1989 New York Yankees season

The 1989 New York Yankees 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.

1989 New York Yankees
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
OwnersGeorge Steinbrenner
General managersBob Quinn
ManagersDallas 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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Offseason

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
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Toronto Blue Jays 8973 0.549 — 46–35 43–38
Baltimore Orioles 8775 0.537 2 47–34 40–41
Boston Red Sox 8379 0.512 6 46–35 37–44
Milwaukee Brewers 8181 0.500 8 45–36 36–45
New York Yankees 7487 0.460 14½ 41–40 33–47
Cleveland Indians 7389 0.451 16 41–40 32–49
Detroit Tigers 59103 0.364 30 38–43 21–60

Record vs. opponents
1989 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR
Baltimore —6–76–66–67–610–36–67–64–88–55–76–69–37–6
Boston 7–6—4–87–58–511–24–86–76–67–67–55–76–65–8
California 6–68–4—8–55–711–14–97–511–26–65–87–66–77–5
Chicago 6–65–75–8—7–54–86–710–25–85–65–87–63–101–11
Cleveland 6–75–87–55–7—5–88–43–105–79–42–106–67–55–8
Detroit 3–102–111–118–48–5—6–66–75–76–74–84–84–82–11
Kansas City 6–68–49–47–64–86–6—8–47–66–67–69–48–57–5
Milwaukee 6–77–65–72–1010–37–64–8—9–38–55–77–55–76–7
Minnesota 8–46–62–118–57–57–56–73–9—6–66–77–65–89–3
New York 5–86–76–66–54–97–66–65–86–6—3–98–45–77–6
Oakland 7–55–78–58–510–28–46–77–57–69–3—9–48–57–5
Seattle 6–67–56–76–76–68–44–95–76–74–84–9—6–75–7
Texas 3–96–67–610–35–78–45–87–58–57–55–87–6—5–7
Toronto 6–78–55–711–18–511–25–77–63–96–75–77–57–5—

Notable transactions

Roster
1989 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

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
CDon Slaught11735088.251538
1BDon Mattingly158631191.30323113
2BSteve Sax158651205.310563
3BMike Pagliarulo7422344.197563
SSÁlvaro Espinoza146503142.282041
LFRickey Henderson6523558.247322
CFRoberto Kelly137441133.302948
RFJesse Barfield129441106.2401856
DHSteve Balboni11030071.2371759

Other batters

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

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Mel Hall11336194.2601758
Luis Polonia6622771.313229
Bob Geren6520559.288927
Ken Phelps8618546.249729
Tom Brookens6616838.226414
Wayne Tolleson8014023.16419
Randy Velarde3310034.340211
Bob Brower266916.23223
Deion Sanders144711.23427
Mike Blowers133810.26303
Hensley Meulens8285.17901
Jamie Quirk13242.08300
Brian Dorsett8228.36404
Hal Morris15185.27804
Gary Ward8175.29401
Marcus Lawton10143.21400
Stan Jefferson10121.08301
Steve Kiefer581.12500

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
Andy Hawkins34208.115154.8098
Clay Parker22120.0453.6853
Dave LaPoint20113.2695.6251
Walt Terrell1383.0655.2030
Tommy John1063.2275.8018
Richard Dotson1151.2255.5714
Dave Eiland634.1135.7711
Al Leiter426.2126.0822
Don Schulze211.0114.095

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
Chuck Cary2299.1443.2679
Greg Cadaret2092.1554.5866
Eric Plunk2775.2753.6961
John Candelaria1049.0335.1437
Jimmy Jones1148.0215.2525
Kevin Mmahat47.20212.913

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 Righetti5526253.0051
Lee Guetterman7055132.4551
Lance McCullers524334.5782
Dale Mohorcic322124.9924
Rich Gossage111013.776
Scott Nielsen210013.500
Bob Davidson100018.000

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. Stan Jefferson page at Baseball Reference
  2. 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. Jamie Quirk page at Baseball Reference
  9. Dickie Noles page at Baseball Reference
  10. Rick Rhoden page at Baseball Reference
  11. 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. Ferraro, Michael X.; Veneziano, John (2007). Numbelievable!. Chicago: Triumph Books. p. 157. 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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