Saturday, August 29, 2020

MINIOR LEAGUE DAYS- CARL YASTRZEMSKI

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…