It is the second World Series win in four seasons for the Red Sox after they beat St Louis in 2004. Before that they had to wait 86 years for a win.
Veteran third baseman Mike Lowell hit a solo home run and scored twice for the Sox before becoming a free agent.
It was Boston's seventh Series crown overall since it started in 1903.
Lowell blasted his homer in the seventh innings to give Boston a 3-0 lead.
And after Colorado's Brad Hawpe answered with a solo home run, pinch-hitter Bobby Kielty blasted on the first pitch of the eighth innings to seal the Rockies' fate.
The Rockies refused to give in, however, with Garrett Atkins hitting a two-run homer off Red Sox relief pitcher Hideki Okajima in the eighth innings to pull Colorado back to 4-3.
But then Jonathan Papelbon, Boston's closing reliever, forced the final five outs.
Colorado's Jamey Carroll cracked the ball deep to left field in the ninth innings, but it was caught for the penultimate dismissal before Rockies pinch-hitter Seth Smith followed by striking out, touching off a huge Red Sox celebrations.
It completed a remarkable turn-around in form for Boston who had rallied from a 3-1 deficit against Cleveland in the AL Championship series, before winning seven straight games.
"This team has got a lot of heart," Boston team captain Jason Varitek said afterwards.
"We just beat a very, very good team, an excellent team. We had to do the little things, and we were able to."
The Rockies, who won 21 of 22 games to storm into the post-season and their first World Series, never found their stride after waiting eight days for the Series to begin.
And Rockies manager Clint Hurdle admitted: "Boston executed better than us all four games.
"They deserve all the credit. We just got beat by a better team in this series in every way."
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