Carlton Fisk Marquee Hall of Fame 2000

He was Rookie of the Year for Boston in 1972, when he also won a Gold Glove and led the American League in triples with nine, which is not something catchers do. His home run in the twelfth inning of Game 6 of the 1975 World Series is the play he is best known for, and the Red Sox lost the Series in the next game.

Boston mailed his 1981 contract after the deadline, which voided it and made him a free agent, and he signed with the White Sox. He gave Chicago thirteen seasons, hitting 37 home runs in 1985 at thirty-seven, his career high. He finished with 376 home runs and 1,330 runs batted in.

In June 1993, at forty-five, he caught his 2,226th game, one more than Bob Boone had, and Chicago released him days later. The writers passed him over in 1999 and elected him in 2000 with 397 votes of 499, and he went in wearing a Boston cap. He wore 27 in Boston and 72 in Chicago, and both clubs retired the number.