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2012 New York Yankees
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) East Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 2009) New York, New York (since 1903)
2012 information
Owner(s)	Yankee Global Enterprises
Manager(s)	Joe Girardi
Local television	YES Network WWOR-TV (Michael Kay, Ken Singleton, several others as analysts)
Local radio	New York Yankees Radio Network (John Sterling, Suzyn Waldman)^[1]
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The 2012 New York Yankees season will be the 112th season for the New York Yankees franchise. The Yankees began the season in St. Petersburg, Florida against the Tampa Bay Rays on April 6.^[2]

Contents

1 Pre-season acquisitions
2 Roster
3 Season standings
- 3.1 Record vs. opponents
- 3.2 April
4 Game Log
5 References
6 External links

Pre-season acquisitions

On October 31st 2011, the New York Yankees agreed to a contract extension with (LHP) C.C. Sabathia for 5 years, worth $122M guaranteed. There is also a vesting option for a 6th year that could push the total contract value to $142M. [1]
On December 9th 2011, the New York Yankees signed (RHP) Freddy Garcia to a one-year contract worth $4M, plus incentives. [2]
On December 30th 2011, the New York Yankees signed (DH) Andruw Jones to a one-year contract worth $2M, with an extra $1.4M in potential incentives. [3]
On January 23rd, the New York Yankees acquired (RHP) Michael Pineda and minor league prospect (RHP) Jose Campos in exchange for top prospect (C) Jesus Montero and (RHP) Hector Noesi. [4]
On January 26th, the New York Yankees signed (RHP) Hiroki Kuroda to a one-year contract worth $10M. [5]
On February 19th, the New York Yankees traded (RHP) A.J. Burnett to the Pirates for $13M cash, and two minor league players. [6]
On February 21st, the New York Yankees signed (DH) Raul Ibanez to a one-year contract worth $1.1M, with plate appearance incentives bringing the potential value up to a maximum of $4M. [7]
On February 22nd, the New York Yankees signed (RHP) David Aardsma to a one-year contract worth $500k, plus another $500k in incentives. The deal also included a club option for 2013 worth $500k. [8]
On February 27th, the New York Yankees signed (INF) Eric Chavez to a one-year contract worth $900k, plus incentives. [9]
On March 16th, the New York Yankees signed (LHP) Andy Pettitte to a one-year Minor League contract, worth $2.5 million dollars. [10]

Roster

New York Yankees roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Starting rotation

Bullpen

Closer

29 Rafael Soriano

Catchers

55 Russell Martin
19 Chris Stewart

Infielders

Outfielders

Designated hitters

None specified

Pitchers

Catchers

17 Francisco Cervelli

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

28 Joe Girardi

Coaches

57 Mike Harkey (bullpen)
50 Mick Kelleher (first base)
54 Kevin Long (hitting)
56 Tony Peña (bench)
88 Román Rodríguez (bullpen catcher)
58 Larry Rothschild (pitching)
59 Rob Thomson (third base)

60-day disabled list

25 Active, 15 Inactive

7- or 15-day disabled list
^† Suspended list
^# Personal leave
Roster updated May 29, 2012
Transactions • Depth chart
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Season standings

v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	29	22	.569	—	14–13	15–9
Tampa Bay Rays	29	22	.569	—	17–10	12–12
New York Yankees	27	23	.540	1½	14–11	13–12
Toronto Blue Jays	27	24	.529	2	15–10	12–14
Boston Red Sox	26	25	.510	3	13–14	13–11

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	4–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	3–0	3–5	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–3	5–4	2–1
Boston	2–4	–	3–1	3–1	3–3	1–2	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–2	2–0	5–4	0–2	1–2	2–1
Chicago	1–3	1–3	–	8–4	4–4	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–0
Cleveland	0–0	1–3	4–8	–	3–0	5–4	2–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Detroit	0–0	3–3	4–4	0–3	–	4–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–2	1–5	2–1	1–3	0–0	2–1
Kansas City	2–3	2–1	2–1	4–5	1–4	–	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–4	1–2
Los Angeles	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	–	6–3	3–3	4–5	4–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	1–2
Minnesota	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–2	2–3	1–1	3–6	–	2–2	3–0	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	2–1
New York	5–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–3	3–3	2–2	–	3–0	2–1	2–4	1–2	0–2	1–2
Oakland	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	5–4	0–3	0–3	–	2–5	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–2
Seattle	0–0	0–2	0–3	1–4	5–1	0–0	0–4	2–1	1–2	5–2	–	0–4	5–5	1–2	3–0
Tampa Bay	1–2	4–5	0–3	0–0	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–1	4–2	1–2	4–0	–	2–1	6–2	1–2
Texas	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–1	5–5	1–2	–	4–2	2–1
Toronto	4–5	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–6	2–4	–	2–1

Source: MLB Standings Grid

April

On April 13 the Yankees won their home opener against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons.

On April 20, against their arch-rival Boston Red Sox during the 100th Anniversary of Fenway Park, Alex Rodriguez hit his 631st career home-run, passing former teammate Ken Griffey Jr. for sole possession of 5th on the all time list.

Game Log

Legend
Yankees win	Yankees loss	Game postponed

Game Log

April (13−9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
1	April 6	@ Rays	6–7	Rodney (1–0)	Rivera (0–1)		34,078	0–1	L1
2	April 7	@ Rays	6–8	Price (1–0)	Kuroda (0–1)	Rodney (1)	34,078	0–2	L2
3	April 8	@ Rays	0–3	Hellickson (1–0)	Hughes (0–1)	Rodney (2)	30,413	0–3	L3
4	April 9	@ Orioles	6–2	Nova (1–0)	Matusz (0–1)		25,478	1–3	W1
5	April 10	@ Orioles	5–4 (12)	Rapada (1–0)	Strop (0–1)	Rivera (1)	24,659	2–3	W2
6	April 11	@ Orioles	6–4 (10)	Soriano (1–0)	Gregg (0–1)	Rivera (2)	22,919	3–3	W3
7	April 13	Angels	5–0	Kuroda (1–1)	Santana (0–2)		49,386	4–3	W4
8	April 14	Angels	1–7	Wilson (2–0)	Hughes (0–2)		46,829	4–4	L1
9	April 15	Angels	11–5	Nova (2–0)	Williams (0–1)		41,055	5–4	W1
10	April 16	Twins	3–7	Pavano (1–1)	García (0–1)		40,218	5–5	L1
11	April 17	Twins	8–3	Sabathia (1–0)	Liriano (0–2)		40,194	6–5	W1
12	April 18	Twins	5–6	Marquis (1–0)	Kuroda (1–2)	Capps (3)	36,831	6–6	L1
13	April 19	Twins	7–6	Hughes (1–2)	Swarzak (0–3)	Rivera (3)	40,327	7–6	W1
14	April 20	@ Red Sox	6–2	Nova (3–0)	Buchholz (1–1)		36,770	8–6	W2
15	April 21	@ Red Sox	15–9	Soriano (2–0)	Aceves (0–1)		37,839	9–6	W3
—	April 22	@ Red Sox	Game Postponed (rain) (rescheduled soon)^[3]
16	April 23	@ Rangers	7–4	Sabathia (2–0)	Holland (2–1)	Rivera (4)	48,234	10–6	W4
17	April 24	@ Rangers	0–2	Darvish (3–0)	Kuroda (1–3)	Nathan (5)	47,085	10–7	L1
18	April 25	@ Rangers	3–7	Ross (4–0)	Hughes (1–3)		47,942	10–8	L2
19	April 27	Tigers	7–6	Rivera (1–1)	Villarreal (0–1)		41,200	11–8	W1
20	April 28	Tigers	5–7	Smyly (1–0)	García (0–2)		44,686	11–9	L1
21	April 29	Tigers	6–2	Sabathia (3–0)	Scherzer (1–3)		43,084	12–9	W1
22	April 30	Orioles	2–1	Kuroda (2–3)	Hammel (3–1)	Rivera (5)	36,890	13–9	W2

May (14−14)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Boxscore
23	May 1	Orioles	1−7	Matusz (1−3)	Hughes (1–4)		37,790	13–10	L1
24	May 2	Orioles	0−5	Arrieta (2−2)	Nova (3–1)		39,360	13–11	L2
25	May 3	@ Royals	3−4	Duffy (2−2)	Phelps (0−1)	Broxton (5)	19,590	13−12	L3
26	May 4	@ Royals	6−2	Sabathia (4–0)	Chen (0−4)		24,153	14−12	W1
27	May 5	@ Royals	1−5	Paulino (1–0)	Kuroda (2–4)		29,121	14−13	L1
28	May 6	@ Royals	10−4	Hughes (2–4)	Hochevar (2−3)		20,434	15−13	W1
29	May 8	Rays	5−3	Nova (4–1)	Shields (5–1)	Robertson (1)	37,086	16−13	W2
30	May 9	Rays	1−4	Rodney (2–0)	Robertson (0–1)		38,024	16−14	L1
31	May 10	Rays	5−3	Sabathia (5–0)	Price (5–2)	Soriano (1)	37,720	17−14	W1
32	May 11	Mariners	6–2	Kuroda (3–4)	Hernández (3–2)		37,226	18−14	W2
33	May 12	Mariners	6–2	Hughes (3–4)	Noesí (2–4)	Logan (1)	43,954	19–14	W3
34	May 13	Mariners	2–6	Millwood (1–4)	Pettitte (0–1)		41,631	19–15	L1
35	May 14	@ Orioles	8–5	Phelps (1−1)	Ayala (1−1)	Soriano (2)	16,492	20–15	W1
36	May 15	@ Orioles	2–5	Chen (4–0)	Sabathia (5–1)	Johnson (12)	24,055	20–16	L1
37	May 16	@ Blue Jays	1–8	Drabek (3–4)	Kuroda (3–5)		28,915	20–17	L2
38	May 17	@ Blue Jays	1–4	Hutchison (3–1)	Hughes (3–5)	Janssen (3)	31,266	20–18	L3
39	May 18	Reds	4–0	Pettitte (1–1)	Arroyo (2–2)		42,015	21–18	W1
40	May 19	Reds	5–6	Bailey (2–3)	Nova (4–2)	Arredondo (1)	45,302	21–19	L1
41	May 20	Reds	2–5	Cueto (5–1)	Sabathia (5–2)	Chapman (1)	45,622	21–20	L2
42	May 21	Royals	0–6	Paulino (2–1)	Kuroda (3–6)		39,229	21–21	L3
43	May 22	Royals	3–2	Hughes (4–5)	Hochevar (3−5)	Soriano (3)	37,674	22–21	W1
44	May 23	Royals	8–3	Pettitte (2–1)	Smith (0–1)		40,407	23–21	W2
45	May 25	@ Athletics	6–3	Nova (5–2)	Ross (2–5)	Soriano (4)	33,559	24–21	W3
46	May 26	@ Athletics	9–2	Sabathia (6–2)	Colón (4–5)		27,112	25–21	W4
47	May 27	@ Athletics	2–0	Kuroda (4–6)	Milone (6–4)	Soriano (5)	25,078	26–21	W5
48	May 28	@ Angels	8–9	Walden (2–1)	Wade (0–1)		44,016	26–22	L1
49	May 29	@ Angels	1–5	Haren (3–5)	Pettitte (2–2)		42,065	26–23	L2
50	May 30	@ Angels	6–5	Nova (6–2)	Takahashi (0–2)	Soriano (6)	40,111	27–23	W1

June

#	Date	Opponent
51	June 1	@ Tigers
52	June 2	@ Tigers
53	June 3	@ Tigers
54	June 5	Rays
55	June 6	Rays
56	June 7	Rays
57	June 8	Mets
58	June 9	Mets
59	June 10	Mets
60	June 11	@ Braves
61	June 12	@ Braves
62	June 13	@ Braves
63	June 15	@ Nationals
64	June 16	@ Nationals
65	June 17	@ Nationals
66	June 18	Braves
67	June 19	Braves
68	June 20	Braves
69	June 22	@ Mets
70	June 23	@ Mets
71	June 24	@ Mets
72	June 25	Indians
73	June 26	Indians
74	June 27	Indians
75	June 28	White Sox
76	June 29	White Sox
77	June 30	White Sox

July

#	Date	Opponent
78	July 1	White Sox
79	July 2	@ Rays
80	July 3	@ Rays
81	July 4	@ Rays
82	July 6	@ Red Sox
83	July 7	@ Red Sox
84	July 7	@ Red Sox
85	July 8	@ Red Sox
86	July 13	Angels
87	July 14	Angels
88	July 15	Angels
89	July 16	Blue Jays
90	July 17	Blue Jays
91	July 18	Blue Jays
92	July 19	@ Athletics
93	July 20	@ Athletics
94	July 21	@ Athletics
95	July 22	@ Athletics
96	July 23	@ Mariners
97	July 24	@ Mariners
98	July 25	@ Mariners
99	July 27	Red Sox
100	July 28	Red Sox
101	July 29	Red Sox
102	July 30	Orioles
103	July 31	Orioles

August

#	Date	Opponent
104	August 1	Orioles
105	August 3	Mariners
106	August 4	Mariners
107	August 5	Mariners
108	August 6	@ Tigers
109	August 7	@ Tigers
110	August 8	@ Tigers
111	August 9	@ Tigers
112	August 10	@ Blue Jays
113	August 11	@ Blue Jays
114	August 12	@ Blue Jays
115	August 13	Rangers
116	August 14	Rangers
117	August 15	Rangers
118	August 16	Rangers
119	August 17	Red Sox
120	August 18	Red Sox
121	August 19	Red Sox
122	August 20	@ White Sox
123	August 21	@ White Sox
124	August 22	@ White Sox
125	August 24	@ Indians
126	August 25	@ Indians
127	August 26	@ Indians
128	August 27	Blue Jays
129	August 28	Blue Jays
130	August 29	Blue Jays
131	August 31	Orioles

September–October

#	Date	Opponent
132	September 1	Orioles
133	September 2	Orioles
134	September 3	@ Rays
135	September 4	@ Rays
136	September 5	@ Rays
137	September 6	@ Orioles
138	September 7	@ Orioles
139	September 8	@ Orioles
140	September 9	@ Orioles
141	September 11	@ Red Sox
142	September 12	@ Red Sox
143	September 13	@ Red Sox
144	September 14	Rays
145	September 15	Rays
146	September 16	Rays
147	September 18	Blue Jays
148	September 19	Blue Jays
149	September 20	Blue Jays
150	September 21	Athletics
151	September 22	Athletics
152	September 23	Athletics
153	September 24	Twins
154	September 25	Twins
155	September 26	Twins
156	September 27	@ Blue Jays
157	September 28	@ Blue Jays
158	September 29	@ Blue Jays
159	September 29	@ Blue Jays
160	October 1	Red Sox
161	October 2	Red Sox
162	October 3	Red Sox

References

^ New York Yankees and WCBS Radio Extend Their Contract Through 2012 Yankees 101
^ As of 9:48 pm moutain daylight time they are have 10 wins and 6 losses.Hoch, Bryan (September 14, 2011). "Yankees host Red Sox to conclude 2012 season". MLB.com. Yankees.MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110913&content_id=24659606&vkey=news_nyy.
^ Yankees-Red Sox Sunday night game postponed MLB.com

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AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

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