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Boston Red Sox: Ranking the top 10 players from the 1990s

By Drew Athans

16 Oct 1999: Boston Red Sox celebrate during the ALCS game three against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 13-1. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport
16 Oct 1999: Boston Red Sox celebrate during the ALCS game three against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 13-1. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Daniel /Allsport /
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BOSTON, MA – CIRCA 1993: Mike Greenwell #39 of the Boston Red Sox in action during an Major League Baseball game circa 1993 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Greenwell played for the Red Sox from 1985-96. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images)
BOSTON, MA – CIRCA 1993: Mike Greenwell #39 of the Boston Red Sox in action during an Major League Baseball game circa 1993 at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts. Greenwell played for the Red Sox from 1985-96. (Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images) /

Mike Greenwell

Mark down Mike Greenwell as the only other player on this list who, along with Roger Clemens, also appeared on the 1980s list. Like Clemens, Greenwell’s career neatly straddles the two decades, spanning from 1985 to 1996. While Greenwell’s Red Sox career ended in 1996 like Clemens’ did, that was because having spent his entire career in Boston he retired after the season.

We already went over Greenwell’s 1980s numbers in the previous list, so here we’ll only look at what he did between 1991 and 1996.

.285 BA, 57 HR, 338 RBI, 209 BB, 331 R, .345 OBP, .766 OPS

Those aren’t great numbers and they’re inferior to his 1980s production, but they’re respectable. Greenwell also contended with injuries toward the end of his career which hampered his production. Still, he was, for the most part, a solid and reliable contributor in the 1990s as he was in the 1980s and as a loyal Red Sox career lifer, deserves to be on both lists.

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