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1972 New York Yankees  (1971)  (1973)
95-67, 1st in AL Eastern Division
Scored 779 runs, Allowed 632 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 98-64
Defensive Efficiency Rating: .715
Park Factor: Batting - 103 / Pitching - 102 (over 100 favors batters)
Pyth2 W-L: 85-77   (What is this?)

Actual W-L record in MLB: 79-76
Manager(s): Chris Kohlwes

Defeated Kansas City Royals in Championship Series, 3 games to 2.
Defeated San Francisco Giants in World Series, 4 games to 1.

Team Batting (ordered by runs created)    Glossary        Team Schedule and Splits            Photos Batting Splits     Pitching Splits
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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF #Roy White            28  156  575  123  185  38   0  12   69  31  10  126   52  .322  .447  .450  132   8.7  2(+3)e2   137  
 OF *Bobby Murcer         26  161  659  131  187  33   6  41  153  13  10   67   76  .284  .350  .539  121   6.6  1(-2)e3    -9  
 2B #Horace Clarke        33  158  626   90  166  30   6   5   59  30   8   57   47  .265  .338  .356   78   4.4  3e13       78  
 1B *Chris Chambliss      23  137  478   63  157  30   1  11   82   2   0   26   52  .328  .361  .464   76   6.1  3e17      102  
 3B *Graig Nettles        27  158  595   71  145  32   0  15   86   0   0   70   50  .244  .328  .373   76   4.4  2e18      -19  
 C   Thurman Munson       25  152  577   64  156  22   2  10   60   5   6   51   74  .270  .327  .367   67   4.0  2(-3)e11  -12  
 OF *Vic Davalillo        35  104  368   72  106  24   3   7   41  10   2   33   50  .288  .353  .427   58   5.5  3(+1)e7     0  
 SS #Gene Michael         34  141  439   30  109  13   2   0   55   1   1   45   52  .248  .317  .287   42   3.2  3e28       36  
 1B  John Ellis           23   65  135   19   47   6   0   8   24   0   0   12   21  .348  .401  .570   30   9.0  4e24      183  
 1B *Ron Blomberg         23  110  145   25   40  12   1   6   25   0   0   19   14  .276  .361  .497   24   5.9  4e23       15  
 OF  Ollie Brown          28   84  195   21   57   8   0   2   28   0   0   17   23  .292  .344  .364   24   4.4  3(-4)e2     8  
 OF *Brock Davis          28   83  168   19   46   1   0   0   12   6   2   10   31  .274  .311  .280   15   3.1  4(0)e9   -106  
 SS #Paul Popovich        31   64  128   12   27   3   3   1   17   0   0   19    7  .211  .313  .305   12   3.2  3e20       86  
 PH  Jesus Alou           30   45   47    6   18   4   0   0    6   0   0    1    3  .383  .408  .468    9   8.2            134  
 3B  Celerino Sanchez     28   30   45    4   15   1   0   0    2   0   0    4    7  .333  .388  .356    5   5.0  2e33      147  
 C   Jerry McNertney      35    4   10    2    4   1   0   0    1   0   0    2    3  .400  .500  .500    2  10.8  2(+2)e4   397  
 OF *Mickey Rivers        23   18   45    2    6   2   0   0    1   2   1    2    3  .133  .170  .178    1   1.0  3(+4)e7  -185  
 2B  Hal Lanier           30    2    4    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .250  .250  .250    0   2.1  3e16       24  
 OF #Rusty Torres         23    2    3    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  2(-2)e7  -571  
 SS *Jerry Kenney         27    4    5    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0  4e24     -531  
 PR  Charlie Spikes       21    1    0    1    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?           -348  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 28                                                                           780                   38

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Steve Kline          24  20   9  .690  37  37   2   0   0   0   1  255.1  230   87   78  11   54   55  2.75   82   2.9  -13  
  P  Mel Stottlemyre      30  17  13  .567  42  42   1   0   0   0   1  287.2  312  118  109  21   82  115  3.41  136   4.3    9  
  P *Fritz Peterson       30  14  16  .467  41  41   4   0   0   0   1  269.1  303  136  127  18   56   96  4.24  136   4.6   -3  
  P *Sparky Lyle          27   9   6  .600  67   0   0  59  34  10   0   93.2   72   26   25   2   21   56  2.40   24   2.4  -40  
  P  Steve Kealey         25   8   4  .667  51   0   0  19   1   2   0   61.1   50   25   15   7   16   31  2.20   21   3.2   -6  
  P  Scipio Spinks        24   7   4  .636  22  16   2   3   1   0   0  111.2   74   40   32  10   56   87  2.58   37   2.9  -44  
  P  Dick Tidrow          25   6   6  .500  15  15   3   0   0   0   1   95.0   89   44   41  10   35   45  3.88   40   3.8   10  
  P *Rob Gardner          27   6   7  .462  41   9   1  11   1   0   0   90.2  100   44   43  10   18   45  4.27   45   4.5   36  
  P  Jerry Johnson        28   4   0 1.000  55   0   0  12   2   1   0   44.1   46   22   19   3   24   28  3.86   23   4.8  -27  
  P  Tom Phoebus          30   2   0 1.000  37   1   0  18   5   0   0   69.0   76   46   41   6   46   44  5.35   44   5.8   40  
  P  Fred Beene           29   1   0 1.000  38   0   0  18   1   0   0   61.0   61   32   27   6   21   44  3.98   28   4.2   10  
  P *Tom Hall             24   1   2  .333   9   0   0   7   1   0   0   11.0    7    4    4   1    5    9  3.27    3   3.0  -21  
  P  Mel Queen            30   0   0  .000   4   0   0   1   0   0   0    7.1    8    6    6   1   10    4  7.36    6   7.9  135  
  P  Dennis Higgins       32   0   0  .000   2   0   0   1   0   0   0    3.0    3    1    1   0    1    5  3.00    1   5.4  -40  
  P *Dan McGinn           28   0   0  .000   2   1   0   0   0   0   0    6.1    3    1    1   0    1    2  1.42    0   1.1 -437  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      634         -3

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed


Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

 Catchers              Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP  OSB OCS
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---
 Thurman Munson       1354 151 152  699   39  12   8  .984  16   8
 John Ellis             85   8  16   40    2   1   0  .977   8   1
 Jerry McNertney        28   3   4   14    1   0   0 1.000   2   0
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---

First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Chris Chambliss 1034 112 126 1054 86 8 131 .993 9.92 Ron Blomberg 177 18 29 194 14 5 20 .977 10.60 John Ellis 167 21 24 183 18 4 17 .980 10.85 Vic Davalillo 89 11 12 88 8 3 4 .970 9.67 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Horace Clarke 1409 156 158 527 414 13 130 .986 6.01 Paul Popovich 48 5 10 19 14 0 7 1.000 6.19 Hal Lanier 9 1 1 2 3 0 0 1.000 5.00 Celerino Sanchez 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 18.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Graig Nettles 1386 153 155 163 304 13 42 .973 3.03 Celerino Sanchez 71 8 12 11 23 1 2 .971 4.31 Ollie Brown 9 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 Paul Popovich 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gene Michael 1163 129 140 252 487 22 97 .971 5.72 Paul Popovich 294 32 49 54 113 1 18 .994 5.11 Jerry Kenney 9 1 3 3 3 0 1 1.000 6.00 Celerino Sanchez 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

 Left Field            Inn  GS  G   PO    A   E   DP   FP    RF
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----
 Roy White            1361 150 152  288    7   2   2  .993  1.95
 Brock Davis            52   6   7    6    1   0   0 1.000  1.21
 Mickey Rivers          36   4   4    6    0   0   0 1.000  1.50
 Jesus Alou              9   1   2    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.00
 Ollie Brown             8   1   1    1    0   0   0 1.000  1.12
 Vic Davalillo           1   0   1    0    0   0   0  .000  0.00
+--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Bobby Murcer 1458 161 161 450 35 1 4 .998 2.99 Vic Davalillo 9 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Vic Davalillo 701 78 83 132 4 4 2 .971 1.75 Ollie Brown 423 46 66 79 4 1 0 .988 1.76 Brock Davis 247 28 38 45 1 1 0 .979 1.67 Mickey Rivers 72 8 11 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.88 Jesus Alou 14 1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.29 Rusty Torres 9 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1972 Draft


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