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1981 New York Yankees Statistics

1980 Season 1982 Season

Record: 59-48-0, Finished 4th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

First Half: 34-22, Finished 1st

Second Half: 25-26, Finished 5th

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

Managers: Gene Michael (48-34) and Bob Lemon (11-14)

General Manager: Cedric Tallis

Scouting Director: Bobby Hofman

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II

Attendance: 1,614,353 (1st of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97
One-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98

Pythagorean W-L: 63-44, 421 Runs, 343 Runs Allowed

American League Pennant

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Rick Cerone	27	71	254	234	23	57	13	2	2	21	0	2	12	24	.244	.276	.342	.618	79	80	10	0	4	4	0
2	1B	Bob Watson	35	59	180	156	15	33	3	3	6	12	0	0	24	17	.212	.317	.385	.701	104	60	10	0	0	0	2
3	2B	Willie Randolph	26	93	422	357	59	83	14	3	2	24	14	5	57	24	.232	.336	.305	.641	88	109	10	0	5	3	0
4	SS	Bucky Dent	29	73	258	227	20	54	11	0	7	27	0	1	19	17	.238	.300	.379	.679	97	86	1	2	8	2	0
5	3B	Graig Nettles*	36	103	402	349	46	85	7	1	15	46	0	2	47	49	.244	.333	.398	.731	112	139	5	1	2	3	4
6	LF	Dave Winfield	29	105	440	388	52	114	25	1	13	68	11	1	43	41	.294	.360	.464	.824	139	180	13	1	1	7	3
7	CF	Jerry Mumphrey#	28	80	350	319	44	98	11	5	6	32	14	9	24	27	.307	.354	.429	.783	127	137	7	0	5	2	1
8	RF	Reggie Jackson*	35	94	382	334	33	79	17	1	15	54	0	3	46	82	.237	.330	.428	.758	120	143	8	1	0	1	2
9	DH	Bobby Murcer*	35	50	130	117	14	31	6	0	6	24	0	0	12	15	.265	.331	.470	.801	131	55	3	0	0	1	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10	DH	Oscar Gamble*	31	80	227	189	24	45	8	0	10	27	0	2	35	23	.238	.357	.439	.796	131	83	4	1	0	2	2
11	SS	Larry Milbourne#	30	61	177	163	24	51	7	2	1	12	2	0	9	14	.313	.351	.399	.749	118	65	3	1	3	1	2
12	RF	Lou Piniella	37	60	174	159	16	44	9	0	5	18	0	1	13	9	.277	.331	.428	.759	120	68	7	0	2	0	4
13	C	Barry Foote	29	40	137	125	12	26	4	0	6	10	0	0	8	21	.208	.256	.384	.640	84	48	7	0	4	0	0
14	1B	Dave Revering*	28	45	130	119	8	28	4	1	2	7	0	1	11	20	.235	.300	.336	.636	85	40	2	0	0	0	5
15	1B	Jim Spencer*	33	25	72	63	6	9	2	0	2	4	0	0	9	7	.143	.250	.270	.520	52	17	3	0	0	0	2
16	UT	Dennis Werth	28	34	71	55	7	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	12	12	.109	.269	.127	.396	19	7	4	0	4	0	2
17	OF	Bobby Brown#	27	31	69	62	5	14	1	0	0	6	4	2	5	15	.226	.279	.242	.521	53	15	1	0	1	1	0
18	3B	Aurelio Rodríguez	33	27	55	52	4	18	2	0	2	8	0	0	2	10	.346	.370	.500	.870	152	26	1	0	1	0	0
19	C	Johnny Oates*	35	10	28	26	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.192	.250	.231	.481	41	6	0	0	0	0	0
20	MI	Andre Robertson	23	10	19	19	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	.263	.263	.316	.579	68	6	0	0	0	0	0
21	OF	Mike Patterson*	23	4	9	9	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.667	.889	150	6	0	0	0	0	0
22	1B	Steve Balboni	24	4	8	7	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	4	.286	.375	.714	1.089	211	5	0	0	0	0	0
23	2B	Tucker Ashford	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Rich Gossage	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Bill Castro	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Tom Underwood	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Rudy May*	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Gene Nelson	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Dave Wehrmeister	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Ron Davis	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	George Frazier	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Mike Griffin	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Dave Righetti*	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Ron Guidry*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Doug Bird	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Rick Reuschel	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Dave LaRoche*	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Tommy John	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Andy McGaffigan	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.8	107	3994	3529	421	889	148	22	100	403	47	30	391	434	.252	.325	.391	.717	108	1381	99	7	40	27	30
		Rank in 14 AL teams				11	11	11	7	7	2		8	2	4	4	9	8	2	3		7		14		10
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

League Register

Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Rudy May*	36	6	11	.353	4.14	27	22	1	4	0	1	147.2	137	71	68	10	41	0	79	2	0	6	610	86	3.28	1.205	8.3	0.6	2.5	4.8	1.93
2	SP	Tommy John*	38	9	8	.529	2.63	20	20	0	7	0	0	140.1	135	50	41	10	39	2	50	3	2	6	580	136	3.71	1.240	8.7	0.6	2.5	3.2	1.28
3	SP	Ron Guidry*	30	11	5	.688	2.76	23	21	1	0	0	0	127.0	100	41	39	12	26	0	104	1	0	6	497	129	2.83	0.992	7.1	0.9	1.8	7.4	4.00
4	SP	Dave Righetti*	22	8	4	.667	2.05	15	15	0	2	0	0	105.1	75	25	24	1	38	0	89	0	1	1	422	174	2.12	1.073	6.4	0.1	3.2	7.6	2.34
5	SP	Rick Reuschel	32	4	4	.500	2.67	12	11	1	3	0	0	70.2	75	24	21	4	10	0	22	1	0	0	282	134	3.18	1.203	9.6	0.5	1.3	2.8	2.20
6	SP	Gene Nelson	20	3	1	.750	4.81	8	7	0	0	0	0	39.1	40	24	21	5	23	1	16	1	0	2	179	75	5.27	1.602	9.2	1.1	5.3	3.7	0.70
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
7	CL	Rich Gossage	29	3	2	.600	0.77	32	0	30	0	0	20	46.2	22	6	4	2	14	1	48	1	0	1	173	465	2.06	0.771	4.2	0.4	2.7	9.3	3.43
8	RP	Ron Davis	25	4	5	.444	2.71	43	0	22	0	0	6	73.0	47	22	22	6	25	3	83	0	1	1	285	132	2.42	0.986	5.8	0.7	3.1	10.2	3.32
9	RP	Doug Bird	31	5	1	.833	2.70	17	4	3	0	0	0	53.1	58	19	16	5	16	3	28	0	0	0	229	133	3.67	1.388	9.8	0.8	2.7	4.7	1.75
10	RP	Dave LaRoche*	33	4	1	.800	2.49	26	1	14	0	0	0	47.0	38	16	13	3	16	1	24	1	0	1	192	144	3.49	1.149	7.3	0.6	3.1	4.6	1.50
11	RP	George Frazier	26	0	1	.000	1.63	16	0	9	0	0	3	27.2	26	7	5	1	11	2	17	0	0	1	117	222	3.03	1.337	8.5	0.3	3.6	5.5	1.55
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
12		Tom Underwood*	27	1	4	.200	4.41	9	6	1	0	0	0	32.2	32	17	16	2	13	1	29	0	0	0	138	82	2.81	1.378	8.8	0.6	3.6	8.0	2.23
13		Bill Castro	29	1	1	.500	3.79	11	0	6	0	0	0	19.0	26	13	8	2	5	1	4	0	0	0	86	96	4.34	1.632	12.3	0.9	2.4	1.9	0.80
14		Dave Wehrmeister	28	0	0		5.14	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	7	0	0	0	33	73	3.60	1.857	7.7	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
15		Andy McGaffigan	24	0	0		2.57	2	0	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	2	1	3	0	2	0	1	0	31	147	5.17	1.143	6.4	1.3	3.9	2.6	0.67
16		Mike Griffin	24	0	0		2.08	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	18	188	0.75	1.154	10.4	0.0	0.0	8.3
		Team Totals	30.4	59	48	.551	2.90	107	107	91	16	0	30	948.0	827	343	305	64	287	17	606	10	5	25	3872	124	3.14	1.175	7.9	0.6	2.7	5.8	2.11
		Rank in 14 AL teams		4	10		1				11	1	2	9	1	1	1	1	2		1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W

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