1978 New York Yankees Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 100–63 (.613), 1st place in American League East
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Brian Doyle 39 54 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 .185 .185 .185 .370
Bucky Dent 123 385 40 92 11 1 5 40 23 24 3 1 .239 .282 .312 .594
Chris Chambliss 162 626 81 171 26 3 12 90 41 60 2 1 .273 .321 .382 .702
Cliff Johnson 76 174 20 32 9 1 6 19 30 32 0 0 .184 .307 .351 .658
Damaso Garcia 18 41 5 8 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 0 .195 .227 .195 .422
Dell Alston 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dennis Sherrill 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Fran Healy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Fred Stanley 81 164 14 35 7 0 1 9 25 31 0 0 .213 .317 .274 .592
Gary Thomasson 55 116 20 32 4 1 3 20 13 22 0 2 .276 .346 .405 .751
George Zeber 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Graig Nettles 159 588 81 162 23 2 27 93 59 69 1 1 .276 .343 .459 .802
Jay Johnstone 36 65 6 17 0 0 1 6 4 10 0 1 .262 .329 .308 .636
Jim Spencer 71 150 12 34 9 1 7 24 15 32 0 1 .227 .295 .440 .735
Lou Piniella 130 476 67 148 34 5 6 69 34 36 3 1 .311 .359 .441 .800
Mickey Rivers 141 566 78 148 25 8 11 48 29 51 25 5 .261 .298 .392 .690
Mickey Klutts 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500
Mike Heath 33 93 6 21 3 1 0 8 4 9 0 0 .226 .263 .280 .542
Paul Blair 75 127 10 22 5 0 2 13 9 17 1 1 .173 .228 .260 .488
Reggie Jackson 139 511 82 140 13 5 27 97 58 133 14 11 .274 .356 .477 .834
Roy White 103 348 44 93 13 3 8 43 42 35 10 4 .267 .347 .391 .738
Thurman Munson 154 618 73 183 27 1 6 71 35 70 2 3 .296 .332 .372 .704
Willie Randolph 134 505 87 139 18 6 3 42 82 51 36 7 .275 .378 .352 .730
– 163 5,620 734 1,489 228 38 125 693 505 695 98 42 .265 .327 .386 .713

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Andy Messersmith 6 22.1 0 3 0 0 0 24 21 14 15 1 16 5 0 0 0 5.64 1.75
Bob Kammeyer 7 21.2 0 0 0 0 0 24 15 14 6 2 11 0 0 0 0 5.82 1.38
Catfish Hunter 21 118.0 12 6 0 0 0 98 49 47 35 1 56 20 0 5 1 3.58 1.13
Dave Rajsich 4 13.1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 6 6 0 9 2 0 0 0 4.05 1.65
Dick Tidrow 31 185.1 7 11 0 0 0 191 87 79 53 5 73 25 0 4 0 3.84 1.32
Don Gullett 8 44.2 4 2 0 0 0 46 19 18 20 1 28 8 0 2 0 3.63 1.48
Ed Figueroa 35 253.0 20 9 0 0 0 233 96 84 77 3 92 35 0 12 2 2.99 1.23
Jim Beattie 25 128.0 6 9 0 0 0 123 60 53 51 8 65 22 0 0 0 3.73 1.36
Ken Clay 28 75.2 3 4 0 0 0 89 41 36 21 2 32 6 0 0 0 4.28 1.45
Ken Holtzman 5 17.2 1 0 0 0 0 21 8 8 9 0 3 3 0 0 0 4.08 1.70
Larry McCall 5 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 20 10 10 6 1 7 1 0 0 0 5.62 1.62
Paul Lindblad 7 18.1 0 0 0 0 0 21 9 9 8 0 9 1 0 0 0 4.42 1.58
Rawly Eastwick 8 24.2 2 1 0 0 0 22 9 9 4 1 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 1.05
Rich Gossage 63 134.1 10 11 27 0 0 87 41 30 59 2 122 0 0 0 0 2.01 1.09
Ron Davis 4 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.57 2.57
Ron Guidry 35 273.2 25 3 0 0 0 187 61 53 72 1 248 35 0 16 9 1.74 0.95
Sparky Lyle 59 111.2 9 3 9 0 0 116 46 43 33 4 33 0 0 0 0 3.47 1.33
– 163 1460.2 100 63 36 0 0 1,321 582 516 478 32 817 163 0 39 12 3.18 1.23

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Andy Messersmith P 6 2 2 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Bob Kammeyer P 7 0 7 0 7 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Catfish Hunter P 21 11 13 0 24 0 - - - 1.000 1.14
Dave Rajsich P 4 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.25
Dick Tidrow P 31 12 18 0 30 0 - - - 1.000 0.97
Don Gullett P 8 2 8 2 12 0 - - - .833 1.25
Ed Figueroa P 35 17 37 1 55 2 - - - .982 1.54
Jim Beattie P 25 14 21 3 38 2 - - - .921 1.40
Ken Clay P 28 6 9 2 17 1 - - - .882 0.54
Ken Holtzman P 5 0 6 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 1.20
Larry McCall P 5 0 4 0 4 1 - - - 1.000 0.80
Paul Lindblad P 7 2 4 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 0.86
Rawly Eastwick P 8 2 3 0 5 0 - - - 1.000 0.62
Rich Gossage P 63 6 12 3 21 0 - - - .857 0.29
Ron Davis P 4 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.25
Ron Guidry P 35 14 44 2 60 1 - - - .967 1.66
Sparky Lyle P 59 9 18 1 28 3 - - - .964 0.46
Cliff Johnson C 22 67 10 2 79 1 11 5 .3 .975 3.50
Fran Healy C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .000 0.00
Mike Heath C 33 151 11 5 167 1 11 6 .4 .970 4.91
Thurman Munson C 125 666 61 10 737 4 61 50 .5 .986 5.82
Chris Chambliss 1B 155 1,366 111 4 1,481 119 - - - .997 9.53
Cliff Johnson 1B 1 4 0 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 4.00
Jim Spencer 1B 15 90 7 0 97 4 - - - 1.000 6.47
Brian Doyle 2B 29 36 51 1 88 12 - - - .989 3.00
Damaso Garcia 2B 16 36 35 3 74 10 - - - .959 4.44
Fred Stanley 2B 11 7 19 0 26 4 - - - 1.000 2.36
George Zeber 2B 1 1 2 1 4 0 - - - .750 3.00
Paul Blair 2B 5 2 3 1 6 0 - - - .833 1.00
Willie Randolph 2B 134 296 400 16 712 80 - - - .978 5.19
Brian Doyle 3B 5 1 10 0 11 1 - - - 1.000 2.20
Dennis Sherrill 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Fred Stanley 3B 4 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Graig Nettles 3B 159 109 326 11 446 30 - - - .975 2.74
Mickey Klutts 3B 1 1 2 1 4 1 - - - .750 3.00
Paul Blair 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Brian Doyle SS 7 2 4 0 6 1 - - - 1.000 0.86
Bucky Dent SS 123 178 341 10 529 57 - - - .981 4.22
Damaso Garcia SS 3 0 0 1 1 0 - - - .000 0.00
Domingo Ramos SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Fred Stanley SS 71 81 131 9 221 22 - - - .959 2.99
Graig Nettles SS 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Paul Blair SS 4 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.25
Gary Thomasson CF 50 101 4 3 108 1 - - - .972 2.10
Jay Johnstone CF 22 31 0 0 31 0 - - - 1.000 1.41
Lou Piniella CF 103 213 4 7 224 0 - - - .969 2.11
Mickey Rivers CF 138 384 8 8 400 2 - - - .980 2.84
Paul Blair CF 64 87 2 1 90 1 - - - .989 1.39
Reggie Jackson CF 104 212 6 3 221 1 - - - .986 2.10
Roy White CF 74 128 1 1 130 0 - - - .992 1.74
Thurman Munson CF 13 32 0 1 33 0 - - - .970 2.46
– 163 4,382 1,758 113 6,253 362 83 61 .4 .982 3.32

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Brian Doyle 9 23 4 9 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 .391 .417 .435 .851
Bucky Dent 10 39 3 13 1 0 0 11 1 2 0 0 .333 .350 .359 .709
Catfish Hunter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Chris Chambliss 7 26 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 .308 .333 .308 .641
Cliff Johnson 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dick Tidrow 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ed Figueroa 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Fred Stanley 5 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .273 .300 .573
Gary Thomasson 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
Graig Nettles 10 40 5 9 0 1 1 3 0 7 0 0 .225 .225 .350 .575
Jay Johnstone 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jim Spencer 4 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
Jim Beattie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ken Clay 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Lou Piniella 10 42 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 .262 .262 .262 .524
Mickey Rivers 9 29 2 11 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 .379 .419 .379 .799
Mike Heath 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Blair 10 14 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .214 .267 .286 .552
Paul Lindblad 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Reggie Jackson 10 36 7 15 2 0 4 14 6 11 0 1 .417 .511 .806 1.317
Rich Gossage 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ron Guidry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Roy White 10 41 14 13 1 0 2 5 5 7 2 0 .317 .391 .488 .879
Sparky Lyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Thurman Munson 10 43 7 13 4 0 1 9 3 7 1 0 .302 .348 .465 .813
– 10 363 55 110 11 1 8 52 23 58 5 3 .303 .347 .405 .752

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Catfish Hunter 3 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 20 9 9 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 4.26 1.26
Dick Tidrow 3 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 3.48 1.35
Ed Figueroa 3 7.2 0 2 0 0 0 14 11 9 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 10.57 2.48
Jim Beattie 2 14.1 2 0 0 0 0 11 3 3 9 0 11 2 0 1 0 1.88 1.40
Ken Clay 2 6.0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.50
Paul Lindblad 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.57 1.71
Rich Gossage 5 10.0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1.80 0.50
Ron Guidry 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 0 15 2 2 8 0 11 2 0 1 0 1.06 1.35
Sparky Lyle 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 2.25
– 163 88.0 7 3 2 0 0 87 40 37 34 0 52 10 0 2 0 3.78 1.38

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Catfish Hunter P 3 2 1 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Dick Tidrow P 3 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Ed Figueroa P 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Jim Beattie P 2 2 1 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 1.50
Ken Clay P 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Paul Lindblad P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Rich Gossage P 5 0 1 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.20
Ron Guidry P 2 1 1 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Sparky Lyle P 1 1 1 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Mike Heath C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .000 0.00
Thurman Munson C 10 55 9 0 64 1 0 0 .0 1.000 6.40
Chris Chambliss 1B 7 45 2 0 47 5 - - - 1.000 6.71
Jim Spencer 1B 3 23 2 0 25 4 - - - 1.000 8.33
Brian Doyle 2B 9 20 13 0 33 6 - - - 1.000 3.67
Fred Stanley 2B 5 8 5 0 13 1 - - - 1.000 2.60
Paul Blair 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Graig Nettles 3B 10 14 25 0 39 6 - - - 1.000 3.90
Bucky Dent SS 10 10 24 3 37 4 - - - .919 3.40
Gary Thomasson LF 4 3 0 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.75
Lou Piniella LF 1 3 0 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Roy White LF 9 18 0 0 18 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Gary Thomasson CF 2 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Mickey Rivers CF 8 15 1 0 16 1 - - - 1.000 2.00
Paul Blair CF 9 12 0 0 12 0 - - - 1.000 1.33
Jay Johnstone RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
Lou Piniella RF 9 24 1 0 25 1 - - - 1.000 2.78
Reggie Jackson RF 1 4 0 0 4 0 - - - 1.000 4.00
– 10 264 89 3 356 29 0 0 .0 .992 1.31

Awards

Player Award Stats
Ron Guidry Cy Young Award (P) 25–3, 248 SO, 1.74 ERA
Rich Gossage All-Star (P) 10–11, 27 Sv, 122 SO, 2.01 ERA
Ron Guidry All-Star (P) 25–3, 248 SO, 1.74 ERA
Thurman Munson All-Star (C) .296–6–71, 2 SB
Graig Nettles All-Star (3B) .276–27–93, 1 SB
Reggie Jackson All-Star (CF) .274–27–97, 14 SB
Chris Chambliss Gold Glove (1B) .997 FPct, RF
Graig Nettles Gold Glove (3B) .975 FPct, RF