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)
← 1992
Seasons
1994 →

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
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 95 67 .586 48‍–‍33 47‍–‍34
New York Yankees 88 74 .543 7 50‍–‍31 38‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles 85 77 .525 10 48‍–‍33 37‍–‍44
Detroit Tigers 85 77 .525 10 44‍–‍37 41‍–‍40
Boston Red Sox 80 82 .494 15 43‍–‍38 37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 76 86 .469 19 46‍–‍35 30‍–‍51
Milwaukee Brewers 69 93 .426 26 38‍–‍43 31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

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

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

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

[11]

References