How many players on this list w/ one career Red Sox home run do you remember? (since 1990)
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Don’t recall Tony Rodriguez, Carlos Rodriguez, or Juan Bell. All the others are familiar. Pretty crazy list. Would have thought many of those guys had more than one homer. Hope Franchy gets off this list soon.
I'd of bet the farm that Matt Stairs had more than 1 HR and more than 95 PA with the Sox. As it turns out, that was his first of 265 MLB homers. Also I thought there was was no FN way that Billy Buck hit just 1, but all of his others came BEFORE 1990.
Is this one HR in a particular season? Bill Buckner certainly hit more than one for the Bosox.
I'd say there's only 3-4 names I don't remember. Josh Rutledge has a surprisingly large number of PAs for someone I don't recall. Jeez, and he didn't even play that long ago!
Edit - doh, just read the post above mine. Seems like a silly reason to put him on the list though.
I'd say there's only 3-4 names I don't remember. Josh Rutledge has a surprisingly large number of PAs for someone I don't recall. Jeez, and he didn't even play that long ago!
Edit - doh, just read the post above mine. Seems like a silly reason to put him on the list though.
I remember them all. Always was pulling for Juan Diaz. Was at that game in Pawtucket when he hit a HR over the CF concession stand.
Josh, of course, is best known for being married to Laura Rutledge, of ESPN fame
That Buckner dinger was an inside the park job. Against the Angels, Claudette Washington fell into the stands and Billy Buck motored around the infield.
I was aware of everyone on that list except for Carlos Rivero. Who the hell was he? And I completely forgot Juan Bell played for the Sox. At one time he was going to replace Ripken at SS for the Os.
I remember Kutcher being the ultimate utility player. Played every position. Unfortunately, he sucked at the plate.
You disgust me. He was the straw that stirred the drink. It took the Sox years to get over losing him.
I’m somewhere in the mid 20s. I have a terrible memory now. A tip of the cap to Ron Mahay who I forgot came up as an outfielder and got his dinger a couple years before his stint as a reliever.
Some really interesting names here. Carlos Pena and Rico Brogna were guys that the Sox were rumored to acquire forever…and they were both pretty terrible by the time they made it to Boston. I had forgotten Pena even made it to the Sox, TBH.
Mientkiewicz, Kielty, and Kinsler all had pretty big roles in recent Sox history, even if they each only hit 1 regular season bomb apiece.
Mientkiewicz, Kielty, and Kinsler all had pretty big roles in recent Sox history, even if they each only hit 1 regular season bomb apiece.
Let's go to the videotape (with Ned Martin's call): www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/news/lets-remember-the-time-a-gimpy-bill-buckner-hit-an-inside-the-park-homer/19mm6z87895bu1axe79pxfadqu
I wasn't aware of a few of these. Holy crap though, Billy Jo Robidoux is an all time funny baseball name. Arquimedez Pozo isn't bad either.
Came up as a replacement player in the '95 strike, too. He's one of the few who actually stuck around.
And a walk-off slam at that.
Surprised no one has commented yet on Brandon Phillips. Number Zero's game winning HR in his debut was quite memorable in a wild game. I still remember him leaning backwards in a cool, weird way after he hit it:
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/video/phillips-9th-inning-go-ahead-hr-c2469964183
edit: man, oh man he CRUSHED that. Fun to watch it again.
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/video/phillips-9th-inning-go-ahead-hr-c2469964183
edit: man, oh man he CRUSHED that. Fun to watch it again.
Juan Bell was a big prospect that was the primary return when the Dodgers traded for Eddie Murray.
Local kid, from Ware, came up with the Brewers and was hyped by Gammons, probably just because he was a local kid.
There were three major leaguers all time whose names started with the letters KOT. Mark Kotsay, George Kottaras, and Casey Kotchman. All three were with the Red Sox on the major league roster at the same. Each hit their homer in 2009.
Next guy on the list is Sandy Koufax. He hit 2 homers with his team but was able to stay with the club 12 years despite the weak hitting.
Next guy on the list is Sandy Koufax. He hit 2 homers with his team but was able to stay with the club 12 years despite the weak hitting.
Carlos Pena's is at 3:30 on this video of 2006 Sox walk-offs, following, of course, a couple of Ortiz game-winners:
View: https://www.facebook.com/RedSoxHighlights/videos/2006-red-sox-walk-offs/510670869939911/
Ed: I remembered that Pena was immediately good for the Rays after he left the Sox, but I forgot how good: Top 10 MVP 2007 & 2008, All-Star and led league in HR 2009, one Gold Glove.
View: https://www.facebook.com/RedSoxHighlights/videos/2006-red-sox-walk-offs/510670869939911/
Ed: I remembered that Pena was immediately good for the Rays after he left the Sox, but I forgot how good: Top 10 MVP 2007 & 2008, All-Star and led league in HR 2009, one Gold Glove.
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Only a couple names are unfamiliar to me (Rivero, Bell). The bigger surprise is the number of PAs some of these guys had. Like I remember they played for the Sox, but would never have guessed they got that kind of run in the lineup. Like Rey Sanchez. IIRC, that was 2002 but I don't remember him essentially being a regular for roughly half the season (nearly 400 PA suggests 80-90 games or so).
Scott Podsednick was one of Bobby Valentine's binkys during that miserable summer of 2012. I saw his name and thought, 'there was something about his wife....' Sadly, they divorced in 2017.
All but a few,
Does this include post-season? Kielty's was only the game winning world series clinching run.
Does this include post-season? Kielty's was only the game winning world series clinching run.
Stern's most famous home run was an inside the parker in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006. His fireworks, which also included a triple, helped Canada beat a star-studded US team. Jason Varitek hit a grand slam in that game, too. I had huge hopes for Stern after this game.
https://www.canadianbaseballnetwork.com/canadian-baseball-network-articles/2016/3/12/l?format=amp
No, and that was his last at-bat.
Edit: And his only career WS at-bat. But you are right, he really had 2.
Edit2: Forgot it was a one pitch at-bat.
Pena was just getting started. He had a great 4 year run for the Rays after he left.
We had prime Youk and Ortiz for those years though.
Interesting to see the Sox last three Rule 5 position player picks on this list - Stern, Rutledge, and Arauz, right?
Damn, i completely had misremembered Pena’s career. Thought we got him after Tampa for some reason. It’s hard to believe the Tigers released him as he had been pretty good, was it not wanting to pay him arbitration or was he hurt? I vaguely recall him being in Pawtucket for a bit and then not getting much of a shot when called up, but like you said, with Youks / Ortiz, not much of an opportunity to play.
Yeah, Pena ended up here because he was struggling to get his career rolling. Arguably his claim to fame before he arrived here (other than his local ties) was being the guy Billy Beane traded away just to force his manager to play Scott Hatteberg at 1B. He then had three mediocre years playing for a terrible Tigers team. If I remember right, he had been cut loose from a minor league deal (Yankees maybe?) before Theo snapped him up and gave him some September run.
He must have tapped into the same fountain that Rich Hill found in 2015, since his career took off once he left.
That 06 team had a lot of short time Sox on it.
Pena
Javy Lopez
Dustan Mohr
Ken Huckaby
JT Snow
Willie Harris
Josh Bard
Adam Stern
and that was just in offense…pitching staff included such forgettables as Jermaine Van Buren, Josh Johnson (talk about a terrible deadline deal acquisition), and David Pauley.
Pena
Javy Lopez
Dustan Mohr
Ken Huckaby
JT Snow
Willie Harris
Josh Bard
Adam Stern
and that was just in offense…pitching staff included such forgettables as Jermaine Van Buren, Josh Johnson (talk about a terrible deadline deal acquisition), and David Pauley.
I think you're confusing players here. The Red Sox bought Jason Johnson from the Indians in June of that year (so not a deadline deal). He was always, at his best, a mediocre inning-eater. They got him to shore up a rotation that had lost Matt Clement and David Wells, and needed a patchwork to finish the year. Obviously he did not work out.
Josh Johnson was in the midst of his very good rookie season with the Marlins in 2006. He never pitched for the Red Sox.
My god, Ivan Calderon was awful, burnt toast. Carlos Rodriguez was a switch non-hitter. He was so little I’m surprised he ever hit one.
Thanks, guys. I was pretty sure that it was a granny but I don't trust my memory. I should've definitely remembered it was a walk off.