Boston Red Sox Events

1903 Oct 1 The First Game Of The First World Series
On October 1, 1903, the Boston Americans (soon to become the Red Sox) of the American League played the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World S...
1912 Apr 20 Fenway Park Opens
After two rain delays, Fenway Park finally hosted its first professional baseball game on April 20, 1912. (The first official game played in Fenway actually occurred on April 9 when the S...
1912 Oct 8
to 1912 Oct 16
 1912 World Series
In the 1912 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Giants four games to three (with one tie). This dramatic series showcased great pitching from Giant Christy Mathewson and f...
1914 Jul 9 Babe Ruth sold to the Boston Red Sox
On July 7, 1914, Dunn offered to trade Ruth, along with Ernie Shore and Ben Egan, to Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics. Dunn asked $10,000 ($212,027 in current dollar terms) for t...
1915 Oct 8
to 1915 Oct 13
 1915 World Series
In the 1915 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies four games to one. In their only World Series before 1950, the Phillies won Game 1 before being swept the rest...
1916 Oct 7
to 1916 Oct 12
 1916 World Series
In the 1916 World Series, the Boston Red Sox beat the Brooklyn Robins (a.k.a. Dodgers) four games to one. Casey Stengel shined on offense for the Robins in the 1916 Series but the Red So...
1918 Sep 5
to 1918 Sep 11
 1918 World Series
The 1918 World Series featured the Boston Red Sox, who defeated the Chicago Cubs four games to two. The Series victory for the Red Sox was their fifth in five tries, going back to 1903. ...
1919 Dec 26 Babe Ruth is sold to the New York Yankees
On December 26, 1919, Frazee sold Ruth to the New York Yankees. Popular legend has it that Frazee sold Ruth and several other of his best players to finance a Broadway play, No, No, Nanet...
1945 Apr 16 Jackie Robinson tries out for Boston Red Sox
Jackie Robinson and two other black players, Sam Jethroe and Marvin Williams, participate in a Boston Red Sox tryout at Fenway Park. The Red Sox elect to sign none of the three. Robinson ...
1946 Oct 6
to 1946 Oct 15
 1946 World Series
The 1946 World Series was played in October 1946 between the St. Louis Cardinals (representing the National League) and the Boston Red Sox (representing the American League). In the eight...
1967 Oct 4
to 1967 Oct 12
 1967 World Series
The 1967 World Series matched the St. Louis Cardinals against the Boston Red Sox, with the Cardinals winning in seven games for their second championship in four years and their eighth ov...
1975 Oct 21 1975 World Series Game 6 Red Sox 7 - Reds 6
I was 10 years old when this game happened. I remember staying up very late to watch this game and was so excited when Fisk hit his game ending home run. But the thing that I remember mo...
1975 Oct 22 1975 World Series - Game 7: Reds 4, Red Sox 3
Joey Tramontana from Hull, Mass. was chosen by the Jimmy Fund to throw out the first ball in the 7th game of the 1975 World Series.
1979 Sep 12 Carl Yastrzemski gets 3000th hit
I was 14 years old and in attendance at this game. The Red Sox played the Yankees. My dad, mom, brother and I were sitting on the third base side about 20 rows from the field. Yaz was hit...
1986 Oct 18
to 1986 Oct 27
 1986 World Series
The 1986 World Series pitted the New York Mets against the Boston Red Sox. It was cited in the legend of the "Curse of the Bambino" to explain the error by Bill Buckner in Game 6 that all...
2004 Apr 4 Baltimore Orioles defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-2
BALTIMORE -- Blame it on the cold? It would be easy enough since the game-time temperature at Camden Yards last night was 43 degrees, matching the coldest opener for the Orioles since 198...
2004 Apr 6 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 4-1
BALTIMORE -- Good thing Johnny Damon could joke about it after he was involved in yet another scary outfield collision. This time Damon, who was whacked violently against the Wall at Fenw...
2004 Apr 7 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 10-3
BALTIMORE -- Some pitchers (hello, Curt Schilling) approach their starts as if they were planning SWAT raids. No problem at all, especially when they shine like Schilling. Then there a...
2004 Apr 8 Baltimore Orioles defeat Boston Red Sox, 3-2
BALTIMORE -- In Terry Francona's view, he had no choice last night but to stick with Bobby Jones while the lefthander struggled to find the plate and walked four Orioles to force in the w...
2004 Apr 9 Toronto Blue Jays defeat Boston Red Sox, 10-5
Sleep an hour or two and go to work. Chances are, there's no employee of the day trophy waiting at the end of the shift. Heck, if you were an airline pilot or truck driver, there might ev...
2004 Apr 10 Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 4-1
Dave Dombrowski, the architect of a World Series winner in Florida, has had few reasons to smile since coming to Detroit as president/general manager. Last week was one of them. How re...
2004 Apr 11 Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 6-4
One of the new kids in town, Mark Malaska watched in awe as David Ortiz took batting practice one day early in spring training and began asking his fellow Red Sox pitchers how on earth th...
2004 Apr 15 Baltimore Orioles defeat Boston Red Sox, 12-7
Counting on the pitcher with the best winning percentage in Red Sox history turned out to be a dangerous proposition last night. Trying to improve on his unparalleled percentage of .779 (...
2004 Apr 16 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 6-2
We'll never know, of course, how much compassion Red Sox fans would have shown Tim Wakefield if they didn't have Grady Little to kick around. (And you may never hear a better summation...
2004 Apr 17 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 5-2
Leave it to the quiet slugger in the powder blue leather coat and Allen Iverson cap to put it in perspective. Yes, the Red Sox mauled the once-mighty Yankees for the second time in as man...
2004 Apr 18 New York Yankees defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-3
If they were all as devoid of drama as this one, the market for books, movies, musicals, T-shirts, and commemorative pins about the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry would dry up overnight. Few ...
2004 Apr 19 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 5-4
Consider the mismatch. Facing the undefeated ace of the defending American League champions, the Red Sox yesterday had little choice but to send out their third-string first baseman (Davi...
2004 Apr 20 Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 4-2
TORONTO -- Pedro Martinez's present-day value to the Red Sox? Last night, the going rate was two bits -- or more accurately, two loonies -- the discounted price of an upper-deck ticket...
2004 Apr 21 Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 4-2
TORONTO -- Doug Mirabelli seemed to see it coming. Three hours before last night's game against the Blue Jays, Tim Wakefield's personal catcher playfully cajoled reporters to pepper manag...
2004 Apr 22 Toronto Blue Jays defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-3
TORONTO -- Nothing like riveting footage of police chases ending with one suspect's vehicle after another cartwheeling or fishtailing into mangled pieces of metal as a diversion from the ...
2004 Apr 23 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 11-2
NEW YORK -- Jose Contreras was fortunate that the Yankees pumped some music through the public address system while he was trudging off the mound in the fourth inning last night because t...
2004 Apr 24 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 3-2
NEW YORK -- If the Red Sox and Yankees had played this game in October, we would have called it a classic. Red Sox 3, Yankees 2 in 12 innings, at a sold-out Yankee Stadium. This was no...
2004 Apr 25 Boston Red Sox defeat New York Yankees, 2-0
2004 Apr 28 Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 6-0
Curt Schilling is the leading man on the day he pitches. Virtually every camera shot is recording his every emotion. Between innings, the lens focuses on him in deep thought, or when he's...
2004 Apr 29 Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 4-0
Just when you think it can't get any better than this -- a doubleheader sweep, a lights-out return by Byung Hyun Kim, the biggest crowd in 14 years showing up on an April afternoon for a ...
2004 Apr 29 Boston Red Sox defeat Tampa Bay Rays, 7-3
He used to throw hard as a lefthanded reliever at Dartmouth College, but Dan Godfrey demonstrated he was quite adept at throwing around the leather as well when the 28-year-old Red Sox ba...
2004 May 1 Texas Rangers defeat Boston Red Sox, 4-3
2004 May 1 Texas Rangers defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-5
2004 May 2 Texas Rangers defeat Boston Red Sox, 4-1
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The schedule game we all play at the beginning of the season has thrown us for a loop. When we saw this three-game series in Texas, one word came to mind: Sweep. We we...
2004 May 3 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 2-1
2004 May 4 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-6
CLEVELAND -- Hall of Famer Eddie Murray has a novel approach to slump-breaking: The Indians hitting coach lights incense in the clubhouse before a game. Maybe the Red Sox should try th...
2004 May 5 Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 9-5
CLEVELAND -- So how did the new Red Sox manager handle the strain of his first five-game losing streak? Did he lock himself in his office, leave a dent in the dugout water cooler, snap...
2004 May 6 Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 5-2
CLEVELAND -- Manny Ramirez, holding court in the Red Sox clubhouse, broke away from a gaggle of reporters when Pedro Martinez arrived before the game wearing a fancy suit, designer shades...
2004 May 7 Boston Red Sox defeat Kansas City Royals, 7-6
This one resembled some of the Red Sox' games of a year ago. The late-inning rally. Snatching victory when it appeared they were done. Last night they trailed, 6-2, then, 6-4, before t...
2004 May 8 Boston Red Sox defeat Kansas City Royals, 9-1
Theo Epstein's vision for the Red Sox seemed to crystallize yesterday on a pristine afternoon at Fenway Park. One could see what the general manager was thinking in bringing in another...
2004 May 9 Kansas City Royals defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-4
As much as Mark Malaska has impressed the Red Sox, the rookie lefthander gave a glimpse yesterday at a couple of areas he hopes to improve. Malaska allowed a decisive three-run double to ...
2004 May 10 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 10-6
Byung Hyun Kim's brief, futile run as a starter ended so abruptly last night it could have caused whiplash. In a powerful sign that the Red Sox will have little patience with mediocrit...
2004 May 11 Boston Red Sox defeat Cleveland Indians, 5-3
When you manage the Red Sox, most of the time you have a dartboard on your back. You're picked apart, analyzed, dissected. And then sometimes the things you do work out and you have a big...
2004 May 12 Cleveland Indians defeat Boston Red Sox, 6-4
Jamie Brown found a perfect spot in the Red Sox clubhouse. His locker stall is between Pedro Martinez's and Keith Foulke's. "Those two can keep me straight," said Brown, who spent his ...
2004 May 13 Toronto Blue Jays defeat Boston Red Sox, 12-6
Pitching? Even their most effective starter to date, Curt Schilling, was unable to spare the pitching-rich Red Sox the ignominy last night of allowing an opponent to score in the first in...