The 1981 roster for the Yankees included Rudy May at pitcher, Rick Cerone at catcher, Bob Watson at first baseman, Willie Randolph at second baseman and Graig Nettles at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Tucker Ashford T. Ashford	2B	6'1"	195	12/4/1954	26	Memphis, TN
2	Steve Balboni S. Balboni	1B	6'3"	225	1/16/1957	24	Brockton, MA
3	Doug Bird D. Bird	P	6'4"	180	3/5/1950	31	Corona, CA
4	Bobby Brown B. Brown	OF	6'1"	205	5/24/1954	27	Norfolk, VA
5	Bill Castro B. Castro	P	5'11"	170	3/29/1952	29	Santiago, Dominican Republic
6	Rick Cerone R. Cerone	C	5'11"	192	5/19/1954	27	Newark, NJ
7	Ron Davis R. Davis	P	6'4"	207	8/6/1955	25	Houston, TX
8	Bucky Dent B. Dent	SS	5'10"	180	11/25/1951	29	Savannah, GA
9	Barry Foote B. Foote	C	6'3"	210	2/16/1952	29	Smithfield, NC
10	George Frazier G. Frazier	P	6'5"	205	10/13/1954	26	Oklahoma City, OK
11	Oscar Gamble O. Gamble	OF	5'11"	165	12/20/1949	31	Ramer, AL
12	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	P	6'3"	215	7/5/1951	29	Colorado Springs, CO
13	Mike Griffin M. Griffin	P	6'5"	195	6/26/1957	24	Colusa, CA
14	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	P	5'11"	162	8/28/1950	30	Lafayette, LA
15	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	OF	6'0"	200	5/18/1946	35	Abington, PA
16	Tommy John T. John	P	6'3"	185	5/22/1943	38	Terre Haute, IN
17	Dave LaRoche D. LaRoche	P	6'2"	200	5/14/1948	33	Colorado Springs, CO
18	Rudy May R. May	P	6'3"	205	7/18/1944	36	Coffeyville, KS
19	Andy McGaffigan A. McGaffigan	P	6'3"	195	10/25/1956	24	West Palm Beach, FL
20	Larry Milbourne L. Milbourne	SS	6'0"	165	2/14/1951	30	Port Norris, NJ
21	Jerry Mumphrey J. Mumphrey	OF	6'2"	185	9/9/1952	28	Tyler, TX
22	Bobby Murcer B. Murcer	DH	5'11"	180	5/20/1946	35	Oklahoma City, OK
23	Gene Nelson G. Nelson	P	6'0"	175	12/3/1960	20	Tampa, FL
24	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	3B	6'0"	185	8/20/1944	36	San Diego, CA
25	Johnny Oates J. Oates	C	5'11"	188	1/21/1946	35	Sylva, NC