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1997 New York Yankees  (1996)  (1998) 96-66, 1st in AL Eastern Division Scored 868 runs, Allowed 783 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .674 Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 94-68   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 96-66 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Defeated Minnesota Twins in Divisional Series, 3 games to 1. Defeated Seattle Mariners in Championship Series, 3 games to 2. Lost to Los Angeles Dodgers in World Series, 4 games to 3.

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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 1B *Tino Martinez        29  162  623  109  196  29   5  45  136   2   0   69   81  .315  .387  .594  141   8.5  2e9        33  
 OF *Paul O'Neill         34  150  568   95  175  33   2  16  100   8   3   85  100  .308  .395  .458  104   6.8  3(-3)e6   -59  
 OF #Bernie Williams      28  150  523   89  157  33   9  22  106  11   4   61   87  .300  .371  .524  101   7.2  1(-1)e3   -57  
 SS  Derek Jeter          23  162  658  102  181  35   8   7   67  25   4   56  117  .275  .343  .384   93   4.8  2e19      -48  
 OF  Chad Curtis          28  105  356   68  100  24   4  12   62  13   4   45   63  .281  .370  .472   64   6.3  2(-1)e7    -1  
 C   Joe Girardi          32  127  402   51  115  27   2   0   37   0   0   23   66  .286  .322  .363   47   4.2  2(0)e1     41  
 3B *Wade Boggs           39  114  374   47  102  12   2   2   27   0   0   41   40  .273  .341  .332   45   4.3  3e10      -97  
 OF  Butch Huskey         25   88  251   38   76  13   1  17   39   3   1   13   38  .303  .336  .566   41   5.9  3(0)e12    80  
 OF #Quinton McCracken    27   91  331   51   90  15   0   0   40  32   9   37   65  .272  .341  .317   41   4.2  3(0)e8    -75  
 OF *Dave Clark           34   45  142   29   47  11   0  10   35   2   0   17   35  .331  .402  .620   36   9.9  4(+1)e18  175  
 2B  Chuck Knoblauch      29   42  176   27   55   7   3   3   17  21   5   14   21  .312  .386  .438   31   6.6  1e12       23  
 DH #Chili Davis          37   30  124   23   37   5   0  16   34   0   0   10   24  .298  .348  .726   30   9.0            178  
 2B #Domingo Cedeno       28   69  216   25   63  10   0   1   22   3   3   19   46  .292  .347  .352   25   4.2  4e32      -35  
 DH  Cecil Fielder        33   56  192   25   43   7   0  11   29   0   0   17   45  .224  .289  .432   24   4.3            -46  
 C  #Jorge Posada         25   63  178   22   41  16   0   3   13   0   1   17   37  .230  .297  .371   19   3.6  3(+1)e1  -100  
 3B  Charlie Hayes        32   76  232   22   41   3   0   8   33   0   1   18   53  .177  .237  .293   15   2.0  2e24     -198  
 2B  Jeff Reboulet        33   53  128   17   30   4   0   2   11   2   0   15   33  .234  .317  .312   14   3.6  3e18       -6  
 DH #Micah Franklin       25   10   27    7   12   2   0   4    8   0   0    4    7  .444  .516  .963   13  24.9            601  
 2B  Tripp Cromer         29   24   61    7   19   1   0   3    5   0   0    3   13  .311  .344  .475    9   5.6  3e23       21  
 2B  Terry Shumpert       30    1    4    1    3   3   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .750  .750 1.500    3  40.5  4e25     1471  
 OF *Carlos Mendoza       22    6   12    2    2   1   0   0    2   0   0    5    3  .167  .450  .250    2   5.9  3(0)e14   -50  
 3B  Scott Brosius        30   11   29    3    5   1   0   1    3   1   0    0    7  .172  .219  .310    2   2.5  2e12      -47  
 3B *Andy Fox             26   11   21    5    5   0   0   0    1   3   2    5    4  .238  .385  .238    2   2.9  4e8        -4  
 DH  Hensley Meulens      30    9   14    2    1   1   0   0    1   0   0    6    4  .071  .333  .143    1   2.6           -486  
 PR *Darryl Strawberry    35    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?           -325  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           914                  -21

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P *Andy Pettitte        25  17   9  .654  36  36   4   0   0   0   1  250.2  265  128  120  15   72  179  4.31  115   4.1   31  
  P  David Cone           34  17   9  .654  28  28   6   0   0   0   1  204.0  175   86   80  19  108  241  3.53   94   4.2    9  
  P *David Wells          34  14  13  .519  35  35   4   0   0   0   0  217.1  283  140  135  36   51  146  5.59  159   6.6   62  
  P *Matt Beech           25  10   6  .625  26  26   4   0   0   0   1  172.2  155   83   77  27   76  158  4.01   91   4.8 -117  
  P  Mariano Rivera       27   7   1  .875  52   0   0  48  37   7   0   60.2   57   23   22   6   14   48  3.26   25   3.8    5  
  P  Ramiro Mendoza       25   7   7  .500  58  10   0  15   4   1   0  139.0  173   81   75  18   33  102  4.86   90   5.9  -10  
  P  Jerry Spradlin       30   4   4  .500  38   0   0  21   2   2   0   54.0   58   25   24   4   13   45  4.00   25   4.1  -80  
  P  Jerry Dipoto         29   4   4  .500  37   0   0  18   1   3   0   51.0   68   31   28   6   14   44  4.94   33   6.0   27  
  P *Kenny Rogers         32   4   6  .400  28  12   0  11   1   0   0   96.0  121   62   54  13   55   63  5.06   78   7.3   43  
  P *Mike Stanton         30   3   1  .750  52   0   0  17   5   0   0   49.0   31   25   22   2   29   57  4.04   15   2.7  -63  
  P  Willie Blair         31   3   2  .600   8   6   1   1   0   0   0   42.2   57   34   29   7   10   19  6.12   30   6.4   53  
  P  Xavier Hernandez     31   2   0 1.000  26   0   0   6   1   0   0   40.2   36   20   20   8   23   23  4.43   23   5.3  -27  
  P *Greg Swindell        32   1   0 1.000   5   0   0   0   0   0   0    7.1    2    0    0   0    2    6  0.00    0    .5 -433  
  P  Tim Worrell          30   1   1  .500   4   4   0   0   0   0   0   22.2   24   14   14   4   19   27  5.56   18   7.2   31  
  P  Brian Boehringer     28   1   1  .500   5   0   0   2   0   0   0    8.1    8    5    5   2    4   11  5.40    5   5.8   78  
  P  Darren Holmes        31   1   1  .500  10   4   0   4   1   0   0   23.2   29   21   21   6   10   17  7.99   18   7.2    9  
  P  Hideki Irabu         28   0   1  .000   1   1   0   0   0   0   0    7.0   11    5    5   3    2    5  6.43    8  11.8   57  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                                      834          1

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Joe Girardi 1018 116 118 911 32 2 5 .998 37 11 Jorge Posada 429 46 58 386 17 0 1 1.000 23 7 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tino Martinez 1434 161 162 1316 115 4 148 .997 8.98 Butch Huskey 9 1 2 6 0 0 1 1.000 6.00 Cecil Fielder 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 Paul O'Neill 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Domingo Cedeno 510 59 64 85 125 15 32 .933 3.71 Chuck Knoblauch 327 38 38 75 88 6 31 .964 4.49 Jeff Reboulet 289 30 41 49 86 6 20 .957 4.21 Charlie Hayes 139 16 20 31 42 1 15 .986 4.73 Tripp Cromer 136 14 21 33 44 2 13 .975 5.10 Terry Shumpert 8 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Wade Boggs 887 102 106 79 158 4 20 .983 2.40 Charlie Hayes 423 45 56 44 76 4 8 .968 2.56 Scott Brosius 49 5 7 4 4 2 0 .800 1.47 Butch Huskey 33 4 5 4 7 1 1 .917 3.00 Domingo Cedeno 29 3 5 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.83 Andy Fox 21 3 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 Jeff Reboulet 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Tripp Cromer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Derek Jeter 1443 162 162 270 527 11 109 .986 4.97 Tripp Cromer 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 6.75 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chad Curtis 767 81 98 152 2 3 0 .981 1.81 Quinton McCracken 476 55 57 73 4 4 0 .951 1.46 Paul O'Neill 43 5 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 Carlos Mendoza 39 6 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.62 Butch Huskey 32 4 4 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Dave Clark 29 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.10 Scott Brosius 27 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.67 Jeff Reboulet 18 2 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 Chili Davis 16 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bernie Williams 1157 129 140 306 11 0 0 1.000 2.47 Quinton McCracken 243 28 31 81 5 2 2 .977 3.19 Chad Curtis 47 5 6 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.34 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Paul O'Neill 1245 140 146 254 14 8 4 .971 1.94 Butch Huskey 193 21 30 36 2 2 0 .950 1.78 Quinton McCracken 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 1 (#24):	Chad Curtis
Round 4 (#88):	Jerry Spradlin
Round 5 (#105):	Jeff Reboulet
Round 6 (#119):	Charlie Hayes
Round 7 (#128):	Dave Clark
Round 8 (#136):	Jerry Dipoto
Round 9 (#140):	Tripp Cromer
Round 10 (#144):	Terry Shumpert

Transactions

• 1997-01: acquired Hensley Meulens as a free agent
• 1997-02: traded Jim Mecir, Curtis Goodwin, Terry Shumpert to CON for Darren Holmes, Quinton McCracken, Domingo Cedeno
• 1997-02: acquired Xavier Hernandez as a free agent
• 1997-03: acquired Micah Franklin as a free agent
• 1997-11: traded Brian Boehringer to FLN for FLN#3
• 1997-11: acquired Tim Worrell as a free agent
• 1997-19: traded NYA#3 to KCA for Chili Davis
• 1997-19: traded Tim Worrell to OAA for Willie Blair
• 1997-19: released Micah Franklin
• 1997-20: traded Cecil Fielder, Domingo Cedeno, Jerry Dipoto, NYA#2 to MNA for Chuck Knoblauch, Greg Swindell
• 1997-21: acquired Carlos Mendoza as a free agent
• 1997 postseason: released Tripp Cromer, Jeff Reboulet

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