The 2018 Red Sox continue to flirt with the remarkable possibility of a .700 winning percentage. Never before has any team in franchise history eclipsed that impressive number in a season.
But the same can’t be said for all Boston baseball teams in Major League history. The 1912 Red Sox came close (with a record 105-47, and a winning percentage of .691), but the 1897 Boston Beaneaters reached the magical .700 plateau.
Before becoming the Braves, and moving to Milwaukee and eventually Atlanta, one of Boston’s original baseball teams played in the National League and was (from 1883-1906) known informally as the “Beaneaters.