Boston Red Sox: The 4 players who are on the franchise’s Mount Rushmore

By Scott Roche | Aug 12, 2023

BOSTON, MA - CIRCA 1978: Carl Yastrzemski #8 of the Boston Red Sox swings and watches the flight of his ball against the Baltimore Orioles during an Major League Baseball game circa 1978 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Yastrzemski Played for the Red Sox from 1961-83. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

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UNSPECIFIED – UNDATED: Carl Furillo, Ted Williams and Duke Snider at spring training, 1955 in Sarasota, Florida . (Sports Studio Photos/Getty Images) /

Boston Red Sox: Ted Williams belongs on the franchise’s Mount Rushmore

Ted Williams’ time with the Red Sox speaks for itself. He was a 19-time All-Star, a two-time winner of the American League Most Valuable Player Award, and a two-time Triple Crown winner, something you will never see in this day and age in baseball, and finished the 1941 season batting .406. Many have tried to match that, but nobody has been able to match one of the greatest hitters of all time.

In his career, the left-handed hitter played in 2,292 games and finished with a .344 career average and 521 home runs, but one of his most famous swings happened on June 9, 1946. He hit a 502-foot home run that popped a hole in the hat of fan, Joseph Boucher, and the spot was marked with a red seat at Fenway Park, which still stands today.

Williams was one of the most prepared hitters in the game. In 1957, he hit .388 and one year later led the AL in hitting with a .328 average at age 40. How impressive was his career? His playing career spanned over four decades.

Even more impressive was the fact that he was drafted into the military in 1942 at the beginning of his career where he spent four seasons before resuming his career in historic fashion. There is no doubt that he should be at the very top of the Boston Red Sox Mount Rushmore.

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