The Boston Red Sox began as a minor league Western League team in Toledo, Ohio in 1893. When the Western League was renamed the American League in 1900, the team relocated to Boston. The moniker Red Sox, adopted by owner John I. Taylor in 1907, is based on a kind of sock, as in the team's red footwear. From 1901 to 1953, when it moved to Chicago, the Red Sox played their home games at Fenway Park, which they had built adjacent to their former stadium, Huntington Avenue Grounds.
After two more seasons in Chicago, the Red Sox returned to Fenway in 1957. Over the next three decades, they won four World Series titles - in 1917, 1918, 1955, and 1957 - and made eight other post-season appearances, without success until 1975, when they defeated the California Angels 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. The Red Sox have been back to the World Series every year since then, with the exception of 1982 when they were swept by Los Angeles Dodgers. In all, they have won 89 regular season games and 11 postseason series.
In 2001, the Red Sox were found to have used steroids during their era as one of the most powerful teams in baseball. They were fined $25 million and ordered to forfeit two game wins.
The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball (MLB) club headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. They compete in the East division of the American League (AL). The squad was known as the Boston Americans from 1901 through 1907. In 1948, they won the World Series for the first time ever defeating the New York Yankees. Since then, they have not finished below second place in their division or failed to make the playoffs.
They play at Fenway Park, which is located in Boston's Fenway neighborhood. The park opened on 15 May 1912 and has been owned by the City of Boston since 1997. It has a total capacity of 39,921 people and its primary tenant is the Red Sox baseball team. The stadium is also used for other sports events such as NFL games, NHL games, and MLS games. It has hosted the All-Star Game three times - in 1933, 1999, and 2014 - and will host again in 2017.
The Red Sox were founded in 1901 by Charles A. Stoneham and Edward J. Lewis as an entry in the MLB draft. They first played home games at Huntington Avenue Grounds in Boston, before moving to Fens Park in 1902. In 1903, they changed their name to the Boston Americans after two other teams had already used that name.
The Boston Red Sox were founded in 1901 as one of the original American League organizations. They have won eight World Series titles, most recently in 2007. The Red Sox play their home games at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Fenway Park is a baseball park in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the home of the Boston Red Sox of the American League and the former site of the New York Yankees before they moved to Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York in 1977. The Red Sox played their first game on April 18, 1912, with John McGraw of the New York Giants visiting the park. The Red Sox lost that game 1-0 in 10 innings. Albert Spalding bought the Red Stockings name and logo for $10,000 in 1911 (equal to about $150,000 in today's dollars).
Spalding hired Harry Hooper to manage the team. He had managed the Chicago White Sox during their last championship season in 1910. The Red Sox finished first in the AL standings with a record of 95-56, but they did not receive the right to challenge for the World Series because they had not paid their league dues.
See Red Sox for further applications (disambiguation). The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball club headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team that plays in the American League (AL) East division. They have won two World Series titles - 87 years ago and 20 years ago.
The Red Sox play in Fenway Park, which they purchased from its previous owner John Henry after the 2004 season. The park is known for its green grass field and historic significance as the home of the New England Patriots football team. It has been called "the most famous stadium in America" and "the cathedral of baseball".
Fenway Park opened in 1912 and was originally named Braves Field because it was the home stadium of the Boston Braves baseball team. The name was changed to Fenway Park in 1927 after the area's other major league team, the Fenway Park Club of Boston, adopted it as its own name.
The ballpark has a large number of features designed by Charles E. Nichols, who also designed Chicago's Wrigley Field. These include an ornate facade on Lansdowne Street called the "Splendid Stand", a large wooden deck above the left-field stands called the "Green Monster", and a large scoreboard facing downtown Boston across Brookline Avenue called the "Citizens Bank Building".
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