1971 New York Yankees

82-80 • 0.506 Win% • 4th in AL E

📊 Season Record

82 Wins
80 Losses
0.506 Win %
4th Rank
648 R 641 RA
Diff +7

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⚡ Quick Stats

648 Runs Scored
641 Runs Allowed
+7 Run Diff
1,074K Attendance

📈 vs. 1971 AL Average

Batting Avg .254 3% above the 1971 league average (.246)
OBP .326 4% above the 1971 league average (.315)
SLG .308 2% below the 1971 league average (.315)
Team ERA 3.43 1% better than the 1971 league average (3.46)
Runs Scored 648 4% above the 1971 league average (623 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium I
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,074,518
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Avg per Game 13,265

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Bobby Murcer 0.331 2 Ron Blomberg 0.322 3 Roy White 0.292 4 Felipe Alou 0.289 5 Danny Cater 0.276

Home Runs

1 Bobby Murcer 25 2 Roy White 19 3 Thurman Munson 10 4 Felipe Alou 8 5 Ron Blomberg 7

RBI

1 Bobby Murcer 94 2 Roy White 84 3 Felipe Alou 69 4 Danny Cater 50 5 Thurman Munson 42
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Horace Clarke 159 625 76 156 0 0 2 41 64 43 17 0.250
Bobby Murcer 146 529 94 175 0 0 25 94 91 60 14 0.331
Roy White 147 524 86 153 0 0 19 84 86 66 14 0.292
Felipe Alou 131 461 52 133 0 0 8 69 32 24 5 0.289
Gene Michael 139 456 36 102 0 0 3 35 48 64 3 0.224
Thurman Munson 125 451 71 113 0 0 10 42 52 65 6 0.251
Danny Cater 121 428 39 118 0 0 4 50 19 25 0 0.276
Jerry Kenney 120 325 50 85 0 0 0 20 56 38 9 0.262
John Ellis 83 238 16 58 0 0 3 34 23 42 0 0.244
Jake Gibbs 70 206 23 45 0 0 5 21 12 23 2 0.218
Ron Blomberg 64 199 30 64 0 0 7 31 14 23 2 0.322
Ron Hansen 61 145 6 30 0 0 2 20 9 27 0 0.207
Ron Swoboda 54 138 17 36 0 0 2 20 27 35 0 0.261
Mel Stottlemyre 35 94 6 16 0 0 1 11 5 29 0 0.170
Jim Lyttle 49 86 7 17 0 0 1 7 8 18 0 0.198
Fritz Peterson 37 85 2 7 0 0 0 8 5 22 0 0.082
Stan Bahnsen 36 79 6 12 0 0 0 3 1 32 0 0.152
Frank Baker 43 79 9 11 0 0 0 2 16 22 3 0.139
Steve Kline 31 66 6 9 0 0 0 1 4 16 0 0.136
Mike Kekich 37 52 2 8 0 0 0 4 2 11 0 0.154
Curt Blefary 21 36 4 7 0 0 1 2 3 5 0 0.194
Ron Woods 25 32 4 8 0 0 1 2 4 2 0 0.250
Rusty Torres 9 26 5 10 0 0 2 3 0 8 0 0.385
Danny Walton 5 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 7 0 0.143
Lindy McDaniel 44 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.111
Al Closter 14 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Frank Tepedino 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Len Boehmer 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jim Hardin 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jack Aker 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Bill Burbach 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Roger Hambright 18 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.500
Gary Jones 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Gary Waslewski 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rob Gardner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Ley 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Jack Aker 2.59 2 Mel Stottlemyre 2.87 3 Steve Kline 2.96 4 Fritz Peterson 3.05 5 Gary Waslewski 3.28

Wins

1 Mel Stottlemyre 16 2 Fritz Peterson 15 3 Stan Bahnsen 14 4 Steve Kline 12 5 Mike Kekich 10

Strikeouts

1 Fritz Peterson 139 2 Mel Stottlemyre 132 3 Stan Bahnsen 110 4 Mike Kekich 93 5 Steve Kline 81
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Fritz Peterson 15 13 3.05 37 35 1 274.0 42 139
Mel Stottlemyre 16 12 2.87 35 35 0 269.2 69 132
Stan Bahnsen 14 12 3.35 36 34 0 242.0 72 110
Steve Kline 12 13 2.96 31 30 0 222.1 37 81
Mike Kekich 10 9 4.07 37 24 0 170.1 82 93
Lindy McDaniel 5 10 5.04 44 0 4 69.2 24 39
Jack Aker 4 4 2.59 41 0 4 55.2 26 24
Gary Waslewski 0 1 3.28 24 0 1 35.2 16 17
Al Closter 2 2 5.08 14 1 0 28.1 13 22
Jim Hardin 0 2 5.08 12 3 0 28.1 9 14
Roger Hambright 3 1 4.39 18 0 2 26.2 10 14
Gary Jones 0 0 9.00 12 0 0 14.0 7 10
Terry Ley 0 0 5.00 6 0 0 9.0 9 7
Bill Burbach 0 1 10.80 2 0 0 3.1 5 3
Rob Gardner 0 0 3.00 2 0 0 3.0 2 2

👥 Roster (36)

Jack Aker Felipe Alou Stan Bahnsen Frank Baker Curt Blefary Ron Blomberg Len Boehmer Bill Burbach Danny Cater Horace Clarke Al Closter John Ellis +24 more

36 players

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