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(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 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 13, 1971
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 Stan Bahnsen to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich McKinney.
Traded Gary Jones and Terry Ley to the Texas Rangers. Received Bernie Allen.
December 6, 1971
Traded Ossie Chavarria to Mexico City Tigers (Mexican). Received Celerino Sanchez.
January 12, 1972
Drafted Rick Anderson in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary).
Drafted Larry Wolfe in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft (January Secondary), 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.
April 3, 1972 (Standings)
Released Jim Hardin.
Released Gary Waslewski.
April 11, 1972 (Standings)
Released Don Demola.
April 28, 1972 (Standings)
Purchased Jim Roland from the Oakland Athletics.
May 22, 1972 (Standings)
Signed Ron Klimkowski as a free agent.
June 6, 1972 (Standings)
Drafted Scott McGregor in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft.
Drafted Ken Clay in the 2nd round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Drafted Mickey Klutts in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Drafted Darryl Jones in the 5th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Drafted Bob Kammeyer in the 21st round of the 1972 amateur draft.
June 7, 1972 (Standings)
Received Wade Blasingame from the Houston Astros as part of a conditional deal.
July 22, 1972 (Standings)
Signed Tippy Martinez as an amateur free agent.
August 21, 1972 (Standings)
Signed Dell Alston as an amateur free agent.
August 30, 1972 (Standings)
Traded Jim Roland to the Texas Rangers. Received Casey Cox.
September 7, 1972 (Standings)
Sold Rich Hinton to the Texas Rangers.
September 16, 1972 (Standings)
Received Steve Blateric from the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.
October 24, 1972
Traded George Pena (minors) to the San Diego Padres. Received Fred Stanley.
October 27, 1972
Traded Danny Walton to the Minnesota Twins. Received Rick Dempsey.
November 24, 1972
Traded a player to be named later and Rob Gardner to the Oakland Athletics. Received Matty Alou. The New York Yankees sent Rich McKinney (December 1, 1972) to the Oakland Athletics to complete the trade.
November 27, 1972
Traded John Ellis, Jerry Kenney, Charlie Spikes and Rusty Torres to the Cleveland Indians. Received Jerry Moses and Graig Nettles.
January 10, 1973
Drafted Craig Mitchell in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
February 28, 1973
Traded Tony Solaita to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received George Kopacz.
March 24, 1973
Returned Steve Blateric to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a conditional deal.
March 30, 1973
Sent Wade Blasingame to the St. Louis Cardinals as part of a conditional deal.
