Red Sox: New England By the Numbers
$450,000 cost to build Fenway Park in 1912 (team worth in 2008: $816 million) $5 price for a 1912 World Series box seat at brand-new Fenway Park 10,454 fans who came to Fenway Park September 28, 1960, to witness Ted Williams’ final at-bat (a home run) 31,458 days between Boston’s fifth (1918) and sixth (2004) […]
Red Sox team photo at World Series, 1912
Photo Credit : Courtesy of Library of CongressPhoto Credit : Courtesy of Library of Congress
$450,000
cost to build Fenway Park in 1912 (team worth in 2008: $816 million)
$5
price for a 1912 World Series box seat at brand-new Fenway Park10,454
fans who came to Fenway Park September 28, 1960, to witness Ted Williams’ final at-bat (a home run)
31,458
days between Boston’s fifth (1918) and sixth (2004) World Series titles
1096
days between Boston’s sixth (2004) and seventh (2007) titles
3
weight in pounds of each 16×16-inch numeric plate on Fenway Park’s manual scoreboard
1
number of bars named “Fenway Park” in Kyoto, Japan
18,000
estimated baseballs bought by the Red Sox each season
$60,000,000
dollars injected into the Fort Myers, Florida, economy during Red Sox spring training
778/993
(sigh) Boston’s all-time win/loss record against the New York Yankees
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Ian Aldrich
Ian Aldrich is the Senior Features Editor at Yankee magazine, where he has worked for more for nearly two decades. As the magazine’s staff feature writer, he writes stories that delve deep into issues facing communities throughout New England. In 2019 he received gold in the reporting category at the annual City-Regional Magazine conference for his story on New England’s opioid crisis. Ian’s work has been recognized by both the Best American Sports and Best American Travel Writing anthologies. He lives with his family in Dublin, New Hampshire.
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