<P> 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 '' . </P>
where does the name red sox come from
the red hose in the team uniform beginning in 1908