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1978 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Thurman Munson 31 154 666 617 73 183 27 1 6 71 2 3 35 70 .297 .332 .373 .705 101 230 20 3 1 10 6
2 1B Chris Chambliss* 29 162 677 625 81 171 26 3 12 90 2 1 41 60 .274 .321 .382 .703 100 239 6 5 1 5 3
3 2B Willie Randolph 23 134 596 499 87 139 18 6 3 42 36 7 82 51 .279 .381 .357 .738 112 178 12 4 6 5 1
4 SS Bucky Dent 26 123 415 379 40 92 11 1 5 40 3 1 23 24 .243 .286 .317 .603 72 120 10 2 6 5 1
5 3B Graig Nettles* 33 159 662 587 81 162 23 2 27 93 1 1 59 69 .276 .343 .460 .803 128 270 20 6 1 9 6
6 LF Lou Piniella 34 130 513 472 67 148 34 5 6 69 3 1 34 36 .314 .361 .445 .806 129 210 12 2 4 1 8
7 CF Mickey Rivers* 29 141 604 559 78 148 25 8 11 48 25 5 29 51 .265 .302 .397 .699 98 222 8 3 7 6 3
8 RF Reggie Jackson* 32 139 581 511 82 140 13 5 27 97 14 11 58 133 .274 .356 .477 .834 136 244 8 9 0 3 2
9 DH Cliff Johnson 30 76 205 174 20 32 9 1 6 19 0 0 30 32 .184 .307 .351 .658 88 61 6 1 0 0 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
10 UT Roy White# 34 103 395 346 44 93 13 3 8 43 10 4 42 35 .269 .349 .393 .742 112 136 9 2 2 3 7
11 SS Fred Stanley 30 81 189 160 14 35 7 0 1 9 0 0 25 31 .219 .324 .281 .606 75 45 3 0 4 0 0
12 DH Jim Spencer* 30 71 166 150 12 34 9 1 7 24 0 1 15 32 .227 .295 .440 .735 108 66 4 0 0 1 3
13 CF Paul Blair 34 75 136 125 10 22 5 0 2 13 1 1 9 17 .176 .231 .264 .495 41 33 4 0 2 0 0
14 OF Gary Thomasson* 26 54 130 116 20 32 4 1 3 20 0 2 13 22 .276 .346 .405 .751 114 47 0 0 0 1 0
15 C Mike Heath 23 33 99 92 6 21 3 1 0 8 0 0 4 9 .228 .265 .283 .548 57 26 1 1 1 1 0
16 UT Jay Johnstone* 32 36 73 65 6 17 0 0 1 6 0 1 4 10 .262 .329 .308 .636 83 20 0 3 0 1 0
17 2B Brian Doyle* 23 39 54 52 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 .192 .192 .192 .385 10 10 2 0 2 0 0
18 2B Damaso Garcia 23 18 44 41 5 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 6 .195 .227 .195 .422 22 8 1 0 0 1 0
19 2B George Zeber# 27 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Dell Alston* 25 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 3B Mickey Klutts 23 1 3 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500 605 3 0 1 0 0 0
22 UT Dennis Sherrill 22 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 C Fran Healy 31 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 29.8 163 6219 5583 735 1489 228 38 125 693 98 42 505 695 .267 .329 .388 .718 105 2168 126 42 37 52 45
Rank in 14 AL teams 3 4 4 7 7 6 6 13 9 8 4 7 6 6 5
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Ron Guidry* 27 25 3 .893 1.74 35 35 0 16 9 0 273.2 187 61 53 13 72 1 248 1 1 7 1057 208 0.946 6.1 0.4 2.4 8.2 3.44
2 SP Ed Figueroa 29 20 9 .690 2.99 35 35 0 12 2 0 253.0 233 96 84 22 77 4 92 3 1 6 1038 121 1.225 8.3 0.8 2.7 3.3 1.19
3 SP Dick Tidrow 31 7 11 .389 3.84 31 25 1 4 0 0 185.1 191 87 79 13 53 3 73 5 0 5 787 95 1.317 9.3 0.6 2.6 3.5 1.38
4 SP Jim Beattie 23 6 9 .400 3.73 25 22 3 0 0 0 128.0 123 60 53 8 51 2 65 8 1 8 553 97 1.359 8.6 0.6 3.6 4.6 1.27
5 SP Catfish Hunter 32 12 6 .667 3.58 21 20 1 5 1 0 118.0 98 49 47 16 35 0 56 1 0 2 477 101 1.127 7.5 1.2 2.7 4.3 1.60
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 CL Rich Gossage 26 10 11 .476 2.01 63 0 55 0 0 27 134.1 87 41 30 9 59 8 122 2 0 5 543 180 1.087 5.8 0.6 4.0 8.2 2.07
7 RP Sparky Lyle* 33 9 3 .750 3.47 59 0 33 0 0 9 111.2 116 46 43 6 33 8 33 4 0 1 470 105 1.334 9.3 0.5 2.7 2.7 1.00
8 RP Ken Clay 24 3 4 .429 4.28 28 6 13 0 0 0 75.2 89 41 36 3 21 3 32 2 0 4 336 85 1.454 10.6 0.4 2.5 3.8 1.52
9 RP Rawly Eastwick 27 2 1 .667 3.28 8 0 2 0 0 0 24.2 22 9 9 2 4 0 13 1 0 0 101 110 1.054 8.0 0.7 1.5 4.7 3.25
10 RP Bob Kammeyer 27 0 0 5.82 7 0 6 0 0 0 21.2 24 15 14 1 6 0 11 2 0 0 98 62 1.385 10.0 0.4 2.5 4.6 1.83
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
11 Don Gullett* 27 4 2 .667 3.63 8 8 0 2 0 0 44.2 46 19 18 3 20 1 28 1 0 1 194 100 1.478 9.3 0.6 4.0 5.6 1.40
12 Andy Messersmith 32 0 3 .000 5.64 6 5 1 0 0 0 22.1 24 21 14 7 15 0 16 1 0 0 106 64 1.746 9.7 2.8 6.0 6.4 1.07
13 Paul Lindblad* 36 0 0 4.42 7 1 3 0 0 0 18.1 21 9 9 4 8 0 9 0 0 1 84 82 1.582 10.3 2.0 3.9 4.4 1.13
14 Ken Holtzman* 32 1 0 1.000 4.08 5 3 1 0 0 0 17.2 21 8 8 2 9 0 3 0 0 0 78 89 1.698 10.7 1.0 4.6 1.5 0.33
15 Larry McCall 25 1 1 .500 5.62 5 1 3 0 0 0 16.0 20 10 10 2 6 0 7 1 1 3 71 64 1.625 11.3 1.1 3.4 3.9 1.17
16 Dave Rajsich* 26 0 0 4.05 4 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 16 6 6 0 6 0 9 0 0 0 58 90 1.650 10.8 0.0 4.1 6.1 1.50
17 Ron Davis 22 0 0 11.57 4 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 12 31 2.571 11.6 0.0 11.6 0.0 0.00
Team Totals 28.3 100 63 .613 3.18 163 163 124 39 12 36 1460.2 1321 582 516 111 478 30 817 32 4 43 6063 114 1.232 8.1 0.7 2.9 5.0 1.71
Rank in 14 AL teams 1 14 9 2 1 2 1 1 1 8 4 2
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Jim Beattie 23 25 22 128.0 38 14 21 3 2 .921 0.0 0.0 2.46 1.40 P
Paul Blair 34 78 20 322.2 96 89 5 2 1 .979 -0.3 -1.1 -0.3 -0.6 0.1 0 0 2.62 1.21 CF-RF-LF-2B-SS-3B
Chris Chambliss 29 162 154 1367.2 1481 1366 111 4 119 .997 8.0 7.0 9.0 3.0 6.0 -1 9.72 9.12 1B-DH
Ken Clay 24 28 6 75.2 17 6 9 2 1 .882 0.0 0.0 1.78 0.54 P
Ron Davis 22 4 0 2.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.86 0.25 P
Bucky Dent 26 123 120 1010.2 529 178 341 10 57 .981 17.4 20.7 16.4 6.4 10.0 1 4.62 4.22 SS
Brian Doyle 23 41 14 173.0 105 39 65 1 14 .990 3.6 25.0 3.6 0.8 2.8 0 5.41 2.54 2B-3B-SS
Rawly Eastwick 27 8 0 24.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.82 0.63 P
Ed Figueroa 29 35 35 253.0 55 17 37 1 2 .982 0.0 0.0 1.92 1.54 P
Damaso Garcia 23 19 14 117.0 75 36 35 4 10 .947 -3.6 -36.9 -2.6 -2.4 -0.3 -1 5.46 3.74 2B-SS
Rich Gossage 26 63 0 134.1 21 6 12 3 0 .857 0.0 0.0 1.21 0.29 P
Ron Guidry 27 35 35 273.2 60 14 44 2 1 .967 0.0 0.0 1.91 1.66 P
Don Gullett 27 8 8 44.2 12 2 8 2 0 .833 0.0 0.0 2.01 1.25 P
Fran Healy 31 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 C
Mike Heath 23 33 24 245.2 167 151 11 5 1 .970 -1.0 -4.9 -1 5.93 4.91 1 4 11 6 35% C
Ken Holtzman 32 5 3 17.2 6 0 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.06 1.20 P
Catfish Hunter 32 21 20 118.0 24 11 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.83 1.14 P
Reggie Jackson 32 139 104 911.1 216 207 6 3 1 .986 -2.7 -3.6 -0.7 -1.2 0.5 -2 2.10 1.53 RF-DH
Cliff Johnson 30 62 14 159.0 83 71 10 2 1 .976 -1.3 -9.8 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -1 4.58 1.31 2 5 11 5 31% C-1B-DH
Jay Johnstone 32 27 12 118.0 31 30 1 0 0 1.000 0.9 9.2 0.9 1.3 -0.4 0 2.36 1.15 RF-LF-DH
Bob Kammeyer 27 7 0 21.2 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.91 1.00 P
Mickey Klutts 23 1 1 9.0 4 1 2 1 1 .750 -0.7 -93.3 -0.7 0.0 -0.7 0 3.00 3.00 3B
Paul Lindblad 36 7 1 18.1 6 2 4 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.95 0.86 P
Sparky Lyle 33 59 0 111.2 28 9 18 1 3 .964 0.0 0.0 2.18 0.46 P
Larry McCall 25 5 1 16.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.80 P
Andy Messersmith 32 6 5 22.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.61 0.67 P
Thurman Munson 31 152 139 1181.0 772 700 61 11 4 .986 3.3 3.4 1.3 1.7 -0.4 -1 3 5.80 5.01 8 34 61 50 45% C-RF-DH
Graig Nettles 33 161 159 1415.2 447 110 326 11 30 .975 11.7 9.9 10.7 1.1 9.6 1 2.77 2.71 3B-SS
Lou Piniella 34 129 101 878.1 229 218 4 7 0 .969 2.4 3.3 3.4 -1.7 5.1 -1 2.27 1.72 LF-RF-DH
Dave Rajsich 26 4 2 13.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.68 0.25 P
Domingo Ramos 20 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -240.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 SS
Willie Randolph 23 134 132 1144.2 712 296 400 16 80 .978 10.5 11.0 9.5 4.7 4.8 1 5.47 5.19 2B
Mickey Rivers 29 138 135 1134.2 395 380 7 8 2 .980 10.6 11.2 13.6 3.3 10.3 -3 3.07 2.80 CF
Dennis Sherrill 22 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -120.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 3B-DH
Jim Spencer 30 50 8 85.0 97 90 7 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0 10.27 1.94 1B-DH
Fred Stanley 30 86 48 484.0 249 88 152 9 26 .964 -7.0 -17.4 -5.0 -1.8 -3.2 -2 4.46 2.79 SS-2B-3B
Gary Thomasson 26 53 33 302.0 107 100 4 3 1 .972 3.5 13.9 2.5 3.7 -1.1 1 3.10 1.96 LF-CF-RF-DH
Dick Tidrow 31 31 25 185.1 30 12 18 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.46 0.97 P
Roy White 34 98 71 612.0 133 131 1 1 0 .992 -6.0 -11.8 -4.0 -3.3 -0.6 -2 1.94 1.35 LF-CF-DH
George Zeber 27 1 1 10.0 4 1 2 1 0 .750 -1.5 -180.0 -1.5 0.0 -1.5 0 2.70 3.00 2B
Team Totals 29.5 163 1467 13146.0 6253 4382 1758 113 362 .982 47.4 4.3 55.4 14.7 40.7 -8 -1 1 4.20 3.02 11 43 83 61 42%
Rank in 14 AL teams 13 13 1
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1977 / 1979 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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