1 6–0 — 5–4 4–5 13–5 4–3 10–9 11–7
Oakland 11–9 5–4 3–6 7–2 5–2 6–1 8–1 6–3 4–5 — 8–11 8–1 13–6 3–6 16–2
Seattle 10–9 4–5 5–4 4–5 4–3 5–2 6–3 4–5 5–4 11–8 — 5–4 13–7 6–3 11–7
Tampa Bay 1–8 9–10 3–16 3–4 2–4 4–2 2–4 2–5 5–13 1–8 4–5 — 4–5 8–11 7–11
Texas 7–12 6–3 3–4 4–5 5–4 4–5 2–7 3–6 3–4 6–13 7–13 5–4 — 8–1 9–9
Toronto 2–7 15–4 6–13 2–4 3–3 6–0 4–3 1–6 9–10 6–3 3–6 11–8 1–8 — 9–9


Notable transactions[]

  • April 8, 2002: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[7]
  • May 23, 2002: Bill Pulsipher was released by the New York Yankees.[7]
  • July 1, 2002: Raúl Mondesí was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Scott Wiggins.[8]
  • July 5, 2002: Ted Lilly was Traded as part of a 3-team trade by the New York Yankees with Jason Arnold (minors) and John-Ford Griffin to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later, Carlos Peña, and Franklyn Germán to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Jeff Weaver to the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers sent cash to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Jeremy Bonderman (August 22, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.[9]

Roster[]

2002 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  • 17 Alex Arias
  • 39 Ron Coomer
  • 25 Jason Giambi
  • 57 Drew Henson
  •  2 Derek Jeter
  • 36 Nick Johnson
  • 12 Alfonso Soriano
  • 19 Robin Ventura
  • 14 Enrique Wilson
 Outfielders Manager
  •  6 Joe Torre

Coaches

  • 53 Rick Down (Hitting)
  • 52 Lee Mazzilli (First Base)
  • 56 Rich Monteleone (Bullpen)
  • 30 Willie Randolph (Third Base)
  • 34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching)
  • 54 Don Zimmer (Bench)

Player stats[]

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 Jorge Posada 143 511 137 .268 20 99
1B Jason Giambi 155 560 176 .314 41 122
2B Alfonso Soriano 156 696 209 .300 39 102
SS Derek Jeter 157 644 191 .297 18 75
3B Robin Ventura 141 465 115 .247 27 93
LF Rondell White 126 455 109 .240 14 62
CF Bernie Williams 154 612 204 .333 19 102
RF Raúl Mondesí 71 270 65 .241 11 43
DH Nick Johnson 129 378 92 .243 15 58

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
Shane Spencer 94 288 71 .247 6 34
John Vander Wal 84 219 57 .260 6 20
Ron Coomer 55 148 39 .264 3 17
Enrique Wilson 60 105 19 .181 2 11
Juan Rivera 28 83 22 .265 1 6
Chris Widger 21 64 19 .297 0 5
Alberto Castillo 15 37 5 .135 0 4
Gerald Williams 33 17 0 .000 0 0
Marcus Thames 7 13 3 .231 1 2
Alex Arias 6 7 0 .000 0 0
Karim García 2 5 1 .200 0 0
Drew Henson 3 1 0 .000 0 0

Starting pitchers[]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Mussina 33 215.2 18 10 4.05 182
David Wells 31 206.1 19 7 3.75 137
Roger Clemens 29 180 13 6 4.35 192
Orlando Hernández 24 146 8 5 3.64 113
Andy Pettitte 22 134.2 13 5 3.27 97
Ted Lilly 16 76.2 3 6 3.40 59

Other pitchers[]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jeff Weaver 15 78 5 3 4.04 57
Mike Thurman 12 33 1 0 5.18 23
Randy Choate 18 22.1 0 0 6.04 17
Adrián Hernández 2 6 0 1 12.00 9
Relief pitchers[]

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mariano Rivera 45 1 4 28 2.74 41
Ramiro Mendoza 62 8 4 4 3.44 61
Steve Karsay 78 6 4 12 3.26 65
Mike Stanton 79 7 1 6 3.00 44
Sterling Hitchcock 20 1 2 0 5.49 31
Brandon Knight 7 0 0 0 11.42 7
Jay Tessmer 2 0 0 0 6.75 0

ALDS[]

Main article: 2002 American League Division Series

Game 1: New York 8 – Anaheim 5.

Game 2: Anaheim 8 – New York 6.

Game 3: Anaheim 9 – New York 6.

Game 4: Anaheim 9 – New York 5.

Anaheim's victory secured their place in the American League Championship Series, where they defeated the Minnesota Twins, and subsequently the San Francisco Giants to win the World Series.

This was the first time since 1997 that the Yankees failed to win the American League pennant and advance to the World Series.

Awards and records[]

  • Jason Giambi, Silver Slugger Award
  • Alfonso Soriano, Most Home Runs in one season by an American League Second Baseman (39)[10]

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Brian Butterfield, Frank Howard
and Stump Merrill
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Stump Merrill and Luis Sojo
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Bill Masse
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Derek Shelton
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norwich, Staten Island[11][12]

References[]

  1. ^ "John Vander Wal". Transactions. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  2. ^ Curry, Jack (December 14, 2001). "Tearful Giambi Is Proud To Put On the Pinstripes". New York Times. p. S1. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Luis Sojo Stats".
  4. ^ "Clay Bellinger Stats".
  5. ^ "Ron Coomer Stats".
  6. ^ Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ a b Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. ^ Raúl Mondesí Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ Ted Lilly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.90, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  11. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  12. ^ Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory

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