Rebuilding a Powerhouse: !992 New York Yankees

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Same Faces, New Places

Key Free Agent signings from December 1-January 6, 1994

Atlanta Braves: RP Jim Poole (76/81), 1B Orlando Merced (82), 2B Mark Lemke (77/80)

Pittsburgh Pirates: 3B Kelly Gruber (80)

Detroit Tigers: CF Robin Yount (75)

San Francisco Giants: RP Mike Timlin (79/83)

Cincinnati Reds: 3B Jim Leyritz (78)

New York Mets: SS Bill Spiers (78)

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Same Faces, New Places

Key Free Agent signings up to Spring Training

Cleveland Indians: RF Rob Deer (80)

San Francisco Giants: SP Steve Searcy (62/63) [they have signed him 7 times and released him each time]

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Meet your 1994 Yankees team

Lineup

2B Omar Vizquel (83) [.254, 2 HR, 30 SB, 81 R, 45 RBI]
CF Roberto Kelly (82) [.301, 8 HR, 12 SB, 43 R, 29 RBI]
LF Bernie Williams (92/95) [.265, 10 HR, 9 SB, 92 R, 67 RBI]
RF Jay Buhner (86) [.279, 25 HR, 0 SB, 77 R, 83 RBI]
1B Don Mattingly (86) [.270, 15 HR, 2 SB, 68 R, 71 RBI]
DH Danny Tartabull (84) [.256, 22 HR, 6 SB, 73 R, 78 RBI]
3B Charlie Hayes (82/88) [.295, 8 HR, 2 SB, 32 R, 37 RBI]
SS Jay Bell (87) [.253, 6 HR, 4 SB, 78 R, 61 RBI]
C Jorge Posada (81/93) [.325, 10 HR, 2 SB, 85 R, 85 RBI] in AA and AAA

Bench

LF Hensley Muelens (69/74)
CF Gerald Williams (71/79)
RF Jesse Barfield (75)
C Mike Stanley (84)
RF Mel Hall (78)

Starting Rotation

Jack Morris (86) [12-7, 4.04 ERA, 113 K, 160.1 IP]
Orlando Hernandez (80/84) [15-12, 3.82 ERA, 148 K, 224.0 IP]
Melido Perez (87) [17-10, 4.23 ERA, 209 K, 232.0 IP]
Andy Pettite (83/91) [11-13, 3.94 ERA, 133 K, 223.2 IP]
Sam Militelo (70/73) [0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0 K, 0 IP]

Bullpen

CL - Mariano Rivera (79/85) [9-8, 2.99 ERA, 48 K, 41 SV]
SU - Tom Edens (79/80) [5-7, 2.99 ERA, 48 K, 2 SV]
SR - Rich Monteleone (76/77) [4-1, 4.56 ERA, 53 K, 0 SV]
SR - Dave Pavlas (72/74) [2-1, 3.68 ERA, 36 K, 1 SV]
MR - Gred Cadaret (75) [1-1, 4.00 ERA, 55 K, 0 SV]
LR - Bob Wickman (8-8, 4.04 ERA, 66 K, 0 SV]

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1993 Awards

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April 1994 Review

Team Stats
Overall Record: 18-7
April Record: 18-7
Current Standing: fourth place (3.0 Games ahead)

Team Leaders
Batting Average: Charlie Hayes (.344)
Home Runs: Don Mattingly (8)
RBI: Don Mattingly (23)
SB: Gerald Williams (11)
Wins: Orlando Hernandez (4)
ERA: Melido Perez (2.89)
K's: Melido Perez (35)
Saves: Mariano Rivera (8)



AL East Standings

New York Yankees (18-7)
Boston Red Sox (16-11)
Baltimore Orioles (14-10)
Toronto Blue Jays (11-13)
Detroit Tigers (9-15)

Division Leaders

AL East: New York Yankees (18-7)
AL Central: Cleveland Indians (19-7)
AL West: California Angels (14-10)

NL East: Atlanta Braves (20-7)
NL Central: Houston Astros (23-4)
NL West: San Diego Padres (15-11)

League Leaders

Batting Average: Todd Zeile [STL] (.444)
Home Runs: Ron Gant [ATL] (13)
Hits: David Justice [ATL] (46)
ERA: Greg Maddux [CHC] (0.72)
Wins: Jason Schmidt [ATL] and 5 others (5)
Strikeouts: Sid Fernandez [NYM] (49)
Saves: Mariano Rivera [NYY] (8)
Stolen Bases: Otis Nixon [SDP] (10)

Disabled List

RP Todd Monteleone [5 days, fractured foot]

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May 1994 Review

Team Stats
Overall Record: 32-21
April Record: 14-14
Current Standing: second place (2.0 Games behind)

Team Leaders
Batting Average: Don Mattingly (.324)
Home Runs: Don Mattingly (10)
RBI: Don Mattingly (23)
SB: Gerald Williams (42)
Wins: Orlando Hernandez (7)
ERA: Melido Perez (3.42)
K's: Melido Perez (69)
Saves: Mariano Rivera (12)



AL East Standings

Baltimore Orioles (34-19) [ended the month on a 7 game winning streak]
New York Yankees (32-21)
Toronto Blue Jays (29-24)
Boston Red Sox (29-25)
Detroit Tigers (17-35)

Division Leaders

AL East: Baltimore Orioles (34-19)
AL Central: Cleveland Indians (38-15)
AL West: California Angels (33-21)

NL East: New York Mets (35-19)
NL Central: Houston Astros (42-15)
NL West: San Diego Padres (36-19)

League Leaders

Batting Average: John Nieves [PHI] (.421)
Home Runs: Sammy Sosa [CHC] and Albert Belle [CLE] (20)
Hits: Albert Pujols [CLE] (81)
ERA: Greg Maddux [CHC] (1.87)
Wins: Bret Saberhagen [NYM] and Andy Benes [SDP] (9)
Strikeouts: Randy Johnson [SEA] (93)
Saves: Brian Harvey [CAL] and 4 others (14)
Stolen Bases: Otis Nixon [SDP] (27)

Disabled List

RP Rich Monteleone [100 days, Elbow tendonitis]
RP Bob Wickman [8 days, dislocated shoulder]
RP Mariano Rivera [3 days, wrist bone spur]

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This dynasty is not over