1971 New York Yankees roster

28 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1971 MLB season.

1971 Yankees roster: batting

1971 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 Clarke1596257615624117.250.321.639
Bobby Murcer14652994175259414.331.427.969
Roy White14752486153198414.292.388.857
Gene Michael139456361023353.224.299.576
Thurman Munson1254517111310426.251.335.703
Danny Cater121428391184500.276.308.672
Jerry Kenney12032550850209.262.368.679
John Ellis8323816583340.244.322.663
Jake Gibbs7020623455212.218.270.605
Ron Blomberg6419930647312.322.363.840
Ron Hansen611456302200.207.245.514
Jim Lyttle4986717170.198.271.562
Frank Baker4379911023.139.281.446
Rusty Torres926510230.385.3851.115
Len Boehmer3500000.000.000.000

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

1971 Yankees roster: pitching

1971 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.
Fritz PetersonP373515133.05274.01391.141
Mel StottlemyreP353516122.87269.21321.120
Stan BahnsenRP363414123.35242.01101.210
Steve KlineP313012132.96222.1811.090
Mike KekichP37241094.07170.1931.460
Lindy McDanielP4405105.0469.2391.524
Jack AkerP410442.5955.2241.334
Gary WaslewskiP240013.2835.2171.231
Al ClosterP141225.0828.1221.620
Roger HambrightP180314.3926.2141.202
Gary JonesP120009.0014.0101.860
Terry LeyP60005.009.072.000
Bill BurbachP200110.803.133.300

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.