2002 New York Yankees season

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.

2002 New York Yankees
American League East champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	103–58 (.640)
Divisional place	1st
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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Offseason

• December 7, 2001: David Justice was traded by the Yankees to the New York Mets for Robin Ventura.
• December 13, 2001: John Vander Wal was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the Yankees for Jay Witasick.^[1]
• December 13, 2001: Jason Giambi, a free agent, signed a 7-year $120-million deal with the Yankees.^[2]
• January 8, 2002: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[3]
• January 11, 2002: David Wells was signed as a free agent with the Yankees.
• January 17, 2002: Clay Bellinger was released by the Yankees.^[4]
• January 28, 2002: Ron Coomer was signed as a free agent with the Yankees.^[5]
• March 27, 2002: Bobby Estalella was released by the Yankees.^[6]

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

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	103	58	.640	—	52‍–‍28	51‍–‍30
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	10½	42‍–‍39	51‍–‍30
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	25½	42‍–‍39	36‍–‍45
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	36½	34‍–‍47	33‍–‍48
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	.342	48	30‍–‍51	25‍–‍55

American League Wild Card

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Division leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
New York Yankees	103	58	.640
Minnesota Twins	94	67	.584
Oakland Athletics	103	59	.636

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Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Anaheim Angels	99	63	.611	—
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	6
Seattle Mariners	93	69	.574	6
Chicago White Sox	81	81	.500	18
Toronto Blue Jays	78	84	.481	21
Cleveland Indians	74	88	.457	25
Texas Rangers	72	90	.444	27
Baltimore Orioles	67	95	.414	32
Kansas City Royals	62	100	.383	37
Detroit Tigers	55	106	.342	43½
Tampa Bay Devil Rays	55	106	.342	43½

Record vs. opponents

2002 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2002 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	7–2	3–4	6–3	6–3	8–1	6–3	4–5	3–4	9–11	9–10	8–1	12–7	7–2	11–7
Baltimore	2–7	—	6–13	3–4	1–5	2–4	7–0	5–1	6–13	4–5	5–4	10–9	3–6	4–15	9–9
Boston	4–3	13–6	—	2–4	5–4	5–4	4–2	3–3	9–10	6–3	4–5	16–3	4–3	13–6	5–13
Chicago	3–6	4–3	4–2	—	9–10	12–7	11–8	8–11	2–4	2–7	5–4	4–3	5–4	4–2	8–10
Cleveland	3–6	5–1	4–5	10–9	—	10–9	9–10	8–11	3–6	2–5	3–4	4–2	4–5	3–3	6–12
Detroit	1–8	4–2	4–5	7–12	9–10	—	9–10	4–14	1–8	1–6	2–5	2–4	5–4	0–6	6–12
Kansas City	3–6	0–7	2–4	8–11	10–9	10–9	—	5–14	1–5	1–8	3–6	4–2	7–2	3–4	5–13
Minnesota	5–4	1–5	3–3	11–8	11–8	14–4	14–5	—	0–6	3–6	5–4	5–2	6–3	6–1	10–8
New York	4–3	13–6	10–9	4–2	6–3	8–1	5–1	6–0	—	5–4	4–5	13–5	4–3	10–9	11–7
Oakland	11–9	5–4	3–6	7–2	5–2	6–1	8–1	6–3	4–5	—	8–11	8–1	13–6	3–6	16–2
Seattle	10–9	4–5	5–4	4–5	4–3	5–2	6–3	4–5	5–4	11–8	—	5–4	13–7	6–3	11–7
Tampa Bay	1–8	9–10	3–16	3–4	2–4	4–2	2–4	2–5	5–13	1–8	4–5	—	4–5	8–11	7–11
Texas	7–12	6–3	3–4	4–5	5–4	4–5	2–7	3–6	3–4	6–13	7–13	5–4	—	8–1	9–9
Toronto	2–7	15–4	6–13	2–4	3–3	6–0	4–3	1–6	9–10	6–3	3–6	11–8	1–8	—	9–9

Notable transactions

• April 8, 2002: Bill Pulsipher was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[7]
• May 23, 2002: Bill Pulsipher was released by the New York Yankees.^[7]
• July 1, 2002: Raúl Mondesí was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays to the New York Yankees for Scott Wiggins.^[8]
• July 5, 2002: Ted Lilly was traded as part of a 3-team trade by the New York Yankees with Jason Arnold (minors) and John-Ford Griffin to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent a player to be named later, Carlos Peña, and Franklyn Germán to the Detroit Tigers. The Detroit Tigers sent Jeff Weaver to the New York Yankees. The Detroit Tigers sent cash to the Oakland Athletics. The Oakland Athletics sent Jeremy Bonderman (August 22, 2002) to the Detroit Tigers to complete the trade.^[9]

Roster

2002 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 38 Randy Choate 22 Roger Clemens 65 Adrian Hernández 26 Orlando Hernández 41 Sterling Hitchcock 31 Steve Karsay 48 Brandon Knight 45,43 Ted Lilly 55 Ramiro Mendoza 35 Mike Mussina 46 Andy Pettitte 42 Mariano Rivera 29 Mike Stanton 48 Jay Tessmer 53 Mike Thurman 18 Jeff Weaver 33 David Wells		Catchers 45 Alberto Castillo 20 Jorge Posada 11 Chris Widger Infielders 17 Alex Arias 39 Ron Coomer 25 Jason Giambi 57 Drew Henson  2 Derek Jeter 36 Nick Johnson 12 Alfonso Soriano 19 Robin Ventura 14 Enrique Wilson		Outfielders 57 Karim García 43 Raúl Mondesí 59 Juan Rivera 47 Shane Spencer 18 Marcus Thames 28 John Vander Wal 27 Rondell White 51 Bernie Williams 17 Gerald Williams		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 53 Rick Down (Hitting) 52 Lee Mazzilli (First Base) 56 Rich Monteleone (Bullpen) 30 Willie Randolph (Third Base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching) 54 Don Zimmer (Bench)

Game log

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

2002 Game Log (103–58) Home: 52–28 Away: 51–30
April (17–10) Home: 8–2 Away: 9–8 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Orioles 3–10 Erickson (1–0) Clemens (0–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,058 0–1 2 April 3 @ Orioles 1–0 Wells (1–0) Johnson (0–1) Rivera (1) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 32,142 1–1 3 April 4 @ Orioles 4–1 Mussina (1–0) Ponson (0–1) Rivera (2) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 33,317 2–1 4 April 5 Devil Rays 4–0 Pettitte (1–0) Kennedy (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 55,771 3–1 5 April 6 Devil Rays 3–0 O. Hernandez (1–0) Alvarez (0–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 39,093 4–1 6 April 7 Devil Rays 7–2 Clemens (1–1) Sturtze (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 37,343 5–1 7 April 8 @ Blue Jays 16–3 Wells (2–0) Prokopec (0–1) — SkyDome 16,073 6–1 8 April 9 @ Blue Jays 5–2 Mussina (2–0) Plesac (0–1) Rivera (4) SkyDome 18,003 7–1 9 April 10 @ Blue Jays 7–9 Borbon (1–0) Lilly (0–1) Escobar (1) SkyDome 19,124 7–2 10 April 11 @ Blue Jays 3–11 Eyre (1–0) Clemens (1–2) — SkyDome 20,091 7–3 11 April 12 @ Red Sox 2–3 Oliver (1–0) O. Hernandez (1–1) Urbina (4) Fenway Park 32,812 7–4 12 April 13 @ Red Sox 6–7 Arrojo (1–0) Rivera (0–1) Urbina (5) Fenway Park 33,756 7–5 13 April 14 @ Red Sox 6–2 Mussina (3–0) Wakefield (1–1) Rivera (5) Fenway Park 33,742 8–5 14 April 15 @ Red Sox 3–4 Lowe (2–1) Pettitte (1–1) Urbina (6) Fenway Park 33,864 8–6 15 April 16 Orioles 4–5 Bauer (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) Julio (1) Yankee Stadium 33,721 8–7 16 April 17 Orioles 7–1 O. Hernandez (2–1) Towers (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 27,912 9–7 17 April 18 Orioles 8–4 Wells (3–0) Erickson (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 35,212 10–7 18 April 19 Blue Jays 6–5 Rivera (1–1) File (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 36,136 11–7 19 April 20 Blue Jays 4–5 (10) Plesac (1–1) Mendoza (0–2) — Yankee Stadium 39,265 11–8 20 April 21 Blue Jays 9–2 Clemens (2–2) Carpenter (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 43,309 12–8 21 April 23 @ Athletics 2–1 O. Hernandez (3–1) Hudson (2–2) Rivera (6) Network Associates Coliseum 40,360 13–8 22 April 24 @ Athletics 8–5 Stanton (1–0) Magnante (0–1) Rivera (7) Network Associates Coliseum 54,513 13–9 23 April 25 @ Athletics 2–6 Zito (1–1) Mussina (3–1) — Network Associates Coliseum 31,870 14–9 24 April 26 @ Mariners 7–1 Clemens (3–2) Baldwin (2–1) — Safeco Field 45,814 15–9 25 April 27 @ Mariners 0–1 Garcia (3–2) Lilly (0–2) Sasaki (7) Safeco Field 46,047 15–10 26 April 28 @ Mariners 4–3 Karsay (1–0) Rhodes (1–1) Rivera (8) Safeco Field 46,115 16–10 27 April 30 Athletics 8–2 Wells (4–0) Zito (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 32,888 17–10
May (19–9) Home: 8–7 Away: 11–2 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 28 May 1 Athletics 1–4 Hiljus (3–1) Mussina (3–2) Koch (6) Yankee Stadium 31,006 17–11 29 May 2 Athletics 9–2 Clemens (4–2) Lidle (1–4) — Yankee Stadium 30,463 18–11 30 May 3 Mariners 2–6 Garcia (4–2) Lilly (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 47,918 18–12 31 May 4 Mariners 5–9 Nelson (1–0) Karsay (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 52,081 18–13 32 May 5 Mariners 6–10 Pineiro (2–0) Wells (4–1) — Yankee Stadium 48,176 18–14 33 May 7 @ Devil Rays 5–2 Mussina (4–2) Wilson (1–3) Rivera (9) Tropicana Field 15,031 19–14 34 May 8 @ Devil Rays 7–2 Clemens (5–2) James (0–3) — Tropicana Field 15,263 20–14 35 May 9 @ Devil Rays 3–1 O. Hernandez (4–1) Kennedy (1–3) Rivera (10) Tropicana Field 16,013 21–14 36 May 10 @ Twins 5–3 Wells (5–1) Milton (4–3) Rivera (11) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 35,727 22–14 37 May 11 @ Twins 4–2 Stanton (2–0) Guardado (0–1) Rivera (12) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 43,265 23–14 38 May 12 @ Twins 10–4 Mussina (5–2) Reed (4–2) — Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 26,165 24–14 39 May 14 Devil Rays 10–3 Clemens (6–2) Harper (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 29,503 25–14 40 May 15 Devil Rays 7–10 Kennedy (2–3) O. Hernandez (4–2) Yan (6) Yankee Stadium 26,571 25–15 41 May 16 Devil Rays 13–0 Wells (6–1) Rupe (3–5) — Yankee Stadium 32,695 26–15 42 May 17 Twins 13–12 (14) Hitchcock (1–0) Trombley (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 39,470 27–15 43 May 18 Twins 6–2 Lilly (1–3) Fiore (2–1) — Yankee Stadium 46,057 28–15 44 May 19 Twins 3–0 Clemens (7–2) Kinney (1–4) Rivera (13) Yankee Stadium 53,662 29–15 45 May 20 Blue Jays 6–3 Mendoza (1–2) Heredia (0–1) Rivera (14) Yankee Stadium 30,657 30–15 46 May 21 Blue Jays 4–1 Mussina (6–2) Prokopec (2–6) Karsay (1) Yankee Stadium 26,531 31–15 47 May 22 Blue Jays 3–8 Halladay (5–1) A. Hernandez (0–1) — Yankee Stadium 44,284 31–16 48 May 23 @ Red Sox 1–3 Martinez (7–0) Lilly (1–4) Urbina (15) Fenway Park 33,884 31–17 49 May 24 @ Red Sox 8–9 (11) Arrojo (3–1) Karsay (1–2) — Fenway Park 34,175 31–18 50 May 25 @ Red Sox 3–2 Mendoza (2–2) Lowe (7–2) Rivera (15) Fenway Park 33,743 32–18 51 May 26 @ Red Sox 14–5 Mussina (7–2) Oliver (4–4) — Fenway Park 34,096 33–18 52 May 27 @ White Sox 10–6 Thurman (1–0) Wright (5–5) — Comiskey Park 43,781 34–18 53 May 28 @ White Sox 4–2 Lilly (2–4) Garland (5–4) Rivera (16) Comiskey Park 27,859 35–18 54 May 29 @ White Sox 6–3 Karsay (2–2) Foulke (0–3) Rivera (17) Comiskey Park 27,572 36–18 55 May 31 Red Sox 2–5 Lowe (8–2) Wells (6–2) — Yankee Stadium 52,941 36–19
June (14–12) Home: 8–6 Away: 6–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 56 June 1 Red Sox 10–2 Mussina (8–2) Oliver (4–5) — Yankee Stadium 55,699 37–19 57 June 2 Red Sox 1–7 Castillo (4–5) Lilly (2–5) — Yankee Stadium 55,602 37–20 58 June 3 Orioles 3–4 Julio (3–4) Rivera (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 31,476 37–21 59 June 4 Orioles 13–5 Mendoza (3–2) Erickson (3–6) — Yankee Stadium 32,214 38–21 60 June 5 Orioles 3–4 Driskill (3–0) Wells (6–3) Julio (10) Yankee Stadium 26,506 38–22 – June 6 Orioles Postponed (rain) Rescheduled for September 10 61 June 7 Giants 2–1 Mussina (9–2) Hernandez (5–6) Rivera (18) Yankee Stadium 55,053 39–22 62 June 8 Giants 3–4 Schmidt (2–1) Rivera (1–3) Nen (16) Yankee Stadium 55,194 39–23 63 June 9 Giants 4–2 Clemens (8–2) Rodriguez (1–3) Karsay (2) Yankee Stadium 55,335 40–23 64 June 10 Diamondbacks 7–5 Stanton (3–0) Johnson (9–2) — Yankee Stadium 45,698 41–23 65 June 11 Diamondbacks 6–4 Wells (7–3) Anderson (1–6) Mendoza (1) Yankee Stadium 44,734 42–23 66 June 12 Diamondbacks 5–9 Batista (4–3) Mussina (9–3) Kim (17) Yankee Stadium 50,864 42–24 67 June 14 @ Mets 4–2 (10) Karsay (3–2) Komiyama (0–3) — Shea Stadium 54,069 43–24 68 June 15 @ Mets 0–8 Estes (3–5) Clemens (8–3) — Shea Stadium 54,347 43–25 69 June 16 @ Mets 2–3 Guthrie (1–0) Wells (7–4) Benitez (15) Shea Stadium 55,141 43–26 70 June 18 @ Rockies 10–5 Mussina (10–3) Jennings (8–3) Stanton (1) Coors Field 48,738 44–26 71 June 19 @ Rockies 20–10 Mendoza (4–2) White (1–5) — Coors Field 48,821 45–26 72 June 20 @ Rockies 11–14 (10) Stark (4–1) Karsay (3–3) — Coors Field 48,916 45–27 73 June 21 @ Padres 1–9 Perez (2–0) Wells (7–5) — Qualcomm Stadium 55,858 45–28 74 June 22 @ Padres 1–0 Lilly (3–5) Peavy (0–1) — Qualcomm Stadium 60,021 46–28 75 June 23 @ Padres 3–2 Mendoza (5–2) Reed (1–3) Karsay (3) Qualcomm Stadium 50,050 47–28 76 June 25 @ Orioles 3–4 Roberts (4–2) Pettitte (1–2) Julio (16) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 41,583 47–29 77 June 26 @ Orioles 7–8 Roberts (5–2) Stanton (3–1) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 42,670 47–30 78 June 27 @ Orioles 3–2 Wells (8–5) Erickson (3–7) Rivera (19) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,057 48–30 79 June 28 Mets 11–5 Mussina (11–3) D'Amico (4–7) O. Hernandez (1) Yankee Stadium 55,739 49–30 80 June 29 Mets 2–11 Leiter (8–6) Lilly (3–6) — Yankee Stadium 55,615 49–31 81 June 30 Mets 8–0 Pettitte (2–2) Trachsel (6–7) — Yankee Stadium 55,700 50–31
July (17–8) Home: 9–2 Away: 8–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 82 July 2 Indians 10–5 Mendoza (6–2) Rincon (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 45,589 51–31 83 July 3 Indians 11–8 Wells (9–5) Sabathia (6–7) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 39,879 52–31 84 July 4 Indians 7–1 Mussina (12–3) Finley (4–11) — Yankee Stadium 42,909 53–31 85 July 5 Blue Jays 6–3 O. Hernandez (5–2) Loaiza (3–5) Rivera (21) Yankee Stadium 46,788 54–31 86 July 6 Blue Jays 3–8 Parris (1–2) Pettitte (2–3) — Yankee Stadium 55,005 54–32 87 July 7 Blue Jays 10–6 Weaver (7–8) Thurman (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 46,922 55–32 73rd All-Star Game in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 88 July 11 @ Indians 7–4 Pettitte (3–3) Sabathia (6–8) Rivera (22) Jacobs Field 41,192 56–32 89 July 12 @ Indians 1–2 (10) Wohlers (1–1) Karsay (3–4) — Jacobs Field 42,518 56–33 90 July 13 @ Indians 14–5 Wells (10–5) Drese (8–7) — Jacobs Field 42,631 57–33 91 July 14 @ Indians 7–10 Rincon (1–3) Rivera (1–4) — Jacobs Field 42,573 57–34 92 July 15 @ Blue Jays 5–8 Parris (2–2) O. Hernandez (5–3) Escobar (15) SkyDome 25,371 57–35 93 July 16 @ Blue Jays 7–6 Karsay (4–4) Politte (3–3) Rivera (23) SkyDome 27,197 58–35 94 July 17 Tigers 2–1 Pettitte (4–3) Redman (5–9) — Yankee Stadium 49,116 59–35 95 July 18 Tigers 6–5 Mendoza (7–2) Rodney (1–3) Rivera (24) Yankee Stadium 54,725 60–35 96 July 19 Red Sox 2–4 Martinez (12–2) Mussina (12–4) Urbina (24) Yankee Stadium 55,510 60–36 97 July 20 Red Sox 9–8 (11) Karsay (5–4) Gomes (1–2) — Yankee Stadium 55,526 61–36 98 July 21 Red Sox 9–8 Stanton (4–1) Urbina (1–5) — Yankee Stadium 55,581 62–36 99 July 23 @ Indians 3–9 Baez (8–7) Pettitte (4–4) — Jacobs Field 38,520 62–37 100 July 24 @ Indians 14–7 Wells (11–5) Drese (8–8) — Jacobs Field 38,081 63–37 101 July 26 @ Devil Rays 12–9 Mussina (13–4) Sosa (1–3) Karsay (4) Tropicana Field 22,527 64–37 102 July 27 @ Devil Rays 4–7 Harper (4–6) Weaver (7–9) Yan (14) Tropicana Field 35,021 64–38 103 July 28 @ Devil Rays 9–1 Pettitte (5–4) Sturtze (1–11) — Tropicana Field 29,144 65–38 104 July 29 @ Rangers 9–2 O. Hernandez (6–3) Rogers (11–6) — The Ballpark in Arlington 44,006 66–38 105 July 30 @ Rangers 9–6 Wells (12–5) Myette (0–3) Mendoza (2) The Ballpark in Arlington 42,818 67–38 106 July 31 @ Rangers 6–17 Bell (4–3) Mussina (13–5) — The Ballpark in Arlington 41,133 67–39
August (17–11) Home: 7–6 Away: 10–5 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 107 August 1 @ Angels 1–2 Washburn (13–3) Weaver (7–10) Percival (25) Edison International Field of Anaheim 42,897 67–40 108 August 2 @ Angels 4–0 Pettitte (6–4) Appier (9–9) Mendoza (3) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,668 68–40 109 August 3 @ Angels 4–5 Percival (4–1) Mendoza (7–3) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,619 68–41 110 August 4 @ Angels 7–5 (12) Stanton (5–1) Shields (3–2) Mendoza (4) Edison International Field of Anaheim 43,455 69–41 111 August 6 Royals 2–6 Ru. Hernandez (2–1) Mussina (13–6) — Yankee Stadium 48,275 69–42 112 August 7 Royals 6–2 Clemens (9–3) Suppan (8–11) — Yankee Stadium 40,184 70–42 113 August 8 Royals 6–3 Pettitte (7–4) Byrd (14–8) Rivera (25) Yankee Stadium 55,142 71–42 114 August 9 Athletics 2–3 (16) Bowie (2–0) Hitchcock (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 54,316 71–43 115 August 10 Athletics 0–8 Lidle (5–9) Wells (12–6) — Yankee Stadium 54,439 71–44 116 August 11 Athletics 8–5 Mussina (14–6) Mulder (13–7) — Yankee Stadium 54,703 72–44 117 August 13 @ Royals 10–5 Clemens (10–3) Suppan (8–12) — Kauffman Stadium 28,834 73–44 118 August 14 @ Royals 3–2 Mendoza (8–3) Stein (0–3) Rivera (26) Kauffman Stadium 26,383 74–44 119 August 15 @ Royals 7–5 (12) Stanton (6–1) Ro. Hernandez (1–3) Rivera (27) Kauffman Stadium 27,565 75–44 120 August 16 @ Mariners 9–3 Wells (13–6) Halama (5–4) Weaver (1) Safeco Field 46,033 76–44 121 August 17 @ Mariners 8–3 Mussina (15–6) Franklin (4–3) Karsay (5) Safeco Field 46,174 77–44 122 August 18 @ Mariners 2–5 Pineiro (13–4) Clemens (10–4) Sasaki (31) Safeco Field 46,086 77–45 123 August 20 Angels 7–5 Pettitte (8–4) Sele (8–9) Stanton (2) Yankee Stadium 41,619 78–45 124 August 21 Angels 1–5 (11) Weber (5–2) Weaver (7–11) — Yankee Stadium 46,423 78–46 125 August 22 Angels 4–2 Wells (14–6) Lackey (5–3) Karsay (6) Yankee Stadium 43,222 79–46 126 August 23 Rangers 2–6 Park (5–6) Mussina (15–7) — Yankee Stadium 50,871 79–47 127 August 24 Rangers 3–2 Clemens (11–4) Alvarez (0–4) Karsay (7) Yankee Stadium 53,494 80–47 128 August 25 Rangers 2–6 Benoit (3–2) Pettitte (8–5) — Yankee Stadium 50,037 80–48 129 August 26 Rangers 10–3 O. Hernandez (7–3) Rogers (12–7) Weaver (2) Yankee Stadium 42,785 81–48 130 August 27 @ Red Sox 6–0 Wells (15–6) Fossum (2–3) — Fenway Park 33,810 82–48 131 August 28 @ Red Sox 7–0 Mussina (16–7) Martinez (17–4) — Fenway Park 33,793 83–48 132 August 29 @ Blue Jays 4–7 Loaiza (7–7) Clemens (11–5) — SkyDome 32,679 83–49 133 August 30 @ Blue Jays 9–7 Weaver (8–11) Walker (7–4) Karsay (8) SkyDome 24,301 84–49 134 August 31 @ Blue Jays 1–5 Miller (6–4) O. Hernandez (7–4) — SkyDome 36,021 84–50
September (19–8) Home: 12–5 Away: 7–3 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ Blue Jays 6–7 Halladay (15–6) Wells (15–7) Escobar (28) SkyDome 32,577 84–51 136 September 2 Red Sox 4–8 Fossum (3–3) Mussina (16–8) — Yankee Stadium 55,169 84–52 137 September 3 Red Sox 4–2 Clemens (12–5) Castillo (5–13) Stanton (3) Yankee Stadium 47,318 85–52 138 September 4 Red Sox 3–1 Pettitte (9–5) Lowe (18–7) Karsay (9) Yankee Stadium 50,006 86–52 139 September 5 Tigers 9–3 O. Hernandez (8–4) Sparks (8–15) — Yankee Stadium 28,222 87–52 140 September 6 Tigers 8–1 Wells (16–7) Redman (8–14) — Yankee Stadium 41,114 88–52 141 September 7 Tigers 1–2 German (1–0) Mussina (16–9) Acevedo (28) Yankee Stadium 40,541 88–53 142 September 8 Tigers 6–4 Stanton (7–1) Henriquez (1–1) Karsay (10) Yankee Stadium 39,302 89–53 143 September 10 (1) Orioles 5–2 Pettitte (10–5) Johnson (4–13) Stanton (4) Yankee Stadium 8,875 90–53 144 September 10 (2) Orioles 3–1 Weaver (9–11) Ponson (7–6) Karsay (11) Yankee Stadium 31,270 91–53 145 September 11 Orioles 5–4 (11) Karsay (6–4) Bauer (6–7) — Yankee Stadium 35,183 92–53 146 September 12 Orioles 7–3 Wells (17–7) Douglass (0–3) — Yankee Stadium 33,263 93–53 147 September 13 White Sox 2–13 Biddle (2–3) Mussina (16–10) Osuna (11) Yankee Stadium 45,935 93–54 148 September 14 White Sox 1–8 Wright (12–12) Clemens (12–6) — Yankee Stadium 44,795 93–55 149 September 15 White Sox 8–4 (6) Pettitte (11–5) Porzio (2–1) — Yankee Stadium 39,587 94–55 150 September 17 @ Devil Rays 7–9 Carter (1–0) Mendoza (8–4) — Tropicana Field 14,797 94–56 151 September 18 @ Devil Rays 7–1 Weaver (10–11) Zambrano (6–8) — Tropicana Field 14,993 94–57 152 September 19 @ Devil Rays 2–3 (10) Yan (7–8) Hitchcock (1–2) — Tropicana Field 18,557 95–57 153 September 20 @ Tigers 5–1 Clemens (13–6) Van Hekken (1–2) — Comerica Park 25,364 96–57 154 September 21 @ Tigers 3–2 Pettitte (12–5) Beverlin (0–2) Karsay (12) Comerica Park 25,432 97–57 155 September 22 @ Tigers 4–3 Wells (18–7) Maroth (6–9) Stanton (5) Comerica Park 23,930 98–57 156 September 23 Devil Rays 2–3 Zambrano (7–8) O. Hernandez (8–5) Yan (19) Yankee Stadium 31,937 98–58 157 September 24 Devil Rays 6–0 Mussina (17–10) Harper (5–9) — Yankee Stadium 32,492 99–58 158 September 25 Devil Rays 4–3 Weaver (11–11) Sturtze (4–18) Rivera (28) Yankee Stadium 30,004 100–58 – September 26 Devil Rays Cancelled (rain) 159 September 27 @ Orioles 6–2 Pettitte (13–5) Ponson (7–9) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 40,975 101–58 160 September 28 @ Orioles 4–2 Wells (19–7) Driskill (8–8) Stanton (6) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 48,165 102–58 161 September 29 @ Orioles 6–1 Mussina (18–10) Stephens (2–5) — Oriole Park at Camden Yards 46,443 103–58

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jorge Posada	143	511	137	.268	20	99
1B	Jason Giambi	155	560	176	.314	41	122
2B	Alfonso Soriano	156	696	209	.300	39	102
SS	Derek Jeter	157	644	191	.297	18	75
3B	Robin Ventura	141	465	115	.247	27	93
LF	Rondell White	126	455	109	.240	14	62
CF	Bernie Williams	154	612	204	.333	19	102
RF	Raúl Mondesí	71	270	65	.241	11	43
DH	Nick Johnson	129	378	92	.243	15	58

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
Shane Spencer	94	288	71	.247	6	34
John Vander Wal	84	219	57	.260	6	20
Ron Coomer	55	148	39	.264	3	17
Enrique Wilson	60	105	19	.181	2	11
Juan Rivera	28	83	22	.265	1	6
Chris Widger	21	64	19	.297	0	5
Alberto Castillo	15	37	5	.135	0	4
Gerald Williams	33	17	0	.000	0	0
Marcus Thames	7	13	3	.231	1	2
Alex Arias	6	7	0	.000	0	0
Karim García	2	5	1	.200	0	0
Drew Henson	3	1	0	.000	0	0

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Mussina	33	215.2	18	10	4.05	182
David Wells	31	206.1	19	7	3.75	137
Roger Clemens	29	180.0	13	6	4.35	192
Orlando Hernández	24	146.0	8	5	3.64	113
Andy Pettitte	22	134.2	13	5	3.27	97
Ted Lilly	16	76.2	3	6	3.40	59

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jeff Weaver	15	78.0	5	3	4.04	57
Mike Thurman	12	33.0	1	0	5.18	23
Adrián Hernández	2	6.0	0	1	12.00	9

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mariano Rivera	45	1	4	28	2.74	41
Ramiro Mendoza	62	8	4	4	3.44	61
Mike Stanton	79	7	1	6	3.00	44
Steve Karsay	78	6	4	12	3.26	65
Sterling Hitchcock	20	1	2	0	5.49	31
Randy Choate	18	0	0	0	6.04	17
Brandon Knight	7	0	0	0	11.42	7
Jay Tessmer	2	0	0	0	6.75	0

Postseason

Game log

2002 Postseason Game Log (1–3)

ALDS vs Angels (1–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 October 1 Angels 8–5 Karsay (1–0) Weber (0–1) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 56,710 1–0 2 October 2 Angels 6–8 Rodriguez (1–0) Hernandez (0–1) Percival (1) Yankee Stadium 56,695 1–1 3 October 4 @ Angels 6–9 Rodriguez (2–0) Stanton (0–1) Percival (2) Edison International Field of Anaheim 45,072 1–2 4 October 5 @ Angels 5–9 Washburn (1–0) Wells (0–1) — Edison International Field of Anaheim 45,067 1–3

ALDS

Main article: 2002 American League Division Series

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

• Jason Giambi, Silver Slugger Award
• Alfonso Soriano, Most home runs in one season by an American League second baseman (39)^[10]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
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]