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Grindstone Media Group \/\/ ShutterstockBiggest plays in Boston Red Sox history<\/p>\n Grindstone Media Group \/\/ ShutterstockBiggest 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)<\/p>\n – Score: down 4-3 (9th inning, 0 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: STL<\/p>\n – Event: 1B<\/p>\n – Play Description: Single to LF (LF-CF); P.\u00a0Campbell to 2B<\/p>\n – cWPA: 16.51%<\/p>\n #9. October 25, 1986 (WS Gm 6)<\/p>\n – Score: tied 3-3 (10th inning, 0 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: NYM<\/p>\n – Event: HR<\/p>\n – Play Description: Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)<\/p>\n – cWPA: 18.84%<\/p>\n #8. October 15, 1946 (WS Gm 7)<\/p>\n – Score: down 3-1 (8th inning, 0 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: STL<\/p>\n – Event: 2B<\/p>\n – Play Description: Double to LF; R.\u00a0Russell to 3B<\/p>\n – cWPA: 19.21%<\/p>\n #7. October 21, 1975 (WS Gm 6)<\/p>\n – Score: tied 6-6 (12th inning, 0 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: CIN<\/p>\n – Event: HR<\/p>\n – Play Description: *WALK-OFF*:Home Run (Deep LF Line)<\/p>\n – cWPA: 19.28%<\/p>\n #6. October 27, 1986 (WS Gm 7)<\/p>\n – Score: down 6-3 (8th inning, 0 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: NYM<\/p>\n – Event: 2B<\/p>\n – Play Description: Double to RF (Line Drive to CF-RF); B.\u00a0Buckner Scores; J.\u00a0Rice Scores<\/p>\n – cWPA: 21.52%<\/p>\n #5. October 21, 1975 (WS Gm 6)<\/p>\n – Score: down 6-3 (8th inning, 2 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: CIN<\/p>\n – Event: HR<\/p>\n – Play Description: Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); F.\u00a0Lynn Scores; R.\u00a0Petrocelli Scores<\/p>\n – cWPA: 23.76%<\/p>\n #4. October 16, 1912 (WS Gm 8)<\/p>\n – Score: down 2-1 (10th inning, 0 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: SFG<\/p>\n – Event: RoE<\/p>\n – Play Description: Reached on E8 (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C.\u00a0Engle to 2B<\/p>\n – cWPA: 24.39%<\/p>\n #3. October 16, 1912 (WS Gm 8)<\/p>\n – Score: down 1-0 (7th inning, 2 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: SFG<\/p>\n – Event: 2B<\/p>\n – Play Description: Double to LF (LF Line); J.\u00a0Stahl Scores; H.\u00a0Wagner to 3B<\/p>\n – cWPA: 24.71%<\/p>\n #2. October 15, 1946 (WS Gm 7)<\/p>\n – Score: down 3-1 (8th inning, 2 outs)<\/p>\n – Opponent: STL<\/p>\n – Event: 2B<\/p>\n – Play Description: Double to RF; R.\u00a0Russell Scores; G.\u00a0Metkovich Scores<\/p>\n – cWPA: 31.86%<\/p>\n #1. October 16, 1912 (WS Gm 8)<\/p>\n – Score: down 2-1 (10th inning, 1 out)<\/p>\n – Opponent: SFG<\/p>\n – Event: 1B<\/p>\n – 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<\/p>\n – cWPA: 50.52%<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grindstone Media Group \/\/ ShutterstockBiggest plays in Boston Red Sox history Major League Baseball history is built on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2288],"tags":[2315,2309,5,2316,2323,2317,2313,2325,2337,48,2427,2333,2335,2334,19,2310,2328,2304,2318,2308,2319,6133,4,2305,2303,2307,2327,2321,185,2324,2418,2311,81200,2312],"class_list":["post-634179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb-postseason","tag-athletic-sports","tag-ball-and-bat-games","tag-baseball","tag-baseball-competitions","tag-baseball-events","tag-baseball-games","tag-baseball-playoffs-and-champions","tag-baseball-teams","tag-batted-ball","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-fenway-sports-group","tag-grass-field-surfaces","tag-home-run","tag-lawn-games","tag-major-league-baseball","tag-major-league-baseball-competitions","tag-major-league-baseball-playoffs","tag-major-league-baseball-postseason","tag-major-league-baseball-seasons","tag-major-league-baseball-teams","tag-major-league-baseball-teams-seasons","tag-massachusetts","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-playoffs","tag-mlb-postseason","tag-outdoor-sports","tag-seasons-in-american-sport","tag-seasons-in-baseball","tag-sports","tag-sports-events","tag-sports-management-companies","tag-team-sports","tag-thestacker","tag-turf-sports"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}