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1970 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1969/1971)
93-69, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 680 runs, Allowed 612 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 89-73
Managed by Ralph Houk

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,136,879 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  (one-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 93
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C   Thurman Munson      23  132  453   59  137  25  4   6   53  57   56  .302  .386  .415   5   7  13   7   5   4   6  126
1B  Danny Cater         30  155  582   64  175  26  5   6   76  34   44  .301  .340  .393   4   2  19   2   1   2   6  107
2B #Horace Clarke       30  158  686   81  172  24  2   4   46  35   35  .251  .286  .309  23   7  12   2   2   7   5   68
3B *Jerry Kenney        25  140  404   46   78  10  7   4   35  52   44  .193  .284  .282  20   6  11   0   3   2   2   61
SS #Gene Michael        32  134  435   42   93  10  1   2   38  50   93  .214  .292  .255   3   1   8   0   4   4   5   56
LF #Roy White           26  162  609  109  180  30  6  22   94  95   66  .296  .387  .473  24  10  13   0   1   7  11  142
CF *Bobby Murcer        24  159  581   95  146  23  3  23   78  87  100  .251  .348  .420  15  10   7   2   4   6   5  116
RF *Curt Blefary        26   99  269   34   57   6  0   9   37  43   37  .212  .324  .335   1   3   6   3   0   3   3   87
    John Ellis          21   78  226   24   56  12  1   7   29  18   47  .248  .305  .403   0   1   5   2   0   3   0   98
    Ron Woods           27   95  225   30   51   5  3   8   27  33   35  .227  .324  .382   4   2  10   0   3   1   3   99
   *Jake Gibbs          31   49  153   23   46   9  2   8   26   7   14  .301  .331  .542   2   0   4   1   0   2   1  143
   *Jim Lyttle          24   87  126   20   39   7  1   3   14  10   26  .310  .355  .452   3   6   2   0   2   2   1  127
   *Frank Baker         23   35  117    6   27   4  1   0   11  14   26  .231  .323  .282   1   2   1   2   0   0   0   73
    Ron Hansen          32   59   91   13   27   4  0   4   14  19    9  .297  .420  .473   0   1   1   1   1   1   0  152
   *Pete Ward           32   66   77    5   20   2  2   1   18   9   17  .260  .333  .377   0   0   1   0   0   1   0  100
    Bobby Mitchell      26   10   22    1    5   2  0   0    4   2    3  .227  .320  .318   0   2   0   1   0   0   0   81
   *Frank Tepedino      22   16   19    2    6   2  0   0    2   1    2  .316  .350  .421   0   1   1   0   0   0   0  117

   #Fritz Peterson      28   39   90    7   20   3  0   2    7   0   24  .222  .228  .322   0   0   0   1   7   1   0   54
    Mel Stottlemyre     28   38   85    8   16   2  2   2    7  14   25  .188  .303  .329   0   0   0   0   3   0   0   79
    Stan Bahnsen        25   36   74    3   11   0  1   0    1   2   34  .149  .171  .176   0   0   0   0   8   0   0   -2
    Mike Kekich         25   26   32    2    3   0  0   0    2   2    7  .094  .147  .094   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -30
    Steve Kline         22   16   28    3    5   0  0   0    2   4   10  .179  .303  .179   0   0   0   1   4   0   0   40
    Lindy McDaniel      34   62   24    2    4   1  0   0    2   0    7  .167  .167  .208   0   0   0   0   1   0   0    5
    Ron Klimkowski      26   45   19    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    9  .053  .053  .053   0   0   0   0   4   0   0  -70
    John Cumberland     23   15   17    0    1   0  0   0    2   0   12  .059  .059  .059   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -67
    Jack Aker           29   41   16    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    6  .063  .063  .063   0   0   1   0   1   0   0  -65
    Gary Waslewski      28   26   10    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    9  .100  .100  .100   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -43
   *Steve Hamilton      34   35    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Bill Burbach        22    4    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    4  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
   *Mike McCormick      31    9    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0    3  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   13
    Rob Gardner         25    1    3    0    1   1  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .667   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  176
    Joe Verbanic        27    7    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .333  .333  .333   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   89
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.0  163 5492  680 1381 208 41 111  627 588  808  .251  .324  .365 105  61 115  25  60  46  48  100
    Rank among 12 AL teams         6    4    6   4  1  11        6   12     5     3     7   2   3                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP *Fritz Peterson      28  39   2.90  20  11  0  37   0   8   2  260.3  247  102   84  24   40  127 1051   2   3  1   6 122
SP  Mel Stottlemyre     28  37   3.09  15  13  0  37   0  14   0  271.0  262  110   93  23   84  126 1136  10   6  0   8 114
SP  Stan Bahnsen        25  36   3.33  14  11  0  35   0   6   2  232.7  227  100   86  23   75  116  977   3   2  0   4 106
SP  Steve Kline         22  16   3.41   6   6  0  15   0   5   0  100.3   99   42   38   8   24   49  420   1   0  0   3 104
SP *Mike Kekich         25  26   4.83   6   3  0  14   4   1   0   98.7  103   59   53  12   55   63  446   4   1  0   3  73
SP *John Cumberland     23  15   3.94   3   4  0   8   5   1   0   64.0   62   31   28   9   15   38  266   1   0  1   3  90

CL  Lindy McDaniel      34  62   2.01   9   5 29   0  51   0   0  111.7   88   29   25   7   23   81  436   3   0  0   5 175
RP  Ron Klimkowski      26  45   2.65   6   7  1   3  10   1   1   98.3   80   36   29   7   33   40  399   2   3  0   7 133
RP  Jack Aker           29  41   2.06   4   2 16   0  28   0   0   70.0   57   19   16   3   20   36  284   1   4  0   5 172
RP *Steve Hamilton      34  35   2.78   4   3  3   0  16   0   0   45.3   36   16   14   3   16   33  186   2   1  0   5 127
RP  Gary Waslewski      28  26   3.11   2   2  0   5   5   0   0   55.0   42   20   19   4   27   27  229   1   4  0   4 114

   *Mike McCormick      31   9   6.10   2   0  0   4   3   0   0   20.7   26   15   14   2   13   12  101   0   0  0   1  58
    Bill Burbach        22   4  10.26   0   2  0   4   0   0   0   16.7   23   19   19   2    9   10   83   2   1  0   0  34
    Joe Verbanic        27   7   4.60   1   0  0   0   3   0   0   15.7   20    9    8   1   12    8   78   0   1  0   0  77
   *Rob Gardner         25   1   4.91   1   0  0   1   0   0   0    7.3    8    4    4   2    4    6   33   0   0  0   0  72
    Loyd Colson         22   1   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    3    1    1   0    0    3    9   0   0  0   0  78
   *Gary Jones          25   2   0.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    2.0    3    0    0   0    1    2    9   0   0  0   0    
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.4 163   3.24  93  69 49 163 127  36   6 1471.0 1386  612  530 130  451  777 6143  32  26  2  54 109
    Rank among 12 AL teams          3   3  10  2           3  10      2    8    4        1    1   11

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- TMunson 1092 119 125 631 80 8 11 .989 10 24 31 33 JGibbs 360 42 44 208 19 3 1 .987 1 8 10 7 JEllis 19 2 2 12 1 0 0 1.000 1 0 0 1 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1471 163 163 851 100 11 12 .989 12 32 41 41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .991 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- DCater 938 99 131 981 70 8 79 .992 10.08 JEllis 397 49 53 449 37 4 35 .992 11.01 PWard 82 10 13 83 3 0 7 1.000 9.44 CBlefary 45 4 6 56 2 0 9 1.000 11.60 FTepedino 9 1 1 10 0 0 0 1.000 10.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 1579 112 12 130 .993 10.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 *5.35 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HClarke 1417 157 157 379 478 18 95 .979 5.44 GMichael 27 3 3 11 9 0 1 1.000 6.67 JKenney 18 2 2 3 7 0 1 1.000 5.00 RHansen 9 1 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 393 496 18 97 .980 5.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .949 *3.07 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKenney 1031 107 135 111 300 17 18 .960 3.59 DCater 337 42 42 24 83 8 10 .930 2.86 RHansen 50 8 11 5 16 0 1 1.000 3.78 JEllis 41 5 5 0 3 1 0 .750 0.66 GMichael 12 1 4 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 140 404 26 29 .954 3.33 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .967 *4.94 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMichael 1073 120 123 248 379 28 78 .957 5.26 FBaker 292 32 35 62 118 5 22 .973 5.55 RHansen 106 11 15 20 39 1 6 .983 5.01 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 330 536 34 106 .962 5.30 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RWhite 1450 161 161 313 6 2 0 .994 1.98 RWoods 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 FTepedino 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 JLyttle 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 314 6 2 0 .994 1.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .985 *2.62 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMurcer 1382 152 155 376 15 3 3 .992 2.55 RWoods 59 8 9 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.68 BMitchell 17 2 2 8 0 0 0 1.000 4.24 JLyttle 13 1 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 4.06 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 401 15 3 3 .993 2.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CBlefary 584 75 79 99 0 3 0 .971 1.53 RWoods 484 46 70 103 5 3 1 .973 2.01 JLyttle 330 32 66 77 2 1 0 .987 2.15 DCater 43 7 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.51 BMitchell 29 3 5 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.72 RWhite 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 303 7 7 1 .978 1.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.14 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RWhite 1451 161 161 315 6 2 0 .994 1.99 BMurcer 1382 152 155 375 15 3 3 .992 2.54 CBlefary 584 75 79 103 1 3 0 .972 1.60 RWoods 553 55 78 108 6 3 1 .974 1.86 JLyttle 347 33 70 84 2 1 0 .989 2.23 BMitchell 46 5 7 20 0 0 0 1.000 3.91 DCater 43 7 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 FTepedino 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1471 163 163 1016 30 12 4 .989 2.13 163 163 163 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MStottlemyr 271 37 37 22 51 1 3 .986 2.42 FPeterson 260 37 39 12 52 3 7 .955 2.21 SBahnsen 232 35 36 17 40 4 3 .934 2.20 LMcDaniel 112 0 62 7 19 3 2 .897 2.09 SKline 100 15 16 14 14 0 2 1.000 2.51 MKekich 98 14 26 5 10 2 0 .882 1.37 RKlimkowski 98 3 45 5 18 1 0 .958 2.11 JAker 69 0 41 4 11 1 0 .937 1.94 JCumberland 64 8 15 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.12 GWaslewski 55 5 26 7 10 1 0 .944 2.78 SHamilton 45 0 35 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.79 MMcCormick 20 4 9 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.87 BBurbach 16 4 4 0 2 1 0 .667 1.08 JVerbanic 15 0 7 2 7 0 0 1.000 5.16 RGardner 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23 GJones 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LColson 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1471 163 163 98 251 17 17 .954 2.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

Team Leaders
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Batting Average Munson .302

On-base % White .387

Slugging % White .473

OPS White .860

Games White 162

At Bats Clarke 686

Plate Appearances (approx.) Clarke 732

Runs White 109

Hits White 180

Total Bases White 288

Doubles White 30

Triples Kenney 7

Home Runs Murcer 23

RBI White 94

Bases on Balls White 95

Strikeouts Murcer 100

Stolen Bases White 24

Singles Clarke 142

Adjusted OPS+ White 142

Runs Created White 116

Adjusted Batting Runs White 38

Batting Wins White 3.8

Extra-Base Hits White 58

Times on Base White 275

Offensive Win% White .697

Hit By Pitch Munson 7

Sac. Hits Bahnsen 8

Sac. Flies Clarke and White 7

Intentional Walks White 11

Grounded into Double Plays Cater 19

Caught Stealing Murcer and White 10

Power/Speed Number White 23.0

At Bats per Strikeout Clarke 19.6

At Bats per Home Run Murcer 25.3

Outs Clarke 542

Pitching Click for All-Time Franchise Leaders

ERA Peterson 2.90

Wins Peterson 20

Won-Loss % Peterson .645

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Peterson 1.102

Hits Allowed/9IP Peterson 8.54

Bases on Balls/9IP Peterson 1.38

Strikeouts/9IP Bahnsen 4.49

Games McDaniel 62

Saves McDaniel 29

Innings Stottlemyre 271.0

Strikeouts Peterson 127

Games Started Peterson and Stottlemyre 37

Comp. Games Stottlemyre 14

Shutouts Bahnsen and Peterson 2

Home Runs Allow. Peterson 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Stottlemyre 84

Hits Allowed Stottlemyre 262

SO to Walk Peterson 3.18

Losses Stottlemyre 13

Earned Runs Allow. Stottlemyre 93

Wild Pitches Stottlemyre 10

Hit Batsmen Stottlemyre 6

Batters Faced Stottlemyre 1136

Games Finished McDaniel 51

Adjusted ERA+ Peterson 122

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Fritz Peterson
Mel Stottlemyre
Roy White

1969/1971

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