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1989 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1988 / 1990)
74-87, Finished 5th in AL East
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Scored 698 runs, Allowed 792 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 71-90
Manager: Dallas Green (56-65) and Bucky Dent (18-22)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR 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 62 29 1
Jesse Barfield 29 R R 6' 1" 205 Oct 29, 1959 9 129 126 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 120 128 1 1 1
Mike Blowers 24 R R 6' 2" 210 Apr 24, 1965 1st 13 11 13 13 0 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 $82,000.00
Tom Brookens 35 R R 5' 10" 170 Aug 10, 1953 11 66 42 66 61 0 0 0 5 51 7 0 0 3 3 2 13 0 $475,000.00
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
Greg Cadaret 27 L L 6' 3" 214 Feb 27, 1962 3 20 0 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Candelaria 35 L L 6' 7" 232 Nov 6, 1953 15 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $800,000.00
Chuck Cary 29 L L 6' 4" 210 Mar 3, 1960 5 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $90,000.00
Bob Davidson 26 R R 6' 0" 185 Jan 6, 1963 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Dorsett 28 R R 6' 3" 220 Apr 9, 1961 3 8 6 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Dotson 30 R R 6' 0" 204 Jan 10, 1959 11 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Dave Eiland 22 R R 6' 3" 205 Jul 5, 1966 2 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alvaro Espinoza 27 R R 6' 0" 181 Feb 19, 1962 5 146 144 146 146 0 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Bob Geren 27 R R 6' 3" 221 Sep 22, 1961 2 65 56 65 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $70,000.00
Rich Gossage HOF 37 R R 6' 3" 217 Jul 5, 1951 18 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee Guetterman 30 L L 6' 8" 227 Nov 22, 1958 5 70 0 2 70 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $137,500.00
Mel Hall 28 L L 6' 1" 205 Sep 16, 1960 9 113 92 113 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 0 31 75 28 18 1 $925,000.00
Andy Hawkins 29 R R 6' 3" 223 Jan 21, 1960 8 34 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $933,333.00
Rickey Henderson HOF 30 R L 5' 10" 195 Dec 25, 1958 11 65 64 65 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 65 0 0 65 0 1 0 $2,120,000.00
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 7 0 4 3 $90,000.00
Tommy John 46 R L 6' 3" 185 May 22, 1943 26 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jimmy Jones 25 R R 6' 2" 190 Apr 20, 1964 4 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Roberto Kelly 24 R R 6' 2" 192 Oct 1, 1964 3 137 133 137 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 137 0 2 1 $80,000.00
Steve Kiefer 28 R R 6' 1" 180 Oct 18, 1960 6 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $95,000.00
Dave LaPoint 29 L L 6' 3" 215 Jul 29, 1959 10 20 0 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $825,000.00
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 0 2 2
Al Leiter 23 L L 6' 3" 215 Oct 23, 1965 3 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $80,000.00
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 $2,200,000.00 All-Star
Lance McCullers 25 B R 6' 1" 218 Mar 8, 1964 5 52 0 4 52 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $460,000.00
Hensley Meulens 22 R R 6' 3" 212 Jun 23, 1967 1st 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
Kevin Mmahat 24 L L 6' 5" 220 Nov 9, 1964 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Hal Morris 24 L L 6' 4" 215 Apr 9, 1965 2 15 3 15 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 1 9 0
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
Mike Pagliarulo 29 L R 6' 2" 195 Mar 15, 1960 6 74 59 74 69 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 $575,000.00
Clay Parker 26 R R 6' 1" 185 Dec 19, 1962 2 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $68,000.00
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 41 38 0 $655,000.00
Eric Plunk 25 R R 6' 5" 217 Sep 3, 1963 4 27 0 3 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $232,390.00
Luis Polonia 25 L L 5' 8" 152 Oct 12, 1963 3 66 58 66 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 0 0 53 8 5 0
Jamie Quirk 34 L R 6' 4" 200 Oct 22, 1954 15 13 6 13 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 $68,000.00
Dave Righetti 30 L L 6' 3" 198 Nov 28, 1958 10 55 0 4 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,450,000.00
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
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 $1,150,000.00 All-Star
Don Schulze 26 R R 6' 3" 225 Sep 27, 1962 6 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 1 16 0 $650,000.00
Walt Terrell 31 L R 6' 2" 205 May 11, 1958 8 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 0 12 16
Randy Velarde 26 R R 6' 0" 190 Nov 24, 1962 3 33 29 33 32 0 0 0 0 27 9 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 $72,500.00
Gary Ward 35 R R 6' 2" 202 Dec 6, 1953 11 8 7 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 1 1 0 $68,000.00
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1988 / 1990 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played