1972 New York Yankees season

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.

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

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
Rich McKinney3712126.21517
Hal Lanier6010322.21406

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 Peterson35250⅓17153.24100
Mel Stottlemyre3626014183.22110
Mike Kekich29175⅓10133.7078
Steve Kline32236⅓1692.4058
Rob Gardner2097853.0658

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
Rich Hinton716.2104.86

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 Lyle5995351.9275
Fred Beene291332.3437
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
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. 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. https://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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