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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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| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |