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Jersey Yankee
08-29-01, 05:08 AM
Just as you can run, but can't hide, I've never acquired baseball cards, rarely watch TV (changing very shortly), and don't know some of the positions of the Yankees during the '70s and '80s. I feel a great void.
I know that Sparky Lyle and Goose Gossage (who talked to baseballs, I think) were relievers, but Craig Nettles played 3B, I think, but unsure of which positions Bobby Murcer (of all people), Reggie (CF?) played.
Hoping I can post this and still maintain some dignity, so please be kind, I'm still a Yankee fan, just didn't follow our guys as closely as I should've.
OK ... Here we go ... I'll start ya at 1970 when the Yanks finished in 2nd place...
Manager - Ralph Houk (The Major)
C - Thurman Munson - 69 to 79
1B - Danny Cater - 70 & 71
2B - Horace Clark - 65 to 74
3B - Jerry Kenney 67 to 72
SS - Gene (Stick) Michael 68 to 74
LF - Roy White - 65 to 79 and perhaps the most underated and underappreciated man to ever don the Pinstripes...
CF - Bobby Murcer - 65 to 74 (The last Yankee CF to go running through the monuments for an in-play ball...) Came back in 79 to 83
RF - Curt Blefary - 70 & 71...
I'm not gonna go through the bench...
SP Mel Stottlemyre - 64 to 74
SP Fritz Peterson - 66 to 74
SP Stan Bahnsen - 66 to 71
SP Steve Kline - 70 to 74
SP Mike Kekich - 69 to 73
Closer Lindy McDaniel - 68 to 73
RP Ron Klimkowski - 69, 70 and 72
RP Jack Aker - 69 to 72
RP Steve Hamilton - 63 to 70
1976 When they won their first pennant in since 1964 :eek:
Manager Billy Martin
C Thurman Munson
1B Chris Chambliss
2B Willie Randolph
3B Graig Nettles
SS Fred (Chicken)Stanley
LF Roy White
CF Mickey Rivers
RF Oscar Gamble
RF (DH)Lou Piniella
SP Catfish Hunter
SP Ed Figueroa
SP Dock Ellis
SP Ken Holtzman
SP Doyle Alexander
SP Rudy May
CLOSER Sparky Lyle
RP Dick Tidrow
RP Grant Jackson
RP Tippy Martinez
A few of the Bench people...
Carlos May
Jim Mason
Sandy Alomar
Fran Healy
Otto Velez
Ellie Hendricks
Elliott Maddox
Rick Dempsey
Cesar Tovar
Ron Blomberg - The FIRST DH in History...
1977 The FIRST WS Champs since 1962 !!!
Manager Billy Martin
C Thurman Munson
1B Chris Chambliss
2B Willie Randolph
3B Graig Nettles
SS Bucky Dent
CF Mickey Rivers
LF Roy White
RF Reggie Jackson
RF (DH)Lou Piniella
SP Ed Figueroa
SP Mike Torrez
SP Ron Guidry
SP Don Gullett
SP Catfish Hunter
SP Ken Holtzman
CL Sparky Lyle
RP Dick Tidrow
RP Ken Clay
1981 Won the AL Pennant and Mr May goes 1 for 22 in the WS !! :eek:
Manager Gene Michael and Bob Lemon
C Rick Cerone
1B Bob Watson
2B Willie Randolph
3B Graig Nettles
SS Bucky Dent
OF Dave Winfield
OFJerry Mumphrey
OF Reggie Jackson
OF (DH)Oscar Gamble
OF (DH)Lou Piniella
SP Rudy May
SP Ron Guidry
SP Tommy John
SP Dave Righetti
SP Rick Reuschel
Closer Rich ( Goose) Gossage
RP Ron Davis
RP Dave Laroche
RP George Frazier (No...not that one...)
Some of the bench...
Larry Milbourne
Barry Foote
Dave Revering
Bobby Murcer
Jim Spencer
Bobby Brown - Later to become an MD AND AL President ...
Dennis Werth
Aurelio Rodriguez
Johnny Oates
Steve Balboni
And 1985 just for the heck of it...
Manager Yogi Berra (Fired 16 games into the season and starting his self procalaimed banishment till a few years ago...) and Billy Martin
Finished in 2nd Place...
C Butch Wynegar
1B Don Mattingly
2B Willie Randolph
3B Mike Pagliarulo
SS Bob Meacham
OF Dave Winfield
OF Rickey Henderson
OF Ken Griffey Sr.
DH Don Baylor
Ron Hassey
Dan Pasqua
Bill Sample
Andre Robertson
Dale Berra :eek:
Omar Moreno
Henry Cotto
Juan Bonilla (Not the father :lol: )
SP Ron Guidry
SP Phil Niekro
SP Ed Whitson :eek:
SP Joe Cowley
SP Dennis Rasmussen
CL Dave Righetti
RP Brian Fisher
RP Rich Bordi
RP Bob Shirley
RP Joe Niekro
ROCK BOTTOM.....1990...
Manager Bucky Dent and Stump ("Get a haircut Don !!") Merrill :scared:
C Bob Geren
1B Don Mattingly
2B Steve Sax
3B Randy Velarde
SS Alvaro Espinoza
OF Roberto Kelly
OF Jesse Barfield
OF Oscar Azocar
DH Mel Hall
Jim Leyritz
Steve Balboni
Kevin Maas
Matt Nokes
Mike Blowers
Rick Cerone
Deion Sanders (Bo knows Baseball, Deion does not...)
Hensley Meulens
Claudell Washington
Wayne Tolleson
Dave Winfield
Brian Dorsett
Luis Polonia
SP Tim Leary
SP Dave Lapoint
SP Chuck Cary
SP Andy Hawkin
SP Mike Witt
Closer Dave Righetti
RP Lee Guetterman
RP Jeff Robinson
RP Greg Cadaret
Eric Plunk
Mark Leiter
Clay Parker
Pascual Perez (Most Disgusting greasy dirtbag to EVER don Pinstripes...:scared: )
John Habyan
Rich Monteleone
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SanFrANSKY
08-29-01, 01:37 PM
Originally posted by Jersey Yankee
Hoping I can post this and still maintain some dignity, so please be kind, I'm still a Yankee fan, just didn't follow our guys as closely as I should've.
Hey JY, there's nothing wrong with a quest for knowledge, and if you want to know more about the Yankees you've certainly come to the right place. I learn new things about my favorite team all the time. Don't worry about your dignity: it's intact.
Winger03
08-29-01, 01:44 PM
SP Tim Leary
SP Dave Lapoint
SP Chuck Cary
SP Andy Hawkin
SP Mike Witt
This was the best they could come up with!!!! :eek: :scared: :eek: :scared:
Jersey Yankee
08-29-01, 06:01 PM
Yes, my dignity is most certainly intact and my laser printer is whirring away with this list.
*THANK YOU* all!!!
Three Cheers!!!
Slippery Elm
08-29-01, 07:44 PM
I see Aurelio Rodriguez listed. That was pretty sad what happened to him last year - killed in a car crash in Mexico. He was a pedestrian and got nailed on the sidewalk.
TheCaptain15
09-06-01, 12:42 PM
One correction, Gehrig, The Bobby Brown that went on to become an MD & AL pres played for the Yanks in the 40's & 50's.
nicky_d
09-06-01, 04:32 PM
When Murcer first came up in 65, didn't he play shortstop? As I recall, his fielding was atrocious, and he was sent to the minors. Then he came up as an OF. Am I correct on that point???
19laura
09-06-01, 05:37 PM
man.. thanks for recapping that 1990 team :eek:
Who says Yankee fans haven't gone through hard times ;)
Laura :NY:
Happy memories! I saw my first ballgame with the early 70's and I remember a lot of those names with fondness. Although I was a little kid back then it really makes you feel old to see guys like Mel and Murcer coaching and announcing when I remember them playing. The teams of the mid to late 70's were my coming of age as a baseball fan. My favorite players to this day are guys who were on those teams; Sparky, Munson, Nettles, Guidry. Thanks for a refresher.
Jersey Yankee
09-09-01, 08:01 PM
Someone mentioned to me that Danny Cater (http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/caterda01.shtml) was traded from the Sox for Sparky Lyle (http://www.baseball-reference.com/l/lylesp01.shtml). This seems the case, because they switched teams in the same year. Is this true?
Jersey Yankee
09-19-01, 06:08 AM
I just found a full list here: http://www.bronxbombers.net/history/positionachart.html
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