{"id":548318,"date":"2026-03-20T05:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/548318\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T05:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T05:08:22","slug":"biggest-plays-in-boston-red-sox-history-boston-25-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/548318\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest plays in Boston Red Sox history \u2013 Boston 25 News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Grindstone Media Group \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker)<\/p>\n

Biggest plays in Boston Red Sox history<\/p>\n

Major League Baseball history is built on moments \u2014 swings, pitches, and split-second plays that reshaped seasons and, in some cases, entire franchises. From walk-off home runs in winner-take-all games to clutch hits under October pressure, the biggest plays often came when the stakes were highest. Stacker<\/a> identified the most impactful plays in Boston Red Sox history using data from Stathead<\/a>. Plays were ranked by their Championship Win Probability Added (cWPA), a metric that measures how much a single play changed a team’s odds of winning the World Series.<\/p>\n

#10. October 15, 1946 (WS Gm 7)
– Score: down 4-3 (9th inning, 0 outs)
– Opponent: STL
– Event: 1B
– Play Description: Single to LF (LF-CF); P.\u00a0Campbell to 2B
– cWPA: 16.51%<\/p>\n

#9. October 25, 1986 (WS Gm 6)
– Score: tied 3-3 (10th inning, 0 outs)
– Opponent: NYM
– Event: HR
– Play Description: Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
– cWPA: 18.84%<\/p>\n

#8. October 15, 1946 (WS Gm 7)
– Score: down 3-1 (8th inning, 0 outs)
– Opponent: STL
– Event: 2B
– Play Description: Double to LF; R.\u00a0Russell to 3B
– cWPA: 19.21%<\/p>\n

#7. October 21, 1975 (WS Gm 6)
– Score: tied 6-6 (12th inning, 0 outs)
– Opponent: CIN
– Event: HR
– Play Description: *WALK-OFF*:Home Run (Deep LF Line)
– cWPA: 19.28%<\/p>\n

#6. October 27, 1986 (WS Gm 7)
– Score: down 6-3 (8th inning, 0 outs)
– Opponent: NYM
– Event: 2B
– Play Description: Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); B.\u00a0Buckner Scores; J.\u00a0Rice Scores
– cWPA: 21.52%<\/p>\n

#5. October 21, 1975 (WS Gm 6)
– Score: down 6-3 (8th inning, 2 outs)
– Opponent: CIN
– Event: HR
– Play Description: Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); F.\u00a0Lynn Scores; R.\u00a0Petrocelli Scores
– cWPA: 23.76%<\/p>\n

#4. October 16, 1912 (WS Gm 8)
– Score: down 2-1 (10th inning, 0 outs)
– Opponent: SFG
– Event: RoE
– Play Description: Reached on E8 (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C.\u00a0Engle to 2B
– cWPA: 24.39%<\/p>\n

#3. October 16, 1912 (WS Gm 8)
– Score: down 1-0 (7th inning, 2 outs)
– Opponent: SFG
– Event: 2B
– Play Description: Double to LF (LF Line); J.\u00a0Stahl Scores; H.\u00a0Wagner to 3B
– cWPA: 24.71%<\/p>\n

#2. October 15, 1946 (WS Gm 7)
– Score: down 3-1 (8th inning, 2 outs)
– Opponent: STL
– Event: 2B
– Play Description: Double to RF; R.\u00a0Russell Scores; G.\u00a0Metkovich Scores
– cWPA: 31.86%<\/p>\n

#1. October 16, 1912 (WS Gm 8)
– Score: down 2-1 (10th inning, 1 out)
– Opponent: SFG
– Event: 1B
– Play Description: Single to RF (Line Drive); C.\u00a0Engle Scores (Unearned run); S.\u00a0Yerkes to 3B; T.\u00a0Speaker to 2B (Advanced on throw) on throw to Hm
– cWPA: 50.52%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grindstone Media Group \/\/ Shutterstock (Stacker\/Stacker) Biggest plays in Boston Red Sox history Major League Baseball history is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":548319,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82,110280],"class_list":["post-548318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-stacker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/548319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}