Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr at Fenway's 100th Anniversary Game

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franchise (1901–present), known during its early history as the Boston Americans (1901–1907).

Bench coach

* Bing Miller: 1937 * Don Zimmer: July 25, 1992 – end of season * Tim Johnson: 1995–1996 * Grady Little: 1997–1999 * Buddy Bailey: 2000 *

Dave Jauss David Patrick Jauss (born January 16, 1957) is an American professional baseball coach and scout who currently serves as an advisor in the Washington Nationals organization. He previously served as a coach for the New York Mets, Boston Red Sox, L ...

: 2001 * Mike Stanley: 2002 *

Jerry Narron Jerry Austin Narron (born January 15, 1956) is an American professional baseball manager, coach, and former player. He most recently served as a major league instructor for the Chicago White Sox. He most recently served as the bench coach for ...

: 2003 * Brad Mills: 2004–2009 * DeMarlo Hale: 2010–2011 * Tim Bogar: 2012 * Torey Lovullo: 2013–2016 (leave of absence from mid-August 2015 through end of season) ** Dana LeVangie: August 16, 2015–end of season (interim) *

Gary DiSarcina Gary Thomas DiSarcina (born November 19, 1967) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third base coach for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played his entire career for the California / Anaheim A ...

: 2017 * Ron Roenicke: 2018–2019 *

: 2020 *

Will Venable William Dion Venable (born October 29, 1982) is an American professional baseball coach and former player. He is the associate manager of the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in MLB as an outfielder for the San Diego ...

: 2021–2022 *

Ramón Vázquez Ramón Luis Vázquez (born August 21, 1976) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball coach and a former infielder. He is currently the bench coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Vázquez played in MLB for the Seattle Mari ...

: 2023–present

Third base coach

Al Schacht Alexander Schacht (November 11, 1892 – July 14, 1984) was an American professional baseball player, coach, and, later, restaurateur. Schacht was a pitcher in the major leagues from 1919 to 1921 for the Washington Senators. Early life Schacht ...

: 1935–1936 * Tom Daly: 1937–1943 *

Bill Burwell William Edwin Burwell (March 27, 1895 – June 11, 1973) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. Early life Burwell was born in Jarbalo, Kansas.He won 239 minor league games during a 22-year playing career. He pitche ...

: 1944 * Del Baker: 1945–1948 * Kiki Cuyler: 1949 * Steve O'Neill: 1950 * Eddie Mayo: 1951 *

Ski Melillo Oscar Donald "Ski" Melillo (August 4, 1899 – November 14, 1963) was an American second baseman and coach in Major League Baseball. He briefly served as manager of the St. Louis Browns in and was also a member of the coaching staff for the Cle ...

: 1952–1953 *

Buster Mills Colonel Buster Mills (September 16, 1908 – December 1, 1991) was an American outfielder, coach, scout and interim manager in Major League Baseball. A native of Ranger, Texas, in his playing days, he stood (181.6 cm) tall, weighed 195 pou ...

: 1954 * Jack Burns: 1955–1959 *

Billy Herman William Jennings Bryan Herman (July 7, 1909 – September 5, 1992) was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1930s and 1940s. Known for his stellar defense and consistent batting, Herman still holds many ...

: 1960–1964 * Billy Gardner: 1965–1966 *

Eddie Popowski Edward Joseph Popowski (August 20, 1913 – December 4, 2001), nicknamed "Pop", was an American coach and interim manager for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Popowski spent 65 years in organized baseball—all of them in the Boston o ...

: 1967–1973 * Don Zimmer: 1974 – July 18, 1976 *

: July 19, 1976–end of season *

Eddie Yost Edward Frederick Joseph Yost (October 13, 1926 – October 16, 2012) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played most of his Major League Baseball career as a third baseman for the Washington Senators, then played two ...

: 1977–1984 * Rene Lachemann: 1985–1986 * Joe Morgan: 1987–July 10, 1988 * Rac Slider: July 15, 1988–1990 * Dick Berardino: 1991 * Don Zimmer: 1992–July 24, 1992 * Rick Burleson: July 25, 1992–1993 *

Gary Allenson Gary Martin Allenson (born February 4, 1955) is an American former Major League Baseball catcher and coach and minor league manager. In , he spent a second stint as manager of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Double-A Eastern League, after ...

: 1994 * Dave Oliver: 1995–1996 * Wendell Kim: 1997–2000 *

Gene Lamont Gene William Lamont (born December 25, 1946) is an American special assistant to the general manager of the Kansas City Royals. He was a catcher and manager in Major League Baseball who managed the Chicago White Sox (1992–1995) and Pittsburgh P ...

: 2001 *

Mike Cubbage Michael Lee Cubbage (born July 21, 1950) is an American former third baseman, coach and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB). Listed at , , he batted left-handed and threw right-handed. Early life Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Cubbage was ...

: 2002–2003 *

Dale Sveum Dale Curtis Sveum ( ; born November 23, 1963) is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager. He most recently served as the bench coach for the Kansas City Royals. As a player, Sveum saw action in 12 major league seasons ...

: 2004–2005 * DeMarlo Hale: 2006–2009 * Tim Bogar: 2010–2011 *

Jerry Royster Jeron Kennis Royster (born October 18, 1952) is an American former Major League Baseball player and coach. He was a third baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, and the New York Yankees. He was ...

: 2012 * Brian Butterfield: 2013–2017 * Carlos Febles: 2018–present

First base coach

Herb Pennock Herbert Jefferis Pennock (February 10, 1894 – January 30, 1948) was an American professional baseball pitcher and front-office executive. He played in Major League Baseball from 1912 through 1933, and is best known for his time spent with t ...

: 1936–April 28, 1939 *

Hugh Duffy Hugh Duffy (November 26, 1866 – October 19, 1954) was an American outfielder and manager in Major League Baseball. He was a player or player-manager for the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Pirates, Boston Reds, Boston Beaneaters, Milwaukee ...

: 1939 *

Moe Berg Morris Berg (March 2, 1902 – May 29, 1972) was an American catcher and coach in Major League Baseball, who later served as a spy for the Office of Strategic Services during World War II. Although he played 15 seasons in the major league ...

: 1940–1941 *

Larry Woodall Charles Lawrence "Larry" Woodall (July 26, 1894 – May 16, 1963) was a professional baseball player. He played ten seasons in Major League Baseball, all in the American League with the Detroit Tigers (1920–1929), primarily as a catcher. Life ...

: 1942–1947 *

Earle Combs Earle Bryan Combs (May 14, 1899 – July 21, 1976) was an American professional baseball player who played his entire career for the New York Yankees (1924–1935). Combs batted leadoff and played center field on the Yankees' fabled 1927 team (of ...

: 1948–1952 * Del Baker: 1953–1958 * Rudy York: 1959–1962 * Harry Malmberg: 1963–1964 * Pete Runnels: 1965–1966 * Bobby Doerr: 1967–1969 * Don Lenhardt: 1970–1973 *

: 1974 * Johnny Pesky: 1975–1979 * Tommy Harper: 1980–1984 * Joe Morgan: 1985 *

Walt Hriniak Walter John Hriniak (pronounced RIN-ee-ack) (born May 22, 1943, at Natick, Massachusetts) is a former catcher in American Major League Baseball who—despite a very brief MLB playing career and a batting average of only .253—became one of the mo ...

: 1986–1987 * Al Bumbry: 1988–1993 * Frank White: 1994–1996 *

: 1997–1999 * Tommy Harper: 2000–2002 *

Dallas Williams Dallas McKinley Williams (born February 28, 1958), is a former professional baseball outfielder and coach. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball with the Baltimore Orioles and Cincinnati Reds, and one season in Nippon Profession ...

: 2003 * Lynn Jones: 2004–2005 (leave of absence during May–July 2004) ** Bill Haselman: May 6, 2004 – July 22, 2004 (interim) * Bill Haselman: 2006 *

Luis Alicea Luis René Alicea de Jesús (born July 29, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and coach. Alicea played for the Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, Anaheim Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox. He played college bas ...

: 2007–2008 * Tim Bogar: 2009 * Ron Johnson: 2010–2011 (leave of absence final during two months of 2010) ** Rob Leary: August 1, 2010 – end of season (interim) * Alex Ochoa: 2012 * Arnie Beyeler: 2013–2015 *

Rubén Amaro Jr. Rubén Amaro Jr. (born February 12, 1965) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and General manager (GM). Amaro played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . He was named the GM of the Philadelphia Phillies on November 3 ...

: 2016–2017 * Tom Goodwin: 2018–2021 *

: 2022 *

Kyle Hudson Kyle Jordan Hudson (born January 7, 1987) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles in 2011. Hudson is currently the first base and outfield coach for the Boston Red ...

: 2023–present

Hitting coach

* Rudy York: 1959–1962 * Bobby Doerr: 1967–1969 * Johnny Pesky: 1980–1984 *

: 1985–1988 *

Richie Hebner Richard Joseph Hebner (born November 26, 1947) is an American former professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman from through , most prominently as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates teams that ...

: 1989–1991 * Rick Burleson: 1992 * Mike Easler: 1993–1994 * Jim Rice: 1995–2000 *

Rick Down Richard John Down (December 14, 1950 – January 5, 2019) was an American professional baseball hitting coach. He was the hitting coach for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets ...

: 2001 * Dwight Evans: 2002 *

Ron Jackson Ronnie Damien Jackson (born May 9, 1953 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a coach and a former player in Major League Baseball. He was the hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox in 2004 when they won their first World Series in 86 seasons. From 1975 t ...

: 2003–2006 * Dave Magadan: 2007–2012 *

Greg Colbrunn Gregory Joseph Colbrunn (born July 26, 1969) is an American former Major League baseball player and hitting coach. Primarily a first baseman during his active career, the Fontana, California, native played in the Major Leagues for 13 seasons (199 ...

: 2013–2014 (leave of absence during June 2014) ** Tim Hyers: June 5, 2014 – June 29, 2014 (interim) *

Chili Davis Charles Theodore "Chili" Davis (born January 17, 1960) is a Jamaican-American former professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder and designated hitter from to for the San Francisco Giants (1981–1987), California Angels (1988–199 ...

: 2015–2017 * Tim Hyers: 2018–2021 * Peter Fatse: 2022–present

Assistant hitting coach

* Vic Rodriguez: 2013–2017 * Andy Barkett: 2018–2019 * Peter Fatse: 2020–2021 * Luis Ortiz: 2022–present * Ben Rosenthal: 2022–present

Pitching coach

* Jimmy Burke: 1921–1923 * Jack Ryan: 1923–1927 * Jack Onslow: 1934 *

: 1936–April 28, 1939 * Frank Shellenback: 1940–1944 *

Bill McKechnie William Boyd McKechnie (August 7, 1886 – October 29, 1965) was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a third baseman during the dead-ball era. McKechnie was the first manager to win ...

: 1952–1953 *

Joe Dobson __NOTOC__ Joseph Gordon Dobson (January 20, 1917 – June 23, 1994) was an American professional baseball player, a right-handed pitcher who appeared in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1939–40), Boston Red Sox (1941–43; 1946 ...

: May 11, 1954 – July 2, 1954 * Dave Ferriss: 1955–1959 *

Sal Maglie Salvatore Anthony Maglie (April 26, 1917 – December 28, 1992) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher and later, a scout and a pitching coach. He played from 1945 to 1958 for the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians, Brooklyn Dodgers, New Y ...

: 1960–1962, 1966–1967 * Harry Dorish: 1963 * Bob Turley: 1964 * Mace Brown: 1965 * Darrell Johnson: 1968–1969 * Charlie Wagner: 1970 * Harvey Haddix: 1971 * Lee Stange: 1972–1974, 1981–1984 * Stan Williams (baseball), Stan Williams: 1975–1976 * Al Jackson: 1977–1979 * Johnny Podres: 1980 * Bill Fischer (baseball), Bill Fischer: 1985–1991 * Rich Gale: 1992–1993 * Mike Roarke: 1994 * John Cumberland: 1995 – July 19, 1995 * Al Nipper: July 19, 1995 – May 1, 1996 * Sammy Ellis: May 1, 1996 – end of season * Joe Kerrigan: 1997 – August 16, 2001 * John Cumberland: August 16, 2001 – September 4, 2001 * Ralph Treuel: September 4, 2001 – end of season * Tony Cloninger: 2002 – May 29, 2003 (on leave during April 2003) ** Goose Gregson: April 5, 2003 – April 22, 2003 (interim); May 30, 2003 – June 8, 2003 (interim) * Dave Wallace (baseball), Dave Wallace: June 9, 2003 – 2006 (on leave for first four months of 2006 season) ** Al Nipper: 2006 – August 8, 2006 (interim) * John Farrell (pitcher), John Farrell: 2007–2010 * Curt Young: 2011 * Bob McClure: 2012 – August 20, 2012 * Randy Niemann: August 20, 2012 – end of season * Juan Nieves: 2013 – May 7, 2015 * Carl Willis: May 9, 2015 – 2017 * Dana LeVangie: 2018–2020 * Dave Bush: 2020–present

Assistant pitching coach

* Randy Niemann: 2012 – August 20, 2012 * Brian Bannister: July 6, 2016 – 2019

Bullpen coach

* Johnny Schulte: 1949 * George Susce (catcher), George Susce: 1950–1954 * Mickey Owen: 1955–1956 * Len Okrie: 1961–1962 * Al Lakeman: 1963–1964 * Len Okrie: 1965–1966 * Al Lakeman: 1967 – June 9, 1969 * George Thomas (baseball), George Thomas: June 10, 1969 – end of season * Doug Camilli: 1970–1973 * Don Bryant (baseball), Don Bryant: 1974–1976 *

: 1977–1984 * Tony Torchia: 1985 * Joe Morgan: 1986 * Rac Slider: 1987 – July 10, 1988 * Jerry McNertney: July 15, 1988–end of season * Dick Berardino: 1989–1990 * John McLaren (baseball), John McLaren: 1991 *

: 1992–1993 * John Wathan: 1994 * Herm Starrette: 1995 * Dave Carlucci: 1996–May 1, 1996 * Herm Starrette: May 1, 1996–1997 * Dick Pole: 1998 * John Cumberland: 1999 – August 15, 2001 * Dana LeVangie: August 16, 2001 – end of season * Bob Kipper: 2002 * Euclides Rojas: 2003–2004 * Bill Hasselman: 2005 * Al Nipper: 2006 (served as interim pitching coach for first four months of the season) ** Ralph Treuel: 2006–August 8, 2006 (interim) * Gary Tuck: 2007–2012 * Dana LeVangie: 2013–2017 (on leave for final two months of 2015 season) ** Bob Kipper: August 16, 2015 – end of 2015 season (interim) * Craig Bjornson: 2018–2020 * Kevin Walker (baseball), Kevin Walker: 2021–present

Others

Current

* Jason Varitek: Game Planning Coordinator (2021–present) / Catching (2022–present) * Reed Gragnani: 2022–present (Assistant Hitting Coordinator) * Michael Brenly: 2022–present (Staff Assistant) * Andy Fox: 2022–present (Field Coordinator)

Past

* Lefty Leifield: 1924–1926 * Heinie Wagner: 1927–1929 * Bob Coleman: 1928 * Jack McCallister (baseball), Jack McCallister: 1930 *

: 1931 * Rudy Hulswitt: 1931–1933 * Bibb Falk: 1934 * Tom Daly: 1933–1936, 1944–1946 *

: 1939 * Paul Schreiber: 1946–1958 (batting practice pitcher) * Tom Carey (second baseman), Tom Carey: 1946–1947 *

: 1948 * Johnny Schulte: 1950 * Del Baker: 1959–1960 *

: 1975 (Special Assignment) * Nelson Norman: 2001 (Infield Coach) *

: 2018–2021 (Quality Control Coach/Interpreter)

Notes

* For the 1923 season, both Jimmy Burke and Jack Ryan were listed as pitching coaches. * Herb Pennock resigned as pitching/1st base coach on April 28, 1939, to become Assistant Supervisor of Boston farm system. He was succeeded by

. * For the 1947 to 1958 seasons, Paul Schreiber is listed as hitting coach, however other sources note his role as batting practice pitcher, which is consistent with his major league playing experience. * For the 1959 to 1962 seasons, Rudy York was both the first base coach and hitting coach. * For the 1967 to 1969 seasons, Bobby Doerr was both the first base coach and hitting coach. * For 1970, George Thomas is listed as bullpen coach for the full season, however other sources note his coaching role was for a limited time, which is consistent with game logs showing he was an active player for several months. * On July 19, 1976, Don Zimmer moved from third base coach to manager, and Eddie Popowski replaced him as third base coach. * At the start of the 1986 season, hitting coach Walt Hriniak also assumed the duties of first base coach when Joe Morgan moved to bullpen coach. * On July 15, 1988, Joe Morgan moved from third base coach to manager, bullpen coach Rac Slider replaced him as third base coach, and Jerry McNertney became the new bullpen coach. * On July 25, 1992, Don Zimmer moved from third base coach to bench coach, and Rick Burleson assumed the duties of third base coach while still serving as hitting coach. * On July 19, 1995, Al Nipper replaced John Cumberland as pitching coach. * On May 1, 1996, pitching coach Al Nipper was reassigned to minor league pitching coordinator and replaced by Sammy Ellis, and bullpen coach Dave Carlucci was reassigned to bullpen catcher and replaced by Herm Starrette. * On August 16, 2001, bullpen coach John Cumberland replaced Joe Kerrigan as pitching coach when Kerrigan was promoted to manager, and bullpen catcher Dana LeVangie replaced Cumberland as bullpen coach. * On September 4, 2001, pitching coach John Cumberland was fired and replaced by Ralph Treuel. * On June 9, 2003, Dave Wallace replaced Tony Cloninger as pitching coach when Cloninger left the team to receive treatment for cancer; Goose Gregson had filled in for Cloninger during April 5–23 and again May 30–June 8. * During 2004, from May 6 to July 22, Bill Haselman filled in for first base coach Lynn Jones who required eye surgery after accidentally poking himself with a screwdriver. * During 2006, Dave Wallace missed much of the season due to illness; bullpen coach Al Nipper served as interim pitching coach and Ralph Treuel serving as interim bullpen coach until Wallace's return on August 8. * In August 2015, due to manager John Farrell's leave of absence for cancer treatment, bench coach Torey Lovullo was elevated to interim manager, bullpen coach Dana LeVangie was elevated to interim bench coach, and Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A pitching coach Bob Kipper was promoted to Boston's bullpen coach. * During the 2021 season, Ramón Vázquez served as interim first base coach for several games during August, and multiple games in late September through the postseason, as Tom Goodwin was unavailable due to COVID-19 protocols.

References

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