In this series, I will look at each player who played in 1981, the year I was born. Because, why not?
This is it, the final post in this series. I started it clear back in 2016. I never do these types of series very quickly, but that seems absurd.
We are on Carl Yastrzemski, and honestly, I do not have much to say. You don't run a blog about the Red Sox without touching on a player who spent 23 seasons there at least a few times.
So, I will just talk about 1981.
1981 was probably Yaz's worst season in the Majors. He was mostly just hanging on by this point in his career and was 41 years old. He spent most of the season alternating between first base and designated hitter along with another aging future Hall of Famer, Tony Perez. He played in 91 games, the fewest of his career, though part of that had to do with the strike.
Yaz had the lowest slash numbers of his career, hitting just .246/.338/.355 for OPS+ of 96, only the second time he was a below-average player. His power numbers were also way down, with just 14 doubles, seven home runs and 53 RBIs. Only the RBI number was not the lowest of his career. It was a rough season for the former superstar.
After a year like that, it was kind of surprising that he came back in 1982, and even more surprising that he put up decent numbers. He looked pretty much done in 1981.
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