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Record: 96-66   .593.... 2nd in American League East
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Playoffs: Lost in 1st Round (Indians)
Attendance: 2,580,325
Payroll: $59,148,877
Top Draft Pick: Tyrell Godwin (#24)   MLB
Manager - Joe Torre

Affiliates - AAA Columbus Clippers AA Norwich Navigators A+ Tampa Yankees A Greensboro Bats A- Oneonta Yankees Rk Gulf Coast Yankees

Team Leaders

HR: Martinez [44]
RBI: Martinez [141]
2B: O'Neill [42]
SB: Jeter [23]
W: Pettitte [18]
SV: Rivera [43]
SO: Cone [222]

Oldest Player: Wade Boggs [39]
Youngest Player: Derek Jeter [23]
Longest Tenure: Pat Kelly, Bernie Williams [7]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Homer Bush (Aug 16) Ivan Cruz (Jul 18) Mike Figga (Sep 16)
Pitchers: Hideki Irabu (Jul 10) Danny Rios (May 30)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Erick Almonte	SS	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Patrick Antrim	2B-SS	24	Greensboro	A
Chris Ashby	1B	22	Norwich	AA
Brian August	2B	21	Tampa	A+
	2B		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Brian Aylor	OF	23	Greensboro	A
Ray Baksh			Greensboro	A
Willie Banks	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	P		Columbus	AAA
Tim Barker	SS	29	Columbus	AAA
Clay Bellinger	3B-CF	28	Columbus	AAA
Manuel Beltres			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Kurt Bierek	IF	25	Norwich	AA
Brian Boehringer	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Wade Boggs	3B	39	New York Yankees	MLB
Joe Borowski	P	26	New York Yankees	MLB
Bill Bronikowski	C	22	Oneonta	A-
Randy Brown	SS	27	Norwich	AA
Rich Brown	OF	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Ronnie Brown	OF		Columbus	AAA
	OF		Norwich	AA
	OF		Tampa	A+
Vick Brown	2B	25	Tampa	A+
Brian Buchanan	RF-1B	24	Columbus	AAA
	RF-1B		Norwich	AA
Homer Bush	2B	24	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B		Columbus	AAA
Allen Butler	3B	22	Oneonta	A-
Garrett Butler	OF	21	Greensboro	A
Oscar Canaguacan			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Tito Candelaria			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Orlando Carey	OF	21	Oneonta	A-
Bubba Carpenter	LF	29	Columbus	AAA
Russ Chambliss	OF	22	Oneonta	A-
David Cone	P	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Alain Cruz	C		Tampa	A+
	C		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Ivan Cruz	1B	29	New York Yankees	MLB
	1B		Columbus	AAA
Chad Curtis	CF-LF	28	New York Yankees	MLB
John Darjean	OF	21	Oneonta	A-
Nick Delvecchio	OF		Columbus	AAA
Les Dennis	2B	24	Norwich	AA
	2B		Tampa	A+
Dan Donato	C-IF	24	Norwich	AA
Derek Dukart	3B		Norwich	AA
	3B		Tampa	A+
Mariano Duncan	2B-SS	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Scott Emmons	OF	23	Tampa	A+
	OF		Greensboro	A
Cecil Fielder	1B	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Mike Figga	C	27	New York Yankees	MLB
	C		Columbus	AAA
Grant Fithian	C	25	Norwich	AA
Andy Fox	2B-SS	26	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B-SS		Columbus	AAA
Omar Fuentes	C	17	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Joe Girardi	C	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Rudy Gomez	2B	23	Norwich	AA
Dwight Gooden	P	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Cristian Guzman	SS	19	Tampa	A+
	SS		Greensboro	A
Jason Halper	OF	22	Oneonta	A-
Shawn Hare	LF-RF	30	Columbus	AAA
Ken Harrell	C	22	Oneonta	A-
Kraig Hawkins	OF	25	Norwich	AA
	OF		Tampa	A+
Charlie Hayes	3B	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Kevin Henthorne	P	27	Norwich	AA
Robert Hinds	SS	26	Norwich	AA
Matt Howard	2B	30	Columbus	AAA
Ryan Huffman	OF		Greensboro	A
Pete Incaviglia	LF	33	New York Yankees	MLB
	LF		Columbus	AAA
Hideki Irabu	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Derek Jeter	SS	23	New York Yankees	MLB
D'Angelo Jimenez	2B-SS	19	Columbus	AAA
	2B-SS		Tampa	A+
Nick Johnson	1B	19	Greensboro	A
Aaron Jones	1B	22	Oneonta	A-
Kevin Kane	IF	23	Oneonta	A-
Ryan Kane	3B	23	Tampa	A+
Erik Keech	C	23	Greensboro	A
	C		Oneonta	A-
David Keel	OF	25	Tampa	A+
Pat Kelly	2B	29	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B		Columbus	AAA
Scott Kidd	SS	23	Oneonta	A-
Eric Kofler	DH	21	Tampa	A+
	DH		Greensboro	A
Ricky Ledee	LF-RF	23	Columbus	AAA
	LF-RF		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Donny Leon	3B	21	Greensboro	A
Graeme Lloyd	P	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Jose Lobaton			Norwich	AA
			Tampa	A+
R.D. Long	SS	26	Columbus	AAA
	SS		Norwich	AA
Mike Lowell	3B	23	Columbus	AAA
	3B		Norwich	AA
Matt Luke	LF-1B	26	Columbus	AAA
Gabby Martinez	SS	23	Norwich	AA
	SS		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Tino Martinez	1B	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Victor Mateo	P		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Vernon Maxwell	OF	20	Oneonta	A-
Donzell McDonald	LF-CF	22	Tampa	A+
Jim Mecir	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Bob Meier	OF		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Jackson Melian	OF	17	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Ramiro Mendoza	P	25	New York Yankees	MLB
Marc Mirizzi	SS	22	Oneonta	A-
Shea Morenz	OF	23	Tampa	A+
Jeremy Morris	C	22	Oneonta	A-
Jeff Nelson	P	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Teuris Olivares	SS	18	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Paul O'Neill	RF	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Miguel Ortiz	2B	18	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Andy Pettitte	P	25	New York Yankees	MLB
Blaine Phillips	C	24	Oneonta	A-
Rene Pinto	C	20	Greensboro	A
	C		Oneonta	A-
Jorge Posada	C	26	New York Yankees	MLB
Scott Pose	LF-RF	30	New York Yankees	MLB
	LF-RF		Columbus	AAA
Victor Preciado			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Matt Purkiss	3B	22	Oneonta	A-
Tim Raines	LF-OF	38	New York Yankees	MLB
	LF-OF		Columbus	AAA
	LF-OF		Norwich	AA
	LF-OF		Tampa	A+
	LF-OF		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Angel Ramirez	P	18	Norwich	AA
Danny Rios	P	24	New York Yankees	MLB
Mariano Rivera	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
John Rodriguez	OF	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Kenny Rogers	P	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Marc Ronan	C	28	Columbus	AAA
Scott Rose	P	27	Norwich	AA
James Rowson	P	21	Tampa	A+
	P		Greensboro	A
	P		Oneonta	A-
Paul Russo	C-1B	28	Columbus	AAA
Jeff Saffer	OF	22	Greensboro	A
Cody Samuel	1B	23	Tampa	A+
Rey Sanchez	SS-2B	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Scott Seabol	3B	22	Greensboro	A
Derek Shumpert	OF	22	Tampa	A+
	OF		Greensboro	A
Rod Smith	2B	22	Greensboro	A
Sloan Smith	P	24	Norwich	AA
	P		Tampa	A+
Luis Sojo	2B-SS	31	New York Yankees	MLB
Shane Spencer	LF-RF	25	Columbus	AAA
Mike Stanley	C-1B	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Mike Stanton	P	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Jeff Staubach	C	22	Greensboro	A
Darryl Strawberry	RF-OF	35	New York Yankees	MLB
	RF-OF		Columbus	AAA
	RF-OF		Norwich	AA
	RF-OF		Tampa	A+
Marcus Thames	LF-RF	20	Greensboro	A
	LF-RF		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Jaime Torres	C	24	Tampa	A+
Jason Troilo	C	25	Columbus	AAA
	C		Tampa	A+
Dennis Twombley	OF	22	Tampa	A+
	OF		Greensboro	A
	OF		Oneonta	A-
Angel Valdez	OF	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Victor Valencia	C	20	Greensboro	A
Jose Velazquez	1B	22	Greensboro	A
Dion Washington	OF	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Dave Weathers	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
David Wells	P	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Mark Whiten	RF-LF	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Luke Wilcox	OF	23	Norwich	AA
	OF		Tampa	A+
Bernie Williams	CF	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Tom Wilson	C	26	Columbus	AAA
	C		Norwich	AA
Carlos Yedo	1B	23	Tampa	A+

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Alberto Acosta	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Jose Alberro	28	Columbus	AAA
Tony Armas	19	Tampa	A+
	19	Greensboro	A
Rene Arocha	31	Columbus	AAA
Willie Banks	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	28	Columbus	AAA
Tom Becker	22	Tampa	A+
Jason Beverlin	23	Norwich	AA
	23	Tampa	A+
Jeremy Blevins	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Brian Boehringer	27	New York Yankees	MLB
	27	Tampa	A+
	27	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Wade Boggs	39	New York Yankees	MLB
Joe Borowski	26	New York Yankees	MLB
Ryan Bowen	29	Columbus	AAA
	29	Tampa	A+
Ryan Bradley	21	Oneonta	A-
Scott Brand	21	Greensboro	A
	21	Oneonta	A-
Vick Brown	25	Tampa	A+
Mike Buddie	26	Columbus	AAA
	26	Norwich	AA
Justin Carpenter	20	Oneonta	A-
Randy Choate	22	Oneonta	A-
Jason Coble	19	Greensboro	A
David Cone	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Jim Converse	26	Columbus	AAA
	26	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Roberto Coriolan	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Richard Cremer	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Andy Croghan	27	Norwich	AA
Darwin Cubillan	22	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Chris Cumberland	24	Norwich	AA
Zach Day	19	Oneonta	A-
Francisco De la cruz	24	Norwich	AA
	24	Tampa	A+
	24	Greensboro	A
Luis De Los Santos	19	Norwich	AA
	19	Tampa	A+
	19	Greensboro	A
Craig Dingman	23	Tampa	A+
	23	Greensboro	A
Dave Dudeck	25	Tampa	A+
	25	Greensboro	A
Clay Eavenson	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Ken Edenfield	30	Columbus	AAA
Dave Eiland	31	Columbus	AAA
	31	Tampa	A+
	31	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Darrell Einertson	25	Tampa	A+
Jason Ellison	22	Greensboro	A
	22	Oneonta	A-
Randy Flores	22	Oneonta	A-
Ben Ford	22	Norwich	AA
	22	Tampa	A+
Mike Gardiner	31	Columbus	AAA
Dwight Gooden	32	New York Yankees	MLB
	32	Columbus	AAA
	32	Norwich	AA
Jason Henry	20	Oneonta	A-
Kevin Henthorne	27	Norwich	AA
Jessie Hollins	27	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Mark Hubbard	27	Norwich	AA
Hideki Irabu	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	28	Columbus	AAA
	28	Norwich	AA
	28	Tampa	A+
Mike Jerzembeck	25	Columbus	AAA
	25	Norwich	AA
Cody Klein	18	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Mike Knowles	18	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Jack Koch	21	Oneonta	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Eric Krall	23	Greensboro	A
Denny Lail	23	Tampa	A+
David Langston	18	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Frank Lankford	26	Columbus	AAA
	26	Norwich	AA
Graeme Lloyd	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Kevin Lomon	25	Columbus	AAA
	25	Norwich	AA
Kats Maeda	26	Norwich	AA
Ozwaldo Mairena	22	Tampa	A+
	22	Greensboro	A
Jason McBride	21	Oneonta	A-
Jim Mecir	27	New York Yankees	MLB
	27	Columbus	AAA
Luis Mejia	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Ramiro Mendoza	25	New York Yankees	MLB
	25	Columbus	AAA
Eric Milton	22	Norwich	AA
	22	Tampa	A+
Larry Mitchell	25	Norwich	AA
Danny Mota	21	Greensboro	A
	21	Oneonta	A-
Jeff Nelson	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Omar Obando	20	Greensboro	A
Rich Olivier	22	Greensboro	A
Geraldo Padua	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Jesus Paraquelma	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Frisco Parotte	22	Greensboro	A
Dave Pavlas	35	Columbus	AAA
Andy Pettitte	25	New York Yankees	MLB
Ben Phillips	22	Tampa	A+
Dale Polley	32	Columbus	AAA
Stephen Randolph	23	Tampa	A+
Tuli Rangel	22	Greensboro	A
Brian Reith	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Gregory Resz	25	Norwich	AA
	25	Tampa	A+
Carlos Reyes	28	Columbus	AAA
Ray Ricken	24	Columbus	AAA
	24	Norwich	AA
Danny Rios	24	New York Yankees	MLB
	24	Columbus	AAA
Mariano Rivera	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Jake Robbins	21	Tampa	A+
	21	Greensboro	A
John Rodriguez	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Kenny Rogers	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Scott Rose	27	Columbus	AAA
	27	Norwich	AA
Tim Rumer	28	Columbus	AAA
Eric Schaffner	22	Greensboro	A
Brett Schlomann	23	Norwich	AA
	23	Tampa	A+
Brad Schnautz	21	Oneonta	A-
Anthony Shelby	23	Tampa	A+
Andy Smith	22	Oneonta	A-
Sloan Smith	24	Tampa	A+
Cam Spence	22	Tampa	A+
	22	Greensboro	A
Bob St. Pierre	23	Tampa	A+
Mike Stanton	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Brien Taylor	25	Greensboro	A
Jay Tessmer	25	Norwich	AA
Jason Tisone	22	Oneonta	A-
Sal Urso	25	Columbus	AAA
	25	Norwich	AA
Yoiset Valle	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Cesar Verdin	20	Tampa	A+
	20	Greensboro	A
	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Chris Wallace	21	Oneonta	A-
Dave Weathers	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	28	Columbus	AAA
David Wells	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Samuel White	23	Oneonta	A-
Scott Wiggins	21	Oneonta	A-
Brad Williams	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Stanton Wood	20	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk