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1979 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
89-71, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 734 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-74
Managed by Bob Lemon and Billy Martin

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1979 Stats / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups (1978/1980) / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Lineups are the starting lineups for that game.

Explanation

A # next to the game score indicates the opposing starter was a left hander. Holding your mouse (without clicking) over the game date will show you the name of the opposing starter in most browsers. Clicking on the date will take you to the box score. Clicking on the opposing team's name will take you to their batting order for this game.

Game C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF SP DH
1.Thu,4/5 vs MIL L (1-5)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Blair Guidry Johnson
2.Sat,4/7 vs MIL L (3-4)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella Figueroa Johnson
3.Sun,4/8 vs MIL W (2-1) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Johnstone Rivers Jackson John Spencer
4.Tue,4/10 at BAL W (7-6)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella Guidry Johnson
5.Wed,4/11 at BAL L (5-6) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Johnstone Rivers Jackson Figueroa Spencer
6.Thu,4/12 at BAL W (5-0)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Stanley Piniella Rivers Jackson John Johnson
7.Fri,4/13 at CHW L (2-12)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Tiant Johnson
8.Sat,4/14 at CHW W (8-5)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Jackson Hunter Piniella
9.Sun,4/15 at CHW W (6-5)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Jackson Figueroa Piniella
10.Tue,4/17 vs BAL W (5-1)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Jackson Guidry White
11.Wed,4/18 vs BAL W (3-1) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Johnstone Rivers Jackson John Spencer
12.Thu,4/19 vs BAL L (3-6) Narron Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Johnstone Rivers Jackson Tiant Chambliss
13.Fri,4/20 vs TEX W (5-3) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Jackson Figueroa Spencer
14.Sat,4/21 vs TEX L (0-5) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Jackson Hunter Spencer
15.Sun,4/22 vs TEX W (5-1) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Beniquez Jackson Guidry Spencer
16.Tue,4/24 at OAK W (3-1)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Jackson John Piniella
17.Wed,4/25 at OAK L (0-1)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Jackson Figueroa Piniella
18.Fri,4/27 at SEA L (5-6)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Jackson Guidry Piniella
19.Sat,4/28 at SEA L (2-3) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Stanley White Rivers Jackson Hunter Spencer
20.Sun,4/29 at SEA L (5-6) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Stanley Johnstone Rivers Jackson John Chambliss
21.Mon,4/30 at CAL L (1-2) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Figueroa Spencer
22.Tue,5/1 at CAL W (12-8)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Tiant Johnson
23.Wed,5/2 at CAL L (0-1) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Guidry Spencer
24.Fri,5/4 vs OAK L (5-11) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Figueroa White
25.Sat,5/5 vs OAK W (5-4)# Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson John Johnson
26.Sun,5/6 vs OAK W (6-5)# Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Hunter Johnson
27.Mon,5/7 vs SEA L (4-12) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Tiant Chambliss
28.Tue,5/8 vs SEA W (5-3)# Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Beattie Johnson
29.Wed,5/9 vs SEA W (5-0) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Figueroa Chambliss
30.Thu,5/10 vs SEA W (8-1) Narron Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson John Munson
31.Fri,5/11 vs CAL L (1-4) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Hunter Chambliss
32.Sat,5/12 vs CAL W (6-5) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Tiant Spencer
33.Sun,5/13 vs CAL W (12-10) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Beattie Spencer
34.Mon,5/14 vs DET L (1-3) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson Figueroa Spencer
35.Tue,5/15 vs DET W (11-3) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson John Spencer
36.Wed,5/16 vs DET W (6-2) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Guidry Spencer
37.Fri,5/18 at BOS W (10-0) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Beattie Spencer
38.Sat,5/19 at BOS L (3-4) Munson Chambliss Doyle Nettles Dent White Rivers Jackson Figueroa Spencer
39.Sun,5/20 at BOS W (2-0) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Jackson John Spencer
40.Mon,5/21 at DET L (1-3) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Jackson Guidry Spencer
41.Tue,5/22 at DET W (12-8) Narron Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Johnstone Rivers Jackson Tiant White
42.Wed,5/23 at DET L (3-4) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Johnstone Rivers Jackson Beattie White
43.Sat,5/26 at CLE L (4-8)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson John Johnson
44.Sun,5/27 at CLE L (0-5) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Johnstone Rivers Jackson Guidry Spencer
45.Sun,5/27 at CLE W (5-4) Narron Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Johnstone Rivers Jackson Tiant Munson
46.Mon,5/28 at MIL W (2-1)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Beattie Johnson
47.Tue,5/29 at MIL L (3-7) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Hunter White
48.Wed,5/30 at MIL W (5-2)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Piniella John Johnson
49.Thu,5/31 at MIL L (4-5) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Tiant White
50.Fri,6/1 vs CHW W (4-0) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Guidry White
51.Sat,6/2 vs CHW L (0-7)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Jackson Beattie Johnson
52.Sun,6/3 vs CHW W (3-2)# Johnson Chambliss Randolph Beniquez Dent White Rivers Piniella Hunter Munson
53.Mon,6/4 vs KCR W (8-3) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella John Spencer
54.Tue,6/5 vs KCR L (1-3)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella Tiant Johnson
55.Wed,6/6 vs MIN W (3-2)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Piniella Guidry Jones
56.Thu,6/7 vs MIN L (1-4)# Johnson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Stanley Beniquez Rivers Piniella Beattie Munson
57.Fri,6/8 at KCR W (11-10) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella Figueroa Spencer
58.Sat,6/9 at KCR L (8-9)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella John Jones
59.Sun,6/10 at KCR W (10-4)# Johnson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella Tiant Jones
60.Tue,6/12 at MIN W (4-1)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella Guidry Jones
61.Wed,6/13 at MIN L (7-8) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Piniella Beattie Spencer
62.Thu,6/14 at MIN L (2-4)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Rivers Beniquez John Piniella
63.Fri,6/15 at TEX L (5-9)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Beniquez Piniella Figueroa Jones
64.Sat,6/16 at TEX W (3-2)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Piniella Tiant Jones
65.Sun,6/17 at TEX L (3-6) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Piniella Hunter Spencer
66.Tue,6/19 vs TOR L (4-5) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Beniquez John Spencer
67.Wed,6/20 vs TOR W (2-1)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Beniquez Rivers Piniella Beattie Jones
68.Wed,6/20 vs TOR L (2-3)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Brown Beniquez Piniella Figueroa Jones
69.Thu,6/21 vs TOR W (3-1) Narron Spencer Stanley Nettles Dent Brown Rivers Piniella Tiant Chambliss
70.Fri,6/22 vs CLE W (3-2) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Brown Rivers Piniella Hunter Spencer
71.Sat,6/23 vs CLE W (6-5) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Brown Rivers Piniella John Spencer
72.Sun,6/24 vs CLE W (8-2)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Beniquez Dent Brown Rivers Piniella Figueroa Jones
73.Mon,6/25 at TOR L (1-3)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Beniquez Dent Brown Rivers Piniella Clay Jones
74.Tue,6/26 at TOR W (11-2) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Murcer Tiant Chambliss
75.Thu,6/28 at TOR W (5-3)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Murcer John Jones
76.Fri,6/29 vs BOS L (2-3) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Rivers Murcer Guidry Jackson
77.Sat,6/30 vs BOS L (2-3) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Beniquez Murcer Tiant Jackson
78.Sun,7/1 vs BOS W (6-5) Narron Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent White Murcer Jackson Hunter Spencer
79.Mon,7/2 vs BOS W (7-2) Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Murcer Jackson John Spencer
80.Tue,7/3 vs MIL L (2-7)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Murcer Jackson Clay Jones
81.Wed,7/4 vs MIL W (4-3)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Murcer Beniquez Jackson Tiant Piniella
82.Thu,7/5 vs MIL L (0-3) Narron Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Murcer Jackson Guidry Spencer
83.Fri,7/6 at OAK W (4-3) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Murcer Jackson Hunter Chambliss
84.Fri,7/6 at OAK W (3-0)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Stanley Dent Piniella Beniquez Jackson John Jones
85.Sat,7/7 at OAK W (8-3) Narron Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Murcer Beniquez Jackson Hood Piniella
86.Sun,7/8 at OAK W (2-0) Munson Spencer Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Murcer Jackson Tiant Chambliss
87.Tue,7/10 at SEA L (1-5)# Munson Chambliss Randolph Nettles Dent Piniella Murcer Jackson