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2003 New York Yankees
AL Champions
AL East Champions
File:NY Yankees Logo.png
DivisionEastern Division
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Record101–61 (.623)
OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner
ManagersJoe Torre
TelevisionWCBS-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer)
RadioWCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
← 2002 Seasons 2004 →

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.

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 101 61 .623 — 50‍–‍32 51‍–‍29
Boston Red Sox 95 67 .586 6 53‍–‍28 42‍–‍39
Toronto Blue Jays 86 76 .531 15 41‍–‍40 45‍–‍36
Baltimore Orioles 71 91 .438 30 40‍–‍40 31‍–‍51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 63 99 .389 38 36‍–‍45 27‍–‍54


Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record

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 — 1–8 3–6 3–4 6–3 6–1 6–3 5–4 3–6 8–12 8–11 6–3 9–10 2–7 11–7
Baltimore 8–1 — 9–10 2–4 3–3 3–3 3–4 3–4 6–13–1 2–7 4–5 8–11 7–2 8–11 5–13
Boston 6–3 10–9 — 5–4 4–2 8–1 5–1 2–4 9–10 3–4 5–2 12–7 5–4 10–9 11–7
Chicago 4–3 4–2 4–5 — 11–8 11–8 11–8 9–10 4–2 4–5 2–7 3–3 3–4 6–3 10–8
Cleveland 3–6 3–3 2–4 8–11 — 12–7 6–13 9–10 2–5 3–6 3–6 5–2 4–5 2–4 6–12
Detroit 1–6 3–3 1–8 8–11 7–12 — 5–14 4–15 1–5 3–6 1–8 2–4 1–6 2–7 4–14
Kansas City 3–6 4–3 1–5 8–11 13–6 14–5 — 11–8 2–4 2–7 4–5 4–3 7–2 1–5 9–9
Minnesota 4–5 4–3 4–2 10–9 10–9 15–4 8–11 — 0–7 8–1 3–6 6–0 5–4 3–3 10–8
New York 6–3 13–6–1 10–9 2–4 5–2 5–1 4–2 7–0 — 3–6 5–4 14–5 4–5 10–9 13–5
Oakland 12–8 7–2 4–3 5–4 6–3 6–3 7–2 1–8 6–3 — 7–12 6–3 15–4 5–2 9–9
Seattle 11–8 5–4 2–5 7–2 6–3 8–1 5–4 6–3 4–5 12–7 — 4–5 10–10 3–4 10–8
Tampa Bay 3–6 11–8 7–12 3–3 2–5 4–2 3–4 0–6 5–14 3–6 5–4 — 3–6 11–8 3–15
Texas 10–9 2–7 4–5 4–3 5–4 6–1 2–7 4–5 5–4 4–15 10–10 6–3 — 5–4 4–14
Toronto 7–2 11–8 9–10 3–6 4–2 7–2 5–1 3–3 9–10 2–5 4–3 8–11 4–5 — 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
1B Jason Giambi 156 535 134 .250 41 107
2B Alfonso Soriano 156 682 198 .290 38 91
SS Derek Jeter 119 482 156 .324 10 52
LF Hideki Matsui 163 623 179 .287 16 106
CF Bernie Williams 119 445 117 .263 15 64
C Jorge Posada 142 481 135 .281 30 101
3B Robin Ventura 89 283 71 .251 9 42
RF Raul Mondesi 98 361 93 .258 16 49
DH Nick Johnson 96 324 92 .284 14 47

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 Boone 54 189 48 .254 6 31
Todd Zeile 66 186 39 .210 6 23
Rubén Sierra 63 174 48 .276 6 31
Juan Rivera 57 173 46 .266 7 26
Karim Garcia 52 151 46 .305 6 21
Enrique Wilson 63 135 31 .230 3 15
John Flaherty 40 105 28 .267 4 14
Erick Almonte 31 100 26 .260 1 11
Bubba Trammell 22 55 11 .200 0 5
David Dellucci 21 51 9 .176 1 4
Curtis Pride 4 12 1 .083 1 1
Charles Gipson 18 10 2 .200 0 2
Fernando Seguignol 5 7 1 .143 0 0
Drew Henson 5 8 1 .125 0 0
Michel Hernández 5 4 1 .250 0 0
Luis Sojo 3 4 0 .000 0 0
Chris Latham 4 2 2 1.000 0 0

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 Mussina 31 31 214.2 17 8 3.40 195
David Wells 31 30 213.0 15 7 4.14 101
Roger Clemens 33 33 211.2 17 9 3.91 190
Andy Pettitte 33 33 208.1 21 8 4.02 180
Jeff Weaver 32 24 159.1 7 9 5.99 93
Brandon Claussen 1 1 6.1 1 0 1.42 5

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 Contreras 18 71 7 2 3.30 72
Jorge De Paula 4 11.1 0 0 0.79 7

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 Rivera 64 5 2 40 1.66 63
Chris Hammond 62 3 2 1 2.86 45
Antonio Osuna 48 2 5 0 3.73 47
Sterling Hitchcock 27 1 3 0 5.44 36
Juan Acevedo 25 0 3 6 7.71 19
Jeff Nelson 24 1 0 1 4.58 21
Jason Anderson 22 1 0 0 4.79 9
Jesse Orosco 15 0 0 0 10.38 4
Al Reyes 13 0 0 0 3.18 9
Félix Heredia 12 0 1 0 1.20 4
Gabe White 12 2 1 0 4.38 6
Armando Benítez 9 1 1 0 1.93 10
Dan Miceli 7 0 0 1 5.79 1
Randy Choate 5 0 0 0 7.36 0
Bret Prinz 2 0 0 0 18.00 2

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 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 13 0
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 0
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 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 10 1
New York 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 6 8 0
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 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
Boston 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 0
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 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 1
Boston 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 X 3 6 0
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 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 7 1
Boston 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 1
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 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 2 9 16 1
New York 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 12 2
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 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 11 0
New York 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 6 11 1
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 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
New York 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 9 0
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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
New York 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 x 6 10 2
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 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 6 6 1
Florida 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
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 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 12 0
Florida 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 0
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 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 12 1
Florida 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 x 6 9 1
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 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 7 1
New York 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
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

[8][9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Robin Ventura Stats".
  2. ^ Hideki Matsui Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ a b "Todd Zeile Stats".
  4. ^ "Brandon Knight Stats".
  5. ^ "Astros vs. Yankees - Game Recap - June 11, 2003 - ESPN".
  6. ^ "Curtis Pride Stats".
  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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