Legendary Red Sox in Newton

by | Nov 4, 2013 | Sports | 17 comments

Does anybody remember/know which Red Sox players have lived in Newton over the years? I have Ted Williams, Jamie Piersall, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Doug Mirabelli, Alan Embree. There are others that are listed on Wikipedia but I’m looking for the ones who stand out, meaning they were great ball players or they were here during important years. Thanks.

17 Comments

  1. Jerry Reilly
    Jerry Reilly on November 4, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Here’s an item from a recent Upper Falls News about a more obscure Red Sox player:

    Many of you probably already know that baseball great Ted Williams once lived in Upper Falls. Reader Larry Smith just sent information about another Upper Falls baseball player. “Shano” Collins (1885 – 1955) lived most of his life in Upper Falls. He played for the Chicago White Sox, and the Red Sox and then went on to manage the Red Sox. When he retired from baseball he opened Collins Bar & Grill on Needham St on the site that later became Skip Jacks Restaurant. Here’s a bit more info
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  2. Gail Spector
    Gail Spector on November 4, 2013 at 4:30 pm

    Thanks for the reminder Jerry! I had him on my list at one point but he got lost in the shuffle. And I never knew that he opened the Collins Bar & Grill.

  3. Brian Yates
    Brian Yates on November 4, 2013 at 4:41 pm

    Ted Williams lived on Lucille Place just off Route 9 so a big stretch of the Road was re-named the Ted Williams Highway. Jimmy Piersall, not Jamie, lived in Newton.

    • Greg Reibman
      Greg Reibman on November 4, 2013 at 5:42 pm

      About 15 years ago my wife and I came thisclose to buying a house on Lucille Place. The realtor may have closed that sale if she had only told us that Williams once lived on the street.

    • Gail Spector
      Gail Spector on November 4, 2013 at 5:36 pm

      How could I have forgotten? How humiliating.

  5. Steve Siegel
    Steve Siegel on November 4, 2013 at 5:49 pm

    Did Youk live in Newton? I know that just before he went to the Yankees he was living in a house he renovated just over 128 and the Charles in Weston, off Rt 30. Before then?

  6. BOB BURKE
    BOB BURKE on November 4, 2013 at 6:28 pm

    Matt Batts. I know you have never heard of him but he played for the Red Sox sometime in the early to mid-50s and lived in a large white house at the intersection of Woodward and Brewster Road. Tommy Holmes, the legendary Red Sox left fielder and manager also lived in Newton, but I’m not certain where.

  7. Kim
    Kim on November 4, 2013 at 6:45 pm

    JD Drew. One giant grand slam and some of the best defensive RF since Dwight Evans.

  8. BOB BURKE
    BOB BURKE on November 4, 2013 at 7:13 pm

    Sorry. Tommy Holmes played and managed for the Braves, not the Red Sox.

  10. Terry Malloy
    Terry Malloy on November 4, 2013 at 7:55 pm

    Ted Williams also lived on Locke rd in Waban.
    Jimmy Piersall was on White Oak.

  11. Adam
    Adam on November 4, 2013 at 10:53 pm

    According to my father-in-law, hall of Famer Joe Cronin (#4) lived on Lake Ave. He drove to Garb Drug in his Cadillac every day (then as the American League President) and bought four newspapers with a $100 bill. The section of Crystal Lake opposite the house is called Cronin’s Cove.

    Matt Batts also lived in West Newton, on Milo Street.

  12. Adam
    Adam on November 4, 2013 at 11:18 pm

    also Sammy White of Noble Street, better known to my generation as the owner of the Brighton bowling alley where there was a murder

  14. Luba
    Luba on November 6, 2013 at 10:03 am

    Gabe Kapler lived in the same building as Doug Mirrabelli