1978 New York Yankees
100 - 63
1977 / 1979 (Organization)
1st place in the AL East
Home Record:
Away Record: 		55 - 26 (.679)
45 - 37 (.549)		 +8.6 wins
+10.0 wins
   
Scored/Expected: 735 / 660 ( +75 )
Allowed/Expected: 582 / 668 ( +86 )
Pyth Record: 99 - 64 (+1)
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Yankee Stadium II
Attendance: 2,335,871 Avg Att: 28,838 (1.59)
Att Rank: 1 / 14 Lg Avg: 18,152
       
Park Factor: 0.97    
HR Factor: 1.01 R/L HR: 0.86 / 1.14
Notes:
- World Series Champions - East Division Champions
- Defeated Boston Red Sox in the Tiebreaker
- Defeated Kansas City Royals in the ALCS
- Defeated Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series

1978 New York Yankees
WAR data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com


Left Field
34.8
3.7
3.5
-0.4
34.5
0.8
1.5
-1.2
26.9
1.0
0.6
0.2

Center Field
29.7
3.5
2.4
1.2
34.4
-0.8
-0.7
-0.0


Right Field
32.1
3.5
3.8
-1.1
32.6
-0.0
-0.1
-0.0
Shortstop
26.6
2.7
0.8
2.7
30.9
0.0
0.8
-0.3
20.3
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
Second Base
24.0
5.8
4.7
1.6
23.4
0.0
-0.4
0.5
23.4
-0.5
-0.1
-0.3
27.8
-0.3
-0.2
-0.2
Third Base
33.9
5.7
4.4
1.8
23.8
0.1
0.2
-0.1
First Base
29.5
3.1
2.3
-0.2
Manager
W-L
50.1
52-42
.553
4.9
42.1
0-1
.000
-0.2
57.8
48-20
.706
7.5
Catcher
31.1
3.2
2.9
1.1
23.4
-0.2
-0.1
0.1
31.8
-0.0
-0.0
0.0
Designated Hitter
30.9
-0.2
-0.0
-0.4
30.9
0.0
0.0
-0.4
22.3
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
Starting Pitcher
IP
27.8
273.7
9.6
9.6
0.0
29.7
253.0
3.9
3.9
0.0
31.1
185.3
1.1
1.1
0.0
24.0
128.0
0.7
0.7
0.0
32.2
118.0
1.2
1.2
0.0
27.5
44.7
0.6
0.6
0.0
32.9
22.3
-0.8
-0.8
0.0
32.7
17.7
0.2
0.2
0.0
26.8
13.3
0.1
0.1
0.0
Swingman
IP
24.2
75.7
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
25.8
16.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
Relief Pitcher
IP
27.0
134.3
3.2
3.2
0.0
33.9
111.7
0.5
0.4
0.0
27.7
24.7
0.3
0.3
0.0
27.6
21.7
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
36.9
18.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
22.9
2.3
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James