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The Yankees also hold the record for most wins by a pennant-winning team, with their 1998 team winning 114 out of 162 games, [16] finishing 22 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox. [17] The 1954 Cleveland Indians won the most games of any pennant winner under the pre-1969 system, winning 111 out of their 154 games [ 18 ] and finishing eight games ...
In 1912, the Red Sox won 105 games and the pennant. [50] The 105 wins stood as the club record until the 2018 club won 108. [ 51 ] [ 52 ] Anchored by an outfield including Tris Speaker, Harry Hooper and Duffy Lewis , and pitcher Smoky Joe Wood , the Red Sox beat the New York Giants 4–3–1 in the 1912 World Series best known for Snodgrass's ...
The Red Sox fans experienced disappointment when Boston mayor James Michael Curley ordered the fire department sirens sounded when Boston won the pennant. The sirens did sound, but it was instead for a fire in the Boston Navy Yard. [16] The Red Sox's defeat disappointed Boston fans, who had been rooting the entire season for an All-Boston World ...
24 different Red Sox players have won Gold Glove Awards since the award was begun in 1957. Dwight Evans with eight Gold Gloves is the all-time Red Sox leader, while Carl Yastrzemski is second with seven. Only three outfielders have won more Gold Gloves than Evans: Willie Mays (12), Roberto Clemente (12) and Al Kaline (10).
The Red Sox faced the Twins in a two-game series at Fenway Park on that last weekend. The Twins were in first place, ahead by one game over the Red Sox. [12] To win the pennant, The Red Sox had to sweep the Twins while the Detroit Tigers, playing the California Angels, would have to lose at least one more game.
But in the 8th inning the Red Sox won 11–9, marked by Mark Bellhorn's game-winning home run off Pesky's Pole. It was the highest scoring World Series opening game ever (breaking the previous record set in 1932). The Red Sox would go on to win Game 2 in Boston thanks to another great performance by the bloody-socked Curt Schilling.