2003 New York Yankees season

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 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.

2003 New York Yankees
American League Champions
American League East Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record101–61 (.623)
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)
Local radioWCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
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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

  • 3300 Donnie Rutledge
 Outfielders

Other Players

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
Aaron Boone5418948.254631
Todd Zeile6618639.210623
Rubén Sierra6317448.276631
Juan Rivera5717346.266726
Karim Garcia5215146.305621
Enrique Wilson6313531.230315
John Flaherty4010528.267414
Erick Almonte3110026.260111
Bubba Trammell225511.20005
David Dellucci21519.17614
Curtis Pride4121.08311
Charles Gipson18102.20002
Fernando Seguignol571.14300
Drew Henson581.12500
Michel Hernández541.25000
Luis Sojo340.00000
Chris Latham4221.00000

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
Brandon Claussen116.1101.425

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
José Contreras1871723.3072
Jorge De Paula411.1000.797

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
Mariano Rivera6452401.6663
Chris Hammond623212.8645
Antonio Osuna482503.7347
Sterling Hitchcock271305.4436
Juan Acevedo250367.7119
Jeff Nelson241014.5821
Jason Anderson221004.799
Jesse Orosco1500010.384
Al Reyes130003.189
Félix Heredia120101.204
Gabe White122104.386
Armando Benítez91101.9310
Dan Miceli70015.791
Randy Choate50007.360
Bret Prinz200018.002

Postseason

2003 ALDS
Main article: 2003 American League Division Series

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
Main article: 2003 American League Championship Series

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
Main article: 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
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/venturo01.shtml
  2. Hideki Matsui Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zeileto01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/knighbr01.shtml
  5. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=230611110
  6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml
  7. Raúl Mondesí Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  9. Baseball America 2004 Annual Directory
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