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1971 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Field	Value
name	New York Yankees
season	1971
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)

(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bill White, Whitey Ford) (Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bill White) |}} 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

March 31, 1971: Pete Ward was released by the Yankees.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 9, 1971: Ron Klimkowski and Rob Gardner was traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Felipe Alou.
May 26, 1971: Curt Blefary was traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Rob Gardner.
May 28, 1971: Bill Burbach was traded by the Yankees to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Hardin.
June 7, 1971: Frank Tepedino and Bobby Mitchell were traded by the Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers for Danny Walton.
June 8, 1971: 1971 Major League Baseball draft
- Larry Murray was drafted by the Yankees in the 5th round.
- Mike Pazik was drafted by the Yankees in the 1st round (13th pick) of the Secondary Phase.
June 25, 1971: Ron Woods was traded by the Yankees to the Montreal Expos for Ron Swoboda.
July 17, 1971: Bobby Cox was signed as a free agent by the Yankees.
August 28, 1971: Bobby Cox was released by the Yankees.

Roster

1971 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers

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
C		125	451	113	.251	10	42
1B	Danny Cater	121	428	118	.276	4	50
2B		159	625	156	.250	2	41
3B		120	325	85	.262	0	20
SS		139	456	102	.224	3	35
LF		147	524	153	.292	19	84
CF		146	529	175	.331	25	94
RF		131	461	133	.289	8	69

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 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
	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
	6	6	0	.000	0	0
Len Boehmer	3	5	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
37	274.0	15	13	3.05	139
35	269.2	16	12	2.87	132
36	242.0	14	12	3.35	110
31	222.1	12	13	2.96	81

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 Kekich	37	170.1	10	9	4.07	93
	12	28.1	0	2	5.08	14

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 McDaniel	44	5	10	4	5.04	39
	41	4	4	4	2.59	24
Gary Waslewski	24	0	1	1	3.28	17
	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
	2	0	1	0	10.80	3
	2	0	0	0	3.00	2

Awards and honors

Outfielder Bobby Murcer competed in his first All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Oneonta

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wardpe01.shtml Pete Ward page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/aloufe01.shtml Felipe Alou page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blefacu01.shtml Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/burbabi01.shtml Bill Burbach page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tepedfr01.shtml Frank Tepedino page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/murrala01.shtml Larry Murray page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pazikmi01.shtml Mike Pazik page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/swoboro01.shtml Ron Swoboda page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coxbo01.shtml Bobby Cox page at Baseball Reference]
Yankee for Life, Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner, p. 64, Harper Collins, 2008, New York, {{ISBN. 978-0-06-147342-5
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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