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Profile: Carl Yastrzemski |
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| Name: |
Carl Michael "Yaz" Yastrzemski |
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Left-fielder; Left-handed batter
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| Lived: |
1939 - |
| Career span: |
1961 - 1983 |
| Hall of Fame? |
Yes (1989) |
| Primary teams: |
Boston Red Sox (entire career) |
| Best Year: |
1967 - .326, 44 HR, 121 RBI |
| Major awards: |
Most Valuable Player (AL): 1967; AL Triple Crown:
1967 |
| Rank on Greatest
Players list: |
not ranked |
Player notes: Yastrzemski is best known
as the last man to win the Triple Crown. He also won
the MVP that year, and was a seven time Gold Glove award
winner. He led the AL in batting average three times
(1963, 1967, & 1968), and in OBP five times. He
was also an outstanding fielder who was blessed with
a strong throwing arm. By all acounts he was a very
likable man, popular with teammates and fans alike.
Yaz stands as one of the all-time great Red Sox players,
second only to the great Ted Williams among Sox stars.
Bill James ranks him fifth all-time among left fielders.
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last Boston Red Sox player to collect six hits in one game was
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