2002 New York Yankees season

2002 New York Yankees
2002 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976) New York City (since 1903)
Results
Record	103–58 (.640)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)	Brian Cashman
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WCBS-TV YES Network (Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, David Cone, Paul O'Neill)
Local radio	WCBS (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. In the playoffs, they lost in the ALDS in 4 games to the Anaheim Angels.

Contents

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  1 Offseason
  
  
  
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    1.1 Broadcasting changes
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Regular season
  
  
  
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    2.1 Opening Day starters
    
  
  
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    2.2 Season standings
    
  
  
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    2.3 American League Wild Card
    
  
  
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    2.4 Record vs. opponents
    
  
  
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    2.5 Notable transactions
    
  
  
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    2.6 Roster
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Player stats
  
  
  
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    3.1 Starters by position
    
  
  
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    3.2 Starting pitchers
    
    
    
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      3.2.1 Other pitchers
      
      
      
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        3.2.1.1 Relief pitchers
        
      
      
      
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 ALDS
  


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  5 Awards and records
  


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  6 Farm system
  


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  7 References
  


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  8 External links
  

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 was moved from Fox owned and operated station WNYW to CBS owned and operated station WCBS-TV; Bobby Murcer remains as a play-by-play announcer for the games on over-the-air television; however, the Yankees over-the-air games will continued to 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 its a sister to its over-the-air rights holder WCBS-TV in which will remain for 3 years until the 2004 season.

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

v t e 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

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

v t e	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 v t e 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 38 Randy Choate 22 Roger Clemens 65 Adrian Hernández 26 Orlando Hernández 41 Sterling Hitchcock 31 Steve Karsay 48 Brandon Knight 45,43 Ted Lilly 55 Ramiro Mendoza 35 Mike Mussina 46 Andy Pettitte 42 Mariano Rivera 29 Mike Stanton 48 Jay Tessmer 53 Mike Thurman 18 Jeff Weaver 33 David Wells		Catchers 45 Alberto Castillo 20 Jorge Posada 11 Chris Widger 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 57 Karim García 43 Raúl Mondesí 59 Juan Rivera 47 Shane Spencer 18 Marcus Thames 28 John Vander Wal 27 Rondell White 51 Bernie Williams 17 Gerald Williams		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: 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

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA
Jeff Weaver	15	78	5	3	4.04
Mike Thurman	12	33	1	0	5.18
Randy Choate	18	22.1	0	0	6.04

Relief pitchers

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

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	Mitch Seoane
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	Manny Crespo

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

References

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6. 
   ^ Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
   


7. 
   ^ ^ab 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,
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    ^ 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
    

External links

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