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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Carl Yastrzemski
| In both 1962 and 1964, Yastrzemski had the dubious distinction of leading the American League in which category? | Captain Carl Yastrzemski
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Grounding into the most double-plays. Never known for his speed, Yastrzemski was doubled up 27 times in 1962, and 30 times in 1964. Aside from those two years, he never grounded into more than 19 double-plays in a season.
11. Incredibly, he was only ejected 11 times in 23 years. His most in one season, he was ejected was 3 times in 1973.
| Yastrzemski hit 452 home runs in his Major League career. How many times did he lead the league in round-trippers? | Captain Carl Yastrzemski
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1. He only led the league once, in 1967, his Triple Crown season. He hit 44 home runs that year. He only hit as many as 40 twice more in his career (1969 and 1970).
| In 1967, Yastrzemski won the American League Triple Crown (he led the league in batting average, home runs, and runs batted in). Who was the last player to win the Triple Crown before Yaz did it? | Captain Carl Yastrzemski
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Frank Robinson. Frank Robinson won the Triple Crown in 1966 with the Orioles, the year before Yastrzemski won it. That year, Robinson had a .316 batting average, hit 49 home runs, and drove in 122 runs.
| For all Yastrzemski's hitting prowess (he collected 3419 hits in his career), he never enjoyed very long hitting streaks. What was the longest hitting streak of his 23-year career? | Captain Carl Yastrzemski
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15 games. He hit for 15 straight games in 1970. He batted .329 that season and led the league in runs scored, on-base percentage, slugging, and total bases.
| Yastrzemski tied the first player in Major League history to play with the same team for 23 seasons. Which player was the first to set this record? | Captain Carl Yastrzemski
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Brooks Robinson. Robinson spent his 23 years with the Baltimore Orioles. He himself was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983, the same year that Yaz retired.
1963, 1967, 1968. He led the American League with .321 in 1963, .326 in 1967, and .301 in 1968.
| Yastrzemski was named to 18 All-Star games during his career. In what year was he first named to the All-Star game? | Captain Carl Yastrzemski
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1963. He came into the game as a pinch-hitter and stayed in to play left field. He went 0-for-2 and struck out once. The National League won the game 5-3.
| In 1958, Yastrzemski received a scholarship to play baseball and basketball at which major college? | Captain Carl Yastrzemski
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Notre Dame. During his freshman year he signed a contract to play for the Boston Red Sox. In 1966, he would finish getting his college degree from Merrimack College, fulfilling a promise he made to his parents.
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