Up on the blog today we add Boston Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski to the “Minor League Days” thread, celebrating his fantastic professional baseball career:
All the young 20-year-old would do in his one season with the
Minneapolis Millers in 1960 was tear up the ball, collecting 193 hits
and hitting .339 with 84 runs scored and 69 runs batted in, with 36
doubles and eight triples.
The previous year, his first in pro ball, he was a force, hitting .377
with 100 RBIs in only 120 games for the Raleigh Capitals in the Carolina
League, with 87 runs scored, 34 doubles, six triples and 15 homers.
And how could he NOT become a legend, what with 23 years of Major League
ball, all with the Red Sox, turning in three batting titles, a Triple
Crown in 1967 along with an MVP Award, seven Gold Gloves, 18 all-star
nods, and 25 league-leads in primary offensive categories.
By the time he did the retirement tour in 1983, he scored 1816 runs,
collected 3419 hits, 646 doubles, 452 homers, 1844 runs batted in along
with a .285 batting average.
He was just plain awesome…