2002 New York Yankees season

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2002  New York Yankees
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Record103–58 (.640)
Divisional place1st
Owners George Steinbrenner
General managers Brian Cashman
Managers Joe Torre
Television WCBS-TV
YES Network
(Michael Kay, Jim Kaat, Ken Singleton, Bobby Murcer, David Cone, Paul O'Neill)
Radio WCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
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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.

Contents

Offseason

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

AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 103580.640—52–2851–30
Boston Red Sox 93690.57410½42–3951–30
Toronto Blue Jays 78840.48125½42–3936–45
Baltimore Orioles 67950.41436½34–4733–48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 551060.3424830–5125–55

American League Wild Card

Division leaders		 W L Pct.
New York Yankees 103580.640
Minnesota Twins 94670.584
Oakland Athletics 103590.636


Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)		 W L Pct. GB
Anaheim Angels 99630.611—
Boston Red Sox 93690.5746
Seattle Mariners 93690.5746
Chicago White Sox 81810.50018
Toronto Blue Jays 78840.48121
Cleveland Indians 74880.45725
Texas Rangers 72900.44427
Baltimore Orioles 67950.41432
Kansas City Royals 621000.38337
Detroit Tigers 551060.34243½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 551060.34243½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
Anaheim —7–23–46–36–38–16–34–53–49–119–108–112–77–211–7
Baltimore 2–7—6–133–41–52–47–05–16–134–55–410–93–64–159–9
Boston 4–313–6—2–45–45–44–23–39–106–34–516–34–313–65–13
Chicago 3–64–34–2—9–1012–711–88–112–42–75–44–35–44–28–10
Cleveland 3–65–14–510–9—10–99–108–113–62–53–44–24–53–36–12
Detroit 1–84–24–57–129–10—9–104–141–81–62–52–45–40–66–12
Kansas City 3–60–72–48–1110–910–9—5–141–51–83–64–27–23–45–13
Minnesota 5–41–53–311–811–814–414–5—0–63–65–45–26–36–110–8
New York 4–313–610–94–26–38–15–16–0—5–44–513–54–310–911–7
Oakland 11–95–43–67–25–26–18–16–34–5—8–118–113–63–616–2
Seattle 10–94–55–44–54–35–26–34–55–411–8—5–413–76–311–7
Tampa Bay 1–89–103–163–42–44–22–42–55–131–84–5—4–58–117–11
Texas 7–126–33–44–55–44–52–73–63–46–137–135–4—8–19–9
Toronto 2–715–46–132–43–36–04–31–69–106–33–611–81–8—9–9

Notable transactions

Roster

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Infielders

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Coaches

Game log

Legend
Yankees WinYankees LossGame Postponed
2002 Game Log (103–58) Home: 52–28 Away: 51–30
April (17–10) Home: 8–2 Away: 9–8
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Orioles 3–10 Erickson (1–0) Clemens (0–1)— Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,0580–1
2April 3@ Orioles 1–0 Wells (1–0) Johnson (0–1) Rivera (1) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 32,1421–1
3April 4@ Orioles 4–1 Mussina (1–0) Ponson (0–1) Rivera (2) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 33,3172–1
4April 5 Devil Rays 4–0 Pettitte (1–0) Kennedy (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 55,7713–1
5April 6 Devil Rays 3–0 O. Hernandez (1–0) Alvarez (0–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 39,0934–1
6April 7 Devil Rays 7–2 Clemens (1–1) Sturtze (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 37,3435–1
7April 8@ Blue Jays 16–3 Wells (2–0) Prokopec (0–1)— SkyDome 16,0736–1
8April 9@ Blue Jays 5–2 Mussina (2–0) Plesac (0–1) Rivera (4) SkyDome 18,0037–1
9April 10@ Blue Jays 7–9 Borbon (1–0) Lilly (0–1) Escobar (1) SkyDome 19,1247–2
10April 11@ Blue Jays 3–11 Eyre (1–0) Clemens (1–2)— SkyDome 20,0917–3
11April 12@ Red Sox 2–3 Oliver (1–0) O. Hernandez (1–1) Urbina (4) Fenway Park 32,8127–4
12April 13@ Red Sox 6–7 Arrojo (1–0) Rivera (0–1) Urbina (5) Fenway Park 33,7567–5
13April 14@ Red Sox 6–2 Mussina (3–0) Wakefield (1–1) Rivera (5) Fenway Park 33,7428–5
14April 15@ Red Sox 3–4 Lowe (2–1) Pettitte (1–1) Urbina (6) Fenway Park 33,8648–6
15April 16 Orioles 4–5 Bauer (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) Julio (1) Yankee Stadium 33,7218–7
16April 17 Orioles 7–1 O. Hernandez (2–1) Towers (0–3)— Yankee Stadium 27,9129–7
17April 18 Orioles 8–4 Wells (3–0) Erickson (1–2)— Yankee Stadium 35,21210–7
18April 19 Blue Jays 6–5 Rivera (1–1) File (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 36,13611–7
19April 20 Blue Jays 4–5 (10) Plesac (1–1) Mendoza (0–2)— Yankee Stadium 39,26511–8
20April 21 Blue Jays 9–2 Clemens (2–2) Carpenter (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 43,30912–8
21April 23@ Athletics 2–1 O. Hernandez (3–1) Hudson (2–2) Rivera (6) Network Associates Coliseum 40,36013–8
22April 24@ Athletics 8–5 Stanton (1–0) Magnante (0–1) Rivera (7) Network Associates Coliseum 54,51313–9
23April 25@ Athletics 2–6 Zito (1–1) Mussina (3–1)— Network Associates Coliseum 31,87014–9
24April 26@ Mariners 7–1 Clemens (3–2) Baldwin (2–1)— Safeco Field 45,81415–9
25April 27@ Mariners 0–1 Garcia (3–2) Lilly (0–2) Sasaki (7) Safeco Field 46,04715–10
26April 28@ Mariners 4–3 Karsay (1–0) Rhodes (1–1) Rivera (8) Safeco Field 46,11516–10
27April 30 Athletics 8–2 Wells (4–0) Zito (1–2)— Yankee Stadium 32,88817–10
May (19–9) Home: 8–7 Away: 11–2
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
28May 1 Athletics 1–4 Hiljus (3–1) Mussina (3–2) Koch (6) Yankee Stadium 31,00617–11
29May 2 Athletics 9–2 Clemens (4–2) Lidle (1–4)— Yankee Stadium 30,46318–11
30May 3 Mariners 2–6 Garcia (4–2) Lilly (0–3)— Yankee Stadium 47,91818–12
31May 4 Mariners 5–9 Nelson (1–0) Karsay (1–1)— Yankee Stadium 52,08118–13
32May 5 Mariners 6–10 Pineiro (2–0) Wells (4–1)— Yankee Stadium 48,17618–14
33May 7@ Devil Rays 5–2 Mussina (4–2) Wilson (1–3) Rivera (9) Tropicana Field 15,03119–14
34May 8@ Devil Rays 7–2 Clemens (5–2) James (0–3)— Tropicana Field 15,26320–14
35May 9@ Devil Rays 3–1 O. Hernandez (4–1) Kennedy (1–3) Rivera (10) Tropicana Field 16,01321–14
36May 10@ Twins 5–3 Wells (5–1) Milton (4–3) Rivera (11) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 35,72722–14
37May 11@ Twins 4–2 Stanton (2–0) Guardado (0–1) Rivera (12) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 43,26523–14
38May 12@ Twins 10–4 Mussina (5–2) Reed (4–2)— Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 26,16524–14
39May 14 Devil Rays 10–3 Clemens (6–2) Harper (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 29,50325–14
40May 15 Devil Rays 7–10 Kennedy (2–3) O. Hernandez (4–2) Yan (6) Yankee Stadium 26,57125–15
41May 16 Devil Rays 13–0 Wells (6–1) Rupe (3–5)— Yankee Stadium 32,69526–15
42May 17 Twins 13–12 (14) Hitchcock (1–0) Trombley (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 39,47027–15
43May 18 Twins 6–2 Lilly (1–3) Fiore (2–1)— Yankee Stadium 46,05728–15
44May 19 Twins 3–0 Clemens (7–2) Kinney (1–4) Rivera (13) Yankee Stadium 53,66229–15
45May 20 Blue Jays 6–3 Mendoza (1–2) Heredia (0–1) Rivera (14) Yankee Stadium 30,65730–15
46May 21 Blue Jays 4–1 Mussina (6–2) Prokopec (2–6) Karsay (1) Yankee Stadium 26,53131–15
47May 22 Blue Jays 3–8 Halladay (5–1) A. Hernandez (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 44,28431–16
48May 23@ Red Sox 1–3 Martinez (7–0) Lilly (1–4) Urbina (15) Fenway Park 33,88431–17
49May 24@ Red Sox 8–9 (11) Arrojo (3–1) Karsay (1–2)— Fenway Park 34,17531–18
50May 25@ Red Sox 3–2 Mendoza (2–2) Lowe (7–2) Rivera (15) Fenway Park 33,74332–18
51May 26@ Red Sox 14–5 Mussina (7–2) Oliver (4–4)— Fenway Park 34,09633–18
52May 27@ White Sox 10–6 Thurman (1–0) Wright (5–5)— Comiskey Park 43,78134–18
53May 28@ White Sox 4–2 Lilly (2–4) Garland (5–4) Rivera (16) Comiskey Park 27,85935–18
54May 29@ White Sox 6–3 Karsay (2–2) Foulke (0–3) Rivera (17) Comiskey Park 27,57236–18
55May 31 Red Sox 2–5 Lowe (8–2) Wells (6–2)— Yankee Stadium 52,94136–19
June (14–12) Home: 8–6 Away: 6–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
56June 1 Red Sox 10–2 Mussina (8–2) Oliver (4–5)— Yankee Stadium 55,69937–19
57June 2 Red Sox 1–7 Castillo (4–5) Lilly (2–5)— Yankee Stadium 55,60237–20
58June 3 Orioles 3–4 Julio (3–4) Rivera (1–2)— Yankee Stadium 31,47637–21
59June 4 Orioles 13–5 Mendoza (3–2) Erickson (3–6)— Yankee Stadium 32,21438–21
60June 5 Orioles 3–4 Driskill (3–0) Wells (6–3) Julio (10) Yankee Stadium 26,50638–22
–June 6 Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 10
61June 7 Giants 2–1 Mussina (9–2) Hernandez (5–6) Rivera (18) Yankee Stadium 55,05339–22
62June 8 Giants 3–4 Schmidt (2–1) Rivera (1–3) Nen (16) Yankee Stadium 55,19439–23
63June 9 Giants 4–2 Clemens (8–2) Rodriguez (1–3) Karsay (2) Yankee Stadium 55,33540–23
64June 10 Diamondbacks 7–5 Stanton (3–0) Johnson (9–2)— Yankee Stadium 45,69841–23
65June 11 Diamondbacks 6–4 Wells (7–3) Anderson (1–6) Mendoza (1) Yankee Stadium 44,73442–23
66June 12 Diamondbacks 5–9 Batista (4–3) Mussina (9–3) Kim (17) Yankee Stadium 50,86442–24
67June 14@ Mets 4–2 (10) Karsay (3–2) Komiyama (0–3)— Shea Stadium 54,06943–24
68June 15@ Mets 0–8 Estes (3–5) Clemens (8–3)— Shea Stadium 54,34743–25
69June 16@ Mets 2–3 Guthrie (1–0) Wells (7–4) Benitez (15) Shea Stadium 55,14143–26
70June 18@ Rockies 10–5 Mussina (10–3) Jennings (8–3) Stanton (1) Coors Field 48,73844–26
71June 19@ Rockies 20–10 Mendoza (4–2) White (1–5)— Coors Field 48,82145–26
72June 20@ Rockies 11–14 (10) Stark (4–1) Karsay (3–3)— Coors Field 48,91645–27
73June 21@ Padres 1–9 Perez (2–0) Wells (7–5)— Qualcomm Stadium 55,85845–28
74June 22@ Padres 1–0 Lilly (3–5) Peavy (0–1)— Qualcomm Stadium 60,02146–28
75June 23@ Padres 3–2 Mendoza (5–2) Reed (1–3) Karsay (3) Qualcomm Stadium 50,05047–28
76June 25@ Orioles 3–4 Roberts (4–2) Pettitte (1–2) Julio (16) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 41,58347–29
77June 26@ Orioles 7–8 Roberts (5–2) Stanton (3–1)— Oriole Park at Camden Yards 42,67047–30
78June 27@ Orioles 3–2 Wells (8–5) Erickson (3–7) Rivera (19) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,05748–30
79June 28 Mets 11–5 Mussina (11–3) D'Amico (4–7) O. Hernandez (1) Yankee Stadium 55,73949–30
80June 29 Mets 2–11 Leiter (8–6) Lilly (3–6)— Yankee Stadium 55,61549–31
81June 30 Mets 8–0 Pettitte (2–2) Trachsel (6–7)— Yankee Stadium 55,70050–31
July (17–8) Home: 9–2 Away: 8–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
82July 2 Indians 10–5 Mendoza (6–2) Rincon (0–3)— Yankee Stadium 45,58951–31
83July 3 Indians 11–8 Wells (9–5) Sabathia (6–7) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 39,87952–31
84July 4 Indians 7–1 Mussina (12–3) Finley (4–11)— Yankee Stadium 42,90953–31
85July 5 Blue Jays 6–3 O. Hernandez (5–2) Loaiza (3–5) Rivera (21) Yankee Stadium 46,78854–31
86July 6 Blue Jays 3–8 Parris (1–2) Pettitte (2–3)— Yankee Stadium 55,00554–32
87July 7 Blue Jays 10–6 Weaver (7–8) Thurman (1–2)— Yankee Stadium 46,92255–32
73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
88July 11@ Indians 7–4 Pettitte (3–3) Sabathia (6–8) Rivera (22) Jacobs Field 41,19256–32
89July 12@ Indians 1–2 (10) Wohlers (1–1) Karsay (3–4)— Jacobs Field 42,51856–33
90July 13@ Indians 14–5 Wells (10–5) Drese (8–7)— Jacobs Field 42,63157–33
91July 14@ Indians 7–10 Rincon (1–3) Rivera (1–4)— Jacobs Field 42,57357–34
92July 15@ Blue Jays 5–8 Parris (2–2) O. Hernandez (5–3) Escobar (15) SkyDome 25,37157–35
93July 16@ Blue Jays 7–6 Karsay (4–4) Politte (3–3) Rivera (23) SkyDome 27,19758–35
94July 17 Tigers 2–1 Pettitte (4–3) Redman (5–9)— Yankee Stadium 49,11659–35
95July 18 Tigers 6–5 Mendoza (7–2) Rodney (1–3) Rivera (24) Yankee Stadium 54,72560–35
96July 19 Red Sox 2–4 Martinez (12–2) Mussina (12–4) Urbina (24) Yankee Stadium 55,51060–36
97July 20 Red Sox 9–8 (11) Karsay (5–4) Gomes (1–2)— Yankee Stadium 55,52661–36
98July 21 Red Sox 9–8 Stanton (4–1) Urbina (1–5)— Yankee Stadium 55,58162–36
99July 23@ Indians 3–9 Baez (8–7) Pettitte (4–4)— Jacobs Field 38,52062–37
100July 24@ Indians 14–7 Wells (11–5) Drese (8–8)— Jacobs Field 38,08163–37
101July 26@ Devil Rays 12–9 Mussina (13–4) Sosa (1–3) Karsay (4) Tropicana Field 22,52764–37
102July 27@ Devil Rays 4–7 Harper (4–6) Weaver (7–9) Yan (14) Tropicana Field 35,02164–38
103July 28@ Devil Rays 9–1 Pettitte (5–4) Sturtze (1–11)— Tropicana Field 29,14465–38
104July 29@ Rangers 9–2 O. Hernandez (6–3) Rogers (11–6)— The Ballpark in Arlington 44,00666–38
105July 30@ Rangers 9–6 Wells (12–5) Myette (0–3) Mendoza (2) The Ballpark in Arlington 42,81867–38
106July 31@ Rangers 6–17 Bell (4–3) Mussina (13–5)— The Ballpark in Arlington 41,13367–39
August (17–11) Home: 7–6 Away: 10–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Angels 1–2 Washburn (13–3) Weaver (7–10) Percival (25) Edison International Field of Anaheim 42,89767–40
108August 2@ Angels 4–0 Pettitte (6–4) Appier (9–9) Mendoza (3) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,66868–40
109August 3@ Angels 4–5 Percival (4–1) Mendoza (7–3)— Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,61968–41
110August 4@ Angels 7–5 (12) Stanton (5–1) Shields (3–2) Mendoza (4) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,45569–41
111August 6 Royals 2–6 Ru. Hernandez (2–1) Mussina (13–6)— Yankee Stadium 48,27569–42
112August 7 Royals 6–2 Clemens (9–3) Suppan (8–11)— Yankee Stadium 40,18470–42
113August 8 Royals 6–3 Pettitte (7–4) Byrd (14–8) Rivera (25) Yankee Stadium 55,14271–42
114August 9 Athletics 2–3 (16) Bowie (2–0) Hitchcock (1–1)— Yankee Stadium 54,31671–43
115August 10 Athletics 0–8 Lidle (5–9) Wells (12–6)— Yankee Stadium 54,43971–44
116August 11 Athletics 8–5 Mussina (14–6) Mulder (13–7)— Yankee Stadium 54,70372–44
117August 13@ Royals 10–5 Clemens (10–3) Suppan (8–12)— Kauffman Stadium 28,83473–44
118August 14@ Royals 3–2 Mendoza (8–3) Stein (0–3) Rivera (26) Kauffman Stadium 26,38374–44
119August 15@ Royals 7–5 (12) Stanton (6–1) Ro. Hernandez (1–3) Rivera (27) Kauffman Stadium 27,56575–44
120August 16@ Mariners 9–3 Wells (13–6) Halama (5–4) Weaver (1) Safeco Field 46,03376–44
121August 17@ Mariners 8–3 Mussina (15–6) Franklin (4–3) Karsay (5) Safeco Field 46,17477–44
122August 18@ Mariners 2–5 Pineiro (13–4) Clemens (10–4) Sasaki (31) Safeco Field 46,08677–45
123August 20 Angels 7–5 Pettitte (8–4) Sele (8–9) Stanton (2) Yankee Stadium 41,61978–45
124August 21 Angels 1–5 (11) Weber (5–2) Weaver (7–11)— Yankee Stadium 46,42378–46
125August 22 Angels 4–2 Wells (14–6) Lackey (5–3) Karsay (6) Yankee Stadium 43,22279–46
126August 23 Rangers 2–6 Park (5–6) Mussina (15–7)— Yankee Stadium 50,87179–47
127August 24 Rangers 3–2 Clemens (11–4) Alvarez (0–4) Karsay (7) Yankee Stadium 53,49480–47
128August 25 Rangers 2–6 Benoit (3–2) Pettitte (8–5)— Yankee Stadium 50,03780–48
129August 26 Rangers 10–3 O. Hernandez (7–3) Rogers (12–7) Weaver (2) Yankee Stadium 42,78581–48
130August 27@ Red Sox 6–0 Wells (15–6) Fossum (2–3)— Fenway Park 33,81082–48
131August 28@ Red Sox 7–0 Mussina (16–7) Martinez (17–4)— Fenway Park 33,79383–48
132August 29@ Blue Jays 4–7 Loaiza (7–7) Clemens (11–5)— SkyDome 32,67983–49
133August 30@ Blue Jays 9–7 Weaver (8–11) Walker (7–4) Karsay (8) SkyDome 24,30184–49
134August 31@ Blue Jays 1–5 Miller (6–4) O. Hernandez (7–4)— SkyDome 36,02184–50
September (19–8) Home: 12–5 Away: 7–3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Blue Jays 6–7 Halladay (15–6) Wells (15–7) Escobar (28) SkyDome 32,57784–51
136September 2 Red Sox 4–8 Fossum (3–3) Mussina (16–8)— Yankee Stadium 55,16984–52
137September 3 Red Sox 4–2 Clemens (12–5) Castillo (5–13) Stanton (3) Yankee Stadium 47,31885–52
138September 4 Red Sox 3–1 Pettitte (9–5) Lowe (18–7) Karsay (9) Yankee Stadium 50,00686–52
139September 5 Tigers 9–3 O. Hernandez (8–4) Sparks (8–15)— Yankee Stadium 28,22287–52
140September 6 Tigers 8–1 Wells (16–7) Redman (8–14)— Yankee Stadium 41,11488–52
141September 7 Tigers 1–2 German (1–0) Mussina (16–9) Acevedo (28) Yankee Stadium 40,54188–53
142September 8 Tigers 6–4 Stanton (7–1) Henriquez (1–1) Karsay (10) Yankee Stadium 39,30289–53
143September 10 (1) Orioles 5–2 Pettitte (10–5) Johnson (4–13) Stanton (4) Yankee Stadium 8,87590–53
144September 10 (2) Orioles 3–1 Weaver (9–11) Ponson (7–6) Karsay (11) Yankee Stadium 31,27091–53
145September 11 Orioles 5–4 (11) Karsay (6–4) Bauer (6–7)— Yankee Stadium 35,18392–53
146September 12 Orioles 7–3 Wells (17–7) Douglass (0–3)— Yankee Stadium 33,26393–53
147September 13 White Sox 2–13 Biddle (2–3) Mussina (16–10) Osuna (11) Yankee Stadium 45,93593–54
148September 14 White Sox 1–8 Wright (12–12) Clemens (12–6)— Yankee Stadium 44,79593–55
149September 15 White Sox 8–4 (6) Pettitte (11–5) Porzio (2–1)— Yankee Stadium 39,58794–55
150September 17@ Devil Rays 7–9 Carter (1–0) Mendoza (8–4)— Tropicana Field 14,79794–56
151September 18@ Devil Rays 7–1 Weaver (10–11) Zambrano (6–8)— Tropicana Field 14,99394–57
152September 19@ Devil Rays 2–3 (10) Yan (7–8) Hitchcock (1–2)— Tropicana Field 18,55795–57
153September 20@ Tigers 5–1 Clemens (13–6) Van Hekken (1–2)— Comerica Park 25,36496–57
154September 21@ Tigers 3–2 Pettitte (12–5) Beverlin (0–2) Karsay (12) Comerica Park 25,43297–57
155September 22@ Tigers 4–3 Wells (18–7) Maroth (6–9) Stanton (5) Comerica Park 23,93098–57
156September 23 Devil Rays 2–3 Zambrano (7–8) O. Hernandez (8–5) Yan (19) Yankee Stadium 31,93798–58
157September 24 Devil Rays 6–0 Mussina (17–10) Harper (5–9)— Yankee Stadium 32,49299–58
158September 25 Devil Rays 4–3 Weaver (11–11) Sturtze (4–18) Rivera (28) Yankee Stadium 30,004100–58
–September 26 Devil Rays Cancelled (rain)
159September 27@ Orioles 6–2 Pettitte (13–5) Ponson (7–9)— Oriole Park at Camden Yards 40,975101–58
160September 28@ Orioles 4–2 Wells (19–7) Driskill (8–8) Stanton (6) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,165102–58
161September 29@ Orioles 6–1 Mussina (18–10) Stephens (2–5)— Oriole Park at Camden Yards 46,443103–58

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Jorge Posada 143511137.2682099
1B Jason Giambi 155560176.31441122
2B Alfonso Soriano 156696209.30039102
SS Derek Jeter 157644191.2971875
3B Robin Ventura 141465115.2472793
LF Rondell White 126455109.2401462
CF Bernie Williams 154612204.33319102
RF Raúl Mondesí 7127065.2411143
DH Nick Johnson 12937892.2431558

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Shane Spencer 9428871.247634
John Vander Wal 8421957.260620
Ron Coomer 5514839.264317
Enrique Wilson 6010519.181211
Juan Rivera 288322.26516
Chris Widger 216419.29705
Alberto Castillo 15375.13504
Gerald Williams 33170.00000
Marcus Thames 7133.23112
Alex Arias 670.00000
Karim García 251.20000
Drew Henson 310.00000

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games, IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Mussina 33215.218104.05182
David Wells 31206.11973.75137
Roger Clemens 29180.01364.35192
Orlando Hernández 24146.0853.64113
Andy Pettitte 22134.21353.2797
Ted Lilly 1676.2363.4059

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jeff Weaver 1578.0534.0457
Mike Thurman 1233.0105.1823
Adrián Hernández 26.00112.009

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mariano Rivera 4514282.7441
Ramiro Mendoza 628443.4461
Mike Stanton 797163.0044
Steve Karsay 7864123.2665
Sterling Hitchcock 201205.4931
Randy Choate 180006.0417
Brandon Knight 700011.427
Jay Tessmer 20006.750

Postseason

Game log

2002 Postseason Game Log (1–3)
ALDS vs Angels (1–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1October 1 Angels 8–5 Karsay (1–0) Weber (0–1) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 56,7101–0
2October 2 Angels 6–8 Rodriguez (1–0) Hernandez (0–1) Percival (1) Yankee Stadium 56,6951–1
3October 4@ Angels 6–9 Rodriguez (2–0) Stanton (0–1) Percival (2) Edison International Field of Anaheim 45,0721–2
4October 5@ Angels 5–9 Washburn (1–0) Wells (0–1)— Edison International Field of Anaheim 45,0671–3

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

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Brian Butterfield, Frank Howard
and Stump Merrill
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Stump Merrill and Luis Sojo
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Mitch Seoane
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Bill Masse
A-Short Season Staten Island Yankees New York–Penn League Derek Shelton
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Manny Crespo

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Norwich, Staten Island [11] [12]

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