2002 New York Yankees season

2002 New York Yankees
2002 AL East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
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.

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

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10358 0.640 — 52–28 51–30
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574 10½ 42–39 51–30
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481 25½ 42–39 36–45
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414 36½ 34–47 33–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342 48 30–51 25–55

American League Wild Card

Division Leaders W L Pct.
New York Yankees 10358 0.640
Minnesota Twins 9467 0.584
Oakland Athletics 10359 0.636


W L Pct.
Anaheim Angels 9963 0.611
Boston Red Sox 9369 0.574
Seattle Mariners 9369 0.574
Chicago White Sox 8181 0.500
Toronto Blue Jays 7884 0.481
Cleveland Indians 7488 0.457
Texas Rangers 7290 0.444
Baltimore Orioles 6795 0.414
Kansas City Royals 62100 0.383
Detroit Tigers 55106 0.342
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 55106 0.342

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—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

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CJorge Posada143511137.2682099
1BJason Giambi155560176.31441122
2BAlfonso Soriano156696209.30039102
SSDerek Jeter157644191.2971875
3BRobin Ventura141465115.2472793
LFRondell White126455109.2401462
CFBernie Williams154612204.33319102
RFRaúl Mondesí7127065.2411143
DHNick Johnson12937892.2431558

Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Mussina33215.218104.05182
David Wells31206.11973.75137
Roger Clemens291801364.35192
Orlando Hernández24146853.64113
Andy Pettitte22134.21353.2797
Ted Lilly1676.2363.4059

Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA
Jeff Weaver1578534.04
Mike Thurman1233105.18
Randy Choate1822.1006.04
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Mariano Rivera4514282.7441
Ramiro Mendoza628443.4461
Steve Karsay7864123.2665
Mike Stanton797163.0044
Sterling Hitchcock201205.4931

ALDS

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

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

  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. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
  4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellicl01.shtml
  5. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/coomero01.shtml?redir
  6. ↑ Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. 1 2 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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