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1989 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990

74-87, Finished 5th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Dallas Green (56-65) and Bucky Dent (18-22)
Scored 698 runs, Allowed 792 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-90

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium II · Attendance: 2,170,485 (8th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 99 · one-year: Batting - 104, Pitching - 105

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1988 / 1990 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
Steve Balboni 32 R R 6' 3" 225 Jan 16, 1957 9 110 77 110 20 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 82 29 1 -0.2 $
Jesse Barfield 29 R R 6' 1" 200 Oct 29, 1959 9 129 126 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 120 138 1 1 1 3.6 $
Mike Blowers 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 24, 1965 1st 13 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -0.3 $82,000
Tom Brookens 35 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 10, 1953 11 66 42 66 61 0 0 0 5 51 7 0 0 3 3 3 13 0 -1.3 $475,000
Bob Brower 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 10, 1960 4 26 19 26 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 15 25 0 3 0 1.0 $
Greg Cadaret 27 L L 6' 3" 200 Feb 27, 1962 3 20 13 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
John Candelaria 35 L L 6' 7" 205 Nov 6, 1953 15 10 6 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $800,000
Chuck Cary 29 L L 6' 4" 210 Mar 3, 1960 5 22 11 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $90,000
Bob Davidson 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 6, 1963 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Brian Dorsett 28 R R 6' 3" 215 Apr 9, 1961 3 8 6 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Richard Dotson 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Jan 10, 1959 11 11 9 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $68,000
Dave Eiland 22 R R 6' 3" 210 Jul 5, 1966 2 6 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Alvaro Espinoza 27 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 19, 1962 5 146 144 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $68,000
Bob Geren 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 22, 1961 2 65 56 65 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0 1.6 $70,000
Rich Gossage HOF 37 R R 6' 3" 180 Jul 5, 1951 18 11 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Lee Guetterman 30 L L 6' 8" 225 Nov 22, 1958 5 70 0 2 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $137,500
Mel Hall 28 L L 6' 0" 185 Sep 16, 1960 9 113 92 113 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 31 77 34 18 1 0.9 $925,000
Andy Hawkins 29 R R 6' 4" 200 Jan 21, 1960 8 34 34 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $933,333
Rickey Henderson HOF 30 R L 5' 10" 180 Dec 25, 1958 11 65 64 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 65 0 1 0 3.3 $2,120,000
Stan Jefferson 26 B R 5' 11" 175 Dec 4, 1962 4 10 2 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 8 1 4 3 -0.3 $90,000
Tommy John 46 R L 6' 3" 180 May 22, 1943 26 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.3 $
Jimmy Jones 25 R R 6' 2" 175 Apr 20, 1964 4 11 6 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Roberto Kelly 24 R R 6' 2" 180 Oct 1, 1964 3 137 133 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 0 2 1 2.6 $80,000
Steve Kiefer 28 R R 6' 1" 175 Oct 18, 1960 6 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $95,000
Dave LaPoint 29 L L 6' 3" 205 Jul 29, 1959 10 20 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $825,000
Marcus Lawton 23 B R 6' 1" 160 Aug 18, 1965 1st 10 3 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 1 2 2 -0.4 $
Al Leiter 23 L L 6' 2" 200 Oct 23, 1965 3 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $80,000
Don Mattingly 28 L L 6' 0" 175 Apr 20, 1961 8 158 158 158 147 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 0 0 3.6 $2,200,000 All-Star
Lance McCullers 25 B R 6' 1" 185 Mar 8, 1964 5 52 1 4 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $460,000
Hensley Meulens 22 R R 6' 4" 200 Jun 23, 1967 1st 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $68,000
Kevin Mmahat 24 L L 6' 5" 220 Nov 9, 1964 1st 4 2 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Dale Mohorcic 33 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 25, 1956 4 32 0 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Hal Morris 24 L L 6' 3" 200 Apr 9, 1965 2 15 3 15 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 1 9 0 -0.1 $
Scott Nielsen 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Dec 18, 1958 4 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mike Pagliarulo 29 L R 6' 1" 205 Mar 15, 1960 6 74 59 74 69 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 1 12 0 -1.3 $575,000
Clay Parker 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 19, 1962 2 22 17 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $68,000
Ken Phelps 34 L L 6' 1" 209 Aug 6, 1954 10 86 46 86 8 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 55 38 0 0.2 $655,000
Eric Plunk 25 R R 6' 5" 210 Sep 3, 1963 4 27 7 3 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $232,390
Luis Polonia 25 L L 5' 8" 155 Dec 10, 1963 3 66 58 66 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 53 9 5 0 1.2 $
Jamie Quirk 34 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 15 13 6 13 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 -0.4 $68,000
Dave Righetti 30 L L 6' 4" 195 Nov 28, 1958 10 55 0 4 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $1,450,000
Deion Sanders 21 L L 6' 1" 195 Aug 9, 1967 1st 14 12 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11 0 14 0 1 0 0.4 $
Steve Sax 29 R R 5' 11" 185 Jan 29, 1960 9 158 158 158 158 0 0 0 158 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $1,150,000 All-Star
Don Schulze 26 R R 6' 3" 215 Sep 27, 1962 6 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Don Slaught 30 R R 6' 1" 190 Sep 11, 1958 8 117 94 117 105 0 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16 0 1.6 $650,000
Walt Terrell 31 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 8 13 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Wayne Tolleson 33 B R 5' 9" 160 Nov 22, 1955 9 80 34 80 66 0 0 0 13 28 28 0 0 0 0 10 12 16 -0.9 $
Randy Velarde 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Nov 24, 1962 3 33 29 33 32 0 0 0 0 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1.7 $72,500
Gary Ward 35 R R 6' 2" 195 Dec 6, 1953 11 8 7 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 0.0 $68,000
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

Steve Sax

Don Slaught

Tom Brookens

Mike Blowers
Mike Pagliarulo

Jamie Quirk
Randy Velarde

Dave Righetti

Alvaro Espinoza

Hal Morris
Ken Phelps

Hal Morris
Luis Polonia
Gary Ward

Don Mattingly

Rickey Henderson
Marcus Lawton
Deion Sanders

Greg Cadaret
Tommy John

Stan Jefferson
Jimmy Jones
Steve Kiefer

Mel Hall

Jesse Barfield
Dave Eiland
Marcus Lawton
Al Leiter
Hensley Meulens
Dale Mohorcic
Hal Morris

Jesse Barfield
Dave LaPoint

Bob Brower
Scott Nielsen
Eric Plunk

Bob Davidson
Richard Dotson
Don Schulze
Walt Terrell

Lee Guetterman

Richard Dotson

Clay Parker

Roberto Kelly

Andy Hawkins

Lance McCullers

Dave LaPoint

John Candelaria
Kevin Mmahat

Steve Balboni

Chuck Cary

Bob Geren

Rich Gossage
Dale Mohorcic

Scott Nielsen

Brian Dorsett

Hensley Meulens

Hensley Meulens

1988 / 1990 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers