1972 New York Yankees roster

31 players appeared for the New York Yankees in the 1972 MLB season.

1972 Yankees roster: batting

1972 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.
Bobby Murcer153585102171339611.292.361.898
Roy White15555676150105423.270.384.760
Horace Clarke1475476513233718.241.315.616
Thurman Munson140511541437466.280.343.707
Gene Michael12639129911324.233.290.568
Felipe Alou12032433906371.278.326.721
Ron Blomberg107299368014490.268.355.843
Johnny Callison9227528719343.258.299.691
Celerino Sanchez7125018620220.248.292.596
Bernie Allen8422026509210.227.296.686
Rusty Torres8019915423130.211.280.571
John Ellis5213613405250.294.333.789
Rich McKinney371211026171.215.258.514
Jerry Kenney501191625073.210.304.531
Ron Swoboda631139281120.248.341.686
Hal Lanier60103522061.214.234.476
Charlie Spikes143425030.147.171.348
Frank Tepedino8800000.000.000.000

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

1972 Yankees roster: pitching

1972 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 StottlemyreP363614183.22260.01101.290
Fritz PetersonP353517153.24250.11001.250
Steve KlineP32321692.40236.1581.070
Mike KekichP292810133.70175.1781.410
Sparky LyleRP590951.92107.2751.0535
Rob GardnerP2014853.0697.0581.230
Lindy McDanielP370312.2568.0471.160
Fred BeeneP291132.3457.2371.373
Ron KlimkowskiP162034.0231.1111.501
Larry GowellP21011.297.070.710
Steve BlatericP10000.004.040.500
Al ClosterP200011.572.122.570

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.