Aaron Boone played in 54 regular season games for the Yankees in 2003 starting August 1: 209 PA, 90 OPS+, 6 HR.
July 31, 2003: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the New York Yankees for Brandon Claussen, Charlie Manning and cash.
March 1, 2004: Released by the New York Yankees.
June 26, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
Aaron Boone played tournament games in only one season, 2003:
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Series | Opp | Rslt | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | WPA | cWPA | ||||
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| 2003 | 30 | NYY | AL | ALDS | MIN | W | 4 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .200 | .200 | .267 | .467 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -0.10 | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 30 | NYY | AL | ALCS | BOS | W | 7 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .176 | .263 | .353 | .616 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.11 | 11.7% |
| 2003 | 30 | NYY | AL | WS | FLA | L | 6 | 23 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .143 | .136 | .286 | .422 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -0.70 | -25.4% |
| 1 Yr (3 Series) | 17 | 58 | 53 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .170 | .196 | .302 | .498 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -0.69 | -14.9% | ||||||
His ALCS home run was the final play in game seven.
8th inning:
Ruben Sierra pinch hits for Enrique Wilson (3B) batting 8th
Intentional Walk
Aaron Boone pinch runs for Ruben Sierra (PH) batting 8th
Before that in the 8th inning, the Yankees had scored three runs off Pedro Martinez to tie the game 5-5.
Leading off the 11th inning in his only plate appearance of the game Aaron Boone hit a home run off Tim Wakefield to win the pennant and send the Yankee to the World Series, which they lost to the Marlins.
During the off season Boone injured himself playing basketball and told the Yankees the truth, which led them to trade for another third baseman:
February 16, 2004: Traded by the Texas Rangers with cash to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later and Alfonso Soriano. The New York Yankees sent Joaquin Arias (April 23, 2004) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.
A-Rod moved from shortstop to third to accommodate the incumbent, Derek Jeter. Playing for the Yankees A-Rod was AL MVP in 2005 and 2007, hitting 48 and 54 home runs in those seasons. The Yankees won their most recent and possibly last World Series in 2009. Boone played his final ten games, his only games with Houston, in 2009 at age 36.
So directly and indirectly Aaron Boone caused some very positive things to happen to the New York Yankees. Boone then became an analyst and entertainer for ESPN.
Joe Girardi managed the Yankees ten years, 2008-2017: 910-710 .562. Then Yankee general manager Brian Cashman, who does not seem to have ever had a performance review by Hal Steinbrenner, decided to replace Girardi and surprisingly hired Aaron Boone as Girardi's successor even though Boone had not managed or coached professionally. Girardi had managed the Marlins in 2006. One of the several people Cashman interviewed for the job was former pitcher David Cone, who is now a TV analyst during some Yankee games on the YES Network.
Boone's record managing the Yankees:
| Rk | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | T | G | Finish | Wpost | Lpost | W-L%post | Challenges | Overturned | Overturn% | Ejections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2018 | 45 | New York Yankees | AL | 100 | 62 | .617 | 0 | 162 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .400 | 35 | 26 | 74.3% | 4 | ||
| 2 | 2019 | 46 | New York Yankees | AL | 103 | 59 | .636 | 0 | 162 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .556 | 22 | 15 | 68.2% | 5 | ||
| 3 | 2020 | 47 | New York Yankees | AL | 33 | 27 | .550 | 0 | 60 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 12 | 5 | 41.7% | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2021 | 48 | New York Yankees | AL | 40 | 38 | .513 | 0 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 30.0% | 3 | |||
| 4 years | 276 | 186 | .597 | 0 | 462 | 2.3 | 11 | 10 | .524 | 79 | 49 | 62.0%% | 14 |
Before this season the 2021 Yankees were seen by most as formidable and probably the best team in a weakened AL East division. The Boston Red Sox (48-31) have surprised most by quickly turning around their recent slide. Boston has won all six games against the Yankees in 2021. The Red Sox are managed by disgraced Alex Cora, who sat out 2020 because of his involvement as a coach in the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal. In his first season managing the Red Sox, Cora led them to the 2018 World Series championship over the LA Dodgers.
The Yankees have been making a lot of mistakes, the kind that should be prevented by practicing in spring training. This has many blaming their manager.
Yankees must consider David Cone as Aaron Boone replacement
by Adam Weinrib 22 hours ago
... could anyone else possibly do a worse job of managing the various pieces of this team than Aaron Boone? ...
Could David Cone be the next Yankees manager?
It’s possible no analyst in the modern game is as adept as Cone at a concept most color commentators can’t even conceive of: simplifying “analytics” to its elements to strip the dirty word of all its most negative implications.
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I'd prefer a young manager but we fans don't really knows such candidates. I had already thought of Cone. But Cone is 58 and has had a serious health problem.
When he does his press conferences, Boone seems to know what he's talking about. He also has a good demeanor. So what's the problem? Some mitigating factors:
In spring training Boone underwent a heart procedure and was replaced for a while by a young coach most of us had never heard of. Then during the season, two coaches missed time because of the plague.
As a practical matter, unless some hot shot is available, it doesn't pay to make a mid season change. A new manager can't do much to re-do spring training practice. To think that a team can do substantial amounts of practice during the season is naive.
The days of Hal's father, George Steinbrenner, firing the Yankee manager during the season and getting a positive result that season are long gone. It worked in 1978 when George fired Billy Martin, something George did four times with diminishing returns. The self destructive Martin became progressively less effective. Poor Billy died in a car crash Christmas day 1989 at the age of 61. He managed the Yankees to the 1977 World Series championship.
Some Yankee fans want a tough guy to replace Boone. Sounds good but it's very unlikely that would work. Most tough guy managers are long gone and/or don't grasp the data that is now available. Wasn't that part of why Cashman removed Girardi? Cashman wanted someone who could deal more effectively with the modern players. After sitting out and doing TV in 2018 and 2019, Girardi took over as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2020; 36-40 in 2021. Too bad. Girardi, 56, sounds like the guy the Yankees need. Or maybe Boone isn't the primary problem.
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