1972 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersCBS
General managersLee MacPhail
ManagersRalph Houk
TelevisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White)
RadioWMCA
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White)
Seasons

The 1972 New York Yankees season was the 70th season for the Yankees. 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

Yogi Berra's number 8 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1972.
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

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Detroit Tigers 8670 0.551 — 44–34 42–36
Boston Red Sox 8570 0.548 ½ 52–26 33–44
Baltimore Orioles 8074 0.519 5 38–39 42–35
New York Yankees 7976 0.510 6½ 46–31 33–45
Cleveland Indians 7284 0.462 14 43–34 29–50
Milwaukee Brewers 6591 0.417 21 37–42 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1972 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK TEX
Baltimore —7–116–68–48–1010–86–610–56–67–66–66–6
Boston 11–7—8–46–68–75–96–611–74–89–99–38–4
California 6–64–8—7–118–45–79–67–57–84–88–1010–7
Chicago 4–86–611–7—8–45–78–99–38–67–57–814–4
Cleveland 10–87–84–84–8—10–86–65–108–47–112–109–3
Detroit 8–109–57–57–58–10—7–510–89–37–94–810–2
Kansas City 6–66–66–99–86–65–7—7–59–97–57–118–6
Milwaukee 5–107–115–73–910–58–105–7—4–89–94–85–7
Minnesota 6–68–48–76–84–83–99–98–4—6–68–911–7
New York 6–79–98–45–711–79–75–79–96–6—3–98–4
Oakland 6–63–910–88–710–28–411–78–49–89–3—11–4
Texas 6–64–87–104–143–92–106–87–57–114–84–11—

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
CThurman Munson140511143.280746
1BRon Blomberg10729980.2681449
2BHorace Clarke147547132.241337
3BCelerino Sanchez7125062.248022
SSGene Michael12639191.233132
LFRoy White155556150.2701054
CFBobby Murcer153585171.2923396
RFJohnny Callison9527571.258934

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 Alou12032490.278637
Bernie Allen8422050.227921
Rusty Torres8019942.211313
John Ellis5213640.294525
Rich McKinney3712126.21517
Jerry Kenney5011925.21007
Ron Swoboda6311328.248112
Hal Lanier6010322.21406
Charlie Spikes14345.14703
Frank Tepedino880.00000

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 Stottlemyre36260.014183.22110
Fritz Peterson35250.117153.24100
Steve Kline32236.11692.4058
Mike Kekich29175.110133.7078
Rob Gardner2097.0853.0658

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 Hinton716.2104.8613
Casey Cox511.2014.634
Larry Gowell27.0011.297
Doc Medich10.000inf0

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 Lyle5995351.9275
Lindy McDaniel373102.2547
Fred Beene291332.3437
Ron Klimkowski160314.0211
Jim Roland160105.0413
Wade Blasingame120104.247
Jack Aker40003.001
Al Closter200011.572
Steve Blateric10000.004

Awards and honors

League leaders

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

Farm system

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 2 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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