1985 New York Yankees season

1985 New York Yankees
1985 New York Yankees
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	George Steinbrenner
General managers	Clyde King
Managers	Yogi Berra, Billy Martin
Television	WPIX–TV 11; (Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, Spencer Ross); SportsChannel NY; (Mel Allen, Mickey Mantle, others from WPIX)
Radio	WABC–AM 770; (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White, John Gordon)
	Seasons
	Seasons

The 1985 New York Yankees season was the 83rd season for the Yankees. The team only played 161 games, came in second place in the American League East with a record of 97–64, and finished 2 games behind the Toronto Blue Jays. The Yankees did not qualify for the postseason, marking the 1985 Yankees a failed season. New York was managed by Yogi Berra and Billy Martin. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason

November 5, 1984: Matt Keough was released by the Yankees.^[1]
December 4, 1984: Ray Fontenot and Brian Dayett were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Hassey, Porfi Altamirano, Rich Bordi, and Henry Cotto.^[2]
December 5, 1984: Rick Cerone was traded by the Yankees to the Atlanta Braves for Brian Fisher.^[3]
December 5, 1984: Stan Javier, Jay Howell, José Rijo, Eric Plunk, and Tim Birtsas were traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley and cash.^[4]
December 20, 1984: Steve Kemp, Tim Foli, and cash were traded by the Yankees to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Jay Buhner, Dale Berra and Alfonso Pulido.^[5] Berra became the first player since 1925, when Earle Mack played for his father Connie Mack for the Philadelphia Athletics, to play for his father as manager.
December 27, 1984: Ed Whitson was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.^[6]
February 27, 1985: Toby Harrah was traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Billy Sample and a player to be named later. The Rangers completed the deal by sending Eric Dersin (minors) to the Yankees on July 14.^[7]

Regular season

Rickey Henderson set a new club record by stealing 80 bases in one season. The previous mark had stood since 1914.

Henderson also scored 146 runs. It was the most in the Major Leagues since Ted Williams scored 150 runs in 1949.^[8] In addition, Rickey Henderson became the first player since Lou Gehrig in 1936 to amass more runs in a season than games played.^[8]

Don Mattingly became the first Yankee since Joe DiMaggio to have back to back 200 hit seasons.
Mattingly's 48 doubles were the most since Lou Gehrig hit 52 in 1927.
Mattingly was the AL MVP and RBI leader with 145. Mattingly hit for a .324 average with 35 home runs.
Dave Winfield became the first Yankee since Yogi Berra to achieve four straight 100 RBI seasons. Berra did it from 1953 to 1956.
On April 28, the Yankees fired Yogi Berra as manager 16 games into the season, only hours after being swept by the Chicago White Sox in a three-game series at Comiskey Park. Owner George Steinbrenner did not fire Berra personally, but instead dispatched general manager Clyde King to deliver the news. Berra was replaced by Billy Martin, whom he replaced as manager after the 1983 season. It became the fourth of Martin's five stints as Yankee skipper. Berra vowed after the slight to never again set foot in Yankee Stadium as long as Steinbrenner owned the team
On September 22, while at a hotel bar in Baltimore, Maryland, pitcher Ed Whitson broke manager Billy Martin's arm after a heated argument that spread to other parts of the hotel. Whitson's Yankee tenure was also memorable for constantly being heckled and booed during home games.
On October 5, the Yankees entered the next-to-last game of the season against the division-leading Toronto Blue Jays trailing them by two games. However, the Jays, led by pitcher Doyle Alexander, triumphed 5-1, clinching their first division title in franchise history.
On October 6, Phil Niekro shut out the Blue Jays 8-0 for his 300th major league win. He did not throw his trademark knuckleball until the final pitch of the game, striking out Jeff Burroughs.

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Toronto Blue Jays	99	62	0.615	—	54–26	45–36
New York Yankees	97	64	0.602	2	58–22	39–42
Detroit Tigers	84	77	0.522	15	44–37	40–40
Baltimore Orioles	83	78	0.516	16	45–36	38–42
Boston Red Sox	81	81	0.500	18½	43–37	38–44
Milwaukee Brewers	71	90	0.441	28	40–40	31–50
Cleveland Indians	60	102	0.370	39½	38–43	22–59

Record vs. opponents

1985 American League record Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR
Baltimore	—	5–8	7–5	8–4	8–5	6–7	6–6	9–4	6–6	1–12	7–5	6–6	10–2	4–8
Boston	8–5	—	5–7	4–8–1	8–5	6–7	5–7	5–8	7–5	5–8	8–4	6–6	5–7	9–4
California	5–7	7–5	—	8–5	8–4	8–4	4–9	9–3	9–4	3–9	6–7	9–4	9–4	5–7
Chicago	4–8	8–4–1	5–8	—	10–2	6–6	5–8	5–7	6–7	6–6	8–5	9–4	10–3	3–9
Cleveland	5–8	5–8	4–8	2–10	—	5–8	2–10	7–6	4–8	6–7	3–9	6–6	7–5	4–9
Detroit	7–6	7–6	4–8	6–6	8–5	—	5–7	9–4	3–9	9–3	8–4	5–7	7–5	6–7
Kansas City	6–6	7–5	9–4	8–5	10–2	7–5	—	8–4	7–6	5–7	8–5	3–10	6–7	7–5
Milwaukee	4–9	8–5	3–9	7–5	6–7	4–9	4–8	—	9–3	7–6	3–9	4–8	8–3	4–9
Minnesota	6–6	5–7	4–9	7–6	8–4	9–3	6–7	3–9	—	3–9	8–5	6–7	8–5	4–8
New York	12–1	8–5	9–3	6–6	7–6	3–9	7–5	6–7	9–3	—	7–5	9–3	8–4	6–7
Oakland	5–7	4–8	7–6	5–8	9–3	4–8	5–8	9–3	5–8	5–7	—	8–5	6–7	5–7
Seattle	6–6	6–6	4–9	4–9	6–6	7–5	10–3	8–4	7–6	3–9	5–8	—	6–7	2–10
Texas	2–10	7–5	4–9	3–10	5–7	5–7	7–6	3–8	5–8	4–8	7–6	7–6	—	3–9
Toronto	8–4	4–9	7–5	9–3	9–4	7–6	5–7	9–4	8–4	7–6	7–5	10–2	9–3	—

Notable transactions

June 3, 1985: Shane Turner was drafted by the Yankees in the 6th round of the 1985 Major League Baseball Draft.^[9]
August 24, 1985: Jim Leyritz was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent.^[10]
September 13, 1985: Bernie Williams was signed by the Yankees as an amateur free agent.^[11]
September 15, 1985: Jim Deshaies and players to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Houston Astros for Joe Niekro, who joined his brother Phil Niekro in the rotation. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Neder Horta (minors) to the Astros on September 24 and Dody Rather (minors) to the Astros on January 11, 1986.^[12]

Roster

1985 New York Yankees

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

25 Don Baylor

Manager

8 Yogi Berra
1 Billy Martin

Coaches

52 Mark Connor (Pitching)
42 Doug Holmquist (First base)
48 Willie Horton (Hitting)
42 Stump Merrill (First base)
40 Gene Michael (Third base)
28 Bill Monbouquette (Pitching)
14 Lou Piniella (Hitting)
51 Dom Scala (Bullpen catcher)
44 Jeff Torborg (Bullpen)

Game log

Regular season

1985 regular season game log: 97–64 (Home: 58–22; Away: 39–42)

April: 6–12 (Home: 4–4; Away: 2–8)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
1	April 8	2:05 p.m. EST	@ Red Sox	L 2–9	Boyd (1–0)	Niekro (0–1)	–	2:33	34,282	0–1	L1
2	April 10	2:05 p.m. EST	@ Red Sox	L 5–14	Hurst (1–0)	Whitson (0–1)	–	2:56	19,615	0–2	L2
3	April 11	2:05 p.m. EST	@ Red Sox	L 4–6	Clemens (1–0)	Rasmussen (0–1)	Stanley (1)	3:00	19,060	0–3	L3
4	April 13	2:05 p.m. EST	@ Indians	W 6–3	Guidry (1–0)	Blyleven (0–1)	Righetti (1)	2:59	61,978	1–3	W1
5	April 14	1:35 p.m. EST	@ Indians	W 2–1	Niekro (1–1)	Waddell (0–1)	Righetti (2)	2:44	12,085	2–3	W2
6	April 16	2:00 p.m. EST	White Sox	W 5–4	Righetti (1–0)	Spillner (0–1)	–	3:08	53,019	3–3	W3
7	April 18	1:00 p.m. EST	White Sox	W 3–2	Niekro (1–1)	Bannister (0–2)	Righetti (3)	2:51	15,126	4–3	W4
8	April 19	8:00 p.m. EST	Indians	L 1–2	Heaton (1–0)	Guidry (1–1)	Waddell (2)	2:45	21,229	4–4	L1
9	April 20	2:00 p.m. EST	Indians	W 5–2	Niekro (2–1)	Román (0–2)	Righetti (4)	2:37	20,188	5–4	W1
10	April 21	2:00 p.m. EST	Indians	L 0–3	Von Ohlen (2–1)	Whitson (0–2)	Waddell (3)	2:24	34,443	5–5	L1
11	April 23	8:00 p.m. EST	Red Sox	L 4–5 (11)	Ojeda (2–0)	Righetti (1–1)	–	3:34	25,207	5–6	L2
12	April 24	8:00 p.m. EST	Red Sox	L 6–7	Crawford (2–1)	Guidry (1–2)	Stanley (3)	2:42	23,229	5–7	L3
13	April 25	8:00 p.m. EST	Red Sox	W 5–1	Niekro (3–1)	Hurst (1–1)	Righetti (5)	2:49	22.179	6–7	W1
14	April 26	8:30 p.m. EST	@ White Sox	L 2–4	Seaver (2–0)	Whitson (0–3)	James (2)	3:05	19,174	6–8	L1
15	April 27	1:20 p.m. EST	@ White Sox	L 4–5 (11)	Nelson (1–1)	Shirley (0–1)	–	3:48	22,788	6–9	L2
16	April 28	2:30 p.m. EDT	@ White Sox	L 3–4	Burns (3–1)	Cowley (0–1)	–	2:40	27,637	6–10	L3
17	April 29	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Rangers	L 5–7	Schmidt (1–1)	Guidry (1–3)	Rozema (1)	2:37	10,626	6–11	L4
18	April 30	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Rangers	L 4–8	Noles (2–1)	Niekro (3–2)	–	2:17	15,416	6–12	L5

May: 18–8 (Home: 10–0; Away: 8–8)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
19	May 1	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Rangers	W	Whitson (1–3)	Hough (1–1)	Righetti (6)	2:49	15,528	7–12	W1
20	May 3	8:00 p.m. EDT	Royals	W 7–1	Rasmussen (1–1)	Jackson (1–1)	–	2:36	20,603	8–12	W2
21	May 4	2:00 p.m. EDT	Royals	W 5–2	Guidry (2–3)	Leibrandt (3–1)	–	2:14	22,532	9–12	W3
22	May 5	2:00 p.m. EDT	Royals	W 6–2	Niekro (4–2)	Black (2–2)	Righetti (7)	2:33	50,209	10–12	W4
23	May 7	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Twins	L 6–8	Viola (5–2)	Whitson (1–4)	–	2:49	21,704	10–13	L1
24	May 8	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Twins	L 6–8	Smithson (4–2)	Cowley (0–2)	Filson (1)	2:53	22,832	10–14	L2
25	May 10	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Royals	W 6–4	Guidry (3–3)	Leibrandt (3–2)	Righetti (8)	2:48	34,000	11–14	W1
26	May 11	4:05 p.m. EDT	@ Royals	W 11–3	Rasmussen (2–1)	Black (2–3)	–	2:35	38,011	12–14	W2
27	May 12	2:35 p.m. EDT	@ Royals	L 5–6	Quisenberry (3–2)	Righetti (1–2)	–	3:04	31,009	12–15	L1
28	May 13	8:00 p.m. EDT	Twins	W 9–8	Cowley (1–2)	Davis (1–4)	–	2:54	15,136	13–15	W1
29	May 14	8:00 p.m. EDT	Twins	W 10–7	Fisher (1–0)	Wardle (0–2)	Righetti (9)	2:47	18,319	14–15	W2
30	May 15	8:00 p.m. EDT	Rangers	W 6–5 (10)	Righetti (2–2)	Schmidt (1–2)	–	3:01	17,232	15–15	W3
31	May 16	1:00 p.m. EDT	Rangers	W 6–5	Righetti (3–2)	Stewart (0–3)	–	3:11	21,010	16–15	W4
32	May 17	10:30 p.m. EDT	@ Angels	W 6–0	Niekro (5–2)	Witt (2–4)	–	2:40	61,066	17–15	W5
33	May 18	3:20 p.m. EDT	@ Angels	W 6–1	Cowley (2–2)	John (2–3)	Fisher (1)	2:48	32,936	18–15	W6
34	May 19	4:00 p.m. EDT	@ Angels	L 1–4	Slaton (4–2)	Whitson (1–5)	Moore (9)	2:29	39,724	18–16	L1
35	May 21	10:35 p.m. EDT	@ Mariners	W 11–1	Guidry (4–3)	Langston (5–4)	–	2:58	16,054	19–16	W1
36	May 22	10:35 p.m. EDT	@ Mariners	L 1–4	Young (3–5)	Rasmussen (2–2)	–	2:15	13,363	19–17	L1
37	May 23	10:35 p.m. EDT	@ Mariners	L 4–6	Beattie (2–4)	Niekro (5–3)	Best (1)	2:28	15,790	19–18	L2
38	May 24	10:35 p.m. EDT	@ Athletics	W 10–3	Cowley (3–2)	Codiroli (5–2)	–	3:05	22,919	20–18	W1
39	May 25	4:05 p.m. EDT	@ Athletics	L 7–8	Howell (2–2)	Righetti (3–3)	–	2:52	30,273	20–19	L1
40	May 26	4:05 p.m. EDT	@ Athletics	W 13–1	Guidry (5–3)	Krueger (4–4)	–	2:40	36,966	21–19	W1
41	May 27	9:15 p.m. EDT	@ Athletics	L 1–2 (10)	Howell (3–2)	Righetti (3–4)	–	2:41	31,294	21–20	L1
42	May 29	8:00 p.m. EDT	Angels	W 7–2	Niekro (6–3)	Slaton (4–3)	–	2:30	25,049	22–20	W1
43	May 30	8:00 p.m. EDT	Angels	W 3–1	Cowley (4–2)	Romanick (6–2)	Righetti (10)	2:09	17,226	23–20	W2
44	May 31	8:00 p.m. EDT	Mariners	W 8–3	Fisher (2–0)	Langston (5–5)	–	2:49	20,309	24–20	W3

June: 13–14 (Home: 8–8; Away: 5–6)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
45	June 1	8:00 p.m. EDT	Mariners	W 8–2	Guidry (6–3)	Young (4–6)	–	2:30	25,109	25–20	W4
46	June 2	2:00 p.m. EDT	Mariners	L 6–7	Núñez (3–0)	Rasmussen (2–3)	Best (3)	3:20	50,150	25–21	L1
47	June 3	8:00 p.m. EDT	Athletics	W 5–2	Niekro (7–3)	Codiroli (6–3)	–	2:43	15,228	26–21	W1
48	June 4	8:00 p.m. EDT	Athletics	L 0–2	Birtsas (2–1)	Cowley (4–3)	Howell (12)	2:55	20,242	26–22	L1
—	June 5		Athletics	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 7)
49	June 6	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Brewers	L 1–5	Darwin (5–4)	Whitson (1–6)	–	2:14	15,452	26–23	L2
50	June 7	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Brewers	L 9–10 (10)	Searage (1–3)	Righetti (3–5)	–	3:42	24,463	26–24	L3
51	June 8	2:35 p.m. EDT	@ Brewers	W 2–1 (13)	Righetti (4–5)	Gibson (5–3)	Bordi (1)	4:18	40,913	27–24	W1
52	June 9	2:35 p.m. EDT	@ Brewers	L 4–9	Vuckovich (2–3)	Niekro (7–4)	Ladd (1)	2:59	44,621	27–25	L1
53	June 10	8:20 p.m. EDT	Blue Jays	W 4–2	Shirley (1–1)	Alexander (7–3)	Righetti (11)	2:33	20,329	28–25	W1
54	June 11	8:00 p.m. EDT	Blue Jays	L 1–4 (11)	Lamp (5–0)	Fisher (2–1)	–	3:37	22,620	28–26	L1
55	June 12	8:00 p.m. EDT	Blue Jays	L 2–3 (10)	Acker (3–0)	Bordi (1–1)	–	3:18	25,129	28–27	L2
56	June 14	8:00 p.m. EDT	Tigers	L 0–4	Terrell (7–2)	Rasmussen (2–4)	Hernández (12)	2:37	35,224	28–28	L3
57	June 15	4:05 p.m. EDT	Tigers	L 8–10	Morris (8–5)	Niekro (7–5)	Hernández (13)	3:05	55,623	28–29	L4
58	June 16	2:00 p.m. EDT	Tigers	W 2–1	Shirley (2–1)	O'Neal (1–1)	–	2:14	36,036	29–29	W1
59	June 17	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	W 10–0	Guidry (7–3)	McGregor (5–6)	–	3:07	34,844	30–29	W2
60	June 18	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	W 6–4	Cowley (5–3)	Davis (4–3)	Fisher (2)	3:17	33,794	31–29	W3
61	June 19	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	W 10–0	Whitson (2–6)	Martínez (5–4)	–	2:49	37,470	32–29	W4
62	June 20	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	L 9–10 (10)	Bair (2–0)	Righetti (4–6)	–	3:49	36,565	32–30	L1
63	June 21	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	L 4–6	O'Neal (2–1)	Niekro (7–6)	Hernández (14)	2:36	47,499	32–31	L2
64	June 22	4:05 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	W 4–0	Guidry (8–3)	Petry (9–5)	–	2:27	41,774	33–31	W1
65	June 23	1:30 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	L 1–3	Tanana (3–7)	Shirley (2–2)	Hernández (15)	2:26	40,929	33–32	L1
66	June 24	8:20 p.m. EDT	Orioles	W 5–4	Cowley (6–3)	Martínez (5–5)	Fisher (3)	2:56	25,201	34–32	W1
67	June 25	8:00 p.m. EDT	Orioles	W 7–4	Whitson (3–6)	Boddicker (7–7)	Righetti (12)	2:39	30,650	35–32	W2
68	June 26	8:00 p.m. EDT	Orioles	W 4–3	Righetti (5–6)	Aase (4–3)	–	3:09	30,929	36–32	W3
69	June 28	8:00 p.m. EDT	Brewers	W 5–2	Guidry (9–3)	Darwin (6–7)	Righetti (13)	2:58	21,649	37–32	W4
70	June 29	8:00 p.m. EDT	Brewers	L 0–6	Haas (6–3)	Niekro (7–7)	–	2:13	25,369	37–33	L1
71	June 30	2:00 p.m. EDT	Brewers	L 5–7	McClure (2–0)	Fisher (2–2)	Fingers (9)	2:51	51,459	37–34	L2

July: 18–10 (Home: 10–1; Away: 8–9)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
72	July 1	1:35 p.m. EDT	@ Blue Jays	W 4–1	Cowley (7–3)	Alexander (7–5)	Righetti (14)	2:32	41,476	38–34	W1
73	July 2	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Blue Jays	W 5–3	Whitson (4–6)	Key (6–3)	–	2:32	35,202	39–34	W2
74	July 3	12:35 p.m. EDT	@ Blue Jays	L 2–3 (10)	Acker (5–2)	Bordi (1–2)	–	3:23	40,376	39–35	L1
75	July 4	7:00 p.m. EDT	Twins	W 3–2	Guidry (10–3)	Butcher (5–6)	–	2:16	35,110	40–35	W1
76	July 5	8:00 p.m. EDT	Twins	W 6–3	Rasmussen (3–4)	Schrom (7–7)	Fisher (4)	2:58	26,046	41–35	W2
—	July 6		Twins	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 7)
77 (1)	July 7	1:00 p.m. EDT	Twins	W 3–2 (11)	Righetti (6–6)	Wardle (1–3)	–	3:21	–	42–35	W3
78 (2)	July 7	4:56 p.m. EDT	Twins	W 14–2	Bordi (2–2)	Lysander (0–2)	–	2:35	31,549	43–35	W4
80	July 8	8:10 p.m. EDT	Royals	L 2–5	Saberhagen (9–4)	Niekro (7–8)	–	2:16	17,193	43–36	L1
81	July 9	8:00 p.m. EDT	Royals	W 6–4	Guidry (11–3)	Black (5–10)	Righetti (15)	3:11	24,528	44–36	W1
82	July 10	1:00 p.m. EDT	Royals	W 6–5	Righetti (7–6)	Quisenberry (4–5)	–	2:53	35,274	45–36	W2
83	July 11	8:00 p.m. EDT	Rangers	W 11–7	Shirley (3–2)	Cook (2–1)	–	3:02	21,863	46–36	W3
84	July 12	8:00 p.m. EDT	Rangers	W 6–0	Whitson (5–6)	Sebra (0–2)	–	2:02	21,832	47–36	W4
85	July 13	2:00 p.m. EDT	Rangers	W 3–1	Niekro (8–8)	Mason (5–9)	Righetti (16)	2:16	45,274	48–36	W5
86	July 14	2:00 p.m. EDT	Rangers	W 7–1	Guidry (12–3)	Hooton (4–4)	–	2:19	28,168	49–36	W6
56th All-Star Game in Minneapolis, MN
86	July 18	1:15 p.m. EDT	@ Twins	L 4–8	Eufemia (3–0)	Bordi (2–3)	–	3:02	43,081	49–37	L1
87	July 19	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Twins	W 6–4	Cowley (8–3)	Butcher (6–9)	Righetti (17)	3:01	37,687	50–37	W1
88	July 20	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Twins	W 8–3	Guidry (13–3)	Schrom (8–9)	–	2:38	37,919	51–37	W2
89	July 21	2:15 p.m. EDT	@ Twins	W 5–2	Niekro (9–8)	Viola (10–8)	–	2:46	30,037	52–37	W3
90	July 22	8:10 p.m. EDT	@ Royals	L 4–5	Jones (2–2)	Rasmussen (3–5)	Quisenberry (19)	2:56	40,938	52–38	L1
91	July 23	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Royals	L 2–5	Saberhagen (11–5)	Whitson (5–7)	Quisenberry (20)	2:40	32,450	52–39	L2
92	July 24	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Royals	L 3–5	Leibrandt (10–5)	Cowley (8–4)	Quisenberry (21)	2:45	31,580	52–40	L3
93	July 26	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Rangers	L 8–9	Noles (4–6)	Righetti (7–7)	Schmidt (3)	2:55	30,069	52–41	L4
94	July 27	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Rangers	W 14–2	Niekro (10–8)	Cook (2–2)	–	2:50	40,084	53–41	W1
95	July 28	7:05 p.m. EDT	@ Rangers	L 2–8	Welsh (2–2)	Bystrom (0–1)	–	2:45	22,523	53–42	L1
96	July 29	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	W 8–2	Whitson (6–7)	Blyleven (9–11)	Righetti (18)	2:42	15,042	54–42	W1
97 (1)	July 30	5:05 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	W 8–5	Cowley (9–4)	Thompson (3–4)	–	3:30	–	55–42	W2
98 (2)	July 30	9:10 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	L 2–3	Romero (1–1)	Shirley (3–3)	Thompson (2)	2:37	18,271	55–43	L1
99	July 31	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	L 5–6	Waddell (5–5)	Guidry (13–4)	Thompson (3)	3:00	7,593	55–44	L2

August: 20–8 (Home: 10–3; Away: 10–5)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
100	August 1	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Indians	L 1–9	Smith (1–0)	Niekro (10–9)	–	2:39	8,294	55–45	L3
101	August 2	8:20 p.m. EDT	White Sox	L 5–6 (11)	Agosto (3–2)	Bordi (2–4)	–	4:07	27,118	55–46	L4
102	August 3	1:20 p.m. EDT	White Sox	W 8–4	Whitson (7–7)	Long (0–1)	Righetti (19)	2:46	37,726	56–46	W1
103	August 4	2:00 p.m. EDT	White Sox	L 1–4	Seaver (12–8)	Cowley (9–5)	–	3:20	54,032	56–47	L1
104	August 5	8:00 p.m. EDT	White Sox	W 7–3	Guidry (14–4)	Bannister (5–9)	–	2:36	28,320	57–47	W1
—	August 6		Indians	Postponed (Strike) (Makeup date: August 8)
—	August 7		Indians	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 16)
105 (1)	August 8	5:30 p.m. EDT	Indians	W 8–1	Bystrom (1–1)	Wardle (2–4)	–	3:03	–	58–47	W2
106 (2)	August 8	9:08 p.m. EDT	Indians	W 7–6	Fisher (3–3)	Reed (0–4)	Righetti (20)	3:09	25,692	59–47	W3
107	August 9	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Red Sox	W 10–6	Bordi (3–4)	Hurst (7–9)	–	3:18	33,739	60–47	W4
108	August 10	2:05 p.m. EDT	@ Red Sox	W 7–3	Cowley (10–5)	Boyd (11–10)	Righetti (21)	3:15	33,309	61–47	W5
109	August 11	2:05 p.m. EDT	@ Red Sox	W 5–3	Guidry (15–4)	Clemens (7–5)	Fisher (5)	3:17	33,685	62–47	W6
110	August 12	8:30 p.m. EDT	@ White Sox	W 10–4	Niekro (11–9)	Nelson (7–7)	–	2:57	28,801	63–47	W7
111	August 13	8:30 p.m. EDT	@ White Sox	L 3–4	Burns (12–7)	Fisher (3–3)	James (20)	2:55	18,294	63–48	L1
112	August 14	8:30 p.m. EDT	@ White Sox	W 10–7	Fisher (4–3)	James (4–5)	Righetti (22)	3:38	21,184	64–48	W1
113	August 16	8:00 p.m. EDT	Red Sox	W 5–4 (10)	Righetti (8–7)	Crawford (5–3)	–	3:35	42,787	65–48	W2
114	August 17	2:20 p.m. EDT	Red Sox	W 3–1	Guidry (16–4)	Nipper (7–9)	Fisher (6)	2:57	40,179	66–48	W3
115	August 18	2:00 p.m. EDT	Red Sox	W 4–2	Righetti (9–7)	Lollar (5–7)	Fisher (7)	2:54	44,170	67–48	W4
116	August 19	1:00 p.m. EDT	Red Sox	W 6–5	Bystrom (2–1)	Clear (1–3)	Bordi (2)	2:45	38,164	68–48	W5
117	August 20	10:30 p.m. EDT	@ Angels	W 8–5	Bordi (4–4)	Slaton (5–10)	Righetti (23)	3:04	38,791	69–48	W6
118	August 21	10:30 p.m. EDT	@ Angels	W 13–10 (10)	Righetti (10–7)	Moore (7–7)	–	4:01	40,363	70–48	W7
119	August 22	10:30 p.m. EDT	@ Angels	L 2–3	Witt (11–7)	Bordi (4–5)	–	3:23	44,796	70–49	L1
120	August 23	10:35 p.m. EDT	@ Mariners	W 3–1	Niekro (12–9)	Swift (4–7)	Allen (1)	2:40	18,821	71–49	W1
121	August 24	10:05 p.m. EDT	@ Mariners	W 4–3	Bystrom (3–1)	Langston (7–10)	Fisher (8)	2:51	21,489	72–49	W2
122	August 25	4:35 p.m. EDT	@ Mariners	W 8–5	Whitson (8–7)	Moore (11–8)	Fisher (9)	3:03	28,678	73–49	W3
123	August 26	10:35 p.m. EDT	@ Athletics	L 2–3 (15)	Langford (2–5)	Shirley (3–4)	–	4:44	42,118	73–50	L1
124	August 27	10:35 p.m. EDT	@ Athletics	L 0–3	John (4–5)	Guidry (16–5)	Ontiveros (7)	2:07	24,555	73–51	L2
125	August 29	8:00 p.m. EDT	Angels	W 4–0	Niekro (13–9)	McCaskill (9–9)	–	2:43	32,169	74–51	W1
126	August 30	8:00 p.m. EDT	Angels	L 1–4	Candelaria (3–1)	Bystrom (3–2)	Moore (24)	3:09	22,256	74–52	L1
127	August 31	1:20 p.m. EDT	Angels	W 10–4	Righetti (11–7)	Corbett (2–2)	–	3:04	26,991	75–52	W1

September: 18–10 (Home: 14–5; Away: 4–5)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
128	September 1	2:00 p.m. EDT	Angels	W 5–3	Shirley (4–4)	Holland (0–1)	Fisher (10)	3:06	33,080	76–52	W2
129	September 2	1:00 p.m. EDT	Mariners	W 8–7	Guidry (17–5)	Wills (4–7)	Righetti (24)	3:27	26,427	77–52	W3
130	September 3	8:00 p.m. EDT	Mariners	W 6–3	Niekro (14–9)	Swift (4–9)	Righetti (25)	2:56	17,255	78–52	W4
131	September 4	8:00 p.m. EDT	Mariners	W 4–3	Bordi (5–5)	Langston (7–12)	Shirley (1)	2:51	21,605	79–52	W5
132	September 5	8:00 p.m. EDT	Athletics	W 7–3	Whitson (9–7)	Atherton (4–7)	–	2:56	20,954	80–52	W6
133	September 6	8:00 p.m. EDT	Athletics	W 8–4	Shirley (5–4)	Codiroli (10–12)	–	3:00	22,519	81–52	W7
134	September 7	8:00 p.m. EDT	Athletics	W 3–2	Guidry (18–5)	John (4–7)	Fisher (11)	2:37	25,539	82–52	W8
135	September 8	2:00 p.m. EDT	Athletics	W 9–6	Niekro (15–9)	Rijo (3–2)	–	3:21	26,809	83–52	W9
136	September 9	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Brewers	W 9–4 (10)	Righetti (12–7)	Searage (1–4)	–	3:44	7,176	84–52	W10
137	September 10	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Brewers	W 13–10	Whitson (10–7)	Burris (9–12)	Shirley (2)	3:10	7,971	85–52	W11
138	September 11	8:35 p.m. EDT	@ Brewers	L 3–4	Higuera (13–6)	Bordi (5–6)	–	2:56	8,540	85–53	L1
139	September 12	8:00 p.m. EDT	Blue Jays	W 7–5	Guidry (19–5)	Lavelle (4–7)	Fisher (12)	2:54	52,141	86–53	W1
140	September 13	8:00 p.m. EDT	Blue Jays	L 2–3	Lavelle (5–7)	Niekro (15–10)	Henke (12)	3:13	53,303	86–54	L1
141	September 14	8:00 p.m. EDT	Blue Jays	L 4–7	Key (13–6)	Bordi (5–7)	–	2:51	54,367	86–55	L2
142	September 15	2:00 p.m. EDT	Blue Jays	L 5–8	Alexander (16–8)	Whitson (10–8)	–	3:13	54,699	86–56	L3
143	September 16	1:00 p.m. EDT	Indians	L 5–9	Reed (1–5)	Fisher (4–4)	–	3:24	15,320	86–57	L4
144	September 17	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	L 1–9	Petry (15–11)	Guidry (19–6)	–	2:21	20,213	86–58	L5
145	September 18	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	L 2–5	Mahler (1–2)	Niekro (15–11)	Hernández (29)	2:32	20,318	86–59	L6
146	September 19	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Tigers	L 3–10	Tanana (9–14)	Niekro (0–1)	–	2:44	19,588	86–60	L7
147	September 20	8:05 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	L 2–4	Flanagan (4–4)	Bordi (5–8)	Aase (13)	2:59	33,957	86–61	L8
148	September 21	1:20 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	W 5–2	Cowley (11–5)	Davis (10–8)	Fisher (13)	3:17	33,873	87–61	W1
149	September 22	2:05 p.m. EDT	@ Orioles	W 5–4	Guidry (20–6)	Dixon (8–4)	Righetti (26)	2:46	33,045	88–61	W2
150	September 24	8:00 p.m. EDT	Tigers	L 1–9	Tanana (10–14)	Niekro (15–12)	–	2:22	16,702	88–62	L1
151	September 25	8:00 p.m. EDT	Tigers	W 10–2	Niekro (1–1)	Morris (15–11)	–	2:47	17,010	89–62	W1
—	September 26		Tigers	Cancelled (Rain)
—	September 27		Orioles	Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 29)
152	September 28	2:00 p.m. EDT	Orioles	W 4–0	Guidry (21–6)	Stewart (5–6)	–	2:58	30,486	90–62	W1
153 (1)	September 29	1:00 p.m. EDT	Orioles	W 4–0	Cowley (12–5)	McGregor (13–14)	Righetti (27)	2:33	–	91–62	W3
154 (2)	September 29	4:08 p.m. EDT	Orioles	W 9–2	Bordi (6–8)	Havens (0–1)	Scurry (1)	2:37	30,291	92–62	W3
155	September 30	8:00 p.m. EDT	Orioles	W 5–4	Allen (1–0)	Aase (9–6)	–	3:16	15,041	93–62	W4

October: 4–2 (Home: 2–1; Away: 2–1)

#	Date	Time (ET)	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Time of Game	Attendance	Record	Box/ Streak
156	October 1	8:00 p.m. EDT	Brewers	W 6–1	Niekro (2–1)	Cocanower (5–8)	Righetti (28)	2:30	15,101	94–62	W5
157	October 2	8:00 p.m. EDT	Brewers	L 0–1	Higuera (15–8)	Shirley (5–5)	–	2:10	11,879	94–63	L1
158	October 3	8:00 p.m. EDT	Brewers	W 3–0	Guidry (22–6)	Leary (1–4)	Fisher (14)	2:32	15,226	95–63	W1
159	October 4	7:35 p.m. EDT	@ Blue Jays	W 4–3	Scurry (1–0)	Henke (3–3)	Righetti (29)	2:55	47,686	96–63	W2
160	October 5	1:35 p.m. EDT	@ Blue Jays	L 1–5	Alexander (17–10)	Cowley (12–6)	–	2:38	44,608	96–64	L1
161	October 6	1:35 p.m. EDT	@ Blue Jays	W 8–0	Niekro (16–12)	Cerutti (0–2)	–	2:25	44,422	97–64	W1

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Yankees team member

Player stats

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	Butch Wynegar	102	309	69	.223	5	32
1B	Don Mattingly	159	652	211	.324	35	145
2B	Willie Randolph	143	597	137	.276	5	40
3B	Mike Pagliarulo	138	380	91	.239	19	62
SS	Bobby Meacham	156	481	105	.218	1	47
LF	Ken Griffey, Sr.	127	438	120	.274	10	69
CF	Rickey Henderson	143	547	172	.314	24	72
RF	Dave Winfield	155	633	174	.275	26	114
DH	Don Baylor	142	477	110	.231	23	91

Other batters

Note: G = Games pitched; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Ron Hassey	92	267	79	.296	13	42
Dan Pasqua	60	148	31	.209	9	25
Billy Sample	59	139	40	.288	1	15
Andre Robertson	50	125	41	.328	2	17
Dale Berra	48	109	25	.229	1	8
Omar Moreno	34	66	13	.197	1	4
Henry Cotto	34	56	17	.304	1	6
Rex Hudler	20	51	8	.157	0	1
Scott Bradley	19	49	8	.163	0	1
Juan Bonilla	8	16	2	.125	0	2
Juan Espino	9	11	4	.364	0	0
Victor Mata	6	7	1	.143	0	0
Keith Smith	4	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ron Guidry	34	259.0	22	6	3.27	143
Phil Niekro	33	220.0	16	12	4.09	149
Joe Cowley	30	159.2	12	6	3.95	97
Ed Whitson	30	158.2	10	8	4.88	89
Marty Bystrom	8	41.0	3	2	5.71	16
Joe Niekro	3	12.1	2	1	5.84	4

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Shirley	48	109.0	5	5	2.64	55
Dennis Rasmussen	22	101.2	3	5	3.98	63
John Montefusco	3	7.0	0	0	10.29	2

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Dave Righetti	74	12	7	29	2.78	92
Brian Fisher	55	4	4	14	2.38	85
Rich Bordi	51	6	8	2	3.21	64
Neil Allen	17	1	0	1	2.76	16
Mike Armstrong	9	0	0	0	3.07	11
Don Cooper	7	0	0	0	5.40	4
Rod Scurry	5	1	0	1	2.84	17
Dale Murray	3	0	0	0	13.50	0

Awards and honors

Don Baylor – Roberto Clemente Award
Ron Guidry – Gold Glove
Rickey Henderson – American League Leader Stolen Bases (80)
Rickey Henderson – Major League Baseball Leader Runs Scored (146)
Rickey Henderson – Silver Slugger Award
Don Mattingly – American League Most Valuable Player
Don Mattingly – American League Leader RBI (145)
Don Mattingly – Gold Glove
Don Mattingly – Silver Slugger Award
Dave Winfield – Silver Slugger Award
Dave Winfield – Gold Glove

All-Star Game

Don Mattingly, first base
Dave Winfield, outfield
Rickey Henderson, outfield

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Doug Holmquist and Stump Merrill
AA	Albany-Colonie Yankees	Eastern League	Barry Foote
A	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	Florida State League	Bucky Dent
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Buck Showalter
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Carlos Tosca

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oneonta, GCL Yankees

References

↑ Matt Keough page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ron Hassey page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference
↑ Rickey Henderson page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jay Buhner page at Baseball Reference
↑ Ed Whitson page at Baseball Reference
↑ Billy Sample page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.45, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7
↑ Shane Turner page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Leyritz page at Baseball Reference
↑ Bernie Williams page at Baseball Reference
↑ Jim Deshaies page at Baseball Reference

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

External links

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[1] Matt Keough page at Baseball Reference

[2] Ron Hassey page at Baseball Reference

[3] Rick Cerone page at Baseball Reference

[4] Rickey Henderson page at Baseball Reference

[5] Jay Buhner page at Baseball Reference

[6] Ed Whitson page at Baseball Reference

[7] Billy Sample page at Baseball Reference

[Greatest_Records_p.45-8] 1 2 Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.45, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, ISBN 978-1-55365-507-7

[9] Shane Turner page at Baseball Reference

[10] Jim Leyritz page at Baseball Reference

[11] Bernie Williams page at Baseball Reference

[12] Jim Deshaies page at Baseball Reference

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