1976 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 99-63
Finish: 2nd in AL Players Division Division
Runs Scored: 846
Runs Allowed: 725
Exp W-L: 92-70
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,590,148
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 59-78, 9th in the American League
AA: 71-66, 4th in the American League
A: 60-77, 9th in the American League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 3-4 to Kansas City Royals
 
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 *Curt Blefary 32 154 573 117 165 33 5 31 98 9 7 100 73 .288 .396 .525 .921 113.4 26.8 4.9
3B  George Scott 32 153 630 108 177 40 4 36 123 5 4 44 133 .281 .328 .529 .857 98.1 20.4 4.1
RF #Ken Singleton 29 151 571 92 141 24 5 10 56 0 0 87 111 .247 .347 .359 .706 74.6 12.1 3.7
3B *John Milner 26 152 547 87 146 36 0 26 95 4 1 91 67 .267 .369 .475 .844 95.9 20.9 3.8
C  Tim Hosley 29 144 477 74 134 12 3 16 87 0 0 73 88 .281 .378 .419 .797 72.6 13.8 2.6
1B *Rusty Staub 32 142 475 79 149 30 1 11 65 2 1 58 21 .314 .386 .451 .836 77.8 17.4 0.2
2B  Ron Theobald 32 156 476 45 117 15 0 2 43 1 1 31 62 .246 .294 .290 .584 37.5 1.0 9.3
CF  Amos Otis 29 104 351 51 98 22 3 10 48 9 7 35 48 .279 .344 .444 .788 49.5 9.0 3.2
CF  Cito Gaston 32 115 359 42 101 8 2 8 46 2 2 12 62 .281 .302 .382 .684 39.9 5.5 2.6
2B *Mickey Rivers 27 87 278 31 83 14 10 3 34 12 2 18 14 .299 .340 .453 .793 41.3 8.4 2.4
3B  Al Gallagher 30 100 252 33 69 7 2 5 22 1 1 18 29 .274 .321 .377 .698 28.3 4.0 0.4
CF  Cesar Tovar 35 110 247 17 63 9 2 0 32 2 3 15 23 .255 .297 .308 .604 20.4 0.9 3.8
C *Paul Ratliff 32 85 187 34 41 6 1 13 41 0 0 33 50 .219 .338 .471 .808 32.2 6.0 1.0
LF *Art Shamsky 34 40 91 12 26 5 0 3 17 1 0 10 11 .286 .359 .440 .799 14.6 2.9 0.8
2B  Rennie Stennett 25 71 67 16 11 3 1 1 10 2 3 6 3 .164 .233 .284 .516 4.0 0.0 1.2
CF *Boots Day 28 39 38 8 12 1 0 1 3 1 0 3 1 .316 .366 .421 .787 5.6 1.2 0.3
  Team Totals 30.3 1803 5619 846 1533 265 39 176 820 51 32 634 796 .273 .347 .428 .774 805.9 150.4 44.4
  Rank among 10 AL teams 5 3 3 8 3 2 3 9 3 3 5 3 3 2 2 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 32 18 6 .750 34 34 0 255.3 213 90 26 59 190 3.17 23.8
 Rich Gossage 24 16 6 .727 34 34 0 229.0 165 81 12 108 167 3.18 21.5
*Rob Gardner 31 16 6 .727 35 35 0 227.0 224 91 6 79 126 3.61 17.9
*Billy McCool 31 11 15 .423 33 33 0 212.0 210 123 9 123 158 5.22 7.0
 Bob Reynolds 29 21 14 .600 79 0 18 161.7 176 81 24 52 108 4.51 13.7
*Tug McGraw 31 7 6 .538 18 18 0 120.3 115 62 9 52 77 4.64 6.1
 Bill Bonham 27 9 6 .600 67 0 14 118.0 110 60 4 57 55 4.58 10.3
 Mike Garman 26 1 1 .500 8 5 0 53.0 63 32 2 19 22 5.43 1.2
*Dave Tomlin 27 0 2 .000 34 0 7 46.0 56 31 5 18 16 6.07 0.7
*Ken Frailing 28 0 1 .000 19 0 2 31.3 42 25 5 9 18 7.18 0.0
Team Totals 28.6 99 63 .611 361 159 41 1453.6 1374 676 102 576 937 4.19 102.2
Rank among 10 AL teams 2 2 1 2 4 3 2 4 5 3 4  
* - 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 31.7
T.Hosley 1158.7 127 138 777 50 13 1 .985 20.6
P.Ratliff 295.0 35 38 204 15 1 0 .995 28.6
Team Total 1453.7 162 176 981 65 14 1 .987 22.2
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.45
C.Blefary 1300.3 146 147 1457 91 7 116 .995 10.71
R.Staub 45.0 5 7 46 2 0 6 1.000 9.60
P.Ratliff 42.0 5 6 38 1 0 3 1.000 8.36
A.Gallagher 9.0 1 1 8 0 1 1 .889 8.00
A.Shamsky 8.3 1 1 8 1 0 0 1.000 9.76
G.Scott 4.3 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 8.31
R.Stennett 4.0 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 15.75
C.Gaston 4.0 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25
K.Singleton 2.0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1.000 9.00
J.Milner 2.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50
Team Total 1421.0 158 173 1578 95 8 128 .995 10.60
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 5.79
M.Rivers 555.6 54 61 110 214 6 45 .982 5.25
C.Tovar 459.0 56 60 101 176 6 41 .979 5.43
A.Gallagher 125.7 9 36 18 39 3 6 .950 4.08
R.Theobald 113.0 13 13 26 51 1 9 .987 6.13
R.Stennett 74.0 8 17 17 24 2 5 .953 4.99
Team Total 1327.3 140 187 272 504 18 106 .977 5.26
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 2.84
G.Scott 1323.3 148 149 98 291 12 23 .970 2.65
P.Ratliff 72.0 8 9 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.38
A.Gallagher 10.0 1 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60
A.Shamsky 8.3 1 1 1 3 0 0 1.000 4.34
K.Singleton 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
R.Stennett 3.3 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70
Team Total 1421.0 158 167 101 309 12 23 .972 2.60
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .972 5.18
R.Theobald 1120.7 136 143 141 430 7 64 .988 4.59
C.Tovar 226.0 21 48 33 88 1 19 .992 4.82
R.Stennett 104.0 5 35 17 38 0 9 1.000 4.76
C.Gaston 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
C.Blefary 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Shamsky 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.9 162 228 191 556 8 92 .989 4.63
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 1.94
K.Singleton 1227.7 142 149 299 9 16 1 .951 2.26
C.Gaston 124.0 13 20 23 1 0 1 1.000 1.74
M.Rivers 65.9 4 16 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.05
B.Day 29.0 2 8 8 1 1 0 .900 2.79
J.Milner 16.0 0 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81
C.Blefary 10.0 0 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90
A.Shamsky 8.5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.06
Team Total 1481.1 162 207 352 11 17 2 .955 2.21
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 2.43
A.Otis 845.7 97 102 241 0 1 0 .996 2.56
C.Gaston 474.7 58 61 143 2 5 0 .967 2.75
A.Shamsky 188.2 29 31 52 1 0 1 1.000 2.53
B.Day 63.0 3 22 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
M.Rivers 41.1 4 5 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.19
C.Tovar 3.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
K.Singleton 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Staub 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1618.7 191 226 459 3 6 1 .987 2.57
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.98
J.Milner 1249.7 142 142 286 5 2 1 .993 2.10
C.Gaston 128.0 14 17 30 1 0 0 1.000 2.18
R.Staub 40.0 3 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58
K.Singleton 10.0 1 2 1 1 0 1 1.000 1.80
C.Tovar 6.0 0 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
A.Shamsky 5.5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
Team Total 1439.2 161 174 327 7 2 2 .994 2.09
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.98
M.Murakami 255.3 34 34 21 44 0 3 1.000 2.29
R.Gossage 229.0 34 34 11 38 0 4 1.000 1.93
R.Gardner 227.0 35 35 13 40 3 4 .946 2.10
B.McCool 212.0 33 33 10 28 1 1 .974 1.61
B.Reynolds 161.7 0 79 4 22 0 1 1.000 1.45
T.McGraw 120.3 18 18 5 15 1 1 .952 1.50
B.Bonham 118.0 0 67 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.37
M.Garman 53.0 5 8 6 7 1 1 .929 2.21
D.Tomlin 46.0 0 34 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.37
K.Frailing 31.3 0 19 1 9 0 1 1.000 2.87
Team Total 1453.6 159 361 78 221 6 17 .980 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Staub .314
On-Base Pct Blefary .396
Slugging Pct Scott .529
OPS Blefary .921
XR Blefary 113.4
Games Theobald 156
At-Bats Scott 630
Runs Blefary 117
Hits Scott 177
Total Bases Scott 333
Singles Staub 107
Doubles Scott 40
Triples Rivers 10
Homeruns Scott 36
RBIs Scott 123
Stolen Bases Rivers 12
Caught Stealing Blefary, Otis 7
Walks Blefary 100
Strikeouts Scott 133
ERA Murakami 3.17
Wins Reynolds 21
Losses McCool 15
Winning Pct Murakami .750
Saves Reynolds 18
Games Pitched Reynolds 79
Games Started Gardner 35
Complete Games Murakami 6
Shutouts Murakami 1
Innings Pitched Murakami 255.3
Hits Allowed Gardner 224
Homeruns Allowed Murakami 26
Strikeouts Murakami 190
Walks Allowed McCool 123
Walks per 9IP Murakami 2.1
Hits per 9IP Gossage 6.5
Strikeouts per 9IP McCool 6.7
WHiP Murakami 1.07
OAVG Gossage .202
OOBP Murakami .273
OSLG Gossage .299
OOPS Gossage .596
Team All-Stars
Curt Blefary
Rich Gossage
Tim Hosley
George Scott
Player Salaries
Curt Blefary $ 8,600,000
George Scott $ 6,350,000
Amos Otis $ 5,750,000
Masanori Murakami $ 5,500,000
Rusty Staub $ 5,500,000
Billy McCool $ 5,150,000
Rich Gossage $ 3,700,000
John Milner $ 3,407,143
Ken Singleton $ 3,357,143
Rob Gardner $ 3,240,000
Bob Reynolds $ 2,570,000
Tim Hosley $ 2,550,000
Cito Gaston $ 2,500,000
Mickey Rivers $ 1,450,000
Ron Theobald $ 1,450,000
Bill Bonham $ 1,137,143
Tug McGraw $ 800,000
Cesar Tovar $ 750,000
Dave Tomlin $ 382,857
Boots Day $ 350,000
Rennie Stennett $ 300,000
Al Gallagher $ 300,000
Ken Frailing $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
6/1 Traded Mike Garman
Art Shamsky
Los Angeles Amos Otis
Mickey Rivers
Tug Mcgraw
10/23 Released Paul Ratliff