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2008 New York Yankees  (2007)  (2009) 95-67, 2nd* in AL Eastern Division Scored 842 runs, Allowed 695 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 96-66 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .688 Park Factor: Batting - 98 / Pitching - 97 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 87-75   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 89-73 Manager(s): Robert Rescigno Lost to Milwaukee Brewers in Divisional Series, 3 games to 1.

 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 3B  Alex Rodriguez       32  134  509   90  146  34   0  29  103  13   2   51  125  .287  .366  .525  100   7.1  2e13      -75  
 OF *Johnny Damon         34  141  539   95  160  27   4  14   67  37  10   67   78  .297  .373  .440   95   6.5  2(+3)e3   -23  
 1B *Jason Giambi         37  120  397   77   98  16   3  30   86   4   0   81   97  .247  .400  .529   90   7.9  5e14       53  
 OF *Bobby Abreu          34  157  602   85  176  36   2  17   87  14   8   59   97  .292  .352  .444   90   5.3  4(-1)e2   -47  
 SS  Derek Jeter          34  154  584   92  179  18   2  13   77  10   1   52   89  .307  .367  .411   90   5.5  2e14        7  
 2B *Robinson Cano        25  119  419   53  122  32   1   9   57   1   1   20   49  .291  .330  .437   55   4.8  3e14       51  
 1B  Ryan Garko           27  109  370   45   97  15   2  11   52   0   0   22   57  .262  .327  .403   48   4.6  4e5       -21  
 OF #Melky Cabrera        23  126  358   50   90  10   0  13   45   3   1   14   44  .251  .278  .388   38   3.4  2(-2)e6    25  
 2B #Orlando Hudson       30   60  230   31   67   8   2   8   25   3   0   26   30  .291  .363  .448   35   5.6  1e14       -6  
 OF *Hideki Matsui        34   93  310   49   70  12   0  12   35   0   0   34   51  .226  .304  .381   33   3.5  4(+1)e7  -110  
 C   Gerald Laird         28   72  213   33   60  11   1   7   23   1   0   18   45  .282  .343  .441   32   5.3  2(-1)e4    57  
 1B  Richie Sexson        33   72  169   27   45   6   0  14   33   0   0   23   46  .266  .351  .550   31   6.5  4e4       198  
 C  #Jorge Posada         36   72  164   25   46  17   0   5   19   0   0   15   43  .280  .346  .476   26   5.9  4(+3)e2    47  
 3B #Willy Aybar          25   59  189   15   51  16   3   5   32   0   1   12   30  .270  .315  .466   24   4.5  3e20       44  
 C   Ivan Rodriguez       36   55  189   25   49   7   0   2   15   2   2    7   43  .259  .295  .328   16   3.1  3(-2)e1   -91  
 OF *Joey Gathright       27   57  134   22   34   6   1   0   11   8   1   12   13  .254  .327  .313   15   3.7  3(0)e2     56  
 OF  Chris Denorfia       27   17   54   12   17   8   0   2    6   2   1   11   13  .315  .439  .574   14  10.3  3(0)e3    264  
 SS  Julio Lugo           32    6   23    3    8   2   0   0    1   2   0    5    3  .348  .464  .435    5   9.7  4e34      214  
 OF *Brett Gardner        24   25   55    8   12   2   1   0    3   6   2    3   12  .218  .259  .291    4   2.4  2(0)e4    -32  
 C   Robinson Cancel      32   10   26    3    6   2   0   1    5   0   0    5    3  .231  .355  .423    3   5.1  3(+1)e11  143  
 OF  Justin Christian     28   15   36    2    6   3   0   0    2   3   1    3    2  .167  .231  .250    2   2.0  3(0)e16  -147  
 DH  Shelley Duncan       28    1    4    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -542  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 31                                                                           859                    0

     * - 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  Mike Mussina         39  13  12  .520  29  29   1   0   0   0   0  192.0  213   77   72  18   28  141  3.38   95   4.5   -9  
  P *Dana Eveland         24  12   9  .571  29  27   1   0   0   0   0  167.1  198  109  104  18   82  115  5.59  113   6.2   39  
  P *Andy Pettitte        36  12  15  .444  34  33   0   0   0   0   0  199.2  262  141  134  34   63  155  6.04  155   7.0   70  
  P  Darrell Rasner       27  11   5  .688  25  25   1   0   0   0   1  142.1  167   75   71  16   45   77  4.49   85   5.4  -74  
  P  Joba Chamberlain     22   9   4  .692  22  11   0   7   1   1   0   99.0   75   22   19   1   32  105  1.73   27   2.5 -105  
  P  Chien-Ming Wang      28   8   5  .615  14  14   0   0   0   0   0   88.1   86   42   41   5   29   55  4.18   39   4.0  -23  
  P  Edwar Ramirez        27   7   1  .875  38   0   0  13   1   2   0   48.0   46   16   16   8   12   50  3.00   19   3.7  -27  
  P  Mariano Rivera       38   5   2  .714  54   0   0  51  34   4   0   64.1   37   10   10   6    6   59  1.40   11   1.6   10  
  P  Max Scherzer         23   4   1  .800  27   0   0  13   1   1   0   46.0   32   14   14   4   18   61  2.74   13   2.7 -125  
  P *Damaso Marte         33   4   2  .667  35   0   0  12   0   0   0   47.1   38   21   21   6   17   48  3.99   19   3.6   -4  
  P *Eddie Guardado       37   3   2  .600  51   0   0  13   4   3   0   53.2   49   22   22   7   24   31  3.69   29   5.1   62  
  P  Ian Kennedy          23   3   3  .500  14   8   0   5   1   0   0   50.1   45   30   28   4   38   39  5.01   29   5.3 -199  
  P  David Robertson      23   2   1  .667  18   4   0   6   1   0   0   36.1   39   21   20   6   17   38  4.95   22   5.4   77  
  P  Takashi Saito        38   1   1  .500  27   0   0   9   4   2   0   43.2   29   14   12   1   10   52  2.47   10   2.0 -114  
  P  Dan Giese            31   1   2  .333  12   3   0   7   0   0   0   40.2   32   16   15   3    8   21  3.32   12   2.8 -119  
  P  Edward Mujica        24   0   0  .000  12   5   0   4   1   0   0   29.1   22   11   10   4    3   16  3.07   10   3.1 -218  
  P  Phil Hughes          22   0   0  .000   8   3   0   1   0   0   0   24.1   31   16   15   3   11   16  5.55   21   8.1   48  
  P  Jose Veras           27   0   0  .000  32   0   0   7   0   0   0   47.0   43   29   28   8   24   45  5.36   29   5.6   10  
  P  Alfredo Aceves       25   0   2  .000  17   0   0  11   2   0   0   32.0   25    9    9   3    7   20  2.53   10   2.9  -91  
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             Average age: 30                                                                                      756        -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 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Gerald Laird 559 61 71 440 22 4 3 .991 33 7 Ivan Rodriguez 463 49 55 418 18 1 1 .998 17 3 Jorge Posada 355 44 48 319 17 3 2 .991 28 8 Robinson Cancel 71 8 9 62 3 0 0 1.000 9 3 Willy Aybar 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 Melky Cabrera 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jason Giambi 938 110 111 995 57 6 91 .994 10.09 Ryan Garko 447 50 56 432 34 0 55 1.000 9.38 Richie Sexson 43 1 19 35 6 0 5 1.000 8.65 Willy Aybar 24 1 8 27 2 2 4 .935 11.03 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Robinson Cano 882 98 101 183 273 10 90 .979 4.65 Orlando Hudson 510 57 60 107 171 2 48 .993 4.91 Willy Aybar 60 7 7 18 21 0 7 1.000 5.85 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Alex Rodriguez 1172 132 134 70 256 10 28 .970 2.50 Willy Aybar 262 28 35 22 50 6 4 .923 2.47 Richie Sexson 15 2 2 1 3 2 0 .667 2.40 Gerald Laird 8 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 Jorge Posada 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Derek Jeter 1313 146 153 171 535 9 110 .987 4.84 Willy Aybar 90 10 13 19 34 2 5 .964 5.30 Julio Lugo 49 6 6 8 18 1 4 .963 4.78 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Johnny Damon 1186 132 140 248 12 3 2 .989 1.97 Hideki Matsui 157 19 23 34 1 0 0 1.000 2.01 Justin Christian 70 8 9 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.06 Joey Gathright 15 0 7 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.80 Chris Denorfia 10 1 4 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 Brett Gardner 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 Melky Cabrera 6 1 2 5 0 0 0 1.000 7.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Melky Cabrera 848 100 103 257 6 7 0 .974 2.79 Joey Gathright 332 34 54 85 3 1 0 .989 2.38 Brett Gardner 141 14 25 36 1 0 0 1.000 2.36 Chris Denorfia 124 14 14 39 2 0 0 1.000 2.98 Justin Christian 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Johnny Damon 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Abreu 1324 155 156 202 14 1 0 .995 1.47 Melky Cabrera 107 5 38 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.43 Hideki Matsui 16 2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 Chris Denorfia 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

2008 Draft

Round 1 (#20):	Max Scherzer
Round 3 (#48):	Dana Eveland
Round 3 (#67):	Willy Aybar
Round 4 (#89):	Eddie Guardado
Round 5 (#107):	Ryan Garko

Transactions

• 2008-01: acquired Joey Gathright as a free agent
• 2008-02: acquired Chris Denorfia as a free agent
• 2008-03: acquired Edward Mujica as a free agent
• 2008-09: released Chris Denorfia
• 2008-09: acquired Julio Lugo as a free agent
• 2008-13: traded Julio Lugo to SLN for Orlando Hudson
• 2008-13: traded Ivan Rodriguez to TEA for Gerald Laird
• 2008-21: released Joey Gathright
• 2008-21: acquired Robinson Cancel as a free agent
• 2008 postseason: released Dana Eveland

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