Red Sox fans remember Bobby Kielty best for his home run in Game 4 of the 2007 World Series. Now he’s back to play for the Boston Sox, according to announcements made last Wednesday. Kielty has signed up for a one-year non-guaranteed contract with the Red Sox, through which he can earn $800,000 base salary plus $300,000 worth of incentives.

Having Kielty in the team would mean that they would have a backup outfielder in case they successfully traded Coco Crisp. Manny Ramirez, Jacoby Ellsbury, and J.D. Drew will be the Sox’s starting outfield. In Ellsbury’s absence, Drew would become center field and Kielty would go to right.

Kielty is known to hit left-handed pitching, although he mentioned earlier in the season that he would think about exclusively batting right-handed, but he has not confirmed this yet. Kielty boasts of 53 homers and 253 RBIs.

In August 2007, he was taken in by the Red Sox, during which he hit .231 with a home run and 9 RBIs. During his only at-bat in the World Series, he hit a shot that went over the wall and gave Red Sox a 4-1 lead. His hit brought the Red Sox victory over the Rockies with 4-3.