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          Designated Hitter
           
See the Annual, Last 5 Year Trend & Cumulative Team Position Index graphs below
New York Yankees Designated Hitter Starters
Annual Last 5 Yr Cumulative
Team Pos Trend Team Pos St All- Batting Statistics as Designated Hitter Win Shares St
Year Index Index Index Rank Name MVP Star Rookie SS Bats Age Games At Bats Hits 2B 3B HR Runs RBI BB IBB SO HP SH SF SB CS GDP BA OBA SA OPS RC B WS WS/G  Adj WSQ  Year Rank Name
1973 92.110 92.110 92.110   10 Jim Ray Hart R 31   106 320 81 12 2 12 30 46 33 4 41 0 0 2 0 2 14 .253 .321 .416 .737 39      6.1 .058     4.76 1973   10 Jim Ray Hart
1974 161.290 127.195 127.195    6 Ron Blomberg L 25   58 203 59 8 2 7 26 35 19 1 28 2 0 5 0 0 3 .291 .349 .453 .802 34      9.0 .155    10.99 1974    6 Ron Blomberg
1975 60.920 104.718 104.718   12 Ed Herrmann L 28   35 105 30 4 1 3 8 13 12 3 12 0 0 1 0 0 5 .286 .356 .429 .785 15      2.1 .060     1.65 1975   12 Ed Herrmann
1976 89.788 100.746 100.746    6 Carlos May L 28   71 249 66 10 2 3 31 31 29 1 29 4 0 3 1 0 4 .265 .347 .357 .704 33      6.4 .090     5.74 1976    6 Carlos May
1977 72.542 95.121 95.121   12 Carlos May L 29   53 162 36 4 1 2 19 13 16 4 23 1 0 3 0 0 6 .222 .291 .296 .587 14      1.1 .021     0.48 1977   12 Carlos May
1978 112.350 99.008 97.901   10 Reggie Jackson 17 a(OF) L 32   35 128 27 3 0 6 15 25 11 0 39 3 0 0 0 2 1 .211 .289 .375 .664 14      3.2 .091     3.10 1978   10 Reggie Jackson
1979 111.463 88.663 99.620    3 Jim Spencer L 32   71 184 54 7 1 18 43 37 25 7 19 0 0 1 0 1 5 .293 .376 .636 1.012 42      9.2 .130    10.34 1979    3 Jim Spencer
1980 201.918 117.276 112.556    1 Reggie Jackson 2 A(OF) S L 34   46 167 56 8 2 11 25 29 23 7 38 1 0 0 0 1 3 .335 .419 .605 1.024 42     10.7 .233    15.52 1980    1 Reggie Jackson
1981 79.470 118.524 110.096   13 Reggie Jackson A(OF) L 35   33 105 18 5 0 2 7 9 24 0 28 0 0 1 0 1 3 .171 .323 .276 .599 10      1.9 .058     1.40 1981   13 Reggie Jackson
1982 113.795 127.373 110.533    7 Oscar Gamble L 32   74 215 58 14 0 12 32 38 36 2 31 2 0 3 4 3 3 .270 .375 .502 .877 43      9.5 .128    10.41 1982    7 Oscar Gamble
1983 160.491 138.282 115.782    1 Don Baylor S R 34   136 502 152 30 3 20 81 81 39 10 52 11 2 8 16 7 9 .303 .361 .494 .855 90     19.9 .146    23.56 1983    1 Don Baylor
1984 137.429 142.727 117.852    4 Don Baylor R 35   127 469 123 28 1 25 81 84 34 4 66 23 1 3 1 1 9 .262 .340 .486 .826 78     16.1 .127    17.07 1984    4 Don Baylor
1985 105.503 124.107 117.002    3 Don Baylor S R 36   140 464 105 23 1 21 67 85 50 5 89 23 1 10 0 4 10 .226 .325 .416 .741 65     11.1 .079    11.45 1985    3 Don Baylor
1986 111.655 127.160 116.623    5 Mike Easler L 35   129 439 133 26 2 11 56 68 39 11 80 0 2 5 2 1 14 .303 .356 .446 .802 67     11.7 .091    11.37 1986    5 Mike Easler
1987 105.705 125.800 115.858   10 Ron Kittle R 29   49 142 42 5 0 12 20 27 6 0 31 0 0 3 0 1 3 .296 .318 .585 .903 25      4.4 .090     4.00 1987   10 Ron Kittle
1988 160.665 125.186 118.791    1 Jack Clark R 32   112 383 93 11 0 21 62 69 91 6 113 1 0 5 2 0 12 .243 .385 .436 .821 70     15.8 .141    18.43 1988    1 Jack Clark
1989 109.418 119.530 118.330    9 Steve Balboni R 32   82 219 57 12 2 14 28 51 16 3 44 1 0 6 0 0 7 .260 .306 .525 .831 34      5.9 .072     5.09 1989    9 Steve Balboni
1990 48.986 107.889 114.500   14 Steve Balboni R 33   72 153 27 3 0 9 14 21 19 0 46 2 0 1 0 0 3 .176 .274 .373 .647 16      1.9 .026     0.99 1990   14 Steve Balboni
1991 67.683 97.792 111.575    8 Kevin Maas L 26   109 370 78 12 1 17 53 43 62 3 101 2 0 2 3 0 1 .211 .326 .386 .712 52      8.0 .073     6.09 1991    8 Kevin Maas
1992 105.628 97.814 111.258   11 Kevin Maas L 27   62 214 50 8 0 7 23 26 20 3 44 0 0 4 1 1 0 .234 .294 .369 .663 25      3.4 .055     2.37 1992   11 Kevin Maas
1993 170.052 97.940 113.834    4 Danny Tartabull R 30   88 327 85 21 0 20 57 70 58 6 94 2 0 1 0 0 5 .260 .374 .508 .882 65     13.5 .153    16.31 1993    4 Danny Tartabull
1994 103.459 96.897 113.460    8 Danny Tartabull R 31   78 300 67 17 1 12 45 40 40 2 90 0 0 3 0 0 6 .223 .312 .407 .719 39      6.0 .077     4.82 1994    8 Danny Tartabull
1995 59.447 97.998 110.842   12 Ruben Sierra B 29   46 176 45 11 0 6 29 40 19 2 28 0 0 4 0 0 6 .256 .322 .420 .742 24      4.0 .087     3.28 1995   12 Ruben Sierra
1996 70.529 99.068 108.969   10 Ruben Sierra B 30   61 235 65 13 1 7 31 34 29 8 33 0 0 5 0 2 5 .277 .349 .430 .779 35      3.0 .049     1.96 1996   10 Ruben Sierra
1997 63.463 89.920 106.988    9 Cecil Fielder R 33   87 333 88 14 0 13 38 58 45 2 78 7 0 6 0 0 13 .264 .358 .423 .781 51      7.1 .082     5.92 1997    9 Cecil Fielder
1998 126.564 84.224 107.874    5 Darryl Strawberry L 36   81 246 63 10 2 20 34 44 40 4 75 2 0 1 8 6 1 .256 .363 .557 .920 51     10.4 .128    10.90 1998    5 Darryl Strawberry
1999 98.190 84.278 107.484    6 Chili Davis B 39   141 460 124 24 1 19 58 73 70 6 96 2 0 3 4 1 12 .270 .366 .450 .816 77     12.8 .091    10.90 1999    6 Chili Davis
2000 84.156 89.170 106.579   13 Shane Spencer R 28   33 116 27 4 3 4 16 12 12 0 23 0 0 3 1 1 2 .233 .298 .422 .720 15      1.9 .058     1.27 2000   13 Shane Spencer
2001 70.922 89.915 105.466   10 David Justice L 35   85 298 68 12 1 16 47 43 43 4 70 0 0 3 0 1 6 .228 .323 .436 .759 43      5.4 .064     3.90 2001   10 David Justice
2002 127.877 102.614 106.220    5 Jason Giambi L 31   63 229 62 14 0 12 41 37 41 2 52 7 0 0 2 2 5 .271 .397 .489 .886 46     10.3 .163    12.13 2002    5 Jason Giambi
2003 125.417 101.688 106.854    5 Jason Giambi 13 a-rep(1B) L 32   69 241 53 8 0 16 36 41 51 1 60 11 0 2 1 1 3 .220 .377 .452 .829 46     10.2 .148    11.74 2003    5 Jason Giambi
2004 104.453 102.967 106.785    8 Ruben Sierra B 38   56 201 47 6 0 12 25 40 14 2 36 0 0 4 0 0 5 .234 .279 .443 .722 24      4.5 .080     3.72 2004    8 Ruben Sierra
2005 128.135 112.579 107.471    5 Jason Giambi T18 L 34   59 175 37 4 0 8 27 22 48 2 52 10 0 0 0 0 2 .211 .408 .371 .779 32      8.1 .137     8.31 2005    5 Jason Giambi
2006 98.361 117.208 107.199    5 Jason Giambi 14 L 35   70 241 54 11 0 21 49 66 53 9 61 7 0 5 1 0 7 .224 .373 .531 .904 50     10.8 .154    11.34 2006    5 Jason Giambi
2007 87.938 108.917 106.611    9 Jason Giambi L 36   53 191 46 8 0 9 24 30 31 1 49 6 0 1 1 0 1 .241 .362 .424 .786 33      4.9 .092     4.17 2007    9 Jason Giambi
2008 138.275 110.662 107.376    8 Hideki Matsui L 34   66 246 70 13 0 7 28 33 24 2 35 3 0 0 0 0 6 .285 .355 .423 .778 37      7.1 .108     7.03 2008    8 Hideki Matsui
2009 165.847 121.593 108.749    1 Hideki Matsui L 35   116 435 117 19 1 27 58 86 59 0 71 4 0 2 0 1 4 .269 .360 .503 .863 83     17.2 .148    21.23 2009    1 Hideki Matsui
2010 84.931 112.827 108.148   12 Marcus Thames R 33   38 128 38 5 0 9 17 24 7 0 37 0 0 2 0 0 3 .297 .328 .547 .875 22      3.8 .100     3.63 2010   12 Marcus Thames
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Sources:
All-Time Major League Handbook
Win Shares Digital Update
baseball-reference.com
ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia