# The 13 Greatest Boston Red Sox Pitchers of All Time

> Three Cy Young Awards, a bloody sock and a 0.96 ERA are all on this list, and none of them walks away with it.

*By YPB Team · Published August 9, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-13-greatest-boston-red-sox-pitchers-of-all-time*

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1. **Babe Ruth**
   Before the bat took over, he won 89 games in Boston with a 2.19 ERA and three World Series rings.
2. **Pedro Martinez**
   From 1998 to 2004 the most dominant pitcher in baseball, and the best any Red Sox fan has seen.
3. **Cy Young**
   Joined at 34 and immediately went 33-10 with a 1.62 ERA; the award carries his name.
4. **Lefty Grove**
   Finished his career in Boston with an ERA title in four of his eight seasons there.
5. **Smoky Joe Wood**
   Went 34-5 in 1912, one of the great single seasons any pitcher has had.
6. **Luis Tiant**
   The spinning delivery and the heart of the 1975 pennant winners.
7. **Jon Lester**
   A no-hitter, a cancer recovery and two championship rings.
8. **Curt Schilling**
   The bloody sock in the 2004 ALCS, and the postseason nerve behind it.
9. **Dutch Leonard**
   His 0.96 ERA in 1914 is still the modern single-season record.
10. **Mel Parnell**
   The winningest left-hander in franchise history before Lester.
11. **Tim Wakefield**
   Seventeen seasons of knuckleballs and whatever role the team needed that week.
12. **Jonathan Papelbon**
   The franchise saves leader and the closer of the 2007 title team.
13. **Chris Sale**
   Struck out the final batter of the 2018 World Series.

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