The Yankees have somehow managed to stay above .500 despite numerous injuries to key contributors. They’ve already had 50 different players suit up for them in 2013, just one short of the franchise record, and we haven’t even had the September call-ups:
| Year | W | L | Finish | #Bat | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 89 | 73 | .549 | 3rd of 5 | 51 |
| 2005 | 95 | 67 | .586 | 1st of 5 | 51 |
| 2013 | 68 | 61 | .527 | 4th of 5 | 50 |
| 2007 | 94 | 68 | .580 | 2nd of 5 | 49 |
| 2006 | 97 | 65 | .599 | 1st of 5 | 49 |
| 2003 | 101 | 61 | .623 | 1st of 5 | 49 |
| 1989 | 74 | 87 | .460 | 5th of 7 | 49 |
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 8/25/2013.
Generated 8/25/2013.
“You can’t tell the players without a scorecard” really rings true for this year’s Bomber squad. They will probably set a record for most players with fewer than 100 plate appearances for their team in a season, even WITH Jeter and Rodriguez probably coming off this list (we are excluding rookies and/or pitchers here):
| Year | Tm | # with < 100 PAs | Players |
| 2013 | New York Yankees | 13 | Brennan Boesch / Reid Brignac / Francisco Cervelli / Luis Cruz / Ben Francisco / Alberto Gonzalez / Travis Ishikawa / Derek Jeter / Brent Lillibridge / Chris Nelson / Mark Reynolds / Alex Rodriguez / Mark Teixeira |
| 1955 | Chicago White Sox | 11 | Bobby Adams / Jim Brideweser / Phil Cavarretta / Gil Coan / Clint Courtney / Johnny Groth / Willard Marshall / Ed McGhee / Les Moss / Ron Northey / Vern Stephens |
| 2007 | Oakland Athletics | 10 | Hiram Bocachica / Rob Bowen / Milton Bradley / Dee Brown / Jeff DaVanon / Bobby Kielty / Ryan Langerhans / Adam Melhuse / Chris Snelling / Todd Walker |
| 1995 | California Angels | 10 | Mike Aldrete / Andy Allanson / Rod Correia / Dave Gallagher / Rene Gonzales / Jose Lind / Carlos Martinez / Eduardo Perez / Dick Schofield / Chris Turner |
| 1995 | Texas Rangers | 10 | Esteban Beltre / Steve Buechele / Eric Fox / Billy Hatcher / Sam Horn / Candy Maldonado / John Marzano / Dave Valle / Jack Voigt / Craig Worthington |
| 1982 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | Dick Davis / Richie Hebner / John Milner / Willie Montanez / Jim Morrison / Wayne Nordhagen / Nelson Norman / Ken Reitz / Bill Robinson / Willie Stargell |
| 1972 | Oakland Athletics | 10 | Brant Alyea / Curt Blefary / Ollie Brown / Ron Clark / Dick Green / Larry Haney / Mike Hegan / Marty Martinez / Dal Maxvill / Don Mincher |
| 1960 | Baltimore Orioles | 10 | Bob Boyd / Joe Ginsberg / Gene Green / Billy Klaus / Dave Philley / John Powers / Del Rice / Willie Tasby / Valmy Thomas / Bobby Thomson |
| 1918 | Cleveland Indians | 10 | Bob Bescher / Josh Billings / Jack Farmer / Gus Getz / Al Halt / Marty Kavanagh / Eddie Onslow / Germany Schaefer / Pinch Thomas / Rip Williams |
| 1909 | Washington Senators | 10 | Cliff Blankenship / Gavvy Cravath / Jerry Freeman / Bob Ganley / Doc Gessler / Mike Kahoe / Jimmy Sebring / Bill Shipke / Jack Slattery / Jesse Tannehill |