They would not win another championship for 86 years. They would not even make it to another World Series until 1946 in which they lost to St. Louis. After the purchase of Babe Ruth in 1920, New York continued to claim ownership over many Boston players throughout the 1920's. It was as if as each player on the Red Sox team got better, they graduated to the level of a Yankee. New York went on to win consistently over the next 82 years. They won 27 championships: 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000. The Red Sox by hard work, a little luck, and what many Boston fans claim a "miracle", won their sixth World Series in 101 years in 2004. The New York Yankees have accomplished many outstanding feats over the years. They have had three per-fect games (1956, 1998, and 1999), while the Red Sox have had one (1904). They have had four home runs in one game (by Lou Gehrig in 1932, and achieved only four other times in American Baseball League history) coining the term "Bronx Bombers". The Red Sox have never achieved this. They have had 34 players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame whereas the Red Sox, still impressively, have fallen a little short with only
They would not win another championship for 86 years. They would not even make it to another World Series until 1946 in which they lost to St. Louis. After the purchase of Babe Ruth in 1920, New York continued to claim ownership over many Boston players throughout the 1920's. It was as if as each player on the Red Sox team got better, they graduated to the level of a Yankee. New York went on to win consistently over the next 82 years. They won 27 championships: 1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000. The Red Sox by hard work, a little luck, and what many Boston fans claim a "miracle", won their sixth World Series in 101 years in 2004. The New York Yankees have accomplished many outstanding feats over the years. They have had three per-fect games (1956, 1998, and 1999), while the Red Sox have had one (1904). They have had four home runs in one game (by Lou Gehrig in 1932, and achieved only four other times in American Baseball League history) coining the term "Bronx Bombers". The Red Sox have never achieved this. They have had 34 players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame whereas the Red Sox, still impressively, have fallen a little short with only