November 18, 1986: Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens (1984-1996) is voted the American League MVP for the 1986 season in recognition of his 24 wins that helped his club to the AL Pennant; Clemens had earned the 1986 CY Young Award the previous week to become the first AL pitcher to capture both awards since Vida Blue in 1971. [...]

November 17, 1947: The Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Browns agree to a trade involving eight players and a $300,000 payment by Boston; the key player for the Red Sox is shortstop Vern "Junior" Stephens, who will send Johnny Pesky to third base (1948-1952), and who will average 33 home runs in his first three seasons while leading the AL in RBI during two of t [...]

November 16, 1979: Future Hall of Famer and long-time member of Cincinnati's Big Red Machine, Tony Perez is signed by the Boston Red Sox (1980-1982) as a free agent and in 1980 he hit 25 home runs with 105 RBI; during his three seasons with the Red Sox, Perez will play first base in 195 games and appear as the DH in 117 games. [...]

November 15, 1967: Red Sox Hall of Fame great Carl Yastrzemski (1961-1983) is selected as the American League's Most Valuable Player; Yaz led the 100-1 underdog, Impossible Dream Team Red Sox to their first American League Pennant since 1946, and became the last player to win the AL Triple Crown until Miguel Cabrera in 2012. [...]

November 14, 1946: Red Sox Hall of Fame great Ted Williams (1939-1960) is selected as the American League's Most Valuable Player for 1946; Williams, who helped propel the Boston Red Sox to the American League Pennant that year, led the AL in on-base percentage (.497), slugging average (.667) and runs scored. [...]