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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

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Attendance: 966,328 (4th of 12)
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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 Stats / Schedule / Transactions (1971/1973) / Lineups / Batting Orders / SplitsBat / Pitch / GamelogsBat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

November 29, 1971

Drafted Jim Magnuson from the Chicago White Sox in the 1971 rule 5 draft.

December 2, 1971

Traded Terry Ley and Gary Jones to the Texas Rangers. Received Bernie Allen.

Traded Stan Bahnsen to the Chicago White Sox. Received Rich McKinney.

December 6, 1971

Traded Ossie Chavarria to the Mexico City Tigers (Mexican). Received Celerino Sanchez.

January 12, 1972

Drafted Rick Anderson in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

Drafted Larry Wolfe in the 4th round of the 1972 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), 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 Graig Nettles and Jerry Moses.

January 10, 1973

Drafted Craig Mitchell in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), 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.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

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