1960 Boston Red Sox
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkFenway Park
CityBoston, Massachusetts
Record65–89 (.422)
League place7th (32 GB)
OwnersTom Yawkey
PresidentTom Yawkey
General managersBucky Harris
Managers
TelevisionWHDH-TV, Ch. 5
RadioWHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bill Crowley, Art Gleeson)
StatsESPN.com
BB-reference
Seasons

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

  • June 7, 1960: Manager Billy Jurges was fired with Boston in eighth and last place. After interim skipper Del Baker handled the Bosox for seven games, Jurges was replaced by Mike "Pinky" Higgins (his predecessor) on June 14.[1]
  • September 28, 1960: Ted Williams retired at the end of the Red Sox' home season. In his final at bat, Williams hit the 521st home run of his career.[1] Williams finished the season with a .316 batting average at the age of 42.[1] He did not play in Boston's three-game season finale at Yankee Stadium the ensuing weekend.
  • September 28, 1960: The Red Sox also fired second-year general manager Bucky Harris after the club's final home game on September 28, and signed Higgins to a three-year contract as field manager and director of player personnel.[2] Business manager Dick O'Connell was promoted to executive vice president, as the Red Sox temporarily abolished the title of general manager.

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 — 55–22 42–35
Baltimore Orioles 8965 0.578 8 44–33 45–32
Chicago White Sox 8767 0.565 10 51–26 36–41
Cleveland Indians 7678 0.494 21 39–38 37–40
Washington Senators 7381 0.474 24 32–45 41–36
Detroit Tigers 7183 0.461 26 40–37 31–46
Boston Red Sox 6589 0.422 32 36–41 29–48
Kansas City Athletics 5896 0.377 39 34–43 24–53

Record vs. opponents

1960 American League record

Sources:
Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KCA 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
Pumpsie Green13326063.242321
Gary Geiger7724574.302933
Carroll Hardy7314534.234215
Rip Repulski7313633.243320
Haywood Sullivan5212420.161310
Bobby Thomson4011430.263520
Gene Stephens3510925.229211
Marty Keough3810526.24819
Ed Sadowski389320.21538
Ray Boone347816.205111
Jim Pagliaroni286219.30629
Don Gile29519.17614
Ron Jackson10317.22600
Marlan Coughtry15193.15800
Ray Webster730.00001
Jim Busby100----00

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
Bill Monbouquette35215.014113.64134
Tom Brewer34186.210154.8260
Ike Delock24129.19104.7349
Billy Muffett23125.0643.2475
Earl Wilson1365.0324.7140

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
Frank Sullivan40153.26165.1098
Jerry Casale2996.1296.1754
Dave Hillman1636.2035.6514
Chet Nichols Jr.612.2024.2611

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
Mike Fornieles70105132.6464
Tom Sturdivant403314.9767
Tom Borland260436.5332
Ted Bowsfield171225.1418
Ted Wills151117.4228
Al Worthington60107.717
Nelson Chittum60004.325
Tracy Stallard40000.006
Arnold Earley201015.755

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
Source:[7][8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Cole, Milton; Kaplan, Jim (2009). The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History. North Dighton, Massachusetts: World Publications Group. p. 32. ISBN 978-1-57215-412-4.
  2. ↑ Smiles, Jack (2011). Bucky Harris: A Biography of Baseball's 'Boy Wonder'. McFarland & Company. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-7864-4160-0.
  3. ↑ Sammy White page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ↑ Rip Repulski page at Baseball-Reference
  5. 1 2 Red Sox sells Jackson
  6. ↑ "Indians, Red Sox exchange players". Milwaukee Journal. AP. June 13, 1960. p. 16. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
  8. ↑ Boston Red Sox Guide for Press, TV and Radio. 1960. p. 2. Retrieved March 14, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
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