Red Seat

On June 9, 1946, Ted Williams hit a 502-foot home run to right field off Detroit RHP Fred Hutchinson. The ball landed on top of the straw hat of Joseph A. Boucher, 56, a construction engineer from Albany, NY who was sitting in Section 42, Row 37, Seat 21. "The sun was right in our eyes," he said. "All we could do was duck. I'm glad I didn't stand up. They say it bounced a dozen rows higher, but after it hit my head, I was no longer interested." At that time, the bleachers were benches and not individual seats.

In 2016, David Ortiz said reaching the Red Seat is "unhuman." It is still the longest home run ever measured at Fenway Park.