Our All Time Top 50 Boston Red Sox have been updated to reflect the 2024 Season
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
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.
Our All-Time Top 50 Boston Red Sox have been revised to reflect the 2023 Season
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
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.
Our All-Time Top 50 Boston Red Sox Have Been Updated to reflect the 2022 Season
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
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.
Our All-Time Top 50 Boston Red Sox are now up
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. We have a new one to unveil today, that of the Boston Red Sox.
The Red Sox were a charter member of the American League in 1901, first called the Boston Americans until they changed their name to the Red Sox in 1908. Boston was the first team to win the modern World Series in 1903, and they were the dominant team of the 1910s, winning four titles in the decade. It was all sunshine and lollipops for the Red Sox, but the “Curse of the Bambino” struck when the Red Sox stupidly sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, shifting the balance of power in the American League.
The Red Sox would be abysmal for years after, and they not win the World Series for the rest of the century. They did have four shots at it, with three American League Pennants (1946, 1967, 1975 and 1986) but they fell short every time. It would not be until 2004, where they won their sixth World Series, and they won three more after (2007, 2013 & 2018).
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.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2019 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always we announce our top five in this article. They are:
1. Ted Williams
4. Wade Boggs
5. Cy Young
We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.
Look for our All-Time Top 50 Chicago White Sox coming next!
As always we thank you for your support.
5. Cy Young
The man of which the pitcher of the year was named after, Cy Young had already won 269 Games before the joined the Boston Red Sox (then named Americans) in their inaugural season in 1901. Young was many players who joined the upstart league, and despite being 34, he was still one of the game’s best pitchers.