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1978 New York Yankees  (1977)  (1979) 87-75, 4th in AL Eastern Division Scored 792 runs, Allowed 636 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .720 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 94 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 89-73   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 100-63 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF *Reggie Jackson       32  153  542   97  157  16   8  29  112  17   8   70  129  .290  .378  .509  107   7.1  4(-2)e5    54  
 3B *Graig Nettles        33  161  592   84  170  27   2  34  119   1   4   68   64  .287  .366  .512  107   6.5  1e11       75  
 1B *Chris Chambliss      29  161  613   74  159  28   5  18   75   0   3   40   51  .259  .306  .409   74   4.3  2e4        12  
 OF *Bobby Murcer         32  134  499   82  133  22   6  10   76   9   2   70   48  .267  .354  .395   72   5.1  2(-2)e6   -30  
 2B  Willie Randolph      24  143  528   94  135  20   9   4   35  27   8   68   48  .256  .350  .350   72   4.6  1e20      -38  
 OF  Lou Piniella         34  108  407   59  143  27   3   3   36   3   2   23   30  .351  .386  .455   71   7.0  3(0)e12    34  
 C   Thurman Munson       31  161  629   64  163  25   2   7   64   1   1   36   65  .259  .301  .339   60   3.3  2(-1)e6   -65  
 2B  Don Money            31  104  380   62  110  11   0  17   51   2   1   17   53  .289  .327  .453   53   5.1  4e14      -21  
 DH *Oscar Gamble         28  114  400   49   96   8   2  11   52   4   3   37   55  .240  .309  .352   46   4.0            -92  
 OF #Roy White            34   83  267   45   72   7   5   7   29   8   2   33   32  .270  .349  .412   39   5.2  3(+3)e2    19  
 SS  Tom Veryzer          25   97  296   24   72   8   3   1   29   0   0    7   31  .243  .261  .301   23   2.6  3e27      -76  
 SS  Bucky Dent           26  101  256   23   64  11   2   2   28   2   0   11   15  .250  .276  .332   23   3.0  2e14        5  
 OF  Jim Wohlford         27   45  117   18   36   6   2   4   18   3   2    5    7  .308  .336  .496   18   5.8  3(+1)e6    91  
 OF *Mickey Rivers        29    6   23    5    8   1   0   3    3   1   0    1    2  .348  .375  .783    7  12.7  2(+1)e10  459  
 OF *Claudell Washington  23   10   38    5   11   1   0   3    9   0   1    2    7  .289  .325  .553    5   4.8  4(+1)e15  223  
 OF *John Hale            24   63   40    5    5   1   0   1    4   0   0    4   13  .125  .205  .225    1   1.2  2(0)e5   -119  
 1B *Jim Spencer          30   13   21    2    3   0   0   1    3   0   0    2    8  .143  .217  .286    1   2.1  1e13     -232  
 C   Mike Heath           23    9   25    0    2   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .080  .115  .080    0    .2  3(-1)e16 -353  
 UT *Jim Mason            27    2    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -456  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           787                   -5

     * - 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 *Ron Guidry           27  26   7  .788  35  35  22   0   0   0  12  296.1  182   71   67  17   66  278  2.03   64   2.0  -43  
  P  Jim Slaton           28  14  12  .538  32  32   8   0   0   0   3  228.1  223  106   96  21   65   95  3.78  107   4.2  -60  
  P  Ed Figueroa          29  13  16  .448  37  37   6   0   0   0   1  273.2  265  114  110  31   84   87  3.62  127   4.2   -5  
  P  Catfish Hunter       32   8   7  .533  20  20   2   0   0   0   1  128.1  132   66   64  17   29   66  4.49   69   4.9   40  
  P  Jim Beattie          24   5   3  .625  18   8   1   7   0   0   0   66.1   67   27   24   5   33   36  3.26   34   4.8  -15  
  P *Sparky Lyle          33   5   4  .556  49   0   0  29   6   6   0   82.1   94   53   44   2   28   29  4.81   41   4.5  -18  
  P  Dick Tidrow          31   5   5  .500  28  13   3  11   1   1   2  117.2  134   57   49   5   34   31  3.75   61   4.8  -16  
  P *Craig Skok           30   3   1  .750  27   0   0  11   2   1   0   38.2   30    9    8   6    9   24  1.86   14   3.4 -136  
  P *Tom Underwood        24   2   2  .500   6   6   1   0   0   0   0   39.2   33   20   15   3   24   30  3.40   20   4.5 -106  
  P *Jim Umbarger         25   2   4  .333  11   8   0   3   0   0   0   53.2   56   26   25   2   20   24  4.19   26   4.3 -118  
  P  Stan Bahnsen         33   2   6  .250  39   0   0  22   3   5   0   66.0   93   54   46  10   33   33  6.27   58   8.0  134  
  P  Wayne Twitchell      30   1   1  .500   3   3   1   0   0   0   0   22.2   20    8    8   3   11    9  3.18   10   4.2 -154  
  P  Enrique Romo         30   1   7  .125  36   0   0  34  18   5   0   40.1   48   21   18   9   10   16  4.02   29   6.5  175  
  P  Bob Kammeyer         27   0   0  .000   5   0   0   1   0   0   0    8.0   15    4    4   1    2    3  4.50    9  10.8  217  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      676        -18

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Thurman Munson 1444 160 160 842 74 11 5 .988 101 35 Mike Heath 18 2 3 22 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chris Chambliss 1443 161 161 1490 130 1 127 .999 10.10 Jim Spencer 16 1 5 13 0 0 1 1.000 7.47 Don Money 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 John Hale 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 27.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Randolph 1187 131 139 380 344 12 88 .984 5.49 Don Money 267 30 35 80 68 3 13 .980 4.99 Mike Heath 8 1 1 4 1 0 1 1.000 5.62 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Graig Nettles 1436 159 159 131 380 14 31 .973 3.20 Don Money 18 2 3 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.00 Jim Mason 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Tom Veryzer 747 86 96 201 221 14 44 .968 5.08 Bucky Dent 702 76 101 196 209 13 44 .969 5.19 Graig Nettles 5 0 2 3 2 1 1 .833 9.00 Don Money 5 0 3 2 1 2 0 .600 5.79 Jim Mason 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Piniella 837 94 95 187 3 9 0 .955 2.04 Roy White 492 55 60 109 4 1 0 .991 2.07 Oscar Gamble 99 11 14 18 1 0 1 1.000 1.73 Jim Wohlford 24 1 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.75 Claudell Washington 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.93 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Mickey Rivers* 1341 150 151 300 13 11 0 .966 2.10 Bobby Murcer* 1046 127 128 228 22 5 6 .980 2.15 Jim Wohlford 208 25 28 41 3 2 0 .957 1.90 John Hale 131 2 58 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.27 Roy White 38 4 7 5 1 0 0 1.000 1.43 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Jackson 1223 148 148 237 10 4 0 .984 1.82 Bobby Murcer 103 1 47 25 0 0 0 1.000 2.19 Claudell Washington 79 9 9 14 0 1 0 .933 1.59 Lou Piniella 19 1 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.95 Roy White 18 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.50 Thurman Munson 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Jim Wohlford 7 0 4 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 John Hale 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1978 Draft

Round 2 (#37):	Oscar Gamble
Round 3 (#58):	Jim Slaton
Round 4 (#79):	Tom Veryzer
Round 5 (#100):	Claudell Washington
Round 6 (#119):	Craig Skok
Round 7 (#136):	Jamie Quirk

Transactions

• 1978-01: acquired John Hale as a free agent
• 1978-02: traded Mickey Rivers, Ken Clay to TEA for Bobby Murcer, Jim Umbarger
• 1978-07: traded Brian Doyle to TEA for Jim Mason
• 1978-18: traded Jim Beattie to SEA for Tom Underwood
• 1978 postseason: released Ed Figueroa, John Hale, Craig Skok

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