1987 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 76-84
Finish: 4th in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 752
Runs Allowed: 788
Exp W-L: 77-83
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,380,595
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 70-67, 5th in the American League
AA: 84-53, 1st in the American League
A: 55-82, 11th in the American League
 
 
 
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
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
1B #Wally Backman 27 153 573 81 160 34 5 2 59 13 8 78 60 .279 .362 .366 .728 80.1 15.5 5.1
3B *Fred McGriff 23 156 586 84 143 36 2 30 96 0 0 55 118 .244 .307 .466 .773 79.7 13.9 3.1
LF  Ron Kittle 29 155 578 80 151 27 1 34 102 0 0 40 150 .261 .314 .488 .802 84.3 16.1 3.6
DH  Eric Davis 25 153 566 82 130 26 3 20 72 34 5 58 121 .230 .301 .392 .694 69.8 10.8 0.5
RF *Joe Orsulak 25 143 507 66 134 30 8 6 64 9 3 33 35 .264 .311 .391 .701 57.1 8.4 4.1
SS  Shawon Dunston 24 152 520 70 154 33 6 14 74 16 8 14 78 .296 .321 .463 .784 72.2 15.0 4.2
2B #Jose Oquendo 23 146 449 50 105 19 3 2 46 12 6 60 43 .234 .323 .303 .626 44.4 4.8 3.2
C *Mike Lavalliere 26 122 393 47 102 26 0 6 48 2 0 55 19 .260 .349 .372 .720 52.3 9.3 3.8
2B  Steve Sax 27 133 387 53 99 17 5 6 46 20 8 25 49 .256 .300 .372 .673 42.8 5.7 2.7
C *Terry Kennedy 31 81 218 36 59 15 0 2 31 1 0 12 37 .271 .310 .367 .677 24.4 4.2 1.4
SS #Tony Fernandez 25 82 178 20 29 6 1 1 17 2 3 14 26 .163 .222 .225 .446 7.7 0.0 1.7
CF #Devon White 24 94 168 33 42 5 2 3 18 6 1 19 29 .250 .339 .357 .696 22.2 3.9 1.6
C #John Tamargo 35 65 148 26 51 14 1 1 25 1 1 27 15 .345 .443 .473 .916 27.5 7.1 1.2
1B *Len Matuszek 32 77 102 13 24 4 0 1 16 1 0 10 24 .235 .301 .304 .605 9.9 0.8 0.3
SS  Shooty Babitt 28 15 32 3 8 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 .250 .273 .375 .648 2.6 0.2 0.4
LF  Dave Gallagher 26 31 30 5 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 .367 .375 .400 .775 4.7 1.0 0.2
1B *Pete O'Brien 29 15 24 3 7 0 0 2 4 0 0 6 5 .292 .433 .542 .975 5.9 1.4 0.1
  Team Totals 27.0 1773 5459 752 1409 297 37 130 725 118 44 508 816 .258 .322 .398 .719 687.4 118.3 37.3
  Rank among 12 AL teams 10 6 9 8 4 8 6 6 5 7 3 9 8 7 6 7  
* - 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
 Bob Tewksbury 26 9 10 .474 42 26 0 211.3 249 104 22 29 65 4.43 9.8
*Sid Fernandez 24 11 11 .500 32 32 0 203.0 190 93 19 81 168 4.12 12.0
*Randy Myers 24 8 10 .444 30 30 0 187.0 137 65 16 67 154 3.13 15.0
 Gene Nelson 26 8 12 .400 33 25 2 161.0 178 90 23 61 75 5.03 5.7
 Steve Fireovid 30 4 15 .211 27 27 0 140.3 189 93 15 40 58 5.96 0.2
*Kevin Kobel 33 11 6 .647 42 7 1 139.3 137 59 17 26 86 3.81 10.9
*Mark Davis 26 5 6 .455 47 5 2 130.7 116 61 19 66 116 4.20 8.1
*Mitch Williams 22 4 5 .444 53 0 2 92.3 80 61 9 71 78 5.95 1.6
 Dwayne Henry 25 6 5 .545 64 2 29 66.3 60 40 6 43 38 5.43 6.4
*Rod Scurry 31 8 1 .889 48 0 2 54.7 54 34 6 36 54 5.60 2.8
 Les Lancaster 25 2 3 .400 6 6 0 29.3 36 23 3 16 14 7.06 0.0
 John Verhoeven 33 0 0 .000 4 0 0 5.0 17 11 1 4 0 19.80 0.0
Team Totals 27.1 76 84 .475 428 160 38 1420.3 1443 734 156 540 906 4.65 72.4
Rank among 12 AL teams 8 8 10 8 12 6 11 11 8 5 11  
* - 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 34.1
M.Lavalliere 947.7 110 112 648 41 7 0 .990 27.7
J.Tamargo 297.0 38 48 182 19 3 0 .985 28.6
T.Kennedy 153.7 18 19 95 6 2 0 .981 35.7
R.Kittle 34.7 4 4 26 2 0 0 1.000 33.3
F.McGriff 16.0 1 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Oquendo 10.0 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
W.Backman 9.0 1 1 2 0 1 0 .667 0.0
Team Total 1468.0 173 188 966 69 13 0 .988 28.6
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.40
F.McGriff 1088.0 127 128 1173 87 9 103 .993 10.42
E.Davis 156.0 18 18 186 7 0 16 1.000 11.13
L.Matuszek 49.0 4 11 51 4 0 5 1.000 10.10
P.O'Brien 38.7 4 5 49 3 0 7 1.000 12.11
J.Orsulak 23.3 3 3 24 3 0 3 1.000 10.42
J.Tamargo 18.7 2 6 20 1 1 2 .955 10.11
R.Kittle 14.0 0 3 15 1 0 0 1.000 10.29
T.Fernandez 13.7 1 7 14 2 0 1 1.000 10.54
M.Lavalliere 4.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
S.Sax 1.7 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42
Team Total 1407.0 159 184 1537 108 10 137 .994 10.52
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
S.Sax 993.7 115 123 212 352 15 72 .974 5.11
S.Dunston 280.0 33 35 58 106 4 23 .976 5.27
T.Fernandez 115.0 11 22 23 42 2 6 .970 5.09
J.Oquendo 13.7 0 8 1 6 0 2 1.000 4.61
S.Babitt 11.0 1 2 1 3 0 1 1.000 3.27
W.Backman 7.0 0 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 5.14
Team Total 1420.3 160 193 296 512 21 104 .975 5.12
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .957 2.65
W.Backman 1237.3 144 147 88 302 17 26 .958 2.84
T.Kennedy 131.0 14 20 8 30 2 1 .950 2.61
S.Sax 17.0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.59
T.Fernandez 12.0 1 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.25
M.Lavalliere 10.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
F.McGriff 9.0 0 4 0 5 0 0 1.000 5.00
J.Oquendo 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 187 98 341 19 27 .959 2.78
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 5.16
S.Dunston 957.7 112 115 133 358 26 60 .950 4.61
T.Fernandez 352.0 38 48 51 131 6 24 .968 4.65
S.Babitt 74.0 8 12 9 35 2 6 .957 5.35
S.Sax 18.0 2 2 3 5 0 0 1.000 4.00
L.Matuszek 6.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Oquendo 5.0 0 3 1 1 0 1 1.000 3.60
W.Backman 4.0 0 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 11.25
D.White 2.7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Kennedy 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 187 198 534 34 92 .956 4.64
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.86
J.Oquendo 995.7 122 122 227 6 6 2 .975 2.11
R.Kittle 159.0 18 20 37 0 0 0 1.000 2.09
T.Kennedy 104.3 12 20 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.98
L.Matuszek 93.3 5 36 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.74
D.White 29.3 2 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
D.Gallagher 18.0 1 5 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00
J.Orsulak 13.7 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
E.Davis 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
Team Total 1420.3 160 222 322 6 6 2 .982 2.08
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.50
J.Orsulak 1005.3 118 125 302 9 3 2 .990 2.78
D.White 374.0 41 59 116 0 0 0 1.000 2.79
D.Gallagher 38.0 1 17 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.84
E.Davis 3.0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 203 431 9 3 2 .993 2.79
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 2.02
R.Kittle 1073.7 122 125 252 5 1 0 .996 2.15
J.Oquendo 172.7 21 21 43 1 0 1 1.000 2.29
T.Kennedy 79.0 9 14 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.37
D.White 41.0 3 12 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.66
J.Orsulak 34.0 4 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 3.18
D.Gallagher 19.0 1 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.42
P.O'Brien 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 183 324 7 1 1 .997 2.10
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.04
B.Tewksbury 211.3 26 42 17 36 0 4 1.000 2.26
S.Fernandez 203.0 32 32 10 34 1 3 .978 1.95
R.Myers 187.0 30 30 7 18 1 1 .962 1.20
G.Nelson 161.0 25 33 13 26 1 3 .975 2.18
S.Fireovid 140.3 27 27 9 15 0 1 1.000 1.54
K.Kobel 139.3 7 42 13 21 1 1 .971 2.20
M.Davis 130.7 5 47 4 20 1 2 .960 1.65
M.Williams 92.3 0 53 4 16 2 0 .909 1.95
D.Henry 66.3 2 64 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.04
R.Scurry 54.7 0 48 2 12 0 1 1.000 2.31
L.Lancaster 29.3 6 6 1 4 0 1 1.000 1.53
J.Verhoeven 5.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1420.3 160 428 82 215 7 18 .977 1.88
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Dunston .296
On-Base Pct Backman .362
Slugging Pct Kittle .488
OPS Kittle .802
XR Kittle 84.3
Games McGriff 156
At-Bats McGriff 586
Runs McGriff 84
Hits Backman 160
Total Bases Kittle 282
Singles Backman 119
Doubles McGriff 36
Triples Orsulak 8
Homeruns Kittle 34
RBIs Kittle 102
Stolen Bases Davis 34
Caught Stealing Backman, Dunston, Sax 8
Walks Backman 78
Strikeouts Kittle 150
ERA Myers 3.13
Wins Fernandez, Kobel 11
Losses Fireovid 15
Winning Pct Kobel .647
Saves Henry 29
Games Pitched Henry 64
Games Started Fernandez 32
Complete Games Nelson, Tewksbury 1
Shutouts No Qualifiers
Innings Pitched Tewksbury 211.3
Hits Allowed Tewksbury 249
Homeruns Allowed Nelson 23
Strikeouts Fernandez 168
Walks Allowed Fernandez 81
Walks per 9IP Tewksbury 1.2
Hits per 9IP Myers 6.6
Strikeouts per 9IP Fernandez 7.4
WHiP Myers 1.09
OAVG Myers .205
OOBP Myers .275
OSLG Myers .345
OOPS Myers .621
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
Kevin Kobel $ 3,500,000
Ron Kittle $ 3,078,571
Steve Fireovid $ 3,057,143
Len Matuszek $ 2,685,714
Wally Backman $ 2,307,143
Rod Scurry $ 1,500,000
Lee Lacy $ 500,000
John Verhoeven $ 450,000
Shooty Babitt $ 350,000
Marvell Wynne $ 350,000
Steve Sax $ 350,000
Pete O'Brien $ 350,000
Terry Kennedy $ 350,000
Albert Williams $ 350,000
Floyd Rayford $ 350,000
Dwayne Henry $ 300,000
Dave Gallagher $ 300,000
Sid Fernandez $ 300,000
Shawon Dunston $ 300,000
Mark Davis $ 300,000
Eric Davis $ 300,000
Tony Fernandez $ 300,000
Les Lancaster $ 300,000
Fred McGriff $ 300,000
Randy Myers $ 300,000
Gene Nelson $ 300,000
Jose Oquendo $ 300,000
Joe Orsulak $ 300,000
Ruben Sierra $ 300,000
Bob Tewksbury $ 300,000
Devon White $ 300,000
Mitch Williams $ 300,000
Mike Lavalliere $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
7/1 Traded John Tamargo Miami Ruben Sierra