1972 New York Yankees season

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1972 New York Yankees
Berra and Dickey's Number Retired
Major League affiliations
Location
  • Yankee Stadium (since 1923)
  • New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s)CBS
General manager(s)Lee MacPhail
Manager(s)Ralph Houk
Local televisionWPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
Local radioWMCA
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White)
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The 1972 New York Yankees season was the 70th season for the Yankees in New York, and the 72nd season overall. The team finished with a record of 79–76, finishing 6½ games behind the Detroit Tigers. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played at Yankee Stadium.

Offseason[]

  • 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[]

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Yogi Berra's number 8 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1972.
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Bill Dickey's number 8 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1972.
  • 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[]

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AL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 86 70 0.551 — 44–34 42–36
Boston Red Sox 85 70 0.548 ½ 52–26 33–44
Baltimore Orioles 80 74 0.519 5 38–39 42–35
New York Yankees 79 76 0.510 6½ 46–31 33–45
Cleveland Indians 72 84 0.462 14 43–34 29–50
Milwaukee Brewers 65 91 0.417 21 37–42 28–49

Record vs. opponents[]

1972 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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[]

  • June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball Draft
  • September 7, 1972: Rich Hinton was purchased from the Yankees by the Texas Rangers.[1]

Roster[]

1972 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager
  • 35 Ralph Houk

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

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
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[]

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
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[]

Starting pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mel Stottlemyre 36 260 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 8 5 3.06 58

Other pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
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 1 1.29 7
Doc Medich 1 0 0 0 ∞ 0

Relief pitchers[]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
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[]

League leaders[]

  • Sparky Lyle, American League leader, Saves (35)
  • Bobby Murcer, American League leader, Runs (102) [11]

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Frank Verdi
AA West Haven Yankees Eastern League Bobby Cox
A Kinston Eagles Carolina League Gene Hassell
A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Pete Ward
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League George Case
Rookie Johnson City Yankees Appalachian League Jerry Walker

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: West Haven[12]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Rich Hinton page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Rich McKinney page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Bernie Allen page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Johnny Callison page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Hal Lanier page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ "Memorable Stadium Moments - the New York Times > Sports > Slide Show > Slide 5 of 10". The New York Times.
  9. ^ Mickey Klutts page at Baseball Reference
  10. ^ Bob Kammeyer page at Baseball Reference
  11. ^ Yankee for Life, Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner, p. 68, Harper Collins, 2008, New York, ISBN 978-0-06-147342-5
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References[]

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