1989 New York Yankees season

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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 14.5 games behind of the Toronto Blue Jays. New York was managed by Dallas Green and Bucky Dent. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

[edit] Offseason

• October 24, 1988: Stan Jefferson was traded by the San Diego Padres with Jimmy Jones and Lance McCullers to the New York Yankees for Jack Clark and Pat Clements.
• November 23, 1988 – The Yankees signed free agent second baseman Steve Sax.
• January 10, 1989: Rick Rhoden was traded by the New York Yankees to the Houston Astros for John Fishel, Mike Hook (minors), and Pedro DeLeon (minors). ^[1]
• February 13, 1989: Tommy John signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees. ^[2]
• March 23, 1989: Tom Brookens was traded by the Detroit Tigers to the New York Yankees for Charles Hudson.

[edit] Regular Season

• Alvaro Espinoza was second in the majors with 23 sacrifices.

[edit] Season standings

[edit] Roster

[edit] Notable transactions

• March 19, 1989 – The Yankees trade Joel Skinner to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Mel Hall.
• March 29, 1989 – The Yankees send Dave Ridenour to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Steve Balboni.^[3]
• May 30, 1989: Tommy John was released by the New York Yankees. ^[4]
• June 5, 1989: J.T. Snow was drafted by the New York Yankees in the 5th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1989. ^[5]
• June 21, 1989: Rickey Henderson was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Greg Cadaret, Eric Plunk, and Luis Polonia.
• July 20, 1989: Stan Jefferson was traded by the New York Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for John Habyan.
• August 29, 1989: John Candelaria was traded by the New York Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Mike Blowers. ^[6]
• August 30, 1989: Ken Phelps was traded by the New York Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Scott Holcomb (minors).

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

[edit] Starting pitchers

[edit] Other pitchers

[edit] Relief pitchers

[edit] References

• 1989 New York Yankees
• 1989 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com