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1979 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980

89-71, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bob Lemon (34-31) and Billy Martin (55-40)
Scored 734 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-74

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium II · Attendance: 2,537,765 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

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1978 / 1980 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
Rick Anderson 25 R R 6' 2" 210 Dec 25, 1953 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Beattie 24 R R 6' 5" 210 Jul 4, 1954 2 15 13 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Juan Beniquez 29 R R 5' 11" 150 May 13, 1950 8 62 39 62 62 0 0 0 0 3 0 18 37 5 60 0 0 5 0.0 $
Paul Blair 35 R R 6' 0" 168 Feb 1, 1944 16 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bobby Brown 25 B R 6' 2" 190 May 25, 1954 1st 30 16 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 20 0 27 2 2 4 0.0 $
Ray Burris 28 R R 6' 5" 200 Aug 22, 1950 7 15 0 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Chris Chambliss 30 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 26, 1948 9 149 146 149 134 0 0 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 0 1.9 $240,000
Ken Clay 25 R R 6' 3" 185 Apr 6, 1954 3 32 5 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Ron Davis 23 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 6, 1955 2 44 0 1 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Bucky Dent 27 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1951 7 141 136 141 141 0 0 0 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $
Brian Doyle 24 L R 5' 10" 160 Jan 26, 1955 2 20 9 20 19 0 0 0 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 -0.2 $
Ed Figueroa 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Oct 14, 1948 6 16 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $
Oscar Gamble 29 L R 5' 11" 160 Dec 20, 1949 11 36 28 36 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 27 5 8 0 2.2 $
Damaso Garcia 22 R R 6' 1" 165 Feb 7, 1957 2 11 9 11 11 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Rich Gossage HOF 27 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 5, 1951 8 36 0 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $458,000
Mike Griffin 22 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 26, 1957 1st 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ron Guidry 28 L L 5' 11" 161 Aug 28, 1950 5 34 30 1 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 $233,791 All-Star
Brad Gulden 23 L R 5' 10" 175 Jun 10, 1956 2 40 34 40 40 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Don Hood 29 L L 6' 2" 180 Oct 16, 1949 7 27 6 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $
Catfish Hunter HOF 33 R R 6' 0" 190 Apr 8, 1946 15 19 19 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $640,000
Reggie Jackson HOF 33 L L 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1946 13 131 127 131 125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 125 3 4 0 3.9 $525,000 All-Star
Tommy John 36 R L 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1943 16 37 36 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 $575,000 All-Star
Cliff Johnson 31 R R 6' 4" 215 Jul 22, 1947 8 28 17 28 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 11 0 0.3 $
Jay Johnstone 33 L R 6' 1" 175 Nov 20, 1945 14 23 9 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 4 2 19 3 9 0 -0.3 $
Darryl Jones 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Jun 5, 1951 1st 18 14 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 15 3 0 -0.1 $
Jim Kaat 40 L L 6' 4" 205 Nov 7, 1938 21 40 1 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Bob Kammeyer 28 R R 6' 4" 210 Dec 2, 1950 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Paul Mirabella 25 L L 6' 1" 190 Mar 20, 1954 2 10 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $
Thurman Munson 32 R R 5' 11" 190 Jun 7, 1947 11 97 96 97 91 0 88 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 2.5 $
Bobby Murcer 33 L R 5' 11" 160 May 20, 1946 13 74 65 74 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 59 8 80 0 2 2 0.3 $
Jerry Narron 23 L R 6' 3" 205 Jan 15, 1956 1st 61 30 61 56 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 -0.8 $
Graig Nettles 34 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 13 145 142 145 144 0 0 0 0 144 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.0 $ All-Star
Lou Piniella 35 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 13 130 111 130 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 0 29 113 16 15 0 0.2 $
Lenny Randle 30 B R 5' 10" 169 Feb 12, 1949 9 20 7 20 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0 11 2 6 5 -0.5 $
Willie Randolph 24 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 6, 1954 5 153 152 153 153 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5.3 $50,000
Dave Righetti 20 L L 6' 4" 195 Nov 28, 1958 1st 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Mickey Rivers 30 L L 5' 10" 165 Oct 31, 1948 10 74 68 74 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 0 69 1 4 1 0.0 $133,333
Bruce Robinson 25 L R 6' 2" 195 Apr 16, 1954 2 6 5 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
George Scott 35 R R 6' 2" 200 Mar 23, 1944 14 16 12 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 0 0.3 $
Roger Slagle 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 4, 1953 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Jim Spencer 32 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 30, 1946 12 106 86 106 26 0 0 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 71 19 0 2.1 $
Roy Staiger 29 R R 6' 0" 195 Jan 6, 1950 4 4 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Fred Stanley 31 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 13, 1947 11 57 27 57 56 0 0 1 8 17 30 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0.2 $
Luis Tiant 38 R R 6' 0" 180 Nov 23, 1940 16 30 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $370,000
Dick Tidrow 32 R R 6' 4" 210 May 14, 1947 8 14 0 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.8 $
Dennis Werth 26 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 29, 1952 1st 3 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0 $
Roy White 35 B R 5' 10" 160 Dec 27, 1943 15 81 52 81 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 0 27 30 25 4 -1.3 $
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
Darryl Jones
Bobby Murcer
Roy White
Graig Nettles
Chris Chambliss
Fred Stanley
Jim Spencer
Lou Piniella
Thurman Munson

Oscar Gamble
Mickey Rivers
Brian Doyle
Rick Anderson
Dick Tidrow
Bucky Dent
Bobby Brown
Luis Tiant
Dennis Werth
Tommy John

Juan Beniquez
Brad Gulden
Jay Johnstone
Darryl Jones
Bobby Murcer
Catfish Hunter
Willie Randolph
Ed Figueroa
Lenny Randle
Jim Kaat
Paul Mirabella
Jerry Narron

Ron Davis
Cliff Johnson
George Scott
Ken Clay
Reggie Jackson
Jim Beattie
Don Hood
Jim Kaat
Bruce Robinson
Ron Guidry

Paul Mirabella
Roger Slagle
Mike Griffin
Roger Slagle
Ray Burris
Ron Davis
Bob Kammeyer
Rich Gossage
Paul Mirabella
Dave Righetti
Roy Staiger
Bobby Brown

Damaso Garcia

1978 / 1980 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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