1974 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1974 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973/1975)
89-73, Finished 2nd in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 671 runs, Allowed 623 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 86-76
Managed by Bill Virdon

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

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Franchise Encyclopedia: 1974 Stats (1973/1975) / Schedule / Transactions / Lineups / Batting Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / Gamelogs: Bat / Pitch / Amateur Draft

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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      27  144  517   64  135  19  2  13   60  44   66  .261  .316  .381   2   0  14   1   1   8  12  101
1B *Chris Chambliss     25  110  400   38   97  16  3   6   43  23   43  .243  .282  .343   0   0   9   0   2   2   1   80
2B #Sandy Alomar        30   76  279   35   75   8  0   1   27  14   25  .269  .302  .308   6   4   6   0   4   2   0   77
3B *Graig Nettles       29  155  566   74  139  21  1  22   75  59   75  .246  .316  .403   1   0   9   3   1   9   8  107
SS *Jim Mason           23  152  440   41  110  18  6   5   37  35   87  .250  .302  .352   1   2   6   0   7   5   1   89
LF  Lou Piniella        30  140  518   71  158  26  0   9   70  32   58  .305  .341  .407   1   8  18   2   4  11   7  116
CF  Elliott Maddox      26  137  466   75  141  26  2   3   45  69   48  .303  .395  .386   6   5  11   4   8   3   4  127
RF *Bobby Murcer        28  156  606   69  166  25  4  10   88  57   59  .274  .332  .378  14   5  11   2   2  12  10  106
DH *Ron Blomberg        25   90  264   39   82  11  2  10   48  29   33  .311  .375  .481   2   1   5   2   0   6   2  147
   #Roy White           30  136  473   68  130  19  8   7   43  67   44  .275  .367  .393  15   6   7   4   8   3   5  121
   #Bill Sudakis        28   89  259   26   60   8  0   7   39  25   48  .232  .296  .344   0   0   2   1   2   6   1   85
   #Gene Michael        36   81  177   19   46   9  0   0   13  14   24  .260  .313  .311   0   0   6   0   1   1   0   81
    Fernando Gonzalez   24   51  121   11   26   5  1   1    7   7    7  .215  .258  .298   0   0   3   0   2   0   0   61
    Rick Dempsey        24   43  109   12   26   3  0   2   12   8    7  .239  .288  .321   1   0   5   0   1   1   0   76
    Otto Velez          23   27   67    9   14   1  1   2   10  15   24  .209  .345  .343   0   0   1   0   0   2   1  100
   *Mike Hegan          31   18   53    3   12   2  0   2    9   5    9  .226  .317  .377   1   1   2   2   2   0   0  101
    Walt Williams       30   43   53    5    6   0  0   0    3   1   10  .113  .127  .113   1   0   3   0   1   1   0  -30
   #Horace Clarke       34   24   47    3   11   1  0   0    1   4    5  .234  .294  .255   1   0   1   0   2   0   0   61
    Fred Stanley        26   33   38    2    7   0  0   0    3   3    2  .184  .244  .184   1   2   2   0   1   0   0   26
    Alex Johnson        31   10   28    3    6   1  0   1    2   0    3  .214  .214  .357   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   63
    Jim Ray Hart        32   10   19    1    1   0  0   0    0   3    7  .053  .182  .053   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -29
   *Duke Sims           33    5   15    1    2   1  0   0    2   1    5  .133  .188  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   12
   *Terry Whitfield     21    2    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    1  .200  .200  .200   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   16
    Jim Deidel          25    2    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   1   0   0   0   0 -100
   #Larry Murray        21    6    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   1   0   0   0   0   0 -100

   *Sparky Lyle         29   66    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Mel Stottlemyre     32   19    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0    0                     0   0   0   0   0   0   0     
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 27.7  162 5524  671 1451 220 30 101  622 515  690  .263  .326  .368  53  35 107   6  34  57  37  100
    Rank among 12 AL teams         6    6    4   6  9   9        6   12     5     5     9  12  12                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        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  Pat Dobson          32  39   3.07  19  15  0  39   0  12   2  281.0  282  111   96  23   75  157 1170   6   4  1   5 116
SP  Doc Medich          25  38   3.60  19  15  0  38   0  17   4  279.7  275  122  112  24   91  154 1173   5   8  1   8  99
SP  Dick Tidrow         27  33   3.87  11   9  1  25   4   5   0  190.7  205   99   82  14   53  100  811   4   4  0   7  92
SP *Rudy May            29  17   2.28   8   4  0  15   1   8   2  114.3   75   36   29   5   48   90  459   2   4  1   0 156
SP  Mel Stottlemyre     32  16   3.58   6   7  0  15   1   6   0  113.0  119   54   45   7   37   40  485   3   4  0   3  99
SP *Larry Gura          26   8   2.41   5   1  0   8   0   4   2   56.0   54   17   15   2   12   17  230   0   0  0   1 147
SP *Sam McDowell        31  13   4.69   1   6  0   7   3   0   0   48.0   42   27   25   6   41   33  224   3   0  0   2  76

CL *Sparky Lyle         29  66   1.66   9   3 15   0  59   0   0  114.0   93   30   21   6   43   89  469   7   1  0   7 214
RP  Cecil Upshaw        31  36   3.02   1   5  6   0  17   0   0   59.7   53   25   20   1   24   27  240   0   3  0   3 118
RP *Mike Wallace        23  23   2.41   6   0  0   1   8   0   0   52.3   42   18   14   3   35   34  227   5   0  0   3 148
RP *Tippy Martinez      24  10   4.26   0   0  0   0   4   0   0   12.7   14    7    6   0    9   10   60   4   1  2   2  83
RP  Dave Pagan          24  16   5.11   1   3  0   6   2   1   0   49.3   49   29   28   1   28   39  214   3   0  0   0  70

    Dick Woodson        29   8   5.79   1   2  0   3   2   0   0   28.0   34   19   18   6   12   12  128   1   1  0   2  61
    Steve Kline         26   4   3.46   2   2  0   4   0   0   0   26.0   26   12   10   3    5    6  106   1   1  0   0 103
    Fred Beene          31   6   2.70   0   0  1   0   3   0   0   10.0    9    4    3   1    2   10   42   0   1  0   0 132
   *Fritz Peterson      32   3   4.70   0   0  0   1   2   0   0    7.7   13    4    4   1    2    5   38   1   0  0   1  76
    Ken Wright          27   3   3.18   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    5.7    5    2    2   0    7    2   29   1   0  2   0 112
    Tom Buskey          27   4   6.35   0   1  1   0   2   0   0    5.7   10    4    4   1    3    3   30   0   1  0   1  56
    Rick Sawyer         26   1  16.20   0   0  0   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    3    3   0    1    1    8   1   0  0   0  22
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 28.4 162   3.31  89  73 24 162 109  53  13 1455.0 1402  623  535 104  528  829 6143  47  33  7  45 107
    Rank among 12 AL teams          3   3  10  6           8   3      5    4    3        6    9    5
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
                        Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+

    * - 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 1202 137 137 743 75 22 10 .974 6 41 72 38 RDempsey 237 25 31 152 22 4 0 .978 1 6 6 16 JDeidel 7 0 2 7 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 1 DSims 7 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 BSudakis 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1455 162 162 910 98 26 10 .975 7 47 80 55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CChambliss 920 103 106 873 78 8 93 .992 9.30 BSudakis 258 28 33 277 23 3 31 .990 10.47 OVelez 148 18 21 136 5 2 8 .986 8.53 MHegan 123 13 17 137 8 0 9 1.000 10.61 LPiniella 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 1428 114 13 141 .992 9.54 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .975 *5.37 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- SAlomar 672 75 76 184 192 9 45 .977 5.04 GMichael 323 39 45 86 106 6 29 .970 5.34 FGonzalez 283 32 42 86 82 3 22 .982 5.33 HClarke 95 9 20 27 27 0 5 1.000 5.12 FStanley 74 7 15 23 32 0 10 1.000 6.69 EMaddox 7 0 2 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 408 440 18 111 .979 5.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 *3.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GNettles 1368 154 154 147 377 21 29 .961 3.45 FGonzalez 46 4 7 4 16 1 1 .952 3.91 BSudakis 19 2 3 1 3 1 0 .800 1.89 OVelez 16 2 2 3 3 0 0 1.000 3.38 GMichael 5 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60 EMaddox 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 156 400 23 30 .960 3.44 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .965 *4.98 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JMason 1217 144 152 241 430 25 87 .964 4.96 GMichael 169 13 39 35 63 3 11 .970 5.21 FStanley 64 5 19 9 27 1 4 .973 5.06 FGonzalez 4 0 3 4 0 1 0 .800 9.00 GNettles 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 289 520 30 102 .964 5.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *2.12 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- LPiniella 831 95 99 199 13 2 1 .991 2.30 RWhite 569 66 67 143 2 1 1 .993 2.29 WWilliams 44 1 13 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.63 RBlomberg 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AJohnson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RDempsey 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LMurray 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 350 15 3 2 .992 2.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .986 *2.93 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- EMaddox 965 108 112 310 18 5 4 .985 3.06 BMurcer 479 53 59 109 3 2 0 .982 2.10 TWhitfield 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LMurray 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 419 21 7 4 .984 2.72 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *2.18 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMurcer 883 100 102 187 18 5 2 .976 2.09 LPiniella 271 33 34 69 3 1 0 .986 2.38 RBlomberg 125 15 17 31 2 0 0 1.000 2.38 EMaddox 94 7 25 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.90 WWilliams 55 5 13 12 1 1 0 .929 2.13 OVelez 17 2 3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.53 RDempsey 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LMurray 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 320 24 8 2 .977 2.13 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 *2.41 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- BMurcer 1363 153 156 297 21 7 2 .978 2.10 LPiniella 1103 128 130 265 16 3 0 .989 2.29 EMaddox 1059 115 135 334 18 5 4 .986 2.99 RWhite 569 66 67 141 2 1 1 .993 2.26 RBlomberg 129 15 19 32 2 0 0 1.000 2.36 WWilliams 99 6 24 20 1 1 0 .955 1.90 OVelez 17 2 3 1 0 1 0 .500 0.53 TWhitfield 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 RDempsey 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 LMurray 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 AJohnson 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1455 162 162 1090 60 18 7 .985 2.37 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .947 *1.81 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- PDobson 281 39 39 22 32 3 4 .947 1.73 DMedich 279 38 38 18 35 3 3 .946 1.71 DTidrow 190 25 33 8 22 3 2 .909 1.42 RMay 114 15 17 4 8 0 0 1.000 0.94 SLyle 114 0 66 3 11 1 2 .933 1.11 MStottlemyr 113 15 16 7 14 0 0 1.000 1.67 CUpshaw 59 0 36 6 12 2 1 .900 2.71 LGura 56 8 8 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.93 MWallace 52 1 23 4 3 1 0 .875 1.20 DPagan 49 6 16 3 5 0 0 1.000 1.46 SMcDowell 48 7 13 1 2 1 0 .750 0.56 DWoodson 28 3 8 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.64 SKline 26 4 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.38 TMartinez 12 0 10 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.42 FBeene 10 0 6 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60 FPeterson 7 1 3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.17 TBuskey 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 KWright 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.74 RSawyer 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.59 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1455 162 162 85 165 14 12 .947 1.55 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Des. Hitter G ------------+--- RBlomberg 58 RWhite 53 BSudakis 39 LPiniella 6 JHart 4 AJohnson 4 TMunson 4 DSims 3 WWilliams 3 HClarke 1 RDempsey 1 ------------+---

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 Piniella .305

On-base % Maddox .395

Slugging % Piniella .407

OPS Maddox .781

Games Murcer 156

At Bats Murcer 606

Plate Appearances (approx.) Murcer 679

Runs Maddox 75

Hits Murcer 166

Total Bases Murcer 229

Doubles Maddox and Piniella 26

Triples White 8

Home Runs Nettles 22

RBI Murcer 88

Bases on Balls Maddox 69

Strikeouts Mason 87

Stolen Bases White 15

Singles Murcer 127

Adjusted OPS+ Maddox 127

Runs Created Murcer 79

Adjusted Batting Runs Maddox 21

Batting Wins Maddox 2.2

Extra-Base Hits Nettles 44

Times on Base Murcer 225

Offensive Win% Maddox .640

Hit By Pitch Maddox and White 4

Sac. Hits Maddox and White 8

Sac. Flies Murcer 12

Intentional Walks Munson 12

Grounded into Double Plays Piniella 18

Caught Stealing Piniella 8

Power/Speed Number Murcer 11.7

At Bats per Strikeout White 10.8

At Bats per Home Run Nettles 25.7

Outs Murcer 470

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ERA Dobson 3.07

Wins Dobson and Medich 19

Won-Loss % Dobson and Medich .559

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Dobson 1.270

Hits Allowed/9IP Medich 8.85

Bases on Balls/9IP Dobson 2.40

Strikeouts/9IP Dobson 5.03

Games Lyle 66

Saves Lyle 15

Innings Dobson 281.0

Strikeouts Dobson 157

Games Started Dobson 39

Comp. Games Medich 17

Shutouts Medich 4

Home Runs Allow. Medich 24

Bases On Balls Allow. Medich 91

Hits Allowed Dobson 282

SO to Walk Dobson 2.09

Losses Dobson and Medich 15

Earned Runs Allow. Medich 112

Wild Pitches Lyle 7

Hit Batsmen Medich 8

Batters Faced Medich 1173

Games Finished Lyle 59

Adjusted ERA+ Dobson 116

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Thurman Munson (Starting C)
Bobby Murcer (Starting CF)

1973/1975

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