Baseball Digest, November 1st, 2000
Red Sox slugger's magnificent season was his lasting legacy of a distinguished 23-year career
LEAVE IT TO PETER GAMMONS TO come up with this one. Carl Yastrzemski batted under .300 more full seasons (17) than any man in baseball history.
He batted over .300 six times in a 23-year career. Presidentially speaking, he batted .300 once under John F. Kennedy, twice each under Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, and once under Gerald Ford. He never did it under Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan.
Most baseball careers are measured in years. Carl Yastrzemski's was measured in epochs. He was in left fie...
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