The Boston Red Sox will be inducting eight players into their personal Hall of Fame. Half of those players would have played after World War II.
WES FERRELL
Pitched for the Red Sox from 1934-37 with a 62-40 overall record in that span...Led the A.L. in wins (25), starts (38), complete games (31), and innings (322.1) in 1935 and recorded 20 victories in 1936...Had a 193-128 overall record in a 15-year major league career...Holds the ML career record with 38 homers by a pitcher...Died in 1996.
MIKE GREENWELL
Played his entire career with the Red Sox from 1985-96, serving as the team's regular left fielder for most of that period...Batted .303 with 130 homers and 726 RBI in 1269 games...Is among Boston's all-time leaders in doubles (9th, 275), hits (10th, 1400), RBI (12th), and average (13th)...Hit over .300 5 times...Hit .325 and finished 2nd in A.L. MVP voting in 1988.
BILL LEE
Pitched for the Red Sox from 1969-78 with a 94-68 record and 3.64 ERA in 321 games/167 starts...Ranks 8th in club history in appearances and is 3rd among Sox lefthanders in wins...Recorded 17 wins each in 3 consecutive seasons from 1973-75...Had an overall career record of 119-90 in 14 major league seasons.
EVERETT SCOTT
Was Boston's regular shortstop from 1914-21, playing on 3 World Series winners (1915-16-18)...Holds the Red Sox club record by playing in 832 consecutive games and leads all Boston shortstops with 2310 putouts and 3394 assists...Played in 1654 games in a 13-year career, including a them ML record 1307 straight contests from 1916-25...Died in 1960.
FRANK SULLIVAN
Posted a 90-80 record in 252 games/201 starts with the Red Sox from 1953-60...Won 13 or more games in 5 straight seasons from 1954-58 with a career high 18 victories and a 2.91 ERA in 1955...Was an A.L. All-Star in 1955 and 1956...Overall won 97 games in an 11-year major league career.
MO VAUGHN
Was one of the league's top offensive players in his 8 seasons with Boston from 1991-98...Hit .304 with 230 homers and 752 RBI in 1046 games with the Red Sox...Ranks 6th in club history in homers and slugging (.542), 9th in RBI, and 12th in average...Was the 1995 A.L. MVP with 39 homers and 126 RBI...Hit .326 with 44 homers and 143 RBI in 1996 and .337 with 40 homers and 115 RBI in 1998...Won 3 straight Red Sox MVL Awards from 1994-96...Played in 3 All-Star Games...Had a .293 average with 328 homers and 1064 RBI in 1572 overall ML games.
GEORGE DIGBY
Served as a Red Sox amateur scout for 50 years from 1944-1994...Signed Hall of Famer Wade Boggs, newly elected Red Sox Hall of Famer Mike Greenwell and Dalton Jones and Reid Nichols among others...Was the 1985 East Coast Scout of the Year...Served as a scouting consultant for the Red Sox through 2004.
EDWARD KENNEY, SR.
Served as a Red Sox executive for over 40 years...Started in the Boston organization as a pitching prospect in 1946 but had arm problems and went to work in the ticket office...Joined the minor league department in 1948 and became farm director in 1966...Retired in 1991 after a stint as Vice President of Baseball Development...Died in 2006.
(Information from redsox.com.)
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