Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts. They are in the Eastern Division of the American League. They are the defending World Series champions. The New York Yankees are their traditional rival.

Retired numbers

The Boston Red Sox have two requirements for a player to have his number retired: must have played for the Red Sox for at least 10 years and must have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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•   1 Bobby Doerr (May 21, 1988)
•   4 Joe Cronin (May 29, 1984)
•   8 Carl Yastrzemski (August 6, 1989)
•   9 Ted Williams (May 29, 1984)
• 27 Carlton Fisk (September 4, 2000)
• 42 Jackie Robinson (April 15, 1997) - retired by all Major League ballclubs

Until the late 1990's, the numbers originally hung on the right field facade in the order in which they were retired: 9-4-1-8. It was pointed out that if the numbers were read as a date, 9/4/18, was the day before the start of the 1918 World Series. Due to supersitions involving the "Curse of the Bambino" the numbers were rearrainged in numerical order.

Related Topics:
1918 World Series - Curse of the Bambino

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• Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame
• Red Sox Nation
• Boston Red Sox spring training home
• Tony Conigliaro Award
• Major League Baseball franchise post-season droughts