All-Time Greatest Red Sox Left Fielder

[Mudge]

Need we even do this one: who is the all-time greatest Red Sox left fielder?

PLAYER	G	BA	HITS	RUNS	HR	RBI	SB	OPS+ (OPS)	UZR/TZ (WAR)
Ted Williams	2,292	.344	2,654	1,798	521	1,839	24	190 (1.116)	-29 (139.8)
Carl Yastrzemski	1,913	.285	3,419	1,816	452	1,844	168	129 (.841)	+185 (108.7)

NOTE: Yaz's stats include 932 games played elsewhere in the field: at first base, in center or right field, and as a DH.

The Splendid Splinter, as we all know, lost at least 4 full seasons (in his prime, no less) to military service -- can you imagine?

Mike Greenwell (1269 games; 120 OPS+; 28.0 WAR) and Manny Ramirez (1083 games; 155 OPS+; 32.7 WAR) do not make the cut -- for fairly obvious reasons.

[wcs71401]

I think I am going to go with Ted Williams here

[WilsonC]

Defense closes the gap a bit, but Williams' offensive prowess was absurd. Williams takes this one.

[RickD]

Yaz was great but there is no comparison with Teddy Ballgame!

[Wookie]

Yaz was a great player, but he doesn't stand a chance to the Splendid Splinter. Just think of where Ted's numbers would be had he not missed time in the prime of his career to serve in WW2 and Korea. Greatest hitter of all time. (btw, definitely robbed of that 1941 MVP )

[Stars_Rangers_82]

What? No Niuman Romero?

[Mickey Mental]

The Thumper

[Mattrd26]

Ted Williams for sure! Both great though

[soberdennis]

Yaz was the best I ever saw play the wall in left and would be the top Left Fielder for almost any other team (if he had played for them, of course). He also is my favorite Red Sox player of all time. (Not easy to say for a Yankee fan.)
But the guy Yaz replaced in Left has to get my vote here.

[Scoobean]

Both of these players were amazing hitters, but Williams was one of the best. Yaz could play the ball off the Monster like no other player.