this team emerged victorious from one of
the longest droughts in baseball history
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be continuing our series of the most
successful sports franchises with a look
at the Boston Red Sox
originating in 1901 as one of the eight
charter franchises in the American
League the Boston Americans changed
their name to the Red Sox for the 1908
season in 1903 the Boston Red Sox
participated in the first modern World
Series only two years into their
existence they beat the favorite
Pittsburgh Pirates and repeated that
victory in 1912 that year the club also
moved to the legendary Fenway Park and
that venue eventually broke the record
for most consecutive sellout home games
in 2008 following the 1915 season the
emergence of star pitcher babe ruth led
to more titles for the club in 1915 1916
and 1918 then on December 26 1919 Boston
sold Babe Ruth to the rival New York
Yankees the alleged reason for this
trade was to finance a Broadway play in
any case that deal sparked even fiercer
competition between the Red Sox and the
Yankees however the Yankees experienced
tremendous success while Boston
floundered through the 1920s and 30s in
1939 the Red Sox purchased the contract
of outfielder Ted Williams from the
minor-league San Diego Padres of the
Pacific Coast League and this kicked off
the Ted Sox era he became one of the
best hitters of all time and this was
highlighted in 1941 when Williams
batting average was a staggering 406 in
fact he was the last player to hit over
400 for a full season that wasn’t the
only impact Williams had the right-field
bullpens at Fenway are now nicknamed
Williamsburg as they were practically
built with his left-handed swing in mind
the team then struggled until the early
1960s 1961 saw the debut of Carl
Yastrzemski who replaced Williams in
left field
despite the lack of a title the Red Sox
storylines captured the nation’s
imagination The Impossible Dream season
saw four teams fight for the AL pennant
until the season’s final game the Red
Sox made it to the World Series and
Yastrzemski won the American League
Triple Crown
hitting 326 with 44 home runs and 121
RBIs
however Boston lost the series to the
st. Louis Cardinals in seven games in
1975 the Red Sox returned to the World
Series against the Cincinnati Reds an
unforgettable moment from this series
came when Carlton Fisk pleaded with the
ball not to go foul even though the ball
remained in fair play and won that game
for the Sox the team eventually
succumbed to the Big Red Machine
Yastrzemski retired following the 1983
season and the Red Sox seemed doomed to
mediocrity but in 1986 the club was led
by Jim Rice Dwight Evans Don Baylor and
Wade Boggs on offense Roger Clemens was
on the mound and he went 24 and 4 with a
2.48 er a to win both the American
League siyoung and most valuable player
awards the Sox then took on a powerful
New York Mets team that have won 108
games in the regular season
that series memorable play was the Mets
Mookie Wilson hitting a slow ground ball
that trickled through bill Buckner’s
legs at first base and allowed the Mets
to score the winning run to take Game
six the Mets then won Game seven and
took the series by now the curse of the
Bambino was widely believed to be
preventing the Red Sox from ever winning
another title when owner Tom Yawkey died
in 1976 his wife Jean took control until
her death in 1992 then in 2002 the
franchise was sold to New England Sports
ventures a consortium headed by John
Henry Henry then pulled off the
impossible
he helped Boston win the World Series in
2004 the club fought back after being
down three games to none against the New
York Yankees and finally ended their
86-year drought and the curse of the
Bambino
the New England Patriots had won the
Super Bowl in February of that year and
this made Boston the first city since
Pittsburgh in 1979 to hold both the
Super Bowl and World Series
championships in the same year the BoSox
then won again in 2007 coupled with the
NBA celtics winning their 17th
championship in 2008 and the NHL’s
bruins winning the Stanley Cup in 2011
Boston became the first professional
sports city to win all four major
championships in one decade with a
whopping seven titles in ten years
the longest droughts in baseball history
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be continuing our series of the most
successful sports franchises with a look
at the Boston Red Sox
originating in 1901 as one of the eight
charter franchises in the American
League the Boston Americans changed
their name to the Red Sox for the 1908
season in 1903 the Boston Red Sox
participated in the first modern World
Series only two years into their
existence they beat the favorite
Pittsburgh Pirates and repeated that
victory in 1912 that year the club also
moved to the legendary Fenway Park and
that venue eventually broke the record
for most consecutive sellout home games
in 2008 following the 1915 season the
emergence of star pitcher babe ruth led
to more titles for the club in 1915 1916
and 1918 then on December 26 1919 Boston
sold Babe Ruth to the rival New York
Yankees the alleged reason for this
trade was to finance a Broadway play in
any case that deal sparked even fiercer
competition between the Red Sox and the
Yankees however the Yankees experienced
tremendous success while Boston
floundered through the 1920s and 30s in
1939 the Red Sox purchased the contract
of outfielder Ted Williams from the
minor-league San Diego Padres of the
Pacific Coast League and this kicked off
the Ted Sox era he became one of the
best hitters of all time and this was
highlighted in 1941 when Williams
batting average was a staggering 406 in
fact he was the last player to hit over
400 for a full season that wasn’t the
only impact Williams had the right-field
bullpens at Fenway are now nicknamed
Williamsburg as they were practically
built with his left-handed swing in mind
the team then struggled until the early
1960s 1961 saw the debut of Carl
Yastrzemski who replaced Williams in
left field
despite the lack of a title the Red Sox
storylines captured the nation’s
imagination The Impossible Dream season
saw four teams fight for the AL pennant
until the season’s final game the Red
Sox made it to the World Series and
Yastrzemski won the American League
Triple Crown
hitting 326 with 44 home runs and 121
RBIs
however Boston lost the series to the
st. Louis Cardinals in seven games in
1975 the Red Sox returned to the World
Series against the Cincinnati Reds an
unforgettable moment from this series
came when Carlton Fisk pleaded with the
ball not to go foul even though the ball
remained in fair play and won that game
for the Sox the team eventually
succumbed to the Big Red Machine
Yastrzemski retired following the 1983
season and the Red Sox seemed doomed to
mediocrity but in 1986 the club was led
by Jim Rice Dwight Evans Don Baylor and
Wade Boggs on offense Roger Clemens was
on the mound and he went 24 and 4 with a
2.48 er a to win both the American
League siyoung and most valuable player
awards the Sox then took on a powerful
New York Mets team that have won 108
games in the regular season
that series memorable play was the Mets
Mookie Wilson hitting a slow ground ball
that trickled through bill Buckner’s
legs at first base and allowed the Mets
to score the winning run to take Game
six the Mets then won Game seven and
took the series by now the curse of the
Bambino was widely believed to be
preventing the Red Sox from ever winning
another title when owner Tom Yawkey died
in 1976 his wife Jean took control until
her death in 1992 then in 2002 the
franchise was sold to New England Sports
ventures a consortium headed by John
Henry Henry then pulled off the
impossible
he helped Boston win the World Series in
2004 the club fought back after being
down three games to none against the New
York Yankees and finally ended their
86-year drought and the curse of the
Bambino
the New England Patriots had won the
Super Bowl in February of that year and
this made Boston the first city since
Pittsburgh in 1979 to hold both the
Super Bowl and World Series
championships in the same year the BoSox
then won again in 2007 coupled with the
NBA celtics winning their 17th
championship in 2008 and the NHL’s
bruins winning the Stanley Cup in 2011
Boston became the first professional
sports city to win all four major
championships in one decade with a
whopping seven titles in ten years
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