Carl Yastrzemski

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Carl Yastrzemski
Yastrzemski with the Boston Red Sox in 1976
Left fielder / First baseman
Born: (1939-08-22) August 22, 1939 (age 85)
Southampton, New York, U.S.
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 11, 1961, for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1983, for the Boston Red Sox
MLB statistics
Batting average.285
Hits3,419
Home runs452
Runs batted in1,844
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1989
Vote94.6% (first ballot)

Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr. (/jəˈstrɛmski/ yə-STREM-skee; born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz",[1] is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He started his career primarily as a left fielder, but also played 33 games as a third baseman.[2] Later in his career, he was mainly a first baseman and designated hitter.[2]

Yastrzemski is an 18-time All-Star, the possessor of seven Gold Gloves, a member of the 3,000 hit club, and the first American League player in that club to also accumulate over 400 home runs.[3] He is second on the all-time list for games played, and third for total at-bats. He is the Red Sox's all-time leader in career RBIs, runs, hits, singles, doubles, total bases, and games played, and is third on the team list for home runs, behind Ted Williams and David Ortiz.[3] He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.[4]

In 1967 Yastrzemski achieved a peak in his career, leading the Red Sox to the American League pennant for the first time in over two decades and being voted the 1967 American League MVP. Yastrzemski also won the Triple Crown that year, something not accomplished again in the Major Leagues until Miguel Cabrera did so in 2012.[2][5][6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference yazbio was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b c "Carl Yastrzemski Stats". baseball-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 5, 2009. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  3. ^ a b Rawlings Presents Big Stix: The Greatest Hitters in the History of the Major Leagues, Rob Rains, Sports Publishing LLC, 2004 ISBN 1-58261-757-0 ISBN 978-1-58261-757-2
  4. ^ "Carl Yastrzemski".
  5. ^ "1967 American League Batting Leaders - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. ^ "1967 Awards Voting - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.