Worst Offensive Line-Up In Yankees History

Posted by Steve L. on January 24th, 2013 · Comments (8)

It has to be the 1990 team, right?

Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1	C	Bob Geren	28	110	303	21	8	31	0	13	73	.213	.259	.325	.584	63
2	1B	Don Mattingly*	29	102	428	40	5	42	1	28	20	.256	.308	.335	.643	81
3	2B	Steve Sax	30	155	680	70	4	42	43	49	46	.260	.316	.325	.641	80
4	SS	Alvaro Espinoza	28	150	472	31	2	20	1	16	54	.224	.258	.274	.532	50
5	3B	Jim Leyritz	26	92	339	28	5	25	2	27	51	.257	.331	.356	.688	93
6	LF	Oscar Azocar*	25	65	218	18	5	19	7	2	15	.248	.257	.355	.612	70
7	CF	Roberto Kelly	25	162	687	85	15	61	42	33	148	.285	.323	.418	.741	106
8	RF	Jesse Barfield	30	153	570	69	25	78	4	82	150	.246	.359	.456	.815	127
9	DH	Steve Balboni	33	116	307	24	17	34	0	35	91	.192	.291	.406	.697	94
Rk	Pos		Age	G	PA	R	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	UT	Mel Hall*	29	113	371	41	12	46	0	6	46	.258	.272	.433	.706	95
11	UT	Kevin Maas*	25	79	300	42	21	41	1	43	76	.252	.367	.535	.902	150
12	UT	Matt Nokes*	26	92	264	21	8	32	2	20	33	.238	.307	.354	.661	85
13	3B	Randy Velarde	27	95	253	21	5	19	0	20	53	.210	.275	.319	.594	66
14	3B	Mike Blowers	25	48	157	16	5	21	1	12	50	.188	.255	.319	.574	60
15	OF	Deion Sanders*	22	57	149	24	3	9	8	13	27	.158	.236	.271	.507	42
16	C	Rick Cerone	36	49	146	12	2	11	0	5	13	.302	.324	.388	.713	99

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Generated 1/24/2013.

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Comments on Worst Offensive Line-Up In Yankees History

LMJ229

January 24th, 2013 | 10:30 am

Wow that’s ugly.
KPOcala

January 24th, 2013 | 11:55 am

I remember the Yankee radio announcers call Oscar Azocar “The Baby Bull”, as he reminded them of Orlando Cepeda! I mostly listened to these games back then, I grew up in Miami. Those guys could lay it on thick
Evan3457

January 24th, 2013 | 1:35 pm

1967 Yankees were 10th out of 10 in runs scored, and had the same OPS+ of 86.

Mickey was a better hitter than anyone on the 1990 team, and he managed to play about 90% of the season, but he only knocked in 55 runs, because a lot of his surplus offense was other teams pitching around him whenever they could, which was nearly all the time.
MJ Recanati

January 24th, 2013 | 4:03 pm

I remember that team like it was yesterday. Being a Yankee fan in high school during those years was painful.
Steve L.

January 24th, 2013 | 4:42 pm

I was 27 in 1990.
It wasn’t so bad that the team sucked then.
It made it easy to go down the shore and not be upset that you were running around all weekend and missing the games.

That’s the one perk of having a team that sucks. You watch them when you want and you don’t feel bad when you miss the games – and there are no must see games where you have to put your life on hold to make sure you see it. (Yes, I know, I am a sad fan who locks down for the big games because I don’t want to miss it.)
MJ Recanati

January 24th, 2013 | 5:36 pm

Steve L. wrote:

That’s the one perk of having a team that sucks.

There are no perks to rooting for an awful team. I wouldn’t trade places with a Royals fan for anything, nor would I trade places with a fan of a team that alternates between mediocrity and success on a fairly regular basis (like the White Sox).

If a fan wants to miss a few games to go to the beach or whatever, that’s not a big deal nowadays with MLB.tv or the MLB apps for smartphones. Perhaps in 1990 it was an all-or-nothing proposition but, today, I’d rather root for a great team every year and take a few weeks off.
Joseph Maloney

January 24th, 2013 | 9:05 pm

Evan3457 wrote:

1967 Yankees were 10th out of 10 in runs scored, and had the same OPS+ of 86.Mickey was a better hitter than anyone on the 1990 team, and he managed to play about 90% of the season, but he only knocked in 55 runs, because a lot of his surplus offense was other teams pitching around him whenever they could, which was nearly all the time.

I thought the obvious pick would be the 1968 Yankees (.214 team batting average) but the more I thought about it I have to admit the 1967 is right there and may in fact have an edge. In 1967 the Yanks carried two 19 year olds who Houk almost never used. Charlie Sands was on the active roster all season and appeared in a grand total of 1 game. Frank Tepedino the other 19 year old was carried for the first two plus months getting a grand total of 5 at bats.
Raf

January 24th, 2013 | 10:32 pm

1990 was a joke of a season in so many ways.