Tuesday, June 24, 2014

1972 New York Yankees Opening Day Roster

Memorial Stadium, Baltimore, Maryland (April 16)

Manager - Ralph Houk  35

No. Coaches
44  Jim Hegan
32  Elston Howard
34  Dick Howser
31  Jim Turner

No. Pitchers
22  Jack Aker (R-R)
47  Fred Beene (R-R)
50  Alan Closter (L-L)
45  Rich Hinton (L-L)
18  Mike Kekich (R-L)
38  Steve Kline (R-R)
28  Sparky Lyle (L-L)
40  Lindy McDaniel (R-R)
19  Fritz Peterson (S-L)
30  Mel Stottlemyre (R-R)

No. Catchers
23  John Ellis (R-R)
15  Thurman Munson (R-R)

No. Infielders
11  Bernie Allen (L-R)
24  Felipe Alou (R-R)
12  Ron Blomberg (L-R)
20  Horace Clarke (S-R)
  2  Jerry Kenney (L-R)
36  Hal Lanier (R-R)
27  Rich McKinney (R-R)
17  Gene Michael (S-R)

No. Outfielders
25  Johnny Callison (L-R)
  1  Bobby Murcer (L-R)
14  Ron Swoboda (R-R)
21  Rusty Torres (S-R)
  6  Roy White (S-R)

Trainer - Joe Soares


1972 Yankees Yearbook Roster, Taxi Squad and Prospects
Manager - Ralph Houk 35
First Base Coach - Elston Howard 32
Third Base Coach - Dick Howser 34
Pitching Coach - Jim Turner 31
Bullpen Coach - Jim Hegan 44
Special Spring Training Instructor - Whitey Ford 16
Special Spring Training Instructor - Mickey Mantle 7

ROSTER
Catcher - Thurman Munson 15, John Ellis 23
First Base - Ron Blomberg 12
Second Base - Horace Clarke 20
Third Base - Bernie Allen 11 (2B), Celerino Sanchez 10, Hal Lanier 36
Shortstop - Gene Michael 17, Jerry Kenney 2
Left Field - Roy White 6
Center Field - Bobby Murcer 1
Right Field - Johnny Callison 25, Ron Swoboda 14 (CF)
Pinch Hitters - Felipe Alou 24 (1B), Rusty Torres 21 (RF) 

Starting Pitchers:
Mel Stottlemyre 30
Steve Kline 38
Fritz Peterson 19
Mike Kekich 18
Rob Gardner 43
Casey Cox 39

Relief Pitchers:
Sparky Lyle 28
Lindy McDaniel 40
Fred Beene 47
Jack Aker 22


TAXI SQUAD
Third Base - Danny Cater 9* (1B)
Shortstop - Frank Baker 26
Pinch Hitter - Rich McKinney 27 (2B)

Starting Pitchers:
Wade Blasingame 29
Jim Hardin 48*

Relief Pitchers:
Jim Roland 54
Gary Waslewski 53*
Jim Magnuson 49*


PROSPECTS
Catcher - George Pena, Jorge Maduro, Mike Nunn, Joel Hall
Second Base - Fred Frazier, George Zeber
Shortstop - Mario Guerrero
Outfield - Charlie Spikes

Starting Pitchers:
Rich Hinton
Don Schroeder
Mike Pazik
Rick Earle
Dave Cheadle
Ken Crosby
Gerry Pirtle

Relief Pitchers:
Alan Closter
Roger Hambright
Loyd Colson
Tom Frondorf

* unofficial uniform number

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