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1981 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980/1982)
First Half: 34-22, Finished 1st
Second Half: 25-26, Finished 5th
Overall: 59-48, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Won AL Pennant
Scored 421 runs, Allowed 343 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-44
Managed by Gene Michael and Bob Lemon

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,614,353 (1st of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 98
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost World Series (4-2) to Los Angeles Dodgers
Won AL Championship Series (3-0) over Oakland Athletics
Won AL Division Series (3-2) over Milwaukee Brewers

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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   Rick Cerone         27   71  234   23   57  13  2   2   21  12   24  .244  .276  .342   0   2  10   0   4   4   0   79
1B  Bob Watson          35   59  156   15   33   3  3   6   12  24   17  .212  .317  .385   0   0  10   0   0   0   2  104
2B  Willie Randolph     26   93  357   59   83  14  3   2   24  57   24  .232  .336  .305  14   5  10   0   5   3   0   88
3B *Graig Nettles       36  103  349   46   85   7  1  15   46  47   49  .244  .333  .398   0   2   5   1   2   3   4  112
SS  Bucky Dent          29   73  227   20   54  11  0   7   27  19   17  .238  .300  .379   0   1   1   2   8   2   0   97
LF  Dave Winfield       29  105  388   52  114  25  1  13   68  43   41  .294  .360  .464  11   1  13   1   1   7   3  139
CF #Jerry Mumphrey      28   80  319   44   98  11  5   6   32  24   27  .307  .354  .429  14   9   7   0   5   2   1  127
RF *Reggie Jackson      35   94  334   33   79  17  1  15   54  46   82  .237  .330  .428   0   3   8   1   0   1   2  120
DH *Oscar Gamble        31   80  189   24   45   8  0  10   27  35   23  .238  .357  .439   0   2   4   1   0   2   2  131
   #Larry Milbourne     30   61  163   24   51   7  2   1   12   9   14  .313  .351  .399   2   0   3   1   3   1   2  118
    Lou Piniella        37   60  159   16   44   9  0   5   18  13    9  .277  .331  .428   0   1   7   0   2   0   4  120
    Barry Foote         29   40  125   12   26   4  0   6   10   8   21  .208  .256  .384   0   0   7   0   4   0   0   84
   *Dave Revering       28   45  119    8   28   4  1   2    7  11   20  .235  .300  .336   0   1   2   0   0   0   5   85
   *Bobby Murcer        35   50  117   14   31   6  0   6   24  12   15  .265  .331  .470   0   0   3   0   0   1   1  131
   *Jim Spencer         33   25   63    6    9   2  0   2    4   9    7  .143  .250  .270   0   0   3   0   0   0   2   52
   #Bobby Brown         27   31   62    5   14   1  0   0    6   5   15  .226  .279  .242   4   2   1   0   1   1   0   53
    Dennis Werth        28   34   55    7    6   1  0   0    1  12   12  .109  .269  .127   1   0   4   0   4   0   2   19
    Aurelio Rodriguez   33   27   52    4   18   2  0   2    8   2   10  .346  .370  .500   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  152
   *Johnny Oates        35   10   26    4    5   1  0   0    0   2    0  .192  .250  .231   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   41
    Andre Robertson     23   10   19    1    5   1  0   0    0   0    3  .263  .263  .316   1   1   0   0   0   0   0   68
   *Mike Patterson      23    4    9    2    2   0  2   0    0   0    0  .222  .222  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  150
    Steve Balboni       24    4    7    2    2   1  1   0    2   1    4  .286  .375  .714   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  211
    Tucker Ashford      26    3    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.7  107 3529  421  889 148 22 100  387 391  434  .252  .327  .391  47  30  83      24  11  14  108
    Rank among 14 AL teams        11   11   11   7  7   2        4   11     9     7     2   8  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 *Rudy May            36  27   4.14   6  11  1  22   1   4   0  147.7  137   71   68  10   41   79  610   6   2  0   0  86
SP *Ron Guidry          30  23   2.76  11   5  0  21   1   0   0  127.0  100   41   39  12   26  104  497   6   1  0   0 129
SP *Tommy John          38  20   2.63   9   8  0  20   0   7   0  140.3  135   50   41  10   39   50  580   6   3  2   2 135
SP *Dave Righetti       22  15   2.05   8   4  0  15   0   2   0  105.3   75   25   24   1   38   89  422   1   0  1   0 173
SP  Rick Reuschel       32  12   2.67   4   4  0  11   1   3   0   70.7   75   24   21   4   10   22  282   0   1  0   0 133
SP  Gene Nelson         20   8   4.81   3   1  0   7   0   0   0   39.3   40   24   21   5   23   16  179   2   1  0   1  74
SP *Tom Underwood       27   9   4.41   1   4  0   6   1   0   0   32.7   32   17   16   2   13   29  138   0   0  0   1  81

CL  Rich Gossage        29  32   0.77   3   2 20   0  30   0   0   46.7   22    6    4   2   14   48  173   1   1  0   1 461
RP  Ron Davis           25  43   2.71   4   5  6   0  22   0   0   73.0   47   22   22   6   25   83  285   1   0  1   3 131
RP *Dave LaRoche        33  26   2.49   4   1  0   1  14   0   0   47.0   38   16   13   3   16   24  192   1   1  0   1 143
RP  George Frazier      26  16   1.63   0   1  3   0   9   0   0   27.7   26    7    5   1   11   17  117   1   0  0   2 218
RP  Doug Bird           31  17   2.70   5   1  0   4   3   0   0   53.3   58   19   16   5   16   28  229   0   0  0   3 132

    Bill Castro         29  11   3.79   1   1  0   0   6   0   0   19.0   26   13    8   2    5    4   86   0   0  0   1  94
    Andy McGaffigan     24   2   2.57   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    7.0    5    3    2   1    3    2   31   0   0  1   0 138
    Dave Wehrmeister    28   5   5.14   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    7.0    6    4    4   0    7    7   33   0   0  0   2  69
    Mike Griffin        24   2   2.08   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.3    5    1    1   0    0    4   18   0   0  0   0 171
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.2 107   2.90  59  48 30 107  91  16  13  948.0  827  343  305  64  287  606 3872  25  10  5  17 123
    Rank among 14 AL teams          1   4  10  2          11   1      9    1    1        1    2    1

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- RCerone 568 64 69 353 26 3 1 .992 3 16 34 19 BFoote 284 32 34 227 14 1 3 .996 1 7 24 14 JOates 76 9 10 49 3 2 0 .963 0 1 10 2 DWerth 20 2 3 15 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 2 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 948 107 107 644 44 6 4 .991 5 25 70 35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 *10.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWatson 362 43 50 367 25 1 42 .997 9.75 DRevering 286 31 44 276 30 2 24 .994 9.62 JSpencer 178 20 25 172 17 0 17 1.000 9.56 DWerth 91 9 19 82 9 0 7 1.000 9.00 SBalboni 17 2 3 14 1 0 2 1.000 7.94 ARodriguez 8 1 1 8 1 0 2 1.000 9.31 BFoote 5 1 1 4 0 0 1 1.000 7.20 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 948 107 107 923 83 3 95 .997 9.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *5.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- WRandolph 816 93 93 205 268 11 74 .977 5.21 LMilbourne 98 12 14 35 29 2 10 .970 5.86 ARobertson 18 2 3 2 7 0 1 1.000 4.50 ARodriguez 12 0 3 1 5 0 1 1.000 4.50 TAshford 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 948 107 107 243 309 13 86 .977 5.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *2.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GNettles 839 96 97 63 214 8 14 .972 2.97 ARodriguez 103 11 20 11 28 2 1 .951 3.40 LMilbourne 5 0 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 948 107 107 76 243 10 16 .970 3.03 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BDent 632 73 73 104 217 10 49 .970 4.57 LMilbourne 270 29 39 37 91 6 15 .955 4.27 ARobertson 46 5 8 7 17 0 2 1.000 4.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 948 107 107 148 325 16 66 .967 4.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DWinfield 698 80 82 136 1 3 0 .979 1.77 OGamble 100 13 15 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.79 LPiniella 77 8 11 24 1 0 0 1.000 2.90 DWerth 26 3 5 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.38 BBrown 26 2 6 6 0 1 0 .857 2.08 MPatterson 20 1 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 948 107 107 205 3 4 0 .981 1.97 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *2.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMumphrey 677 79 79 221 5 8 0 .966 3.00 DWinfield 187 21 22 61 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 BBrown 81 7 11 39 0 0 0 1.000 4.33 OGamble 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 948 107 107 323 5 8 0 .976 3.11 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RJackson 516 60 61 107 3 3 0 .973 1.92 LPiniella 177 22 25 46 1 1 1 .979 2.39 OGamble 176 18 27 46 0 0 0 1.000 2.35 BBrown 59 6 14 9 2 2 0 .846 1.67 DWerth 17 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.12 MPatterson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 948 107 107 212 6 6 1 .973 2.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.48 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- DWinfield 886 101 102 196 1 3 0 .985 2.00 JMumphrey 677 79 79 219 5 8 0 .966 2.98 RJackson 516 60 61 111 3 3 0 .974 1.99 OGamble 278 31 43 77 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 LPiniella 254 30 36 69 2 1 1 .986 2.51 BBrown 166 15 29 54 2 3 0 .949 3.03 DWerth 43 4 8 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 MPatterson 22 1 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 948 107 107 739 14 18 1 .977 2.38 107 107 107 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .963 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RMay 147 22 27 11 28 1 0 .975 2.38 TJohn 140 20 20 11 27 0 2 1.000 2.44 RGuidry 127 21 23 13 17 0 1 1.000 2.13 DRighetti 105 15 15 6 9 1 0 .937 1.28 RDavis 73 0 43 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.11 RReuschel 70 11 12 6 14 0 0 1.000 2.55 DBird 53 4 17 6 7 0 1 1.000 2.20 DLaRoche 47 1 26 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.72 RGossage 46 0 32 2 7 1 1 .900 1.73 GNelson 39 7 8 3 6 1 0 .900 2.06 TUnderwood 32 6 9 2 4 1 0 .857 1.65 GFrazier 27 0 16 1 4 1 0 .833 1.62 BCastro 19 0 11 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.42 DWehrmeiste 7 0 5 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 AMcGaffigan 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 MGriffin 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.19 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 948 107 107 71 139 6 5 .972 1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- OGamble 33 RJackson 33 BMurcer 33 LPiniella 19 BWatson 6 BFoote 4 GNettles 4 DWerth 4 LMilbourne 3 BBrown 2 ARodriguez 2 SBalboni 1 DWinfield 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 Mumphrey .307

On-base % Winfield .360

Slugging % Winfield .464

OPS Winfield .824

Games Winfield 105

At Bats Winfield 388

Plate Appearances (approx.) Winfield 440

Runs Randolph 59

Hits Winfield 114

Total Bases Winfield 180

Doubles Winfield 25

Triples Mumphrey 5

Home Runs Jackson and Nettles 15

RBI Winfield 68

Bases on Balls Randolph 57

Strikeouts Jackson 82

Stolen Bases Mumphrey and Randolph 14

Singles Mumphrey 76

Adjusted OPS+ Winfield 139

Runs Created Winfield 66

Adjusted Batting Runs Winfield 21

Batting Wins Winfield 2.1

Extra-Base Hits Winfield 39

Times on Base Winfield 158

Offensive Win% Winfield .667

Hit By Pitch Dent 2

Sac. Hits Dent 8

Sac. Flies Winfield 7

Intentional Walks Revering 5

Grounded into Double Plays Winfield 13

Caught Stealing Mumphrey 9

Power/Speed Number Winfield 11.9

At Bats per Strikeout Randolph 14.9

At Bats per Home Run Jackson 22.3

Outs Randolph 297

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Righetti 2.05

Wins Guidry 11

Won-Loss % Guidry .688

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Guidry 0.992

Hits Allowed/9IP Righetti 6.41

Bases on Balls/9IP Guidry 1.84

Strikeouts/9IP Righetti 7.60

Games Davis 43

Saves Gossage 20

Innings May 147.7

Strikeouts Guidry 104

Games Started May 22

Comp. Games John 7

Home Runs Allow. Guidry 12

Bases On Balls Allow. May 41

Hits Allowed May 137

SO to Walk Guidry 4.00

Losses May 11

Earned Runs Allow. May 68

Wild Pitches Guidry, John, and May 6

Hit Batsmen John 3

Batters Faced May 610

Games Finished Gossage 30

Adjusted ERA+ Righetti 173

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Reggie Jackson $ 588,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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Ron Davis
Bucky Dent (Starting SS)
Rich Gossage
Reggie Jackson (Starting RF)
Willie Randolph (Starting 2B)
Dave Winfield (Starting CF)

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