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1971 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970/1972)
82-80, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 648 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Managed by Ralph Houk

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,070,771 (4th of 12)
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Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1970/1972) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

December 3, 1970

Traded Bill Robinson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Barry Moore.

1971

Bruce Look received from the Minnesota Twins in an unknown transaction.

March 25, 1971

Released Mike McCormick.

March 31, 1971

Released Pete Ward.

April 9, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Ron Klimkowski and Rob Gardner to the Oakland Athletics. Received Felipe Alou.

May 26, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Curt Blefary to the Oakland Athletics. Received Rob Gardner.

May 28, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Bill Burbach to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jim Hardin.

June 7, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Danny Walton.

June 8, 1971 (Standings)

Drafted Mike Pazik in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Terry Whitfield in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft.

Drafted Ron Guidry in the 3rd round of the 1971 amateur draft.

Drafted Larry Murray in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft.

Drafted Mike Paxton in the 13th round of the 1971 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

June 25, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Ron Woods to the Montreal Expos. Received Ron Swoboda.

July, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Bruce Look to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Bart Zeller. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

July 17, 1971 (Standings)

Signed Bobby Cox as a free agent.

August 28, 1971 (Standings)

Released Bobby Cox.

October 13, 1971 (Standings)

Traded Jim Lyttle to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich Hinton.

November 29, 1971

Drafted Jim Magnuson from the Chicago White Sox in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

December 2, 1971

Traded Terry Ley and Gary Jones to the Texas Rangers. Received Bernie Allen.

Traded Stan Bahnsen to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich McKinney.

December 6, 1971

Traded Ossie Chavarria to the Mexico City Tigers (Mexican). Received Celerino Sanchez.

January 12, 1972

Drafted Rick Anderson in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Larry Wolfe in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), but did not sign the player.

January 19, 1972

Traded a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Fred Beene. The New York Yankees sent Dale Spier (minors) (April 10, 1972) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade.

January 20, 1972

Traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs. Received Johnny Callison. The New York Yankees sent Jack Aker (May 17, 1972) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

February 2, 1972

Purchased Hal Lanier from the San Francisco Giants.

February 14, 1972

Released Ron Hansen.

March 22, 1972

Traded a player to be named later and Danny Cater to the Boston Red Sox. Received Sparky Lyle. The New York Yankees sent Mario Guerrero (June 30, 1972) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

March 31, 1972

Purchased Frank Tepedino from the Milwaukee Brewers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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