1972 New York Yankees season
1972 New York Yankees | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Owners | CBS | |
General managers | Lee MacPhail | |
Managers | Ralph Houk | |
Television | WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White) | |
Radio | WMCA (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White) | |
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The 1972 New York Yankees season was the 70th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 79–76, finishing 6+1⁄2 games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.
Offseason
[edit]- October 13, 1971: Jim Lyttle was traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Rich Hinton.[1]
- December 2, 1971: Stan Bahnsen was traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Rich McKinney.[2]
- December 2, 1971: Terry Ley and Gary Jones were traded by the Yankees to the Texas Rangers for Bernie Allen.[3]
- January 20, 1972: The Yankees traded a player to be named later to the Chicago Cubs for Johnny Callison. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Jack Aker to the Cubs on May 17.[4]
- February 2, 1972: Hal Lanier was purchased by the Yankees from the San Francisco Giants.[5]
- March 22, 1972: Danny Cater and a player to be named later were traded by the Yankees to the Boston Red Sox for Sparky Lyle. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Mario Guerrero to the Red Sox on June 30.[6]
- March 31, 1972: Frank Tepedino was purchased by the Yankees from the Milwaukee Brewers.[7]
Regular season
[edit]- Felipe Alou achieved two milestones in 1972. He got the 2,000th hit of his career and hit his 200th home run of his career.
- Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio were at Yankee Stadium for Old-Timers' Day on July 22, 1972. The event at the stadium brought together some of the greatest living Yankees and included an exhibition game featuring retired players.[8]
Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Detroit Tigers | 86 | 70 | .551 | — | 44–34 | 42–36 |
Boston Red Sox | 85 | 70 | .548 | ½ | 52–26 | 33–44 |
Baltimore Orioles | 80 | 74 | .519 | 5 | 38–39 | 42–35 |
New York Yankees | 79 | 76 | .510 | 6½ | 46–31 | 33–45 |
Cleveland Indians | 72 | 84 | .462 | 14 | 43–34 | 29–50 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 65 | 91 | .417 | 21 | 37–42 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents
[edit]Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | TEX | |
Baltimore | — | 7–11 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 10–5 | 6–6 | 7–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | |
Boston | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–7 | 5–9 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 9–3 | 8–4 | |
California | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 9–6 | 7–5 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 10–7 | |
Chicago | 4–8 | 6–6 | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 8–9 | 9–3 | 8–6 | 7–5 | 7–8 | 14–4 | |
Cleveland | 10–8 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 10–8 | 6–6 | 5–10 | 8–4 | 7–11 | 2–10 | 9–3 | |
Detroit | 8–10 | 9–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 10–8 | 9–3 | 7–9 | 4–8 | 10–2 | |
Kansas City | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–9 | 9–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | — | 7–5 | 9–9 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 8–6 | |
Milwaukee | 5–10 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–5 | 8–10 | 5–7 | — | 4–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | |
Minnesota | 6–6 | 8–4 | 8–7 | 6–8 | 4–8 | 3–9 | 9–9 | 8–4 | — | 6–6 | 8–9 | 11–7 | |
New York | 6–7 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 9–7 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 8–4 | |
Oakland | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 8–7 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 9–8 | 9–3 | — | 11–4 | |
Texas | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–10 | 4–14 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 6–8 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 4–11 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball Draft
- Mickey Klutts was drafted by the Yankees in the 4th round.[9]
- Bob Kammeyer was drafted by the Yankees in the 21st round.[10]
- September 7, 1972: Rich Hinton was purchased from the Yankees by the Texas Rangers.[1]
Roster
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Manager
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Player stats
[edit]Batting
[edit]Starters by position
[edit]Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Thurman Munson | 140 | 511 | 143 | .280 | 7 | 46 |
1B | Ron Blomberg | 107 | 299 | 80 | .268 | 14 | 49 |
2B | Horace Clarke | 147 | 547 | 132 | .241 | 3 | 37 |
3B | Celerino Sanchez | 71 | 250 | 62 | .248 | 0 | 22 |
SS | Gene Michael | 126 | 391 | 91 | .233 | 1 | 32 |
LF | Roy White | 155 | 556 | 150 | .270 | 10 | 54 |
CF | Bobby Murcer | 153 | 585 | 171 | .292 | 33 | 96 |
RF | Johnny Callison | 95 | 275 | 71 | .258 | 9 | 34 |
Other batters
[edit]Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Felipe Alou | 120 | 324 | 90 | .278 | 6 | 37 |
Bernie Allen | 84 | 220 | 50 | .227 | 9 | 21 |
Rusty Torres | 80 | 199 | 42 | .211 | 3 | 13 |
John Ellis | 52 | 136 | 40 | .294 | 5 | 25 |
Rich McKinney | 37 | 121 | 26 | .215 | 1 | 7 |
Jerry Kenney | 50 | 119 | 25 | .210 | 0 | 7 |
Ron Swoboda | 63 | 113 | 28 | .248 | 1 | 12 |
Hal Lanier | 60 | 103 | 22 | .214 | 0 | 6 |
Charlie Spikes | 14 | 34 | 5 | .147 | 0 | 3 |
Frank Tepedino | 8 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching
[edit]Starting pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mel Stottlemyre | 36 | 260.0 | 14 | 18 | 3.22 | 110 |
Fritz Peterson | 35 | 250.1 | 17 | 15 | 3.24 | 100 |
Steve Kline | 32 | 236.1 | 16 | 9 | 2.40 | 58 |
Mike Kekich | 29 | 175.1 | 10 | 13 | 3.70 | 78 |
Rob Gardner | 20 | 97.0 | 8 | 5 | 3.06 | 58 |
Other pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Rich Hinton | 7 | 16.2 | 1 | 0 | 4.86 | 13 |
Casey Cox | 5 | 11.2 | 0 | 1 | 4.63 | 4 |
Larry Gowell | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1.29 | 7 |
Doc Medich | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | inf | 0 |
Relief pitchers
[edit]Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Sparky Lyle | 59 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 1.92 | 75 |
Lindy McDaniel | 37 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2.25 | 47 |
Fred Beene | 29 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2.34 | 37 |
Ron Klimkowski | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.02 | 11 |
Jim Roland | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.04 | 13 |
Wade Blasingame | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.24 | 7 |
Jack Aker | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | 1 |
Al Closter | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.57 | 2 |
Steve Blateric | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 4 |
Awards and honors
[edit]League leaders
[edit]- Sparky Lyle, American League leader, Saves (35)
- Bobby Murcer, American League leader, Runs (102) [11]
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Haven[12]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Rich McKinney page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bernie Allen page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnny Callison page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Hal Lanier page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
- ^ "Memorable Stadium Moments - the New York Times > Sports > Slide Show > Slide 5 of 10". The New York Times.
- ^ Mickey Klutts page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Kammeyer page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Yankee for Life, Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner, p. 68, Harper Collins, 2008, New York, ISBN 978-0-06-147342-5
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007