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1973 New York Yankees Statistics

1972 Season 1974 Season

Record: 80-82-0, Finished 4th in AL_East (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Ralph Houk (80-82)

General Manager: Lee MacPhail (Resigned 1/1/1974)

Farm Director: George Pfister

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I

Attendance: 1,262,103 (5th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 96, Pitching - 96
One-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 101

Pythagorean W-L: 85-77, 641 Runs, 610 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	26	147	576	519	80	156	29	4	20	74	4	6	48	64	.301	.362	.487	.849	142	253	12	4	1	4	4
2	1B	Felipe Alou	38	93	293	280	25	66	12	0	4	27	0	1	9	25	.236	.256	.321	.577	65	90	4	0	0	4	5
3	2B	Horace Clarke#	34	148	650	590	60	155	21	0	2	35	11	10	47	48	.263	.317	.308	.625	80	182	18	2	6	5	0
4	SS	Gene Michael#	35	129	446	418	30	94	11	1	3	47	1	3	26	51	.225	.270	.278	.547	58	116	12	0	1	1	0
5	3B	Graig Nettles*	28	160	641	552	65	129	18	0	22	81	0	0	78	76	.234	.334	.386	.720	106	213	15	7	0	4	3
6	LF	Roy White#	29	162	723	639	88	157	22	3	18	60	16	9	78	81	.246	.329	.374	.703	102	239	14	2	3	1	3
7	CF	Bobby Murcer*	27	160	672	616	83	187	29	2	22	95	6	7	50	67	.304	.357	.464	.821	135	286	11	3	0	3	6
8	RF	Matty Alou*	34	123	538	497	59	147	22	1	2	28	5	2	30	43	.296	.338	.356	.694	100	177	18	3	6	2	0
9	DH	Jim Ray Hart	31	114	378	339	29	86	13	2	13	52	0	2	36	45	.254	.324	.419	.742	112	142	16	0	1	2	7
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
10	DH	Ron Blomberg*	24	100	338	301	45	99	13	1	12	57	2	0	34	25	.329	.395	.498	.893	155	150	7	0	1	2	4
11	1B	Mike Hegan*	30	37	143	131	12	36	3	2	6	14	0	0	7	34	.275	.309	.466	.775	120	61	2	0	4	1	1
12	RF	Johnny Callison*	34	45	142	136	10	24	4	0	1	10	1	1	4	24	.176	.197	.228	.425	22	31	6	0	0	2	0
13	RF	Otto Vélez	22	23	92	77	9	15	4	0	2	7	0	1	15	24	.195	.326	.325	.651	88	25	0	0	0	0	0
14	SS	Hal Lanier	30	35	90	86	9	18	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	10	.209	.244	.244	.489	41	21	3	1	0	0	0
15	SS	Fred Stanley	25	26	75	66	6	14	0	1	1	5	0	0	7	16	.212	.288	.288	.576	66	19	0	0	2	0	0
16	DH	Celerino Sánchez	29	34	67	64	12	14	3	0	1	9	1	1	2	12	.219	.239	.313	.551	57	20	0	0	0	1	0
17	C	Jerry Moses	26	21	64	59	5	15	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	6	.254	.270	.288	.558	60	17	2	0	1	2	0
18	2B	Bernie Allen*	34	17	62	57	5	13	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	5	.228	.290	.281	.571	65	16	1	0	0	0	1
19	DH	Ron Swoboda	29	35	47	43	6	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	18	.116	.191	.186	.378	9	8	0	0	0	0	0
20	C	Rick Dempsey	23	6	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	26	2	1	0	1	0	0
21	DH	Duke Sims*	32	4	12	9	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	.333	.500	.667	1.167	233	6	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
22	P	Lindy McDaniel	37	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P	Mel Stottlemyre	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
24	P	Doc Medich	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
25	P	Fritz Peterson#	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
26	P	Wayne Granger	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
27	P	Jim Magnuson	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
28	P	Mike Kekich	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
29	P	Pat Dobson	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
30	P	Fred Beene#	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
31	P	Tom Buskey	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
32	P	Dave Pagan	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
33	P	Sam McDowell*	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
34	P	Steve Kline	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
35	P	Sparky Lyle*	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
36	P	Casey Cox	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
		Team Totals	30.2	162	6064	5492	641	1435	212	17	131	616	47	43	489	680	.261	.322	.378	.700	101	2074	142	22	27	34	34
		Rank in 12 AL teams				10	10	5	9	12	6		11	2	11	1	4	8	9	9		9		12		11
		Non-Pitcher Totals	30.2	162	6062	5490	641	1435	212	17	131	616	47	43	489	678	.261	.322	.378	.700	101	2074	142	22	27	34	34
		Pitcher Totals	21.2	162	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.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

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	31	16	16	.500	3.07	38	38	0	19	4	0	273.0	259	112	93	13	79	3	95	5	0	5	1122	120	3.41	1.238	8.5	0.4	2.6	3.1	1.20
2	SP	Doc Medich	24	14	9	.609	2.95	34	32	2	11	3	0	235.0	217	84	77	20	74	6	145	3	1	7	991	125	3.42	1.238	8.3	0.8	2.8	5.6	1.96
3	SP	Fritz Peterson*	31	8	15	.348	3.95	31	31	0	6	0	0	184.1	207	93	81	18	49	10	59	7	0	6	789	93	4.11	1.389	10.1	0.9	2.4	2.9	1.20
4	SP	Pat Dobson	31	9	8	.529	4.17	22	21	0	6	1	0	142.1	150	72	66	22	34	8	70	2	0	2	606	88	4.35	1.293	9.5	1.4	2.1	4.4	2.06
5	SP	Sam McDowell*	30	5	8	.385	3.95	16	15	1	2	1	0	95.2	73	47	42	4	64	2	75	0	0	6	417	93	3.55	1.432	6.9	0.4	6.0	7.1	1.17
6	SP	Steve Kline	25	4	7	.364	4.01	14	13	1	2	1	0	74.0	76	39	33	5	31	3	19	1	0	0	320	92	4.23	1.446	9.2	0.6	3.8	2.3	0.61
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
7	CL	Sparky Lyle*	28	5	9	.357	2.51	51	0	45	0	0	27	82.1	66	30	23	4	18	2	63	0	0	3	330	147	2.32	1.020	7.2	0.4	2.0	6.9	3.50
8	RP	Lindy McDaniel	37	12	6	.667	2.86	47	3	32	1	0	10	160.1	148	54	51	11	49	9	93	1	0	8	658	129	3.23	1.229	8.3	0.6	2.8	5.2	1.90
9	RP	Fred Beene	30	6	0	1.000	1.68	19	4	11	0	0	1	91.0	67	21	17	5	27	5	49	1	0	3	353	219	3.13	1.033	6.6	0.5	2.7	4.8	1.81
10	RP	Jim Magnuson*	26	0	1	.000	4.28	8	0	8	0	0	0	27.1	38	17	13	2	9	1	9	0	0	0	124	87	3.85	1.720	12.5	0.7	3.0	3.0	1.00
11	RP	Tom Buskey	26	0	1	.000	5.40	8	0	6	0	0	1	16.2	18	12	10	2	4	0	8	1	0	1	72	70	4.07	1.320	9.7	1.1	2.2	4.3	2.00
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
12		Wayne Granger	29	0	1	.000	1.76	7	0	6	0	0	0	15.1	19	7	3	1	3	1	10	1	0	1	72	214	2.89	1.435	11.2	0.6	1.8	5.9	3.33
13		Mike Kekich*	28	1	1	.500	9.20	5	4	0	0	0	0	14.2	20	15	15	1	14	0	4	2	0	0	74	41	6.18	2.318	12.3	0.6	8.6	2.5	0.29
14		Dave Pagan	23	0	0		2.84	4	1	2	0	0	0	12.2	16	4	4	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	51	133	2.41	1.342	11.4	0.7	0.7	6.4	9.00
15		Casey Cox	31	0	0		6.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	18	70	5.57	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
		Team Totals	29.6	80	82	.494	3.34	162	162	115	47	10	39	1427.2	1379	610	530	109	457	50	708	26	1	42	5997	110	3.58	1.286	8.7	0.7	2.9	4.5	1.55
		Rank in 12 AL teams		7	6		3				8	2	4	12	4	2	2	2	1		11
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