Red Sox by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Boston Red Sox by Uniform Number
(Paperback)
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Published: 28th June 2016
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Published: 1st March 2010
Publishing Details
Red Sox by the Numbers: A Complete Team History of the Boston Red Sox by Uniform Number
By (Author) Bill Nowlin
By (author) Matthew Silverman
Foreword by Joe Castiglione
Skyhorse Publishing
Skyhorse Publishing
1st March 2010
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
796.35764097
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 152mm, Height 229mm, Spine 155mm
408g
Description
What do Rube Walberg, Mike Nagy, Kevin Millar, and Dustin Pedroia all have in common They all wore #15 for the Boston Red Sox. Since 1931, the Red Sox have issued 74 different numbers to more than 1,500 players. Red Sox by the Numbers tells the story of every Red Sox player since '31from Bill Sweeney (the first Red Sox player to don #1) to J.T. Snow (#84, the highest-numbered non-coach in Sox history). Each chapter also features a fascinating sidebar that reveals which players were the most obscure to wear a certain number and also which numbers produced the most wins, home runs, and stolen bases in club history.
Author Bio
Bill Nowlin was born and raised in Boston. He is the author of over twenty-five Red Soxrelated books, including Red Sox by the Numbers and Fenway Park at 100. In 2004, Nowlin was elected vice president of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). He lives in Burlington, Massachusetts.
