2021 All-Time Boston Red Sox

CARLTON FISK - C

1972 A.L. Rookie of the Year

1972 A.L. Golden Glove Winner

7-Time A.L. All-Star

#27 Retired by the Red Sox, September 4th, 2000

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2000 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 1972 Topps #79

JASON VARITEK- C

2005 A.L. Golden Glove Winner

2005 A.L. Silver Slugger

3-Time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 2004 Fleer Ultra #57

BILL CARRIGAN - C

Card shown: 1909-11 T106 #74

DAVID ORTIZ - DH/1B

2004 A.L.C.S. MVP

2013 World Series MVP

10-Time A.L. All-Star

6-Time A.L. Silver Slugger

Hit 500th Home Run on Sept. 12, 2015

#34 Retired by the Red Sox, June 23rd, 2017

Card shown: 2007 Topps #360

JIMMIE FOXX - 1B

1938 A.L. MVP

6-Time A.L. All-Star

Hit 400th Home Rune on June 27th, 1938

Hit 500th Home Rune on September 24th, 1940

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1951 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 1938 Goudey Heads-Up #249

KEVIN YOUKILIS - 1B

2007 A.L. Golden Glove Winner

3-Time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 2009 Topps #115

DUSTIN PEDROIA - 2B

2007 A.L. Rookie of the Year

2008 A.L. MVP

2008 A.L. Silver Slugger

4-Time A.L. All-Star

4-Time A.L. Golden Glove Winner

Card shown: 2011 Topps #480

BOBBY DOERR - 2B

9-Time A.L. All-Star

#1 Retired by the Red Sox, May 21st, 1988

Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1986 by the Veteran's Committee

Card shown: 1948 Leaf #83

BILLY GOODMAN - 2B

2-Time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 1952 Topps #23

WADE BOGGS - 3B

7-Time A.L. All-Star

8-Time A.L. Silver Slugger

#26 Retired by the Red Sox, May 16th, 2016

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2005 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 1985 Topps #350

LARRY GARDNER - 3B

Card shown: 1912 T207 #65

JIMMY COLLINS - 3B

Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1945 by the Old Timer's Committee

Card shown: 1909-1911 T206 Piedmont Jimmy Collins

NOMAR GARCIAPARRA - SS

1997 A.L. Rookie of the Year

1997 A.L. Silver Slugger

5-Time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 2000 Topps #435

RICO PETROCELLI - SS

2-Time A.L. All-Star

His 40 Home Runs in 1969 was a record for American League Shortstops.

Card shown: 1969 Topps #215

JOHNNY PESKY - SS

1946 A.L. All-Star

#6 Retired by the Red Sox, September 23rd, 2008

Card shown: 1951 Bowman #15

TED WILLIAMS - LF

1946, 1949 A.L. MVP

17-Time A.L. All-Star

Hit 400th Home Run on July 17, 1956

Hit 500th Home Run on June 17, 1960

#9 Retired by the Red Sox, May 29th, 1984

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1966 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 1946 Red Sox Team Issue 

CARL YASTRZEMSKI - LF

1967 A.L. MVP

18-Time A.L. All-Star (1970 All-Star Game MVP)

7-Time A.L. Golden Glove Winner

Hit 400th Home Run on July 24th, 1979

Got 3000th Hit on September 12, 1979

#8 Retired by the Red Sox, August 6th, 1989

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1989 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 1967 Topps #355

JIM RICE - LF

1967 A.L. MVP

18-Time A.L. All-Star (1970 All-Star Game MVP)

7-Time A.L. Golden Glove Winner

#14 Retired by the Red Sox, July 28th, 2009

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2009 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 1978 Topps #670

TRIS SPEAKER - CF

1912 A.L. MVP

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1937 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 1912 T207 #170

REGGIE SMTIH - CF

1968 A.L. Golden Glove Winner

2-Time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 1970 Topps #215

DOM DiMAGGIO - CF

7-time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 1942 Play Ball #63

DWIGHT EVANS - RF

8-time A.L. Golden Glove Winner

3-time A.L. All-Star

2-time A.L. Silver Slugger

Lead all A.L. Players in Home Runs in the 1980's

Card shown: 1981 Topps #275

MOOKIE BETTS - RF

2018 A.L. MVP

4-time A.L. All-Star

4-time A.L. Golden Glove Winner

3-time A.L. Silver Slugger

Card shown: 2018 Topps #140

HARRY HOOPER - RF

Inducted to the Hall of Fame in 1971 by the Veteran's Committee

Card shown: 1915-16 M101-5 Sporting News #83

ROGER CLEMENS - P

1986 A.L. MVP

1986, 1987, 1991 A.L. Cy Young Award Winner

5-time A.L. All-Star (1986 All-Star Game MVP)

Struck out 20 Seattle Mariners on April 29th 1986 to set the record for a 9-Inning Game.

Struck out 20 Detroit Tigers on September 18, 1996 to become the only pitcher with two 20-Strikeout Games.

Card shown: 1990 Topps #245

CY YOUNG - P

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1937 by the BBWAA

Won 300th Game on July 3rd, 1901

Threw a No-Hitter against the Philadelphia Athletics on May 5, 1904 

Won 400th Game on April 16th, 1907

Threw a No-Hitter against the Washington Senators on June 30th, 1908

Card shown: 1909 E90-1 American Caramel #120

PEDRO MARTINEZ - P

1999, 2000 A.L. Cy Young Award Winner

5-time A.L. All-Star

#45 was retired by the Red Sox on July 28th, 2015

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 2015 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 2000 Upper Deck #63

LEFTY GROVE - P

5-time A.L. All-Star

Won 300th Game on July 26th, 1941

Selected to the Hall of Fame in 1947 by the BBWAA

Card shown: 1939-46 Exhibits Salutation #23

LUIS TIANT - P

2-time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 1974 Topps #167

TIM WAKEFIELD - P

Card shown: 1995 Topps Traded #95T

JON LESTER - P

3-time A.L. All-Star

Threw a No-Hitter against the Kansas City Royals on May 19, 2008

Card shown: 2009 Upper Deck First Edition #48

"SMOKY" JOE WOOD - P

Threw a No-Hitter against the St. Louis Browns on July 29, 1911

Card shown: 1912 Hassan Triple Folders T202 #37

DUTCH LEONARD - P

0.96 ERA in 1914 is the American League Single Season Record

Threw a No-Hitter against the St. Louis Browns on August 30, 1916

Threw a No-Hitter against the Detroit Tigers on June 3, 1918

Card shown: 1917 Boston Store H801-8 #98

MEL PARNELL - P

2-time A.L. All-Star

Threw a No-Hitter against the Chicago White Sox on July 14, 1956

Card shown: 1953 Topps #19

TEX HUGHSON - P

3-time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 1949 Bowman #199

RAY COLLINS - P

Card shown: 1915 Cracker Jack #169

FRANK SULLIVAN - P

2-time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 1957 Topps #21

ELLIS KINDER - RP

2-time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 1951 Bowman #

BOB STANLEY - RP

2-time A.L. All-Star

Card shows: 1982 Topps #289

DICK RADATZ - RP

2-time A.L. All-Star

Card shown: 1964 Topps #170

Team Updated: 5 August 2021

CONGRATULATION, CHICAGO CUBS!

Absolutely amazing World Series finish, and a Game 7 that will go down as one of the greatest.

Congratulations Cubs!

All-Time Braves Stats Added

Player Stats have been added to the All-Time Braves page.

Couple thoughts on this team...

First of all... Starting Pitching. DAMN.  Imagine a Five Man Rotation of Warren Spahn, Phil Niekro, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and John Smoltz. That's five Hall of Famers, four 300-game winners AND three members of the 3,000-Strikeout club. Then in your 'pen you've got guys like John Clarkson, Kid Nichols, and Vic Willis...  That's three MORE Hall-of-Famers, including two more 300-Game Winners.  It's like a complete afterthought to even mention Rick Camp and Gene Garber setting up Craig Kimbrel to close it out! Lol.  Wow.

Second of all... Holy crap, those were some ugly uniforms in Atlanta in the late 1970's!  Is it me, or does Dale Murphy look like he showed up to the ballgame in his pajamas?!

More Player Stats / Card Backs added...

To honor two teams that each have been waiting longer than anyone else in their respective leagues to win it all, the All-Time Cubs and All-Time Indians, one of whom will finally win it all THIS YEAR, have now been updated with Player Stats!

Also, I experimented a little bit with Ken Keltner's card on the Indians, adding a little more info on the back. Honestly there's not much to add, and I don't know why I picked him, but I may do this on player's cards that have a lot of space on the back. (So.. Cap Anson and Carl Yastrzemski... Nah.) But I might do more things like that when it's feasible. We'll see!

New Addition - Player Stats!

OK, so not EVERY team. But I'm experimenting with what can be (easily) done in terms of adding stats for each player.  So I'm starting with the Red Sox.  If you happen to check out their page, and have any comments or suggestions, please leave them below. I'd like to get this right before I'm too invested in doing every team.

1958

Screen Caps from my 1958 Red Sox & Braves Replay

Standings at the end of April:

Congratulations, Vin Scully!

I would like to extend my best wishes for a long and happy retirement to the Golden Voice of the Dodgers, Vin Scully.  Congratulations on a truly magical career. You will be greatly missed!

1957

Just a word for any current (or past) readers that have seen these posts. In addition to the "All-Time Teams" I also use this blog as a repository for my screen-captures from the Dave Koch Sports, Action! PC Baseball game, of which I am a huge fan and avid player.  If you enjoy the statistical side of ANY sport, I urge you to check out his line of simulation products.  I've only played the Baseball Sim, but I give it top marks, and have heard nothing but good things about his other products. Also, the customer service there is top-notch with Dave himself answering most inquiries within a day or two personally.

At the moment I am replaying the 1957 season running the Milwaukee Braves (who I also managed in my 1956 replay) and the Boston Red Sox (who I've now run every year since 1946.)  You can catch my posts over on the Action PC! Sports Forum under the following avatar (for this season:)

And while I will (hopefully) be posting other screen-grabs, we'll start with the standings at the end of May:

Here's a call you don't see very often...

Missed it by a few days, but here are the standings at the end of June (overlaid):

Standings at the All-Star break. A bit disappointed with my Red Sox, but my Braves have been running away with the first half.  They really caught fire after the Thompson-O'Connell-Crone for Schoendienst trade with the Giants. We haven't even missed Joe Adcock, who's been hurt for a couple of weeks now.  What will be interesting is how they'll perform after losing Bruton (the leadoff hitter) for the season until they get Adcock back, in September.

Standings at the end of July:

Standings at the end of August:

Final Standings:

World Series Game 1 - Pizzaro blew the lead and my closer, Don McMahon let in the winner with 2 out in the 10th. -_-

World Series Game 2 - McMahon blew the lead for the second straight night, gets EJECTED -_-, and Phillips IMPLODED, all in the 9th.

World Series Game 3 - Buhl gets blitzed early, and our comeback falls just short.

World Series Game 4 - Spahn turns in another solid start, and Pizzaro and McMahon make up for their crappy Game 1's.

World Series Game 5 - Burdette and Hammerin' Hank show the Yankees that we're NOT GOIN' DOWN that easy.

World Series Game 6 - Buhl turns in a sterling start, making up for HIS lousy game 3.  WE'RE. NOT. GOIN'. DOWN.

World Series Game 7 - Spahn hurls a 4-hit SHUTOUT in Game seven, for his second won, his third solid start, and the WORLD SERIES!