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1972 New York Yankees Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971 / 1973)
79-76, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 557 runs, Allowed 527 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-74
Manager: Ralph Houk (79-76)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
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
Bernie Allen 33 L R 6' 0" 185 Apr 16, 1939 11 84 57 84 84 0 0 0 20 44 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
Felipe Alou 37 R R 6' 0" 195 May 12, 1935 15 120 70 120 120 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 15 15 35 0
Fred Beene 29 B R 5' 9" 160 Nov 24, 1942 4 30 1 30 30 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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
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
Ron Blomberg 23 L R 6' 1" 205 Aug 23, 1948 3 107 90 107 107 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 2
Johnny Callison 33 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 12, 1939 15 92 69 92 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 74 21 1
Horace Clarke 32 B R 5' 9" 178 Jun 2, 1940 8 147 134 147 147 0 0 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
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
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
John Ellis 23 R R 225 Aug 21, 1948 4 52 30 52 52 0 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
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
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
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
Mike Kekich 27 R L 6' 1" 200 Apr 2, 1945 6 29 28 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jerry Kenney 27 L R 6' 1" 170 Jun 30, 1945 5 50 33 50 50 0 0 0 0 1 45 0 0 0 0 4 6
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
Steve Kline 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 6, 1947 3 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hal Lanier 29 R R 6' 2" 180 Jul 4, 1942 9 60 25 60 60 0 0 0 3 47 9 0 0 0 0 3 2
Sparky Lyle 27 L L 6' 1" 192 Jul 22, 1944 6 59 0 59 59 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Rich McKinney 25 R R 5' 11" 185 Nov 22, 1946 3 37 32 37 37 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Doc Medich 23 R R 6' 5" 227 Dec 9, 1948 1st 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gene Michael 34 B R 6' 2" 183 Jun 2, 1938 7 126 116 126 126 0 0 0 0 0 121 0 0 0 0 5 1
Thurman Munson 25 R R 5' 11" 191 Jun 7, 1947 4 140 132 140 140 0 132 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Bobby Murcer 26 L R 5' 11" 180 May 20, 1946 6 153 150 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 151 0 151 3 0 All-Star
Fritz Peterson 30 B L 6' 0" 200 Feb 8, 1942 7 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Roland 29 R L 6' 3" 190 Dec 14, 1942 10 16 0 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Celerino Sanchez 28 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 3, 1944 1st 71 68 71 71 0 0 0 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Charlie Spikes 21 R R 6' 3" 220 Jan 23, 1951 1st 14 9 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 9 5 0
Mel Stottlemyre 30 R R 6' 2" 190 Nov 13, 1941 9 37 36 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ron Swoboda 28 R R 6' 2" 205 Jun 30, 1944 8 63 26 63 63 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 30 35 33 0
Frank Tepedino 24 L L 5' 11" 192 Nov 23, 1947 5 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
Rusty Torres 23 B R 5' 10" 180 Sep 30, 1948 2 80 44 80 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 60 62 22 2
Roy White 28 B R 5' 10" 172 Dec 27, 1943 8 155 155 155 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 155 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR

1971 / 1973 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played