2003 New York Yankees season

2003 New York Yankees
2003 AL East Champions
2003 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 101–61 (.623)
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)
Local radio WCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
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The New York Yankees' 2003 season was the 101st season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 101-61 finishing 6 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they defeated the Boston Red Sox in 7 games in the ALCS, winning the pennant on Aaron Boone's dramatic 11th-inning home run. The Yankees advanced to the World Series, losing in a dramatic 6 game series to the Florida Marlins. It would be their second World Series loss in three years and last appearance in a World Series until 2009.

Offseason

  • December 6, 2002: Robin Ventura was re-signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[1]
  • December 19, 2002: Hideki Matsui was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[2]
  • December 19, 2002: Todd Zeile was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[3]
  • January 3, 2003: Brandon Knight was released by the New York Yankees.[4]

Regular season

On June 11, 2003, six Astros pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter against the New York Yankees. The six pitchers were Roy Oswalt, Pete Munro, Kirk Saarloos, Brad Lidge, Octavio Dotel and Billy Wagner.[5] It was the first no-hitter against the Yankees in 45 years.

Opening Day starters

*1B – Jason Giambi
*2B – Alfonso Soriano
*SS – Derek Jeter
*3B – Robin Ventura
*C –  Jorge Posada
*LF – Hideki Matsui
*CF – Bernie Williams
*RF – Raúl Mondesí
*DH – Nick Johnson
*P – Roger Clemens

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 10161 0.623 — 50–32 51–29
Boston Red Sox 9567 0.586 6 53–28 42–39
Toronto Blue Jays 8676 0.531 15 41–40 45–36
Baltimore Orioles 7191 0.438 30 40–40 31–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 6399 0.389 38 36–45 27–54

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIN NYY OAK SEA TB TEX TOR NL 
Anaheim —1–83–63–46–36–16–35–43–68–128–116–39–102–711–7
Baltimore 8–1—9–102–43–33–33–43–46–13–12–74–58–117–28–115–13
Boston 6–310–9—5–44–28–15–12–49–103–45–212–75–410–911–7
Chicago 4–34–24–5—11–811–811–89–104–24–52–73–33–46–310–8
Cleveland 3–63–32–48–11—12–76–139–102–53–63–65–24–52–46–12
Detroit 1–63–31–88–117–12—5–144–151–53–61–82–41–62–74–14
Kansas City 3–64–31–58–1113–614–5—11–82–42–74–54–37–21–59–9
Minnesota 4–54–34–210–910–915–48–11—0–78–13–66–05–43–310–8
New York 6–313–6–110–92–45–25–14–27–0—3–65–414–54–510–913–5
Oakland 12–87–24–35–46–36–37–21–86–3—7–126–315–45–29–9
Seattle 11–85–42–57–26–38–15–46–34–512–7—4–510–103–410–8
Tampa Bay 3–611–87–123–32–54–23–40–65–143–65–4—3–611–83–15
Texas 10–92–74–54–35–46–12–74–55–44–1510–106–3—5–44–14
Toronto 7–211–89–103–64–27–25–13–39–102–54–38–114–5—10–8

Notable transactions

  • May 23, 2003: Curtis Pride was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Nashua (Atlantic).[6]
  • July 22, 2003: Jesse Orosco was sent to the New York Yankees by the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.
  • July 29, 2003: Raúl Mondesí was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks for David Dellucci, Bret Prinz, and John Prowl (minors).[7]
  • July 31, 2003: Robin Ventura was traded by the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bubba Crosby and Scott Proctor.[1]
  • August 18, 2003: Todd Zeile was released by the New York Yankees.[3]
  • August 31, 2003: Jesse Orosco was traded by the New York Yankees to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Juan Padilla (September 2, 2003) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

Roster

2003 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other Players

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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
1BJason Giambi156535134.25041107
2BAlfonso Soriano156682198.2903891
SSDerek Jeter119482156.3241052
LFHideki Matsui163623179.28716106
CFBernie Williams119445117.2631564
CJorge Posada142481135.28130101
3BRobin Ventura8928371.251942
RFRaul Mondesi9836193.2581649
DHNick Johnson9632492.2841447

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

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
Mike Mussina3131214.21783.40195
David Wells3130213.01574.14101
Roger Clemens3333211.21793.91190
Andy Pettitte3333208.12184.02180
Jeff Weaver3224159.1795.9993

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

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

Postseason

2003 ALDS

Game 1: Minnesota 3 – New York 1.

Game 2: New York 4 – Minnesota 1.

Game 3: New York 3 – Minnesota 1.

Game 4: New York 8 – Minnesota 1.

New York's victory secured their place in the American League Championship Series.

2003 ALCS

Game 1

October 8, Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 000 220 100 5130
New York 000 000 200 230
W: Tim Wakefield (1-0)  L: Mike Mussina (0-1)  S: Scott Williamson (1)
HRs: BOS Manny Ramírez (1), Todd Walker (1), David Ortiz (1)

Game 2

October 9, Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 010 001 000 2101
New York 021 010 20X 680
W: Andy Pettitte (1-0)  L: Derek Lowe (0-1)
HRs: BOS – Jason Varitek (1); NYY – Nick Johnson (1)

Game 3

October 11, Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 011 200 000 470
Boston 200 000 100 360
W: Roger Clemens (1-0)  L: Pedro Martínez (0-1)  S: Mariano Rivera (1)
HRs: NYY – Derek Jeter (1)

Game 4

October 13, Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 010 001 261
Boston 000 110 10X 360
W: Tim Wakefield (2-0)  L: Mike Mussina (0-2)  S: Scott Williamson (2)
HRs: NYY – Rubén Sierra (1); BOS – Todd Walker (2), Trot Nixon (1)

Game 5

October 14, Fenway Park

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 030 000 010 471
Boston 000 100 010 261
W: David Wells (2-0)  L: Derek Lowe (0-2)  S: Mariano Rivera (2)
HRs: BOS –, Manny Ramírez (1)

Game 6

October 15, Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Boston 004 000 302 9161
New York 100 410 000 6122
W: Alan Embree (1-0)  L: José Contreras (0-1)  S: Scott Williamson (3)
HRs: BOS Jason Varitek (2), Trot Nixon (2); NYY – Jason Giambi (1), Jorge Posada (1)

Game 7

October 16, Yankee Stadium

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Boston 030 100 010 00 5110
New York 000 010 130 01 6111
W: Mariano Rivera (1-0)  L: Tim Wakefield (2-1)
HRs: BOS Trot Nixon (3), Kevin Millar (1) David Ortiz (2); NYY – Jason Giambi 2 (3), Aaron Boone (1)

2003 World Series

Game 1

October 18, 2003 at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 100 020 000 371
New York 001 001 000 290
W: Brad Penny (1-0)   L: David Wells (0-1)  S: Ugueth Urbina (1)
HR: NYY – Bernie Williams (1)  

Game 2

October 19, 2003 at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 000 000 001 160
New York 310 200 00x 6102
W: Andy Pettitte (1-0)   L: Mark Redman (0-1)  
HR: NYY – Hideki Matsui (1), Alfonso Soriano (1)  

Game 3

October 21, 2003 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 000 100 014 661
Florida 100 000 000 180
W: Mike Mussina (1-0)   L: Josh Beckett (0-1)  S: Mariano Rivera (1)
HR: NYY – Aaron Boone (1), Bernie Williams (2)  

Game 4

October 22, 2003 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
New York 010 000 002 000 3120
Florida 300 000 000 001 4100
W: Braden Looper (1-0)   L: Jeff Weaver (0-1)  
HR: FLA – Miguel Cabrera (1), Álex González (1)  

Game 5

October 23, 2003 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
New York 100 000 102 4121
Florida 030 120 00x 691
W: Brad Penny (2-0)   L: José Contreras (0-1)  
HR: NYY – Jason Giambi (1)  

Game 6

October 25, 2003 at Yankee Stadium in New York

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 000 011 000 271
New York 000 000 000 051
W: Josh Beckett (1-1)   L: Andy Pettitte (1-1)  

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent
AA Trenton Thunder Eastern League Stump Merrill
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Bill Masse
A Battle Creek Yankees Midwest League Mitch Seoane
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Andy Stankiewicz
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Dan Radison

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References

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