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1972 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973

79-76, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (79-76)
Scored 557 runs, Allowed 527 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-74

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 966,328 (4th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92

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1971 / 1973 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 31 R R 6' 2" 190 Jul 13, 1940 9 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Bernie Allen 33 L R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1939 11 84 57 84 64 0 0 0 20 44 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 0.7 $27,500
Felipe Alou 37 R R 6' 0" 195 May 12, 1935 15 120 70 120 102 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 35 0 1.1 $62,500
Fred Beene 29 B R 5' 9" 155 Nov 24, 1942 4 30 1 30 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 $
Wade Blasingame 28 L L 6' 1" 185 Nov 22, 1943 10 12 1 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $25,000
Steve Blateric 28 R R 6' 3" 200 Mar 20, 1944 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $6,600
Ron Blomberg 23 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1948 3 107 90 107 95 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2 2.1 $
Johnny Callison 33 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 12, 1939 15 92 69 92 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 74 21 1 0.6 $37,500
Horace Clarke 32 B R 5' 9" 170 Jun 2, 1940 8 147 134 147 143 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1.9 $
Al Closter 29 L L 6' 2" 190 Jun 15, 1943 3 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Casey Cox 30 R R 6' 5" 200 Jul 3, 1941 7 5 1 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
John Ellis 23 R R 6' 2" 225 Aug 21, 1948 4 52 30 52 32 0 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0.6 $21,000
Rob Gardner 27 R L 6' 1" 176 Dec 19, 1944 7 20 14 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.6 $15,500
Larry Gowell 24 R R 6' 2" 182 May 2, 1948 1st 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Rich Hinton 25 L L 6' 2" 185 May 22, 1947 2 7 3 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $12,000
Mike Kekich 27 R L 6' 1" 196 Apr 2, 1945 6 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jerry Kenney 27 L R 6' 1" 170 Jun 30, 1945 5 50 33 50 45 0 0 0 0 1 45 0 0 0 0 4 6 0.5 $32,000
Ron Klimkowski 28 R R 6' 2" 190 Mar 1, 1944 4 16 2 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $19,500
Steve Kline 24 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 6, 1947 3 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $
Hal Lanier 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Jul 4, 1942 9 60 25 60 57 0 0 0 3 47 9 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.7 $32,000
Sparky Lyle 27 L L 6' 1" 182 Jul 22, 1944 6 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $45,000
Lindy McDaniel 36 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 18 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Rich McKinney 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 22, 1946 3 37 32 37 33 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 -0.8 $20,000
Doc Medich 23 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Gene Michael 34 B R 6' 2" 183 Jun 2, 1938 7 126 116 126 121 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 5 1 0.0 $
Thurman Munson 25 R R 5' 11" 190 Jun 7, 1947 4 140 132 140 132 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 2.5 $
Bobby Murcer 26 L R 5' 11" 160 May 20, 1946 6 153 150 153 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151 3 0 7.7 $ All-Star
Fritz Peterson 30 B L 6' 0" 185 Feb 8, 1942 7 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Jim Roland 29 R L 6' 3" 175 Dec 14, 1942 10 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Celerino Sanchez 28 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 3, 1944 1st 71 68 71 68 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -0.4 $
Charlie Spikes 21 R R 6' 3" 215 Jan 23, 1951 1st 14 9 14 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 5 0 -0.4 $5,100
Mel Stottlemyre 30 R R 6' 1" 178 Nov 13, 1941 9 37 36 37 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.3 $
Ron Swoboda 28 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 30, 1944 8 63 26 63 37 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 30 35 33 0 0.5 $
Frank Tepedino 24 L L 5' 11" 185 Nov 23, 1947 5 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 -0.2 $
Rusty Torres 23 B R 5' 10" 175 Sep 30, 1948 2 80 44 80 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 60 62 22 2 -0.7 $13,500
Roy White 28 B R 5' 10" 160 Dec 27, 1943 8 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 0 0 4.4 $
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

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Bobby Murcer
Jerry Kenney
Roy White
Celerino Sanchez
Bernie Allen
Ron Blomberg
Ron Swoboda
Thurman Munson

Gene Michael
Mike Kekich
Fritz Peterson
Horace Clarke
Rusty Torres
Jack Aker
Ron Klimkowski
John Ellis
Felipe Alou

Johnny Callison
Rich McKinney
Sparky Lyle
Wade Blasingame
Mel Stottlemyre
Hal Lanier
Steve Kline
Casey Cox

Lindy McDaniel
Frank Tepedino
Doc Medich
Charlie Spikes
Rob Gardner
Larry Gowell
Rich Hinton
Fred Beene
Al Closter
Doc Medich
Steve Blateric
Jim Roland

1971 / 1973 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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