1971 NEW YORK YANKEES

| Level: MLB

Location: Bronx,NY
Team Record: 82-80 .506
Result: 4th in American League - East Division
Manager(s): Ralph Houk
General Manager: Lee MacPhail
Stadium: Yankee Stadium
Attendance: 1,070,771
Playoffs: Did not qualify

New York Yankees affiliate history

Oldest Player: Felipe Alou (36)
Youngest Player: Roger Hambright (22)
Longest Tenure: Jake Gibbs (10)
Top Hitter: Bobby Murcer (1)
Top Pitcher: Mel Stottlemyre (12)
Top Draft Pick: Terry Whitfield (#19)

Roster Continuity: 87.47%

American League Standings

East	W	L	Pct	GB
Baltimore	101	57	.639	--
Detroit	91	71	.562	12.0
Boston	85	77	.525	18.0
NY Yankees	82	80	.506	21.0
Washington	63	96	.396	38.5
Cleveland	60	102	.370	43.0

BATTING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Batting Orders

Defensive Lineups

Feats

Splits Analysis

#	Player	Pos	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	PA	OUT	RC	RC/G	babip
20	Horace Clarke	2b	21	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	159	625	76	156	23	7	2	41	17	7	64	43	2	2	4	1	14	.250	.321	.318	639	199	696	495	74	4.0	.265
1	Bobby Murcer	of	1	25	UDFA: 1964	MLB	146	529	94	175	25	6	25	94	14	8	91	60	0	13	1	3	9	.331	.427	.543	969	287	624	375	132	9.5	.336
6	Roy White	of	4	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	147	524	86	153	22	7	19	84	14	7	86	66	7	7	0	17	10	.292	.388	.469	857	246	634	405	110	7.3	.294
24	Felipe Alou	of-1b	41	36	UDFA: 1955	MLB	131	461	52	133	20	6	8	69	5	5	32	24	2	3	1	5	15	.289	.334	.410	744	189	501	354	70	5.3	.288
17	Gene Michael	ss	-	33	UDFA: 1959	MLB	139	456	36	102	15	0	3	35	3	3	48	64	3	8	3	4	17	.224	.299	.276	576	126	514	381	35	2.5	.252
15	Thurman Munson	c	78	24	1968-1-4	MLB	125	451	71	113	15	4	10	42	6	5	52	65	7	1	4	3	10	.251	.335	.368	703	166	517	360	60	4.5	.272
10	Danny Cater	1b-of	73	31	UDFA: 1958	MLB	121	428	39	118	16	5	4	50	0	3	19	25	2	4	4	3	18	.276	.308	.364	672	156	456	338	49	3.9	.284
2	Jerry Kenney	3b-ss	97	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	120	325	50	85	10	3	0	20	9	8	56	38	1	3	9	4	10	.262	.368	.311	679	101	395	271	42	4.2	.292
23	John Ellis	1b-c	79	22	UDFA: 1967	MLB	83	238	16	58	12	1	3	34	0	0	23	42	6	5	1	3	12	.244	.322	.340	663	81	271	196	25	3.5	.281
41	Jake Gibbs	c	-	32	-	MLB	70	206	23	45	9	0	5	21	2	2	12	23	3	1	2	1	3	.218	.270	.335	605	69	224	169	20	3.2	.223
12	Ron Blomberg	1b-of	-	22	1967-1-1	MLB	64	199	30	64	6	2	7	31	2	4	14	23	0	3	1	2	2	.322	.363	.477	840	95	216	144	36	6.8	.333
28	Ron Hansen	ss	-	33	-	MLB	61	145	6	30	3	0	2	20	0	0	9	27	0	2	0	5	5	.207	.245	.269	514	39	159	125	7	1.5	.231
14	Ron Swoboda	of	-	27	UDFA: 1964	MLB	54	138	17	36	2	1	2	20	0	0	27	35	3	1	1	1	4	.261	.391	.333	724	46	170	108	19	4.7	.333
30	Mel Stottlemyre	p	-	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	35	94	6	16	1	0	1	11	0	0	5	29	0	0	3	1	1	.170	.210	.213	423	20	103	83	1	0.2	.231
27	Jim Lyttle	of	-	25	1966-1-10	MLB	49	86	7	17	5	0	1	7	0	2	8	18	1	2	1	1	3	.198	.271	.291	562	25	97	76	5	1.8	.235
19	Fritz Peterson	p	55	29	UDFA: 1963	MLB	37	85	2	7	1	0	0	8	0	0	5	22	0	0	14	1	2	.082	.132	.094	226	8	105	95	-5	-1.3	.109
26	Frank Baker	ss	-	24	1967-2-29	MLB	43	79	9	11	2	0	0	2	3	0	16	22	0	3	2	1	2	.139	.281	.165	446	13	98	73	3	0.9	.190
45	Stan Bahnsen	p	-	26	1965-4-68	MLB	36	79	6	12	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	32	0	0	8	0	0	.152	.162	.203	365	16	88	75	-1	-0.5	.255
38	Steve Kline	p	-	23	1966-7-130	MLB	31	66	6	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	16	0	0	5	0	1	.136	.186	.152	337	10	75	63	-1	-0.4	.180
18	Mike Kekich	p	-	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	37	52	2	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	11	0	0	8	0	0	.154	.185	.154	339	8	62	52	0	-0.1	.195
13	Curt Blefary	of-1b	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	21	36	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	1	.194	.256	.306	562	11	39	30	3	2.4	.200
9	Ron Woods	of	-	28	UDFA: 1961	MLB	25	32	4	8	1	0	1	2	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.375	708	12	36	24	5	5.5	.241
21	Rusty Torres	of	-	22	1966-54-811	MLB	9	26	5	10	3	0	2	3	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.731	1115	19	26	17	7	10.6	.500
21	Danny Walton	of	-	23	1965-10-196	MLB	5	14	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.357	500	5	14	12	0	0.4	.167
40	Lindy McDaniel	p	-	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	44	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	1	10	9	0	-1.3	.143
50	Al Closter	p	-	28	UDFA: 1965	MLB	14	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000
21	Frank Tepedino	1b	-	23	1965-3-55	MLB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	7	-	-	.000
25	Len Boehmer	1b-3b	-	30	-	MLB	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	5	5	-	-	.000
29	Jim Hardin	p	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	4	4	-	-	.000
22	Jack Aker	p	-	30	UDFA: 1960	MLB	41	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	6	6	-	-	.000
46	Roger Hambright	p	-	22	1967-67-954	MLB	18	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1000	1	2	1	0	9.9	1.000
50	Bill Burbach	p	-	23	1965-1-19	MLB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	2	-	-	.000
54	Gary Waslewski	p	-	29	UDFA: 1960	MLB	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
39	Gary Jones	p	-	26	-	MLB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	1	-	-	.000
Totals: (34 players)							162	5413	648	1377	195	43	97	607	75	55	581	717	37	58	77	56	140	.254	.328	.360	688	1949	6164	4364	686	4.2	.275

PITCHING STATISTICS

Basic Stats

Advanced Stats

Extra

Starting Pitcher Log

Feats

Splits Analysis

Draft Picks

#	Player	Rk	Age	Drafted	HiLvl	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	BABIP	GB/FB
19	Fritz Peterson	13	29	UDFA: 1963	MLB	15	13	3.05	37	35	16	4	2	1	274.0	269	106	93	25	42	139	6	1	1.14	8.84	0.82	1.38	4.57	0.30	.278	1.43
30	Mel Stottlemyre	12	29	UDFA: 1961	MLB	16	12	2.87	35	35	19	7	0	0	269.2	234	100	86	16	69	132	5	0	1.12	7.81	0.53	2.30	4.41	0.52	.255	1.57
45	Stan Bahnsen	53	26	1965-4-68	MLB	14	12	3.35	36	34	14	3	2	0	242.0	221	99	90	20	72	110	9	1	1.21	8.22	0.74	2.68	4.09	0.65	.264	1.24
38	Steve Kline	23	23	1966-7-130	MLB	12	13	2.96	31	30	15	1	0	0	222.1	206	87	73	21	37	81	3	1	1.09	8.34	0.85	1.50	3.28	0.46	.250	1.73
18	Mike Kekich	66	26	UDFA: 1964	MLB	10	9	4.07	37	24	3	0	5	0	170.1	167	89	77	13	82	93	8	0	1.46	8.82	0.69	4.33	4.91	0.88	.283	0.96
40	Lindy McDaniel	57	35	UDFA: 1958	MLB	5	10	5.04	44	0	0	0	28	4	69.2	82	41	39	12	24	39	5	0	1.52	10.59	1.55	3.10	5.04	0.62	.310	1.56
22	Jack Aker	-	30	UDFA: 1960	MLB	4	4	2.59	41	0	0	0	20	4	55.2	48	20	16	3	26	24	3	0	1.33	7.76	0.49	4.20	3.88	1.08	.257	2.09
54	Gary Waslewski	-	29	UDFA: 1960	MLB	0	1	3.28	24	0	0	0	8	1	35.2	28	15	13	2	16	17	1	0	1.23	7.07	0.50	4.04	4.29	0.94	.232	0.96
50	Al Closter	-	28	UDFA: 1965	MLB	2	2	5.08	14	1	0	0	1	0	28.1	33	22	16	4	13	22	2	0	1.62	10.48	1.27	4.13	6.99	0.59	.330	1.59
29	Jim Hardin	-	27	UDFA: 1962	MLB	0	2	5.08	12	3	0	0	3	0	28.1	35	19	16	3	9	14	2	0	1.55	11.12	0.95	2.86	4.45	0.64	--	1.03
46	Roger Hambright	-	22	1967-67-954	MLB	3	1	4.39	18	0	0	0	14	2	26.2	22	13	13	5	10	14	2	0	1.20	7.42	1.69	3.37	4.72	0.71	.215	0.86
39	Gary Jones	-	26	-	MLB	0	0	9.00	12	0	0	0	5	0	14.0	19	14	14	1	7	10	0	0	1.86	12.21	0.64	4.50	6.43	0.70	.367	0.73
43	Terry Ley	-	24	1967-3-60	MLB	0	0	5.00	6	0	0	0	5	0	9.0	9	9	5	1	9	7	0	0	2.00	9.00	1.00	9.00	7.00	1.29	.296	0.47
50	Bill Burbach	-	23	1965-1-19	MLB	0	1	10.80	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.1	6	6	4	0	5	3	2	0	3.30	16.20	0.00	13.50	8.10	1.67	.500	3.50
39,43	Rob Gardner	-	26	UDFA: 1963	MLB	0	0	3.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	1.67	9.00	0.00	6.00	6.00	1.00	--	0.20
Totals: (34 players)						82	80	3.45	162	162	67	15	95	12	1,452	1382	641	556	97	423	707	48	3	1.35	8.57	0.78	2.62	4.38	0.60	.282

FIELDING STATISTICS

Stats by Position

Games by Position

Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Thurman Munson	C	117		547	67	1	4	.998	0.00
Jake Gibbs	C	51		229	12	3	1	.988	0.00
John Ellis	C	2		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Danny Cater	1B	78		564	62	3	54	.995	0.00
John Ellis	1B	65		625	35	7	66	.990	0.00
Felipe Alou	1B	42		377	20	2	23	.995	0.00
Curt Blefary	1B	4		41	2	0	1	1.000	0.00
Jerry Kenney	1B	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Horace Clarke	2B	156		386	455	16	97	.981	0.00
Ron Hansen	2B	9		28	17	2	7	.957	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Jerry Kenney	3B	109		69	237	15	20	.953	0.00
Danny Cater	3B	52		41	111	10	7	.938	0.00
Ron Hansen	3B	30		16	51	6	9	.918	0.00
Len Boehmer	3B	1		1	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Gene Michael	SS	136		243	474	20	88	.973	0.00
Frank Baker	SS	38		53	97	8	28	.949	0.00
Jerry Kenney	SS	5		5	12	0	4	1.000	0.00
Ron Hansen	SS	3		8	4	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Roy White	OF	145		306	8	0	1	1.000	0.00
Bobby Murcer	OF	143		317	10	5	1	.985	0.00
Felipe Alou	OF	80		129	3	2	0	.985	0.00
Ron Blomberg	OF	57		96	1	3	1	.970	0.00
Ron Swoboda	OF	47		80	2	3	0	.965	0.00
Jim Lyttle	OF	29		47	1	0	0	1.000	0.00
Ron Woods	OF	9		13	0	1	0	.929	0.00
Curt Blefary	OF	6		6	1	1	0	.875	0.00
Rusty Torres	OF	5		13	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Danny Walton	OF	4		4	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Thurman Munson	OF	1		0	0	0	0	.000	0.00
Frank Tepedino	OF	1		1	0	0	0	1.000	0.00
Player	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fpct	RF
Lindy McDaniel	P	44	69	2	14	0	0	1.000	2.08
Jack Aker	P	41	55	10	12	3	0	.880	3.59
Mike Kekich	P	37	170	5	37	0	1	1.000	2.22
Fritz Peterson	P	37	274	14	54	1	7	.986	2.23
Stan Bahnsen	P	36	242	18	55	4	5	.948	2.71
Mel Stottlemyre	P	35	269	23	55	4	6	.951	2.61
Steve Kline	P	31	222	24	49	1	1	.986	2.96
Gary Waslewski	P	24	35	3	5	0	0	1.000	2.05
Roger Hambright	P	18	26	1	5	0	1	1.000	2.06
Al Closter	P	14	28	0	8	1	0	.889	2.56
Jim Hardin	P	12	28	4	2	0	0	1.000	1.92
Gary Jones	P	12	14	1	1	1	0	.667	1.29
Terry Ley	P	6	9	1	3	1	0	.800	4.00
Bill Burbach	P	2	3	0	0	1	0	.000	0.00
Rob Gardner	P	2	3	0	0	0	0	.000	0.00

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