Retired Numbers: #8 Carl Yastrzemski

Team: Red Sox

Retired Numbers: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 27, 42

Player: #8 Carl Yastrzemski

Positions: Left Field

Why is he great: With the talk of Albert Pujos winning the NL Triple Crown fading away, we realize how prestige it is. In the exclusive 13 men club of the batting Triple Crown title Carl Yaz's 67 season has been the last.

In an impersive 23 year carrer Yaz wasn't just a Home Run Hitter but a hitting machine. As incredible as 3,419 hits sound 453 Home runs to add to that sounds ridiculous. Yastrzemski is 1 of 3 players to have more than 3,400 hits and 450 Home Runs in a career.

Carl is in the top 10 of almost every batting statistic except Triples and stolen bases. If Yaz had alot more speed people would of thought he was a robot.

Best Season: 1967 .326 BA/ .418 OBP/ .622 SLG/ 198 H/ 31 2B/ 44 HR/ 121 RBI

Career Stats: (23 Seasons - 3,308 Games) .285 BA/ 3,419 H/ .622 SLG/ 646 2B/ 452 HR/1844 RBI/ 1816 R

Awards: 18x All-Star, 7x Gold Glove, 1967 AL MVP, 1967 AL Triple Crown

Top Card: 1960 TOPPS ROOKIE Card #148

Custom Cards: Boston Red Sox

Retired Numbers: #19 Johnny Pesky

Red Sox

Retired Numbers: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 27, 42

#19 Johnny Pesky: Boston Red Sox (1942, 1946–1952) Detroit Tigers (1952–1954)

Washington Senators(1954)

Positions: SS/3B

Why is he great: With World War II being fought in the early 40's, many great players had to go overseas to defend the country. The war left many players without playing for many years like Pesky. Johnny Pesky rookie season in 1942 was amazing for a second baseman hitting .331. After the 42 season Pesky was sent off to the Navy and served for 3 years. When Pesky returned in 1946 he was better than ever hitting .335 a career high. We still wonder what would Pesky have done if he would've played those 3 seasons we will never know. Johnny Pesky would go on to play 8 more season and be a Red Sox legend. Pesky was often associated with his teammates Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Dom DiMaggio who were all close friends. In an age where many players are self-centered and selfish Its hard to imagine 4 players being close.

Best Season: 1946 .335 BA/ .401 OBP/ .427 SLG/ 208 H/ 43 2B/ 2 HR/ 55 RBI

Career Stats: (10 Seasons - 1,270 Games) .307 BA/ 1,455 H/ .386 SLG/ 226 2B/ 17 HR/404 RBI/ 867 R

Awards: 1x All-Star

Top Card: 1952 Topps #15

Card of the day: Jim Rice

Card: 2009 Upper Deck SP Legendary Cuts

Player: Jim Rice

Features: Jersey Swatch serial #/100

Price: $10

I really like the legendary cuts card set has a nice design like a stamp.You can jersey cards of hall of famers very cheap on eBay. I'll wait until the price drops a bit.

Stat of the day: Streak with SO>=10 K, as Starter

Player: Pedro Martinez

Team: Boston RedSox

Streak: Most consecutive games with at least 10 strikeouts when being the starter

Games: 10 straight games as a starter with at least 10 or more strikeouts

Dates: 1999-08/19/1999 - 04/09/2000

Pedro was on a hot streak during the end of the 99 season and the beginning of the 2000 season. 11,15,11,15,17,14,12,12,11,12 were the strikeouts of each of the 10 games. Its pretty amazing he had 2 15K games and a 17k game, and 5 shutouts during the streak.

Boston Red Sox: 4 Joe Cronin

Team: Boston Red Sox

Retired Numbers: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 27, 42

#4 Joe Cronin(Shortstop): Pittsburgh Pirates(1926-1927), Washington Senators(1928-1934), Boston Red Sox(1935-1945)

Joe Cronin wasn't just your average baseball player. He didn't just think about hitting and defense but also managing. Joe was signed by the Pirates, but only played 50 games before being sold to the Washington Senators for $7,500. Cronin was assigned to the manger position while still playing Shortstop. The Senators went on to play in the 1933 World Series but ended up losing to the Giants. In 1934 the Washington Senators decided to trade Joe Cronin to the Boston Red Sox. Joe would only played 6 full seasons in which 4 of those he batted above .300. He was also successful as a manager achieving over a 1,000 wins with the Red Sox. Cronin retired as a player in 1945, and as a manager in 1947. He also served as the Red Sox GM for 12 years until being elected as the AL president.

Best Season: 1930 .346 BA(203 H)/.422 OBP/13 HR

Career Stats: .301 Ba(2,285 H)/.390 OBP

Top Records: 6th most RBI's by a SS, 4th most Doubles by a SS

Awards: Hall of Fame(inducted in 1956), 2nd place in 1933 AL MVP voting

Best Card: 2008 Prime Cut Joe Cronin Cut Auto 1/1

Boston Red Sox: 1 Bobby Doerr

Team: Boston Red Sox

Retired Numbers: 1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 27, 42

#1 Bobby Doerr(2nd Base)- Boston Red Sox (1937-1951)

Hall of Fame: 1986

Largely overshadowed by the amazing hitting of Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr was an important part of Red Sox history as Williams. Known as the greatest Boston second basemen, Doerr had great defense skills but he could also hit. Doerr was amazing when he played at Fenway hitting .315 with 145 home runs. Although never winning a championship, Bobby went 9 for 21 in the 46 World Series against the Cardinals. Bobby retired when he was barley 33 years old due to a back injury.He would have easily have gotten 3000 hit if he would've been healthy.

Best year: 1944 .325 avg 15 hr .528 slg .399 obp 10 3b

Top records: 73(413 chances) consecutive games without an error

Career stats: .288 avg 2,042 Hits 223 HR 381 Doubles

Top Card: 2004 Playoff Prime Cuts II Bobby Doerr