1981 New York Yankees Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 59–48 (.551), 4th place (2 games behind) 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
1981 Andre Robertson 10 19 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 .263 .263 .316 .579
1981 Aurelio Rodriguez 27 53 4 18 2 0 2 8 2 10 0 0 .340 .364 .491 .854
1981 Barry Foote 40 129 12 26 4 0 6 10 8 21 0 0 .202 .248 .372 .620
1981 Bob Watson 59 156 15 33 3 3 6 12 24 17 0 0 .212 .317 .385 .701
1981 Bobby Brown 31 63 5 14 1 0 0 6 5 15 4 2 .222 .275 .238 .513
1981 Bobby Murcer 50 117 14 31 6 0 6 24 12 15 0 0 .265 .331 .470 .801
1981 Bucky Dent 73 235 20 54 11 0 7 27 19 17 0 1 .230 .291 .366 .657
1981 Dave Revering 45 119 8 28 4 1 2 7 11 20 0 1 .235 .300 .336 .636
1981 Dave Winfield 105 389 52 114 25 1 13 68 43 41 11 1 .293 .359 .463 .822
1981 Dennis Werth 34 59 7 6 1 0 0 1 12 12 1 0 .102 .254 .119 .372
1981 Graig Nettles 103 351 46 85 7 1 15 46 47 49 0 2 .242 .331 .396 .727
1981 Jerry Mumphrey 80 324 44 98 11 5 6 32 24 27 14 9 .302 .349 .423 .771
1981 Jim Spencer 25 63 6 9 2 0 2 4 9 7 0 0 .143 .250 .270 .520
1981 Johnny Oates 10 26 4 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .192 .250 .231 .481
1981 Larry Milbourne 61 166 24 51 7 2 1 12 9 14 2 0 .307 .345 .392 .736
1981 Lou Piniella 60 161 16 44 9 0 5 18 13 9 0 1 .273 .328 .422 .750
1981 Mike Patterson 4 9 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 .222 .667 .889
1981 Oscar Gamble 80 189 24 45 8 0 10 27 35 23 0 2 .238 .357 .439 .796
1981 Reggie Jackson 94 334 33 79 17 1 15 54 46 82 0 3 .237 .330 .428 .758
1981 Rick Cerone 71 238 23 57 13 2 2 21 12 24 0 2 .239 .272 .336 .608
1981 Steve Balboni 4 7 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 .286 .375 .714 1.089
1981 Willie Randolph 93 362 59 83 14 3 2 24 57 24 14 5 .229 .332 .301 .633
– – 107 3,569 421 889 148 22 100 403 391 434 47 30 .249 .322 .387 .709

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1981 Andy McGaffigan 2 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.57 1.14
1981 Bill Castro 11 19.0 1 1 0 0 0 26 13 8 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 3.79 1.63
1981 Dave Laroche 26 47.0 4 1 0 0 0 38 16 13 16 1 24 1 0 0 0 2.49 1.15
1981 Dave Righetti 15 105.1 8 4 0 0 0 75 25 24 38 0 89 15 0 2 0 2.05 1.07
1981 Dave Wehrmeister 5 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 4 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 5.14 1.86
1981 Doug Bird 17 53.1 5 1 0 0 0 58 19 16 16 0 28 4 0 0 0 2.70 1.39
1981 Gene Nelson 8 39.1 3 1 0 0 0 40 24 21 23 1 16 7 0 0 0 4.81 1.60
1981 George Frazier 16 27.2 0 1 3 0 0 26 7 5 11 0 17 0 0 0 0 1.63 1.34
1981 Mike Griffin 2 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2.08 1.15
1981 Rich Gossage 32 46.2 3 2 20 0 0 22 6 4 14 1 48 0 0 0 0 0.77 0.77
1981 Rick Reuschel 12 70.2 4 4 0 0 0 75 24 21 10 1 22 11 0 3 0 2.67 1.20
1981 Ron Davis 43 73.0 4 5 6 0 0 47 22 22 25 0 83 0 0 0 0 2.71 0.99
1981 Ron Guidry 23 127.0 11 5 0 0 0 100 41 39 26 1 104 21 0 0 0 2.76 0.99
1981 Rudy May 27 147.2 6 11 1 0 0 137 71 68 41 2 79 22 0 4 0 4.14 1.21
1981 Tom Underwood 9 32.2 1 4 0 0 0 32 17 16 13 0 29 6 0 0 0 4.41 1.38
1981 Tommy John 20 140.1 9 8 0 0 0 135 50 41 39 3 50 20 0 7 0 2.63 1.24
– – 107 948.0 59 48 30 0 0 827 343 305 287 10 606 107 0 16 0 2.90 1.18

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1981 Andy McGaffigan P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Bill Castro P 11 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 0.27
1981 Dave Laroche P 26 5 4 0 9 0 1.000 0.35
1981 Dave Righetti P 15 6 9 1 16 0 .937 1.00
1981 Dave Wehrmeister P 5 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 0.60
1981 Doug Bird P 17 6 7 0 13 1 1.000 0.76
1981 Gene Nelson P 8 3 6 1 10 0 .900 1.12
1981 George Frazier P 16 1 4 1 6 0 .833 0.31
1981 Mike Griffin P 2 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Rich Gossage P 32 2 7 1 10 1 .900 0.28
1981 Rick Reuschel P 12 6 14 0 20 0 1.000 1.67
1981 Ron Davis P 43 4 5 0 9 0 1.000 0.21
1981 Ron Guidry P 23 13 17 0 30 1 1.000 1.30
1981 Rudy May P 27 11 28 1 40 0 .975 1.44
1981 Tom Underwood P 9 2 4 1 7 0 .857 0.67
1981 Tommy John P 20 11 27 0 38 2 1.000 1.90
1981 Barry Foote C 34 227 14 1 242 3 24 14 36.8% .996 7.09
1981 Dennis Werth C 3 15 1 0 16 0 2 0 0.0% 1.000 5.33
1981 Johnny Oates C 10 49 3 2 54 0 10 2 16.7% .963 5.20
1981 Rick Cerone C 69 353 26 3 382 1 34 19 35.8% .992 5.49
1981 Aurelio Rodriguez 1B 1 8 1 0 9 2 1.000 9.00
1981 Barry Foote 1B 1 4 0 0 4 1 1.000 4.00
1981 Bob Watson 1B 50 367 25 1 393 42 .997 7.84
1981 Dave Revering 1B 44 276 30 2 308 24 .994 6.95
1981 Dennis Werth 1B 19 82 9 0 91 7 1.000 4.79
1981 Jim Spencer 1B 25 172 17 0 189 17 1.000 7.56
1981 Steve Balboni 1B 3 14 1 0 15 2 1.000 5.00
1981 Andre Robertson 2B 3 2 7 0 9 1 1.000 3.00
1981 Aurelio Rodriguez 2B 3 1 5 0 6 1 1.000 2.00
1981 Larry Milbourne 2B 14 35 29 2 66 10 .970 4.57
1981 Tucker Ashford 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Willie Randolph 2B 93 205 268 11 484 74 .977 5.09
1981 Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 20 11 28 2 41 1 .951 1.95
1981 Graig Nettles 3B 97 63 214 8 285 14 .972 2.86
1981 Larry Milbourne 3B 3 2 1 0 3 1 1.000 1.00
1981 Andre Robertson SS 8 7 17 0 24 2 1.000 3.00
1981 Bucky Dent SS 73 104 217 10 331 49 .970 4.40
1981 Larry Milbourne SS 39 37 91 6 134 15 .955 3.28
1981 Bobby Brown LF 6 6 0 1 7 0 .857 1.00
1981 Dave Winfield LF 82 136 1 3 140 0 .979 1.67
1981 Dennis Werth LF 5 3 1 0 4 0 1.000 0.80
1981 Lou Piniella LF 11 24 1 0 25 0 1.000 2.27
1981 Mike Patterson LF 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.67
1981 Oscar Gamble LF 16 31 0 0 31 0 1.000 1.94
1981 Bobby Brown CF 11 39 0 0 39 0 1.000 3.55
1981 Dave Winfield CF 23 63 0 0 63 0 1.000 2.74
1981 Jerry Mumphrey CF 79 221 5 8 234 0 .966 2.86
1981 Bobby Brown RF 14 9 2 2 13 0 .846 0.79
1981 Dennis Werth RF 4 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Lou Piniella RF 25 46 1 1 48 1 .979 1.88
1981 Mike Patterson RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Oscar Gamble RF 27 46 0 0 46 0 1.000 1.70
1981 Reggie Jackson RF 61 107 3 3 113 0 .973 1.80
– – 107 2,845 1,157 72 4,074 273 70 35 33.3% .982 37.40

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1981 Andre Robertson 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Aurelio Rodriguez 5 12 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .417 .462 .417 .878
1981 Barry Foote 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1981 Bob Watson 14 50 4 17 1 0 2 9 4 2 0 0 .340 .382 .480 .862
1981 Bobby Brown 8 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1981 Bobby Murcer 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .125 .300 .125 .425
1981 Dave Laroche 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Dave Righetti 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Dave Revering 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
1981 Dave Winfield 14 55 4 10 3 1 0 3 8 11 2 0 .182 .286 .273 .558
1981 George Frazier 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Graig Nettles 11 39 4 11 3 0 1 10 5 2 0 1 .282 .370 .436 .805
1981 Jerry Mumphrey 13 48 6 11 1 0 0 0 6 5 2 2 .229 .315 .250 .565
1981 Larry Milbourne 14 54 10 17 3 0 0 4 4 1 0 0 .315 .362 .370 .732
1981 Lou Piniella 13 31 5 12 2 0 2 9 0 1 1 0 .387 .387 .645 1.032
1981 Oscar Gamble 10 21 5 8 1 0 2 5 7 5 0 0 .381 .517 .714 1.232
1981 Reggie Jackson 10 36 8 10 1 0 3 6 4 8 1 0 .278 .350 .556 .906
1981 Rich Gossage 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Rick Cerone 14 50 4 11 3 0 2 8 4 4 0 0 .220 .291 .400 .691
1981 Rick Reuschel 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Ron Davis 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Ron Guidry 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Rudy May 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Tommy John 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1981 Willie Randolph 14 50 7 12 1 1 3 6 10 5 1 1 .240 .361 .480 .841
– – 14 478 61 128 19 2 15 60 55 56 7 4 .268 .343 .410 .753

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1981 Dave Laroche 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00
1981 Dave Righetti 4 17.0 3 0 0 0 0 17 4 4 7 1 18 3 0 0 0 2.12 1.41
1981 George Frazier 4 9.1 1 3 0 0 0 14 7 7 4 0 7 0 0 0 0 6.75 1.93
1981 Rich Gossage 8 14.1 0 0 6 0 0 6 0 0 4 1 15 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70
1981 Rick Reuschel 3 9.2 0 1 0 0 0 11 5 4 4 0 5 2 0 0 0 3.72 1.55
1981 Ron Davis 9 11.2 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 6 9 0 14 0 0 0 0 4.63 1.20
1981 Ron Guidry 4 22.1 1 1 0 0 0 19 8 8 7 0 23 4 0 0 0 3.22 1.16
1981 Rudy May 5 11.2 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 5 1 0 11 1 0 0 0 3.86 1.11
1981 Tommy John 5 26.0 2 1 0 0 0 25 7 7 3 0 11 4 0 0 0 2.42 1.08
– – 20 123.0 8 6 6 0 0 109 44 41 39 2 106 14 0 0 0 3.00 1.20

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1981 Dave Laroche P 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Dave Righetti P 4 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.50
1981 George Frazier P 4 0 1 0 1 1 1.000 0.25
1981 Rich Gossage P 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Rick Reuschel P 3 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0.67
1981 Ron Davis P 9 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0.11
1981 Ron Guidry P 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Rudy May P 5 0 1 1 2 0 .500 0.20
1981 Tommy John P 5 0 6 0 6 0 1.000 1.20
1981 Barry Foote C 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0% .000 0.00
1981 Rick Cerone C 14 107 7 1 115 1 0 0 0.0% .991 8.14
1981 Bob Watson 1B 14 105 3 1 109 8 .991 7.71
1981 Dave Revering 1B 4 9 1 0 10 1 1.000 2.50
1981 Willie Randolph 2B 14 33 33 0 66 7 1.000 4.71
1981 Aurelio Rodriguez 3B 5 3 9 0 12 0 1.000 2.40
1981 Graig Nettles 3B 11 14 20 2 36 2 .944 3.09
1981 Andre Robertson SS 1 2 1 0 3 1 1.000 3.00
1981 Larry Milbourne SS 14 11 38 2 51 4 .961 3.50
1981 Dave Winfield LF 14 23 2 0 25 0 1.000 1.79
1981 Lou Piniella LF 2 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Oscar Gamble LF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1981 Bobby Brown CF 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1981 Dave Winfield CF 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 3.00
1981 Jerry Mumphrey CF 13 25 1 0 26 0 1.000 2.00
1981 Bobby Brown RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1981 Lou Piniella RF 4 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 1.25
1981 Oscar Gamble RF 2 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 3.00
1981 Reggie Jackson RF 10 13 0 1 14 0 .929 1.30
– – 14 369 126 8 503 25 0 0 .984 35.36

Awards

Player Award Stats
Dave Righetti Rookie of the Year (P) 8–4, 89 SO, 2.05 ERA
Ron Davis All-Star (P) 4–5, 6 Sv, 83 SO, 2.71 ERA
Rich Gossage All-Star (P) 3–2, 20 Sv, 48 SO, 0.77 ERA
Willie Randolph All-Star (2B) .229–2–24, 14 SB
Bucky Dent All-Star (SS) .230–7–27
Dave Winfield All-Star (CF) .293–13–68, 11 SB
Reggie Jackson All-Star (RF) .237–15–54
Dave Winfield Silver Slugger (CF) .293–13–68, 11 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1981 New York Yankees

Who had the most hits on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Dave Winfield led the 1981 New York Yankees with 114 hits in 105 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Jerry Mumphrey led the 1981 New York Yankees with a .302 batting average in 80 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Reggie Jackson led the 1981 New York Yankees with 15 home runs in 94 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Dave Winfield led the 1981 New York Yankees with a .359 on-base percentage (OBP) in 105 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Dave Winfield led the 1981 New York Yankees with a .463 slugging percentage in 105 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Jerry Mumphrey led the 1981 New York Yankees with 14 stolen bases in 80 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Tommy John had a 2.63 earned-run average (ERA) in 20 games, the lowest on the 1981 New York Yankees.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Ron Guidry had a 0.99 WHIP in 23 games, the lowest on the 1981 New York Yankees.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Ron Guidry led the 1981 New York Yankees with 104 strikeouts in 23 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Ron Guidry led the 1981 New York Yankees with 11 wins in 23 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1981 New York Yankees?

Rich Gossage led the 1981 New York Yankees with 20 saves in 32 games.