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1973 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974

80-82, Finished 4th in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Ralph Houk (80-82)
Scored 641 runs, Allowed 610 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77

Ballparks: Yankee Stadium I · Attendance: 1,262,103 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 97, Pitching - 96 · one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

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1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Bernie Allen 34 L R 6' 0" 175 Apr 16, 1939 12 17 14 17 13 0 0 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 -0.1 $32,500
Felipe Alou 38 R R 6' 0" 195 May 12, 1935 16 93 71 93 88 0 0 67 0 0 0 1 1 23 25 1 16 3 -1.5 $
Matty Alou 34 L L 5' 9" 160 Dec 22, 1938 14 123 123 123 122 0 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 87 87 1 0 0 0.6 $70,000
Fred Beene 30 B R 5' 9" 155 Nov 24, 1942 5 19 4 0 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.4 $
Ron Blomberg 24 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1948 4 100 86 100 40 0 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56 14 0 2.3 $
Tom Buskey 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 20, 1947 1st 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Johnny Callison 34 L R 5' 10" 175 Mar 12, 1939 16 45 37 45 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 32 10 7 0 -1.8 $42,500
Horace Clarke 33 B R 5' 9" 170 Jun 2, 1940 9 148 141 148 147 0 0 0 147 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 -0.4 $42,500
Casey Cox 31 R R 6' 5" 200 Jul 3, 1941 8 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $30,000
Rick Dempsey 23 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 5 6 3 6 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -0.2 $12,500
Pat Dobson 31 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 12, 1942 7 22 21 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $
Wayne Granger 29 R R 6' 2" 165 Mar 15, 1944 6 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Jim Ray Hart 31 R R 5' 11" 185 Oct 30, 1941 11 114 91 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 23 0 -0.3 $24,500
Mike Hegan 30 L L 6' 1" 188 Jul 21, 1942 8 37 35 37 37 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 $30,000
Mike Kekich 28 R L 6' 1" 196 Apr 2, 1945 7 5 4 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 $
Steve Kline 25 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 6, 1947 4 14 13 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Hal Lanier 30 R R 6' 2" 180 Jul 4, 1942 10 35 22 35 35 0 0 0 8 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -0.4 $33,500
Sparky Lyle 28 L L 6' 1" 182 Jul 22, 1944 7 51 0 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.5 $70,000 All-Star
Jim Magnuson 26 R L 6' 2" 190 Aug 18, 1946 3 8 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Lindy McDaniel 37 R R 6' 3" 195 Dec 13, 1935 19 47 3 1 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.9 $48,000
Sam McDowell 30 L L 6' 5" 190 Sep 21, 1942 13 16 15 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.6 $75,000
Doc Medich 24 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 2 34 32 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.5 $
Gene Michael 35 B R 6' 2" 183 Jun 2, 1938 8 129 127 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.8 $55,000
Jerry Moses 26 R R 6' 3" 210 Aug 9, 1946 7 21 17 21 17 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.1 $28,000
Thurman Munson 26 R R 5' 11" 190 Jun 7, 1947 5 147 142 147 142 0 142 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 6.6 $ All-Star
Bobby Murcer 27 L R 5' 11" 160 May 20, 1946 7 160 160 160 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 0 160 0 0 0 4.2 $100,000 All-Star
Graig Nettles 28 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 7 160 159 160 157 0 0 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 4.7 $48,000
Dave Pagan 23 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 15, 1949 1st 4 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $6,000
Fritz Peterson 31 B L 6' 0" 185 Feb 8, 1942 8 31 31 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $75,000
Celerino Sanchez 29 R R 5' 11" 160 Feb 3, 1944 2 34 11 34 15 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 0 2 2 14 11 8 -0.4 $
Duke Sims 32 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 5, 1941 10 4 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.3 $
Fred Stanley 25 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 13, 1947 5 26 21 26 23 0 0 0 3 0 21 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0.0 $12,500
Mel Stottlemyre 31 R R 6' 1" 178 Nov 13, 1941 10 38 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 $
Ron Swoboda 29 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 30, 1944 9 35 10 35 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 12 20 15 3 12 -0.6 $
Otto Velez 22 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 29, 1950 1st 23 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 23 0 0 0 0.2 $7,800
Roy White 29 B R 5' 10" 160 Dec 27, 1943 9 162 162 162 162 0 0 0 0 0 0 162 0 0 162 0 0 0 2.3 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Bobby Murcer

Matty Alou

Roy White

Graig Nettles

Celerino Sanchez

Bernie Allen
Fred Stanley

Ron Blomberg

Ron Swoboda

Thurman Munson

Gene Michael

Mike Hegan
Mike Kekich
Dave Pagan

Fritz Peterson

Horace Clarke

Hal Lanier

Jerry Moses

Felipe Alou
Otto Velez

Johnny Callison

Sparky Lyle

Tom Buskey
Casey Cox
Sam McDowell

Mel Stottlemyre

Pat Dobson

Steve Kline

Wayne Granger
Jim Magnuson

Lindy McDaniel

Doc Medich

Jim Ray Hart

Wayne Granger

Rick Dempsey

Fred Beene

Sam McDowell

Dave Pagan
Duke Sims

1972 / 1974 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers