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1972 New York Yankees Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics
(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 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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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	25	140	567	511	54	143	16	3	7	46	6	7	47	58	.280	.343	.364	.707	114	186	13	3	4	2	5
2	1B	Ron Blomberg*	23	107	341	299	36	80	22	1	14	49	0	2	38	26	.268	.355	.488	.843	153	146	4	3	0	1	4
3	2B	Horace Clarke#	32	147	613	547	65	132	20	2	3	37	18	6	56	44	.241	.315	.302	.616	87	165	7	4	3	3	4
4	SS	Gene Michael#	34	126	430	391	29	91	7	4	1	32	4	2	32	45	.233	.290	.279	.568	72	109	11	1	2	4	4
5	3B	Celerino Sanchez	28	71	269	250	18	62	8	3	0	22	0	0	12	30	.248	.292	.304	.596	80	76	9	4	2	1	1
6	LF	Roy White#	28	155	666	556	76	150	29	0	10	54	23	7	99	59	.270	.384	.376	.760	130	209	11	5	4	2	10
7	CF	Bobby Murcer*	26	153	654	585	102	171	30	7	33	96	11	9	63	67	.292	.361	.537	.898	169	314	6	2	0	4	7
8	RF	Johnny Callison*	33	92	300	275	28	71	10	0	9	34	3	0	18	34	.258	.299	.393	.691	108	108	6	0	2	5	1
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	1B	Felipe Alou	37	120	351	324	33	90	18	1	6	37	1	0	22	27	.278	.326	.395	.721	117	128	8	2	1	2	1
10	IF	Bernie Allen*	33	84	248	220	26	50	9	0	9	21	0	1	23	42	.227	.296	.391	.686	106	86	4	0	1	4	4
11	RF	Rusty Torres#	23	80	219	199	15	42	7	0	3	13	0	4	18	44	.211	.280	.291	.571	73	58	2	1	1	0	3
12	C	John Ellis	23	52	144	136	13	40	5	1	5	25	0	0	8	22	.294	.333	.456	.789	137	62	9	0	0	0	0
13	SS	Jerry Kenney*	27	50	136	119	16	25	2	0	0	7	3	0	16	13	.210	.304	.227	.531	62	27	7	0	1	0	2
14	RF	Ron Swoboda	28	63	133	113	9	28	8	0	1	12	0	1	17	29	.248	.341	.345	.686	108	39	1	0	1	2	1
15	3B	Rich McKinney	25	37	128	121	10	26	2	0	1	7	1	0	7	13	.215	.258	.256	.514	56	31	6	0	0	0	0
16	3B	Hal Lanier	29	60	107	103	5	22	3	0	0	6	1	2	2	13	.214	.234	.243	.476	44	25	3	1	0	1	0
17	RF	Charlie Spikes	21	14	35	34	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	13	.147	.171	.176	.348	5	6	0	0	0	0	0
18		Frank Tepedino*	24	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.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
19	P	Fritz Peterson#	30	35	100	82	6	19	1	0	0	9	0	0	3	14	.232	.259	.244	.503	53	20	1	0	15	0	0
20	P	Mel Stottlemyre	30	37	94	80	3	16	1	1	0	7	0	0	3	18	.200	.247	.238	.485	47	19	2	2	9	0	0
21	P	Steve Kline	24	32	93	76	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	.092	.148	.092	.240	-26	7	2	1	12	0	0
22	P	Mike Kekich	27	29	65	59	3	8	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	14	.136	.136	.169	.305	-8	10	0	0	6	0	0
23	P	Rob Gardner	27	20	33	28	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.107	.107	.107	.214	-35	3	0	0	5	0	0
24	P	Sparky Lyle*	27	59	24	21	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.190	.227	.238	.465	41	5	0	0	2	0	0
25	P	Fred Beene#	29	30	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Lindy McDaniel	36	37	8	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.714	1.000	195	5	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Ron Klimkowski	28	16	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Wade Blasingame*	28	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Rich Hinton*	25	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Larry Gowell	24	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	791	2	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Jim Roland	29	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Steve Blateric	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Al Closter*	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Casey Cox	30	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0
35	P	Doc Medich	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Jack Aker	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.6	155	5793	5168	557	1288	201	24	103	526	71	42	491	689	.249	.316	.357	.673	103	1846	112	29	74	31	47
		Rank in 12 AL teams				5	6	3	3	9	5		6	7	6	12	2	3	3	3		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

* - 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	Mel Stottlemyre	30	14	18	.438	3.22	36	36	0	9	7	0	260.0	250	99	93	13	85	13	110	4	0	6	1088	92	1.288	8.7	0.5	2.9	3.8	1.29
2	SP	Fritz Peterson*	30	17	15	.531	3.24	35	35	0	12	3	0	250.1	270	98	90	17	44	5	100	5	1	7	1042	91	1.254	9.7	0.6	1.6	3.6	2.27
3	SP	Steve Kline	24	16	9	.640	2.40	32	32	0	11	4	0	236.1	210	79	63	11	44	6	58	10	0	1	956	123	1.075	8.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	1.32
4	SP	Mike Kekich*	27	10	13	.435	3.70	29	28	0	2	0	0	175.1	172	77	72	13	76	5	78	4	0	9	748	80	1.414	8.8	0.7	3.9	4.0	1.03
5	SP	Rob Gardner*	27	8	5	.615	3.06	20	14	3	1	0	0	97.0	91	43	33	9	28	3	58	0	0	5	408	96	1.227	8.4	0.8	2.6	5.4	2.07
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	CL	Sparky Lyle*	27	9	5	.643	1.92	59	0	56	0	0	35	107.2	84	25	23	3	29	7	75	0	0	5	427	153	1.050	7.0	0.3	2.4	6.3	2.59
7	RP	Lindy McDaniel	36	3	1	.750	2.25	37	0	25	0	0	0	68.0	54	23	17	4	25	5	47	0	0	3	279	131	1.162	7.1	0.5	3.3	6.2	1.88
8	RP	Fred Beene	29	1	3	.250	2.34	29	1	11	0	0	3	57.2	55	21	15	3	24	5	37	1	0	3	242	126	1.370	8.6	0.5	3.7	5.8	1.54
9	RP	Ron Klimkowski	28	0	3	.000	4.02	16	2	3	0	0	1	31.1	32	15	14	3	15	7	11	1	0	1	137	73	1.500	9.2	0.9	4.3	3.2	0.73
10	RP	Jim Roland*	29	0	1	.000	5.04	16	0	10	0	0	0	25.0	27	14	14	3	16	1	13	1	0	0	116	58	1.720	9.7	1.1	5.8	4.7	0.81
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
11		Wade Blasingame*	28	0	1	.000	4.24	12	1	4	0	0	0	17.0	14	8	8	5	11	1	7	1	0	2	72	70	1.471	7.4	2.6	5.8	3.7	0.64
12		Rich Hinton*	25	1	0	1.000	4.86	7	3	2	0	0	0	16.2	20	11	9	2	8	2	13	0	0	4	79	61	1.680	10.8	1.1	4.3	7.0	1.63
13		Casey Cox	30	0	1	.000	4.63	5	1	1	0	0	0	11.2	13	6	6	0	3	1	4	2	0	0	52	64	1.371	10.0	0.0	2.3	3.1	1.33
14		Larry Gowell	24	0	1	.000	1.29	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	24	229	0.714	3.9	0.0	2.6	9.0	3.50
15		Jack Aker	31	0	0		3.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	26	98	1.333	7.5	0.0	4.5	1.5	0.33
16		Steve Blateric	28	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
17		Al Closter*	29	0	0		11.57	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	3	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	12	25	2.571	7.7	3.9	15.4	7.7	0.50
18		Doc Medich	23	0	0			1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4							0.00
		Team Totals	28.2	79	76	.510	3.03	155	155	120	35	14	39	1373.1	1306	527	463	87	419	61	625	30	1	47	5726	97	1.256	8.6	0.6	2.7	4.1	1.49
		Rank in 12 AL teams		6	7		6				11	4	3	11	11	5	6	3	4		10175
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

* - 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	31	4	0	6.0	5	3	2	0	1	1.000									7.50	1.25						P
Bernie Allen	33	64	57	478.0	216	75	132	9	26	.958	-3.8	-9.5	-3.8	-0.6	-3.2		0		3.90	3.23						3B-2B
Felipe Alou	37	110	70	695.2	728	667	54	7	69	.990	1.5	2.6	1.5	-0.6	2.0	0	0		9.33	6.55						1B-RF
Fred Beene	29	29	1	57.2	15	8	6	1	1	.933									2.18	0.48						P
Wade Blasingame	28	12	1	17.0	11	6	5	0	0	1.000									5.82	0.92						P
Steve Blateric	28	1	0	4.0	1	0	1	0	1	1.000									2.25	1.00						P
Ron Blomberg	23	95	90	715.1	858	813	32	13	88	.985	-7.4	-12.4	-7.4	-4.6	-2.9		0		10.63	8.89						1B
Johnny Callison	33	74	69	582.1	132	127	4	1	1	.992	-1.7	-3.5	-2.7	-3.0	0.2	1			2.02	1.77						RF
Horace Clarke	32	143	134	1195.1	757	347	399	11	104	.985	5.6	5.6	4.6	-1.6	6.3		1		5.62	5.22						2B
Al Closter	29	2	0	2.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									3.86	0.50						P
Casey Cox	30	5	1	11.2	1	1	0	0	0	1.000									0.77	0.20						P
John Ellis	23	33	30	274.0	208	190	12	6	5	.971	-1.5	-6.6	0.5	-0.2	0.7		0	-2	6.64	6.12	1	5	10	5	33%	C-1B
Rob Gardner	27	20	14	97.0	15	2	13	0	1	1.000									1.39	0.75						P
Larry Gowell	24	2	1	7.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000									1.29	0.50						P
Rich Hinton	25	7	3	16.2	2	1	1	0	0	1.000									1.08	0.29						P
Mike Kekich	27	29	28	175.1	30	4	26	0	3	1.000									1.54	1.03						P
Jerry Kenney	27	46	33	318.1	195	57	132	6	30	.969	2.4	9.0	1.4	-2.8	4.2		1		5.34	4.11						SS-3B
Ron Klimkowski	28	16	2	31.1	7	0	6	1	1	.857									1.72	0.38						P
Steve Kline	24	32	32	236.1	77	20	50	7	3	.909									2.67	2.19						P
Hal Lanier	29	59	25	285.1	123	32	87	4	13	.967	-1.1	-4.6	-1.1	-2.3	1.2		0		3.75	2.02						3B-SS-2B
Sparky Lyle	27	59	0	107.2	15	4	11	0	0	1.000									1.25	0.25						P
Lindy McDaniel	36	37	0	68.0	20	5	14	1	2	.950									2.51	0.51						P
Rich McKinney	25	33	32	256.1	96	17	71	8	5	.917	-4.0	-18.7	-4.0	-2.2	-1.8		0		3.09	2.67						3B
Doc Medich	23	1	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0											0.00						P
Gene Michael	34	121	116	1005.0	676	218	437	21	89	.969	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	-3.3	3.0		0		5.87	5.41						SS
Thurman Munson	25	132	132	1160.0	661	575	71	15	11	.977	-2.0	-2.1						-2	5.01	4.89	9	42	32	29	48%	C
Bobby Murcer	26	151	150	1328.1	390	376	11	3	2	.992	2.0	1.8	-2.0	-3.3	1.3	4			2.62	2.56						CF
Fritz Peterson	30	35	35	250.1	58	13	44	1	6	.983									2.05	1.63						P
Jim Roland	29	16	0	25.0	4	1	3	0	1	1.000									1.44	0.25						P
Celerino Sanchez	28	68	68	581.2	228	47	167	14	13	.939	0.2	0.4	1.2	1.1	0.2		-1		3.31	3.15						3B
Charlie Spikes	21	9	9	65.0	15	14	1	0	1	1.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	-0.2	0			2.08	1.67						RF
Mel Stottlemyre	30	36	36	260.0	71	19	52	0	7	1.000									2.46	1.97						P
Ron Swoboda	28	37	26	239.2	69	65	3	1	2	.986	-0.9	-4.5	0.1	1.9	-1.9	-1	0		2.55	1.84						RF-CF-1B
Rusty Torres	23	62	44	436.0	97	90	5	2	0	.979	-1.3	-3.6	-1.3	-0.6	-0.7	0			1.96	1.53						RF-CF-LF
Roy White	28	155	155	1370.1	331	322	7	2	1	.994	8.8	7.7	11.8	2.6	9.2	-3			2.16	2.12						LF
Team Totals	28.8	155	1395	12360.0	6114	4120	1860	134	486	.978	-3.4	-0.3	-1.4	-19.3	17.6	1	1	-4	4.35	3.45	10	47	42	34	45%
Rank in 12 AL teams								5	1	7
	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

1971 / 1973 Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics

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