2005 New York Yankees season

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2005 New York Yankees
AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Yankee Stadium (since 1976)
  • New York (since 1903)
Results
Record95–67 (.586)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Brian Cashman
Manager(s)Joe Torre
Local televisionWWOR-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, Paul O'Neill, David Justice)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman)
WKDM
(Francisco X. Rivera, Beto Villa)
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The New York Yankees' 2005 season was the 103rd season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 95–67, tied with the Boston Red Sox but won the division due to winning the season series 10–9 over Boston. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they lost in the ALDS in 5 games to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was also their eleventh year going to the playoffs in a row.

Offseason[]

  • December 3, 2004: Kenny Lofton was traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Félix Rodríguez.[1]
  • December 3, 2004: Félix Heredia was traded by the New York Yankees to the New York Mets for Mike Stanton.[2]
  • December 20, 2004: Carl Pavano signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
  • December 28, 2004: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.[3]
  • January 11, 2005: Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash were traded by New York Yankees to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.[4]
  • January 21, 2005: Aaron Small signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.[5]
  • February 9, 2005: Buddy Groom signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.[6]
  • February 18, 2005: Ramiro Mendoza signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.[7]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 95 67 0.586 53–28 42–39
Boston Red Sox 95 67 0.586 54–27 41–40
Toronto Blue Jays 80 82 0.494 15 43–38 37–44
Baltimore Orioles 74 88 0.457 21 36–45 38–43
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 67 95 0.414 28 40–41 27–54


Record vs. opponents[]


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


Notable transactions[]

  • July 1, 2005: Mike Stanton was released by the Yankees.[2]
  • July 30, 2005: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[8]
  • July 31, 2005: Buddy Groom was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.[6]
  • August 30, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[9]

Roster[]

2005 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager
  •  6 Joe Torre

Coaches

Game log[]

Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
Game Log
April (10–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore
1 April 3 Red Sox 9–2 Johnson (1–0) Wells (0–1) 54,818 1–0 W1
2 April 5 Red Sox 4–3 Rivera (1–0) Foulke (0–1) 54,690 2–0 W2
3 April 6 Red Sox 3–7 Timlin (1–0) Rivera (1–1) 55,165 2–1 L1
4 April 8 Orioles 5–12 Ponson (1–0) Wright (0–1) 43,128 2–2 L2
5 April 9 Orioles 8–5 Sturtze (1–0) Reed (0–1) Rivera (1) 50,275 3–2 W1
6 April 10 Orioles 2–7 López (2–0) Pavano (0–1) 46,797 3–3 L1
7 April 11 @ Red Sox 1–8 Wakefield (1–0) Mussina (0–1) 33,072 3–4 L2
8 April 13 @ Red Sox 5–2 Wright (1–1) Schilling (0–1) Rivera (2) 35,115 4–4 W1
9 April 14 @ Red Sox 5–8 Foulke (1–1) Gordon (0–1) 35,251 4–5 L1
10 April 15 @ Orioles 1–8 Chen (1–0) Pavano (0–2) 48,061 4–6 L2
11 April 16 @ Orioles 6–7 Kline (2–1) Gordon (0–2) Ryan (2) 48,598 4–7 L3
12 April 17 @ Orioles 4–8 Cabrera (1–1) Brown (0–1) 47,883 4–8 L4
13 April 18 Devil Rays 19–8 Wright (2–1) Bell (1–1) 35,282 5–8 W1
14 April 19 Devil Rays 2–6 Nomo (2–1) Johnson (1–1) 45,802 5–9 L1
15 April 20 @ Blue Jays 11–2 Pavano (1–2) Lilly (0–2) 22,838 6–9 W1
16 April 21 @ Blue Jays 4–3 Mussina (1–1) Chacín (3–1) Rivera (3–1) 23,178 7–9 W2
17 April 22 Rangers 3–5 Young (2–1) Brown (0–2) Cordero (8) 42,710 7–10 L1
18 April 23 Rangers 2–10 Park (2–1) Wright (2–2) 44,731 7–11 L2
19 April 24 Rangers 11–1 Johnson (2–1) Astacio (1–2) 42,732 8–11 W1
20 April 26 Angels 12–4 Pavano (2–2) Colón (3–2) 36,328 9–11 W2
21 April 27 Angels 1–5 Washburn (1–0) Mussina (1–2) 37,934 9–12 L1
22 April 28 Angels 1–3 Lackey (2–1) Brown (0–3) Rodríguez (5) 51,951 9–13 L2
23 April 29 Blue Jays 0–2 Halladay (4–1) Johnson (2–2) 40,839 9–14 L3
24 April 30 Blue Jays 4–3 Rivera (2–1) Chulk (0–1) 47,483 10–14 W1
May (17–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore
25 May 1 Blue Jays 6–8 Walker (1–0) Stanton (0–1) Batista (7) 54,224 10–15 L1
26 May 2 @ Devil Rays 6–2 Mussina (2–2) Kazmir (0–3) 13,217 11–15 W1
27 May 3 @ Devil Rays 4–11 Waechter (1–1) Brown (0–4) 14,824 11–16 L1
28 May 4 @ Devil Rays 8–11 Fossum (2–1) Henn (0–1) Báez (2) 16,452 11–17 L2
29 May 5 @ Devil Rays 2–6 Hendrickson (1–1) Wang (0–1) 16,662 11–18 L3
30 May 6 Athletics 3–6 (10) Dotel (1–0) Rivera (2–2) Calero (1) 47,973 11–19 L4
31 May 7 Athletics 5–0 Mussina (3–2) Blanton (0–3) 52,776 12–19 W1
32 May 8 Athletics 6–0 Brown (1–4) Harden (2–2) 47,575 13–19 W2
33 May 9 Mariners 4–3 Johnson (3–2) Nelson (0–1) Rivera (4) 38,079 14–19 W2
34 May 10 Mariners 7–4 Wang (1–1) Sele (2–4) Rivera (5) 39,780 15–19 W3
35 May 11 Mariners 13–9 Quantrill (1–0) Thornton (0–3) 47,844 16–19 W4
36 May 13 @ Athletics 9–4 Mussina (4–2) Harden (2–3) 38,636 17–19 W5
37 May 14 @ Athletics 15–6 Brown (2–4) Blanton (0–4) 41,180 18–19 W6
38 May 15 @ Athletics 6–4 Johnson (4–2) Rincón (1–1) Rivera (6) 37,237 19–19 W7
39 May 16 @ Mariners 6–3 Wang (2–1) Hasegawa (0–1) Rivera (7) 37,814 20–19 W8
40 May 17 @ Mariners 6–0 Pavano (3–2) Mateo (1–1) 35,549 21–19 W9
41 May 18 @ Mariners 6–7 Nelson (1–1) Gordon (0–3) Villone (1) 37,419 21–20 L1
42 May 20 @ Mets 5–2 Brown (3–4) Zambrano (2–4) Rivera (8) 55,740 22–20 W1
43 May 21 @ Mets 1–7 Benson (2–1) Johnson (4–3) 55,800 22–21 L1
44 May 22 @ Mets 5–3 Pavano (4–2) Hernández (2–2) Rivera (9) 55,953 23–21 W1
45 May 24 Tigers 12–3 Mussina (5–2) Ledezma (2–4) 37,099 24–21 W2
46 May 25 Tigers 4–2 Wang (3–1) Maroth (4–4) Rivera (10) 51,833 25–21 W3
47 May 26 Tigers 4–3 Brown (4–4) Bonderman (5–3) Rivera (11) 42,835 26–21 W4
48 May 27 Red Sox 6–3 Johnson (5–3) Wakefield (4–4) Rivera (12) 55,051 27–21 W5
49 May 28 Red Sox 1–17 Clement (6–0) Pavano (4–3) 55,315 27–22 L1
50 May 29 Red Sox 2–7 Wells (3–4) Mussina (5–3) 55,235 27–23 L2
51 May 31 @ Royals 3–5 Greinke (1–6) Brown (4–5) MacDougal (3) 18,680 27–24 L3
June (12–14)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore
52 June 1 @ Royals 1–3 Carrasco (1–1) Johnson (5–4) MacDougal (4) 28,033 27–25 L4
53 June 2 @ Royals 2–5 Jensen (2–1) Pavano (4–4) Burgos (2) 25,590 27–26 L5
54 June 3 @ Twins 3–6 Lohse (5–3) Mussina (5–4) Nathan (16) 41,588 27–27 L6
55 June 4 @ Twins 4–3 (10) Gordon (1–3) Nathan (1–2) Rivera (13) 45,553 28–27 W1
56 June 5 @ Twins 3–9 Silva (4–3) Brown (4–6) 37,349 28–28 L1
57 June 6 @ Brewers 3–4 Davis (8–5) Johnson (5–5) Turnbow (9) 34,627 28–29 L2
58 June 7 @ Brewers 1–2 Sheets (2–5) Pavano (4–5) Turnbow (10) 35,611 28–30 L3
59 June 8 @ Brewers 12–3 Mussina (6–4) Capuano (5–5) 37,586 29–30 W1
60 June 10 @ Cardinals 1–8 Marquis (8–3) Wang (3–2) 50,250 29–31 L1
61 June 11 @ Cardinals 5–0 Johnson (6–5) Mulder (7–4) Rivera (14) 50,177 30–31 W1
62 June 12 @ Cardinals 3–5 King (1–1) Sturtze (1–1) Isringhausen (18) 50,372 30–32 L1
63 June 14 Pirates 9–0 Mussina (7–4) Wells (5–5) 44,541 31–32 W1
64 June 15 Pirates 7–5 (10) Rivera (3–2) Mesa (0–5) 48,828 32–32 W2
65 June 16 Pirates 6–1 Johnson (7–5) Pérez (5–5) 54,734 33–32 W3
66 June 17 Cubs 9–6 Stanton (1–1) Ohman (2–1) Rivera (15) 54,773 34–32 W4
67 June 18 Cubs 8–1 Wang (4–2) Rusch (5–3) 55,284 35–32 W5
68 June 19 Cubs 6–3 Mussina (8–4) Mitre (2–2) Rivera (16) 55,060 36–32 W6
69 June 20 Devil Rays 4–5 Fossum (3–5) Henn (0–2) Báez (10) 43,543 36–33 L1
70 June 21 Devil Rays 20–11 Groom (1–0) Harper (1–6) 40,271 37–33 W1
71 June 22 Devil Rays 3–5 Kazmir (3–5) Pavano (4–6) Báez (11) 48,452 37–34 L1
72 June 23 Devil Rays 4–9 Hendrickson (3–4) Wang (4–3) Báez (12) 45,382 37–35 L2
73 June 24 Mets 4–6 Martínez (8–2) Mussina (8–5) 55,297 37–36 L3
74 June 25 Mets 3–10 Glavine (5–7) Henn (0–3) 55,114 37–37 L4
75 June 26 Mets 5–4 Rivera (4–2) Looper (2–3) 55,327 38–37 W1
76 June 27 @ Orioles 6–4 Sturtze (2–1) Kline (2–3) Rivera (17) 45,801 39–27 W2
77 June 28 @ Orioles 4–5 (10) Ryan (1–1) Stanton (1–2) 47,465 39–38 L1
June 29 @ Orioles Postponed (rain).
July (17–9)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore
78 July 1 @ Tigers 2–10 Bonderman (10–5) Johnson (7–6) 40,776 39–39 L2
79 July 2 @ Tigers 8–4 Gordon (2–3) Percival (1–2) 41,207 40–39 W1
80 July 3 @ Tigers 1–0 Wang (5–3) Robertson (3–7) Rivera (18) 40,056 41–39 W2
81 July 4 Orioles 13–8 Anderson (1–0) Ryan (1–2) 53,844 42–39 W3
82 July 5 Orioles 12–3 Johnson (8–6) López (7–5) 55,276 43–39 W4
83 July 7 Indians 7–2 Mussina (9–5) Millwood (3–7) 52,201 44–39 W5
84 July 8 Indians 5–4 Wang (6–3) Lee (9–4) Rivera (19) 52,938 45–39 W6
85 July 9 Indians 7–8 Elarton (6–3) May (1–4) Wickman (23) 54,366 45–40 L1
86 July 10 Indians 9–4 Johnson (9–6) Westbrook (6–11) Rivera (20) 54,256 46–40 W1
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 7–5
87 July 14 @ Red Sox 8–6 Gordon (3–3) Schilling (1–3) Rivera (21) 35,232 47–40 W2
88 July 15 @ Red Sox 1–17 Wells (7–5) Redding (0–6) 35,083 47–41 L1
89 July 16 @ Red Sox 7–4 Johnson (10–6) Clement (10–3) Rivera (22) 34,694 48–41 W1
90 July 17 @ Red Sox 5–3 Leiter (4–7) Wakefield (8–8) Rivera (23) 34,802 49–41 W2
91 July 18 @ Rangers 11–10 Sturtze (3–1) Brocail (3–2) Rivera (24) 46,538 50–41 W3
92 July 19 @ Rangers 1–2 Loe (4–2) Franklin (0–1) Cordero (22) 45,208 50–42 L1
93 July 20 @ Rangers 8–4 Small (1–0) Benoit (1–1) 45,354 51–42 W1
94 July 21 @ Angels 5–6 Colón (12–6) Gordon (3–4) Rodríguez (22) 44,109 51–43 L1
95 July 22 @ Angels 3–6 Lackey (8–4) Leiter (4–8) Rodríguez (23) 44,043 51–44 L2
96 July 23 @ Angels 6–8 Santana (5–4) Brown (4–7) Rodríguez (24) 44,035 51–45 L3
97 July 24 @ Angels 4–1 Mussina (10–5) Washburn (6–6) Rivera (25) 44,032 52–45 W1
98 July 26 Twins 4–0 Johnson (11–6) Radke (6–10) 53,855 53–45 W2
99 July 27 Twins 3–7 Santana (10–5) Leiter (4–9) Nathan (28) 50,334 53–46 L1
100 July 28 Twins 6–3 Small (2–0) Mays (5–6) Rivera (26) 53,524 54–46 W1
101 July 29 Angels 1–4 Santana (6–4) Mussina (10–6) Rodríguez (26) 54,025 54–47 L1
102 July 30 Angels 8–7 Rivera (5–2) Rodríguez (2–2) 54,220 55–47 W1
103 July 31 Angels 8–7 (11) Gordon (4–4) Gregg (1–2) 53,653 56–47 W2
August (19–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore
104 August 2 @ Indians 7–8 Elarton (7–5) Leiter (4–10) Wickman (28) 34,457 56–48 L1
105 August 3 @ Indians 4–7 Lee (12–4) Mussina (10–7) Wickman (29) 35,737 56–49 L2
106 August 4 @ Indians 4–3 Gordon (5–4) Wickman (0–3) Rivera (27) 40,048 57–49 W1
107 August 5 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Small (3–0) Chacín (11–6) Rivera (28) 43,688 58–49 W2
108 August 6 @ Blue Jays 5–8 Walker (5–3) Johnson (11–7) 48,088 58–50 L1
109 August 7 @ Blue Jays 6–2 Leiter (5–10) Towers (8–9) Rivera (29) 46,114 59–50 W1
110 August 8 White Sox 3–2 Mussina (11–7) Hernández (8–5) Rivera (30) 54,871 60–50 W2
111 August 9 White Sox 1–2 Contreras (7–6) Chacón (1–8) Hermanson (29) 53,946 60–51 L1
112 August 10 White Sox 1–2 (10) Cotts (4–0) Rivera (5–3) Hermanson (30) 54,635 60–52 L2
113 August 11 Rangers 9–8 Sturtze (4–1) Baldwin (0–2) Rivera (31) 54,283 61–52 W1
114 August 12 Rangers 6–5 Leiter (6–10) Wilson (0–5) Sturtze (1) 54,442 62–52 W2
115 August 13 Rangers 7–5 (11) Small (4–0) Loe (5–4) 54,919 63–52 W3
116 August 14 Rangers 10–3 Chacón (2–8) Benoit (3–2) 54,824 64–52 W4
117 August 15 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Wright (3–2) Fossum (6–10) Rivera (32) 19,320 65–52 W5
118 August 16 @ Devil Rays 3–4 (11) Orvella (2–2) Embree (1–5) 20,678 65–53 L1
119 August 17 @ Devil Rays 6–7 Miller (1–0) Sturtze (4–2) Báez (26) 20,178 65–54 L2
120 August 19 @ White Sox 3–1 Mussina (12–7) Garland (16–7) Rivera (33) 39,496 66–54 W1
121 August 20 @ White Sox 5–0 Chacón (3–8) Hernández (8–6) 38,938 67–54 W2
122 August 21 @ White Sox 2–6 Contreras (8–7) Johnson (11–8) 39,480 67–55 L1
123 August 22 Blue Jays 7–0 Wright (4–2) Downs (1–3) 50,162 68–55 W1
124 August 23 Blue Jays 5–4 Rivera (6–3) Batista (5–5) 50,258 69–55 W2
125 August 24 Blue Jays 5–9 Bush (3–7) Mussina (12–8) 54,705 69–56 L1
126 August 25 Blue Jays 6–2 Chacón (4–8) Chacín (11–7) 54,329 70–56 W1
127 August 26 Royals 5–1 Johnson (12–8) Wood (4–5) 53,922 71–56 W2
128 August 27 Royals 8–7 Embree (2–5) Camp (1–3) 54,452 72–56 W3
129 August 28 Royals 10–3 Leiter (7–10) Greinke (3–16) 54,951 73–56 W4
130 August 29 @ Mariners 7–4 Small (5–0) Thornton (0–4) Rivera (34) 41,731 74–56 W5
131 August 30 @ Mariners 3–8 Harris (2–1) Chacón (4–9) 37,773 74–57 L1
132 August 31 @ Mariners 2–0 Johnson (13–8) Hernández (2–2) Rivera (35) 46,240 75–57 W1
September–October (20–10)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore
133 September 1 @ Mariners 1–5 Sherrill (3–2) Sturtze (4–3) 39,986 75–58 L1
134 September 2 @ Athletics 0–12 Haren (12–10) Leiter (7–11) 36,048 75–59 L2
135 September 3 @ Athletics 7–0 Small (6–0) Saarloos (9–7) 40,076 76–59 W1
136 September 4 @ Athletics 7–3 Chacón (5–9) Zito (12–11) 43,874 77–59 W2
137 September 6 Devil Rays 3–4 Orvella (3–2) Rivera (6–4) Báez (34) 48,820 77–60 L1
138 September 7 Devil Rays 5–4 Sturtze (5–3) Borowski (1–3) Rivera (36) 52,928 78–60 W1
139 September 8 Devil Rays 4–7 Hendrickson (9–7) Wang (6–4) Báez (35) 49,673 78–61 L1
140 September 9 Red Sox 8–4 Small (7–0) Wells (12–7) 55,024 79–61 W1
141 September 10 Red Sox 2–9 Schilling (6–7) Chacón (5–10) 55,076 79–62 L1
142 September 11 Red Sox 1–0 Johnson (14–8) Wakefield (15–11) Rivera (37) 55,123 80–62 W1
143 September 13 @ Devil Rays 17–3 Wright (5–2) Waechter (5–10) 14,048 81–62 W2
144 September 14 @ Devil Rays 6–5 Wang (7–4) Orvella (3–3) Rivera (38) 14,396 82–62 W3
145 September 15 @ Devil Rays 9–5 Small (8–0) McClung (6–10) Rivera (39) 18,391 83–62 W4
146 September 16 @ Blue Jays 11–10 Proctor (1–0) Bush (5–9) Rivera (40) 36,543 84–62 W5
147 September 17 @ Blue Jays 1–0 Chacón (6–10) Chacín (12–9) Gordon (1) 43,433 85–62 W6
148 September 18 @ Blue Jays 5–6 Lilly (9–10) Wright (5–3) Batista (28) 39,891 85–63 L1
149 September 19 Orioles 3–2 Rivera (7–4) DuBose (1–3) 51,521 86–63 W1
150 September 20 Orioles 12–9 Small (9–0) Maine (2–2) 46,982 87–63 W2
151 September 21 Orioles 2–1 Johnson (15–8) López (14–11) Rivera (41) 50,382 88–63 W3
152 September 22 Orioles 7–6 Mussina (13–8) Chen (12–10) Gordon (2) 52,368 89–63 W4
153 September 23 Blue Jays 5–0 Chacón (7–10) Lilly (9–11) 53,175 90–63 W5
154 September 24 Blue Jays 4–7 Downs (4–3) Wright (5–4) Batista (30) 53,911 90–64 L1
155 September 25 Blue Jays 8–4 Wang (8–4) Towers (12–12) Rivera (42) 55,136 91–64 W1
156 September 26 @ Orioles 11–3 Johnson (16–8) López (14–12) 43,039 92–64 W2
157 September 27 @ Orioles 9–17 Rakers (1–0) Leiter (7–12) 29,557 92–65 L1
158 September 28 @ Orioles 2–1 Chacón (8–10) Cabrera (10–13) Rivera (43) 30,539 93–65 W1
159 September 29 @ Orioles 8–4 Small (10–0) Bédard (6–8) 36,821 94–65 W2
160 September 30 @ Red Sox 3–5 Wells (15–7) Wang (8–5) Timlin (13) 34,832 94–66 L1
161 October 1 @ Red Sox 8–4 Johnson (17–8) Wakefield (16–12) 34,556 95–66 W1
162 October 2 @ Red Sox 1–10 Schilling (8–8) Wright (5–5) 34,534 95–67 L1
Legend
Yankees Win Yankees Loss Game Postponed
Postseason Game Log
American League Division Series VS Angels (2–3)
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record Boxscore
1 October 4 @ Angels 4–2 Mussina (1–0) Colón (0–1) Rivera (1) 45,142 1–0 W1
2 October 5 @ Angels 3–5 Escobar (1–0) Wang (0–1) Rodríguez (1) 45,150 1–1 L1
3 October 7 Angels 7–11 Shields (1–0) Small (0–1) 56,277 1–2 L2
4 October 9 Angels 3–2 Leiter (1–0) Shields (1–1) Rivera (2) 56,226 2–2 W1
5 October 10 @ Angels 3–5 Santana (1–0) Mussina (1–1) Rodríguez (2) 45,133 2–3 L1

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
LF Hideki Matsui 162 629 192 .305 23 116
3B Alex Rodriguez 162 605 194 .321 48 130
SS Derek Jeter 159 654 202 .309 19 70
RF Gary Sheffield 154 584 170 .291 34 123
C Jorge Posada 142 474 124 .262 19 71
CF Bernie Williams 141 485 121 .249 12 64
DH Jason Giambi 139 417 113 .271 32 87
2B Robinson Canó 132 522 155 .297 14 62
1B Tino Martinez 131 303 73 .241 17 49
LF Tony Womack 108 329 82 .249 0 15
RF Bubba Crosby 76 98 27 .276 1 6
DH Rubén Sierra 61 170 39 .229 4 29
C John Flaherty 47 127 21 .165 2 11
1B Andy Phillips 27 40 6 .150 1 4
2B Rey Sanchez 23 43 12 .279 0 2
3B Russ Johnson 22 18 4 .222 0 0
RF Matt Lawton 21 48 6 .125 2 4
SS Félix Escalona 10 14 4 .286 0 2
2B Mark Bellhorn 9 17 2 .118 1 2
CF Melky Cabrera 6 19 4 .211 0 0
C Wil Nieves 3 4 0 .000 0 0
LF Kevin Reese 2 1 0 .000 0 0
RF Mike Vento 2 2 0 .000 0 0

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

All batters for season in table above.

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

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

Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Randy Johnson 34 34 225.2 17 8 3.79 211
Mike Mussina 30 30 179.2 13 8 4.41 142
Chien-Ming Wang 18 17 116.1 8 5 4.02 47
Carl Pavano 17 17 100 4 6 4.77 56
Shawn Chacón 14 12 79 7 3 2.85 40
Kevin Brown 13 13 73.1 4 7 6.50 50
Jaret Wright 13 13 63.2 5 5 6.08 34
Sean Henn 3 3 11.1 0 3 11.12 3
Tim Redding 1 1 1 0 1 54.00 2

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
Aaron Small 15 76 10 0 3.20 37
Al Leiter 16 62.1 4 5 5.49 45
Darrell May 2 7 0 1 16.71 3

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
Tom Gordon 79 5 4 2 2.57 69
Mariano Rivera 71 7 4 43 1.38 80
Tanyon Sturtze 64 5 3 1 4.73 45
Félix Rodríguez 34 0 0 0 5.01 18
Scott Procter 29 1 0 0 6.04 36
Mike Stanton 28 1 2 0 7.07 12
Buddy Groom 24 1 0 0 4.91 13
Alan Embree 24 1 1 0 7.53 8
Paul Quantrill 22 1 0 0 6.75 11
Wayne Franklin 13 0 1 0 6.39 10
Steve Karsay 6 0 0 0 6.00 5
Jorge De Paula 3 0 0 0 8.10 3
Jason Anderson 3 1 0 0 7.94 2
Alex Graman 2 0 0 0 13.50 0
Colter Bean 1 0 0 0 4.50 2
Ramiro Mendoza 1 0 0 0 18.00 1

Postseason[]

ALDS[]

Game Score Date
1 New York 4, Los Angeles 2 October 4
2 New York 3, Los Angeles 5 October 5
3 Los Angeles 11, New York 7 October 7
4 Los Angeles 2, New York 3 October 9
5 New York 3, Los Angeles 5 October 10

Farm system[]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Bill Masse
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Joe Breeden
A Charleston RiverDogs South Atlantic League
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Andy Stankiewicz
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Oscar Acosta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island, GCL Yankees[10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ Kenny Lofton page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Mike Stanton page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Jaret Wright page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Randy Johnson page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "Aaron Small Stats".
  6. ^ a b "Buddy Groom Stats".
  7. ^ Ramiro Mendoza page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Alan Embree pate at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ "Mark Bellhorn Stats".
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  11. ^ Baseball America 2006 Annual Directory

External links[]

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