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1979 American League East
Team Record GB
Baltimore Orioles 102 - 57
Milwaukee Brewers 95 - 66 8.0
Boston Red Sox 91 - 69 11.5
New York Yankees 89 - 71 13.5
Detroit Tigers 85 - 76 18.0
Cleveland Indians 81 - 80 22.0
Toronto Blue Jays 53 - 109 50.5

3rd (AL East)
Runs Scored: 734
Runs Allowed: 672
Attendance: 2,537,765

1979 New York Yankees Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Thurman Munson C 32 97 382 42 110 18 3 3 39 32 2 37 1 2 1 0 15 .288 .340 .374 .714
Chris Chambliss 1B 30 149 554 61 155 27 3 18 63 34 4 53 3 2 1 5 9 .280 .324 .437 .761
Willie Randolph 2B 24 153 574 98 155 15 13 5 61 95 5 39 33 12 5 3 23 .270 .374 .368 .742
Graig Nettles 3B 34 145 521 71 132 15 1 20 73 59 6 53 1 2 0 0 14 .253 .325 .401 .726
Bucky Dent SS 27 141 431 47 99 14 2 2 32 37 1 30 0 0 13 1 5 .230 .287 .285 .572
Lou Piniella LF 35 130 461 49 137 22 2 11 69 17 6 31 3 2 3 2 17 .297 .320 .425 .745
Bobby Murcer CF 33 74 264 42 72 12 0 8 33 25 2 32 1 1 2 2 10 .273 .339 .409 .748
Reggie Jackson RF 33 131 465 78 138 24 2 29 89 65 3 107 9 8 0 2 17 .297 .382 .544 .926
Jim Spencer DH 31 106 295 60 85 15 3 23 53 38 11 25 0 2 1 0 12 .288 .367 .593 .960

1979 New York Yankees Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Roy White 35 81 205 24 44 6 0 3 27 23 1 21 2 2 5 0 6 .215 .290 .288 .578
Mickey Rivers 30 74 286 37 82 18 5 3 25 13 2 21 3 7 2 1 3 .287 .315 .416 .731
Juan Beniquez 29 62 142 19 36 6 1 4 17 9 0 17 3 3 1 2 5 .254 .299 .394 .693
Jerry Narron 23 61 123 17 21 3 1 4 18 9 0 26 0 0 3 0 2 .171 .226 .309 .535
Fred Stanley 31 57 100 9 20 1 0 2 14 5 0 17 0 1 4 0 1 .200 .236 .270 .506
Brad Gulden 23 40 92 10 15 4 0 0 6 9 0 16 0 1 4 0 3 .163 .238 .207 .445
Oscar Gamble 29 36 113 21 44 4 1 11 32 13 1 13 0 0 0 0 1 .389 .452 .735 1.187
Bobby Brown 25 30 68 7 17 3 1 0 3 2 0 17 2 1 1 0 0 .250 .271 .324 .595
Cliff Johnson 31 28 64 11 17 6 0 2 6 10 4 7 0 0 1 0 0 .266 .360 .453 .813
Jay Johnstone 33 23 48 7 10 1 0 1 7 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 .208 .240 .292 .532
Brian Doyle 24 20 32 2 4 2 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .125 .200 .188 .388
Len Randle 30 20 39 2 7 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 .179 .238 .179 .417
Darryl Jones 28 18 47 6 12 5 1 0 6 2 0 7 0 0 2 0 1 .255 .286 .404 .690
George Scott 35 16 44 9 14 3 1 1 6 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 .318 .340 .500 .840
Damaso Garcia 24 11 38 3 10 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 .263 .263 .289 .552
Bruce Robinson 25 6 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .231 .167 .398
Roy Staiger 29 4 11 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .273 .308 .364 .672
Dennis Werth 26 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Paul Blair 35 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400

1979 New York Yankees Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Ron Davis P 23 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1979 New York Yankees Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Tommy John 36 37 36 21 9 .700 2.96 276.1 109 91 268 9 65 111 .256 4 11 17 3 0 3.37
Ron Guidry 28 33 30 18 8 .692 2.78 236.1 83 73 203 20 71 201 .234 8 9 15 2 2 3.40
Luis Tiant 38 30 30 13 8 .619 3.91 195.2 94 85 190 22 53 104 .250 6 0 5 1 0 4.30
Catfish Hunter 33 19 19 2 9 .182 5.31 105.0 68 62 128 15 34 34 .301 1 2 1 0 0 5.21
Ed Figueroa 30 16 16 4 6 .400 4.13 104.2 49 48 109 6 35 42 .274 4 1 4 1 0 4.06
Jim Beattie 24 15 13 3 6 .333 5.21 76.0 45 44 85 5 41 32 .286 5 1 1 1 0 4.83
Dave Righetti 20 3 3 0 1 .000 3.63 17.1 7 7 10 2 10 13 .179 1 0 0 0 0 4.90

1979 New York Yankees Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K BAA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Ron Davis 23 44 0 14 2 .875 2.85 85.1 29 27 84 5 28 43 .256 1 1 0 0 9 3.77
Jim Kaat 40 40 1 2 3 .400 3.86 58.1 29 25 64 4 14 23 .275 2 2 0 0 2 3.93
Rich Gossage 27 36 0 5 3 .625 2.62 58.1 18 17 48 5 19 41 .225 2 3 0 0 18 3.79
Ken Clay 25 32 5 1 7 .125 5.40 78.1 49 47 88 12 25 28 .283 2 7 0 0 2 5.31
Don Hood 29 27 6 3 1 .750 3.07 67.1 24 23 62 3 30 22 .242 2 1 0 0 1 4.35
Ray Burris 28 15 0 1 3 .250 6.18 27.2 22 19 40 5 10 19 .331 1 1 0 0 0 5.17
Dick Tidrow 32 14 0 2 1 .667 7.94 22.2 20 20 38 5 4 7 .392 0 2 0 0 2 5.78
Paul Mirabella 25 10 1 0 4 .000 8.79 14.1 15 14 16 3 10 4 .267 1 3 0 0 0 7.47
Mike Griffin 22 3 0 0 0 .000 4.15 4.1 2 2 5 0 2 5 .294 0 1 0 0 1 2.08
Rick Anderson 25 1 0 0 0 .000 3.86 2.1 1 1 1 0 4 0 .167 0 0 0 0 0 8.14
Bob Kammeyer 28 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0.0 8 8 7 2 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Roger Slagle 25 1 0 0 0 .000 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1.00