Carl Yastrzemski
MLB debut April 11, 1961 for the Boston Red Sox Last MLB appearance October 2, 1983 for the Boston Red Sox Career statistics Batting average .285 Hits 3,419 Home runs 452 Runs batted in 1,844 Teams Boston Red Sox (1961–1983) Career highlights and awards 18× All-Star (1963, 1965–1979, 1982, 1983) AL MVP (1967) Triple Crown (1967) 7× Gold Glove Award (1963, 1965, 1967–1969, 1971, 1977) All-Star Game MVP (1970) Boston Red Sox #8 retired Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction 1989 Vote 94.63% (first ballot) Carl Michael Yastrzemski (/jəˈstrɛmski/; nicknamed "Yaz"; born August 22, 1939) is an American former Major League Baseball player. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Yastrzemski played his entire 23-year baseball career with the Boston Red Sox (1961–1983). He was primarily a left fielder, but also played as a first baseman and designated hitter later in his career. Yastrzemski is an 18-time All-Star, the possessor of seven Gold Gloves, a member of the 3000 hit club, and the first American League player in that club to also accumulate over 400 home runs. He is second on the all-time list for games played, and third for total at-bats. He 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 another Red Sox great, Ted Williams, his predecessor in left field, and current Red Sox Designated Hitter David Ortiz. 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, in that season being voted the American League MVP, and was the last winner of the Triple Crown for batters in the Major Leagues until Miguel Cabrera achieved the feat in 2012.