1989 New York Yankees season

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1989 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Yankee Stadium (since 1976)
  • New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)George Steinbrenner
General manager(s)Bob Quinn
Manager(s)Dallas Green, Bucky Dent
Local televisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, George Grande, Tom Seaver)
MSG
(Bobby Murcer, Tommy Hutton, Lou Piniella, Greg Gumbel)
Local radioWABC (AM)
(John Sterling, Jay Johnstone)
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The New York Yankees' 1989 season was the 87th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 74-87, finishing in fifth place, 14.5 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays. New York was managed by Dallas Green and Bucky Dent. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason[]

  • October 24, 1988: Jack Clark and Pat Clements were traded by the Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Stan Jefferson, Jimmy Jones and Lance McCullers.[1]
  • November 17, 1988: Don Schulze was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[2]
  • November 23, 1988: Steve Sax was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[3]
  • November 26, 1988: Steve Kiefer was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[4]
  • December 5, 1988: Bobby Meacham was traded by the New York Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Bob Brower. [5]
  • December 8, 1988: Andy Hawkins was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[6]
  • December 18, 1988: Wayne Tolleson was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[7]
  • December 20, 1988: Jamie Quirk was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[8]
  • December 22, 1988: Dickie Noles was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[9]
  • January 10, 1989: Rick Rhoden was traded by the Yankees to the Houston Astros for John Fishel, Mike Hook (minors), and Pedro DeLeon (minors).[10]
  • February 13, 1989: Tommy John was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.[11]
  • March 19, 1989: Joel Skinner was traded by the Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Mel Hall.[12]
  • March 23, 1989: Charles Hudson was traded by the Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Tom Brookens.[13]
  • March 29, 1989: Dana Ridenour (minors) was traded by the Yankees to the Seattle Mariners for Steve Balboni.[14]

Regular season[]

  • Alvaro Espinoza was second in the majors with 23 sacrifices.
  • In 1989, Yankees pitcher Tommy John matched Deacon McGuire's record (since broken) for most seasons played in a Major League Baseball career with 26 seasons played.[15]
  • Sammy Sosa made his major league debut on June 16, 1989, in a game against the New York Yankees.[16] Sosa appeared in 4 at-bats and had 2 hits.

Season standings[]

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AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 89 73 0.549 — 46–35 43–38
Baltimore Orioles 87 75 0.537 2 47–34 40–41
Boston Red Sox 83 79 0.512 6 46–35 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 81 81 0.500 8 45–36 36–45
New York Yankees 74 87 0.460 14½ 41–40 33–47
Cleveland Indians 73 89 0.451 16 41–40 32–49
Detroit Tigers 59 103 0.364 30 38–43 21–60

Record vs. opponents[]

1989 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore — 6–7 6–6 6–6 7–6 10–3 6–6 7–6 4–8 8–5 5–7 6–6 9–3 7–6
Boston 7–6 — 4–8 7–5 8–5 11–2 4–8 6–7 6–6 7–6 7–5 5–7 6–6 5–8
California 6–6 8–4 — 8–5 5–7 11–1 4–9 7–5 11–2 6–6 5–8 7–6 6–7 7–5
Chicago 6–6 5–7 5–8 — 7–5 4–8 6–7 10–2 5–8 5–6 5–8 7–6 3–10 1–11
Cleveland 6–7 5–8 7–5 5–7 — 5–8 8–4 3–10 5–7 9–4 2–10 6–6 7–5 5–8
Detroit 3–10 2–11 1–11 8–4 8–5 — 6–6 6–7 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–8 4–8 2–11
Kansas City 6–6 8–4 9–4 7–6 4–8 6–6 — 8–4 7–6 6–6 7–6 9–4 8–5 7–5
Milwaukee 6–7 7–6 5–7 2–10 10–3 7–6 4–8 — 9–3 8–5 5–7 7–5 5–7 6–7
Minnesota 8–4 6–6 2–11 8–5 7–5 7–5 6–7 3–9 — 6–6 6–7 7–6 5–8 9–3
New York 5–8 6–7 6–6 6–5 4–9 7–6 6–6 5–8 6–6 — 3–9 8–4 5–7 7–6
Oakland 7–5 5–7 8–5 8–5 10–2 8–4 6–7 7–5 7–6 9–3 — 9–4 8–5 7–5
Seattle 6–6 7–5 6–7 6–7 6–6 8–4 4–9 5–7 6–7 4–8 4–9 — 6–7 5–7
Texas 3–9 6–6 7–6 10–3 5–7 8–4 5–8 7–5 8–5 7–5 5–8 7–6 — 5–7
Toronto 6–7 8–5 5–7 11–1 8–5 11–2 5–7 7–6 3–9 6–7 5–7 7–5 7–5 —


Notable transactions[]

  • May 16, 1989: Jamie Quirk was released by the Yankees.[8]
  • May 30, 1989: Tommy John was released by the Yankees.[11]
  • June 5, 1989: J. T. Snow was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft. Player signed June 11, 1989.[17]
  • June 21, 1989: Rickey Henderson was traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Greg Cadaret, Eric Plunk, and Luis Polonia.[18]
  • June 22, 1989: Richard Dotson was released by the Yankees.[19]
  • July 20, 1989: Stan Jefferson was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for John Habyan.[1]
  • July 22, 1989: Mike Pagliarulo and Don Schulze were traded by the Yankees to the San Diego Padres for Walt Terrell and a player to be named later. The Padres completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Yankees on September 27.[2]
  • August 10, 1989: Rich Gossage was selected off waivers by the Yankees from the San Francisco Giants.[20]
  • August 29, 1989: John Candelaria was traded by the Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Mike Blowers.[21]
  • August 30, 1989: Ken Phelps was traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Holcomb (minors).[22]

Roster[]

1989 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

  • 17,30 Bucky Dent
  • 46 Dallas Green

Coaches

  • 36,42 Billy Connors (Pitching)
  • 47 Pat Corrales (First Base)
  • 43 Lee Elia (Third Base)
  • 52 Mike Ferraro (First Base)
  • 52 Charlie Fox (Bench)
  • 48 Frank Howard (Hitting)
  • 43 Gene Michael (Third Base)
  • 44 John Stearns (Bullpen)
  • 47 Champ Summers (Hitting)

Player stats[]

= Indicates team leader

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Don Slaught 117 350 88 .251 5 38
1B Don Mattingly 158 631 191 .303 23 113
2B Steve Sax 158 651 205 .310 5 63
3B Mike Pagliarulo 74 223 44 .197 5 63
SS Álvaro Espinoza 146 503 142 .282 0 41
LF Rickey Henderson 65 235 58 .247 3 22
CF Roberto Kelly 137 441 133 .302 9 48
RF Jesse Barfield 129 441 106 .240 18 56
DH Steve Balboni 110 300 71 .237 17 59

Other batters[]

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mel Hall 113 361 94 .260 17 58
Luis Polonia 66 227 71 .313 2 29
Bob Geren 65 205 59 .288 9 27
Ken Phelps 86 185 46 .249 7 29
Tom Brookens 66 168 38 .226 4 14
Wayne Tolleson 80 140 23 .164 1 9
Randy Velarde 33 100 34 .340 2 11
Bob Brower 26 69 16 .232 2 3
Deion Sanders 14 47 11 .234 2 7
Mike Blowers 13 38 10 .263 0 3
Hensley Meulens 8 28 5 .179 0 1
Jamie Quirk 13 24 2 .083 0 0
Brian Dorsett 8 22 8 .364 0 4
Hal Morris 15 18 5 .278 0 4
Gary Ward 8 17 5 .294 0 1
Marcus Lawton 10 14 3 .214 0 0
Stan Jefferson 10 12 1 .083 0 1
Steve Kiefer 5 8 1 .125 0 0

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Hawkins 34 208.1 15 15 4.80 98
Clay Parker 22 120 4 5 3.68 53
Dave LaPoint 20 113.2 6 9 5.62 51
Walt Terrell 13 83 6 5 5.20 30
Tommy John 10 63.2 2 7 5.80 18
Richard Dotson 11 51.2 2 5 5.57 14
Dave Eiland 6 34.1 1 3 5.77 11
Al Leiter 4 26.2 1 2 6.08 22
Don Schulze 2 11 1 1 4.09 5

Other pitchers[]

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Chuck Cary 22 99.1 4 4 3.26 79
Greg Cadaret 20 92.1 5 5 4.58 66
Eric Plunk 27 75.2 7 5 3.69 61
John Candelaria 10 49 3 3 5.14 37
Jimmy Jones 11 48 2 1 5.25 25
Kevin Mmahat 4 7.2 0 2 12.91 3

Relief pitchers[]

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lee Guetterman 70 5 5 13 2.45 51
Dave Righetti 55 2 6 25 3.00 51
Lance McCullers 52 4 3 3 4.57 82
Dale Mohorcic 32 2 1 2 4.99 24
Rich Gossage 11 1 0 1 3.77 6
Scott Nielsen 2 1 0 0 13.50 0
Bob Davidson 1 0 0 0 18.00 0

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Bucky Dent and Rick Down
AA Albany-Colonie Yankees Eastern League Buck Showalter
A Prince William Cannons Carolina League Mark Weidemaier and Stump Merrill
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Clete Boyer
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Brian Butterfield
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Jack Gillis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Albany-Colonie, Prince William, GCL Yankees[23]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Stan Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ a b Don Schulze page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Steve Sax page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Steve Kiefer page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "Bobby Beacham: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  6. ^ Andy Hawkins page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Wayne Tolleson page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ a b Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Dickie Noles page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Rick Rhoden page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ a b Tommy John page at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Joel Skinner page at Baseball Reference
  13. ^ Tom Brookens page at Baseball Reference
  14. ^ Steve Balboni page at Baseball Reference
  15. ^ Numbelivable!, p.157, Michael X. Ferraro and John Veneziano, Triumph Books, Chicago, Illinois, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57243-990-0
  16. ^ "Sammy Sosa Stats".
  17. ^ J. T. Snow page at Baseball Reference
  18. ^ Rickey Henderson page at Baseball Reference
  19. ^ Richard Dotson page at Baseball Reference
  20. ^ Rich Gossage page at Baseball Reference
  21. ^ John Candelaria page at Baseball Reference
  22. ^ Ken Phellps page at Baseball Reference
  23. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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