Carl Yastrzemski

Carl Yastrzemski, Yaz to everyone, is the kind of athlete I find myself drawn to: a one-team man. Twenty-three seasons, all with the Boston Red Sox, in an era when loyalty like that was already becoming rare. His 1967 was the stuff of legend, an MVP and Athlete of the Year season, and his Gold Glove proves he was no mere slugger. Moving from left field to first base to designated hitter, he simply found ways to keep contributing. What gets me is the stubborn devotion of it, a man who tied his whole career to one city. That unglamorous fidelity is what I admire most.

Name (English)

Carl Yastrzemski

Name (Japanese)

カール・ヤストレムスキー

Reading

かーる・やすとれむすきー

Born

August 22, 1939 (age 86)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Southampton, New York, United States

Height

195 cm

Occupation

baseball player

University

Merrimack College

Awards & achievements

• Rawlings Gold Glove Award
• 1967 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
• 1967 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
• Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Yastrzemski
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956100

Tags

• New York
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-17

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