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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968 / 1970
80-81, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (80-81)
Scored 562 runs, Allowed 587 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-84
Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,067,996 (4th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
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| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Aker | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Jul 13, 1940 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | $ | |
| Stan Bahnsen | 24 | R | R | 6' 2" | 185 | Dec 15, 1944 | 3 | 40 | 33 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Ron Blomberg | 20 | L | R | 6' 1" | 195 | Aug 23, 1948 | 1st | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.1 | $ | |
| Len Boehmer | 28 | R | R | 6' 1" | 192 | Jun 28, 1941 | 2 | 45 | 24 | 45 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | -0.8 | $ | |
| Bill Burbach | 21 | R | R | 6' 4" | 215 | Aug 22, 1947 | 1st | 31 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Horace Clarke | 29 | B | R | 5' 9" | 170 | Jun 2, 1940 | 5 | 156 | 156 | 156 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.8 | $37,000 | |
| Billy Cowan | 30 | R | R | 6' 0" | 170 | Aug 28, 1938 | 5 | 32 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 2 | -0.6 | $16,000 | |
| Bobby Cox | 28 | R | R | 5' 11" | 180 | May 21, 1941 | 2 | 85 | 56 | 85 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| John Cumberland | 22 | R | L | 6' 0" | 185 | May 10, 1947 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Al Downing | 28 | R | L | 5' 11" | 175 | Jun 28, 1941 | 9 | 30 | 15 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | $32,500 | |
| John Ellis | 20 | R | R | 6' 2" | 225 | Aug 21, 1948 | 1st | 22 | 15 | 22 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | -0.2 | $ | |
| Frank Fernandez | 26 | R | R | 6' 0" | 185 | Apr 16, 1943 | 3 | 89 | 69 | 89 | 79 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 2.2 | $15,000 | |
| Jake Gibbs | 30 | L | R | 6' 0" | 180 | Nov 7, 1938 | 8 | 71 | 66 | 71 | 66 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Jimmie Hall | 31 | L | R | 6' 0" | 175 | Mar 7, 1938 | 7 | 80 | 54 | 80 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 50 | 26 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Steve Hamilton | 33 | L | L | 6' 6" | 190 | Nov 30, 1935 | 9 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | $ | |
| Ken Johnson | 36 | R | R | 6' 4" | 210 | Jun 16, 1933 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $ | |
| Mike Kekich | 24 | R | L | 6' 1" | 196 | Apr 2, 1945 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.8 | $12,500 | |
| Jerry Kenney | 24 | L | R | 6' 1" | 170 | Jun 30, 1945 | 2 | 130 | 114 | 130 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 83 | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 2 | 2.2 | $ | |
| Ron Klimkowski | 25 | R | R | 6' 2" | 190 | Mar 1, 1944 | 1st | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | $ | |
| Jim Lyttle | 23 | L | R | 6' 0" | 180 | May 20, 1946 | 1st | 28 | 24 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 0 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Lindy McDaniel | 33 | R | R | 6' 3" | 195 | Dec 13, 1935 | 15 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | $42,000 | |
| Dave McDonald | 26 | L | R | 6' 3" | 215 | May 20, 1943 | 1st | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Gene Michael | 31 | B | R | 6' 2" | 183 | Jun 2, 1938 | 4 | 119 | 112 | 119 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.9 | $ | |
| Thurman Munson | 22 | R | R | 5' 11" | 190 | Jun 7, 1947 | 1st | 26 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.4 | $ | |
| Bobby Murcer | 23 | L | R | 5' 11" | 160 | May 20, 1946 | 3 | 152 | 146 | 152 | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 102 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 1.8 | $27,500 | |
| Don Nottebart | 33 | R | R | 6' 1" | 190 | Jan 23, 1936 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | $20,000 | |
| Nate Oliver | 28 | R | R | 5' 10" | 160 | Dec 13, 1940 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | $18,000 | |
| Joe Pepitone | 28 | L | L | 6' 2" | 185 | Oct 9, 1940 | 8 | 135 | 131 | 135 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.2 | $35,000 | |
| Fritz Peterson | 27 | B | L | 6' 0" | 185 | Feb 8, 1942 | 4 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 | $ | |
| Bill Robinson | 26 | R | R | 6' 2" | 189 | Jun 26, 1943 | 4 | 87 | 53 | 87 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 62 | 32 | 0 | -1.6 | $ | |
| Tom Shopay | 24 | L | R | 5' 9" | 160 | Feb 21, 1945 | 2 | 28 | 11 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 2 | -0.8 | $8,500 | |
| Dick Simpson | 25 | R | R | 6' 4" | 176 | Jul 28, 1943 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | $16,000 | |
| Mel Stottlemyre | 27 | R | R | 6' 1" | 178 | Nov 13, 1941 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.5 | $55,000 | All-Star |
| Fred Talbot | 28 | R | R | 6' 2" | 195 | Jun 28, 1941 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | $17,000 | |
| Frank Tepedino | 21 | L | L | 5' 11" | 185 | Nov 23, 1947 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 0 | -0.1 | $ | |
| Tom Tresh | 30 | B | R | 6' 1" | 180 | Sep 20, 1938 | 9 | 45 | 41 | 45 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | -0.3 | $ | |
| Roy White | 25 | B | R | 5' 10" | 160 | Dec 27, 1943 | 5 | 130 | 125 | 130 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 0 | 0 | 126 | 5 | 0 | 3.8 | $ | All-Star |
| Ron Woods | 26 | R | R | 5' 10" | 168 | Feb 1, 1943 | 1st | 72 | 45 | 72 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66 | 0 | 67 | 9 | 2 | -0.4 | $ | |
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Yrs | G | GS | Batting | Defense | P | C | 1B | 2B | 3B | SS | LF | CF | RF | OF | PH | PR | WAR |