when was the first ever red sox game played? & if you know.. who was the first ever coach?
2007-12-06 12:18:03 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
The Boston Red Sox started as the Boston Americans, a charter member of the American League when it was founded in 1901.
The first game of that season was played on Friday, 26-April-1901, on the road against the Baltimore Orioles (now that team in Da Bronx), Boston losing 10-6.
Boston's first win came on 30-April in Philadelphia, raising the all-time franchise record to 1-3.
The first home game was on 08-May, again against the Philadelphia Athletics, a 12-4 victory that put the franchise above .500 for the first time in history, with a workmanlike 6-5 mark.
The season ended on Saturday, 28-Sept, with a doubleheader against the Milwaukee Brewers (now the Baltimore Orioles), Boston sweeping both games (8-3, 10-9) to finish in second place with a 79-57 record (.581), four games behind the Chicago White Sox.
Jimmy Collins was both the team manager and the primary third baseman that year. He managed the team through the 1906 season.
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The first game technically as the "Red Sox" by name was on 14-April-1908.
2007-12-06 12:29:13 · answer #1 · answered by Chipmaker Authentic 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
despite popular belief the team that became the Red Sox, were in fact called the Pilgrims not the Americans. Americans were trial names along with the Puritans, Somersets (in honor of the owner at the time), and the Plymoth Rocks.
They were mainly known as the Americans for 2 reasons. Before become an official team the club was Dubbed the Americans, and they were also considered the best team in the American League at the time.
On April 26, 1901, in Oriole Park the Pilgrims took to the field. The Pilgrims lost the game to the Orioles 2-0. That marked the official first game and start to the Red Sox franchise.
The first home game in Huntington Avenue Grounds was played on May 8th 1901, in which they beat the Philadelphia Athletics 12-4. Cy Young got the win.
That year Cy Young won 33 games and had an ERA of 1.63. The Pilgrims stayed in the pennant race till the end of the year to finally fall short and come in second.
The manger from 1901-1907 was player-manager Jimmy Collins, considered one of the best third-basemen of that time. In 907 he was traded to the Athletics and continued managing and playing but only in the minor leagues.
I think all of you who said Americans were mistaken, you must have gone to wikipedia where it states the originally name was the Americans, although somewhat true, the first official name was the Pilgrims.
2007-12-06 23:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Red Sox were renamed the "Red Sox" in 1907. So I'm guessing it was whenever Opening Day of the 1907 season was. Deacon McGuire was the manager. Funny, I noticed that many of the Red Sox managers of the past had Irish names, and there are a lot of Irish folks in Boston. Interesting....
2007-12-06 20:34:25 · answer #3 · answered by #1MetsFan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think Saturday, April 27, 1901
2007-12-06 20:26:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
somewhere in april in 1901
manager was jimmy collins? i dont know he was manager in 1903 i know that for fact
2007-12-06 22:36:06 · answer #5 · answered by Jay™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was 1901.... sorry thats all i know
2007-12-06 21:06:29 · answer #6 · answered by yankees_08wschamps 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
idk the redsox is a very old team
2007-12-06 20:21:54 · answer #7 · answered by wanna-speek-french 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋