Red Sox: New England By the Numbers

$450,000

cost to build Fenway Park in 1912 (team worth in 2008: $816 million)

$5

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) 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 executive editor at Yankee, where he has worked for more for 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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