1971 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1971 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1970/1972)
82-80, Finished 4th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 648 runs, Allowed 641 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 82-80
Managed by Ralph Houk

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,070,771 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 94, Pitching - 94
  (one-year): Batting - 97, Pitching - 97
  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      24  125  451   71  113  15  4  10   42  52   65  .251  .335  .368   6   5  10   7   4   3   1  105
1B  John Ellis          22   83  238   16   58  12  1   3   34  23   42  .244  .322  .340   0   0  12   6   1   3   5   93
2B #Horace Clarke       31  159  625   76  156  23  7   2   41  64   43  .250  .321  .318  17   7  14   2   4   1   2   87
3B *Jerry Kenney        26  120  325   50   85  10  3   0   20  56   38  .262  .368  .311   9   8  10   1   9   4   3  100
SS #Gene Michael        33  139  456   36  102  15  0   3   35  48   64  .224  .299  .276   3   3  17   3   3   4   8   69
LF #Roy White           27  147  524   86  153  22  7  19   84  86   66  .292  .388  .469  14   7  10   7   0  17   7  149
CF *Bobby Murcer        25  146  529   94  175  25  6  25   94  91   60  .331  .427  .543  14   8   9   0   1   3  13  181
RF  Felipe Alou         36  131  461   52  133  20  6   8   69  32   24  .289  .334  .410   5   5  15   2   1   5   3  116
    Danny Cater         31  121  428   39  118  16  5   4   50  19   25  .276  .308  .364   0   3  18   2   4   3   4   95
   *Jake Gibbs          32   70  206   23   45   9  0   5   21  12   23  .218  .270  .335   2   2   3   3   2   1   1   76
   *Ron Blomberg        22   64  199   30   64   6  2   7   31  14   23  .322  .363  .477   2   4   2   0   1   2   3  143
    Ron Hansen          33   61  145    6   30   3  0   2   20   9   27  .207  .245  .269   0   0   5   0   0   5   2   50
    Ron Swoboda         27   54  138   17   36   2  1   2   20  27   35  .261  .391  .333   0   0   4   3   1   1   1  113
   *Jim Lyttle          25   49   86    7   17   5  0   1    7   8   18  .198  .271  .291   0   2   3   1   1   1   2   64
   *Frank Baker         24   43   79    9   11   2  0   0    2  16   22  .139  .281  .165   3   0   2   0   2   1   3   33
   *Curt Blefary        27   21   36    4    7   1  0   1    2   3    5  .194  .256  .306   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   63
    Ron Woods           28   25   32    4    8   1  0   1    2   4    2  .250  .333  .375   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  106
   #Rusty Torres        22    9   26    5   10   3  0   2    3   0    8  .385  .385  .731   0   1   0   0   0   0   0  219
    Danny Walton        23    5   14    1    2   0  0   1    2   0    7  .143  .143  .357   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   42
   *Frank Tepedino      23    6    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
    Len Boehmer         30    3    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Mel Stottlemyre     29   35   94    6   16   1  0   1   11   5   29  .170  .210  .213   0   0   1   0   3   1   0   24
   #Fritz Peterson      29   37   85    2    7   1  0   0    8   5   22  .082  .132  .094   0   0   2   0  14   1   0  -33
    Stan Bahnsen        26   36   79    6   12   2  1   0    3   1   32  .152  .163  .203   0   0   0   0   8   0   0    6
    Steve Kline         23   31   66    6    9   1  0   0    1   4   16  .136  .186  .152   0   0   1   0   5   0   0   -1
    Mike Kekich         26   37   52    2    8   0  0   0    4   2   11  .154  .185  .154   0   0   0   0   8   0   0    0
    Lindy McDaniel      35   44    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    2  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   1   0   0  -35
   *Al Closter          28   14    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
    Jim Hardin          27   12    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Jack Aker           30   41    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    3  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   3   0   0 -100
    Bill Burbach        23    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Roger Hambright     22   18    2    0    1   0  0   0    1   0    1  .500  .500  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  193
   *Gary Jones          26   12    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Gary Waslewski      29   24    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    1  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4  162 5413  648 1377 195 43  97  607 581  717  .254  .327  .360  75  55 140  37  77  56  58  109
    Rank among 12 AL teams         6    6    5   8  1   9        2   12     3     2     7   5   2                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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      29  37   3.05  15  13  1  35   2  16   4  274.0  269  106   93  25   42  139 1104   6   4  1   7 107
SP  Mel Stottlemyre     29  35   2.87  16  12  0  35   0  19   7  269.7  234  100   86  16   69  132 1091   5   4  0   6 114
SP  Stan Bahnsen        26  36   3.35  14  12  0  34   2  14   3  242.0  221   99   90  20   72  110  993   9   5  1   8  97
SP  Steve Kline         23  31   2.96  12  13  0  30   0  15   1  222.3  206   87   73  21   37   81  888   3   0  1   7 110
SP *Mike Kekich         26  37   4.07  10   9  0  24   5   3   0  170.3  167   89   77  13   82   93  748   8   4  0  11  80

RP  Lindy McDaniel      35  44   5.04   5  10  4   0  28   0   0   69.7   82   41   39  12   24   39  310   5   0  0   6  65
RP  Jack Aker           30  41   2.59   4   4  4   0  20   0   0   55.7   48   20   16   3   26   24  237   3   0  0   9 126
RP  Gary Waslewski      29  24   3.28   0   1  1   0   8   0   0   35.7   28   15   13   2   16   17  151   1   1  0   2  99
RP  Roger Hambright     22  18   4.39   3   1  2   0  14   0   0   26.7   22   13   13   5   10   14  110   2   0  0   2  74

    Jim Hardin          27  12   5.08   0   2  0   3   3   0   0   28.3   35   19   16   3    9   14  126   2   1  0   3  64
   *Al Closter          28  14   5.08   2   2  0   1   1   0   0   28.3   33   22   16   4   13   22  135   2   2  0   7  64
   *Gary Jones          26  12   9.00   0   0  0   0   5   0   0   14.0   19   14   14   1    7   10   69   0   0  0   1  36
   *Terry Ley           24   6   5.00   0   0  0   0   5   0   0    9.0    9    9    5   1    9    7   49   0   2  0   2  65
    Bill Burbach        23   2  10.80   0   1  0   0   1   0   0    3.3    6    6    4   0    5    3   22   2   0  0   2  30
   *Rob Gardner         26   2   3.00   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    3.0    3    1    1   0    2    2   13   0   0  0   0 109
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.3 162   3.43  82  80 12 162  95  67  15 1452.0 1382  641  553 126  423  707 6046  48  23  3  73  95
    Rank among 12 AL teams          7   6   7 12           2   4      4   10    7        5    2   12

    * - 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 1019 114 117 547 67 1 4 .998 9 45 23 36 JGibbs 431 48 51 229 12 3 1 .988 1 3 15 5 JEllis 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 162 162 776 79 4 5 .995 10 48 38 41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JEllis 539 64 65 625 35 7 66 .990 11.02 DCater 535 57 78 564 62 3 54 .995 10.52 FAlou 348 37 42 377 20 2 23 .995 10.26 CBlefary 29 4 4 41 2 0 1 1.000 13.34 JKenney 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 1607 119 12 144 .993 10.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *5.31 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HClarke 1381 153 156 386 455 16 97 .981 5.48 RHansen 62 8 9 28 17 2 7 .957 6.53 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 414 472 18 104 .980 5.49 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .956 *3.04 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKenney 818 88 109 69 237 15 20 .953 3.37 DCater 409 49 52 41 111 10 7 .938 3.34 RHansen 216 24 30 16 51 6 9 .918 2.79 LBoehmer 8 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 127 400 31 36 .944 3.27 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.90 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMichael 1149 128 136 243 474 20 88 .973 5.62 FBaker 255 29 38 53 97 8 28 .949 5.29 JKenney 27 3 5 5 12 0 4 1.000 5.67 RHansen 21 2 3 8 4 0 0 1.000 5.14 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 309 587 28 120 .970 5.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 *1.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RWhite 1284 145 145 313 7 0 1 1.000 2.24 FAlou 64 6 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.55 RSwoboda 57 6 7 14 0 1 0 .933 2.21 RWoods 22 2 3 8 0 1 0 .889 3.27 JLyttle 14 2 3 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.06 DWalton 8 1 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 FTepedino 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 354 7 2 1 .994 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 *2.73 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMurcer 1258 140 143 317 10 5 1 .985 2.34 FAlou 144 18 20 36 0 1 0 .973 2.24 JLyttle 32 2 6 11 0 0 0 1.000 3.09 RTorres 9 1 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 RSwoboda 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 367 10 6 1 .984 2.34 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.05 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FAlou 454 49 56 81 3 1 0 .988 1.66 RBlomberg 450 49 57 94 1 3 1 .969 1.90 RSwoboda 289 34 40 65 2 2 0 .971 2.08 JLyttle 146 17 20 31 1 0 0 1.000 1.97 CBlefary 37 5 6 6 0 1 0 .857 1.46 RTorres 34 4 4 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.65 DWalton 20 3 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.45 RWoods 20 1 6 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 TMunson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 293 7 7 1 .977 1.86 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.24 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RWhite 1284 145 145 306 8 0 1 1.000 2.20 BMurcer 1258 140 143 317 10 5 1 .985 2.34 FAlou 663 73 80 129 3 2 0 .985 1.79 RBlomberg 450 49 57 96 1 3 1 .970 1.94 RSwoboda 354 41 47 80 2 3 0 .965 2.08 JLyttle 192 21 29 47 1 0 0 1.000 2.24 RTorres 43 5 5 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.72 RWoods 42 3 9 13 0 1 0 .929 2.79 CBlefary 37 5 6 6 1 1 0 .875 1.70 DWalton 28 4 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 FTepedino 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 TMunson 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1452 162 162 1012 26 15 3 .986 2.14 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .958 *1.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- FPeterson 274 35 37 14 54 1 7 .986 2.23 MStottlemyr 269 35 35 23 55 4 6 .951 2.60 SBahnsen 242 34 36 18 55 4 5 .948 2.71 SKline 222 30 31 24 49 1 1 .986 2.96 MKekich 170 24 37 5 37 0 1 1.000 2.22 LMcDaniel 69 0 44 2 14 0 0 1.000 2.07 JAker 56 0 41 10 12 3 0 .880 3.54 GWaslewski 35 0 24 3 5 0 0 1.000 2.02 JHardin 28 3 12 4 2 0 0 1.000 1.91 ACloster 28 1 14 0 8 1 0 .889 2.54 RHambright 26 0 18 1 5 0 1 1.000 2.02 GJones 14 0 12 1 1 1 0 .667 1.29 TLey 9 0 6 1 3 1 0 .800 4.00 BBurbach 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 RGardner 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1452 162 162 106 300 17 21 .960 2.52 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

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.

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Batting Average Murcer .331

On-base % Murcer .427

Slugging % Murcer .543

OPS Murcer .970

Games Clarke 159

At Bats Clarke 625

Plate Appearances (approx.) Clarke 696

Runs Murcer 94

Hits Murcer 175

Total Bases Murcer 287

Doubles Murcer 25

Triples Clarke and White 7

Home Runs Murcer 25

RBI Murcer 94

Bases on Balls Murcer 91

Strikeouts White 66

Stolen Bases Clarke 17

Singles Clarke 124

Adjusted OPS+ Murcer 181

Runs Created Murcer 126

Adjusted Batting Runs Murcer 59

Batting Wins Murcer 6.1

Extra-Base Hits Murcer 56

Times on Base Murcer 266

Offensive Win% Murcer .814

Hit By Pitch Munson and White 7

Sac. Hits Peterson 14

Sac. Flies White 17

Intentional Walks Murcer 13

Grounded into Double Plays Cater 18

Caught Stealing Kenney and Murcer 8

Power/Speed Number Murcer 17.9

At Bats per Strikeout Clarke 14.5

At Bats per Home Run Murcer 21.2

Outs Clarke 495

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ERA Stottlemyre 2.87

Wins Stottlemyre 16

Won-Loss % Stottlemyre .571

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Kline 1.093

Hits Allowed/9IP Stottlemyre 7.81

Bases on Balls/9IP Peterson 1.38

Strikeouts/9IP Kekich 4.91

Games McDaniel 44

Saves Aker and McDaniel 4

Innings Peterson 274.0

Strikeouts Peterson 139

Games Started Peterson and Stottlemyre 35

Comp. Games Stottlemyre 19

Shutouts Stottlemyre 7

Home Runs Allow. Peterson 25

Bases On Balls Allow. Kekich 82

Hits Allowed Peterson 269

SO to Walk Peterson 3.31

Losses Kline and Peterson 13

Earned Runs Allow. Peterson 93

Wild Pitches Bahnsen 9

Hit Batsmen Bahnsen 5

Batters Faced Peterson 1104

Games Finished McDaniel 28

Adjusted ERA+ Stottlemyre 114

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1970/1972

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