1971 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersCBS
General managersLee MacPhail
ManagersRalph Houk
TelevisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White, Whitey Ford)
RadioWMCA
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White)
Seasons

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.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10157 0.639 — 53–24 48–33
Detroit Tigers 9171 0.562 12 54–27 37–44
Boston Red Sox 8577 0.525 18 47–33 38–44
New York Yankees 8280 0.506 21 44–37 38–43
Washington Senators 6396 0.396 38½ 35–46 28–50
Cleveland Indians 60102 0.370 43 29–52 31–50

Record vs. opponents

1971 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK WSH
Baltimore —9–97–58–413–58–106–59–310–211–77–413–3
Boston 9–9—6–610–211–712–61–116–68–47–113–912–6
California 5–76–6—8–108–46–68–106–1212–66–67–114–8
Chicago 4–82–1010–8—3–97–59–911–77–115–711–710–2
Cleveland 5–137–114–89–3—6–122–104–84–88–104–87–11
Detroit 10–86–126–65–712–6—8–410–26–610–84–814–4
Kansas City 5–611–110–89–910–24–8—8–109–95–75–139–3
Milwaukee 3–96–612–67–118–42–1010–8—10–72–103–156–6
Minnesota 2–104–86–1211–78–46–69–97–10—8–48–105–6
New York 7–1111–76–67–510–88–107–510–24–8—5–77–11
Oakland 4–79–311–77–118–48–413–515–310–87–5—9–3
Washington 3–136–128–42–1011–74–143–96–66–511–73–9—

Notable transactions

Roster

1971 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders 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 Munson125451113.2511042
1BDanny Cater121428118.276450
2BHorace Clarke159625156.250241
3BJerry Kenney12032585.262020
SSGene Michael139456102.224335
LFRoy White147524153.2921984
CFBobby Murcer146529175.3312594
RFFelipe Alou131461133.289869

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
John Ellis8323858.244334
Jake Gibbs7020645.218521
Ron Blomberg6419964.322731
Ron Hansen6114530.207220
Ron Swoboda5413836.261220
Jim Lyttle498617.19817
Frank Baker437911.13902
Curt Blefary21367.19412
Ron Woods25328.25012
Rusty Torres92610.38523
Danny Walton5142.14312
Frank Tepedino660.00000
Len Boehmer350.00000

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
Fritz Peterson37274.015133.05139
Mel Stottlemyre35269.216122.87132
Stan Bahnsen36242.014123.35110
Steve Kline31222.112132.9681

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
Mike Kekich37170.11094.0793
Jim Hardin1228.1025.0814

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
Lindy McDaniel4451045.0439
Jack Aker414442.5924
Gary Waslewski240113.2817
Roger Hambright183124.3914
Al Closter142205.0822
Gary Jones120009.0010
Terry Ley600010.803
Bill Burbach201010.803
Rob Gardner20003.002

Awards and honors

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oneonta[11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Pete Ward page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Felipe Alou page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Bill Burbach page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference
  6. ↑ Larry Murray page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ Mike Pazik page at Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Ron Swoboda page at Baseball Reference
  9. 1 2 Bobby Cox page at Baseball Reference
  10. ↑ Yankee for Life, Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner, p. 64, Harper Collins, 2008, New York, ISBN 978-0-06-147342-5
  11. ↑ 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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