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1978 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

100-63, Finished 1st in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (52-42), Dick Howser (0-1) and Bob Lemon (48-20)
Scored 735 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-64

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium II · Attendance: 2,335,871 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96

Postseason:  Won World Series (4-2) over Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (3-1) over Kansas City Royals

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1977 / 1979 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 DH PH PR WAR Salary
Dell Alston 25 L R 6' 0" 180 Sep 22, 1952 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.1 $
Jim Beattie 23 R R 6' 5" 210 Jul 4, 1954 1st 25 22 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $
Paul Blair 34 R R 6' 0" 168 Feb 1, 1944 15 75 20 75 71 0 0 0 5 3 4 1 49 16 66 0 16 7 -1.0 $
Chris Chambliss 29 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 26, 1948 8 162 161 162 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 2.6 $240,000
Ken Clay 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Apr 6, 1954 2 28 6 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Ron Davis 22 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 6, 1955 1st 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bucky Dent 26 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1951 6 123 120 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Brian Doyle 23 L R 5' 10" 160 Jan 26, 1955 1st 39 14 39 38 0 0 0 29 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0.0 $
Rawly Eastwick 27 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 24, 1950 5 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $220,000
Ed Figueroa 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 14, 1948 5 35 35 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Damaso Garcia 21 R R 6' 1" 165 Feb 7, 1957 1st 18 14 18 18 0 0 0 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Rich Gossage HOF 26 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 5, 1951 7 63 0 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $458,000 All-Star
Ron Guidry 27 L L 5' 11" 161 Aug 28, 1950 4 37 35 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8.5 $47,000 All-Star
Don Gullett 27 R L 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1951 9 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.5 $333,333
Fran Healy 31 R R 6' 5" 220 Sep 6, 1946 9 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Mike Heath 23 R R 5' 11" 180 Feb 5, 1955 1st 33 24 33 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $
Ken Holtzman 32 R L 6' 2" 175 Nov 3, 1945 14 5 3 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $165,000
Catfish Hunter HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 8, 1946 14 21 20 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $640,000
Reggie Jackson HOF 32 L L 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1946 12 139 138 139 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104 35 1 0 3.7 $525,000 All-Star
Cliff Johnson 30 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 22, 1947 7 76 46 76 23 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 22 0 -0.2 $
Jay Johnstone 32 L R 6' 1" 175 Nov 20, 1945 13 36 16 36 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 14 22 5 9 2 0.0 $
Bob Kammeyer 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 2, 1950 1st 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Mickey Klutts 23 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 20, 1954 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Paul Lindblad 36 L L 6' 1" 185 Aug 9, 1941 14 7 1 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Sparky Lyle 33 L L 6' 1" 182 Jul 22, 1944 12 59 0 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Larry McCall 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Sep 8, 1952 2 5 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Andy Messersmith 32 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 6, 1945 11 6 5 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Thurman Munson 31 R R 5' 11" 190 Jun 7, 1947 10 154 153 154 139 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 14 1 0 3.4 $ All-Star
Graig Nettles 33 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 12 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.9 $145,000 All-Star
Lou Piniella 34 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 12 130 120 130 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 26 106 23 10 0 4.0 $
Dave Rajsich 26 L L 6' 5" 175 Sep 28, 1951 1st 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Domingo Ramos 20 R R 5' 10" 154 Mar 29, 1958 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Willie Randolph 23 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 6, 1954 4 134 132 134 134 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.8 $50,000
Mickey Rivers 29 L L 5' 10" 165 Oct 31, 1948 9 141 135 141 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 138 0 138 0 4 1 3.1 $133,333
Dennis Sherrill 22 R R 6' 0" 165 May 3, 1956 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 $
Jim Spencer 31 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 30, 1946 11 71 38 71 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 27 0 0.2 $
Fred Stanley 30 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 13, 1947 10 81 48 81 81 0 0 0 12 4 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 -0.3 $
Gary Thomasson 26 L L 6' 1" 180 Jul 29, 1951 7 54 33 54 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 16 12 52 1 6 4 1.2 $
Dick Tidrow 31 R R 6' 4" 210 May 14, 1947 7 31 25 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Roy White 34 B R 5' 10" 160 Dec 27, 1943 14 103 94 103 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 1 0 75 23 8 0 1.0 $
George Zeber 27 B R 5' 11" 170 Aug 29, 1950 2 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.4 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Paul Blair
Roy White
Graig Nettles
Chris Chambliss
Fred Stanley
Jim Spencer
Lou Piniella
Thurman Munson

Mickey Rivers
Dennis Sherrill
Dick Tidrow
Bucky Dent
Jay Johnstone
Damaso Garcia
Mickey Klutts
Gary Thomasson
Brian Doyle
George Zeber

Domingo Ramos
Dell Alston
Jay Johnstone
Sparky Lyle
Catfish Hunter
Willie Randolph
Ed Figueroa
Don Gullett
Rawly Eastwick
Paul Lindblad
Dave Rajsich

Fran Healy
Bob Kammeyer
Paul Lindblad
Larry McCall
Cliff Johnson
Ken Clay
Reggie Jackson
Jim Beattie
Mike Heath
Andy Messersmith
Ron Guidry

Larry McCall
Dave Rajsich
Ron Davis
Ken Holtzman
Larry McCall
Rich Gossage

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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