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Record: 89-73 .549.... 4th in American League East
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,427,672

Top Draft Pick: Bill DaCosta (#81) A+
Manager - Lou Piniella

Affiliates - AAA Columbus Clippers AA Albany/Colonie Yankees A+ Prince William Yankees A+ Fort Lauderdale Yankees A- Oneonta Yankees Rk Gulf Coast Yankees

Team Leaders

HR: Pagliarulo [32]
RBI: Mattingly [115]
2B: Mattingly [38]
SB: Henderson [41]
W: Rhoden [16]
SV: Righetti [31]
SO: Rhoden [107]

Oldest Player: Tommy John [44]
Youngest Player: Al Leiter [21]
Longest Tenure: Ron Guidry [13]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Jay Buhner (Sep 11) Orestes Destrade (Sep 11) Keith Hughes (May 19) Roberto Kelly (Jul 29) Randy Velarde (Aug 20)
Pitchers: Bill Fulton (Sep 12) Al Leiter (Sep 15)

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Organizational Roster of Batters

Player	Pos	Age	Team	Level
Neil Allen	P	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Jesus Alvarez	OF-IF		Columbus	AAA
	OF-IF		Albany/Colonie	AA
Dan Arendas	OF		Prince William	A+
	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Brad Arnsberg	P	24	New York Yankees	MLB
Oscar Azocar	LF-RF	22	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Tim Becker	SS		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Luc Berube	SS		Fort Lauderdale	A+
	SS		Oneonta	A-
Timothy Bishop			Fort Lauderdale	A+
			Oneonta	A-
Joey Blackwell	SS		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Juan Bonilla	2B	32	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B		Columbus	AAA
	2B		Albany/Colonie	AA
	2B		Prince William	A+
Rich Bordi	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Dennis Brow			Fort Lauderdale	A+
Ken Brown	SS		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Jay Buhner	RF	23	New York Yankees	MLB
	RF		Columbus	AAA
Art Calvert	OF		Prince William	A+
Angel Cantres			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Carson Carroll	2B		Albany/Colonie	AA
Fred Carter	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
	OF		Prince William	A+
Gary Cathcart	OF	24	Columbus	AAA
	OF		Albany/Colonie	AA
Rick Cerone	C	33	New York Yankees	MLB
Pat Clements	P	25	New York Yankees	MLB
Casey Close	P-OF		Albany/Colonie	AA
Henry Cotto	CF-LF	26	New York Yankees	MLB
	CF-LF		Columbus	AAA
Kevin Crofton	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Pete Dalena	DH	27	Columbus	AAA
Orestes Destrade	1B	25	New York Yankees	MLB
	1B		Columbus	AAA
Bobby Dickerson	IF	22	Fort Lauderdale	A+
	IF		Oneonta	A-
Rayborne Didder			Oneonta	A-
			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Mike Easler	OF	36	New York Yankees	MLB
Rod Ehrhard	OF		Oneonta	A-
David Elliott			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Steve Erickson	C		Oneonta	A-
Juan Espino	C	31	Columbus	AAA
Reynaldo Fernandez	1B-OF	19	Oneonta	A-
	1B-OF		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Pete Filson	P	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Bill Fulton	P	23	New York Yankees	MLB
Santos Garcia			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Bob Geren	C	26	Columbus	AAA
	C		Albany/Colonie	AA
Eduardo Gonzalez			Prince William	A+
Fredi Gonzalez	OF	23	Albany/Colonie	AA
	OF		Prince William	A+
Bobby Green	OF	24	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Cecilio Guante	P	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Ron Guidry	P	37	New York Yankees	MLB
Bill Gullickson	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Jose Guzman			Oneonta	A-
			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Tony Gwinn			Prince William	A+
			Oneonta	A-
Freddie Hailey	OF		Oneonta	A-
Vanko Hauradou			Albany/Colonie	AA
			Prince William	A+
Rickey Henderson	LF-OF	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Jose Herrera			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Joseph Hicks			Albany/Colonie	AA
			Prince William	A+
Ted Higgins	1B		Albany/Colonie	AA
	1B		Prince William	A+
Lewellyn Hill	OF		Oneonta	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Al Holland	P	35	New York Yankees	MLB
Chris Howard	P	21	Prince William	A+
Jim Howard	SS		Albany/Colonie	AA
Charles Hudson	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Keith Hughes	RF-LF	24	New York Yankees	MLB
	RF-LF		Columbus	AAA
Robert Hunter	OF		Oneonta	A-
	OF		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Ramon Jimenez			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Tommy John	P	44	New York Yankees	MLB
Dean Kelley	2B	21	Oneonta	A-
Roberto Kelly	CF-LF	22	New York Yankees	MLB
	CF-LF		Columbus	AAA
Ron Kittle	OF-1B	29	New York Yankees	MLB
	OF-1B		Columbus	AAA
Ralph Kraus	OF		Prince William	A+
Jose Laboy			Fort Lauderdale	A+
Rob Lambert	2B		Prince William	A+
Al Leiter	P	21	New York Yankees	MLB
Jim Leyritz	C-1B	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Temis Liendo			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Bryan Little	2B-SS	27	Columbus	AAA
	2B-SS		Albany/Colonie	AA
James Logan			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Phil Lombardi	C-OF	24	New York Yankees	MLB
	C-OF		Columbus	AAA
	C-OF		Albany/Colonie	AA
Chris Lombardozzi	2B	23	Albany/Colonie	AA
	2B		Prince William	A+
Jere Longenecker	1B		Albany/Colonie	AA
Mitch Lyden	C	22	Columbus	AAA
	C		Albany/Colonie	AA
Jason Maas	OF		Prince William	A+
	OF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Kevin Maas	1B	22	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Mark Manering	1B		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Ricardo Martinez			Fort Lauderdale	A+
			Prince William	A+
			Oneonta	A-
Don Mattingly	1B	26	New York Yankees	MLB
Bob Meacham	SS	27	New York Yankees	MLB
	SS		Columbus	AAA
Hensley Meulens	LF	20	Prince William	A+
	LF		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Mark Mitchell			Oneonta	A-
William Morales			Prince William	A+
			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Jeff Moronko	3B-SS	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	3B-SS		Columbus	AAA
Hal Morris	1B	22	Albany/Colonie	AA
Joe Niekro	P	42	New York Yankees	MLB
Mike Pagliarulo	3B	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Dan Pasqua	RF-LF	25	New York Yankees	MLB
	RF-LF		Columbus	AAA
Beban Perez			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Julio Ramon			Oneonta	A-
John Ramos	C	22	Prince William	A+
Paul Ramos			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Willie Randolph	2B	33	New York Yankees	MLB
Dennis Rasmussen	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Darren Reed	RF-LF	21	Columbus	AAA
	RF-LF		Albany/Colonie	AA
Rolando Reyes			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Rick Rhoden	P	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Dave Righetti	P	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Carlos Rodriguez	SS-2B	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Daniel Roman			Oneonta	A-
Melvin Rosario			Fort Lauderdale	A+
Jerry Royster	3B-2B	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Tony Russell	OF		Columbus	AAA
	OF		Albany/Colonie	AA
Dennis Ryans	SS		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Lenn Sakata	2B-SS	33	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B-SS		Columbus	AAA
Mark Salas	C	26	New York Yankees	MLB
	C		Columbus	AAA
Rich Scheid	P	22	Albany/Colonie	AA
Dick Scott	SS	25	Columbus	AAA
	SS		Albany/Colonie	AA
Rob Sepanek	1B		Prince William	A+
Scott Shaw	SS-3B		Albany/Colonie	AA
	SS-3B		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Glenn Sherlock	C	27	Columbus	AAA
	C		Albany/Colonie	AA
Bob Shirley	P	33	New York Yankees	MLB
Joel Skinner	C	26	New York Yankees	MLB
	C		Columbus	AAA
Andy Stankiewicz	2B-SS	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Tim Stoddard	P	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Steve Taddeo	OF		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Bob Tewksbury	P	26	New York Yankees	MLB
Darrell Tingle	SS		Oneonta	A-
Greg Toler	C		Prince William	A+
Wayne Tolleson	SS-2B	32	New York Yankees	MLB
Ricardo Torres			Albany/Colonie	AA
Miguel Torrez			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Michael Tresh			Albany/Colonie	AA
			Prince William	A+
Steve Trout	P	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Dave Turgeon	P	22	Prince William	A+
	P		Oneonta	A-
Shane Turner	3B-LF	24	Columbus	AAA
	3B-LF		Albany/Colonie	AA
Hector Vargas			Albany/Colonie	AA
			Prince William	A+
			Oneonta	A-
Randy Velarde	2B-3B	24	New York Yankees	MLB
	2B-3B		Columbus	AAA
	2B-3B		Albany/Colonie	AA
Yovanny Veras			Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Gary Ward	OF-LF	33	New York Yankees	MLB
Turner Ward	RF-CF	22	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Claudell Washington	OF	33	New York Yankees	MLB
Tom Weeks	1B		Oneonta	A-
Bernie Williams	CF	19	Fort Lauderdale	A+
	CF		Oneonta	A-
Gerald Williams	CF-LF	19	Oneonta	A-
Randy Wilson	P		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Dave Winfield	RF	35	New York Yankees	MLB
Paul Zuvella	SS-2B	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	SS-2B		Columbus	AAA

Organizational Roster of Pitchers

Player	Age	Team	Level
Steve Adkins	22	Fort Lauderdale	A+
	22	Prince William	A+
Neil Allen	29	New York Yankees	MLB
Mike Armstrong	33	Columbus	AAA
Brad Arnsberg	24	New York Yankees	MLB
	24	Columbus	AAA
Rick Balabon	20	Albany/Colonie	AA
	20	Prince William	A+
Brent Blum		Albany/Colonie	AA
		Prince William	A+
Rich Bordi	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	28	Columbus	AAA
Todd Brill		Prince William	A+
		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Isaias Brito		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Chris Byrnes		Oneonta	A-
Marty Bystrom	29	Albany/Colonie	AA
	29	Prince William	A+
Jorge Candelaria	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Amalio Carreno	23	Columbus	AAA
	23	Albany/Colonie	AA
	23	Prince William	A+
Chris Carroll		Fort Lauderdale	A+
		Prince William	A+
Rick Cerone	33	New York Yankees	MLB
Darrin Chapin	21	Oneonta	A-
Mike Christopher	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Royal Clayton	21	Prince William	A+
	21	Oneonta	A-
	21	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Pat Clements	25	New York Yankees	MLB
	25	Columbus	AAA
Jose Cleto		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Casey Close		Albany/Colonie	AA
Wiliam Clossen		Prince William	A+
Bill DaCosta		Prince William	A+
		Oneonta	A-
Pete Dalena	27	Columbus	AAA
Bob Davidson	24	Albany/Colonie	AA
	24	Prince William	A+
Eric Dersin		Albany/Colonie	AA
Dave Eiland	21	Fort Lauderdale	A+
	21	Oneonta	A-
Troy Evers	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Luis Faccio	19	Oneonta	A-
	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Fernando Figueroa		Prince William	A+
		Fort Lauderdale	A+
		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Pete Filson	29	New York Yankees	MLB
	29	Columbus	AAA
Randy Foster		Prince William	A+
		Oneonta	A-
Steve Frey	24	Columbus	AAA
	24	Albany/Colonie	AA
Bill Fulton	23	New York Yankees	MLB
	23	Columbus	AAA
Santos Garcia		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Sean Gargin		Oneonta	A-
		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Scott Gay		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Todd Gedaminski		Oneonta	A-
		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Stephen George		Columbus	AAA
		Albany/Colonie	AA
		Prince William	A+
Ysidro Giron		Prince William	A+
Doug Gogolewski	22	Oneonta	A-
Jose Gonzalez		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Randy Graham		Columbus	AAA
Cecilio Guante	27	New York Yankees	MLB
Maurice Guercio		Albany/Colonie	AA
		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Ron Guidry	37	New York Yankees	MLB
	37	Columbus	AAA
	37	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Bill Gullickson	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Matt Harrison		Albany/Colonie	AA
Jeff Hellman		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Ted Higgins		Albany/Colonie	AA
Al Holland	35	New York Yankees	MLB
	35	Columbus	AAA
Chris Howard	21	Prince William	A+
Charles Hudson	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	28	Columbus	AAA
Rodney Imes	20	Prince William	A+
	20	Oneonta	A-
Tommy John	44	New York Yankees	MLB
John Johnson		Albany/Colonie	AA
Scott Kamieniecki	23	Albany/Colonie	AA
	23	Prince William	A+
Jeff Knox		Columbus	AAA
		Albany/Colonie	AA
Tim Layana	23	Columbus	AAA
	23	Albany/Colonie	AA
	23	Prince William	A+
Al Leiter	21	New York Yankees	MLB
	21	Columbus	AAA
	21	Albany/Colonie	AA
Jay Makemson		Oneonta	A-
Ramon Manon	19	Prince William	A+
Mark Marris		Fort Lauderdale	A+
		Oneonta	A-
Ed Martel		Oneonta	A-
Alan Mills	20	Prince William	A+
Anthony Morrison		Oneonta	A-
Joe Niekro	42	New York Yankees	MLB
Ken Patterson	23	Albany/Colonie	AA
	23	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Lauriano Persia		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Tom Popplewell	20	Oneonta	A-
Jeff Pries		Albany/Colonie	AA
		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Alfonso Pulido	30	Columbus	AAA
Dennis Rasmussen	28	New York Yankees	MLB
	28	Columbus	AAA
Rick Rhoden	34	New York Yankees	MLB
Dana Ridenour	21	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Dave Righetti	28	New York Yankees	MLB
Gabriel Rodriguez	19	Fort Lauderdale	A+
	19	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Ron Romanick	26	Columbus	AAA
Mark Rose		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Steve Rosenberg	22	Columbus	AAA
	22	Albany/Colonie	AA
Jerry Rub		Fort Lauderdale	A+
Todd Ryan		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Rich Scheid	22	Albany/Colonie	AA
	22	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Eric Schmidt		Albany/Colonie	AA
Chris Seaman		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Bob Shirley	33	New York Yankees	MLB
	33	Columbus	AAA
Don Stanford	21	Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk
Tim Stoddard	34	New York Yankees	MLB
	34	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Bob Tewksbury	26	New York Yankees	MLB
	26	Columbus	AAA
Rich Thompson	28	Columbus	AAA
	28	Albany/Colonie	AA
Aristarco Tirado		Prince William	A+
Ricardo Torres		Albany/Colonie	AA
		Prince William	A+
Steve Trout	30	New York Yankees	MLB
Bill Voeltz		Fort Lauderdale	A+
		Prince William	A+
		Oneonta	A-
Dean Wilkins	21	Albany/Colonie	AA
	21	Fort Lauderdale	A+
Randy Wilson		Gulf Coast Yankees	Rk