GM: Brian Cashman
2003: won pennant · 101–61. Ranks are vs the 30 teams that season.
Each position lists its starter then backups by games (so platoons & bench show). Starters (mound) & bullpen (left, foul territory) are ranked by WAR; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.
| Player | Age | Service | G | fWAR | Salary $M | Surplus $M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Mussina | 34 | FA-elig | 31 | 6.1 | 12.0 | -1.2 |
| Jorge Posada | 32 | FA-elig | 142 | 6.0 | 8.0 | +2.7 |
| Alfonso Soriano | 27 | arb | 156 | 5.1 | 0.8 | +8.3 |
| Andy Pettitte | 31 | FA-elig | 33 | 5.1 | 11.5 | -2.4 |
| Jason Giambi | 32 | FA-elig | 156 | 5.0 | 11.4 | -2.6 |
| Roger Clemens | 40 | FA-elig | 33 | 4.5 | 10.1 | -2.1 |
| Derek Jeter | 29 | FA-elig | 119 | 4.1 | 15.6 | -8.3 |
| David Wells | 40 | FA-elig | 31 | 3.8 | 3.2 | +3.5 |
| Mariano Rivera | 33 | FA-elig | 64 | 2.5 | 10.5 | -6.1 |
| Raul Mondesi↔ ARI | 32 | FA-elig | 98 | 2.4 | 8.9 | -4.7 |
| Nick Johnson | 24 | pre-arb | 96 | 2.3 | 0.4 | +3.8 |
| Jeff Weaver | 26 | arb | 32 | 2.2 | 4.2 | -0.2 |
| Jose Contreras | 31 | pre-arb | 18 | 1.7 | 5.5 | -2.6 |
| Robin Ventura↔ LAD | 35 | FA-elig | 89 | 1.4 | 3.2 | -0.8 |
| Chris Hammond | 37 | FA-elig | 62 | 1.3 | 2.2 | +0.1 |
| Juan Rivera | 24 | – | 57 | 0.9 | – | – |
| Antonio Osuna | 30 | FA-elig | 48 | 0.8 | 2.4 | -1.0 |
| Aaron Boone↔ CIN | 30 | FA-elig | 54 | 0.6 | 1.2 | -0.3 |
| John Flaherty | 35 | FA-elig | 40 | 0.4 | 0.8 | -0.1 |
| Jeff Nelson↔ SEA | 36 | FA-elig | 24 | 0.3 | 1.4 | -0.8 |
| Sterling Hitchcock↔ STL | 32 | FA-elig | 27 | 0.3 | 4.6 | -4.0 |
| Ruben Sierra↔ TEX | 37 | FA-elig | 63 | 0.3 | 0.4 | +0.2 |
| Jorge De Paula | 24 | – | 4 | 0.3 | – | – |
| Armando Benitez↔ NYM | 30 | FA-elig | 9 | 0.3 | 0.9 | -0.4 |
| Hideki Matsui | 29 | pre-arb | 163 | 0.2 | 6.0 | -5.6 |
| Brandon Claussen | 24 | – | 1 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Chris Latham | 30 | FA-elig | 4 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.2 |
| Al Reyes | 33 | – | 13 | 0.1 | – | – |
| Gabe White↔ CIN | 31 | FA-elig | 12 | 0.0 | 0.9 | -0.8 |
| Michel Hernandez | 24 | – | 5 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Randy Choate | 27 | – | 5 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Felix Heredia↔ CIN | 28 | FA-elig | 12 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 |
| Bernie Williams | 34 | FA-elig | 119 | -0.0 | 12.4 | -12.4 |
| Fernando Seguignol | 28 | – | 5 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Charles Gipson | 30 | – | 18 | -0.0 | – | – |
| Jesse Orosco↔ MIN | 46 | FA-elig | 15 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| Luis Sojo | 38 | – | 3 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Drew Henson | 23 | – | 5 | -0.1 | – | – |
| Karim Garcia↔ CLE | 27 | FA-elig | 52 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -0.7 |
| Bret Prinz↔ ARI | 26 | pre-arb | 2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| Bubba Trammell | 31 | FA-elig | 22 | -0.2 | 2.5 | -2.8 |
| Jason Anderson↔ NYM | 24 | pre-arb | 22 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Curtis Pride | 34 | – | 4 | -0.2 | – | – |
| Juan Acevedo↔ TOR | 33 | FA-elig | 25 | -0.2 | 0.6 | -1.0 |
| David Dellucci↔ ARI | 29 | FA-elig | 21 | -0.2 | 0.2 | -0.6 |
| Todd Zeile↔ WSN | 37 | FA-elig | 66 | -0.3 | 1.0 | -1.5 |
| Dan Miceli↔ CLE | 32 | FA-elig | 7 | -0.3 | 0.0 | -0.6 |
| Erick Almonte | 25 | – | 31 | -0.5 | – | – |
| Enrique Wilson | 29 | FA-elig | 63 | -0.6 | 0.7 | -1.7 |
| Player | fWAR |
|---|---|
| Jose Contreras | 1.7 |
| Chris Hammond | 1.3 |
| Antonio Osuna | 0.8 |
| Aaron Boone | 0.6 |
| John Flaherty | 0.4 |
| Jeff Nelson | 0.3 |
| Player | 2002 fWAR |
|---|---|
| Orlando Hernandez | 3.1 |
| Ramiro Mendoza | 1.3 |
| Mike Stanton | 1.2 |
| Ted Lilly | 1.1 |
| Steve Karsay | 1.1 |
| Shane Spencer | 0.6 |
What the front office was committed to as of 2003, 2003–2009. Pre-2015 has no contract-terms data — forward italic $ are realized actuals (hindsight, not commitments known then). Control labels (ARB/FA) are point-in-time.
| Player | Age | Svc | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Jeter | 29 | 8.000 | $15.6M | $18.6M | $19.6M | $20.6M | $21.6M | $21.6M | $21.6M |
| Bernie Williams | 34 | 12.000 | $12.4M | $12.4M | $12.4M | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | ||
| Mike Mussina | 34 | 12.000 | $12.0M | $16.0M | $19.0M | $19.0M | $11.1M | $11.1M | FREE AGENT |
| Andy Pettitte | 31 | 8.000 | $11.5M | FREE AGENT | $16.0M | $16.0M | $5.5M | ||
| Jason Giambi | 32 | 8.000 | $11.4M | $12.4M | $13.4M | $20.4M | $23.4M | $23.4M | FREE AGENT |
| Mariano Rivera | 33 | 8.000 | $10.5M | $10.9M | $10.5M | $10.5M | $10.5M | $15.0M | $15.0M |
| Roger Clemens | 40 | 19.000 | $10.1M | FREE AGENT | $17.4M | ||||
| Raul Mondesi | 32 | 10.000 | $8.9M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jorge Posada | 32 | 8.000 | $8.0M | $9.0M | $11.0M | $12.0M | $12.0M | $13.1M | $13.1M |
| Sterling Hitchcock | 32 | 11.000 | $4.6M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| David Wells | 40 | 16.000 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Robin Ventura | 35 | 14.000 | $3.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Bubba Trammell | 31 | 6.000 | $2.5M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Antonio Osuna | 30 | 8.000 | $2.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chris Hammond | 37 | 13.000 | $2.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jeff Nelson | 36 | 11.000 | $1.4M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Aaron Boone | 30 | 6.000 | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Todd Zeile | 37 | 14.000 | $990k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Armando Benitez | 30 | 9.000 | $905k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Gabe White | 31 | 9.000 | $865k | $1.2M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| John Flaherty | 35 | 11.000 | $750k | $775k | $800k | FREE AGENT | |||
| Enrique Wilson | 29 | 6.000 | $700k | $700k | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Karim Garcia | 27 | 8.000 | $616k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Juan Acevedo | 33 | 8.000 | $577k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Chris Latham | 30 | 6.000 | $400k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Ruben Sierra | 37 | 17.000 | $357k | $1.0M | $1.5M | FREE AGENT | |||
| David Dellucci | 29 | 6.000 | $208k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Jesse Orosco | 46 | 24.000 | $185k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Felix Heredia | 28 | 7.000 | $104k | $1.8M | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Dan Miceli | 32 | 10.000 | $43k | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Curtis Pride | 34 | 10.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Al Reyes | 33 | 8.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Luis Sojo | 38 | 13.000 | — | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Weaver | 26 | 4.000 | $4.2M | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Alfonso Soriano | 27 | 4.000 | $800k | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||||
| Charles Gipson | 30 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Fernando Seguignol | 28 | 5.000 | — | FREE AGENT | |||||
| Randy Choate | 27 | 3.000 | — | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Player | Age | Svc | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hideki Matsui | 29 | 0.000 | $6.0M | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Jose Contreras | 31 | 0.000 | $5.5M | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Nick Johnson | 24 | 2.000 | $364k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Jason Anderson | 24 | 0.000 | $236k | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Bret Prinz | 26 | 2.000 | $200k | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Michel Hernandez | 24 | – | — | ||||||
| Erick Almonte | 25 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Juan Rivera | 24 | 2.000 | — | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT | ||
| Brandon Claussen | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
| Drew Henson | 23 | – | — | ||||||
| Jorge De Paula | 24 | 0.000 | — | Pre-Arb | Pre-Arb | ARB 1 | ARB 2 | ARB 3 | FREE AGENT |
Every roster slot ranked best→worst by WAR. Bars = Yankees 2003; the black line = the league-average player at each slot that season. Staying above the line deep into the roster is the depth edge; dropping below it = holes & dead weight.
| Regime | Seasons | Win % | Playoff % | Pennant % | WS % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WINDOW | 289 | 52.2 | 30.1 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
| CONTEND | 311 | 56.8 | 63.0 | 19.3 | 10.3 |
| FORCED-SPEND | 260 | 47.9 | 8.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| REBUILD | 328 | 43.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
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