1993 New York Yankees season

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

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).
• November 6, 1992: Greg Cadaret was purchased from the Yankees by the Cincinnati Reds.
• November 17, 1992: Charlie Hayes was drafted from the Yankees by the Colorado Rockies with the 3rd pick in the 1992 MLB Expansion Draft.
• December 4, 1992: Spike Owen was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
• December 6, 1992: J. T. Snow, Jerry Nielsen, and Russ Springer were traded by the Yankees to the California Angels for Jim Abbott.
• December 7, 1992: Sherman Obando was drafted from the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles rule 5 draft.
• December 10, 1992: Jimmy Key was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
• December 15, 1992: Wade Boggs was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.

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

1993 American League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
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.
• August 31, 1993: Rich Batchelor was traded by the Yankees to the St. Louis Cardinals for Lee Smith.

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

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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

• 1993 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
• 1993 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com