1997 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1997 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1996/1998)
96-66, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 891 runs, Allowed 688 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 100-62
Managed by Joe Torre

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 2,580,325 (5th of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 98
  (one-year): Batting - 99, Pitching - 96
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

Postseason: Lost AL Division Series (3-2) to Cleveland Indians

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Joe Girardi         32  112  398   38  105  23  1   1   50  26   53  .264  .311  .334   2   3  15   2   5   2   1   69
1B *Tino Martinez       29  158  594   96  176  31  2  44  141  75   75  .296  .371  .577   3   1  15   3   0  13  14  143
2B  Luis Sojo           32   77  215   27   66   6  1   2   25  16   14  .307  .355  .372   3   1   5   1   5   2   0   91
3B  Charlie Hayes       32  100  353   39   91  16  0  11   53  40   66  .258  .332  .397   3   2  13   1   0   4   2   90
SS  Derek Jeter         23  159  654  116  190  31  7  10   70  74  125  .291  .370  .405  23  12  14  10   8   2   0  103
LF #Tim Raines          37   74  271   56   87  20  2   4   38  41   34  .321  .403  .454   8   5   4   0   0   6   0  124
CF #Bernie Williams     28  129  509  107  167  35  6  21  100  73   80  .328  .408  .544  15   8  10   1   0   8   7  147
RF *Paul O'Neill        34  149  553   89  179  42  0  21  117  75   92  .324  .399  .514  10   7  16   0   0   9   8  137
DH  Cecil Fielder       33   98  361   40   94  15  0  13   61  51   87  .260  .358  .410   0   0  14   7   0   6   3  101
   *Wade Boggs          39  103  353   55  103  23  1   4   28  48   38  .292  .373  .397   0   1   3   0   2   4   3  102
    Chad Curtis         28   93  320   51   93  21  1  12   50  36   49  .291  .362  .475  12   6   6   5   2   9   1  117
   #Mark Whiten         30   69  215   34   57  11  0   5   24  30   47  .265  .360  .386   4   2   6   2   1   0   5   96
   #Jorge Posada        25   60  188   29   47  12  0   6   25  30   33  .250  .359  .410   1   2   2   3   1   2   2  101
    Mariano Duncan      34   50  172   16   42   8  0   1   13   6   39  .244  .270  .308   2   1   2   0   1   0   0   51
    Rey Sanchez         29   38  138   21   43  12  0   1   15   5   21  .312  .338  .420   0   4   1   1   5   1   0   97
    Pat Kelly           29   67  120   25   29   6  1   2   10  14   37  .242  .324  .358   8   1   4   1   2   1   1   78
   *Scott Pose          30   54   87   19   19   2  1   0    5   9   11  .218  .292  .264   3   1   1   0   0   0   0   47
    Mike Stanley        34   28   87   16   25   8  0   3   12  15   22  .287  .388  .483   0   0   4   0   0   1   4  127
   *Andy Fox            26   22   31   13    7   1  0   0    1   7    9  .226  .368  .258   2   1   1   0   2   0   0   68
   *Darryl Strawberry   35   11   29    1    3   1  0   0    2   3    9  .103  .188  .138   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  -13
   *Ivan Cruz           29   11   20    0    5   1  0   0    3   2    4  .250  .318  .300   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   63
    Pete Incaviglia     33    5   16    1    4   0  0   0    0   0    3  .250  .250  .250   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   32
    Homer Bush          24   10   11    2    4   0  0   0    3   0    0  .364  .364  .364   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   91
    Mike Figga          26    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Dwight Gooden       32    2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *David Cone          34    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Kenny Rogers        32    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Hideki Irabu        28    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.5  162 5710  891 1636 325 23 161  846 676  954  .287  .362  .436  99  58 138  37  34  70  51  108
    Rank among 14 AL teams         2    2    2   2 10   8        1   11     2     1     5   9   5                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Andy Pettitte       25  35   2.88  18   7  0  35   0   4   1  240.3  233   86   77   7   65  166  986   7   3  0   0 155
SP *David Wells         34  32   4.21  16  10  0  32   0   5   2  218.0  239  109  102  24   45  156  922   8   6  0   0 106
SP  David Cone          34  29   2.82  12   6  0  29   0   1   0  195.0  155   67   61  17   86  222  805  14   4  2   2 159
SP *Kenny Rogers        32  31   5.65   6   7  0  22   4   1   0  145.0  161  100   91  18   62   78  651   2   7  2   1  79
SP  Dwight Gooden       32  20   4.91   9   5  0  19   0   0   0  106.3  116   61   58  14   53   66  472   8   7  0   1  91
SP  Hideki Irabu        28  13   7.09   5   4  0   9   0   0   0   53.3   69   47   42  15   20   56  246   4   1  3   0  63

CL  Mariano Rivera      27  66   1.88   6   4 43   0  56   0   0   71.7   65   17   15   5   20   68  301   2   0  0   6 238
RP  Jeff Nelson         30  77   2.86   3   7  2   0  22   0   0   78.7   53   32   25   7   37   81  327   4   4  0  12 157
RP *Mike Stanton        30  64   2.57   6   1  3   0  15   0   0   66.7   50   19   19   3   34   70  283   3   3  2   2 175
RP *Graeme Lloyd        30  46   3.31   1   1  1   0  17   0   0   49.0   55   24   18   6   20   26  217   3   1  0   7 136
RP  Brian Boehringer    28  34   2.63   3   2  0   0  11   0   0   48.0   39   16   14   4   32   53  210   2   0  0   6 171

    Ramiro Mendoza      25  39   4.24   8   6  2  15   9   0   0  133.7  157   67   63  15   28   82  578   2   5  1   2 106
    Jim Mecir           27  25   5.88   0   4  0   0  11   0   0   33.7   36   23   22   5   10   25  142   1   2  0   1  76
    Willie Banks        28   5   1.93   3   0  0   1   1   0   0   14.0    9    3    3   0    6    8   57   0   1  0   0 232
    Dave Weathers       27  10  10.00   0   1  0   0   3   0   0    9.0   15   10   10   1    7    4   47   2   0  0   0  45
    Danny Rios          24   2  19.29   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    9    5    5   3    2    1   19   0   1  0   0  23
    Joe Borowski        26   1   9.00   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    2    2    2   0    4    2   12   0   0  0   1  50
    Wade Boggs          39   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    1.0    0    0    0   0    1    1    4   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 29.6 162   3.84  96  66 51 162 151  11  10 1467.0 1463  688  626 144  532 1165 6279  62  45 10  41 117
    Rank among 14 AL teams          1   2  13  3           3   2      1    4    2        1    4    2

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JGirardi 979 109 111 830 54 5 11 .994 11 39 71 37 JPosada 479 52 60 367 23 3 3 .992 8 23 40 10 MFigga 9 1 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1467 162 162 1203 77 8 14 .994 19 62 111 47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TMartinez 1308 147 150 1302 105 8 123 .994 9.68 MStanley 79 7 12 70 3 0 8 1.000 8.32 CFielder 67 8 8 59 6 0 8 1.000 8.69 ICruz 8 0 3 7 0 0 0 1.000 7.88 LSojo 4 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00 PO'Neill 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1467 162 162 1443 114 8 140 .995 9.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *4.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LSojo 479 51 72 121 147 5 35 .982 5.04 MDuncan 306 39 41 65 99 4 20 .976 4.82 RSanchez 306 36 37 63 101 4 21 .976 4.82 PKelly 302 31 48 63 92 3 26 .981 4.62 AFox 37 4 5 8 13 0 4 1.000 5.11 HBush 30 1 8 8 13 2 2 .913 6.16 CHayes 7 0 5 2 1 0 1 1.000 3.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1467 162 162 330 466 18 109 .978 4.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .953 *2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CHayes 806 89 98 65 168 13 19 .947 2.60 WBoggs 611 70 76 42 140 4 15 .978 2.68 AFox 43 3 11 5 13 0 1 1.000 3.74 LSojo 7 0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 3.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1467 162 162 113 323 17 35 .962 2.67 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *4.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DJeter 1417 159 159 244 457 18 87 .975 4.45 RSanchez 23 1 6 3 9 0 1 1.000 4.56 LSojo 17 1 4 5 4 0 3 1.000 4.76 AFox 10 1 2 3 3 0 2 1.000 5.40 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1467 162 162 255 473 18 93 .976 4.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *2.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- TRaines 452 51 57 78 1 1 0 .987 1.57 CCurtis 414 48 56 77 4 2 1 .976 1.76 MWhiten 365 38 44 76 0 1 0 .987 1.87 SPose 157 15 28 32 2 0 1 1.000 1.94 MDuncan 44 6 6 7 1 1 0 .889 1.64 DStrawberry 30 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 ICruz 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1467 162 162 276 8 5 2 .983 1.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BWilliams 1122 127 128 269 2 2 1 .993 2.17 CCurtis 330 34 55 100 2 1 1 .990 2.78 SPose 14 1 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1467 162 162 371 4 3 2 .992 2.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PO'Neill 1263 145 146 293 7 5 1 .984 2.14 MWhiten 101 10 16 26 1 4 0 .871 2.40 SPose 53 2 17 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.69 CCurtis 40 5 9 12 0 1 0 .923 2.70 AFox 10 0 2 2 1 1 0 .750 2.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1467 162 162 343 9 11 1 .970 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.32 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- PO'Neill 1263 145 146 291 7 5 0 .983 2.12 BWilliams 1122 127 128 269 2 2 1 .993 2.17 CCurtis 785 87 92 169 6 4 1 .978 2.01 MWhiten 467 48 57 102 2 5 0 .954 2.00 TRaines 452 51 57 80 1 1 0 .988 1.61 SPose 225 18 45 45 2 0 1 1.000 1.88 MDuncan 44 6 6 7 1 1 0 .889 1.64 DStrawberry 30 4 4 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 AFox 10 0 2 2 1 1 0 .750 2.70 ICruz 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1467 162 162 971 22 19 3 .981 2.03 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *1.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- APettitte 240 35 35 9 44 1 4 .981 1.99 DWells 218 32 32 8 29 4 2 .902 1.53 DCone 195 29 29 9 13 2 0 .917 1.02 KRogers 145 22 31 13 42 2 3 .965 3.41 RMendoza 133 15 39 11 25 2 2 .947 2.42 DGooden 106 19 20 9 18 0 1 1.000 2.29 JNelson 78 0 77 4 17 0 0 1.000 2.40 MRivera 71 0 66 11 9 0 0 1.000 2.51 MStanton 66 0 64 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.21 HIrabu 53 9 13 1 5 2 1 .750 1.01 GLloyd 49 0 46 3 9 3 0 .800 2.20 BBoehringer 48 0 34 2 5 0 1 1.000 1.31 JMecir 33 0 25 5 2 0 0 1.000 1.87 WBanks 14 1 5 0 4 0 1 1.000 2.57 DWeathers 9 0 10 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 DRios 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 JBorowski 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 WBoggs 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1467 162 162 89 229 16 15 .952 1.95 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- CFielder 87 WBoggs 19 PKelly 16 MStanley 16 TRaines 13 TMartinez 9 MWhiten 6 PIncaviglia 5 SPose 5 ICruz 4 DStrawberry 4 MDuncan 2 AFox 2 PO'Neill 2 HBush 1 MFigga 1 JGirardi 1 ------------+---

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

Batting Average Williams .328

On-base % Williams .408

Slugging % Martinez .577

OPS Williams .952

Games Jeter 159

At Bats Jeter 654

Plate Appearances (approx.) Jeter 748

Runs Jeter 116

Hits Jeter 190

Total Bases Martinez 343

Doubles O'Neill 42

Triples Jeter 7

Home Runs Martinez 44

RBI Martinez 141

Bases on Balls Martinez and O'Neill 75

Strikeouts Jeter 125

Stolen Bases Jeter 23

Singles Jeter 142

Adjusted OPS+ Williams 147

Runs Created Martinez 128

Adjusted Batting Runs Martinez and Williams 38

Batting Wins Martinez and Williams 3.5

Extra-Base Hits Martinez 77

Times on Base Jeter 274

Offensive Win% Williams .711

Hit By Pitch Jeter 10

Sac. Hits Jeter 8

Sac. Flies Martinez 13

Intentional Walks Martinez 14

Grounded into Double Plays O'Neill 16

Caught Stealing Jeter 12

Power/Speed Number Williams 17.5

At Bats per Strikeout Martinez 7.9

At Bats per Home Run Martinez 13.5

Outs Jeter 500

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Cone 2.82

Wins Pettitte 18

Won-Loss % Pettitte .720

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Cone 1.236

Hits Allowed/9IP Cone 7.15

Bases on Balls/9IP Wells 1.86

Strikeouts/9IP Cone 10.25

Games Nelson 77

Saves Rivera 43

Innings Pettitte 240.3

Strikeouts Cone 222

Games Started Pettitte 35

Comp. Games Wells 5

Shutouts Wells 2

Home Runs Allow. Wells 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Cone 86

Hits Allowed Wells 239

SO to Walk Wells 3.47

Losses Wells 10

Earned Runs Allow. Wells 102

Wild Pitches Cone 14

Hit Batsmen Gooden and Rogers 7

Batters Faced Pettitte 986

Games Finished Rivera 56

Adjusted ERA+ Cone 159

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Salaries

Cecil Fielder $ 9,237,500

David Cone $ 6,666,667

Paul O'Neill $ 5,500,000

Bernie Williams $ 5,300,000

Kenny Rogers $ 5,000,000

Tino Martinez $ 4,400,000

David Wells $ 3,766,667

Hideki Irabu $ 2,325,000

Joe Girardi $ 2,250,000

Mike Stanley $ 2,100,000

Wade Boggs $ 2,000,000

Dwight Gooden $ 2,000,000

Tim Raines $ 1,703,644

Charlie Hayes $ 1,700,000

Mike Stanton $ 1,616,667

Pat Kelly $ 1,100,000

Jeff Nelson $ 1,090,000

Mark Whiten $ 1,000,000

Chad Curtis $ 900,000

Mariano Duncan $ 870,000

Graeme Lloyd $ 770,000

Darryl Strawberry $ 750,000

Pete Incaviglia $ 650,000

Andy Pettitte $ 600,000

Derek Jeter $ 550,000

Mariano Rivera $ 550,000

Dave Weathers $ 435,000

Luis Sojo $ 425,000

Brian Boehringer $ 161,100

Jorge Posada $ 158,500

Ramiro Mendoza $ 157,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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