Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Boston Red Sox.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball, we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Please note that our algorithm has changed, which yielded minor changes throughout the baseball lists.

Last year, the Red Sox finished with a disappointing .500 record and are on the rebuilding road.  There are two new entries, one with an active player and one who re-enters based on the latest algorithm.

As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes.

1. Ted Williams

2. Carl Yastrzemski

3. Roger Clemens

4. Wade Boggs

5. Cy Young

You can find the entire list here.

Three-time All-Star Rafael Devers, makes his debut at #46 and Billy Goodman is the returnee at #47.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Signed as an Amateur Free Agent from the Dominican Republic in 2013, Rafael Devers first appeared for the Red Sox as a 20-year-old in 2017 and when the 2018 campaign began, he was Boston’s starting Third Baseman in a year where the BoSox won the World Series.

Bringing a solid power presence to the club, Devers broke out in 2019 with 32 Home Runs, a league-leading 54 Doubles, and a .311 Batting Average, arguably his best season to date.  From 2021 to 2024, Devers has had at least 27 Home Runs, a .500 Slugging Percentage, and has received MVP votes (though has never made the top ten).  An All-Star three times and two-time Silver Slugger, Devers enters 2025 with an even 200 Home Runs and 1,062 Hits.

Baseball lost a great one today.

Former Boston Red Sox Pitcher Luis Tiant passed away at 83. 

Beloved by his fans and teammates, Luis Tiant was born in Cuba in 1940.  Tiant came to the United States in 1961 when the Cleveland Indians signed him.  Due to the conflicts between the U.S. and Cuba that would arise a year later, Tiant would not be able to return home for years, but he was able to do what many Cuban baseball stars could do in the decades that followed: he became a star in Major League Baseball.

Tiant made it to the Indians in 1964, where he was a part of their starting rotation.  He had his best year in baseball with Cleveland in 1968, where he went to his first All-Star Game, had a record of 21-9, and led the American League in ERA (1.60), Shutouts (9), ERA+ (186), FIP (2.04) and H/9 (5.2).  He struggled the season after and was traded to Minnesota, where he was released after a poor year. 

Tiant signed with Atlanta in a minor-league deal where he altered his pitching style to reclaim his past glory.  The Red Sox traded for him, and he was called up but again continued to struggle, but he rebounded in spades in 1972, where he won his second ERA Title (1.91).  Tiant won 20 Games the next two seasons, earning a second All-Star in 1974, and the year after, he was the ace on the Red Sox squad that won the American League Pennant.

He was an All-Star again in 1976 and later played for the New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and California Angels.  He finished his career with a record of 229-172 with 2,416 Strikeouts.

Tiant was on the Baseball Hall of Fame ballot for fifteen years, but could not make Cooperstown.  He is, however, a member of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

We at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to Luis Tiant's fans, friends, and family.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Boston Red Sox.

As for all of our top 50 players in hockey we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in Major League Baseball.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Red Sox had a bad year, and there were no changes in the Top 50, but we did want to acknowledge that we took 2023 into account.

As always, we present our top five, which obviously did not change.:

1. Ted Williams

2. Carl Yastrzemski

3. Roger Clemens

4. Wade Boggs

5. Cy Young

You can find the entire list here.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

A Red Sox for the entirety of his career (1974-89), Jim Rice patrolled the Outfield and launched Home Runs past it.  Called up in 1974, Rice was there to stay the following year, helping propel Boston to an appearance in that year’s World Series.

From 1977 to 1979, Rice was one of the most feared hitters in Baseball, winning back-to-back Home Run Titles (1977 & 1978), and the MVP in ’78.  That year, Rice not only led the league in taters (46), he topped all in RBIs (139), Hits (213), Triples (15), Slugging (.600), OPS (.970) and OPS+ (157) and in the two years that book-ended his MVP, he finished fourth and fifth for that award respectively.

Rice was still solid in the early 80s, winning a third Home Run Title in 1983 (39), along with another RBI Title (126) and was fourth in MVP voting.  Rice also won his first of two straight Silver Sluggers, and in 1986, he had his last good year, with a 20 HR/.324 BA year where he was third in MVP voting.

The eight-time All-Star played until 1989, and smacked 382 Home Runs, 1,451 RBIs with an OPS of .854.  Rice would need the entire 15 years of eligibility to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame, but was quickly inducted into Boston’s Hall in 1995.  His #14 was retired by the team in 2009.

Regular visitors of Notinhalloffame.com know that we are slowly working on the top 50 of every major team in the NHL, NBA, NFL and MLB.  Once that is done, we intend to look at how each team honor their past players, coaches and executives.  As such, it is important to us that the

Boston Red Sox have announced that three new former players; Dustin Pedroia, Jonathan Papelbon and Trot Nixon will be inducted into their franchise Hall of Fame as the Class of 2024.

Pedroia played his entire career in Boston where he was the 2007 AL Rookie of the Year, 2008 AL MVP and was a four-time All-Star.  He won two World Series Rings and smacked 1,805 Hits for the team.

Papelbon was a four-time All-Star in Boston and recorded 219 Saves for the team.  He was also their closer in their 2007 World Series Championship.

Nixon was a member of the 2004 Word Series Championship Team and played ten years with Boston. He had 912 Hits and 133 Home Runs for the Red Sox.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the impending members of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

The Baseball Hall of Fame just announced that Boston Red Sox announcer, Joe Castiglione won the Ford C. Frick Award, meaning that he is now a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Beginning his sports broadcasting career in Cleveland in 1978, where he called games for the Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Cavaliers, but would depart for Boston in 1983, and would become their lead announcer in 1992.  He broadcast multiple World Series Titles in Boston, and for the local fans, became the voice of their renaissance.    

We here at Notinhllloffame.com would like to congratulate Joe Castiglione for his impending honor.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top 50 Boston Red Sox.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following:

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League.

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Red Sox had one of their worst seasons in years, and there were no new entrants, with only one elevation.

As always, we present our top five, which had no changes.

1. Ted Williams

2. Carl Yastrzemski

3. Roger Clemens

4. Wade Boggs

5. Cy Young

You can find the entire list here.

The only change came from the now San Diego Padre, Xander Bogaerts, who jumped to #21 from #29 off his fourth (and final) All-Star with Boston.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity.  As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2022 revision of our top 50 Boston Red Sox.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 

3.  Playoff accomplishments.

4.  Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Boston made it to ALCS where they lost to the Houston Astros, and they are again loaded in 2022.  No new players entered our Top 50, and there is only one active player on the team who rose based on his 2021.

As always, we present our top five, though there were no changes.

1. Ted Williams

2. Carl Yastrzemski

3. Roger Clemens

4. Wade Boggs

5. Cy Young

You can find the entire list here.

Current Red Sox Infielder, Xander Bogaerts, climbed to #29 from #42.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

Dustin Pedroia debuted in 2006 with the Red Sox two seasons after being drafted in the second round, and it did not take him long to prove that he belonged in the upper tier of American League players.

Playing at Second Base, Pedroia was still considered a rookie in 2007, and he would win the Rookie of the Year award with a .317 Batting Average and 165 Hits.  That season, he helped the BoSox win the World Series, and Pedroia was cemented as a nationally known baseball star.  Pedroia had an even better 2008, winning the AL MVP, leasing the league in Runs Scored (118), Hits (213), Doubles (54), was an All-Star, Silver Slugger, and Gold Glove winner.  That was Pedroia’s best year, but he was far from done. 

The infielder had three more .300 seasons and won three more Gold Gloves.  For a small in stature baseball player, he had good power with five 15 Home Run seasons, and he was also able to steal 20 bases four times.  Pedroia was considered one of the dugout leaders and won two more World Series Rings (2013 & 2018).

A knee injury in 2017 cut short his career, as he was only able to play in a combined nine Games in 2018 and 2019. He retired after sitting out the 2020 Season, with 1,805 Hits and a .299 Batting Average.  The impact that Pedroia had in Boston will always be undeniable.

One of the most beloved figures in Boston baseball passed away today as Jerry Remy succumbed to cancer at age 68.

Remy began his playing career with the California Angels in 1975, and three years later he was traded to the Red Sox where he was an All-Star in 1978.  He continued on at Second Base for Boston until 1984, collecting 802 Hits for Boston, but his association with the club lasted much longer than that.

He began broadcasting Red Sox games in 1988 for NESN, and his quirky demeanor propelled him to a higher level of fandom than he had as a player.  Remy had battled cancer three times before, and announced on August 4 this year that it had returned for a fourth time.  His last public appearance was before the Yankees/Red Sox Wild Card Game.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to extend our condolences to the fans, friends and family of Jerry Remy.

It was a very good start for George Scott in the Majors, where as a rookie, he was named to the All-Star Team and was third in 1966 Rookie of the Year voting.  Playing at First Base for the Boston Red Sox, Scott had an above-average glove, and he was a decent power hitter, and “Boomer” became a fan-favorite at Fenway.

A native of Vermont, Larry Gardner broke into the Majors relatively close with the Boston Red Sox in 1908.  Playing mostly at Third Base, Gardner was mainly known for his defensive abilities, finishing in Defensive bWAR seven times in the top ten.  Gardner was Boston's Third Baseman for their three World Series Championship in the 1910s, and he would win a fourth World Series with the Cleveland Indians in 1920. 

The younger brother of Baseball Hall of Famer and New York Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio, Dom DiMaggio, was quite the player in his own right.

From the deadball era, Jesse Tannehill is one of the unsung pitchers from that time.

The story of Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood is typical in that and we have a power pitcher who was dominant for a short time, only for arm fatigue to cause an early end of his pitching career (though he would continue to play, but we'll get to that later.)

We here at Notinhalloffame.com talk every day about those who should be in their respective Halls of Fame.  The hottest sports debate in this context might be in baseball.  Vern Stephens might have a Hall of Fame case, but before we go there, we can say without question that he is the greatest player who never made the ballot.

There was a time when Nomar Garciaparra owned the city of Boston.  The “Nomah" chants rocked Fenway, and he was, at one point, one of the most well-known baseball players around in the game.

Nobody shot out of the gate quicker than Fred Lynn, as he made history when in 1975, he became the first player in Major League history to win the Rookie of the Year and the MVP in the same season.  As the other one who accomplished that feat was Ichiro Suzuki, who was already an established veteran of the Japanese Leagues, this is a beyond spectacular achievement.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team.  That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our pre-2021 revision of our top 50 Boston Red Sox of all-time.

As for all of our top 50 players in baseball we look at the following: 

1.  Advanced Statistics.

2.  Traditional statistics and how they finished in the American League. 

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

There was one new addition in our Top 50, though there were minor changes through the list, but nothing affecting our top five.  As always, we announce them here.

They are:

1. Ted Williams

2. Carl Yastrzemski

3. Roger Clemens

4. Wade Boggs

5. Cy Young

You can find the entire list here.

The new entry is Xander Bogaerts, who debuts at #42.

We welcome your input and commentsand as always, we thank you for your support.