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Carlton Ernest Fisk

Chicago, Illinois
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Carlton Ernest Fisk was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000 after batting .269 with 376 home runs and 1,330 RBI over 24 seasons. An 11-time All-Star in 1972-74, 1976-78, 1980-82, 1985, and 1991, he had uniform No. 72 retired in 1997 and was named a member of the White Sox Team of the Century in 2000. He played for the Boston Red Sox in 1969 and 1971-80 and the White Sox in 1981-93, won a Gold Glove in 1972, was American League Rookie of the Year in 1972, won the Silver Slugger Award in 1981, led the American League in triples in 1972, led American League catchers in fielding percentage in 1989, hit a dramatic home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series with Boston, became the oldest catcher in Major League history to hit 20 home runs in 1987, and became the oldest player to record a hit in an All-Star Game in 1991.
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