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1974 New York Yankees

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975

89-73, Finished 2nd in AL East (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Bill Virdon (89-73)
Scored 671 runs, Allowed 623 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76

Ballparks: Shea Stadium · Attendance: 1,273,075 (2nd of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 98, Pitching - 97

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1973 / 1975 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
Sandy Alomar 30 B R 5' 9" 140 Oct 19, 1943 11 76 75 76 76 0 0 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.4 $40,000
Fred Beene 31 B R 5' 9" 155 Nov 24, 1942 6 6 0 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Ron Blomberg 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Aug 23, 1948 5 90 71 90 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 19 60 13 5 2.1 $
Tom Buskey 27 R R 6' 3" 200 Feb 20, 1947 2 4 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Chris Chambliss 25 L R 6' 1" 195 Dec 26, 1948 4 110 103 110 106 0 0 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.0 $
Horace Clarke 34 B R 5' 9" 170 Jun 2, 1940 10 24 9 24 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 1 0.1 $
Jim Deidel 25 R R 6' 2" 195 Jun 6, 1949 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $8,000
Rick Dempsey 24 R R 6' 0" 190 Sep 13, 1949 6 43 25 43 32 0 31 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 12 2 0.8 $
Pat Dobson 32 R R 6' 3" 190 Feb 12, 1942 8 39 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.3 $58,000
Fernando Gonzalez 24 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1950 3 51 36 51 50 0 0 0 42 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 -0.7 $
Larry Gura 26 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 5 8 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.3 $
Jim Ray Hart 32 R R 5' 11" 185 Oct 30, 1941 12 10 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 -0.3 $25,000
Mike Hegan 31 L L 6' 1" 188 Jul 21, 1942 9 18 13 18 17 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 -0.1 $
Alex Johnson 31 R R 6' 0" 205 Dec 7, 1942 11 10 4 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 6 0 -0.1 $62,000
Steve Kline 26 R R 6' 3" 200 Oct 6, 1947 5 4 4 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
Sparky Lyle 29 L L 6' 1" 182 Jul 22, 1944 8 66 0 4 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.3 $87,500
Elliott Maddox 26 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 21, 1947 5 137 115 137 135 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 112 25 137 0 3 3 5.1 $23,000
Tippy Martinez 24 L L 5' 10" 180 May 31, 1950 1st 10 0 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Jim Mason 23 L R 6' 2" 185 Aug 14, 1950 4 152 144 152 152 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 $19,000
Rudy May 29 L L 6' 2" 205 Jul 18, 1944 7 17 15 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 $28,000
Sam McDowell 31 L L 6' 5" 190 Sep 21, 1942 14 13 7 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $67,500
Doc Medich 25 R R 6' 5" 225 Dec 9, 1948 3 39 38 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.0 $
Gene Michael 36 B R 6' 2" 183 Jun 2, 1938 9 81 52 81 80 0 0 0 45 2 39 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0.4 $55,000
Thurman Munson 27 R R 5' 11" 190 Jun 7, 1947 6 144 140 144 137 0 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 2.7 $63,000 All-Star
Bobby Murcer 28 L R 5' 11" 160 May 20, 1946 8 156 153 156 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 102 161 0 1 0 1.1 $110,000 All-Star
Larry Murray 21 B R 5' 11" 179 Apr 1, 1953 1st 6 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 3 0.0 $
Graig Nettles 29 L R 6' 0" 180 Aug 20, 1944 8 155 154 155 154 0 0 0 0 154 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.2 $
Dave Pagan 24 R R 6' 2" 175 Sep 15, 1949 2 16 6 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Fritz Peterson 32 B L 6' 0" 185 Feb 8, 1942 9 3 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $65,000
Lou Piniella 30 R R 6' 0" 182 Aug 28, 1943 8 140 134 140 130 0 0 1 0 0 0 99 0 34 133 6 4 0 3.1 $57,000
Rick Sawyer 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Apr 7, 1948 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Duke Sims 33 L R 6' 2" 197 Jun 5, 1941 11 5 3 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 -0.2 $50,000
Fred Stanley 26 R R 5' 10" 165 Aug 13, 1947 6 33 12 33 33 0 0 0 15 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 -0.2 $
Mel Stottlemyre 32 R R 6' 1" 178 Nov 13, 1941 11 19 15 3 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.6 $87,500
Bill Sudakis 28 B R 6' 1" 190 Mar 27, 1946 7 89 67 89 36 0 1 33 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 39 18 0 -0.5 $30,000
Dick Tidrow 27 R R 6' 4" 210 May 14, 1947 3 33 25 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Cecil Upshaw 31 R R 6' 6" 205 Oct 22, 1942 8 36 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Otto Velez 23 R R 6' 0" 170 Nov 29, 1950 2 27 22 27 25 0 0 21 0 2 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 -0.1 $
Mike Wallace 23 L L 6' 2" 190 Feb 3, 1951 2 23 1 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 $
Roy White 30 B R 5' 10" 160 Dec 27, 1943 10 136 115 136 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 67 0 0 67 53 21 0 3.0 $
Terry Whitfield 21 L R 6' 1" 197 Jan 12, 1953 1st 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 -0.2 $
Walt Williams 30 R R 5' 6" 165 Dec 19, 1943 9 43 6 43 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 13 26 5 16 9 -1.1 $32,000
Dick Woodson 29 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 30, 1945 5 8 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Ken Wright 27 R R 6' 2" 210 Sep 4, 1946 5 3 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $20,000
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

Roy White

Graig Nettles

Chris Chambliss

Sandy Alomar
Fred Stanley

Ron Blomberg

Walt Williams

Lou Piniella

Thurman Munson

Gene Michael

Mike Hegan
Larry Murray

Fritz Peterson
Dick Tidrow

Horace Clarke

Jim Mason

Alex Johnson

Otto Velez

Fernando Gonzalez

Elliott Maddox

Sparky Lyle

Tom Buskey
Dick Woodson

Mel Stottlemyre

Doc Medich

Pat Dobson

Steve Kline
Cecil Upshaw

Larry Gura

Tippy Martinez
Rick Sawyer

Duke Sims
Mike Wallace

Larry Gura
Ken Wright

Jim Deidel
Jim Ray Hart
Rudy May

Bill Sudakis

Rick Dempsey

Fred Beene

Sam McDowell

Terry Whitfield

Dave Pagan

1973 / 1975 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers