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The Boston Red Sox are one of the most famous and most popular teams in Major League Baseball history, whether&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-boston-red-sox-pitchers-ever/ranker-baseball" target="_blank">top Red Sox pitchers</a>&nbsp;or top hitters. The number of all-time greats to play for the Red Sox is only comparable to their longtime hated rivals the New York Yankees. The names on this list are impressive, and you&#39;ll find many of them on the list for the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-baseball-players-of-all-time" target="_blank">greatest baseball players of all time.</a> Among the best Boston Red Sox of all time&nbsp;are all-stars, MVPs, batting champs, hall of famers and World Series winners. After an 86-year wait, the Red Sox broke the Curse of the Bambino when they won the World Series in 2004. The Curse of the Bambino&#39;s central figure, Babe Ruth, widely considered one of the best hitters to ever play the game, was originally on the Red Sox before they traded him to New York in 1918. The trade flipped history as the Red Sox gave their best player to the rival Yankees and baseball history was forever changed.

Ted Williams is widely considered to be one of the greatest Red Sox of all time. In his 19 years, Williams won the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/2020-al-mvp-predictions/pedro-cerrano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">American League MVP</a> twice, batting champion six times (a career average of .344), a two-time Triple Crown winner and All-Star seventeen times. Williams could have had an even better career numbers wise had he not served in the U.S. military during World War II. He is also the last player to hit over .400 in a season, which was in 1941.&nbsp;

During the latter years, players like Pedro Martinez, Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon and Dustin Pedroia are a handful of Red Sox who are considered some of the best players in franchise history. These players played critical roles in the team&#39;s recent championships.

These are the greatest Boston Red Sox of all time. If there&#39;s a name missing from this list, feel free to add him. Here&#39;s your chance to select who should be named the greatest Red Sox player of all time.

List of Celebrity Red Sox Fans ranked by fame and popularity. The Boston <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-boston-red-sox-of-all-time/ranker-sports?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Red Sox baseball</a> team has a lot of famous fans. Some celebs are so dedicated to the MLB team that they buy season tickets, while others stop by for one game a season. Fenway Park, the building the Red Sox call home, is a great place to see some exciting baseball and spot your favorite celebs.

Who is the most famous Red Sox fan? Ben Affleck tops our list. The &ldquo;Good Will Hunting&rdquo; star grew up in Cambridge Massachusetts, where he met fellow Red Sox fan Matt Damon. Affleck is a huge fan of the Red Sox and he is frequently be seen at Fenway Park with his wife Jennifer Garner and their children. Other famous actors who are Red Sox fans include John Krasinski, John Slattery and Chris Evans.

Mark and Donnie Wahlberg were born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts so it&#39;s no surprise that they are Red Sox fans. Both brothers have frequently been spotted sporting Red Sox gear. Other famous Red Sox fans that are Massachusetts natives include TV host Maria Menounos, &ldquo;Survivor&rdquo; winner &ldquo;Boston&rdquo; Rob Mariano and funny man Conan O&#39;Brien.

Do you think these celebs are die hard supporters or fair-weather fans?

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Big fan of Boston baseball? Then check out this list of the best Boston Red Sox catchers of all time. The Boston Red Sox have had some amazing catchers throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the all time greatest? Since the franchise was established way back in 1901, the Red Sox have seen some serious talent take spot behind the plate. Not only are&nbsp;these Sox catchers renown for their ability to call the right pitches and stop passing balls, most of them were a real threat in the batter&#39;s box as well.&nbsp;Vote for the player you believe deserves to be called number one. Keep in mind you&#39;re voting on the best player and not the best team, so even if a player never won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox, they can still be considered their best catcher.

The list of top Red Sox catchers includes great like Carlton Fisk, Elston Howard, and many more. Take a look below.

Willie McGee

List of the best Boston Red Sox Center fielders of all time. The Boston Red Sox have had some amazing Center fielders throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the all time greatest? Vote for the player you believe deserves to be called number one. Keep in mind you're voting on the best player and not the best team, so even if a player never won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox they can still be considered their best Center fielder. List items include Tris Speaker, Andre Dawson and many more.

Dick Stuart

List of the best Boston Red Sox first basemen of all time. The Boston Red Sox have had some amazing first basemen throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the all time greatest? Vote for the player you believe deserves to be called number one. Keep in mind you're voting on the best player and not the best team, so even if a player never won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox they can still be considered their <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-first-basemen-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best first baseman</a>. Items here include everything from David Ortiz to Jimmie Foxx.

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List of the best Boston Red Sox Left fielders of all time. The Boston Red Sox have had some amazing Left fielders throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the all time greatest? Vote for the player you believe deserves to be called number one. Keep in mind you're voting on the best player and not the best team, so even if a player never won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox they can still be considered their best Left fielder. This list is made up of items like Babe Ruth and Rickey Henderson.

Mark Loretta

List of the best Boston Red Sox second basemen of all time. The Boston Red Sox have had some amazing second basemen throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the all time greatest? Vote for the player you believe deserves to be called number one. Keep in mind you're voting on the best player and not the best team, so even if a player never won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox they can still be considered their <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-2nd-basemen-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best second baseman</a>. The list you're viewing has a variety of items in it, like Dustin Pedroia and Bobby Doerr.

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List of the best Boston Red Sox Shortstops of all time. The Boston Red Sox have had some amazing Shortstops throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the all time greatest? Vote for the player you believe deserves to be called number one. Keep in mind you're voting on the best player and not the best team, so even if a player never won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox they can still be considered their best Shortstop. Items include everything from Hanley Ramírez to Luis Aparicio.

Frank Malzone

List of the best Boston Red Sox third basemen of all time. The Boston Red Sox have had some amazing third basemen throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the all time greatest? Vote for the player you believe deserves to be called number one. Keep in mind you're voting on the best player and not the best team, so even if a player never won a World Series with the Boston Red Sox they can still be considered their <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-third-basemen-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best third baseman</a>. List contains items like Wade Boggs and Hanley Ramírez.

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Boston Red Sox managers have included some of the best in MLB history, but who is the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-boston-red-sox-of-all-time/ranker-sports">best Boston Red Sox</a> manager of all time? This list ranks every Boston Red Sox manager from best to worst according to the votes of baseball fans. Whether or not you're a Red Sox die-hard, you can vote up your top Boston Red Sox coaches and downvote any managers who keep the team from glory for the better part of a century. Jimmy Collins was the Red Sox first manager, starting the job in 1901. He won a World Series in 1903 and was selected for the Baseball Hall of Fame. Terry Francona ended &quot;The Curse of the Bambino&quot; when he won the World Series in 2004. Francona would then win another World Series in 2007, but was that enough to put him on the list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-mlb-managers-of-all-time/ranker-baseball?var=2&amp;utm_expid=16418821-154.rT8cPvUmQNuj_-gE4I98Fw.1">greatest MLB coaches</a> ever? Fans have been trying to determine the best Boston Red Sox skipper of all time for years. Now you can help figure out the answer. Just vote up the best and winningest Boston Red Sox managers, or even just the coaches you like the most. Feel free to rerank the whole list create your own version of Beantown's finest skippers.

The best pitchers in Boston Red Sox history are all part of a long legacy of stellar pitching that stretches back to the early days of the sport. Whether they were starters who became a key part of a winning pitching rotation or relievers who filled out the back end of the pitching staff, all of these players have been integral to the Red Sox becoming a successful franchise.

Former stars like Tim Wakefield and Jon Lester appear below, as well as Hall of Fame starting pitchers like Cy Young and Pedro Martinez. Of course, there is Roger Clemens, who began his lengthy career as part of the Boston roster.

So vote up the top pitchers in Red Sox history. Help choose the players who contributed the most to the franchise over the years and those who helped the team win games when it mattered.

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Nomar Garciaparra

Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (; born July 23, 1973) is an American retired Major League Baseball player and current SportsNet LA analyst.  After playing parts of nine seasons as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox, he played shortstop, third base and first base for the Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Oakland Athletics.  He is one of 13 players in Major League history to hit two grand slams during a single game, and the only player to achieve the feat at his home stadium.
Garciaparra is a six-time All-Star (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006), and was the AL Rookie of the Year and AL Silver Slugger Award winner at shortstop in 1997. In 2001, he suffered a wrist injury, the first in a series of significant injuries that plagued the remainder of his career. Known for his ability to hit for average, Garciaparra is a lifetime .313 hitter. He had the highest single-season batting average by a right handed batter in the post-war era, batting .372 in 2000, and was the first right handed batter to win the AL Batting Title in consecutive seasons since Joe DiMaggio, when he accomplished the feat in 1999 and 2000

Xander Bogaerts

Xander Jan Bogaerts (born October 1, 1992) nicknamed The X-Man and Bogey or Bogie, is an Dutch professional baseball shortstop for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Netherlands national baseball team. After being signed as an amateur free agent by the Red Sox in 2009, Bogaerts made his MLB debut in 2013, appearing in 30 games between the regular season and postseason, and helping the Red Sox to the World Series championship. He became the Red Sox' starting shortstop in 2014, and was awarded the American League's Silver Slugger Award at the position in back to back years, 2015 and 2016, and again in 2019. Bogaerts played for the Dutch national team in the 2011 Baseball World Cup (which the team won), the 2013 World Baseball Classic, and the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

John Michael Pesky (born John Michael Paveskovich; February 27, 1919 – August 13, 2012), nicknamed "The Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was an American professional baseball player, manager and coach. He was a shortstop and third baseman during a ten-year major league playing career, appearing in 1,270 games played in 1942 and from 1946 to 1954 for three teams. He missed the 1943–45 seasons while serving in World War II. Pesky was associated with the Boston Red Sox for 61 of his 73 years in baseball—from 1940 through June 3, 1952, 1961 through 1964, and from 1969 until his death. Pesky also managed the Red Sox from 1963 to 1964, and in September 1980.
A left-handed hitter who threw right-handed, Pesky was a tough man for pitchers to strike out. He was the first American League (AL) player to score 6 runs in a 9 inning game. As a hitter, he specialized in getting on base, leading the AL in base hits three times—his first three seasons in the majors, in which he collected over 200 hits each year—and was among the top ten in on-base percentage six times while batting .307 in 4,745 at bats as a major leaguer. He was also an excellent bunter who led the league in sacrifice hits in 1942. He was a teammate and close friend of Ted Williams, Bobby Doerr and Dom DiMaggio, as chronicled in The Teammates by David Halberstam.

Joe Cronin

Joseph Edward Cronin (October 12, 1906 – September 7, 1984) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop, manager and general manager. He also served as president of the American League (AL) for 14 years.
During his 20-year playing career (1926–1945), Cronin played for three teams, primarily the Boston Red Sox; he was a player-manager for 13 seasons (1933–1945), and served as manager for two additional seasons (1946–1947). A seven-time All-Star, Cronin became the first AL player to become an All-Star with two teams; he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956.

Rick Burleson

Richard Paul "Rooster" Burleson (born April 29, 1951) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. "Rooster," as Burleson was nicknamed, was a famously intense ballplayer. Former Boston Red Sox teammate Bill Lee once said of Burleson, "Some guys didn't like to lose, but Rick got angry if the score was even tied."

Rico Petrocelli

Americo Peter "Rico" Petrocelli (born June 27, 1943) is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career with the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 185 pounds (84 kg), he both threw and batted right-handed.

Vern Stephens

Vernon Decatur Stephens (October 23, 1920 – November 3, 1968) was an American shortstop in professional baseball who played 15 seasons in the American League for four teams. He was born in McAlister, New Mexico while his parents were en route from Oklahoma to California.  Stephens batted and threw right-handed. He was also nicknamed "Little Slug", "Junior", and "Buster".  Ted Williams credited him with being the most effective of those who followed him in the Red Sox batting order.  During his stint with the Red Sox he outshone Bobby Doerr, a Hall-of-famer, who followed him in the Sox batting order.  In 1949 he hit 39 home runs, second only to Williams that year in the American League, while batting in 159 runs tying Williams for the league lead.  The next closest American Leaguers hit 24 home runs that year while Doerr hit 18.  In his book "Summer of '49" author David Halberstam seems to go great lengths to belittle Stephens' 1949 performance while exalting that of Doerr which was patently unfair.

Orlando Cabrera

Orlando Luis Cabrera, nicknamed "O-Cab" and "The OC", (born November 2, 1974) is a Colombian-American former baseball infielder.
He won a World Series championship in 2004 with the Boston Red Sox. He has  played for the Montreal Expos, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Minnesota Twins, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants. Cabrera is the younger brother of former major leaguer Jolbert Cabrera.
Cabrera won the Gold Glove Award in 2001 and in 2007. He announced his retirement before the 2012 season.

John Valentin

John William Valentin (born February 18, 1967) is a former shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played most of his major league career with the Boston Red Sox, with his final season being for the New York Mets. He batted and threw right-handed. He was also a coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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Luis Aparicio

Luis Ernesto Aparicio Montiel (born April 29, 1934), nicknamed "Little Louie", is a former professional baseball player. He was a Major League Baseball (MLB) shortstop from 1956 to 1973, most notably for the Chicago White Sox. He became known for his exceptional fielding and base stealing skills, and is the first Venezuelan player to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.Aparicio won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award in 1956. He helped the "Go-Go" White Sox win the AL championship in 1959 and was the AL Most Valuable Player (MVP) runner-up that season (he led the AL in stolen bases, putouts, assists, and fielding as shortstop). He was an AL All-Star for ten seasons, an AL stolen base leader for 9 consecutive seasons, and an AL Gold Glove winner for 9 seasons.MLB legend Ted Williams called Aparicio "the best shortstop he had ever seen". He was nominated for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team (one-hundred greatest players) in 1999.

Lou Boudreau

Louis Boudreau (nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot," "Handsome Lou" or "The Good Kid"; July 17, 1917 – August 10, 2001) was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 15 seasons, primarily as a shortstop on the Cleveland Indians, and managed four teams for 15 seasons including 10 seasons as a player-manager. He was also a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs and in college was a dual sport athlete in both baseball and earning All-American honors in basketball for the University of Illinois.
Boudreau was an All-Star for seven seasons. In 1948, Boudreau won the American League Most Valuable Player Award and managed the Cleveland Indians to the World Series title. He won the 1944 American League (AL) batting title (.327), and led the league in doubles in 1941, 1944, and 1947. He led AL shortstops in fielding eight times. Boudreau still holds the MLB record for hitting the most consecutive doubles in a game (four), set on July 14, 1946.
In 1970, Boudreau was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a player.

Everett Scott

Lewis Everett Scott (November 19, 1892 – November 2, 1960), nicknamed "Deacon", was an American professional baseball player. A shortstop, Scott played in Major League Baseball for 12 seasons as a member of the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox and Cincinnati Reds, from 1914 through 1926. Scott batted and threw right-handed.
Scott served as captain of both the Red Sox and Yankees, who have become fierce rivals. He compiled a lifetime batting average of .249, hitting 20 home runs with 551 runs batted in in 1,654 games. He led American League shortstops in fielding percentage seven straight seasons (1916–22) and appeared in 1,307 consecutive games from June 20, 1916, through May 6, 1925, setting a record later broken by Lou Gehrig. As of 2017, it is still the third-longest streak in history.
After retiring from baseball, Scott became a professional bowler and owned bowling alleys. He died in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at the age of 67. He was posthumously inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame and Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame.

Jed Lowrie

Jed Carlson Lowrie (born April 17, 1984) is an American professional baseball infielder for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics. While primarily a shortstop throughout his career, Lowrie has also played third base and second base.

Rabbit Warstler

Harold Burton "Rabbit" Warstler (September 13, 1903 – May 31, 1964) was a professional baseball infielder. He played all or part of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and second baseman for the Boston Red Sox (1930–33), Philadelphia Athletics (1934–36), Boston Bees (1936–40) and Chicago Cubs (1940).
In his career, Warstler played in 1,205 games and had 4,088 at bats, 431 runs scored, 935 hits, 133 doubles, 36 triples, 11 home runs, 332 RBI, 42 stolen bases, 405 walks, .229 batting average, .300 on-base percentage, .287 slugging percentage, 1,173 total bases and 107 sacrifice hits.
He died in his hometown of North Canton, Ohio at the age of 60.

Stephen Drew

Stephen Oris Drew (born March 16, 1983) is an American former professional baseball infielder. He played twelve seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Oakland Athletics, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees and Washington Nationals. His two brothers, outfielder J.D. and pitcher Tim, also played in MLB.

Spike Owen

Spike Dee Owen (born April 19, 1961 in Cleburne, Texas) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners (1983–86), Boston Red Sox (1986–88), Montreal Expos (1989–92), New York Yankees (1993) and California Angels (1994–95). He made his major league debut on June 25, 1983.
In his 13 seasons in the majors, he hit for a .246 batting average with 46 home runs and 439 RBIs in 1544 games.

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Álex González

Alexander "Álex" Luis González (born February 15, 1977) is a former professional baseball shortstop. González played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins (1998–2005), Boston Red Sox (2006, 2009), Cincinnati Reds (2007–2009), Toronto Blue Jays (2010), Atlanta Braves (2010–2011), Milwaukee Brewers (2012–2013) and Detroit Tigers (2014). He was given the nickname "Sea-bass" while playing in Florida. He bats and throws right-handed.

Julio Lugo

Julio Cesar Lugo (born November 16, 1975) is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop. Lugo is the older brother of baseball pitcher Ruddy Lugo. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves.

Marco Scutaro

Marcos Scutaro, better known as Marco Scutaro, (; born October 30, 1975) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball infielder. He bats and throws right-handed. Scutaro made his MLB debut with the New York Mets in 2002. Since then, he has also played for the Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies and San Francisco Giants. Scutaro was named the most valuable player of the 2012 National League Championship Series while with the Giants.
Scutaro was one of the primary subjects of the 2005 documentary A Player to be Named Later.

Dick McAuliffe

Richard John "Dick" McAuliffe (November 29, 1939 – May 13, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and second baseman for the Detroit Tigers from 1960 to 1973 and for the Boston Red Sox from 1974 to 1975. He was a part of the Tigers' 1968 World Series championship, and was known for his unusual batting stance. A left-handed hitter, he held his hands very high with an open stance that faced the pitcher. As the pitcher delivered to home plate, McAuliffe moved his forward (right) foot to a more conventional position for his swing.

José Iglesias

José Antonio Iglesias Alemán (born January 5, 1990) is a Cuban-born professional baseball player in the MLB for the Cincinnati Reds. He previously played for the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers. He plays primarily shortstop.

Edgar Rentería

Édgar Enrique Rentería Herazo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðɣaɾ renteˈɾi.a]; born August 7, 1975), nicknamed "The Barranquilla Baby," is a Colombian former professional baseball shortstop. He threw and batted right-handed. He played for the Florida Marlins, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Boston Red Sox, the Atlanta Braves, the Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds.
Born in Barranquilla, Colombia, Rentería was signed by the Florida Marlins in 1992. He debuted with them in 1996, and he finished second to Todd Hollandsworth in Rookie of the Year Award balloting. In 1997, his RBI single off Charles Nagy in the eleventh inning of Game 7 of the 1997 World Series won the first World Series in Marlins' history. He was selected to his first All-Star Game in 1998, and he was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals following the season. He was the starting shortstop for the Cardinals for six years, and he was selected to the All-Star Game in 2000, 2003, and 2004. In 2002 and 2003 he won the Silver Slugger and Gold Glove Awards. Following the 2004 season, he signed with the Boston Red Sox. After a year with them, he was traded to the Atlanta Braves. He was selected to another All-Star Game in 2006, but following the 2007 season he was traded to the Detroit Tigers. After 2008, he became a free agent, and he signed with the San Francisco Giants. In the 2010 World Series, Rentería won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award after he hit game-winning home runs in Game 2 and Game 5. He became a free agent again after the season, and he signed with the Cincinnati Reds.

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Walter Barbare

Walter Lawrence Barbare (August 11, 1891 – October 28, 1965) was a third baseman/shortstop who played for the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Boston Braves.
In an eight-season career, Barbare was a .260 hitter with one home run and 156 RBI in 500 games played.
A solid infielder with a strong arm and a light bat, Barbare was a utility man with the Indians, Red Sox and Pirates in a span of six seasons. In 1921 he was sent to the Braves in the same trade that brought star shortstop Rabbit Maranville to Pittsburgh, and he responded with a career year, hitting .302 in 134 games.
Following his retirement as a player, Barbare served as a manager and umpire in the minor leagues.

Bob Heise

Robert Lowell Heise (born May 12, 1947) is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets (1967–69), San Francisco Giants (1970–71), Milwaukee Brewers (1971–73), St. Louis Cardinals (1974), California Angels (1974), Boston Red Sox (1975–76) and Kansas City Royals (1977). A utility infielder, Heise played 174 games at shortstop, 154 at second base, and 135 at third base.
Heise was a member of four teams that made the postseason, but he never played in the postseason himself. He appeared in four games during a September call-up for the "Miracle Mets" who won the 1969 World Series. He played briefly for the National League West-winning Giants in 1971 before being traded to the Brewers on June 1 for pitcher Floyd Wicker. In 1975, he was one of the reserve infielders on the Red Sox team that won the 1975 American League pennant, but he did not appear in the ALCS or World Series. In his final major league season, he was a member of the American League West champion Royals, but he did not play against the Yankees in the ALCS. He was also a teammate of no fewer than 14 Hall of Famers. They were: Tom Seaver, Nolan Ryan, Juan Marichal, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Gaylord Perry, Lou Brock, Frank Robinson, Carlton Fisk, Jim Rice, Carl Yastrzemski, Ferguson Jenkins, and George Brett. 
In 11 seasons, Heise played in 499 games and had 1,144 career at bats.  He scored 104 runs, and tallied 283 hits, 43 doubles, three triples, one home run, 86 RBI, three stolen bases and 47 walks.  He hit his only home run on June 30, 1970 while playing for the San Francisco Giants. The game was against the San Diego Padres, at Candlestick Park in San Francisco, and he hit his home run in the last of the third inning against pitcher Danny Coombs. No one was on base.  When he hit the home run, Hall of Famer Willie Mays was on deck. The Padres eventually won the game by a score of three to two. He had a career .247 batting average, .280 on-base percentage, and a .293 slugging percentage.  He tallied 335 total bases, 30 sacrifice hits, five sacrifice flies and three intentional walks.

List of the best Boston Red Sox Shortstops of all time. The Boston Red Sox have had some amazing Shortstops throughout their years in the MLB, but who is the ...