1966 Topps baseball card of the last player, prior to this season, to win the sport’s “triple crown”, former Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski. The Triple Crown, of course, is accomplished by leading your league in the categories of batting average, home runs and runs batted in. “Yaz” managed the feat in 1967, hitting .326 with 44 homers and 121 RBIs. That was only one season of an amazing 23-year career, which he spent entirely with the Boston Red Sox. He was an 18-time All Star, won 7 Gold Gloves for his fielding and was named American League MVP in his Triple Crown season. Yastrzemski was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989.
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