1978 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1978 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977/1979)
100-63, Finished 1st in AL Eastern Division
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World Series Champs
Scored 735 runs, Allowed 582 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 99-64
Managed by Billy Martin, Dick Howser, and Bob Lemon

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,335,871 (1st of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Won World Series (4-2) over Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (3-1) 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      31  154  617   73  183  27  1   6   71  35   70  .297  .332  .373   2   3  20   3   1  10   6  101
1B *Chris Chambliss     29  162  625   81  171  26  3  12   90  41   60  .274  .321  .382   2   1   6   5   1   5   3  100
2B  Willie Randolph     23  134  499   87  139  18  6   3   42  82   51  .279  .381  .357  36   7  12   4   6   5   1  112
3B *Graig Nettles       33  159  587   81  162  23  2  27   93  59   69  .276  .343  .460   1   1  20   6   1   9   6  128
SS  Bucky Dent          26  123  379   40   92  11  1   5   40  23   24  .243  .286  .317   3   1  10   2   6   5   1   72
LF  Lou Piniella        34  130  472   67  148  34  5   6   69  34   36  .314  .361  .445   3   1  12   2   4   1   8  129
CF *Mickey Rivers       29  141  559   78  148  25  8  11   48  29   51  .265  .302  .397  25   5   8   3   7   6   3   98
RF *Reggie Jackson      32  139  511   82  140  13  5  27   97  58  133  .274  .356  .477  14  11   8   9   0   3   2  136
DH  Cliff Johnson       30   76  174   20   32   9  1   6   19  30   32  .184  .307  .351   0   0   6   1   0   0   5   88
   #Roy White           34  103  346   44   93  13  3   8   43  42   35  .269  .349  .393  10   4   9   2   2   3   7  112
    Fred Stanley        30   81  160   14   35   7  0   1    9  25   31  .219  .324  .281   0   0   3   0   4   0   0   75
   *Jim Spencer         30   71  150   12   34   9  1   7   24  15   32  .227  .295  .440   0   1   4   0   0   1   3  108
    Paul Blair          34   75  125   10   22   5  0   2   13   9   17  .176  .231  .264   1   1   4   0   2   0   0   41
   *Gary Thomasson      26   54  116   20   32   4  1   3   20  13   22  .276  .346  .405   0   2   0   0   0   1   0  114
    Mike Heath          23   33   92    6   21   3  1   0    8   4    9  .228  .265  .283   0   0   1   1   1   1   0   57
   *Jay Johnstone       32   36   65    6   17   0  0   1    6   4   10  .262  .329  .308   0   1   0   3   0   1   0   83
   *Brian Doyle         23   39   52    6   10   0  0   0    0   0    3  .192  .192  .192   0   3   2   0   2   0   0   10
    Damaso Garcia       23   18   41    5    8   0  0   0    1   2    6  .195  .227  .195   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   22
   #George Zeber        27    3    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Dell Alston         25    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mickey Klutts       23    1    2    1    2   1  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 1.500   0   0   0   1   0   0   0  605
    Fran Healy          31    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Dennis Sherrill     22    2    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Domingo Ramos       20    1    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     

   *Ron Guidry          27   37    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.8  163 5583  735 1489 228 38 125  679 505  695  .267  .328  .388  98  42 112  28  23  38  31  105
    Rank among 14 AL teams         3    4    4   7  7   6        9    8     4     7     6   6  13                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Ed Figueroa         29  35   2.99  20   9  0  35   0  12   2  253.0  233   96   84  22   77   92 1038   6   3  1   4 121
SP *Ron Guidry          27  35   1.74  25   3  0  35   0  16   9  273.7  187   61   53  13   72  248 1057   7   1  1   1 208
SP  Dick Tidrow         31  31   3.84   7  11  0  25   1   4   0  185.3  191   87   79  13   53   73  787   5   5  0   3  95
SP  Jim Beattie         23  25   3.73   6   9  0  22   3   0   0  128.0  123   60   53   8   51   65  553   8   8  1   2  97
SP  Catfish Hunter      32  21   3.58  12   6  0  20   1   5   1  118.0   98   49   47  16   35   56  477   2   1  0   0 101
SP *Don Gullett         27   8   3.63   4   2  0   8   0   2   0   44.7   46   19   18   3   20   28  194   1   1  0   1 100
SP  Andy Messersmith    32   6   5.64   0   3  0   5   1   0   0   22.3   24   21   14   7   15   16  106   0   1  0   0  64

CL  Rich Gossage        26  63   2.01  10  11 27   0  55   0   0  134.3   87   41   30   9   59  122  543   5   2  0   8 180
RP *Sparky Lyle         33  59   3.47   9   3  9   0  33   0   0  111.7  116   46   43   6   33   33  470   1   4  0   8 105
RP  Ken Clay            24  28   4.28   3   4  0   6  13   0   0   75.7   89   41   36   3   21   32  336   4   2  0   3  85
RP  Rawly Eastwick      27   8   3.28   2   1  0   0   2   0   0   24.7   22    9    9   2    4   13  101   0   1  0   0 110
RP  Bob Kammeyer        27   7   5.82   0   0  0   0   6   0   0   21.7   24   15   14   1    6   11   98   0   2  0   0  62

   *Paul Lindblad       36   7   4.42   0   0  0   1   3   0   0   18.3   21    9    9   4    8    9   84   1   0  0   0  82
   *Ken Holtzman        32   5   4.08   1   0  0   3   1   0   0   17.7   21    8    8   2    9    3   78   0   0  0   0  89
    Larry McCall        25   5   5.63   1   1  0   1   3   0   0   16.0   20   10   10   2    6    7   71   3   1  1   0  64
   *Dave Rajsich        26   4   4.05   0   0  0   2   0   0   0   13.3   16    6    6   0    6    9   58   0   0  0   0  90
    Ron Davis           22   4  11.57   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    2.3    3    4    3   0    3    0   12   0   0  0   0  31
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.3 163   3.18 100  63 36 163 124  39  16 1460.0 1321  582  516 111  478  817 6063  43  32  4  30 114
    Rank among 14 AL teams          1   1  14  1           9   2      2    1    1        8    4    2

    * - 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 1063 126 125 666 61 10 4 .986 8 34 61 50 MHeath 245 24 33 151 11 5 1 .970 1 4 11 6 CJohnson 151 13 22 67 10 2 1 .975 2 5 11 5 FHealy 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1460 163 163 884 82 17 6 .983 11 43 83 61 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CChambliss 1367 154 155 1366 111 4 119 .997 9.72 JSpencer 85 8 15 90 7 0 4 1.000 10.27 CJohnson 8 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 163 163 1460 118 4 123 .997 9.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WRandolph 1144 132 134 296 400 16 80 .978 5.47 BDoyle 132 12 29 36 51 1 12 .989 5.90 DGarcia 113 14 16 36 35 3 10 .959 5.65 FStanley 53 4 11 7 19 0 4 1.000 4.36 GZeber 10 1 1 1 2 1 0 .750 2.70 PBlair 6 0 5 2 3 1 0 .833 6.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 163 163 378 510 22 106 .976 5.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GNettles 1412 159 159 109 326 11 30 .975 2.77 BDoyle 25 2 5 1 10 0 1 1.000 3.91 MKlutts 9 1 1 1 2 1 1 .750 3.00 FStanley 8 1 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 PBlair 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DSherrill 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 163 163 111 340 12 32 .974 2.78 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 *4.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDent 1010 120 123 178 341 10 57 .981 4.62 FStanley 422 43 71 81 131 9 22 .959 4.52 BDoyle 15 0 7 2 4 0 1 1.000 3.60 PBlair 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 DGarcia 4 0 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 GNettles 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 DRamos 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 163 163 263 476 20 80 .974 4.56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LPiniella 668 75 80 163 2 6 0 .965 2.22 RWhite 611 71 74 131 1 1 0 .992 1.94 GThomasson 139 14 24 46 3 2 0 .961 3.17 JJohnstone 34 3 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 PBlair 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 163 163 349 6 9 0 .975 2.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MRivers 1134 135 138 380 7 8 2 .980 3.07 PBlair 211 13 49 68 2 1 1 .986 2.99 GThomasson 114 15 16 41 1 0 1 1.000 3.32 RWhite 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 163 163 489 10 9 4 .982 3.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RJackson 911 104 104 207 6 3 1 .986 2.10 LPiniella 210 26 26 55 2 1 0 .983 2.44 TMunson 118 13 13 34 0 1 0 .971 2.59 PBlair 88 7 16 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 JJohnstone 84 9 14 22 1 0 0 1.000 2.46 GThomasson 49 4 12 13 0 1 0 .929 2.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 163 163 348 9 6 1 .983 2.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.47 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- MRivers 1134 135 138 384 8 8 2 .980 3.11 RJackson 911 104 104 212 6 3 1 .986 2.15 LPiniella 878 101 103 213 4 7 0 .969 2.22 RWhite 612 71 74 128 1 1 0 .992 1.90 PBlair 307 20 64 87 2 1 1 .989 2.60 GThomasson 302 33 50 101 4 3 1 .972 3.13 TMunson 118 13 13 32 0 1 0 .970 2.44 JJohnstone 118 12 22 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.36 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1460 163 163 1188 25 24 5 .981 2.49 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RGuidry 273 35 35 14 44 2 1 .967 1.91 EFigueroa 253 35 35 17 37 1 2 .982 1.92 DTidrow 185 25 31 12 18 0 0 1.000 1.46 RGossage 134 0 63 6 12 3 0 .857 1.21 JBeattie 128 22 25 14 21 3 2 .921 2.46 CHunter 118 20 21 11 13 0 0 1.000 1.83 SLyle 111 0 59 9 18 1 3 .964 2.18 KClay 75 6 28 6 9 2 1 .882 1.78 DGullett 44 8 8 2 8 2 0 .833 2.01 REastwick 24 0 8 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.82 AMessersmit 22 5 6 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.61 BKammeyer 21 0 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 2.90 PLindblad 18 1 7 2 4 0 0 1.000 2.95 KHoltzman 17 3 5 0 6 0 0 1.000 3.05 LMcCall 16 1 5 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.25 DRajsich 13 2 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.68 RDavis 2 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1460 163 163 98 207 14 10 .956 1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- CJohnson 39 RJackson 35 JSpencer 35 LPiniella 23 RWhite 23 TMunson 14 CChambliss 7 JJohnstone 5 DSherrill 1 GThomasson 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.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Piniella .314

On-base % Randolph .381

Slugging % Jackson .477

OPS Jackson .833

Games Chambliss 162

At Bats Chambliss 625

Plate Appearances (approx.) Chambliss 677

Runs Randolph 87

Hits Munson 183

Total Bases Nettles 270

Doubles Piniella 34

Triples Rivers 8

Home Runs Jackson and Nettles 27

RBI Jackson 97

Bases on Balls Randolph 82

Strikeouts Jackson 133

Stolen Bases Randolph 36

Singles Munson 149

Adjusted OPS+ Jackson 136

Runs Created Nettles 91

Adjusted Batting Runs Jackson 24

Batting Wins Jackson 2.4

Extra-Base Hits Nettles 52

Times on Base Nettles 227

Offensive Win% Jackson .640

Hit By Pitch Jackson 9

Sac. Hits Rivers 7

Sac. Flies Munson 10

Intentional Walks Piniella 8

Grounded into Double Plays Munson and Nettles 20

Caught Stealing Jackson 11

Power/Speed Number Jackson 18.4

At Bats per Strikeout Piniella 13.1

At Bats per Home Run Jackson 18.9

Outs Munson 468

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ERA Guidry 1.74

Wins Guidry 25

Won-Loss % Guidry .893

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Guidry 0.946

Hits Allowed/9IP Guidry 6.15

Bases on Balls/9IP Guidry 2.37

Strikeouts/9IP Guidry 8.16

Games Gossage 63

Saves Gossage 27

Innings Guidry 273.7

Strikeouts Guidry 248

Games Started Figueroa and Guidry 35

Comp. Games Guidry 16

Shutouts Guidry 9

Home Runs Allow. Figueroa 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Figueroa 77

Hits Allowed Figueroa 233

SO to Walk Guidry 3.44

Losses Gossage and Tidrow 11

Earned Runs Allow. Figueroa 84

Wild Pitches Beattie 8

Hit Batsmen Beattie 8

Batters Faced Guidry 1057

Games Finished Gossage 55

Adjusted ERA+ Guidry 208

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Rich Gossage
Ron Guidry
Reggie Jackson
Thurman Munson
Graig Nettles

1977/1979

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This team was one of my favorites as they had such a great mix of players from my personal favorite Thurman Munson, to Nettles, Chambliss, Rivers, Reggie etc. GO YANKEES!