1978 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 73-87
Finish: 2nd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 766
Runs Allowed: 751
Exp W-L: 81-79
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,256,511
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 57-80, 11th in the American League
AA: 63-74, 11th in the American League
A: 74-63, 3rd 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
3B *John Milner 28 154 587 102 175 29 3 40 126 2 3 77 55 .298 .376 .562 .938 117.0 25.0 2.7
RF  Enos Cabell 28 151 617 80 210 35 5 5 63 6 12 15 37 .340 .361 .438 .799 79.6 14.6 1.8
LF  Don Baylor 29 153 572 77 144 29 1 20 76 8 5 38 44 .252 .308 .411 .719 67.9 8.9 3.6
LF  George Hendrick 28 152 549 76 141 26 2 29 82 1 1 49 68 .257 .315 .470 .785 80.6 13.5 2.6
RF  Jose Ortiz 31 149 560 70 173 34 2 2 57 3 1 19 41 .309 .344 .388 .732 70.7 12.2 1.1
C  Tim Hosley 31 143 462 69 107 17 0 19 70 0 2 72 74 .232 .337 .392 .729 64.0 8.7 2.9
2B *Mickey Rivers 29 122 464 57 135 22 6 3 52 20 9 25 10 .291 .327 .384 .710 54.1 8.4 4.5
CF *Mike Lum 32 127 394 62 94 21 4 14 63 2 1 43 39 .239 .318 .419 .737 53.2 8.1 2.6
LF  Lee Richard 29 105 412 54 104 12 1 2 31 10 14 30 52 .252 .304 .301 .605 33.2 1.7 3.0
CF  Cito Gaston 34 102 321 41 84 7 1 10 40 2 0 20 58 .262 .307 .383 .690 37.6 5.1 1.4
3B  Al Gallagher 32 96 261 26 81 7 2 2 28 0 0 22 19 .310 .365 .375 .740 33.6 5.8 1.6
2B  Rennie Stennett 27 47 154 14 40 10 0 1 23 2 3 5 13 .260 .292 .344 .636 13.5 1.1 1.9
C  Greg Goossen 32 40 114 12 25 10 2 2 17 0 0 9 23 .219 .274 .395 .669 11.8 1.2 0.6
CF  Cesar Tovar 37 54 76 8 20 2 2 0 6 1 2 7 16 .263 .325 .342 .667 7.6 0.8 0.9
3B *Darrell Evans 31 28 52 7 12 1 0 4 10 0 0 8 11 .231 .333 .481 .814 9.1 1.6 0.5
1B  Billy Conigliaro 30 21 41 8 6 3 0 0 3 1 1 6 3 .146 .255 .220 .475 2.1 0.0 0.4
1B  Steve Garvey 29 14 12 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .417 .500 .500 1.000 2.8 0.7 0.0
  Team Totals 30.4 1658 5648 766 1556 266 31 153 748 58 54 447 564 .275 .332 .415 .746 738.3 117.3 32.1
  Rank among 12 AL teams 2 6 2 5 9 2 5 9 8 12 1 4 6 2 3 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
*Masanori Murakami 34 12 12 .500 36 36 0 258.3 233 94 22 65 172 3.27 17.7
*Rob Gardner 33 11 13 .458 34 34 0 233.7 230 85 11 92 122 3.27 16.0
 Rich Gossage 26 16 8 .667 34 34 0 225.7 198 93 15 107 154 3.71 15.6
 Bob Reynolds 31 7 10 .412 34 29 0 207.0 214 116 24 68 128 5.04 5.0
*Billy McCool 33 7 12 .368 24 21 1 145.0 145 88 6 98 95 5.46 2.7
*Ken Frailing 30 5 11 .313 53 0 8 121.0 162 69 9 38 54 5.13 2.9
*Tug McGraw 33 7 9 .438 53 4 9 120.3 130 68 8 63 53 5.09 4.6
 Steve McCatty 24 4 7 .364 45 2 7 98.7 109 50 4 50 45 4.56 4.3
*Doug Rau 29 4 5 .444 26 0 2 33.7 44 21 6 17 19 5.61 0.7
Team Totals 30.3 73 87 .456 339 160 27 1443.3 1465 684 105 598 842 4.27 69.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 8 8 5 8 7 6 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 .987 32.1
T.Hosley 1209.0 134 137 731 53 7 0 .991 23.1
G.Goossen 233.3 26 29 132 9 2 0 .986 11.1
S.McCatty 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0
Team Total 1443.3 160 167 863 62 9 0 .990 21.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .993 11.57
D.Baylor 1301.0 146 148 1447 116 10 151 .994 10.81
C.Gaston 61.0 6 9 57 6 0 8 1.000 9.30
D.Evans 22.0 2 4 30 2 0 5 1.000 13.09
G.Hendrick 18.0 2 2 17 3 0 1 1.000 10.00
A.Gallagher 15.0 2 2 15 0 0 2 1.000 9.00
M.Lum 12.0 1 3 14 0 0 0 1.000 10.50
G.Goossen 8.3 1 2 11 0 0 2 1.000 11.88
J.Milner 4.0 0 2 4 1 0 2 1.000 11.25
S.Garvey 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 1 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1443.3 160 173 1598 128 10 172 .994 10.76
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.89
M.Rivers 1008.3 116 118 231 380 8 105 .987 5.45
A.Gallagher 255.3 28 34 48 91 4 17 .972 4.90
D.Evans 64.0 6 12 16 32 1 7 .980 6.75
M.Lum 60.3 6 11 7 26 1 3 .971 4.92
C.Tovar 48.0 4 11 14 22 0 6 1.000 6.75
E.Cabell 7.3 0 2 2 3 1 1 .833 6.14
Team Total 1443.3 160 188 318 554 15 139 .983 5.44
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .960 2.95
E.Cabell 809.3 91 95 61 215 25 17 .917 3.07
A.Gallagher 363.7 42 45 23 77 5 9 .952 2.47
M.Lum 133.7 15 20 9 39 0 3 1.000 3.23
C.Gaston 84.0 10 12 4 15 1 1 .950 2.04
D.Evans 26.3 2 6 2 7 3 0 .750 3.08
J.Milner 12.3 0 4 0 3 0 1 1.000 2.19
T.Hosley 7.0 0 3 0 2 1 0 .667 2.57
C.Tovar 4.0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75
L.Richard 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 187 99 361 35 31 .929 2.87
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.24
L.Richard 854.0 98 98 139 298 18 64 .960 4.61
R.Stennett 411.7 47 47 63 171 4 41 .983 5.12
C.Tovar 106.7 9 23 15 38 3 13 .946 4.47
M.Lum 67.0 6 11 11 22 2 2 .943 4.43
G.Goossen 4.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1443.3 160 180 228 531 27 120 .966 4.73
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.04
J.Milner 1025.7 116 117 239 5 3 0 .988 2.14
C.Gaston 328.0 37 37 73 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
M.Lum 35.0 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.06
G.Goossen 17.0 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.59
G.Hendrick 13.0 1 3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77
L.Richard 11.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.79
D.Evans 9.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
E.Cabell 3.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Baylor 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 170 330 5 3 0 .991 2.09
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 2.64
M.Lum 562.0 63 68 178 1 4 1 .978 2.87
J.Ortiz 426.3 50 51 113 4 0 1 1.000 2.47
G.Hendrick 136.0 16 20 42 0 3 0 .933 2.78
B.Conigliaro 116.0 13 18 40 0 0 0 1.000 3.10
C.Gaston 112.0 11 19 40 1 0 0 1.000 3.29
C.Tovar 56.0 5 9 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.73
L.Richard 23.0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.74
M.Rivers 11.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
S.Garvey 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 192 439 6 7 2 .985 2.77
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 2.13
G.Hendrick 1037.0 121 123 250 5 3 2 .988 2.21
J.Milner 257.3 28 29 70 0 1 0 .986 2.45
C.Gaston 65.0 6 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.22
M.Lum 32.0 3 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
S.Garvey 14.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29
G.Goossen 12.0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
J.Ortiz 10.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
C.Tovar 8.7 0 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.16
D.Baylor 3.3 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
L.Richard 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
E.Cabell 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1443.3 160 185 359 5 4 2 .989 2.27
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.00
M.Murakami 258.3 36 36 16 38 0 3 1.000 1.88
R.Gardner 233.7 34 34 4 40 0 6 1.000 1.69
R.Gossage 225.7 34 34 20 38 0 4 1.000 2.31
B.Reynolds 207.0 29 34 17 19 3 3 .923 1.57
B.McCool 145.0 21 24 6 23 0 3 1.000 1.80
K.Frailing 121.0 0 53 10 21 0 2 1.000 2.31
T.McGraw 120.3 4 53 8 20 2 3 .933 2.09
S.McCatty 98.7 2 45 8 23 1 3 .969 2.83
D.Rau 33.7 0 26 3 8 0 2 1.000 2.94
Team Total 1443.3 160 339 92 230 6 29 .982 2.01
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Cabell .340
On-Base Pct Milner .376
Slugging Pct Milner .562
OPS Milner .938
XR Milner 117.0
Games Milner 154
At-Bats Cabell 617
Runs Milner 102
Hits Cabell 210
Total Bases Milner 330
Singles Cabell 165
Doubles Cabell 35
Triples Rivers 6
Homeruns Milner 40
RBIs Milner 126
Stolen Bases Rivers 20
Caught Stealing Richard 14
Walks Milner 77
Strikeouts Hosley 74
ERA Gardner 3.27
Wins Gossage 16
Losses Gardner 13
Winning Pct Gossage .667
Saves McGraw 9
Games Pitched Frailing, McGraw 53
Games Started Murakami 36
Complete Games Gardner, Murakami 5
Shutouts Gardner, Gossage, Murakami 1
Innings Pitched Murakami 258.3
Hits Allowed Murakami 233
Homeruns Allowed Reynolds 24
Strikeouts Murakami 172
Walks Allowed Gossage 107
Walks per 9IP Murakami 2.3
Hits per 9IP Gossage 7.9
Strikeouts per 9IP Gossage 6.1
WHiP Murakami 1.15
OAVG Gossage .234
OOBP Murakami .286
OSLG Gardner .346
OOPS Murakami .649
Team All-Stars
Enos Cabell
Player Salaries
Masanori Murakami $ 8,000,000
Tim Hosley $ 6,000,000
Rich Gossage $ 4,914,286
John Milner $ 4,900,000
Rob Gardner $ 3,240,000
Lee Richard $ 3,078,571
Don Baylor $ 2,685,714
Billy McCool $ 2,650,000
Jose Ortiz $ 2,650,000
Bob Reynolds $ 2,570,000
Cito Gaston $ 2,500,000
Mickey Rivers $ 2,142,857
Al Gallagher $ 1,707,143
George Hendrick $ 1,621,429
Enos Cabell $ 1,022,857
Mike Lum $ 960,714
Doug Rau $ 914,286
Tug McGraw $ 800,000
Cesar Tovar $ 750,000
Darrell Evans $ 500,000
Billy Conigliaro $ 464,286
Greg Goossen $ 400,000
Ken Frailing $ 350,000
Bruce Look $ 350,000
Rennie Stennett $ 350,000
Steve Garvey $ 300,000
Steve McCatty $ 300,000
Dave Lemonds $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/6 Signed     Darrell Evans
2/11 Signed     Greg Goossen
3/4 Traded Jeff Terpko Pittsburgh George Hendrick
Billy Conigliaro
Doug Rau