1972 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1972 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1971/1973)
79-76, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 557 runs, Allowed 527 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 81-74
Managed by Ralph Houk

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

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Thurman Munson      25  140  511   54  143  16  3   7   46  47   58  .280  .343  .364   6   7  13   3   4   2   5  114
1B *Ron Blomberg        23  107  299   36   80  22  1  14   49  38   26  .268  .355  .488   0   2   4   3   0   1   4  153
2B #Horace Clarke       32  147  547   65  132  20  2   3   37  56   44  .241  .315  .302  18   6   7   4   3   3   4   87
3B  Celerino Sanchez    28   71  250   18   62   8  3   0   22  12   30  .248  .292  .304   0   0   9   4   2   1   1   80
SS #Gene Michael        34  126  391   29   91   7  4   1   32  32   45  .233  .290  .279   4   2  11   1   2   4   4   72
LF #Roy White           28  155  556   76  150  29  0  10   54  99   59  .270  .384  .376  23   7  11   5   4   2  10  130
CF *Bobby Murcer        26  153  585  102  171  30  7  33   96  63   67  .292  .361  .537  11   9   6   2   0   4   7  169
RF *Johnny Callison     33   92  275   28   71  10  0   9   34  18   34  .258  .299  .393   3   0   6   0   2   5   1  108
    Felipe Alou         37  120  324   33   90  18  1   6   37  22   27  .278  .326  .395   1   0   8   2   1   2   1  117
   *Bernie Allen        33   84  220   26   50   9  0   9   21  23   42  .227  .296  .391   0   1   4   0   1   4   4  106
   #Rusty Torres        23   80  199   15   42   7  0   3   13  18   44  .211  .280  .291   0   4   2   1   1   0   3   73
    John Ellis          23   52  136   13   40   5  1   5   25   8   22  .294  .333  .456   0   0   9   0   0   0   0  137
    Rich McKinney       25   37  121   10   26   2  0   1    7   7   13  .215  .258  .256   1   0   6   0   0   0   0   56
   *Jerry Kenney        27   50  119   16   25   2  0   0    7  16   13  .210  .304  .227   3   0   7   0   1   0   2   62
    Ron Swoboda         28   63  113    9   28   8  0   1   12  17   29  .248  .341  .345   0   1   1   0   1   2   1  108
    Hal Lanier          29   60  103    5   22   3  0   0    6   2   13  .214  .234  .243   1   2   3   1   0   1   0   44
    Charlie Spikes      21   14   34    2    5   1  0   0    3   1   13  .147  .171  .176   0   1   0   0   0   0   0    5
   *Frank Tepedino      24    8    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   #Fritz Peterson      30   35   82    6   19   1  0   0    9   3   14  .232  .259  .244   0   0   1   0  15   0   0   53
    Mel Stottlemyre     30   37   80    3   16   1  1   0    7   3   18  .200  .247  .238   0   0   2   2   9   0   0   47
    Steve Kline         24   32   76    5    7   0  0   0    1   4   22  .092  .148  .092   0   0   2   1  12   0   0  -26
    Mike Kekich         27   29   59    3    8   0  1   0    4   0   14  .136  .136  .169   0   0   0   0   6   0   0   -8
    Rob Gardner         27   20   28    0    3   0  0   0    1   0   16  .107  .107  .107   0   0   0   0   5   0   0  -35
   *Sparky Lyle         27   59   21    2    4   1  0   0    1   1   10  .190  .227  .238   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   41
   #Fred Beene          29   30    9    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Lindy McDaniel      36   37    7    1    2   0  0   1    2   0    3  .286  .286  .714   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  195
    Ron Klimkowski      28   16    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Rich Hinton         25    7    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Wade Blasingame     28   12    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   1    2  .000  .333  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    7
    Steve Blateric      28    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Al Closter          29    2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Larry Gowell        24    2    1    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  791
    Jim Roland          29   16    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Casey Cox           30    5    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   1   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.7  155 5168  557 1288 201 24 103  526 491  689  .249  .314  .357  71  42 112  29  74  31  47  110
    Rank among 12 AL teams         5    6    3   3  9   5        6   12     2     3     3   6   7                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Mel Stottlemyre     30  36   3.22  14  18  0  36   0   9   7  260.0  250   99   93  13   85  110 1088   6   4  0  13  92
SP *Fritz Peterson      30  35   3.24  17  15  0  35   0  12   3  250.3  270   98   90  17   44  100 1042   7   5  1   5  91
SP  Steve Kline         24  32   2.40  16   9  0  32   0  11   4  236.3  210   79   63  11   44   58  956   1  10  0   6 123
SP *Mike Kekich         27  29   3.70  10  13  0  28   0   2   0  175.3  172   77   72  13   76   78  748   9   4  0   5  80
SP *Rob Gardner         27  20   3.06   8   5  0  14   3   1   0   97.0   91   43   33   9   28   58  408   5   0  0   3  96

CL *Sparky Lyle         27  59   1.92   9   5 35   0  56   0   0  107.7   84   25   23   3   29   75  427   5   0  0   7 153
RP  Lindy McDaniel      36  37   2.25   3   1  0   0  25   0   0   68.0   54   23   17   4   25   47  279   3   0  0   5 131
RP  Fred Beene          29  29   2.34   1   3  3   1  11   0   0   57.7   55   21   15   3   24   37  242   3   1  0   5 126
RP *Jim Roland          29  16   5.04   0   1  0   0  10   0   0   25.0   27   14   14   3   16   13  116   0   1  0   1  58
RP  Ron Klimkowski      28  16   4.02   0   3  1   2   3   0   0   31.3   32   15   14   3   15   11  137   1   1  0   7  73

   *Wade Blasingame     28  12   4.24   0   1  0   1   4   0   0   17.0   14    8    8   5   11    7   72   2   1  0   1  70
   *Rich Hinton         25   7   4.86   1   0  0   3   2   0   0   16.7   20   11    9   2    8   13   79   4   0  0   2  61
    Casey Cox           30   5   4.63   0   1  0   1   1   0   0   11.7   13    6    6   0    3    4   52   0   2  0   1  64
    Larry Gowell        24   2   1.29   0   1  0   1   0   0   0    7.0    3    1    1   0    2    7   24   0   0  0   0 229
    Jack Aker           31   4   3.00   0   0  0   0   4   0   0    6.0    5    2    2   0    3    1   26   1   1  0   0  98
    Steve Blateric      28   1   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    2    0    0   0    0    4   14   0   0  0   0    
   *Al Closter          29   2  11.57   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    2.3    2    3    3   1    4    2   12   0   0  0   0  25
    Doc Medich          23   1          0   0  0   1   0   0   0    0.0    2    2    0   0    2    0    4   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.1 155   3.05  79  76 39 155 120  35  19 1373.0 1306  527  465  87  419  625 5726  47  30  1  61  97
    Rank among 12 AL teams          6   6   7  3          11   4     11   11    5        3    4   12

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TMunson 1160 132 132 575 71 15 11 .977 9 42 32 29 JEllis 213 23 25 127 11 5 1 .965 1 5 10 5 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1373 155 155 702 82 20 12 .975 10 47 42 34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.75 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RBlomberg 715 90 95 813 32 13 88 .985 10.63 FAlou 593 58 95 648 54 7 69 .990 10.64 JEllis 60 7 8 63 1 1 4 .985 9.49 RSwoboda 3 0 2 5 0 0 1 1.000 12.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1373 155 155 1529 87 21 162 .987 10.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 *5.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HClarke 1195 134 143 347 399 11 104 .985 5.62 BAllen 154 18 20 50 47 2 17 .980 5.67 HLanier 24 3 3 7 8 0 1 1.000 5.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1373 155 155 404 454 13 122 .985 5.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *2.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CSanchez 581 68 68 47 167 14 13 .939 3.31 BAllen 324 39 44 25 85 7 9 .940 3.06 RMcKinney 256 32 33 17 71 8 5 .917 3.09 HLanier 207 16 47 15 56 2 7 .973 3.08 JKenney 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1373 155 155 104 380 31 34 .940 3.17 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMichael 1005 116 121 218 437 21 89 .969 5.87 JKenney 314 33 45 57 131 6 30 .969 5.38 HLanier 53 6 9 10 23 2 5 .943 5.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1373 155 155 285 591 29 124 .968 5.74 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *1.89 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RWhite 1370 155 155 322 7 2 1 .994 2.16 RTorres 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1373 155 155 323 7 2 1 .994 2.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 *2.65 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMurcer 1328 150 151 376 11 3 2 .992 2.62 RSwoboda 37 4 5 12 1 0 0 1.000 3.16 RTorres 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1373 155 155 389 12 3 2 .993 2.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JCallison 582 69 74 127 4 1 1 .992 2.02 RTorres 425 43 60 88 5 2 0 .979 1.97 RSwoboda 199 22 30 48 2 1 1 .980 2.26 FAlou 102 12 15 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.68 CSpikes 65 9 9 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1373 155 155 296 12 4 3 .987 2.02 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.22 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RWhite 1370 155 155 323 8 2 1 .994 2.17 BMurcer 1328 150 151 382 11 3 1 .992 2.66 JCallison 582 69 74 127 4 1 1 .992 2.02 RTorres 436 44 62 86 4 2 0 .978 1.86 RSwoboda 236 26 35 56 2 1 1 .983 2.21 FAlou 102 12 15 21 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 CSpikes 65 9 9 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1373 155 155 1009 30 9 5 .991 2.27 155 155 155 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .950 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MStottlemyr 260 36 36 19 52 0 7 1.000 2.46 FPeterson 250 35 35 13 44 1 6 .983 2.05 SKline 236 32 32 20 50 7 3 .909 2.67 MKekich 175 28 29 4 26 0 3 1.000 1.54 SLyle 107 0 59 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.25 RGardner 97 14 20 2 13 0 1 1.000 1.39 LMcDaniel 68 0 37 5 14 1 2 .950 2.51 FBeene 57 1 29 8 6 1 1 .933 2.18 RKlimkowski 31 2 16 0 6 1 1 .857 1.73 JRoland 25 0 16 1 3 0 1 1.000 1.44 WBlasingame 17 1 12 6 5 0 0 1.000 5.82 RHinton 16 3 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.08 CCox 11 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.77 LGowell 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 JAker 6 0 4 3 2 0 1 1.000 7.50 SBlateric 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 2.25 ACloster 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91 DMedich 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1373 155 155 87 236 11 27 .967 2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average Murcer .292

On-base % White .384

Slugging % Murcer .537

OPS Murcer .898

Games White 155

At Bats Murcer 585

Plate Appearances (approx.) White 666

Runs Murcer 102

Hits Murcer 171

Total Bases Murcer 314

Doubles Murcer 30

Triples Murcer 7

Home Runs Murcer 33

RBI Murcer 96

Bases on Balls White 99

Strikeouts Murcer 67

Stolen Bases White 23

Singles Munson 117

Adjusted OPS+ Murcer 169

Runs Created Murcer 114

Adjusted Batting Runs Murcer 47

Batting Wins Murcer 5.2

Extra-Base Hits Murcer 70

Times on Base White 254

Offensive Win% Murcer .773

Hit By Pitch White 5

Sac. Hits Peterson 15

Sac. Flies Callison 5

Intentional Walks White 10

Grounded into Double Plays Munson 13

Caught Stealing Murcer 9

Power/Speed Number Murcer 16.5

At Bats per Strikeout Clarke 12.4

At Bats per Home Run Murcer 17.7

Outs Clarke 434

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ERA Kline 2.40

Wins Peterson 17

Won-Loss % Lyle .643

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kline 1.075

Hits Allowed/9IP Kline 8.00

Bases on Balls/9IP Peterson 1.58

Strikeouts/9IP Kekich 4.00

Games Lyle 59

Saves Lyle 35

Innings Stottlemyre 260.0

Strikeouts Stottlemyre 110

Games Started Stottlemyre 36

Comp. Games Peterson 12

Shutouts Stottlemyre 7

Home Runs Allow. Peterson 17

Bases On Balls Allow. Stottlemyre 85

Hits Allowed Peterson 270

SO to Walk Peterson 2.27

Losses Stottlemyre 18

Earned Runs Allow. Stottlemyre 93

Wild Pitches Kekich 9

Hit Batsmen Kline 10

Batters Faced Stottlemyre 1088

Games Finished Lyle 56

Adjusted ERA+ Kline 123

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