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1981 New York Yankees

1981 > Class Major League > 1981 American League (East)
Overall: 59-48
Scored 421 runs, Allowed 343 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-44

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Gene Michael and Bob Lemon
Represented: New York, NY
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1980 / 1982

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Steve Balboni 24 4 8 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .286 .375 .714 1.089 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bobby Brown# 27 31 69 62 5 14 1 0 0 6 4 2 5 15 .226 .279 .242 .521 15 1 0 1 1 0
3 Rick Cerone 27 71 254 234 23 57 13 2 2 21 0 2 12 24 .244 .276 .342 .618 80 10 0 4 4 0
4 Bucky Dent 29 73 258 227 20 54 11 0 7 27 0 1 19 17 .238 .300 .379 .679 86 1 2 8 2 0
5 Barry Foote 29 40 137 125 12 26 4 0 6 10 0 0 8 21 .208 .256 .384 .640 48 7 0 4 0 0
6 Oscar Gamble* 31 80 227 189 24 45 8 0 10 27 0 2 35 23 .238 .357 .439 .796 83 4 1 0 2 2
7 Reggie Jackson* 35 94 382 334 33 79 17 1 15 54 0 3 46 82 .237 .330 .428 .758 143 8 1 0 1 2
8 Larry Milbourne# 30 61 177 163 24 51 7 2 1 12 2 0 9 14 .313 .351 .399 .749 65 3 1 3 1 2
9 Jerry Mumphrey# 28 80 350 319 44 98 11 5 6 32 14 9 24 27 .307 .354 .429 .783 137 7 0 5 2 1
10 Bobby Murcer* 35 50 130 117 14 31 6 0 6 24 0 0 12 15 .265 .331 .470 .801 55 3 0 0 1 1
11 Graig Nettles* 36 103 402 349 46 85 7 1 15 46 0 2 47 49 .244 .333 .398 .731 139 5 1 2 3 4
12 Johnny Oates* 35 10 28 26 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .192 .250 .231 .481 6 0 0 0 0 0
13 Lou Piniella 37 60 174 159 16 44 9 0 5 18 0 1 13 9 .277 .331 .428 .759 68 7 0 2 0 4
14 Willie Randolph 26 93 422 357 59 83 14 3 2 24 14 5 57 24 .232 .336 .305 .641 109 10 0 5 3 0
15 Andre Robertson 23 10 19 19 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 .263 .263 .316 .579 6 0 0 0 0 0
16 Aurelio Rodriguez 33 27 55 52 4 18 2 0 2 8 0 0 2 10 .346 .370 .500 .870 26 1 0 1 0 0
17 Bob Watson 35 59 180 156 15 33 3 3 6 12 0 0 24 17 .212 .317 .385 .701 60 10 0 0 0 2
18 Dennis Werth 28 34 71 55 7 6 1 0 0 1 1 0 12 12 .109 .269 .127 .396 7 4 0 4 0 2
19 Dave Winfield 29 105 440 388 52 114 25 1 13 68 11 1 43 41 .294 .360 .464 .824 180 13 1 1 7 3
19 Players 30.9 107 3994 3529 421 889 148 22 100 403 47 30 391 434 .252 .325 .391 .717 1381 99 7 40 27 30
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 Doug Bird 31 5 1 .833 2.70 17 4 3 0 0 0 53.1 58 19 16 5 16 3 28 0 0 0 229 1.388 9.8 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.75
2 Bill Castro 29 1 1 .500 3.79 11 0 6 0 0 0 19.0 26 13 8 2 5 1 4 0 0 0 86 1.632 12.3 0.9 2.4 1.9 0.80
3 Ron Davis 25 4 5 .444 2.71 43 0 22 0 0 6 73.0 47 22 22 6 25 3 83 0 1 1 285 0.986 5.8 0.7 3.1 10.2 3.32
4 George Frazier 26 0 1 .000 1.63 16 0 9 0 0 3 27.2 26 7 5 1 11 2 17 0 0 1 117 1.337 8.5 0.3 3.6 5.5 1.55
5 Rich Gossage 29 3 2 .600 0.77 32 0 30 0 0 20 46.2 22 6 4 2 14 1 48 1 0 1 173 0.771 4.2 0.4 2.7 9.3 3.43
6 Mike Griffin 24 0 0 2.08 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 5 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18 1.154 10.4 0.0 0.0 8.3
7 Ron Guidry* 30 11 5 .688 2.76 23 21 1 0 0 0 127.0 100 41 39 12 26 0 104 1 0 6 497 0.992 7.1 0.9 1.8 7.4 4.00
8 Tommy John* 38 9 8 .529 2.63 20 20 0 7 0 0 140.1 135 50 41 10 39 2 50 3 2 6 580 1.240 8.7 0.6 2.5 3.2 1.28
9 Dave LaRoche* 33 4 1 .800 2.49 26 1 14 0 0 0 47.0 38 16 13 3 16 1 24 1 0 1 192 1.149 7.3 0.6 3.1 4.6 1.50
10 Rudy May* 36 6 11 .353 4.14 27 22 1 4 0 1 147.2 137 71 68 10 41 0 79 2 0 6 610 1.205 8.3 0.6 2.5 4.8 1.93
11 Andy McGaffigan 24 0 0 2.57 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 5 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 31 1.143 6.4 1.3 3.9 2.6 0.67
12 Gene Nelson 20 3 1 .750 4.81 8 7 0 0 0 0 39.1 40 24 21 5 23 1 16 1 0 2 179 1.602 9.2 1.1 5.3 3.7 0.70
13 Rick Reuschel 32 4 4 .500 2.67 12 11 1 3 0 0 70.2 75 24 21 4 10 0 22 1 0 0 282 1.203 9.6 0.5 1.3 2.8 2.20
14 Dave Righetti* 22 8 4 .667 2.05 15 15 0 2 0 0 105.1 75 25 24 1 38 0 89 0 1 1 422 1.073 6.4 0.1 3.2 7.6 2.34
15 Dave Wehrmeister 28 0 0 5.14 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 6 4 4 0 7 2 7 0 0 0 33 1.857 7.7 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
15 Players 29.9 59 48 .551 2.90 107 107 91 16 13 30 948.0 827 343 305 64 287 17 606 10 5 25 3872 1.175 7.9 0.6 2.7 5.8 2.11

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Rick Cerone 69 353 26 3 1 .992 5.49 3 34 19 36%
Barry Foote 34 227 14 1 3 .996 7.09 1 24 14 37%
Johnny Oates 10 49 3 2 0 .963 5.20 0 10 2 17%
Dennis Werth 3 15 1 0 0 1.000 5.33 1 2 0 0%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bob Watson 50 367 25 1 42 .997 7.84
Dennis Werth 19 82 9 0 7 1.000 4.79
Steve Balboni 3 14 1 0 2 1.000 5.00
Barry Foote 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 4.00
Aurelio Rodriguez 1 8 1 0 2 1.000 9.00

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Willie Randolph 93 205 268 11 74 .977 5.09
Larry Milbourne 14 35 29 2 10 .970 4.57
Andre Robertson 3 2 7 0 1 1.000 3.00
Aurelio Rodriguez 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.00
Tucker Ashford 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Graig Nettles 97 63 214 8 14 .972 2.86
Aurelio Rodriguez 20 11 28 2 1 .951 1.95
Larry Milbourne 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.00

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Bucky Dent 73 104 217 10 49 .970 4.40
Larry Milbourne 39 37 91 6 15 .955 3.28
Andre Robertson 8 7 17 0 2 1.000 3.00

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Winfield 80 0.00
Oscar Gamble 16 0.00
Lou Piniella 11 0.00
Bobby Brown 6 0.00
Dennis Werth 4 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jerry Mumphrey 79 0.00
Dave Winfield 23 0.00
Bobby Brown 11 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Reggie Jackson 61 0.00
Oscar Gamble 27 0.00
Lou Piniella 25 0.00
Bobby Brown 14 0.00
Dennis Werth 4 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Winfield 102 196 1 3 0 .985 1.93
Jerry Mumphrey 79 219 5 8 0 .966 2.84
Reggie Jackson 61 111 3 3 0 .974 1.87
Oscar Gamble 43 77 0 0 0 1.000 1.79
Lou Piniella 36 69 2 1 1 .986 1.97
Bobby Brown 29 54 2 3 0 .949 1.93
Dennis Werth 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ron Davis 43 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.21
Rich Gossage 32 2 7 1 1 .900 0.28
Rudy May 27 11 28 1 0 .975 1.44
Dave LaRoche 26 5 4 0 0 1.000 0.35
Ron Guidry 23 13 17 0 1 1.000 1.30
Tommy John 20 11 27 0 2 1.000 1.90
Doug Bird 17 6 7 0 1 1.000 0.76
George Frazier 16 1 4 1 0 .833 0.31
Dave Righetti 15 6 9 1 0 .938 1.00
Rick Reuschel 12 6 14 0 0 1.000 1.67
Bill Castro 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.27
Gene Nelson 8 3 6 1 0 .900 1.13
Dave Wehrmeister 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.60
Mike Griffin 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.00
Andy McGaffigan 2 0 0 0 0 0.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Tucker Ashford 26 R R 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 4, 1954 Memphis, TN, US 1981-09-29 1981-10-04
Steve Balboni 24 R R 6' 3.0" 225 Jan 16, 1957 Brockton, MA, US 1981-04-22 1981-10-02
Doug Bird 31 R R 6' 4.0" 180 Mar 5, 1950 Corona, CA, US 1981-04-13 1981-06-11
Bobby Brown 27 S R 6' 2.0" 190 May 25, 1954 Norfolk, VA, US 1981-05-29 1981-10-04
Bill Castro 29 R R 5' 11.0" 170 Mar 29, 1952 Santiago, Santiago, DO 1981-04-12 1981-05-31
Rick Cerone 27 R R 5' 11.0" 192 May 19, 1954 Newark, NJ, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-04
Ron Davis 25 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Aug 6, 1955 Houston, TX, US 1981-04-12 1981-10-03
Bucky Dent 29 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Nov 25, 1951 Savannah, GA, US 1981-04-09 1981-08-30
Barry Foote 29 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Feb 16, 1952 Smithfield, NC, US 1981-04-28 1981-09-25
George Frazier 26 R R 6' 5.0" 205 Oct 13, 1954 Oklahoma City, OK, US 1981-08-11 1981-10-04
Oscar Gamble 31 L R 5' 11.0" 160 Dec 20, 1949 Ramer, AL, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-02
Rich Gossage 29 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Jul 5, 1951 Colorado Springs, CO, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-04
Mike Griffin 24 R R 6' 4.0" 195 Jun 26, 1957 Colusa, CA, US 1981-06-08 1981-06-09
Ron Guidry 30 L L 5' 11.0" 161 Aug 28, 1950 Lafayette, LA, US 1981-04-12 1981-10-03
Reggie Jackson 35 L L 6' 0.0" 195 May 18, 1946 Abington, PA, US 1981-04-17 1981-10-04
Tommy John 38 R L 6' 3.0" 180 May 22, 1943 Terre Haute, IN, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-03
Dave LaRoche 33 L L 6' 2.0" 200 May 14, 1948 Colorado Springs, CO, US 1981-04-19 1981-10-03
Rudy May 36 L L 6' 2.0" 205 Jul 18, 1944 Coffeyville, KS, US 1981-04-11 1981-10-04
Andy McGaffigan 24 R R 6' 3.0" 185 Oct 25, 1956 West Palm Beach, FL, US 1981-09-22 1981-09-24
Larry Milbourne 30 S R 6' 0.0" 161 Feb 14, 1951 Port Norris, NJ, US 1981-04-27 1981-10-04
Jerry Mumphrey 28 S R 6' 2.0" 185 Sep 9, 1952 Tyler, TX, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-04
Bobby Murcer 35 L R 5' 11.0" 160 May 20, 1946 Oklahoma City, OK, US 1981-04-09 1981-09-29
Gene Nelson 20 R R 6' 0.0" 172 Dec 3, 1960 Tampa, FL, US 1981-05-04 1981-09-22
Graig Nettles 36 L R 6' 0.0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 San Diego, CA, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-04
Johnny Oates 35 L R 5' 11.0" 188 Jan 21, 1946 Sylva, NC, US 1981-04-19 1981-05-24
Mike Patterson 23 L R 5' 10.0" 170 Jan 26, 1958 Santa Monica, CA, US 1981-09-22 1981-10-03
Lou Piniella 37 R R 6' 0.0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 Tampa, FL, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-04
Willie Randolph 26 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Jul 6, 1954 Holly Hill, SC, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-04
Rick Reuschel 32 R R 6' 3.0" 215 May 16, 1949 Quincy, IL, US 1981-08-12 1981-10-04
Dave Revering 28 L R 6' 4.0" 210 Feb 12, 1953 Roseville, CA, US 1981-05-20 1981-09-29
Dave Righetti 22 L L 6' 4.0" 195 Nov 28, 1958 San Jose, CA, US 1981-05-23 1981-10-02
Andre Robertson 23 R R 5' 10.0" 155 Oct 2, 1957 Orange, TX, US 1981-09-03 1981-10-04
Aurelio Rodriguez 33 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Dec 28, 1947 Cananea, Sonora, MX 1981-05-07 1981-10-04
Jim Spencer 34 L L 6' 2.0" 195 Jul 30, 1946 Hanover, PA, US 1981-04-11 1981-05-19
Tom Underwood 27 R L 5' 11.0" 170 Dec 22, 1953 Kokomo, IN, US 1981-04-09 1981-05-16
Bob Watson 35 R R 6' 0.0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 Los Angeles, CA, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-04
Dave Wehrmeister 28 R R 6' 4.0" 195 Nov 9, 1952 Berwyn, IL, US 1981-08-13 1981-08-21
Dennis Werth 28 R R 6' 1.0" 200 Dec 29, 1952 Lincoln, IL, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-04
Dave Winfield 29 R R 6' 6.0" 220 Oct 3, 1951 St. Paul, MN, US 1981-04-09 1981-10-04

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