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1981 New York Yankees Schedule, Box Scores and Splits
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 34-22, Finished 1st
Second Half: 25-26, Finished 5th
Overall: 59-48, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 421 runs, Allowed 343 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-44
Manager: Gene Michael (48-34) and Bob Lemon (11-14)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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
Won AL Pennant
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
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1980 / 1982 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

Game Results

Season Summary 59-48, Final Rank:4, GB: 2.0
Days in First53last on Sunday, Sep 27, counts only the days a team played and was in first at the end of the day
 120last on Sep 27, counts all days of the season including off days
Biggest Lead3last on Tuesday, Jun 9, for days on which they played
Farthest Behind4.5last on Friday, May 29, for days on which they played
Most Games over .50018last on Monday, Sep 14
Most Games under .500never
Longest Winning Streak9Monday, Jun 1 to Tuesday, Jun 9
Longest Losing Streak4Sunday, May 24 to Wednesday, May 27, Friday, Aug 14 to Monday, Aug 17 and Saturday, Sep 19 to Tuesday, Sep 22
Most Runs Allowed12Sunday, May 24
Most Runs Scored12Thursday, Jun 4 and Saturday, Aug 29
Longest Game (innings)12Friday, Jun 5 and Monday, Aug 24
Times Shutout by Opponent9 
Times Opponent Shutout13 

Team Win/Loss Splits

Overall
SplitWLRSRAWP
Overall 59 48 421 343 .551
Home/Road
SplitWLRSRAWP
Home 32 19 203 154 .627
Road 27 29 218 189 .482
Month by Month
SplitWLRSRAWP
April 11 6 64 48 .647
May 14 14 104 118 .500
June 9 2 58 32 .818
August 11 10 78 48 .524
September 13 14 106 89 .481
October 1 2 11 8 .333
By Season Half
SplitWLRSRAWP
First Half 34 22 226 198 .607
Second Half 25 26 195 145 .490
Extra-Innings
SplitWLRSRAWP
9-Inning Games 54 46 397 323 .540
ExtraInning 5 1 23 17 .833
Shortened 0 1 1 3 .000
One-Run Games
SplitWLRSRAWP
One Run 12 21 88 97 .364
Blowouts (5+ Runs)
SplitWLRSRAWP
Blowout 14 5 127 65 .737
Opponent
SplitWLRSRAWP
BAL 6 7 52 48 .462
BOS 3 3 27 25 .500
CAL 2 2 12 12 .500
CHW 7 5 52 32 .583
CLE 5 7 38 54 .417
DET 7 3 37 22 .700
KCR 10 2 56 27 .833
MIL 3 3 25 16 .500
MIN 3 3 26 18 .500
OAK 4 3 31 27 .571
SEA 2 3 19 17 .400
TEX 5 4 32 26 .556
TOR 2 3 14 19 .400

Team Game-by-Game Schedule and Results

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Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
1 1 Thursday, Apr 9 boxscore NYY TEX W 10 3 1-0 1 Tied John Matlack 2:48 55,123 +
2 2 Saturday, Apr 11 boxscore NYY TEX W 5 1 2-0 1 Tied May Darwin 2:10 23,845 ++
3 3 Sunday, Apr 12 boxscore NYY TEX L 4 6 2-1 2 0.5 Jenkins Guidry Kern 2:36 30,079 -
4 4 Monday, Apr 13 boxscore NYY @ TOR L 1 5 2-2 4 1.0 Clancy John Jackson 2:15 25,112 --
5 5 Wednesday, Apr 15 boxscore NYY @ TOR W 6 3 3-2 2 1.0 May Todd Gossage 2:37 16,280 +
6 6 Friday, Apr 17 boxscore NYY @ TEX W 2 1 4-2 2 1.5 Guidry Darwin Gossage 2:18 34,333 ++
7 7 Saturday, Apr 18 boxscore NYY @ TEX L 4 6 4-3 2 2.5 Comer Castro 2:22 23,744 -
8 8 Sunday, Apr 19 boxscore NYY @ TEX L 0 4 4-4 3 2.5 Matlack Underwood 1:57 20,757 --
9 9 Monday, Apr 20 boxscore NYY DET W 6 2 5-4 3 1.5 May Rozema 2:26 20,981 +
10 10 Tuesday, Apr 21 boxscore NYY DET W 2 0 6-4 3 0.5 Bird Wilcox Gossage 2:34 15,359 ++
11 11 Wednesday, Apr 22 boxscore NYY DET W 7 2 7-4 1 Tied LaRoche Bailey 2:21 22,835 +++
12 12 Friday, Apr 24 boxscore NYY TOR W 4 2 8-4 1 up 0.5 John Bomback Gossage 2:22 20,863 ++++
13 13 Saturday, Apr 25 boxscore NYY TOR L 2 7 8-5 1 up 0.5 Todd May 2:34 17,319 -
14 14 Sunday, Apr 26 boxscore NYY TOR L 1 2 8-6 2 0.5 Stieb Underwood 2:38 37,306 --
15 15 Monday, Apr 27 boxscore NYY @ DET W 3 1 9-6 1 Tied Guidry Bailey Gossage 2:08 27,487 +
16 16 Tuesday, Apr 28 boxscore NYY @ DET W 4 1 10-6 1 up 0.5 John Schatzeder 2:11 18,420 ++
17 17 Wednesday, Apr 29 boxscore NYY @ DET W 3 2 11-6 1 up 1.0 May Morris Davis 2:22 18,167 +++
18 18 Friday, May 1 boxscore NYY @ OAK L 6 8 11-7 2 0.5 Langford Underwood Jones 3:17 44,105 -
19 19 Saturday, May 2 boxscore NYY @ OAK L 3 6 11-8 2 1.5 Keough Guidry Owchinko 3:01 48,179 --
20 20 Sunday, May 3 boxscore NYY @ OAK W 3 2 10 12-8 1 Tied Davis McCatty 3:14 0 +
21 21 Sunday, May 3 boxscore NYY @ OAK W 2 0 13-8 1 Tied John Kingman Gossage 2:48 48,592 ++
22 22 Monday, May 4 boxscore NYY @ CAL W 4 2 14-8 1 up 0.5 Nelson Zahn Davis 2:30 30,897 +++
23 23 Tuesday, May 5 boxscore NYY @ CAL L 2 6 14-9 1 Tied Jefferson Underwood Aase 2:39 35,629 -
24 24 Wednesday, May 6 boxscore NYY @ CAL W 5 2 15-9 1 Tied Guidry Witt Gossage 2:59 37,410 +
25 25 Thursday, May 7 boxscore NYY @ CAL L 1 2 15-10 1 Tied Forsch John Aase 2:29 38,789 -
26 26 Friday, May 8 boxscore NYY @ SEA L 2 3 15-11 1 Tied Clark May 2:30 18,458 --
27 27 Saturday, May 9 boxscore NYY @ SEA L 5 6 15-12 3 1.0 Drago Davis 2:42 51,903 ---
28 28 Sunday, May 10 boxscore NYY @ SEA W 5 2 16-12 2 1.0 Underwood Gleaton Gossage 2:15 18,342 +
29 29 Tuesday, May 12 boxscore NYY OAK W 4 1 17-12 2 0.5 Guidry Langford Gossage 2:20 30,959 ++
30 30 Wednesday, May 13 boxscore NYY OAK L 4 5 17-13 2 1.5 Keough John Owchinko 2:41 35,419 -
31 31 Thursday, May 14 boxscore NYY OAK W 9 5 18-13 2 1.0 Gossage Jones 3:12 35,761 +
32 32 Saturday, May 16 boxscore NYY SEA W 7 5 19-13 3 0.5 Bird Gleaton Gossage 2:34 33,759 ++
33 33 Sunday, May 17 boxscore NYY SEA L 0 1 19-14 3 2.0 Bannister Davis Rawley 2:39 54,223 -
34 34 Monday, May 18 boxscore NYY KCR W 2 1 20-14 3 1.5 John Splittorff Gossage 2:11 21,853 +
35 35 Tuesday, May 19 boxscore NYY KCR W 6 5 21-14 3 1.5 Bird Martin Davis 3:21 23,128 ++
36 36 Wednesday, May 20 boxscore NYY KCR W 5 4 11 22-14 2 1.5 Castro Quisenberry 3:21 27,912 +++
37 37 Friday, May 22 boxscore NYY CLE L 3 7 22-15 3 2.0 Blyleven John 2:49 30,182 -
38 38 Saturday, May 23 boxscore NYY CLE W 3 2 23-15 2 2.0 Righetti Waits Davis 2:33 37,179 +
39 39 Sunday, May 24 boxscore NYY CLE L 5 12 23-16 3 1.5 Denny May 2:45 53,874 -
40 40 Monday, May 25 boxscore NYY @ BAL L 1 10 23-17 3 2.5 Palmer Guidry 2:21 42,949 --
41 41 Tuesday, May 26 boxscore NYY @ BAL L 4 6 23-18 3 3.5 Stewart Nelson 3:00 38,646 ---
42 42 Wednesday, May 27 boxscore NYY @ BAL L 5 6 23-19 5 4.5 Martinez Gossage 2:50 42,869 ----
43 43 Friday, May 29 boxscore NYY @ CLE W 5 2 24-19 4 4.5 Righetti Waits Gossage 2:53 65,311 +
44 44 Saturday, May 30 boxscore NYY @ CLE W 1 0 25-19 3 3.5 Nelson Spillner Gossage 2:29 24,318 ++
45 45 Sunday, May 31 boxscore NYY @ CLE L 2 7 25-20 4 3.5 Barker May 3:04 40,045 -
46 46 Monday, Jun 1 boxscore NYY @ CLE W 5 3 26-20 3 3.0 Bird Garland Gossage 2:45 30,198 +
47 47 Tuesday, Jun 2 boxscore NYY BAL W 5 3 11 27-20 3 2.0 Gossage Stewart 3:12 25,057 ++
48 48 Wednesday, Jun 3 boxscore NYY BAL W 2 0 11 28-20 2 1.0 Davis Martinez 3:33 30,162 +++
49 49 Thursday, Jun 4 boxscore NYY BAL W 12 3 29-20 1 Tied Nelson Ford 2:33 37,954 ++++
50 50 Friday, Jun 5 boxscore NYY CHW W 6 5 12 30-20 1 Tied LaRoche Hickey 4:08 35,707 +++++
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
51 51 Saturday, Jun 6 boxscore NYY CHW W 2 0 31-20 1 up 1.0 Bird Trout Gossage 2:22 36,255 ++++++
52 52 Sunday, Jun 7 boxscore NYY CHW W 3 1 32-20 1 up 1.0 Guidry Baumgarten Gossage 2:38 52,367 +++++++
53 53 Monday, Jun 8 boxscore NYY @ KCR W 8 3 33-20 1 up 1.5 Righetti Gale 3:13 36,922 ++++++++
54 54 Tuesday, Jun 9 boxscore NYY @ KCR W 8 5 34-20 1 up 3.0 LaRoche Martin Gossage 3:05 36,496 +++++++++
55 55 Wednesday, Jun 10 boxscore NYY @ CHW L 5 6 34-21 1 up 2.0 Burns May Farmer 3:20 33,647 -
56 56 Thursday, Jun 11 boxscore NYY @ CHW L 2 3 34-22 1 up 2.0 Trout Bird Hoyt 2:44 33,777 --
57 57 Monday, Aug 10 boxscore NYY TEX W 2 0 35-22 1 up 2.0 John Darwin May 1:43 40,373 +
58 58 Tuesday, Aug 11 boxscore NYY TEX L 0 1 35-23 1 up 1.5 Honeycutt Righetti Schmidt 2:24 30,117 -
59 59 Wednesday, Aug 12 boxscore NYY TEX W 5 4 36-23 1 up 2.0 LaRoche Jenkins Frazier 2:08 20,918 +
60 60 Thursday, Aug 13 boxscore NYY @ DET W 3 0 37-23 1 up 2.0 Guidry Petry Davis 2:39 20,957 ++
61 61 Friday, Aug 14 boxscore NYY @ DET L 0 1 37-24 1 up 2.0 Wilcox May Saucier 2:07 23,395 -
62 62 Saturday, Aug 15 boxscore NYY @ DET L 5 8 37-25 1 up 1.0 Schatzeder LaRoche Saucier 3:01 26,848 --
63 63 Sunday, Aug 16 boxscore NYY @ DET L 4 5 37-26 1 up 1.0 Lopez Davis 2:54 21,077 ---
64 64 Monday, Aug 17 boxscore NYY CHW L 1 4 37-27 1 up 0.5 Burns Reuschel Hickey 2:42 24,651 ----
65 65 Tuesday, Aug 18 boxscore NYY CHW W 4 0 38-27 1 up 0.5 Guidry Trout Frazier 2:35 30,157 +
66 66 Wednesday, Aug 19 boxscore NYY CHW L 5 6 38-28 1 up 0.5 Lamp May Farmer 3:05 30,421 -
67 67 Friday, Aug 21 boxscore NYY KCR L 0 4 38-29 2 0.5 Gura Righetti 2:22 37,970 --
68 68 Saturday, Aug 22 boxscore NYY KCR W 5 0 39-29 2 0.5 Reuschel Splittorff Frazier 2:36 40,127 +
69 69 Sunday, Aug 23 boxscore NYY KCR W 8 0 40-29 2 0.5 Guidry Gale 2:27 40,258 ++
70 70 Monday, Aug 24 boxscore NYY MIN L 2 3 12 40-30 2 0.5 O'Connor Frazier 3:06 21,513 -
71 71 Tuesday, Aug 25 boxscore NYY MIN L 0 3 40-31 3 1.5 Jackson May Koosman 2:18 26,110 --
72 72 Wednesday, Aug 26 boxscore NYY MIN W 3 2 41-31 3 0.5 Gossage Williams 2:14 30,271 +
73 73 Thursday, Aug 27 boxscore NYY @ CHW L 1 3 8 41-32 3 1.5 Hoyt Davis 2:22 30,787 -
74 74 Friday, Aug 28 boxscore NYY @ CHW W 6 1 42-32 2 0.5 Guidry Trout 2:48 33,390 +
75 75 Saturday, Aug 29 boxscore NYY @ CHW W 12 2 43-32 2 0.5 John Dotson 3:00 32,507 ++
76 76 Sunday, Aug 30 boxscore NYY @ CHW W 5 1 44-32 1 up 0.5 May Lamp 2:49 33,213 +++
77 77 Monday, Aug 31 boxscore NYY @ MIN W 7 0 45-32 1 up 1.5 Righetti Williams 2:16 12,774 ++++
78 78 Tuesday, Sep 1 boxscore NYY @ MIN W 11 6 46-32 1 up 1.5 Reuschel Redfern 2:22 14,075 +++++
79 79 Wednesday, Sep 2 boxscore NYY @ MIN L 3 4 46-33 1 up 0.5 Cooper Gossage 2:33 16,231 -
80 80 Thursday, Sep 3 boxscore NYY @ KCR L 2 3 46-34 2 0.5 Jones John Quisenberry 2:19 26,565 --
81 81 Friday, Sep 4 boxscore NYY @ KCR W 4 0 47-34 1 up 0.5 May Leonard Davis 2:31 34,272 +
82 82 Saturday, Sep 5 boxscore NYY @ KCR W 2 1 48-34 1 up 0.5 Righetti Gura Gossage 2:36 38,325 ++
83 83 Sunday, Sep 6 boxscore NYY @ KCR W 6 1 49-34 1 up 0.5 Reuschel Hammaker 2:22 40,105 +++
84 84 Monday, Sep 7 boxscore NYY MIL W 4 2 50-34 1 up 0.5 Guidry Lerch Gossage 2:19 55,083 ++++
85 85 Wednesday, Sep 9 boxscore NYY MIL W 5 2 51-34 1 up 1.5 John Vuckovich 2:02 0 +++++
86 86 Wednesday, Sep 9 boxscore NYY MIL L 3 5 51-35 1 up 1.5 Caldwell May Fingers 2:50 27,337 -
87 87 Friday, Sep 11 boxscore NYY BOS W 4 1 52-35 1 up 1.5 Righetti Eckersley Gossage 2:02 43,018 +
88 88 Saturday, Sep 12 boxscore NYY BOS L 1 2 52-36 1 up 0.5 Ojeda Reuschel Clear 2:07 38,307 -
89 89 Sunday, Sep 13 boxscore NYY BOS W 10 6 53-36 1 up 0.5 Guidry Tanana 2:50 44,686 +
90 90 Monday, Sep 14 boxscore NYY @ MIL W 10 2 54-36 1 up 1.5 John Caldwell 2:29 17,545 ++
91 91 Tuesday, Sep 15 boxscore NYY @ MIL L 1 2 54-37 1 up 1.0 Haas May Fingers 2:15 15,402 -
92 92 Wednesday, Sep 16 boxscore NYY @ MIL L 2 3 54-38 1 up 1.5 Lerch Righetti Fingers 2:10 13,510 --
93 93 Friday, Sep 18 boxscore NYY @ BOS W 6 4 55-38 1 up 2.0 Davis Stanley 2:20 34,283 +
94 94 Saturday, Sep 19 boxscore NYY @ BOS L 5 8 55-39 1 up 1.0 Tudor Davis Clear 2:44 32,620 -
95 95 Sunday, Sep 20 boxscore NYY @ BOS L 1 4 55-40 1 up 1.0 Hurst John Campbell 2:19 35,091 --
96 96 Monday, Sep 21 boxscore NYY CLE L 0 5 55-41 1 Tied Waits May 2:27 20,102 ---
97 97 Tuesday, Sep 22 boxscore NYY CLE L 4 6 55-42 2 1.0 Barker Righetti Monge 3:22 15,098 ----
98 98 Wednesday, Sep 23 boxscore NYY CLE W 6 1 56-42 1 Tied Reuschel Denny 2:21 21,596 +
99 99 Thursday, Sep 24 boxscore NYY BAL L 1 5 56-43 2 0.5 Palmer Guidry 2:09 21,007 -
100 100 Friday, Sep 25 boxscore NYY BAL L 0 1 56-44 4 0.5 McGregor John 2:01 33,427 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
101 101 Saturday, Sep 26 boxscore NYY BAL W 6 4 57-44 2 0.5 Davis Stone 2:48 31,993 +
102 102 Sunday, Sep 27 boxscore NYY BAL W 5 2 58-44 1 up 0.5 Righetti Martinez 2:31 44,481 ++
103 103 Monday, Sep 28 boxscore NYY @ CLE L 2 6 58-45 2 0.5 Brennan Reuschel 2:38 6,168 -
104 104 Tuesday, Sep 29 boxscore NYY @ CLE L 2 3 58-46 3 0.5 Denny Guidry 1:59 7,003 --
105 105 Friday, Oct 2 boxscore NYY @ BAL W 9 0 59-46 2 1.0 Righetti Stewart 2:05 25,748 +
106 106 Saturday, Oct 3 boxscore NYY @ BAL L 0 3 59-47 2 2.0 McGregor John 1:55 28,575 -
107 107 Sunday, Oct 4 boxscore NYY @ BAL L 2 5 59-48 3 2.0 Flanagan Reuschel Stoddard 2:14 29,169 --
Rk Gm# Date Tm   Opp R RA Inn W-L Rank GB Win Loss Save Time Attendance Streak
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Rank and Games Behind are at the end of all games played on that date.

1980 / 1982 Schedule, Box Scores and Splits

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