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,

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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 Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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 132 453 59 137 .302 6 53 5 1B 155 582 64 175 .301 6 76 4 2B 158 686 81 172 .251 4 46 23 3B 140 404 46 78 .193 4 35 20 SS 134 435 42 93 .214 2 38 3 LF 162 609 109 180 .296 22 94 24 CF 159 581 95 146 .251 23 78 15 RF 99 269 34 57 .212 9 37 1

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 78 226 24 56 .248 7 29 0 95 225 30 51 .227 8 27 4 49 153 23 46 .301 8 26 2 87 126 20 39 .310 3 14 3 35 117 6 27 .231 0 11 1 59 91 13 27 .297 4 14 0 66 77 5 20 .260 1 18 0 10 22 1 5 .227 0 4 0 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 37 271.0 15 13 3.09 126 39 260.1 20 11 2.90 127 36 232.2 14 11 3.33 116 4 16.2 0 2 10.26 10 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 26 98.2 6 3 4.83 63 15 64.0 3 4 3.94 38 26 55.0 2 2 3.11 27 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 62 9 5 29 2.01 81 45 6 7 1 2.65 40 41 4 2 16 2.06 36 35 4 3 3 2.78 33 7 1 0 0 4.60 8 2 0 0 0 0.00 2 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

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

References 1970 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1970 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com