1972 New York Yankees Statistics

1971 Season 1973 Season

Record: 79-76-0, Finished 4th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Ralph Houk (79-76)

General Manager: Lee MacPhail

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I

Attendance: 966,328 (4th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 97, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92

Pythagorean W-L: 81-74, 557 Runs, 527 Runs Allowed

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Top 12 Players

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Team Batting

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Team Batting
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	C	Thurman Munson	25	140	568	511	54	143	16	3	7	46	6	7	47	58	.280	.343	.364	.707	114	186	13	3	4	2	5
2	1B	Ron Blomberg*	23	107	341	299	36	80	22	1	14	49	0	2	38	26	.268	.355	.488	.843	153	146	4	3	0	1	4
3	2B	Horace Clarke#	33	147	613	547	65	132	20	2	3	37	18	6	56	44	.241	.315	.302	.616	87	165	7	4	3	3	4
4	SS	Gene Michael#	34	126	430	391	29	91	7	4	1	32	4	2	32	45	.233	.290	.279	.568	72	109	11	1	2	4	4
5	3B	Celerino Sánchez	28	71	269	250	18	62	8	3	0	21	0	0	12	30	.248	.292	.304	.596	80	76	9	4	2	1	1
6	LF	Roy White#	28	155	666	556	76	150	29	0	10	54	23	7	99	59	.270	.384	.376	.760	130	209	11	5	4	2	10
7	CF	Bobby Murcer*	26	153	654	585	102	171	30	7	33	96	11	9	63	67	.292	.361	.537	.898	169	314	6	2	0	4	7
8	RF	Johnny Callison*	33	92	300	275	28	71	10	0	9	34	3	0	18	34	.258	.299	.393	.691	108	108	6	0	2	5	1
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
9	1B	Felipe Alou	37	120	351	324	33	90	18	1	6	37	1	0	22	27	.278	.326	.395	.721	117	128	8	2	1	2	1
10	IF	Bernie Allen*	33	84	248	220	26	50	9	0	9	22	0	1	23	42	.227	.296	.391	.686	106	86	4	0	1	4	4
11	RF	Rusty Torres#	23	80	219	199	15	42	7	0	3	13	0	4	18	44	.211	.280	.291	.571	73	58	2	1	1	0	3
12	C	John Ellis	23	52	144	136	13	40	5	1	5	25	0	0	8	22	.294	.333	.456	.789	137	62	9	0	0	0	0
13	SS	Jerry Kenney*	27	50	136	119	16	25	2	0	0	7	3	0	16	13	.210	.304	.227	.531	62	27	7	0	1	0	2
14	RF	Ron Swoboda	28	63	133	113	9	28	8	0	1	12	0	1	17	29	.248	.341	.345	.686	108	39	1	0	1	2	1
15	3B	Rich McKinney	25	37	128	121	10	26	2	0	1	7	1	0	7	13	.215	.258	.256	.514	56	31	6	0	0	0	0
16	3B	Hal Lanier	29	60	107	103	5	22	3	0	0	6	1	2	2	13	.214	.234	.243	.476	44	25	3	1	0	1	0
17	RF	Charlie Spikes	21	14	35	34	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	13	.147	.171	.176	.348	5	6	0	0	0	0	0
18		Frank Tepedino*	24	8	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
19	P	Fritz Peterson#	30	35	100	82	6	19	1	0	0	9	0	0	3	14	.232	.259	.244	.503	53	20	1	0	15	0	0
20	P	Mel Stottlemyre	30	37	94	80	3	16	2	1	0	7	0	0	3	18	.200	.247	.250	.497	51	20	2	2	9	0	0
21	P	Steve Kline	24	32	93	76	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	.092	.148	.092	.240	-26	7	2	1	12	0	0
22	P	Mike Kekich	27	29	65	59	3	8	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	14	.136	.136	.169	.305	-8	10	0	0	6	0	0
23	P	Rob Gardner	27	20	33	28	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	.107	.107	.107	.214	-35	3	0	0	5	0	0
24	P	Sparky Lyle*	27	59	24	21	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.190	.227	.238	.465	41	5	0	0	2	0	0
25	P	Fred Beene#	29	30	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Lindy McDaniel	36	37	8	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	.286	.286	.714	1.000	195	5	0	0	1	0	0
27	P	Ron Klimkowski	28	16	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Wade Blasingame*	28	12	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	7	0	0	0	1	0	0
29	P	Rich Hinton*	25	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Doc Medich	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Larry Gowell	24	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	791	2	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Jim Roland	29	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Steve Blateric	28	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Al Closter*	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Casey Cox	30	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	1	0	0
36	P	Jack Aker	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	28.8	155	5795	5168	557	1288	202	24	103	526	71	42	491	689	.249	.316	.357	.674	103	1847	112	29	74	31	47
		Rank in 12 AL teams				5	6	3	3	9	5		6	6	6	1	2	3	3	3		3		9		8
		Non-Pitcher Totals	28.9	155	5350	4791	537	1228	197	22	102	501	71	42	479	580	.256	.325	.370	.696	110	1775	107	26	22	31	47
		Pitcher Totals	27.9	155	445	377	20	60	5	2	1	25	0	0	12	109	.159	.191	.191	.382	16	72	5	3	52	0	0
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB

Team Pitching

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Team Pitching
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	SP	Mel Stottlemyre	30	14	18	.438	3.22	36	36	0	9	7	0	260.0	250	99	93	13	85	13	110	4	0	6	1088	92	3.23	1.288	8.7	0.5	2.9	3.8	1.29
2	SP	Fritz Peterson*	30	17	15	.531	3.24	35	35	0	12	3	0	250.1	270	98	90	17	44	5	100	5	1	7	1042	91	3.07	1.254	9.7	0.6	1.6	3.6	2.27
3	SP	Steve Kline	24	16	9	.640	2.40	32	32	0	11	4	0	236.1	210	79	63	11	44	6	58	10	0	1	956	123	3.20	1.075	8.0	0.4	1.7	2.2	1.32
4	SP	Mike Kekich*	27	10	13	.435	3.70	29	28	0	2	0	0	175.1	172	77	72	13	76	5	78	4	0	9	748	80	3.84	1.414	8.8	0.7	3.9	4.0	1.03
5	SP	Rob Gardner*	27	8	5	.615	3.06	20	14	3	1	0	0	97.0	91	43	33	9	28	3	58	0	0	5	408	97	3.28	1.227	8.4	0.8	2.6	5.4	2.07
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
6	CL	Sparky Lyle*	27	9	5	.643	1.92	59	0	56	0	0	35	107.2	84	25	23	3	29	7	75	0	0	5	427	154	2.18	1.050	7.0	0.3	2.4	6.3	2.59
7	RP	Lindy McDaniel	36	3	1	.750	2.25	37	0	25	0	0	0	68.0	54	23	17	4	25	5	47	0	0	3	279	132	2.88	1.162	7.1	0.5	3.3	6.2	1.88
8	RP	Fred Beene	29	1	3	.250	2.34	29	1	11	0	0	3	57.2	55	21	15	3	24	5	37	1	0	3	242	127	3.09	1.370	8.6	0.5	3.7	5.8	1.54
9	RP	Ron Klimkowski	28	0	3	.000	4.02	16	2	3	0	0	1	31.1	32	15	14	3	15	7	11	1	0	1	137	75	4.47	1.500	9.2	0.9	4.3	3.2	0.73
10	RP	Jim Roland*	29	0	1	.000	5.04	16	0	10	0	0	0	25.0	27	14	14	3	16	1	13	1	0	0	116	60	4.96	1.720	9.7	1.1	5.8	4.7	0.81
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
11		Wade Blasingame*	28	0	1	.000	4.24	12	1	4	0	0	0	17.0	14	8	8	5	11	1	7	1	0	2	72	72	7.52	1.471	7.4	2.6	5.8	3.7	0.64
12		Rich Hinton*	25	1	0	1.000	4.86	7	3	2	0	0	0	16.2	20	11	9	2	8	2	13	0	0	4	79	63	3.84	1.680	10.8	1.1	4.3	7.0	1.63
13		Casey Cox	30	0	1	.000	4.63	5	1	1	0	0	0	11.2	13	6	6	0	3	1	4	2	0	0	52	67	3.00	1.371	10.0	0.0	2.3	3.1	1.33
14		Larry Gowell	24	0	1	.000	1.29	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	24	246	1.26	0.714	3.9	0.0	2.6	9.0	3.50
15		Jack Aker	31	0	0		3.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	26	107	4.07	1.333	7.5	0.0	4.5	1.5	0.33
16		Steve Blateric	28	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	14		0.40	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
17		Al Closter*	29	0	0		11.57	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	3	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	12	31	11.40	2.571	7.7	3.9	15.4	7.7	0.50
18		Doc Medich	23	0	0		inf	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	9							0.00
		Team Totals	28.2	79	76	.510	3.05	155	155	120	35	14	39	1373.1	1306	527	465	87	419	61	625	30	1	47	5726	97	3.29	1.256	8.6	0.6	2.7	4.1	1.49
		Rank in 12 AL teams		6	7		6				11	4	3	11	11	5	6	3	4		12
Rk	Pos	Name	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W