- The Boston Red Sox are the first and only team to win two World Series during 21st century
- The Boston Red Sox became the 6th team in MLB history to face a 3-1 deficit in a 7-game League Championship Series (LCS) and advance to the World Series
- The Boston Red Sox are the 4th of the group down 3-1 LCS winners to go on to win the World Series
- The Boston Red Sox are the only MLB team to come back from a 3-1 deficit in the LCS and sweep their World Series opponent, and they have done it twice (2004, 2007)
- Boston Red Sox Manager Terry Francona is the first manager in Major League history to win his first 8 World Series games
- The Boston Red Sox are now tied for the 5th longest winning streak in World History with 1921-23 New York Giants
- The Boston Red Sox have the second-longest active winning streak in World Series play (the Reds have 9 straight for the Cincinnati Reds from 1975-90)
- The Boston Red Sox are tied for 2nd with the most runs in the first three World Series games (25 runs) with Philadelphia (1911), behind the Yankees who had 30 in 1960
- The 2007 Boston Red Sox have the post season record for scoring 10 or more runs (6 times) which is twice the 2nd place teams who did it 3 times (1960 Yankees, 1996 Braves and 2002 Angels)
- The Boston Red Sox 29 runs scored in the 2007 World Series are the third most in a four-game series in World Series history
- The Boston Red Sox 2007 postseason run total (99) is the second-most all-time in a postseason, trailing the 101 scored by the 2002 Anaheim Angels
- Game 3 of the 2007 World Series set the record for the most pitchers used by both teams in a 9-inning World Series game (12)
- The Boston Red Sox tied a World Series mark by using six pitchers in 2007 World Series Game 3, and the record for the most by a winning club in a World Series game
- Game 3 of the 2007 World Series was the longest 9-inning World Series game in history at 4 hours and 14 minutes
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