2002 New York Yankees season Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees
Major League Baseball team season
The 2002 New York Yankees season was the 100th season for the Yankees. 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 . 2002 was a transition year for the Yankees, as they soldiered on without Paul O'Neill, Tino Martinez, Scott Brosius and Chuck Knoblauch, main pieces in the 1990s dynasty. In the playoffs, they lost in the ALDS in 4 games to the Anaheim Angels, marking the 2002 Yankees season a failure as they did not advance to a World Series for the first time since 1997; failing to win their fifth straight pennant; they did not win a World Championship, giving the team a 2-year title drought.
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 regular season games, taking over from MSG Network , 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 joined as play-by-play commentator 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 were moved from Fox owned and operated station WNYW to CBS owned and operated station WCBS-TV ; Bobby Murcer remained as a play-by-play announcer for the games on over-the-air television. Also beginning this season, the radio broadcasts of Yankees games moved from WABC-AM to CBS Radio -owned AM station WCBS-AM which was a sibling to TV over-the-air rights holder WCBS-TV.
Regular season
Opening Day starters
Season standings
American League Wild Card
Record vs. opponents
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
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Manager
Coaches
Game log
Legend
Yankees Win
Yankees Loss
Game Postponed
2002 Game Log (103–58) Home: 52–28 Away: 51–30
April (17–10) Home: 8–2 Away: 9–8
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Location
Attendance
Record
1
April 1
@ Orioles
3–10
Erickson (1–0)Clemens —
Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,058
0–1
2
April 3
@ Orioles
1–0
Wells Johnson (0–1)Rivera Oriole Park at Camden Yards 32,142
1–1
3
April 4
@ Orioles
4–1
Mussina Ponson (0–1)Rivera Oriole Park at Camden Yards 33,317
2–1
4
April 5
Devil Rays 4–0
Pettitte Kennedy (0–1)—
Yankee Stadium 55,771
3–1
5
April 6
Devil Rays 3–0
O. Hernandez Alvarez (0–1)Rivera Yankee Stadium 39,093
4–1
6
April 7
Devil Rays 7–2
Clemens Sturtze (0–1)—
Yankee Stadium 37,343
5–1
7
April 8
@ Blue Jays
16–3
Wells Prokopec (0–1)—
SkyDome 16,073
6–1
8
April 9
@ Blue Jays
5–2
Mussina Plesac (0–1)Rivera SkyDome 18,003
7–1
9
April 10
@ Blue Jays
7–9
Borbon (1–0)Lilly Escobar (1)SkyDome 19,124
7–2
10
April 11
@ Blue Jays
3–11
Eyre (1–0)Clemens —
SkyDome 20,091
7–3
11
April 12
@ Red Sox
2–3
Oliver (1–0)O. Hernandez Urbina (4)Fenway Park 32,812
7–4
12
April 13
@ Red Sox
6–7
Arrojo (1–0)Rivera Urbina (5)Fenway Park 33,756
7–5
13
April 14
@ Red Sox
6–2
Mussina Wakefield (1–1)Rivera Fenway Park 33,742
8–5
14
April 15
@ Red Sox
3–4
Lowe (2–1)Pettitte Urbina (6)Fenway Park 33,864
8–6
15
April 16
Orioles 4–5
Bauer (1–0)Mendoza Julio (1)Yankee Stadium 33,721
8–7
16
April 17
Orioles 7–1
O. Hernandez Towers (0–3)—
Yankee Stadium 27,912
9–7
17
April 18
Orioles 8–4
Wells Erickson (1–2)—
Yankee Stadium 35,212
10–7
18
April 19
Blue Jays 6–5
Rivera File (0–1)—
Yankee Stadium 36,136
11–7
19
April 20
Blue Jays 4–5 (10)
Plesac (1–1)Mendoza —
Yankee Stadium 39,265
11–8
20
April 21
Blue Jays 9–2
Clemens Carpenter (0–1)—
Yankee Stadium 43,309
12–8
21
April 23
@ Athletics
2–1
O. Hernandez Hudson (2–2)Rivera Network Associates Coliseum 40,360
13–8
22
April 24
@ Athletics
8–5
Stanton Magnante (0–1)Rivera Network Associates Coliseum 54,513
13–9
23
April 25
@ Athletics
2–6
Zito (1–1)Mussina —
Network Associates Coliseum 31,870
14–9
24
April 26
@ Mariners
7–1
Clemens Baldwin (2–1)—
Safeco Field 45,814
15–9
25
April 27
@ Mariners
0–1
Garcia (3–2)Lilly Sasaki (7)Safeco Field 46,047
15–10
26
April 28
@ Mariners
4–3
Karsay Rhodes (1–1)Rivera Safeco Field 46,115
16–10
27
April 30
Athletics 8–2
Wells Zito (1–2)—
Yankee Stadium 32,888
17–10
May (19–9) Home: 8–7 Away: 11–2
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Location
Attendance
Record
28
May 1
Athletics 1–4
Hiljus (3–1)Mussina Koch (6)Yankee Stadium 31,006
17–11
29
May 2
Athletics 9–2
Clemens Lidle (1–4)—
Yankee Stadium 30,463
18–11
30
May 3
Mariners 2–6
Garcia (4–2)Lilly —
Yankee Stadium 47,918
18–12
31
May 4
Mariners 5–9
Nelson (1–0)Karsay —
Yankee Stadium 52,081
18–13
32
May 5
Mariners 6–10
Pineiro (2–0)Wells —
Yankee Stadium 48,176
18–14
33
May 7
@ Devil Rays
5–2
Mussina Wilson (1–3)Rivera Tropicana Field 15,031
19–14
34
May 8
@ Devil Rays
7–2
Clemens James (0–3)—
Tropicana Field 15,263
20–14
35
May 9
@ Devil Rays
3–1
O. Hernandez Kennedy (1–3)Rivera Tropicana Field 16,013
21–14
36
May 10
@ Twins
5–3
Wells Milton (4–3)Rivera Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 35,727
22–14
37
May 11
@ Twins
4–2
Stanton Guardado (0–1)Rivera Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 43,265
23–14
38
May 12
@ Twins
10–4
Mussina Reed (4–2)—
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 26,165
24–14
39
May 14
Devil Rays 10–3
Clemens Harper (0–1)—
Yankee Stadium 29,503
25–14
40
May 15
Devil Rays 7–10
Kennedy (2–3)O. Hernandez Yan (6)Yankee Stadium 26,571
25–15
41
May 16
Devil Rays 13–0
Wells Rupe (3–5)—
Yankee Stadium 32,695
26–15
42
May 17
Twins 13–12 (14)
Hitchcock Trombley (0–1)—
Yankee Stadium 39,470
27–15
43
May 18
Twins 6–2
Lilly Fiore (2–1)—
Yankee Stadium 46,057
28–15
44
May 19
Twins 3–0
Clemens Kinney (1–4)Rivera Yankee Stadium 53,662
29–15
45
May 20
Blue Jays 6–3
Mendoza Heredia (0–1)Rivera Yankee Stadium 30,657
30–15
46
May 21
Blue Jays 4–1
Mussina Prokopec (2–6)Karsay Yankee Stadium 26,531
31–15
47
May 22
Blue Jays 3–8
Halladay (5–1)A. Hernandez —
Yankee Stadium 44,284
31–16
48
May 23
@ Red Sox
1–3
Martinez (7–0)Lilly Urbina (15)Fenway Park 33,884
31–17
49
May 24
@ Red Sox
8–9 (11)
Arrojo (3–1)Karsay —
Fenway Park 34,175
31–18
50
May 25
@ Red Sox
3–2
Mendoza Lowe (7–2)Rivera Fenway Park 33,743
32–18
51
May 26
@ Red Sox
14–5
Mussina Oliver (4–4)—
Fenway Park 34,096
33–18
52
May 27
@ White Sox
10–6
Thurman Wright (5–5)—
Comiskey Park 43,781
34–18
53
May 28
@ White Sox
4–2
Lilly Garland (5–4)Rivera Comiskey Park 27,859
35–18
54
May 29
@ White Sox
6–3
Karsay Foulke (0–3)Rivera Comiskey Park 27,572
36–18
55
May 31
Red Sox 2–5
Lowe (8–2)Wells —
Yankee Stadium 52,941
36–19
June (14–12) Home: 8–6 Away: 6–6
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Location
Attendance
Record
56
June 1
Red Sox 10–2
Mussina Oliver (4–5)—
Yankee Stadium 55,699
37–19
57
June 2
Red Sox 1–7
Castillo (4–5)Lilly —
Yankee Stadium 55,602
37–20
58
June 3
Orioles 3–4
Julio (3–4)Rivera —
Yankee Stadium 31,476
37–21
59
June 4
Orioles 13–5
Mendoza Erickson (3–6)—
Yankee Stadium 32,214
38–21
60
June 5
Orioles 3–4
Driskill (3–0)Wells Julio (10)Yankee Stadium 26,506
38–22
–
June 6
Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 10
61
June 7
Giants 2–1
Mussina Hernandez (5–6)Rivera Yankee Stadium 55,053
39–22
62
June 8
Giants 3–4
Schmidt (2–1)Rivera Nen (16)Yankee Stadium 55,194
39–23
63
June 9
Giants 4–2
Clemens Rodriguez (1–3)Karsay Yankee Stadium 55,335
40–23
64
June 10
Diamondbacks 7–5
Stanton Johnson (9–2)—
Yankee Stadium 45,698
41–23
65
June 11
Diamondbacks 6–4
Wells Anderson (1–6)Mendoza Yankee Stadium 44,734
42–23
66
June 12
Diamondbacks 5–9
Batista (4–3)Mussina Kim (17)Yankee Stadium 50,864
42–24
67
June 14
@ Mets
4–2 (10)
Karsay Komiyama (0–3)—
Shea Stadium 54,069
43–24
68
June 15
@ Mets
0–8
Estes (3–5)Clemens —
Shea Stadium 54,347
43–25
69
June 16
@ Mets
2–3
Guthrie (1–0)Wells Benitez (15)Shea Stadium 55,141
43–26
70
June 18
@ Rockies
10–5
Mussina Jennings (8–3)Stanton Coors Field 48,738
44–26
71
June 19
@ Rockies
20–10
Mendoza White (1–5)—
Coors Field 48,821
45–26
72
June 20
@ Rockies
11–14 (10)
Stark (4–1)Karsay —
Coors Field 48,916
45–27
73
June 21
@ Padres
1–9
Perez (2–0)Wells —
Qualcomm Stadium 55,858
45–28
74
June 22
@ Padres
1–0
Lilly Peavy (0–1)—
Qualcomm Stadium 60,021
46–28
75
June 23
@ Padres
3–2
Mendoza Reed (1–3)Karsay Qualcomm Stadium 50,050
47–28
76
June 25
@ Orioles
3–4
Roberts (4–2)Pettitte Julio (16)Oriole Park at Camden Yards 41,583
47–29
77
June 26
@ Orioles
7–8
Roberts (5–2)Stanton —
Oriole Park at Camden Yards 42,670
47–30
78
June 27
@ Orioles
3–2
Wells Erickson (3–7)Rivera Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,057
48–30
79
June 28
Mets 11–5
Mussina D'Amico (4–7)O. Hernandez Yankee Stadium 55,739
49–30
80
June 29
Mets 2–11
Leiter (8–6)Lilly —
Yankee Stadium 55,615
49–31
81
June 30
Mets 8–0
Pettitte Trachsel (6–7)—
Yankee Stadium 55,700
50–31
July (17–8) Home: 9–2 Away: 8–6
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Location
Attendance
Record
82
July 2
Indians 10–5
Mendoza Rincon (0–3)—
Yankee Stadium 45,589
51–31
83
July 3
Indians 11–8
Wells Sabathia (6–7)Rivera Yankee Stadium 39,879
52–31
84
July 4
Indians 7–1
Mussina Finley (4–11)—
Yankee Stadium 42,909
53–31
85
July 5
Blue Jays 6–3
O. Hernandez Loaiza (3–5)Rivera Yankee Stadium 46,788
54–31
86
July 6
Blue Jays 3–8
Parris (1–2)Pettitte —
Yankee Stadium 55,005
54–32
87
July 7
Blue Jays 10–6
Weaver Thurman (1–2)—
Yankee Stadium 46,922
55–32
73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
88
July 11
@ Indians
7–4
Pettitte Sabathia (6–8)Rivera Jacobs Field 41,192
56–32
89
July 12
@ Indians
1–2 (10)
Wohlers (1–1)Karsay —
Jacobs Field 42,518
56–33
90
July 13
@ Indians
14–5
Wells Drese (8–7)—
Jacobs Field 42,631
57–33
91
July 14
@ Indians
7–10
Rincon (1–3)Rivera —
Jacobs Field 42,573
57–34
92
July 15
@ Blue Jays
5–8
Parris (2–2)O. Hernandez Escobar (15)SkyDome 25,371
57–35
93
July 16
@ Blue Jays
7–6
Karsay Politte (3–3)Rivera SkyDome 27,197
58–35
94
July 17
Tigers 2–1
Pettitte Redman (5–9)—
Yankee Stadium 49,116
59–35
95
July 18
Tigers 6–5
Mendoza Rodney (1–3)Rivera Yankee Stadium 54,725
60–35
96
July 19
Red Sox 2–4
Martinez (12–2)Mussina Urbina (24)Yankee Stadium 55,510
60–36
97
July 20
Red Sox 9–8 (11)
Karsay Gomes (1–2)—
Yankee Stadium 55,526
61–36
98
July 21
Red Sox 9–8
Stanton Urbina (1–5)—
Yankee Stadium 55,581
62–36
99
July 23
@ Indians
3–9
Baez (8–7)Pettitte —
Jacobs Field 38,520
62–37
100
July 24
@ Indians
14–7
Wells Drese (8–8)—
Jacobs Field 38,081
63–37
101
July 26
@ Devil Rays
12–9
Mussina Sosa (1–3)Karsay Tropicana Field 22,527
64–37
102
July 27
@ Devil Rays
4–7
Harper (4–6)Weaver Yan (14)Tropicana Field 35,021
64–38
103
July 28
@ Devil Rays
9–1
Pettitte Sturtze (1–11)—
Tropicana Field 29,144
65–38
104
July 29
@ Rangers
9–2
O. Hernandez Rogers (11–6)—
The Ballpark in Arlington 44,006
66–38
105
July 30
@ Rangers
9–6
Wells Myette (0–3)Mendoza The Ballpark in Arlington 42,818
67–38
106
July 31
@ Rangers
6–17
Bell (4–3)Mussina —
The Ballpark in Arlington 41,133
67–39
August (17–11) Home: 7–6 Away: 10–5
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Location
Attendance
Record
107
August 1
@ Angels
1–2
Washburn (13–3)Weaver Percival (25)Edison International Field of Anaheim 42,897
67–40
108
August 2
@ Angels
4–0
Pettitte Appier (9–9)Mendoza Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,668
68–40
109
August 3
@ Angels
4–5
Percival (4–1)Mendoza —
Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,619
68–41
110
August 4
@ Angels
7–5 (12)
Stanton Shields (3–2)Mendoza Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,455
69–41
111
August 6
Royals 2–6
Ru. Hernandez (2–1)Mussina —
Yankee Stadium 48,275
69–42
112
August 7
Royals 6–2
Clemens Suppan (8–11)—
Yankee Stadium 40,184
70–42
113
August 8
Royals 6–3
Pettitte Byrd (14–8)Rivera Yankee Stadium 55,142
71–42
114
August 9
Athletics 2–3 (16)
Bowie (2–0)Hitchcock —
Yankee Stadium 54,316
71–43
115
August 10
Athletics 0–8
Lidle (5–9)Wells —
Yankee Stadium 54,439
71–44
116
August 11
Athletics 8–5
Mussina Mulder (13–7)—
Yankee Stadium 54,703
72–44
117
August 13
@ Royals
10–5
Clemens Suppan (8–12)—
Kauffman Stadium 28,834
73–44
118
August 14
@ Royals
3–2
Mendoza Stein (0–3)Rivera Kauffman Stadium 26,383
74–44
119
August 15
@ Royals
7–5 (12)
Stanton Ro. Hernandez (1–3)Rivera Kauffman Stadium 27,565
75–44
120
August 16
@ Mariners
9–3
Wells Halama (5–4)Weaver Safeco Field 46,033
76–44
121
August 17
@ Mariners
8–3
Mussina Franklin (4–3)Karsay Safeco Field 46,174
77–44
122
August 18
@ Mariners
2–5
Pineiro (13–4)Clemens Sasaki (31)Safeco Field 46,086
77–45
123
August 20
Angels 7–5
Pettitte Sele (8–9)Stanton Yankee Stadium 41,619
78–45
124
August 21
Angels 1–5 (11)
Weber (5–2)Weaver —
Yankee Stadium 46,423
78–46
125
August 22
Angels 4–2
Wells Lackey (5–3)Karsay Yankee Stadium 43,222
79–46
126
August 23
Rangers 2–6
Park (5–6)Mussina —
Yankee Stadium 50,871
79–47
127
August 24
Rangers 3–2
Clemens Alvarez (0–4)Karsay Yankee Stadium 53,494
80–47
128
August 25
Rangers 2–6
Benoit (3–2)Pettitte —
Yankee Stadium 50,037
80–48
129
August 26
Rangers 10–3
O. Hernandez Rogers (12–7)Weaver Yankee Stadium 42,785
81–48
130
August 27
@ Red Sox
6–0
Wells Fossum (2–3)—
Fenway Park 33,810
82–48
131
August 28
@ Red Sox
7–0
Mussina Martinez (17–4)—
Fenway Park 33,793
83–48
132
August 29
@ Blue Jays
4–7
Loaiza (7–7)Clemens —
SkyDome 32,679
83–49
133
August 30
@ Blue Jays
9–7
Weaver Walker (7–4)Karsay SkyDome 24,301
84–49
134
August 31
@ Blue Jays
1–5
Miller (6–4)O. Hernandez —
SkyDome 36,021
84–50
September (19–8) Home: 12–5 Away: 7–3
#
Date
Opponent
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Location
Attendance
Record
135
September 1
@ Blue Jays
6–7
Halladay (15–6)Wells Escobar (28)SkyDome 32,577
84–51
136
September 2
Red Sox 4–8
Fossum (3–3)Mussina —
Yankee Stadium 55,169
84–52
137
September 3
Red Sox 4–2
Clemens Castillo (5–13)Stanton Yankee Stadium 47,318
85–52
138
September 4
Red Sox 3–1
Pettitte Lowe (18–7)Karsay Yankee Stadium 50,006
86–52
139
September 5
Tigers 9–3
O. Hernandez Sparks (8–15)—
Yankee Stadium 28,222
87–52
140
September 6
Tigers 8–1
Wells Redman (8–14)—
Yankee Stadium 41,114
88–52
141
September 7
Tigers 1–2
German (1–0)Mussina Acevedo (28)Yankee Stadium 40,541
88–53
142
September 8
Tigers 6–4
Stanton Henriquez (1–1)Karsay Yankee Stadium 39,302
89–53
143
September 10 (1)
Orioles 5–2
Pettitte Johnson (4–13)Stanton Yankee Stadium 8,875
90–53
144
September 10 (2)
Orioles 3–1
Weaver Ponson (7–6)Karsay Yankee Stadium 31,270
91–53
145
September 11
Orioles 5–4 (11)
Karsay Bauer (6–7)—
Yankee Stadium 35,183
92–53
146
September 12
Orioles 7–3
Wells Douglass (0–3)—
Yankee Stadium 33,263
93–53
147
September 13
White Sox 2–13
Biddle (2–3)Mussina Osuna (11)Yankee Stadium 45,935
93–54
148
September 14
White Sox 1–8
Wright (12–12)Clemens —
Yankee Stadium 44,795
93–55
149
September 15
White Sox 8–4 (6)
Pettitte Porzio (2–1)—
Yankee Stadium 39,587
94–55
150
September 17
@ Devil Rays
7–9
Carter (1–0)Mendoza —
Tropicana Field 14,797
94–56
151
September 18
@ Devil Rays
7–1
Weaver Zambrano (6–8)—
Tropicana Field 14,993
94–57
152
September 19
@ Devil Rays
2–3 (10)
Yan (7–8)Hitchcock —
Tropicana Field 18,557
95–57
153
September 20
@ Tigers
5–1
Clemens Van Hekken (1–2)—
Comerica Park 25,364
96–57
154
September 21
@ Tigers
3–2
Pettitte Beverlin (0–2)Karsay Comerica Park 25,432
97–57
155
September 22
@ Tigers
4–3
Wells Maroth (6–9)Stanton Comerica Park 23,930
98–57
156
September 23
Devil Rays 2–3
Zambrano (7–8)O. Hernandez Yan (19)Yankee Stadium 31,937
98–58
157
September 24
Devil Rays 6–0
Mussina Harper (5–9)—
Yankee Stadium 32,492
99–58
158
September 25
Devil Rays 4–3
Weaver Sturtze (4–18)Rivera Yankee Stadium 30,004
100–58
–
September 26
Devil Rays Cancelled (rain)
159
September 27
@ Orioles
6–2
Pettitte Ponson (7–9)—
Oriole Park at Camden Yards 40,975
101–58
160
September 28
@ Orioles
4–2
Wells Driskill (8–8)Stanton Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,165
102–58
161
September 29
@ Orioles
6–1
Mussina Stephens (2–5)—
Oriole Park at Camden Yards 46,443
103–58
Player stats
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games, IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Postseason
Game log
2002 Postseason Game Log (1–3)
ALDS
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
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norwich, Staten Island [ 11] [ 12]
References
^ "John Vander Wal" . Transactions . Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 12, 2012 .^ Curry, Jack (December 14, 2001). "Tearful Giambi Is Proud To Put On the Pinstripes" . New York Times . p. S1. Retrieved February 12, 2012 .^ "Luis Sojo Stats" .^ "Clay Bellinger Stats" .^ "Ron Coomer Stats" .^ Bobby Estalella Statistics Baseball-Reference.com^ a b Bill Pulsipher Statistics Baseball-Reference.com^ Raúl Mondesí Statistics Baseball-Reference.com^ Ted Lilly Statistics Baseball-Reference.com^ 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 ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball , 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
^ Baseball America 2003 Annual Directory
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