1981 New York Yankees Stats, Awards, and Rosters

Record: 59–48 (.551), 4th place (2 games behind) 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
Andre Robertson 10 19 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 .263 .263 .316 .579
Aurelio Rodriguez 27 53 4 18 2 0 2 8 2 10 0 0 .340 .364 .491 .854
Barry Foote 40 129 12 26 4 0 6 10 8 21 0 0 .202 .248 .372 .620
Bob Watson 59 156 15 33 3 3 6 12 24 17 0 0 .212 .317 .385 .701
Bobby Brown 31 63 5 14 1 0 0 6 5 15 4 2 .222 .275 .238 .513
Bobby Murcer 50 117 14 31 6 0 6 24 12 15 0 0 .265 .331 .470 .801
Bucky Dent 73 235 20 54 11 0 7 27 19 17 0 1 .230 .291 .366 .657
Dave Revering 45 119 8 28 4 1 2 7 11 20 0 1 .235 .300 .336 .636
Dave Winfield 105 389 52 114 25 1 13 68 43 41 11 1 .293 .359 .463 .822
Dennis Werth 34 59 7 6 1 0 0 1 12 12 1 0 .102 .254 .119 .372
Graig Nettles 103 351 46 85 7 1 15 46 47 49 0 2 .242 .331 .396 .727
Jerry Mumphrey 80 324 44 98 11 5 6 32 24 27 14 9 .302 .349 .423 .771
Jim Spencer 25 63 6 9 2 0 2 4 9 7 0 0 .143 .250 .270 .520
Johnny Oates 10 26 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .192 .250 .231 .481
Larry Milbourne 61 166 24 51 7 2 1 12 9 14 2 0 .307 .345 .392 .736
Lou Piniella 60 161 16 44 9 0 5 18 13 9 0 1 .273 .328 .422 .750
Mike Patterson 4 9 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .667 .889
Oscar Gamble 80 189 24 45 8 0 10 27 35 23 0 2 .238 .357 .439 .796
Reggie Jackson 94 334 33 79 17 1 15 54 46 82 0 3 .237 .330 .428 .758
Rick Cerone 71 238 23 57 13 2 2 21 12 24 0 2 .239 .272 .336 .608
Steve Balboni 4 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089
Willie Randolph 93 362 59 83 14 3 2 24 57 24 14 5 .229 .332 .301 .633
– 107 3,569 421 889 148 22 100 403 391 434 47 30 .249 .322 .387 .709

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Andy McGaffigan 2 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.14
Bill Castro 11 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 26 13 8 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 3.79 1.63
Dave Laroche 26 47.0 4 1 0 0 0 38 16 13 16 1 24 1 0 0 0 2.49 1.15
Dave Righetti 15 105.1 8 4 0 0 0 75 25 24 38 0 89 15 0 2 0 2.05 1.07
Dave Wehrmeister 5 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 5.14 1.86
Doug Bird 17 53.1 5 1 0 0 0 58 19 16 16 0 28 4 0 0 0 2.70 1.39
Gene Nelson 8 39.1 3 1 0 0 0 40 24 21 23 1 16 7 0 0 0 4.81 1.60
George Frazier 16 27.2 0 1 3 0 0 26 7 5 11 0 17 0 0 0 0 1.63 1.34
Mike Griffin 2 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2.08 1.15
Rich Gossage 32 46.2 3 2 20 0 0 22 6 4 14 1 48 0 0 0 0 0.77 0.77
Rick Reuschel 12 70.2 4 4 0 0 0 75 24 21 10 1 22 11 0 3 0 2.67 1.20
Ron Davis 43 73.0 4 5 6 0 0 47 22 22 25 0 83 0 0 0 0 2.71 0.99
Ron Guidry 23 127.0 11 5 0 0 0 100 41 39 26 1 104 21 0 0 0 2.76 0.99
Rudy May 27 147.2 6 11 1 0 0 137 71 68 41 2 79 22 0 4 0 4.14 1.21
Tom Underwood 9 32.2 1 4 0 0 0 32 17 16 13 0 29 6 0 0 0 4.41 1.38
Tommy John 20 140.1 9 8 0 0 0 135 50 41 39 3 50 20 0 7 0 2.63 1.24
– 107 948.0 59 48 30 0 0 827 343 305 287 10 606 107 0 16 0 2.90 1.18

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Andy McGaffigan P 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Bill Castro P 11 0 3 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.27
Dave Laroche P 26 5 4 0 9 0 - - - 1.000 0.35
Dave Righetti P 15 6 9 1 16 0 - - - .937 1.00
Dave Wehrmeister P 5 1 2 0 3 0 - - - 1.000 0.60
Doug Bird P 17 6 7 0 13 1 - - - 1.000 0.76
Gene Nelson P 8 3 6 1 10 0 - - - .900 1.12
George Frazier P 16 1 4 1 6 0 - - - .833 0.31
Mike Griffin P 2 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Rich Gossage P 32 2 7 1 10 1 - - - .900 0.28
Rick Reuschel P 12 6 14 0 20 0 - - - 1.000 1.67
Ron Davis P 43 4 5 0 9 0 - - - 1.000 0.21
Ron Guidry P 23 13 17 0 30 1 - - - 1.000 1.30
Rudy May P 27 11 28 1 40 0 - - - .975 1.44
Tom Underwood P 9 2 4 1 7 0 - - - .857 0.67
Tommy John P 20 11 27 0 38 2 - - - 1.000 1.90
Barry Foote C 34 227 14 1 242 3 24 14 .4 .996 7.09
Dennis Werth C 3 15 1 0 16 0 2 0 .0 1.000 5.33
Johnny Oates C 10 49 3 2 54 0 10 2 .2 .963 5.20
Rick Cerone C 69 353 26 3 382 1 34 19 .4 .992 5.49
Aurelio Rodriguez 1B 1 8 1 0 9 2 - - - 1.000 9.00
Barry Foote 1B 1 4 0 0 4 1 - - - 1.000 4.00
Bob Watson 1B 50 367 25 1 393 42 - - - .997 7.84
Dave Revering 1B 44 276 30 2 308 24 - - - .994 6.95
Dennis Werth 1B 19 82 9 0 91 7 - - - 1.000 4.79
Jim Spencer 1B 25 172 17 0 189 17 - - - 1.000 7.56
Steve Balboni 1B 3 14 1 0 15 2 - - - 1.000 5.00
Andre Robertson 2B 3 2 7 0 9 1 - - - 1.000 3.00
Aurelio Rodriguez 2B 3 1 5 0 6 1 - - - 1.000 2.00
Larry Milbourne 2B 14 35 29 2 66 10 - - - .970 4.57
Tucker Ashford 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Willie Randolph 2B 93 205 268 11 484 74 - - - .977 5.09
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 20 11 28 2 41 1 - - - .951 1.95
Graig Nettles 3B 97 63 214 8 285 14 - - - .972 2.86
Larry Milbourne 3B 3 2 1 0 3 1 - - - 1.000 1.00
Andre Robertson SS 8 7 17 0 24 2 - - - 1.000 3.00
Bucky Dent SS 73 104 217 10 331 49 - - - .970 4.40
Larry Milbourne SS 39 37 91 6 134 15 - - - .955 3.28
Bobby Brown CF 29 54 2 3 59 0 - - - .949 1.93
Dave Winfield CF 102 196 1 3 200 0 - - - .985 1.93
Dennis Werth CF 8 7 1 0 8 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Jerry Mumphrey CF 79 219 5 8 232 0 - - - .966 2.84
Lou Piniella CF 36 69 2 1 72 1 - - - .986 1.97
Mike Patterson CF 4 6 0 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 1.50
Oscar Gamble CF 43 77 0 0 77 0 - - - 1.000 1.79
Reggie Jackson CF 61 111 3 3 117 0 - - - .974 1.87
– 107 2,844 1,157 72 4,073 273 70 35 .3 .982 3.22

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
Andre Robertson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Aurelio Rodriguez 5 12 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .417 .462 .417 .878
Barry Foote 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bob Watson 14 50 4 17 1 0 2 9 4 2 0 0 .340 .382 .480 .862
Bobby Brown 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bobby Murcer 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
Dave Laroche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dave Righetti 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Dave Revering 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Dave Winfield 14 55 4 10 3 1 0 3 8 11 2 0 .182 .286 .273 .558
George Frazier 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Graig Nettles 11 39 4 11 3 0 1 10 5 2 0 1 .282 .370 .436 .805
Jerry Mumphrey 13 48 6 11 1 0 0 0 6 5 2 2 .229 .315 .250 .565
Larry Milbourne 14 54 10 17 3 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 .315 .362 .370 .732
Lou Piniella 13 31 5 12 2 0 2 9 0 1 1 0 .387 .387 .645 1.032
Oscar Gamble 10 21 5 8 1 0 2 5 7 5 0 0 .381 .517 .714 1.232
Reggie Jackson 10 36 8 10 1 0 3 6 4 8 1 0 .278 .350 .556 .906
Rich Gossage 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rick Cerone 14 50 4 11 3 0 2 8 4 4 0 0 .220 .291 .400 .691
Rick Reuschel 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ron Davis 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ron Guidry 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rudy May 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Tommy John 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Willie Randolph 14 50 7 12 1 1 3 6 10 5 1 1 .240 .361 .480 .841
– 14 478 61 128 19 2 15 60 55 56 7 4 .268 .343 .410 .753

Pitching Stats

Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
Dave Laroche 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
Dave Righetti 4 17.0 3 0 0 0 0 17 4 4 7 1 18 3 0 0 0 2.12 1.41
George Frazier 4 9.1 1 3 0 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 6.75 1.93
Rich Gossage 8 14.1 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 4 1 15 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70
Rick Reuschel 3 9.2 0 1 0 0 0 11 5 4 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 3.72 1.55
Ron Davis 9 11.2 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 6 9 0 14 0 0 0 0 4.63 1.20
Ron Guidry 4 22.1 1 1 0 0 0 19 8 8 7 0 23 4 0 0 0 3.22 1.16
Rudy May 5 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 5 1 0 11 1 0 0 0 3.86 1.11
Tommy John 5 26.0 2 1 0 0 0 25 7 7 3 0 11 4 0 0 0 2.42 1.08
– 107 123.0 8 6 6 0 0 109 44 41 39 2 106 14 0 0 0 3.00 1.20

Fielding Stats

Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
Dave Laroche P 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Dave Righetti P 4 0 2 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.50
George Frazier P 4 0 1 0 1 1 - - - 1.000 0.25
Rich Gossage P 8 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Rick Reuschel P 3 1 1 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 0.67
Ron Davis P 9 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 0.11
Ron Guidry P 4 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Rudy May P 5 0 1 1 2 0 - - - .500 0.20
Tommy John P 5 0 6 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 1.20
Barry Foote C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0 .000 0.00
Rick Cerone C 14 107 7 1 115 1 0 0 .0 .991 8.14
Bob Watson 1B 14 105 3 1 109 8 - - - .991 7.71
Dave Revering 1B 4 9 1 0 10 1 - - - 1.000 2.50
Willie Randolph 2B 14 33 33 0 66 7 - - - 1.000 4.71
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 5 3 9 0 12 0 - - - 1.000 2.40
Graig Nettles 3B 11 14 20 2 36 2 - - - .944 3.09
Andre Robertson SS 1 2 1 0 3 1 - - - 1.000 3.00
Larry Milbourne SS 14 11 38 2 51 4 - - - .961 3.50
Dave Winfield LF 14 23 2 0 25 0 - - - 1.000 1.79
Lou Piniella LF 2 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Oscar Gamble LF 1 2 0 0 2 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Bobby Brown CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 - - - 1.000 1.00
Dave Winfield CF 2 6 0 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Jerry Mumphrey CF 13 25 1 0 26 0 - - - 1.000 2.00
Bobby Brown RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 - - - .000 0.00
Lou Piniella RF 4 5 0 0 5 0 - - - 1.000 1.25
Oscar Gamble RF 2 6 0 0 6 0 - - - 1.000 3.00
Reggie Jackson RF 10 13 0 1 14 0 - - - .929 1.30
– 14 369 126 8 503 25 0 0 .0 .984 1.26

Awards

Player Award Stats
Dave Righetti Rookie of the Year (P) 8–4, 89 SO, 2.05 ERA
Ron Davis All-Star (P) 4–5, 6 Sv, 83 SO, 2.71 ERA
Rich Gossage All-Star (P) 3–2, 20 Sv, 48 SO, 0.77 ERA
Willie Randolph All-Star (2B) .229–2–24, 14 SB
Bucky Dent All-Star (SS) .230–7–27
Dave Winfield All-Star (CF) .293–13–68, 11 SB
Reggie Jackson All-Star (RF) .237–15–54
Dave Winfield Silver Slugger (CF) .293–13–68, 11 SB