paragraph_text: Boston Red Sox 2017 Boston Red Sox season Established in 1901 Based in Boston since 1901 Team logo Cap insignia Major league affiliations American League (1901 -- present) East Division (1969 -- present) Current uniform Retired numbers 6 8 9 14 26 27 34 45 42 Colors Red, Blue, White Name Boston Red Sox (1908 -- present) Boston Americans (1901 -- 1907) Other nicknames The Sox The BoSox The Olde Towne Team Ballpark Fenway Park (1912 -- present) Huntington Avenue Grounds (1901 -- 1911) Major league titles World Series titles (8) 1903 1912 1915 1916 1918 2007 2013 AL Pennants (13) 1903 1904 1912 1915 1916 1918 1946 1967 1986 2007 2013 East Division titles (9) 1986 1988 1990 1995 2007 2013 2016 2017 Wild card berths (7) 1998 1999 2003 2005 2008 2009 Front office Owner (s) Fenway Sports Group (John Henry (Principal Owner), Tom Werner (Chairman), Sam Kennedy (President and CEO)) Manager Alex Cora General Manager Dave Dombrowski (acting) President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski

paragraph_text: Boston Red Sox 2018 Boston Red Sox season Established in 1901 Based in Boston since 1901 Team logo Cap insignia Major league affiliations American League (1901 -- present) East Division (1969 -- present) Current uniform Retired numbers 6 8 9 14 26 27 34 45 42 Colors Red, midnight navy blue, white Name Boston Red Sox (1908 -- present) Boston Americans (1901 -- 1907) Other nicknames The Sox The BoSox The Olde Towne Team Ballpark Fenway Park (1912 -- present) Huntington Avenue Grounds (1901 -- 1911) Major league titles World Series titles (8) 1903 1912 1915 1916 1918 2007 2013 AL Pennants (13) 1903 1904 1912 1915 1916 1918 1946 1967 1986 2007 2013 East Division titles (9) 1986 1988 1990 1995 2007 2013 2016 2017 Wild card berths (7) 1998 1999 2003 2005 2008 2009 Front office Owner (s) Fenway Sports Group (John Henry (Principal Owner), Tom Werner (Chairman), Sam Kennedy (President and CEO)) Manager Alex Cora General Manager Dave Dombrowski (acting) President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski

paragraph_text: The first team to be dubbed the Pawtucket Red Sox debuted at McCoy Stadium in 1970 as a member of the Double-A Eastern League. The franchise, owned by former Major League shortstop Joe Buzas, had spent the previous five seasons (1965–69) as the Pittsfield Red Sox after playing in four different Pennsylvania cities—Allentown, Johnstown, York and Reading—over seven years (1958–64).

paragraph_text: In 2003, the Yankees again had the best league record (101 -- 61), highlighted by Roger Clemens' 300th win and 4000th strikeout. In the ALCS, they defeated the Boston Red Sox in a dramatic seven game series, which featured a bench - clearing incident in Game 3 and a series - ending walk - off home run by Aaron Boone in the bottom of the 11th inning of Game 7. In the World Series the Yankees lost in 6 games to the Florida Marlins, losing a World Series at home for the first time since 1981.

paragraph_text: There have been sixty - one different managers in the team's franchise history: four while it was known as the Cincinnati Red Stockings (1882 -- 1889), four while it was known as the Cincinnati Redlegs (1953 -- 1958) and the other fifty - three under the Cincinnati Reds (1882 -- 1952, 1959 -- present). In baseball, the head coach of a team is called the manager, or more formally, the field manager. Pop Snyder was the first manager of the Reds and managed from 1882 to 1884. Sparky Anderson is the franchise's all - time leader in regular - season games managed (1,450) and regular - season game wins (863). He is followed by Bill McKechnie in both categories with 1,386 and 744, respectively. Anderson is the only Reds manager to have won the World Series twice, in 1975 and 1976. Pat Moran, Lou Piniella, and McKechnie have one World Series victory each; Moran was the manager during the Black Sox Scandal, which refers to the events that took place in the 1919 World Series. McKechnie led the team to the championship in 1940, while Piniella led the team to it in 1990. Jack McKeon is the only manager to have won the Manager of the Year Award with the Reds, which he won in 1999. The most recent manager of the Reds is Jim Riggleman, and the current owner is Robert Castellini.

paragraph_text: During the 1959 World Series, Essegian set a Series record with two pinch-hit home runs against the Chicago White Sox. The mark would be matched by Bernie Carbo of the Boston Red Sox, who pinch-hit homers against the Cincinnati Reds in the 1975 Series.

paragraph_text: Boston Red Sox 2018 Boston Red Sox season Established in 1901 Based in Boston since 1901 Team logo Cap insignia Major league affiliations American League (1901 -- present) East Division (1969 -- present) Current uniform Retired numbers 6 8 9 14 26 27 34 45 42 Colors Red, Blue, White Name Boston Red Sox (1908 -- present) Boston Americans (1901 -- 1907) Other nicknames The Sox The BoSox The Olde Towne Team Ballpark Fenway Park (1912 -- present) Huntington Avenue Grounds (1901 -- 1911) Major league titles World Series titles (8) 1903 1912 1915 1916 1918 2007 2013 AL Pennants (13) 1903 1904 1912 1915 1916 1918 1946 1967 1986 2007 2013 East Division titles (9) 1986 1988 1990 1995 2007 2013 2016 2017 Wild card berths (7) 1998 1999 2003 2005 2008 2009 Front office Owner (s) Fenway Sports Group (John Henry (Principal Owner), Tom Werner (Chairman), Sam Kennedy (President and CEO)) Manager Alex Cora General Manager Dave Dombrowski (acting) President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski

paragraph_text: Thomas died at the age of 93 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. He was the last surviving member of the 1918 World Champion Boston Red Sox.

paragraph_text: The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. The Red Sox have won eight World Series championships and have played in twelve. In addition, they won the 1904 American League pennant, but were not able to defend their 1903 world championship when the New York Giants refused to participate in a World Series. Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox 'home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The ``Red Sox ''name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908, following the lead of previous teams that had been known as the`` Boston Red Stockings'', including the forerunner of the Atlanta Braves.

paragraph_text: The White Sox won the 1906 World Series with a defense - oriented team dubbed ``the Hitless Wonders '', and the 1917 World Series led by Eddie Cicotte, Eddie Collins, and Shoeless Joe Jackson. The 1919 World Series was marred by the Black Sox Scandal, in which several members of the White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to fix games. In response, Major League Baseball's new Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned the players from Major League Baseball for life. In 1959, led by Early Wynn, Nellie Fox, Luis Aparicio and manager Al López, the White Sox won the American League pennant. They won the AL pennant in 2005, and went on to win the World Series, led by World Series MVP Jermaine Dye, Paul Konerko, Mark Buehrle, catcher A.J. Pierzynski, and the first Latino manager to win the World Series, Ozzie Guillén.

paragraph_text: Exactly two weeks later on October 23, 2005, the same Houston Astros team lost to the Chicago White Sox in the longest World Series game by time, Game 3 of the 2005 Series, played at Minute Maid Park, which lasted 5 hours 41 minutes, breaking the previous record of 4 hours 51 minutes in Game 1 of the 2000 World Series. It also shared the record for the longest World Series game by innings at 14, tied with Game 2 of the 1916 World Series, played on October 9, 1916 between the Brooklyn Robins and Boston Red Sox at Braves Field, and Game 1 of the 2015 World Series, played on October 27, 2015 between the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

paragraph_text: Principal franchise owners showing eras of ownership Name Tenure Ref (s) von der Ahe, Chris Chris von der Ahe 1881 -- 1898 Becker, Edward C. Edward C. Becker 1899 -- 1917 Robison, Frank Frank Robison 1899 -- 1908 Robison, Stanley Stanley Robison 1899 - 1910 Britton, Helene Hathaway Helene Hathaway Britton 1911 -- 1916 Breadon, Sam Sam Breadon 1917 -- 1947 β Saigh, Fred Fred Saigh 1948 -- 1952 Hannegan, Robert Robert Hannegan 1948 Busch, Gussie Gussie Busch 1953 -- 1989 Anheuser - Busch 1989 -- 1995 DeWitt, Jr., William William DeWitt, Jr. 1996 -- present

paragraph_text: In their 1962 inaugural season, the Mets posted a record of 40 -- 120, the worst regular season record since MLB went to a 162 - game schedule (two games were canceled). The team never finished better than second to last until the 1969 ``Miracle Mets ''beat the Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in World Series history. Since then, they have played in four additional World Series, including a dramatic run in 1973 that ended in a seven - game loss to the Oakland Athletics, a second championship in 1986 over the Boston Red Sox, a Subway Series loss against their cross-town rivals the New York Yankees in 2000, and a five - game loss to the Kansas City Royals in 2015.

paragraph_text: The postponement, however, gave Red Sox manager John McNamara another option. Unlike the Mets, who had been using a three - man rotation, the Red Sox had used four starters. Since the rainout extended the series by a day, Game 1 and 5 starter Bruce Hurst received an extra day of rest and would be available to start with three days having passed. Since Hurst had done so well to that point -- after all, he was set to be named World Series MVP before the Mets rallied to win Game 6 -- McNamara chose him over Boyd to start Game 7.

paragraph_text: In 1914, advertising executive Albert Lasker obtained a large block of the club's shares and before the 1916 season assumed majority ownership of the franchise. Lasker brought in a wealthy partner, Charles Weeghman, the proprietor of a popular chain of lunch counters who had previously owned the Chicago Whales of the short-lived Federal League. As principal owners, the pair moved the club from the West Side Grounds to the much newer Weeghman Park, which had been constructed for the Whales only two years earlier, where they remain to this day. The Cubs responded by winning a pennant in the war-shortened season of 1918, where they played a part in another team's curse: the Boston Red Sox defeated Grover Cleveland Alexander's Cubs four games to two in the 1918 World Series, Boston's last Series championship until 2004.

paragraph_text: Charles Francis "Heinie" Wagner (September 23, 1880 – March 20, 1943) was an American baseball player and manager. He played shortstop for the New York Giants (1902) and the Boston Red Sox (1906–1918). He was also the manager of the Red Sox during the 1930 baseball season.

paragraph_text: In the American League, the New York Yankees have played in 40 World Series and won 27, the Philadelphia / Kansas City / Oakland Athletics have played in 14 and won 9, and the Boston Red Sox have played in 12 and won 8, including the first World Series. In the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals have appeared in 19 and won 11, the New York / San Francisco Giants have played in 20 and won 8, the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers have appeared in 18 and won 6, and the Cincinnati Reds have appeared in 9 and won 5.

paragraph_text: The 2004 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2004 season. The 100th edition of the World Series, it was a best - of - seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox and the National League (NL) champion St. Louis Cardinals; the Red Sox swept the Cardinals in four games. The series was played from October 23 to 27, 2004, at Fenway Park and Busch Memorial Stadium, broadcast on Fox, and watched by an average of just under 25.5 million viewers. The Red Sox's World Series championship was their first since 1918.

paragraph_text: The name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning in 1908. Sox had been previously adopted for the Chicago White Sox by newspapers needing a headline - friendly form of Stockings, as ``Stockings Win! ''in large type did not fit in a column. The team name`` Red Sox'' had previously been used as early as 1888 by a 'colored' team from Norfolk, Virginia. The Spanish language media sometimes refers to the team as Medias Rojas, a translation of ``red socks ''. The official Spanish site uses the variant`` Los Red Sox''.

paragraph_text: On August 12, 2017, the Red Sox collected their 1,000 th win against the Yankees. On September 6, 2017, The New York Times reported that the Red Sox had been using an Apple Watch to relay Yankee hand signs to Red Sox batters as they played. The use of electronic devices to communicate such information is in violation of baseball rules.

Question: Who is the owner of team which played the Red Sox in the 2004 World Series?
Answer: William DeWitt, Jr.