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.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	44	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 8	BOS	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
3	3	Apr 9	BOS	@	CHW	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
4	4	Apr 10	BOS	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.1	5	0	0	5	0	LF
5	5	Apr 12	BOS	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
6	6	Apr 14	BOS		TEX	W,5-4	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
7	7	Apr 15	BOS		TEX	W,12-4	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 16	BOS		TEX	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 17	BOS		MIL	W,9-2	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
10	10	Apr 18	BOS		MIL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
11	11	Apr 20	BOS		MIL	W,10-4	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
12	12	Apr 21	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	13	Apr 22	BOS		CLE	L,4-13	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
14	15 (1)	Apr 23 (2)	BOS		CLE	L,7-10	CG	54	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	LF
15	16	Apr 25	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
16	17	Apr 26	BOS	@	MIL	L,4-6	GS	26	6.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
17	18	Apr 28	BOS	@	TEX	L,4-5	CG	40	10.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
18	19	Apr 29	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	40	8.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
19	20	Apr 30	BOS	@	TEX	L,1-2	CG	33	8.1	11	1	0	12	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	21	May 1	BOS		BAL	W,9-6	CG	44	9.0	6	1	0	7	3	1B
21	22	May 2	BOS		BAL	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
22	23	May 3	BOS		MIN	W,11-9	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
23	24	May 4	BOS		MIN	W,8-1	GS	15	4.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
24	25	May 6 (1)	BOS		CHW	W,6-4	CG	44	10.0	8	2	0	10	3	1B
25	26	May 6 (2)	BOS		CHW	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	10	2	0	12	0	1B
26	27	May 7	BOS		CHW	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
27	28	May 8	BOS		KCR	W,8-4	CG	36	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
28	29	May 9	BOS		KCR	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
29	30	May 10	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	32	8.1	3	1	0	4	1	1B
30	31	May 11	BOS	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
31	32	May 13	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
32	33	May 14	BOS	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	41	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
33	34	May 15	BOS	@	KCR	L,1-3	GS	34	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF 1B
34	35	May 16	BOS	@	KCR	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
35	36	May 19	BOS	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
36	37	May 20	BOS	@	DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	9	4	0	13	1	1B
37	38	May 21 (1)	BOS	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
38	39	May 21 (2)	BOS	@	DET	W,9-3	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	1B
39	40	May 22	BOS	@	TOR	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
40	41	May 23	BOS	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG	46	11.1	12	0	0	12	0	1B
41	43 (1)	May 25	BOS	@	TOR	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	44	May 26	BOS		DET	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
43	45	May 27	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
44	46	May 28 (1)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
45	47	May 28 (2)	BOS		DET	W,4-3	CG	32	9.0	9	0	0	9	3	1B
46	48	May 29	BOS		TOR	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
47	49	May 30	BOS		TOR	W,4-0	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
48	50	May 31	BOS		TOR	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
49	51	Jun 2	BOS	@	CAL	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
50	52	Jun 3	BOS	@	CAL	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
51	53	Jun 4	BOS	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
52	54	Jun 5	BOS	@	OAK	L,7-9	GS	24	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
53	55	Jun 6	BOS	@	OAK	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
54	56	Jun 9	BOS	@	SEA	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
55	57	Jun 10	BOS	@	SEA	W,13-1	GS	22	6.0	9	2	0	11	1	1B
56	58	Jun 11	BOS	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
57	59	Jun 12	BOS		CAL	W,10-9	CG	50	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
58	60	Jun 13	BOS		CAL	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
59	61	Jun 14	BOS		OAK	W,9-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
60	62	Jun 15	BOS		OAK	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	LF
61	63	Jun 16	BOS		SEA	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
62	64	Jun 17	BOS		SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
63	66 (1)	Jun 19	BOS		NYY	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
64	67	Jun 20	BOS		NYY	L,4-10	CG	44	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
65	68	Jun 21	BOS		NYY	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
66	69	Jun 23	BOS		BAL	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
67	70	Jun 24	BOS		BAL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
68	71	Jun 25	BOS		BAL	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
69	72	Jun 26	BOS	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
70	73	Jun 27	BOS	@	NYY	L,4-6	CG	56	13.1	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	76 (2)	Jul 1	BOS	@	BAL	L,2-3	CG	46	10.1	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	77	Jul 3	BOS		NYY	W,9-5	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
73	78	Jul 5	BOS	@	CHW	W,9-2	GS	27	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	79	Jul 6	BOS	@	CHW	W,7-6	CG	42	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
75	81 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	BOS	@	CLE	W,12-5	GS	22	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
76	83 (1)	Jul 9	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
77	84	Jul 13	BOS		TEX	L,7-12	CG	45	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
78	85	Jul 14	BOS		TEX	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
79	87 (1)	Jul 16 (1)	BOS		MIN	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
80	88	Jul 16 (2)	BOS		MIN	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
81	93 (4)	Jul 22	BOS	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	44	9.2	2	0	0	2	0	LF
82	94	Jul 23	BOS	@	KCR	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
83	95	Jul 24 (1)	BOS	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
84	96	Jul 24 (2)	BOS	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
85	97	Jul 25	BOS	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
86	98	Jul 26	BOS	@	TEX	L,0-2	GS	17	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
87	105 (6)	Aug 2 susp	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-5	GS	54	13.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
88	106	Aug 3	BOS	@	NYY	W,8-1	CG	27	6.0	4	0	1	5	0	1B
89	107	Aug 4	BOS	@	MIL	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
90	108	Aug 5	BOS	@	MIL	W,8-1	GS	32	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
91	109	Aug 6	BOS	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	1B
92	110	Aug 8	BOS		CLE	W,9-7	GS	25	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
93	132 (21)	Aug 30 (2)	BOS		TOR	L,6-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	134 (1)	Sep 2	BOS		OAK	L,3-4	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
95	139 (4)	Sep 7	BOS		NYY	L,3-15	GS	41	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
96	140	Sep 8	BOS		NYY	L,2-13	CG	49	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
97	141	Sep 9	BOS		NYY	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	3	1	1	5	1	LF
98	142	Sep 10	BOS		NYY	L,4-7	CG	47	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
99	143	Sep 11	BOS		BAL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
100	144	Sep 12	BOS		BAL	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
101	145	Sep 13	BOS	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
102	146	Sep 14	BOS	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
103	147	Sep 15	BOS	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	35	8.0	9	2	2	13	1	1B
104	148	Sep 16	BOS	@	NYY	L,2-3	GS	39	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B LF
105	149	Sep 17	BOS	@	NYY	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
106	150	Sep 18	BOS	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	44	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
107	151	Sep 19	BOS	@	DET	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
108	152	Sep 20	BOS	@	DET	L,2-12	CG	45	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
109	155 (2)	Sep 23	BOS	@	TOR	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
110	156	Sep 24	BOS	@	TOR	W,7-6	GS	62	14.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
111	157	Sep 26	BOS		DET	W,6-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
112	158	Sep 27	BOS		DET	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
113	159	Sep 28	BOS		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
114	160	Sep 29	BOS		TOR	W,11-0	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
115	161	Sep 30	BOS		TOR	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
116	162	Oct 1	BOS		TOR	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	163	Oct 2	BOS		NYY	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
							121gm		1024.0	523	49	5	577	49