1993 New York Yankees season

1993  New York Yankees
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	88–74 (.543)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	George Steinbrenner
General managers	Gene Michael
Managers	Buck Showalter
Television	WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Tom Seaver, Bobby Murcer) MSG (Dewayne Staats, Tony Kubek, Al Trautwig)
Radio	WABC (AM) (John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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The 1993 New York Yankees season was the 91st season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 88-74 finishing 7 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays for their first winning season since 1988. New York was managed by Buck Showalter. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. This would be the last time the Yankees would miss the playoffs until 2008.

Offseason

• November 3, 1992: Roberto Kelly was traded by the Yankees to the Cincinnati Reds for Paul O'Neill and Joe DeBerry (minors). ^[1]
• November 6, 1992: Greg Cadaret was purchased from the Yankees by the Cincinnati Reds. ^[2]
• November 17, 1992: Charlie Hayes was drafted from the Yankees by the Colorado Rockies with the 3rd pick in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft. ^[3]
• December 4, 1992: Spike Owen was signed as a free agent by the Yankees. ^[4]
• December 6, 1992: J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer were traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Jim Abbott. ^[5]
• December 7, 1992: Sherman Obando was drafted from the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles rule 5 draft. ^[6]
• December 10, 1992: Jimmy Key was signed as a free agent by the Yankees. ^[7]
• December 15, 1992: Wade Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Yankees. ^[8]

Regular season

Reggie Jackson's number 44 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1993.

Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	95	67	0.586	—	48–33	47–34
New York Yankees	88	74	0.543	7	50–31	38–43
Baltimore Orioles	85	77	0.525	10	48–33	37–44
Detroit Tigers	85	77	0.525	10	44–37	41–40
Boston Red Sox	80	82	0.494	15	43–38	37–44
Cleveland Indians	76	86	0.469	19	46–35	30–51
Milwaukee Brewers	69	93	0.426	26	38–43	31–50

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	6–7	7–5	4–8	8–5	5–8	7–5	8–5	8–4	6–7	10–2	7–5	4–8	5–8
Boston	7–6	—	7–5	7–5	5–8	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	6–7	9–3	7–5	6–6	3–10
California	5–7	5–7	—	7–6	5–7	4–8	6–7	7–5	4–9	6–6	6–7	6–7	6–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	5–7	6–7	—	9–3	7–5	6–7	9–3	10–3	4–8	7–6	9–4	8–5	6–6
Cleveland	5–8	8–5	7–5	3–9	—	6–7	7–5	8–5	4–8	6–7	8–4	3–9	7–5	4–9
Detroit	8–5	7–6	8–4	5–7	7–6	—	5–7	8–5	6–6	4–9	8–4	7–5	6–6	6–7
Kansas City	5–7	7–5	7–6	7–6	5–7	7–5	—	5–7	7–6	6–6	6–7	7–6	7–6	8–4
Milwaukee	5–8	8–5	5–7	3–9	5–8	5–8	7–5	—	7–5	4–9	7–5	4–8	4–8	5–8
Minnesota	4–8	5–7	9–4	3–10	8–4	6–6	6–7	5–7	—	4–8	8–5	4–9	7–6	2–10
New York	7–6	7–6	6–6	8–4	7–6	9–4	6–6	9–4	8–4	—	6–6	7–5	3–9	5–8
Oakland	2–10	3–9	7–6	6–7	4–8	4–8	7–6	5–7	5–8	6–6	—	9–4	5–8	5–7
Seattle	5–7	5–7	7–6	4–9	9–3	5–7	6–7	8–4	9–4	5–7	4–9	—	8–5	7–5
Texas	8–4	6–6	7–6	5–8	5–7	6–6	6–7	8–4	6–7	9–3	8–5	5–8	—	7–5
Toronto	8–5	10–3	8–4	6–6	9–4	7–6	4–8	8–5	10–2	8–5	7–5	5–7	5–7	—

Notable Transactions

• July 30, 1993: John Habyan was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Royals as part of a 3-team trade. The Chicago Cubs sent Paul Assenmacher to the Yankees. The Royals sent Tuffy Rhodes to the Cubs. ^[9]
• August 31, 1993: Rich Batchelor was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lee Smith. ^[10]

Roster

1993 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 25 Jim Abbott 43 Paul Assenmacher 34 Andy Cook 26 Steve Farr 35 Paul Gibson 42 John Habyan 53 Neal Heaton 34 Sterling Hitchcock 57 Steve Howe 53 Mark Hutton 42 Domingo Jean 43 Jeff Johnson 28 Scott Kamieniecki 22 Jimmy Key 34 Sam Militello 55 Rich Monteleone 54 Bobby Muñoz 33 Mélido Pérez 47 Lee Smith 31 Frank Tanana 27 Bob Wickman 39 Mike Witt		Catchers 38 Matt Nokes 20 Mike Stanley Infielders 12 Wade Boggs  2 Mike Gallego 14 Pat Kelly 13 Jim Leyritz 24 Kevin Maas 23 Don Mattingly 17 Spike Owen 47 Dave Silvestri 35 Andy Stankiewicz		Outfielders 29 Mike Humphreys 19 Dion James 31 Hensley Meulens 21 Paul O'Neill 45 Danny Tartabull 18 Randy Velarde 51 Bernie Williams 13 Gerald Williams		Manager 11 Buck Showalter Coaches  6 Clete Boyer 40 Tony Cloninger 52 Mark Connor 48 Rick Down 46 Frank Howard 50 Ed Napoleon

Game log

Regular season

1993 regular season game log: 88–74 (Home: 50–31; Away: 38–43)
April: 12–9 (Home: 4–3; Away: 8–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 1 April 5 @ Indians 9–1 – 1–0 2 April 7 @ Indians 2–4 1–1 3 April 8 @ Indians 5–15 – 1–2 4 April 9 2:35 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 11–6 Wickman (1–0) Pall (0–1) – 3:16 42,775 2–2 W1 5 April 10 7:05 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 12–0 Key (2–0) Bolton (0–1) – 3:07 28,926 3–2 W2 6 April 11 2:35 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 4–6 McDowell (2–0) Monteleone (0–1) Hernández (1) 3:00 21,047 3–3 L1 7 April 12 Royals 4–1 – 4–3 8 April 14 Royals 6–5 5–3 9 April 15 Royals 4–5 5–4 10 April 16 Rangers 11 April 17 Rangers 12 April 18 Rangers 13 April 20 @ Athletics 14 April 21 @ Athletics 15 April 22 @ Athletics 16 April 23 @ Mariners 17 April 24 @ Mariners 18 April 25 @ Mariners 19 April 27 @ Angels 20 April 28 @ Angels 21 April 30 Mariners
May: 17–13 (Home: 11–9; Away: 6–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 22 May 1 Mariners 23 May 2 Mariners 24 May 3 Athletics 25 May 4 Athletics 26 May 5 Angels 27 May 6 Angels 28 May 7 @ Tigers 29 May 8 @ Tigers 30 May 9 @ Tigers 31 May 10 @ Tigers 32 May 11 Brewers 33 May 12 Brewers 34 May 13 Brewers 35 May 14 Blue Jays 36 May 15 Blue Jays 37 May 16 Blue Jays 38 May 17 @ Twins 39 May 18 @ Twins 40 May 19 @ Twins 41 May 21 @ Red Sox 42 May 22 @ Red Sox 43 May 23 @ Red Sox 44 May 24 Orioles 45 May 25 Orioles 46 May 26 Orioles 47 May 27 Orioles 48 May 28 7:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 4–0 Key (5–2) McCaskill (2–5) – 2:32 23,658 26–22 W1 49 May 29 1:40 p.m. EDT White Sox W 8–2 Abbott (4–5) Álvarez (5–1) – 2:58 25,106 27–22 W2 50 May 30 1:30 p.m. EDT White Sox W 6–3 Wickman (6–0) McDowell (7–4) Farr (11) 2:36 28,306 28–22 W3 51 May 31 Indians 8–2 – 29–22
June: 17–10 (Home: 10–2; Away: 7–8) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 52 June 1 Indians 6–15 – 29–23 53 June 2 Indians 8–5 30–23 54 June 4 @ Rangers 55 June 5 @ Rangers 56 June 6 @ Rangers 57 June 7 @ Royals 3–8 – 31–26 58 June 8 @ Royals 9–4 – 32–26 59 June 9 @ Royals 3–10 – 32–27 60 June 10 @ Brewers 61 June 11 @ Brewers 62 June 12 @ Brewers 63 June 13 @ Brewers 64 June 14 Red Sox 65 June 15 Red Sox 66 June 16 Red Sox 67 June 17 Twins 68 June 18 Twins 69 June 19 Twins 70 June 20 Twins 71 June 22 @ Blue Jays 72 June 23 @ Blue Jays 73 June 24 @ Blue Jays 74 June 25 @ Orioles 75 June 26 @ Orioles 76 June 27 @ Orioles 77 June 28 Tigers 78 June 29 Tigers 79 June 30 Tigers
July: 14–12 (Home: 10–3; Away: 4–9) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 80 July 2 @ Athletics 81 July 3 @ Athletics 82 July 4 @ Athletics 83 July 5 @ Mariners 84 July 6 @ Mariners 85 July 7 @ Mariners 86 July 8 @ Angels 87 July 9 @ Angels 88 July 10 @ Angels 89 July 11 @ Angels 64th All-Star Game in Baltimore, Maryland 90 July 15 Athletics 91 July 16 Athletics 92 July 17 Athletics 93 July 18 Athletics 94 July 19 Mariners 95 July 20 Mariners 96 July 21 Mariners 97 July 22 Angels 98 July 23 Angels 99 July 24 Angels 100 July 25 Angels 101 July 26 @ Tigers 102 July 27 @ Tigers 103 July 28 @ Tigers 104 July 30 Brewers 105 July 31 Brewers
August: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 106 August 1 Brewers 107 August 2 Blue Jays 108 August 3 Blue Jays 109 August 4 Blue Jays 110 August 5 Blue Jays 111 August 6 @ Twins 112 August 7 @ Twins 113 August 8 @ Twins 114 August 10 @ Red Sox 115 August 11 @ Red Sox 116 August 12 @ Red Sox 117 August 13 Orioles 118 August 14 Orioles 119 August 15 Orioles — August 16 Rangers Postponed (Rain)(Makeup date: August 17) 120 (1) August 17 Rangers 121 (2) August 17 Rangers 122 August 18 Rangers 123 August 20 Royals 7–2 – 70–53 124 August 21 Royals 3–2 71–53 125 August 22 Royals 0–7 – 71–54 126 August 23 8:05 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 6–5 (10) Assenmacher (2–0) Radinsky (6–1) Farr (25) 3:32 38,828 72–54 W1 127 August 24 8:08 p.m. EDT @ White Sox L 2–4 Álvarez (9–8) Abbott (9–11) Hernández (29) 3:10 38,404 72–55 L1 128 August 25 8:38 p.m. EDT @ White Sox W 7–5 Monteleone (6–4) Radinsky (6–2) Wickman (3) 3:03 31,521 73–55 W1 129 August 26 @ Indians 4–0 74–55 130 August 27 @ Indians 2–9 – 74–56 131 August 28 @ Indians 4–8 74–57 132 August 29 @ Indians 14–8 – 75–57 133 August 31 7:36 p.m. EDT White Sox L 3–11 Álvarez (10–8) Hitchcock (1–1) – 3:03 37,511 75–58 L1
September: 11–15 (Home: 5–6; Away: 6–9) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 134 September 1 7:35 p.m. EDT White Sox L 3–5 McDowell (21–7) Assenmacher (2–1) Hernández (31) 3:14 25,144 75–59 L2 135 September 2 7:35 p.m. EDT White Sox W 7–1 Key (16–5) Belcher (3–3) – 2:35 23,701 76–59 W1 136 September 3 Indians 3–7 76–60 137 September 4 Indians 4–0 – 77–60 138 September 5 Indians 7–2 – 78–60 139 September 6 @ Rangers 140 September 7 @ Rangers 141 September 8 @ Rangers 142 September 10 @ Royals 5–6 – 78–64 143 September 11 @ Royals 12–5 – 79–64 144 September 12 @ Royals 2–10 – 79–65 145 September 13 @ Brewers 146 September 14 @ Brewers 147 September 15 @ Brewers 148 September 16 Red Sox 149 September 17 Red Sox 150 September 18 Red Sox 151 September 19 Red Sox 152 September 21 Twins 153 September 22 Twins 154 September 24 @ Blue Jays 155 September 25 @ Blue Jays 156 September 26 @ Blue Jays 157 September 27 @ Orioles 158 September 28 @ Orioles 159 September 29 @ Orioles
October: 2–1 (Home: 2–1; Away: 0–0) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak 160 October 1 Tigers 161 October 2 Tigers 162 October 3 Tigers
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Postponement Bold = Yankees team member

Player stats

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
C	Mike Stanley	130	423	129	.305	26	84
1B	Don Mattingly	134	530	154	.291	17	86
2B	Pat Kelly	106	318	72	.226	7	27
3B	Wade Boggs	143	560	169	.302	2	59
SS	Spike Owen	103	334	78	.234	2	20
LF	Dion James	115	343	114	.332	7	36
CF	Bernie Williams	139	567	152	.268	12	68
RF	Paul O'Neill	141	498	155	.311	20	75
DH	Danny Tartabull	138	513	128	.250	31	102

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
Mike Gallego	119	403	114	.283	10	54
Jim Leyritz	95	259	80	.309	14	53
Randy Velarde	85	226	68	.301	7	24
Matt Nokes	76	217	54	.249	10	35
Kevin Maas	59	151	31	.205	9	25
Gerald Williams	42	67	10	.149	0	6
Hensley Meulens	30	53	9	.170	2	5
Mike Humphreys	25	35	6	.171	1	6
Dave Silvestri	7	21	6	.286	1	4
Andy Stankiewicz	16	9	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting 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
Jimmy Key	34	236.2	18	6	3.00	173
Jim Abbott	32	214.0	11	14	4.37	95
Mélido Pérez	25	163.0	6	14	5.19	148
Scott Kamieniecki	30	154.1	10	7	4.08	72
Mike Witt	9	41.0	3	2	5.27	30
Sterling Hitchcock	6	31.0	1	2	4.65	26
Frank Tanana	3	19.2	0	2	3.20	12
Jeff Johnson	2	2.2	0	2	30.38	0

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
Bob Wickman	41	140.0	14	4	4.63	70
Domingo Jean	10	40.1	1	1	4.46	20
Mark Hutton	7	22.0	1	1	5.73	12
Sam Militello	3	9.1	1	1	6.75	5

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
Steve Farr	49	2	2	25	4.21	39
Steve Howe	51	3	5	4	4.97	19
Rich Monteleone	42	7	4	0	4.94	50
Bobby Muñoz	38	3	3	0	5.32	33
John Habyan	36	2	1	1	4.04	29
Paul Assenmacher	26	2	2	0	3.12	11
Paul Gibson	20	2	0	0	3.06	25
Neal Heaton	18	1	0	0	6.00	15
Lee Smith	8	0	0	3	0.00	11
Andy Cook	4	0	1	0	5.06	4

Awards and honors

• Don Mattingly, first base, Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
• Reggie Jackson's number retired.

1993 MLB All-Star Game

• Wade Boggs, third base, starter
• Jimmy Key, reserve pitcher

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Stump Merrill
AA	Albany-Colonie Yankees	Eastern League	Mike Hart and Bill Evers
A	Prince William Cannons	Carolina League	Trey Hillman
A	Greensboro Hornets	South Atlantic League	Bill Evers and Gary Denbo
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Mark Newman
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Glenn Sherlock

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References

1. Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference
2. Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
3. Charlie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
4. Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference
5. Jim Abbott page at Baseball Reference
6. Sherman Obando page at Baseball Reference
7. Jimmy Key page at Baseball Reference
8. Wade Boggs page at Baseball Reference
9. John Habyan page at Baseball Reference
10. Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

• 1993 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1993 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com