Wikipedia

1970 New York Yankees season

The 1970 New York Yankees season was the 68th season for the franchise. The team finished in second place in the American League East with a record of 93–69, 15 games behind the Baltimore Orioles. The 93 wins were the most for the Yankees since 1964. New York was managed by Ralph Houk. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium.

1970 New York Yankees
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkYankee Stadium
CityNew York City
OwnersCBS
General managersLee MacPhail
ManagersRalph Houk
TelevisionWPIX
(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bob Gamere, Whitey Ford)
RadioWHN
(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bob Gamere)
← 1969
1971 →

Offseason

edit

Regular season

edit

The Yankees went from a record of 80 wins and 81 losses in 1969 to a record of 93 wins and 69 losses.[5]

Season standings

edit
AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 10854 .667 — 59‍–‍22 49‍–‍32
New York Yankees 9369 .574 15 53‍–‍28 40‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox 8775 .537 21 52‍–‍29 35‍–‍46
Detroit Tigers 7983 .488 29 42‍–‍39 37‍–‍44
Cleveland Indians 7686 .469 32 43‍–‍38 33‍–‍48
Washington Senators 7092 .432 38 40‍–‍41 30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

edit
1970 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CAL CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK WAS
Baltimore —13–57–59–314–411–712–07–55–711–77–512–6
Boston 5–13—5–78–412–69–97–55–77–510–87–512–6
California 5–77–5—12–66–66–610–812–68–105–78–107–5
Chicago 3–94–86–12—6–66–67–117–116–125–72–164–8
Cleveland 4–146–126–66–6—7–118–47–56–68–107–511–7
Detroit 7–119–96–66–611–7—6–68–44–87–116–69–9
Kansas City 0–125–78–1011–74–86–6—12–65–131–117–116–6
Milwaukee 5–77–56–1211–75–74–86–12—5–133–9–18–105–7
Minnesota 7–55–710–812–66–68–413–513–5—5–713–56–6
New York 7–118–107–57–510–811–711–19–3–17–5—6–610–8
Oakland 5–75–710–816–25–76–611–710–85–136–6—10–2
Washington 6–126–125–78–47–119–96–67–56–68–102–10—

Opening Day lineup

edit

Notable transactions

edit
  • September 22, 1970: Bobby Cox was released by the Yankees.[6]

Roster

edit

Player stats

edit
= Indicates team leader

Batting

edit

Starters by position

edit

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CThurman Munson13245359137.3026535
1BDanny Cater15558264175.3016764
2BHorace Clarke15868681172.25144623
3BJerry Kenney1404044678.19343520
SSGene Michael1344354293.2142383
LFRoy White162609109180.296229424
CFBobby Murcer15958195146.251237815
RFCurt Blefary992693457.2129371

[7]

Other batters

edit

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
John Ellis782262456.2487290
Ron Woods952253051.2278274
Jake Gibbs491532346.3018262
Jim Lyttle871262039.3103143
Frank Baker35117627.2310111
Ron Hansen59911327.2974140
Pete Ward6677520.2601180
Bobby Mitchell102215.227040
Frank Tepedino161926.316020

Pitching

edit

Starting pitchers

edit

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mel Stottlemyre37271.015133.09126
Fritz Peterson39260.120112.90127
Stan Bahnsen36232.214113.33116
Bill Burbach416.20210.2610
Rob Gardner17.1104.916

Other pitchers

edit

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 Kekich2698.2634.8363
John Cumberland1564.0343.9438
Gary Waslewski2655.0223.1127
Mike McCormick920.2206.1012

Relief pitchers

edit

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lindy McDaniel6295292.0181
Ron Klimkowski456712.6540
Jack Aker4142162.0636
Steve Hamilton354332.7833
Joe Verbanic71004.608
Gary Jones20000.002
Loyd Colson10004.503

Awards and honors

edit

Farm system

edit

Notes

edit
  1. ↑ Tom Shopay page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Pete Ward page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ Yankee for Life, Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner, p. 62, Harper Collins, 2008, New York, ISBN 978-0-06-147342-5
  6. ↑ Bobby Cox page at Baseball Reference
  7. ↑ "1970 New York Yankees Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  8. ↑ 1970 All-Star Game
  9. ↑ 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

edit
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1970_New_York_Yankees_season&oldid=1341702696"