# 2010 New York Yankees season

The 2010 New York Yankees season was the 108th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees were attempting to defend its status as American League and World Series champions, but lost in the ALCS to the Texas Rangers. The Yankees opened and closed the regular season against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. This marked the first time since 1950 this happened. The Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers renewed their rivalry as the Bronx Bombers traveled west to face former Yankee icons Joe Torre and Don Mattingly, both of them current and future Dodgers managers.
The Yankees' regular season record for 2010 was 95 wins, 67 losses, second place in the American League East behind Tampa Bay and good for the AL Wild Card.

## Offseason

* Following the Yankees' 2009 World Series championship, Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui departed as free agents.
* On December 8, the New York Yankees acquired center fielder Curtis Granderson from the Detroit Tigers, trading pitcher Ian Kennedy to the Arizona Diamondbacks and pitcher Phil Coke and minor league outfielder Austin Jackson to Detroit.
* On December 9, pitcher Andy Pettitte signed a $11.75 million contract for one year.
* On December 22, the Yankees traded outfielder Melky Cabrera, pitcher Michael Dunn, and minor league pitcher Arodys Vizcaíno to the Atlanta Braves for pitchers Javier Vázquez and Boone Logan.
* On December 23, designated hitter and first baseman Nick Johnson signed a $5.5 million contract to return to New York for one year, 6 years after being traded from the Yankees to the then Montreal Expos, now the Washington Nationals.
* On January 27, outfielder Randy Winn signed with the Yankees on a one-year contract worth $2 million.
* On February 16, the Yankees announced that pitcher Dustin Moseley signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.
* On February 28, pitcher Chan Ho Park signed a $1.2 million, one-year deal with an additional $300,000 in incentives. To make room for Park on the 40-man roster, pitcher Edwar Ramírez was designated for assignment.

## Midseason acquisitions

* On July 30, the Yankees acquired Austin Kearns from the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later. On August 20, the player was revealed to be Zach McAllister.
* On July 31, the Yankees traded minor leaguers Mark Melancon and Jimmy Paredes to the Houston Astros for first baseman Lance Berkman.
* On July 31, the Yankees acquired Kerry Wood from the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later or cash considerations.

### Roster
## Regular season
### Season standings
#### American League East

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 96 | 66 | .593 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 47‍–‍34 |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1 | 52‍–‍29 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 7 | 46‍–‍35 | 43‍–‍38 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 85 | 77 | .525 | 11 | 45‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍44 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 66 | 96 | .407 | 30 | 37‍–‍44 | 29‍–‍52 |

#### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Minnesota Twins | 94 | 68 | .580 |
| Texas Rangers | 90 | 72 | .556 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| New York Yankees | 95 | 67 | .586 | — |
| Boston Red Sox | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 |
| Chicago White Sox | 88 | 74 | .543 | 7 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 85 | 77 | .525 | 10 |
| Detroit Tigers | 81 | 81 | .500 | 14 |
| Oakland Athletics | 81 | 81 | .500 | 14 |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 80 | 82 | .494 | 15 |
| Cleveland Indians | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 |
| Kansas City Royals | 67 | 95 | .414 | 28 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 66 | 96 | .407 | 29 |
| Seattle Mariners | 61 | 101 | .377 | 34 |

#### Record vs. opponents

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

With the series win in Oakland clinched, the club matched the 1926 Yankees' all-time franchise record by winning each of the first five series of the season. Only one other club in team history started with as many as four series wins in a row, the 1922 Yankees. Both of those teams made it to the World Series, although they lost. During this time, the Yankees tied an April record of 12 straight error-less games, from April 7 to 22. On April 22 against the Oakland Athletics the Yankees turned a triple play for the first time since June 3, 1968.

#### May

On May 8, Mark Teixeira hit 3 home runs against the Red Sox, becoming only the second Yankee player in history since Lou Gehrig to accomplish the feat.

#### June

On June 11, Andy Pettitte won his 200th game as a Yankee, becoming the third player to achieve the feat. The other two players are Yankee pitching legends Red Ruffing (231) and Whitey Ford (236). During the last 2 games against the Astros, Jorge Posada hit grand slams in back-to-back games becoming the third Yankee player to do so. The other two players are Baseball Hall of Fame members and Yankee legends Babe Ruth and Bill Dickey.

#### July

Brett Gardner became the first player in MLB history to hit a grand slam and an inside-the-park home run during back-to-back games on July 3–4.
The Yankees suffered three great losses during the month of July, two of which happened during the All-Star weekend. First, on July 11, longtime Yankee Stadium public address announcer Bob Sheppard died at age 99. Then just two days later on July 13, longtime owner George Steinbrenner died at age 80. Steinbrenner was the longest tenured owner in Yankees history and among active ownership. On July 21, former Yankee manager and executive Ralph Houk died.
On July 18, the Yankees were 58–33, their best 91-game record since the 1998 season, when they were 68–23, en route to a then American League record 114 wins, and a World Series victory over the Padres in 4 games.
Against the Royals on July 22, Derek Jeter hit only the second inside-the-park home run of his career, in a 10–4 Yankee win – his first came in his rookie year. The next day, Jorge Posada drove in his 1,000th career RBI against the Royals, becoming only the 12th Yankee to join the 1,000 RBI club and became one of three Yankees catchers to reach that mark, along with Yogi Berra (1,430) and Bill Dickey (1,209). Posada also became just the 5th catcher in MLB history with 1,000 RBI, 350 doubles and 250 home runs. The other four are Carlton Fisk, Iván Rodríguez, Johnny Bench and Gary Carter.
On July 25, Robinson Canó recorded his 1,000th career hit, becoming the third-quickest homegrown Yankees player – behind Derek Jeter and Don Mattingly – to reach that plateau.

#### August

On August 4, Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th career home run against the Toronto Blue Jays, becoming the youngest player in history to do so.
On August 8, Derek Jeter passed Babe Ruth on the all-time hits list when he knocked in a second-inning single collecting his 2,874th hit. He is the first Yankee to hold the Major League lead in hits among active players since Johnny Mize in 1952, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. During the same game against the Red Sox, Alex Rodriguez recorded his 300th career stolen base, making Rodriguez the 10th player in baseball history with at least 1,500 runs scored, 2,500 hits, 200 home runs and 300 stolen bases. Rodriguez joined a select group in that category -- Jeter, Damon, Bonds, Biggio, Alomar, Rickey Henderson, Molitor, Joe Morgan and Mays—but only A-Rod, Mays and Bonds have hit as many as 600 homers to go along with the 300 steals.
Against the Kansas City Royals on August 14, Rodriguez hit 3 home runs in a game for the 4th time in his career.
On August 22, Sabathia recorded his 16th consecutive start of at least six innings allowing three earned runs or less, breaking a tie with Ron Guidry (from his Cy Young Award-winning 1978 season for the longest streak in franchise history).

#### September and October

On September 18, CC Sabathia notched his 20th win for the first time in his career. He also became the first pitcher in 2010 to reach 20 wins.
On September 24, A-Rod notched career home runs #609 and #610, putting him in sole possession of 6th place on the all-time home run list. The blasts put him one home run ahead of MLB great Sammy Sosa. Also on this date, Mark Teixeira and A-Rod, who have been teammates for 3 years (2003 with Rangers, and 2009–10 with Yankees), hit two home runs in a game each for the first time.
On September 28, the Yankees clinched a playoff berth for the 15th time in the last 16 seasons. However, they lost the division crown to the Tampa Bay Rays on the last day of the season after an 8–4 loss to the Red Sox, thus they were the Wild Card. Losing 17 of their last 26 games, the Yankees failed to clinch the AL East after holding the lead on Labor Day for the first time since 1944.

## Postseason
### Division Series

The Yankees faced the Twins in the ALDS, and swept them in 3 games. This was the fourth time both teams have met in the postseason, with the Yankees winning all four matchups: a 3–1 Yankees win in 2003, a 3–1 Yankees win in 2004, and a Yankees sweep in 2009. However, this was the first time the Twins held home-field advantage, as the Yankees qualified for the Wild Card, while the Twins won the American League Central.

#### Game 1, October 6

8:30 p.m. (EDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: NYY: CC Sabathia (0–0) MIN: Francisco Liriano (0–0) --> WP: CC Sabathia (1–0) LP: Jesse Crain (0–1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (1) Home runs: NYY: Mark Teixeira (1) MIN: Michael Cuddyer (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 2, October 7

6:00 p.m. (EDT) at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: NYY: Andy Pettitte (0–0) MIN: Carl Pavano (0–0) --> WP: Andy Pettitte (1–0) LP: Carl Pavano (0–1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (2) Home runs: NYY: Lance Berkman (1) MIN: Orlando Hudson (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 3, October 9

8:30 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 12 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: MIN: Brian Duensing (0–0) NYY: Phil Hughes (0–0) --> WP: Phil Hughes (1–0) LP: Brian Duensing (0–1) Home runs: MIN: None NYY: Marcus Thames (1), Nick Swisher (1) |||||||||||||

### American League Championship Series

The Yankees faced the Texas Rangers in the 2010 ALCS, which began Friday, October 15. The Rangers won the series in six games, eliminating the Yankees and preventing them from defending their title.

#### Game 1

Friday, October 15, 2010 – 8:00 p.m. (EDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 1 |
| Texas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Starting pitchers: NYY: CC Sabathia (0–0) TEX: C. J. Wilson (0–0) --> WP: Dustin Moseley (1–0) LP: Darren O'Day (0–1) Sv: Mariano Rivera (1) Home runs: NYY: Robinson Canó (1) TEX: Josh Hamilton (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 2

Saturday, October 16, 2010 – 4:00 p.m. (EDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Texas | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| WP: Colby Lewis (1–0) LP: Phil Hughes (0–1) Home runs: NYY: Robinson Canó (2) TEX: David Murphy (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 3

Monday, October 18, 2010 – 8:00 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Texas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: TEX: Cliff Lee (0–0) NYY: Andy Pettitte (0–0) --> WP: Cliff Lee (1–0) LP: Andy Pettitte (0–1) Home runs: TEX: Josh Hamilton (2) NYY: None |||||||||||||

#### Game 4

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 – 8:00 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 0 |
| New York | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Derek Holland (1–0) LP: A. J. Burnett (0–1) Sv: Darren Oliver (1) Home runs: TEX: Bengie Molina (1), Josh Hamilton 2 (4), Nelson Cruz (1) NYY: Robinson Canó (3) |||||||||||||

#### Game 5

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 – 4:07 p.m. (EDT) at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| New York | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| Starting pitchers: TEX: C. J. Wilson (0–0) NYY: CC Sabathia (0–0) --> WP: CC Sabathia (1–0) LP: C. J. Wilson (0–1) Home runs: TEX: Matt Treanor (1) NYY: Nick Swisher (1), Robinson Canó (4), Curtis Granderson (1) |||||||||||||

#### Game 6

Friday, October 22, 2010 – 8:07 p.m. (EDT) at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Texas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| WP: Colby Lewis (2-0) LP: Phil Hughes (0-2) Home runs: NYY: none TEX: Nelson Cruz (2) |||||||||||||

## Statistics
### Game log

Legend :
| Yankees Win | Yankees Loss | Game Postponed |
2010 Game Log :
April (15–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 4@ Red Sox7–9Okajima (1–0)Park (0–1)Papelbon (1)37,4400–1
2April 6@ Red Sox6–4Aceves (1–0)Okajima (1–1)Rivera (1)38,0001–1
3April 7@ Red Sox3–1 (10)Park (1–1)Papelbon (0–1)Rivera (2)38,2382–1
4April 9@ Rays3–9Price (1–0)Vázquez (0–1)33,2212–2
5April 10@ Rays10–0Sabathia (1–0)Davis (0–1)29,8923–2
6April 11@ Rays7–3Burnett (1–0)Choate (0–1)31,2534–2
7April 13Angels7–5Pettitte (1–0)Santana (0–2)Rivera (3)49,2935–2
8April 14Angels3–5Piñeiro (1–1)Vázquez (0–2)Rodney (1)42,3725–3
9April 15Angels6–2Hughes (1–0)Kazmir (0–1)Rivera (4)44,7226–3
10April 16Rangers5–1 (6)Sabathia (2–0)Wilson (0–1)42,1457–3
11April 17Rangers7–3Burnett (2–0)Feldman (1–1)44,9638–3
12April 18Rangers5–2Pettitte (2–0)Harden (0–1)Rivera (5)44,1219–3
13April 20@ Athletics7–3Vázquez (1–2)Gonzalez (1–1)19,84910–3
14April 21@ Athletics3–1Hughes (2–0)Sheets (1–1)Rivera (6)30,21111–3
15April 22@ Athletics2–4Braden (3–0)Sabathia (2–1)Bailey (2)21,98611–4
16April 23@ Angels4–6Rodney (2–0)Chamberlain (0–1)Fuentes (2)44,00211–5
17April 24@ Angels7–1Pettitte (3–0)Piñeiro (2–2)43,39012–5
18April 25@ Angels4–8Kazmir (2–1)Vázquez (1–3)42,28412–6
19April 27@ Orioles4–5Castillo (1–0)Robertson (0–1)Simón (1)20,53612–7
20April 28@ Orioles8–3Sabathia (3–1)Guthrie (0–3)17,24813–7
21April 29@ Orioles4–0Burnett (3–0)Matusz (2–1)26,43914–7
22April 30White Sox6–4Aceves (2–0)Thornton (2–2)Rivera (7)44,78315–7 :
May (16–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
23May 1White Sox6–7Linebrink (1–0)Robertson (0–2)Jenks (5)45,26515–8
24May 2White Sox12–3Hughes (3–0)Buehrle (2–4)45,30316–8
25May 3Orioles4–1Sabathia (4–1)Guthrie (0–4)Chamberlain (1)41,57117–8
26May 4Orioles4–1Burnett (4–0)Matusz (2–2)Chamberlain (2)43,26018–8
27May 5Orioles7–5Pettitte (4–0)Hernandez (0–4)Aceves (1)43,42519–8
28May 7@ Red Sox10–3Hughes (4–0)Beckett (1–1)37,89820–8
29May 8@ Red Sox14–3Aceves (3–0)Buchholz (3–3)37,13821–8
30May 9@ Red Sox3–9Lester (3–2)Burnett (4–1)37,61821–9
31May 10@ Tigers4–5Bonine (3–0)Mitre (0–1)Valverde (9)34,36521–10
May 11@ TigersPostponed (rain). Rescheduled for May 12
32May 12@ Tigers0–2Porcello (3–3)Vázquez (1–4)Valverde (10)27,37621–11
33May 12@ Tigers8–0Hughes (5–0)Bonderman (1–2)28,51422–11
34May 13@ Tigers0–6Verlander (4–2)Sabathia (4–2)31,13022–12
35May 14Twins8–4Chamberlain (1–1)Baker (4–3)45,19523–12
36May 15Twins7–1Pettitte (5–0)Liriano (4–2)46,34724–12
37May 16Twins3–6Blackburn (4–1)Chamberlain (1–2)Rauch (10)46,62824–13
38May 17Red Sox11–9Vázquez (2–4)Papelbon (1–3)48,27125–13
39May 18Red Sox6–7Bard (1–1)Rivera (0–1)Papelbon (10)47,73425–14
40May 19Rays6–10Davis (4–3)Burnett (4–2)Benoit (1)43,28325–15
41May 20Rays6–8Shields (5–1)Pettitte (5–1)Soriano (11)45,48325–16
42May 21@ Mets2–1Vázquez (3–4)Dessens (0–1)Rivera (8)41,38226–16
43May 22@ Mets3–5Pelfrey (6–1)Hughes (5–1)Rodríguez (7)41,34326–17
44May 23@ Mets4–6Santana (4–2)Sabathia (4–3)Rodríguez (8)41,42226–18
May 25@ TwinsSuspended (rain). Completed on May 26
45May 26@ Twins1–0Burnett (5–2)Duensing (2–1)Rivera (9)38,96227–18
46May 26@ Twins3–2Pettitte (6–1)Rauch (1–1)Rivera (10)39,35328–18
47May 27@ Twins2–8Blackburn (6–1)Vázquez (3–5)39,08728–19
48May 28Indians8–2Hughes (6–1)Carmona (4–3)44,63429–19
49May 29Indians11–13Perez (1–0)Chamberlain (1–3)Wood (2)46,59929–20
50May 30Indians7–3Burnett (6–2)Sipp (0–1)45,70630–20
51May 31Indians11–2Pettitte (7–1)Talbot (6–4)44,97631–20 :
June (16–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1Orioles3–1Vázquez (4–5)Matusz (2–6)Rivera (11)43,05932–20
53June 2Orioles9–1Hughes (7–1)Bergesen (3–4)44,46533–20
54June 3Orioles6–3Sabathia (5–3)Millwood (0–6)Rivera (12)44,92734–20
55June 4@ Blue Jays1–6Cecil (6–2)Burnett (6–3)30,08934–21
56June 5@ Blue Jays2–3 (14)Janssen (4–0)Gaudin (0–3)37,16534–22
57June 6@ Blue Jays4–3Vázquez (5–5)Downs (1–5)Rivera (13)33,62235–22
58June 8@ Orioles12–7Hughes (8–1)Millwood (0–7)23,17136–22
59June 9@ Orioles4–2Sabathia (6–3)Tillman (0–2)Rivera (14)16,45137–22
60June 10@ Orioles3–4Arrieta (1–0)Burnett (6–4)Hernandez (1)27,06437–23
61June 11Astros4–3Pettitte (8–1)Myers (4–4)Rivera (15)46,88338–23
62June 12Astros9–3Vázquez (6–5)Rodríguez (3–9)46,15939–23
63June 13Astros9–5Hughes (9–1)Moehler (0–3)46,83240–23
64June 15Phillies8–3Sabathia (7–3)Halladay (8–5)47,13541–23
65June 16Phillies3–6Moyer (7–6)Burnett (6–5)47,41441–24
66June 17Phillies1–7Kendrick (4–2)Pettitte (8–2)47,20441–25
67June 18Mets0–4Takahashi (6–2)Vázquez (6–6)Rodríguez (16)49,22041–26
68June 19Mets5–3Hughes (10–1)Pelfrey (9–2)Rivera (16)49,07342–26
69June 20Mets4–0Sabathia (8–3)Santana (5–4)49,24043–26
70June 21@ Diamondbacks4–10López (3–6)Burnett (6–6)47,22943–27
71June 22@ Diamondbacks9–3Pettitte (9–2)Haren (7–6)45,77644–27
72June 23@ Diamondbacks6–5 (10)Rivera (1–1)Rosa (0–2)46,32545–27
73June 25@ Dodgers2–1Sabathia (9–3)Padilla (1–2)Rivera (17)56,00046–27
74June 26@ Dodgers4–9Kuroda (7–5)Burnett (6–7)56,00046–28
75June 27@ Dodgers8–6 (10)Rivera (2–1)Troncoso (1–2)56,00047–28
76June 29Mariners4–7Lee (7–3)Hughes (10–2)45,78047–29
77June 30Mariners0–7Hernández (6–5)Vázquez (6–7)46,30947–30 :
July (19–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1Mariners4–2Sabathia (10–3)Aardsma (0–5)Rivera (18)45,59148–30
79July 2Blue Jays1–6 (11)Frasor (3–1)Robertson (0–3)45,79248–31
80July 3Blue Jays11–3Pettitte (10–2)Romero (6–5)46,36449–31
81July 4Blue Jays7–6 (10)Robertson (1–3)Purcey (0–1)46,81050–31
82July 5@ Athletics3–1Vázquez (7–7)Sheets (3–8)Rivera (19)27,40551–31
83July 6@ Athletics6–1Sabathia (11–3)Cahill (8–3)29,47352–31
84July 7@ Athletics6–2Burnett (7–7)Gonzalez (7–6)31,51853–31
85July 8@ Mariners3–1Pettitte (11–2)Aardsma (0–6)Rivera (20)37,43254–31
86July 9@ Mariners6–1Hughes (11–2)Pauly (0–1)39,64555–31
87July 10@ Mariners1–4Hernández (7–5)Chamberlain (1–4)42,55855–32
88July 11@ Mariners8–2Sabathia (12–3)Rowland-Smith (1–9)42,06956–32
All-Star Break: NL defeats AL 3–1
89July 16Rays5–4Rivera (3–1)Choate (2–3)47,52457–32
90July 17Rays5–10Niemann (8–2)Burnett (7–8)48,95757–33
91July 18Rays9–5Park (2–1)Price (12–5)46,96958–33
92July 20Angels2–10O'Sullivan (1–0)Hughes (11–3)47,77558–34
93July 21Angels10–6Vázquez (8–7)Piñeiro (10–7)47,52159–34
94July 22Royals10–4Sabathia (13–3)Chen (5–4)47,48460–34
95July 23Royals7–1Burnett (8–8)Bannister (7–9)46,80161–34
96July 24Royals4–7Davies (5–6)Mitre (0–2)Soria (27)48,13861–35
97July 25Royals12–6Hughes (12–3)O'Sullivan (1–1)47,89062–35
98July 26@ Indians3–2Vázquez (9–7)Westbrook (6–7)Rivera (21)27,22463–35
99July 27@ Indians1–4Tomlin 1–0Sabathia (13–4)C. Perez (10)27,41663–36
100July 28@ Indians8–0Burnett (9–8)Carmona (10–8)22,96564–36
101July 29@ Indians11–4Moseley (1–0)Herrmann (0–1)34,45565–36
102July 30@ Rays2–3Davis (9–9)Hughes (12–4)Soriano (29)36,97365–37
103July 31@ Rays5–4Robertson (2–3)Soriano (2–1)Rivera (22)36,97366–37 :
August (16–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
104August 1@ Rays0–3Shields (10–9)Sabathia (13–5)Soriano (30)36,97366–38
105August 2Blue Jays6–8Morrow (8–6)Burnett (9–8)Gregg (24)47,03466–39
106August 3Blue Jays2–8Romero (9–7)Moseley (1–1)46,48066–40
107August 4Blue Jays5–1Hughes (13–4)Marcum (10–5)47,65967–40
108August 6Red Sox3–6Buchholz (12–5)Vázquez (9–8)Papelbon (27)49,55567–41
109August 7Red Sox5–2Sabathia (14–5)Lackey (10–7)Rivera (23)49,71668–41
110August 8Red Sox7–2Moseley (2–1)Beckett (3–2)49,09669–41
111August 9Red Sox1–2Lester (12–7)Hughes (13–5)Papelbon (28)49,47669–42
112August 10@ Rangers3–4 (10)Feliz (3–2)Rivera (3–2)46,12169–43
113August 11@ Rangers7–6Wood (2–4)Feliz (3–3)Rivera (24)48,67670–43
114August 12@ Royals4–3Sabathia (15–5)Chen (7–6)Robertson (1)23,33771–43
115August 13@ Royals3–4Davies (6–7)Moseley (2–2)Soria (32)30,68071–44
116August 14@ Royals8–3Hughes (14–5)O'Sullivan (1–4)34,20672–44
117August 15@ Royals0–1Bullington (1–2)Burnett (9–10)Soria (33)26,01272–45
118August 16Tigers1–3Scherzer (8–9)Vázquez (9–9)Valverde (23)46,09872–46
119August 17Tigers6–2Sabathia (16–5)Verlander (13–8)46,90673–46
120August 18Tigers9–5Moseley (3–2)Bonderman (6–9)46,47974–46
121August 19Tigers11–5Hughes (15–5)Porcello (5–11)Mitre (1)48,14375–46
122August 20Mariners0–6Hernández (9–10)Burnett (9–11)46,49375–47
123August 21Mariners9–5Logan (1–0)Vargas (9–6)Rivera (25)48,15876–47
124August 22Mariners10–0Sabathia (17–5)French (2–4)46,77877–47
125August 23@ Blue Jays2–3Downs (5–5)Robertson (2–4)Gregg (28)29,19877–48
126August 24@ Blue Jays11–5Moseley (4–2)Rzepczynski (1–2)30,56778–48
127August 25@ Blue Jays2–6Cecil (11–6)Hughes (15–6)Gregg (29)31,44978–49
128August 27@ White Sox4–9García (11–5)Burnett (9–12)38,59678–50
129August 28@ White Sox12–9Sabathia (18–5)Danks (12–9)Rivera (26)38,81179–50
130August 29@ White Sox2–1Nova (1–0)Floyd (9–11)Rivera (27)39,43380–50
131August 30Athletics11–5Vázquez (10–9)Cahill (14–6)46,35681–50
132August 31Athletics9–3Hughes (16–6)Mazzaro (6–7)44,57582–50 :
September (12–15)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
133September 1Athletics4–3Burnett (10–12)Anderson (3–6)Rivera (28)45,22283–50
134September 2Athletics5–0Sabathia (19–5)Braden (9–10)44,64484–50
135September 3Blue Jays7–3Wood (3–4)Morrow (10–7)44,73985–50
136September 4Blue Jays7–5Chamberlain (2–4)Frasor (3–4)Rivera (29)47,47886–50
137September 5Blue Jays3–7Cecil (12–7)Hughes (16–7)47,73786–51
138September 6Orioles3–4Matusz (8–12)Burnett (10–13)Uehara (7)46,10386–52
139September 7Orioles2–6Arrieta (5–6)Sabathia (19–6)46,43286–53
140September 8Orioles3–2Chamberlain (3–4)Uehara (1–1)44,16387–53
141September 10@ Rangers5–6 (13)Feldman (7–10)Gaudin (0–4)46,17987–54
142September 11@ Rangers6–7Ogando (4–1)Rivera (3–3)49,21087–55
143September 12@ Rangers1–4Lee (11–8)Moseley (4–3)Feliz (36)42,00787–56
144September 13@ Rays0–1 (11)Balfour (2–1)Mitre (0–3)26,90787–57
145September 14@ Rays8–7 (10)Robertson (3–4)Wheeler (2–3)Rivera (30)28,71388–57
146September 15@ Rays3–4Qualls (2–4)Hughes (16–8)Soriano (43)29,73388–58
147September 17@ Orioles4–3Robertson (4–4)Uehara (1–2)Rivera (31)32,87489–58
148September 18@ Orioles11–3Sabathia (20–6)Guthrie (10–14)48,77590–58
149September 19@ Orioles3–4 (11)Gonzalez (1–3)Robertson (4–5)39,53790–59
150September 20Rays8–6Gaudin (1–4)Garza (14–9)Rivera (32)47,43791–59
151September 21Rays8–3Hughes (17–8)Shields (13–13)Chamberlain (3)46,60992–59
152September 22Rays2–7Hellickson (4–0)Burnett (10–14)46,98692–60
153September 23Rays3–10Price (18–6)Sabathia (20–7)47,64692–61
154September 24Red Sox8–10Beckett (6–5)Pettitte (11–3)Papelbon (37)49,45792–62
155September 25Red Sox3–7Lester (19–8)Nova (1–1)49,55892–63
156September 26Red Sox4–3 (10)Logan (2–0)Okajima (4–4)49,19993–63
157September 27@ Blue Jays5–7Rzepczynski (3–4)Burnett (10–15)Gregg (36)16,00493–64
158September 28@ Blue Jays6–1Sabathia (21–6)Drabek (0–2)16,20894–64
159September 29@ Blue Jays4–8Cecil (15–7)Vázquez (10–10)33,14394–65 :
October (1–2)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
—October 1@ Red SoxPostponed due to rain
160October 2@ Red Sox6–5 (10)Hughes (18–8)Papelbon (5–7)Rivera (33)37,46795–65
161October 2@ Red Sox6–7 (10)Manuel (1–0)Nova (1–2)37,58995–66
162October 3@ Red Sox4–8Lackey (14–11)Moseley (4–4)37,45395–67 :

### Postseason game log

Legend :
| Yankees Win | Yankees Loss | Game Postponed |
2010 Postseason Game Log :
ALDS vs Twins (Yankees win series 3–0)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 6@ Twins6–4Sabathia (1–0)Crain (0–1)Rivera (1)42,0321–0
2October 7@ Twins5–2Pettitte (1–0)Pavano (0–1)Rivera (2)42,0352–0
3October 9Twins6–1Hughes (1–0)Duensing (0–1)50,8403–0 :
ALCS vs Rangers (Yankees lose series 2–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1October 15@ Rangers6–5Moseley (1–0)O'Day (0–1)Rivera (1)50,9301–0
2October 16@ Rangers2–7Lewis (1–0)Hughes (0–1)50,3621–1
3October 18Rangers0–8Lee (1–0)Pettitte (0–1)49,4801–2
4October 19Rangers3–10Holland (1–0)Burnett (0–1)Oliver (1)49,9771–3
5October 20Rangers7–2Sabathia (1–0)Wilson (0–1)49,8322–3
6October 22@ Rangers1–6Lewis (2–0)Hughes (0–2)51,4042–4 :

## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging percentage
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG | SLG |
| Derek Jeter | 157 | 663 | 111 | 179 | 30 | 3 | 10 | 67 | 18 | 63 | .270 | .370 |
| Robinson Canó | 160 | 626 | 103 | 200 | 41 | 3 | 29 | 109 | 3 | 57 | .319 | .534 |
| Mark Teixeira | 158 | 601 | 113 | 154 | 36 | 0 | 33 | 108 | 0 | 93 | .256 | .481 |
| Nick Swisher | 150 | 566 | 91 | 163 | 33 | 3 | 29 | 89 | 1 | 58 | .288 | .511 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 137 | 522 | 74 | 141 | 29 | 2 | 30 | 125 | 4 | 59 | .270 | .506 |
| Brett Gardner | 150 | 477 | 97 | 132 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 47 | 47 | 79 | .277 | .379 |
| Curtis Granderson | 136 | 466 | 76 | 115 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 67 | 12 | 53 | .247 | .468 |
| Jorge Posada | 120 | 383 | 49 | 95 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 57 | 3 | 59 | .248 | .454 |
| Francisco Cervelli | 93 | 266 | 27 | 72 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 33 | .271 | .335 |
| Marcus Thames | 82 | 212 | 22 | 61 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 33 | 0 | 19 | .288 | .491 |
| Ramiro Peña | 85 | 154 | 18 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 6 | .227 | .247 |
| Lance Berkman | 37 | 106 | 9 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 | .255 | .349 |
| Austin Kearns | 36 | 102 | 13 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | .235 | .324 |
| Nick Johnson | 24 | 72 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 24 | .167 | .306 |
| Juan Miranda | 33 | 64 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .219 | .422 |
| Randy Winn | 29 | 61 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | .213 | .295 |
| Colin Curtis | 31 | 59 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .186 | .288 |
| Eduardo Núñez | 30 | 50 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | .280 | .360 |
| Kevin Russo | 31 | 49 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3 | .184 | .224 |
| Greg Golson | 24 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .261 | .348 |
| Chad Huffman | 9 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .167 | .167 |
| Chad Moeller | 9 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 | .429 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .154 | .154 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5567 | 859 | 1485 | 275 | 32 | 201 | 823 | 103 | 662 | .267 | .436 |
Source:

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| CC Sabathia | 21 | 7 | 3.18 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 237.2 | 209 | 92 | 84 | 74 | 197 |
| A.J. Burnett | 10 | 15 | 5.26 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 186.2 | 204 | 118 | 109 | 78 | 145 |
| Phil Hughes | 18 | 8 | 4.19 | 31 | 29 | 0 | 176.1 | 162 | 83 | 82 | 58 | 146 |
| Javier Vázquez | 10 | 10 | 5.32 | 31 | 26 | 0 | 157.1 | 155 | 96 | 93 | 65 | 121 |
| Andy Pettitte | 11 | 3 | 3.28 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 129.0 | 123 | 52 | 47 | 41 | 101 |
| Joba Chamberlain | 3 | 4 | 4.40 | 73 | 0 | 3 | 71.2 | 71 | 37 | 35 | 22 | 77 |
| Dustin Moseley | 4 | 4 | 4.96 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 65.1 | 66 | 36 | 36 | 27 | 33 |
| David Robertson | 4 | 5 | 3.82 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 61.1 | 59 | 26 | 26 | 33 | 71 |
| Mariano Rivera | 3 | 3 | 1.80 | 61 | 0 | 33 | 60.0 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 45 |
| Sergio Mitre | 0 | 3 | 3.33 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 54.0 | 43 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 29 |
| Chad Gaudin | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 46 | 27 | 24 | 20 | 33 |
| Iván Nova | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 42.0 | 44 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 26 |
| Boone Logan | 2 | 0 | 2.93 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 38 |
| Chan Ho Park | 2 | 1 | 5.60 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 40 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 29 |
| Kerry Wood | 2 | 0 | 0.69 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 26.0 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 31 |
| Dámaso Marte | 0 | 0 | 4.08 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 |
| Alfredo Aceves | 3 | 0 | 3.00 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 12.0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Jonathan Albaladejo | 0 | 0 | 3.97 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Rómulo Sánchez | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Mark Melancon | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Royce Ring | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 67 | 4.06 | 162 | 162 | 39 | 1442.1 | 1349 | 693 | 651 | 540 | 1154 |
Source:

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees | International League | Dave Miley |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | Tony Franklin |
| A | Tampa Yankees | Florida State League | Torre Tyson |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Greg Colbrunn |
| A-Short Season | Staten Island Yankees | New York–Penn League | Josh Paul and Jody Reed |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees | Gulf Coast League | Tom Slater |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tampa