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Dick Hoblitzell was captain in 1918. Jimmie Foxx was captain for three seasons during World War II. Carl Yastrzemski served the longest tenure as Red Sox captain, 1966 and 1969–1983. Jim Rice was captain during 1985–1989. The history of Red Sox captains was researched by baseball historian Howard W. Rosenberg in 2004.
† During the ownership tenure of Mrs. Jean R. Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan and Buddy LeRoux became general partners. [1] A purchase of the team from the estate of Tom Yawkey was approved by the league in May 1978, resulting in each of Mrs. Yawkey, Sullivan, and LeRoux having a one-third controlling interest in the team as general partners. [2]
In 2001, though the Red Sox got an outstanding performance from new acquisition Manny Ramírez who would hit a home run in his first at bat at Fenway as a member of the Red Sox, the Red Sox struggled and, with a record of 65–53, fired manager Jimy Williams and replaced him with pitching coach Joe Kerrigan, under whom they went 17–26.
Note that these records reflect statistics only for a player's tenure with the Red Sox. For example, David Ortiz hit a total of 541 home runs during his MLB career; 483 with the Red Sox and 58 with the Minnesota Twins [1] —thus, Ted Williams' 521 home runs, all hit with the Red Sox, is the team record.
The loss of several top players sent the Red Sox into free fall. [87] During the 1920s and early 1930s, the Red Sox were fixtures in the second division, never finishing closer than 20 games out of first. [88] [89] The losses increased after Frazee sold the team to Bob Quinn in 1923.
Pedroia's 11 consecutive Opening Day starts at second from 2007-17 marks the second-longest streak in Red Sox history at any position, behind only Carl Yastrzemski's 12 straight in left field from ...
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At 28 years old, Theo Epstein became the youngest general manager in baseball history. He was with the Boston Red Sox from 2003 to 2011 before joining the Chicago Cubs as their president of ...