1972 New York Yankees

79-76 • 0.510 Win% • 4th in AL E

📊 Season Record

79 Wins
76 Losses
0.510 Win %
4th Rank
557 R 527 RA
Diff +30

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557 Runs Scored
527 Runs Allowed
+30 Run Diff
967K Attendance

📈 vs. 1972 AL Average

Batting Avg .249 4% above the 1972 league average (.239)
OBP .314 3% above the 1972 league average (.303)
SLG .309 4% above the 1972 league average (.296)
Team ERA 3.05 equal to the 1972 league average (3.06)
Runs Scored 557 4% above the 1972 league average (537 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumYankee Stadium I
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Home Games 77
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Total Attendance 967,715
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Avg per Game 12,567

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 John Ellis 0.294 2 Bobby Murcer 0.292 3 Thurman Munson 0.280 4 Felipe Alou 0.278 5 Roy White 0.270

Home Runs

1 Bobby Murcer 33 2 Ron Blomberg 14 3 Roy White 10 4 Bernie Allen 9 5 Johnny Callison 9

RBI

1 Bobby Murcer 96 2 Roy White 54 3 Ron Blomberg 49 4 Thurman Munson 46 5 Felipe Alou 37
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Bobby Murcer 153 585 102 171 0 0 33 96 63 67 11 0.292
Roy White 155 556 76 150 0 0 10 54 99 59 23 0.270
Horace Clarke 147 547 65 132 0 0 3 37 56 44 18 0.241
Thurman Munson 140 511 54 143 0 0 7 46 47 58 6 0.280
Gene Michael 126 391 29 91 0 0 1 32 32 45 4 0.233
Felipe Alou 120 324 33 90 0 0 6 37 22 27 1 0.278
Ron Blomberg 107 299 36 80 0 0 14 49 38 26 0 0.268
Johnny Callison 92 275 28 71 0 0 9 34 18 34 3 0.258
Celerino Sanchez 71 250 18 62 0 0 0 21 12 30 0 0.248
Bernie Allen 84 220 26 50 0 0 9 22 23 42 0 0.227
Rusty Torres 80 199 15 42 0 0 3 13 18 44 0 0.211
John Ellis 52 136 13 40 0 0 5 25 8 22 0 0.294
Rich McKinney 37 121 10 26 0 0 1 7 7 13 1 0.215
Jerry Kenney 50 119 16 25 0 0 0 7 16 13 3 0.210
Ron Swoboda 63 113 9 28 0 0 1 12 17 29 0 0.248
Hal Lanier 60 103 5 22 0 0 0 6 2 13 1 0.214
Fritz Peterson 35 82 6 19 0 0 0 9 3 14 0 0.232
Mel Stottlemyre 37 80 3 16 0 0 0 7 3 18 0 0.200
Steve Kline 32 76 5 7 0 0 0 1 4 22 0 0.092
Mike Kekich 29 59 3 8 0 0 0 4 0 14 0 0.136
Charlie Spikes 14 34 2 5 0 0 0 3 1 13 0 0.147
Rob Gardner 20 28 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 16 0 0.107
Sparky Lyle 59 21 2 4 0 0 0 1 1 10 0 0.190
Fred Beene 30 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Frank Tepedino 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Lindy McDaniel 37 7 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0.286
Ron Klimkowski 16 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Rich Hinton 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Wade Blasingame 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0.000
Steve Blateric 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Al Closter 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Larry Gowell 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Jim Roland 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jack Aker 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Casey Cox 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doc Medich 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Sparky Lyle 1.92 2 Lindy McDaniel 2.25 3 Fred Beene 2.34 4 Steve Kline 2.40 5 Rob Gardner 3.06

Wins

1 Fritz Peterson 17 2 Steve Kline 16 3 Mel Stottlemyre 14 4 Mike Kekich 10 5 Sparky Lyle 9

Strikeouts

1 Mel Stottlemyre 110 2 Fritz Peterson 100 3 Mike Kekich 78 4 Sparky Lyle 75 5 Rob Gardner 58
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Mel Stottlemyre 14 18 3.22 36 36 0 260.0 85 110
Fritz Peterson 17 15 3.24 35 35 0 250.1 44 100
Steve Kline 16 9 2.40 32 32 0 236.1 44 58
Mike Kekich 10 13 3.70 29 28 0 175.1 76 78
Sparky Lyle 9 5 1.92 59 0 35 107.2 29 75
Rob Gardner 8 5 3.06 20 14 0 97.0 28 58
Lindy McDaniel 3 1 2.25 37 0 0 68.0 25 47
Fred Beene 1 3 2.34 29 1 3 57.2 24 37
Ron Klimkowski 0 3 4.02 16 2 1 31.1 15 11
Jim Roland 0 1 5.04 16 0 0 25.0 16 13
Wade Blasingame 0 1 4.24 12 1 0 17.0 11 7
Rich Hinton 1 0 4.86 7 3 0 16.2 8 13
Casey Cox 0 1 4.63 5 1 0 11.2 3 4
Larry Gowell 0 1 1.29 2 1 0 7.0 2 7
Jack Aker 0 0 3.00 4 0 0 6.0 3 1
Steve Blateric 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 4.0 0 4
Al Closter 0 0 11.57 2 0 0 2.1 4 2
Doc Medich 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0.0 2 0

👥 Roster (36)

Jack Aker Bernie Allen Felipe Alou Fred Beene Wade Blasingame Steve Blateric Ron Blomberg Johnny Callison Horace Clarke Al Closter Casey Cox John Ellis +24 more

36 players

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