1979 New York Yankees Batting Statistics

1978 Season 1980 Season

Record: 89-71-0, Finished 4th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Managers: Bob Lemon (34-31) and Billy Martin (55-40)

General Manager: Cedric Tallis

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II

Attendance: 2,537,765 (1st of 14)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 95

Pythagorean W-L: 86-74, 734 Runs, 672 Runs Allowed

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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	Thurman Munson	32	97	419	382	42	110	18	3	3	39	1	2	32	37	.288	.340	.374	.714	95	143	15	0	1	4	2
2	1B	Chris Chambliss*	30	149	599	554	61	155	27	3	18	63	3	2	34	53	.280	.324	.437	.761	106	242	9	5	1	5	4
3	2B	Willie Randolph	24	153	682	574	98	155	15	13	5	61	33	12	95	39	.270	.374	.368	.741	104	211	23	3	5	5	5
4	SS	Bucky Dent	27	141	490	431	47	99	14	2	2	32	0	0	37	30	.230	.287	.285	.573	57	123	5	1	13	8	1
5	3B	Graig Nettles*	34	145	588	521	71	132	15	1	20	73	1	2	59	53	.253	.325	.401	.726	97	209	14	0	0	8	6
6	LF	Lou Piniella	35	130	491	461	49	137	22	2	11	69	3	2	17	31	.297	.320	.425	.745	101	196	17	2	3	8	6
7	CF	Mickey Rivers*	30	74	307	286	37	82	18	5	3	25	3	7	13	21	.287	.315	.416	.731	98	119	3	1	2	5	2
8	RF	Reggie Jackson*	33	131	537	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	9	8	65	107	.297	.382	.544	.926	150	253	17	2	0	5	3
9	DH	Jim Spencer*	31	106	336	295	60	85	15	3	23	53	0	2	38	25	.288	.367	.593	.960	157	175	12	0	1	2	11
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	CF	Bobby Murcer*	33	74	294	264	42	72	12	0	8	33	1	1	25	32	.273	.339	.409	.748	103	108	10	2	2	1	2
11	DH	Roy White#	35	81	236	205	24	44	6	0	3	27	2	2	23	21	.215	.290	.288	.578	59	59	6	0	5	3	1
12	CF	Juan Beníquez	29	62	158	142	19	36	6	1	4	17	3	3	9	17	.254	.299	.394	.694	88	56	5	2	1	4	0
13	C	Jerry Narron*	23	61	136	123	17	21	3	1	4	18	0	0	9	26	.171	.226	.309	.535	44	38	2	0	3	1	0
14	LF	Oscar Gamble*	29	36	126	113	21	44	4	1	11	32	0	0	13	13	.389	.452	.735	1.187	218	83	1	0	0	0	1
15	IF	Fred Stanley	31	57	110	100	9	20	1	0	2	14	0	1	5	17	.200	.236	.270	.506	38	27	1	0	4	1	0
16	C	Brad Gulden*	23	40	105	92	10	15	4	0	0	6	0	1	9	16	.163	.238	.207	.444	23	19	3	0	4	0	0
17	DH	Cliff Johnson	31	28	76	64	11	17	6	0	2	6	0	0	10	7	.266	.360	.453	.813	121	29	0	0	1	1	4
18	OF	Bobby Brown#	25	30	71	68	7	17	3	1	0	3	2	1	2	17	.250	.271	.324	.595	62	22	0	0	1	0	0
19	DH	Darryl Jones	28	18	51	47	6	12	5	1	0	6	0	0	2	7	.255	.286	.404	.690	86	19	1	0	2	0	0
20	OF	Jay Johnstone*	33	23	50	48	7	10	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	7	.208	.240	.292	.532	44	14	0	0	0	0	0
21	DH	George Scott	35	16	47	44	9	14	3	1	1	6	1	0	2	7	.318	.340	.500	.840	126	22	0	0	0	1	0
22	OF	Lenny Randle#	30	20	42	39	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.179	.238	.179	.418	16	7	1	0	0	0	0
23	SS	Dámaso García	22	11	38	38	3	10	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	.263	.263	.289	.553	51	11	1	0	0	0	0
24	IF	Brian Doyle*	25	20	36	32	2	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	1	.125	.200	.188	.388	7	6	1	0	1	0	0
25	C	Bruce Robinson*	25	6	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	11	2	0	0	0	0	0
26	3B	Roy Staiger	29	4	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273	.308	.364	.671	83	4	1	0	0	1	0
27	OF	Paul Blair	35	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	1B	Dennis Werth	26	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	37	1	0	0	0	0	0
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
29	P	Ron Davis	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Rich Gossage	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Luis Tiant	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Roger Slagle	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Paul Mirabella*	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Bob Kammeyer	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Ed Figueroa	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Don Hood*	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
37	P	Jim Beattie	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
38	P	Dick Tidrow	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
39	P	Jim Kaat*	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
40	P	Rick Anderson	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
41	P	Mike Griffin	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
42	P	Ken Clay	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
43	P	Catfish Hunter	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
44	P	Ray Burris	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
45	P	Dave Righetti*	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
46	P	Ron Guidry*	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
47	P	Tommy John	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.4	160	6061	5421	734	1443	226	40	150	694	65	46	509	590	.266	.328	.406	.733	99	2199	148	18	50	63	48
		Rank in 14 AL teams				10	10	10	11	6	6		13	3	10	1	10	12	9	11		11		14		2
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.4	160	6060	5420	734	1443	226	40	150	694	65	46	509	589	.266	.328	.406	.734	99	2199	148	18	50	63	48
		Pitcher Totals	8.0	160	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
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