Carl Yastrzemski Marquee Hall of Fame 1989

He took over left field at Fenway Park in 1961, the position Ted Williams had just vacated, and he never played anywhere else. In 1967 he led the American League in home runs with 44, in runs batted in with 121, in hits with 189, and in runs with 112, and he was voted Most Valuable Player.

Boston had finished ninth at 72-90 the year before. The 1967 club went 92-70 and won the pennant by a single game over Detroit and Minnesota, then lost the World Series. No American League hitter won another Triple Crown until Miguel Cabrera in 2012, forty-five years later.

He kept going until 1983, reached 3,000 hits on September 12, 1979, and finished with 3,419, along with 452 home runs, 1,844 runs batted in, and 3,308 games played. He won seven Gold Gloves, was chosen for 18 All-Star teams, and entered the Hall of Fame in 1989.