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1979 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 77-83
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 742
Runs Allowed: 782
Exp W-L: 76-84
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,030,601
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 12th in the American League
AA: 61-76, 11th in the American League
A: 57-80, 10th in the American League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF  Lee Richard 30 151 596 80 176 26 8 1 58 24 19 48 77 .295 .346 .371 .716 73.4 14.9 3.8
LF  George Hendrick 29 156 575 78 155 25 0 29 105 2 1 66 95 .270 .340 .464 .804 89.4 19.3 2.2
3B *John Milner 29 147 530 79 137 28 1 22 106 2 0 76 46 .258 .349 .440 .788 77.7 16.3 2.1
LF  Don Baylor 30 155 542 78 150 17 5 22 77 10 1 51 47 .277 .352 .448 .800 82.7 18.5 2.4
RF  Enos Cabell 29 137 491 49 118 24 6 2 54 5 3 15 37 .240 .265 .326 .591 36.9 2.4 1.4
C  Tim Hosley 32 140 443 63 129 14 1 15 75 0 0 45 84 .291 .359 .429 .788 66.7 14.4 5.1
2B *Mickey Rivers 30 135 483 65 146 31 4 1 50 22 12 14 27 .302 .319 .389 .709 53.2 10.2 3.2
RF  Jose Ortiz 32 126 453 58 137 32 2 1 50 3 7 14 33 .302 .342 .389 .730 53.7 10.9 1.7
3B  Al Gallagher 33 104 336 52 104 12 1 2 24 2 2 30 27 .310 .365 .369 .734 42.2 9.1 1.8
CF  Cito Gaston 35 95 310 36 88 3 5 3 30 2 1 17 54 .284 .318 .355 .673 32.4 5.2 1.9
CF *Mike Lum 33 93 253 32 55 5 4 4 23 2 1 31 26 .217 .300 .316 .617 26.6 2.6 1.4
SS  Dave Hilton 28 63 153 21 41 9 1 0 16 0 0 2 7 .268 .280 .340 .620 13.6 1.9 0.7
C  Greg Goossen 33 43 121 14 26 4 1 5 18 0 0 8 16 .215 .273 .388 .661 13.3 1.6 1.3
2B *Rudy Meoli 28 38 114 16 29 5 1 0 9 1 1 15 19 .254 .341 .316 .657 12.7 2.2 0.9
1B  Steve Garvey 30 24 85 10 26 4 0 1 16 0 0 3 21 .306 .326 .388 .714 10.1 2.0 0.3
1B  Billy Conigliaro 31 24 31 7 9 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 6 .290 .290 .387 .677 2.7 0.3 0.2
3B *Darrell Evans 32 8 7 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 1 .143 .500 .571 1.071 2.6 0.8 0.0
P  Bill Slayback 31 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.2 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 30.8 1647 5523 742 1527 242 40 109 715 77 48 440 623 .276 .332 .394 .726 689.8 132.4 30.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 6 3 2 5 6 4 3 8 8 11 4 2 3 2 2 4  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Bill Slayback 31 14 14 .500 31 31 0 250.0 229 95 9 62 150 3.42 16.7
*Rob Gardner 34 10 6 .625 32 32 0 214.3 219 82 10 77 106 3.44 15.5
 Steve McCatty 25 11 12 .478 30 30 0 213.0 244 128 16 88 98 5.41 4.4
*Masanori Murakami 35 12 17 .414 32 32 0 211.3 214 91 19 63 168 3.88 11.2
 Bill Bonham 30 6 12 .333 65 14 4 183.0 196 115 14 105 77 5.66 2.8
 Rich Gossage 27 8 8 .500 25 17 0 111.0 97 57 7 66 74 4.62 5.1
*Doug Rau 30 4 5 .444 31 2 2 58.3 64 28 8 19 30 4.32 2.8
*Tug McGraw 34 5 4 .556 42 1 4 56.7 62 31 1 32 29 4.92 2.6
 Bob Reynolds 32 4 4 .500 40 1 19 47.0 51 33 8 24 27 6.32 1.5
*Ken Frailing 31 2 1 .667 26 0 12 36.7 33 15 3 8 11 3.68 5.4
*Stan Wall 28 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 20.3 27 14 3 9 13 6.20 0.2
*Dave Lemonds 30 0 0 .000 11 0 0 18.7 22 16 6 10 11 7.72 0.0
Team Totals 30.6 77 83 .481 375 160 41 1420.3 1458 705 104 563 794 4.47 68.1
Rank among 12 AL teams 7 7 4 7 12 5 4 9 9 1 9  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 32.3
T.Hosley 1146.7 129 134 677 55 10 1 .987 30.1
G.Goossen 273.7 31 33 164 10 1 1 .994 33.3
Team Total 1420.3 160 167 841 65 11 2 .988 30.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.79
D.Baylor 1273.7 145 150 1387 92 8 123 .995 10.45
A.Gallagher 81.0 10 10 85 3 0 7 1.000 9.78
C.Gaston 29.7 3 6 36 2 0 4 1.000 11.53
B.Conigliaro 19.0 2 3 26 7 1 2 .971 15.63
J.Milner 6.0 0 4 9 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
M.Lum 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
G.Hendrick 4.0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
D.Evans 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 178 1557 105 9 136 .995 10.53
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 6.02
M.Rivers 885.7 102 109 212 323 9 64 .983 5.44
E.Cabell 313.0 36 40 77 136 3 23 .986 6.12
A.Gallagher 159.7 17 21 46 86 1 16 .992 7.44
D.Hilton 44.0 5 6 13 13 1 7 .963 5.32
M.Lum 12.0 0 3 4 4 0 3 1.000 6.00
D.Evans 4.0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75
R.Meoli 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 182 353 564 14 113 .985 5.81
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.91
M.Lum 469.7 54 58 32 110 3 6 .979 2.72
A.Gallagher 468.7 54 58 39 110 9 11 .943 2.86
L.Richard 292.0 34 34 33 54 5 6 .946 2.68
D.Hilton 126.0 14 21 3 25 5 2 .848 2.00
C.Gaston 41.3 3 8 1 14 0 1 1.000 3.27
E.Cabell 14.7 1 4 2 6 0 1 1.000 4.91
D.Evans 7.0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29
T.Hosley 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 187 110 320 22 27 .951 2.72
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.37
L.Richard 994.3 112 113 154 392 24 68 .958 4.94
R.Meoli 291.0 35 36 35 108 6 14 .960 4.42
D.Hilton 125.0 12 29 14 54 1 13 .986 4.90
M.Lum 10.0 1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1420.3 160 181 203 557 31 95 .961 4.82
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.98
J.Ortiz 1047.3 120 122 218 7 2 0 .991 1.93
S.Garvey 206.7 24 24 41 1 0 1 1.000 1.83
C.Gaston 65.0 7 10 12 1 0 1 1.000 1.80
M.Rivers 42.0 4 8 16 1 0 0 1.000 3.64
G.Goossen 16.3 1 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 1.65
B.Conigliaro 13.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.46
L.Richard 9.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
D.Evans 8.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
E.Cabell 7.0 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
J.Milner 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
D.Baylor 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 177 299 11 2 3 .994 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.66
G.Hendrick 773.3 88 92 245 6 2 5 .992 2.92
C.Gaston 451.0 53 56 152 2 3 0 .981 3.07
M.Lum 141.0 16 18 60 1 0 1 1.000 3.89
M.Rivers 40.0 2 13 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
B.Conigliaro 14.0 1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
J.Ortiz 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 187 473 9 5 6 .990 3.05
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 2.19
J.Milner 1207.0 138 140 272 7 8 2 .972 2.08
C.Gaston 118.0 13 17 44 0 0 0 1.000 3.36
G.Goossen 30.3 2 8 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.08
B.Conigliaro 24.0 3 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.13
E.Cabell 15.0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
G.Hendrick 11.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
J.Ortiz 10.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
M.Lum 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Richard 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Baylor 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 179 334 8 8 2 .977 2.17
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 2.03
B.Slayback 250.0 31 31 15 37 1 1 .981 1.87
R.Gardner 214.3 32 32 8 25 0 4 1.000 1.39
S.McCatty 213.0 30 30 18 34 4 0 .929 2.20
M.Murakami 211.3 32 32 6 36 2 1 .955 1.79
B.Bonham 183.0 14 65 12 25 1 1 .974 1.82
R.Gossage 111.0 17 25 9 18 1 2 .964 2.19
D.Rau 58.3 2 31 2 15 1 0 .944 2.62
T.McGraw 56.7 1 42 2 12 1 0 .933 2.22
B.Reynolds 47.0 1 40 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.72
K.Frailing 36.7 0 26 1 4 0 2 1.000 1.23
S.Wall 20.3 0 10 2 3 0 1 1.000 2.21
D.Lemonds 18.7 0 11 4 4 0 1 1.000 3.86
Team Total 1420.3 160 375 82 219 11 13 .965 1.91
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Rivers .302
On-Base Pct Hosley .359
Slugging Pct Hendrick .464
OPS Hendrick .804
XR Hendrick 89.4
Games Hendrick 156
At-Bats Richard 596
Runs Richard 80
Hits Richard 176
Total Bases Hendrick 267
Singles Richard 141
Doubles Ortiz 32
Triples Richard 8
Homeruns Hendrick 29
RBIs Milner 106
Stolen Bases Richard 24
Caught Stealing Richard 19
Walks Milner 76
Strikeouts Hendrick 95
ERA Slayback 3.42
Wins Slayback 14
Losses Murakami 17
Winning Pct Gardner .625
Saves Reynolds 19
Games Pitched Bonham 65
Games Started Gardner, Murakami 32
Complete Games Slayback 13
Shutouts Slayback 6
Innings Pitched Slayback 250.0
Hits Allowed McCatty 244
Homeruns Allowed Murakami 19
Strikeouts Murakami 168
Walks Allowed Bonham 105
Walks per 9IP Slayback 2.2
Hits per 9IP Slayback 8.2
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 7.2
WHiP Slayback 1.16
OAVG Slayback .237
OOBP Slayback .285
OSLG Slayback .322
OOPS Slayback .607
Team All-Stars
Don Baylor
George Hendrick
Lee Richard
Bill Slayback
Player Salaries
Rich Gossage $ 12,000,000
John Milner $ 9,000,000
Masanori Murakami $ 8,000,000
Tim Hosley $ 6,000,000
Bill Slayback $ 5,864,286
George Hendrick $ 3,340,000
Rob Gardner $ 3,240,000
Lee Richard $ 3,078,571
Don Baylor $ 2,685,714
Jose Ortiz $ 2,650,000
Cito Gaston $ 2,500,000
Mike Lum $ 2,192,857
Mickey Rivers $ 2,142,857
Enos Cabell $ 1,985,714
Bob Reynolds $ 1,780,000
Al Gallagher $ 1,707,143
Cesar Tovar $ 750,000
Doug Rau $ 540,000
Darrell Evans $ 500,000
Bill Bonham $ 480,000
Billy Conigliaro $ 464,286
Tug McGraw $ 430,000
Greg Goossen $ 400,000
Ken Frailing $ 300,000
Steve Garvey $ 300,000
Dave Lemonds $ 300,000
Stan Wall $ 300,000
Steve McCatty $ 300,000
Rudy Meoli $ 300,000
Dave Hilton $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/5 Signed     Bill Bonham
2/11 Signed     Rich Gossage
2/22 Traded Billy Mccool
Pat Rockett		 Cleveland (N) Bill Slayback
Dave Hilton
 
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