Number Sixteen: Kings of Swing.

There have been twelve gentlemen who have won the AL batting championship while playing for the Red Sox.

1. Dale Alexander: He split the 1932 season between Detroit and Boston but managed to hit .367 that season. Alexander wouldn't have qualified for the batting title if he played today as he only had 454 plate appearances. He didn't have a lot of power (only eight home runs) but he walked sixty-one times and only struck out twenty-one times. The poor guy's career was cut short the next season after he injured his leg in a game in Philadelphia. The trainer attempted to relax the muscle by heating it. Unfortunately, he left the heat on for too long and Alexander ended up with third degree burns on his leg. The leg became infected and eventually gangrenous. Luckily, he didn't lose the leg but he done as a player.

2. Jimmie Foxx: If Dale Alexander had been disqualified from the batting title for lack of plate appearances, then it would have been awarded to Jimmie Foxx in 1932. But no matter, after Foxx came over to the Sox he won the second batting title in their history for his .349 average in 1938.

3. Ted Williams: The greatest hitter that ever lived. 1941 (.406); 1942 (.356); 1947 (.343); 1948 (.369); 1957 (.388); 1958 (.328).

4. Billy Goodman: In 1950 Billy Goodman led the American League with a .354 average.

5. Pete Runnels: Pete Runnels collected two batting championships during his stay in Boston. The first was in 1960 when he hit .320 and the second was 1962 when he hit .326.

6. Carl Yastrzemski: Yaz won the batting title three times. In 1963 he hit .321. In 1967 he hit .326 and won the triple crown. And in 1968 he hit .301.

7. Fred Lynn: Fred Lynn had a monster year in 1979 when he hit .333. He also led the league in OBP and Slugging, and was tied for second (with Jim Rice) in home runs with thirty-nine.

8. Carney Lansford: Carney Lansford would seem to have two major claims to fame: 1. He led the American League with a batting average of .336 in 1981. And 2. he had a cameo in the 1994 remake of Angels in the Outfield.

9. Wade Boggs: In 1983, he hit .361. In 1985, he hit .368. In 1986, he hit .357. In 1987, he hit .363. And in 1988, he hit. 366. I got him in here but that's all there is to say about him.

10. Nomar Garciaparra: Nomar won the batting title twice. The first time was in 1999 after he hit .357 and the second was in 2000 when he hit .372. He was a sight to behold.

11. Manny Ramirez: Say what you will about the man but you can't take away the fact that the man can hit. And in 2002, he won the batting title with an average of .349.

12. Billy Mueller: It wasn't his greatest moment as a member of the Red Sox or even a culmination of that season but in 2003, Bill Mueller hit .326 to lead the league in batting average.