All about Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox, established in 1901 and are major league baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States.
In the American League, This team is in the EAstern Division. New York Yankees is their main rival.
"Greatest Rivalry on Earth" is reffered to Boston Red Sox/NewYork Yankees rivalry. In April , 1912
their stadium, Fenway Park, was opened. In 1903 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, The Boston Red sox won the first world series.
Major league affiliations are as follows
- American League
- East Division
Major league nicknames are given below
The following are the Major league home ballparks
- Fenway Park
- Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds
Second Home for the sox is Fenway Park. The Boston Americans became one of the
charter members of the fledgling American League in 1901. part of Northeastern University's campus is
Huntington Avenue Grounds and American played ball over there.
Cy Young,
Babe Ruth, Jimmy Collins, Duffy Lewis, Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr,
Johnny Pesky, Ted Williams, Jimmie Foxx, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice and Carl Yastrzemski, to name just a few
are Boston Red sox, great baseball players.
For his son John I.Taylor, Boston Globe owner General Charles Henry Taylor, a Civil War veteran, bought the team
in 1904. club's name from the Pilgrims to the Red Sox has been changed by Taylor in 1907.
Tired of the leasing arrangement
for the Huntington Avenue Grounds in 1910, he also announced that he would build a ballpark for his Red Sox.
Because of its location in the Fenway section of Boston,Taylor dubbed the new ballpark Fenway Park.
Awards for boston red sox team are as follows
- MVP Awards
- CY Young Awards
- Rookie Award
- Silver Slugger Award
- Gold Glove Award
- Bill Campbell and Tom Gordon got Relief amn of the year award