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Fisk set the record for most home runs by a catcher with 351 as well as AL records for most seasons, putouts and chances. He finished his career with 2,356 hits, 376 home runs, 1,330 RBI and a .269 batting average – along with three Silver Slugger Awards and one Gold Glove Award.
Jan 4, 2012 · Carlton Fisk’s baseball career almost came to an end at Waterloo, Iowa, Boston’s entry-level team in the Class-A Midwest League. Despite batting .338 with 12 home runs in 62 games in 1968, he was despondent.
Jun 5, 2012 · Carlton Ernest Fisk was a Major League Baseball player with the Boston Red Sox (1969-1980) and Chicago White Sox (1981-1993). Pudge, his nickname, was the first unanimous American League Rookie of the Year (1972) recipient.
Aug 21, 2022 · Carlton Fisk is no doubt one of the greatest catchers to ever play Major League Baseball. In a lengthy career that lasted parts of 24 seasons, Fisk set numerous records for catchers and helped his teams reach the postseason and a World Series.
Dec 25, 2022 · Fisk became the American League’s first unanimous Rookie of the Year Award winner by garnering all 24 first-place votes. He batted .293 with 22 home runs and nine triples, a rare total for a catcher, while compiling .370 OBP, .538 SLG and .909 OPS marks. 4.
May 5, 2024 · Carlton Fisk is a professional baseball player who played for 24 seasons in the American major leagues between 1969 and 1993. Fisk was one of the most durable catchers in the history of the game. Playing with the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox, Fisk caught 2,226 games, a record that stood.
On Oct. 21, 1975, in Game 6 of the World Series, Boston catcher Carlton Fisk socked a walk-off homer on a 1-0 pitch leading off the bottom of the 12th inning that gave Red Sox a 7-6 victory over the Cincinnati Reds before a capacity Fenway Park crowd of 35,205.
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