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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1972 / 1974)
80-82, Finished 4th in AL East
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Scored 641 runs, Allowed 610 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 85-77
Manager: Ralph Houk (80-82)
Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
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 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
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 Jerry Moses and Graig Nettles.
January 10, 1973
Drafted Craig Mitchell in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary), 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.
April 5, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Frank Baker to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Tom Matchick.
April 17, 1973 (Standings)
Released Casey Cox.
Purchased Jim Ray Hart from the San Francisco Giants.
May 7, 1973 (Standings)
Signed Mike Ferraro as a free agent.
June 5, 1973 (Standings)
Drafted Mike Heath in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Drafted Kerry Dineen in the 4th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Drafted La Marr Hoyt in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Drafted Garth Iorg in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
June 7, 1973 (Standings)
Purchased Sam McDowell from the San Francisco Giants.
Traded players to be named later, Wayne Nordhagen and Frank Tepedino to the Atlanta Braves. Received Pat Dobson. The New York Yankees sent Dave Cheadle (August 15, 1973) and Al Closter (September 5, 1973) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.
June 12, 1973 (Standings)
Traded Mike Kekich to the Cleveland Indians. Received Lowell Palmer.
July 30, 1973 (Standings)
Signed Jerry Kenney as a free agent.
August 7, 1973 (Standings)
Traded a player to be named later and cash to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Wayne Granger. The New York Yankees sent Ken Crosby (September 12, 1973) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
August 13, 1973 (Standings)
Sold Bernie Allen to the Montreal Expos.
August 18, 1973 (Standings)
Released Johnny Callison.
Received Mike Hegan from the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.
September 6, 1973 (Standings)
Felipe Alou selected by the Montreal Expos off waivers.
Sold Matty Alou to the St. Louis Cardinals.
September 24, 1973 (Standings)
Selected Duke Sims off waivers from the Detroit Tigers.
December 3, 1973
Drafted Billy Parker from the California Angels in the 1973 rule 5 draft.
December 6, 1973
Purchased Jim Mason from the Texas Rangers.
December 7, 1973
Purchased Bill Sudakis from the Texas Rangers.
Traded Lindy McDaniel to the Kansas City Royals. Received Lou Piniella and Ken Wright.
December 10, 1973
Released Hal Lanier.
December 11, 1973
Released Ron Swoboda.
January 9, 1974
Drafted Ken Phelps in the 1st round (11th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January), but did not sign the player.
March 19, 1974
As part of a 3-team trade, traded Jerry Moses to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ed Farmer from the Detroit Tigers and Rick Sawyer and Walt Williams from the Cleveland Indians. In addition, the Detroit Tigers sent Jim Perry to the Cleveland Indians.
March 21, 1974
Sold Ed Farmer to the Philadelphia Phillies.
March 23, 1974
Purchased Elliott Maddox from the Texas Rangers.
March 26, 1974
Released Wayne Granger.
