Editing Fenway Park (section)

==Features==
The park is located along Lansdowne Street and Jersey Street in the Kenmore Square area of Boston. The area includes many buildings of similar height and architecture and thus it blends in with its surroundings. When pitcher [[Roger Clemens]] arrived in Boston for the first time in 1984, he took a taxi from [[Logan Airport]] and was sure the driver had misunderstood his directions when he announced their arrival at the park. Clemens recalled telling the driver "No, Fenway Park, it's a baseball stadium&nbsp;... this is a warehouse." Only when the driver told Clemens to look up and he saw the light towers did he realize he was in the right place.<ref name=Nowlin>{{cite book |last1=Nowlin |first1= Bill |last2=Prime |first2=Jim |year=2005 |title=Blood Feud: The Red Sox, the Yankees and the Struggle of Good Vs. Evil |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m9-oC_bVnC0C |publisher=Rounder Records |isbn=978-1-57940-111-5}}</ref>

[[File:FenwayPark 1917.jpg|thumb|left |1917 map of Fenway Park]]

Fenway Park is one of the two remaining [[Baseball park#Jewel box ballparks|jewel box]] ballparks still in use in Major League Baseball, the other being [[Wrigley Field]]; both have a significant number of obstructed view seats, due to pillars supporting the upper deck. These are sold as such, and are a reminder of the architectural limitations of older ballparks.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Worst Seats at Fenway |first=Stan |last=Grossfeld |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/06/17/the_worst_seats_at_fenway/ |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=June 17, 2005 |access-date=June 17, 2005}}</ref>

[[George Will]] asserts in his book ''[[Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball|Men at Work]]'' that Fenway Park is a "hitters' ballpark", with its short right-field fence (302&nbsp;feet), narrow foul ground (the smallest of any current major league park), and generally closer-than-normal outfield fences. By Rule 1.04, Note(a),<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Rules |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/official_rules/foreword.jsp |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |year=2012 |access-date=April 20, 2012}}</ref> all parks built after 1958 have been required to have foul lines at least {{convert |325 |ft |m}} long and a center-field fence at least {{convert |400 |ft |m}} from home plate.  (This rule had the unintended consequence of leading to the "Cookie-Cutter Stadium" era, which ended when Camden Yards opened in 1992.) Regarding the narrow foul territory, Will writes:

{{blockquote|text=The narrow foul territory in Fenway Park probably adds 5 to 7 points onto [[batting average (baseball)|batting average]]s. Since World War II, the Red Sox have had 18 batting champions (through 1989)... Five to 7 points are a lot, given that there may be only a 15- or 20-point spread between a good hitting team and a poor hitting team.<ref name=menatwork>{{cite book |first=George |last=Will |author-link=George Will |publisher=MacMillan |year=1990 |title=Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball|isbn=9780026284707 |url=https://archive.org/details/menatworkcrafto00will |url-access=registration }}</ref>{{rp |p. 175}}}}

Will states that some observers might feel that these unique aspects of Fenway give the Red Sox an advantage over their opponents, given that the Red Sox hitters play 81 games at the home stadium while each opponent plays no more than seven games as visiting teams but Will does not share this view.<ref name=menatwork/>{{rp |p. 177}}

Fenway Park's bullpen wall is much lower than most other outfield walls; outfielders are known to end up flying over this wall when chasing balls hit that direction, such as with [[Torii Hunter]] when chasing a [[David Ortiz]] game-tying [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] that direction in game 2 of the [[2013 American League Championship Series|2013 ALCS]].

===The Green Monster===
[[File:Green Monster at Fenway Park, 2013.JPG|thumb|The Green Monster measures {{convert |37.167 |ft |m}} tall.]]
{{Main |Green Monster}}
The [[Green Monster]] is the nickname of the {{convert |37.167 |ft |m}}<ref>{{cite news |title=A Southern California Guide to Fenway Park |first=Tom |last=Hoffarth |url=http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2008/08/a-southern-cali.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |date=August 5, 2008 |access-date=November 9, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021220715/http://www.insidesocal.com/tomhoffarth/archives/2008/08/a-southern-cali.html |archive-date=October 21, 2008 }}</ref> left field wall in the park. It is located {{convert |310 |to |315 |ft |m}} from home plate; this short distance often benefits right-handed hitters.<ref name="perfect">{{cite book|last1=Paper|first1=Lew|title=Perfect: Don Larsen's Miraculous World Series Game and the Men Who Made it Happen|date=29 September 2009|publisher=[[Penguin Publishing]]|isbn=9781101140451|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UQuJbTdov2gC&q=fenway+green+monster+right+handed+hitters&pg=PT162|access-date=December 3, 2014}}</ref>

Part of the original ballpark construction of 1912, the wall is made of wood, but was covered in tin and concrete in 1934, when [[Green Monster#Scoreboard|the scoreboard]] was added. The wall was covered in hard plastic in 1976. The [[scoreboard]] is manually updated throughout the game. If a ball in play goes through a hole in the scoreboard while the scorers are replacing numbers, the batter is awarded a [[ground rule double]].<ref>{{cite web |title=5 Things You Didn't Know About Fenway Park |url=https://boston.cbslocal.com/top-lists/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-fenway-park/ |access-date=21 January 2022 |date=20 October 2013}}</ref> Similarly, if a batter hits a ball into the balls, strikes, and out lights, it is also ruled a ground rule double.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/kyle-isbel-breaks-light-on-green-monster-scoreboard | title=Lights out! Ball breaks bulb, gets stuck inside Green Monster | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref>

The inside walls of the Green Monster are covered with players' signatures from over the years. Despite the name, the Green Monster was not painted green until 1947; before that, it was covered with [[advertising|advertisements]]. The ''Monster'' designation is relatively new; for most of its history, it was simply called "the wall."<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park Timeline – 1947 |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1947 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201082237/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1947 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, terrace-style seating was added on top of the wall.<ref name=monseats />

==="The Triangle"===
[[File:Fenway Park03.jpg|thumb|right |The Triangle]]
[[File:Red Sox Yankees Game Boston July 2012-6.jpg|thumb|right |The screen above the Triangle]]

"The Triangle" is a region of center field where the walls form a triangle whose far corner is {{convert |420 |ft |m}} from home plate. That deep right-center point is conventionally given as the center field distance. The true center is unmarked, {{convert |390 |ft |m}} from home plate, to the left of "the Triangle" when viewed from home plate.<ref name="parkstats">{{cite web|title=Facts and Figures|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=facts|website=Boston Red Sox|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-date=May 1, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501162058/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=facts|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There was once a smaller "Triangle" at the left end of the bleachers in center field, posted as {{convert |388 |ft |m}}. The end of the bleachers form a right angle with the [[Green Monster]] and the flagpole stands within that little triangle. That is not the true power alley, but deep left-center. The true power alley distance is not posted. The foul line intersects with the Green Monster at nearly a right angle, so the power alley could be estimated at {{convert |336 |ft |m}}, assuming the power alley is 22.5° away from the foul line as measured from home plate.<ref name="triangle">{{cite magazine |title=The Great Wall Of Boston |first=Jack |last=Mann |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1965/06/28/608075/the-great-wall-of-boston |date=June 28, 1965 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |access-date=December 2, 2014}}</ref>

==="Williamsburg"===
"Williamsburg" was the name, invented by sportswriters, for the bullpen area built in front of the right-center field bleachers in 1940. It was built there primarily for the benefit of [[Ted Williams]], to enable him and other left-handed batters to hit more [[home run]]s, since it was {{convert |23 |ft |m}} closer than the bleacher wall.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park Timeline – 1940 |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1940 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130201082221/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fenwaypark100/timeline.jsp?year=1940 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===The Lone Red Seat===
The lone red seat in the right field bleachers (Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21) signifies the longest home run ever hit at Fenway. The home run, hit by [[Ted Williams]] on June 9, 1946,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/1946/06/10/ted-williams-blasts-longest-home-run-fenway-park/hxBBYnDyeKBTwrNuhhY0XJ/story.html |title=Ted Williams blasts longest home run in Fenway Park |first=Harold |last=Kaese |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |url-access=limited |date=June 10, 1946 |access-date=April 20, 2019 }}</ref> was officially measured at {{convert|502|ft}}, well beyond "Williamsburg". According to Hit Tracker Online, the ball, if unobstructed, would have flown {{convert |520 |to |535 |ft |m}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Highlight Home Runs |first=Greg |last=Rybarczyk |url=http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=1946_2 |publisher=[[ESPN]] |year=2009 |access-date=April 20, 2012 |archive-date=July 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720231221/http://www.hittrackeronline.com/historic.php?id=1946_2 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The ball landed on Joseph A. Boucher, penetrating his large [[straw]] hat and hitting him in the head. A confounded Boucher was later quoted as saying:
 
{{blockquote|How far away must one sit to be safe in this park? I didn't even get the ball. They say it bounced a dozen rows higher, but after it hit my head, I was no longer interested. I couldn't see the ball. Nobody could. The sun was right in our eyes. All we could do was duck. I'm glad I did not stand up.<ref>{{Citation| last = Shaughnessy| first = Dan| title = Long Ago It Went Far Away| newspaper = [[The Boston Globe]]| location = [[Boston|Boston, Massachusetts]]| date = June 9, 1996}}</ref>}}

There have been other home runs hit at Fenway that have contended for the distance title. In the 2007 book ''[[The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs]]'', researcher Bill Jenkinson found evidence that on May 25, 1926, [[Babe Ruth]] hit one in the pre-1934 bleacher configuration which landed five rows from the top in right field. This would have placed it at an estimated {{Convert|545|ft}} from home plate.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzbYAAAAMAAJ |first=William |last=Jenkinson |title=The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs |year=2007 |publisher=Carroll & Graf |isbn=978-0-7867-1906-8}}</ref> On June 23, 2001, [[Manny Ramirez]] hit one that struck a light tower above the Green Monster, which would have cleared the park had it missed. The park's official estimate placed the home run one foot short of Williams' record at {{convert|501|ft|sigfig=4}}.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ramirez Hits Fenway's Second-Longest Homer |agency=Associated Press |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/06/23/ramirez_homers_ap/ |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |date=June 23, 2001 |access-date=April 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911152948/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2001/06/23/ramirez_homers_ap/|archive-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref> An April 2019 home run by [[Rowdy Tellez]] of the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] was initially reported as {{convert|505|ft|m}}, but later found to be significantly shorter, approximately {{convert|433|ft|m}}.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://bosoxinjection.com/2019/04/12/red-sox-pitcher-nathan-eovaldi-didnt-longest-home-run-fenway-history/ |title=Red Sox: Nathan Eovaldi didn't give up the longest home run in Fenway Park history |first=Sean |last=Penney |website=bosoxinjection.com |date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=April 20, 2019}}</ref>
[[File:The Lone Red Seat.jpg|alt=The Red Seat is seen completely surrounded by dark green seats in center field and right field in Fenway Park.|thumb|The Red Seat is seen completely surrounded by dark green seats in center field and right field in Fenway Park.]]

===Foul poles===
[[File:Dsc 6431 Pesky's Pole.jpg|thumb|right |Although it is only 302&nbsp;feet to "Pesky's Pole", the fence directly behind it sharply curves away.]]
[[Image:Pesky Pole 3.jpg|upright|thumb|The bottom portion of Pesky's Pole, with the [[Green Monster]] in the background and Fenway Park's right field seats in the foreground]]
[[Image:Pesky Pole 2.jpg|upright|thumb|Pesky's Pole during a night game in 2007]]

'''Pesky's Pole''' is the name for the [[foul pole|pole]] on the right field foul line, which stands {{convert |302 |ft |m}} from home plate,<ref name="parkstats" /> the shortest outfield distance (left or right field) in Major League Baseball.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spirito|first1=Lou|title=Baseball's Many Physical Dimensions|url=http://visual.ly/baseballs-many-physical-dimensions|website=visual.ly|access-date=December 3, 2014|format=Image|date=March 27, 2014}}</ref> Like the measurement of the left-field line at Fenway Park, this has been disputed. Aerial shots show it to be noticeably shorter<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thecomeback.com/mlb/didi-gregorius-hit-home-run-statcast-estimated-295-feet.html |title=Yankees' shortstop Didi Gregorius hit a 295-foot home run, one of the shortest ever |last=Bucholtz |first=Andrew |date=16 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170718234835/https://thecomeback.com/mlb/didi-gregorius-hit-home-run-statcast-estimated-295-feet.html |archive-date=2017-07-18 |access-date=2018-10-24 }}</ref> than the (actual) 302 foot line in right field, and Pesky has been quoted as estimating it to be "around 295 feet". There is no distance posted on the wall.

Despite the short wall, home runs in this area are relatively rare, as the fence curves away from the foul pole sharply. The pole was named after [[Johnny Pesky]], a non-power-hitting shortstop and long-time [[Coach (baseball)|coach]] for the Red Sox, who hit some of his six home runs at Fenway Park around the pole but never off the pole. Pesky (playing 1942 to 1952, except for 1943 to 1945) was a [[contact hitter]] who hit just 17 home runs in his career (6 at Fenway Park).<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/peskyjo01.shtml| title = Pesky at Baseball Reference}}</ref> It's not known how many of these six actually landed near the pole. The Red Sox give credit to pitcher (and later, Sox broadcaster) [[Mel Parnell]] for coining the name. The most notable for Pesky is a two-run homer in the eighth inning of the 1946 Opening Day game to win the game. According to Pesky, Mel Parnell named the pole after Pesky won a game for Parnell in {{Baseball year|1948}} with a [[home run]] down the short right field line, just around the pole. However, Pesky hit just one home run in a game pitched by Parnell, a two-run shot in the first inning of a game against Detroit played on June 11, 1950. The game was eventually won by the visiting Tigers in the 14th inning on a three-run shot by Tigers right fielder Vic Wertz and Parnell earned a no-decision that day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redsoxconnection.com/peskypole.html |title=Pesky Pole at Fenway Park |publisher=redsoxconnection.com |access-date=2009-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016060228/http://www.redsoxconnection.com/peskypole.html |archive-date=2008-10-16 }}</ref>

The term, though it had been in use since the 1950s, became far more common when Parnell became a Red Sox broadcaster in 1965. [[Mark Bellhorn]] hit what proved to be the game-winning home run off of [[Julián Tavárez]] in game 1 of the [[2004 World Series]] off that pole's screen.

On September 27, 2006, Pesky's 87th birthday, the Red Sox officially dedicated the right field foul pole as "Pesky's Pole", with a commemorative plaque placed at its base.<ref>{{cite video|url=http://www.truveo.com/Peskys-Pole-Ceremony/id/3528387500|title=Pesky Pole Ceremony|medium=Streaming Video|publisher=Trueveo|date=September 27, 2006|access-date=September 27, 2006|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808003516/http://www.truveo.com/Peskys-Pole-Ceremony/id/3528387500|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The seat directly on the foul side of Pesky's Pole in the front row is Section 94, Row E, Seat 5 and is usually sold as a lone ticket.

In a ceremony before the Red Sox' 2005 game against the [[Cincinnati Reds]], the pole on the left field foul line atop the [[Green Monster]] was named the [[Carlton Fisk#The Fisk Foul Pole|Fisk Foul Pole]], or ''Pudge's Pole'', in honor of [[Carlton Fisk]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sox Honor Fisk with Left-Field Foul Pole|first=Mike|last=Petraglia|url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050613&content_id=1088701|publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]]|date=June 13, 2005|access-date=May 11, 2012|archive-date=April 1, 2016|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20160401135634/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/1088701|url-status=dead}}</ref> Fisk provided one of baseball's most enduring moments in Game 6 of the [[1975 World Series]] against the Reds. Facing Reds right-hander Pat Darcy in the 12th inning with the score tied at 6, Fisk hit a long fly ball down the left field line. It appeared to be heading foul, but Fisk, after initially appearing unsure of whether or not to continue running to first base, famously jumped and waved his arms to the right as if to somehow direct the ball fair. It ricocheted off the foul pole, winning the game for the Red Sox and sending the series to a seventh and deciding game the next night, which Cincinnati won. Like Johnny Pesky's No. 6, Carlton had his No. 27 player number retired by the team.

==="Duffy's Cliff"===
[[File:Green Monster 1914.jpg|thumb|right|The original ad-covered Green Monster in 1914, with "overflow" fan seating in ''front'' of the wall's base, atop "Duffy's Cliff" (seen in the distance, nearest the flagpole)]]
[[File:Fenway Park Boston diagram 1912 10 04.jpg|thumb|left|Fenway Park diagram for the 1912 World Series]]

From 1912 to 1933, there was a {{convert|10|ft|m|adj=on}} high incline in front of the then {{convert |25|ft|m|adj=on}}-high left field wall at Fenway Park, extending from the left-field foul pole to the center field flag pole (and thus under "The Triangle" of today). As a result, a left fielder had to play part of the territory running uphill (and back down). Boston's first star left fielder, [[Duffy Lewis]], mastered the skill so well that the area became known as "Duffy's Cliff".<ref name=Foulds/>

The incline served two purposes: it was a support for a high wall and it was built to compensate for the difference in grades between the field and Lansdowne Street on the other side of that wall. The wall also served as a spectator-friendly seating area during the [[dead ball era]] when overflow crowds, in ''front'' of the later [[Green Monster]], would sit on the incline behind ropes.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Baseball Showcase in Football Land |first=Dan |last=Shaughnessy |author-link=Dan Shaughnessy |url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/articles/2005/10/25/a_baseball_showcase_in_football_land/ |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |date=October 25, 2005 |access-date=October 25, 2005}}</ref>

As part of the 1934 remodeling of the ballpark, the bleachers, and the wall itself, Red Sox owner [[Tom Yawkey]] arranged to flatten the ground along the base of the wall, so that Duffy's Cliff no longer existed. The base of the left field wall is several feet below the grade level of Lansdowne Street, accounting for the occasional rat that might spook the scoreboard operators.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Bill |last1=Nowlin |first2=Cecilia |last2=Tan |url=https://archive.org/details/fenwayprojectjun00nowl |url-access=registration |title=The Fenway Project:June 28, 2002 : a Project of the Society for American Baseball Research and SABR Boston |isbn=978-1-57940-091-0 |year=2004 |publisher=Rounder Books}}</ref>

There has been debate as to the true left field distance, which was once posted as {{convert|315|ft}}. A reporter from ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' was able to sneak into Fenway Park and measure the distance. When the paper's evidence was presented to the club in 1995, the distance was remeasured by the Red Sox and restated at {{convert|310|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facts and Figures |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/facts.jsp |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-date=March 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304184936/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/facts.jsp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The companion {{convert|96|m|adj=on|sp=us}} sign remained unchanged until 1998, when it was corrected to {{convert|94.5|m|sp=us}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park |url=http://www.sports-venue.info/MLB/BOS_Fenway_Park.html |publisher=Sportsvenue.info |access-date=March 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602162706/http://www.sports-venue.info/MLB/BOS_Fenway_Park.html |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Dell EMC Club===
In 1983, private suites were added to the roof behind home plate. In 1988, 610 stadium club seats enclosed in glass and named the "600 Club", were added above the home plate grandstand replacing the existing press box. The press box was then added to the top of the 600 Club.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fenway Park Information – Milestones |url=http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=milestones |publisher=[[Major League Baseball Advanced Media]] |year=2012 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=November 25, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125101843/http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=milestones |url-status=dead }}</ref> The 1988 addition has been thought to have changed the air currents in the park to the detriment of hitters.<ref name="EMC"/> In 2002, the organization renamed the club seats the ".406 Club" (in honor of [[Ted Williams]]' batting average in 1941).<ref name="EMC">{{cite web |title=Red Sox EMC Club Tickets |url=http://www.fenwayticketking.com/red_sox_emc_club_tickets.html |publisher=Fenway Ticket King |year=2012 |access-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-date=May 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504064024/http://www.fenwayticketking.com/red_sox_emc_club_tickets.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Between the 2005 and 2006 seasons the existing .406 club was rebuilt as part of the continuing ballpark expansion efforts. The second deck now features two open-air levels: the bottom level is the new "[[Dell EMC]] Club" featuring 406 seats and [[Concierge|concierge services]] and the upper level, the State Street Pavilion, has 374 seats and a dedicated standing room area. The added seats are wider than the previous seats.<ref name="EMC"/>
{{wide image|Fenway10.jpg|900px|align-cap=center| Fenway Park during a 2010 game vs. the [[Philadelphia Phillies]].}}

===Statues===
Outside Gate 5 is ''[[The Teammates (statue)|The Teammates]]'' statue, by Antonio Tobias Mendez, which depicts Red Sox players [[Bobby Doerr]], [[Dom DiMaggio]], [[Ted Williams]], and [[Johnny Pesky]]. It was unveiled in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title='Teammates' unveiled |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-sox/print/_/id/3534 |work=[[ESPN]] |date=June 9, 2010}}</ref>

There is also a solo statue of Williams, unveiled in 2004, depicting him placing his cap on the head of a young boy.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fernandes |first1=Doug |title=Williams statue unveiled |url=https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2004/04/16/williams-statue-unveiled/28800521007/ |work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |date=April 16, 2004}}</ref>

===Program hawkers===
In 1990, Mike Rutstein started handing out the first issue of ''Boston Baseball Magazine'' (originally called ''Baseball Underground'') outside of the park.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2017/09/22/rutstein-finds-sea-his-calling/UXmae6yaOl7Vk5pXzPZenN/story.html |title=Rutstein finds the sea is his calling - the Boston Globe |website=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=2019-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212070618/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/north/2017/09/22/rutstein-finds-sea-his-calling/UXmae6yaOl7Vk5pXzPZenN/story.html |archive-date=2019-02-12 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was frustrated with the quality of the program being sold inside the park, which also came out once every two months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/05/24/Underground-Red-Sox-program-finding-a-niche/8428643521600/|title = Underground' Red Sox program finding a niche}}</ref> The program was sold for $1, half the cost of the programs inside the park. To sell the program, Rutstein's employees would stand outside the park wearing bright red shirts and greet fans by holding a program up and shouting "Program, Scorecard, One Dollar!".<ref>{{cite book |title=Outside Pitch: Twenty Years of Boston Baseball |author=Rutstein, Mike |year=2009 |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=978-1449524791}}</ref> By 1992, the Red Sox organization filed complaints with the city code enforcement arguing that the scorecard inside the magazine was not covered under the [[First Amendment]] protecting magazines and that Rutstein's employees were operating on the streets without a permit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/take-these-sox-and-shove-it-198040|title = Take These Sox and Shove It|website = [[Newsweek]]|date = 9 August 1992}}</ref> Despite a lot of attention in the news, Rutstein said the charges were not pursued and no further legal action was taken.<ref name="yawkeywayreport.com">{{Cite web|url=http://yawkeywayreport.com/meet-the-staff/ceo-sly-egidio/|title=CEO Sly Egidio|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=2019-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212130941/http://yawkeywayreport.com/meet-the-staff/ceo-sly-egidio/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, one of Rutstein's long time employees Sly Egidio<ref name="yawkeywayreport.com" /> quit Boston Baseball to start "The Yawkey Way Report" named after [[Yawkey Way]]. By that time, Boston Baseball was selling for $3 per program, $2 cheaper than the in-park programs selling for $5. The Yawkey Way Report cost $1 and Egidio stationed his hawkers close to Boston Baseball's hawkers, starting a "hawker war."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/09/10/fenway-scene-war-among-rival-hawkers-game-programs/eTsR16JIvyshTp3S7tLhEJ/story.html|title=Fenway program hawkers' rivalry fuels competition |website=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> The Yawkey Way Report also came with baseball cards, ponchos and tote bags, which caused Rutstein to file his own complaints with Boston city code enforcement. Despite the rivalry, both programs continue to be hawked outside of Fenway Park and are often the first thing fans see when they approach the stadium on game-day.