December 30 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1993: Signed free agent Dave Valle

Born on this date:

1945: Tom Murphy
1955: Keirh MacWhorter

December 31 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

2002: Named Ron Jackson hitting coach.

Born on this date:

1871: Aleck Smith
1919: Lloyd Chistopher
1961: Rick Aguilera

January 1 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

2003: The new year broke with the relatively innoculous news that the Sox were considering going after a player recently released by the Twins named David Ortiz.

Born on this date:

1893: Frank Fuller
1894: Hack Miller
1900: Al Stokes

January 2 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1992: Signed free agent Frank Viola
1996: Signed free agent Jamie Moyer

Born on this date:

1872: Pop Rising
1963: David Cone
1965: Greg Swindell
1975: Jeff Suppan

January 3 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1913: Signed Dutch Leonard.

1920: The official sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.

1923: Traded Harvey Hendrick and George Pipgras to the Yankees in exchange for Al DeVormer and cash.

1946: Traded Eddie Lake to the Tigers in exchange for Rudy York.

Born on this date:

1915: Sid Hudson
1950: Jim Dwyer
1961: John Leister
1964: Luis Rivera

January 4 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1936: Traded Hank Johnson, Al Niemic and cash to the Athletics for Doc Cramer and Erik McNair.

2000: Signed free agent Israel Alcantara

Born on this date:

1890: Ossie Vitt
1930: Don McMahon

January 5 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1988: Signed free agent Dennis Lamp
1999: Signed free agent Rheal Cormeier
2001: Signed free agent Kent Mercker

Born on this date:

1888: Rube Foster
1908: Regis Leheny
1918: Jack Kramer
1963: Jeff Fassero
1967: Chris Nabholz

January 6 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

2004: Dennis Eckersley is elected to the Hall of Fame.

Transactions:

2003: Signed free agent Mike Timlin

Born on this date:

1878: Jack Slattery
1886: Billy Purtell
1933: Lenny Green
1978: Casey Fossum
1973: Pawtucket pitcher Marc Descenes

January 7 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1924: Traded George Burns, Chick Fewster and Roxy Walters to the Indians in exchange for Dan Boone Joe Connolly, Steve O'Neill, and Bill Wambaganss.

Born on this date:

1897: Topper Rigney
1915: Red Steiner
1935: Dick Schofield
1943: Dave Gray
1945: Tony Conigliaro
1984: Jon Lester

January 8 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Born on this date:

1921: Johnny Tobin
1927: Jim Busby
1933: Willie Tasby
1975: Jeremi Gonzalez

January 9 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1989: Carl Yastrzemski is elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Born on this date:

1935: Bob Duliba
1939: Guido Grilli
1959: Otis Nixon
1984: Red Sox pitching prospect Dustin Richardson

January 10 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1918: Traded Hick Cady, Larry Gardner, and Tillie Walker to the Athletics in exchange for Stiffy McInnis.

1996: Acquired Wil Cordero and Brain Eversgerd from the Expos in exchange for Shayne Bennett, Rheal Cormier, and Ryan McGuire.

Born on this date:

1873: Chick Stahl
1888: Del Pratt
1910: Johnny Peacock
1935: Ted Bowsfield
1984: Red Sox pitching prospect Hunter Jones

January 11 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1999: Signed free agent Pat Rapp

2001: Signed free agent David Cone

Born on this date:

1918: Ernie Andres
1940: Hank Fischer
1971: Alex Delgado

January 12 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1924: Purchased Bobby Veach from Detroit

1973: Signed amateur free agent Luis Aponte

Born on this date:

1869: Hank Olmstead
1960: Mike Marshall
1960: Mike Trujillo

January 13 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1983: Traded Mike Torrez to the Mets for a PTBNL (Mike Davis)

Born on this date:

1918: Emmett O'Neill
1962: Kevin Mitchell
1964: Billy Jo Robidoux

January 14 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

2000: Carlton Fisk is elected to the Hall of Fame.

Transactions:

1985: Signed free agent Bruce Kison

2003: Claimed Kevin Millar off waivers from the Florida Marlins

Born on this date:

1902: Smead Jolley
1903: Russ Scarritt
1930: Pete Daley
1937: Sonny Siebert

January 15 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1934: Signed free agent Herb Pennock

1942: Released Moe Berg

Born on this date:

1903: Tom Oliver
1949: Luis Alvarado
1973:Wayne Gomes

January 15: What a wild, wild day in Bosox history!

Considering that Pennock is in the Hall of Fame and Berg worked for the CIA and had books written about him, yes, it would qualify as wild.

January 16 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1905: Traded George Stone to the Browns for Jesse Burkett.

Born on this date:

1870: Jimmy Collins
1954: Dave Stapleton

January 17 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1919: Traded Eddie Ainsmith, Slim Love, and Chick Shorten to the Tigers for Ossie Vitt.

Born on this date:

1922: Jack Merson
1931: Don Zimmer
1944: Denny Doyle
1972: Walt McKeel
1978: Mark Malaska

January 18 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1909: Manager Eddie Lake appointed right fielder Doc Gessler captain of the Red Sox for 1909.

Transactions:

1973: Signed free agent Orlando Cepeda

1988: Signed free agent Mike Smithson

Born on this date:

1894: Danny Clark
1898: John Woods
1926: Bob Scherbarth
1932: Mike Fornieles
1964: Brady Anderson
1981: Red Sox pitching prospect Jon Searles

January 19 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1916: Following their World Championship in 1915, the Red Sox LOWERED their ticket prices. Box seats were cut from $1.50 to $1.00.

Transactions:

1979: Signed free agent Steve Renko

2000: Signed free agent Marty Cordova

Born on this date:

1903: Merle Settlemire
1910: Dib Williams
1931: Ed Sadowski
1954: Rich Gale
1957: Brad Mills
1973: Chris Stynes
1978: Wilton Veras

January 20 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1966: Ted Williams is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame

Transactions:

1920: Traded Braggo Roth and Joe Shannon to the Senators for Eddie Foster, Harry Harper, and Mike Menosky.

1994: Signed free agents Tony Fossas and Chris Howard

Born on this date:

1887: Bill James
1917: Joe Dobson
1933: Gene Stephens
1984: Red Sox IF prospect Mike Chambers
1987: Red Sox C prospect Luis Exposito

January 21 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Born on this date:

1905: Larry Boerner
1923: Sam Mele
1955: Mike Smithson
1966: Chris Hammond
1968: Keith Shepherd
1979: Byung-Hyun Kim

January 22 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1997: Signed free agent Steve Avery

2003: Signed free agent David Ortiz

Born on this date:

1880: Bill O'Neill
1889: Amos Strunk
1952: Ramon Aviles
1976: Jimmy Anderson

January 23 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1958: Traded Albie Pearson and Norm Zauchin to the Senators for Pete Runnels.

1981: Traded Fred Lynn and Steve Renko to the Angels for Frank Tanana, Jim Dorsey, and Joe Rudi.

Born on this date:

1891: Ray Haley
1899: Bill Regan
1918: Randy Gumpert
1923: Cot Deal
1930: Frank Sullivan
1954: Garry Hancock
1970: Alan Embree
1982: Wily Mo Pena

January 24 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1973: Traded Mike Nagy to the Cardinals for a PTBNL (Lance Clemons)

Born on this date:

1888: Pinch Thomas
1916: Clem Dreisewerd
1955: Ted Cox
1971: Corey Bailey

January 25 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1956: Joe Cronin is elected to the Hall of Fame

Born on this date:

1889: Les Nunamaker

January 26 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1951: Jimmie Foxx is elected to the Hall of Fame

Born on this date:

1884: Tubby Spencer
1886: Hick Cady
1900: Lefty Jamerson
1915: Rip Russell

January 27 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1994: Dan Duquette is named Red Sox General Manager. At age 35, he is the youngest GM in team history.

Transactions:

1997: Traded Joe Canseco to Oakland for John Wasdin and cash.

Born on this date:

1896: Milt Gaston
1968: Eric Wedge
1969: Phil Plantier
1971: Ken Huckaby
1974: Bryant Nelson

January 28 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1901: Boston, along with Baltimore and Philadelphia, joins the American League.

Born on this date:

1882: Frank Arellanes
1893: Guy Cooper
1906: Lyn Lary
1928: Pete Runnels
1971: Kevin Tolar
1979: Phil Seibel

January 29 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1992: Signed free agent Herb Winningham

1996: Traded Ken Ryan, Lee Tinsley and Glenn Murray to the Phillies for Heathcliff Slocum, Rick Holyfield and Larry Wimberly

Born on this date:

1891: Esty Chaney
1902: Elmer Eggert
1939: Bob Bolin
1945: Dick Mills
1972: Morgan Burkhart

January 30 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1923: Traded Herb Pennock to the Yankees for Norm McMillian, George Murray, Camp Skinner, and cash.

Born on this date:

1917: Mickey Harris
1923: Walt Dropo
1959: LaSchelle Tarver

January 31 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1986: Signed free agent Joe Sambito

Born on this date:

1893: George Burns
1949: Fred Kendall
1949: Jim Willoughby

February 1 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1994: Signed free agent Damon Berryhill

Born on this date:

1882: Joe Harris
1967: Tim Naehring
1968: Kent Mercker
1986: Red Sox IF prospect Kris Negron

February 2 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1910: Signed Duffy Lewis from Oakland.

Born on this date:

1901: Otto Miller
1908: Wes Ferrell
1954: John Tudor

February 3 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1997: Signed free agent Jim Corsi

Born on this date:

1872: Lou Criger
1952: Fred Lynn

February 4 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

2003: Claimed Bronson Arroyo off waivers from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Born on this date:

1888: Ranklin Johnson
1898: John Perrin
1951: Stan Papi
1955: Gary Allenson

February 5 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1933: Tom Yawkey purchases the Red Sox from Bob Quinn for a reported sum of $1,500,000.

Transactions:

2004: Signed free agent Ellis Burks.

Born on this date:

1873: Jack O'Brien
1929: Al Worthington
1936: Lee Thomas
1946: Vic Correll
1978: Devern Hansack

February 6 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

1958: At $135,000, Ted Williams contracts to receive the largest salary ever payed to a major league player.

Transactions:

1989: Signed free agent Danny Heep.

Born on this date:

1880: Frank LaPorte
1895: Babe Ruth

February 7 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Born on this date:

1881: Dave Williams
1913: Mel Almada
1927: Al Richter
1928: Al Smith
1937: Juan Pizarro
1957: Carney Lansford
1974: Adrian Brown

February 8 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1940: Sold Elden Auker to the St. Louis Browns

Born on this date:

1921: Hoot Evers
1951: Steve Dillard

February 9 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1953: Traded Vern Stephens to the White Sox for Hal Brown, Bill Kennedy, and Marv Grissom.

1995: Signed amateur free agent Wilton Veras.

Born on this date:

1916: Tex Hughson
1925: Vic Wertz
1934: Ted Willis

February 10 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1923: Traded Muddy Ruel and Allen Russell to the Senators for Ed Goebel, Val Picinich and Howie Shanks.

Born on this date:

1894: Herb Pennock
1903: Johnny Lucas
1965: Lenny Webster

February 11 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

2000: Signed free agent Hipolito Pichardo

Born on this date:

1887: Ray Collins
1897: Red Shannon
1911: Yank Terry
1949: Ben Oglivie
1963: Todd Benzinger
1972: Brian Daibach

February 12 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1940: Sold Joe Vosmik to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
1981: An arbitrator grants free agency to Carlton Fisk.

Born on this date:

1889: George Cochran
1917: Dom DiMaggio
1956: Brian Denman
1980: Adam Stern
1987: Red Sox IF prospect Argenis Diaz

February 13 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

2002: Signed free agent Rickey Henderson

Born on this date:

1887: Eddie Foster
1911: Herb Hash
1925: Mike Palm
1976: Brian Rose

February 14 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Born on this date:

1908: Oscar Judd
1933: Tom Borland
1963: John Marzano

February 15 selections from Bill Nowlin's Day by Day with the Boston Red Sox

Transactions:

1990: Signed free agents Bill Buckner and Greg Harris
2003: Acquired Kevin Millar from the Marlins for cash considerations

Born on this date:

1870: Candy LaChance
1906: Bob Cremins
1909: Dee Miles
1959: Joe Hesketh
1974: Ugueth Urbina
1988: Red Sox P prospect Caleb Clay