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Jason Varitek in 2009 with the captain insignia on his chest. The Boston Red Sox, a professional baseball franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), has given the title of captain to select players since the team's inaugural season as a member of the American League in 1901 (the team was known as the Boston Americans through the 1907 season).
The following is a list of players, past and present, who have appeared in at least one competitive game for the Boston Red Sox American League franchise (founded in 1908), known previously as the Boston Americans (1901–07). Players in bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Players in italics have had their numbers retired by ...
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.
In December 2004 he was named the captain of the Red Sox, only their fourth captain since 1923. [2] He was a switch-hitter. [3] Varitek is one of only three players, along with pitcher Ed Vosberg and outfielder Michael Conforto, [4] to have played in the Little League World Series, College World Series, and Major League World Series.
The Boston Red Sox drafted him in the second round in 2004. In 2007, he won the American League Rookie of the Year and helped the Red Sox to a World Series championship. In 2008, he won the AL MVP ...
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.
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 ...
This list should be names List of Boston Red Sox captains. You should divide the captains from the Boston Americans by putting Boston Americans above the captains from the Boston Americans and Boston Red Sox below the captains from the Boston Americans. If all of that is finished, I'll support. Annoyomous 24 22:27, 29 June 2008 (UTC)