11 Facts About Boston Americans

In 1903, the team won their first American League pennant and, as a result, Boston Americans participated in the first modern World Series, going up against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Boston Americans served two stints in the United States Marine Corps as a pilot and saw active duty in both World War II and the Korean War, missing at least five full seasons of baseball.

In 1948, Boston Americans finished in a tie with Cleveland, and their loss to Cleveland in a one-game playoff ended hopes of an all-Boston Americans World Series.

Boston Americans was named the league's Most Valuable Player, just one vote shy of a unanimous selection as a Minnesota sportswriter placed Twins center fielder Cesar Tovar first on his ballot.

Boston Americans won the first two games in Shea Stadium but lost the next two at Fenway, knotting the series at 2 games apiece.

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Boston Americans began the postseason by sweeping the AL West champion Anaheim Angels in the ALDS.

Boston Americans then scored on an RBI single by Bill Mueller, sending the game into extra innings.

Boston Americans failed to defend their championship, and was swept in three games by the eventual 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox in the first round of the playoffs.

Boston Americans then defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games in the World Series, for the team's fourth championship in 15 years and ninth in franchise history.

Boston Americans has worked with play-by-play veterans Bob Starr and Jerry Trupiano.

Several baseball writers, professionally based in Boston while writing about the Red Sox, have been recipients of the BBWAA Career Excellence Award, given for "meritorious contributions to baseball writing".