2002 Season Review -- New York Yankees
February 5, 2003
This article takes a look at how the New York Yankees performed relative
to pre-season expectations. For links to the reviews for the other teams,
more information on our projection system, the projections for 2002, definitions
of key terms and statistics, and how efficiently each team performed in
2002, visit the following pages:
2002 Team Reviews
Diamond Mind projection system
Projecting the 2002 Season (March
21, 2002)
Key terms and statistics
Team efficiency
Capsule Summary
Projected Actual
Runs for 919 897
Runs allowed 680 697
Run Margin +239 +200
Wins 104 103
Pythagorean wins 103 100
Placement 1st 1st
Offense Defense
Run efficiency average .281 .265
Difference +.011 -.005
Position Players
Jorge Posada, c , bats switch, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 470 126 28 1 21 62 80 6 70 9 131 2 3 .268 .367 .466 .833 82
Prorated NYA 511 137 30 1 23 67 87 7 76 10 142 2 3 90
Actual NYA 511 137 40 1 20 79 99 3 81 9 143 1 0 .268 .370 .468 .837 86
Chris Widger, c , bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 69 16 4 0 3 7 8 1 5 0 15 0 0 .232 .293 .420 .714 9
Prorated NYA 63 15 4 0 3 6 7 1 5 0 14 0 0 9
Actual NYA 64 19 5 0 0 4 5 2 2 0 9 0 0 .297 .338 .375 .713 8
Alberto Castillo, c , bats right, age 32
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 91 19 2 0 1 5 5 1 7 0 19 0 0 .209 .270 .264 .534 7
Prorated NYA 37 8 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 8 0 0 3
Actual NYA 37 5 1 1 0 3 4 0 1 0 12 0 0 .135 .158 .216 .374 1
Jason Giambi, 1b, bats left, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 508 166 39 1 38 104 117 11 116 15 89 0 0 .327 .456 .632 1.088 155
Prorated NYA 544 178 42 1 41 111 125 12 124 16 95 0 0 166
Actual NYA 560 176 34 1 41 120 122 15 109 4 112 2 2 .314 .435 .598 1.034 150
Nick Johnson, 1b, bats left, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 451 107 22 0 22 82 62 21 91 4 120 7 4 .237 .386 .432 .818 83
Prorated NYA 350 83 17 0 17 64 48 16 71 3 93 5 3 64
Actual NYA 378 92 15 0 15 56 58 12 48 5 98 1 3 .243 .347 .402 .749 53
Alfonso Soriano, 2b, bats right, age 24
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 627 165 37 3 20 90 80 3 30 0 135 37 14 .263 .297 .427 .724 79
Prorated NYA 693 182 41 3 22 100 88 3 33 0 149 41 15 86
Actual NYA 696 209 51 2 39 128 102 14 23 1 157 41 13 .300 .332 .547 .880 126
Robin Ventura, 3b/1b, bats left, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 509 121 24 0 25 74 79 2 84 11 102 2 3 .238 .346 .432 .778 77
Prorated NYA 478 114 23 0 23 69 74 2 79 10 96 2 3 72
Actual NYA 465 115 17 0 27 68 93 2 90 9 101 3 1 .247 .368 .458 .826 82
Ron Coomer, 3b/1b, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 70 17 3 0 2 6 9 0 4 0 10 0 0 .243 .280 .371 .651 6
Prorated NYA 146 35 6 0 4 12 19 0 8 0 21 0 0 13
Actual NYA 148 39 7 0 3 14 17 0 6 1 23 0 0 .264 .290 .372 .662 14
Enrique Wilson, 3b/ss/2b, bats switch, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 84 20 4 0 1 7 7 0 4 0 12 0 0 .238 .270 .321 .591 7
Prorated NYA 111 26 5 0 1 9 9 0 5 0 16 0 0 8
Actual NYA 105 19 2 2 2 17 11 0 8 0 22 1 1 .181 .239 .295 .534 7
Alex Arias, 3b, bats right, age 34
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected FA 65 16 4 0 1 7 6 1 7 1 9 0 0 .246 .324 .354 .678 8
Prorated NYA 7 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
Actual NYA 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 0
Derek Jeter, ss, bats right, age 28
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 601 192 33 4 19 111 74 11 60 3 103 22 4 .319 .390 .483 .873 117
Prorated NYA 647 207 36 4 20 120 80 12 65 3 111 24 4 126
Actual NYA 644 191 26 0 18 124 75 7 73 2 114 32 3 .297 .373 .421 .794 108
Rondell White, lf, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 517 155 30 1 22 70 74 10 37 4 89 5 1 .300 .357 .489 .846 88
Prorated NYA 450 135 26 1 19 61 64 9 32 3 78 4 1 76
Actual NYA 455 109 21 0 14 59 62 8 25 1 86 1 2 .240 .288 .378 .666 48
Karim Garcia, lf, bats left, age 26
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 68 16 2 0 4 10 11 0 6 1 16 0 1 .235 .293 .441 .735 8
Prorated NYA 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Actual NYA 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0
Prorated Cle 186 44 5 0 11 27 30 0 16 3 44 0 3 23
Actual Cle 197 59 8 0 16 29 52 0 6 0 40 0 3 .299 .317 .584 .901 32
Prorated Tot 190 45 6 0 11 28 31 0 17 3 45 0 3 24
Actual Tot 202 60 8 0 16 30 52 0 6 0 41 0 3 .297 .314 .574 .889 32
Bernie Williams, cf, bats switch, age 33
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 541 160 35 2 24 98 96 5 74 11 77 10 5 .296 .382 .501 .883 105
Prorated NYA 604 179 39 2 27 109 107 6 83 12 86 11 6 117
Actual NYA 612 204 37 2 19 102 102 3 83 7 97 8 4 .333 .415 .493 .908 125
Shane Spencer, rf/lf, bats right, age 30
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 371 92 18 2 12 45 48 5 31 0 68 3 2 .248 .311 .404 .715 47
Prorated NYA 296 73 14 2 10 36 38 4 25 0 54 2 2 38
Actual NYA 288 71 15 2 6 32 34 4 31 4 62 0 3 .247 .324 .375 .699 36
Raul Mondesi, rf/cf, bats right, age 31
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected Tor 615 151 30 3 30 95 88 6 68 3 134 31 10 .246 .325 .450 .776 92
Prorated Tor 298 73 15 1 15 46 43 3 33 1 65 15 5 45
Actual Tor 299 67 16 1 15 51 45 3 31 1 57 9 2 .224 .301 .435 .736 39
Prorated NYA 268 66 13 1 13 41 38 3 30 1 58 14 4 41
Actual NYA 270 65 18 0 11 39 43 2 28 2 46 6 4 .241 .315 .430 .744 37
Prorated Tot 566 139 28 3 28 87 81 6 63 3 123 29 9 86
Actual Tot 569 132 34 1 26 90 88 5 59 3 103 15 6 .232 .308 .432 .740 76
John Vander Wal, rf/lf/1b, bats left, age 36
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 284 76 17 1 11 39 49 1 43 5 72 5 3 .268 .363 .451 .813 48
Prorated NYA 210 56 13 1 8 29 36 1 32 4 53 4 2 36
Actual NYA 219 57 17 1 6 30 20 0 23 3 58 1 1 .260 .327 .429 .756 30
Juan Rivera, rf/lf, bats right, age 23
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 71 20 4 0 3 11 12 0 3 0 11 0 0 .282 .307 .465 .771 10
Prorated NYA 86 24 5 0 4 13 15 0 4 0 13 0 0 12
Actual NYA 83 22 5 0 1 9 6 0 6 0 10 1 1 .265 .311 .361 .673 8
Gerald Williams, rf/lf/cf, bats right, age 35
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 75 18 4 0 2 10 8 1 4 0 13 2 1 .240 .287 .373 .661 8
Prorated NYA 18 4 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1
Actual NYA 17 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 4 2 0 .000 .105 .000 .105 0
Marcus Thames, rf, bats right, age 25
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 66 17 5 0 3 12 11 1 7 1 13 1 1 .258 .333 .470 .803 10
Prorated NYA 11 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 2
Actual NYA 13 3 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 .231 .231 .538 .769 2
Drew Henson, ph, bats right, age 22
AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI HP W IW K SB CS AVG OBP SPC OPS RC
Projected NYA 73 16 2 0 3 9 10 0 2 0 23 0 0 .219 .240 .370 .610 6
Prorated NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Actual NYA 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0
Pitchers
Mike Mussina, starter, throws right, age 33
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 3.17 32 32 15 7 0 207 192 19 37 191 .246 .662
Prorated NYA 34 34 16 7 0 220 204 20 39 203
Actual NYA 4.05 33 33 18 10 0 216 208 27 48 182 .253 .709
David Wells, starter, throws left, age 39
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 4.30 32 32 13 10 0 214 240 25 34 146 .285 .752
Prorated NYA 31 31 13 10 0 208 234 24 33 142
Actual NYA 3.75 31 31 19 7 0 206 210 21 45 137 .259 .706
Roger Clemens, starter, throws right, age 39
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 3.66 32 32 15 9 0 214 197 21 75 203 .246 .693
Prorated NYA 27 27 13 8 0 183 169 18 64 174
Actual NYA 4.35 29 29 13 6 0 180 172 18 63 192 .250 .714
Orlando Hernandez, starter/reliever, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 4.08 27 27 12 7 0 168 151 28 53 129 .240 .735
Prorated NYA 23 23 10 6 0 145 130 24 46 111
Actual NYA 3.64 24 22 8 5 1 146 131 17 36 113 .236 .667
Andy Pettitte, starter, throws left, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 3.88 32 32 15 9 0 214 226 15 53 157 .274 .715
Prorated NYA 20 20 10 6 0 136 144 10 34 100
Actual NYA 3.27 22 22 13 5 0 135 144 6 32 97 .272 .682
Jeff Weaver, starter/reliever, throws right, age 25
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected Det 4.09 32 32 13 13 0 227 231 21 57 154 .265 .734
Prorated Det 17 17 7 7 0 120 122 11 30 82
Actual Det 3.18 17 17 6 8 0 122 112 4 33 75 .243 .651
Prorated NYA 11 11 4 4 0 78 80 7 20 53
Actual NYA 4.04 15 8 5 3 2 78 81 12 15 57 .260 .737
Prorated Tot 28 28 11 11 0 198 202 18 50 135
Actual Tot 3.52 32 25 11 11 2 200 193 16 48 132 .250 .686
Ted Lilly, starter/reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 5.07 44 4 5 5 0 99 104 15 38 93 .269 .793
Prorated NYA 32 3 4 4 0 72 75 11 27 67
Actual NYA 3.40 16 11 3 6 0 77 57 10 24 59 .202 .660
Prorated Oak 10 1 1 1 0 23 24 3 9 21
Actual Oak 4.63 6 5 2 1 0 23 23 5 7 18 .253 .797
Prorated Tot 42 4 5 5 0 94 99 14 36 88
Actual Tot 3.69 22 16 5 7 0 100 80 15 31 77 .214 .693
Adrian Hernandez, starter, throws right, age 27
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 6.00 4 4 1 1 0 21 21 4 12 15 .262 .831
Prorated NYA 1 1 0 0 0 7 7 1 4 5
Actual NYA 12.00 2 1 0 1 0 6 10 2 6 9 .357 1.149
Ramiro Mendoza, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 3.22 40 0 4 2 0 64 60 6 13 42 .249 .668
Prorated NYA 61 0 6 3 0 97 91 9 20 64
Actual NYA 3.44 62 0 8 4 4 92 102 8 16 61 .275 .704
Steve Karsay, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 2.60 70 0 6 2 2 80 68 5 17 72 .233 .614
Prorated NYA 84 0 7 2 2 96 82 6 20 87
Actual NYA 3.26 78 0 6 4 12 88 87 7 30 65 .258 .694
Mike Stanton, reliever, throws left, age 35
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 3.75 70 0 5 3 1 74 77 4 19 76 .267 .691
Prorated NYA 72 0 5 3 1 76 79 4 20 78
Actual NYA 3.00 79 0 7 1 6 78 73 4 28 44 .256 .677
Sterling Hitchcock, reliever/starter, throws left, age 31
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 4.91 27 4 3 3 0 48 54 6 14 34 .286 .793
Prorated NYA 25 4 3 3 0 44 50 6 13 32
Actual NYA 5.49 20 2 1 2 0 39 57 4 15 31 .326 .837
Mike Thurman, reliever/starter, throws right, age 28
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 4.86 17 4 2 2 0 37 42 5 13 21 .288 .811
Prorated NYA 16 4 2 2 0 35 39 5 12 20
Actual NYA 5.18 12 2 1 0 0 33 45 2 12 23 .328 .847
Randy Choate, reliever, throws left, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 3.60 53 0 4 2 0 55 45 2 27 44 .225 .668
Prorated NYA 22 0 2 1 0 23 19 1 11 19
Actual NYA 6.04 18 0 0 0 0 22 18 1 15 17 .217 .682
Brandon Knight, reliever, throws right, age 26
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 5.89 10 0 1 1 0 18 20 3 6 15 .278 .787
Prorated NYA 5 0 1 1 0 9 10 2 3 8
Actual NYA 11.42 7 0 0 0 0 9 11 2 5 7 .306 .946
Jay Tessmer, reliever, throws right, age 30
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 4.65 30 0 2 2 0 31 36 3 8 17 .293 .780
Prorated NYA 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1
Actual NYA 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 .000 .333
Mariano Rivera, closer, throws right, age 32
ERA G GS W L S INN H HR BB K AVG OPS
Projected NYA 1.84 70 0 6 3 45 83 60 4 13 76 .203 .513
Prorated NYA 42 0 4 2 27 49 36 2 8 45
Actual NYA 2.74 45 0 1 4 28 46 35 3 11 41 .203 .544
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