1960 Boston Red Sox season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Boston Red Sox 1960 American League Fenway Park Boston, Massachusetts 65–89 (.422) 7th Tom Yawkey Tom Yawkey Bucky Harris Billy Jurges (15–27) Del Baker (2–5) Pinky Higgins (48–57) WHDH-TV, Ch. 5 WHDH-AM 850(Curt Gowdy, Bill Crowley, Art Gleeson) bos BOS 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.The Boston Red Sox: An Illustrated History Milton Cole Jim Kaplan 32 World Publications Group North Dighton, Massachusetts 2009 978-1-57215-412-4 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.Smiles Jack Bucky Harris: A Biography of Baseball's 'Boy Wonder' 2011 McFarland & Company 978-0-7864-4160-0 269 https://books.google.com/books?id=gG_f0ia4Qy0C 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.United Press International September 28, 1960 Higgins Rehired as Manager https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=BVT19600928.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- virginiachronicle.com Bristol Virginia-Tennesseean March 31, 2025 Season standings Record vs. opponents BOS 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cjMaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4214,2139895&dq=red-sox+ted-bowsfield&hl=en Indians, Red Sox exchange players 13 June 1960 Milwaukee Journal AP 16 3 June 2010July 2026 InternetArchiveBot 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 21 Tom Borland 29 Ted Bowsfield 23 Tom Brewer 19 Jerry Casale 28 Nelson Chittum 14 Ike Delock 21 Arnold Earley 20 Mike Fornieles 17 Dave Hillman 27 Bill Monbouquette 36 Billy Muffett 31 Chet Nichols Jr. 39 Tracy Stallard 15 Tom Sturdivant 18 Frank Sullivan 25 Ted Wills 26 Earl Wilson 39 Al Worthington Catchers 38 Don Gile 22 Russ Nixon 29 Jim Pagliaroni  8 Ed Sadowski 30 Haywood Sullivan Infielders 39 Ray Boone  1 Don Buddin  2 Marlan Coughtry 12 Pumpsie Green  5 Ron Jackson 11 Frank Malzone  3 Pete Runnels 31 Ray Webster  6 Vic Wertz Outfielders  7 Jim Busby  4 Lou Clinton 37, 7 Gary Geiger 16 Carroll Hardy  2 Marty Keough 28 Rip Repulski 10 Gene Stephens 10 Willie Tasby 25 Bobby Thomson  9 Ted Williams Managers 32 Del Baker  5 Pinky Higgins 16 Billy Jurges Coaches 32 Del Baker (Bench) 35 Billy Herman (Third base) 33 Sal Maglie (Pitching) 34 Rudy York (First base & Hitting) Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Russ Nixon 80 272 81 .298 5 33 1B Vic Wertz 131 443 125 .282 19 103 2B Pete Runnels 143 528 169 .320 2 35 3B Frank Malzone 152 595 161 .271 14 79 SS Don Buddin 124 428 105 .245 6 36 LF Ted Williams 113 310 98 .316 29 72 CF Willie Tasby 105 385 108 .281 7 37 RF Lou 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 Pumpsie Green 133 260 63 .242 3 21 Gary Geiger 77 245 74 .302 9 33 Carroll Hardy 73 145 34 .234 2 15 Rip Repulski 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 Tom Borland 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 Minor League Baseball 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:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxpre1960bost_0/page/2/mode/2up Boston Red Sox Guide for Press, TV and Radio 1960 2 March 14, 2021 Wayback Machine References 30em External links 1960 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference 1960 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com Category:Boston Red Sox seasons Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox Category:1960s in Boston