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1979 New York Yankees  (1978)  (1980) 80-82, 4th in AL Eastern Division Scored 753 runs, Allowed 875 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-93 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .687 Park Factor: Batting - 101 / Pitching - 101 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 82-80   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-71 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       33  142  496   91  134  20   4  24   89   7   7   72  120  .270  .364  .472   87   6.1  4(-2)e5   -90  
 2B  Willie Randolph      25  157  616   97  167  13  14   8   57  26  10   82   46  .271  .358  .377   86   4.8  2e14       -7  
 3B *Graig Nettles        34  148  528   64  150  21   0  20   75   0   0   47   49  .284  .340  .438   78   5.4  1e18       52  
 OF *Oscar Gamble         29   96  303   53   98  14   1  15   58   6   3   44   32  .323  .412  .525   67   8.5  4(0)e12  -128  
 OF  Lou Piniella         35  120  452   55  144  22   5  12   72   3   1   14   33  .319  .343  .469   66   5.3  3(0)e6     67  
 1B *Chris Chambliss      30  112  449   61  121  27   1  11   43   3   1   30   47  .269  .320  .408   58   4.7  2e9       -34  
 OF *Claudell Washington  24  114  382   53  114  31   4   8   51  15   7   15   66  .298  .322  .463   50   4.7  4(+1)e10    9  
 1B #Pete Rose            38   48  190   40   72  16   2   3   26   4   2   27   12  .379  .457  .532   47  10.3  4e8       140  
 OF *Bobby Murcer         33   98  280   34   79   9   1  10   41   0   0   26   34  .282  .345  .429   42   5.3  4(-2)e7    14  
 1B *Jim Spencer          31   89  263   36   62  13   1  14   48   0   0   23   32  .236  .293  .452   34   4.5  1e12     -215  
 C   Thurman Munson       32  122  418   36   97  15   2   4   52   0   2   30   48  .232  .282  .306   33   2.6  2(-2)e11 -126  
 SS  Bucky Dent           27  142  370   30   76  13   1   2   26   0   0   23   33  .205  .251  .262   26   2.2  2e21      -60  
 OF *Larry Harlow         27   69  203   31   39   7   2   0   16   0   2   38   42  .192  .327  .246   18   2.9  3(0)e11   -83  
 OF  Jim Wohlford         28   62  165   22   41   7   1   0    9   5   1    9   33  .248  .286  .303   14   2.8  3(+1)e14  -67  
 C   Mike Heath           24   65  194   13   37   4   0   1   18   0   1   12   17  .191  .251  .227   11   1.9  3(+1)e16 -148  
 OF  Darryl Jones         28   12   44    8   17   8   1   0    7   0   0    1    6  .386  .413  .614   11  11.4  4(+1)e25  337  
 3B  Don Money            32   54  123    8   23   6   0   1    4   0   0   22   19  .187  .315  .260   10   2.7  3e8       -92  
 SS *Jamie Quirk          24   34   60   13   21   3   0   0    4   0   0    4   13  .350  .391  .400    8   5.4  4e88       -5  
 SS  Tom Veryzer          26   42   83    5   14   2   0   0    5   0   0    3   10  .169  .207  .193    3   1.2  3e21     -133  
 SS  Damaso Garcia        22    6   19    1    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    0    2  .263  .263  .263    1   1.9  4e52      -26  
 DH #Bobby Brown          25    2    4    0    2   0   0   0    2   1   1    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   5.7            462  
 OF #Roy White            35    7   12    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    1  .083  .154  .083    0    .5  3(+3)e2  -341  
 C   Rick Cerone          25    5    9    1    0   0   0   0    1   0   0    1    1  .000  .091  .000    0    .2  3(-1)e8  -561  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           761                  -38

     * - 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 *Tommy John           36  20  13  .606  37  37  21   0   0   0   3  298.2  288  119  109  14   78  144  3.28  116   3.5  -24  
  P *Ron Guidry           28  16  12  .571  35  33  15   1   1   0   3  250.1  244  130  121  27   80  216  4.35  121   4.3   40  
  P *Pete Falcone         25  12  11  .522  28  28   3   0   0   0   0  193.0  222  132  125  35   75  111  5.83  139   6.6   31  
  P *Tom Underwood        25   9  17  .346  33  33   7   0   0   0   1  241.2  249  139  131  27  119  148  4.88  141   5.2   17  
  P  Ron Davis            23   7   5  .583  49   0   0  45  16   3   0   69.2   74   35   33   8   14   33  4.26   34   4.5    3  
  P  Frank LaCorte        27   5   1  .833  16   0   0   7   0   2   0   36.2   28   17   11   1   18   38  2.70   13   3.2 -162  
  P  Stan Bahnsen         34   4   2  .667  51   0   0  26   5   4   0   67.1   53   33   32  11   26   49  4.28   27   3.6   -2  
  P  Paul Hartzell        25   4   5  .444  35   8   1  19   2   0   0  114.2  162   94   82  12   45   26  6.44   90   7.0   63  
  P  Jesse Jefferson      30   1   0 1.000   6   0   0   1   0   1   0   15.2   16   10    7   3    4    5  4.02    8   4.6 -101  
  P  Phil Huffman         21   1   4  .200   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   38.2   51   33   29   8   19   15  6.75   34   8.0   50  
  P  Catfish Hunter       33   1  10  .091  16  16   1   0   0   0   0   85.0  139   85   79  19   35   29  8.36   91   9.7  133  
  P *Rich Hinton          32   0   1  .000  20   0   0   9   1   0   0   29.0   42   22   16   2   12   16  4.97   20   6.1    0  
  P *Mickey Lolich        38   0   1  .000  16   0   0   6   0   0   0   26.2   35   26   15   2   10    8  5.06   19   6.2  -31  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      858         19

     * - 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 999 109 118 663 45 8 4 .989 18 18 Mike Heath 429 50 52 256 21 3 2 .989 22 14 Rick Cerone 25 3 4 8 0 1 0 .889 1 0 Jamie Quirk 14 0 4 8 1 0 0 1.000 0 1 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chris Chambliss* 950 108 108 919 84 4 79 .996 9.50 Jim Spencer 579 62 70 582 41 0 68 1.000 9.69 Pete Rose* 556 63 63 546 45 5 42 .992 9.57 Don Money 3 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 12.00 Thurman Munson 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Willie Randolph 1360 150 154 405 417 14 109 .983 5.44 Don Money 107 12 16 36 27 0 13 1.000 5.30 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Graig Nettles 1288 143 148 132 264 19 37 .954 2.77 Don Money 167 19 23 17 36 0 4 1.000 2.86 Mike Heath 11 0 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.82 Jamie Quirk 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bucky Dent 1062 116 142 190 443 15 72 .977 5.36 Tom Veryzer 240 27 42 36 97 3 18 .978 4.98 Jamie Quirk 121 13 26 23 40 12 6 .840 4.67 Damaso Garcia 43 6 6 5 19 6 3 .800 5.02 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Lou Piniella 777 86 96 176 12 3 1 .984 2.18 Reggie Jackson 256 31 31 54 3 2 0 .966 2.00 Oscar Gamble 206 25 28 53 5 0 1 1.000 2.53 Claudell Washington 83 8 17 18 0 0 0 1.000 1.95 Jim Wohlford 47 2 14 16 0 0 0 1.000 3.09 Mike Heath 31 3 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.61 Darryl Jones 26 3 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.73 Roy White 22 2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 Larry Harlow 12 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75 Bobby Murcer 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.17 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Larry Harlow 459 52 60 135 7 5 0 .966 2.79 Claudell Washington 401 49 49 115 2 3 0 .975 2.62 Jim Wohlford 320 32 43 89 1 3 0 .968 2.53 Bobby Murcer 279 28 38 67 1 1 0 .986 2.20 Bobby Brown 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Reggie Jackson 542 62 64 126 8 3 1 .978 2.22 Bobby Murcer 380 41 57 89 3 0 0 1.000 2.18 Claudell Washington 270 27 44 52 1 2 1 .964 1.77 Lou Piniella 209 24 27 48 3 3 1 .944 2.20 Oscar Gamble 59 7 7 14 2 1 0 .941 2.43 Mike Heath 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1979 Draft

Round 1 (#14):	Tommy John
Round 2 (#33):	Mike Heath
Round 3 (#52):	Pete Falcone
Round 4 (#70):	Paul Hartzell
Round 5 (#85):	Frank LaCorte
Round 6 (#101):	Larry Harlow

Transactions

• 1979-13: acquired Rich Hinton as a free agent
• 1979-15: acquired Mickey Lolich as a free agent
• 1979-17: traded Damaso Garcia, Brad Gulden, Jerry Narron to TOA for Rick Cerone, Jesse Jefferson, Phil Huffman
• 1979-17: traded Chris Chambliss to ATN for Pete Rose

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