1979 New York Yankees Statistics

American League (AL)
Team Record: 89-71
Finished 4th in the AL's East Division
Attendance: 2,537,765, Avg. 32,201
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II
Manager: Bob Lemon (34-31)
Manager: Billy Martin (55-40)
Location: New York, New York

1979 New York Yankees Roster
1979 New York Yankees Results

The New York Yankees of the American League ended the 1979 season with a record of 89 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the AL's East Division.

The Yankees scored 734 runs and allowed 672 runs. Reggie Jackson led New York with 29 home runs, while Chris Chambliss, Graig Nettles and Jim Spencer each walloped 20 or more also. Reggie Jackson accounted for 89 RBI. Reggie Jackson and Lou Piniella paced all regular batters by hitting .297. Tommy John topped the squad with 21 wins, plus Ron Guidry, too added 15 or more wins, too Ron Guidry recorded a 2.78 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers.

Bob Lemon and Billy Martin coached the team.

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Pitching:

Player	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
Tommy John	21	9	.700	2.96	37	36	1	17	3	0	276.3	268	109	91	9	65	1	111	4	1	11	1116
Ron Guidry	18	8	.692	2.78	33	30	3	15	2	2	236.3	203	83	73	20	71	0	201	0	0	9	946
Ron Davis	14	2	.875	2.85	44	0	21	0	0	9	85.3	84	29	27	5	28	9	43	1	0	1	357
Luis Tiant	13	8	.619	3.91	30	30	0	5	1	0	195.7	190	94	85	22	53	1	104	0	0	0	819
Rich Gossage	5	3	.625	2.62	36	0	33	0	0	18	58.3	48	18	17	5	19	4	41	0	0	3	234
Ed Figueroa	4	6	.400	4.13	16	16	0	4	1	0	104.7	109	49	48	6	35	1	42	0	0	1	437
Don Hood	3	1	.750	3.07	27	6	9	0	0	1	67.3	62	24	23	3	30	1	22	2	0	1	288
Jim Beattie	3	6	.333	5.21	15	13	1	1	1	0	76.0	85	45	44	5	41	0	32	0	0	1	343
Dick Tidrow	2	1	.667	7.94	14	0	10	0	0	2	22.7	38	20	20	5	4	0	7	0	0	2	101
Jim Kaat	2	3	.400	3.86	40	1	13	0	0	2	58.3	64	29	25	4	14	2	23	2	0	2	249
Catfish Hunter	2	9	.182	5.31	19	19	0	1	0	0	105.0	128	68	62	15	34	0	34	1	0	2	460
Ray Burris	1	3	.250	6.18	15	0	7	0	0	0	27.7	40	22	19	5	10	1	19	0	0	1	132
Ken Clay	1	7	.125	5.40	32	5	17	0	0	2	78.3	88	49	47	12	25	1	28	2	0	7	338
Bob Kammeyer	0	0			1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	7	8	8	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8
Roger Slagle	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6
Rick Anderson	0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	1	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10
Mike Griffin	0	0		4.15	3	0	1	0	0	1	4.3	5	2	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	19
Dave Righetti	0	1	.000	3.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.3	10	7	7	2	10	0	13	0	0	0	67
Paul Mirabella	0	4	.000	8.79	10	1	0	0	0	0	14.3	16	15	14	3	10	1	4	1	0	3	71
Totals	89	71	.556	3.85	377	160	117	43	8	37	1432.3	1446	672	613	123	455	22	731	14	1	45	6001

Batting:

Player	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Chris Chambliss	149	599	554	61	155	27	3	18	63	3	2	34	53	.280	.324	.437	.761	242	9	5	1	5	4
Willie Randolph	153	682	574	98	155	15	13	5	61	33	12	95	39	.270	.374	.368	.741	211	23	3	5	5	5
Reggie Jackson	131	537	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	9	8	65	107	.297	.382	.544	.926	253	17	2	0	5	3
Lou Piniella	130	491	461	49	137	22	2	11	69	3	2	17	31	.297	.320	.425	.745	196	17	2	3	8	6
Graig Nettles	145	588	521	71	132	15	1	20	73	1	2	59	53	.253	.325	.401	.726	209	14	0	0	8	6
Thurman Munson	97	419	382	42	110	18	3	3	39	1	2	32	37	.288	.340	.374	.714	143	15	0	1	4	2
Bucky Dent	141	490	431	47	99	14	2	2	32	0	0	37	30	.230	.287	.285	.573	123	5	1	13	8	1
Jim Spencer	106	336	295	60	85	15	3	23	53	0	2	38	25	.288	.367	.593	.960	175	12	0	1	2	11
Mickey Rivers	74	307	286	37	82	18	5	3	25	3	7	13	21	.287	.315	.416	.731	119	3	1	2	5	2
Bobby Murcer	74	294	264	42	72	12	0	8	33	1	1	25	32	.273	.339	.409	.748	108	10	2	2	1	2
Oscar Gamble	36	126	113	21	44	4	1	11	32	0	0	13	13	.389	.452	.735	1.187	83	1	0	0	0	1
Roy White	81	236	205	24	44	6	0	3	27	2	2	23	21	.215	.290	.288	.578	59	6	0	5	3	1
Juan Beniquez	62	158	142	19	36	6	1	4	17	3	3	9	17	.254	.299	.394	.694	56	5	2	1	4	0
Jerry Narron	61	136	123	17	21	3	1	4	18	0	0	9	26	.171	.226	.309	.535	38	2	0	3	1	0
Fred Stanley	57	110	100	9	20	1	0	2	14	0	1	5	17	.200	.236	.270	.506	27	1	0	4	1	0
Cliff Johnson	28	76	64	11	17	6	0	2	6	0	0	10	7	.266	.360	.453	.813	29	0	0	1	1	4
Bobby Brown	30	71	68	7	17	3	1	0	3	2	1	2	17	.250	.271	.324	.595	22	0	0	1	0	0
Brad Gulden	40	105	92	10	15	4	0	0	6	0	1	9	16	.163	.238	.207	.444	19	3	0	4	0	0
George Scott	16	47	44	9	14	3	1	1	6	1	0	2	7	.318	.340	.500	.840	22	0	0	0	1	0
Darryl Jones	18	51	47	6	12	5	1	0	6	0	0	2	7	.255	.286	.404	.690	19	1	0	2	0	0
Damaso Garcia	11	38	38	3	10	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	.263	.263	.289	.553	11	1	0	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	23	50	48	7	10	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	7	.208	.240	.292	.532	14	0	0	0	0	0
Lenny Randle	20	42	39	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	.179	.238	.179	.418	7	1	0	0	0	0
Brian Doyle	20	36	32	2	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	1	.125	.200	.188	.388	6	1	0	1	0	0
Roy Staiger	4	13	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.273	.308	.364	.671	4	1	0	0	1	0
Bruce Robinson	6	13	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	.167	.231	.167	.397	2	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Werth	3	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Blair	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Davis	44	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Dave Righetti	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Luis Tiant	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ray Burris	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Slagle	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Don Hood	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Clay	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Rick Anderson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Figueroa	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Rich Gossage	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Griffin	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Guidry	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Catfish Hunter	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Tommy John	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Kaat	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Kammeyer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Mirabella	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Beattie	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	2096	6061	5421	734	1443	226	40	150	694	65	46	509	590	.266	.328	.406	.733	2199	148	18	50	63	48

Fielding:

Player	Pos	GP	GS	Inn.	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	PB	SB	CS	CS%
Chris Chambliss	1B	134	132	1171.7	1299	95	7	135	.995	1.708	1.403	0	0	0
Jim Spencer	1B	26	25	232.3	232	17	2	35	.992	9.646	9.577	0	0	0
Thurman Munson	1B	3	3	19.0	23	0	0	2	1.000	1.895	7.667	0	0	0
Dennis Werth	1B	1	0	4.0	5	1	0	0	1.000	13.500	6.000	0	0	0
Fred Stanley	1B	1	0	4.0	5	0	0	0	1.000	11.250	5.000	0	0	0
George Scott	1B	1	0	1.3	2	0	0	0	1.000	13.500	2.000	0	0	0
Willie Randolph	2B	153	152	1336.0	355	478	13	128	.985	5.612	5.444	0	0	0
Brian Doyle	2B	13	6	60.0	11	23	2	5	.944	5.100	2.615	0	0	0
Fred Stanley	2B	8	2	36.3	9	15	1	3	.960	5.945	3.000	0	0	0
Graig Nettles	3B	144	142	1243.3	110	339	16	30	.966	3.250	3.118	0	0	0
Fred Stanley	3B	16	10	101.0	5	30	5	2	.875	3.119	2.188	0	0	0
Brian Doyle	3B	6	3	32.0	1	4	0	0	1.000	1.406	.833	0	0	0
Roy Staiger	3B	4	2	29.7	2	7	0	1	1.000	2.730	2.250	0	0	0
Juan Beniquez	3B	3	3	24.0	1	11	0	0	1.000	4.500	4.000	0	0	0
Damaso Garcia	3B	1	0	2.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Thurman Munson	C	88	88	754.7	405	44	10	5	.978	5.355	5.102	5	32	27	45.8
Jerry Narron	C	56	30	322.0	167	15	5	2	.973	5.087	3.250	8	23	9	28.1
Brad Gulden	C	40	34	292.7	178	24	1	4	.995	6.212	5.050	1	22	17	43.6
Bruce Robinson	C	6	5	39.0	33	0	2	1	.943	7.615	5.500	0	4	1	20.0
Cliff Johnson	C	4	3	24.0	10	1	0	0	1.000	4.125	2.750	1	2	1	33.3
Reggie Jackson	OF	125	125	1082.7	274	7	4	2	.986	2.336	2.248	0	0	0
Lou Piniella	OF	112	102	922.0	204	13	4	1	.982	2.118	1.938	0	0	0
Bobby Murcer	OF	70	65	579.0	169	4	3	0	.983	2.689	2.471	0	0	0
Mickey Rivers	OF	69	68	563.0	147	4	4	0	.974	2.414	2.188	0	0	0
Juan Beniquez	OF	60	36	361.3	99	4	2	0	.981	2.565	1.717	0	0	0
Roy White	OF	27	25	222.0	45	3	0	0	1.000	1.946	1.778	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble	OF	27	27	209.3	47	3	3	2	.943	2.150	1.852	0	0	0
Bobby Brown	OF	27	16	168.0	56	0	3	0	.949	3.000	2.074	0	0	0
Jay Johnstone	OF	19	9	102.7	32	0	0	0	1.000	2.805	1.684	0	0	0
Lenny Randle	OF	11	6	67.0	19	2	0	0	1.000	2.821	1.909	0	0	0
Paul Blair	OF	2	1	13.0	6	0	0	0	1.000	4.154	3.000	0	0	0
Darryl Jones	OF	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.250	.500	0	0	0
Fred Stanley	OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Ron Guidry	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Tommy John	P	37	36	276.3	15	51	3	5	.957	2.150	1.784	0	0	0
Ron Guidry	P	33	30	236.3	11	29	1	1	.976	1.523	1.212	0	0	0
Luis Tiant	P	30	30	195.7	13	27	2	2	.952	1.840	1.333	0	0	0
Catfish Hunter	P	19	19	105.0	10	10	1	0	.952	1.714	1.053	0	0	0
Ed Figueroa	P	16	16	104.7	9	16	2	1	.926	2.150	1.563	0	0	0
Ron Davis	P	44	0	85.3	5	15	0	2	1.000	2.109	.455	0	0	0
Ken Clay	P	32	5	78.3	8	12	1	0	.952	2.298	.625	0	0	0
Jim Beattie	P	15	13	76.0	9	16	1	1	.962	2.961	1.667	0	0	0
Don Hood	P	27	6	67.3	2	14	0	2	1.000	2.139	.593	0	0	0
Jim Kaat	P	40	1	58.3	5	5	1	0	.909	1.543	.250	0	0	0
Rich Gossage	P	36	0	58.3	1	4	0	0	1.000	.771	.139	0	0	0
Ray Burris	P	15	0	27.7	2	3	0	0	1.000	1.627	.333	0	0	0
Dick Tidrow	P	14	0	22.7	2	8	0	1	1.000	3.971	.714	0	0	0
Dave Righetti	P	3	3	17.3	1	3	0	1	1.000	2.077	1.333	0	0	0
Paul Mirabella	P	10	1	14.3	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.256	.200	0	0	0
Mike Griffin	P	3	0	4.3	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	0	0	0
Rick Anderson	P	1	0	2.3	0	3	0	0	1.000	11.571	3.000	0	0	0
Roger Slagle	P	1	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1.000	4.500	1.000	0	0	0
Bob Kammeyer	P	1	0	0.0	0	0	0	0			.000	0	0	0
Bucky Dent	SS	141	136	1187.7	219	512	17	107	.977	5.539	5.184	0	0	0
Fred Stanley	SS	31	15	160.7	23	68	2	18	.978	5.098	2.935	0	0	0
Damaso Garcia	SS	10	9	84.0	9	28	4	4	.902	3.964	3.700	0	0	0
Totals		1820	1440	12891.0	4297	1970	122	503	.981	4.375	3.443	15	83	55	39.9

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