1972 NEW YORK YANKEES

| Level: MLB

Location: Bronx,NY
Team Record: 79-76 .510
Result: 4th in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Ralph Houk
General Manager: Lee MacPhail
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 966,328
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Yankees affiliate history

Oldest Player: Felipe Alou (37)
Youngest Player: Charlie Spikes (21)
Longest Tenure: Mel Stottlemyre (9)
Top Hitter: Bobby Murcer (2)
Top Pitcher: Steve Kline (14)
Top Draft Pick: Scott McGregor (#14)

Roster Continuity: 73.34%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Detroit	86	70	.551	--
Boston	85	70	.548	0.5
Baltimore	80	74	.519	5.0
NY Yankees	79	76	.510	6.5
Cleveland	72	84	.462	14.0
Milwaukee	65	91	.417	21.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
1	Bobby Murcer	of	2	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	153	585	102	171	30	7	33	96	11	9	63	67	2	7	0	4	6	.292	.361	.537	898	314	654	433	125	7.8	.282
6	Roy White	of	6	28	UDFA: 1962	MLB	155	556	76	150	29	0	10	54	23	7	99	59	5	10	4	2	11	.270	.384	.376	760	209	666	430	96	6.0	.286
20	Horace Clarke	2b	35	32	UDFA: 1958	MLB	147	547	65	132	20	2	3	37	18	6	56	44	4	4	3	3	7	.241	.315	.302	616	165	613	434	61	3.8	.256
15	Thurman Munson	c	56	25	1968-1-4	MLB	140	511	54	143	16	3	7	46	6	7	47	58	3	5	4	2	13	.280	.343	.364	707	186	567	394	67	4.6	.304
17	Gene Michael	ss	-	34	UDFA: 1959	MLB	126	391	29	91	7	4	1	32	4	2	32	45	1	4	2	4	11	.233	.290	.279	568	109	430	319	31	2.6	.258
24	Felipe Alou	of-1b	-	37	UDFA: 1955	MLB	120	324	33	90	18	1	6	37	1	0	22	27	2	1	1	2	8	.278	.326	.395	721	128	351	245	47	5.2	.287
12	Ron Blomberg	1b-of	-	23	1967-1-1	MLB	107	299	36	80	22	1	14	49	0	2	38	26	3	4	0	1	4	.268	.355	.488	843	146	341	226	60	7.2	.254
25	Johnny Callison	of	79	33	UDFA: 1957	MLB	92	275	28	71	10	0	9	34	3	0	18	34	0	1	2	5	6	.258	.299	.393	691	108	300	217	35	4.4	.262
10	Celerino Sanchez	3b	84	28	UDFA: 1968	MLB	71	250	18	62	8	3	0	22	0	0	12	30	4	1	2	1	9	.248	.292	.304	596	76	269	200	22	2.9	.281
11	Bernie Allen	2b	-	33	UDFA: 1961	MLB	84	220	26	50	9	0	9	21	0	1	23	42	0	4	1	4	4	.227	.296	.391	686	86	248	180	26	4.0	.237
21	Rusty Torres	of	-	23	1966-54-811	MLB	80	199	15	42	7	0	3	13	0	4	18	44	1	3	1	0	2	.211	.280	.291	571	58	219	164	13	2.2	.257
23	John Ellis	1b-c	-	23	UDFA: 1967	MLB	52	136	13	40	5	1	5	25	0	0	8	22	0	0	0	0	9	.294	.333	.456	789	62	144	105	19	4.9	.321
27	Rich McKinney	3b-2b	-	25	1968-1-14	MLB	37	121	10	26	2	0	1	7	1	0	7	13	0	0	0	0	6	.215	.258	.256	514	31	128	101	6	1.6	.234
2	Jerry Kenney	3b-ss	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	50	119	16	25	2	0	0	7	3	0	16	13	0	2	1	0	7	.210	.304	.227	531	27	136	102	7	1.9	.236
14	Ron Swoboda	of	-	28	UDFA: 1964	MLB	63	113	9	28	8	0	1	12	0	1	17	29	0	1	1	2	1	.248	.341	.345	686	39	133	90	14	4.2	.318
36	Hal Lanier	ss-2b	-	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	60	103	5	22	3	0	0	6	1	2	2	13	1	0	0	1	3	.214	.234	.243	476	25	107	87	4	1.1	.242
19	Fritz Peterson	p	54	30	UDFA: 1963	MLB	35	82	6	19	1	0	0	9	0	0	3	14	0	0	15	0	1	.232	.259	.244	503	20	100	79	4	1.5	.279
30	Mel Stottlemyre	p	-	30	UDFA: 1961	MLB	37	80	3	16	1	1	0	7	0	0	3	18	2	0	9	0	2	.200	.247	.237	485	19	94	75	3	1.1	.258
38	Steve Kline	p	76	24	1966-7-130	MLB	32	76	5	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	1	0	12	0	2	.092	.148	.092	240	7	93	83	-4	-1.4	.130
18	Mike Kekich	p	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	29	59	3	8	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	14	0	0	6	0	0	.136	.136	.169	305	10	65	57	-1	-0.6	.178
42	Charlie Spikes	of	-	21	1969-1-11	MLB	14	34	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.171	.176	348	6	35	30	-1	-1.0	.238
43	Rob Gardner	p	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	20	28	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	0	0	5	0	0	.107	.107	.107	214	3	33	30	-2	-2.2	.250
28	Sparky Lyle	p	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	59	21	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	0	0	2	0	0	.190	.227	.238	465	5	24	19	0	0.4	.364
47	Fred Beene	p	-	29	UDFA: 1964	MLB	30	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	9	9	-	-	.000
41	Frank Tepedino	1b	-	24	1965-3-55	MLB	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	8	8	-	-	.000
40	Lindy McDaniel	p	-	36	UDFA: 1958	MLB	37	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1000	5	8	6	1	6.4	.333
22	Ron Klimkowski	p	-	28	UDFA: 1964	MLB	16	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
45	Rich Hinton	p	-	25	1969-4-76	MLB	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	3	-	-	.000
29	Wade Blasingame	p	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	12	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.333	.000	333	0	4	3	0	-0.6	.000
45	Larry Gowell	p	-	24	1967-4-61	MLB	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3000	2	1	0	1	--	1.000
54	Jim Roland	p	-	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
54	Steve Blateric	p	-	28	UDFA: 1966	MLB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
50	Al Closter	p	-	29	UDFA: 1965	MLB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
39	Casey Cox	p	-	30	UDFA: 1962	MLB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (34 players)							155	5168	557	1288	201	24	103	526	71	42	491	689	29	47	74	31	112	.249	.316	.357	673	1846	5793	4139	627	4.1	.269

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
30	Mel Stottlemyre	19	30	UDFA: 1961	MLB	14	18	3.22	36	36	9	7	0	0	260.0	250	99	93	13	85	110	6	0	1.29	8.65	0.45	2.94	3.81	0.77	.276	1.31
19	Fritz Peterson	18	30	UDFA: 1963	MLB	17	15	3.24	35	35	12	3	0	0	250.1	270	98	90	17	44	100	7	1	1.25	9.71	0.61	1.58	3.60	0.44	.293	1.39
38	Steve Kline	14	24	1966-7-130	MLB	16	9	2.40	32	32	11	4	0	0	236.1	210	79	63	11	44	58	1	0	1.07	8.00	0.42	1.68	2.21	0.76	.243	1.92
18	Mike Kekich	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	10	13	3.70	29	28	2	0	0	0	175.1	172	77	72	13	76	78	9	0	1.41	8.83	0.67	3.90	4.00	0.97	.283	0.96
28	Sparky Lyle	27	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	9	5	1.92	59	0	0	0	56	35	107.2	84	25	23	3	29	75	5	0	1.05	7.02	0.25	2.42	6.27	0.39	.261	1.56
43	Rob Gardner	-	27	UDFA: 1963	MLB	8	5	3.06	20	14	1	0	3	0	97.0	91	43	33	9	28	58	5	0	1.23	8.44	0.84	2.60	5.38	0.48	.267	1.02
40	Lindy McDaniel	64	36	UDFA: 1958	MLB	3	1	2.25	37	0	0	0	25	0	68.0	54	23	17	4	25	47	3	0	1.16	7.15	0.53	3.31	6.22	0.53	.253	1.58
47	Fred Beene	-	29	UDFA: 1964	MLB	1	3	2.34	29	1	0	0	11	3	57.2	55	21	15	3	24	37	3	0	1.37	8.58	0.47	3.75	5.77	0.65	.297	1.56
22	Ron Klimkowski	-	28	UDFA: 1964	MLB	0	3	4.02	16	2	0	0	3	1	31.1	32	15	14	3	15	11	1	0	1.50	9.19	0.86	4.31	3.16	1.36	.279	1.66
54	Jim Roland	-	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	0	1	5.04	16	0	0	0	10	0	25.0	27	14	14	3	16	13	0	0	1.72	9.72	1.08	5.76	4.68	1.23	.308	1.42
29	Wade Blasingame	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	0	1	4.24	12	1	0	0	4	0	17.0	14	8	8	5	11	7	2	0	1.47	7.41	2.65	5.82	3.71	1.57	.205	2.07
45	Rich Hinton	-	25	1969-4-76	MLB	1	0	4.86	7	3	0	0	2	0	16.2	20	11	9	2	8	13	4	0	1.68	10.80	1.08	4.32	7.02	0.62	.346	1.26
39	Casey Cox	-	30	UDFA: 1962	MLB	0	1	4.63	5	1	0	0	1	0	11.2	13	6	6	0	3	4	0	0	1.37	10.03	0.00	2.31	3.09	0.75	--	0.80
45	Larry Gowell	-	24	1967-4-61	MLB	0	1	1.29	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	2	7	0	0	0.71	3.86	0.00	2.57	9.00	0.29	.214	0.63
22	Jack Aker	-	31	UDFA: 1960	MLB	0	0	3.00	4	0	0	0	4	0	6.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	1	0	1.33	7.50	0.00	4.50	1.50	3.00	--	1.43
54	Steve Blateric	-	28	UDFA: 1966	MLB	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.50	4.50	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	.200	4.00
50	Al Closter	-	29	UDFA: 1965	MLB	0	0	11.57	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	3	3	1	4	2	0	0	2.57	7.71	3.86	15.43	7.71	2.00	.200	3.00
50	Doc Medich	-	23	1970-30-692	MLB	0	0	--	1	1	0	0	0	0	--	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	1.000	--
Totals: (34 players)						79	76	3.03	155	155	35	14	120	39	1,373	1306	527	463	103	419	625	47	1	1.30	8.56	0.57	2.75	4.10	0.67	.275

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Thurman Munson	C	132	1160	575	71	15	11	.977	5.01
John Ellis	C	25	213	127	11	5	1	.965	5.83
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Felipe Alou	1B	95	593	648	54	7	69	.990	10.65
Ron Blomberg	1B	95	715	813	32	13	88	.985	10.63
John Ellis	1B	8	60	63	1	1	4	.985	9.57
Ron Swoboda	1B	2	3	5	0	0	1	1.000	14.06
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Horace Clarke	2B	143	1195	347	399	11	104	.985	5.62
Bernie Allen	2B	20	154	50	47	2	17	.980	5.67
Hal Lanier	2B	3	24	7	8	0	1	1.000	5.63
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Celerino Sanchez	3B	68	581	47	167	14	13	.939	3.31
Hal Lanier	3B	47	207	15	56	2	7	.973	3.08
Bernie Allen	3B	44	324	25	85	7	9	.940	3.06
Rich McKinney	3B	33	256	17	71	8	5	.917	3.09
Jerry Kenney	3B	1	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	2.81
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Michael	SS	121	1005	218	437	21	89	.969	5.87
Jerry Kenney	SS	45	314	57	131	6	30	.969	5.39
Hal Lanier	SS	9	53	10	23	2	5	.943	5.58
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy White	OF	155	1370	323	8	2	1	.994	2.17
Bobby Murcer	OF	151	1328	382	11	3	1	.992	2.66
Johnny Callison	OF	74	582	127	4	1	1	.992	2.03
Rusty Torres	OF	62	436	86	4	2	0	.978	1.86
Ron Swoboda	OF	35	236	56	2	1	1	.983	2.21
Felipe Alou	OF	15	102	21	0	0	0	1.000	1.85
Charlie Spikes	OF	9	65	14	1	0	1	1.000	2.08
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Sparky Lyle	P	59	107	4	11	0	0	1.000	1.26
Lindy McDaniel	P	37	68	5	14	1	2	.950	2.51
Mel Stottlemyre	P	36	260	19	52	0	7	1.000	2.46
Fritz Peterson	P	35	250	13	44	1	6	.983	2.05
Steve Kline	P	32	236	20	50	7	3	.909	2.67
Fred Beene	P	29	57	8	6	1	1	.933	2.20
Mike Kekich	P	29	175	4	26	0	3	1.000	1.54
Rob Gardner	P	20	97	2	13	0	1	1.000	1.39
Ron Klimkowski	P	16	31	0	6	1	1	.857	1.74
Jim Roland	P	16	25	1	3	0	1	1.000	1.44
Wade Blasingame	P	12	17	6	5	0	0	1.000	5.82
Rich Hinton	P	7	16	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.11
Casey Cox	P	5	11	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.80
Jack Aker	P	4	6	3	2	0	1	1.000	7.50
Al Closter	P	2	2	0	1	0	0	1.000	4.29
Larry Gowell	P	2	7	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.29
Steve Blateric	P	1	4	0	1	0	1	1.000	2.25
Doc Medich	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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