Best & Worst Yankees Of The 1980′s
Posted by Steve L. on January 18th, 2011 · Comments (7)
From Donnie Baseball to Joel Skinner, and, from Rags to Ed Whitson, here are the numbers via the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia.
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First, the batters:
Player RCAA PA 1 Don Mattingly 275 4422 2 Dave Winfield 202 4954 3 Rickey Henderson 195 2735 4 Willie Randolph 79 5063 5 Reggie Jackson 69 983 6 Oscar Gamble 68 1197 7 Don Baylor 61 1719 8 Ken Griffey Sr. 39 2168 9 Jerry Mumphrey 26 1185 10 Roy Smalley 25 1312 T11 Ron Hassey 24 517 T11 Jack Clark 24 616 13 Dan Pasqua 21 860 14 Graig Nettles 19 1751 15 Claudell Washington 17 968 16 Bob Watson 14 725 17 Butch Wynegar 12 1712 T18 Roberto Kelly 10 639 T18 Mike Easler 10 730 T20 Jesse Barfield 9 529 T20 Eric Soderholm 9 304 22 Steve Sax 8 717 23 Ken Phelps 7 342 24 Bobby Murcer 6 654 T25 Steve Kemp 3 780 T25 Ron Kittle 3 262 T25 Luis Polonia 3 248 T25 Lou Piniella 3 1065 T25 Gary Roenicke 3 165 T30 Lee Mazzilli 2 144 T30 Brian Dorsett 2 23 T32 Barry Evans 1 38 T32 Victor Mata 1 83 T32 Brad Gulden 1 3 T32 Joe Lefebvre 1 178 T32 Don Slaught 1 750 T37 Leo Hernandez 0 23 T37 Paul Blair 0 2 T37 Billy Sample 0 154 T37 Phil Lombardi 0 49 T37 Mike Patterson 0 27 T37 Tucker Ashford 0 0 T37 Rowland Office 0 3 T37 Chris Chambliss 0 1 T37 Deion Sanders 0 50 T37 Jerry Royster 0 47 T37 Edwin Rodriguez 0 10 T37 Dave Stegman 0 0 T49 Steve Kiefer -1 8 T49 Keith Hughes -1 4 T49 Marshall Brant -1 6 T49 Keith Smith -1 5 T49 Marcus Lawton -1 14 T49 Roger Holt -1 7 T49 Dennis Sherrill -1 4 T49 Otis Nixon -1 15 T49 Bruce Robinson -1 5 T49 Mike O'Berry -1 34 T49 Ted Wilborn -1 8 T49 Ivan DeJesus -1 5 T49 Stan Javier -1 7 T49 Larry Milbourne -1 281 T49 Orestes Destrade -1 24 T49 Lenn Sakata -1 48 T65 Bob Geren -2 237 T65 Bert Campaneris -2 155 T65 Stan Jefferson -2 12 T65 Jeff Moronko -2 12 T65 Dennis Werth -2 149 T65 Bobby Ramos -2 11 T65 Rodney Scott -2 31 T65 Bob Brower -2 75 T65 Mike Blowers -2 41 T65 Randy Velarde -2 258 T75 Hensley Meulens -3 30 T75 Brian Dayett -3 171 T77 Juan Espino -4 78 T77 Juan Bonilla -4 79 T77 Mel Hall -4 391 T77 Jamie Quirk -4 27 T77 Bryan Little -4 43 T82 Jim Spencer -5 367 T82 John Mayberry -5 249 T82 Jose Cruz -5 88 T82 Luis Aguayo -5 149 T82 Jay Buhner -5 99 T82 Scott Bradley -5 73 T82 Hal Morris -5 39 T89 Toby Harrah -6 299 T89 Rex Hudler -6 66 T89 Bobby Brown -6 515 T89 Butch Hobson -6 60 T89 Fred Stanley -6 95 T94 Brian Doyle -7 81 T94 Johnny Oates -7 95 T94 Tim Foli -7 172 T94 Mark Salas -7 130 T98 Aurelio Rodriguez -8 237 T98 Dave Revering -8 174 T98 Dale Berra -8 239 T98 Steve Balboni -8 551 T102 Ruppert Jones -9 373 T102 Dave Collins -9 393 T104 Tom Brookens -10 183 T104 Mike Fischlin -10 116 T106 Paul Zuvella -12 93 T106 Barry Foote -12 187 108 Mike Pagliarulo -14 2535 109 Henry Cotto -16 299 110 Omar Moreno -18 613 111 Alvaro Espinoza -21 547
And, next, the pitchers:
Pitcher RSAA IP 1 Dave Righetti 105 1066.1 2 Goose Gossage 69 340.1 3 Ron Guidry 55 1639.2 4 Tommy John 28 1090.2 5 Rudy May 26 447.1 6 Ron Davis 22 204 7 George Frazier 19 254.2 8 Lee Guetterman 15 143.2 9 Doug Bird 12 104 T10 Chuck Cary 10 99.1 T10 Brian Fisher 10 195 T10 Phil Niekro 10 435.2 13 Ray Fontenot 9 266.2 T14 Dave LaRoche 7 98 T14 Rick Reuschel 7 70.2 T16 Neil Allen 6 171.1 T16 Clay Parker 6 120 18 Bob Tewksbury 5 163.2 T19 Charles Hudson 4 261 T19 Eric Plunk 4 75.2 T19 Rod Scurry 4 52 T22 Tom Underwood 3 219.2 T22 Pete Filson 3 22 T22 Doug Drabek 3 131.2 T25 John Candelaria 2 206 T25 Curt Brown 2 16.2 T25 Tim Lollar 2 32.1 T25 John Montefusco 2 112.2 T29 Hipolito Pena 1 14.1 T29 Cecilio Guante 1 119 T29 Andy McGaffigan 1 7 T29 Rick Cerone 1 2 T33 Curt Kaufman 0 17.1 T33 Don Schulze 0 11 T33 Joe Cowley 0 243 T33 Bill Castro 0 19 T37 Rick Rhoden -1 378.2 T37 Alfonso Pulido -1 30.2 T37 Dave Wehrmeister -1 7 T40 Don Cooper -2 10 T40 Bob Davidson -2 1 T40 Brad Arnsberg -2 27.1 T40 Jim Kaat -2 5 T44 Mike Armstrong -3 77.2 T44 Gaylord Perry -3 50.2 T44 Bill Gullickson -3 48 T44 Dale Mohorcic -3 80.1 T48 Jim Lewis -4 0.2 T48 Mike Griffin -4 58.1 T48 Lance McCullers -4 84.2 T48 Lynn McGlothen -4 5 T48 Bob Shirley -4 470.2 T48 Bill Fulton -4 4.2 T48 John Pacella -4 10 T55 Tim Stoddard -5 197 T55 Gene Nelson -5 39.1 T55 Marty Bystrom -5 80.1 T55 Steve Shields -5 82.1 T55 Roger Erickson -5 87.1 T55 Rich Bordi -5 131 T55 Greg Cadaret -5 92.1 T62 Jimmy Jones -6 48 T62 Jim Deshaies -6 7 T62 Scott Nielsen -6 76.1 T65 Stefan Wever -7 2.2 T65 Joe Niekro -7 188.2 T65 Jose Rijo -7 62.1 T65 Kevin Mmahat -7 7.2 T65 Matt Keough -7 55.2 T70 Mike Morgan -8 150.1 T70 Pat Clements -8 88.1 72 Shane Rawley -9 444.1 T73 Dave Eiland -10 47 T73 Walt Terrell -10 83 T73 Clay Christiansen -10 38.2 T73 Dale Murray -10 120 77 Al Holland -11 47 T78 Al Leiter -12 106.2 T78 Steve Trout -12 46.1 T78 Dennis Rasmussen -12 597.1 81 Jay Howell -13 213.2 82 Luis Tiant -14 136.1 83 Andy Hawkins -15 208.1 T84 Dave LaPoint -19 113.2 T84 Ed Figueroa -19 58 86 Doyle Alexander -23 95 T87 Ed Whitson -30 195.2 T87 Rich Dotson -30 222.2
Ah, memories, eh?
Yeah, those were some pretty lean years. That list goes a long way towards explaining why we were so bad.
Actually, I believe the Yanks won the most games of any team in the 1980′s…
Yes, Yanks (854-708) were 15 wins better than their nearest competitor, the Tigers.
And won nothing of consequence. Just one AL pennant in 1981, and a divisional title in 1980.
Without looking, I would bet that the Yankees of 2001-2009 led the majors in wins…and have only one ring to show for it.
@ Evan3457:
Evan, good point, the Talking Heads have people thinking that the decade that I shall mention was totally putrid. They actually fielded some pretty decent teams, but would come up short on the pitching staffs. Of course a lot of teams can say the same….
KPOcala wrote:
1980, 1981, 1985 & 1988 were the seasons they were in contention until late in the year. 1988 hurt a lot.
1985 was the toughest – they went 40-17 to finish the season, but that included an eight game losing streak in September that essentially killed their pennant hopes.
I’m very surprised to see Mike Pagliarulo so low on that list. For some reason, I think of Pags being much better than that.
Seeing how bottom-heavy that pitchers list is and how many innings were pitched by the guys at the bottom really highlights just how bad the pitching staffs were. When Lee Gutterman had the 8th-best RSAA, you know times were tough.