The 1972 Yankees had 5 'everyday' starters ... C Thurman Munson, 2B Horace Clarke, SS Gene Michael, LF Roy White, and CF Bobby Murcer.
Duties at 1B were shared by Ron Blomberg and Felipe Alou ... it was 3B and RF by committee as Celerino Sanchez, Bernie Allen, Hal Lanier, and Rich McKinney all started at 3B and Johnny Callison, Ron Swoboda, Charlie Spikes, and Rusty Torres all started in RF.
P Mel Stottlemyre led the team with 36 starts with Fritz Peterson starting 35 games and Steve Kline starting 32.
The first starting lineup on April 7, 1970 for the New York Yankees in their first regular season game was Mel Stotlemyre was the Starting Pitcher and the batting order was the second baseman Horace Clarke, Catcher; Thomas Munson, Left Fielder; Roy White, First Baseman; John Ellis, Third Baseman; Danny Cater, Cener Fielder; Bobby Murcer, Right Fielder Blefary and Shortstop; Gene Michael.
The Yankees are nicknamed the Bronx Bombers.
The Highlanders became officially known as the Yankees starting in the 1913 season.
The New York Yankees have won 7 World Series titles since 1972. They won in the years 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2009.
In 2009, Robinson Cano was the starting second baseman for the Yankees.
In 1972, Doc Medich pitched in 1 game for the New York Yankees. He gave up 2 hits and 0 earned runs, recording no outs.
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In 1972, CBS Broadcasting Inc. owned the New York Yankees.
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He is the starting 3rd baseman for the NY Yankees.
Wally Pipp was a New York Yankees first baseman, who on June 2, 1925 was removed from the starting lineup and replaced with Lou Gehrig. Gehrig then went on to play 2,130 consecutive games.
The Yankees are nicknamed the Bronx Bombers.
In the Yankees lineup, the big 3 would be Mark Teixeira, Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano. They bat third through fifth in the order.
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1. Jeter 2.Swisher 3. Teixera 4. Rodriguez 5. Cano 6.Posada 7.Granderson 8.Thames 9. Gardner
New York Yankees - Starting Pitcher
The Highlanders became officially known as the Yankees starting in the 1913 season.