1978 New York Yankees Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 100–63 (.613), 1st place in American League East
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1978 Brian Doyle 39 54 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 .185 .185 .185 .370
1978 Bucky Dent 123 385 40 92 11 1 5 40 23 24 3 1 .239 .282 .312 .594
1978 Chris Chambliss 162 626 81 171 26 3 12 90 41 60 2 1 .273 .321 .382 .702
1978 Cliff Johnson 76 174 20 32 9 1 6 19 30 32 0 0 .184 .307 .351 .658
1978 Damaso Garcia 18 41 5 8 0 0 0 1 2 6 1 0 .195 .227 .195 .422
1978 Dell Alston 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Dennis Sherrill 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Fran Healy 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Fred Stanley 81 164 14 35 7 0 1 9 25 31 0 0 .213 .317 .274 .592
1978 Gary Thomasson 55 116 20 32 4 1 3 20 13 22 0 2 .276 .346 .405 .751
1978 George Zeber 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Graig Nettles 159 588 81 162 23 2 27 93 59 69 1 1 .276 .343 .459 .802
1978 Jay Johnstone 36 65 6 17 0 0 1 6 4 10 0 1 .262 .329 .308 .636
1978 Jim Spencer 71 150 12 34 9 1 7 24 15 32 0 1 .227 .295 .440 .735
1978 Lou Piniella 130 476 67 148 34 5 6 69 34 36 3 1 .311 .359 .441 .800
1978 Mickey Klutts 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.500 2.500
1978 Mickey Rivers 141 566 78 148 25 8 11 48 29 51 25 5 .261 .298 .392 .690
1978 Mike Heath 33 93 6 21 3 1 0 8 4 9 0 0 .226 .263 .280 .542
1978 Paul Blair 75 127 10 22 5 0 2 13 9 17 1 1 .173 .228 .260 .488
1978 Reggie Jackson 139 511 82 140 13 5 27 97 58 133 14 11 .274 .356 .477 .834
1978 Roy White 103 348 44 93 13 3 8 43 42 35 10 4 .267 .347 .391 .738
1978 Thurman Munson 154 618 73 183 27 1 6 71 35 70 2 3 .296 .332 .372 .704
1978 Willie Randolph 134 505 87 139 18 6 3 42 82 51 36 7 .275 .378 .352 .730
– – 163 5,620 734 1,489 228 38 125 693 505 695 98 42 .265 .327 .386 .713

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1978 Andy Messersmith 6 22.1 0 3 0 0 0 24 21 14 15 1 16 5 0 0 0 5.64 1.75
1978 Bob Kammeyer 7 21.2 0 0 0 0 0 24 15 14 6 2 11 0 0 0 0 5.82 1.38
1978 Catfish Hunter 21 118.0 12 6 0 0 0 98 49 47 35 1 56 20 0 5 1 3.58 1.13
1978 Dave Rajsich 4 13.1 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 6 6 0 9 2 0 0 0 4.05 1.65
1978 Dick Tidrow 31 185.1 7 11 0 0 0 191 87 79 53 5 73 25 0 4 0 3.84 1.32
1978 Don Gullett 8 44.2 4 2 0 0 0 46 19 18 20 1 28 8 0 2 0 3.63 1.48
1978 Ed Figueroa 35 253.0 20 9 0 0 0 233 96 84 77 3 92 35 0 12 2 2.99 1.23
1978 Jim Beattie 25 128.0 6 9 0 0 0 123 60 53 51 8 65 22 0 0 0 3.73 1.36
1978 Ken Clay 28 75.2 3 4 0 0 0 89 41 36 21 2 32 6 0 0 0 4.28 1.45
1978 Ken Holtzman 5 17.2 1 0 0 0 0 21 8 8 9 0 3 3 0 0 0 4.08 1.70
1978 Larry McCall 5 16.0 1 1 0 0 0 20 10 10 6 1 7 1 0 0 0 5.62 1.62
1978 Paul Lindblad 7 18.1 0 0 0 0 0 21 9 9 8 0 9 1 0 0 0 4.42 1.58
1978 Rawly Eastwick 8 24.2 2 1 0 0 0 22 9 9 4 1 13 0 0 0 0 3.28 1.05
1978 Rich Gossage 63 134.1 10 11 27 0 0 87 41 30 59 2 122 0 0 0 0 2.01 1.09
1978 Ron Davis 4 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.57 2.57
1978 Ron Guidry 35 273.2 25 3 0 0 0 187 61 53 72 1 248 35 0 16 9 1.74 0.95
1978 Sparky Lyle 59 111.2 9 3 9 0 0 116 46 43 33 4 33 0 0 0 0 3.47 1.33
– – 163 1,460.2 100 63 36 0 0 1,321 582 516 478 32 817 163 0 39 12 3.18 1.23

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1978 Andy Messersmith P 6 2 2 0 4 0 1.000 0.67
1978 Bob Kammeyer P 7 0 7 0 7 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Catfish Hunter P 21 11 13 0 24 0 1.000 1.14
1978 Dave Rajsich P 4 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1978 Dick Tidrow P 31 12 18 0 30 0 1.000 0.97
1978 Don Gullett P 8 2 8 2 12 0 .833 1.25
1978 Ed Figueroa P 35 17 37 1 55 2 .982 1.54
1978 Jim Beattie P 25 14 21 3 38 2 .921 1.40
1978 Ken Clay P 28 6 9 2 17 1 .882 0.54
1978 Ken Holtzman P 5 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 1.20
1978 Larry McCall P 5 0 4 0 4 1 1.000 0.80
1978 Paul Lindblad P 7 2 4 0 6 0 1.000 0.86
1978 Rawly Eastwick P 8 2 3 0 5 0 1.000 0.62
1978 Rich Gossage P 63 6 12 3 21 0 .857 0.29
1978 Ron Davis P 4 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1978 Ron Guidry P 35 14 44 2 60 1 .967 1.66
1978 Sparky Lyle P 59 9 18 1 28 3 .964 0.46
1978 Cliff Johnson C 22 67 10 2 79 1 11 5 31.2% .975 3.50
1978 Fran Healy C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% .000 0.00
1978 Mike Heath C 33 151 11 5 167 1 11 6 35.3% .970 4.91
1978 Thurman Munson C 125 666 61 10 737 4 61 50 45.0% .986 5.82
1978 Chris Chambliss 1B 155 1,366 111 4 1,481 119 .997 9.53
1978 Cliff Johnson 1B 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1978 Jim Spencer 1B 15 90 7 0 97 4 1.000 6.47
1978 Brian Doyle 2B 29 36 51 1 88 12 .989 3.00
1978 Damaso Garcia 2B 16 36 35 3 74 10 .959 4.44
1978 Fred Stanley 2B 11 7 19 0 26 4 1.000 2.36
1978 George Zeber 2B 1 1 2 1 4 0 .750 3.00
1978 Paul Blair 2B 5 2 3 1 6 0 .833 1.00
1978 Willie Randolph 2B 134 296 400 16 712 80 .978 5.19
1978 Brian Doyle 3B 5 1 10 0 11 1 1.000 2.20
1978 Dennis Sherrill 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Fred Stanley 3B 4 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1978 Graig Nettles 3B 159 109 326 11 446 30 .975 2.74
1978 Mickey Klutts 3B 1 1 2 1 4 1 .750 3.00
1978 Paul Blair 3B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Brian Doyle SS 7 2 4 0 6 1 1.000 0.86
1978 Bucky Dent SS 123 178 341 10 529 57 .981 4.22
1978 Damaso Garcia SS 3 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1978 Domingo Ramos SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Fred Stanley SS 71 81 131 9 221 22 .959 2.99
1978 Graig Nettles SS 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1978 Paul Blair SS 4 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.25
1978 Gary Thomasson LF 24 46 3 2 51 0 .961 2.04
1978 Jay Johnstone LF 8 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Lou Piniella LF 80 163 2 6 171 0 .965 2.06
1978 Paul Blair LF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Roy White LF 74 131 1 1 133 0 .992 1.78
1978 Gary Thomasson CF 16 41 1 0 42 1 1.000 2.62
1978 Mickey Rivers CF 138 380 7 8 395 2 .980 2.80
1978 Paul Blair CF 49 68 2 1 71 1 .986 1.43
1978 Roy White CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Gary Thomasson RF 12 13 0 1 14 0 .929 1.08
1978 Jay Johnstone RF 14 22 1 0 23 0 1.000 1.64
1978 Lou Piniella RF 26 55 2 1 58 0 .983 2.19
1978 Paul Blair RF 16 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 1.06
1978 Reggie Jackson RF 104 207 6 3 216 1 .986 2.05
1978 Thurman Munson RF 13 34 0 1 35 0 .971 2.62
– – 163 4,380 1,758 113 6,251 362 83 61 42.4% .982 37.66

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1978 Brian Doyle 9 23 4 9 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 .391 .417 .435 .851
1978 Bucky Dent 10 39 3 13 1 0 0 11 1 2 0 0 .333 .350 .359 .709
1978 Catfish Hunter 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Chris Chambliss 7 26 2 8 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0 .308 .333 .308 .641
1978 Cliff Johnson 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Dick Tidrow 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Ed Figueroa 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Fred Stanley 5 10 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .200 .273 .300 .573
1978 Gary Thomasson 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400
1978 Graig Nettles 10 40 5 9 0 1 1 3 0 7 0 0 .225 .225 .350 .575
1978 Jay Johnstone 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Jim Beattie 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Jim Spencer 4 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .167 .286 .167 .452
1978 Ken Clay 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Lou Piniella 10 42 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 3 1 0 .262 .262 .262 .524
1978 Mickey Rivers 9 29 2 11 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 .379 .419 .379 .799
1978 Mike Heath 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Paul Lindblad 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Paul Blair 10 14 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 .214 .267 .286 .552
1978 Reggie Jackson 10 36 7 15 2 0 4 14 6 11 0 1 .417 .511 .806 1.317
1978 Rich Gossage 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Ron Guidry 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Roy White 10 41 14 13 1 0 2 5 5 7 2 0 .317 .391 .488 .879
1978 Sparky Lyle 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1978 Thurman Munson 10 43 7 13 4 0 1 9 3 7 1 0 .302 .348 .465 .813
– – 10 363 55 110 11 1 8 52 23 58 5 3 .303 .347 .405 .752

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1978 Catfish Hunter 3 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 20 9 9 4 0 10 3 0 0 0 4.26 1.26
1978 Dick Tidrow 3 10.1 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 4 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 3.48 1.35
1978 Ed Figueroa 3 7.2 0 2 0 0 0 14 11 9 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 10.57 2.48
1978 Jim Beattie 2 14.1 2 0 0 0 0 11 3 3 9 0 11 2 0 1 0 1.88 1.40
1978 Ken Clay 2 6.0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4 3 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 4.50 1.50
1978 Paul Lindblad 1 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11.57 1.71
1978 Rich Gossage 5 10.0 2 0 1 0 0 4 2 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 1.80 0.50
1978 Ron Guidry 2 17.0 2 0 0 0 0 15 2 2 8 0 11 2 0 1 0 1.06 1.35
1978 Sparky Lyle 1 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 2.25
– – 14 88.0 7 3 2 0 0 87 40 37 34 0 52 10 0 2 0 3.78 1.37

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1978 Catfish Hunter P 3 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Dick Tidrow P 3 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1978 Ed Figueroa P 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Jim Beattie P 2 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 1.50
1978 Ken Clay P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Paul Lindblad P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1978 Rich Gossage P 5 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.20
1978 Ron Guidry P 2 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Sparky Lyle P 1 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1978 Mike Heath C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% .000 0.00
1978 Thurman Munson C 10 55 9 0 64 1 0 0 0.0% 1.000 6.40
1978 Chris Chambliss 1B 7 45 2 0 47 5 1.000 6.71
1978 Jim Spencer 1B 3 23 2 0 25 4 1.000 8.33
1978 Brian Doyle 2B 9 20 13 0 33 6 1.000 3.67
1978 Fred Stanley 2B 5 8 5 0 13 1 1.000 2.60
1978 Paul Blair 2B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Graig Nettles 3B 10 14 25 0 39 6 1.000 3.90
1978 Bucky Dent SS 10 10 24 3 37 4 .919 3.40
1978 Gary Thomasson LF 4 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0.75
1978 Lou Piniella LF 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 3.00
1978 Roy White LF 9 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 2.00
1978 Gary Thomasson CF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1978 Mickey Rivers CF 8 15 1 0 16 1 1.000 2.00
1978 Paul Blair CF 9 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 1.33
1978 Jay Johnstone RF 2 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1978 Lou Piniella RF 9 24 1 0 25 1 1.000 2.78
1978 Reggie Jackson RF 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
– – 10 264 89 3 356 29 0 0 .992 35.30

Awards

Player Award Stats
Ron Guidry Cy Young Award (P) 25–3, 248 SO, 1.74 ERA
Rich Gossage All-Star (P) 10–11, 27 Sv, 122 SO, 2.01 ERA
Ron Guidry All-Star (P) 25–3, 248 SO, 1.74 ERA
Thurman Munson All-Star (C) .296–6–71, 2 SB
Graig Nettles All-Star (3B) .276–27–93, 1 SB
Reggie Jackson All-Star (CF) .274–27–97, 14 SB
Chris Chambliss Gold Glove (1B) .997 FPct, 9.53 RF
Graig Nettles Gold Glove (3B) .975 FPct, 2.74 RF

Frequently asked questions about the 1978 New York Yankees

Who had the most hits on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Thurman Munson led the 1978 New York Yankees with 183 hits in 154 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Lou Piniella led the 1978 New York Yankees with a .311 batting average in 130 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Reggie Jackson led the 1978 New York Yankees with 27 home runs in 139 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Willie Randolph led the 1978 New York Yankees with a .378 on-base percentage (OBP) in 134 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Reggie Jackson led the 1978 New York Yankees with a .477 slugging percentage in 139 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Willie Randolph led the 1978 New York Yankees with 36 stolen bases in 134 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Ron Guidry had a 1.74 earned-run average (ERA) in 35 games, the lowest on the 1978 New York Yankees.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Ron Guidry had a 0.95 WHIP in 35 games, the lowest on the 1978 New York Yankees.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Ron Guidry led the 1978 New York Yankees with 248 strikeouts in 35 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Ron Guidry led the 1978 New York Yankees with 25 wins in 35 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1978 New York Yankees?

Rich Gossage led the 1978 New York Yankees with 27 saves in 63 games.