2016 New York Yankees season

The 2016 New York Yankees season was the 114th season for the New York Yankees franchise.

2016 New York Yankees
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York, New York
Record	84–78 (.519)
Divisional place	4th
Owners	Yankee Global Enterprises
General managers	Brian Cashman
Managers	Joe Girardi
Television	YES Network WPIX-TV[1] (Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, several others as analysts)
Radio	WFAN / WFAN-FM New York Yankees Radio Network (John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman)
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Throughout the season, the Yankees wore a #8 patch on their left sleeve in memory of Hall of Famer Yogi Berra who died in September 2015.^[2] It was the final season for Alex Rodriguez and Mark Teixeira. For the third time in four years, the Yankees failed to make the playoffs, finishing in fourth place in the American League East with an 84–78 record. The 2016 season was notable in that it marked the first time since 1989 that the Yankees were sellers at the trade deadline, dealing away valuable pieces to gain minor league prospects for the future.^[3] Rookie catcher Gary Sánchez made headlines by hitting 20 home runs in his first 53 games, representing the Yankees youth movement known as the "Baby Bombers". This was the last time the Yankees would miss the playoffs until 2023.

Offseason

• On October 18, 2015, the Yankees fired their hitting coach, after just one season, Jeff Pentland.^[4]
• On November 2, it was announced that Alan Cockrell who was hired as the assistant the season before; will assume the role as hitting coach, with Marcus Thames as his assistant.^[5]
• On November 11, the Yankees traded John Ryan Murphy for Aaron Hicks.^[6]
• On December 9, the Yankees traded Adam Warren and Brendan Ryan to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Starlin Castro.^[7]
• Also on December 9, the Yankees traded Justin Wilson to the Detroit Tigers for pitching prospects Luis Cessa and Chad Green.^[8] On December 28, the Yankees traded Eric Jagielo, Rookie Davis, Tony Renda, and Caleb Cotham for Aroldis Chapman from the Cincinnati Reds.^[9]
• On January 8, 2016, the Yankees purchased Kirby Yates from the Cleveland Indians.^[10] On January 17, the Yankees claimed Lane Adams off waivers, from the Kansas City Royals.^[11] On February 21, the Yankees signed free agent Chris Parmelee.^[12]
• On April 4, the Yankees traded Carlos Corporán to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations.^[13]

Season standings

American League East

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574	—	47‍–‍34	46‍–‍35
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	4	51‍–‍30	38‍–‍43
Baltimore Orioles	89	73	.549	4	50‍–‍31	39‍–‍42
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	9	48‍–‍33	36‍–‍45
Tampa Bay Rays	68	94	.420	25	36‍–‍45	32‍–‍49

American League Wild Card

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Division Leaders

Team	W	L	Pct.
Texas Rangers	95	67	.586
Cleveland Indians	94	67	.584
Boston Red Sox	93	69	.574

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Wild Card teams
(Top 2 teams qualify for postseason)

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Toronto Blue Jays	89	73	.549	—
Baltimore Orioles	89	73	.549	—
Detroit Tigers	86	75	.534	2½
Seattle Mariners	86	76	.531	3
New York Yankees	84	78	.519	5
Houston Astros	84	78	.519	5
Kansas City Royals	81	81	.500	8
Chicago White Sox	78	84	.481	11
Los Angeles Angels	74	88	.457	15
Oakland Athletics	69	93	.426	20
Tampa Bay Rays	68	94	.420	21
Minnesota Twins	59	103	.364	30

Record vs. opponents

2016 American League record v t e Source: MLB Standings Grid - 2016
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	HOU	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	—	8–11	4–3	5–1	5–2	1–6	4–2	4–2	5–1	10–9	3–4	1–6	13–6	3–4	9–10	14–6
Boston	11–8	—	3–4	4–2	2–5	5–2	2–4	4–3	4–3	11–8	5–1	4–3	12–7	3–3	9–10	14–6
Chicago	3–4	4–3	—	8–11	7–12	3–3	5–14	2–5	12–7	3–3	5–2	4–3	4–3	4–2	5–1	9–11
Cleveland	1–5	2–4	11–8	—	14–4	3–4	14–5	6–1	10–9	2–5	4–2	3–4	5–1	2–5	4–3	13–7
Detroit	2–5	5–2	12–7	4–14	—	4–2	7–12	2–4	15–4	3–3	4–3	4–3	6–1	2–4	3–4	13–7
Houston	6–1	2–5	3–3	4–3	2–4	—	3–4	13–6	5–2	2–4	13–6	11–8	3–3	4–15	2–5	11–9
Kansas City	2–4	4–2	14–5	5–14	12–7	4–3	—	1–5	15–4	2–5	1–6	3–4	5–2	1–6	2–4	10–10
Los Angeles	2–4	3–4	5–2	1–6	4–2	6–13	5–1	—	2–4	1–6	12–7	8–11	3–4	9–10	4–3	9–11
Minnesota	1–5	3–4	7–12	9–10	4–15	2–5	4–15	4–2	—	2–5	2–4	4–2	3–4	5–2	1–6	8–12
New York	9–10	8–11	3–3	5–2	3–3	4–2	5–2	6–1	5–2	—	4–3	3–3	11–8	3–4	7–12	8–12
Oakland	4–3	1–5	2–5	2–4	3–4	6–13	6–1	7–12	4–2	3–4	—	7–12	5–2	9–10	3–3	7–13
Seattle	6–1	3–4	3–4	4–3	3–4	8–11	4–3	11–8	2–4	3–3	12–7	—	4–2	7–12	3–3	13–7
Tampa Bay	6–13	7–12	3–4	1–5	1–6	3–3	2–5	4–3	4–3	8–11	2–5	2–4	—	4–2	11–8	10–10
Texas	4–3	3–3	2–4	5–2	4–2	15–4	6–1	10–9	2–5	4–3	10–9	12–7	2–4	—	3–4	13–7
Toronto	10–9	10–9	1–5	3–4	4–3	5–2	4–2	3–4	6–1	12–7	3–3	3–3	8–11	4–3	—	13–7

Roster

2016 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 26 Johnny Barbato 68 Dellin Betances 50,54 Richard Bleier 85 Luis Cessa 54 Aroldis Chapman 29 Tyler Clippard 43 Phil Coke 30 Nathan Eovaldi 41,57,64 Nick Goody 38,39,41,57 Chad Green 61 Ben Heller 65 Jonathan Holder 39 Tommy Layne 48 Andrew Miller 55 Bryan Mitchell 50,57 Conor Mullee 47 Iván Nova 50 Tyler Olson 47 Blake Parker 67 James Pazos 57 Branden Pinder 35 Michael Pineda 52 CC Sabathia 40 Luis Severino 45 Chasen Shreve 41,43 Anthony Swarzak 19 Masahiro Tanaka 43 Adam Warren 39,50 Kirby Yates		Catchers 34 Brian McCann 27 Austin Romine 24,57 Gary Sánchez Infielders 29 Dustin Ackley 26 Tyler Austin 36 Billy Butler 14 Starlin Castro 24 Ike Davis 18 Didi Gregorius 12 Chase Headley 26 Chris Parmelee 64 Rob Refsnyder 13 Alex Rodriguez 57 Donovan Solano 25 Mark Teixeira 17 Ronald Torreyes		Outfielders 36 Carlos Beltrán 22 Jacoby Ellsbury 38,64 Ben Gamel 11 Brett Gardner 31 Aaron Hicks 99 Aaron Judge 66 Mason Williams 48 Eric Young		Manager 28 Joe Girardi Coaches 62 Alan Cockrell (hitting) 53 Joe Espada (third base) 60 Mike Harkey (bullpen) 56 Tony Peña (first base) 88 Román Rodríguez (bullpen catcher) 58 Larry Rothschild (pitching) 63 Marcus Thames (assistant hitting) 59 Rob Thomson (bench)

Player stats

Batting

Note: 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; SLG = Slugging average

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	AVG	SLG
Starlin Castro	151	577	63	156	29	1	21	70	4	24	.270	.433
Didi Gregorius	153	562	68	155	32	2	20	70	7	19	.276	.447
Jacoby Ellsbury	148	551	71	145	24	5	9	56	20	54	.263	.374
Brett Gardner	148	547	80	143	22	6	7	41	16	70	.261	.362
Chase Headley	140	467	58	118	18	1	14	51	8	51	.253	.385
Brian McCann	130	429	56	104	13	0	20	58	1	54	.242	.413
Mark Teixeira	116	387	43	79	16	0	15	44	2	47	.204	.362
Carlos Beltran	99	359	50	109	21	0	22	64	0	22	.304	.546
Aaron Hicks	123	327	32	71	13	1	8	31	3	30	.217	.336
Alex Rodriguez	65	225	19	45	7	0	9	31	3	14	.200	.351
Gary Sánchez	53	201	34	60	12	0	20	42	1	24	.299	.657
Austin Romine	62	165	17	40	11	0	4	26	1	7	.242	.382
Ronald Torreyes	72	155	20	40	7	4	1	12	2	10	.258	.374
Rob Refsnyder	58	152	25	38	9	0	0	12	2	18	.250	.309
Aaron Judge	27	84	10	15	2	0	4	10	0	9	.179	.345
Tyler Austin	31	83	7	20	3	0	5	12	1	7	.241	.458
Dustin Ackley	28	61	6	9	0	0	0	4	0	8	.148	.148
Billy Butler	12	29	3	10	2	0	1	4	0	2	.345	.517
Mason Williams	12	27	4	8	1	0	0	2	0	1	.296	.333
Donovan Solano	9	22	5	5	2	0	1	2	0	1	.227	.455
Ike Davis	8	14	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	.125	.125
Ben Gamel	6	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125
Chris Parmelee	6	8	4	4	1	0	2	4	0	0	.500	1.375
Eric Young Jr.	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
Pitcher Totals	162	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000
Team Totals	162	5458	680	1378	245	20	183	647	72	475	.252	.405

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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
Masahiro Tanaka	14	4	3.07	31	31	0	199.2	179	75	68	36	165
CC Sabathia	9	12	3.91	30	30	0	179.2	172	83	78	65	152
Michael Pineda	6	12	4.82	32	32	0	175.2	184	98	94	53	207
Nathan Eovaldi	9	8	4.76	24	21	0	124.2	123	66	66	40	97
Ivan Nova	7	6	4.90	21	15	1	97.1	107	54	53	25	75
Dellin Betances	3	6	3.08	73	0	12	73.0	54	31	25	28	126
Luis Severino	3	8	5.83	22	11	0	71.0	78	48	46	25	66
Luis Cessa	4	4	4.35	17	9	0	70.1	64	36	34	14	46
Chad Green	2	4	4.73	12	8	1	45.2	49	26	24	15	52
Andrew Miller	6	1	1.39	44	0	9	45.1	28	8	7	7	77
Kirby Yates	2	1	5.23	41	0	0	41.1	41	24	24	19	50
Chasen Shreve	2	1	5.18	37	0	1	33.0	29	19	19	13	33
Aroldis Chapman	3	0	2.01	31	0	20	31.1	20	8	7	8	44
Anthony Swarzak	1	2	5.52	26	0	0	31.0	28	19	19	7	31
Adam Warren	4	2	3.26	29	0	0	30.1	28	13	11	10	25
Nick Goody	0	0	4.66	27	0	0	29.0	30	15	15	12	34
Tyler Clippard	2	3	2.49	29	0	2	25.1	20	9	7	11	26
Bryan Mitchell	1	2	3.24	5	5	0	25.0	26	13	9	12	11
Richard Bleier	0	0	1.96	23	0	0	23.0	20	6	5	4	13
Blake Parker	1	0	4.96	16	0	1	16.1	16	9	9	8	15
Tommy Layne	2	0	3.38	29	0	1	16.0	10	6	6	7	13
Johnny Barbato	1	2	7.62	13	0	0	13.0	13	11	11	5	15
Jonathan Holder	0	0	5.40	8	0	0	8.1	8	5	5	4	5
Ben Heller	1	0	6.43	10	0	0	7.0	11	5	5	4	6
Phil Coke	0	0	6.00	3	0	0	6.0	7	5	4	4	1
James Pazos	1	0	13.50	7	0	0	3.1	7	5	5	1	3
Conor Mullee	0	0	3.00	3	0	0	3.0	0	1	1	4	4
Tyler Olson	0	0	6.75	1	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	2	0
Branden Pinder	0	0	18.00	1	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	1
Team Totals	84	78	4.16	162	162	48	1428.1	1358	702	660	444	1393

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Season summary

April

Opening day lineup

Number	Name	Position
22	Jacoby Ellsbury	CF
31	Aaron Hicks	LF
13	Alex Rodriguez	DH
25	Mark Teixeira	1B
36	Carlos Beltrán	RF
34	Brian McCann	C
12	Chase Headley	3B
14	Starlin Castro	2B
18	Didi Gregorius	SS
19	Masahiro Tanaka	P

Aaron Hicks threw a record breaking throw from the outfield to the infield on April 20.

After the Yankees opening day was rained out, the Yankees played it a day later on April 5, losing 3–5 to the Houston Astros.^[14] The Yankees would go on to win their opening series two games to one against Houston. The next series, the Yankees went to Detroit to face the Detroit Tigers, taking one game and losing one game before having the final game postponed for an eventual make-up. The Yankees would go on to lose their next three series against the Blue Jays, Mariners, and the Oakland Athletics (a series in which they were swept). The Yankees would take two games in a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays at home. They finished April poorly with four game losing streak against the Texas Rangers and rival Red Sox. The Yankees finished April with a record of 8–14.

On April 12, Starlin Castro recorded his 1000th career hit.^[15] On April 20, Aaron Hicks recorded the fastest recorded throw tracked by Statcast in a 2–5 loss to Oakland, throwing out runner Danny Valencia at home plate. The throw was recorded at 105.5 miles per hour (169.8 km/h).^[16] On April 22, Jacoby Ellsbury recorded a straight steal of home, the first such occurrence for the Yankees since Derek Jeter did so against the Baltimore Orioles on May 5, 2001.^[17] The next day, Brett Gardner hit a walk-off home run against the Rays.^[18]

May

May saw a better overall month for the Yankees. The month opened with a loss to the Red Sox and a losing series against the Baltimore Orioles as the Yankees' reached the lowest point of their season at 9–17, eight games below .500. After that, the Yankees won three straight home series against Boston, the Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox. Then, they travelled to the west coast for interleague play, dropping two of three to the Arizona Diamondbacks, including the first game in the series, which was the major league debut for starting pitcher Chad Green, then sweeping a four-game series against the Athletics to end the road trip at 21–22.

The Yankees crawled back to .500 (22-22) by winning the first game in the series against Toronto. However, they would lose five of the next seven games against the Blue Jays and the Rays to end the month of May at 24–27. The Yankees finished May with a record of 16–13.

On May 9, closer Aroldis Chapman made his Yankees debut, pitching one inning and allowing one earned run on two hits.^[19] The vaunted bullpen trio of Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller and Chapman became known in the media as "No-Runs DMC", a nod to the Queens hip-hop group Run–D.M.C.^[20] On May 16, Carlos Beltrán recorded his 400th career home run.^[21] On May 29, the Yankees beat the Rays 2–1 with only one hit, a Starlin Castro 2-run home run, the first time the Yankees won with only hit since 1914.^[22]

June

June saw similar results to May, as the Yankees finished with one less win for the month than they achieved in May. The Yankees swept the Angels in a four-game home series and took three of four from a road series with the Twins; however, struggles against the Colorado Rockies and Texas Rangers killed the Yankees' momentum. The Yankees finished June with an impressive home record of 10–6, which was neutralized by an ineffective 5–6 record on the road. The Yankees went 15–12 in the month of June.

On June 17, Alex Rodriguez achieved his 3100th hit. On June 22, Starlin Castro hit a walk-off homer against the Rockies.

July

The Yankees finished July with 13 wins and 13 losses. The Yankees sent three players to the 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game: Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller, and Carlos Beltran. Mark Teixeira recorded his 400th career home run away against the San Diego Padres on July 3, becoming just the fifth switch hitter to do so in Major League history.^[23] Carlos Beltrán recorded his 1500th career run batted in on July 16.

The Yankees became sellers towards the trade deadline, cutting a massive amount of salary shipping away various players. The Yankees dealt closer Aroldis Chapman to the Chicago Cubs in return for shortstop prospect Gleyber Torres, minor league outfielders Rashad Crawford and Billy McKinney, as well as right-handed pitcher Adam Warren who previously played for the Yankees the season before.^[24] The Yankees traded lefty pitcher Andrew Miller to the Cleveland Indians for minor league outfielder Clint Frazier, minor league left-handed pitcher Justus Sheffield, and minor league right-handed pitchers J. P. Feyereisen and Ben Heller.^[25] Pitcher Iván Nova was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for two players to be named later.^[26] The Yankees also traded veteran outfielder Carlos Beltrán to the Texas Rangers for pitchers Dillon Tate, Erik Swanson, and Nick Green.^[27]

August

Alex Rodriguez during a game on August 2.

In early August, both Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez announced their retirement from the team. Mark Teixeira announced on August 5 that he would retire following the conclusion of the season.^[28] Alex Rodriguez days later announced he would play his final game Friday, August 12, four homers short of 700. Rodriguez would become a titular assistant to the team following his final game.^[29] The Yankees acquired Blake Parker in early August as well. The day after Rodriguez's release by the organization, Tyler Austin and Aaron Judge were called up and made their major-league debuts, hitting back-to-back homers in their first big league at-bats. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Austin and Judge became the first teammates to go back-to-back in their first-ever at-bats in MLB history.^{[30] [31]} Young Yankees catcher Gary Sánchez became the fastest player to record 11 home runs, accomplishing so in just twenty-three days.^[32] The Yankees finished the month of August with a 17–10 record.

September and October

The Yankees started September off on a hot start. After dropping the first two games of the month, they won seven straight games. Afterward, however, they lost 11 of their next 15, including a 3–8 road trip where they were swept in a four-game series versus the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park for the first time since 1990 and losing three of four to the Blue Jays in Toronto. They closed the season with a six-game homestead where they swept the Red Sox (in the second game, Mark Teixeira hit a walk-off grand slam in the bottom of the ninth, his last home run of his career, to lift the Yankees to a 5–3 win) and losing two of three to the Orioles. On September 27, Gary Sánchez tied a major league record for the fastest player to reach 20 career home runs when he went deep in only his 51st career game. The Yankees would be eliminated from playoff contention on September 29, after the Orioles defeated the Blue Jays. This makes it the third time in 4 seasons the Yankees would miss the playoffs.

Game log

Legend
	Yankees win
	Yankees loss
	Postponement
Bold	Yankees team member

Game Log (84–78) Home: 48–33 Away: 36–45
April (8–14) Home: 5–7 Away: 3–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record 0 Apr 4 Astros Postponed (rain). Makeup date: April 5. 1 Apr 5 Astros 3–5 Keuchel (1–0) Betances (0–1) Gregerson (1) Yankee Stadium 47,820 0–1 2 Apr 6 Astros 16–6 Pineda (1–0) McHugh (0–1) Nova (1) Yankee Stadium 37,493 1–1 3 Apr 7 Astros 8–5 Shreve (1–0) Harris (0–1) Miller (1) Yankee Stadium 30,003 2–1 4 Apr 8 @ Tigers 0–4 Zimmermann (1–0) Severino (0–1) – Comerica Park 45,049 2–2 5 Apr 9 @ Tigers 8–4 Sabathia (1–0) Pelfrey (0–1) – Comerica Park 32,419 3–2 — Apr 10 @ Tigers Postponed (rain). Makeup date: June 2. 6 Apr 12 @ Blue Jays 3–2 Barbato (1–0) Cecil (0–1) Miller (2) Rogers Centre 28,819 4–2 7 Apr 13 @ Blue Jays 2–7 Happ (1–0) Pineda (1–1) – Rogers Centre 27,938 4–3 8 Apr 14 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Stroman (2–0) Eovaldi (0–1) Osuna (4) Rogers Centre 36,238 4–4 9 Apr 15 Mariners 1–7 Karns (1–1) Severino (0–2) – Yankee Stadium 35,531 4–5 10 Apr 16 Mariners 2–3 Hernández (1–1) Sabathia (1–1) Cishek (1) Yankee Stadium 38,574 4–6 11 Apr 17 Mariners 4–3 Tanaka (1–0) Iwakuma (0–2) Miller (3) Yankee Stadium 43,856 5–6 12 Apr 19 Athletics 2–3 (11) Rodriguez (1–0) Barbato (1–1) Madson (5) Yankee Stadium 31,952 5–7 13 Apr 20 Athletics 2–5 Graveman (1–1) Eovaldi (0–2) Doolittle (2) Yankee Stadium 37,396 5–8 14 Apr 21 Athletics 3–7 Hill (2–2) Shreve (1–1) Madson (6) Yankee Stadium 33,818 5–9 15 Apr 22 Rays 6–3 Nova (1–0) Moore (1–1) Miller (4) Yankee Stadium 31,843 6–9 16 Apr 23 Rays 3–2 Miller (1–0) Ramírez (4–1) – Yankee Stadium 40,714 7–9 17 Apr 24 Rays 1–8 Smyly (1–2) Pineda (1–2) – Yankee Stadium 40,981 7–10 18 Apr 25 @ Rangers 3–1 Eovaldi (1–2) Ramos (0–1) Miller (5) Globe Life Park 31,453 8–10 19 Apr 26 @ Rangers 1–10 Griffin (3–0) Severino (0–3) – Globe Life Park 26,163 8–11 20 Apr 27 @ Rangers 2–3 Pérez (1–2) Sabathia (1–2) Tolleson (7) Globe Life Park 35,477 8–12 21 Apr 29 @ Red Sox 2–4 Uehara (1–1) Betances (0–2) Kimbrel (7) Fenway Park 37,115 8–13 22 Apr 30 @ Red Sox 0–8 Porcello (5–0) Pineda (1–3) – Fenway Park 37,901 8–14
May (16–13) Home: 8–5 Away: 8–8 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record 23 May 1 @ Red Sox 7–8 Price (4–0) Nova (1–1) Kimbrel (8) Fenway Park 34,279 8–15 24 May 3 @ Orioles 1–4 Tillman (3–1) Severino (0–4) O'Day (2) Oriole Park 16,083 8–16 25 May 4 @ Orioles 7–0 Sabathia (2–2) Wilson (1–1) – Oriole Park 15,998 9–16 26 May 5 @ Orioles 0–1 (10) Britton (2–1) Barbato (1–2) – Oriole Park 19,598 9–17 27 May 6 Red Sox 3–2 Yates (1–0) Porcello (5–1) Miller (6) Yankee Stadium 45,756 10–17 28 May 7 Red Sox 8–2 Eovaldi (2–2) Price (4–1) – Yankee Stadium 47,822 11–17 29 May 8 Red Sox 1–5 Wright (3–3) Severino (0–5) – Yankee Stadium 41,869 11–18 30 May 9 Royals 6–3 Yates (2–0) Young (1–5) – Yankee Stadium 41,243 12–18 31 May 10 Royals 10–7 Miller (2–0) Herrera (0–1) Chapman (1) Yankee Stadium 39,128 13–18 32 May 11 Royals 3–7 Ventura (3–2) Pineda (1–4) – Yankee Stadium 31,226 13–19 33 May 12 Royals 7–3 Eovaldi (3–2) Kennedy (4–3) – Yankee Stadium 35,944 14–19 34 May 13 White Sox 1–7 Sale (8–0) Severino (0–6) – Yankee Stadium 34,264 14–20 35 May 14 White Sox 2–1 Nova (2–1) Quintana (5–2) Chapman (2) Yankee Stadium 39,691 15–20 36 May 15 White Sox 7–5 Betances (1–2) Albers (1–2) Chapman (3) Yankee Stadium 41,979 16–20 37 May 16 @ D'backs 2–12 Ray (2–2) Green (0–1)  – Chase Field 32,718 16–21 38 May 17 @ D'backs 3–5 Greinke (4–3) Pineda (1–5) Ziegler (8) Chase Field 30,913 16–22 39 May 18 @ D'backs 4–2 Eovaldi (4–2) Miller (1–5) Chapman (4) Chase Field 32,191 17–22 40 May 19 @ Athletics 4–1 Nova (3–1) Graveman (1–6) Chapman (5) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 17,456 18–22 41 May 20 @ Athletics 8–3 Sabathia (3–2) Gray (3–5) – Oakland Alameda Coliseum 28,235 19–22 42 May 21 @ Athletics 5–1 Tanaka (2–0) Manaea (1–2) – Oakland Alameda Coliseum 26,356 20–22 43 May 22 @ Athletics 5–4 Pineda (2–5) Hahn (1–2) Chapman (6) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 25,237 21–22 44 May 24 Blue Jays 6–0 Eovaldi (5–2) Dickey (2–6) – Yankee Stadium 35,174 22–22 45 May 25 Blue Jays 4–8 Estrada (2–2) Nova (3–2) – Yankee Stadium 38,959 22–23 46 May 26 Blue Jays 1–3 Happ (6–2) Sabathia (3–3) Osuna (10) Yankee Stadium 38,391 22–24 47 May 27 @ Rays 4–1 Tanaka (3–0) Archer (3–6) – Tropicana Field 14,697 23–24 48 May 28 @ Rays 5–9 Moore (2–3) Pineda (2–6) – Tropicana Field 20,188 23–25 49 May 29 @ Rays 2–1 Eovaldi (6–2) Odorizzi (2–3) Chapman (7) Tropicana Field 19,748 24–25 50 May 30 @ Blue Jays 2–4 Estrada (3–2) Nova (3–3) Storen (3) Rogers Centre 32,921 24–26 51 May 31 @ Blue Jays 1–4 Biagini (3–1) Sabathia (3–4) Osuna (12) Rogers Centre 33,419 24–27
June (15–12) Home: 10–6 Away: 5–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record 52 Jun 1 @ Blue Jays 0–7 Sanchez (5–1) Tanaka (3–1) – Rogers Centre 39,512 24–28 53 Jun 2 @ Tigers 5–4 Betances (2–2) Boyd (0–1) Chapman (8) Comerica Park 28,213 25–28 54 Jun 3 @ Orioles 5–6 Givens (5–0) Betances (2–3) Britton (16) Oriole Park 25,220 25–29 55 Jun 4 @ Orioles 8–6 Nova (4–3) Wilson (2–5) Chapman (9) Oriole Park 33,170 26–29 56 Jun 5 @ Orioles 1–3 McFarland (1–1) Betances (2–4) Britton (17) Oriole Park 28,807 26–30 57 Jun 6 Angels 5–2 Miller (3–0) Shoemaker (3–7) Chapman (10) Yankee Stadium 34,648 27–30 58 Jun 7 Angels 6–3 Pineda (3–6) Huff (0–1) Miller (7) Yankee Stadium 31,034 28–30 59 Jun 8 Angels 12–6 Swarzak (1–0) Weaver (5–5) – Yankee Stadium 31,557 29–30 60 Jun 9 Angels 6–3 Nova (5–3) Chacín (2–4) Chapman (11) Yankee Stadium 31,560 30–30 61 Jun 10 Tigers 4–0 Sabathia (4–4) Pelfrey (1–6) – Yankee Stadium 40,011 31–30 62 Jun 11 Tigers 1–4 Verlander (5–4) Tanaka (3–2) Rodríguez (18) Yankee Stadium 38,050 31–31 63 Jun 12 Tigers 1–4 Fulmer (7–1) Pineda (3–7) Rodríguez (19) Yankee Stadium 47,474 31–32 64 Jun 14 @ Rockies 10–13 de la Rosa (3–4) Eovaldi (6–3) Estévez (2) Coors Field 46,335 31–33 65 Jun 15 @ Rockies 3–6 Bettis (5–5) Nova (5–4) Estévez (3) Coors Field 40,093 31–34 66 Jun 16 @ Twins 4–1 Sabathia (5–4) Gibson (0–5) Chapman (12) Target Field 23,751 32–34 67 Jun 17 @ Twins 8–2 Tanaka (3–2) Dean (1–3) – Target Field 23,888 33–34 68 Jun 18 @ Twins 7–6 Miller (4–0) Abad (1–1) Chapman (13) Target Field 34,368 34–34 69 Jun 19 @ Twins 4–7 Santana (2–7) Eovaldi (6–4) Kintzler (2) Target Field 29,553 34–35 70 Jun 21 Rockies 4–8 Bettis (6–5) Nova (5–5) – Yankee Stadium 34,760 34–36 71 Jun 22 Rockies 9–8 Chapman (1–0) Motte (0–1) – Yankee Stadium 40,104 35–36 72 Jun 24 Twins 5–3 Tanaka (5–2) Milone (0–2) Chapman (14) Yankee Stadium 36,090 36–36 73 Jun 25 Twins 2–1 Miller (5–0) Pressly (2–4) Chapman (15) Yankee Stadium 40,075 37–36 74 Jun 26 Twins 1–7 Duffey (3–6) Eovaldi (6–5) － Yankee Stadium 38,673 37–37 75 Jun 27 Rangers 6–9 Barnette (5–2) Yates (2–1) Dyson (16) Yankee Stadium 32,914 37–38 76 Jun 28 Rangers 1–7 Hamels (9–1) Sabathia (5–5) – Yankee Stadium 32,373 37–39 77 Jun 29 Rangers 9–7 Cessa (1–0) Dyson (1–2) – Yankee Stadium 39,875 38–39 78 Jun 30 Rangers 2–1 Chapman (2–0) Barnette (5–3) – Yankee Stadium 39,934 39–39
July (13–13) Home: 6–4 Away: 7–9 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record 79 Jul 1 @ Padres 6–7 Rea (5–3) Eovaldi (6–6) Maurer (1) Petco Park 41,321 39–40 80 Jul 2 @ Padres 1–2 Hand (2–2) Miller (5–1) – Petco Park 42,315 39–41 81 Jul 3 @ Padres 6–3 Green (1–1) Cashner (3–6) Chapman (16) Petco Park 42,131 40–41 82 Jul 4 @ White Sox 2–8 Shields (4–9) Sabathia (5–6) – U.S. Cellular Field 30,905 40–42 83 Jul 5 @ White Sox 9–0 Tanaka (6–2) Rodon (2–8) – U.S. Cellular Field 20,773 41–42 84 Jul 6 @ White Sox 0–5 González (2–4) Pineda (3–8) – U.S. Cellular Field 21,144 41–43 85 Jul 7 @ Indians 5–4 Nova (6–5) Bauer (7–3) Chapman (17) Progressive Field 23,848 42–43 86 Jul 8 @ Indians 2–10 Green (1–2) Kluber (9–8) – Progressive Field 34,045 42–44 87 Jul 9 @ Indians 7–6 (11) Chapman (3–0) Hunter (2–2) – Progressive Field 32,951 43–44 88 Jul 10 @ Indians 11–7 Eovaldi (7–6) Carrasco (5–3) – Progressive Field 29,089 44–44 87th All-Star Game in San Diego, California 89 Jul 15 Red Sox 3–5 Wright (11–5) Pineda (3–9) Uehara (5) Yankee Stadium 47,439 44–45 90 Jul 16 Red Sox 2–5 Rodríguez (2–3) Sabathia (5–7) Uehara (6) Yankee Stadium 48,329 44–46 91 Jul 17 Red Sox 3–1 Tanaka (7–2) Price (9–7) Chapman (18) Yankee Stadium 42,884 45–46 92 Jul 18 Orioles 2–1 Nova (7–5) Gausman (1–7) Chapman (19) Yankee Stadium 31,102 46–46 93 Jul 19 Orioles 7–1 Eovaldi (8–6) Worley (2–1) – Yankee Stadium 31,192 47–46 94 Jul 20 Orioles 5–0 Pineda (4–9) Gallardo (3–2) – Yankee Stadium 35,681 48–46 95 Jul 21 Orioles 1–4 Tillman (14–2) Sabathia (5–8) Britton (30) Yankee Stadium 42,476 48–47 96 Jul 22 Giants 3–2 Miller (6–1) Osich (1–2) Chapman (20) Yankee Stadium 45,304 49–47 97 Jul 23 Giants 1–2 (12) Casilla (2–3) Swarzak (1–1) Strickland (2) Yankee Stadium 46,727 49–48 98 Jul 24 Giants 5–2 Eovaldi (9–6) Samardzija (9–6) Green (1) Yankee Stadium 34,143 50–48 99 Jul 25 @ Astros 2–1 Pineda (5–9) Keuchel (6–10) Miller (8) Minute Maid Park 30,628 51–48 100 Jul 26 @ Astros 6–3 Sabathia (6–8) Fister (10–7) Miller (9) Minute Maid Park 28,134 52–48 101 Jul 27 @ Astros 1–4 McCullers (6–4) Tanaka (7–3) Harris (11) Minute Maid Park 35,186 52–49 102 Jul 29 @ Rays 1–5 Odorizzi (5–5) Nova (7–6) Colomé (23) Tropicana Field 17,856 52–50 103 Jul 30 @ Rays 3–6 Smyly (3–11) Eovaldi (9–7) Colomé (24) Tropicana Field 45,883 52–51 104 Jul 31 @ Rays 3–5 Snell (3–5) Pineda (5–10) Colomé (25) Tropicana Field 18,109 52–52
August (17–10) Home: 8–6 Away: 9–5 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record 105 Aug 1 @ Mets 6–5 (10) Warren (4–2) Lugo (0–1) Betances (1) Citi Field 42,125 53–52 106 Aug 2 @ Mets 1–7 deGrom (7–5) Tanaka (7–4) – Citi Field 42,819 53–53 107 Aug 3 Mets 9–5 Severino (1–6) Matz (8–8) – Yankee Stadium 48,339 54–53 108 Aug 4 Mets 1–4 Colón (10–6) Eovaldi (9–8) Familia (38) Yankee Stadium 48,153 54–54 109 Aug 5 Indians 13–7 Pineda (6–10) Tomlin (11–4) － Yankee Stadium 39,252 55–54 110 Aug 6 Indians 2–5 Kluber (11–8) Sabathia (6–9) Miller (10) Yankee Stadium 37,264 55–55 111 Aug 7 Indians 3–2 Tanaka (8–4) Carrasco (7–6) Betances (2) Yankee Stadium 39,720 56–55 112 Aug 9 @ Red Sox 3–5 Porcello (15–3) Severino (1–7) Barnes (1) Fenway Park 38,089 56–56 113 Aug 10 @ Red Sox 9–4 Clippard (3–3) Abad (1–6) – Fenway Park 37,779 57–56 114 Aug 11 @ Red Sox 4–2 Cessa (2–0) Ziegler (2–6) Betances (3) Fenway Park 38,161 58–56 115 Aug 12 Rays 6–3 Sabathia (7–9) Archer (6–16) Betances (4) Yankee Stadium 46,459 59–56 116 Aug 13 Rays 8–4 Tanaka (9–4) Andries (6–4) – Yankee Stadium 41,682 60–56 117 Aug 14 Rays 3–12 Odorizzi (7–5) Severino (1–8) – Yankee Stadium 41,473 60–57 118 Aug 15 Blue Jays 1–0 Green (2-2) Dickey (8–13) Betances (5) Yankee Stadium 36,015 61–57 119 Aug 16 Blue Jays 6–12 Feldman (6–4) Warren (4–3) – Yankee Stadium 31,874 61–58 120 Aug 17 Blue Jays 4–7 Happ (17–3) Sabathia (7–10) Osuna (27) Yankee Stadium 37,736 61–59 121 Aug 19 @ Angels 7–0 Tanaka (10–4) Weaver (8–11) – Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,256 62–59 122[permanent dead link‍] Aug 20 @ Angels 5–1 Cessa (3–0) Nolasco (4–11) – Angel Stadium of Anaheim 44,129 63–59 123 Aug 21 @ Angels 0–2 Chacin (4–8) Green (2–3) Salas (4) Angel Stadium of Anaheim 40,309 63–60 124 Aug 22 @ Mariners 5–7 Vincent (3–3) Swarzak (1–2) Díaz (10) Safeco Field 24,384 63–61 125 Aug 23 @ Mariners 5–1 Sabathia (8–10) Walker (4–8) — Safeco Field 24,628 64–61 126 Aug 24 @ Mariners 5–0 Tanaka (11–4) Iwakuma (14–9) — Safeco Field 41,536 65–61 127 Aug 26 Orioles 14–4 Cessa (4–0) Gallardo (4–6) — Yankee Stadium 38,423 66–61 128 Aug 27 Orioles 13–5 Layne (1–1) Bundy (7–5) — Yankee Stadium 38,843 67–61 129 Aug 28 Orioles 0–5 Gausman (6–10) Sabathia (8–11) Yankee Stadium 38,002 67–62 130 Aug 29 @ Royals 5–8 Gee (6–7) Pineda (6–11) Herrera (11) Kauffman Stadium 22,859 67–63 131 Aug 30 @ Royals 5–4 (10) Betances (3–4) Soria (4–6) Shreve (1) Kauffman Stadium 22,895 68–63 132 Aug 31 @ Royals 5–4 (13) Heller (1–0) Young (3–9) Betances (7) Kauffman Stadium 22,615 69–63
September (14–14) Home: 10–4 Away: 4–10 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record 133 Sep 2 @ Orioles 0–8 Bundy (8–5) Green (2–4) — Oriole Park 24,226 69–64 134 Sep 3 @ Orioles 0–2 Gausman (7–10) Sabathia (8–12) Britton (40) Oriole Park 30,855 69–65 135 Sep 4 @ Orioles 5–2 Severino (2–8) Miley (8–12) Betances (8) Oriole Park 31,161 70–65 136 Sep 5 Blue Jays 5–3 Tanaka (12–4) Dickey (9–14) Betances (9) Yankee Stadium 42,141 71–65 137 Sep 6 Blue Jays 7–6 Shreve (2–1) Grilli (5–5) Parker (1) Yankee Stadium 27,532 72–65 138 Sep 7 Blue Jays 2–0 Mitchell (1–0) Stroman (9–7) Clippard (2) Yankee Stadium 30,501 73–65 139 Sep 8 Rays 5–4 Layne (2–1) Ramírez (7–11) – Yankee Stadium 27,631 74–65 140 Sep 9 Rays 7–5 Warren (5–3) Snell (5–8) Betances (10) Yankee Stadium 30,194 75–65 141 Sep 10 Rays 5–1 Tanaka (13–4) Archer (8–18) — Yankee Stadium 35,810 76–65 142 Sep 11 Rays 2–4 Andriese (7–7) Cessa (4–1) Colomé (32) Yankee Stadium 33,087 76–66 143 Sep 12 Dodgers 2–8 De León (2–0) Mitchell (1–1) — Yankee Stadium 32,058 76–67 144 Sep 13 Dodgers 3–0 Warren (3–1) Stripling (4–7) Betances (11) Yankee Stadium 32,615 77–67 145 Sep 14 Dodgers 0–2 Avilán (2–0) Betances (3–5) Jansen (44) Yankee Stadium 30,254 77–68 146 Sep 15 @ Red Sox 5–7 Kelly (3–0) Betances (3–6) — Fenway Park 37,768 77–69 147 Sep 16 @ Red Sox 4–7 Buchholz (7–10) Cessa (4–2) Kimbrel (26) Fenway Park 37,927 77–70 148 Sep 17 @ Red Sox 5–6 Barnes (4–3) Warren (6–4) Kimbrel (27) Fenway Park 37,267 77–71 149 Sep 18 @ Red Sox 4–5 Scott (1–0) Clippard (3–4) Uehara (7) Fenway Park 37,306 77–72 150 Sep 20 @ Rays 5–3 Severino (3–8) Boxberger (4–3) Betances (12) Tropicana Field 12,732 78–72 151 Sep 21 @ Rays 11–5 Tanaka (14–4) Cobb (1–1) – Tropicana Field 12,192 79–72 152 Sep 22 @ Rays 0–2 Snell (6–8) Cessa (4–3) Colomé (35) Tropicana Field 13,355 79–73 153 Sep 23 @ Blue Jays 0–9 Liriano (8–13) Mitchell (1–2) – Rogers Centre 47,016 79–74 154 Sep 24 @ Blue Jays 0–3 Grilli (7–5) Clippard (3–5) Osuna (35) Rogers Centre 47,828 79–75 155 Sep 25 @ Blue Jays 3–4 Osuna (3–2) Clippard (3–6) – Rogers Centre 47,896 79–76 156 Sep 26 @ Blue Jays 7–5 Warren (7–4) Grilli (7–6) Layne (1) Rogers Centre 44,532 80–76 157 Sep 27 Red Sox 6–4 Parker (1–0) Price (17–9) Clippard (3) Yankee Stadium 35,161 81–76 158 Sep 28 Red Sox 5–3 Pazos (1–0) Kimbrel (2–5) – Yankee Stadium 35,520 82–76 159 Sep 29 Red Sox 5–1 Sabathia (9–12) Owens (0–2) – Yankee Stadium 41,597 83–76 160 Sep 30 Orioles 1–8 Gallardo (6–8) Pineda (6–12) – Yankee Stadium 33,955 83–77
October (1–1) Home: 1–1 Away: 0–0 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Venue Attendance Record 161 Oct 1 Orioles 7–3 Clippard (4–6) Brach (10–4) — Yankee Stadium 33,222 84–77 162 Oct 2 Orioles 2–5 Gausman (9–12) Cessa (4–4) — Yankee Stadium 33,277 84–78

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders	International League	Al Pedrique
AA	Trenton Thunder	Eastern League	Bobby Mitchell
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Pat Osborn
A	Charleston RiverDogs	South Atlantic League	Luis Dorante
A-Short Season	Staten Island Yankees	New York–Penn League	Dave Bialas
Rookie	Pulaski Yankees	Appalachian League	Tony Franklin
Rookie	GCL Yankees East	Gulf Coast League	Raul Dominguez
Rookie	GCL Yankees West	Gulf Coast League	Julio Mosquera
Rookie	DSL Yankees 1	Dominican Summer League	Sonder Encarnacion
Rookie	DSL Yankees 2	Dominican Summer League	Emilio Acosta

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

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External links

• 2016 New York Yankees season
• 2016 New York Yankees season at Baseball Reference