Carl Yastrzemski
date: label: date made
content: 1964
name: label: referenced
content: Boston Red Sox
label: depicted (sitter)
content: Yastrzemski, Carl
label: maker
content: Topps Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Carl Yastrzemski was one of many players featured on collectible coins made by Topps and included in packs of baseball cards.
label: Description
content: Carl <i>Yaz </i> Yastrzemski made 18 All-Star Games in his 23-year Major League Baseball career, all spent with the Boston Red Sox (1961-1983.) A three-time American League batting champion, and seven-time Gold Glove award winner, Yastrzemski was named the AL's Most Valuable Player Award in 1967 after he achieved baseball's rare triple-crown: leading the League in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in.
label: Description
content: Yastrzemski spent most of his career in left field, patrolling the grounds beneath Fenway Park's famous outfield wall, the <Green Monster<.> As he aged, he found himself playing first base as well as a designated hitter.
label: Description
content: The Polish American finished his career with a lifetime .285 batting average, 3,419 hits, 452 home runs and 1,844 runs batted in. Elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989, Yaz's number 8 has been retired by the Red Sox.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Baseball
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0213.099
label: accession number
content: 1996.0213
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0213.099
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cap, bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in; x 3.81 cm