From Aruba, Xander Bogaerts is one of the best players to ever emerge from that Caribbean island.

Signed in 2009, Bogaerts made it the Red Sox in 2013, and was an everyday infielder for Boston the following season. Boegarts won the Silver Slugger in 2015, which he followed up the following year with his first All-Star Game. Showing power, Boegarts has had three 20-plus Home Run years, peaking with 33 (with 117 RBIs) in 2019.  That season, Boegarts was fifth in MVP voting and was the All-MLB 1 Selection.  Boegarts was also a key cog in the Red Sox 2018 World Series win.

When full-season play returned in 2021, Bogaerts again proved upper-tier, adding another Silver Slugger and All-Star with a 23 Home Run/.295 Year, and was even better in 2022, adding a fourth All-Star with a .307 Batting Average.

In a move that would have seemed unthinkable only years before, Bogearts departed for the San Diego Padres as a Free Agent.  With the BoSox, he had 155 Home Runs, 1,410 Hits with a .292 Batting Average.

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

2. Carl Yastrzemski

3. Roger Clemens

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.

Mike Greenwell played his entire 12-year career (1985-96) with the Red Sox. 

Larry Gardner debuted for the Red Sox in 1908, and he was affixed as the starting Second Baseman in 1910.  Gardner moved to Third the year after, and he was their starter until he was traded to the Philadelphia Athletics after the 1917 season.  He was a steady presence, helping them win three World Series Championships (1912, 1915 & 1916), and he would have two .300 seasons. 

A Second Round pick in 2002, Jon Lester debuted for the Red Sox in 2006, and in the next season, he was a small part of Boston's 2007 World Series win over Colorado.  He won a game in the Fall Classic, which would be the springboard for what would transpire next.

Joining the Red Sox as a Rule 5 Draft Pick for the 1910 season, Duffy Lewis became the starting Leftfielder for the team up until 1917 when he joined the Navy to serve in World War I.  Upon his return, and he was traded to the New York Yankees.

An original Boston American, Freddy Parent, jumped from Providence of the Eastern League and would become the starting Shortstop for the team.  Parent batted .306 as a rookie and would have another .300 season with Boston in 1903.  That season, he would help the Americans win the World Series.

Jacoby Ellsbury was a late 1^st Round pick of the 2005 Amateur Draft, and two years later he was an August call-up of the Red Sox.  He would take over at Centerfield for Boston and would help them win the World Series that year, where he batted .438.

When the American League formed in 1901, many players from the National League jumped to the upstart baseball organization.  This included Jimmy Collins, who was playing for the Boston Beaneaters and would leave to join the Boston Americans.  Collins would have a good start for the newer Boston team, batting at least .322 in his first two years, and in 1903, the Americans won the World Series defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates. 

Pete Runnels was a good infielder during his time with the Washington Senators, but when he joined the Red Sox, he took a lot more than his versatile glove with him, as he found far more plate discipline.

How good an athlete was Jackie Jensen?  He was the first person to play in the Rose Bowl, a World Series, and an MLB All-Star Game.

Josh Beckett would take the Florida Marlins to the 2003 World Series Championship and would win the World Series MVP along the way. 

Mo Vaughn was one of the ultimate one-dimensional power guys, but if that is going to be your skill, you might as well be good at that.  Vaughn was exceptional in that skill.

A member of the Boston Red Sox for all but his final season (2002), John Valentin was one of the better defensive players in Red Sox history.

Dutch Leonard was a huge cog in the machine that made the Red Sox a powerhouse team in the 1910s, and while he has not received the due that he deserved, there is a good chance that they don't win the 1915 and 1916 World Series.  

Bob Stanley played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox, where the Pitcher was the jack of all trades.

Before he could reach the Seattle Mariners (the team that drafted him in the 14^th Round in 1994), he was traded to the Red Sox on the 1997 trading deadline.  Two years later, he would be Boston's starting Catcher.

Prior to being traded to the Red Sox, Joe Cronin was the on-field leader of the Washington Senators, and he was the runner-up for the MVP in 1933.  Cronin was dealt to Boston, and the Sox coveted him not just for his bat, but for his mind, as he became their Player/Manager.

A member of the Boston Red Sox for his entire 10-year career (1947-56), Mel Parnell would go to two All-Star Games (1949 & 1951), and he is one of the most successful southpaws in franchise history.

Reggie Smith was plucked from the Minnesota Twins organization, and it proved to be a shrewd move by the Red Sox.