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.
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. 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. Williams finished the season with a .316 batting average at the age of 42. He did not play in Boston's three-game season finale at Yankee Stadium the ensuing weekend. The Red Sox made two significant front office changes. They 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. Business manager Dick O'Connell was promoted to executive vice president, as the Red Sox temporarily abolished the title of general manager. They also replaced Johnny Murphy, director of minor league operations and scouting since 1948, with Neil Mahoney, who had been chief Eastern scout.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions March 16, 1960: Sammy White and Jim Marshall were traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Russ Nixon. White refused to report and went on the voluntarily retired list, cancelling the trade with the players returning to their original clubs.Sammy White page at Baseball-Reference May 6, 1960: Nelson Chittum was traded by the Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Rip Repulski.Rip Repulski page at Baseball-Reference May 17, 1960: Ron Jackson was traded by the Red Sox to the Milwaukee Braves for Ray Boone.Red Sox sells Jackson June 13, 1960: Marty Keough and Ted Bowsfield were traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Russ Nixon and Carroll Hardy. The trade marked the second time in three months that Boston had obtained Nixon (see March 16, above). September 14, 1960: Ray Boone was released by the Red Sox.
Opening Day lineup 12 Pumpsie Green 2B 3 Pete Runnels 1B11 Frank Malzone 3B10 Gene Stephens RF 9 Ted Williams LF37 Gary Geiger CF 1 Don Buddin SS30 Haywood Sullivan C 15 Tom Sturdivant P
Roster 1960 Boston Red Sox Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Managers
Coaches (Bench) (Third base) (Pitching) (First base & Hitting)
Player stats
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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 80 272 81 .298 5 33 1B 131 443 125 .282 19 103 2B 143 528 169 .320 2 35 3B 152 595 161 .271 14 79 SS 124 428 105 .245 6 36 LF 113 310 98 .316 29 72 CF 105 385 108 .281 7 37 RF 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 Pumpsie Green 133 260 63 .242 3 21 Gary Geiger 77 245 74 .302 9 33 Carroll Hardy 73 145 34 .234 2 15 73 136 33 .243 3 20 Haywood Sullivan 52 124 20 .161 3 10 Bobby Thomson 40 114 30 .263 5 20 Gene Stephens 35 109 25 .229 2 11 Marty Keough 38 105 26 .248 1 9 Ed Sadowski 38 93 20 .215 3 8 Ray Boone 34 78 16 .205 1 11 Jim Pagliaroni 28 62 19 .306 2 9 Don Gile 29 51 9 .176 1 4 Ron Jackson 10 31 7 .226 0 0 Marlan Coughtry 15 19 3 .158 0 0 Ray Webster 7 3 0 .000 0 1 Jim Busby 1 0 0 ---- 0 0
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 Monbouquette 35 215.0 14 11 3.64 134 Tom Brewer 34 186.2 10 15 4.82 60 Ike Delock 24 129.1 9 10 4.73 49 Billy Muffett 23 125.0 6 4 3.24 75 Earl Wilson 13 65.0 3 2 4.71 40
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 Sullivan 40 153.2 6 16 5.10 98 Jerry Casale 29 96.1 2 9 6.17 54 Dave Hillman 16 36.2 0 3 5.65 14 Chet Nichols Jr. 6 12.2 0 2 4.26 11
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 Fornieles 70 10 5 13 2.64 64 Tom Sturdivant 40 3 3 1 4.97 67 26 0 4 3 6.53 32 Ted Bowsfield 17 1 2 2 5.14 18 Ted Wills 15 1 1 1 7.42 28 Al Worthington 6 0 1 0 7.71 7 Nelson Chittum 6 0 0 0 4.32 5 Tracy Stallard 4 0 0 0 0.00 6 Arnold Earley 2 0 1 0 15.75 5
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Waterloo
Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1960 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1960 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com