The club announced Wednesday morning that the Hall of Fame outfielder will be honored with a statue outside Fenway Park. The statue, which will sit outside Gate B of the ballpark, is set to be unveiled Sept. 22 before a game against Toronto.
The bronze statue will capture the moment prior to Yaz’s final at-bat, when he tipped his helmet to the crowd at Fenway Park.
“This is quite an honor,” Yastrzemski said in a press release. “To have a bronze statue at Fenway Park is something I never could have imagined, and I am very grateful to the Red Sox for this kind gesture.”
Yastrzemski will also throw out the first pitch before the Red Sox-Blue Jays game that day.
Yaz’s statue will be the third constructed outside Gate B at Fenway. Fellow Sox legend Ted Williams has a statue there as well as “The Teammates” statue, which depicts Dom DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, Bobby Doerr and Williams.