1989 New York (A) Yankees
Record: 73-87
Finish: 3rd in AL East Division
Runs Scored: 710
Runs Allowed: 752
Exp W-L: 76-84
 
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,615,181
Manager: Jason Spiegel

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 73-64, 3rd in the American League
AA: 74-63, 3rd in the American League
A: 63-74, 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
1B #Wally Backman 29 155 568 78 163 41 4 7 46 11 4 71 88 .287 .367 .410 .777 81.5 15.9 3.3
LF  Ron Kittle 31 153 587 80 161 29 1 24 91 0 0 47 168 .274 .328 .450 .778 83.4 14.8 1.1
2B #Jose Oquendo 25 156 548 71 141 30 4 3 48 20 6 62 43 .257 .330 .343 .673 65.6 9.1 3.4
DH  Eric Davis 27 135 502 78 127 24 3 20 79 24 12 57 97 .253 .330 .432 .763 69.2 10.5 2.2
SS  Shawon Dunston 26 144 522 53 135 37 2 11 56 6 2 14 94 .259 .278 .400 .678 56.7 7.5 3.0
3B *Fred McGriff 25 129 460 70 125 35 0 22 83 0 0 77 107 .272 .379 .491 .871 83.4 18.1 2.5
C *Mike Lavalliere 28 138 452 42 113 20 0 7 55 0 2 72 34 .250 .353 .341 .694 56.4 8.1 6.4
RF *Joe Orsulak 27 118 357 34 91 17 3 3 47 10 3 29 17 .255 .316 .345 .661 37.2 4.4 3.2
2B  Matt Williams 23 97 335 41 70 23 1 10 31 2 0 12 64 .209 .241 .373 .614 27.7 1.5 1.5
RF #Ruben Sierra 23 101 272 29 54 17 0 6 23 2 0 24 56 .199 .266 .327 .593 23.8 0.9 1.4
C *Terry Kennedy 33 82 205 21 53 16 1 3 21 1 0 15 43 .259 .309 .390 .699 23.6 3.7 2.1
CF  Albert Belle 22 54 199 25 49 16 0 11 31 0 2 21 41 .246 .321 .492 .814 27.9 4.6 1.6
2B #Gregg Jefferies 21 45 153 19 47 15 1 6 25 1 0 3 7 .307 .314 .536 .850 23.1 4.5 0.7
CF #Devon White 26 56 134 18 36 10 2 2 21 5 0 11 27 .269 .320 .418 .738 17.2 2.8 0.7
SS  Shooty Babitt 30 79 120 22 30 5 2 1 16 7 5 7 10 .250 .287 .350 .637 12.4 1.1 0.9
2B  Steve Sax 29 56 65 18 14 3 0 0 3 5 3 4 10 .215 .261 .262 .522 2.8 0.0 0.5
1B *Len Matuszek 34 36 37 4 12 2 1 0 9 0 0 1 3 .324 .342 .432 .775 4.4 0.8 0.0
1B *Pete O'Brien 31 25 22 4 7 0 0 0 5 1 0 3 3 .318 .400 .318 .718 3.0 0.5 0.0
SS #Tony Fernandez 27 6 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.2 0.0 0.1
P  Gregg Olson 22 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.0 1767 5546 710 1429 341 25 136 693 95 39 530 914 .258 .323 .402 .725 699.5 108.9 34.5
  Rank among 12 AL teams 3 8 7 4 11 6 8 4 9 2 6 7 6 7 7 6  
* - 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
*Kevin Kobel 35 13 11 .542 34 34 0 219.3 217 85 21 41 135 3.49 15.2
 Dwayne Henry 27 8 14 .364 34 34 0 190.3 170 90 10 97 139 4.26 7.8
*Randy Myers 26 7 15 .318 35 35 0 190.0 171 96 18 84 179 4.55 7.5
 Bob Tewksbury 28 10 8 .556 28 28 0 183.3 208 85 12 41 64 4.17 10.6
*Ricky Horton 29 7 11 .389 30 26 1 163.3 163 72 15 43 95 3.97 9.1
*Drew Hall 26 6 6 .500 70 1 3 152.3 159 91 19 85 92 5.38 3.3
 Steve Fireovid 32 7 5 .583 72 0 5 118.7 146 67 12 37 57 5.08 5.0
*Mark Davis 28 6 6 .500 63 1 3 114.3 99 58 9 64 116 4.57 6.0
 Gregg Olson 22 8 9 .471 66 0 25 87.0 79 42 9 43 70 4.34 9.8
*Rod Scurry 33 1 1 .500 8 0 0 13.0 7 4 1 5 15 2.77 1.3
*Sid Fernandez 26 0 1 .000 1 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 2 1 4.50 0.0
Team Totals 28.4 73 87 .456 441 160 37 1433.6 1421 691 126 542 963 4.34 75.6
Rank among 12 AL teams 10 10 9 10 5 8 6 10 9 6 10  
* - 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 .991 30.8
M.Lavalliere 1127.3 126 128 786 49 5 1 .994 29.3
T.Kennedy 303.3 34 38 207 17 2 1 .991 35.7
R.Sierra 3.0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1433.7 160 167 996 66 7 2 .993 30.5
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.30
F.McGriff 859.3 98 102 1012 60 7 75 .994 11.23
W.Backman 446.7 51 51 484 40 2 39 .996 10.56
R.Sierra 57.0 6 9 64 4 0 3 1.000 10.74
J.Orsulak 24.0 3 3 27 0 0 5 1.000 10.13
P.O'Brien 16.0 1 5 19 2 0 3 1.000 11.81
S.Sax 11.0 0 8 14 0 0 1 1.000 11.45
G.Jefferies 7.0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 5.14
E.Davis 7.0 0 2 10 2 0 1 1.000 15.43
L.Matuszek 2.7 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38
R.Kittle 2.0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
T.Fernandez 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1433.7 160 188 1637 109 9 127 .995 10.96
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 5.72
W.Backman 812.0 95 98 170 339 21 60 .960 5.64
J.Oquendo 409.0 48 49 81 173 0 38 1.000 5.59
S.Sax 118.7 10 22 23 58 0 9 1.000 6.14
S.Babitt 42.0 3 13 10 12 1 5 .957 4.71
G.Jefferies 31.0 3 5 3 17 1 0 .952 5.81
T.Fernandez 16.0 1 4 4 6 0 2 1.000 5.63
S.Dunston 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
M.Williams 2.0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1433.7 160 193 292 607 23 114 .975 5.64
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 2.54
M.Williams 804.3 97 97 52 188 15 15 .941 2.69
F.McGriff 215.7 25 26 23 48 1 4 .986 2.96
T.Kennedy 169.0 17 30 12 35 4 3 .922 2.50
G.Jefferies 121.3 14 15 2 30 0 2 1.000 2.37
S.Babitt 55.3 5 13 6 13 0 0 1.000 3.09
S.Sax 39.3 2 13 0 7 1 0 .875 1.60
M.Lavalliere 13.0 0 6 0 5 0 0 1.000 3.46
J.Oquendo 12.7 0 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.71
W.Backman 2.0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00
T.Fernandez 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1433.6 160 206 95 328 22 24 .951 2.66
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 5.16
S.Dunston 1211.7 142 143 186 468 24 82 .965 4.86
S.Babitt 209.0 18 39 24 98 5 11 .961 5.25
W.Backman 8.0 0 2 4 5 0 1 1.000 10.13
J.Oquendo 5.0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60
Team Total 1433.7 160 186 214 573 29 94 .964 4.94
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 1.77
R.Sierra 485.0 58 63 89 4 0 1 1.000 1.73
R.Kittle 456.0 51 53 89 6 2 0 .979 1.88
D.White 218.0 26 28 46 2 0 0 1.000 1.98
G.Jefferies 171.0 19 22 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.53
J.Orsulak 60.7 4 14 10 2 0 1 1.000 1.78
T.Kennedy 19.3 1 6 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.47
L.Matuszek 17.7 1 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.51
E.Davis 5.0 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 7.20
J.Oquendo 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.7 160 196 269 14 2 2 .993 1.78
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.35
J.Orsulak 644.3 73 78 199 10 0 4 1.000 2.92
A.Belle 464.7 52 52 127 3 3 1 .977 2.52
E.Davis 235.7 27 27 62 2 2 1 .970 2.44
D.White 85.0 8 16 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.38
R.Sierra 4.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25
Team Total 1433.7 160 175 401 16 5 6 .988 2.62
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.91
J.Oquendo 829.7 96 99 167 5 0 1 1.000 1.87
E.Davis 449.7 50 53 101 5 1 1 .991 2.12
R.Sierra 58.0 7 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.71
J.Orsulak 50.0 5 8 13 1 0 0 1.000 2.52
T.Kennedy 22.0 2 6 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
D.White 16.3 0 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.65
R.Kittle 6.0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50
A.Belle 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.7 160 186 300 11 1 2 .997 1.95
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 1.97
K.Kobel 219.3 34 34 18 38 2 3 .966 2.30
D.Henry 190.3 34 34 17 31 0 1 1.000 2.27
R.Myers 190.0 35 35 7 25 1 4 .970 1.52
B.Tewksbury 183.3 28 28 11 24 0 3 1.000 1.72
R.Horton 163.3 26 30 12 27 2 1 .951 2.15
D.Hall 152.3 1 70 9 27 2 1 .947 2.13
S.Fireovid 118.7 0 72 8 18 0 1 1.000 1.97
M.Davis 114.3 1 63 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.26
G.Olson 87.0 0 66 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.45
R.Scurry 13.0 0 8 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.69
S.Fernandez 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1433.6 160 441 89 214 7 14 .977 1.90
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Backman .287
On-Base Pct McGriff .379
Slugging Pct McGriff .491
OPS McGriff .871
XR Kittle 83.4
Games Oquendo 156
At-Bats Kittle 587
Runs Kittle 80
Hits Backman 163
Total Bases Kittle 264
Singles Backman 111
Doubles Backman 41
Triples Backman, Oquendo 4
Homeruns Kittle 24
RBIs Kittle 91
Stolen Bases Davis 24
Caught Stealing Davis 12
Walks McGriff 77
Strikeouts Kittle 168
ERA Kobel 3.49
Wins Kobel 13
Losses Myers 15
Winning Pct Tewksbury .556
Saves Olson 25
Games Pitched Fireovid 72
Games Started Myers 35
Complete Games Kobel, Tewksbury 3
Shutouts Horton, Kobel, Tewksbury 1
Innings Pitched Kobel 219.3
Hits Allowed Kobel 217
Homeruns Allowed Kobel 21
Strikeouts Myers 179
Walks Allowed Henry 97
Walks per 9IP Kobel 1.7
Hits per 9IP Henry 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Myers 8.5
WHiP Kobel 1.18
OAVG Henry .234
OOBP Kobel .291
OSLG Henry .346
OOPS Henry .672
Team All-Stars
Fred McGriff
Player Salaries
Ron Kittle $ 8,500,000
Wally Backman $ 4,000,000
Eric Davis $ 3,364,286
Jose Oquendo $ 2,435,714
Dwayne Henry $ 2,325,714
Randy Myers $ 1,971,429
Joe Orsulak $ 1,900,000
Shawon Dunston $ 1,707,143
Mike Lavalliere $ 1,621,429
Bob Tewksbury $ 1,550,000
Rod Scurry $ 1,500,000
Bob Welch $ 1,000,001
Steve Sax $ 978,571
Kevin Kobel $ 816,000
Len Matuszek $ 750,000
Terry Kennedy $ 655,714
Steve Fireovid $ 512,000
Devon White $ 350,000
Gene Nelson $ 350,000
Shooty Babitt $ 350,000
Pete O'Brien $ 350,000
Mark Davis $ 350,000
Floyd Rayford $ 350,000
Tony Fernandez $ 350,000
Albert Belle $ 300,000
Ruben Sierra $ 300,000
Gregg Olson $ 300,000
Fred McGriff $ 300,000
Ricky Horton $ 300,000
Gregg Jefferies $ 300,000
Matt Williams $ 300,000
Drew Hall $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/4 Traded Charlie Hayes
Wilson Alvarez
Cleveland (A) Albert Belle
5/1 Released Sid Fernandez