1978 NEW YORK YANKEES

| Level: MLB

Location: Bronx,NY
Team Record: 100-63 .613
Result: 1st in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Billy Martin, Bob Lemon, Dick Howser
General Manager: Cedric Tallis
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 2,335,871
Playoffs: Won World Series (Dodgers)

New York Yankees affiliate history

Oldest Player: Paul Lindblad (36)
Youngest Player: Damaso Garcia (21)
Longest Tenure: Roy White (14)
Top Hitter: Graig Nettles (17)
Top Pitcher: Ron Guidry (1)
Top Draft Pick: Rex Hudler (#18)

Roster Continuity: 88.37%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
NY Yankees	100	63	.613	--
Boston	99	64	.607	1.0
Milwaukee	93	69	.574	6.5
Baltimore	90	71	.559	9.0
Detroit	86	76	.531	13.5
Cleveland	69	90	.434	29.0
Toronto	59	102	.366	40.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
10	Chris Chambliss	1b	22	29	1970-1-1	MLB	162	625	81	171	26	3	12	90	2	1	41	60	5	3	1	5	6	.274	.321	.382	703	239	677	467	87	5.1	.285
15	Thurman Munson	c	31	31	1968-1-4	MLB	154	617	73	183	27	1	6	71	2	3	35	70	3	6	1	10	20	.297	.332	.373	705	230	666	468	79	4.5	.321
9	Graig Nettles	3b	17	33	1965-4-74	MLB	159	587	81	162	23	2	27	93	1	1	59	69	6	6	1	9	20	.276	.343	.460	803	270	662	456	100	5.9	.270
17	Mickey Rivers	of	52	29	1969-1-8	MLB	141	559	78	148	25	8	11	48	25	5	29	51	3	3	7	6	8	.265	.302	.397	699	222	604	437	79	4.9	.272
44	Reggie Jackson	of	21	32	1966-1-2	MLB	139	511	82	140	13	5	27	97	14	11	58	133	9	2	0	3	8	.274	.356	.477	834	244	581	393	86	5.9	.319
30	Willie Randolph	2b	25	23	1972-7-167	MLB	134	499	87	139	18	6	3	42	36	7	82	51	4	1	6	5	12	.279	.381	.357	738	178	596	390	83	5.8	.302
14	Lou Piniella	of	39	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	130	472	67	148	34	5	6	69	3	1	34	36	2	8	4	1	12	.314	.361	.445	806	210	513	342	84	6.7	.329
20	Bucky Dent	ss	-	26	1970-1-6	MLB	123	379	40	92	11	1	5	40	3	1	23	24	2	1	6	5	10	.243	.286	.317	603	120	415	309	38	3.3	.245
6	Roy White	of	80	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	103	346	44	93	13	3	8	43	10	4	42	35	2	7	2	3	9	.269	.349	.393	742	136	395	271	53	5.3	.278
41	Cliff Johnson	1b-c	-	30	1966-5-83	MLB	76	174	20	32	9	1	6	19	0	0	30	32	1	5	0	0	6	.184	.307	.351	658	61	205	148	20	3.6	.191
11	Fred Stanley	ss-2b	-	30	1966-8-143	MLB	81	160	14	35	7	0	1	9	0	0	25	31	0	0	4	0	3	.219	.324	.281	606	45	189	132	16	3.2	.266
12	Jim Spencer	1b	-	30	1969-42-907	MLB	71	150	12	34	9	1	7	24	0	1	15	32	0	3	0	1	4	.227	.295	.440	735	66	166	122	20	4.4	.241
2	Paul Blair	of	-	34	UDFA: 1962	MLB	75	125	10	22	5	0	2	13	1	1	9	17	0	0	2	0	4	.176	.231	.264	495	33	136	110	6	1.5	.189
24	Gary Thomasson	of-1b	-	26	1969-7-160	MLB	55	116	20	32	4	1	3	20	0	2	13	22	0	0	0	1	0	.276	.346	.405	751	47	130	87	17	5.4	.315
46	Mike Heath	c	-	23	1973-2-37	MLB	33	92	6	21	3	1	0	8	0	0	4	9	1	0	1	1	1	.228	.265	.283	548	26	99	74	7	2.7	.250
27	Jay Johnstone	of	-	32	UDFA: 1963	MLB	36	65	6	17	0	0	1	6	0	1	4	10	3	0	0	1	0	.262	.329	.308	636	20	73	50	7	3.7	.291
25	Brian Doyle	2b-ss	-	23	1972-4-76	MLB	39	52	6	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	2	.192	.192	.192	385	10	54	49	-1	-0.4	.204
23	Damaso Garcia	2b	-	21	UDFA: 1975	MLB	18	41	5	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	1	1	.195	.227	.195	422	8	44	35	1	0.7	.222
25	George Zeber	2b	-	27	1968-5-88	MLB	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
27	Dell Alston	of	-	25	UDFA: 1973	MLB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
24	Mickey Klutts	3b	-	23	1972-4-86	MLB	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500	2500	3	3	0	2	--	1.000
18	Dennis Sherrill	ss-3b	-	22	1974-1-12	MLB	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
40	Fran Healy	c	-	31	UDFA: 1965	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
49	Ron Guidry	p	-	27	1971-3-65	MLB	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	-	-	.000
Totals: (24 players)							163	5583	735	1489	228	38	125	693	98	42	505	695	42	45	37	52	126	.267	.329	.388	717	2168	6219	4351	781	4.8	.283

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
49	Ron Guidry	1	27	1971-3-65	MLB	25	3	1.74	35	35	16	9	0	0	273.2	187	61	53	13	72	248	7	1	0.95	6.15	0.43	2.37	8.16	0.29	.246	1.03
31	Ed Figueroa	14	29	UDFA: 1966	MLB	20	9	2.99	35	35	12	2	0	0	253.0	233	96	84	22	77	92	6	1	1.23	8.29	0.78	2.74	3.27	0.84	.256	1.01
19	Dick Tidrow	62	31	1967-4-76	MLB	7	11	3.84	31	25	4	0	1	0	185.1	191	87	79	13	53	73	5	0	1.32	9.28	0.63	2.57	3.54	0.73	.283	1.13
54	Rich Gossage	19	26	1970-9-198	MLB	10	11	2.01	63	0	0	0	55	27	134.1	87	41	30	9	59	122	5	0	1.09	5.83	0.60	3.95	8.17	0.48	.234	0.94
45	Jim Beattie	-	23	1975-4-91	MLB	6	9	3.73	25	22	0	0	3	0	128.0	123	60	53	8	51	65	8	1	1.36	8.65	0.56	3.59	4.57	0.78	.281	1.50
29	Catfish Hunter	-	32	UDFA: 1964	MLB	12	6	3.58	21	20	5	1	1	0	118.0	98	49	47	16	35	56	2	0	1.13	7.47	1.22	2.67	4.27	0.63	.227	0.58
28	Sparky Lyle	49	33	UDFA: 1964	MLB	9	3	3.47	59	0	0	0	33	9	111.2	116	46	43	6	33	33	1	0	1.33	9.35	0.48	2.66	2.66	1.00	.292	0.93
43	Ken Clay	-	24	1972-2-38	MLB	3	4	4.28	28	6	0	0	13	0	75.2	89	41	36	3	21	32	4	0	1.45	10.59	0.36	2.50	3.81	0.66	.317	1.37
35	Don Gullett	-	27	1969-1-14	MLB	4	2	3.63	8	8	2	0	0	0	44.2	46	19	18	3	20	28	1	0	1.48	9.27	0.60	4.03	5.64	0.71	.307	0.94
36	Rawly Eastwick	-	27	1969-3-62	MLB	2	1	3.28	8	0	0	0	2	0	24.2	22	9	9	2	4	13	0	0	1.05	8.03	0.73	1.46	4.74	0.31	--	0.65
47	Andy Messersmith	-	32	1966-1-12	MLB	0	3	5.64	6	5	0	0	1	0	22.1	24	21	14	7	15	16	0	0	1.75	9.67	2.82	6.04	6.45	0.94	.254	0.85
40	Bob Kammeyer	-	27	1972-21-492	MLB	0	0	5.82	7	0	0	0	6	0	21.2	24	15	14	1	6	11	0	0	1.38	9.97	0.42	2.49	4.57	0.55	.307	1.62
36	Paul Lindblad	-	36	UDFA: 1963	MLB	0	0	4.42	7	1	0	0	3	0	18.1	21	9	9	4	8	9	1	0	1.58	10.31	1.96	3.93	4.42	0.89	--	0.53
53	Ken Holtzman	-	32	1965-4-61	MLB	1	0	4.08	5	3	0	0	1	0	17.2	21	8	8	2	9	3	0	0	1.70	10.70	1.02	4.58	1.53	3.00	--	1.14
40,53	Larry McCall	-	25	UDFA: 1978	MLB	1	1	5.63	5	1	0	0	3	0	16.0	20	10	10	2	6	7	3	1	1.63	11.25	1.13	3.38	3.94	0.86	.340	1.64
52	Dave Rajsich	-	26	UDFA: 1975	MLB	0	0	4.05	4	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	6	6	0	6	9	0	0	1.65	10.80	0.00	4.05	6.08	0.67	.390	1.08
53	Ron Davis	-	22	1976-3-56	MLB	0	0	11.57	4	0	0	0	2	0	2.1	3	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	2.57	11.57	0.00	11.57	0.00	--	.333	2.00
Totals: (24 players)						100	63	3.18	163	163	39	12	124	36	1,461	1321	582	516	125	478	817	43	4	1.37	8.14	0.68	2.95	5.03	0.59	.281

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Thurman Munson	C	125		666	61	10	4	.986	0.00
Mike Heath	C	33		151	11	5	1	.970	0.00
Cliff Johnson	C	22		67	10	2	1	.975	0.00
Fran Healy	C	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Chris Chambliss	1B	155		1366	111	4	119	.997	0.00
Jim Spencer	1B	15		90	7	0	4	1.000	0.00
Cliff Johnson	1B	1		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Willie Randolph	2B	134		296	400	16	80	.978	0.00
Brian Doyle	2B	29		36	51	1	12	.989	0.00
Damaso Garcia	2B	16		36	35	3	10	.959	0.00
Fred Stanley	2B	11		7	19	0	4	1.000	0.00
Paul Blair	2B	5		2	3	1	0	.833	0.00
George Zeber	2B	1		1	2	1	0	.750	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Graig Nettles	3B	159		109	326	11	30	.975	0.00
Brian Doyle	3B	5		1	10	0	1	1.000	0.00
Fred Stanley	3B	4		0	2	0	0	1.000	0.00
Paul Blair	3B	3		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Mickey Klutts	3B	1		1	2	1	1	.750	0.00
Dennis Sherrill	3B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Bucky Dent	SS	123		178	341	10	57	.981	0.00
Fred Stanley	SS	71		81	131	9	22	.959	0.00
Brian Doyle	SS	7		2	4	0	1	1.000	0.00
Paul Blair	SS	4		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Damaso Garcia	SS	3		0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Graig Nettles	SS	2		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Domingo Ramos	SS	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Mickey Rivers	OF	138		384	8	8	2	.980	0.00
Reggie Jackson	OF	104		212	6	3	1	.986	0.00
Lou Piniella	OF	103		213	4	7	0	.969	0.00
Roy White	OF	74		128	1	1	0	.992	0.00
Paul Blair	OF	64		87	2	1	1	.989	0.00
Gary Thomasson	OF	50		101	4	3	1	.972	0.00
Jay Johnstone	OF	22		31	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Thurman Munson	OF	13		32	0	1	0	.970	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Rich Gossage	P	63	134	6	12	3	0	.857	1.21
Sparky Lyle	P	59	111	9	18	1	3	.964	2.19
Ed Figueroa	P	35	253	17	37	1	2	.982	1.92
Ron Guidry	P	35	273	14	44	2	1	.967	1.91
Dick Tidrow	P	31	185	12	18	0	0	1.000	1.46
Ken Clay	P	28	75	6	9	2	1	.882	1.80
Jim Beattie	P	25	128	14	21	3	2	.921	2.46
Catfish Hunter	P	21	118	11	13	0	0	1.000	1.83
Rawly Eastwick	P	8	24	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.86
Don Gullett	P	8	44	2	8	2	0	.833	2.04
Bob Kammeyer	P	7	21	0	7	0	0	1.000	2.97
Paul Lindblad	P	7	18	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.98
Andy Messersmith	P	6	22	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.63
Ken Holtzman	P	5	17	0	6	0	0	1.000	3.14
Larry McCall	P	5	16	0	4	0	1	1.000	2.25
Ron Davis	P	4	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.29
Dave Rajsich	P	4	13	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.69
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Cliff Johnson	DH	39						.000	0.00
Reggie Jackson	DH	35						.000	0.00
Jim Spencer	DH	35						.000	0.00
Lou Piniella	DH	23						.000	0.00
Roy White	DH	23						.000	0.00
Thurman Munson	DH	14						.000	0.00
Chris Chambliss	DH	7						.000	0.00
Jay Johnstone	DH	5						.000	0.00
Dennis Sherrill	DH	1						.000	0.00
Gary Thomasson	DH	1						.000	0.00

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