1993 New York Yankees season

1993 New York Yankees
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)
	Seasons
	Seasons

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

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 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

Catchers

38 Matt Nokes
20 Mike Stanley

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

11 Buck Showalter

Coaches

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	Opponent	Score	Save	Record
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	Opponent
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	Opponent
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

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

↑ Roberto Kelly page at Baseball Reference
↑ Greg Cadaret page at Baseball Reference
↑ Charlie Hayes page at Baseball Reference
↑ Spike Owen page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Abbott page at Baseball Reference
↑ Sherman Obando page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jimmy Key page at Baseball Reference
↑ Wade Boggs page at Baseball Reference
↑ John Habyan page at Baseball Reference
↑ Lee Smith page at Baseball Reference
↑ 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

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[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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