1971_New_York_Yankees_season

1971 New York Yankees
1971 New York Yankees
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Owners	CBS
General managers	Lee MacPhail
Managers	Ralph Houk
Television	WPIX; (Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White, Whitey Ford)
Radio	WMCA; (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White)

1971 New York Yankees season

Major League Baseball team season

The 1971 New York Yankees season was the 69th season for the franchise. The team finished fourth in the American League East with a record of 82–80, 21 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

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v t e AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	101	57	0.639	—	53–24	48–33
Detroit Tigers	91	71	0.562	12	54–27	37–44
Boston Red Sox	85	77	0.525	18	47–33	38–44
New York Yankees	82	80	0.506	21	44–37	38–43
Washington Senators	63	96	0.396	38½	35–46	28–50
Cleveland Indians	60	102	0.370	43	29–52	31–50

1971 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CAL	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	WSH
Baltimore	—	9–9	7–5	8–4	13–5	8–10	6–5	9–3	10–2	11–7	7–4	13–3
Boston	9–9	—	6–6	10–2	11–7	12–6	1–11	6–6	8–4	7–11	3–9	12–6
California	5–7	6–6	—	8–10	8–4	6–6	8–10	6–12	12–6	6–6	7–11	4–8
Chicago	4–8	2–10	10–8	—	3–9	7–5	9–9	11–7	7–11	5–7	11–7	10–2
Cleveland	5–13	7–11	4–8	9–3	—	6–12	2–10	4–8	4–8	8–10	4–8	7–11
Detroit	10–8	6–12	6–6	5–7	12–6	—	8–4	10–2	6–6	10–8	4–8	14–4
Kansas City	5–6	11–1	10–8	9–9	10–2	4–8	—	8–10	9–9	5–7	5–13	9–3
Milwaukee	3–9	6–6	12–6	7–11	8–4	2–10	10–8	—	10–7	2–10	3–15	6–6
Minnesota	2–10	4–8	6–12	11–7	8–4	6–6	9–9	7–10	—	8–4	8–10	5–6
New York	7–11	11–7	6–6	7–5	10–8	8–10	7–5	10–2	4–8	—	5–7	7–11
Oakland	4–7	9–3	11–7	7–11	8–4	8–4	13–5	15–3	10–8	7–5	—	9–3
Washington	3–13	6–12	8–4	2–10	11–7	4–14	3–9	6–6	6–5	11–7	3–9	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Thurman Munson	125	451	113	.251	10	42
1B	Danny Cater	121	428	118	.276	4	50
2B	Horace Clarke	159	625	156	.250	2	41
3B	Jerry Kenney	120	325	85	.262	0	20
SS	Gene Michael	139	456	102	.224	3	35
LF	Roy White	147	524	153	.292	19	84
CF	Bobby Murcer	146	529	175	.331	25	94
RF	Felipe Alou	131	461	133	.289	8	69

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
John Ellis	83	238	58	.244	3	34
Jake Gibbs	70	206	45	.218	5	21
Ron Blomberg	64	199	64	.322	7	31
Ron Hansen	61	145	30	.207	2	20
Ron Swoboda	54	138	36	.261	2	20
Jim Lyttle	49	86	17	.198	1	7
Frank Baker	43	79	11	.139	0	2
Curt Blefary	21	36	7	.194	1	2
Ron Woods	25	32	8	.250	1	2
Rusty Torres	9	26	10	.385	2	3
Danny Walton	5	14	2	.143	1	2
Frank Tepedino	6	6	0	.000	0	0
Len Boehmer	3	5	0	.000	0	0

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Fritz Peterson	37	274.0	15	13	3.05	139
Mel Stottlemyre	35	269.2	16	12	2.87	132
Stan Bahnsen	36	242.0	14	12	3.35	110
Steve Kline	31	222.1	12	13	2.96	81

1971 New York Yankees season

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Lindy McDaniel	44	5	10	4	5.04	39
Jack Aker	41	4	4	4	2.59	24
Gary Waslewski	24	0	1	1	3.28	17
Roger Hambright	18	3	1	2	4.39	14
Al Closter	14	2	2	0	5.08	22
Gary Jones	12	0	0	0	9.00	10
Terry Ley	6	0	0	0	10.80	3
Bill Burbach	2	0	1	0	10.80	3
Rob Gardner	2	0	0	0	3.00	2

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	International League	Loren Babe
AA	Manchester Yankees	Eastern League	Mickey Vernon
A	Kinston Eagles	Carolina League	Gene Hassell
A	Fort Lauderdale Yankees	Florida State League	Bobby Cox
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	George Case
Rookie	Johnson City Yankees	Appalachian League	Jerry Walker

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Kekich	37	170.1	10	9	4.07	93
Jim Hardin	12	28.1	0	2	5.08	14