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Carl Yastrzemski

Full name Carl Michael Yastrzemski
Born August 22, 1939, Southampton, New York
First Game: April 11, 1961; Final Game: October 2, 1983
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 175
Grandfather of Mike Yastrzemski
Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1989
Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1967)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1967)
Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1967)
Named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1970)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1963, 1965 and 1967)
Won AL Gold Glove as outfielder (1963, 1965, 1967 to 1969, 1971 and 1977)
Ejections: 1964 (1), 1967 (1), 1968 (1), 1969 (1), 1970 (1), 1973 (3), 1974 (1), 1975 (2), 1982 (1). Total: 12
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                           Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
1961 BOS A    Daily Splits  148   583   71  155  31   6  11   80   50   3   96   3   2   5   0  10  19    6   5  .266  .324  .396  -2.2 1961 BOS A
1962 BOS A    Daily Splits  160   646   99  191  43   6  19   94   66   7   82   3   2   2   0   5  27    7   4  .296  .363  .469   1.7 1962 BOS A
1963 BOS A    Daily Splits  151   570   91  183  40   3  14   68   95   6   72   1   1   1   0   9  12    8   5  .321  .418  .475   4.2 1963 BOS A
1964 BOS A    Daily Splits  151   567   77  164  29   9  15   67   75   6   90   2   1   1   0   6  30    6   5  .289  .374  .451   3.5 1964 BOS A
1965 BOS A    Daily Splits  133   494   78  154  45   3  20   72   70   8   58   1   2   4   0  12  16    7   6  .312  .395  .536   3.5 1965 BOS A
1966 BOS A    Daily Splits  160   594   81  165  39   2  16   80   84  10   60   1   0   1   0   9  17    8   9  .278  .368  .431   1.7 1966 BOS A
1967 BOS A    Daily Splits  161   579  112  189  31   4  44  121   91  11   69   4   1   5   0  11   5   10   8  .326  .418  .622   6.9 1967 BOS A
1968 BOS A    Daily Splits  157   539   90  162  32   2  23   74  119  13   90   2   0   4   0   8  12   13   6  .301  .426  .495   6.3 1968 BOS A
1969 BOS A    Daily Splits  162   603   96  154  28   2  40  111  101   9   91   1   0   2   0   5  14   15   7  .255  .362  .507   2.7 1969 BOS A
1970 BOS A    Daily Splits  161   566  125  186  29   0  40  102  128  12   66   1   0   2   1  15  12   23  13  .329  .452  .592   5.5 1970 BOS A
1971 BOS A    Daily Splits  148   508   75  129  21   2  15   70  106  12   60   1   0   5   0   8  14    8   7  .254  .381  .392   1.6 1971 BOS A
1972 BOS A    Daily Splits  125   455   70  120  18   2  12   68   67   3   44   4   0   9   0   7  13    5   4  .264  .357  .391   1.1 1972 BOS A
1973 BOS A    Daily Splits  152   540   82  160  25   4  19   95  105  13   58   0   1   6   0   8  19    9   7  .296  .407  .463   1.8 1973 BOS A
1974 BOS A    Daily Splits  148   515   93  155  25   2  15   79  104  16   48   3   0  11   0   7  12   12   7  .301  .414  .445   1.5 1974 BOS A
1975 BOS A    Daily Splits  149   543   91  146  30   1  14   60   87  12   67   2   0   2   0   4  14    8   4  .269  .371  .405  -0.1 1975 BOS A
1976 BOS A    Daily Splits  155   546   71  146  23   2  21  102   80   6   67   1   1   8   0   6  12    5   6  .267  .357  .432  -0.7 1976 BOS A
1977 BOS A    Daily Splits  150   558   99  165  27   3  28  102   73   6   40   1   0  11   0   6  10   11   1  .296  .372  .505   2.6 1977 BOS A
1978 BOS A    Daily Splits  144   523   70  145  21   2  17   81   76   8   44   3   1   8   0   1   9    4   5  .277  .367  .423   0.5 1978 BOS A
1979 BOS A    Daily Splits  147   518   69  140  28   1  21   87   62   8   46   2   0   8   0   9  12    3   3  .270  .346  .450   0.3 1979 BOS A
1980 BOS A    Daily Splits  105   364   49  100  21   1  15   50   44   5   38   0   1   3   0   3   9    0   2  .275  .350  .462   0.1 1980 BOS A
1981 BOS A    Daily Splits   91   338   36   83  14   1   7   53   49   4   28   0   0   3   0   3  10    0   1  .246  .338  .355  -0.2 1981 BOS A
1982 BOS A    Daily Splits  131   459   53  126  22   1  16   72   59   1   50   2   0   3   0   3  12    0   1  .275  .358  .431   0.4 1982 BOS A
1983 BOS A    Daily Splits  119   380   38  101  24   0  10   56   54  11   29   2   0   1   0   5  13    0   0  .266  .359  .408   0.0 1983 BOS A
Total    (23 Years) Splits 3308 11988 1816 3419 646  59 452 1844 1845 190 1393  40  13 105   1 160 323  168 116  .285  .379  .462  42.7 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year Team
League Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1975 BOS A    Daily Splits    3    11    4    5   1   0   1    2    1   1    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .455  .500  .818 1975 BOS A
              World Series Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1967 BOS A    Daily Splits    7    25    4   10   2   0   3    5    4   1    1   1   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .400  .500  .840 1967 BOS A
1975 BOS A    Daily Splits    7    29    7    9   0   0   0    4    4   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   1    0   0  .310  .382  .310 1975 BOS A
Total    ( 2 Years) Splits   14    54   11   19   2   0   3    9    8   1    2   1   0   1   0   0   2    0   0  .352  .438  .556 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
             All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1963 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1963 AL   
1967 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    0    3   1   0   0    0    2   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .750  .833 1.000 1967 AL   
1968 AL       Daily Splits    1     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1968 AL   
1969 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1969 AL   
1970 AL       Daily Splits    1     6    1    4   1   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .667  .667  .833 1970 AL   
1971 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250  .000 1971 AL   
1972 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1972 AL   
1974 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .500  .000 1974 AL   
1975 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    1    1   0   0   1    3    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0 1.000 1.000 4.000 1975 AL   
1976 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1976 AL   
1977 AL       Daily Splits    1     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1977 AL   
1979 AL       Daily Splits    1     3    0    2   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .667  .667  .667 1979 AL   
1982 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1982 AL   
1983 AL       Daily Splits    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1983 AL   
Total    (14 Years) Splits   14    34    2   10   2   0   1    5    4   0    8   0   0   0   0   0   1    0   0  .294  .368  .441 Total
Year Team                     G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

                           Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1961 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  147  146  139  1269     248   12   10    1   0  .963   147    0    0 
1961 BOS A               LF  147  146  139  1269     249   11    9    1   0  .967
1962 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  160  160  157  1427.2   329   15   11    3   0  .969   160    0    0 
1962 BOS A               LF  160  160  157  1427.2   327   16   11    3   0  .969
1963 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  151  151  148  1353.1   283   18    6    3   0  .980   151    1    0 
1963 BOS A               LF  151  151  148  1351.1   284   17    6    3   0  .980
1963 BOS A               CF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1964 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  148  148  137  1264     372   19   11    3   0  .973    16  133    0 
1964 BOS A               CF  133  132  123  1128     337   14   10    3   0  .972
1964 BOS A               LF   16   16   14   136      28    1    1    0   0  .967
1964 BOS A               3B    2    2    2    16       0    5    0    1   0 1.000
1965 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  130  130  118  1129     222   11    3    2   0  .987   123    9    2 
1965 BOS A               LF  123  119  112  1041     191   11    3    2   0  .985
1965 BOS A               CF    9    9    4    71      25    0    0    0   0 1.000
1965 BOS A               RF    2    2    2    17       0    0    0    0   0     -
1966 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  158  152  148  1374.2   310   15    5    2   0  .985   157    1    0 
1966 BOS A               LF  157  151  147  1365.2   307   15    5    2   0  .985
1966 BOS A               CF    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0     -
1967 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  161  158  128  1361     297   13    7    1   0  .978   161    1    0 
1967 BOS A               LF  161  157  128  1355     289   13    7    1   0  .977
1967 BOS A               CF    1    1    0     6       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1968 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  155  153  133  1329     301   12    3    3   0  .991   154    1    0 
1968 BOS A               LF  154  152  132  1320     302   12    2    3   0  .994
1968 BOS A               1B    3    3    1    20      14    1    0    1   0 1.000
1968 BOS A               CF    1    1    1     9       3    0    1    0   0  .750
1969 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  143  141  112  1211.2   246   17    4    2   0  .985   140    4    0 
1969 BOS A               LF  140  138  109  1180.2   237   17    4    2   0  .984
1969 BOS A               1B   22   21   17   179.2   181   21    2   29   0  .990
1969 BOS A               CF    4    3    3    31       9    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 BOS A Daily Splits  1B   94   93   74   774.1   696   61    8   62   0  .990
1970 BOS A               OF   69   66   65   602     120    3    6    0   0  .953    67    3    0 
1970 BOS A               LF   67   64   63   579     115    4    4    0   0  .967
1970 BOS A               CF    3    2    2    23       6    0    2    0   0  .750
1971 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  146  144  133  1257.1   281   16    2    4   0  .993   146    0    0 
1971 BOS A               LF  146  144  133  1257.1   281   17    2    4   0  .993
1972 BOS A Daily Splits  OF   83   82   71   710.1   141   10    4    1   0  .974    83    1    0 
1972 BOS A               LF   83   82   71   708.1   143   10    4    1   0  .975
1972 BOS A               1B   42   42   40   371.1   357   33    4   34   0  .990
1972 BOS A               CF    1    0    0     2       0    0    0    0   0     -
1973 BOS A Daily Splits  1B  105  104   97   896.1   912   56    6   85   0  .994
1973 BOS A               3B   32   32   26   272.1    37   63   12    2   0  .893
1973 BOS A               OF   15   15   13   134      30    0    0    0   0 1.000    15    0    0 
1973 BOS A               LF   15   15   13   134      35    0    0    0   0 1.000
1974 BOS A Daily Splits  1B   84   82   74   709.2   707   44    2   67   0  .997
1974 BOS A               LF   63   62   50   537.1    99    2    4    1   0  .962
1974 BOS A               OF   63   62   50   537.1    99    2    4    1   0  .962    63    0    0 
1974 BOS A               DH    4    4    4                                      -
1975 BOS A Daily Splits  1B  140  137  120  1189.2  1202   87    5  103   0  .996
1975 BOS A               LF    8    8    6    69      15    1    0    0   0 1.000
1975 BOS A               OF    8    8    6    69      15    1    0    0   0 1.000     8    0    0 
1975 BOS A               DH    2    2    1                                      -
1976 BOS A Daily Splits  1B   94   93   88   818     829   52    2   78   0  .998
1976 BOS A               LF   51   51   42   429.1    95    3    2    0   0  .980
1976 BOS A               OF   51   51   42   429.1    93    3    2    0   0  .980    51    0    0 
1976 BOS A               DH   10    8    3                                      -
1977 BOS A Daily Splits  OF  140  140  127  1194.2   287   16    0    1   0 1.000   138    0    2 
1977 BOS A               LF  138  138  126  1182.2   285   16    0    1   0 1.000
1977 BOS A               DH    6    6    5                                      -
1977 BOS A               1B    6    4    4    50      57    6    0    4   0 1.000
1977 BOS A               RF    2    2    1    12       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1978 BOS A Daily Splits  OF   71   70   62   615     136    8    2    2   0  .986    64    7    0 
1978 BOS A               LF   64   63   55   552     122    7    2    2   0  .985
1978 BOS A               1B   50   47   40   409     387   41    3   47   0  .993
1978 BOS A               DH   27   25   22                                      -
1978 BOS A               CF    7    7    7    63      14    1    0    0   0 1.000
1979 BOS A Daily Splits  DH   56   55   50                                      -
1979 BOS A               1B   51   51   42   440.1   466   55    2   42   1  .996
1979 BOS A               OF   36   36   30   301.2    63    1    2    0   0  .970    34    2    0 
1979 BOS A               LF   34   34   29   289.2    56    1    2    0   0  .966
1979 BOS A               CF    2    2    1    12       8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 BOS A Daily Splits  DH   49   48   43                                      -
1980 BOS A               OF   39   33   31   302      65    3    0    1   0 1.000    34    1    4 
1980 BOS A               LF   34   32   30   284      61    3    0    1   0 1.000
1980 BOS A               1B   16   15   15   138.1   160   10    4   19   0  .977
1980 BOS A               RF    4    1    1    15       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1980 BOS A               CF    1    0    0     3       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1981 BOS A Daily Splits  DH   48   48   45                                      -
1981 BOS A               1B   39   37   36   336.1   353   34    3   26   0  .992
1982 BOS A Daily Splits  DH  103  102   96                                      -
1982 BOS A               1B   13   12   12   104     116   10    0   12   0 1.000
1982 BOS A               OF    2    2    2    17       3    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    2    0 
1982 BOS A               CF    2    2    2    17       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1983 BOS A Daily Splits  DH  107  104   77                                      -
1983 BOS A               1B    2    2    1    17      22    1    0    1   0 1.000
1983 BOS A               OF    1    1    0     7       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1983 BOS A               LF    1    1    0     7       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total (22 Years) Splits  OF 2077 2049 1852 17896    3941  195   82   30   0  .981  1913  166    8 
Total (21 Years)         LF 1913 1884 1704 16476    3521  177   68   27   0  .982
Total (15 Years)         1B  761  743  661  6454    6459  512   41  610   1  .994
Total (10 Years)         DH  412  402  346                                      -
Total (13 Years)         CF  166  160  144  1376     409   15   13    3   0  .970
Total ( 2 Years)         3B   34   34   28   288.1    37   68   12    3   0  .897
Total ( 3 Years)         RF    8    5    4    44       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
League Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1975 BOS A Daily Splits  OF    3    3    3    27       7    2    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    0 
1975 BOS A               LF    3    3    3    27       7    2    0    0   0 1.000
              World Series Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1967 BOS A Daily Splits  OF    7    7    7    61      16    2    0    0   0 1.000     7    0    0 
1967 BOS A               LF    7    7    7    61      16    2    0    0   0 1.000
1975 BOS A Daily Splits  OF    4    4    3    35.1     8    0    0    0   0 1.000     4    0    0 
1975 BOS A               LF    4    4    3    35.1     8    0    0    0   0 1.000
1975 BOS A               1B    4    3    3    30      27    1    0    4   0 1.000
Total ( 2 Years) Splits  OF   11   11   10    96.1    24    2    0    0   0 1.000    11    0    0 
Total ( 2 Years)         LF   11   11   10    96.1    24    2    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year )         1B    4    3    3    30      27    1    0    4   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
             All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1963 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1963 AL                  LF    1    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1967 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    1    1    15       2    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1967 AL                  LF    1    1    1    15       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1968 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    1    0     8       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    1    0 
1968 AL                  LF    1    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
1968 AL                  CF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
1969 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1969 AL                  LF    1    0    0     4       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1970 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    1    0     6       1    0    0    0   0 1.000     0    1    0 
1970 AL                  1B    1    0    0     5.2     7    0    0    1   0 1.000
1970 AL                  CF    1    1    0     6       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
1971 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1971 AL                  LF    1    1    1     9       0    0    0    0   0     -
1972 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    1    0     6       3    0    0    0   0 1.000     1    0    0 
1972 AL                  LF    1    1    0     6       3    0    0    0   0 1.000
1974 AL    Daily Splits  1B    1    0    0     6       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1976 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1976 AL                  LF    1    0    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
1977 AL    Daily Splits  OF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    1    0 
1977 AL                  CF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
1979 AL    Daily Splits  1B    1    1    0     6       5    1    0    2   0 1.000
Total ( 9 Years) Splits  OF    9    6    2    60       8    0    0    0   0 1.000     7    3    0 
Total ( 7 Years)         LF    7    3    2    46       7    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years)         CF    3    3    0    14       1    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total ( 3 Years)         1B    3    1    0    17.2    17    1    0    3   0 1.000
Year Team               POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

Ejection Information

Date                Team   Umpire              Reason
 6-21-1964     BOX  BOS A  Johnny Stevens      Balls and strikes
 4-23-1967     BOX  BOS A  Red Flaherty        Balls and strikes
 7-14-1968     BOX  BOS A  Al Salerno          Called third strike
 9- 8-1969     BOX  BOS A  Larry Barnett       Call at 2B
 9-15-1970(1)  BOX  BOS A  Bill Kunkel         Called third strike
 5-16-1973     BOX  BOS A  Red Flaherty        Called third strike
 6-19-1973(1)  BOX  BOS A  Marty Springstead   Called third strike
 9-24-1973     BOX  BOS A  Don Denkinger       Balls and strikes
 6- 4-1974     BOX  BOS A  Ron Luciano         Called third strike
 5-18-1975     BOX  BOS A  Merle Anthony       Balls and strikes
 5-25-1975     BOX  BOS A  Lou DiMuro          Called third strike (Covered HP with dirt)
 7- 7-1982     BOX  BOS A  Vic Voltaggio       Check swing

Transaction Information

Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (November 29, 1958).
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