Legend:
In honor of Carlton Fisk‘s 67th b-day on December 26th, 2014, he is the legend of the week.
The Hall of Fame catcher is famously known for his lead-off walk off homer in the bottom of the 12th inning in game 6 of the 1975 WS, that took the Red Sox to the seventh game against the Reds.
Carlton Fisk had the gift of longevity, as he played 24 years in the big leagues with 2 different teams, the Red Sox and White Sox. The amazing thing is that his knees held up long enough to play over 18000 innings while squatting behinds the plate, and 5176.9 of this innings were played after the age of 38. Most Hall of Famers usually take about 1-2 years to develop once in the MLB, then they have a streak of about 8-10 years of greatness before their careers take a nosedive in the last 5 years of their career, but Fisk was unique because after winning the 1972 ROTY he had a consistent career for 24 years. For example; the year he won the ROTY award, he batted .293 with over 100 runs at the age 24, along with a 39% caught-steeling percentage, then 18 years later in 1990 at 42-years old Carlton batted .285 with 18 homers and a caught-steeling percentage of 37% (3 percent over the league average that year). Although Fisk never had more than a couple fantastic seasons, his longevity of constancy with his 3-time silver slugging bat and his former gold glove award winning glove, Carlton is a true Hall of Fame legend behind the plate.
