123 Seasons of the Boston Red Sox
World Series
Champions
American League
Pennants
A.L. Eastern Division Titles
1903
1912
1915
1916
1918
2004
2007
2013
2018
19031904
1912
1915
1916
1918
1946
1975
1986
1988
1990
1995
American League Wild Card
1967
1975
1986
2004
2007
2013
2018
2007
2013
2016
2017
2018
Unlike my other sites devoted to the history of major league franchises (see links below), this one presents images of every man to have played, managed or coached for the Red Sox since the team was founded in 1901. Here you will find visually documented all 898 pitchers, 1,024 position players, 48 managers and 158 coaches (as of 2023) to have appeared in uniform for Boston (a total of 1,919 men have played; three are counted individually as both pitchers and position players - see below).
Links below will take you to the galleries housing the complete inventory of images. Where possible and practical, I used pictures of actual baseball cards because that it is the medium through which I, and I suppose many others, first discovered the game. Where necessary, I designed my own images. Images of actual baseball cards were obtained at the Card Cyber Museum, and for my own designs I used photos found at host of different sites, but none moreso than the wonderful forum at Out of the Park Developments. That great on-line community of ethusiasts is doing more to catalog and preserve the photographic history of major league players, coaches and managers than any other group I know of.
Where possible, I tried to show all subjects in a Red Sox uniform. However, whether because of the lack of blanket photographic coverage of the game and its players in the early 20th century, or because the player simply wasn't in uniform for more than a few games, I occasionally was forced to use images showing them with other teams. If anyone out there thinks they have an image that would help in this regard, please drop me a line using the contact tool at the bottom of this page.
I claim no rights to, or ownership of, any of the photographic images I've used on these pages. You are welcome to use them yourself. All I ask is that that if you use any of my personal creations on line, you give credit to my site.
1998
1999
2003
2004
2005
2008
2009
2021
Cy Young Award
Winners
1967 - Jim Lonborg
1986 - Roger Clemens
1987 - Roger Clemens
1991 - Roger Clemens
1999 - Pedro Martinez
2000 - Pedro Martinez
2016 - Rick Porcello
Rookies of the Year
1950 - Walt Dropo
1961 - Don Schwall
1972 - Carlton Fisk
1975 - Fred Lynn
1997 - Nomar Garciaparra
2007 - Dustin Pedroia
The Huntington Avenue Grounds, where the American League's Boston club played from 1901 through 1911, before moving into Fenway Park.
Managers are listed chronologically, all others alphabetically. Clicking on any image will enlarge it and provide a link to that person's Baseball Reference page.
MVP Award
Winners
1912 - Tris Speaker
1938 - Jimmie Foxx
1946 - Ted Williams
1949 - Ted Williams
1958 - Jackie Jensen
1967 - Carl Yastrzemski
1975 - Fred Lynn
1986 - Roger Clemens
1995 - Mo Vaughn
2008 - Dustin Pedroia
2018 - Mookie Betts
Managers of the Year
1967 - Dick Williams
1975 - Darrell Johnson
1986 - John McNamara
1999 - Jimy Williams
2013 - John Farrell
Boston was a last-minute entry into Ban Johnson's new and improved American League in 1901. He initially wanted to avoid planting a team there to avoid conflict with the National League and its Boston club, but once it was clear the National League wasn't prepared to play nice on other fronts, Johnson took the club slated to play in Buffalo and placed it in Boston. Financing was provided by Charles Somers (who also owned the A.L.'s Cleveland club). In an era before official, trademarked team names, the club was initially known generally as the Americans. Over its first several years, they were occasionally called the Pilgrims, the Puritans and the Somersets, briefly, in a play on the owner's name. When the N.L.'s Boston Beaneaters dropped the red socks from their uniforms after 1907, the A.L. team quickly adopted them, to include a logo of a large red stocking on their uniform tops, and became known as the Red Sox. Why the word was spelled with an "x" is a mystery, but the White Sox had already been using it for several years.
Fenway Park, 1962: A reunion of the champions of 1912
The Teammates: Wlliams, DiMaggio, Doerr and Pesky
In 1920, the Sox hired former St. Louis Browns catcher Paul Krichell to help out manager Ed Barrow. His assignment - work with and coach the pitchers. He was the first man hired as a coach by the Sox, and was among the first coaches hired in the major leagues. Since that time, the Sox have gone through well over 100 coaches, from former players like Jim Rice and Dwight Evans, to future managers like Darrell Johnson and Don Zimmer, any many others besides. Their images are displayed here in alphabetical order. Images here are linked to their Retrosheet page, as Baseball Reference doesn't track coaching assignments.
Jim Ed and el Tiante, circa 1976.
Dwight Evans with the Louisville Colonels, 1972.
Every so often, usually during a blow-out, position players will be called upon to take the mound. A number of Boston non-pitchers have received this call, and their exploits are are listed below with appropriate links to the pertinent games. Not included in this list are three men who either exclusively played the field, then exclusively pitched, or who did both more or less simultaneously. Each of these three are included above as both pitchers and as players: 1) Harry Wolter, who pitched extensively in the minors, played some outfield and first base for the Sox in 1909 and also pitched in 11 games for Boston that year, starting 6; 2) Ron Mahay, an 18th round draft pick by the Sox in 1991, played outfield initially in the minors, and during a brief call-up with the big club in 1995. After spending 1996 at Sarasota working on pitching, he returned to Boston as a pitcher for 1997 and 1998, and went on to throw for 7 other clubs between 1999 and 2010, and 3) a guy named Babe Ruth...you know the rest.
The Gold Dust Twins, circa 1976.
In June of 1976 the A's sold Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi to the Sox as part of Charlie Finley's deconstruction of his chamionship team. The sale was voided by Bowie Kuhn after three days, and neither ever saw action for the Sox.
Jason Varitek and Alan Embree, October 20, 2004 - The Sox beat the Yankees in Game 7 of the ALCS after trailing in the series 3-0
Here you'll find a collection of Sox team photos. There are a number of missing years, most notably during the 1920s. I will try to update as I can. Each photo is linked to the team's Baseball Reference page for that year.
Harry Hooper and Duffy Lewis - 10/3/13
Tris Speaker - 10/7/14
Hack Eibel - 3 games in 1920
Ernie Neitzke - 2 games in 1921
Doug Taitt - 7/25/28
Jack Rothrock - 9/24/28
Bobby Reeves - 9/7/31
Doc Cramer - 8/30/38
Jimmie Foxx - 8/6/39
Ted Williams - 8/24/40
Eddie Lake - 6 games in 1944
George Schmees - 2 games in 1952
Danny Heep - 5/25/90
Steve Lyons - 7/21/91
Andy Tomberlin - 5/20/94
Mike Benjamin - 6/21/97
David McCarty - 3 games in 2004
Jonathan Van Every - 4/30/09
Nick Green - 8/27/09
Dusty Brown - 9/30/09
Jonathan Van Every - 5/8/10
Bill Hall - 5/28/10
Darnell McDonald - 8/26/11, 5/6/12
Mike Carp - 4/24/14
Ryan LaMarre - 7/2/16
Mitch Moreland - 8/25/17
Eduardo Nunez - 4/5/19
Kevin Plawecki and
Jose Peraza - 8/13/20
Tzu-Wei Lin - 9/24/20
Kevin Plawecki - 7/29/21
Kevin Plawecki - 5/1/22
Pablo Reyes - 2 games in 2023
Joe Rudi, right, would eventually be acquired by the Sox for real in 1981
October 26, 2004, St. Louis, Missouri:
All New England Rejoices!
Links to other Team History pages
Visit my 1978 Red Sox Page
Red Sox No-Hitters:
May 5, 1904 - Cy Young, 3-0 over Philadelphia (Perfect Game)
August 17, 1904 - Jesse Tannehill, 6-0 over Chicago
September 27, 1905 - Bill Dineen, 2-0 over Chicago
June 30, 1908 - Cy Young, 8-0 over New York
July 29, 1911 - Smoky Joe Wood, 5-0 over St. Louis
June 21, 1916 - Rube Foster, 2-0 over New York
August 30, 1916 - Dutch Leonard, 4-0 over St. Louis
June 23, 1917 - Babe Ruth (0) and Ernie Shore (9), 4-0 over Washington
June 3, 1918 - Dutch Leonard, 5-0 over Detroit
September 7, 1923 - Howard Ehmke, 4-0 over Philadelphia
July 14, 1956 - Mel Parnell, 4-0 over Chicago
June 26, 1962 - Earl Wilson, 2-0 over Los Angeles
August 1, 1962 - Bill Monbouquette, 1-0 over Chicago
September 16, 1965 - Dave Morehead, 2-0 over Cleveland
April 4, 2001 - Hideo Nomo, 3-0 over Baltimore
April 27, 2002 - Derek Lowe, 10-0 over Tampa Bay
September 1, 2007 - Clay Buchholz, 10-0 over Baltimore
May 19, 2008 - Jon Lester, 7-0 over Kansas City
October 28, 2018 - 4 Championships in 15 years