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Major League Baseball

Record: 89-71 .556.... 4th in American League East
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 2,537,765

Top Draft Pick: Todd Demeter (#51) AA
Manager - Bob Lemon, Billy Martin

Affiliates - AAA Columbus Clippers AA West Haven Yankees A+ Fort Lauderdale Yankees A- Oneonta Yankees Rk Paintsville Yankees

Team Leaders

HR: Jackson [29]
RBI: Jackson [89]
2B: Chambliss [27]
SB: Randolph [33]
W: John [21]
SV: Gossage [18]
SO: Guidry [201]

Oldest Player: Jim Kaat [40]
Youngest Player: Dave Righetti [20]
Longest Tenure: Roy White [15]

Major League Debuts

Batters: Bobby Brown (Apr 5) Darryl Jones (Jun 6) Jerry Narron (Apr 13) Dennis Werth (Sep 17)
Pitchers: Rick Anderson (Sep 18) Mike Griffin (Sep 17) Dave Righetti (Sep 16) Roger Slagle (Sep 7)

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Batting Statistics

Pos	Player Name	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
C	Thurman Munson	32	97	382	42	110	18	3	3	39	1	2	32	37	0	2	1	4	15	.288	.340	.374	714
1B	Chris Chambliss	30	149	554	61	155	27	3	18	63	3	2	34	53	5	4	1	5	9	.280	.324	.437	761
2B	Willie Randolph	24	153	574	98	155	15	13	5	61	33	12	95	39	3	5	5	5	23	.270	.374	.368	742
3B	Graig Nettles	34	145	521	71	132	15	1	20	73	1	2	59	53	0	6	0	8	14	.253	.325	.401	726
SS	Bucky Dent	27	141	431	47	99	14	2	2	32	0	0	37	30	1	1	13	8	5	.230	.287	.285	572
OF	Reggie Jackson	33	131	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	9	8	65	107	2	3	0	5	17	.297	.382	.544	926
OF	Lou Piniella	35	130	461	49	137	22	2	11	69	3	2	17	31	2	6	3	8	17	.297	.320	.425	745
OF	Bobby Murcer	33	74	264	42	72	12	0	8	33	1	1	25	32	2	2	2	1	10	.273	.339	.409	748
DH	Jim Spencer	31	106	295	60	85	15	3	23	53	0	2	38	25	0	11	1	2	12	.288	.367	.593	960

OF	Mickey Rivers	30	74	286	37	82	18	5	3	25	3	7	13	21	1	2	2	5	3	.287	.315	.416	731
P	Ron Davis	23	44	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
DH-OF	Roy White	35	81	205	24	44	6	0	3	27	2	2	23	21	0	1	5	3	6	.215	.290	.288	578
P	Jim Beattie	24	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Juan Beniquez	29	62	142	19	36	6	1	4	17	3	3	9	17	2	0	1	4	5	.254	.299	.394	693
P	Ken Clay	25	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C	Jerry Narron	23	61	123	17	21	3	1	4	18	0	0	9	26	0	0	3	1	2	.171	.226	.309	535
P	Ed Figueroa	30	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF-DH	Oscar Gamble	29	36	113	21	44	4	1	11	32	0	0	13	13	0	1	0	0	1	.389	.452	.735	1187
P	Rich Gossage	27	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
SS-3B	Fred Stanley	31	57	100	9	20	1	0	2	14	0	1	5	17	0	0	4	1	1	.200	.236	.270	506
P	Ron Guidry	28	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
C	Brad Gulden	23	40	92	10	15	4	0	0	6	0	1	9	16	0	0	4	0	3	.163	.238	.207	445
P	Catfish Hunter	33	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Bobby Brown	25	30	68	7	17	3	1	0	3	2	1	2	17	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.271	.324	595
P	Bob Kammeyer	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
DH	Cliff Johnson	31	28	64	11	17	6	0	2	6	0	0	10	7	0	4	1	1	0	.266	.360	.453	813
P	Dick Tidrow	32	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
OF	Jay Johnstone	33	23	48	7	10	1	0	1	7	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.240	.292	532
DH	Darryl Jones	28	18	47	6	12	5	1	0	6	0	0	2	7	0	0	2	0	1	.255	.286	.404	690
DH	George Scott	35	16	44	9	14	3	1	1	6	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	.318	.340	.500	840
OF	Len Randle	30	20	39	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	.179	.238	.179	417
SS	Damaso Garcia	22	11	38	3	10	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.263	.263	.289	552
2B-3B	Brian Doyle	24	20	32	2	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.125	.200	.188	388
C	Bruce Robinson	25	6	12	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.231	.167	398
3B	Roy Staiger	29	4	11	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.273	.308	.364	672
OF	Paul Blair	35	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400
1B	Dennis Werth	26	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500
P	Rick Anderson	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Ray Burris	28	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Mike Griffin	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Don Hood	29	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Tommy John	36	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Jim Kaat	40	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Paul Mirabella	25	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Dave Righetti	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Roger Slagle	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
P	Luis Tiant	38	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---
Batting Totals			160	5421	734	1443	226	40	150	694	65	46	509	590	18	48	50	63	148	.266	.328	.406	734