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1989 New York Yankees  (1988)  (1990) 74-88, 5th in AL Eastern Division Scored 766 runs, Allowed 759 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .681 Park Factor: Batting - 95 / Pitching - 95 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 74-88   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 74-87 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
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 2B  Steve Sax            29  161  676  124  227  28   3   9   70  76  13   56   44  .336  .385  .426  119   6.4  3e10       60  
 1B *Don Mattingly        28  161  660   84  198  35   1  19  104   6   2   50   36  .300  .344  .442   97   5.3  1e8       -41  
 OF  Jesse Barfield       29  152  559   90  128  21   0  32  114   6   4   74  160  .229  .318  .438   80   4.8  1(-5)e11   -4  
 OF  Roberto Kelly        24  142  452   68  133  14   2  12   55  48  15   48   84  .294  .373  .414   73   5.6  2(-1)e7     1  
 OF *Luis Polonia         25  115  447   68  141  20   4   5   35  26  13   28   46  .315  .358  .412   65   5.4  4(+1)e7    44  
 3B  Mike Gallego         28  123  342   40   98  18   2   6   51   7   8   25   37  .287  .334  .404   45   4.6  2e8        83  
 OF *Terry Puhl           33  125  364   43   95  26   1   0   28  12   8   48   41  .261  .346  .338   43   4.0  2(0)e0    -33  
 3B *Darrell Evans        42   96  289   33   65  12   1  12   38   2   0   43   46  .225  .322  .398   39   4.6  4e31       62  
 C  *Steve Lyons          29   85  252   32   74  13   1   1   25   6   4   23   28  .294  .351  .365   32   4.6  4(+3)e16   61  
 DH  Steve Balboni        32   95  306   32   64   8   4  10   38   0   0   28   87  .209  .276  .359   28   3.0           -121  
 DH *Dion James           26   60  176   14   57   9   0   1   22   0   3   12   16  .324  .363  .392   22   4.8             26  
 SS  Randy Velarde        26   32  104   12   41   2   3   0   14   0   0    8   11  .394  .439  .471   22   9.0  4e33       41  
 OF  Gary Ward            35   51  144   18   37   6   2   5   22   1   2   14   33  .257  .319  .431   18   4.4  3(+1)e4    46  
 SS  Kevin Elster         24   40  131   17   38   9   0   3   19   2   1    7   20  .290  .324  .427   17   4.5  2e18      108  
 SS  Eric Yelding         24   61  149   21   36   6   0   0   13  21   5   11   33  .242  .302  .282   13   2.9  4e21       39  
 SS #Curtis Wilkerson     28   34  100   12   29   5   2   2   14   5   4    8   21  .290  .339  .440   13   4.4  4e19      189  
 C   Bob Geren            27   32   87    8   25   1   0   3   14   0   0    7   21  .287  .337  .402   12   5.3  3(-1)e6   -43  
 C   Rick Cerone          35   75  182   20   33   6   0   3   24   0   0   15   20  .181  .250  .264   11   2.1  3(+2)e10 -151  
 UT #Luis Quinones        27   14   37    6   10   4   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .270  .308  .378    4   4.5            -26  
 OF #Albert Hall          31    8   26    5    4   1   2   0    1   3   0    7    3  .154  .333  .346    3   4.4  3(+1)e25  126  
 C   Jody Davis           32   38   95    6   12   3   0   1   11   0   0    8   23  .126  .190  .189    3   1.0  4(-1)e5  -109  
 3B  Mike Blowers         24   18   40    1    9   1   0   0    4   0   0    4    8  .225  .295  .250    3   2.8  4e62      -35  
 OF  Bob Brower           29   19   37    6    4   0   0   2    5   0   0    5   10  .108  .209  .270    2   1.7  2(+1)e16 -176  
 OF  Lance Blankenship    25   14   48    4    8   1   0   0    4   0   2    2   13  .167  .196  .188    1   1.0  4(0)e6   -205  
 OF *Curt Ford            28    3    7    2    1   1   0   0    0   0   0    4    2  .143  .455  .286    1   6.2  3(0)e7    153  
 3B  Vic Rodriguez        27    4   10    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4e59     -1091  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           777                    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  Doyle Alexander      38  12  11  .522  28  28   5   0   0   0   2  187.0  187   93   85  14   90   78  4.09   97   4.7  -91  
  P *John Candelaria      35   9   9  .500  25  25   2   0   0   0   0  159.0  166   72   64  25   31  124  3.62   79   4.5  -36  
  P *Lee Guetterman       30   7   5  .583  58   0   0  27   3   5   0   91.0   99   35   28   4   23   51  2.77   41   4.0    9  
  P *Steve Rosenberg      24   7   7  .500  25  17   0   4   0   0   0  111.2  120   54   54  11   44   69  4.35   65   5.4  -27  
  P  Melido Perez         23   7  12  .368  30  30   2   0   0   0   0  165.0  192  117  105  20   87  124  5.73  116   6.4   -1  
  P  Pete Smith           23   5  13  .278  25  25   1   0   0   0   0  147.2  181   81   73  14   61  128  4.45   96   5.9   33  
  P *Greg Cadaret         27   4   4  .500  46   8   1  16   0   2   0  109.1   96   52   45  10   64   76  3.70   56   4.6  -51  
  P  Roger McDowell       28   4   7  .364  69   0   0  34  16   7   0   93.2   82   46   39   7   37   61  3.75   39   3.8   15  
  P *Tim Birtsas          28   3   1  .750  14   0   0   8   1   2   0   25.2   21    8    7   1    3   23  2.45    8   2.8 -131  
  P *Rick Honeycutt       35   3   2  .600  36   0   0  21   8   3   0   39.2   29   10    9   3   14   36  2.04   11   2.6    0  
  P  Mike Maddux          27   2   0 1.000   6   1   0   2   0   0   0   13.0   18    3    2   0    2    5  1.38    8   5.8  -20  
  P  Edwin Nunez          26   2   0 1.000   9   0   0   7   1   0   0    9.1   10    6    6   0    6    9  5.79    4   4.9  -71  
  P  Clay Parker          26   2   1  .667   7   7   0   0   0   0   0   41.0   40   11   10   2   14   20  2.20   15   3.5  -79  
  P  Tim Leary            30   2   3  .400  10   7   0   0   0   1   0   46.2   66   40   35  10   13   27  6.75   40   7.7  186  
  P *Scott Bailes         27   2   4  .333  39   5   0  13   0   1   0   99.1  119   50   49   9   26   34  4.44   59   5.5   35  
  P  Ed Wojna             28   1   0 1.000  23   0   0  10   2   1   0   37.0   38    3    3   0   12   14  0.73   14   3.5  -33  
  P  Jose Cano            27   1   1  .500   4   3   0   0   0   0   0   23.2   23   12   12   0    6    6  4.56    8   3.2 -119  
  P  Rich Monteleone      26   1   1  .500  26   0   0   5   1   2   0   33.2   35   20   19   2   10   23  5.08   14   3.9  -25  
  P  Dave Eiland          23   0   1  .000   1   1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0   20   13   10   2    3    1 11.25   14  14.7  353  
  P  Julio Machado        23   0   1  .000   6   0   0   2   0   1   0    9.2   11    6    6   1    1    6  5.59    5   5.2  209  
  P *Dave Dravecky        33   0   2  .000   2   2   1   0   0   0   0   14.0   15   10   10   5    1    2  6.43    8   5.5  242  
  P  Charles Hudson       30   0   3  .000   3   3   0   0   0   0   0   11.0   22   17   17   3    8    2 13.91   17  14.0  265  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                                      824         -7

     * - 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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Steve Lyons 544 64 72 371 33 23 3 .946 73 22 Rick Cerone 453 46 70 304 24 8 4 .976 43 14 Jody Davis 267 31 38 197 6 2 1 .990 10 3 Bob Geren 212 21 30 165 8 3 2 .983 10 2 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Don Mattingly 1445 158 161 1298 160 8 139 .995 9.08 Steve Balboni 24 3 4 22 3 0 3 1.000 9.38 Steve Lyons 6 1 1 7 1 0 1 1.000 12.00 Terry Puhl 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Steve Sax 1455 159 161 471 369 8 102 .991 5.20 Steve Lyons 15 2 2 4 4 1 0 .889 4.80 Mike Gallego 6 1 1 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Darrell Evans 683 81 86 58 109 16 15 .913 2.20 Mike Gallego 678 67 101 59 136 4 14 .980 2.59 Mike Blowers 69 10 12 5 11 2 3 .889 2.09 Luis Quinones 28 3 5 3 9 2 1 .857 3.86 Vic Rodriguez 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 Curtis Wilkerson 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Randy Velarde 3 0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eric Yelding 373 42 50 102 137 8 27 .968 5.77 Kevin Elster 345 38 40 99 127 2 21 .991 5.90 Curtis Wilkerson 252 29 32 71 88 1 15 .994 5.68 Randy Velarde 220 25 27 64 62 4 19 .969 5.15 Mike Gallego 167 16 25 46 70 2 9 .983 6.25 Steve Lyons 69 7 9 13 28 0 5 1.000 5.35 Luis Quinones 48 5 7 11 15 0 3 1.000 4.88 Bob Brower 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1.000 13.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Luis Polonia 695 82 85 138 7 6 1 .960 1.88 Terry Puhl 435 42 75 81 5 0 0 1.000 1.78 Gary Ward 201 24 29 43 3 1 1 .979 2.06 Lance Blankenship 88 8 11 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.03 Bob Brower 49 6 7 7 1 0 0 1.000 1.48 Curt Ford* 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Dion James 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Steve Lyons 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 Roberto Kelly 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Roberto Kelly 1114 121 134 295 21 3 4 .991 2.55 Terry Puhl 293 33 39 72 8 0 2 1.000 2.46 Dion James 43 5 6 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Curt Ford* 33 4 5 13 1 0 0 1.000 3.82 Gary Ward 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Bob Brower 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jesse Barfield 1309 141 151 238 9 7 2 .972 1.70 Terry Puhl 122 16 17 27 1 0 0 1.000 2.07 Curt Ford* 77 10 11 10 2 1 0 .923 1.40 Bob Brower 21 2 3 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.53 Albert Hall 13 2 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 Lance Blankenship 7 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 Gary Ward 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1989 Draft

Round 1 (#13):	Steve Sax
Round 2 (#35):	Roger McDowell
Round 4 (#74):	Gary Ward
Round 5 (#92):	Jody Davis
Round 6 (#108):	Rich Monteleone
Round 7 (#120):	Charles Hudson
Round 8 (#130):	Darrell Evans

Transactions

• 1989-01: acquired Dave Dravecky as a free agent
• 1989-02: traded Deion Sanders to ATN for Pete Smith
• 1989-02: acquired Ed Wojna as a free agent
• 1989-04: released Dave Dravecky
• 1989-04: acquired Eric Yelding as a free agent
• 1989-06: acquired Jose Cano as a free agent
• 1989-07: released Charles Hudson
• 1989-07: acquired Curt Ford as a free agent
• 1989-08: traded Tim Birtsas to MLA for Doyle Alexander
• 1989-08: traded Kevin Elster, Hensley Meulens to OAA for Dion James, Curtis Wilkerson, Lance Blankenship
• 1989-08: traded Bob Geren to TEA for Rick Cerone
• 1989-08: traded Clay Parker, Luis Quinones to CHA for Steve Lyons, Edwin Nunez
• 1989-09: released Curt Ford
• 1989-10: acquired Mike Maddux as a free agent
• 1989-10: released Jose Cano
• 1989-13: released Ed Wojna
• 1989-13: acquired Vic Rodriguez as a free agent
• 1989-14: released Vic Rodriguez
• 1989-14: acquired Albert Hall as a free agent
• 1989-18: traded Gary Ward to CIN for Tim Leary
• 1989-19: released Albert Hall
• 1989-19: acquired Julio Machado as a free agent
• 1989 postseason: released Steve Balboni, Jody Davis, Steve Lyons, Terry Puhl, Curtis Wilkerson

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