Red Sox Players With Massachusetts City/Town Names
This is the list I have been able to come up with. I used 2 sources of information, Baseball Reference’s list of all Red Sox players (batting and pitching), and Wikipedia’s list of all Municipalities in Massachusetts. I took all that data and cross referenced it through excel, and then removed duplicates to come up with the 35 players below. Then in 2022, Ken let me know about James Norwood. Thanks Ken!
There are also several guys who played who had names similar, but are spelled slightly differently. Examples of this are Barr/Barre or Hansen/Hanson, Lester/Leicester or Beckett/Becket. Those are not included here because they don’t directly match.
I think the most common and popular ones known to the majority of all current Red Sox fans are Bill Lee, Carl Everett, Tim Wakefield, Mike Lowell and Fred Lynn.
| Bob | Adams | 1925 | 1925 |
| Terry | Adams | 2004 | 2004 |
| Tom | Bolton | 1987 | 1992 |
| Walter | Carlisle | 1908 | 1908 |
| Lou | Clinton | 1960 | 1964 |
| Carl | Everett | 2000 | 2001 |
| Billy | Gardner | 1962 | 1963 |
| Larry | Gardner | 1908 | 1917 |
| Wes | Gardner | 1986 | 1990 |
| David | Hamilton | 2023 | 2024+ |
| Garry | Hancock | 1978 | 1982 |
| Josh | Hancock | 2002 | 2002 |
| Erik | Hanson | 1995 | 1995 |
| Fred | Hatfield | 1950 | 1952 |
| Joe | Hudson | 1995 | 1997 |
| Sid | Hudson | 1952 | 1954 |
| Bill | Lee | 1969 | 1978 |
| Dud | Lee | 1924 | 1926 |
| Sang-Hoon | Lee | 2000 | 2000 |
| Mike | Lowell | 2006 | 2009 |
| Fred | Lynn | 1974 | 1980 |
| Chick | Maynard | 1922 | 1922 |
| Bob | Montgomery | 1970 | 1979 |
| James | Norwood | 2022 | 2022 |
| Mike | Paxton | 1977 | 1977 |
| Jeff | Plympton | 1991 | 1991 |
| Allen | Russell | 1919 | 1922 |
| Jack | Russell | 1926 | 1936 |
| Jeff | Russell | 1993 | 1994 |
| Rip | Russell | 1946 | 1947 |
| Tubby | Spencer | 1909 | 1909 |
| Drew | Sutton | 2011 | 2011 |
| Tim | Wakefield | 1995 | 2008 |
| Allen | Webster | 2013 | 2013 |
| Lenny | Webster | 1999 | 1999 |
| Ray | Webster | 1960 | 1960 |
| Al | Worthington | 1960 | 1960 |
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#1 by Gregory Matthews on 2020/11/24 - 10:56 AM
Josh Beckett!
I’d even count Jon Lester!
#2 by Ken Parker on 2022/06/19 - 10:51 AM
The Red Sox just acquired a pitcher named James Norwood from the Phillies: https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-red-sox/2022/06/18/red-sox-acquire-reliever-james-norwood-phillies-trade-cash/?p1=hp_featurestack
Add one more to the list!
#3 by nedster on 2024/11/18 - 11:01 AM
Unfortunately, he never played a game for the Red Sox at MLB level, so I don’t include him.
#4 by Geoff Harm on 2024/06/14 - 12:38 AM
David Hamilton, Shortstop
#5 by nedster on 2024/11/18 - 10:58 AM
Thanks! I missed that one, it will be updated shortly.