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Here
then is the history of the Red
Sox’ Uniforms …
#1.
1903 Baseball in Boston in the early 1900’s was
confusing - Boston had both an American League team and a National League team,
and the team names kept changing while at the same time their uniforms looked
alike.
The
National League team was the Boston Doves and later became the Boston Braves,
now the Atlanta Braves. As for the Red Sox, they were first known as the Boston
Americans. Then they were called the Puritans, the Pilgrims and the Beaneaters.
Since team nicknames were not official, teams distinguished themselves from one
another through their uniforms.
The
lettering style on this jersey began in 1901 - the first year of the American
League. Notice the colour, blue not red. Notice also the laced neck - Boston
was one of the only teams at the time to have a laced neck - it was mostly
unheard of in baseball in the early 1900’s.
This
year, 1903, Boston plays in the first ever “World Series” against the Pittsburgh
Pirates, and the upstart American League Red Sox upset the National League
champs. The Red Sox won the Pennant again the next year, but due to animosity
(and some say jealousy) between the New York Giants (the National League
Pennant winners) and the Red Sox, the World Series was not played in 1904.
#2.
1908 The Boston Americans home uniform was white
with red as their trim color, socks included. As a result the Bostonians were
quick to adopt Red Stockings or Red Sox as their nickname. This is the first
pictorial reference to the team nickname on a Major League jersey.
#3A.
1915 This was babe Ruth’s first full season with
the Red Sox. The Sox wore this un-lettered home jersey for six years, until the
1921 season, when they added pin stripes. In addition to their first World
Series victory in 1903, they won it all in 1912, and again in 1915. Every time
they made it to the Series, they won it. This year would mark the Red Sox
fourth season at Fenway Park, where they still play ball today. The Red Sox’
future looked very bright, especially with a young pitching (and hitting)
phenom George Herman Ruth leading the way.
#3B.
1918 While on the road, the Sox wore this tight pin
striped uniform with “Red Sox” stitched on the front. They had an amazing
start, winning five World Championships in their first 18 seasons. After their
third Series win in 1915, they celebrated two more in 1916, and again this
season - 1918. Who could have foreseen that the Sox wouldn’t win another World
Series for the next 80+ years?
Some
fans believe this run of bad luck is the Curse Of The Bambino. As the story
goes, Harry Frazee, then owner of the Red Sox, was desperate for money to keep
producing Broadway plays. Babe Ruth was thus sold to the Yankees prior to the
1920 season for $125,000 cash and a $300,000 loan to Frazee. So legend has it
that because they sold one of the greatest ball players ever, the gods of
baseball have frowned upon the Red Sox ever since.
#4.
1923 The Sox adopted a wider pin striping for their
road uniforms. These years would be termed the “forgettable twenties”, with the
fans only dreaming of what could have been, if the likes of Babe Ruth (traded
to the Yankees in 1920) and Tris Speaker (traded to Cleveland in 1916) were
still with the Sox.
#5.
1932 In this home uniform you can start to see
similarities between this jersey and today’s Sox jersey. This was the year that
the pin stripes were removed. There is no piping around the collar and buttons
at this stage, although that gets added soon. Notice the red stockings on the
left sleeve - these in 1931 and 1932 only.
#6A.
1942 Compare this home jersey to the 1999 jersey.
50+ years and not much has changed! One small difference is the double red
piping that goes around the top of the collar.
During
this time period, while America is at war, the question is raised, should
able-bodied athletes of baseball be fighting for their country overseas? The
commissioner of Baseball and the President of the United States discuss the
game’s role in the war. Both agree that baseball is too important to the
people. It will boost the morale of the entire country, and take their minds
off of the war effort for a short time.
Wartime
sleeve patches were worn by all levels of professional baseball teams. The
Health patch was only worn for the 1942 season, part of a health and fitness
awareness campaign. The Stars and Stripes patch, as shown on the left sleeve of
this home jersey, was worn from 1943 to1945.
Ted
Williams, one of the best that ever played in a Red Sox uniform, batted .406 in
1941, only his third year in the majors, and was the last major leaguer to hit
over .400 in a season. The next year he won the Triple Crown, with a .356
average, 36 home runs, and 137 RBI. Williams then joined the US Air Force after
the 1942 season, and returned to play ball in 1946. Stats fans wonder what more
he could have accomplished if he hadn’t missed those 3 years in the prime of
his career.
#6B.
1948 The Red Sox road uniforms have remained pretty
much the same from 1948 to present. That being said, notice that they used a
zipper instead of buttons at this time. When you go almost 60 years with almost
no change in jersey style, the addition of a zipper instead of buttons becomes
a big deal!
During
the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s many teams used zippered jerseys instead of the more
traditional button front jerseys, while a handful of teams wore them well into
the 70’s and even the 80’s. The Reds, Yankees and A’s were the three pre-1977
major league teams that never wore zippers. The 1937 Cubs were the first team
to wear a zippered jersey, and as far we can tell the 1988 Phillies were the
last to wear one.
By
the end of the 1948 regular season, Boston had finished atop the American
League. The only problem was, so had Cleveland. With identical 96-58 records, a
one game playoff was scheduled for the first time in Major League history. The
Indians prevailed 8 to 3 and thus advanced to the World Series. The Indians
then faced Boston (the Braves that is), and beat them four games to two.
#7.
1951 This Red Sox road uniform shows that buttons
have long since replaced the zipper. The patch on the left sleeve commemorates
the American League’s Golden Anniversary, 1901-1951.
#8.
1967 The home uniform is very similar to that of
the 1942 jersey, with one exception. Notice the red piping on the sleeves.
In
one of the closest races ever for the American League Pennant, the Sox triumph
over the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins by one game. The team is lead by
the talent of MVP and Triple Crown winner Carl Yastrzemski (the last Triple
Crown winner) and Cy Young Award recipient Jim Lomborg. They went on to the
World Series to face the St. Louis Cardinals.
The
Cards’ Bob Gibson went 13 & 7 during the season, but saved his best for
last. Winning games one, four and seven, and only giving up three runs in all
three games combined, and even hitting a home run himself in game seven, Gibson
almost single handedly clinches the Series for the Cards. The curse strikes
again.
#9.
1975 This home jersey is of a double-knit style that
most of the other teams succumbed to as well during the 70’s and early 80’s. It
was a pullover style, made of synthetic material. The pants were called
“Sans-a-Belt”’s because the elastic material of the waistline eliminated the
need for a belt. The patch promotes Massachusetts’ Bicentennial.
The
1975 Red Sox won the Pennant, by beating the 3-time defending Oakland A’s in
three straight games. They went on to face Cincinnati’s “Big Red Machine” in
what has been remembered as the best World Series ever played.
With
the Sox facing a long winter ahead of them with one more loss, they went into
Game 6 down three games to two. Boston’s Fenway Park, October 21st,
1975 has gone down in baseball history simply as “Game 6”.
Boston
went up by 3 in the 1st, only to have Cinci come back with 3 of
their own in the 5th. The Reds then added another 2 in the 7th,
and 1 more in the top of the 8th. The bottom of the 8th,
6-3 Cincinnati, two men on as Bernie Carbo steps up to pinch-hit for the Sox.
He sends a pitch into the center field seats for a 3 run homer. Tie game. The
Sox are back.
The
Sox then fill the bases in the bottom of the 9th with nobody out,
and fail to score. Uh oh, remember the curse? Bottom of the 12th,
Carlton Fisk is the first man up for Boston. He hammers the first offering down
the left-field line towards the Green Monster. Time slows for an instant. Is it
fair or foul? Fisk raises his arms, and wills the ball fair. The fans hold
their breath as the ball rings off the foul pole. Fisk jumps into the air and
all at Fenway follow suit. Sox win 7 to 6, and the series is tied at 3 going
into game 7. What curse?
The
next day, again at Fenway, the Sox go up 3 to 0, only to have the Reds come
back and tie the game. Going into the 9th with two out, the Reds Joe
Morgan hits a single, driving in the go ahead run. The Red Sox fail to score in
the bottom of the 9th, and the Reds win the game and the Series 4 to
3. Cursed!!!
#10A.
& #11B.
1986 By 1986 the home and road uniforms have lost
the elasticized waistband and gone back to the more traditional belt. Both of
these are classic Red Sox uniforms, and still look the same to this day - and
much the same as in the 40’s.
In a
year that features Wade Boggs winning a second straight batting title (his
third in four years), Roger Clemens taking both the MVP and the Cy Young
Awards, and outfield greats Jim Rice and Dwight Evans, Boston faced the
California Angels for the Pennant, and the Sox prevailed in seven games.
Clemens shut the Angels down to take the final game, and move on to another
fabled World Series, this time against the National League Champion New York
Mets.
A
cocky group of guys filled the Mets lineup, but they were humbled after losing
the first two games in front of their own fans. The Sox then lost the next two,
tying the series at 2-2. After winning game one, Bruce Hurst was asked to pitch
again in game five for the Sox. Another win, and Boston was one win away from
their first title since 1918.
Another
“Game 6”, this time in New York. The game is tied going into extra innings, and
the Sox take the lead. They’re up 5-3 going into the bottom of the 10th. Could this be it? Two out, nobody on for the
Mets. Has the curse been lifted? Down to their last strike, not once, but
twice, the Mets get singles from Gary Carter, Kevin Mitchell, and Ray Knight.
Carter scores making it 5-4, but the Red Sox still lead.
Sox
pitcher Bob Stanley uncorks a wild pitch, sending Mitchell home, and Knight to
third. It’s now tied at 5.
Now
the Sox go from thinking about winning the World Series to; “let’s not lose
this game!” Mookie Wilson taps a routine grounder to first, where Bill Buckner
waits to make the final out, and send the game to the 11th. The ball
bounces toward Buckner, and just before it reaches him, it flattens out, and
doesn’t take that last bounce as it would 99 times out of 100. The ball rolls
right under his glove and into shallow right field. Knight scores, and the game
goes to New York. Another Game 6 for the ages.
Game
7, again in New York, starts out well for the Sox, who go up 3-0 in the 2nd.
This lead lasts until the 6th when the Mets score 3 of their own,
tying the score. They scored another 3 in the 7th to go ahead of the
Sox for good, eventually winning the game 8 to 5. Another World Series defeat
for the beloved Red Sox. The curse lives on.
#12.
1999 The home jersey is still strikingly similar to
the ones worn since the ‘40’s - you can’t improve a classic!
The
patch commemorates the 1999 all-star game, played at Fenway Park for the first
time since 1961. Ted Williams makes an appearance, and receives the warmest of
receptions, including a touching welcome from all of the current All Stars, who
gathered around Teddy Baseball to shake hands with a living legend.
The
1999 Sox feature two modern day superstars - Pedro Martinez, who has won the Cy
Young Award three times (two with the Sox in ’99 and 2000), and shortstop Nomar
Garciaparra (who stormed onto the American League scene in 1997 and won the
Rookie of the Year Award). And the Red Sox make the playoffs as a wildcard
entry, upsetting the favored Indians before succumbing to the Yankees in the
American League Championship Series.
There’s
always next year… and next year, as we all well know, has come thrice—2004,
2007 and 2013 WORLD CHAMPIONS!!!
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