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1979 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978 / 1980)
89-71, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 734 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-74
Manager: Bob Lemon (34-31) and Billy Martin (55-40)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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 32 97 419 382 42 110 18 3 3 39 1 2 32 37 .288 .340 .374 .714 95 143 15 0 1 4 2
2 1B Chris Chambliss* 30 149 599 554 61 155 27 3 18 63 3 2 34 53 .280 .324 .437 .761 106 242 9 5 1 5 4
3 2B Willie Randolph 24 153 682 574 98 155 15 13 5 61 33 12 95 39 .270 .374 .368 .741 104 211 23 3 5 5 5
4 SS Bucky Dent 27 141 490 431 47 99 14 2 2 32 0 0 37 30 .230 .287 .285 .573 57 123 5 1 13 8 1
5 3B Graig Nettles* 34 145 588 521 71 132 15 1 20 73 1 2 59 53 .253 .325 .401 .726 97 209 14 0 0 8 6
6 LF Lou Piniella 35 130 491 461 49 137 22 2 11 69 3 2 17 31 .297 .320 .425 .745 101 196 17 2 3 8 6
7 CF Mickey Rivers* 30 74 307 286 37 82 18 5 3 25 3 7 13 21 .287 .315 .416 .731 98 119 3 1 2 5 2
8 RF Reggie Jackson* 33 131 537 465 78 138 24 2 29 89 9 8 65 107 .297 .382 .544 .926 150 253 17 2 0 5 3
9 DH Jim Spencer* 31 106 336 295 60 85 15 3 23 53 0 2 38 25 .288 .367 .593 .960 157 175 12 0 1 2 11
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 CF Bobby Murcer* 33 74 294 264 42 72 12 0 8 33 1 1 25 32 .273 .339 .409 .748 103 108 10 2 2 1 2
11 UT Roy White# 35 81 236 205 24 44 6 0 3 27 2 2 23 21 .215 .290 .288 .578 59 59 6 0 5 3 1
12 CF Juan Beniquez 29 62 158 142 19 36 6 1 4 17 3 3 9 17 .254 .299 .394 .694 88 56 5 2 1 4 0
13 C Jerry Narron* 23 61 136 123 17 21 3 1 4 18 0 0 9 26 .171 .226 .309 .535 44 38 2 0 3 1 0
14 LF Oscar Gamble* 29 36 126 113 21 44 4 1 11 32 0 0 13 13 .389 .452 .735 1.187 218 83 1 0 0 0 1
15 IF Fred Stanley 31 57 110 100 9 20 1 0 2 14 0 1 5 17 .200 .236 .270 .506 38 27 1 0 4 1 0
16 C Brad Gulden* 23 40 105 92 10 15 4 0 0 6 0 1 9 16 .163 .238 .207 .444 23 19 3 0 4 0 0
17 DH Cliff Johnson 31 28 76 64 11 17 6 0 2 6 0 0 10 7 .266 .360 .453 .813 121 29 0 0 1 1 4
18 OF Bobby Brown# 25 30 71 68 7 17 3 1 0 3 2 1 2 17 .250 .271 .324 .595 62 22 0 0 1 0 0
19 DH Darryl Jones 28 18 51 47 6 12 5 1 0 6 0 0 2 7 .255 .286 .404 .690 86 19 1 0 2 0 0
20 UT Jay Johnstone* 33 23 50 48 7 10 1 0 1 7 1 0 2 7 .208 .240 .292 .532 44 14 0 0 0 0 0
21 DH George Scott 35 16 47 44 9 14 3 1 1 6 1 0 2 7 .318 .340 .500 .840 126 22 0 0 0 1 0
22 UT Len Randle# 30 20 42 39 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .179 .238 .179 .418 16 7 1 0 0 0 0
23 IF Damaso Garcia 24 11 38 38 3 10 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 2 .263 .263 .289 .553 51 11 1 0 0 0 0
24 IF Brian Doyle* 24 20 36 32 2 4 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 1 .125 .200 .188 .388 7 6 1 0 1 0 0
25 C Bruce Robinson* 25 6 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .167 .231 .167 .397 11 2 0 0 0 0 0
26 3B Roy Staiger 29 4 13 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .273 .308 .364 .671 83 4 1 0 0 1 0
27 OF Paul Blair 35 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 10 1 0 0 0 0 0
28 1B Dennis Werth 26 3 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 37 1 0 0 0 0 0
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
29 P Ron Davis 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 P Rich Gossage 27 0 0 0 0
31 P Luis Tiant 38 0 0 0 0
32 P Roger Slagle 25 0 0 0 0
33 P Paul Mirabella* 25 0 0 0 0
34 P Bob Kammeyer 28 0 0 0 0
35 P Ed Figueroa 30 0 0 0 0
36 P Don Hood* 29 0 0 0 0
37 P Jim Beattie 24 0 0 0 0
38 P Dick Tidrow 32 0 0 0 0
39 P Jim Kaat* 40 0 0 0 0
40 P Rick Anderson 25 0 0 0 0
41 P Mike Griffin 22 0 0 0 0
42 P Catfish Hunter 33 0 0 0 0
43 P Ken Clay 25 0 0 0 0
44 P Ray Burris 28 0 0 0 0
45 P Dave Righetti* 20 0 0 0 0
46 P Ron Guidry* 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
47 P Tommy John 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 30.3 160 6061 5421 734 1443 226 40 150 694 65 46 509 590 .266 .328 .406 .733 99 2199 148 18 50 63 48
Rank in 14 AL teams 10 10 10 11 6 6 13 12 10 14 10 12 9 10 11
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 Tommy John* 36 21 9 .700 2.96 37 36 1 17 3 0 276.1 268 109 91 9 65 1 111 4 1 11 1116 137 1.205 8.7 0.3 2.1 3.6 1.71
2 SP Ron Guidry* 28 18 8 .692 2.78 33 30 3 15 2 2 236.1 203 83 73 20 71 0 201 0 0 9 946 146 1.159 7.7 0.8 2.7 7.7 2.83
3 SP Luis Tiant 38 13 8 .619 3.91 30 30 0 5 1 0 195.2 190 94 85 22 53 1 104 0 0 0 819 104 1.242 8.7 1.0 2.4 4.8 1.96
4 SP Catfish Hunter 33 2 9 .182 5.31 19 19 0 1 0 0 105.0 128 68 62 15 34 0 34 1 0 2 460 76 1.543 11.0 1.3 2.9 2.9 1.00
5 SP Ed Figueroa 30 4 6 .400 4.13 16 16 0 4 1 0 104.2 109 49 48 6 35 1 42 0 0 1 437 98 1.376 9.4 0.5 3.0 3.6 1.20
6 SP Jim Beattie 24 3 6 .333 5.21 15 13 1 1 1 0 76.0 85 45 44 5 41 0 32 0 0 1 343 78 1.658 10.1 0.6 4.9 3.8 0.78
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
7 CL Rich Gossage 27 5 3 .625 2.62 36 0 33 0 0 18 58.1 48 18 17 5 19 4 41 0 0 3 234 155 1.149 7.4 0.8 2.9 6.3 2.16
8 RP Ron Davis 23 14 2 .875 2.85 44 0 21 0 0 9 85.1 84 29 27 5 28 9 43 1 0 1 357 143 1.313 8.9 0.5 3.0 4.5 1.54
9 RP Ken Clay 25 1 7 .125 5.40 32 5 17 0 0 2 78.1 88 49 47 12 25 1 28 2 0 7 338 75 1.443 10.1 1.4 2.9 3.2 1.12
10 RP Don Hood* 29 3 1 .750 3.07 27 6 9 0 0 1 67.1 62 24 23 3 30 1 22 2 0 1 288 132 1.366 8.3 0.4 4.0 2.9 0.73
11 RP Jim Kaat* 40 2 3 .400 3.86 40 1 13 0 0 2 58.1 64 29 25 4 14 2 23 2 0 2 249 105 1.337 9.9 0.6 2.2 3.5 1.64
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
12 Ray Burris 28 1 3 .250 6.18 15 0 7 0 0 0 27.2 40 22 19 5 10 1 19 0 0 1 132 66 1.807 13.0 1.6 3.3 6.2 1.90
13 Dick Tidrow 32 2 1 .667 7.94 14 0 10 0 0 2 22.2 38 20 20 5 4 0 7 0 0 2 101 51 1.853 15.1 2.0 1.6 2.8 1.75
14 Dave Righetti* 20 0 1 .000 3.63 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.1 10 7 7 2 10 0 13 0 0 0 67 112 1.154 5.2 1.0 5.2 6.8 1.30
15 Paul Mirabella* 25 0 4 .000 8.79 10 1 0 0 0 0 14.1 16 15 14 3 10 1 4 1 0 3 71 46 1.814 10.0 1.9 6.3 2.5 0.40
16 Mike Griffin 22 0 0 4.15 3 0 1 0 0 1 4.1 5 2 2 0 2 0 5 0 0 1 19 98 1.615 10.4 0.0 4.2 10.4 2.50
17 Rick Anderson 25 0 0 3.86 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 1 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 105 2.143 3.9 0.0 15.4 0.0 0.00
18 Roger Slagle 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0
19 Bob Kammeyer 28 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 7 8 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
Team Totals 31.2 89 71 .556 3.85 160 160 117 43 8 37 1432.1 1446 672 613 123 455 22 731 14 1 45 6001 105 1.327 9.1 0.8 2.9 4.6 1.61
Rank in 14 AL teams 4 11 2 6 4 2 8 5 2 2 2 3 10116
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
Rick Anderson 25 1 0 2.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 11.57 3.00 P
Jim Beattie 24 15 13 76.0 26 9 16 1 1 .962 2.96 1.67 P
Juan Beniquez 29 63 39 385.1 116 100 14 2 0 .983 -0.9 -2.8 0.1 -2.3 2.5 -1 0 2.66 1.81 CF-LF-RF-3B
Paul Blair 35 2 1 13.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 36.9 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 4.15 3.00 RF-CF
Bobby Brown 25 28 16 168.0 60 57 0 3 0 .950 1.0 7.1 2.0 -1.1 3.2 -1 3.05 2.04 CF-LF-DH
Ray Burris 28 15 0 27.2 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.63 0.33 P
Chris Chambliss 30 150 132 1171.2 1401 1299 95 7 135 .995 1.8 1.8 1.8 -3.7 5.5 0 10.71 9.29 1B-DH
Ken Clay 25 32 5 78.1 21 8 12 1 0 .952 2.30 0.63 P
Ron Davis 23 44 0 85.1 20 5 15 0 2 1.000 2.11 0.45 P
Bucky Dent 27 141 136 1187.2 748 219 512 17 107 .977 21.7 21.9 16.7 1.1 15.6 5 5.54 5.18 SS
Brian Doyle 24 19 9 92.0 41 12 27 2 5 .951 0.4 5.2 0.4 -0.5 0.9 0 3.82 2.05 2B-3B
Ed Figueroa 30 16 16 104.2 27 9 16 2 1 .926 2.15 1.56 P
Oscar Gamble 29 33 27 209.1 54 48 3 3 2 .944 -1.1 -6.3 -0.1 0.5 -0.5 -1 2.19 1.55 LF-DH
Damaso Garcia 24 11 9 86.1 41 9 28 4 4 .902 -0.5 -6.9 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 0 3.86 3.36 SS-3B
Rich Gossage 27 36 0 58.1 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.77 0.14 P
Mike Griffin 22 3 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 P
Ron Guidry 28 34 30 237.1 41 11 29 1 1 .976 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.52 1.18 P-CF
Brad Gulden 23 40 34 292.2 203 178 24 1 4 .995 3.0 12.3 3 6.21 5.05 1 12 22 17 44% C
Don Hood 29 27 6 67.1 16 2 14 0 2 1.000 2.14 0.59 P
Catfish Hunter 33 19 19 105.0 21 10 10 1 0 .952 1.71 1.05 P
Reggie Jackson 33 128 125 1082.2 286 275 7 4 2 .986 -4.8 -5.3 -3.8 -5.2 1.4 -1 2.34 2.20 RF-DH
Cliff Johnson 31 26 3 24.0 11 10 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 4.12 0.42 1 1 2 1 33% C-DH
Jay Johnstone 33 22 9 102.2 32 32 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 2.3 0.2 0.9 -0.7 0 2.81 1.45 LF-CF-RF-DH
Tommy John 36 37 36 276.1 69 15 51 3 5 .957 2.15 1.78 P
Darryl Jones 28 17 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -30.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.25 0.06 RF-LF-DH
Jim Kaat 40 40 1 58.1 11 5 5 1 0 .909 1.54 0.25 P
Bob Kammeyer 28 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 P
Paul Mirabella 25 10 1 14.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 0.20 P
Thurman Munson 32 96 91 773.2 482 428 44 10 7 .979 3.7 5.7 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 4 5.49 4.92 5 20 32 27 46% C-1B-DH
Bobby Murcer 33 80 65 579.0 174 167 4 3 0 .983 -5.4 -11.2 -3.4 -1.9 -1.5 -2 2.66 2.14 CF-LF-RF
Jerry Narron 23 57 30 322.0 187 167 15 5 2 .973 -4.0 -14.9 -4 5.09 3.19 8 12 23 9 28% C-DH
Graig Nettles 34 144 142 1243.0 465 110 339 16 30 .966 7.0 6.8 6.0 -1.1 7.0 1 3.25 3.12 3B
Lou Piniella 35 129 102 922.0 223 206 13 4 1 .982 -7.4 -9.6 -6.4 -0.7 -5.7 -1 2.14 1.70 LF-RF-DH
Len Randle 30 13 6 67.0 21 19 2 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -10.7 -1.6 -0.7 -0.9 1 2.82 1.62 CF-LF-DH
Willie Randolph 24 153 152 1336.0 846 355 478 13 128 .985 17.6 15.8 11.6 1.6 10.0 6 5.61 5.44 2B
Dave Righetti 20 3 3 17.1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.33 P
Mickey Rivers 30 70 68 563.0 157 148 5 4 0 .975 -9.1 -19.4 -9.1 -7.1 -2.0 0 2.45 2.19 CF-DH
Bruce Robinson 25 6 5 39.0 35 33 0 2 1 .943 -1.0 -30.8 -1 7.62 5.50 0 0 4 1 20% C
George Scott 35 16 0 1.1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -90.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 13.50 0.13 1B-DH
Roger Slagle 25 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 P
Jim Spencer 31 97 25 232.1 251 232 17 2 35 .992 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.6 -0.5 0 9.65 2.57 1B-DH
Roy Staiger 29 4 2 30.0 9 2 7 0 1 1.000 0.1 4.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.70 2.25 3B
Fred Stanley 31 57 27 304.0 163 42 113 8 23 .951 4.9 19.3 3.9 2.6 1.6 1 4.59 2.72 SS-3B-2B-1B-LF
Luis Tiant 38 30 30 195.2 42 13 27 2 2 .952 1.84 1.33 P
Dick Tidrow 32 14 0 22.2 10 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.97 0.71 P
Dennis Werth 26 1 0 4.0 6 5 1 0 0 1.000 0.2 60.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 13.50 6.00 1B
Roy White 35 56 25 222.0 46 43 3 0 0 1.000 -4.2 -22.7 -4.2 -4.0 -0.2 0 1.86 0.82 LF-DH
Team Totals 30.1 160 1440 12891.0 6389 4297 1970 122 503 .981 22.8 2.1 13.8 -21.1 35.4 -6 13 2 4.38 3.09 15 45 83 55 40%
Rank in 14 AL teams 13 4 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

1978 / 1980 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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