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1971 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970 / 1972)
82-80, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 648 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Manager: Ralph Houk (82-80)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
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Team Batting

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Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 C Thurman Munson 24 125 517 451 71 113 15 4 10 42 6 5 52 65 .251 .335 .368 .703 105 166 10 7 4 3 1
2 1B John Ellis 22 83 271 238 16 58 12 1 3 34 0 0 23 42 .244 .322 .340 .663 93 81 12 6 1 3 5
3 2B Horace Clarke# 31 159 696 625 76 156 23 7 2 41 17 7 64 43 .250 .321 .318 .639 87 199 14 2 4 1 2
4 SS Gene Michael# 33 139 514 456 36 102 15 0 3 35 3 3 48 64 .224 .299 .276 .576 69 126 17 3 3 4 8
5 3B Jerry Kenney* 26 120 395 325 50 85 10 3 0 20 9 8 56 38 .262 .368 .311 .679 100 101 10 1 9 4 3
6 LF Roy White# 27 147 634 524 86 153 22 7 19 84 14 7 86 66 .292 .388 .469 .857 149 246 10 7 0 17 7
7 CF Bobby Murcer* 25 146 624 529 94 175 25 6 25 94 14 8 91 60 .331 .427 .543 .969 181 287 9 0 1 3 13
8 RF Felipe Alou 36 131 501 461 52 133 20 6 8 69 5 5 32 24 .289 .334 .410 .744 116 189 15 2 1 5 3
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
9 CI Danny Cater 31 121 456 428 39 118 16 5 4 50 0 3 19 25 .276 .308 .364 .672 95 156 18 2 4 3 4
10 C Jake Gibbs* 32 70 224 206 23 45 9 0 5 21 2 2 12 23 .218 .270 .335 .605 76 69 3 3 2 1 1
11 RF Ron Blomberg* 22 64 216 199 30 64 6 2 7 31 2 4 14 23 .322 .363 .477 .840 143 95 2 0 1 2 3
12 RF Ron Swoboda 27 54 170 138 17 36 2 1 2 20 0 0 27 35 .261 .391 .333 .724 113 46 4 3 1 1 1
13 3B Ron Hansen 33 61 159 145 6 30 3 0 2 20 0 0 9 27 .207 .245 .269 .514 50 39 5 0 0 5 2
14 SS Frank Baker* 24 43 98 79 9 11 2 0 0 2 3 0 16 22 .139 .281 .165 .446 33 13 2 0 2 1 3
15 RF Jim Lyttle* 25 49 97 86 7 17 5 0 1 7 0 2 8 18 .198 .271 .291 .562 64 25 3 1 1 1 2
16 UT Curt Blefary* 27 21 39 36 4 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 3 5 .194 .256 .306 .562 63 11 1 0 0 0 0
17 OF Ron Woods 28 25 36 32 4 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 2 .250 .333 .375 .708 106 12 0 0 0 0 0
18 OF Rusty Torres# 22 9 26 26 5 10 3 0 2 3 0 1 0 8 .385 .385 .731 1.115 219 19 0 0 0 0 0
19 OF Danny Walton 23 5 14 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 .143 .143 .357 .500 42 5 0 0 0 0 0
20 LF Frank Tepedino* 23 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
21 3B Len Boehmer 30 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
22 P Fritz Peterson# 29 37 105 85 2 7 1 0 0 8 0 0 5 22 .082 .132 .094 .226 -33 8 2 0 14 1 0
23 P Mel Stottlemyre 29 35 103 94 6 16 1 0 1 11 0 0 5 29 .170 .210 .213 .423 24 20 1 0 3 1 0
24 P Stan Bahnsen 26 36 88 79 6 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 32 .152 .163 .203 .365 6 16 0 0 8 0 0
25 P Steve Kline 23 31 75 66 6 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 16 .136 .186 .152 .337 -1 10 1 0 5 0 0
26 P Mike Kekich 26 37 62 52 2 8 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 11 .154 .185 .154 .339 -0 8 0 0 8 0 0
27 P Lindy McDaniel 35 44 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -35 1 0 0 1 0 0
28 P Al Closter* 28 14 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
29 P Jack Aker 30 41 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0
30 P Jim Hardin 27 12 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 P Roger Hambright 22 18 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 193 1 0 0 0 0 0
32 P Bill Burbach 23 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 P Gary Jones* 26 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 P Gary Waslewski 29 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
Team Totals 28.3 162 6164 5413 648 1377 195 43 97 607 75 55 581 717 .254 .328 .360 .688 101 1949 140 37 77 56 58
Rank in 12 AL teams 6 6 5 8 1 9 5 2 2 12 3 2 7 7 7
Rk Pos Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
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* - bats left-handed, # - bats both, else - bats right, ? - unknown; OPS_lg for OPS+ does not include pitchers.

Team Pitching

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Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 SP Fritz Peterson* 29 15 13 .536 3.05 37 35 2 16 4 1 274.0 269 106 93 25 42 7 139 4 1 6 1104 107 1.135 8.8 0.8 1.4 4.6 3.31
2 SP Mel Stottlemyre 29 16 12 .571 2.87 35 35 0 19 7 0 269.2 234 100 86 16 69 6 132 4 0 5 1091 114 1.124 7.8 0.5 2.3 4.4 1.91
3 SP Stan Bahnsen 26 14 12 .538 3.35 36 34 2 14 3 0 242.0 221 99 90 20 72 8 110 5 1 9 993 97 1.211 8.2 0.7 2.7 4.1 1.53
4 SP Steve Kline 23 12 13 .480 2.96 31 30 0 15 1 0 222.1 206 87 73 21 37 7 81 0 1 3 888 110 1.093 8.3 0.9 1.5 3.3 2.19
5 SP Mike Kekich* 26 10 9 .526 4.07 37 24 5 3 0 0 170.1 167 89 77 13 82 11 93 4 0 8 748 80 1.462 8.8 0.7 4.3 4.9 1.13
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
6 RP Lindy McDaniel 35 5 10 .333 5.04 44 0 28 0 0 4 69.2 82 41 39 12 24 6 39 0 0 5 310 65 1.522 10.6 1.6 3.1 5.0 1.63
7 RP Jack Aker 30 4 4 .500 2.59 41 0 20 0 0 4 55.2 48 20 16 3 26 9 24 0 0 3 237 126 1.329 7.8 0.5 4.2 3.9 0.92
8 RP Gary Waslewski 29 0 1 .000 3.28 24 0 8 0 0 1 35.2 28 15 13 2 16 2 17 1 0 1 151 99 1.234 7.1 0.5 4.0 4.3 1.06
9 RP Roger Hambright 22 3 1 .750 4.39 18 0 14 0 0 2 26.2 22 13 13 5 10 2 14 0 0 2 110 74 1.200 7.4 1.7 3.4 4.7 1.40
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
10 Jim Hardin 27 0 2 .000 5.08 12 3 3 0 0 0 28.1 35 19 16 3 9 3 14 1 0 2 126 64 1.553 11.1 1.0 2.9 4.4 1.56
11 Al Closter* 28 2 2 .500 5.08 14 1 1 0 0 0 28.1 33 22 16 4 13 7 22 2 0 2 135 64 1.624 10.5 1.3 4.1 7.0 1.69
12 Gary Jones* 26 0 0 9.00 12 0 5 0 0 0 14.0 19 14 14 1 7 1 10 0 0 0 69 36 1.857 12.2 0.6 4.5 6.4 1.43
13 Terry Ley* 24 0 0 5.00 6 0 5 0 0 0 9.0 9 9 5 1 9 2 7 2 0 0 49 65 2.000 9.0 1.0 9.0 7.0 0.78
14 Bill Burbach 23 0 1 .000 10.80 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 6 6 4 0 5 2 3 0 0 2 22 30 3.300 16.2 0.0 13.5 8.1 0.60
15 Rob Gardner* 26 0 0 3.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13 109 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 6.0 1.00
Team Totals 27.3 81 80 .503 3.45 162 162 95 67 15 12 1452.0 1382 641 556 126 423 73 707 23 3 48 6046 95 1.243 8.6 0.8 2.6 4.4 1.67
Rank in 12 AL teams 6 7 2 4 12 4 10 7 7 5 2 12
Rk Pos Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
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* - throws left-handed, # - throws both, else - throws right, ? - unknown

Team Fielding--Totals

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Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary
Jack Aker 30 41 0 56.0 25 10 12 3 0 .880 0.0 0.0 3.54 0.54 P
Felipe Alou 36 125 110 1011.1 532 505 23 4 23 .992 -11.6 -13.8 -9.6 -2.4 -7.2 -2 0 4.70 4.22 RF-1B-CF-LF
Stan Bahnsen 26 36 34 242.0 77 18 55 4 5 .948 0.0 0.0 2.71 2.03 P
Frank Baker 24 38 29 255.0 158 53 97 8 28 .949 -3.5 -16.5 -3.5 -0.4 -3.2 0 5.29 3.95 SS
Curt Blefary 27 10 9 66.0 50 47 2 1 1 .980 -0.8 -14.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 -1 0 6.68 4.90 RF-1B
Ron Blomberg 22 57 49 450.2 98 94 1 3 1 .969 0.3 0.8 -0.7 -2.0 1.3 1 1.90 1.67 RF
Len Boehmer 30 1 1 8.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -45.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 2.25 2.00 3B
Bill Burbach 23 2 0 3.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Danny Cater 31 130 106 945.1 791 605 173 13 61 .984 2.6 3.3 2.6 -0.5 3.0 0 7.41 5.98 1B-3B
Horace Clarke 31 156 153 1381.0 857 386 455 16 97 .981 4.5 3.9 5.5 1.2 4.3 -1 5.48 5.39 2B
Al Closter 28 14 1 28.1 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.0 0.0 2.54 0.57 P
John Ellis 22 67 64 540.2 667 625 35 7 66 .990 -2.1 -4.7 -2.1 -1.5 -0.5 0 0 10.99 9.85 0 0 0 0 1B-C
Rob Gardner 26 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 P
Jake Gibbs 32 51 48 431.1 244 229 12 3 1 .988 1.0 2.8 1 5.03 4.73 1 3 15 5 25% C
Roger Hambright 22 18 0 26.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.02 0.33 P
Ron Hansen 33 42 34 299.1 132 52 72 8 16 .939 -8.4 -33.7 -9.4 -7.1 -2.4 1 3.73 2.95 3B-2B-SS
Jim Hardin 27 12 3 28.1 6 4 2 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.91 0.50 P
Gary Jones 26 12 0 14.0 3 1 1 1 0 .667 0.0 0.0 1.29 0.17 P
Mike Kekich 26 37 24 170.0 42 5 37 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.22 1.14 P
Jerry Kenney 26 115 91 845.0 338 74 249 15 24 .956 13.2 18.7 14.2 9.1 5.1 -1 3.44 2.81 3B-SS-1B
Steve Kline 23 31 30 222.1 74 24 49 1 1 .986 0.0 0.0 2.96 2.35 P
Terry Ley 24 6 0 9.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 0.0 0.0 4.00 0.67 P
Jim Lyttle 25 29 21 192.2 48 47 1 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -0.6 -1.1 -1.6 0.5 1 2.24 1.66 RF-CF-LF
Lindy McDaniel 35 44 0 69.2 16 2 14 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.07 0.36 P
Gene Michael 33 136 128 1149.0 737 243 474 20 88 .973 5.3 5.5 6.3 -3.8 10.1 -1 5.62 5.27 SS
Thurman Munson 24 118 114 1019.2 615 547 67 1 4 .998 6.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 6 5.42 5.20 9 45 23 36 61% C-RF
Bobby Murcer 25 143 140 1258.1 332 317 10 5 1 .985 -13.3 -12.7 -14.3 -7.9 -6.4 1 2.34 2.29 CF
Fritz Peterson 29 37 35 274.0 69 14 54 1 7 .986 0.0 0.0 2.23 1.84 P
Mel Stottlemyre 29 35 35 269.2 82 23 55 4 6 .951 0.0 0.0 2.60 2.23 P
Ron Swoboda 27 48 41 354.1 85 80 2 3 0 .965 1.1 3.7 0.1 -1.0 1.0 1 2.08 1.71 RF-LF-CF
Frank Tepedino 23 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 -180.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 LF
Rusty Torres 22 5 5 43.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -19.5 -0.7 -0.5 -0.2 0 2.51 2.40 RF-CF
Danny Walton 23 4 4 28.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2.3 -98.6 -1.3 -0.9 -0.4 -1 1.29 1.00 RF-LF
Gary Waslewski 29 24 0 35.2 8 3 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.02 0.33 P
Roy White 27 145 145 1284.1 320 313 7 0 1 1.000 8.9 8.3 12.9 4.3 8.6 -4 2.24 2.21 LF
Ron Woods 28 9 3 42.0 14 13 0 1 0 .929 0.4 11.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0 2.79 1.44 LF-RF
Team Totals 28.3 162 1457 13059.0 6459 4351 1983 125 433 .981 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -15.2 14.0 -4 -2 7 4.37 3.56 10 48 38 41 52%
Rank in 12 AL teams 6 3 2
Age G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G PB WP SB CS CS% Pos. Summary

1970 / 1972 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics