1981 New York Yankees

59-48 • 0.551 Win% • 4th in AL E

📊 Season Record

59 Wins
48 Losses
0.551 Win %
4th Rank
421 R 343 RA
Diff +78

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⚡ Quick Stats

421 Runs Scored
343 Runs Allowed
+78 Run Diff
1,614K Attendance

📈 vs. 1981 AL Average

Batting Avg .251 2% below the 1981 league average (.256)
OBP .326 2% above the 1981 league average (.319)
SLG .336 6% above the 1981 league average (.318)
Team ERA 2.90 21% better than the 1981 league average (3.66)
Runs Scored 421 4% below the 1981 league average (437 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium II
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Home Games 51
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Total Attendance 1,614,482
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Avg per Game 31,656

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Aurelio Rodriguez 0.346 2 Larry Milbourne 0.313 3 Jerry Mumphrey 0.307 4 Dave Winfield 0.294 5 Lou Piniella 0.277

Home Runs

1 Reggie Jackson 15 2 Graig Nettles 15 3 Dave Winfield 13 4 Oscar Gamble 10 5 Bucky Dent 7

RBI

1 Dave Winfield 68 2 Reggie Jackson 54 3 Graig Nettles 46 4 Jerry Mumphrey 32 5 Bucky Dent 27
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Winfield 105 388 52 114 0 0 13 68 43 41 11 0.294
Willie Randolph 93 357 59 83 0 0 2 24 57 24 14 0.232
Graig Nettles 103 349 46 85 0 0 15 46 47 49 0 0.244
Reggie Jackson 94 334 33 79 0 0 15 54 46 82 0 0.237
Jerry Mumphrey 80 319 44 98 0 0 6 32 24 27 14 0.307
Rick Cerone 71 234 23 57 0 0 2 21 12 24 0 0.244
Bucky Dent 73 227 20 54 0 0 7 27 19 17 0 0.238
Oscar Gamble 80 189 24 45 0 0 10 27 35 23 0 0.238
Larry Milbourne 61 163 24 51 0 0 1 12 9 14 2 0.313
Lou Piniella 60 159 16 44 0 0 5 18 13 9 0 0.277
Bob Watson 59 156 15 33 0 0 6 12 24 17 0 0.212
Barry Foote 40 125 12 26 0 0 6 10 8 21 0 0.208
Dave Revering 45 119 8 28 0 0 2 7 11 20 0 0.235
Bobby Murcer 50 117 14 31 0 0 6 24 12 15 0 0.265
Jim Spencer 25 63 6 9 0 0 2 4 9 7 0 0.143
Bobby Brown 31 62 5 14 0 0 0 6 5 15 4 0.226
Dennis Werth 34 55 7 6 0 0 0 1 12 12 1 0.109
Aurelio Rodriguez 27 52 4 18 0 0 2 8 2 10 0 0.346
Johnny Oates 10 26 4 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.192
Andre Robertson 10 19 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.263
Mike Patterson 4 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.222
Steve Balboni 4 7 2 2 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0.286
Tucker Ashford 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Bird 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bill Castro 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Davis 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
George Frazier 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Gossage 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Griffin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ron Guidry 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tommy John 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave LaRoche 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rudy May 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Andy McGaffigan 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gene Nelson 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rick Reuschel 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Righetti 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Underwood 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dave Wehrmeister 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Rich Gossage 0.77 2 Dave Righetti 2.05 3 Dave LaRoche 2.49 4 Tommy John 2.63 5 Rick Reuschel 2.67

Wins

1 Ron Guidry 11 2 Tommy John 9 3 Dave Righetti 8 4 Rudy May 6 5 Doug Bird 5

Strikeouts

1 Ron Guidry 104 2 Dave Righetti 89 3 Ron Davis 83 4 Rudy May 79 5 Tommy John 50
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Rudy May 6 11 4.14 27 22 1 147.2 41 79
Tommy John 9 8 2.63 20 20 0 140.1 39 50
Ron Guidry 11 5 2.76 23 21 0 127.0 26 104
Dave Righetti 8 4 2.05 15 15 0 105.1 38 89
Ron Davis 4 5 2.71 43 0 6 73.0 25 83
Rick Reuschel 4 4 2.67 12 11 0 70.2 10 22
Doug Bird 5 1 2.70 17 4 0 53.1 16 28
Dave LaRoche 4 1 2.49 26 1 0 47.0 16 24
Rich Gossage 3 2 0.77 32 0 20 46.2 14 48
Gene Nelson 3 1 4.81 8 7 0 39.1 23 16
Tom Underwood 1 4 4.41 9 6 0 32.2 13 29
George Frazier 0 1 1.63 16 0 3 27.2 11 17
Bill Castro 1 1 3.79 11 0 0 19.0 5 4
Andy McGaffigan 0 0 2.57 2 0 0 7.0 3 2
Dave Wehrmeister 0 0 5.14 5 0 0 7.0 7 7
Mike Griffin 0 0 2.08 2 0 0 4.1 0 4

🏆 Postseason Results

AEDIV
NYA def. ML4 3-2
AL Championship
NYA def. OAK 3-0
World Series
Lost to LAN 4-2

👥 Roster (39)

Tucker Ashford Steve Balboni Doug Bird Bobby Brown Bill Castro Rick Cerone Ron Davis Bucky Dent Barry Foote George Frazier Oscar Gamble Rich Gossage +27 more

39 players

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