Carl Yastrzemski

Positions: Leftfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: August 22, 1939 in Southampton, NY us

High School: Bridgehampton HS (Bridgehampton, NY)

Schools: Merrimack College (North Andover, MA), University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: April 11, 1961 (Age 21-232d, 11,804th in major league history)
vs. KCA 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1983 (Age 44-041d)
vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 1989. (Voted by BBWAA on 423/447 ballots)
View Carl Yastrzemski's Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: Carl Michael Yastrzemski

Nicknames: Yaz or Captain Carl

Pronunciation: \yuh-STREM-skee\

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Relatives: Grandfather of Mike Yastrzemski

Hall of Fame
MVP
Triple Crown
18x All-Star
7x Gold Glove
3x Batting Title
AS MVP
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

96.5

11988

3419

452

.285

1816

RBI

1844

168

OBP

.380

SLG

.462

OPS

.842

OPS+

130

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	BOS		NYY	W,15-5	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
2	2	Apr 7	BOS		NYY	W,10-5	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
3	3	Apr 8	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
4	4	Apr 14	BOS	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
5	5	Apr 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
6	6	Apr 16	BOS		DET	L,7-9	GS	28	5.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
7	7	Apr 17	BOS		DET	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
8	8	Apr 18	BOS		DET	L,1-7	CG	48	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
9	9	Apr 19	BOS		DET	L,7-11	CG	48	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
10	10	Apr 20	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
11	11	Apr 21	BOS	@	CLE	W,11-5	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
12	12	Apr 22 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	9	1	0	10	0	1B
13	13	Apr 22 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
14	14	Apr 24	BOS		MIN	L,4-6	CG	43	9.0	11	0	0	11	3	1B
15	15	Apr 25	BOS		MIN	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
16	16	Apr 28	BOS		CHW	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
17	17	Apr 29	BOS		CHW	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	18	May 1	BOS		TEX	L,6-7	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
19	19	May 2	BOS		TEX	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
20	20	May 4	BOS	@	MIN	L,6-9	CG	38	8.0	6	0	1	7	1	1B
21	21	May 5	BOS	@	MIN	W,5-1	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
22	22	May 6	BOS	@	MIN	L,3-10	CG	42	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
23	23	May 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
24	24	May 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
25	25	May 10	BOS		CLE	W,4-3	CG	33	9.0	15	0	0	15	1	1B
26	26	May 11	BOS		CLE	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
27	27	May 12	BOS		CLE	L,2-10	CG	47	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
28	28	May 13	BOS		CLE	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
29	29	May 14	BOS		BAL	W,1-0	CG	43	11.0	17	1	0	18	2	1B
30	30	May 16	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
31	31	May 17	BOS	@	DET	L,0-1	CG	32	8.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
32	32	May 18	BOS	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	33	May 19	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
34	34	May 21	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
35	35	May 22	BOS		MIL	L,2-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	0	1B
36	36	May 23	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
37	37	May 24	BOS		MIL	W,10-1	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
38	38	May 27 (1)	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-13	GS	35	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
39	39	May 27 (2)	BOS	@	KCR	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
40	40	May 28	BOS	@	KCR	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	6	0	0	6	2	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	44 (3)	Jun 1	BOS		OAK	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
42	45	Jun 2	BOS		OAK	L,1-3	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	46	Jun 3	BOS		OAK	L,1-12	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
44	47	Jun 4	BOS		KCR	W,9-3	CG	40	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
45	48	Jun 5	BOS		KCR	W,9-2	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
46	49	Jun 6	BOS		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	15	1	1	17	1	1B
47	50	Jun 8	BOS	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
48	51	Jun 9	BOS	@	TEX	W,12-1	GS	26	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
49	52	Jun 10	BOS	@	TEX	W,10-1	CG	31	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
50	53	Jun 12	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
51	54	Jun 13	BOS	@	CAL	L,5-7	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
52	55	Jun 14	BOS	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
53	56	Jun 15	BOS	@	OAK	L,3-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
54	59 (2)	Jun 18	BOS	@	MIL	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
55	60	Jun 19 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-4	GS	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
56	61	Jun 19 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-1	CG	42	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
57	62	Jun 20	BOS	@	MIL	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
58	63	Jun 21	BOS		BAL	L,3-6	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
59	64	Jun 23 (1)	BOS		BAL	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
60	65	Jun 23 (2)	BOS		BAL	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
61	66	Jun 24	BOS		BAL	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
62	67	Jun 25	BOS		DET	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	68	Jun 26	BOS		DET	L,1-4	GS	26	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
64	69	Jun 28 (1)	BOS		CLE	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	71 (1)	Jul 1 (1)	BOS		MIL	L,5-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	72	Jul 1 (2)	BOS		MIL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	73	Jul 2	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	3	1B
68	74	Jul 3	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	6	3	0	9	0	1B
69	75	Jul 4 (1)	BOS	@	NYY	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
70	76	Jul 4 (2)	BOS	@	NYY	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
71	77	Jul 5	BOS	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	36	9.0	16	0	0	16	1	1B
72	78	Jul 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	1B
73	79	Jul 7	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	10	2	0	12	2	1B
74	80	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CHW	L,1-6	GS	27	5.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
75	81	Jul 8 (2)	BOS	@	CHW	W,11-2	CG	37	10.0	12	1	0	13	2	1B
76	82	Jul 9	BOS	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
77	83	Jul 10	BOS	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
78	84	Jul 11	BOS	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	1B
79	85	Jul 12	BOS		TEX	W,5-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
80	86	Jul 13	BOS		TEX	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
81	87	Jul 14	BOS		TEX	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
82	88	Jul 15	BOS		TEX	W,3-1	CG	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
83	89	Jul 16	BOS		CHW	W,9-8	CG	44	11.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
84	93 (3)	Jul 19	BOS		MIN	L,2-6	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
85	94	Jul 20	BOS		MIN	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
86	95	Jul 21	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	3	1B
87	96	Jul 22	BOS		MIN	L,7-10	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
88	97	Jul 26	BOS	@	DET	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
89	98	Jul 27	BOS	@	DET	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
90	99	Jul 28	BOS	@	CLE	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
91	100	Jul 29 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
92	101	Jul 29 (2)	BOS	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	1B
93	102	Jul 30	BOS		NYY	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
94	103	Jul 31	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	41	9.0	15	0	1	16	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	104	Aug 1	BOS		NYY	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
96	105	Aug 2	BOS		NYY	W,10-0	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
97	106	Aug 3 (1)	BOS	@	BAL	W,8-5	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
98	107	Aug 3 (2)	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-8	CG	40	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
99	108	Aug 4	BOS	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	39	8.0	10	1	1	12	0	1B
100	109	Aug 5	BOS	@	BAL	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	17	0	0	17	1	1B
101	110	Aug 6	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
102	111	Aug 7	BOS	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	52	10.2	11	1	0	12	0	1B
103	112	Aug 8	BOS	@	KCR	W,9-4	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
104	113	Aug 9	BOS	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	10	2	0	12	1	1B
105	114	Aug 10	BOS		CAL	L,3-5	CG	42	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
106	115	Aug 11	BOS		CAL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	1B
107	116	Aug 12	BOS		CAL	W,14-8	GS	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
108	117	Aug 13	BOS		OAK	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
109	118	Aug 14	BOS		OAK	L,0-1	CG	39	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
110	119	Aug 16	BOS		OAK	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
111	120	Aug 17	BOS		KCR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
112	121	Aug 18	BOS		KCR	W,8-5	CG	38	9.0	11	3	0	14	5	1B
113	122	Aug 19	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
114	123	Aug 20	BOS	@	TEX	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
115	124	Aug 21	BOS	@	TEX	W,15-9	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
116	126 (1)	Aug 24	BOS	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
117	127	Aug 25	BOS	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
118	128	Aug 26	BOS	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	3B
119	129	Aug 27	BOS	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
120	130	Aug 28	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	0	6	0	6	0	3B
121	131	Aug 29	BOS	@	OAK	W,6-4	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
122	132	Aug 30	BOS	@	MIL	L,1-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	3	5	0	3B
123	133	Aug 31 (1)	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
124	134	Aug 31 (2)	BOS	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	60	12.2	9	1	0	10	2	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	135	Sep 1	BOS	@	MIL	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
126	136	Sep 2	BOS	@	MIL	W,10-4	GS	23	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
127	137	Sep 3 (1)	BOS		BAL	L,8-13	CG	48	9.0	2	3	1	6	0	3B
128	138	Sep 3 (2)	BOS		BAL	W,9-8	CG	44	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	3B
129	139	Sep 4	BOS		BAL	W,2-1	CG	45	12.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
130	140	Sep 5	BOS		BAL	W,7-5	CG	40	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
131	141	Sep 7	BOS		DET	W,11-3	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	3B
132	142	Sep 8	BOS		DET	L,1-6	CG	43	9.0	0	4	3	7	0	3B
133	143	Sep 9	BOS		DET	L,4-5	CG	45	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	3B
134	144	Sep 10	BOS	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
135	145	Sep 11	BOS	@	BAL	L,3-8	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	3B
136	146	Sep 12	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-1	GS	26	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
137	147	Sep 13	BOS	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	48	11.1	1	1	0	2	0	3B
138	148	Sep 14	BOS		CLE	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
139	149	Sep 15	BOS		CLE	L,8-9	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
140	150	Sep 16	BOS		CLE	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	0	3B
141	151	Sep 18	BOS		NYY	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
142	152	Sep 19	BOS		NYY	W,3-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B
143	153	Sep 21	BOS	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	33	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
144	154	Sep 22	BOS	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
145	155	Sep 23	BOS	@	DET	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
146	156	Sep 24	BOS	@	DET	W,14-0	GS	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
147	157	Sep 25	BOS	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
148	158	Sep 26	BOS	@	CLE	L,0-1	CG	29	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
149	159	Sep 28 (1)	BOS		MIL	W,11-2	GS	21	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
150	160	Sep 28 (2)	BOS		MIL	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH 1B
151	161	Sep 29	BOS		MIL	W,9-4	GS	30	7.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
152	162	Sep 30	BOS		MIL	W,3-2	GS	21	6.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
							153gm		1302.2	984	119	18	1121	87