February 9, 1953: The Red Sox trade shortstop Vern "Junior" Stephens, who has played five seasons in Boston, to the Chicago White Sox for three pitchers including Harold "Skinny" Brown; Stephens will bat only .186 with 14 RBI for the White Sox before they ship him off to the St. Louis Browns, while Skinny Brown will pitch credibly for three seasons in Boston [...]

February 8, 1991: The Boston Red Sox make pitcher Roger Clemens the highest-paid MLB player, signing him to a four-year contract extension valued at $21.521 million; Clemens will win 18 games and the Cy Young Award in the first year and follow with 18 wins in 1992, but in the next two seasons he will only win 11 games in 1993 and 9 games in 1994. [...]

February 7, 1962: The Red Sox sign Ed Scott as a scout with the specific accountability of identifying African-American players with the potential to play for the big league team; Scott, who had played for the Indianapolis Clowns in the old Negro League, was instrumental in signing talented African-American players for the Red Sox, including All-Star first b [...]

February 6, 1958: The Boston Red Sox sign All-Star left fielder Ted Williams to the largest contract in MLB history: $135,000 for one season; Williams, who turns age 40 in August of the 1958 season, rewards the Red Sox with a league-leading .328 batting average, an AL tops on-base percentage of .458, and an OPS of 1.042, all AL-leading averages. [...]

February 5, 1933: Thomas A. Yawkey, 30 year-old heir to the Yawkey timber fortune, purchases the Boston Red Sox from John Quinn for $1.5 million; Tom Yawkey, his widow Jean, and ultimately the Yawkey Foundation will control the team for almost 70 years before the team is acquired by a group led by John Henry and Tom Werner in December, 2001. [...]