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Boston Red Sox

baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Boston, Massachusetts, United States

7 dated entries naming Boston Red Sox, drawn from 6 separate years between 1903 CE and 2002 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Boston Americans in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1903October 1–13 – First modern World Series: The Boston Americans defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates in eight games.source
  • 1904May 5 – Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.source
  • 1914July 11 – Baseball legend Babe Ruth makes his major league debut, with the Boston Red Sox.source
  • 1919December 26 – American baseball player Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at this time, a deal made public at the beginning of January 1920.source
  • 1986October 25 – A routine slow roller slips through Bill Buckner's legs, allowing the New York Mets to complete a stunning comeback in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox. The Mets won 6–5 in 10 innings.source
  • 1986October 27 – The New York Mets win 4 games to 3 in the 1986 World Series against the Boston Red Sox.source

21st century

  • 2002July 5 – Ted Williams, 83, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox), manager (Washington Senators/Texas Rangers) and member of the MLB Hall of Fame, heart attack.source

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