2008 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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2008 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 2007)
89-73, 3rd place in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 789 runs, Allowed 727 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 87-75
Managed by Joe Girardi

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium II (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 4,298,655 (1st of 14)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 100, Pitching - 99
  (one-year): Batting - 103, Pitching - 102
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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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   Jose Molina         33  100  268   32   58  17  0   3   18  12   52  .216  .263  .313   0   0   9   6   8   3   0   53
1B *Jason Giambi        37  145  458   68  113  19  1  32   96  76  111  .247  .373  .502   2   1   6  22   0   9   5  130
2B *Robinson Cano       25  159  597   70  162  35  3  14   72  26   65  .271  .305  .410   2   4  18   5   1   5   3   88
3B  Alex Rodriguez      32  138  510  104  154  33  0  35  103  65  117  .302  .392  .573  18   3  16  14   0   5   9  153
SS  Derek Jeter         34  150  596   88  179  25  3  11   69  52   85  .300  .363  .408  11   5  24   9   7   4   0  105
LF *Johnny Damon        34  143  555   95  168  27  5  17   71  64   82  .303  .375  .461  29   8   5   1   2   1   0  121
CF #Melky Cabrera       23  129  414   42  103  12  1   8   37  29   58  .249  .301  .341   9   2  11   3   4   3   5   70
RF *Bobby Abreu         34  156  609  100  180  39  4  20  100  73  109  .296  .371  .471  22  11  14   1   0   1   2  122
DH *Hideki Matsui       34   93  337   43   99  17  0   9   45  38   47  .294  .370  .424   0   0  10   3   0   0   6  111
    Xavier Nady         29   59  228   26   61  11  0  12   40  14   48  .268  .320  .474   1   1   5   4   0   1   1  108
   #Wilson Betemit      26   87  189   24   50  13  0   6   25   6   56  .265  .289  .429   0   1   7   1   1   1   0   88
   #Jorge Posada        36   51  168   18   45  13  1   3   22  24   38  .268  .364  .411   0   0   7   2   0   1   3  106
   *Brett Gardner       24   42  127   18   29   5  2   0   16   8   30  .228  .283  .299  13   1   0   2   3   1   0   55
    Ivan Rodriguez      36   33   96   11   21   4  0   2    3   4   15  .219  .257  .323   4   0   6   1   0   0   1   53
    Chad Moeller        33   41   91   13   21   6  0   1    9   7   18  .231  .311  .330   0   0   2   4   0   1   1   71
    Morgan Ensberg      32   28   74    6   15   0  0   1    4   6   22  .203  .263  .243   0   1   1   0   0   0   0   36
    Shelley Duncan      28   23   57    7   10   3  0   1    6   7   13  .175  .262  .281   0   0   1   0   0   1   0   44
    Alberto Gonzalez    25   28   52    4    9   2  0   0    1   4    8  .173  .232  .212   0   0   4   0   2   0   0   19
    Cody Ransom         32   33   43    9   13   3  0   4    8   6   12  .302  .400  .651   0   0   0   1   1   0   0  174
    Justin Christian    28   24   40    6   10   3  0   0    6   3    4  .250  .302  .325   7   1   1   0   0   0   0   67
    Richie Sexson       33   22   28    2    7   1  0   1    6   6   10  .250  .371  .393   0   0   1   0   0   1   0  104
   *Juan Miranda        25    5   10    2    4   1  0   0    1   2    4  .400  .500  .500   0   0   0   1   0   1   0  168
    Francisco Cervelli  22    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Chris Stewart       26    1    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Mike Mussina        39    2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    0  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0    7
    Joba Chamberlain    22    2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    1  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -26
    Chien-Ming Wang     28    1    3    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Andy Pettitte       36    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Sidney Ponson       31    1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Ross Ohlendorf      25    3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Darrell Rasner      27    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   2    1  .000  .667  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   98
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 31.3  162 5572  789 1512 289 20 180  758 535 1015  .271  .342  .427 118  39 149  80  31  39  36  104
    Rank among 14 AL teams         7    7    5  10 12   4        8    8     4     3     6   4   4       2            
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Mike Mussina        39  34   3.37  20   9  0  34   0   0   0  200.3  214   85   75  17   31  150  819   4   8  0   3 128
SP *Andy Pettitte       36  33   4.54  14  14  0  33   0   0   0  204.0  233  112  103  19   55  158  881   6   7  1   4  95
SP  Darrell Rasner      27  24   5.40   5  10  0  20   1   0   0  113.3  135   74   68  14   39   67  513   4   5  0   1  80
SP  Sidney Ponson       31  16   5.85   4   4  0  15   1   0   0   80.0   99   53   52  11   32   33  360   2   5  0   2  74
SP  Chien-Ming Wang     28  15   4.07   8   2  0  15   0   1   0   95.0   90   44   43   4   35   54  402   0   3  0   1 106
SP  Ian Kennedy         23  10   8.17   0   4  0   9   1   0   0   39.7   50   37   36   5   26   27  194   3   1  0   0  53
SP  Philip Hughes       22   8   6.62   0   4  0   8   0   0   0   34.0   43   26   25   3   15   23  157   2   1  0   0  65
SP  Carl Pavano         32   7   5.77   4   2  0   7   0   0   0   34.3   41   23   22   5   10   15  154   0   4  1   0  75

CL  Mariano Rivera      38  64   1.40   6   5 39   0  60   0   0   70.7   41   11   11   4    6   77  259   1   2  0   0 308
RP  Jose Veras          27  60   3.59   5   3  0   0  15   0   0   57.7   52   23   23   7   29   63  253   4   3  0   6 120
RP  Edwar Ramirez       27  55   3.90   5   1  1   0  16   0   0   55.3   44   25   24   7   24   63  233   3   3  0   2 110
RP  Kyle Farnsworth     32  45   3.65   1   2  1   0   6   0   0   44.3   43   18   18  11   17   43  185   1   1  1   3 118
RP  LaTroy Hawkins      35  33   5.71   1   1  0   0  11   0   0   41.0   42   26   26   3   17   23  173   2   0  0   3  76

    Joba Chamberlain    22  42   2.60   4   3  0  12   5   0   0  100.3   87   32   29   5   39  118  417   4   2  2   3 166
    Dan Giese           31  20   3.53   1   3  0   3   6   0   0   43.3   39   22   17   3   14   29  186   1   1  0   1 122
    Ross Ohlendorf      25  25   6.53   1   1  0   0   3   0   0   40.0   50   31   29   7   19   36  187   6   1  0   3  66
    Brian Bruney        26  32   1.83   3   0  1   1   5   0   0   34.3   18    7    7   2   16   33  137   1   1  0   0 235
    David Robertson     23  25   5.34   4   0  0   0   8   0   0   30.3   29   18   18   3   15   36  131   6   0  0   2  81
    Alfredo Aceves      25   6   2.40   1   0  0   4   1   0   0   30.0   25    8    8   4   10   16  120   1   0  0   0 180
    Chris Britton       25  15   5.09   0   0  0   0  14   0   0   23.0   28   13   13   4   11   12  105   1   0  0   1  85
   *Damaso Marte        33  25   5.40   1   3  0   0   2   0   0   18.3   14   11   11   1   10   24   80   0   1  0   1  80
   *Billy Traber        28  19   7.02   0   0  0   0   3   0   0   16.7   23   13   13   3    7   11   80   2   2  0   1  61
   *Phil Coke           25  12   0.61   1   0  0   0   0   0   0   14.7    8    1    1   0    2   14   52   1   0  0   0 703
    Jonathan Albaladejo 25   7   3.95   0   1  0   0   2   0   0   13.7   15    6    6   1    6   13   58   0   0  0   0 109
   *Kei Igawa           28   2  13.50   0   1  0   1   1   0   0    4.0   13    6    6   0    0    0   24   0   0  0   0  32
    Humberto Sanchez    25   2   4.50   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    1    1   0    2    1    8   0   0  0   0  96
    Scott Patterson     29   1   6.75   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.3    1    1    1   0    2    2    7   0   0  0   0  64
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 30.6 162   4.28  89  73 42 162 161   1  11 1441.7 1478  727  686 143  489 1141 6175  55  51  5  37 101
    Rank among 14 AL teams          8   4  11  6          13   5     10    8    6        3    6    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JMolina 737 81 97 634 52 3 6 .996 7 29 42 33 JPosada 234 28 30 197 7 1 1 .995 2 12 34 7 CMoeller 225 25 33 159 15 3 2 .983 0 6 15 9 IRodriguez 223 26 31 173 14 1 1 .995 2 6 20 7 FCervelli 13 1 3 11 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 CStewart 8 1 1 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 2 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1441 162 162 1182 88 8 10 .994 11 55 113 56 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 *9.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JGiambi 898 112 113 870 36 9 77 .990 9.08 WBetemit 207 21 36 191 13 1 23 .995 8.87 SDuncan 107 12 16 98 5 3 8 .972 8.66 RSexson 80 6 19 78 8 0 6 1.000 9.68 CRansom 42 2 19 47 1 0 2 1.000 10.29 MEnsberg 35 3 7 38 0 0 1 1.000 9.77 JMiranda 32 3 5 30 2 0 1 1.000 8.81 JPosada 31 3 7 25 0 0 2 1.000 7.26 XNady 4 0 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 CMoeller 3 0 2 4 0 0 1 1.000 12.00 JDamon 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 JMolina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 162 162 1385 66 13 121 .991 9.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RCano 1376 154 159 305 482 13 103 .984 5.14 AGonzalez 28 4 4 4 7 0 1 1.000 3.54 WBetemit 24 3 3 4 8 1 2 .923 4.50 CRansom 13 1 2 3 3 1 0 .857 4.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 162 162 316 500 15 106 .982 5.09 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *2.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- ARodriguez 1126 131 131 73 251 10 23 .970 2.59 MEnsberg 133 13 21 8 32 1 2 .976 2.71 WBetemit 100 9 21 4 21 3 4 .893 2.25 AGonzalez 54 6 11 6 11 1 2 .944 2.80 CRansom 24 3 4 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.62 CMoeller 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 162 162 92 321 15 31 .965 2.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 *4.39 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DJeter 1258 147 148 220 347 12 69 .979 4.05 CRansom 63 6 9 12 22 2 4 .944 4.86 AGonzalez 63 5 14 12 15 0 2 1.000 3.86 WBetemit 57 4 14 10 19 0 5 1.000 4.58 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 162 162 254 403 14 80 .979 4.10 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JDamon 659 75 87 155 2 1 0 .994 2.14 XNady 389 45 46 87 2 2 0 .978 2.06 HMatsui 176 20 21 40 2 1 1 .977 2.14 BGardner 145 15 17 25 1 0 0 1.000 1.61 JChristian 53 6 9 5 0 1 0 .833 0.85 MCabrera 18 1 8 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 162 162 316 7 5 1 .985 2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 *2.71 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MCabrera 973 109 117 272 7 4 1 .986 2.58 JDamon 285 33 34 77 1 1 0 .987 2.46 BGardner 160 17 22 53 4 0 0 1.000 3.19 JChristian 22 3 3 5 1 0 0 1.000 2.42 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 162 162 407 13 5 1 .988 2.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.15 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BAbreu 1310 148 150 270 10 2 3 .993 1.92 XNady 50 6 7 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 MCabrera 23 2 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 3.04 SDuncan 23 3 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.57 HMatsui 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 JChristian 17 1 5 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 162 162 300 10 2 3 .994 1.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .952 *1.60 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- APettitte 204 33 33 6 30 2 2 .947 1.59 MMussina 200 34 34 18 23 1 4 .976 1.84 DRasner 113 20 24 5 19 0 0 1.000 1.91 JChamberlai 100 12 42 3 13 0 1 1.000 1.44 CWang 95 15 15 7 13 0 0 1.000 1.89 SPonson 80 15 16 3 16 1 1 .950 2.14 MRivera 70 0 64 6 8 0 1 1.000 1.78 JVeras 57 0 60 3 6 0 1 1.000 1.40 ERamirez 55 0 55 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.14 KFarnsworth 44 0 45 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.83 DGiese 43 3 20 1 2 2 0 .600 0.62 LHawkins 41 0 33 0 6 0 0 1.000 1.32 ROhlendorf 40 0 25 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.45 IKennedy 39 9 10 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.59 CPavano 34 7 7 0 7 0 0 1.000 1.84 BBruney 34 1 32 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.31 PHughes 34 8 8 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.32 DRobertson 30 0 25 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.19 AAceves 30 4 6 3 2 0 2 1.000 1.50 CBritton 23 0 15 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.39 DMarte 18 0 25 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.98 BTraber 16 0 19 2 2 0 0 1.000 2.16 PCoke 14 0 12 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.84 JAlbaladejo 13 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KIgawa 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 HSanchez 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 SPatterson 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1441 162 162 73 178 6 13 .977 1.57 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- HMatsui 66 JGiambi 26 JDamon 25 JPosada 15 XNady 7 ARodriguez 7 BAbreu 4 DJeter 2 MEnsberg 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 Average Damon .303

On-base % Rodriguez .392

Slugging % Rodriguez .573

OPS Rodriguez .965

Games Cano 159

At Bats Abreu 609

Plate Appearances (approx.) Abreu 684

Runs Rodriguez 104

Hits Abreu 180

Total Bases Rodriguez 292

Doubles Abreu 39

Triples Damon 5

Home Runs Rodriguez 35

RBI Rodriguez 103

Bases on Balls Giambi 76

Strikeouts Rodriguez 117

Stolen Bases Damon 29

Singles Jeter 140

Adjusted OPS+ Rodriguez 153

Runs Created Rodriguez 116

Adjusted Batting Runs Rodriguez 40

Batting Wins Rodriguez 3.8

Extra-Base Hits Rodriguez 68

Times on Base Abreu 254

Offensive Win% Rodriguez .714

Hit By Pitch Giambi 22

Sac. Hits Molina 8

Sac. Flies Giambi 9

Intentional Walks Rodriguez 9

Grounded into Double Plays Jeter 24

Caught Stealing Abreu 11

Power/Speed Number Rodriguez 23.8

At Bats per Strikeout Cano 9.2

At Bats per Home Run Giambi 14.3

Outs Cano 463

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Mussina 3.37

Wins Mussina 20

Won-Loss % Mussina .690

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Mussina 1.223

Hits Allowed/9IP Mussina 9.61

Bases on Balls/9IP Mussina 1.39

Strikeouts/9IP Pettitte 6.97

Games Rivera 64

Saves Rivera 39

Innings Pettitte 204.0

Strikeouts Pettitte 158

Games Started Mussina 34

Comp. Games Wang 1

Home Runs Allow. Pettitte 19

Bases On Balls Allow. Pettitte 55

Hits Allowed Pettitte 233

SO to Walk Mussina 4.84

Losses Pettitte 14

Earned Runs Allow. Pettitte 103

Wild Pitches Ohlendorf, Pettitte, and Robertson 6

Hit Batsmen Mussina 8

Batters Faced Pettitte 881

Games Finished Rivera 60

Adjusted ERA+ Mussina 128

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