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1981 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 34-22, Finished 1st
Second Half: 25-26, Finished 5th
Overall: 59-48, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Gene Michael (48-34) and Bob Lemon (11-14)
Scored 421 runs, Allowed 343 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-44

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium II · Attendance: 1,614,353 (1st of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

Postseason:  Lost World Series (4-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (3-0) over Oakland Athletics
Won AL Division Series (3-2) over Milwaukee Brewers

American League Champs

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1980 / 1982 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
Tucker Ashford 26 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 4, 1954 5 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Steve Balboni 24 R R 6' 3" 225 Jan 16, 1957 1st 4 2 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.1 $
Doug Bird 31 R R 6' 4" 180 Mar 5, 1950 9 17 4 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Bobby Brown 27 B R 6' 2" 190 May 25, 1954 3 31 15 31 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 11 14 31 2 1 4 -0.1 $
Bill Castro 29 R R 5' 11" 170 Mar 29, 1952 8 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Rick Cerone 27 R R 5' 11" 192 May 19, 1954 7 71 64 71 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.2 $440,000
Ron Davis 25 R R 6' 4" 205 Aug 6, 1955 4 43 0 0 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $200,000 All-Star
Bucky Dent 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Nov 25, 1951 9 73 73 73 73 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.6 $ All-Star
Barry Foote 29 R R 6' 3" 205 Feb 16, 1952 9 40 37 40 35 0 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0.1 $
George Frazier 26 R R 6' 5" 205 Oct 13, 1954 4 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Oscar Gamble 31 L R 5' 11" 160 Dec 20, 1949 13 80 51 80 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1 27 43 32 29 0 1.2 $475,000
Rich Gossage HOF 29 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 5, 1951 10 32 0 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $458,000 All-Star
Mike Griffin 24 R R 6' 4" 195 Jun 26, 1957 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ron Guidry 30 L L 5' 11" 161 Aug 28, 1950 7 23 21 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 $233,791
Reggie Jackson HOF 35 L L 6' 0" 195 May 18, 1946 15 94 92 94 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 61 33 2 0 0.8 $588,000 All-Star
Tommy John 38 R L 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1943 18 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $575,000
Dave LaRoche 33 L L 6' 2" 200 May 14, 1948 12 26 1 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Rudy May 36 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 18, 1944 14 27 22 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $386,667
Andy McGaffigan 24 R R 6' 3" 185 Oct 25, 1956 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Larry Milbourne 30 B R 6' 0" 161 Feb 14, 1951 8 61 41 61 54 0 0 0 14 3 39 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 1.1 $
Jerry Mumphrey 28 B R 6' 2" 185 Sep 9, 1952 8 80 79 80 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79 0 79 0 1 0 3.1 $
Bobby Murcer 35 L R 5' 11" 160 May 20, 1946 15 50 25 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 25 0 0.4 $320,000
Gene Nelson 20 R R 6' 0" 172 Dec 3, 1960 1st 8 7 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Graig Nettles 36 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 15 103 100 103 97 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2.5 $
Johnny Oates 35 L R 5' 11" 188 Jan 21, 1946 11 10 9 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mike Patterson 23 L R 5' 10" 170 Jan 26, 1958 1st 4 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 1 0.0 $
Lou Piniella 37 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 15 60 45 60 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 25 36 19 13 0 0.6 $
Willie Randolph 26 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 6, 1954 7 93 93 93 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $245,000 All-Star
Rick Reuschel 32 R R 6' 3" 215 May 16, 1949 10 12 11 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $
Dave Revering 28 L R 6' 4" 210 Feb 12, 1953 4 45 31 45 44 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0.1 $
Dave Righetti 22 L L 6' 4" 195 Nov 28, 1958 2 15 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $
Andre Robertson 23 R R 5' 10" 155 Oct 2, 1957 1st 10 7 10 10 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 $
Aurelio Rodriguez 33 R R 5' 10" 180 Dec 28, 1947 15 27 14 27 24 0 0 1 3 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0.7 $
Jim Spencer 34 L L 6' 2" 195 Jul 30, 1946 14 25 20 25 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.4 $
Tom Underwood 27 R L 5' 11" 170 Dec 22, 1953 8 9 6 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Bob Watson 35 R R 6' 0" 201 Apr 10, 1946 16 59 44 59 50 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 15 0 -0.2 $570,000
Dave Wehrmeister 28 R R 6' 4" 195 Nov 9, 1952 4 5 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Dennis Werth 28 R R 6' 1" 200 Dec 29, 1952 3 34 19 34 30 0 3 19 0 0 0 5 0 4 9 4 8 1 -0.8 $
Dave Winfield HOF 29 R R 6' 6" 220 Oct 3, 1951 9 105 101 105 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 22 0 104 1 4 0 2.3 $1,300,000 All-Star
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
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Bobby Murcer
9

Graig Nettles
10

Rick Cerone
12

Dave Revering
Jim Spencer
13

Bobby Brown
14

Lou Piniella
17

Oscar Gamble
18

Larry Milbourne
19

Dave Righetti
20

Bucky Dent
22

Jerry Mumphrey
23

Barry Foote
24

Dennis Werth
25

Tommy John
26

Johnny Oates
27

Aurelio Rodriguez
28

Bob Watson
30

Willie Randolph
31

Dave Winfield
34

Dave LaRoche
35

Bill Castro
36

Steve Balboni
Rick Reuschel
38

Tom Underwood
39

Ron Davis
43

Doug Bird
George Frazier
44

Reggie Jackson
45

Rudy May
46

Gene Nelson
48

Rick Reuschel
49

Ron Guidry
52

Mike Griffin
54

Rich Gossage
55

Andre Robertson
56

Bill Castro
Mike Patterson
57

Tucker Ashford
58

Andy McGaffigan
Dave Wehrmeister
66

Steve Balboni

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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