# 2013 New York Yankees season

The 2013 New York Yankees season was the 111th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began their season at home with an 8–2 loss against the Boston Red Sox on April 1. They finished tied for third place in the American League East with an 85–77 record, which was their worst since 1992. The Yankees failed to reach the playoffs for the first time since 2008 and only the second time in nineteen years.
Longtime Yankees closer Mariano Rivera and longtime starting pitcher Andy Pettitte each retired following the 2013 season.

## Pre-season acquisitions

* On November 20, the Yankees re-signed Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year contract worth $15 million.
* On November 28, the Yankees re-signed Andy Pettitte to a one-year contract worth $12 million.
* On November 30, the Yankees re-signed Mariano Rivera to a one-year contract worth $10 million.
* On December 14, the Yankees signed Kevin Youkilis to a one-year contract worth $12 million.
* On December 19, the Yankees re-signed Ichiro Suzuki to a two-year contract worth $13 million.
* On February 1, the Yankees signed Travis Hafner to a one-year contract worth $2 million.
* On March 15, the Yankees signed Brennan Boesch to a one-year contract worth $1.5 million.
* On March 26, the Yankees acquired Vernon Wells in a trade for two minor league players.

## Regular season
### April

Following a sour four-game sweep in the 2012 American League Championship Series and the loss of Derek Jeter to a broken ankle, expectations entering the Yankees' 113th season were uncharacteristically low. With the Blue Jays and Red Sox each making key acquisitions in the offseason as Yankee GM Brian Cashman's adjusted his strategy toward salary reduction, the American League East Division's reputation as a perennial powerhouse had shifted sharply against the Yankees. On Opening Day, the Bombers hosted their long–time rivals, the Boston Red Sox, but lost 8–2. Their next game was also a defeat, but veteran pitcher Andy Pettitte was able to prevent an early sweep by pitching to a 4–2 victory. Mariano Rivera would also earn his first save in what would be a farewell tour of sorts for the future Hall of Fame closer.
Much to the surprise of fans and pundits alike, the injury-plagued Yankees held a first place lead in the division at the end of April with a record of 16–10. On April 12, they turned a 4–6–5–6–5–3–4 triple play in the 8th inning of a 5-2 win against the Baltimore Orioles.

### May

On May 9, Yankees second baseman Robinson Canó recorded his 1500th career hit with a single to center field at Coors Field in a 3-1 win against the Colorado Rockies. Without the help of core players Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Curtis Granderson, and Mark Teixeira, all of whom had been assigned to extended DL stints, the Yankees remained competitive through shrewd acquisitions of journeyman and platoon roleplayers such as Travis Hafner, Brennan Boesch, Lyle Overbay, and former Boston Red Sox first-baseman Kevin Youkilis. Though Granderson and Teixeira would return to the Yankee lineup by early summer, both would return to the DL after each suffered further injury. On May 30, the Yankees were swept by their crosstown rival New York Mets for the first time in the season series between the teams after a 3–1 loss at home. The Mets' sweep come a full decade after the 2003 Yankees won all six games from the Mets. In the second game, Mariano Rivera suffered his first blown save of the season and the first in his career where he failed to get an out by allowing two runs in the ninth in a 2-1 loss.

### June

Despite entering the month of June with winning records for both April and May, the Yankees would finish the month with unimpressive offensive productivity and, due in large part to continued injury, a frustratingly inconsistent lineup. Following a sweep of the Cleveland Indians, the Yankees took three out of four games in Seattle and seemed capable of maintaining competitiveness until some of their core players returned. On June 8, Andy Pettitte won his 250th career win and Mariano Rivera continued his age-defying season by earning his 22nd save. But by the end of an extended west coast trip, Kevin Youkilis and Mark Teixeira's injuries were aggravated and both were lost for the remainder of the season. The Yankees lost three games against the Oakland Athletics, including the 18-inning finale to complete the sweep. The end of June looked bleak for the Yankees, winning only one of three games against the Texas Rangers and getting swept by the Baltimore Orioles for the first time since 2005. The Yankees finished June with a record of 11 wins and 16 losses, the first time they finished a month with a losing record since September 2010, where they went 12–15.

### July

July showed some improvement after winning six straight games, their longest winning streak of the year. On July 1, pitcher Andy Pettitte recorded his 1,958th strikeout as a Yankee, becoming the franchise's all-time strikeout leader with a strikeout of the Minnesota Twins' Justin Morneau, surpassing Whitey Ford. They swept a four-game set against the Twins in Minnesota and won the first two of three at home versus the Orioles, but Rivera's second blown save of the season, similar to the first (allowing two runs in the ninth in a 2-1 loss) snapped the streak. The Yankees finished the first half by losing two of three to the Twins at home for the first time since 2001.
As was originally hoped at the beginning of the year, the return of much-needed reinforcements had started to look promising. Derek Jeter came back to the lineup for the first time since breaking his ankle in the 2012 ALCS, picking up a hit in his first at bat. Long-injured starting pitcher Michael Pineda also began playing in game situations in the minors, and third-baseman Alex Rodriguez had started at 20-game rehab assignment in Scranton. But Jeter's return was quickly marred by a quadriceps strain that would sideline the captain for several weeks after only one game.
With the summer trade deadline quickly approaching, the lack of right handed power, and the return dates of Rodriguez, Jeter, and Granderson still uncertain, the Yankees acquired outfielder Alfonso Soriano from the Chicago Cubs in the hopes of increasing the team's dismal power numbers (Soriano had hit 8 home runs the month prior to moving to New York, which is one more home run than the entire Yankee team had hit during that span). Soriano, who started his career with the Yankees, received a warm ovation from the Yankee fans upon his return on July 26. The New York Post reported soon after that Brian Cashman had reservations about acquiring Soriano, but was overruled by Yankee management.
Derek Jeter returned to the Yankee lineup for the second time on July 28 and hit a solo home run on the first pitch of his first at bat. Alfonso Soriano would hit a walk-off single to give the Yankees a 6–5 victory.

### August

On August 5, Alex Rodriguez was suspended for 211 games (until the end of the 2014 MLB season) for his involvement with the South Florida anti-aging clinic Biogenesis. He promptly appealed this suspension and was allowed to resume play for the rest of the season, but the suspension was upheld for the entire 2014 MLB regular season and postseason.
On August 22, the Yankees swept a four-game set versus the Toronto Blue Jays at home for a perfect 10-0 home record versus them.

### September

After sweeping a three-game set at home versus the Chicago White Sox to start the month after being swept by them in Chicago on August 5–7 for the second straight year, the Yankees lost the first three of four at home to the Red Sox with Rivera blowing two saves, but won the last on a ninth inning wild pitch. They took three of four from the Orioles in Camden Yards before being swept by the Red Sox at Fenway Park.
The Yankees closed interleague play with three games at home versus the San Francisco Giants. On September 20, Alex Rodriguez hit his 24th career grand slam to surpass Lou Gehrig as the all-time grand slam leader in a 5-1 win. Iván Nova pitched a complete shutout in the Yankees 6-0 win. In the series finale, Pettitte made his final home start in a 2-1 loss.
On September 25, 2013, the Yankees lost to the Tampa Bay Rays, which for the second time in the wild card era, eliminated them from making the playoffs for the first time since 2008. The Rays swept the three-game set in the Bronx for the first time ever and Rivera made his final appearance in the 8th inning of the series finale, retiring all four batters he faced.
The Yankees finished the season by sweeping the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park with Pettitte earning his final victory in the second game.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: POS = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average
| Player | POS | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | AVG |
| Chris Stewart | C | 109 | 294 | 28 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 30 | .211 |
| Lyle Overbay | 1B | 142 | 445 | 43 | 107 | 24 | 1 | 14 | 59 | 2 | 36 | .240 |
| Robinson Canó | 2B | 160 | 605 | 81 | 190 | 41 | 0 | 27 | 107 | 7 | 65 | .314 |
| Eduardo Núñez | SS | 90 | 304 | 38 | 79 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 20 | .260 |
| Jayson Nix | 3B | 87 | 267 | 32 | 63 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 24 | .236 |
| Vernon Wells | LF | 130 | 424 | 45 | 99 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 50 | 7 | 30 | .233 |
| Brett Gardner | CF | 145 | 539 | 81 | 147 | 33 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 24 | 52 | .273 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | RF | 150 | 520 | 57 | 136 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 26 | .262 |
| Travis Hafner | DH | 82 | 262 | 31 | 53 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 2 | 32 | .202 |
| Curtis Granderson | CF | 61 | 214 | 31 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 27 | .229 |
| Alfonso Soriano | LF | 58 | 219 | 37 | 56 | 8 | 0 | 17 | 50 | 8 | 21 | .256 |
| Alex Rodriguez | 3B | 44 | 156 | 21 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 23 | .244 |
| David Adams | 3B | 43 | 140 | 10 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 9 | .193 |
| Austin Romine | C | 60 | 135 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 8 | .207 |
| Mark Reynolds | 1B | 36 | 110 | 15 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 8 | .236 |
| Kevin Youkilis | 3B | 28 | 105 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .219 |
| Zoilo Almonte | LF | 34 | 106 | 9 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 6 | .236 |
| Derek Jeter | SS | 17 | 63 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .190 |
| Mark Teixeira | 1B | 15 | 53 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 8 | .151 |
| Brendan Ryan | SS | 17 | 59 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .220 |
| Francisco Cervelli | C | 17 | 52 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | .269 |
| Luis Cruz | IF | 16 | 55 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .182 |
| Brennan Boesch | RF | 23 | 51 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | .275 |
| Ben Francisco | DH | 21 | 44 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .114 |
| Reid Brignac | SS | 17 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .114 |
| Chris Nelson | 3B | 10 | 36 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .222 |
| Brent Lillibridge | UT | 11 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .171 |
| Alberto González | UT | 13 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .176 |
| J.R. Murphy | C | 16 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .154 |
| Melky Mesa | OF | 5 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .385 |
| Thomas Neal | OF | 4 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .182 |
| Corban Joseph | IF | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Travis Ishikawa | IB | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Pitcher Totals | — | 162 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| TOTALS | — | 162 | 5449 | 650 | 1321 | 247 | 24 | 144 | 614 | 115 | 466 | .242 |
Source:

### Pitching

Note: POS = Position; 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 | POS | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO |
| CC Sabathia | SP | 14 | 13 | 4.78 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 211.0 | 224 | 122 | 112 | 65 | 175 |
| Hiroki Kuroda | SP | 11 | 13 | 3.31 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 201.1 | 191 | 79 | 74 | 43 | 150 |
| Andy Pettitte | SP | 11 | 11 | 3.74 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 185.1 | 198 | 85 | 77 | 48 | 128 |
| Phil Hughes | SP | 4 | 14 | 5.19 | 30 | 29 | 0 | 145.2 | 170 | 91 | 84 | 42 | 121 |
| Ivan Nova | SP | 9 | 6 | 3.10 | 23 | 20 | 0 | 139.1 | 135 | 49 | 48 | 44 | 116 |
| David Phelps | SP | 6 | 5 | 4.98 | 22 | 12 | 0 | 86.2 | 88 | 50 | 48 | 35 | 79 |
| Mariano Rivera | CL | 6 | 2 | 2.11 | 64 | 0 | 44 | 64.0 | 58 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 54 |
| David Robertson | RP | 5 | 1 | 2.04 | 70 | 0 | 3 | 66.1 | 51 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 77 |
| Shawn Kelley | RP | 4 | 2 | 4.39 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 53.1 | 47 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 71 |
| Joba Chamberlain | RP | 2 | 1 | 4.93 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 47 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 38 |
| Boone Logan | RP | 5 | 2 | 3.23 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 39.0 | 33 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 50 |
| Adam Warren | — | 3 | 2 | 3.39 | 34 | 2 | 1 | 77.0 | 80 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 64 |
| Preston Claiborne | — | 0 | 2 | 4.11 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 50.1 | 51 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 42 |
| David Huff | — | 3 | 1 | 4.67 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 34.2 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 26 |
| Vidal Nuño | — | 1 | 2 | 2.25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 20.0 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| Brett Marshall | — | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Matt Daley | — | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Dellin Betances | — | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
| César Cabral | — | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Cody Eppley | — | 0 | 0 | 21.60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Miller | — | 0 | 0 | 20.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris Bootcheck | — | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Zagurski | — | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alberto González | — | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | — | 85 | 77 | 3.94 | 162 | 162 | 49 | 1447.1 | 1452 | 671 | 633 | 437 | 1233 |
Source:

## Season standings
### American League East

vteAL East :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Boston Red Sox | 97 | 65 | .599 | — | 53‍–‍28 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 92 | 71 | .564 | 5½ | 51‍–‍30 | 41‍–‍41 |
| New York Yankees | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 46‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 12 | 46‍–‍35 | 39‍–‍42 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 23 | 40‍–‍41 | 34‍–‍47 |

### American League Wild Card

vteDivision Winners :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Boston Red Sox | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| Oakland Athletics | 96 | 66 | .593 |
| Detroit Tigers | 93 | 69 | .574 |
vteWild Card teams (Top 2 teams qualify for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Cleveland Indians | 92 | 70 | .568 | +½ |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 92 | 71 | .564 | — |
| Texas Rangers | 91 | 72 | .558 | 1 |
| Kansas City Royals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5½ |
| New York Yankees | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6½ |
| Baltimore Orioles | 85 | 77 | .525 | 6½ |
| Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim | 78 | 84 | .481 | 13½ |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 74 | 88 | .457 | 17½ |
| Seattle Mariners | 71 | 91 | .438 | 20½ |
| Minnesota Twins | 66 | 96 | .407 | 25½ |
| Chicago White Sox | 63 | 99 | .389 | 28½ |
| Houston Astros | 51 | 111 | .315 | 40½ |

### Game log

Legend :
| Yankees Win | Yankees Loss | Game Postponed |
Game Log :
April (16–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
1April 1Red Sox2–8Lester (1–0)Sabathia (0–1)49,5140–1L1
2April 3Red Sox4–7Buchholz (1–0)Kuroda (0–1)Hanrahan (1)40,2160–2L2
3April 4Red Sox4–2Pettitte (1–0)Dempster (0–1)Rivera (1)40,6111–2W1
4April 5@ Tigers3–8Fister (1–0)Nova (0–1)Smyly (1)45,0511–3L1
5April 6@ Tigers4–8Scherzer (1–0)Hughes (0–1)42,4531–4L2
6April 7@ Tigers7–0Sabathia (1–1)Verlander (1–1)39,8292–4W1
7April 8@ Indians11–6Kuroda (1–1)Jiménez (0–1)41,5673–4W2
8April 9@ Indians14–1Pettitte (2–0)Carrasco (0–1)12,6634–4W3
–April 10@ IndiansPostponed (rain). Makeup Date May 13.
–April 11@ IndiansPostponed (rain). Makeup Date May 13.
9April 12Orioles5–2Sabathia (2–1)González (1–1)Rivera (2)35,0335–4W4
10April 13Orioles3–5Hammel (2–1)Hughes (0–2)Johnson (5)41,8515–5L1
11April 14Orioles3–0Kuroda (2–1)Chen (0–2)34,1546–5W1
12April 16Diamondbacks4–2Nova (1–1)McCarthy (0–2)Rivera (3)34,1077–5W2
13April 17Diamondbacks4–3Sabathia (3–1)Hernandez (0–1)Rivera (4)34,3698–5W3
14April 18Diamondbacks2–6 (12)Bell (1–0)Phelps (0–1)36,0338–6L1
15April 19@ Blue Jays9–4Pettitte (3–0)Morrow (0–2)40,0289–6W1
16April 20@ Blue Jays5–3 (11)Kelley (1–0)Loup (1–1)Rivera (5)46,09510–6W2
17April 21@ Blue Jays4–8Cecil (1–0)Logan (0–1)45,57510–7L1
18April 22@ Rays1–5Moore (4–0)Sabathia (3–2)15,33110–8L2
19April 23@ Rays4–3Robertson (1–0)Price (0–2)Rivera (6)17,64411–8W1
20April 24@ Rays0–3Cobb (3–1)Pettitte (3–1)Rodney (3)19,17711–9L1
21April 25Blue Jays5–3Kuroda (3–1)Buehrle (1–1)Rivera (7)31,44512–9W1
22April 26Blue Jays6–4Phelps (1–1)Lincoln (0–1)Rivera (8)36,15113–9W2
23April 27Blue Jays5–4Sabathia (4–2)Rogers (1–2)Chamberlain (1)40,25814–9W3
24April 28Blue Jays3–2Logan (1–1)Dickey (2–4)Rivera (9)36,87215–9W4
25April 29Astros1–9Harrell (3–2)Pettitte (3–2)34,26215–10L1
26April 30Astros7–4Kuroda (4–1)Humber (0–6)Rivera (10)34,30116–10W1 :
May (15–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
27May 1Astros5–4Logan (2–1)Clemens (1–1)Rivera (11)34,11717–10W2
28May 3Athletics0–2Griffin (3–2)Sabathia (4–3)Balfour (4)38,09017–11L1
29May 4Athletics4–2Hughes (1–2)Colón (3–1)41,34918–11W1
30May 5Athletics4–5Doolittle (2–0)Logan (2–2)Balfour (5)38,13418–12L1
31May 7@ Rockies0–2de la Rosa (3–3)Kuroda (4–2)Betancourt (9)41,59518–13L2
32May 8@ Rockies3–2Robertson (2–0)Betancourt (1–1)Rivera (12)40,14819–13W1
33May 9@ Rockies3–1Warren (1–0)Francis (1–3)Rivera (13)40,97220–13W2
34May 10@ Royals11–6Hughes (2–2)Davis (2–3)24,52121–13W3
35May 11@ Royals3–2Pettitte (4–2)Shields (2–3)Rivera (14)30,91022–13W4
36May 12@ Royals4–2Kuroda (5–2)Santana (3–2)Rivera (15)29,51523–13W5
37May 13@ Indians0–1Masterson (6–2)Phelps (1–2)23,29923–14L1
38May 13@ Indians7–0Nuño (1–0)Bauer (1–2)Warren (1)23,29924–14W1
39May 14Mariners4–3Kelley (2–0)Furbush (0–2)Rivera (16)41,26725–14W2
40May 15Mariners2–12Iwakuma (5–1)Hughes (2–3)34,08125–15L1
41May 16Mariners2–3Pérez (1–0)Pettitte (4–3)Wilhelmsen (11)35,39225–16L2
42May 17Blue Jays5–0Kuroda (6–2)Buehrle (1–3)40,00826–16W1
43May 18Blue Jays7–2Phelps (2–2)Morrow (1–3)45,57727–16W2
–May 19Blue JaysPostponed (rain).
44May 20@ Orioles6–4 (10)Robertson (3–0)Strop (0–2)Rivera (17)24,13328–16W3
45May 21@ Orioles2–3 (10)Johnson (2–4)Nuño (1–1)29,04028–17L1
46May 22@ Orioles3–6Hammel (6–2)Kuroda (6–3)26,72528–18L2
47May 24@ Rays9–4Phelps (3–2)Hernández (2–5)17,82529–18W1
48May 25@ Rays4–3 (11)Nova (2–1)Lueke (0–2)Rivera (18)25,87430–18W2
49May 26@ Rays3–8Cobb (6–2)Sabathia (4–4)24,15930–19L1
50May 27@ Mets1–2Lyon (2–2)Robertson (3–1)Parnell (8)32,91130–20L2
51May 28@ Mets1–2Rice (3–3)Rivera (0–1)31,87730–21L3
52May 29Mets4–9Hefner (1–5)Phelps (3–3)43,68130–22L4
53May 30Mets1–3Gee (3–6)Nuño (1–2)Parnell (9)44,20730–23L5
54May 31Red Sox4–1Sabathia (5–4)Lester (6–2)Rivera (19)45,14131–23W1 :
June (11–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
55June 1Red Sox1–11Doubront (4–2)Hughes (2–4)48,78431–24L1
56June 2Red Sox0–3Buchholz (8–0)Kuroda (6–4)43,61331–25L2
57June 3Indians7–4Kelley (3–0)Masterson (8–4)Rivera (20)40,00732–25W1
58June 4Indians4–3Phelps (4–3)Kazmir (3–3)Rivera (21)36,20833–25W2
59June 5Indians6–4Sabathia (6–4)Kluber (3–4)42,47734–25W3
60June 6@ Mariners6–1Hughes (3–4)Harang (2–6)18,77635–25W4
61June 7@ Mariners1–4Bonderman (1–1)Kuroda (6–5)Wilhelmsen (15)26,24835–26L1
62June 8@ Mariners3–1Pettitte (5–3)Saunders (4–6)Rivera (22)38,25236–26W1
63June 9@ Mariners2–1Robertson (4–1)Medina (1–2)Rivera (23)43,38937–26W2
64June 11@ Athletics4–6Colón (8–2)Sabathia (6–5)Balfour (16)27,11837–27L1
64June 11@ Athletics2–5Straily (4–2)Hughes (3–5)Balfour (17)25,17637–28L2
66June 13@ Athletics2–3 (18)Chavez (1–0)Claiborne (0–1)27,56937–29L3
67June 14@ Angels2–5Wilson (5–5)Pettitte (5–4)Frieri (15)40,62137–30L4
68June 15@ Angels2–6Hanson (4–2)Phelps (4–4)40,48637–31L5
69June 16@ Angels6–5Sabathia (7–5)Weaver (1–3)Rivera (24)41,20438–31W1
–June 18DodgersPostponed (rain). Makeup Date June 19.
70June 19Dodgers6–4Kuroda (7–5)Ryu (6–3)Rivera (25)40,60439–31W2
71June 19Dodgers0–6Capuano (2–4)Hughes (3–6)41,32039–32L1
72June 20Rays3–8Moore (9–3)Pettitte (5–5)37,64939–33L2
73June 21Rays6–2Phelps (5–4)Hernández (4–8)41,12340–33W1
74June 22Rays7–5Sabathia (8–5)Peralta (1–4)Rivera (26)48,01341–33W2
75June 23Rays1–3Archer (2–3)Nova (2–2)Rodney (15)46,05441–34L1
76June 25Rangers4–3Rivera (1–1)Scheppers (5–1)41,67442–34W1
77June 26Rangers5–8Grimm (7–5)Pettitte (5–6)Nathan (26)38,26442–35L1
78June 27Rangers0–2Holland (6–4)Hughes (3–7)42,13842–36L2
79June 28@ Orioles3–4Gausman (1–3)Sabathia (8–6)Hunter (2)40,04142–37L3
80June 29@ Orioles3–11Britton (2–2)Phelps (5–5)46,60742–38L4
81June 30@ Orioles2–4Tillman (10–2)Kuroda (7–6)Johnson (28)40,87842–39L5 :
July (14–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
82July 1@ Twins10–4Chamberlain (1–0)Burton (1–6)29,61943–39W1
83July 2@ Twins7–3Hughes (4–7)Deduno (4–3)Rivera (27)29,02944–39W2
84July 3@ Twins3–2Sabathia (9–6)Walters (2–5)Rivera (28)38,45745–39W3
85July 4@ Twins9–5Phelps (6–5)Gibson (1–1)38,26046–39W4
86July 5Orioles3–2Nova (3–2)Johnson (2–7)43,39647–39W5
87July 6Orioles5–4Pettitte (6–6)Tillman (10–3)Rivera (29)42,67848–39W6
88July 7Orioles1–2O'Day (5–0)Rivera (1–2)Johnson (30)40,21848–40L1
89July 8Royals1–5Guthrie (8–6)Hughes (4–8)Holland (21)35,05748–41L2
90July 9Royals1–3Shields (4–6)Sabathia (9–7)Holland (22)35,79748–42L3
91July 10Royals8–1Nova (4–2)Davis (4–8)35,78149–42W1
92July 11Royals8–4Pettitte (7–6)Santana (5–6)40,38150–42W2
93July 12Twins2–0Kuroda (8–6)Pressly (2–2)Rivera (30)40,24751–42W3
94July 13Twins1–4Deduno (5–4)Hughes (4–9)Perkins (21)40,30151–43L1
95July 14Twins4–10Gibson (2–2)Sabathia (9–8)43,13151–44L2
All-Star Break: AL defeats NL 3–0
96July 19@ Red Sox2–4Doubront (7–3)Pettitte (7–7)Uehara (9)38,13051–45L3
97July 20@ Red Sox5–2Kuroda (9–6)Lackey (7–7)Rivera (31)37,60152–45W1
98July 21@ Red Sox7–8 (11)Beato (1–0)Warren (1–1)38,13852–46L1
99July 22@ Rangers0–3Darvish (9–4)Nova (4–3)Nathan (31)42,05852–47L2
100July 23@ Rangers5–4Chamberlain (2–0)Nathan (1–1)Rivera (32)42,73953–47W1
101July 24@ Rangers1–3Garza (7–1)Pettitte (7–8)Nathan (32)42,36053–48L1
102July 25@ Rangers2–0Kuroda (10–6)Holland (8–6)Rivera (33)35,13954–48W1
103July 26Rays6–10Hellickson (10–3)Sabathia (9–9)Rodney (25)44,48654–49L1
104July 27Rays0–1Archer (6–3)Nova (4–4)43,42454–50L2
105July 28Rays6–5Rivera (2–2)McGee (2–3)47,71455–50W1
106July 30@ Dodgers3–2Jansen (4–3)Kelley (3–1)52,44755–51L1
107July 31@ Dodgers3–0Logan (3–2)Belisario (4–6)Rivera (34)53,01356–51W1 :
August (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
108August 2@ Padres2–7Cashner (8–5)Sabathia (9–10)44,12456–52L1
109August 3@ Padres3–0Nova (5–4)Ross (2–5)Rivera (35)44,18457–52W1
110August 4@ Padres3–6Kennedy (4–8)Hughes (4–10)Street (21)43,50457–53L1
111August 5@ White Sox1–8Quintana (6–3)Pettitte (7–9)27,94857–54L2
112August 6@ White Sox2–3Sale (7–11)Kuroda (10–7)Reed (27)23,82657–55L3
113August 7@ White Sox5–6 (12)Axelrod (4–8)Warren (1–2)25,70757–56L4
114August 9Tigers4–3 (10)Kelley (4–1)Alburquerque (2–3)46,54558–56W1
115August 10Tigers3–9Sánchez (10–7)Hughes (4–11)45,72858–57L1
116August 11Tigers5–4Rivera (3–2)Veras (0–5)42,43959–57W1
117August 12Angels2–1Kuroda (11–7)Richards (3–5)Robertson (1)37,14660–57W2
118August 13Angels14–7Sabathia (10–10)Vargas (6–5)35,01361–57W3
119August 14Angels11–3Nova (6–4)Weaver (7–6)38,37962–57W4
120August 15Angels4–8Wilson (13–6)Hughes (4–12)44,68262–58L1
121August 16@ Red Sox10–3Pettitte (8–9)Doubront (8–6)38,14363–58W1
122August 17@ Red Sox1–6Lackey (8–10)Kuroda (11–8)37,51763–59L1
123August 18@ Red Sox9–6Sabathia (11–10)Dempster (6–9)Rivera (36)37,91764–59W1
124August 20Blue Jays8–4Nova (7–4)Wagner (2–4)40,24865–59W2
125August 20Blue Jays3–2Rivera (4–2)Oliver (3–4)37,19066–59W3
126August 21Blue Jays4–2Huff (1–0)Dickey (9–12)Rivera (37)36,14067–59W4
127August 22Blue Jays5–3Pettitte (9–9)Happ (3–3)Robertson (2)40,11668–59W5
128August 23@ Rays2–7Archer (7–5)Kuroda (11–9)24,23968–60L1
129August 24@ Rays2–4Price (8–5)Sabathia (11–11)Rodney (30)32,86268–61L2
130August 25@ Rays3–2Logan (4–2)Wright (2–2)Rivera (38)34,07869–61W1
131August 26@ Blue Jays2–5Dickey (10–12)Hughes (4–13)Janssen (24)35,24169–62L1
132August 27@ Blue Jays7–1Pettitte (10–9)Happ (3–4)34,04770–62W1
133August 28@ Blue Jays2–7Redmond (2–2)Kuroda (11–10)36,56570–63L1
134August 30Orioles8–5Sabathia (12–11)González (8–7)Rivera (39)45,16971–63W1
135August 31Orioles2–0Nova (8–4)Feldman (4–4)42,83672–63W2 :
September (13–14)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordBoxscore
136September 1Orioles3–7Gausman (2–3)Kelley (4–2)40,36172–64L1
137September 2White Sox9–1Huff (2–0)Quintana (7–5)40,12573–64W1
138September 3White Sox6–4Logan (5–2)Jones (4–5)Rivera (40)33,21574–64W2
139September 4White Sox6–5Sabathia (13–11)Johnson (0–1)Rivera (41)36,08275–64W3
140September 5Red Sox8–9Breslow (5–2)Chamberlain (2–1)Uehara (18)40,48175–65L1
141September 6Red Sox8–12Workman (5–2)Claiborne (0–2)44,11775–66L2
142September 7Red Sox9–13Lackey (9–12)Huff (2–1)49,04675–67L3
143September 8Red Sox4–3Rivera (5–2)Workman (5–3)43,07876–67W1
144September 9@ Orioles2–4Tillman (16–5)Sabathia (13–12)Johnson (43)17,45676–68L1
145September 10@ Orioles7–5Warren (2–2)Gausman (2–5)Rivera (42)25,69777–68W1
146September 11@ Orioles5–4Robertson (5–1)Hunter (4–4)Rivera (43)20,14178–68W2
147September 12@ Orioles6–5Rivera (6–2)Johnson (3–8)24,65979–68W3
148September 13@ Red Sox4–8Workman (6–3)Kuroda (11–11)37,54279–69L1
149September 14@ Red Sox1–5Lester (14–8)Sabathia (13–13)37,51079–70L2
150September 15@ Red Sox2–9Buchholz (11–0)Nova (8–5)37,13779–71L3
151September 17@ Blue Jays0–2Dickey (13–12)Pettitte (10–10)Janssen (31)24,89479–72L4
152September 18@ Blue Jays4–3Huff (3–1)Delabar (5–5)Rivera (44)24,24780–72W1
153September 19@ Blue Jays2–6Redmond (4–2)Kuroda (11–12)Janssen (32)32,00380–73L1
154September 20Giants5–1Sabathia (14–13)Lincecum (10–14)41,73481–73W1
155September 21Giants6–0Nova (9–5)Vogelsong (3–6)42,42082–73W2
156September 22Giants1–2Lopez (4–2)Pettitte (10–11)Romo (36)49,19782–74L1
157September 24Rays0–7Moore (16–4)Kuroda (11–13)Odorizzi (1)43,40782–75L2
158September 25Rays3–8Price (9–8)Hughes (4–14)37,26082–76L3
159September 26Rays0–4Cobb (11–3)Nova (9–6)48,67582–77L4
160September 27@ Astros3–2Warren (3–2)Oberholtzer (4–5)Robertson (3)29,48683–77W1
161September 28@ Astros2–1Pettitte (11–11)Clemens (4–7)37,19984–77W2
162September 29@ Astros5–1 (14)Daley (1–0)Harrell (6–17)40,54285–77W3 :

### Detailed records

American League :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. |
| AL East |||||
| Baltimore Orioles | 6–3 | 4–6 | 10–9 | .526 |
| Boston Red Sox | 3–7 | 3–6 | 6–13 | .316 |
| Tampa Bay Rays | 3–7 | 4–5 | 7–12 | .368 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 10–0 | 4–5 | 14–5 | .737 |
| | 22–17 | 15–22 | 37–39 | .487 |
| AL Central |||||
| Chicago White Sox | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–3 | .500 |
| Cleveland Indians | 3–0 | 3–1 | 6–1 | .857 |
| Detroit Tigers | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | .500 |
| Kansas City Royals | 2–2 | 3–0 | 5–2 | .714 |
| Minnesota Twins | 1–2 | 4–0 | 5–2 | .714 |
| | 11–5 | 11–6 | 22–11 | .667 |
| AL West |||||
| Houston Astros | 2–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | .833 |
| Los Angeles Angels | 3–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | .571 |
| Oakland Athletics | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 | .167 |
| Seattle Mariners | 1–2 | 3–1 | 4–3 | .571 |
| Texas Rangers | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | .429 |
| | 8–8 | 9–8 | 17–16 | .515 |
Interleague Play :
| Opponent | Home | Away | Total | Pct. |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | .667 |
| Colorado Rockies | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | .667 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | .500 |
| New York Mets | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | .000 |
| San Diego Padres | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | .333 |
| San Francisco Giants | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | .667 |
| | 5–5 | 4–6 | 9–11 | .450 |
2013 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 2013vte :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | HOU | KC | LAA | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TB | TEX | TOR | NL |
| Baltimore | — | 11–8 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 9–10 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 6–13 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 11–9 |
| Boston | 8–11 | — | 4–2 | 6–1 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 13–6 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 2–4 | 11–8 | 14–6 |
| Chicago | 3–4 | 2–4 | — | 2–17 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 9–10 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 8–12 |
| Cleveland | 4–3 | 1–6 | 17–2 | — | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–9 | 4–2 | 13–6 | 1–6 | 5–2 | 5–2 | 2–4 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 11–9 |
| Detroit | 2–4 | 4–3 | 12–7 | 15–4 | — | 6–1 | 9–10 | 0–6 | 11–8 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 12–8 |
| Houston | 2–4 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 1–6 | — | 2–4 | 10–9 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 4–15 | 9–10 | 2–5 | 2–17 | 3–4 | 8–12 |
| Kansas City | 4–3 | 5–2 | 10–9 | 9–10 | 10–9 | 4–2 | — | 2–5 | 15–4 | 2–5 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–11 |
| Los Angeles | 2–5 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 9–10 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 11–8 | 4–3 | 4–15 | 6–1 | 10–10 |
| Minnesota | 3–3 | 3–4 | 11–8 | 6–13 | 8–11 | 5–1 | 4–15 | 5–1 | — | 2–5 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–6 | 4–3 | 1–5 | 8–12 |
| New York | 10–9 | 6–13 | 3–3 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–3 | 7–12 | 3–4 | 14–5 | 9–11 |
| Oakland | 2–5 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 15–4 | 5–1 | 11–8 | 6–1 | 5–1 | — | 8–11 | 3–3 | 10–9 | 4–3 | 13–7 |
| Seattle | 4–2 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 2–5 | 10–9 | 3–4 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 11–8 | — | 3–3 | 7–12 | 3–3 | 8–12 |
| Tampa Bay | 13–6 | 7–12 | 5–2 | 4–2 | 3–3 | 5–2 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 6–1 | 12–7 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–4 | 11–8 | 12–8 |
| Texas | 2–5 | 4–2 | 2–4 | 1–5 | 4–3 | 17–2 | 3–3 | 15–4 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 9–10 | 12–7 | 4–4 | — | 1–6 | 10–10 |
| Toronto | 9–10 | 8–11 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | 4–2 | 1–6 | 5–1 | 5–14 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 8–11 | 6–1 | — | 11–9 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | International League | Dave Miley |
| AA | Trenton Thunder | Eastern League | Tony Franklin |
| A | Tampa Yankees | Florida State League | Luis Sojo |
| A | Charleston RiverDogs | South Atlantic League | Al Pedrique |
| A-Short Season | Staten Island Yankees | New York–Penn League | Justin Pope |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees 1 | Gulf Coast League | Tom Nieto |
| Rookie | GCL Yankees 2 | Gulf Coast League | Mario Garza |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Trenton