1969 New York Yankees Statistics and Roster

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1969 New York Yankees (Franchise Encyclopedia: 1968/1970)
80-81, Finished 5th in AL Eastern Division
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Scored 562 runs, Allowed 587 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 77-84
Managed by Ralph Houk

Ballpark: Yankee Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,067,996 (4th of 12)
Park Factors
  (multi-year): Batting - 96, Pitching - 96
  (one-year): Batting - 95, Pitching - 95
  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.

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Team Batting Glossary

Pos Player              Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
C  *Jake Gibbs          30   71  219   18   49   9  2   0   18  23   30  .224  .294  .283   3   4   3   0   0   3   9   65
1B *Joe Pepitone        28  135  513   49  124  16  3  27   70  30   42  .242  .284  .442   8   6  13   1   0   2  11  105
2B #Horace Clarke       29  156  641   82  183  26  7   4   48  53   41  .285  .339  .367  33  13   8   0   3   2   1  101
3B *Jerry Kenney        24  130  447   49  115  14  2   2   34  48   36  .257  .328  .311  25  14  11   1   9   4   2   83
SS #Gene Michael        31  119  412   41  112  24  4   2   31  43   56  .272  .341  .364   7   4   9   1   6   2   1  101
LF #Roy White           25  130  448   55  130  30  5   7   74  81   51  .290  .392  .426  18  10   9   1   2  11   4  134
CF  Ron Woods           26   72  171   18   30   5  2   1    7  22   29  .175  .273  .246   2   0   4   1   6   0   1   49
RF *Bobby Murcer        23  152  564   82  146  24  4  26   82  50  103  .259  .319  .454   7   5   8   3   2   6   2  119
    Frank Fernandez     26   89  229   34   51   6  1  12   29  65   68  .223  .399  .415   1   3   4   3   0   1   3  133
    Bill Robinson       26   87  222   23   38  11  2   3   21  16   39  .171  .226  .279   3   1   6   0   0   1   3   44
   *Jimmie Hall         31   80  212   21   50   8  5   3   26  19   34  .236  .296  .363   8   3   1   0   0   2   1   87
    Bobby Cox           28   85  191   17   41   7  1   2   17  34   41  .215  .332  .293   0   1   8   1   0   3   7   80
   #Tom Tresh           31   45  143   13   26   5  2   1    9  17   23  .182  .269  .266   2   1   2   0   1   0   2   53
    Len Boehmer         28   45  108    5   19   4  0   0    7   8   10  .176  .233  .213   0   1   3   0   0   0   2   28
    Thurman Munson      22   26   86    6   22   1  2   1    9  10   10  .256  .330  .349   0   1   5   0   0   1   1   94
   *Jim Lyttle          23   28   83    7   15   4  0   0    4   4   19  .181  .218  .229   1   2   0   0   0   0   0   28
    John Ellis          20   22   62    2   18   4  0   1    8   1   11  .290  .308  .403   0   2   0   1   0   1   0  102
    Billy Cowan         30   32   48    5    8   0  0   1    3   3    9  .167  .216  .229   0   0   3   0   0   0   0   27
   *Tom Shopay          24   28   48    2    4   0  1   0    0   2   10  .083  .120  .125   0   1   1   0   0   0   1  -30
   *Frank Tepedino      21   13   39    6    9   0  0   0    4   4    4  .231  .302  .231   1   0   2   0   0   0   0   54
   *Dave McDonald       26    9   23    0    5   1  0   0    2   2    5  .217  .280  .261   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   55
    Dick Simpson        25    6   11    2    3   2  0   0    4   3    6  .273  .429  .455   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  152
   *Ron Blomberg        20    4    6    0    3   0  0   0    0   1    0  .500  .571  .500   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  208
    Nate Oliver         28    1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100

    Mel Stottlemyre     27   39  101    9   18   2  1   1    4   9   41  .178  .250  .248   0   1   4   1   4   1   0   42
   #Fritz Peterson      27   37   80    8    9   3  0   0    2   8   22  .113  .193  .150   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   -1
    Stan Bahnsen        24   40   60    1    5   1  0   0    1   2   33  .083  .113  .100   0   0   1   0   9   0   0  -39
    Al Downing          28   30   44    2    6   1  0   0    5   2   17  .136  .174  .159   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   -4
    Bill Burbach        21   31   40    4    4   1  0   0    0   3   22  .100  .163  .125   0   0   0   0   6   0   0  -17
    Mike Kekich         24   28   27    0    3   1  0   0    1   0   10  .111  .111  .148   0   0   0   0   3   0   0  -27
    Jack Aker           28   38    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0    5  .111  .111  .111   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -36
    Lindy McDaniel      33   51    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   1    7  .000  .111  .000   0   0   0   0   2   0   0  -66
   *Steve Hamilton      33   38    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Ken Johnson         36   12    3    0    0   0  0   0    1   1    2  .000  .250  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  -23
    Ron Klimkowski      25    3    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    2  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   0   0   0 -100
    Fred Talbot         28    8    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0    0  .000  .000  .000   0   0   0   0   1   0   0 -100
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.9  162 5308  562 1247 210 44  94  521 565  840  .235  .309  .344 119  74 105  14  63  40  51   93
    Rank among 12 AL teams        12   11   11   4  1  11        8   11    10     9    10   3   1                    
---+-------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+
                        Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO   BA    OBP   SLG  SB  CS  GDP HBP  SH  SF IBB  OPS+

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed
    OPS+ does not include pitcher's stats.

Team Pitching Glossary

    Player              Ag  G    ERA   W   L  SV  GS  GF  CG SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   BFP  WP HBP BK IBB ERA+
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
SP  Mel Stottlemyre     27  39   2.82  20  14  0  39   0  24   3  303.0  267  105   95  19   97  113 1244   6   6  0  11 123
SP *Fritz Peterson      27  37   2.55  17  16  0  37   0  16   4  272.0  228   95   77  15   43  150 1066   2   3  0  11 137
SP  Stan Bahnsen        24  40   3.83   9  16  1  33   4   5   2  220.7  222  102   94  28   90  130  956  10   0  0   9  91
SP  Bill Burbach        21  31   3.65   6   8  0  24   2   2   1  140.7  112   68   57  15  102   82  624   9   2  0   1  95

CL  Jack Aker           28  38   2.06   8   4 11   0  23   0   0   65.7   51   17   15   4   22   40  263   0   4  0   5 169
RP  Lindy McDaniel      33  51   3.55   5   6  5   0  31   0   0   83.7   84   37   33   4   23   60  356   3   0  0   6  98
RP *Steve Hamilton      33  38   3.32   3   4  2   0  23   0   0   57.0   39   22   21   7   21   39  225   2   0  0   5 105
RP *Al Downing          28  30   3.38   7   5  0  15   5   5   1  130.7  117   57   49  12   49   85  550   5   0  0   6 103
RP *Mike Kekich         24  28   4.54   4   6  1  13   6   1   0  105.0   91   58   53  11   49   66  446   8   2  0   5  77

    Ken Johnson         36  12   3.46   1   2  0   0   8   0   0   26.0   19   11   10   1   11   21  108   1   0  0   2 101
    Ron Klimkowski      25   3   0.64   0   0  0   1   2   0   0   14.0    6    1    1   0    5    3   52   0   0  0   1 542
    Fred Talbot         28   8   5.11   0   0  0   0   2   0   0   12.3   13    9    7   1    6    7   56   0   0  0   2  68
    Don Nottebart       33   4   4.50   0   0  0   0   2   0   0    6.0    6    3    3   1    0    5   24   0   1  0   0  77
   *John Cumberland     22   2   4.50   0   0  0   0   1   0   0    4.0    3    2    2   0    4    0   18   0   0  0   1  77
---+-------------------+--+---+------+---+---+--+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+----+---+---+--+---+---+
    TOTAL  team age - 26.5 162   3.23  80  81 20 162 109  53  13 1440.0 1258  587  517 118  522  801 5988  46  18  0  65 108
    Rank among 12 AL teams          2   7   6 12           2   4      9    3    2        2    3   12

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

Team Fielding Glossary League average values for Fielding Percentage and Range Factor are included on all header lines except catcher.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP PB WP SB CS -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- JGibbs 567 66 66 364 31 4 6 .990 5 13 19 12 FFernandez 521 57 65 321 29 2 2 .994 8 20 28 20 TMunson 218 24 25 119 18 2 0 .986 5 9 6 7 JEllis 134 15 15 83 7 2 1 .978 1 4 23 4 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 887 85 10 9 .990 19 46 76 43 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 *9.63 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JPepitone 1153 131 132 1254 74 7 118 .995 10.36 LBoehmer 168 17 21 185 12 1 15 .995 10.55 JHall 61 7 7 56 5 2 4 .968 8.96 DMcDonald 49 6 7 45 3 2 2 .960 8.82 BRobinson 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 1.000 4.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 1544 94 12 139 .993 10.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 *5.21 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- HClarke 1385 156 156 373 429 15 112 .982 5.21 BCox 52 6 6 13 23 0 3 1.000 6.20 LBoehmer 3 0 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 388 453 15 115 .982 5.26 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP .955 *3.16 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- JKenney 685 74 83 63 207 7 20 .975 3.55 BCox 430 50 56 37 122 11 14 .935 3.33 BMurcer 262 31 31 23 77 14 11 .877 3.44 LBoehmer 63 7 8 7 19 2 1 .929 3.70 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 130 425 34 46 .942 3.47 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 *4.96 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- GMichael 1016 112 118 205 365 19 64 .968 5.05 TTresh 346 41 41 76 122 4 20 .980 5.15 JKenney 77 9 10 17 27 0 8 1.000 5.14 LBoehmer 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 298 514 23 92 .972 5.08 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *1.99 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RWhite 1106 125 126 267 8 3 1 .989 2.24 BRobinson 118 13 17 27 3 2 0 .937 2.28 JHall 82 9 9 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.30 TShopay 52 6 7 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.60 BCowan 51 5 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.76 DSimpson 17 2 3 3 1 0 0 1.000 2.12 RBlomberg 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 RWoods 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 345 13 5 1 .986 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

CenterField Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 *2.50 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- RWoods 446 45 66 129 2 0 0 1.000 2.64 JKenney 259 31 31 67 2 0 1 1.000 2.40 BMurcer 212 27 27 57 0 3 0 .950 2.42 JLyttle 210 24 28 55 3 1 1 .983 2.48 JHall 137 17 19 26 0 3 0 .897 1.71 BRobinson 133 15 19 35 1 0 0 1.000 2.44 BCowan 28 2 4 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 DSimpson 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.64 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 376 9 7 2 .982 2.41 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP .974 *1.91 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- BMurcer 814 88 102 152 4 5 0 .969 1.72 BRobinson 211 24 29 38 1 2 0 .951 1.66 JHall 184 21 22 31 0 0 0 1.000 1.52 FFernandez 98 12 14 14 1 1 0 .937 1.37 FTepedino 92 12 13 18 0 1 0 .947 1.76 TShopay 36 5 5 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 BCowan 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 264 6 9 0 .968 1.69 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Outfield Inn GS G PO A E DP .978 *2.13 LF CF RF -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- RWhite 1106 125 126 267 9 3 1 .989 2.25 BMurcer 1027 115 118 212 4 8 0 .964 1.89 BRobinson 462 52 62 99 5 4 0 .963 2.02 RWoods 447 45 67 129 2 0 0 1.000 2.63 JHall 403 47 50 78 1 3 0 .963 1.76 JKenney 259 31 31 66 2 0 1 1.000 2.36 JLyttle 210 24 28 55 3 1 1 .983 2.48 FFernandez 98 12 14 15 1 1 0 .941 1.46 FTepedino 92 12 13 19 0 1 0 .950 1.85 TShopay 88 11 11 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.66 BCowan 83 7 14 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 DSimpson 31 3 5 4 1 0 0 1.000 1.45 RBlomberg 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Team Total 1440 162 162 988 29 21 3 .980 2.12 162 162 162 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----+---+---+--- Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .951 *1.88 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- MStottlemyr 303 39 39 24 88 5 3 .957 3.33 FPeterson 272 37 37 15 53 3 5 .958 2.25 SBahnsen 220 33 40 13 36 3 4 .942 2.00 BBurbach 140 24 31 10 16 0 1 1.000 1.66 ADowning 130 15 30 3 14 1 1 .944 1.17 MKekich 105 13 28 5 10 1 0 .937 1.29 LMcDaniel 83 0 51 3 21 2 0 .923 2.58 JAker 66 0 38 11 14 0 2 1.000 3.41 SHamilton 57 0 38 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.63 KJohnson 26 0 12 2 7 0 0 1.000 3.12 RKlimkowski 14 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 FTalbot 12 0 8 0 3 1 0 .750 2.20 DNottebart 6 0 4 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 JCumberland 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Team Total 1440 162 162 90 268 16 16 .957 2.24 -----------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Innings Pitched (usually) or Team Games is used in the calculation of the cumulative team Range Factor for a position. This means players (pre-1956) have range factor per game and the team has range factor per nine innings listed.
* indicates Innings Played rather than Games Played was used in Range Factor (RnF) calculations. Team Totals for Innings Played are Innings Pitched by the team's pitchers.

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Batting Average White .290

On-base % White .392

Slugging % Murcer .454

OPS White .818

Games Clarke 156

At Bats Clarke 641

Plate Appearances (approx.) Clarke 699

Runs Clarke and Murcer 82

Hits Clarke 183

Total Bases Murcer 256

Doubles White 30

Triples Clarke 7

Home Runs Pepitone 27

RBI Murcer 82

Bases on Balls White 81

Strikeouts Murcer 103

Stolen Bases Clarke 33

Singles Clarke 146

Adjusted OPS+ White 134

Runs Created Clarke 83

Adjusted Batting Runs White 26

Batting Wins White 2.6

Extra-Base Hits Murcer 54

Times on Base Clarke 236

Offensive Win% White .672

Hit By Pitch Fernandez and Murcer 3

Sac. Hits Bahnsen and Kenney 9

Sac. Flies White 11

Intentional Walks Pepitone 11

Grounded into Double Plays Pepitone 13

Caught Stealing Kenney 14

Power/Speed Number Pepitone 12.3

At Bats per Strikeout Clarke 15.6

At Bats per Home Run Pepitone 19.0

Outs Clarke 484

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ERA Peterson 2.55

Wins Stottlemyre 20

Won-Loss % Stottlemyre .588

BB + H per IP (WHIP) Peterson 0.996

Hits Allowed/9IP Peterson 7.54

Bases on Balls/9IP Peterson 1.42

Strikeouts/9IP Bahnsen 5.30

Games McDaniel 51

Saves Aker 11

Innings Stottlemyre 303.0

Strikeouts Peterson 150

Games Started Stottlemyre 39

Comp. Games Stottlemyre 24

Shutouts Peterson 4

Home Runs Allow. Bahnsen 28

Bases On Balls Allow. Burbach 102

Hits Allowed Stottlemyre 267

SO to Walk Peterson 3.49

Losses Bahnsen and Peterson 16

Earned Runs Allow. Stottlemyre 95

Wild Pitches Bahnsen 10

Hit Batsmen Stottlemyre 6

Batters Faced Stottlemyre 1244

Games Finished McDaniel 31

Adjusted ERA+ Peterson 137

Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

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Mel Stottlemyre (Starting P)
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1968/1970

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