Red Sox by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Boston Red Sox by Uniform Number

by Bill Nowlin, Joe Castiglione (Foreword), Matthew Silverman

A lighthearted, anecdotal history, essential for every Red Sox fan. What do Rube Walberg, Mike Nagy, Kevin Millar, and Dustin Pedroia all have in common? They all wore #15 for the Boston Red Sox. Since 1931, the Red Sox have issued 74 different numbers to more than 1,500 players. Red Sox by the Numbers tells the story of every Red Sox player since '31—from Bill Sweeney (the first Red Sox player to don #1) to J.T. Snow (#84, the highest-numbered non-coach in Sox history). Each chapter also features a fascinating sidebar that reveals which players were the most obscure to wear a certain number and also which numbers produced the most wins, home runs, and stolen bases in club history. 100 black-and-white photographs

Genres: Sports, Baseball

352 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2010

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is excellently summarized by its title. The authors go through the well known and forgotten players that wore each uniform number since the 1930s (when uniforms first had numbers). There is so much interesting history, personal stories and trivia packed into the book. If are a Red Sox fan and don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of the team I highly recommend the book.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

great book for any serious Red Sox fan, chocked full of trivia,

[Brandon Maloney · Rating 4 out of 5]

i liked it but there was a lot of different names and pages there was 300 pages or 350