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.Pete Ward page at Baseball Reference

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

Roster 1971 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 Player 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 GameYankee for Life, Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner, p. 64, Harper Collins, 2008, New York,

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: OneontaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1971 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1971 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com