1970 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1970 American League 93-69 (.574) East Yankee Stadium New York City CBS Lee MacPhail Ralph Houk WPIX(Phil Rizzuto, Frank Messer, Bob Gamere, Whitey Ford) WHN(Frank Messer, Phil Rizzuto, Bob Gamere) 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. Offseason December 1, 1969: Tom Shopay was drafted from the Yankees by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 rule 5 draft.Tom Shopay page at Baseball Reference December 4, 1969: Joe Pepitone was traded by the Yankees to the Houston Astros for Curt Blefary.Curt Blefary page at Baseball Reference December 5, 1969: Al Downing and Frank Fernández were traded by the Yankees to the Oakland Athletics for Danny Cater and Ossie Chavarria.Danny Cater page at Baseball Reference December 18, 1969: Mickey Scott and cash were traded by the Yankees to the Chicago White Sox for Pete Ward.Pete Ward page at Baseball Reference Regular season The Yankees went from a record of 80 wins and 81 losses in 1969 to a record of 93 wins and 69 losses.Yankee for Life, Bobby Murcer and Glen Waggoner, p. 62, Harper Collins, 2008, New York, 978-0-06-147342-5 Season standings Record vs. opponents NYY Opening Day lineup Horace Clarke 2B Thurman Munson C Roy White LF John Ellis 1B Danny Cater 3B Bobby Murcer CF Curt Blefary RF Gene Michael SS Mel Stottlemyre P Notable transactions September 22, 1970: Bobby Cox was released by the Yankees.Bobby Cox page at Baseball Reference Roster 1970 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 22 Jack Aker 45 Stan Bahnsen 50 Bill Burbach 49 Loyd Colson 56 John Cumberland 43 Rob Gardner 39 Steve Hamilton 39 Gary Jones 18 Mike Kekich 24 Ron Klimkowski 38,42 Steve Kline 29 Mike McCormick 40 Lindy McDaniel 19 Fritz Peterson 30 Mel Stottlemyre 52 Joe Verbanic 54 Gary Waslewski Catchers 41 Jake Gibbs 15 Thurman Munson Infielders 26 Frank Baker 10 Danny Cater 20 Horace Clarke 23 John Ellis 28 Ron Hansen  2 Jerry Kenney 17 Gene Michael 21 Frank Tepedino 25 Pete Ward Outfielders 13 Curt Blefary 27 Jim Lyttle 46 Bobby Mitchell  1 Bobby Murcer  6 Roy White  9 Ron Woods Manager 35 Ralph Houk Coaches 44 Jim Hegan 32 Elston Howard 34 Dick Howser  7 Mickey Mantle 31 Jim Turner Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position 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 C Thurman Munson 132 453 59 137 .302 6 53 5 1B Danny Cater 155 582 64 175 .301 6 76 4 2B Horace Clarke 158 686 81 172 .251 4 46 23 3B Jerry Kenney 140 404 46 78 .193 4 35 20 SS Gene Michael 134 435 42 93 .214 2 38 3 LF Roy White 162 609 109 180 .296 22 94 24 CF Bobby Murcer 159 581 95 146 .251 23 78 15 RF Curt Blefary 99 269 34 57 .212 9 37 11970 New York Yankees Statistics https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYY/1970.shtml Baseball Reference 29 November 2021 Other batters 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 Ellis John Ellis (baseball) 78 226 24 56 .248 7 29 0 Ron Woods 95 225 30 51 .227 8 27 4 Jake Gibbs 49 153 23 46 .301 8 26 2 Jim Lyttle 87 126 20 39 .310 3 14 3 Frank Baker Frank Baker (shortstop) 35 117 6 27 .231 0 11 1 Ron Hansen Ron Hansen (baseball) 59 91 13 27 .297 4 14 0 Pete Ward 66 77 5 20 .260 1 18 0 Bobby Mitchell Bobby Mitchell (1970s outfielder) 10 22 1 5 .227 0 4 0 Frank Tepedino 16 19 2 6 .316 0 2 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 Mel Stottlemyre 37 271.0 15 13 3.09 126 Fritz Peterson 39 260.1 20 11 2.90 127 Stan Bahnsen 36 232.2 14 11 3.33 116 Bill Burbach 4 16.2 0 2 10.26 10 Rob Gardner Rob Gardner (baseball) 1 7.1 1 0 4.91 6 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 26 98.2 6 3 4.83 63 John Cumberland 15 64.0 3 4 3.94 38 Gary Waslewski 26 55.0 2 2 3.11 27 Mike McCormick Mike McCormick (pitcher) 9 20.2 2 0 6.10 12 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 62 9 5 29 2.01 81 Ron Klimkowski 45 6 7 1 2.65 40 Jack Aker 41 4 2 16 2.06 36 Steve Hamilton sportsman, born 1934 35 4 3 3 2.78 33 Joe Verbanic 7 1 0 0 4.60 8 Gary Jones Gary Jones (pitcher) 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 Loyd Colson 1 0 0 0 4.50 3 Awards and honors Ralph Houk, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year Thurman Munson, AL Rookie of the Year 1970 MLB All-Star Game Fritz Peterson, reserve Mel Stottlemyre, reserve Roy White, reserve1970 All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Syracuse Chiefs International League Frank Verdi AA Manchester Yankees Eastern League Gene Hassell A Kinston Eagles Carolina League Alex Cosmidis A Fort Lauderdale Yankees Florida State League Lamar North A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League George Case Rookie Johnson City Yankees Appalachian League Jerry Walker LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: SyracuseJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1970 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1970 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1970s in the Bronx