1972 New York Yankees season

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1972 New York Yankees
Berra and Dickey's Number Retired
Major League affiliations
Location
  • New York City (since 1903)
Other information
Owner(s) CBS
General manager(s) Lee MacPhail
Manager(s) Ralph Houk
Local television WPIX (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
Local 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 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

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 got the 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

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

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

Roster

1972 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

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
Rich McKinney 37 121 26 .215 1 7
Hal Lanier 60 103 22 .214 0 6

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
Fritz Peterson 35 250⅓ 17 15 3.24 100
Mel Stottlemyre 36 260 14 18 3.22 110
Mike Kekich 29 175⅓ 10 13 3.70 78
Steve Kline 32 236⅓ 16 9 2.40 58
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
Rich Hinton 7 16.2 1 0 4.86

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
Fred Beene 29 1 3 3 2.34 37
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

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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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/09/21/sports/20080921_MOMENTS_SLIDESHOW_5.html
  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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