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1976 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975/1977)
97-62, Finished 1st in AL Eastern Division
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Won AL Pennant
Scored 730 runs, Allowed 575 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 97-62
Managed by Billy Martin

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,012,434 (1st of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-0) to Cincinnati Reds
Won AL Championship Series (3-2) over Kansas City Royals

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Thurman Munson      29  152  616   79  186  27  1  17  105  29   38  .302  .337  .432  14  11  17   9   1  10   6  125
1B *Chris Chambliss     27  156  641   79  188  32  6  17   96  27   80  .293  .323  .441   1   0  11   3   1   3   1  123
2B  Willie Randolph     21  125  430   59  115  15  4   1   40  58   39  .267  .356  .328  37  12  10   3   6   3   5  102
3B *Graig Nettles       31  158  583   88  148  29  2  32   93  62   94  .254  .327  .475  11   6   8   4   2   5   6  134
SS  Fred Stanley        28  110  260   32   62   2  2   1   20  34   29  .238  .329  .273   1   0   5   1  11   0   0   78
LF #Roy White           32  156  626  104  179  29  3  14   65  83   52  .286  .365  .409  31  13  13   0  10   9   1  127
CF *Mickey Rivers       27  137  590   95  184  31  8   8   67  13   51  .312  .327  .432  43   7   3   3   2   5   0  122
RF *Oscar Gamble        26  110  340   43   79  13  1  17   57  38   38  .232  .317  .426   5   3   4   4   2   0   4  117
DH *Carlos May          28   87  288   38   80  11  2   3   40  34   32  .278  .358  .361   1   1   6   5   1   5   2  112
    Lou Piniella        32  100  327   36   92  16  6   3   38  18   34  .281  .322  .394   0   1   4   2   3   1   8  110
   *Jim Mason           25   93  217   17   39   7  1   1   14   9   37  .180  .210  .235   0   0   4   0   7   3   0   31
   #Sandy Alomar        32   67  163   20   39   4  0   1   10  13   12  .239  .295  .282  12   7   2   0   2   0   0   70
    Fran Healy          29   46  120   10   32   3  0   0    9   9   17  .267  .318  .292   3   1   3   0   0   0   0   80
    Otto Velez          25   49   94   11   25   6  0   2   10  23   26  .266  .410  .394   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  137
   *Ellie Hendricks     35   26   53    6   12   1  0   3    5   3   10  .226  .263  .415   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   97
    Elliott Maddox      28   18   46    4   10   2  0   0    3   4    3  .217  .275  .261   0   1   2   0   0   1   1   58
    Rick Dempsey        26   21   42    1    5   0  0   0    2   5    4  .119  .213  .119   0   0   0   0   1   0   0   -1
    Cesar Tovar         35   13   39    2    6   1  0   0    2   4    3  .154  .250  .179   0   1   0   1   1   0   1   28
   *Gene Locklear       26   13   32    2    7   1  0   0    1   2    7  .219  .265  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   52
    Juan Bernhardt      22   10   21    1    4   1  0   0    1   0    4  .190  .190  .238   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   25
   #Larry Murray        23    8   10    2    1   0  0   0    2   1    2  .100  .182  .100   2   0   0   0   0   0   0  -16
   *Kerry Dineen        23    4    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   1    2  .286  .375  .286   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   96
   *Rich Coggins        25    7    4    1    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .250  .250  .250   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   47
    Mickey Klutts       21    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Ron Blomberg        27    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Terry Whitfield     23    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

    Catfish Hunter      30   36    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3  159 5555  730 1496 231 36 120  673 470  616  .269  .326  .389 163  65  85  26  41  37  27  110
    Rank among 12 AL teams         2    2    2   3  8   2       11   12     2     3     2   3   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Catfish Hunter      30  36   3.53  17  15  0  36   0  21   2  298.7  268  126  117  28   68  173 1210   6   3  0   5  98
SP  Ed Figueroa         27  34   3.02  19  10  0  34   0  14   4  256.7  237  101   86  13   94  119 1081   6   3  0   0 114
SP  Dock Ellis          31  32   3.19  17   8  0  32   0   8   1  211.7  195   83   75  14   76   65  886   4   4  1   1 108
SP *Ken Holtzman        30  21   4.17   9   7  0  21   0  10   2  149.0  165   74   69  14   35   41  627   7   0  0   0  83
SP  Doyle Alexander     25  19   3.29  10   5  0  19   0   5   2  136.7  114   54   50   9   39   41  547   6   3  1   0 105
SP *Rudy May            31  11   3.57   4   3  0  11   0   2   1   68.0   49   32   27   5   28   38  270   3   1  0   2  97

CL *Sparky Lyle         31  64   2.26   7   8 23   0  58   0   0  103.7   82   33   26   5   42   61  420   3   0  0   7 153
RP  Dick Tidrow         29  47   2.63   4   5 10   2  24   0   0   92.3   80   29   27   5   24   65  375   0   1  0   1 131
RP *Grant Jackson       33  21   1.69   6   0  1   2   8   1   1   58.7   38   11   11   1   16   25  227   2   1  0   0 205
RP *Tippy Martinez      26  11   1.93   2   0  2   0   3   0   0   28.0   18    6    6   1   14   14  108   0   0  1   0 179
RP *Ron Guidry          25   7   5.63   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   16.0   20   12   10   1    4   12   72   0   0  0   0  61

    Dave Pagan          26   7   2.28   1   1  0   2   0   1   0   23.7   18    7    6   0    4   13   87   0   0  0   0 151
    Jim York            28   3   5.59   1   0  0   0   1   0   0    9.7   14    7    6   1    4    6   47   2   1  0   0  62
   *Ken Brett           27   2   0.00   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    2.3    2    0    0   0    0    1    9   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.2 159   3.19  97  62 37 159  97  62  15 1455.0 1300  575  516  97  448  674 5966  39  17  3  16 108
    Rank among 12 AL teams          1   1  12  2           3   3      8    1    1        8    3   11

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TMunson 1062 118 121 537 78 12 8 .981 12 34 91 50 FHealy 211 23 31 104 15 2 0 .983 2 2 7 10 EHendricks 114 11 18 60 4 0 1 1.000 2 3 8 3 RDempsey 67 7 9 39 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 4 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1455 159 159 740 102 14 9 .984 16 39 110 67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CChambliss 1400 154 155 1440 109 9 123 .994 9.96 OVelez 43 4 8 43 1 1 4 .978 9.21 CMay 8 1 1 9 0 0 0 1.000 10.12 SAlomar 4 0 1 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 159 159 1495 111 10 127 .994 9.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WRandolph 1122 122 124 307 415 19 87 .974 5.79 SAlomar 310 35 38 85 108 6 17 .970 5.59 CTovar 16 2 3 4 8 0 2 1.000 6.75 FStanley 6 0 3 3 1 1 0 .800 6.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 159 159 399 532 26 106 .973 5.76 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *2.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GNettles 1432 156 158 137 383 19 30 .965 3.27 SAlomar 17 2 3 2 2 1 0 .800 2.12 JBernhardt 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 OVelez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 159 159 139 386 20 30 .963 3.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FStanley 797 87 110 145 251 7 36 .983 4.47 JMason 630 70 93 128 245 13 47 .966 5.33 SAlomar 16 0 6 5 3 0 1 1.000 4.50 MKlutts 10 2 2 4 3 1 0 .875 6.12 GNettles 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 159 159 282 503 21 84 .974 4.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RWhite 1224 136 140 320 7 5 0 .985 2.40 LPiniella 72 7 11 22 3 0 0 1.000 3.12 CMay 68 7 7 18 0 1 0 .947 2.38 OVelez 43 5 6 10 2 0 1 1.000 2.51 GLocklear 23 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.96 TMunson 21 2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.43 JBernhardt 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TWhitfield 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 159 159 376 12 7 1 .982 2.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MRivers 1178 131 136 403 6 6 0 .986 3.12 RWhite 180 19 24 54 2 0 1 1.000 2.80 EMaddox 45 6 6 12 1 0 0 1.000 2.60 LMurray 30 1 6 7 1 0 0 1.000 2.40 KDineen 19 2 2 8 0 1 0 .889 3.79 RCoggins 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 159 159 485 10 7 1 .986 3.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- OGamble 816 87 104 203 10 4 3 .982 2.35 LPiniella 330 37 39 84 1 2 0 .977 2.31 OVelez 131 15 20 35 0 1 0 .972 2.40 TMunson 62 7 9 8 0 1 0 .889 1.16 EMaddox 46 7 7 10 1 0 1 1.000 2.15 RDempsey 21 2 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 JBernhardt 19 3 3 3 0 1 0 .750 1.42 RWhite 19 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 KDineen 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 LMurray 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 SAlomar 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RCoggins 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 159 159 358 13 9 4 .976 2.29 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RWhite 1423 156 156 380 9 5 1 .987 2.46 MRivers 1178 131 136 407 6 6 0 .986 3.16 OGamble 816 87 104 199 10 4 3 .981 2.31 LPiniella 402 44 49 106 4 2 0 .982 2.46 OVelez 174 20 24 46 1 1 1 .979 2.43 EMaddox 91 13 13 21 2 0 1 1.000 2.27 TMunson 83 9 11 9 0 2 0 .818 0.98 CMay 68 7 7 19 0 1 0 .950 2.51 LMurray 33 1 7 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.73 GLocklear 23 2 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 KDineen 22 2 4 9 0 1 0 .900 3.68 JBernhardt 21 3 4 4 0 1 0 .800 1.71 RDempsey 21 2 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 RCoggins 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 SAlomar 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 TWhitfield 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1455 159 159 1222 34 23 6 .982 2.59 159 159 159 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.87 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CHunter 298 36 36 24 30 2 2 .964 1.63 EFigueroa 256 34 34 16 23 1 0 .975 1.37 DEllis 211 32 32 19 20 3 0 .929 1.66 KHoltzman 149 21 21 11 21 2 3 .941 1.93 DAlexander 136 19 19 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.25 SLyle 103 0 64 3 11 2 1 .875 1.22 DTidrow 92 2 47 2 9 1 0 .917 1.07 RMay 68 11 11 4 10 1 1 .933 1.85 GJackson 58 2 21 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.61 TMartinez 28 0 11 2 8 0 0 1.000 3.21 DPagan 23 2 7 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.14 RGuidry 16 0 7 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.25 JYork 9 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.93 KBrett 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 159 159 88 156 12 7 .953 1.51 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- CMay 71 LPiniella 38 TMunson 21 CTovar 10 FHealy 9 GLocklear 6 OVelez 5 JBernhardt 2 EMaddox 2 RBlomberg 1 CChambliss 1 OGamble 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Rivers .312

On-base % White .365

Slugging % Nettles .475

OPS Nettles .802

Games Nettles 158

At Bats Chambliss 641

Plate Appearances (approx.) White 728

Runs White 104

Hits Chambliss 188

Total Bases Chambliss 283

Doubles Chambliss 32

Triples Rivers 8

Home Runs Nettles 32

RBI Munson 105

Bases on Balls White 83

Strikeouts Nettles 94

Stolen Bases Rivers 43

Singles Munson 141

Adjusted OPS+ Nettles 134

Runs Created White 98

Adjusted Batting Runs White 24

Batting Wins White 2.6

Extra-Base Hits Nettles 63

Times on Base White 262

Offensive Win% Rivers .652

Hit By Pitch Munson 9

Sac. Hits Stanley 11

Sac. Flies Munson 10

Intentional Walks Piniella 8

Grounded into Double Plays Munson 17

Caught Stealing White 13

Power/Speed Number White 19.3

At Bats per Strikeout Munson 16.2

At Bats per Home Run Nettles 18.2

Outs White 492

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ERA Figueroa 3.02

Wins Figueroa 19

Won-Loss % Ellis .680

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Hunter 1.125

Hits Allowed/9IP Hunter 8.08

Bases on Balls/9IP Hunter 2.05

Strikeouts/9IP Hunter 5.21

Games Lyle 64

Saves Lyle 23

Innings Hunter 298.7

Strikeouts Hunter 173

Games Started Hunter 36

Comp. Games Hunter 21

Shutouts Figueroa 4

Home Runs Allow. Hunter 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Figueroa 94

Hits Allowed Hunter 268

SO to Walk Hunter 2.54

Losses Hunter 15

Earned Runs Allow. Hunter 117

Wild Pitches Holtzman 7

Hit Batsmen Ellis 4

Batters Faced Hunter 1210

Games Finished Lyle 58

Adjusted ERA+ Figueroa 114

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Chris Chambliss
Catfish Hunter
Sparky Lyle
Thurman Munson (Starting C)
Willie Randolph
Mickey Rivers

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