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Carl Yastrzemski
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 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies
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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