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

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What do Rube Walberg, Mike Nagy, Kevin Millar, and Dustin Pedroia all have in common? They have all worn #15 for the Boston Red Sox. Since 1931, the Red Sox have issued 74 different numbers to more than 1,500 players.

In this newly updated edition, 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 obscure players who wore certain numbers and also which numbers produced the most wins, home runs, and stolen bases in club history.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in sports—books about baseball, pro football, college football, pro and college basketball, hockey, or soccer, we have a book about your sport or your team.

Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; we have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

376 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2010

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November 7, 2012
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.
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August 20, 2011
great book for any serious Red Sox fan, chocked full of trivia,
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October 10, 2014
i liked it but there was a lot of different names and pages there was 300 pages or 350
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