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1968 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1967 / 1969

83-79, Finished 5th in American League (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (83-79)
Scored 536 runs, Allowed 531 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,185,666 (3rd of 10)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 100

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1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Ruben Amaro 32 R R 5' 11" 170 Jan 6, 1936 10 47 10 47 45 0 0 22 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.4 $25,000
Stan Bahnsen 23 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 15, 1944 2 37 34 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.0 $
Steve Barber 30 L L 6' 0" 195 Feb 22, 1938 9 20 19 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.4 $37,500
Jim Bouton 29 R R 6' 0" 170 Mar 8, 1939 7 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $22,000
Horace Clarke 28 B R 5' 9" 170 Jun 2, 1940 4 148 137 148 139 0 0 0 139 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0.3 $
Rocky Colavito 34 R R 6' 3" 190 Aug 10, 1933 14 39 23 39 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 21 27 12 0 1.0 $
Bobby Cox 27 R R 5' 11" 180 May 21, 1941 1st 135 129 135 132 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.2 $10,000
John Cumberland 21 R L 6' 0" 185 May 10, 1947 1st 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Al Downing 27 R L 5' 11" 175 Jun 28, 1941 8 15 12 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $32,500
Frank Fernandez 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Apr 16, 1943 2 51 46 51 48 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 3 0 1.7 $
Mike Ferraro 23 R R 5' 11" 175 Aug 18, 1944 2 23 22 23 22 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.2 $10,000
Jake Gibbs 29 L R 6' 0" 180 Nov 7, 1938 7 123 111 123 120 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.1 $
Steve Hamilton 32 L L 6' 6" 190 Nov 30, 1935 8 40 0 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $
Dick Howser 32 R R 5' 8" 155 May 14, 1936 8 85 29 85 32 0 0 0 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 53 2 0.0 $
Andy Kosco 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 5, 1941 4 131 116 131 121 0 0 27 0 0 0 1 0 96 97 11 0 0.1 $
Mickey Mantle HOF 36 B R 5' 11" 195 Oct 20, 1931 18 144 130 144 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 3.6 $100,000 All-Star
Lindy McDaniel 32 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 14 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $35,000
Gene Michael 30 B R 6' 2" 183 Jun 2, 1938 3 61 37 61 44 1 0 0 0 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 19 -1.6 $13,000
Bill Monbouquette 31 R R 5' 11" 190 Aug 11, 1936 11 17 11 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Joe Pepitone 27 L L 6' 2" 185 Oct 9, 1940 7 108 103 108 104 0 0 12 0 0 0 4 88 0 92 5 0 1.3 $
Fritz Peterson 26 B L 6' 0" 185 Feb 8, 1942 3 36 27 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.9 $
Bill Robinson 25 R R 6' 2" 189 Jun 26, 1943 3 107 88 107 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 53 43 98 10 2 1.1 $
Ellie Rodriguez 22 R R 5' 11" 185 May 24, 1946 1st 9 9 9 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Charley Smith 30 R R 6' 1" 170 Sep 15, 1937 9 46 11 46 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 34 0 0.1 $
Tony Solaita 21 L L 6' 0" 210 Jan 15, 1947 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mel Stottlemyre 26 R R 6' 1" 178 Nov 13, 1941 5 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $ All-Star
Fred Talbot 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 28, 1941 6 29 11 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Thad Tillotson 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 20, 1940 2 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Tom Tresh 29 B R 6' 1" 180 Sep 20, 1938 8 152 144 152 146 0 0 0 0 0 119 27 0 0 27 8 0 2.0 $
Joe Verbanic 25 R R 6' 0" 155 Apr 24, 1943 3 40 11 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Steve Whitaker 25 L R 6' 0" 180 May 7, 1943 3 28 14 28 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 2 14 14 0 -0.6 $15,000
Roy White 24 B R 5' 10" 160 Dec 27, 1943 4 159 153 159 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 119 26 12 154 6 0 4.5 $
Dooley Womack 28 L R 6' 0" 170 Aug 25, 1939 3 45 0 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $22,500
John Wyatt 33 R R 5' 11" 200 Apr 19, 1935 8 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Charley Smith

Mickey Mantle

Steve Whitaker

Dick Howser

Bill Robinson

Ruben Amaro

Bobby Cox

Tom Tresh

Gene Michael

Steve Barber

Fritz Peterson

Horace Clarke

Roy White

Fred Talbot

Ellie Rodriguez

Al Downing

Joe Pepitone

Mike Ferraro

Andy Kosco

Rocky Colavito

Mel Stottlemyre

Frank Fernandez

Steve Hamilton

Lindy McDaniel
Bill Monbouquette

Jake Gibbs

Stan Bahnsen

Roy White

Tony Solaita
John Wyatt

Joe Verbanic

Thad Tillotson

Jim Bouton
John Cumberland

Dooley Womack

1967 / 1969 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers