The Incredible Boston Red Sox Trivia Book - by Bill Nowlin (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Become a Red Sox expert with these tough questions!

The Incredible Boston Red Sox Trivia Book tests and expands your knowledge on your favorite baseball team--covering players' careers from their rookie season, the All-Star Game, to Cooperstown and beyond! In this collection of 300 questions, seasoned baseball writer and Red Sox historian Bill Nowlin tests your level of expertise on all things BoSox. Some of the many questions that Nowlin poses include:

• Who played the most games in Red Sox history? (Carl Yastrzemski, with 3,308 games)
• Which player is the all-time leader for stolen bases in a season? (Jacoby Ellsbury, who stole 70 bases in 2009)
• Who was the only Red Sox pitcher to throw two no-hitters? (Dutch Leonard, who threw no-hitters in 1916 and 1918.
• Can you name the first foreign-born player to play for the Sox? (Canadian-born Win Kellum was the first, pitching for the BoSox in 1901)

Sox stars and managers past and present are represented, from Ted Williams to David Ortiz, Cy Young to Pedro Martinez, Carlton Fisk to Jason Varitek, Joe Cronin to Alex Cora, and everyone in between.

The Incredible Boston Red Sox Trivia Book is the definitive test for knowledgeable Red Sox fans!

About the Author

Bill Nowlin was born and raised in Boston. He is the author of twenty-five Red Sox-related books, including Amazing Tales from the Boston Red Sox Dugout, Red Sox by the Numbers, Fenway Park at 100, and So You Think You're a Boston Red Sox Fan? In 2004, Nowlin was elected vice president of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).