1981 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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1981 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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Team Batting

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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	Rick Cerone	27	71	254	234	23	57	13	2	2	21	0	2	12	24	.244	.276	.342	.618	79	80	10	0	4	4	0
2	1B	Bob Watson	35	59	180	156	15	33	3	3	6	12	0	0	24	17	.212	.317	.385	.701	104	60	10	0	0	0	2
3	2B	Willie Randolph	26	93	422	357	59	83	14	3	2	24	14	5	57	24	.232	.336	.305	.641	88	109	10	0	5	3	0
4	SS	Bucky Dent	29	73	258	227	20	54	11	0	7	27	0	1	19	17	.238	.300	.379	.679	97	86	1	2	8	2	0
5	3B	Graig Nettles*	36	103	402	349	46	85	7	1	15	46	0	2	47	49	.244	.333	.398	.731	112	139	5	1	2	3	4
6	LF	Dave Winfield	29	105	440	388	52	114	25	1	13	68	11	1	43	41	.294	.360	.464	.824	139	180	13	1	1	7	3
7	CF	Jerry Mumphrey#	28	80	350	319	44	98	11	5	6	32	14	9	24	27	.307	.354	.429	.783	127	137	7	0	5	2	1
8	RF	Reggie Jackson*	35	94	382	334	33	79	17	1	15	54	0	3	46	82	.237	.330	.428	.758	120	143	8	1	0	1	2
9	DH	Bobby Murcer*	35	50	130	117	14	31	6	0	6	24	0	0	12	15	.265	.331	.470	.801	131	55	3	0	0	1	1
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	UT	Oscar Gamble*	31	80	227	189	24	45	8	0	10	27	0	2	35	23	.238	.357	.439	.796	131	83	4	1	0	2	2
11	SS	Larry Milbourne#	30	61	177	163	24	51	7	2	1	12	2	0	9	14	.313	.351	.399	.749	118	65	3	1	3	1	2
12	UT	Lou Piniella	37	60	174	159	16	44	9	0	5	18	0	1	13	9	.277	.331	.428	.759	120	68	7	0	2	0	4
13	C	Barry Foote	29	40	137	125	12	26	4	0	6	10	0	0	8	21	.208	.256	.384	.640	84	48	7	0	4	0	0
14	1B	Dave Revering*	28	45	130	119	8	28	4	1	2	7	0	1	11	20	.235	.300	.336	.636	85	40	2	0	0	0	5
15	1B	Jim Spencer*	33	25	72	63	6	9	2	0	2	4	0	0	9	7	.143	.250	.270	.520	52	17	3	0	0	0	2
16	UT	Dennis Werth	28	34	71	55	7	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	12	12	.109	.269	.127	.396	19	7	4	0	4	0	2
17	UT	Bobby Brown#	27	31	69	62	5	14	1	0	0	6	4	2	5	15	.226	.279	.242	.521	53	15	1	0	1	1	0
18	UT	Aurelio Rodriguez	33	27	55	52	4	18	2	0	2	8	0	0	2	10	.346	.370	.500	.870	152	26	1	0	1	0	0
19	C	Johnny Oates*	35	10	28	26	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.192	.250	.231	.481	41	6	0	0	0	0	0
20	MI	Andre Robertson	23	10	19	19	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	.263	.263	.316	.579	68	6	0	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Mike Patterson*	23	4	9	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.667	.889	150	6	0	0	0	0	0
22	UT	Steve Balboni	24	4	8	7	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.286	.375	.714	1.089	211	5	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.8	107	3994	3529	421	889	148	22	100	403	47	30	391	434	.252	.325	.391	.717	108	1381	99	7	40	27	30
		Rank in 14 AL teams				11	11	11	7	7	2		8	13	4	11	9	7	2	2		7
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

* - 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	Rudy May*	36	6	11	.353	4.14	27	22	1	4	0	1	147.2	137	71	68	10	41	0	79	2	0	6	610	86	1.205	8.3	0.6	2.5	4.8	1.93
2	SP	Tommy John*	38	9	8	.529	2.63	20	20	0	7	0	0	140.1	135	50	41	10	39	2	50	3	2	6	580	135	1.240	8.7	0.6	2.5	3.2	1.28
3	SP	Ron Guidry*	30	11	5	.688	2.76	23	21	1	0	0	0	127.0	100	41	39	12	26	0	104	1	0	6	497	129	0.992	7.1	0.9	1.8	7.4	4.00
4	SP	Dave Righetti*	22	8	4	.667	2.05	15	15	0	2	0	0	105.1	75	25	24	1	38	0	89	0	1	1	422	173	1.073	6.4	0.1	3.2	7.6	2.34
5	SP	Rick Reuschel	32	4	4	.500	2.67	12	11	1	3	0	0	70.2	75	24	21	4	10	0	22	1	0	0	282	133	1.203	9.6	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.20
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
6	CL	Rich Gossage	29	3	2	.600	0.77	32	0	30	0	0	20	46.2	22	6	4	2	14	1	48	1	0	1	173	461	0.771	4.2	0.4	2.7	9.3	3.43
7	RP	Ron Davis	25	4	5	.444	2.71	43	0	22	0	0	6	73.0	47	22	22	6	25	3	83	0	1	1	285	131	0.986	5.8	0.7	3.1	10.2	3.32
8	RP	Doug Bird	31	5	1	.833	2.70	17	4	3	0	0	0	53.1	58	19	16	5	16	3	28	0	0	0	229	132	1.388	9.8	0.8	2.7	4.7	1.75
9	RP	Dave LaRoche*	33	4	1	.800	2.49	26	1	14	0	0	0	47.0	38	16	13	3	16	1	24	1	0	1	192	143	1.149	7.3	0.6	3.1	4.6	1.50
10	RP	George Frazier	26	0	1	.000	1.63	16	0	9	0	0	3	27.2	26	7	5	1	11	2	17	0	0	1	117	218	1.337	8.5	0.3	3.6	5.5	1.55
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
11		Gene Nelson	20	3	1	.750	4.81	8	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	40	24	21	5	23	1	16	1	0	2	179	74	1.602	9.2	1.1	5.3	3.7	0.70
12		Tom Underwood*	27	1	4	.200	4.41	9	6	1	0	0	0	32.2	32	17	16	2	13	1	29	0	0	0	138	81	1.378	8.8	0.6	3.6	8.0	2.23
13		Bill Castro	29	1	1	.500	3.79	11	0	6	0	0	0	19.0	26	13	8	2	5	1	4	0	0	0	86	94	1.632	12.3	0.9	2.4	1.9	0.80
14		Dave Wehrmeister	28	0	0		5.14	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	7	0	0	0	33	69	1.857	7.7	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
15		Andy McGaffigan	24	0	0		2.57	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	2	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	31	138	1.143	6.4	1.3	3.9	2.6	0.67
16		Mike Griffin	24	0	0		2.08	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	18	171	1.154	10.4	0.0	0.0	8.3
		Team Totals	30.4	59	48	.551	2.90	107	107	91	16	0	30	948.0	827	343	305	64	287	17	606	10	5	25	3872	123	1.175	7.9	0.6	2.7	5.8	2.11
		Rank in 14 AL teams		4	10						11	1	2	9	1	1	1	1	2		1
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

* - 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
Tucker Ashford	26	2	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-40.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0		0		0.00	0.00						2B
Steve Balboni	24	4	2	17.0	15	14	1	0	2	1.000	0.2	14.1	0.2	0.4	-0.2		0		7.94	3.75						1B-DH
Doug Bird	31	17	4	53.1	13	6	7	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.19	0.76						P
Bobby Brown	27	33	15	166.1	59	54	2	3	0	.949	2.1	15.2	2.1	2.5	-0.4	0			3.03	1.70						CF-RF-LF-DH
Bill Castro	29	11	0	19.0	3	0	3	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.42	0.27						P
Rick Cerone	27	69	64	568.0	382	353	26	3	1	.992	-1.0	-2.1						-1	6.01	5.49	3	16	34	19	36%	C
Ron Davis	25	43	0	73.0	9	4	5	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.11	0.21						P
Bucky Dent	29	73	73	632.0	331	104	217	10	49	.970	3.5	6.6	1.5	0.3	1.2		2		4.57	4.40						SS
Barry Foote	29	39	33	289.0	246	231	14	1	4	.996	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0		0	0	7.63	6.28	1	7	24	14	37%	C-1B-DH
George Frazier	26	16	0	27.2	6	1	4	1	0	.833	0.0	0.0							1.63	0.31						P
Oscar Gamble	31	76	31	278.0	79	79	0	0	0	1.000	2.3	9.9	4.3	3.6	0.7	-2			2.56	1.04						RF-LF-CF-DH
Rich Gossage	29	32	0	46.2	10	2	7	1	1	.900	0.0	0.0							1.74	0.28						P
Mike Griffin	24	2	0	4.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							4.15	1.00						P
Ron Guidry	30	23	21	127.0	30	13	17	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.13	1.30						P
Reggie Jackson	35	94	60	516.2	113	107	3	3	0	.973	-3.0	-7.0	-2.0	-1.2	-0.8	-1			1.92	1.17						RF-DH
Tommy John	38	20	20	140.1	38	11	27	0	2	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.44	1.90						P
Dave LaRoche	33	26	1	47.0	9	5	4	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							1.72	0.35						P
Rudy May	36	27	22	147.2	40	11	28	1	0	.975	0.0	0.0							2.38	1.44						P
Andy McGaffigan	24	2	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0							0.00	0.00						P
Larry Milbourne	30	59	41	373.1	203	74	121	8	26	.961	-1.3	-4.2	-1.3	0.1	-1.4		0		4.70	3.31						SS-2B-3B-DH
Jerry Mumphrey	28	79	79	677.1	234	221	5	8	0	.966	7.5	13.3	6.5	4.3	2.2	1			3.00	2.86						CF
Bobby Murcer	35	33									0.0									0.00						DH
Gene Nelson	20	8	7	39.1	10	3	6	1	0	.900	0.0	0.0							2.06	1.13						P
Graig Nettles	36	101	96	839.2	285	63	214	8	14	.972	3.3	4.7	3.3	-0.4	3.7		0		2.97	2.74						3B-DH
Johnny Oates	35	10	9	76.0	54	49	3	2	0	.963	-2.0	-31.6						-2	6.16	5.20	0	1	10	2	17%	C
Mike Patterson	23	4	1	22.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-16.4	-0.3	-0.3	0.0	0			2.05	1.25						LF-RF
Lou Piniella	37	55	30	254.2	73	70	2	1	1	.986	3.4	16.0	3.4	1.4	2.0	0			2.54	1.31						RF-LF-DH
Willie Randolph	26	93	93	816.2	484	205	268	11	74	.977	5.6	8.2	3.6	1.9	1.7		2		5.21	5.09						2B
Rick Reuschel	32	12	11	70.2	20	6	14	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							2.55	1.67						P
Dave Revering	28	44	31	286.1	308	276	30	2	24	.994	2.6	10.9	2.6	0.2	2.4		0		9.62	6.95						1B
Dave Righetti	22	15	15	105.1	16	6	9	1	0	.938	0.0	0.0							1.28	1.00						P
Andre Robertson	23	11	7	64.0	33	9	24	0	3	1.000	1.5	28.1	1.5	0.6	0.9		0		4.64	3.00						SS-2B
Aurelio Rodriguez	33	26	12	124.0	56	20	34	2	4	.964	0.9	8.7	0.9	1.3	-0.3		0		3.92	2.08						3B-2B-1B-DH
Jim Spencer	33	25	20	178.0	189	172	17	0	17	1.000	1.4	9.4	1.4	0.6	0.8		0		9.56	7.56						1B
Tom Underwood	27	9	6	32.2	7	2	4	1	0	.857	0.0	0.0							1.65	0.67						P
Bob Watson	35	56	43	362.0	393	367	25	1	42	.997	-0.2	-0.7	-0.2	0.3	-0.6		0		9.75	7.00						1B-DH
Dave Wehrmeister	28	5	0	7.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0							3.86	0.60						P
Dennis Werth	28	35	15	154.0	115	104	11	0	7	1.000	0.8	6.2	1.8	1.9	-0.1	0	0	-1	6.72	3.29	1	1	2	0	0%	1B-LF-C-RF-DH
Dave Winfield	29	105	101	886.0	201	197	1	3	0	.985	-6.5	-8.8	-4.5	-1.0	-3.6	-2			2.01	1.89						LF-CF-DH
Team Totals	30.5	107	963	8532.0	4073	2844	1157	72	273	.982	20.8	2.9	24.8	16.5	8.2	-4	4	-4	4.22	2.88	5	25	70	35	33%
Rank in 14 AL teams								10	11	4
	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

1980 / 1982 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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