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Carl Yastrzemski

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Carl Yastrzemski is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox. He won the American League Triple Crown in 1967 while leading the Red Sox to the pennant in their "Impossible Dream" season, and went on to a long, productive career that made him one of the franchise's most celebrated players.

Facts
Birth Year
1939 1
Birth Date
1939-08-22 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
In 1967 he won the American League MVP award and the Triple Crown while leading the Red Sox to the pennant, a Triple Crown not repeated in MLB until Miguel Cabrera in 2012. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Team 1
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Plays

Baseball, Sports
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1. Wikipedia, Carl Yastrzemski
Wikipedia
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski lead, opening sentence (birth clause, after pronunciation aside)
    born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski lead, opening sentence (birth year, after pronunciation aside)
    born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski lead, opening sentence (nationality, after pronunciation aside)
    born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Yastrzemski lead, third paragraph (career-highlight sentence)
    In 1967 Yastrzemski achieved a peak in his career, leading the Red Sox to the American League pennant for the first time in over two decades and being voted the 1967 American League MVP.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    ( yÉ™-STREM-skee; born August 22, 1939), nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire 23-year career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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