Boston Red Sox
Overview
 
The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team
Professional baseball
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 based in Boston
Boston
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, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, and a member of Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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’s American League Eastern Division
American League East
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. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark
Baseball park
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 has been Fenway Park
Fenway Park
Fenway Park is a baseball park near Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts. Located at 4 Yawkey Way, it has served as the home ballpark of the Boston Red Sox baseball club since it opened in 1912, and is the oldest Major League Baseball stadium currently in use. It is one of two "classic"...

 since . The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor
John I. Taylor
John Irving Taylor owned the Boston Red Sox from 1904 until 1911. He was the son of General Charles H. Taylor, publisher of the Boston Globe. He purchased the team from Henry Killilea on April 19, 1904, with his father Charles serving as a minority owner. In September 1911, the Taylors sold half...

, around , following previous Boston teams that had been known as the "Red Stockings
Atlanta Braves
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". They played in eleven World Series, third most of any team remaining in one city, after the New York Yankees and the Saint Louis Cardinals.
Timeline

1904    Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans throws the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.

1917    In a game against the Washington Senators, Boston Red Sox pitcher Ernie Shore retires 26 batters in a row after replacing Babe Ruth, who had been ejected for punching the umpire.

1919    Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox is sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee.

1942    World War II: Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox enlists in the United States Marine Corps as a flight instructor.

1959    Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate. He came in as a pinch runner for Vic Wertz and stayed in as shortstop in a 2-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

1975    Game 6 of the World Series is played between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. The game would be won on a home run off the left field foul pole at Fenway Park hit by Carlton Fisk in the bottom of the 12th inning, ending perhaps the greatest baseball game played in World Series history.

1986    Roger Clemens then of the Boston Red Sox sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners.

2004    The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time in 86 years.

 
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