2003 New York Yankees season

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2003  New York Yankees
American League Champions
American League East Champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Record101–61-1 (.623)
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)
Radio WCBS (AM)
(John Sterling, Charley Steiner)
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The 2003 New York Yankees season was the 101st season for the team. The team finished with a record of 101-61-1 [1] 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 their last appearance in a World Series until 2009.

Contents

Offseason

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. [6] 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 101610.623—50–3251–29
Boston Red Sox 95670.586653–2842–39
Toronto Blue Jays 86760.5311541–4045–36
Baltimore Orioles 71910.4383040–4031–51
Tampa Bay Devil Rays 63990.3893836–4527–54

Record vs. opponents

2003 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMINNYYOAKSEATBTEXTORNL 
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

Roster

2003 New York Yankees
Roster
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Infielders

Outfielders

Other Players

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
Yankees WinYankees LossGame Postponed
2003 Game Log (101–61) Home: 50–32 Away: 51–29
March (1–0) Home: 0–0 Away: 1–0
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1March 31@ Blue Jays 8–4 Clemens (1–0) Halladay (0–1)— SkyDome 50,1191–0
April (20–6) Home: 8–3 Away: 12–3
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
2April 1@ Blue Jays 10–1 Pettitte (1–0) Lidle (0–1)— SkyDome 15,1762–0
3April 2@ Blue Jays 9–7 Mussina (1–0) Hendrickson (0–1) Acevedo (1) SkyDome 16,2223–0
4April 4@ Devil Rays 12–2 Wells (1–0) Parris (0–1)— Tropicana Field 15,1694–0
5April 5@ Devil Rays 5–6 Carter (1–0) Osuna (0–1)— Tropicana Field 20,0964–1
6April 6@ Devil Rays 10–5 Clemens (2–0) Zambrano (0–1)— Tropicana Field 18,3635–1
–April 7 Twins Postponed (snow)Rescheduled for April 8
7April 8 Twins 7–3 Pettitte (2–0) Mays (1–1)— Yankee Stadium 33,1096–1
8April 9 Twins 2–1 Mussina (2–0) Lohse (1–1) Acevedo (2) Yankee Stadium 31,8987–1
9April 10 Twins 2–0 Wells (2–0) Reed (0–2)— Yankee Stadium 29,2558–1
–April 11 Devil Rays Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 17
10April 12 Devil Rays 5–4 Osuna (1–1) Harper (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 35,3269–1
11April 13 Devil Rays 1–2 Carter (3–0) Acevedo (0-1)— Yankee Stadium 39,7259–2
12April 14 Blue Jays 10–9 Contreras (1–0) Lopez (0–1) Hammond (1) Yankee Stadium 30,76110–2
13April 15 Blue Jays 5–0 Mussina (3–0) Halladay (0–2)— Yankee Stadium 33,83311–2
14April 16 Blue Jays 6–7 Lidle (2–2) Hitchcock (0–1) Escobar (2) Yankee Stadium 25,83111–3
15April 17 Blue Jays 4–0 Weaver (1–0) Walker (1–1)— Yankee Stadium 32,05712–3
16April 18@ Twins 11–4 Clemens (3–0) Radke (1–2)— Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 37,84313–3
17April 19@ Twins 4–2 Pettitte (3–0) Mays (2–2) Acevedo (3) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 36,13914–3
18April 20@ Twins 8–2 Mussina (4–0) Lohse (2–2)— Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 18,81815–3
19April 21@ Twins 15–1 Wells (3–0) Reed (1–3)— Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 20,84516–3
20April 22@ Angels 8–3 Weaver (2–0) Lackey (1–2)— Edison International Field of Anaheim 38,34317–3
21April 23@ Angels 9–2 Clemens (4–0) Callaway (1–2)— Edison International Field of Anaheim 38,34018–3
22April 24@ Angels 2–6 Ortiz (3–2) Pettitte (3–1)— Edison International Field of Anaheim 39,16918–4
23April 25@ Rangers 3–2 Mussina (5–0) Lewis (3–1) Acevedo (4) The Ballpark in Arlington 40,05219–4
24April 26@ Rangers 7–5 (10) Hammond (1–0) Urbina (0–1) Acevedo (5) The Ballpark in Arlington 48,24720–4
25April 27@ Rangers 7–10 Dickey (2–1) Weaver (2–1) Urbina (8) The Ballpark in Arlington 49,54420–5
26April 29 Mariners 0–6 Meche (3–1) Clemens (4–1)— Yankee Stadium 38,72420–6
27April 30 Mariners 8–5 Pettitte (4–1) Moyer (3–2)— Yankee Stadium 30,52221–6
May (11–17) Home: 5–12 Away: 6–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
28May 1 Mariners 2–1 Mussina (6–0) Pineiro (2–2) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 34,99122–6
29May 2 Athletics 5–3 Wells (4–0) Lilly (2–1) Rivera (2) Yankee Stadium 38,53823–6
30May 3 Athletics 3–5 (10) Foulke (1–0) Acevedo (0-2)— Yankee Stadium 44,17623–7
31May 4 Athletics 0–2 Zito (5–2) Clemens (4–2) Foulke (8) Yankee Stadium 45,42623–8
32May 6@ Mariners 7–12 Moyer (4–2) Pettitte (4–2)— Safeco Field 44,97923–9
33May 7@ Mariners 7–2 Mussina (7–0) Pineiro (2–3)— Safeco Field 43,75324–9
34May 8@ Mariners 16–5 Wells (5–0) Garcia (3–4)— Safeco Field 46,00025–9
35May 9@ Athletics 2–7 Hudson (3–1) Weaver (2–2)— Network Associates Coliseum 40,31725–10
36May 10@ Athletics 5–2 Clemens (5–2) Zito (5–3) Rivera (3) Network Associates Coliseum 44,48626–10
37May 11@ Athletics 2–5 Mulder (6–1) Pettitte (4–3) Foulke (10) Network Associates Coliseum 45,39026–11
38May 13 Angels 3–10 Lackey (2–3) Mussina (7–1)— Yankee Stadium 37,75026–12
39May 14 Angels 3–5 Rodriguez (3–1) Wells (5–1) Percival (5) Yankee Stadium 33,64726–13
40May 15 Angels 10–4 Weaver (3–2) Sele (1–1)— Yankee Stadium 29,67027–13
41May 16 Rangers 5–8 (12) Dickey (3–1) Acevedo (0-3) Urbina (11) Yankee Stadium 40,05527–14
42May 17 Rangers 2–5 Valdez (3–2) Pettitte (4–4) Urbina (12) Yankee Stadium 51,09527–15
43May 18 Rangers 1–5 Thomson (3–4) Mussina (7–2)— Yankee Stadium 54,94227–16
44May 19@ Red Sox 7–3 Wells (6–1) Fossum (4–2)— Fenway Park 35,09928–16
45May 20@ Red Sox 7–10 Embree (3–1) Contreras (1–1) Lyon (6) Fenway Park 35,00728–17
46May 21@ Red Sox 4–2 Clemens (6–2) Wakefield (4–2) Rivera (4) Fenway Park 35,00329–17
47May 22 Blue Jays 3–8 Halladay (5–2) Pettitte (4–5)— Yankee Stadium 45,77729–18
48May 23 Blue Jays 2–6 Escobar (2–1) Mussina (7–3)— Yankee Stadium 34,13429–19
49May 24 Blue Jays 2–5 Lidle (8–2) Wells (6–2) Politte (7) Yankee Stadium 35,02329–20
50May 25 Blue Jays 3–5 Davis (2–3) Weaver (3–3) Politte (8) Yankee Stadium 40,94029–21
51May 26 Red Sox 4–8 Wakefield (5–2) Clemens (6–3)— Yankee Stadium 55,09329–22
52May 27 Red Sox 11–3 Pettitte (5–5) Chen (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 44,76930–22
53May 28 Red Sox 6–5 Rivera (1–0) Lyon (1–2)— Yankee Stadium 44,61731–22
54May 30@ Tigers 6–0 Contreras (2–1) Knotts (2–4)— Comerica Park 28,00332–22
55May 31@ Tigers 2–4 Bernero (1–6) Weaver (3–4) German (3) Comerica Park 24,95932–23
June (20–7) Home: 10–2 Away: 10–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
56June 1@ Tigers 10–9 (17) Wells (7–2) Sparks (0–2) Acevedo (6) Comerica Park 44,09533–23
57June 3@ Reds 3–4 Reitsma (4–2) Osuna (1–2)— Great American Ball Park 41,82733–24
58June 4@ Reds 2–6 Wilson (3–4) Mussina (7–4)— Great American Ball Park 42,08233–25
59June 5@ Reds 10–2 Contreras (3–1) Graves (3–5)— Great American Ball Park 42,28234–25
60June 6@ Cubs 5–3 Wells (8–2) Zambrano (5–5) Rivera (5) Wrigley Field 39,35935–25
61June 7@ Cubs 2–5 Wood (5–4) Clemens (6–4)— Wrigley Field 39,36335–26
62June 8@ Cubs 7–8 Prior (7–2) Pettitte (5–6) Borowski (11) Wrigley Field 39,34135–27
63June 10 Astros 5–3 Mussina (8–4) Miller (4–7) Rivera (6) Yankee Stadium 37,60236–27
64June 11 Astros 0–8 Lidge (4–0) Weaver (3–5)— Yankee Stadium 29,90536–28
65June 12 Astros 6–5 Osuna (2–2) Dotel (5–2) Rivera (7) Yankee Stadium 39,88837–28
66June 13 Cardinals 5–2 Clemens (7–4) Simontacchi (4–4) Rivera (8) Yankee Stadium 55,21438–28
67June 14 Cardinals 13–4 Pettitte (6–6) Morris (7–4)— Yankee Stadium 55,17439–28
68June 15 Cardinals 5–2 Mussina (9–4) Williams (8–2) Rivera (9) Yankee Stadium 54,79740–28
69June 17 (1) Devil Rays 2–11 Gonzalez (3–2) Weaver (3–6)— Yankee Stadium 14,07740–29
70June 17 (2) Devil Rays 10–2 Wells (9–2) Brazelton (1–6)— Yankee Stadium 47,60441–29
71June 18 Devil Rays 1–0 (12) Hammond (2–0) Carter (4–2)— Yankee Stadium 32,64342–29
–June 19 Devil Rays Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 13
72June 20@ Mets 5–0 Pettitte (7–6) Trachsel (5–5)— Shea Stadium 55,38643–29
–June 21@ Mets Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for June 28
73June 22@ Mets 7–3 (11) Rivera (2–0) Lloyd (1–2)— Shea Stadium 55,03144–29
74June 23@ Devil Rays 2–4 Zambrano (4–4) Clemens (7–5) Carter (12) Tropicana Field 14,75944–30
75June 24@ Devil Rays 10–9 Anderson (1–0) Carter (4–3) Rivera (10) Tropicana Field 16,30045–30
76June 25@ Devil Rays 8–5 Pettitte (8–6) Bell (0–2) Rivera (11) Tropicana Field 16,71046–30
77June 26@ Devil Rays 4–3 Mussina (10–4) Standridge (0–3) Rivera (12) Tropicana Field 17,13247–30
78June 27 Mets 6–4 Wells (10–2) Seo (5–3) Miceli (1) Yankee Stadium 55,22648–30
79June 28 (1) Mets 7–1 Clemens (8–5) Griffiths (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 55,34349–30
80June 28 (2)@ Mets 9–8 Claussen (1–0) Glavine (5–8) Rivera (13) Shea Stadium 36,37250–30
81June 29 Mets 5–3 Weaver (4–6) Leiter (8–5) Rivera (14) Yankee Stadium 55,44451–30
82June 30@ Orioles 6–5 Pettitte (9–6) Ponson (10–5) Rivera (15) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 38,61852–30
July (14–10) Home: 7–4 Away: 7–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
83July 1@ Orioles 3–7 Lopez (2–4) Mussina (10–5)— Oriole Park at Camden Yards 36,02352–31
–July 2@ Orioles Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for August 14
84July 4 Red Sox 3–10 Lowe (10–3) Wells (10–3)— Yankee Stadium 55,14452–32
85July 5 Red Sox 2–10 Mendoza (2–3) Clemens (8–6)— Yankee Stadium 54,94852–33
86July 6 Red Sox 7–1 Pettitte (10–6) Burkett (6–4)— Yankee Stadium 54,91853–33
87July 7 Red Sox 2–1 Rivera (3–0) Kim (3–7)— Yankee Stadium 55,01654–33
88July 8@ Indians 0–4 Traber (4–5) Weaver (4–7)— Jacobs Field 26,54054–34
89July 9@ Indians 6–2 Wells (11–3) Sabathia (8–4)— Jacobs Field 25,05855–34
90July 10@ Indians 2–3 (10) Boyd (2–1) Hitchcock (0–2)— Jacobs Field 30,16755–35
91July 11@ Blue Jays 8–5 Pettitte (11–6) Miller (1–1) Rivera (16) SkyDome 27,65256–35
92July 12@ Blue Jays 3–10 Halladay (13–2) Mussina (10–6)— SkyDome 37,11956–36
93July 13@ Blue Jays 6–2 Weaver (5–7) Escobar (5–6)— SkyDome 32,66457–36
74th All-Star Game in Chicago, Illinois
94July 17 Indians 5–4 Rivera (4–0) Riske (2–2)— Yankee Stadium 46,40158–36
95July 18 Indians 10–4 Clemens (9–6) Anderson (7–7)— Yankee Stadium 47,34159–36
96July 19 Indians 7–4 Wells (12–3) Sabathia (8–5) Rivera (17) Yankee Stadium 54,98160–36
97July 20 Indians 7–4 Mussina (11–6) Westbrook (4–5) Rivera (18) Yankee Stadium 51,89161–36
98July 21 Blue Jays 0–8 (8) Hendrickson (6–6) Weaver (5–8)— Yankee Stadium 51,95861–37
–July 22 Blue Jays Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 8
99July 23 Orioles 4–2 Pettitte (12–6) Helling (6–7) Rivera (19) Yankee Stadium 39,33162–37
100July 24 Orioles 3–5 Ponson (14–5) Clemens (9–7) Julio (23) Yankee Stadium 44,64962–38
101July 25@ Red Sox 4–3 Rivera (5–0) Kim (4–8)— Fenway Park 34,87363–38
102July 26@ Red Sox 4–5 Kim (5–8) Benitez (3–4)— Fenway Park 34,35663–39
103July 27@ Red Sox 4–6 Fossum (5–4) Hammond (2–1) Kim (6) Fenway Park 34,78763–40
104July 29@ Angels 6–2 Pettitte (13–6) Appier (7–7)— Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,81764–40
105July 30@ Angels 8–0 Clemens (10–7) Lackey (7–10)— Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,85665–40
106July 31@ Angels 2–1 (10) Benitez (4–4) Percival (0–3) Rivera (20) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,87166–40
August (17–12) Home: 9–7 Away: 8–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
107August 1@ Athletics 2–3 (10) Foulke (8–1) Osuna (2–3)— Network Associates Coliseum 41,40766–41
108August 2@ Athletics 10–7 Weaver (6–8) Zito (8–9) Rivera (21) Network Associates Coliseum 44,23467–41
109August 3@ Athletics 1–2 Mulder (15–7) Rivera (5–1)— Network Associates Coliseum 44,52867–42
110August 5 Rangers 6–2 Clemens (11–7) Lewis (4–7)— Yankee Stadium 40,60468–42
111August 6 Rangers 4–5 Mahay (1–0) Rivera (5–2) Cordero (6) Yankee Stadium 47,34468–43
112August 7 Rangers 7–5 Mussina (12–6) Fultz (1–2) Rivera (22) Yankee Stadium 51,76369–43
113August 8 Mariners 9–7 Hitchcock (1–2) Franklin (8–10) Rivera (23) Yankee Stadium 52,79370–43
114August 9 Mariners 1–2 Meche (13–7) Pettitte (13–7) Hasegawa (9) Yankee Stadium 54,94570–44
115August 10 Mariners 6–8 Soriano (2–0) Osuna (2–4) Hasegawa (10) Yankee Stadium 54,82870–45
116August 11@ Royals 9–12 D.J. Carrasco (4–4) Hitchcock (1–3)— Kauffman Stadium 40,40670–46
117August 12@ Royals 6–0 Mussina (13–6) May (5–6)— Kauffman Stadium 37,82071–46
118August 13@ Royals 0–11 Appier (8–8) Weaver (6–9)— Kauffman Stadium 35,59671–47
119August 14@ Orioles 8–5 Pettitte (14–7) DuBose (1–2) Rivera (24) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 41,98772–47
120August 15@ Orioles 6–4 Nelson (4–2) Julio (0–5) Rivera (25) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,85073–47
121August 16@ Orioles 5–4 (12) Hammond (3–1) H. Carrasco (1–4) Nelson (8) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,49974–47
122August 17@ Orioles 8–0 Mussina (14–6) Lopez (5–8)— Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,70075–47
123August 18 Royals 11–6 Weaver (7–9) Lima (7–1)— Yankee Stadium 48,93776–47
124August 19 Royals 6–3 Pettitte (15–7) Appier (8–9) Rivera (26) Yankee Stadium 43,84177–47
125August 20 Royals 8–7 Clemens (12–7) Gobble (2–2) Rivera (27) Yankee Stadium 46,97378–47
126August 22 Orioles 3–4 Hentgen (5–6) Wells (12–4) Groom (1) Yankee Stadium 44,12178–48
127August 23 Orioles 2–7 Lopez (6–8) Mussina (14–7)— Yankee Stadium 54,39778–49
128August 24 Orioles 7–0 Contreras (4–1) DuBose (1–4)— Yankee Stadium 47,04779–49
129August 25 Orioles 5–2 Pettitte (16–7) Moss (10–9) Rivera (28) Yankee Stadium 50,59580–49
130August 26 White Sox 2–13 Loaiza (17–6) Clemens (12–8)— Yankee Stadium 38,88480–50
131August 27 White Sox 2–11 Colon (12–11) Wells (12–5)— Yankee Stadium 40,65480–51
132August 28 White Sox 7–5 Mussina (15–7) Cotts (1–1) Rivera (29) Yankee Stadium 40,56981–51
133August 29@ Red Sox 5–10 Lowe (14–6) Contreras (4–2)— Fenway Park 34,85481–52
134August 30@ Red Sox 10–7 Pettitte (17–7) Martinez (10–4) Rivera (30) Fenway Park 34,35082–52
135August 31@ Red Sox 8–4 Clemens (13–8) Wakefield (9–6) Rivera (31) Fenway Park 34,48283–52
September (18–9) Home: 11–4 Away: 7–5
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Blue Jays 1–8 Halladay (18–6) Wells (12–6)— SkyDome 26,86983–53
137September 3@ Blue Jays 3–4 Kershner (1–3) Osuna (2–5) Lopez (8) SkyDome 21,77083–54
138September 4@ Blue Jays 3–2 Contreras (5–2) Walker (1–2) Rivera (32) SkyDome 17,25484–54
139September 5 Red Sox 3–9 Martinez (11–4) Pettitte (17–8)— Yankee Stadium 55,26184–55
140September 6 Red Sox 0–11 Wakefield (10–6) Clemens (13–9)— Yankee Stadium 55,23784–56
141September 7 Red Sox 3–1 Wells (13–6) Suppan (11–9) Rivera (33) Yankee Stadium 55,21285–56
142September 8 Blue Jays 9–3 Mussina (16–7) Escobar (10–9)— Yankee Stadium 8,84886–56
143September 9 Tigers 4–2 White (4–0) Rodney (0–3) Rivera (34) Yankee Stadium 31,82687–56
144September 10 Tigers 15–5 Pettitte (18–8) Knotts (3–6)— Yankee Stadium 34,00088–56
145September 11 Tigers 5–2 Clemens (14–9) Cornejo (6–15) Rivera (35) Yankee Stadium 31,91589–56
146September 12 Devil Rays 10–4 Wells (14–6) Zambrano (10–9)— Yankee Stadium 37,40190–56
147September 13 (1) Devil Rays 6–5 White (5–0) Kennedy (3–12) Rivera (36) Yankee Stadium 40,88791–56
148September 13 (2) Devil Rays 6–3 Mussina (17–7) Reyes (0–3) Rivera (37) Yankee Stadium 19,59992–56
149September 14 Devil Rays 2–5 Harper (4–7) Heredia (5–3) Carter (24) Yankee Stadium 40,86192–57
150September 15@ Orioles 13–1 Pettitte (19–8) Lopez (7–10)— Oriole Park at Camden Yards 27,33593–57
151September 16@ Orioles 6–3 Clemens (15–9) Johnson (10–8) Rivera (38) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 26,26394–57
152September 17@ Orioles 3–5 DuBose (3–5) Wells (14–7) Julio (34) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 27,10894–58
153September 18@ Orioles 1–1 (5)Game called (rain from Hurricane Isabel)
(game to be replayed in New York on September 26, tie does not count in record)		 Oriole Park at Camden Yards 29,09394–58
154September 19@ Devil Rays 2–1 Contreras (6–2) Waechter (3–1) Rivera (39) Tropicana Field 21,43595–58
155September 20@ Devil Rays 7–1 Pettitte (20–8) Sosa (5–12)— Tropicana Field 27,16296–58
156September 21@ Devil Rays 6–0 Clemens (16–9) Gonzalez (6–10)— Tropicana Field 18,80397–58
157September 22@ White Sox 3–6 (10) Gordon (7–6) White (5–1)— U.S. Cellular Field 39,62797–59
158September 23@ White Sox 7–0 Contreras (7–2) Buehrle (14–14)— U.S. Cellular Field 31,30598–59
159September 24@ White Sox 4–9 Loaiza (20–9) Mussina (17–8)— U.S. Cellular Field 26,01998–60
160September 26 (1) [lower-alpha 1] Orioles 11–2 Pettitte (21–8) Moss (10–12)— Yankee Stadium N/A99–60
161September 26 (2) Orioles 2–3 (10) Ligtenberg (4–2) Hammond (3–2) Julio (36) Yankee Stadium 44,98399–61
162September 27 Orioles 6–2 Clemens (17–9) Johnson (10–10)— Yankee Stadium 42,702100–61
163September 28 Orioles 3–1 Wells (15–7) DuBose (3–6) Rivera (40) Yankee Stadium 42,394101–61
  1. ↑ This game was the makeup of September 18 game in Baltimore that was called after five innings because of Hurricane Isabel.

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
1B Jason Giambi 156535134.25041107
2B Alfonso Soriano 156682198.2903891
SS Derek Jeter 119482156.3241052
LF Hideki Matsui 163623179.28716106
CF Bernie Williams 119445117.2631564
C Jorge Posada 142481135.28130101
3B Robin Ventura 8928371.251942
RF Raul Mondesi 9836193.2581649
DH Nick Johnson 9632492.2841447

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Aaron Boone 5418948.254631
Todd Zeile 6618639.210623
Rubén Sierra 6317448.276631
Juan Rivera 5717346.266726
Karim Garcia 5215146.305621
Enrique Wilson 6313531.230315
John Flaherty 4010528.267414
Erick Almonte 3110026.260111
Bubba Trammell 225511.20005
David Dellucci 21519.17614
Curtis Pride 4121.08311
Charles Gipson 18102.20002
Drew Henson 581.12500
Fernando Seguignol 571.14300
Michel Hernández 541.25000
Luis Sojo 340.00000
Chris Latham 4221.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERASO
Mike Mussina 3131214.21783.40195
David Wells 3130213.01574.14101
Roger Clemens 3333211.21793.91190
Andy Pettitte 3333208.12184.02180
Jeff Weaver 3224159.1795.9993
Brandon Claussen 116.1101.425

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
José Contreras 1871.0723.3072
Jorge De Paula 411.1000.797

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mariano Rivera 6452401.6663
Chris Hammond 623212.8645
Antonio Osuna 482503.7347
Sterling Hitchcock 271305.4436
Juan Acevedo 250367.7119
Jeff Nelson 241014.5821
Jason Anderson 221004.799
Jesse Orosco 1500010.384
Al Reyes 130003.189
Félix Heredia 120101.204
Gabe White 122104.386
Armando Benítez 91101.9310
Dan Miceli 70015.791
Randy Choate 50007.360
Bret Prinz 200018.002

Postseason

Game log

2003 Postseason Game Log (9–8)
ALDS vs Twins (3–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1September 30 Twins 1–3 Hawkins (1–0) Mussina (0–1) Guardado (1) Yankee Stadium 56,2920–1
2October 2 Twins 4–1 Pettitte (1–0) Radke (0–1) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 56,4791–1
3October 4@ Twins 3–1 Clemens (1–0) Lohse (0–1) Rivera (2) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 55,9152–1
4October 5@ Twins 8–1 Wells (1–0) Santana (0–1)— Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 55,8753–1
ALCS vs Red Sox (4–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1October 8 Red Sox 2–5 Wakefield (1–0) Mussina (0–1) Williamson (1) Yankee Stadium 56,2811–0
2October 9 Red Sox 6–2 Pettitte (1–0) Lowe (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 56,2951–1
3October 11@ Red Sox 4–3 Clemens (1–0) Martinez (0–1) Rivera (1) Fenway Park 34,2092–1
–October 12@ Red Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for October 13
4October 13@ Red Sox 2–3 Wakefield (2–0) Mussina (0–2) Williamson (2) Fenway Park 34,5992–2
5October 14@ Red Sox 4–2 Wells (1–0) Lowe (0–2) Rivera (2) Fenway Park 34,6193–2
6October 15 Red Sox 6–9 Embree (1–0) Contreras (0–1) Williamson (3) Yankee Stadium 56,2773–3
7October 16 Red Sox 6–5 (11) Rivera (1–0) Wakefield (2–1)— Yankee Stadium 56,2794–3
World Series vs Marlins (2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1October 18 Marlins 2–3 Penny (1–0) Wells (0–1) Urbina (1) Yankee Stadium 55,7690–1
2October 19 Marlins 6–1 Pettitte (1–0) Redman (0–1)— Yankee Stadium 55,7501–1
3October 21@ Marlins 6–1 Mussina (1–0) Beckett (0–1) Rivera (1) Pro Player Stadium 65.7312–1
4October 22@ Marlins 3–4 (12) Looper (1–0) Weaver (0–1)— Pro Player Stadium 65.9342–2
5October 23@ Marlins 4–6 Penny (2–0) Contreras (0–1) Urbina (2) Pro Player Stadium 65.9752–3
6October 25 Marlins 0–2 Beckett (1–1) Pettitte (1–1)— Yankee Stadium 55,7732–4

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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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