39 Facts About Carl Yastrzemski

Carl Michael Yastrzemski is an American former Major League Baseball player.

Carl Yastrzemski started his career primarily as a left fielder, but played 33 games as a third baseman.

Carl 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 accumulate over 400 home runs.

Carl Yastrzemski is second on the all-time list for games played, and third for total at-bats.

Carl Yastrzemski is the Red Sox' all-time leader in career RBIs, runs, hits, singles, doubles, total bases, and games played, and is third on the team's list for home runs, behind Ted Williams and David Ortiz.

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In 1967 Carl 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.

Carl Yastrzemski won the Triple Crown that year, something not accomplished again in the Major Leagues until Miguel Cabrera did so in 2012.

Carl Yastrzemski played Little League Baseball, and became the first Little League player to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Carl Yastrzemski attended Notre Dame on a basketball scholarship briefly before embarking on his baseball career.

Carl Yastrzemski, who had studied business at Notre Dame, fulfilled a promise to his parents by finishing his degree at Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts, in 1966.

Carl Yastrzemski began his major-league career in 1961 and hit his first home run off of former Red Sox pitcher Jerry Casale.

Carl Yastrzemski proved to be a worthy successor at the plate, and a far superior defensive player with a strong arm, expert in playing off the Green Monster, Fenway Park's left-field wall.

In 12 years as a left fielder, Carl Yastrzemski won seven Gold Gloves and led in assists seven times.

In 1969, Carl Yastrzemski had the first of two consecutive 40-home run seasons as he led the Red Sox to third-place finishes that year and the next.

Carl Yastrzemski got four hits, tying the record, and won the All-Star Game MVP in 1970, although the American League lost.

Carl Yastrzemski is one of two players to win the All-Star Game MVP Award despite playing for the losing team, Brooks Robinson having done so in 1966.

Carl Yastrzemski suffered a permanent shoulder injury that reduced his power, causing him to change his distinctive batting stance.

Carl Yastrzemski made the final out in Game 7 on a fly out to center, trailing by one run.

On May 19,1976, Carl Yastrzemski hit three home runs against the Detroit Tigers at Tiger Stadium.

Carl Yastrzemski then went to Yankee Stadium and hit two more, tying the major league record of five home runs in two consecutive games.

On September 12,1979, Carl Yastrzemski achieved another milestone, becoming the first American League player with 3,000 career hits and 400 home runs.

Carl Yastrzemski retired at the end of the 1983 season at age 44, though he wrote in his autobiography Yaz that he was planning on playing the 1984 season until he was tired from a long midseason slump.

Carl Yastrzemski said that had he known how good Roger Clemens would be, he would have played in 1984 to have had a chance to play with him.

Carl Yastrzemski had 1,845 walks in his career, and 1,157 extra base hits.

Carl Yastrzemski won three American League batting championships in his career.

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Carl Yastrzemski is Fenway Park's all-time leader in hits, doubles, and RBIs.

Carl Yastrzemski is one of the few Hall of Famers to directly succeed another Hall of Famer at the same position.

In 1999, Carl Yastrzemski ranked 72nd on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players.

Carl Yastrzemski was inducted into the Suffolk Sports Hall of Fame on Long Island in the Baseball Category with the Class of 1990.

Carl Yastrzemski was well known for his batting stance, holding his bat exceptionally high, giving his swing a large, dramatic arc, and more power at the plate.

Carl Yastrzemski explained that with each new stance, he had to change the way he swung.

Carl Yastrzemski was known for modifying his batting helmets by enlarging the right earhole and removing part of the right earflap.

Carl Yastrzemski thought that Tommy John was one of the hardest pitchers for him to hit against.

John concluded that Carl Yastrzemski must be remembering his years with the Yankees beginning in 1979, when John fared better in their matchups.

Carl Yastrzemski is currently a roving instructor with the Red Sox, and was honored by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch for Game 1 of the 2004,2007,2013, and 2018 World Series.

Carl Yastrzemski started his professional career with the Durham Bulls and eventually played for two Chicago White Sox affiliated teams in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League, first with the Hawaii Islanders in 1987 and then ending his playing career with the Vancouver Canadians in 1988.

Carl Yastrzemski died in 2004 at age 43 from a blood clot after having hip surgery.

Carl Yastrzemski signed with the Baltimore Orioles after being selected in the 2013 MLB draft.

Carl Yastrzemski rose through Baltimore's farm system, reaching Triple-A with the Norfolk Tides by 2016.