A review of the Yankees’ 2022 regular season with stats

The Yankees had an action-packed 2022 regular season that began with a 6-5 win over the Red Sox on April 8 at Yankee Stadium. Their struggle during the neck-to-neck fight that went to 11 innings was an indication of how their regular season was going to be. New York finished off its season in Globe Life Field with a 4-2 loss.

This regular season was marked by the contrasting fortunes of the Yankees. They began on one of their best performances in decades but slumped to their worst in 30 years in August. However, the team regrouped after manager Aaron Bone slammed the table during a press meet and went to win the division title. Aaron Judge made history with his 62ndhome run of this season to create a new American League record.

The Yankees won the American League East title though they came second in the AL ranking after the Houston Astros. Their loss to the Rangers left the Yankees with 99 wins and 63 defeats compared to 92-70 a year before. This regular season was 120thfor the Yankees, and they recorded their highest win since 2019. It was also 30th winning season in a row.

Why Yankees 2022 season matters

• First American League East Division title for the Yankees since 2019 and third since 2012.
• Second consecutive AL wildcard berth.
• Since 1961, the Yankees won 15 home games in a row for the first time. This was between May 24 and June 23.
• The Yankees saw their worst summer performance since 1991.
• The Yankees had their first no-hitter rout against the Houston Astros after 18 seasons on June 25 at Yankee Stadium.
• Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run on September 28 to surpass Babe Ruth’s 60 homers and equal Roger Maris’ AL record of 61 home runs. On October 4, he hit his 62ndhome run to break Maris’ record that stood for 61 seasons and become AL’s highest single-season home run hitter.
• Gerrit Cole also create a new Yankees record on October 4 when he achieved his 249th strikeout against the Rangers. He completed the season with 257 strikeouts and is the only Yankee to have 250-plus strikeouts in one season.
• Injury played a key role in the summer slide of the Yankees.

Key players in the Yankees’ 2022 season

The regular season was exceptional for Aaron Judge, Gerrit Cole, Nestor Cortes, and Oswaldo Cabrera. Their strong individual performances attracted attention and admiration. But there were Aaron Hicks and Isiah Kiner-Falefa who were subject to fan backlash due to their fielding errors. Another player Joey Gallo was subject to repeated fan anger and was traded to the Dodgers.  

Trade and Acquisition

The regular season saw the much-criticized Jordan Montgomery trade. It saw the arrival of Harrison Bader, one of the best defensive maestros in the Major League. The Yankees also acquired ex-Ranger Matt Carpenter, hitter Jake Bauers from Cincinnati, Andrew Benintendi from the Royals, and Chicago reliever Scott Effross. In a sweeping trade on August 1, New York got hold of Oakland  pitchers Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino.

They also promoted Ron Marinaccio, Greg Weissert, Oswaldo Cabrera, and Oswald Peraza from Triple-A to MLB and handed them Major League debuts.

Player Statistics: Batting

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG
Aaron Judge	157	570	133	177	28	0	62	131	111	19	175	.311	.425	.686
Anthony Rizzo	130	465	77	104	21	1	32	75	58	6	101	.224	.338	.480
Giancarlo Stanton	110	398	53	84	7	0	31	78	50	2	137	.211	.297	.462
Gleyber Torres	140	526	73	135	28	1	24	76	39	2	129	.257	.310	.451
Matt Carpenter	47	128	28	39	9	0	15	37	19	1	35	.305	.412	.727
Josh Donaldson	132	478	59	106	28	0	15	62	54	1	148	.222	.308	.374
Joey Gallo	82	233	32	37	4	1	12	24	40	0	106	.159	.282	.339
DJ LeMahieu	125	467	74	122	18	0	12	46	67	0	71	.261	.357	.377
Jose Trevino	115	335	39	83	12	1	11	43	15	0	62	.248	.283	.388
Kyle Higashioka	83	229	27	52	7	0	10	31	12	0	52	.227	.264	.389
Aaron Hicks	130	384	54	83	9	2	8	40	62	3	109	.216	.330	.313
Oswaldo Cabrera	44	154	21	38	8	1	6	19	15	0	44	.247	.312	.429
Marwin Gonzalez	85	184	20	34	7	0	6	18	14	0	54	.185	.255	.321
Isiah Kiner-Falefa	142	483	66	126	20	0	4	48	35	2	72	.261	.314	.327
Andrew Benintendi	33	114	14	28	9	1	2	12	13	0	25	.246	.323	.395
Tim Locastro	38	43	13	8	1	0	2	4	2	0	7	.186	.239	.349
Miguel Andújar	27	96	9	22	2	0	1	8	3	0	22	.229	.250	.281
Oswald Peraza	18	49	8	15	3	0	1	2	6	0	9	.306	.404	.429
Albert Abreu	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Harrison Bader	14	46	3	10	3	0	0	9	2	0	15	.217	.245	.283
Rob Brantly	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667
Zack Britton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Miguel Castro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
Estevan Florial	17	31	4	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	13	.097	.200	.097
Ronald Guzmán	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000

Player Statistics: Pitching

Name	G	GS	W	L	PCT	ERA	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	SO
Clay Holmes	62	0	7	4	.636	2.54	20	63.2	45	18	21	2	20	65
Wandy Peralta	56	0	3	4	.429	2.72	4	56.1	42	17	19	2	17	47
Jonathan Loáisiga	50	0	2	3	.400	4.13	2	48.0	43	22	25	3	19	37
Lucas Luetge	50	0	4	4	.500	2.67	2	57.1	63	17	19	4	17	60
Aroldis Chapman	43	0	4	4	.500	4.46	9	36.1	24	18	18	4	28	43
Ron Marinaccio	40	0	1	0	1.000	2.05	0	44.0	22	10	12	2	24	56
Miguel Castro	34	0	5	0	1.000	4.03	0	29.0	27	13	16	2	15	31
Michael King	34	0	6	3	.667	2.29	1	51.0	35	13	15	3	16	66
Gerrit Cole	33	33	13	8	.619	3.50	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	257
Jameson Taillon	32	32	14	5	.737	3.91	0	177.1	168	77	78	26	32	151
Clarke Schmidt	29	3	5	5	.500	3.12	2	57.2	46	20	23	5	23	56
Nestor Cortes	28	28	12	4	.750	2.44	0	158.1	108	43	44	16	38	163
Lou Trivino	25	0	1	2	.333	1.66	1	21.2	18	4	6	1	10	22
Albert Abreu	22	0	2	2	.500	3.16	0	25.2	25	9	10	2	6	26
Jordan Montgomery	21	21	3	3	.500	3.69	0	114.2	103	47	48	15	23	97
Luis Severino	19	19	7	3	.700	3.18	0	102.0	72	36	37	14	30	112
Domingo German	15	14	2	5	.286	3.61	0	72.1	65	29	31	11	19	58
Chad Green	14	0	1	1	.500	3.00	1	15.0	13	5	6	1	5	16
Scott Effross	13	0	0	0	.000	2.13	3	12.2	9	3	4	1	4	12
Greg Weissert	12	0	3	0	1.000	5.56	0	11.1	6	7	7	1	5	11
Frankie Montas	8	8	1	3	.250	6.35	0	39.2	46	28	28	6	15	33
JP Sears	7	2	3	0	1.000	2.05	0	22.0	14	5	5	1	5	15
Ryan Weber	5	0	0	0	.000	0.84	1	10.2	6	1	1	1	1	3
Manny Banuelos	4	0	0	0	.000	2.16	1	8.1	7	2	2	0	3	8
Zack Britton	3	0	0	0	.000	13.49	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	6	1
Anthony Banda	2	0	0	0	.000	40.48	0	0.2	2	3	3	0	5	1
David McKay	2	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Luke Bard	1	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Barnes	1	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Gil	1	1	0	0	.000	9.00	0	4.0	5	4	4	0	2	5
Marwin Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chi Chi González	1	1	0	0	.000	1.93	0	4.2	4	1	1	0	3	3
Shane Greene	1	0	0	0	.000	18.00	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1

Player Statistics: Fielding

Name	G	GS	W	L	PCT	ERA	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	SO
Clay Holmes	62	0	7	4	.636	2.54	20	63.2	45	18	21	2	20	65
Wandy Peralta	56	0	3	4	.429	2.72	4	56.1	42	17	19	2	17	47
Jonathan Loáisiga	50	0	2	3	.400	4.13	2	48.0	43	22	25	3	19	37
Lucas Luetge	50	0	4	4	.500	2.67	2	57.1	63	17	19	4	17	60
Aroldis Chapman	43	0	4	4	.500	4.46	9	36.1	24	18	18	4	28	43
Ron Marinaccio	40	0	1	0	1.000	2.05	0	44.0	22	10	12	2	24	56
Miguel Castro	34	0	5	0	1.000	4.03	0	29.0	27	13	16	2	15	31
Michael King	34	0	6	3	.667	2.29	1	51.0	35	13	15	3	16	66
Gerrit Cole	33	33	13	8	.619	3.50	0	200.2	154	78	81	33	50	257
Jameson Taillon	32	32	14	5	.737	3.91	0	177.1	168	77	78	26	32	151
Clarke Schmidt	29	3	5	5	.500	3.12	2	57.2	46	20	23	5	23	56
Nestor Cortes	28	28	12	4	.750	2.44	0	158.1	108	43	44	16	38	163
Lou Trivino	25	0	1	2	.333	1.66	1	21.2	18	4	6	1	10	22
Albert Abreu	22	0	2	2	.500	3.16	0	25.2	25	9	10	2	6	26
Jordan Montgomery	21	21	3	3	.500	3.69	0	114.2	103	47	48	15	23	97
Luis Severino	19	19	7	3	.700	3.18	0	102.0	72	36	37	14	30	112
Domingo German	15	14	2	5	.286	3.61	0	72.1	65	29	31	11	19	58
Chad Green	14	0	1	1	.500	3.00	1	15.0	13	5	6	1	5	16
Scott Effross	13	0	0	0	.000	2.13	3	12.2	9	3	4	1	4	12
Greg Weissert	12	0	3	0	1.000	5.56	0	11.1	6	7	7	1	5	11
Frankie Montas	8	8	1	3	.250	6.35	0	39.2	46	28	28	6	15	33
JP Sears	7	2	3	0	1.000	2.05	0	22.0	14	5	5	1	5	15
Ryan Weber	5	0	0	0	.000	0.84	1	10.2	6	1	1	1	1	3
Manny Banuelos	4	0	0	0	.000	2.16	1	8.1	7	2	2	0	3	8
Zack Britton	3	0	0	0	.000	13.49	0	0.2	1	1	1	0	6	1
Anthony Banda	2	0	0	0	.000	40.48	0	0.2	2	3	3	0	5	1
David McKay	2	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	1
Luke Bard	1	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jacob Barnes	1	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Luis Gil	1	1	0	0	.000	9.00	0	4.0	5	4	4	0	2	5
Marwin Gonzalez	1	0	0	0	.000	0.00	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Chi Chi González	1	1	0	0	.000	1.93	0	4.2	4	1	1	0	3	3
Shane Greene	1	0	0	0	.000	18.00	0	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1

Tweeter starts analysis of the best and the worst

MVP: Judge
Cy Young: Nestor although he won last game
Reliever of the Year: Michael King
Most Surprising Player: Holmes
Most Disappointing Player: Donaldson
Worst Player: Hicks

— Pinstripes Nation (@pinstripesnat) October 6, 2022

MVP: Manny Machado
Cy Young: Trevor Bauer
Reliever of the Year: James Karinchak
Most Surprising Player: Aaron Judge
Most Disappointing Player: Tim Anderson
Worst Player: Liam Hendriks

— Nick Adams (@NickAdamsinUSA) October 6, 2022

MVP: Gallo (obviously)
Cy Young: Chapman (obvs)
Reliever of the Year: Marwin Gonzalez (obvs)
Most Surprising Player: IKF (was surprised he could be that bad)
Most Disappointing Player: Judge (couldn't even beat Sosa)
Worst Player: Aaron Boone (dude didn't get one hit)

— Carl Brutananwhatever (@Carl_NYG) October 6, 2022

MVP: Judge
Cy: Nestor
Reliever: Ron
Surprise: Cabrera
Disappointment: Chapman
Worst (ever): Gallo

— Ramblin' Fool (@Ramblin_Foo) October 6, 2022

MVP: Aaron Judge
Cy Young: Nestor Cortes
Reliever of the Year: Clay Holmes
Most Surprising Player: Jose Trevino
Most Disappointing Player: Giancarlo Stanton (even though he hit 31 home runs that .211 avg was a disappointment to me personally)
Worst Player: Aaron Hicks

— colin journey (@ColinJourney) October 6, 2022

MVP: Judge
Cy Young: Cortes
Reliever of year: Ron
Surprising Player: Carpenter
Disappointing: Stanton (yes 30 HR is good but not that low of an average)
Worst Player: Joey Gallo

— Steven R (@re2pectjeta) October 6, 2022

MVP: Judge
Cy Young: Nestor
Reliever of the Year: Holmes
Most Surprising: Marinaccio
Most Disappointing: Stanton

— Lyle Overbay Enthusiast (@YankeesRants22) October 6, 2022

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