1979 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1979 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1978/1980)
89-71, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 734 runs, Allowed 672 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-74
Managed by Bob Lemon and Billy Martin

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,537,765 (1st of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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      32   97  382   42  110  18  3   3   39  32   37  .288  .340  .374   1   2  15   0   1   4   2   95
1B *Chris Chambliss     30  149  554   61  155  27  3  18   63  34   53  .280  .324  .437   3   2   9   5   1   5   4  106
2B  Willie Randolph     24  153  574   98  155  15 13   5   61  95   39  .270  .374  .368  33  12  23   3   5   5   5  104
3B *Graig Nettles       34  145  521   71  132  15  1  20   73  59   53  .253  .325  .401   1   2  14   0   0   8   6   97
SS  Bucky Dent          27  141  431   47   99  14  2   2   32  37   30  .230  .287  .285   0   0   5   1  13   8   1   57
LF  Lou Piniella        35  130  461   49  137  22  2  11   69  17   31  .297  .320  .425   3   2  17   2   3   8   6  101
CF *Mickey Rivers       30   74  286   37   82  18  5   3   25  13   21  .287  .315  .416   3   7   3   1   2   5   2   98
RF *Reggie Jackson      33  131  465   78  138  24  2  29   89  65  107  .297  .382  .544   9   8  17   2   0   5   3  150
DH *Jim Spencer         31  106  295   60   85  15  3  23   53  38   25  .288  .367  .593   0   2  12   0   1   2  11  157
   *Bobby Murcer        33   74  264   42   72  12  0   8   33  25   32  .273  .339  .409   1   1  10   2   2   1   2  103
   #Roy White           35   81  205   24   44   6  0   3   27  23   21  .215  .290  .288   2   2   6   0   5   3   1   59
    Juan Beniquez       29   62  142   19   36   6  1   4   17   9   17  .254  .299  .394   3   3   5   2   1   4   0   88
   *Jerry Narron        23   61  123   17   21   3  1   4   18   9   26  .171  .226  .309   0   0   2   0   3   1   0   44
   *Oscar Gamble        29   36  113   21   44   4  1  11   32  13   13  .389  .452  .735   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  218
    Fred Stanley        31   57  100    9   20   1  0   2   14   5   17  .200  .236  .270   0   1   1   0   4   1   0   38
   *Brad Gulden         23   40   92   10   15   4  0   0    6   9   16  .163  .238  .207   0   1   3   0   4   0   0   23
   #Bobby Brown         25   30   68    7   17   3  1   0    3   2   17  .250  .271  .324   2   1   0   0   1   0   0   62
    Cliff Johnson       31   28   64   11   17   6  0   2    6  10    7  .266  .360  .453   0   0   0   0   1   1   4  121
   *Jay Johnstone       33   23   48    7   10   1  0   1    7   2    7  .208  .240  .292   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   44
    Darryl Jones        28   18   47    6   12   5  1   0    6   2    7  .255  .286  .404   0   0   1   0   2   0   0   86
    George Scott        35   16   44    9   14   3  1   1    6   2    7  .318  .340  .500   1   0   0   0   0   1   0  126
   #Len Randle          30   20   39    2    7   0  0   0    3   3    2  .179  .238  .179   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   16
    Damaso Garcia       24   11   38    3   10   1  0   0    4   0    2  .263  .263  .289   2   0   1   0   0   0   0   51
   *Brian Doyle         24   20   32    2    4   2  0   0    5   3    1  .125  .200  .188   0   0   1   0   1   0   0    7
   *Bruce Robinson      25    6   12    0    2   0  0   0    2   1    0  .167  .231  .167   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   11
    Roy Staiger         29    4   11    1    3   1  0   0    1   1    0  .273  .308  .364   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   83
    Paul Blair          35    2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10
    Dennis Werth        26    3    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   37

    Ron Davis           23   44    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.3  160 5421  734 1443 226 40 150  678 509  590  .266  .329  .406  65  46 132   2  34  47  32   99
    Rank among 14 AL teams        10   10   10  11  6   6       10   14    10    12     9  13  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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 *Tommy John          36  37   2.96  21   9  0  36   1  17   3  276.3  268  109   91   9   65  111 1116  11   4  1   1 137
SP *Ron Guidry          28  33   2.78  18   8  2  30   3  15   2  236.3  203   83   73  20   71  201  946   9   0  0   0 146
SP  Luis Tiant          38  30   3.91  13   8  0  30   0   5   1  195.7  190   94   85  22   53  104  819   0   0  0   1 104
SP  Catfish Hunter      33  19   5.31   2   9  0  19   0   1   0  105.0  128   68   62  15   34   34  460   2   1  0   0  76
SP  Ed Figueroa         30  16   4.13   4   6  0  16   0   4   1  104.7  109   49   48   6   35   42  437   1   0  0   1  98
SP  Jim Beattie         24  15   5.21   3   6  0  13   1   1   1   76.0   85   45   44   5   41   32  343   1   0  0   0  78

CL  Rich Gossage        27  36   2.62   5   3 18   0  33   0   0   58.3   48   18   17   5   19   41  234   3   0  0   4 155
RP  Ron Davis           23  44   2.85  14   2  9   0  21   0   0   85.3   84   29   27   5   28   43  357   1   1  0   9 143
RP *Jim Kaat            40  40   3.86   2   3  2   1  13   0   0   58.3   64   29   25   4   14   23  249   2   2  0   2 105
RP  Ken Clay            25  32   5.40   1   7  2   5  17   0   0   78.3   88   49   47  12   25   28  338   7   2  0   1  75
RP *Don Hood            29  27   3.07   3   1  1   6   9   0   0   67.3   62   24   23   3   30   22  288   1   2  0   1 132

    Ray Burris          28  15   6.18   1   3  0   0   7   0   0   27.7   40   22   19   5   10   19  132   1   0  0   1  66
    Dick Tidrow         32  14   7.94   2   1  2   0  10   0   0   22.7   38   20   20   5    4    7  101   2   0  0   0  51
   *Dave Righetti       20   3   3.63   0   1  0   3   0   0   0   17.3   10    7    7   2   10   13   67   0   0  0   0 112
   *Paul Mirabella      25  10   8.79   0   4  0   1   0   0   0   14.3   16   15   14   3   10    4   71   3   1  0   1  46
    Mike Griffin        22   3   4.15   0   0  1   0   1   0   0    4.3    5    2    2   0    2    5   19   1   0  0   0  98
    Rick Anderson       25   1   3.86   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    1    1    1   0    4    0   10   0   0  0   0 105
    Roger Slagle        25   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    0    0    0   0    0    2    6   0   0  0   0    
    Bob Kammeyer        28   1          0   0  0   0   0   0   0    0.0    7    8    8   2    0    0    8   0   1  0   0   0
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.0 160   3.83  89  71 37 160 117  43  10 1432.0 1446  672  609 123  455  731 6001  45  14  1  22 105
    Rank among 14 AL teams          2   4  11  2           6   4      8    5    2        2    3    7
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 754 88 88 405 44 10 5 .978 5 20 32 27 JNarron 322 30 56 167 15 5 2 .973 8 12 23 9 BGulden 292 34 40 178 24 1 4 .995 1 12 22 17 BRobinson 39 5 6 33 0 2 1 .943 0 0 4 1 CJohnson 24 3 4 10 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 2 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1432 160 160 793 84 18 12 .980 15 45 83 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *10.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CChambliss 1171 132 134 1299 95 7 135 .995 10.71 JSpencer 232 25 26 232 17 2 35 .992 9.65 TMunson 19 3 3 23 0 0 2 1.000 10.89 FStanley 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 11.25 DWerth 4 0 1 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 GScott 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 13.85 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1432 160 160 1566 113 9 172 .995 10.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *5.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WRandolph 1336 152 153 355 478 13 128 .985 5.61 BDoyle 60 6 13 11 23 2 5 .944 5.10 FStanley 36 2 8 9 15 1 3 .960 5.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1432 160 160 375 516 16 136 .982 5.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GNettles 1243 142 144 110 339 16 30 .966 3.25 FStanley 101 10 16 5 30 5 2 .875 3.12 BDoyle 32 3 6 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.41 RStaiger 30 2 4 2 7 0 1 1.000 2.70 JBeniquez 24 3 3 1 11 0 0 1.000 4.50 DGarcia 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1432 160 160 119 391 21 33 .960 3.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDent 1187 136 141 219 512 17 107 .977 5.54 FStanley 160 15 31 23 68 2 18 .978 5.10 DGarcia 84 9 10 9 28 4 4 .902 3.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1432 160 160 251 608 23 129 .974 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.22 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LPiniella 676 75 84 158 8 4 0 .976 2.21 RWhite 222 25 27 43 3 0 0 1.000 1.86 OGamble 209 27 27 48 3 3 2 .944 2.19 JBeniquez 105 11 18 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.87 JJohnstone 84 9 13 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.78 BMurcer 71 7 13 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.77 BBrown 48 6 7 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.62 LRandle 13 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 FStanley 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 DJones 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1432 160 160 326 15 7 2 .980 2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MRivers 563 68 69 148 5 4 0 .975 2.45 BMurcer 446 53 59 147 4 2 0 .987 3.05 JBeniquez 229 23 37 71 1 1 0 .986 2.82 BBrown 120 10 20 43 0 3 0 .935 3.23 LRandle 54 6 8 17 2 0 0 1.000 3.17 JJohnstone 14 0 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.15 PBlair 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 RGuidry 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1432 160 160 433 12 10 0 .978 2.80 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RJackson 1082 125 125 275 7 4 2 .986 2.34 LPiniella 246 27 29 48 5 0 1 1.000 1.94 BMurcer 61 5 8 6 0 1 0 .857 0.88 JBeniquez 26 2 5 7 1 1 0 .889 2.77 PBlair 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 JJohnstone 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 DJones 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1432 160 160 342 13 6 3 .983 2.23 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *2.46 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RJackson 1082 125 125 274 7 4 2 .986 2.34 LPiniella 922 102 112 204 13 4 1 .982 2.12 BMurcer 579 65 70 169 4 3 0 .983 2.69 MRivers 563 68 69 147 4 4 0 .974 2.41 JBeniquez 361 36 60 99 4 2 0 .981 2.57 RWhite 222 25 27 45 3 0 0 1.000 1.95 OGamble 209 27 27 47 3 3 2 .943 2.15 BBrown 168 16 27 56 0 3 0 .949 3.00 JJohnstone 102 9 19 32 0 0 0 1.000 2.80 LRandle 67 6 11 19 2 0 0 1.000 2.82 PBlair 13 1 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.15 DJones 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 FStanley 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RGuidry 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1432 160 160 1099 40 23 5 .980 2.39 160 160 160 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *1.92 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TJohn 276 36 37 15 51 3 5 .957 2.15 RGuidry 236 30 33 11 29 1 1 .976 1.52 LTiant 195 30 30 13 27 2 2 .952 1.84 CHunter 105 19 19 10 10 1 0 .952 1.71 EFigueroa 104 16 16 9 16 2 1 .926 2.15 RDavis 85 0 44 5 15 0 2 1.000 2.11 KClay 78 5 32 8 12 1 0 .952 2.30 JBeattie 76 13 15 9 16 1 1 .962 2.96 DHood 67 6 27 2 14 0 2 1.000 2.14 JKaat 58 1 40 5 5 1 0 .909 1.54 RGossage 58 0 36 1 4 0 0 1.000 0.77 RBurris 27 0 15 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.62 DTidrow 22 0 14 2 8 0 1 1.000 3.96 DRighetti 17 3 3 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.08 PMirabella 14 1 10 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.26 MGriffin 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RAnderson 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 11.74 RSlagle 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 BKammeyer 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1432 160 160 94 218 12 16 .963 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- JSpencer 71 RWhite 29 CJohnson 22 CChambliss 16 LPiniella 16 DJones 15 GScott 15 OGamble 6 TMunson 5 RJackson 3 JJohnstone 3 LRandle 2 BBrown 1 JNarron 1 MRivers 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 Jackson .297

On-base % Jackson .382

Slugging % Jackson .544

OPS Jackson .926

Games Randolph 153

At Bats Randolph 574

Plate Appearances (approx.) Randolph 682

Runs Randolph 98

Hits Chambliss and Randolph 155

Total Bases Jackson 253

Doubles Chambliss 27

Triples Randolph 13

Home Runs Jackson 29

RBI Jackson 89

Bases on Balls Randolph 95

Strikeouts Jackson 107

Stolen Bases Randolph 33

Singles Randolph 122

Adjusted OPS+ Jackson 150

Runs Created Jackson 93

Adjusted Batting Runs Jackson 33

Batting Wins Jackson 3.2

Extra-Base Hits Jackson 55

Times on Base Randolph 253

Offensive Win% Jackson .670

Hit By Pitch Chambliss 5

Sac. Hits Dent 13

Sac. Flies Dent, Nettles, and Piniella 8

Intentional Walks Spencer 11

Grounded into Double Plays Randolph 23

Caught Stealing Randolph 12

Power/Speed Number Jackson 13.7

At Bats per Strikeout Randolph 14.7

At Bats per Home Run Jackson 16.0

Outs Randolph 464

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Guidry 2.78

Wins John 21

Won-Loss % Davis .875

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Guidry 1.159

Hits Allowed/9IP Guidry 7.73

Bases on Balls/9IP John 2.12

Strikeouts/9IP Guidry 7.65

Games Davis 44

Saves Gossage 18

Innings John 276.3

Strikeouts Guidry 201

Games Started John 36

Comp. Games John 17

Shutouts John 3

Home Runs Allow. Tiant 22

Bases On Balls Allow. Guidry 71

Hits Allowed John 268

SO to Walk Guidry 2.83

Losses Hunter and John 9

Earned Runs Allow. John 91

Wild Pitches John 11

Hit Batsmen John 4

Batters Faced John 1116

Games Finished Gossage 33

Adjusted ERA+ Guidry 146

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