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1978 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
100-63, Finished 1st in AL East
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Scored 735 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-64
Manager: Billy Martin (52-42), Dick Howser (0-1) and Bob Lemon (48-20)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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
World Series Champs
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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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 DH PH PR
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
Jim Beattie 23 R R 6' 6" 220 Jul 4, 1954 1st 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Blair 34 R R 6' 0" 171 Feb 1, 1944 15 75 20 75 71 0 0 0 5 3 4 1 49 16 64 0 16 7
Chris Chambliss 29 L R Dec 26, 1948 8 162 161 162 155 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0
Ken Clay 24 R R 6' 3" 195 Apr 6, 1954 2 28 0 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ron Davis 22 R R 6' 4" 207 Aug 6, 1955 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bucky Dent 26 R R 5' 11" 181 Nov 25, 1951 6 123 120 123 123 0 0 0 0 0 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Rawly Eastwick 27 R R 6' 3" 180 Oct 24, 1950 5 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ed Figueroa 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 14, 1948 5 35 0 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Damaso Garcia 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 7, 1955 1st 18 14 18 18 0 0 0 16 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rich Gossage HOF 26 R R 6' 3" 217 Jul 5, 1951 7 63 0 63 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Ron Guidry 27 L L 5' 11" 162 Aug 28, 1950 4 37 0 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 All-Star
Don Gullett 27 R L 6' 0" 190 Jan 6, 1951 9 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Mike Heath 23 R R 5' 11" 190 Feb 5, 1955 1st 33 24 33 33 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ken Holtzman 32 R L 6' 2" 175 Nov 3, 1945 14 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Catfish Hunter HOF 32 R R 6' 0" 195 Apr 8, 1946 14 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Reggie Jackson HOF 32 L L 6' 0" 200 May 18, 1946 12 139 138 139 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104 104 34 1 0 All-Star
Cliff Johnson 30 R R 6' 4" 225 Jul 22, 1947 7 76 46 76 23 0 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 22 0
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 4 9 2
Bob Kammeyer 27 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 2, 1950 1st 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mickey Klutts 23 R R 5' 11" 189 Sep 20, 1954 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paul Lindblad 36 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 9, 1941 14 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sparky Lyle 33 L L 6' 1" 192 Jul 22, 1944 12 59 0 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry McCall 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Sep 8, 1952 2 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Messersmith 32 R R 6' 1" 200 Aug 6, 1945 11 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thurman Munson 31 R R 5' 11" 191 Jun 7, 1947 10 154 153 154 139 0 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 14 1 0 All-Star
Graig Nettles 33 L R 6' 0" 186 Aug 20, 1944 12 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 159 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Lou Piniella 34 R R 6' 2" 198 Aug 28, 1943 12 130 120 130 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0 26 103 19 10 0
Dave Rajsich 26 L L 6' 5" 175 Sep 28, 1951 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Domingo Ramos 20 R R 5' 10" 155 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" 166 Jul 6, 1954 4 134 132 134 134 0 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
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
Dennis Sherrill 22 R R 6' 0" 165 Mar 3, 1956 1st 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jim Spencer 30 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 30, 1947 11 71 38 71 15 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 27 0
Fred Stanley 30 R R 5' 10" 167 Aug 13, 1947 10 81 48 81 81 0 0 0 12 4 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
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 49 0 6 4
Dick Tidrow 31 R R 6' 4" 213 May 14, 1947 7 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roy White 34 B R 5' 10" 172 Dec 27, 1943 14 103 94 103 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 1 0 74 23 8 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
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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