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1904 Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans threw the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball.
1912 Fenway Park home of the Boston Red Sox opens.
1914 Baseball legend Babe Ruth makes his major league debut with the Red Sox
1918 September 11 — The Boston Red Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs for the 1918 World Series championship. (their last World Series win until 2004)
1920 Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time.
1975 Carlton Fisk of the Boston Red Sox hits a home run in Fenway Park, in the 12th inning of the 6th game of the 1975 World Series against the Cincinnati Reds, to win what many consider the greatest World Series game of all time.
1986 The New York Mets win the Major League Baseball World Series, beating the Boston Red Sox in 7 games.
2004 The New York Yankees defeat the Boston Red Sox 19-8 in Game 3 of Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series. The game, which pushed the Yankees to a 3 games to 0 series lead, sets a record for longest 9 inning baseball game.
2004 The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series to win the series 4 games to 3. The Boston Red Sox become the first team in baseball history to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a series.
2004 The Boston Red Sox defeat the New York Yankees 10-3 in Game 7 of the Major League Baseball's American League Championship Series to win the series 4 games to 3. The Boston Red Sox become the first team in baseball history to come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a series.
2004 The Boston Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918, breaking the Curse of the Bambino.
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