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1997 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998

96-66, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Joe Torre (96-66)
Scored 891 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium II · Attendance: 2,580,325 (5th of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 96

Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-2) to Cleveland Indians

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1996 / 1998 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
Willie Banks 28 R R 6' 1" 190 Feb 27, 1969 6 5 1 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Brian Boehringer 28 B R 6' 2" 180 Jan 8, 1969 3 34 0 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.4 $161,100
Wade Boggs HOF 39 L R 6' 2" 190 Jun 15, 1958 16 104 88 103 77 1 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 19 14 0 1.9 $2,000,000
Joe Borowski 26 R R 6' 2" 225 May 4, 1971 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Homer Bush 24 R R 5' 10" 180 Nov 12, 1972 1st 10 1 10 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 -0.1 $
David Cone 34 L R 6' 1" 180 Jan 2, 1963 12 29 29 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.6 $6,666,667 All-Star
Ivan Cruz 29 L L 6' 3" 210 May 3, 1968 1st 11 3 11 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 1 0.0 $
Chad Curtis 28 R R 5' 10" 175 Nov 6, 1968 6 93 87 93 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 53 43 5 101 0 2 0 1.1 $
Mariano Duncan 34 R R 6' 0" 160 Mar 13, 1963 12 50 47 50 47 0 0 0 41 0 0 6 0 0 6 2 1 0 -1.3 $870,000
Cecil Fielder 33 R R 6' 3" 230 Sep 21, 1963 12 98 96 98 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 89 2 0 0.7 $9,237,500
Mike Figga 26 R R 6' 0" 200 Jul 31, 1970 1st 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 $
Andy Fox 26 L R 6' 4" 205 Jan 12, 1971 2 22 8 22 18 0 0 0 5 11 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 9 0.2 $
Joe Girardi 32 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 14, 1964 9 112 109 112 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.0 $2,250,000
Dwight Gooden 32 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 16, 1964 13 20 19 2 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 $2,000,000
Charlie Hayes 32 R R 6' 0" 190 May 29, 1965 10 100 89 100 98 0 0 0 5 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.5 $1,700,000
Pete Incaviglia 33 R R 6' 1" 225 Apr 2, 1964 11 5 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 -0.1 $
Hideki Irabu 28 R R 6' 4" 240 May 5, 1969 1st 13 9 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $2,325,000
Derek Jeter 23 R R 6' 3" 195 Jun 26, 1974 3 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.6 $550,000
Pat Kelly 29 R R 6' 0" 180 Oct 14, 1967 7 67 31 67 48 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 3 28 0.0 $1,100,000
Graeme Lloyd 30 L L 6' 8" 225 Apr 9, 1967 5 46 0 3 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $770,000
Tino Martinez 29 L R 6' 2" 205 Dec 7, 1967 8 158 153 158 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 5.2 $4,400,000 All-Star
Jim Mecir 27 B R 6' 1" 195 May 16, 1970 3 25 0 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Ramiro Mendoza 25 R R 6' 2" 154 Jun 15, 1972 2 39 15 3 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.3 $157,000
Jeff Nelson 30 R R 6' 8" 225 Nov 17, 1966 6 77 0 5 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.8 $1,090,000
Paul O'Neill 34 L L 6' 4" 200 Feb 25, 1963 13 149 145 149 146 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 2 4 0 2.4 $5,500,000 All-Star
Andy Pettitte 25 L L 6' 5" 235 Jun 15, 1972 3 35 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.6 $600,000
Jorge Posada 25 B R 6' 2" 215 Aug 17, 1971 3 60 52 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $158,500
Scott Pose 30 L R 5' 11" 165 Feb 11, 1967 2 54 18 54 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 3 17 48 5 2 22 -0.4 $
Tim Raines 37 B R 5' 8" 160 Sep 16, 1959 19 74 64 74 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 57 13 7 0 1.5 $1,703,644
Danny Rios 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 11, 1972 1st 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mariano Rivera 27 R R 6' 2" 185 Nov 29, 1969 3 66 0 2 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 $550,000 All-Star
Kenny Rogers 32 L L 6' 1" 200 Nov 10, 1964 9 31 22 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $5,000,000
Rey Sanchez 29 R R 5' 10" 180 Oct 5, 1967 7 38 37 38 38 0 0 0 37 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Luis Sojo 32 R R 5' 11" 172 Jan 3, 1965 8 77 52 77 76 0 0 2 72 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.2 $425,000
Mike Stanley 34 R R 6' 1" 185 Jun 25, 1963 12 28 21 28 12 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 4 0 0.3 $
Mike Stanton 30 L L 6' 1" 190 Jun 2, 1967 9 64 0 2 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $1,616,667
Darryl Strawberry 35 L L 6' 6" 190 Mar 12, 1962 15 11 8 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 3 0 -0.6 $750,000
David Weathers 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 25, 1969 7 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $435,000
David Wells 34 L L 6' 3" 187 May 20, 1963 11 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $3,766,667
Mark Whiten 30 B R 6' 3" 210 Nov 25, 1966 8 69 52 69 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 16 60 7 10 3 -0.2 $1,000,000
Bernie Williams 28 B R 6' 2" 180 Sep 13, 1968 7 129 127 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 0 1 0 5.8 $5,300,000 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.

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Derek Jeter
Dwight Gooden
Wade Boggs
Charlie Hayes
Pat Kelly
Kenny Rogers
Mariano Duncan
Andy Fox
Mike Stanley
Luis Sojo

Jorge Posada
Mike Stanley
Paul O'Neill
Jorge Posada
Mark Whiten
Tino Martinez
Joe Girardi
Andy Fox
Scott Pose
Rey Sanchez
Graeme Lloyd
Chad Curtis

Mike Stanton
Tim Raines
David Wells
Hideki Irabu
David Cone
Homer Bush
Scott Pose
Darryl Strawberry
Brian Boehringer

Mariano Rivera
Jeff Nelson
Cecil Fielder
Andy Pettitte
Ivan Cruz
Bernie Williams
Joe Borowski
Pete Incaviglia
Danny Rios
David Weathers
Jim Mecir

Ramiro Mendoza
Willie Banks
Mike Figga
Danny Rios

1996 / 1998 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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