1979 New York Yankees

89-71 • 0.556 Win% • 4th in AL E

📊 Season Record

89 Wins
71 Losses
0.556 Win %
4th Rank
734 R 672 RA
Diff +62

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734 Runs Scored
672 Runs Allowed
+62 Run Diff
2,543K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 AL Average

Batting Avg .266 1% below the 1979 league average (.269)
OBP .329 1% below the 1979 league average (.333)
SLG .349 equal to the 1979 league average (.348)
Team ERA 3.83 9% better than the 1979 league average (4.22)
Runs Scored 734 2% below the 1979 league average (752 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,543,848
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Avg per Game 31,405

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Oscar Gamble 0.389 2 Lou Piniella 0.297 3 Reggie Jackson 0.297 4 Jim Spencer 0.288 5 Thurman Munson 0.288

Home Runs

1 Reggie Jackson 29 2 Jim Spencer 23 3 Graig Nettles 20 4 Chris Chambliss 18 5 Oscar Gamble 11

RBI

1 Reggie Jackson 89 2 Graig Nettles 73 3 Lou Piniella 69 4 Chris Chambliss 63 5 Willie Randolph 61
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Willie Randolph 153 574 98 155 0 0 5 61 95 39 33 0.270
Chris Chambliss 149 554 61 155 0 0 18 63 34 53 3 0.280
Graig Nettles 145 521 71 132 0 0 20 73 59 53 1 0.253
Reggie Jackson 131 465 78 138 0 0 29 89 65 107 9 0.297
Lou Piniella 130 461 49 137 0 0 11 69 17 31 3 0.297
Bucky Dent 141 431 47 99 0 0 2 32 37 30 0 0.230
Thurman Munson 97 382 42 110 0 0 3 39 32 37 1 0.288
Jim Spencer 106 295 60 85 0 0 23 53 38 25 0 0.288
Mickey Rivers 74 286 37 82 0 0 3 25 13 21 3 0.287
Bobby Murcer 74 264 42 72 0 0 8 33 25 32 1 0.273
Roy White 81 205 24 44 0 0 3 27 23 21 2 0.215
Juan Beniquez 62 142 19 36 0 0 4 17 9 17 3 0.254
Jerry Narron 61 123 17 21 0 0 4 18 9 26 0 0.171
Oscar Gamble 36 113 21 44 0 0 11 32 13 13 0 0.389
Fred Stanley 57 100 9 20 0 0 2 14 5 17 0 0.200
Brad Gulden 40 92 10 15 0 0 0 6 9 16 0 0.163
Bobby Brown 30 68 7 17 0 0 0 3 2 17 2 0.250
Cliff Johnson 28 64 11 17 0 0 2 6 10 7 0 0.266
Jay Johnstone 23 48 7 10 0 0 1 7 2 7 1 0.208
Darryl Jones 18 47 6 12 0 0 0 6 2 7 0 0.255
George Scott 16 44 9 14 0 0 1 6 2 7 1 0.318
Lenny Randle 20 39 2 7 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 0.179
Damaso Garcia 11 38 3 10 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 0.263
Brian Doyle 20 32 2 4 0 0 0 5 3 1 0 0.125
Bruce Robinson 6 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0.167
Roy Staiger 4 11 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.273
Paul Blair 2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.200
Dennis Werth 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.250
Ron Davis 44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rick Anderson 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Beattie 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ray Burris 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Clay 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ed Figueroa 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Gossage 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Griffin 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Guidry 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Don Hood 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Catfish Hunter 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tommy John 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Kaat 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Kammeyer 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Mirabella 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Righetti 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Roger Slagle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Luis Tiant 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dick Tidrow 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Rich Gossage 2.62 2 Ron Guidry 2.78 3 Ron Davis 2.85 4 Tommy John 2.96 5 Don Hood 3.07

Wins

1 Tommy John 21 2 Ron Guidry 18 3 Ron Davis 14 4 Luis Tiant 13 5 Rich Gossage 5

Strikeouts

1 Ron Guidry 201 2 Tommy John 111 3 Luis Tiant 104 4 Ron Davis 43 5 Ed Figueroa 42
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Tommy John 21 9 2.96 37 36 0 276.1 65 111
Ron Guidry 18 8 2.78 33 30 2 236.1 71 201
Luis Tiant 13 8 3.91 30 30 0 195.2 53 104
Catfish Hunter 2 9 5.31 19 19 0 105.0 34 34
Ed Figueroa 4 6 4.13 16 16 0 104.2 35 42
Ron Davis 14 2 2.85 44 0 9 85.1 28 43
Ken Clay 1 7 5.40 32 5 2 78.1 25 28
Jim Beattie 3 6 5.21 15 13 0 76.0 41 32
Don Hood 3 1 3.07 27 6 1 67.1 30 22
Rich Gossage 5 3 2.62 36 0 18 58.1 19 41
Jim Kaat 2 3 3.86 40 1 2 58.1 14 23
Ray Burris 1 3 6.18 15 0 0 27.2 10 19
Dick Tidrow 2 1 7.94 14 0 2 22.2 4 7
Dave Righetti 0 1 3.63 3 3 0 17.1 10 13
Paul Mirabella 0 4 8.79 10 1 0 14.1 10 4
Mike Griffin 0 0 4.15 3 0 1 4.1 2 5
Rick Anderson 0 0 3.86 1 0 0 2.1 4 0
Roger Slagle 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 0 2
Bob Kammeyer 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0.0 0 0

👥 Roster (47)

Rick Anderson Jim Beattie Juan Beniquez Paul Blair Bobby Brown Ray Burris Chris Chambliss Ken Clay Ron Davis Bucky Dent Brian Doyle Ed Figueroa +35 more

47 players

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