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Who are Boston Red Sox?
The Boston Red Sox is a Boston, Massachusetts based American professional baseball team. The team competes in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the American League (AL) East division. The Red Sox are holders of nine World Series championships, tied for the third-most of any MLB team, having played in 13. 2018 season was their most recent appearance and win. They have also won the 1904 American League pennant but were unable to defend their 1903 World Series championship. Boston Red Sox was founded in 1901 as one of the American League’s eight charter franchises. Fenway Park has been the Red Sox’ home ballpark since 1912. The club was named “Red Sox” by the team owner, John I. Taylor in 1908.
Boston went into one of the longest championship droughts in baseball history after being the most dominant team in the new league and defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first World Series in 1903 along with winning four more championships by 1918. Thye became the first team to win four World Series trophies in the 21st century following their victory in the 2018 World Series with championships in 2004, 2007, 2013 and 2018. Red Sox has a rivalry with the Yankees which has been marked down in history as the fiercest and most historic in North American professional sports.
The Red Sox sold out every home game which was a total of 820 games (794 regular seasons) from the 15th of May, 2003 to the 10th of April, 2013, for a major professional sports record.
Latest Roster of the Boston Red Sox
Active roster
Pitchers
Starting rotation
- 48 Andrew Cashner
- 61 Brian Johnson
- 22 Rick Porcello
- 57 Eduardo Rodríguez
- 41 Chris Sale
Bullpen
- 32 Matt Barnes
- 17 Nathan Eovaldi
- 63 Darwinian Hernández
- 56 Travis Lakins
- 72 Josh Taylor
- 64 Marcus Walden
Closer
- 44 Brandon Workman
Catchers
- 3 Sandy León
- 7 Christian Vázquez
Infielders
- 2 Xander Bogaerts
- 11 Rafael Devers
- 40 Marco Hernández
- 12 Brock Holt
- 18 Mitch Moreland
- 36 Chris Owings
- 59 Sam Travis
Outfielders
- 16 Andrew Benintendi
- 50 Mookie Betts
- 19 Jackie Bradley Jr.
Designated hitters
- 28 J. D. Martinez
INACTIVE ROSTER
Pitchers
- 70 Ryan Brasier
- 54 Colten Brewer
- 37 Heath Hembree
- 71 Trevor Kelley
- 66 Bobby Poyner
- 10 David Price
- 79 Deni Reyes
- 73 Mike Shawaryn
- 67 Josh A. Smith
- 76 Héctor Velázquez
- 65 Ryan Weber
- 35 Steven Wright
Infielders
- 23 Michael Chavis
- Joey Curletta
- 5 Tzu-Wei Lin
Manager of Boston Red Sox
- 20 Alex Cora
Coaches of Boston Red Sox
- 86 Brian Bannister (assistant pitching)
- 58 Andy Barkett (assistant hitting)
- 53 Craig Bjornson (bullpen/catching)
- 87 Mike Brenly (bullpen catcher)
- 52 Carlos Febles (third base)
- 82 Tom Goodwin (first base/outfield)
- 51 Tim Hyers (hitting)
- 60 Dana LeVangie (pitching)
- 88 Mani Martinez (bullpen catcher)
- 30 Ron Roenicke (bench)
- 84 Ramón Vázquez (coach)
60-day injured list
- 25 Steve Pearce
- 15 Dustin Pedroia