Red Sox: Ranking players who have had numbers retired at Fenway Park

With David Ortiz set to become the 10th player in Boston Red Sox history to have his number retired at Fenway Park, where does he rank among that group?

On Friday, June 23 the Boston Red Sox held a ceremony to retire the number of David Ortiz. Speeches were made, tears were shed. In the end we saw No. 34 placed on the right field facade alongside numbers associated with some of the greatest players in franchise history.

Which begs the question of where Ortiz ranks among those greats. We’ve already looked at where his numbers stack up from a historical standpoint in team and MLB history, but where would we place Ortiz in rating the ten players who have had their number retired by the Red Sox?

For the purposes of this exercise, we’re only concerned with what these players did on the field in a Red Sox uniform. So the numbers Ortiz tallied in Minnesota don’t count. It’s also why you won’t find Jackie Robinson on the list, despite that his No. 42 hangs in every MLB ballpark.

With those stipulations in mind, here is how we rank to ten players who have had their numbers retired in Boston.