# 2005 New York Yankees season

The 2005 New York Yankees season was the 103rd season for the New York Yankees franchise. The team finished with a record of 95–67, tied with the Boston Red Sox but won the division due to winning the season series 10–9 over Boston. New York was managed by Joe Torre. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium. In the playoffs, they lost in the ALDS in 5 games to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. It was their eleventh year making the playoffs in a row.

## Offseason

* December 3, 2004: Kenny Lofton was traded by the New York Yankees to the Philadelphia Phillies for Félix Rodríguez.
* December 3, 2004: Félix Heredia was traded by the New York Yankees to the New York Mets for Mike Stanton.
* December 20, 2004: Carl Pavano signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* December 28, 2004: Jaret Wright signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* January 11, 2005: Javier Vázquez, Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro, and cash were traded by New York Yankees to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Randy Johnson.
* January 21, 2005: Aaron Small signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* February 9, 2005: Buddy Groom signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* February 18, 2005: Ramiro Mendoza signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Boston Red Sox | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 54‍–‍27 | 41‍–‍40 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 | 43‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 74 | 88 | .457 | 21 | 36‍–‍45 | 38‍–‍43 |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 | 40‍–‍41 | 27‍–‍54 |

### Record vs. opponents

2005 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 8–10 | 2–6 | 1–6 | 3–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 7–11 | 4–6 | 7–3 | 12–6 | 4–6 | 9–10 | 8–10 |
| Boston | 10–8 | — | 4–3 | 4–2 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 6–4 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 13–6 | 7–2 | 7–11 | 12–6 |
| Chicago | 6–2 | 3–4 | — | 14–5 | 14–5 | 13–5 | 4–6 | 11–7 | 3–3 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 12–6 |
| Cleveland | 6–1 | 2–4 | 5–14 | — | 12–6 | 13–6 | 3–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 7–3 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 15–3 |
| Detroit | 5–3 | 4–6 | 5–14 | 6–12 | — | 10–9 | 4–6 | 8–11 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 9–9 |
| Kansas City | 2–4 | 2–4 | 5–13 | 6–13 | 9–10 | — | 2–7 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 2–7 | 3–5 | 2–8 | 3–6 | 9–9 |
| Los Angeles | 4–2 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 5–3 | 6–4 | 7–2 | — | 6–4 | 6–4 | 10–9 | 9–9 | 4–5 | 15–4 | 1–5 | 12–6 |
| Minnesota | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 9–10 | 11–8 | 13–6 | 4–6 | — | 3–3 | 4–6 | 6–4 | 6–0 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| New York | 11–7 | 10–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 4–6 | 3–3 | — | 7–2 | 7–3 | 8–11 | 7–3 | 12–6 | 11–7 |
| Oakland | 6–4 | 4–6 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 9–10 | 6–4 | 2–7 | — | 12–6 | 4–5 | 11–8 | 5–5 | 10–8 |
| Seattle | 3–7 | 3–3 | 3–6 | 3–7 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 9–9 | 4–6 | 3–7 | 6–12 | — | 4–2 | 6–13 | 4–6 | 10–8 |
| Tampa Bay | 6–12 | 6–13 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 2–5 | 5–3 | 5–4 | 0–6 | 11–8 | 5–4 | 2–4 | — | 6–2 | 8–11 | 3–15 |
| Texas | 6–4 | 2–7 | 6–3 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–2 | 4–15 | 6–3 | 3–7 | 8–11 | 13–6 | 2–6 | — | 7–3 | 9–9 |
| Toronto | 10–9 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–3 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 6–12 | 5–5 | 6–4 | 11–8 | 3–7 | — | 8–10 |

### Notable transactions

* July 1, 2005: Mike Stanton was released by the Yankees.
* July 30, 2005: Alan Embree was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
* July 31, 2005: Buddy Groom was sent to the Arizona Diamondbacks by the New York Yankees as part of a conditional deal.
* August 30, 2005: Mark Bellhorn was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

### Game log

Legend :
| Yankees Win | Yankees Loss | Game Postponed |
Game Log :
April (10–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1April 3Red Sox9–2Johnson (1–0)Wells (0–1)54,8181–0W1
2April 5Red Sox4–3Rivera (1–0)Foulke (0–1)54,6902–0W2
3April 6Red Sox3–7Timlin (1–0)Rivera (1–1)55,1652–1L1
4April 8Orioles5–12Ponson (1–0)Wright (0–1)43,1282–2L2
5April 9Orioles8–5Sturtze (1–0)Reed (0–1)Rivera (1)50,2753–2W1
6April 10Orioles2–7López (2–0)Pavano (0–1)46,7973–3L1
7April 11@ Red Sox1–8Wakefield (1–0)Mussina (0–1)33,0723–4L2
8April 13@ Red Sox5–2Wright (1–1)Schilling (0–1)Rivera (2)35,1154–4W1
9April 14@ Red Sox5–8Foulke (1–1)Gordon (0–1)35,2514–5L1
10April 15@ Orioles1–8Chen (1–0)Pavano (0–2)48,0614–6L2
11April 16@ Orioles6–7Kline (2–1)Gordon (0–2)Ryan (2)48,5984–7L3
12April 17@ Orioles4–8Cabrera (1–1)Brown (0–1)47,8834–8L4
13April 18Devil Rays19–8Wright (2–1)Bell (1–1)35,2825–8W1
14April 19Devil Rays2–6Nomo (2–1)Johnson (1–1)45,8025–9L1
15April 20@ Blue Jays11–2Pavano (1–2)Lilly (0–2)22,8386–9W1
16April 21@ Blue Jays4–3Mussina (1–1)Chacín (3–1)Rivera (3)23,1787–9W2
17April 22Rangers3–5Young (2–1)Brown (0–2)Cordero (8)42,7107–10L1
18April 23Rangers2–10Park (2–1)Wright (2–2)44,7317–11L2
19April 24Rangers11–1Johnson (2–1)Astacio (1–2)42,7328–11W1
20April 26Angels12–4Pavano (2–2)Colón (3–2)36,3289–11W2
21April 27Angels1–5Washburn (1–0)Mussina (1–2)37,9349–12L1
22April 28Angels1–3Lackey (2–1)Brown (0–3)Rodríguez (5)51,9519–13L2
23April 29Blue Jays0–2Halladay (4–1)Johnson (2–2)40,8399–14L3
24April 30Blue Jays4–3Rivera (2–1)Chulk (0–1)47,48310–14W1 :
May (17–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
25May 1Blue Jays6–8Walker (1–0)Stanton (0–1)Batista (7)54,22410–15L1
26May 2@ Devil Rays6–2Mussina (2–2)Kazmir (0–3)13,21711–15W1
27May 3@ Devil Rays4–11Waechter (1–1)Brown (0–4)14,82411–16L1
28May 4@ Devil Rays8–11Fossum (2–1)Henn (0–1)Báez (2)16,45211–17L2
29May 5@ Devil Rays2–6Hendrickson (1–1)Wang (0–1)16,66211–18L3
30May 6Athletics3–6 (10)Dotel (1–0)Rivera (2–2)Calero (1)47,97311–19L4
31May 7Athletics5–0Mussina (3–2)Blanton (0–3)52,77612–19W1
32May 8Athletics6–0Brown (1–4)Harden (2–2)47,57513–19W2
33May 9Mariners4–3Johnson (3–2)Nelson (0–1)Rivera (4)38,07914–19W2
34May 10Mariners7–4Wang (1–1)Sele (2–4)Rivera (5)39,78015–19W3
35May 11Mariners13–9Quantrill (1–0)Thornton (0–3)47,84416–19W4
36May 13@ Athletics9–4Mussina (4–2)Harden (2–3)38,63617–19W5
37May 14@ Athletics15–6Brown (2–4)Blanton (0–4)41,18018–19W6
38May 15@ Athletics6–4Johnson (4–2)Rincón (1–1)Rivera (6)37,23719–19W7
39May 16@ Mariners6–3Wang (2–1)Hasegawa (0–1)Rivera (7)37,81420–19W8
40May 17@ Mariners6–0Pavano (3–2)Mateo (1–1)35,54921–19W9
41May 18@ Mariners6–7Nelson (1–1)Gordon (0–3)Villone (1)37,41921–20L1
42May 20@ Mets5–2Brown (3–4)Zambrano (2–4)Rivera (8)55,74022–20W1
43May 21@ Mets1–7Benson (2–1)Johnson (4–3)55,80022–21L1
44May 22@ Mets5–3Pavano (4–2)Hernández (2–2)Rivera (9)55,95323–21W1
45May 24Tigers12–3Mussina (5–2)Ledezma (2–4)37,09924–21W2
46May 25Tigers4–2Wang (3–1)Maroth (4–4)Rivera (10)51,83325–21W3
47May 26Tigers4–3Brown (4–4)Bonderman (5–3)Rivera (11)42,83526–21W4
48May 27Red Sox6–3Johnson (5–3)Wakefield (4–4)Rivera (12)55,05127–21W5
49May 28Red Sox1–17Clement (6–0)Pavano (4–3)55,31527–22L1
50May 29Red Sox2–7Wells (3–4)Mussina (5–3)55,23527–23L2
51May 31@ Royals3–5Greinke (1–6)Brown (4–5)MacDougal (3)18,68027–24L3 :
June (12–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
52June 1@ Royals1–3Carrasco (1–1)Johnson (5–4)MacDougal (4)28,03327–25L4
53June 2@ Royals2–5Jensen (2–1)Pavano (4–4)Burgos (2)25,59027–26L5
54June 3@ Twins3–6Lohse (5–3)Mussina (5–4)Nathan (16)41,58827–27L6
55June 4@ Twins4–3 (10)Gordon (1–3)Nathan (1–2)Rivera (13)45,55328–27W1
56June 5@ Twins3–9Silva (4–3)Brown (4–6)37,34928–28L1
57June 6@ Brewers3–4Davis (8–5)Johnson (5–5)Turnbow (9)34,62728–29L2
58June 7@ Brewers1–2Sheets (2–5)Pavano (4–5)Turnbow (10)35,61128–30L3
59June 8@ Brewers12–3Mussina (6–4)Capuano (5–5)37,58629–30W1
60June 10@ Cardinals1–8Marquis (8–3)Wang (3–2)50,25029–31L1
61June 11@ Cardinals5–0Johnson (6–5)Mulder (7–4)Rivera (14)50,17730–31W1
62June 12@ Cardinals3–5King (1–1)Sturtze (1–1)Isringhausen (18)50,37230–32L1
63June 14Pirates9–0Mussina (7–4)Wells (5–5)44,54131–32W1
64June 15Pirates7–5 (10)Rivera (3–2)Mesa (0–5)48,82832–32W2
65June 16Pirates6–1Johnson (7–5)Pérez (5–5)54,73433–32W3
66June 17Cubs9–6Stanton (1–1)Ohman (2–1)Rivera (15)54,77334–32W4
67June 18Cubs8–1Wang (4–2)Rusch (5–3)55,28435–32W5
68June 19Cubs6–3Mussina (8–4)Mitre (2–2)Rivera (16)55,06036–32W6
69June 20Devil Rays4–5Fossum (3–5)Henn (0–2)Báez (10)43,54336–33L1
70June 21Devil Rays20–11Groom (1–0)Harper (1–6)40,27137–33W1
71June 22Devil Rays3–5Kazmir (3–5)Pavano (4–6)Báez (11)48,45237–34L1
72June 23Devil Rays4–9Hendrickson (3–4)Wang (4–3)Báez (12)45,38237–35L2
73June 24Mets4–6Martínez (8–2)Mussina (8–5)55,29737–36L3
74June 25Mets3–10Glavine (5–7)Henn (0–3)55,11437–37L4
75June 26Mets5–4Rivera (4–2)Looper (2–3)55,32738–37W1
76June 27@ Orioles6–4Sturtze (2–1)Kline (2–3)Rivera (17)45,80139–27W2
77June 28@ Orioles4–5 (10)Ryan (1–1)Stanton (1–2)47,46539–38L1
June 29@ OriolesPostponed (rain; rescheduled for September 26) :
July (17–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
78July 1@ Tigers2–10Bonderman (10–5)Johnson (7–6)40,77639–39L2
79July 2@ Tigers8–4Gordon (2–3)Percival (1–2)41,20740–39W1
80July 3@ Tigers1–0Wang (5–3)Robertson (3–7)Rivera (18)40,05641–39W2
81July 4Orioles13–8Anderson (1–0)Ryan (1–2)53,84442–39W3
82July 5Orioles12–3Johnson (8–6)López (7–5)55,27643–39W4
83July 7Indians7–2Mussina (9–5)Millwood (3–7)52,20144–39W5
84July 8Indians5–4Wang (6–3)Lee (9–4)Rivera (19)52,93845–39W6
85July 9Indians7–8Elarton (6–3)May (1–4)Wickman (23)54,36645–40L1
86July 10Indians9–4Johnson (9–6)Westbrook (6–11)Rivera (20)54,25646–40W1
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 7–5
87July 14@ Red Sox8–6Gordon (3–3)Schilling (1–3)Rivera (21)35,23247–40W2
88July 15@ Red Sox1–17Wells (7–5)Redding (0–6)35,08347–41L1
89July 16@ Red Sox7–4Johnson (10–6)Clement (10–3)Rivera (22)34,69448–41W1
90July 17@ Red Sox5–3Leiter (4–7)Wakefield (8–8)Rivera (23)34,80249–41W2
91July 18@ Rangers11–10Sturtze (3–1)Brocail (3–2)Rivera (24)46,53850–41W3
92July 19@ Rangers1–2Loe (4–2)Franklin (0–1)Cordero (22)45,20850–42L1
93July 20@ Rangers8–4Small (1–0)Benoit (1–1)45,35451–42W1
94July 21@ Angels5–6Colón (12–6)Gordon (3–4)Rodríguez (22)44,10951–43L1
95July 22@ Angels3–6Lackey (8–4)Leiter (4–8)Rodríguez (23)44,04351–44L2
96July 23@ Angels6–8Santana (5–4)Brown (4–7)Rodríguez (24)44,03551–45L3
97July 24@ Angels4–1Mussina (10–5)Washburn (6–6)Rivera (25)44,03252–45W1
98July 26Twins4–0Johnson (11–6)Radke (6–10)53,85553–45W2
99July 27Twins3–7Santana (10–5)Leiter (4–9)Nathan (28)50,33453–46L1
100July 28Twins6–3Small (2–0)Mays (5–6)Rivera (26)53,52454–46W1
101July 29Angels1–4Santana (6–4)Mussina (10–6)Rodríguez (26)54,02554–47L1
102July 30Angels8–7Rivera (5–2)Rodríguez (2–2)54,22055–47W1
103July 31Angels8–7 (11)Gordon (4–4)Gregg (1–2)53,65356–47W2 :
August (19–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
104August 2@ Indians7–8Elarton (7–5)Leiter (4–10)Wickman (28)34,45756–48L1
105August 3@ Indians4–7Lee (12–4)Mussina (10–7)Wickman (29)35,73756–49L2
106August 4@ Indians4–3Gordon (5–4)Wickman (0–3)Rivera (27)40,04857–49W1
107August 5@ Blue Jays6–2Small (3–0)Chacín (11–6)Rivera (28)43,68858–49W2
108August 6@ Blue Jays5–8Walker (5–3)Johnson (11–7)48,08858–50L1
109August 7@ Blue Jays6–2Leiter (5–10)Towers (8–9)Rivera (29)46,11459–50W1
110August 8White Sox3–2Mussina (11–7)Hernández (8–5)Rivera (30)54,87160–50W2
111August 9White Sox1–2Contreras (7–6)Chacón (1–8)Hermanson (29)53,94660–51L1
112August 10White Sox1–2 (10)Cotts (4–0)Rivera (5–3)Hermanson (30)54,63560–52L2
113August 11Rangers9–8Sturtze (4–1)Baldwin (0–2)Rivera (31)54,28361–52W1
114August 12Rangers6–5Leiter (6–10)Wilson (0–5)Sturtze (1)54,44262–52W2
115August 13Rangers7–5 (11)Small (4–0)Loe (5–4)54,91963–52W3
116August 14Rangers10–3Chacón (2–8)Benoit (3–2)54,82464–52W4
117August 15@ Devil Rays5–2Wright (3–2)Fossum (6–10)Rivera (32)19,32065–52W5
118August 16@ Devil Rays3–4 (11)Orvella (2–2)Embree (1–5)20,67865–53L1
119August 17@ Devil Rays6–7Miller (1–0)Sturtze (4–2)Báez (26)20,17865–54L2
120August 19@ White Sox3–1Mussina (12–7)Garland (16–7)Rivera (33)39,49666–54W1
121August 20@ White Sox5–0Chacón (3–8)Hernández (8–6)38,93867–54W2
122August 21@ White Sox2–6Contreras (8–7)Johnson (11–8)39,48067–55L1
123August 22Blue Jays7–0Wright (4–2)Downs (1–3)50,16268–55W1
124August 23Blue Jays5–4Rivera (6–3)Batista (5–5)50,25869–55W2
125August 24Blue Jays5–9Bush (3–7)Mussina (12–8)54,70569–56L1
126August 25Blue Jays6–2Chacón (4–8)Chacín (11–7)54,32970–56W1
127August 26Royals5–1Johnson (12–8)Wood (4–5)53,92271–56W2
128August 27Royals8–7Embree (2–5)Camp (1–3)54,45272–56W3
129August 28Royals10–3Leiter (7–10)Greinke (3–16)54,95173–56W4
130August 29@ Mariners7–4Small (5–0)Thornton (0–4)Rivera (34)41,73174–56W5
131August 30@ Mariners3–8Harris (2–1)Chacón (4–9)37,77374–57L1
132August 31@ Mariners2–0Johnson (13–8)Hernández (2–2)Rivera (35)46,24075–57W1 :
September–October (20–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
133September 1@ Mariners1–5Sherrill (3–2)Sturtze (4–3)39,98675–58L1
134September 2@ Athletics0–12Haren (12–10)Leiter (7–11)36,04875–59L2
135September 3@ Athletics7–0Small (6–0)Saarloos (9–7)40,07676–59W1
136September 4@ Athletics7–3Chacón (5–9)Zito (12–11)43,87477–59W2
137September 6Devil Rays3–4Orvella (3–2)Rivera (6–4)Báez (34)48,82077–60L1
138September 7Devil Rays5–4Sturtze (5–3)Borowski (1–3)Rivera (36)52,92878–60W1
139September 8Devil Rays4–7Hendrickson (9–7)Wang (6–4)Báez (35)49,67378–61L1
140September 9Red Sox8–4Small (7–0)Wells (12–7)55,02479–61W1
141September 10Red Sox2–9Schilling (6–7)Chacón (5–10)55,07679–62L1
142September 11Red Sox1–0Johnson (14–8)Wakefield (15–11)Rivera (37)55,12380–62W1
143September 13@ Devil Rays17–3Wright (5–2)Waechter (5–10)14,04881–62W2
144September 14@ Devil Rays6–5Wang (7–4)Orvella (3–3)Rivera (38)14,39682–62W3
145September 15@ Devil Rays9–5Small (8–0)McClung (6–10)Rivera (39)18,39183–62W4
146September 16@ Blue Jays11–10Proctor (1–0)Bush (5–9)Rivera (40)36,54384–62W5
147September 17@ Blue Jays1–0Chacón (6–10)Chacín (12–9)Gordon (1)43,43385–62W6
148September 18@ Blue Jays5–6Lilly (9–10)Wright (5–3)Batista (28)39,89185–63L1
149September 19Orioles3–2Rivera (7–4)DuBose (1–3)51,52186–63W1
150September 20Orioles12–9Small (9–0)Maine (2–2)46,98287–63W2
151September 21Orioles2–1Johnson (15–8)López (14–11)Rivera (41)50,38288–63W3
152September 22Orioles7–6Mussina (13–8)Chen (12–10)Gordon (2)52,36889–63W4
153September 23Blue Jays5–0Chacón (7–10)Lilly (9–11)53,17590–63W5
154September 24Blue Jays4–7Downs (4–3)Wright (5–4)Batista (30)53,91190–64L1
155September 25Blue Jays8–4Wang (8–4)Towers (12–12)Rivera (42)55,13691–64W1
156September 26@ Orioles11–3Johnson (16–8)López (14–12)43,03992–64W2
157September 27@ Orioles9–17Rakers (1–0)Leiter (7–12)29,55792–65L1
158September 28@ Orioles2–1Chacón (8–10)Cabrera (10–13)Rivera (43)30,53993–65W1
159September 29@ Orioles8–4Small (10–0)Bédard (6–8)36,82194–65W2
160September 30@ Red Sox3–5Wells (15–7)Wang (8–5)Timlin (13)34,83294–66L1
161October 1@ Red Sox8–4Johnson (17–8)Wakefield (16–12)34,55695–66W1
162October 2@ Red Sox1–10Schilling (8–8)Wright (5–5)34,53495–67L1 :
Legend :
| Yankees Win | Yankees Loss | Game Postponed |
Postseason Game Log :
American League Division Series VS Angels (2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1October 4@ Angels4–2Mussina (1–0)Colón (0–1)Rivera (1)45,1421–0W1
2October 5@ Angels3–5Escobar (1–0)Wang (0–1)Rodríguez (1)45,1501–1L1
3October 7Angels7–11Shields (1–0)Small (0–1)56,2771–2L2
4October 9Angels3–2Leiter (1–0)Shields (1–1)Rivera (2)56,2262–2W1
5October 10@ Angels3–5Santana (1–0)Mussina (1–1)Rodríguez (2)45,1332–3L1 :

## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position and other batters

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 | 142 | 474 | 124 | .262 | 19 | 71 |
| 1B | Tino Martinez | 131 | 303 | 73 | .241 | 17 | 49 |
| 2B | Robinson Canó | 132 | 522 | 155 | .297 | 14 | 62 |
| SS | Derek Jeter | 159 | 654 | 202 | .309 | 19 | 70 |
| 3B | Alex Rodriguez | 162 | 605 | 194 | .321 | 48 | 130 |
| LF | Hideki Matsui | 162 | 629 | 192 | .305 | 23 | 116 |
| CF | Bernie Williams | 141 | 485 | 121 | .249 | 12 | 64 |
| RF | Gary Sheffield | 154 | 584 | 170 | .291 | 34 | 123 |
| DH | Jason Giambi | 139 | 417 | 113 | .271 | 32 | 87 |
| LF | Tony Womack | 108 | 329 | 82 | .249 | 0 | 15 |
| DH | Rubén Sierra | 61 | 170 | 39 | .229 | 4 | 29 |
| C | John Flaherty | 47 | 127 | 21 | .165 | 2 | 11 |
| RF | Bubba Crosby | 76 | 98 | 27 | .276 | 1 | 6 |
| RF | Matt Lawton | 21 | 48 | 6 | .125 | 2 | 4 |
| 2B | Rey Sanchez | 23 | 43 | 12 | .279 | 0 | 2 |
| 1B | Andy Phillips | 27 | 40 | 6 | .150 | 1 | 4 |
| CF | Melky Cabrera | 6 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 0 |
| 3B | Russ Johnson | 22 | 18 | 4 | .222 | 0 | 0 |
| 2B | Mark Bellhorn | 9 | 17 | 2 | .118 | 1 | 2 |
| SS | Félix Escalona | 10 | 14 | 4 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Wil Nieves | 3 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| RF | Mike Vento | 2 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| LF | Kevin Reese | 2 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| | Pitcher Totals | 162 | 21 | 1 | .048 | 0 | 0 |
| | Team Totals | 162 | 5624 | 1552 | .276 | 229 | 847 |
Note: Individual pitchers batting not included

### 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 |
| Randy Johnson | 34 | 34 | 225.2 | 17 | 8 | 3.79 | 211 |
| Mike Mussina | 30 | 30 | 179.2 | 13 | 8 | 4.41 | 142 |
| Chien-Ming Wang | 18 | 17 | 116.1 | 8 | 5 | 4.02 | 47 |
| Carl Pavano | 17 | 17 | 100.0 | 4 | 6 | 4.77 | 56 |
| Shawn Chacón | 14 | 12 | 79.0 | 7 | 3 | 2.85 | 40 |
| Kevin Brown | 13 | 13 | 73.1 | 4 | 7 | 6.50 | 50 |
| Jaret Wright | 13 | 13 | 63.2 | 5 | 5 | 6.08 | 34 |
| Sean Henn | 3 | 3 | 11.1 | 0 | 3 | 11.12 | 3 |
| Tim Redding | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 54.00 | 2 |

#### 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 |
| Aaron Small | 15 | 76.0 | 10 | 0 | 3.20 | 37 |
| Al Leiter | 16 | 62.1 | 4 | 5 | 5.49 | 45 |
| Darrell May | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 16.71 | 3 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Mariano Rivera | 71 | 78.1 | 7 | 4 | 43 | 1.38 | 80 |
| Tom Gordon | 79 | 80.2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2.57 | 69 |
| Tanyon Sturtze | 64 | 78.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4.73 | 45 |
| Félix Rodríguez | 34 | 32.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.01 | 18 |
| Scott Procter | 29 | 44.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.04 | 36 |
| Mike Stanton | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7.07 | 12 |
| Buddy Groom | 24 | 25.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 13 |
| Alan Embree | 24 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.53 | 8 |
| Paul Quantrill | 22 | 32.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 11 |
| Wayne Franklin | 13 | 12.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.39 | 10 |
| Steve Karsay | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 |
| Jorge De Paula | 3 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.10 | 3 |
| Jason Anderson | 3 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.94 | 2 |
| Alex Graman | 2 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 0 |
| Colter Bean | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 2 |
| Ramiro Mendoza | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 1 |
| Team Pitching Totals | 162 | 1430.2 | 95 | 67 | 46 | 4.52 | 985 |

## Postseason
### ALDS

| Game | Score | Date |
| 1 | New York 4, Los Angeles 2 | October 4 |
| 2 | New York 3, Los Angeles 5 | October 5 |
| 3 | Los Angeles 11, New York 7 | October 7 |
| 4 | Los Angeles 2, New York 3 | October 9 |
| 5 | New York 3, Los Angeles 5 | October 10 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Clippers | International League | Bucky Dent |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | Bill Masse |
| A | Tampa Yankees | Florida State League | Joe Breeden |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Bill Mosiello |
| A-Short Season | Staten Island Yankees | New York–Penn League | Andy Stankiewicz |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees | Gulf Coast League | Oscar Acosta |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Staten Island, GCL Yankees