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1971 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972

82-80, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (82-80)
Scored 648 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,070,771 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 94, Pitching - 94 · one-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 97

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1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Jack Aker 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 13, 1940 8 41 0 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Felipe Alou 36 R R 6' 0" 195 May 12, 1935 14 131 110 131 118 0 0 42 0 0 0 7 20 56 80 20 0 0.6 $60,000
Stan Bahnsen 26 R R 6' 2" 185 Dec 15, 1944 5 36 34 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.7 $33,000
Frank Baker 24 L R 6' 2" 178 Oct 29, 1946 2 43 29 43 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 1 7 -0.4 $
Curt Blefary 27 L R 6' 2" 195 Jul 5, 1943 7 21 9 21 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 11 1 -0.3 $
Ron Blomberg 22 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1948 2 64 49 64 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 57 13 2 1.8 $
Len Boehmer 30 R R 6' 1" 192 Jun 28, 1941 3 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Bill Burbach 23 R R 6' 4" 215 Aug 22, 1947 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $13,000
Danny Cater 31 R R 6' 0" 170 Feb 25, 1940 8 121 106 121 113 0 0 78 0 52 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0.6 $
Horace Clarke 31 B R 5' 9" 170 Jun 2, 1940 7 159 153 159 156 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2.5 $
Al Closter 28 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 15, 1943 2 14 1 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 $
John Ellis 22 R R 6' 2" 225 Aug 21, 1948 3 83 64 83 67 0 2 65 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 -0.1 $
Rob Gardner 26 R L 6' 1" 176 Dec 19, 1944 6 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jake Gibbs 32 L R 6' 0" 180 Nov 7, 1938 10 70 48 70 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0.6 $
Roger Hambright 22 R R 5' 10" 180 Mar 26, 1949 1st 18 0 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ron Hansen 33 R R 6' 3" 190 Apr 5, 1938 14 61 34 61 42 0 0 0 8 31 4 0 0 0 0 24 1 -1.6 $30,500
Jim Hardin 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Aug 6, 1943 5 12 3 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Gary Jones 26 L L 6' 0" 191 Jun 12, 1945 2 12 0 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Mike Kekich 26 R L 6' 1" 196 Apr 2, 1945 5 37 24 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $
Jerry Kenney 26 L R 6' 1" 170 Jun 30, 1945 4 120 91 120 114 0 0 0 0 110 5 0 0 0 0 4 10 3.0 $
Steve Kline 23 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 6, 1947 2 31 30 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Terry Ley 24 L L 6' 0" 190 Feb 21, 1947 1st 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $4,800
Jim Lyttle 25 L R 6' 0" 180 May 20, 1946 3 49 21 49 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 20 29 17 5 -0.6 $16,000
Lindy McDaniel 35 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 17 44 0 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.5 $
Gene Michael 33 B R 6' 2" 183 Jun 2, 1938 6 139 129 139 137 0 0 0 1 0 136 0 0 0 0 6 0 0.9 $
Thurman Munson 24 R R 5' 11" 190 Jun 7, 1947 3 125 114 125 117 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0 3.9 $ All-Star
Bobby Murcer 25 L R 5' 11" 160 May 20, 1946 5 146 140 146 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 0 143 5 0 6.4 $ All-Star
Fritz Peterson 29 B L 6' 0" 185 Feb 8, 1942 6 37 35 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 $
Mel Stottlemyre 29 R R 6' 1" 178 Nov 13, 1941 8 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.7 $
Ron Swoboda 27 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 30, 1944 7 54 41 54 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 40 48 13 0 0.7 $
Frank Tepedino 23 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 23, 1947 4 6 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 0 -0.2 $
Rusty Torres 22 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 30, 1948 1st 9 5 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 4 0 0.4 $
Danny Walton 23 R R 6' 0" 195 Jul 14, 1947 4 5 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 1 0 -0.3 $
Gary Waslewski 29 R R 6' 4" 190 Jul 21, 1941 5 24 0 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $21,000
Roy White 27 B R 5' 10" 160 Dec 27, 1943 7 147 145 147 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 0 145 2 0 6.5 $
Ron Woods 28 R R 5' 10" 168 Feb 1, 1943 3 25 3 25 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 9 19 0 0.2 $16,000
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

1970 / 1972 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers