2003 New York Yankees season

The 2003 New York Yankees season was the 101st season for the New York Yankees franchise. The team finished with a record of 101–61 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.

Offseason

December 6, 2002: Robin Ventura was re-signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
December 19, 2002: Hideki Matsui was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
December 19, 2002: Todd Zeile was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
January 3, 2003: Brandon Knight was released by the New York Yankees.

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. It was the first no-hitter against the Yankees in 45 years.

Notable transactions

May 23, 2003: Curtis Pride was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Nashua Pride.
July 22, 2003: Jesse Orosco was sent to the New York Yankees by the San Diego Padres as part of a conditional deal.
July 29, 2003: Raúl Mondesí was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Arizona Diamondbacks for David Dellucci, Bret Prinz, and John Prowl.
July 31, 2003: Aaron Boone was traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Yankees for Brandon Claussen, Charlie Manning, and cash.
July 31, 2003: Robin Ventura was traded by the New York Yankees to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Bubba Crosby and Scott Proctor.
August 18, 2003: Todd Zeile was released by the New York Yankees.
August 31, 2003: Jesse Orosco was traded by the New York Yankees to the Minnesota Twins for a player to be named later. The Minnesota Twins sent Juan Padilla to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

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
1B		156	535	134	.250	41	107
2B		156	682	198	.290	38	91
SS		119	482	156	.324	10	52
LF		163	623	179	.287	16	106
CF		119	445	117	.263	15	64
C		142	481	135	.281	30	101
3B		89	283	71	.251	9	42
RF		98	361	93	.258	16	49
DH		96	324	92	.284	14	47

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
	54	189	48	.254	6	31
	66	186	39	.210	6	23
	63	174	48	.276	6	31
	57	173	46	.266	7	26
	52	151	46	.305	6	21
	63	135	31	.230	3	15
	40	105	28	.267	4	14
	31	100	26	.260	1	11
	22	55	11	.200	0	5
	21	51	9	.176	1	4
	4	12	1	.083	1	1
	18	10	2	.200	0	2
	5	8	1	.125	0	0
	5	7	1	.143	0	0
	5	4	1	.250	0	0
	3	4	0	.000	0	0
	4	2	2	1.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	31	31	214.2	17	8	3.40	195
	31	30	213.0	15	7	4.14	101
	33	33	211.2	17	9	3.91	190
	33	33	208.1	21	8	4.02	180
	32	24	159.1	7	9	5.99	93
	1	1	6.1	1	0	1.42	5

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
	18	71.0	7	2	3.30	72
	4	11.1	0	0	0.79	7

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
	64	5	2	40	1.66	63
	62	3	2	1	2.86	45
	48	2	5	0	3.73	47
	27	1	3	0	5.44	36
	25	0	3	6	7.71	19
	24	1	0	1	4.58	21
	22	1	0	0	4.79	9
	15	0	0	0	10.38	4
	13	0	0	0	3.18	9
	12	0	1	0	1.20	4
	12	2	1	0	4.38	6
	9	1	1	0	1.93	10
	7	0	0	1	5.79	1
	5	0	0	0	7.36	0
	2	0	0	0	18.00	2