1993 New York Yankees season

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1993  New York Yankees
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Reggie Jackson's number 44 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1993. YankeesRetired44.svg
Reggie Jackson's number 44 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1993.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 9567.586—48‍–‍3347‍–‍34
New York Yankees 8874.543750‍–‍3138‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles 8577.5251048‍–‍3337‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 8577.5251044‍–‍3741‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox 8082.4941543‍–‍3837‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 7686.4691946‍–‍3530‍–‍51
Milwaukee Brewers 6993.4262638‍–‍4331‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

1993 American League record

Sources:
TeamBALBOSCALCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTOR
Baltimore —6–77–54–88–55–87–58–58–46–710–27–54–85–8
Boston 7–6—7–57–55–86–75–75–87–56–79–37–56–63–10
California 5–75–7—7–65–74–86–77–54–96–66–76–76–74–8
Chicago 8–45–76–7—9–37–56–79–310–34–87–69–48–56–6
Cleveland 5–88–57–53–9—6–77–58–54–86–78–43–97–54–9
Detroit 8–57–68–45–77–6—5–78–56–64–98–47–56–66–7
Kansas City 5–77–57–67–65–77–5—5–77–66–66–77–67–68–4
Milwaukee 5–88–55–73–95–85–87–5—7–54–97–54–84–85–8
Minnesota 4–85–79–43–108–46–66–75–7—4–88–54–97–62–10
New York 7–67–66–68–47–69–46–69–48–4—6–67–53–95–8
Oakland 2–103–97–66–74–84–87–65–75–86–6—9–45–85–7
Seattle 5–75–77–64–99–35–76–78–49–45–74–9—8–57–5
Texas 8–46–67–65–85–76–66–78–46–79–38–55–8—7–5
Toronto 8–510–38–46–69–47–64–88–510–28–57–55–75–7—

Notable Transactions

Roster

1993 New York Yankees
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Mike Stanley 130423129.3052684
1B Don Mattingly 134530154.2911786
2B Pat Kelly 10631872.226727
3B Wade Boggs 143560169.302259
SS Spike Owen 10333478.234220
LF Dion James 115343114.332736
CF Bernie Williams 139567152.2681268
RF Paul O'Neill 141498155.3112075
DH Danny Tartabull 138513128.25031102

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mike Gallego 119403114.2831054
Jim Leyritz 9525980.3091453
Randy Velarde 8522668.301724
Matt Nokes 7621754.2491035
Kevin Maas 5915131.205925
Gerald Williams 426710.14906
Hensley Meulens 30539.17025
Mike Humphreys 25356.17116
Dave Silvestri 7216.28614
Andy Stankiewicz 1690.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jimmy Key 34236.21863.00173
Jim Abbott 32214.011144.3795
Mélido Pérez 25163.06145.19148
Scott Kamieniecki 30154.11074.0872
Mike Witt 941.0325.2730
Sterling Hitchcock 631.0124.6526
Frank Tanana 319.2023.2012
Jeff Johnson 22.20230.380

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Bob Wickman 41140.01444.6370
Domingo Jean 1040.1114.4620
Mark Hutton 722.0115.7312
Sam Militello 39.1116.755

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Steve Farr 4922254.2139
Steve Howe 513544.9719
Rich Monteleone 427404.9450
Bobby Muñoz 383305.3233
John Habyan 362114.0429
Paul Assenmacher 262203.1211
Paul Gibson 202003.0625
Neal Heaton 181006.0015
Lee Smith 80030.0011
Andy Cook 40105.064

Awards and honors

1993 MLB All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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
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