Pawtucket Red Sox Founded in 1970 Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Team Logo Cap Insignia
Class-Level
Triple-A (1973-Present) Double-A (1970-1972)
Minor League affiliations
International League North Division Eastern League (1970-1972)
Major League affiliations
Boston Red Sox (1970-Present)
Name
Pawtucket Red Sox (1970-Present)
Ballpark
McCoy Stadium (1970-Present)
Minor League titles
League titles	1973, 1984
Division titles	1991, 1994, 1996, 2003
Owner(s)/Operated by: Ben Mondor
Manager: Ron Johnson
General Manager: Lou Schwechheimer

PawSox mascot, Sox, before the game. Champions Major Leagues World Series MVP Brooks Robinson All-Star Game, July 14 at Riverfront Stadium Pawtucket (pronounced Pa-TUCK-et is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. The International League ( IL) is a Minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States. The Eastern League is a Minor league baseball league which operates primarily in the northeastern United States, although it has had a team in Ohio The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. McCoy Stadium is a Minor League baseball Stadium in Pawtucket Rhode Island. Ben Mondor (born March 26, 1925 in St Ignace-du-Lac Maskinonge Quebec) has been the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Triple-A International Ronald David Johnson (born March 23 1956 in Long Beach California) is the current manager of the Pawtucket Red Sox in Minor The Pawtucket Red Sox have two mascots, Paws (male) and Sox (female).

The Pawtucket Red Sox (known colloquially as the PawSox) are the minor league baseball Triple-A affiliates of the Boston Red Sox and belong to the International League. Part of the History of baseball series Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of Professional baseball leagues in North This is a list of Minor league baseball leagues and teams in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. The International League ( IL) is a Minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States. They play their home games at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket, Rhode Island (in the Providence market). McCoy Stadium is a Minor League baseball Stadium in Pawtucket Rhode Island. Pawtucket (pronounced Pa-TUCK-et is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States.

Team history

The first team to be dubbed the Pawtucket Red Sox debuted at McCoy Stadium in 1970 as a member of the Double-A Eastern League. McCoy Stadium is a Minor League baseball Stadium in Pawtucket Rhode Island. The Eastern League is a Minor league baseball league which operates primarily in the northeastern United States, although it has had a team in Ohio After three seasons as a Double-A Boston affiliate, this franchise moved to Bristol, Connecticut, in 1973 to make room for the Triple-A PawSox. Bristol is a city located in Hartford County Connecticut, USA, 20 miles (32 km southwest of Hartford The Bristol franchise moved to New Britain, Connecticut, in 1983 and now plays as the New Britain Rock Cats, an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins since 1995. New Britain is a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, US. It is located approximately 9 miles (14 km southwest of Hartford. The New Britain Rock Cats are a Minor league baseball team based in New Britain Connecticut. The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Triple-A team that is now the Pawtucket Red Sox was long ago the International League franchise Toronto Maple Leafs. The International League ( IL) is a Minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States. The Toronto Maple Leafs were a high-level Minor league baseball club located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that played from 1896 to 1967 After the American Association and its Louisville Colonels franchise folded in 1962 and the American League owners voted down Charlie O. Finley's agreement to move the Kansas City A's to Louisville in 1964, Louisville was ready for the return of baseball. This article refers to the former minor league that existed from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League ( AL) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in Charles Oscar Finley ( February 22 1918 - February 19 1996) nicknamed Charlie O or Charley O, was an American The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. In 1968 the Maple Leafs, the Red Sox' top minor league club since 1965, were bought by Walter J. Dilbeck and moved to Louisville where they became the new Louisville Colonels, the Triple-A franchise of the Boston Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. While in Louisville, star players included Carlton Fisk (1971), Dwight Evans (1972) and Cecil Cooper (1972). Carlton Ernest Fisk (born December 26 1947 in) is a former Major League Baseball Catcher who played for 24 years with the Boston Red Sox Dwight Michael Evans (born November 3, 1951 in Santa Monica California) nicknamed "Dewey" is a former Right fielder and Cecil Celester Cooper (born December 20 1949 in Brenham Texas) nicknamed "Coop" is a former First baseman in Major League Baseball The Louisville Colonels made the International League playoffs in 1969 and 1972. However, in 1972 the Kentucky State Fair Board, which operated the stadium where the Colonels played, decided to convert the facility to primary use for football. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with

Following the 1972 season the Louisville Colonels moved to Pawtucket and became the Pawtucket Red Sox. The team was an instant success on the field, led by future major leaguers Cecil Cooper and Dick Pole, winning the 1973 Governors' Cup Championship in their inaugural year in the league over the Charleston Charlies. Richard Henry (Dick Pole (b October 13, 1950 in Trout Creek, Michigan) is a former Major League Baseball player and the current The Governors' Cup is the trophy awarded each year to the champion of the International League, one of the two current Triple-A level minor leagues of The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees are the Class-AAA Minor league baseball affiliate of the New York Yankees. The following season the team finished 30 games below . 500 and in 1975, while the parent club was on their way to the World Series, the PawSox finished with a miserable 53-87. The 1975 World Series was between the Boston Red Sox and Cincinnati Reds. Following another sub-. 500 season in 1976 the franchise went bankrupt, unable to pay off $2 million worth of debt.

Although it appeared the Red Sox's brief flirtation with the Pawtucket area was about to come to an end, retired businessman Ben Mondor stepped in and made sure the team would remain entrenched in the city. Ben Mondor (born March 26, 1925 in St Ignace-du-Lac Maskinonge Quebec) has been the owner of the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Triple-A International What Mondor wanted, and got, was a new franchise; although to outsiders it would appear as if nothing had changed since the team name remained the same. So it was really in 1977 that the current Pawtucket Red Sox, and PawSox, were born. To his credit, Mondor has turned Pawtucket into a viable baseball market, where so many others had failed before. In his 25 years at the helm of the PawSox, Mondor has seen the average attendance for Pawtucket games go from barely 1,000 fans per game in 1977 to nearly 9,000 in 2000. Mondor has been part of the management that has overseen the transformation of McCoy Stadium from an aging 1942 relic into its currently renovated form. And while keeping the price of tickets at $6 and $10^[1], parking has always been free. The PawSox usually lead the league in attendance, and in 2005 set a franchise record with 688,421 tickets sold during the year.

In addition to their success at the box office, the PawSox have excelled in the field. In 2000, Pawtucket set an all-time franchise record for victories with 82, as the team completed their 5th straight winning season. Three years later the PawSox would top their own record by winning 83 games. Pawtucket has fielded a winning team in 13 seasons since 1983, a span that includes 4 first place IL finishes and the 1984 team that defeated the now-defunct Maine Guides 3-2 to win the 1984 Governors' Cup trophy for the second championship in Pawtucket Red Sox history. This article is about the minor league baseball team For the class of registered wilderness guides see Maine Guide.

As for the name PawSox, the origins are traced back to the first season in which Mondor owned the club. Three weeks before the 1977 season began the team lacked uniforms, despite having been rescued from bankruptcy. Former Boston GM Haywood Sullivan stepped in and sent Pawtucket 48 sets of old home and away uniforms from the parent club. Haywood Cooper Sullivan ( December 15, 1930 — February 12, 2003) was an American Catcher, manager, General Although the home uniforms were fine for the team to use, the road uniforms had "Boston" stitched across the chest, which was a problem. Then Pawtucket GM Mike Tamburro, who is currently the organization's President, suggested using the moniker "PawSox" across the front, with each unstitched "Boston" letter replaced with one that spelled "PawSox. " Thus, the PawSox name was born out of the necessity of a uniform crisis, not a clever focus group-based marketing campaign.

As a man who made a career of buying and selling bankrupt business, Mondor has turned around the fortunes of Pawtucket baseball, instituting an affordable and friendly atmosphere, and giving Pawtucket a baseball tradition in line with what one would expect from an affiliate of the storied Boston Red Sox.

"The Longest Game"

The PawSox played in and won the longest game in professional baseball history, a 33 inning affair against the Rochester Red Wings at McCoy Stadium. Pawtucket Red Sox and Rochester Red Wings, two teams from the triple-A International League, played the longest game in professional baseball history in The Rochester Red Wings are a Minor league baseball team based in Rochester, New York. The game started on April 18, 1981. Play was suspended at 4:07 AM at the end of the 32nd inning. The game did not resume again until June 23 when the Red Wings returned to Pawtucket. Only one inning was needed, with the PawSox winning 3-2 in the bottom of the 33rd when first baseman Dave Koza drove in second baseman Marty Barrett with a bases loaded single off of Cliff Speck. Future Major League Baseball stars Cal Ripken Jr. and Wade Boggs played in the game. Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15 1958 in Omaha Nebraska) is a former Third baseman in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Boston Red Sox

On June 23, 2006, the PawSox celebrated the 25th anniversary of "The Longest Game" with events and festivities when they played the Columbus Clippers. An anniversary (from the Latin anniversarius, from the words for year and to turn meaning (returning yearly known in English since c. The Columbus Clippers are a Minor league baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio.

Perfect games

• Tomokazu Ohka pitched a nine-inning perfect game for the Pawtucket Red Sox on June 1, 2000. (Commonly referred as Tomo Ohka) (born March 18, 1976 in Kyoto Japan) is a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher in the A perfect game is defined by Major League Baseball as a game in which a Pitcher (or combination of pitchers pitches a victory that lasts a minimum Ohka retired all 27 batters he faced in a 2-0 win over the Charlotte Knights, and he needed just 76 pitches to toss the first nine-inning perfect game in the International League since 1952. The Charlotte Knights are a Minor league baseball team representing Charlotte North Carolina. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

• On August 10, 2003, Bronson Arroyo pitched the fourth nine-inning perfect game in the 121-year history of the International League as the PawSox beat the Buffalo Bisons 7–0 at McCoy Stadium. Bronson Anthony Arroyo (born February 24, 1977 in Key West Florida) is a Major League Baseball Right-handed Pitcher This article is about the minor league baseball franchise for other teams named Buffalo Bisons see Buffalo Bisons (disambiguation. He needed 101 pitches to throw his masterpiece (73 strikes), struck out nine, and got 10 fly outs and eight ground balls from the Buffalo 27 batters. In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes "Fly ball" redirects here for the dog sport see Flyball. "Fly ball" redirects here for the dog sport see Flyball. He went to a three-ball count to just three hitters all game. At the end of the month, he was with the big league club until the 2005 offseason, when the Red Sox traded him to the Cincinnati Reds. The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati Ohio, USA

Titles

The PawSox have won the Governors' Cup, the championship of the IL, 2 times, and played in the championship series 6 times. The Governors' Cup is the trophy awarded each year to the champion of the International League, one of the two current Triple-A level minor leagues of

• 1973 Defeated Charleston
• 1977 Lost to Charleston
• 1978 Lost to Richmond
• 1984 Defeated Maine
• 1991 Lost to Columbus
• 2003 Lost to Durham

Yearly Results

Playoff History

Current roster

AAA Managerial History

Broadcasters

Pawtucket is noted as being a springboard for Major League baseball broadcasters. As of 2008, there are five former PawSox radio and one television announcer curretly broadcasting for major league teams.

• Gary Cohen (New York Mets)
• Dave Flemming (San Francisco Giants)
• Andy Freed (Tampa Bay Rays)
• Dave Jageler (Washington Nationals)
• Don Orsillo (Boston Red Sox)
• Glenn Geffner (Florida Marlins)

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See also

• Pawtucket Red Sox Alumni

References

External links

• Pawtucket Red Sox official website
• Minor League Baseball.com PawSox team site
• Boston Red Sox prospects
• Roster, Splits, and Situational Stats
• PawSox all-time roster
• Pawtucket Red Sox at SoSH Wiki