1960 Boston Red Sox season

1960 Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams' Final Season
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
General manager(s) Bucky Harris
Manager(s) Billy Jurges (W-15; L-27), Del Baker (W-2; L-5) and Pinky Higgins (W-48; L-57)
Local television WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radio WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bill Crowley, Art Gleeson)
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The 1960 Boston Red Sox season was the 60th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses, 32 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees.[1]

Regular season

Manager Billy Jurges was replaced by Mike "Pinky" Higgins.[1] Ted Williams retired at the end of the season. In his final at bat, Ted Williams hit the 521st home run of his career.[1] Williams finished the season with a .316 batting average at the age of 41.[1]

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees9757.630--
Baltimore Orioles8965.5788
Chicago White Sox8767.56510
Cleveland Indians7678.49421
Washington Senators7381.47424
Detroit Tigers7183.46126
Boston Red Sox6589.42232
Kansas City Athletics5896.37739

Record vs. opponents

1960 American League Records

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore —16–613–914–813–913–99–1311–11
Boston 6–16—5–179–1314–813–97–1511–11
Chicago 9–1317–5—11–1111–1115–710–1214–8
Cleveland 8–1413–911–11—7–1515–76–1616–6
Detroit 9–138–1411–1115–7—10–128–1410–12
Kansas City 9–139–137–157–1512–10—7–15–17–15
New York 13–915–712–1016–614–815–7–1—12–10
Washington 11–1111–118–146–1612–1015–710–12—

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

12Pumpsie Green2B
  3Pete Runnels1B
11Frank Malzone3B
10Gene StephensRF
  9Ted WilliamsLF
37Gary GeigerCF
  1Don BuddinSS
30Haywood Sullivan    C
15Tom SturdivantP

Roster

1960 Boston Red Sox
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Managers

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CRuss Nixon8027281.298533
1BVic Wertz131443125.28219103
2BPete Runnels143528169.320235
3BFrank Malzone152595161.2711479
SSDon Buddin124428105.245636
LFTed Williams11331098.3162972
CFWillie Tasby105385108.281737
RFLou Clinton9629868.228637

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rip Repulski7313633.243320

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Tom Borland260436.5332

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Minneapolis Millers American Association Eddie Popowski
A Allentown Red Sox Eastern League Sheriff Robinson
B Raleigh Capitals Carolina League Ken Deal
D Waterloo Hawks Midwest League Matt Sczesny
D Corning Red Sox New York–Penn League Len Okrie
D Alpine Cowboys Sophomore League Dick Kinaman

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.32, World Publications Group, North Dighton, Massachusetts, ISBN 1-57215-412-8
  2. ↑ Rip Repulski page at Baseball-Reference
  3. 1 2 Red Sox sells Jackson
  4. ↑ "Indians, Red Sox exchange players". Milwaukee Journal. AP. 13 June 1960. p. 16. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  5. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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