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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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Team Batting

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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
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
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* - 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 11 4 3 11 11 5 6 3 4 12
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
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* - 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 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.18 0.48 P
Wade Blasingame 28 12 1 17.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 5.82 0.92 P
Steve Blateric 28 1 0 4.0 1 0 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 3.86 0.50 P
Casey Cox 30 5 1 11.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.39 0.75 P
Larry Gowell 24 2 1 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.29 0.50 P
Rich Hinton 25 7 3 16.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.08 0.29 P
Mike Kekich 27 29 28 175.1 30 4 26 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.72 0.38 P
Steve Kline 24 32 32 236.1 77 20 50 7 3 .909 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 1.25 0.25 P
Lindy McDaniel 36 37 0 68.0 20 5 14 1 2 .950 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 2.05 1.63 P
Jim Roland 29 16 0 25.0 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 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 0.0 0.0 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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