Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

This article is about the Hall of Fame maintained by the Boston Red Sox. For Red Sox players inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, see List of Boston Red Sox Hall of Famers.

The Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame was instituted in 1995 to recognize the careers of selected former Boston Red Sox players, coaches and managers, and non-uniformed personnel. A 15-member selection committee of Red Sox broadcasters and executives, past and present media personnel, and representatives from The Sports Museum of New England and the BoSox Club are responsible for nominating candidates.^[1][2]

Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame logo

Criteria

The criteria for selection into the Hall is as follows:

• Player to be eligible for nomination must have played a minimum of three years with the Boston Red Sox and must also have been out of uniform as an active player a minimum of three years.
• Non-uniformed honorees such as broadcasters and front office execs are inducted by a unanimous vote of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame selection committee. The memorable moment will be chosen by the committee as well.
• Former Boston Red Sox players and personnel in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, will be automatically enshrined in the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.^[1]

Inductees

The following 16 people were included as charter members of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, by virtue of prior induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame:

• Eddie Collins (front office)
• Jimmy Collins
• Joe Cronin
• Bobby Doerr
• Rick Ferrell
• Jimmie Foxx
• Lefty Grove
• Harry Hooper
• Herb Pennock
• Red Ruffing
• Babe Ruth
• Tris Speaker
• Ted Williams
• Carl Yastrzemski
• Tom Yawkey (longtime owner)
• Cy Young

Induction ceremonies for additional honorees were held on:

November 1, 1995 September 8, 1997 May 18, 2000 November 14, 2002 November 10, 2004

November 9, 2006 November 7, 2008[3] September 17, 2010[4] August 3, 2012[5] August 14, 2014[6]

May 19, 2016[7] May 24, 2018[8] May 26, 2022[9] May 29, 2024[10]

Key

Class	Year of announcement / induction
Bold	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
†	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Red Sox
Bold	Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award

Members of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame

Class	No.	Name	Position(s)	Tenure
Charter	—	Eddie Collins Formally inducted in 2006	General manager	1933–1947
	—	Jimmy Collins† Formally inducted in 2004	3B Manager	1901–1907 1901–1906
	4, 6	Joe Cronin†	SS Manager	1935–1945 1935–1947
	1, 9	Bobby Doerr†	2B	1937–1944, 1946–1951
	2, 7, 9	Rick Ferrell†	C	1933–1937
	3	Jimmie Foxx† Formally inducted in 1997	1B	1936–1942
	10	Lefty Grove†	P	1934-1941
	—	Harry Hooper† Formally inducted in 1997	RF	1909–1920
	17	Herb Pennock†	P	1915–1917, 1919–1922, 1934
	—	Red Ruffing	P	1924–1930
	—	Babe Ruth	OF/P	1914–1919
	—	Tris Speaker Formally inducted in 2000	CF	1907–1915
	9	Ted Williams†	LF	1939–1942, 1946–1960
	8	Carl Yastrzemski†	LF/1B	1961–1983
	—	Tom Yawkey	Owner	1933–1976
	—	Cy Young Formally inducted in 1997	P Manager	1901–1908 1907
1995	25	Tony Conigliaro	RF	1964–1967, 1969–1970, 1975
	7	Dom DiMaggio	CF	1940–1942, 1946–1953
	11, 43	Frank Malzone	3B	1955–1965
	6	Johnny Pesky	SS/3B Manager	1942, 1946–1952 1963–1964, 1980
	14	Jim Rice†	LF/DH	1974–1989
	—	Smoky Joe Wood	P/OF	1908–1915
	—	Jean R. Yawkey	Owner	1976–1992
1997	27, 40	Carlton Fisk†	C	1969, 1971–1980
	—	Dick O'Connell	Executive	1961–1977
	17	Mel Parnell	P	1947–1956
	6, 38	Rico Petrocelli	SS/3B	1963, 1965–1976
	17	Dick Radatz	P	1962–1966
	23	Luis Tiant	P	1971–1978
2000	—	Ken Coleman	Broadcaster	1965–1974, 1979–1989
	24, 40	Dwight Evans	RF	1972–1990
	—	Larry Gardner	3B	1908–1917
	—	Curt Gowdy	Broadcaster	1951–1965
	4, 30	Jackie Jensen	RF	1954–1959, 1961
	—	Ned Martin	Broadcaster	1961–1992
	27	Bill Monbouquette	P	1958–1965
	7, 41	Reggie Smith	RF/CF	1966–1973
	46	Bob Stanley	P	1977–1989
2002	7	Rick Burleson	SS	1974–1980
	33, 38	Dave Ferriss	P	1945–1950
	—	Lou Gorman	General manager	1984–1993
	—	John Harrington	CEO	1992–1999
	15, 21, 29	Tex Hughson	P	1941–1944, 1946–1949
	—	Duffy Lewis	LF	1910–1917
	16	Jim Lonborg	P	1965–1971
	19	Fred Lynn	CF	1974–1980
2004	26	Wade Boggs†	3B	1982–1992
	—	Bill Carrigan	C Manager	1906, 1908–1916 1913–1916, 1927–1929
	43	Dennis Eckersley	P	1978–1984, 1998
	10, 28	Billy Goodman	IF	1947–1957
	47	Bruce Hurst	P	1980–1988
	—	Ben Mondor	Pawtucket Red Sox owner	1977–2010
	3	Pete Runnels	IF Manager	1958–1962 1966
	16, 30, 41	Haywood Sullivan	C General partner	1955, 1957, 1959–1960 1978–1993
2006	—	Dick Bresciani	Executive	1972–2014
	16	Ellis Kinder	P	1948–1955
	35	Joe Morgan	Coach Manager	1985–1988 1988–1991
	2	Jerry Remy	2B Broadcaster	1978–1984 1988–2021
	5, 15, 39	George Scott	1B	1966–1971, 1977–1979
	5	Vern Stephens	SS	1948–1952
	16	Dick Williams	OF/3B Manager	1963–1964 1967–1969
2008[3]	—	George Digby	Scout	1944–2009
	12	Wes Ferrell	P	1934–1937
	37, 39	Mike Greenwell	LF	1985–1996
	—	Edward F. Kenney Sr.	Executive	1948–1991
	37	Bill Lee	P	1969–1978
	—	Everett Scott	SS	1914–1921
	18, 30	Frank Sullivan	P	1953–1960
	42	Mo Vaughn	1B	1991–1998
2010[4]	4	Tommy Harper	OF/3B	1972–1974
	2, 12	Eddie Kasko	SS/3B Manager	1966 1970–1973
	2, 24, 26, 34, 37	Jimmy Piersall	CF	1950, 1952–1958
	13	John Valentin	SS/3B	1992–2001
	23, 34	Don Zimmer	Coach Manager	1974–1976, 1992 1976–1980
2012[5]	17	Marty Barrett	2B	1982–1990
	12, 25	Ellis Burks	OF	1987–1992, 2004
	15, 17, 19, 32	Joe Dobson	P	1941–1943, 1946–1950, 1954
	—	Dutch Leonard	P	1913–1918
	—	Joe Mooney	Groundskeeper	1971–2000
	38	Curt Schilling	P	2004–2007
	—	John I. Taylor	Owner	1904–1911
2014[6]	—	Joe Castiglione	Broadcaster	1983–present
	21	Roger Clemens	P	1984–1996
	5	Nomar Garciaparra	SS	1996–2004
	45	Pedro Martínez†	P	1998–2004
2016[7]	—	Ira Flagstead	OF	1923–1929
	—	Larry Lucchino	Executive	2001–2015
	33, 47	Jason Varitek	C	1997–2011
	49	Tim Wakefield	P	1995–2011
2018[8]	—	Arthur D'Angelo	Special achievement[lower-alpha 1]	n/a
	—	Buck Freeman	RF	1901–1907
	—	Al Green	Fenway Park guest relations	1973–2018
	32, 43	Derek Lowe	P	1997–2004
	25	Mike Lowell	3B	2006–2010
	20	Kevin Youkilis	1B/3B	2004–2012
2020[9]	—	Bill Dinneen	P	1902–1907
	—	Dan Duquette	General manager	1994–2002
	10	Rich Gedman	C	1980–1990
	34	David Ortiz†	DH	2003–2016
	24	Manny Ramirez	LF	2001–2008
2024[10]	7	Trot Nixon	RF	1996, 1998–2006
	58	Jonathan Papelbon	RP	2005–2011
	15	Dustin Pedroia	2B	2006–2019
	—	Elaine Weddington Steward	Front office	1988–present

Moments

Each class of inductees has also included a memorable moment in Red Sox history:

Key

Class	Year of announcement
Date	When the noted game was played
Box	Link to box score for the noted game

Class	Date	Name	Opponent	"Moment" description	Box
1995	April 29, 1986	Roger Clemens	Seattle Mariners	First 20-strikeout performance	[12]
1997	October 21, 1975	Carlton Fisk	Cincinnati Reds	Walk-off home run in bottom of the 12th to win Game 6 of 1975 World Series	[13]
2000	October 12, 1986	Dave Henderson	California Angels	Top of the 9th home run to take the lead, and top of the 11th sacrifice fly that drove in the winning run, in Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS	[14]
2002	June 26, 1962	Earl Wilson	Los Angeles Angels	No-hitter	[15]
2004	October 21, 1975	Bernie Carbo	Cincinnati Reds	Game-tying three-run home run in 8th inning of Game 6 of 1975 World Series	[13]
2006	October 17, 2004	Dave Roberts	New York Yankees	Bottom of the 9th pinch-run stolen base to start rally in Game 4 of 2004 ALCS	[16]
2008	September 28, 1960	Ted Williams	Baltimore Orioles	Home run in final major-league at-bat	[17]
	October 19, 2004	Curt Schilling	New York Yankees	"Bloody sock" performance in Game 6 of 2004 ALCS	[18]
2010	October 3, 1990	Tom Brunansky	Chicago White Sox	Game-winning catch in American League East division clinching win	[19]
2012	October 1, 1967	1967 Red Sox	Minnesota Twins	"Impossible Dream" season's pennant-clinching victory	[20]
2014	September 10, 1999	Pedro Martínez	New York Yankees	1-hit, 17-strikeout winning performance	[21]
2016	October 13, 2013	David Ortiz	Detroit Tigers	Grand slam in bottom of the 8th to tie Game 2 of 2013 ALCS	[22]
2018	July 21, 1959	Pumpsie Green	Chicago White Sox	Debuts as the first African-American player for the Red Sox	[23]
2020	October 27, 2004	2004 Red Sox	St. Louis Cardinals	2004 World Series clinching win in Game 4	[24]
2024	April 14, 1967	Billy Rohr	New York Yankees	One hitter and near no-hitter in first career start	[25]

Source:^[26]

See also

• Baseball portal

• List of Boston Red Sox awards
• Ted Williams Museum

Notes

1. Arthur D'Angelo was co-founder of The Souvenir Store on Jersey Street and '47 brand.^[11]

References

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3. Dzen, Gary (February 25, 2008). "Eight selected to Red Sox Hall of Fame". Boston.com. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
4. Finn, Chad (September 17, 2010). "Red Sox induct Hall of Fame class of 2010". Boston.com. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
5. Forde, Craig (August 3, 2012). "Red Sox induct Schilling, Barrett, Burks, others into hall of fame". Boston.com. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
6. McNair, Rick (August 15, 2014). "Closing the circle for Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame trio". bosoxinjection.com. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
7. Smith, Christopher (January 11, 2016). "Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame 2016: Jason Varitek, Tim Wakefield, Larry Lucchino, Ira Flagstead elected". MassLive.com. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
8. Maher, Tyler (May 25, 2018). "Lowell, Lowe, Youk inducted into Boston HOF". MLB.com. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
9. McWilliams, Julian (May 26, 2022). "David Ortiz relishes his induction into Red Sox Hall of Fame: 'This is home'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
10. Abraham, Pete (May 29, 2024). "Dustin Pedroia and Jonathan Papelbon were obvious for Red Sox Hall of Fame but Trot Nixon was stunned to be in Class of 2024". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
11. "'47 Co-Founder Arthur D'Angelo to be Inducted into Red Sox Hall of Fame". prnewswire.com (Press release). May 22, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
12. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 3, Seattle Mariners 1".
13. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 7, Cincinnati Reds 6".
14. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 7, California Angels 6".
15. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 2, Los Angeles Angels 0".
16. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 6, New York Yankees 4".
17. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 5, Baltimore Orioles 4".
18. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 4, New York Yankees 2".
19. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 3, Chicago White Sox 1".
20. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 5, Minnesota Twins 3".
21. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 3, New York Yankees 1".
22. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 6, Detroit Tigers 5".
23. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Chicago White Sox 2, Boston Red Sox 1".
24. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0".
25. "Retrosheet Boxscore: Boston Red Sox 3, St. Louis Cardinals 0".
26. "Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame". fenwayfanatics.com. February 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

External links

• Red Sox Hall of Fame at MLB.com