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1988 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1987 / 1989

85-76, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Billy Martin (40-28) and Lou Piniella (45-48)
Scored 772 runs, Allowed 748 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 83-78

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium II · Attendance: 2,633,701 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 100 · one-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96

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1987 / 1989 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
Luis Aguayo 29 R R 5' 9" 173 Mar 13, 1959 9 50 37 50 49 0 0 0 13 33 6 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 -0.7 $
Neil Allen 30 R R 6' 3" 185 Jan 24, 1958 10 41 2 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $250,000
Jay Buhner 23 R R 6' 3" 205 Aug 13, 1964 2 25 16 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 3 22 0 3 1 0.0 $67,000
John Candelaria 34 L L 6' 7" 205 Nov 6, 1953 14 25 24 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $700,000
Chris Chambliss 39 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 26, 1948 17 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 $62,500
Jack Clark 32 R R 6' 2" 175 Nov 10, 1955 14 150 136 150 29 0 0 10 0 0 0 5 0 14 19 112 14 0 3.1 $1,500,000
Pat Clements 26 R L 6' 0" 175 Feb 2, 1962 4 6 1 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Jose Cruz 40 L L 6' 0" 170 Aug 8, 1947 19 38 17 38 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 8 12 19 0 -0.7 $350,000
Richard Dotson 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 10, 1959 10 32 29 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $900,000
Dave Eiland 21 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 5, 1966 1st 3 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Alvaro Espinoza 26 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1962 4 3 1 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Bob Geren 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 22, 1961 1st 10 2 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Cecilio Guante 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 1, 1960 7 56 0 1 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $380,000
Lee Guetterman 29 L L 6' 8" 225 Nov 22, 1958 4 20 2 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $137,500
Ron Guidry 37 L L 5' 11" 161 Aug 28, 1950 14 13 10 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4 $825,000
Rickey Henderson HOF 29 R L 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1958 10 140 138 140 136 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 3 0 138 3 1 1 6.4 $1,770,000 All-Star
Charles Hudson 29 B R 6' 3" 185 Mar 16, 1959 6 28 12 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $450,000
Tommy John 45 R L 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1943 25 35 32 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $375,000
Roberto Kelly 23 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 1, 1964 2 38 19 38 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 2 31 3 1 9 0.3 $67,000
Al Leiter 22 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 23, 1965 2 14 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $67,000
Don Mattingly 27 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 20, 1961 7 144 143 144 143 0 0 143 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 3.9 $2,000,000 All-Star
Bob Meacham 27 B R 6' 1" 175 Aug 25, 1960 6 47 29 47 47 0 0 0 21 5 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.0 $212,500
Dale Mohorcic 32 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 25, 1956 3 13 0 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Hal Morris 23 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 9, 1965 1st 15 2 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 5 1 10 1 -0.4 $
Scott Nielsen 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 18, 1958 3 7 2 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mike Pagliarulo 28 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 15, 1960 5 125 112 125 124 0 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 -0.7 $500,000
Hipolito Pena 24 L L 6' 3" 165 Jan 30, 1964 3 16 0 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Ken Phelps 33 L L 6' 1" 209 Aug 6, 1954 9 45 28 45 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 17 0 0.7 $
Willie Randolph 33 R R 5' 11" 165 Jul 6, 1954 14 110 107 110 110 0 0 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.8 $875,000
Rick Rhoden 35 R R 6' 3" 195 May 16, 1953 15 31 31 1 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 $900,000
Dave Righetti 29 L L 6' 4" 195 Nov 28, 1958 9 60 0 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $1,300,000
Rafael Santana 30 R R 6' 1" 165 Jan 31, 1958 6 148 147 148 148 0 0 0 0 0 148 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 $425,000
Steve Shields 29 R R 6' 5" 220 Nov 30, 1958 4 39 0 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $110,000
Joel Skinner 27 R R 6' 4" 198 Feb 21, 1961 6 88 72 88 88 0 85 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0.5 $110,000
Don Slaught 29 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 11, 1958 7 97 88 97 94 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 2.0 $531,500
Tim Stoddard 35 R R 6' 7" 230 Jan 24, 1953 12 28 0 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $700,000
Wayne Tolleson 32 B R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1955 8 21 17 21 21 0 0 0 12 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0.1 $410,000
Randy Velarde 25 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 24, 1962 2 48 33 48 47 0 0 0 24 11 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.6 $
Gary Ward 34 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 6, 1953 10 91 60 91 66 0 0 11 0 2 0 17 39 3 59 9 21 0 -0.9 $625,000
Claudell Washington 33 L L 6' 0" 190 Aug 31, 1954 15 126 99 126 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 103 8 124 0 21 0 3.1 $480,000
Dave Winfield HOF 36 R R 6' 6" 220 Oct 3, 1951 16 149 145 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 141 141 4 4 0 5.3 $1,958,652 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
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Wayne Tolleson

Jack Clark

Don Slaught

Joel Skinner

Mike Pagliarulo

Rafael Santana

Claudell Washington

Dave Righetti

Bob Meacham

Jose Cruz
Ken Phelps

Gary Ward

Don Mattingly

Rickey Henderson

Tommy John

Rick Rhoden

Neil Allen

Al Leiter
Randy Velarde

Luis Aguayo
Randy Velarde

Willie Randolph

Dave Winfield

Jack Clark
Steve Shields

Lee Guetterman

Richard Dotson

Pat Clements
Hal Morris
Scott Nielsen

Roberto Kelly

Steve Shields

Charles Hudson

Tim Stoddard

John Candelaria

Hipolito Pena
Ken Phelps
Randy Velarde

Alvaro Espinoza
Scott Nielsen

Ron Guidry

Chris Chambliss

Cecilio Guante

Dave Eiland
Bob Geren

Bob Geren

Jay Buhner
Dale Mohorcic

Bob Geren

Bob Geren

Hipolito Pena

Hal Morris

Dale Mohorcic

1987 / 1989 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers