Pawtucket Red Sox

Location: Pawtucket, RI
League: Eastern League 1970-1972; International League 1973-present
Affiliation: Boston Red Sox 1970-present
Ballpark: McCoy Stadium

The team is popularly called the "Paw Sox". In 1976 they were known as the Rhode Island Red Sox

In 1974, future Red Sox star Jim Rice won a Triple Crown for Pawtucket, hitting .337 with 25 homers and 93 runs batted in. Some other great players to play for the Paw Sox have included Dwight Evans, Wade Boggs, Roger Clemens, and Nomar Garciaparra.

On April 17-18 in 1981, McCoy Stadium was home to the longest game in baseball history.

[edit] Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Notes
1970	68-70	4th	Matt Sczesny	none
1971	63-76	7th	Billy Gardner
1972	61-79	7th	Don Lock
1973	78-68	3rd	Darrell Johnson	League Champs
1974	57-87	8th	Joe Morgan
1975	53-87	8th	Joe Morgan
1976	68-70	5th	Joe Morgan		known as Rhode Island Red Sox
1977	80-60	1st	Joe Morgan	Lost League Finals
1978	81-59	2nd	Joe Morgan	Lost League Finals
1979	66-74	5th	Joe Morgan
1980	62-77	7th	Joe Morgan
1981	67-73	6th	Joe Morgan
1982	67-71	5th	Joe Morgan
1983	56-83	8th	Tony Torchia
1984	75-65	4th	Tony Torchia	League Champs
1985	48-91	8th	Rac Slider
1986	74-65	3rd	Ed Nottle	Lost in 1st round
1987	73-67	4th	Ed Nottle	Lost in 1st round
1988	63-79	6th	Ed Nottle
1989	62-84	8th	Ed Nottle
1990	62-84	7th	Ed Nottle (30-43) / Johnny Pesky (32-41)
1991	79-64	2nd	Butch Hobson	Lost League Finals
1992	71-72	4th	Rico Petrocelli	Lost in 1st round
1993	60-82	9th	Buddy Bailey
1994	78-64	2nd	Buddy Bailey	Lost in 1st round
1995	70-71	7th	Buddy Bailey
1996	78-64	3rd	Buddy Bailey	Lost in 1st round
1997	81-60	2nd	Ken Macha	Lost in 1st round
1998	77-64	4th	Ken Macha
1999	76-68	6th	Gary Jones
2000	82-61	3rd	Gary Jones
2001	60-82	13th	Gary Jones
2002	60-84	11th	Buddy Bailey
2003	83-61	1st	Buddy Bailey	Lost League Finals
2004	73-71	5th (t)	Buddy Bailey
2005	75-69	6th (t)	Ron Johnson
2006	69-75	10th	Ron Johnson
2007	67-75	10th	Ron Johnson