Carl Yastrzemski

1961–1983 · bats L / throws R · ALS, Boston Red Sox

3,308G

.285AVG

.379OBP

.462SLG

More career statistics

3,419H

452HR

1,844RBI

168SB

19Rare feats

Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.

Why official totals and the game-record sums differ

The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.

Statistic	MLB official	Recorded game sum
Batting · Caught stealing	116	115
Batting · Strikeouts	1,393	1,395
Batting · Plate appearances	13,991	13,992

Career batting

G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	HBP	SF	TB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
3,308	13,991	11,988	1,816	3,419	646	59	452	1,844	1,845	1,393	168	116	40	105	5,539	.285	.379	.462	.841

Streaks

16longest hitting streak · 1963-09-02 to 1963-09-15

38longest on-base streak

The three rarest things in this career

Rarity	What	Date	Rate	Game
71	Five-Walk Game	1971-05-25	1 in 1,833 games	box score ↗
66	Three Intentional Walks	1968-04-17	1 in 1,129 games	box score ↗
61	The Cycle	1965-05-14	1 in 694 games	box score ↗

Splits

Regular season only.

Home and away

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
Home	1676	6996	1822	237	1063	959	642	.306	.398	.503
Away	1632	6996	1597	215	781	886	753	.264	.355	.422

By month

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
April	358	1559	365	47	214	203	149	.273	.364	.451
May	558	2373	561	87	318	347	216	.281	.383	.470
June	585	2477	629	91	368	332	252	.297	.388	.504
July	592	2476	626	88	318	310	256	.292	.378	.469
August	634	2653	632	60	311	321	272	.275	.359	.418
September	560	2366	583	76	304	324	244	.289	.383	.459
October	21	88	23	3	11	8	6	.291	.352	.468

Most-faced opponents

	G	PA	H	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
detroit-tigers	358	1541	376	65	246	214	172	.287	.383	.495
cleveland-guardians	343	1476	351	51	205	200	162	.279	.373	.476
baltimore-orioles	343	1439	363	33	170	183	156	.294	.379	.447
new-york-yankees	329	1411	352	52	163	155	143	.283	.359	.470
minnesota-twins	297	1250	321	43	158	139	121	.293	.368	.481
chicago-white-sox	280	1172	284	31	156	149	108	.281	.369	.430
california-angels	211	868	210	31	124	131	84	.288	.393	.471
washington-senators-1961-71	185	794	201	27	97	120	90	.300	.404	.495

Season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	IP	K
1961	Boston Red Sox	148	583	155	11	80	6	.266	–	–
1962	Boston Red Sox	160	646	191	19	94	7	.296	–	–
1963	Boston Red Sox	151	570	183	14	68	8	.321	–	–
1964	Boston Red Sox	151	567	164	15	67	6	.289	–	–
1965	Boston Red Sox	133	494	154	20	72	7	.312	–	–
1966	Boston Red Sox	160	594	165	16	80	8	.278	–	–
1967	Boston Red Sox	161	579	189	44	121	10	.326	–	–
1968	Boston Red Sox	157	539	162	23	74	13	.301	–	–
1969	Boston Red Sox	162	603	154	40	111	15	.255	–	–
1970	Boston Red Sox	161	566	186	40	102	23	.329	–	–
1971	Boston Red Sox	148	508	129	15	70	8	.254	–	–
1972	Boston Red Sox	125	455	120	12	68	5	.264	–	–
1973	Boston Red Sox	152	540	160	19	95	9	.296	–	–
1974	Boston Red Sox	148	515	155	15	79	12	.301	–	–
1975	Boston Red Sox	149	543	146	14	60	8	.269	–	–
1976	Boston Red Sox	155	546	146	21	102	5	.267	–	–
1977	Boston Red Sox	150	558	165	28	102	11	.296	–	–
1978	Boston Red Sox	144	523	145	17	81	4	.277	–	–
1979	Boston Red Sox	147	518	140	21	87	3	.270	–	–
1980	Boston Red Sox	105	364	100	15	50	–	.275	–	–
1981	Boston Red Sox	91	338	83	7	53	–	.246	–	–
1982	Boston Red Sox	131	459	126	16	72	–	.275	–	–
1983	Boston Red Sox	119	380	101	10	56	–	.266	–	–