Boston Red Sox

A Major League Baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts USA.

Founded: 1901 (charter American League member)

Formerly known as: Boston Red Stockings

Home ballpark: Fenway Park

Uniform colors: Home white, Road gray

Logo design: Two hanging red socks

League pennants won: 1903, 1904, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1967, 1975, 1986

World Series championships won: 1903, 1912, 1915, 1916, 1918

Franchise history

The Boston Red Sox won the first World Series in 1903. In the following decade, the club won four World Series in a six-year span despite changing ownership several times.

The 1912 and 1915 clubs featured an outfield considered to be among the finest in the game: Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper and Duffy Lewis.

Players of note

Baseball Hall of Famers who played with the Red Sox:: [Joe Cronin]?, [Jimmy COllins]?, [Bobby Doerr]?, [Carlton Fisk]?, [Harry Hooper]?, Babe Ruth, [Tris Speaker]?, [Ted Williams]?, [Carl Yastrzemski]?, Cy Young

Current stars: [Nomar Garciaparra]?, Pedro Martinez,

Not to be forgotten:: Roger Clemens, [Jim Lonborg]? (Cy Young Award winner, 1967), Fred Lynn, Jim Rice, Smoky Joe Wood

Retired numbers: #1 Bobby Doerr, #4 Joe Cronin, #8 Carl Yastrzemski, #9 Ted Williams, #27 Carlton Fisk, #42 (Jackie Robinson)