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Carl
Yastrzemski		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 187
 
Born: August 22, 1939 in Usa, NY, SOUTHAMPTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
Bronze Rookie 1963   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1961 21 MIN AL     8 8 7 4 5 4 7 8 8 4 6 5 7 8 8
1962 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 5 6 5 7 9 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1963 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 9 8 6 7 7 7 8 8
1964 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 9 8 7 8 8 8 9 8
1965 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 8 7 8 8
1966 26 MIN AL $ 1,960,714   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 8 7 8 8
1967 27 MIN AL $ 2,178,571   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 9 7 8 8
1968 28 MIN AL $ 4,280,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 9 7 8 8
1969 29 MIN AL $ 4,280,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 9 9 8 9 8
1970 30 MIN AL $ 4,280,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8
1971 31 MIN AL $ 4,280,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8
1972 32 MIN AL $ 4,280,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 9 8
1973 33 COL NL $ 4,280,000   8 8 7 6 6 6 5 7 7 7 8 8 7 8 8
1974 34 COL NL $ 4,280,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7
1975 35 CLN NL     4 4 3 1 2 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 2 2 3 5 4 3 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,280,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 7 9 8 8 9 9 8 9 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1961 21 AAA   137 553 75 171 46 3 19 91 0 0 49 91 .309 .365 .506 .872 95.1  
1962 22 MIN AL 34 106 22 36 7 1 4 23 1 0 21 15 .340 .445 .538 .983 23.6 6.4
    AAA   106 421 51 126 25 1 17 66 0 2 52 46 .299 .376 .485 .861 73.7  
1963 23 MIN AL 156 527 62 141 37 0 15 80 1 1 60 53 .268 .342 .423 .765 73.4 16.8
1964 24 MIN AL 153 524 64 150 29 3 12 64 3 2 73 57 .286 .373 .422 .795 77.6 14.7
1965 25 MIN AL 101 312 46 80 17 0 8 45 2 0 43 43 .256 .344 .388 .732 43.1 9.5
1966 26 MIN AL 153 538 56 142 34 3 10 60 0 2 74 70 .264 .352 .394 .746 71.9 11.0
1967 27 MIN AL 156 526 74 146 30 4 16 75 2 0 83 72 .278 .372 .441 .813 89.6 17.8
1968 28 MIN AL 154 539 74 152 39 2 13 70 3 5 87 71 .282 .382 .434 .816 85.8 19.7
1969 29 MIN AL 157 541 67 147 31 0 14 76 2 1 87 52 .272 .369 .407 .776 83.1 18.2
1970 30 MIN AL 155 569 77 167 28 0 15 85 1 1 71 48 .293 .374 .422 .795 84.4 17.9
1971 31 MIN AL 153 527 68 139 24 1 17 67 1 0 77 52 .264 .357 .410 .767 79.3 14.8
1972 32 MIN AL 155 534 61 131 29 1 11 62 2 2 59 51 .245 .319 .365 .685 63.6 10.3
1973 33 COL NL 117 380 49 116 31 2 6 44 0 0 32 26 .305 .356 .445 .801 55.4 11.4
1974 34 COL NL 122 331 50 99 17 0 10 45 0 1 36 30 .299 .368 .441 .809 51.6 9.2
1975 35 AAA   137 513 49 121 13 1 5 44 0 2 42 89 .236 .294 .294 .588 44.6  
13 Years Sim 1766 5954 770 1646 353 17 151 796 18 15 803 640 .276 .361 .418 .779 882.4 177.8
3 Years AAA 380 1487 175 418 84 5 41 201 0 4 143 226 .281 .344 .427 .771 213.4  
162 Game Average 546 70 150 32 1 13 73 1 1 73 58 .276 .361 .418 .779 80.9  
Career Highs 157 569 77 167 39 4 17 85 3 5 87 72 .340 .445 .538 .983 89.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4192 569 1234 267 12 112 579 10 9 593 374 .294 .381 .444 .825 704.1
vs LH   1762 201 412 86 5 39 217 8 6 210 266 .234 .313 .355 .668 205.6
Home 879 2918 385 798 195 9 62 361 7 9 367 308 .273 .353 .410 .764 424.7
Away 887 3036 385 848 158 8 89 435 11 6 436 332 .279 .369 .425 .793 485.0
RISP   1495 0 425 97 4 28 596 0 0 256 167 .284 .380 .411 .790 246.6
Pinch Hitting   136 20 39 6 1 0 22 2 0 16 13 .287 .359 .346 .705 17.8
Close/Late   731 63 186 40 4 18 96 0 0 136 77 .254 .369 .394 .763 114.8
Mar/Apr 269 911 108 255 62 2 17 123 0 4 126 95 .280 .365 .408 .774 136.8
May 277 923 99 241 56 1 21 108 2 2 121 101 .261 .347 .392 .739 128.5
June 291 998 133 270 58 2 30 136 1 4 131 111 .271 .354 .423 .777 150.6
July 292 970 137 282 55 1 32 132 3 1 133 93 .291 .375 .448 .824 163.1
August 338 1143 160 318 57 7 31 169 6 3 156 130 .278 .363 .422 .785 178.4
Sep/Oct 299 1009 133 280 65 4 20 128 6 1 136 110 .278 .362 .409 .771 152.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1962 22 MIN AL 1B 30 30 254.3 306 17 0 27 1.000 11.43   0.6
    LF 4 0 9.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1963 23 MIN AL 1B 152 149 1307.3 1656 151 13 147 .993 12.44   3.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1964 24 MIN AL LF 118 114 1004.0 180 1 3 0 .984 1.62   1.4
    1B 30 26 230.0 301 36 0 29 1.000 13.19   0.5
1965 25 MIN AL LF 64 53 488.7 96 5 1 1 .990 1.86   1.5
    1B 34 27 249.3 319 28 0 27 1.000 12.53   0.6
1966 26 MIN AL LF 147 144 1278.3 268 4 6 2 .978 1.91   3.5
    1B 4 0 5.7 5 1 0 0 1.000 9.54   0.0
1967 27 MIN AL LF 146 146 1266.3 258 5 6 1 .978 1.87   3.4
    1B 8 0 25.0 26 2 0 3 1.000 10.08   0.0
1968 28 MIN AL LF 146 146 1285.7 240 8 4 2 .984 1.74   2.5
    1B 5 0 8.0 7 2 0 0 1.000 10.13   0.0
1969 29 MIN AL LF 150 148 1315.0 237 6 5 0 .980 1.66   2.8
    1B 6 0 10.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1970 30 MIN AL LF 145 145 1301.7 251 5 8 1 .970 1.77   2.8
    1B 6 0 10.0 15 2 0 0 1.000 15.30   0.0
    CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1971 31 MIN AL LF 146 145 1271.3 288 6 4 2 .987 2.08   3.2
    1B 4 0 9.3 12 0 0 1 1.000 11.58   0.0
1972 32 MIN AL LF 152 150 1296.3 253 6 4 2 .985 1.80   2.8
    RF 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    1B 1 0 3.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 13.51   0.0
1973 33 COL NL 1B 74 62 548.3 642 53 4 52 .994 11.41   1.2
    LF 3 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1974 34 COL NL 1B 99 75 671.0 817 54 5 63 .994 11.68   1.2
    LF 20 2 47.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.87   0.3
  LF 1243 1193 10572.3 2092 46 41 11 .981 1.82   24.0
  1B 453 369 3331.6 4121 346 22 349 .995 12.07   7.4
  RF 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  CF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
  SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
Career Totals   1699 1562 13917.9 6217 393 63 360 .991 4.27   31.4
Career Highs   156 150 1325.0 1657 151 13 147 1.000 12.43    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1965 25 MIN AL 10 30 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 .267 .405 .300 .705
1970 30 MIN AL 5 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .167 .250 .167 .417
1973 33 COL NL 7 22 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .182 .217 .273 .490
1974 34 COL NL 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 26 75 6 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 5 .200 .294 .240 .534
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1967-10-.372
1968-8-.382
1969-7-.369
1970-7-.374
 OPS
1968-10-.816
 Games
1963-9-156
1967-4-156
1969-5-157
1970-7-155
 Hits
1970-8-167
 Singles
1970-6-124
 Doubles
1963-3-37
1966-6-34
1968-1-39
1973-10-31
Walks
1964-9-73
1968-3-87
1969-8-87
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Ed Stevens (909)
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  8. Fred Sington (903)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by Minnesota in 1961
Had first career hit on 8/1/1962, off Gaylord Perry (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 8/10/1962, off Fred Green (WOR)
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Detroit on 9/15/1964
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,960,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,178,571 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1967, hitting .380 with 5 HR, 22 RBI
7/31/1967: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $4,280,000 per year, for 3 years
4/2/1970: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $4,280,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 23-game hitting streak snapped on 9/17/1970
Traded from Minnesota to Colorado on 2/7/1973 (Going to COL: LF Carl Yastrzemski. Going to MIN: SS Tony Martinez)
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 4/2/1975 to a minor league deal
 
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