2003 New York Yankees season

2003 New York Yankees
2003 AL East Champions 2003 AL Champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976)
New York City (since 1903)
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 100th 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	101	61	0.623	—	50–32	51–29
Boston Red Sox	95	67	0.586	6	53–28	42–39
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	0.531	15	41–40	45–36
Baltimore Orioles	71	91	0.438	30	40–40	31–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	63	99	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	—	1–8	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 57 Juan Acevedo 45 Jason Anderson 45 Armando Benítez 38 Randy Choate 60 Brandon Claussen 22 Roger Clemens 52 José Contreras 41 Jorge De Paula 39 Chris Hammond 45 Félix Heredia 41 Sterling Hitchcock 40 Dan Miceli 35 Mike Mussina 43 Jeff Nelson 47 Jesse Orosco 13 Antonio Osuna 46 Andy Pettitte 38 Bret Prinz 47 Al Reyes 42 Mariano Rivera 18 Jeff Weaver 33 David Wells 40 Gabe White		Catchers 17 John Flaherty 57 Michel Hernández 20 Jorge Posada Infielders 60,11 Erick Almonte 19 Aaron Boone 25 Jason Giambi 38 Drew Henson  2 Derek Jeter 36 Nick Johnson 48 Fernando Seguignol 12 Alfonso Soriano 19 Robin Ventura 14 Enrique Wilson 27 Todd Zeile		Outfielders 11 David Dellucci 28 Karim García 28 Charles Gipson 28 Chris Latham 55 Hideki Matsui 43 Raúl Mondesí 11 Curtis Pride 59 Juan Rivera 24 Rubén Sierra 29 Bubba Trammell 51 Bernie Williams Other Players 27 Luis Sojo		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 56 Rick Down (hitting) 53 Lee Mazzilli (first base) 52 Rich Monteleone (bullpen) 30 Willie Randolph (third base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre (pitching) 54 Don Zimmer (bench)

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	Giambi, JasonJason Giambi	156	535	134	.250	41	107
2B	Soriano, AlfonsoAlfonso Soriano	156	682	198	.290	38	91
SS	Jeter, DerekDerek Jeter	119	482	156	.324	10	52
LF	Matsui, HidekiHideki Matsui	163	623	179	.287	16	106
CF	Williams, BernieBernie Williams	119	445	117	.263	15	64
C	Posada, JorgeJorge Posada	142	481	135	.281	30	101
3B	Ventura, RobinRobin Ventura	89	283	71	.251	9	42
RF	Mondesi, RaulRaul Mondesi	98	361	93	.258	16	49
DH	Johnson, NickNick 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

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
Mussina, MikeMike Mussina	31	31	214.2	17	8	3.40	195
Wells, DavidDavid Wells	31	30	213.0	15	7	4.14	101
Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens	33	33	211.2	17	9	3.91	190
Pettitte, AndyAndy Pettitte	33	33	208.1	21	8	4.02	180
Weaver, JeffJeff Weaver	32	24	159.1	7	9	5.99	93

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	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

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

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. http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/venturo01.shtml
2. Hideki Matsui Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
3. http://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zeileto01.shtml
4. http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/knighbr01.shtml
5. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=230611110
6. http://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

External links

• 2003 New York Yankees
• 2003 World Series
• 2003 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com