1977 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 87-73
Finish: 1st in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 815
Runs Allowed: 749
Exp W-L: 86-74
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,887,316
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 60-77, 10th in the American League
AA: 69-68, 5th in the American League
A: 63-74, 6th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to Kansas City Royals
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
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
CF  Amos Otis 30 145 546 94 141 31 4 24 93 20 7 55 78 .258 .323 .462 .785 80.6 13.8 5.3
3B *John Milner 27 145 517 92 138 38 0 29 107 2 1 84 55 .267 .369 .509 .877 92.7 19.2 0.0
CF  Cito Gaston 33 144 508 82 153 14 1 15 62 2 1 27 83 .301 .336 .421 .757 66.6 11.7 3.8
3B  Al Gallagher 31 143 490 63 131 16 2 5 37 2 3 48 62 .267 .333 .339 .671 53.4 7.2 1.5
2B *Mickey Rivers 28 138 496 71 148 36 4 2 52 34 8 23 19 .298 .331 .399 .730 63.4 11.1 5.1
C  Tim Hosley 30 139 470 55 123 15 0 14 78 0 2 52 93 .262 .343 .383 .726 61.6 10.1 4.8
2B  Ron Theobald 33 124 393 49 135 19 3 5 63 0 0 24 38 .344 .382 .445 .827 61.0 13.1 4.5
1B *Curt Blefary 33 101 354 58 83 20 2 10 48 7 5 62 48 .234 .352 .387 .739 51.3 8.4 2.9
1B *Rusty Staub 33 95 320 43 98 25 3 13 61 2 1 25 17 .306 .357 .525 .882 52.6 11.2 0.5
RF  Enos Cabell 27 97 294 40 100 25 4 2 42 4 2 12 13 .340 .364 .473 .836 44.4 9.8 1.5
CF  Cesar Tovar 36 72 183 26 49 11 1 0 21 5 2 16 25 .268 .341 .339 .680 21.7 3.1 2.1
SS *Wayne Garrett 29 62 151 18 28 10 1 1 11 7 0 27 29 .185 .309 .285 .594 14.7 1.1 1.4
LF  Lee Richard 28 44 159 28 58 10 2 2 27 7 6 9 21 .365 .396 .491 .887 26.6 6.1 0.9
CF *Mike Lum 31 50 143 23 39 11 1 7 28 0 0 11 7 .273 .327 .510 .838 23.3 4.3 1.1
LF  Don Baylor 28 43 141 23 36 5 2 8 28 2 1 11 7 .255 .314 .489 .803 22.2 4.0 0.5
C  Rick Cerone 23 33 94 8 16 3 0 1 12 0 0 5 7 .170 .212 .234 .446 2.4 0.0 1.2
C  Bud Bulling 24 23 72 4 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 8 .097 .188 .139 .326 -0.5 0.0 0.7
2B  Rennie Stennett 26 79 72 25 18 5 0 1 9 9 3 3 4 .250 .286 .361 .647 7.5 0.8 0.5
RF  Jose Ortiz 30 30 66 5 28 4 0 0 9 0 0 3 4 .424 .451 .485 .936 12.4 3.1 0.4
C  Greg Goossen 31 9 26 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 5 7 .115 .258 .346 .604 2.2 0.0 0.2
C *Bruce Look 34 8 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .000 .095 .000 .095 -1.5 0.0 0.2
1B  Hal Breeden 33 7 17 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 .059 .200 .059 .259 0.0 0.0 0.0
1B  Steve Garvey 28 6 17 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .118 .118 .118 .235 -0.8 0.0 0.1
2B *Rudy Meoli 26 4 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 2 .143 .294 .143 .437 0.4 0.0 0.3
1B *Jack Pierce 29 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.3 0.0
  Team Totals 29.6 1743 5564 813 1538 302 30 141 794 104 43 518 647 .276 .339 .418 .757 759.0 138.2 39.4
  Rank among 12 AL teams 6 3 3 2 9 2 3 5 4 6 2 3 4 2 3 3  
* - 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 33 15 8 .652 35 35 0 247.0 215 102 28 57 184 3.72 17.6
*Rob Gardner 32 14 9 .609 34 34 0 228.0 229 94 9 82 104 3.71 15.0
 Bob Reynolds 30 13 12 .520 31 31 0 210.3 245 127 26 62 135 5.43 6.2
*Billy McCool 32 11 8 .579 27 27 0 181.7 170 96 15 115 134 4.76 7.7
*Tug McGraw 32 13 14 .481 80 0 14 163.0 172 84 18 84 90 4.64 10.1
 Rich Gossage 25 8 6 .571 24 24 0 155.3 127 63 8 77 118 3.65 11.3
 Bill Bonham 28 9 8 .529 67 0 13 112.7 111 53 6 61 55 4.23 8.9
*Ken Frailing 29 2 1 .667 22 2 4 43.7 43 21 5 13 15 4.33 3.4
*Gary Ryerson 29 1 1 .500 19 2 1 43.0 58 27 4 14 15 5.65 0.7
 Ed Acosta 33 0 2 .000 2 2 0 12.0 21 15 0 4 3 11.25 0.0
 Tommy Moore 28 1 1 .500 2 2 0 10.7 13 6 0 7 1 5.07 0.5
*Stan Wall 26 0 0 .000 5 0 0 10.3 12 1 0 3 4 0.87 1.4
*Vic Albury 30 0 0 .000 1 1 0 7.0 5 1 0 2 3 1.29 0.7
 Jeff Terpko 26 0 1 .000 4 0 0 4.7 5 4 0 5 0 7.73 0.0
*Dave Lemonds 28 0 2 .000 4 0 1 3.7 3 5 2 3 3 12.30 0.0
Team Totals 29.4 87 73 .544 357 160 33 1433.0 1429 699 121 589 864 4.39 83.3
Rank among 12 AL teams 3 3 1 3 6 2 5 7 8 1 7  
* - 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 .989 33.0
T.Hosley 1045.0 117 122 677 37 5 1 .993 23.2
R.Cerone 230.0 25 31 147 14 2 0 .988 40.7
B.Bulling 158.0 18 20 84 11 1 0 .990 40.0
B.Look 34.7 4 4 20 2 0 0 1.000 25.0
Team Total 1467.7 164 177 928 64 8 1 .992 28.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.54
R.Staub 668.3 75 86 729 46 4 59 .995 10.44
A.Gallagher 318.0 37 38 356 20 3 25 .992 10.64
D.Baylor 76.0 9 11 84 5 1 8 .989 10.54
W.Garrett 48.0 6 7 52 3 0 8 1.000 10.31
H.Breeden 41.0 5 7 65 0 1 7 .985 14.27
M.Lum 30.0 3 7 35 2 0 2 1.000 11.10
R.Stennett 24.0 1 11 19 1 1 2 .952 7.50
E.Cabell 23.0 2 7 23 1 0 1 1.000 9.39
S.Garvey 7.0 0 3 6 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Hosley 5.0 0 3 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60
J.Milner 5.0 0 2 6 0 0 0 1.000 10.80
R.Cerone 1.0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00
C.Blefary 0.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1247.0 138 184 1384 80 10 113 .993 10.57
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 5.95
M.Rivers 957.7 104 121 187 364 8 79 .986 5.18
R.Theobald 256.3 32 32 54 108 2 16 .988 5.69
E.Cabell 47.0 5 6 12 9 0 3 1.000 4.02
C.Tovar 45.0 5 7 11 28 0 6 1.000 7.80
M.Lum 41.0 5 6 9 16 1 3 .962 5.49
R.Meoli 35.0 4 4 13 14 0 4 1.000 6.94
W.Garrett 32.0 4 5 11 14 0 3 1.000 7.03
R.Stennett 15.0 1 5 4 6 1 2 .909 6.00
L.Richard 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
A.Gallagher 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1432.0 160 188 302 560 12 116 .986 5.42
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .964 2.95
A.Gallagher 822.0 98 106 47 169 15 17 .935 2.36
E.Cabell 371.0 45 47 25 84 7 11 .940 2.64
L.Richard 237.8 29 29 16 62 2 5 .975 2.95
R.Stennett 86.0 4 28 3 17 0 1 1.000 2.09
M.Lum 75.0 8 13 8 17 0 2 1.000 3.00
W.Garrett 33.0 3 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.64
C.Tovar 18.0 2 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.00
T.Hosley 14.0 0 7 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.93
C.Gaston 8.0 0 4 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38
J.Milner 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1668.8 189 244 101 363 24 36 .951 2.50
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.26
R.Theobald 777.3 90 102 107 301 12 54 .971 4.72
C.Tovar 403.0 48 54 45 144 5 18 .974 4.22
W.Garrett 137.7 15 25 23 56 3 14 .963 5.16
R.Stennett 70.0 4 20 17 25 2 4 .955 5.40
M.Lum 39.0 3 9 10 18 1 3 .966 6.46
L.Richard 1.7 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 5.29
Team Total 1428.7 160 211 202 545 23 93 .970 4.71
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.98
C.Blefary 855.7 92 96 204 11 2 1 .991 2.26
J.Ortiz 105.0 12 17 22 1 0 0 1.000 1.97
L.Richard 91.5 11 12 19 1 0 0 1.000 1.97
E.Cabell 64.0 7 9 21 0 0 0 1.000 2.95
M.Rivers 33.0 4 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.45
W.Garrett 28.0 3 6 8 0 1 0 .889 2.57
M.Lum 26.7 3 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
J.Pierce 5.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80
C.Tovar 2.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
J.Milner 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
D.Baylor 0.8 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1212.7 132 154 292 15 3 1 .990 2.28
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 2.59
A.Otis 1202.3 133 143 386 2 0 0 1.000 2.90
W.Garrett 75.0 9 11 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.04
M.Lum 60.7 7 8 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.37
E.Cabell 52.0 6 7 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Rivers 39.0 5 6 8 1 0 1 1.000 2.08
J.Ortiz 22.1 2 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.44
C.Tovar 4.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 6.75
Team Total 1455.1 162 181 449 3 0 1 1.000 2.80
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.01
C.Gaston 1162.0 135 137 291 4 4 2 .987 2.28
D.Baylor 235.1 30 30 42 1 2 0 .956 1.65
E.Cabell 54.0 5 10 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.67
G.Goossen 51.0 6 6 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.29
W.Garrett 38.0 4 8 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.13
S.Garvey 26.0 3 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
M.Lum 23.0 2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.35
J.Ortiz 19.2 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
C.Tovar 17.0 1 6 6 0 1 0 .857 3.18
R.Staub 16.6 1 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.54
C.Blefary 7.3 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.23
A.Gallagher 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
L.Richard 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1652.8 189 217 396 5 7 2 .983 2.18
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 2.00
M.Murakami 247.0 35 35 13 34 1 1 .979 1.71
R.Gardner 228.0 34 34 11 32 1 4 .977 1.70
B.Reynolds 210.3 31 31 10 32 0 3 1.000 1.80
B.McCool 181.7 27 27 11 26 1 0 .974 1.83
T.McGraw 163.0 0 80 11 28 2 1 .951 2.15
R.Gossage 155.3 24 24 5 17 1 1 .957 1.27
B.Bonham 112.7 0 67 7 12 2 0 .905 1.52
K.Frailing 43.7 2 22 3 7 0 0 1.000 2.06
G.Ryerson 43.0 2 19 2 7 0 1 1.000 1.88
E.Acosta 12.0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75
T.Moore 10.7 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84
S.Wall 10.3 0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.36
V.Albury 7.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.57
J.Terpko 4.7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
D.Lemonds 3.7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46
Team Total 1433.0 160 357 75 204 8 11 .972 1.75
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Gaston .301
On-Base Pct Milner .369
Slugging Pct Milner .509
OPS Milner .877
XR Milner 92.7
Games Milner, Otis 145
At-Bats Otis 546
Runs Otis 94
Hits Gaston 153
Total Bases Milner 263
Singles Gaston 123
Doubles Milner 38
Triples Cabell, Otis, Rivers 4
Homeruns Milner 29
RBIs Milner 107
Stolen Bases Rivers 34
Caught Stealing Rivers 8
Walks Milner 84
Strikeouts Hosley 93
ERA Gardner 3.71
Wins Murakami 15
Losses McGraw 14
Winning Pct Murakami .652
Saves McGraw 14
Games Pitched McGraw 80
Games Started Murakami 35
Complete Games Murakami 4
Shutouts Murakami 2
Innings Pitched Murakami 247.0
Hits Allowed Reynolds 245
Homeruns Allowed Murakami 28
Strikeouts Murakami 184
Walks Allowed McCool 115
Walks per 9IP Murakami 2.1
Hits per 9IP Murakami 7.8
Strikeouts per 9IP Murakami 6.7
WHiP Murakami 1.10
OAVG Murakami .230
OOBP Murakami .275
OSLG Gardner .353
OOPS Gardner .673
Team All-Stars
Tim Hosley
Rusty Staub
Player Salaries
Amos Otis $ 5,750,000
Masanori Murakami $ 5,500,000
Billy McCool $ 5,150,000
Rich Gossage $ 4,914,286
John Milner $ 4,257,143
Rob Gardner $ 3,240,000
Tim Hosley $ 2,850,000
Jose Ortiz $ 2,650,000
Bob Reynolds $ 2,570,000
Cito Gaston $ 2,500,000
Mickey Rivers $ 1,870,714
Ron Theobald $ 1,450,000
Bill Bonham $ 1,160,000
Lee Richard $ 1,142,857
Al Gallagher $ 1,135,000
Tug McGraw $ 800,000
Cesar Tovar $ 750,000
Bruce Look $ 350,000
Mike Lum $ 350,000
Gary Ryerson $ 300,000
Don Baylor $ 300,000
Bud Bulling $ 300,000
Enos Cabell $ 300,000
Ken Frailing $ 300,000
Jeff Terpko $ 300,000
Rennie Stennett $ 300,000
Steve Garvey $ 300,000
Stan Wall $ 300,000
Greg Goossen $ 300,000
Jack Pierce $ 300,000
Tommy Moore $ 300,000
Dave Lemonds $ 300,000
Ed Acosta $ 300,000
Rudy Meoli $ 300,000
Wayne Garrett $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/31 Traded Rusty Staub Colorado Greg Goossen
Steve Mccatty
7/31 Traded Rick Cerone Baltimore Don Baylor
Lee Richard
Bruce Look
7/31 Traded Curt Blefary Cleveland (N) Jose Ortiz
Steve Garvey
7/31 Traded Dell Alston Toronto Mike Lum
10/14 Released Fred Stanley    
10/14 Released Wally Bunker    
10/14 Released Aurelio Rodriguez    
10/14 Released Clyde Mashore    
10/14 Released Vic Albury    
10/14 Released Hal Breeden    
10/14 Released Earl Stephenson    
10/14 Released Ray Busse    
10/14 Released Rich Coggins