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1997 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996 / 1998)
96-66, Finished 2nd in AL East
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Scored 891 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62
Manager: Joe Torre (96-66)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
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 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
Willie Banks 28 R R 6' 1" 202 Feb 27, 1969 6 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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 $161,100.00
Wade Boggs HOF 39 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 15, 1958 16 104 88 103 77 1 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 18 14 0 $2,000,000.00
Joe Borowski 26 R R 6' 2" 225 May 4, 1971 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Homer Bush 24 R R 5' 11" 180 Nov 12, 1972 1st 10 1 10 8 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5
David Cone 34 L R 6' 1" 190 Jan 2, 1963 12 29 1 1 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $6,666,667.00 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 3 5 1
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 92 0 2 0
Mariano Duncan 34 R R 6' 0" 185 Mar 13, 1963 12 50 47 50 47 0 0 0 41 0 0 6 0 0 6 2 1 0 $870,000.00
Cecil Fielder 33 R R 6' 3" 240 Sep 21, 1963 12 98 96 98 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 2 0 $9,237,500.00
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 0 1 0
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 0 0 9
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 0 0 1 $2,250,000.00
Dwight Gooden 32 R R 6' 3" 210 Nov 16, 1964 13 20 2 2 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,000,000.00
Charlie Hayes 32 R R 6' 0" 207 May 29, 1965 10 100 89 100 98 0 0 0 5 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 $1,700,000.00
Pete Incaviglia 33 R R 6' 1" 230 Apr 2, 1964 11 5 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
Hideki Irabu 28 R R 6' 4" 240 May 15, 1969 1st 13 1 1 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,325,000.00
Derek Jeter 23 R R 6' 3" 175 Jun 26, 1974 3 159 159 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00
Pat Kelly 29 R R 6' 0" 182 Oct 14, 1967 7 67 31 67 48 0 0 0 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 28 $1,100,000.00
Graeme Lloyd 30 L L 6' 7" 234 Apr 9, 1967 5 46 0 3 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $770,000.00
Tino Martinez 29 L R 6' 2" 210 Dec 7, 1967 8 158 153 158 150 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 $4,400,000.00 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
Ramiro Mendoza 25 R R 6' 2" 154 Jun 15, 1972 2 39 0 3 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $157,000.00
Jeff Nelson 30 R R 6' 8" 235 Nov 17, 1966 6 77 0 5 77 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $1,090,000.00
Paul O'Neill 34 L L 6' 4" 215 Feb 25, 1963 13 149 145 149 146 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 146 146 0 4 0 $5,500,000.00 All-Star
Andy Pettitte 25 L L 6' 5" 235 Jun 15, 1972 3 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $600,000.00
Jorge Posada 25 B R 6' 2" 190 Aug 17, 1971 3 60 52 60 60 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $158,500.00
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 45 0 2 22
Tim Raines 37 B R 5' 8" 178 Sep 16, 1959 19 74 64 74 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 57 13 7 0 $1,703,644.00
Danny Rios 24 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 11, 1972 1st 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mariano Rivera 27 R R 6' 2" 170 Nov 29, 1969 3 66 0 2 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $550,000.00 All-Star
Kenny Rogers 32 L L 6' 1" 205 Nov 10, 1964 9 31 2 2 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000.00
Rey Sanchez 29 R R 5' 9" 170 Oct 5, 1967 7 38 37 38 38 0 0 0 37 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Luis Sojo 32 R R 5' 11" 174 Jan 3, 1965 8 77 52 77 76 0 0 2 72 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 $425,000.00
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 14 4 0
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 $1,616,667.00
Darryl Strawberry 35 L L 6' 6" 200 Mar 12, 1962 15 11 8 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 4 3 0 $750,000.00
Dave Weathers 27 R R 6' 3" 205 Sep 25, 1969 7 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $435,000.00
David Wells 34 L L 6' 4" 225 May 20, 1963 11 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $3,766,667.00
Mark Whiten 30 B R 6' 3" 215 Nov 25, 1966 8 69 52 69 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 0 16 57 4 10 3 $1,000,000.00
Bernie Williams 28 B R 6' 2" 205 Sep 13, 1968 7 129 127 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 128 0 1 0 $5,300,000.00 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 Salary
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

1996 / 1998 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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