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 involved the Red Sox finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses, 32 games behind the 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 Yankees 97 57 .630 --
Baltimore Orioles 89 65 .578 8
Chicago White Sox 87 67 .565 10
Cleveland Indians 76 78 .494 21
Washington Senators 73 81 .474 24
Detroit Tigers 71 83 .461 26
Boston Red Sox 65 89 .422 32
Kansas City Athletics 58 96 .377 39

Record vs. opponents

1960 American League Records

Sources:

Team BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC NYY WSH
Baltimore — 16–6 13–9 14–8 13–9 13–9 9–13 11–11
Boston 6–16 — 5–17 9–13 14–8 13–9 7–15 11–11
Chicago 9–13 17–5 — 11–11 11–11 15–7 10–12 14–8
Cleveland 8–14 13–9 11–11 — 7–15 15–7 6–16 16–6
Detroit 9–13 8–14 11–11 15–7 — 10–12 8–14 10–12
Kansas City 9–13 9–13 7–15 7–15 12–10 — 7–15–1 7–15
New York 13–9 15–7 12–10 16–6 14–8 15–7–1 — 12–10
Washington 11–11 11–11 8–14 6–16 12–10 15–7 10–12 —

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

12 Pumpsie Green 2B
  3 Pete Runnels 1B
11 Frank Malzone 3B
10 Gene Stephens RF
  9 Ted Williams LF
37 Gary Geiger CF
  1 Don Buddin SS
30 Haywood Sullivan     C
15 Tom Sturdivant P

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
C Nixon, RussRuss Nixon 80 272 81 .298 5 33
1B Wertz, VicVic Wertz 131 443 125 .282 19 103
2B Runnels, PetePete Runnels 143 528 169 .320 2 35
3B Malzone, FrankFrank Malzone 152 595 161 .271 14 79
SS Buddin, DonDon Buddin 124 428 105 .245 6 36
LF Williams, TedTed Williams 113 310 98 .316 29 72
CF Tasby, WillieWillie Tasby 105 385 108 .281 7 37
RF Clinton, LouLou Clinton 96 298 68 .228 6 37

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
Repulski, RipRip Repulski 73 136 33 .243 3 20

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
Borland, TomTom Borland 26 0 4 3 6.53 32

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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