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Boston Red Sox

MLB
Established1901
Major league affiliations
American League (1901 - present)
East Division (1969 - present)
Retired numbers1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 27, 42
ColorsRed, midnight navy, white      
Boston Red Sox (1908 - present)
Boston Americans (1901 � 1907)
Other nicknamesThe Sox, The BoSox, The Olde Towne Team
Ballpark
Fenway Park (1912 - present)
Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901 � 1911)
Major league titles
World Series titles2007 - 2004 - 1918 - 1916 - 1915 - 1912 - 1903 ((7))
AL Pennants2007 - 2004 - 1986 - 1975 - 1967 - 1946 - 1918 - 1916 - 1915 - 1912 - 1904 - 1903 ((12))
East Division titles2007 - 1995 - 1990 - 1988 - 1986 - 1975 ((6))
Wild card berths2009 - 2008 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 1999 - 1998 ((7))
OwnerJohn Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino
ManagerTerry Francona

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The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908, following previous Boston teams that had been known as the "Red Stockings".

Boston was a dominant team in the new league, defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 and winning four more championships by 1918. However, they then went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history, called by some the "Curse of the Bambino" after its alleged beginning with the Red Sox's sale of Babe Ruth to the rival Yankees in 1918, an 86-year wait before the team's sixth World Championship in 2004. However, the team's history during that period was hardly one of futility, but was rather punctuated with some of the most memorable moments in World Series history, including Enos Slaughter's "mad dash" in 1946, the "Impossible Dream" of 1967, Carlton Fisk's home run in 1975, and Bill Buckner's error in 1986. Red Sox history has also been marked by the team's intense rivalry with the New York Yankees, arguably the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports. Since 2003, the Red Sox have been perennial playoff contenders and have won two World Series, emerging as one of the most successful MLB teams of the last decade.

The Red Sox are consistently one of the top MLB teams in average road attendance, while the small capacity of Fenway Park prevents them from leading in overall attendance. Every home game since May 15, 2003 has been sold out-an MLB record that has spanned over seven years.

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Butterfield no longer on market - Baltimore Sun (blog) Tweet this news
Baltimore Sun (blog)--While naming former -Boston Red Sox- pitching coach John Farrell their new manager earlier today, the Toronto Blue Jays also announced that third base and ... - Date : Tue, 26 Oct 2010 01:47:51 GMT+00:00
Worth The Money? Red Sox Free Agents In Review - SB Nation Boston Tweet this news
SB Nation Boston--Adrian Beltre, -Red Sox-: one year, $10MM. Beltre had an MVP-type season and was a huge bargain for -Boston-. Theo went in looking to sign a great defensive ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 22:09:05 GMT+00:00
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SportsCenter.com Featured Postings - ESPN (blog) Tweet this news
ESPN (blog)--In other words, the Sox were one strike away. In fact, the stadium scoreboard operator had even typed out "Congratulations, -Boston Red Sox-, World Champions. ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 23:23:51 GMT+00:00
Sox, city team up to combat violence - Boston Globe Tweet this news
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Astros to play RedHawks, Red Sox in spring - Houston Chronicle Tweet this news
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Catching up with the Boston Red Sox: Over the Monster - The Nats Blog (blog) Tweet this news
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Three Problems the Red Sox Must Fix For a World Series in 2011 - Bleacher Report Tweet this news
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WEEI.com--At the time, the -Sox- had a pressing bullpen need, and the proponderance of rumors suggested that -Boston- might seek to shore up its weakness with the ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:36:25 GMT+00:00

Achievements
Preceded by
None (First)
Philadelphia Athletics
Boston Braves
Chicago White Sox
Florida Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals
World Series Championships
1903
1912
1915 & 1916
1918
2004
2007
Succeeded by
New York Giants
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Phillies

New spring facility : 2008

Bobby
Doerr

2B
Coach
Retired 1988

Joe
Cronin

SS
Mgr, GM
Retired 1984

Johnny
Pesky

SS, 3B
Mgr, Coach
Retired 2008

Carl
Yastrzemski

LF, 1B, DH

Retired 1989

Ted
Williams

LF

Retired 1984

Jim
Rice

LF, DH
Coach
Retired 2009

Carlton
Fisk

C

Retired 2000

Jackie
Robinson

-

Retired 1997

Ford C. Frick Award recipients :
Level Team League
Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox International League
Double-A Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League
Class A-Advanced Salem Red Sox Carolina League
Class A Greenville Drive South Atlantic League
Class A-Short Season Lowell Spinners New York-Penn League
Rookie GCL Red Sox Gulf Coast League
Rookie DSL Red Sox Dominican Summer League


Boston Red Sox managers

Boston Americans (19011907)J. Collins * C. Stahl * Young * Huff * Unglaub * McGuire
Boston Red Sox (1908 �present)McGuire * Lake * Donovan * J. Stahl * Carrigan * Barry * Barrow * Duffy * Chance * Fohl * Carrigan * Wagner * S. Collins * McManus * Harris * Cronin * McCarthy * O'Neill * Boudreau * Higgins * York * Jurges * Baker * Higgins * Pesky * Herman * Runnels * D. Williams * Popowski * Kasko * Popowski * Johnson * Zimmer * Pesky * Houk * McNamara * Morgan * Hobson * Kennedy * J. Williams * Kerrigan * Little * Francona

Boston Red Sox general managers

Collins * Cronin * Harris * Higgins * O'Connell * Sullivan * Gorman * Duquette * Port * Epstein * Cherington * Hoyer * Epstein

Boston Americans 1903 World Series Champions

Jimmy Collins * Lou Criger * Bill Dinneen * Patsy Dougherty * Duke Farrell * Hobe Ferris * Buck Freeman * Tom Hughes * Candy LaChance * Jack O'Brien * Freddy Parent * Chick Stahl * Cy Young

Boston Americans 1904 American League Champions

Jimmy Collins * Lou Criger * Bill Dinneen * Patsy Dougherty * Norwood Gibson * Duke Farrell * Hobe Ferris * Buck Freeman * Candy LaChance * Freddy Parent * Kip Selbach * Chick Stahl * Jesse Tannehill * George Winter * Cy Young

Boston Red Sox 1912 World Series Champions

Neal Ball * Hugh Bedient * Hick Cady * Bill Carrigan * Ray Collins * Clyde Engle * Larry Gardner * Charley Hall * Olaf Henriksen * Harry Hooper * Duffy Lewis * Buck O'Brien * Tris Speaker * Jake Stahl * Heinie Wagner * Joe Wood * Steve Yerkes

Boston Red Sox 1915 World Series Champions

Jack Barry * Hick Cady * Bill Carrigan * Rube Foster * Del Gainer * Larry Gardner * Olaf Henriksen * Dick Hoblitzel * Harry Hooper * Hal Janvrin * Dutch Leonard * Duffy Lewis * Babe Ruth * Everett Scott * Ernie Shore * Tris Speaker * Pinch Thomas

Boston Red Sox 1916 World Series Champions

Hick Cady * Bill Carrigan * Rube Foster * Del Gainer * Larry Gardner * Olaf Henriksen * Dick Hoblitzel * Harry Hooper * Hal Janvrin * Dutch Leonard * Duffy Lewis * Carl Mays * Mike McNally * Babe Ruth * Everett Scott * Ernie Shore * Chick Shorten * Pinch Thomas * Tilly Walker * Jimmy Walsh

Boston Red Sox 1918 World Series Champions

Sam Agnew * Joe Bush * Jean Dubuc * Harry Hooper * Sam Jones * Carl Mays * Stuffy McInnis * Hack Miller * Babe Ruth * Wally Schang * Everett Scott * Dave Shean * Amos Strunk * Fred Thomas * George Whiteman

Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series Champions

3 Pokey Reese * 7 Trot Nixon * 11 Bill Mueller * 12 Mark Bellhorn * 13 Doug Mientkiewicz * 15 Kevin Millar * 18 Johnny Damon * 19 Gabe Kapler * 20 Kevin Youkilis * 24 Manny Ramirez (World Series MVP) * 26 Ramiro Mendoza * 28 Doug Mirabelli * 29 Keith Foulke * 30 Curt Leskanic * 31 Dave Roberts * 32 Derek Lowe * 33 Jason Varitek * 34 David Ortiz * 36 Mike Myers * 38 Curt Schilling * 43 Alan Embree * 44 Orlando Cabrera * 45 Pedro Martínez * 49 Tim Wakefield * 50 Mike Timlin * 61 Bronson Arroyo
Manager: 47 Terry Francona
Coaches: 2 Brad Mills * 22 Ron Jackson * 35 Lynn Jones * 41 Dale Sveum * 44 Bill Haselman * 17 Dave Wallace * 54 Euclides Rojas * 60 Dana LeVangie

Boston Red Sox 2007 World Series Champions

7 J. D. Drew * 10 Coco Crisp * 12 Eric Hinske * 13 Alex Cora * 15 Dustin Pedroia * 17 Manny Delcarmen * 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka * 19 Josh Beckett * 20 Kevin Youkilis * 23 Julio Lugo * 24 Manny Ramirez * 25 Mike Lowell (World Series MVP) * 28 Doug Mirabelli * 31 Jon Lester * 32 Bobby Kielty * 33 Jason Varitek * 34 David Ortiz * 36 Kevin Cash * 37 Hideki Okajima * 38 Curt Schilling * 39 Kyle Snyder * 46 Jacoby Ellsbury * 48 Javier López * 49 Tim Wakefield * 50 Mike Timlin * 51 Julián Tavárez * 58 Jonathan Papelbon * 83 Éric Gagné
Manager: 47 Terry Francona
Coaches: 2 Brad Mills * 16 Luis Alicea * 29 Dave Magadan * 35 DeMarlo Hale * 52 John Farrell * 57 Gary Tuck * 65 Ino Guerrero

Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

1954: Roger Bannister * 1955: Johnny Podres * 1956: Bobby Joe Morrow * 1957: Stan Musial * 1958: Rafer Johnson * 1959: Ingemar Johansson * 1960: Arnold Palmer * 1961: Jerry Lucas * 1962: Terry Baker * 1963: Pete Rozelle * 1964: Ken Venturi * 1965: Sandy Koufax * 1966: Jim Ryun * 1967: Carl Yastrzemski * 1968: Bill Russell * 1969: Tom Seaver * 1970: Bobby Orr * 1971: Lee Trevino * 1972: Billie Jean King & John Wooden * 1973: Jackie Stewart * 1974: Muhammad Ali * 1975: Pete Rose * 1976: Chris Evert * 1977: Steve Cauthen * 1978: Jack Nicklaus * 1979: Terry Bradshaw & Willie Stargell * 1980: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team * 1981: Sugar Ray Leonard * 1982: Wayne Gretzky * 1983: Mary Decker * 1984: Edwin Moses & Mary Lou Retton * 1985: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar * 1986: Joe Paterno * 1987: Bob Bourne, Judi Brown King, Kipchoge Keino, Dale Murphy, Chip Rives, Patty Sheehan, Rory Sparrow, & Reggie Williams * 1988: Orel Hershiser * 1989: Greg LeMond * 1990: Joe Montana * 1991: Michael Jordan * 1992: Arthur Ashe * 1993: Don Shula * 1994: Bonnie Blair & Johann Olav Koss * 1995: Cal Ripken, Jr. * 1996: Tiger Woods * 1997: Dean Smith * 1998: Mark McGwire & Sammy Sosa * 1999: U.S. Women's Soccer Team * 2000: Tiger Woods * 2001: Curt Schilling & Randy Johnson * 2002: Lance Armstrong * 2003: David Robinson & Tim Duncan * 2004: Boston Red Sox * 2005: Tom Brady * 2006: Dwyane Wade * 2007: Brett Favre * 2008: Michael Phelps * 2009: Derek Jeter

Sports teams based in Massachusetts

BaseballAL: Boston Red Sox * NYPL: Lowell Spinners * Can-Am: Brockton Rox * Pittsfield Colonials * Worcester Tornadoes * NECBL: Holyoke Blue Sox * Lowell All-Americans * New Bedford Bay Sox * North Adams SteepleCats * North Shore Navigators
BasketballNBA: Boston Celtics * D-League: Springfield Armor
FootballNFL: New England Patriots * IWFL: Boston Militia * Holyoke Hurricanes * New England Intensity
HockeyNHL: Boston Bruins * AHL: Lowell Devils * Springfield Falcons * Worcester Sharks
SoccerMLS: New England Revolution * WPS: Boston Breakers * PDL: Western Mass Pioneers * NPSL: Boston Tea Men * WPSL: Boston 23 * Boston Aztec Women * New England Mutiny
LacrosseMLL: Boston Cannons * NLL: Boston Blazers
SoftballNPF: New England Riptide
Rugby unionNERFU: Harvard Business School RFC RSL: Boston Irish Wolfhounds RFC * Boston RFC
TennisWTT: Boston Lobsters
Inline HockeyMLRH: Boston Storm
Australian rules footballUSAFL: Boston Demons
College athletics
(NCAA Div. I)
AIC Yellow Jackets (ice hockey) * Bentley Falcons (ice hockey) * Boston College Eagles * Boston University Terriers * Harvard Crimson * Holy Cross Crusaders * UMass Minutemen * UMass Lowell River Hawks (ice hockey) * Merrimack Warriors (ice hockey) * Northeastern Huskies
Gaelic gamesBoston GAA: Hurling * Gaelic football

Grapefruit League

Atlanta Braves * Baltimore Orioles * Boston Red Sox * Detroit Tigers * Florida Marlins * Houston Astros * Minnesota Twins * New York Mets * New York Yankees * Philadelphia Phillies * Pittsburgh Pirates * St. Louis Cardinals * Tampa Bay Rays * Toronto Blue Jays * Washington Nationals



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