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Top 5 Boston Red Sox rookie seasons in team history

By Oliver Gold

BOSTON, MA - APRIL 14: Rafael Devers #11 high fives Andrew Benintendi #16 of the Boston Red Sox after a victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park on April 14, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA - APRIL 14: Rafael Devers #11 high fives Andrew Benintendi #16 of the Boston Red Sox after a victory over the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park on April 14, 2018 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images) /
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1. Ted Williams, 1939

One of the greatest players in baseball history also had one of the greatest rookie seasons in baseball history.

The numbers Ted Williams put up throughout his career are just ridiculous.

His rookie season was no different. Williams hit .327 with 31 homers and 145 RBIs in 1939, leading the AL in RBIs and total bases with 344. He finished fourth in AL MVP voting.

Ted Williams had a pretty decent career with the Red Sox. He only had a .344 batting average, 2,654 hits, a .482 on-base percentage (best in MLB history), 521 homers, 1,839 RBIs, and 4,884 total bases with 17 all-star game appearances and two MVPs in 19 seasons despite taking three years off to join the military. Yeah, that’s pretty good.

Next. Top 5 all-time Boston Red Sox starting pitchers. dark

If your all-time Red Sox list has anybody but Ted Williams at No.1, it’s a bad list.

Williams is a Boston Red Sox legend, and it all started with his amazing rookie season in 1939.

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