Carl Yastrzemski [SEP] place of birth
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. Yastrzemski also won the Triple Crown that year, a milestone which was not accomplished again in the Major Leagues until Miguel Cabrera achieved the feat 45 years later in 2012.
Early life.
Yastrzemski was born in Bridgehampton, New York to Carl Yastrzemski, Sr. and Hattie Skonieczny. Both his parents were of a Polish background, and young Carl was bilingual from
David Ortiz hits his 21st and 22nd home runs of the season, giving him 453 for his career to pass Hall of Famer and Boston great Carl Yastrzemski into 36th place on the all-time home run list. It is worth noting that Ortiz is still third on the Red Sox list with 395 homers, behind Ted Williams (521) and Yastrzemski. He previously hit 58 home runs with the Minnesota Twins before joining Boston. It was also the 44th multi-homer game for Ortiz, which ranks him second for the