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CARL YASTRZEMSKI
Born: August 22, 1939 in Southampton, New York
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Full name Carl Michael Yastrzemski
Born August 22, 1939, Southampton, New York
First Game: April 11, 1961; Final Game: October 2, 1983
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 5' 11" Weight: 175

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1989
Named AL Most Valuable Player by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1967)
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1967)
Named AL Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1967)
Named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (1970)
Named outfielder on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1963, 1965 and 1967)
Won AL Gold Glove as outfielder (1963, 1965, 1967 to 1969, 1971 and 1977)

CARL YASTRZEMSKI
This article was written by Herb Crehan and Bill Nowlin and is presented in part, courtesy of the Society for American Baseball Research
Saddled with the burden of replacing one of baseball's legendary players, Carl Yastrzemski carved out his own iconic Hall of Fame career, eventually escaping Ted Williams' extraordinary shadow enough to win 3 batting titles and 7 Gold Gloves, and earn 18 All-Star selections. In Boston, where he played the entirety of his 23-year career, he is remembered especially for his Triple Crown season that led Boston to its Impossible Dream in 1967.

Born August 22, 1939, in nearby Southampton, New York, Carl Michael Yastrzemski came of age in Bridgehampton, Long Island (population 3,000) where he often played alongside his father in local semi-pro games. Father Karol Yastrzemski (the name was Anglicized to Carl) and Yaz's uncle Tommy owned an inherited 70-acre potato farm, their work a "legacy from Poland, folks coming over here and doing what they knew from the old country." (1)

In his first of two autobiographies, Yaz wrote, "I'm told that when I was 18 months old my dad got me a tiny baseball bat, which I dragged around wherever I went, the way other babies drag blankets or favorite toys. I vaguely remember playing catch with him as a very small boy, but my first clear memory is hitting tennis balls in the back yard against his pitching after supper every night when I was about six. Later we played make-believe ball games between the Yankees and the Red Sox, my two favorite teams..." (2)

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2005 Wait 'til This Year (in person), 1975 1975 World Series (in person), 1970 1970 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1969 1969 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1968 The Kraft Music Hall (in person), 1967 1967 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 2010 Prime 9 (Other), 2004 Reverse of the Curse of the Bambino (Other), 1991 The Story of America's Classic Ballparks (in person), 1979 1979 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1977 1977 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1972 1972 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1967 1967 World Series (in person), 2005 ESPN 25: Who's #1 (in person), 2001 Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History (in person), 2000 ESPN SportsCentury (in person), 1983 1983 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1982 1982 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1975 1975 American League Championship Series (in person), 1971 1971 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1968 1968 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1992 The 50 Greatest Home Runs in Baseball History (Other), 1967 The Ed Sullivan Show (in person), 2009 The Lost Son of Havana (in person), 2005 History Rings True: Red Sox Opening Day Ring Ceremony (in person), 1989 1989 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1978 Monday Night Baseball (in person), 1976 1976 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1975 1975 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1974 1974 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1973 1973 MLB All-Star Game (in person), 1963 1963 MLB All-Star Game (in person)

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