If you’ve ever been to a Red Sox game, you know that we have our share of annoying fans. If you’re a Sox fan, I know your instinct would be to deny it, but come on, it’s true. Sorry.

The good news is, we’re not number one. That spot would go to our dreaded rivals, the New York Yankees. So imagine how annoying it must be to be at a game with both Red Sox AND Yankees fans!

Just so you know, these results come from Crestline, where “From December 14 – 15, 2022, we surveyed 999 Americans to hear their opinions on annoying Major League Baseball fans. Respondents ranged in age from 18 to 76 years old, and were 26% female and 74% male.”

They also ranked the: worst behaved fans, most arrogant fans, most annoying fan behavior and more. Find out where the Red Sox landed on these lists and more. And who else around the league is annoying as well.

• Most Annoying Fans - Red Sox #2

  1. New York Yankees
  2. Boston Red Sox
  3. Houston Astros
  4. Los Angeles Dodgers
  5. Philadelphia Phillies
  6. Chicago Cubs
  7. St. Louis Cardinals
  8. Atlanta Braves
  9. New York Mets
  10. Chicago White Sox

• Worst Behaved Fans - Red Sox #3

  1. New York Yankees
  2. Philadelphia Phillies
  3. Boston Red Sox
  4. Los Angeles Dodgers
  5. Houston Astros
  6. Chicago Cubs
  7. New York Mets
  8. Chicago White Sox
  9. Atlanta Braves
  10. St. Louis Cardinals

• Most Arrogant Fans - Red Sox #2

  1. New York Yankees
  2. Boston Red Sox
  3. Los Angeles Dodgers
  4. Houston Astros
  5. Chicago Cubs
  6. Philadelphia Phillies
  7. Atlanta Braves
  8. St. Louis Cardinals
  9. New York Mets
  10. Chicago White Sox

• Most Annoying Managers - Red Sox Manager Alex Cora #3

  1. Tony La Russa of the Chicago White Sox
  2. Aaron Boone of the New York Yankees
  3. Alex Cora of the Boston Red Sox
  4. Dusty Baker of the Houston Astros
  5. Joe Girardi of the Philadelphia Phillies

• Most Annoying Baseball Players - Yay! No Red Sox players

  1. Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros
  2. Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies
  3. Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres
  4. Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees
  5. Carlos Correa of the Minnesota Twins

• Most Annoying Fan Behaviors

  1. Getting in fights at games (with fans of other teams)
  2. Having bad sportsmanship
  3. Being a fairweather/bandwagon fan
  4. Making excuses
  5. Drinking too much
  6. Getting in fights at games with fans of their own team
  7. Heckling opposing players too much
  8. Using inappropriate language
  9. Complaining about umpires
  10. Saying “we” when referring to the team

• Most Annoying Types of Fans

  1. Always drunk fan
  2. Always negative fan
  3. The fan who never stops yelling
  4. Bandwagon fan
  5. The know-it-all fan
  6. The condescending fan
  7. The fan who never sits down
  8. Obsessed with fantasy fan
  9. The fan who pretends to like sports but doesn’t
  10. The fan stuck living in the glory years

• Fans that complain the most - Red Sox #3

  1. New York Yankees
  2. Houston Astros
  3. Boston Red Sox
  4. Los Angeles Dodgers
  5. Philadelphia Phillies
  6. New York Mets
  7. Chicago Cubs
  8. Atlanta Braves
  9. Chicago White Sox
  10. St. Louis Cardinals

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