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Carl Yastrzemski played 23 major-league seasons (1961-1983) as a OF (2,076), 1B (765), 3B (33). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 23 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22 | BOS | 148 | 583 | 71 | 155 | 11 | 80 | 6 | 50 | 96 | .266 | .721 | 98 |
| 1962 | 23 | BOS | 160 | 646 | 99 | 191 | 19 | 94 | 7 | 66 | 82 | .296 | .832 | 130 |
| 1963 | 24 | BOS | 151 | 570 | 91 | 183 | 14 | 68 | 8 | 95 | 72 | .321 | .894 | 158 |
| 1964 | 25 | BOS | 151 | 567 | 77 | 164 | 15 | 67 | 6 | 75 | 90 | .289 | .825 | 136 |
| 1965 | 26 | BOS | 133 | 494 | 78 | 154 | 20 | 72 | 7 | 70 | 58 | .312 | .932 | 172 |
| 1966 | 27 | BOS | 160 | 594 | 81 | 165 | 16 | 80 | 8 | 84 | 60 | .278 | .799 | 136 |
| 1967 | 28 | BOS | 161 | 579 | 112 | 189 | 44 | 121 | 10 | 91 | 69 | .326 | 1.040 | 214 |
| 1968 | 29 | BOS | 157 | 539 | 90 | 162 | 23 | 74 | 13 | 119 | 90 | .301 | .922 | 188 |
| 1969 | 30 | BOS | 162 | 603 | 96 | 154 | 40 | 111 | 15 | 101 | 91 | .255 | .870 | 149 |
| 1970 | 31 | BOS | 161 | 566 | 125 | 186 | 40 | 102 | 23 | 128 | 66 | .329 | 1.044 | 197 |
| 1971 | 32 | BOS | 148 | 508 | 75 | 129 | 15 | 70 | 8 | 106 | 60 | .254 | .772 | 128 |
| 1972 | 33 | BOS | 125 | 455 | 70 | 120 | 12 | 68 | 5 | 67 | 44 | .264 | .748 | 131 |
| 1973 | 34 | BOS | 152 | 540 | 82 | 160 | 19 | 95 | 9 | 105 | 58 | .296 | .870 | 145 |
| 1974 | 35 | BOS | 148 | 515 | 93 | 155 | 15 | 79 | 12 | 104 | 48 | .301 | .859 | 148 |
| 1975 | 36 | BOS | 149 | 543 | 91 | 146 | 14 | 60 | 8 | 87 | 67 | .269 | .776 | 120 |
| 1976 | 37 | BOS | 155 | 546 | 71 | 146 | 21 | 102 | 5 | 80 | 67 | .267 | .790 | 131 |
| 1977 | 38 | BOS | 150 | 558 | 99 | 165 | 28 | 102 | 11 | 73 | 40 | .296 | .877 | 137 |
| 1978 | 39 | BOS | 144 | 523 | 70 | 145 | 17 | 81 | 4 | 76 | 44 | .277 | .790 | 122 |
| 1979 | 40 | BOS | 147 | 518 | 69 | 140 | 21 | 87 | 3 | 62 | 46 | .270 | .796 | 114 |
| 1980 | 41 | BOS | 105 | 364 | 49 | 100 | 15 | 50 | 0 | 44 | 38 | .275 | .812 | 121 |
| 1981 | 42 | BOS | 91 | 338 | 36 | 83 | 7 | 53 | 0 | 49 | 28 | .246 | .693 | 101 |
| 1982 | 43 | BOS | 131 | 459 | 53 | 126 | 16 | 72 | 0 | 59 | 50 | .275 | .789 | 116 |
| 1983 | 44 | BOS | 119 | 380 | 38 | 101 | 10 | 56 | 0 | 54 | 29 | .266 | .767 | 112 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | OF | 147 | 146 | 248 | 12 | 10 | 1 |
| 1962 | OF | 160 | 160 | 329 | 15 | 11 | 3 |
| 1963 | OF | 151 | 151 | 283 | 18 | 6 | 3 |
| 1964 | OF | 148 | 148 | 372 | 19 | 11 | 3 |
| 1964 | 3B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 1965 | OF | 130 | 130 | 222 | 11 | 3 | 2 |
| 1966 | OF | 158 | 152 | 310 | 15 | 5 | 2 |
| 1967 | OF | 161 | 158 | 297 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| 1968 | OF | 155 | 153 | 301 | 12 | 3 | 3 |
| 1968 | 1B | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1969 | OF | 143 | 141 | 246 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
| 1969 | 1B | 22 | 21 | 181 | 21 | 2 | 29 |
| 1970 | 1B | 94 | 93 | 696 | 61 | 8 | 62 |
| 1970 | OF | 69 | 66 | 120 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 1971 | OF | 146 | 144 | 281 | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| 1972 | OF | 83 | 82 | 141 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| 1972 | 1B | 42 | 42 | 357 | 33 | 4 | 34 |
| 1973 | 1B | 107 | 104 | 912 | 56 | 6 | 85 |
| 1973 | 3B | 31 | 32 | 37 | 63 | 12 | 2 |
| 1973 | OF | 14 | 15 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1974 | 1B | 84 | 82 | 707 | 44 | 2 | 67 |
| 1974 | OF | 63 | 62 | 99 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1B | 140 | 137 | 1202 | 87 | 5 | 103 |
| 1975 | OF | 8 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1B | 94 | 93 | 829 | 52 | 2 | 78 |
| 1976 | OF | 51 | 51 | 93 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 1977 | OF | 140 | 140 | 287 | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1B | 7 | 4 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 1978 | OF | 71 | 70 | 136 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 1978 | 1B | 50 | 47 | 387 | 41 | 3 | 47 |
| 1979 | 1B | 51 | 51 | 466 | 55 | 2 | 42 |
| 1979 | OF | 36 | 36 | 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 1980 | OF | 39 | 33 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1B | 16 | 15 | 160 | 10 | 4 | 19 |
| 1981 | 1B | 39 | 37 | 353 | 34 | 3 | 26 |
| 1982 | 1B | 14 | 12 | 116 | 10 | 0 | 12 |
| 1982 | OF | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1B | 2 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1983 | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Carl Yastrzemski won: Gold Glove 1963 (AL), TSN All-Star 1963 (AL), Gold Glove 1965 (AL), TSN All-Star 1965 (AL), Gold Glove 1967 (AL), MVP 1967 (AL), Triple Crown 1967 (AL), TSN All-Star 1967 (AL), Gold Glove 1968 (AL), Gold Glove 1969 (AL), Gold Glove 1971 (AL), Gold Glove 1977 (AL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (14 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1978, 1977, 1976, 1975, 1974, 1973, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1966, 1965 and more.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 9 / 280 | 0 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 6 | 81 / 280 | 0 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 12 | 22 / 280 | 0 |
| 1966 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 1 / 280 | 0 |
| 1967 | Most Valuable Player (winner) | AL | 1 | 275 / 280 | 19 |
| 1968 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 9 | 50 / 280 | 0 |
| 1969 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 19 | 8 / 336 | 0 |
| 1970 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 4 | 136 / 336 | 2 |
| 1973 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 20 | 9 / 336 | 0 |
| 1974 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 14 / 336 | 0 |
| 1975 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 31 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1976 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 14 | 26 / 336 | 0 |
| 1977 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 17 | 25 / 392 | 1 |
| 1978 | Most Valuable Player | AL | 18 | 17 / 392 | 0 |
Carl Yastrzemski ranks on 4 all-time single-season position leaderboards (1871-2025, league-season-normalized OPS+ / ERA+).
| Rank | Board | Year | Stat |
|---|---|---|---|
| #16 | left fielders | 1967 | 214 OPS+ |
| #32 | first basemen | 1970 | 197 OPS+ |
| #47 | left fielders | 1968 | 188 OPS+ |
| #102 | left fielders | 1965 | 172 OPS+ |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.