1970 New York Yankees roster

30 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1970 MLB season.

1970 Yankees roster: batting

1970 New York Yankees batting
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
Horace Clarke1586868117244623.251.286.595
Roy White162609109180229424.296.387.860
Danny Cater155582641756764.301.340.734
Bobby Murcer15958195146237815.251.348.768
Thurman Munson132453591376535.302.386.801
Gene Michael13443542932383.214.292.548
Jerry Kenney140404467843520.193.284.566
Curt Blefary9926934579371.212.324.658
John Ellis7822624567290.248.305.708
Ron Woods9522530518274.227.324.707
Jake Gibbs4915323468262.301.331.874
Jim Lyttle8712620393143.310.355.807
Frank Baker351176270111.231.323.605
Ron Hansen599113274140.297.420.892
Pete Ward66775201180.260.333.710
Bobby Mitchell102215040.227.320.638
Frank Tepedino161926020.316.350.771

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · OPS

1970 Yankees roster: pitching

1970 New York Yankees pitching
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.GS: Games started — for a pitcher, games he opened on the mound.W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.K: Batters this pitcher struck out.WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
Mel StottlemyreP373715133.09271.01261.280
Fritz PetersonP393720112.90260.11271.100
Stan BahnsenRP363514113.33232.21161.300
Lindy McDanielP620952.01111.2810.9929
Steve KlineP1615663.41100.1491.230
Mike KekichP2614634.8398.2631.600
Ron KlimkowskiP453672.6598.1401.151
Jack AkerP410422.0670.0361.1016
Bill BurbachP440210.2616.2101.920
Joe VerbanicP70104.6015.282.040
Rob GardnerP11104.917.161.640
Loyd ColsonP10004.502.031.500
Gary JonesP20000.002.022.000

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · WHIP · SV

Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on June 30 of the season. Standings start in 1995, so this season shows no league or division placing.