CARLTON "PUDGE" FISK - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH CO-SIGNED BY: FRED LYNN - HFSID 274343
Sale Price $175.00
Reg. $220.00
CARLTON FISK and FRED LYNN
Two All-Star Red Sox are shown in this 16x20 black and white
photograph.
Photograph signed: "Fred Lynn", "Carlton Fish". B/w, 16x20.
The Boston Red Sox, who had won five World Series by 1918, failed to win another
until 2004. They came heartbreakingly close many times, however, never more so
than when Carlton Fisk and Fred Lynn were at the heart of a star-studded lineup
which also featured such greats as Carl Yastrzemski, Jim Rice, Dwight Evans and
Luis Tiant. They lost a 7-game World Series to Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" in
1975, despite Fisk's extra-inning, game-winning homer in Game 6; and a one-game
playoff loss for the American League East title to the arch-rival New York
Yankees in 1978. Both departed, Fisk in free agency, Lynn in a trade, after the
1980 season. Carlton FISK holds the all-time major league record for games
caught (2,229). He held the all-time HR leader for catchers (351) until it
was broken by Mike Piazza in 2004. Fisk was AL Rookie of Year (1972) and a
10-time All-Star. Centerfielder Fred LYNN began his career with the
Boston Red Sox (1974-1980). Lynn won the MVP and Rookie of the
Year Awards in 1975, the first time a player had won both in one
year. While playing for the team (1981-1984), Lynn was named MVP of the
1982 American League Championship series, the first player from the losing team
ever selected. He later played for the Baltimore Orioles (1985-1988),
the Detroit Tigers (1988-1989) and the San Diego Padres (1990),
was on nine consecutive All-Star teams (1975-1983) and earned four
Gold Gloves (1975, 1978, 1979, 1980). Fisk, who finished his career
with the Chicago White Sox, entered the Hall of Fame in 1980. Lynn,
plagued by injuries and missing the hitter-friendly Fenway Park, failed to reach
the Cooperstown destination his early career had seemed to promise. Fine
condition.
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