- 1959 Boston Red Sox season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1959
misc =Pumpsie Green becomes the Red Sox first black player
Earl Wilson becomes the Red Sox first black pitcher
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark =Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston,Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners =Tom Yawkey
general manager =Bucky Harris
managers =Pinky Higgins ,Rudy York , andBilly Jurges
television =WHDH-TV
radio = WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy , Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)The 1959Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in theAmerican League with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses.Offseason
*1958 would be
Jimmy Piersall ’s final season with the Boston Red Sox. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange forGary Geiger . The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.32, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ]
*March 9, 1959: Chuck Tanner was traded by Chicago Cubs to Boston Red Sox for Bob Smith. [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=tannech01 Chuck Tanner Trades and Transactions by Baseball Almanac ] ]Regular season
* The 1959 season was the year that the color barrier was broken for the Red Sox. Elijah "Pumpsie" Green became the first black player to play for the Red Sox. The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.33, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ]
*Ted Williams would have an off year as he batted below .300. The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.31, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ]
* Earl Wilson became the first black pitcher to play for the Boston Red Sox.eason standings
Transactions
*September 9, 1959: Chuck Tanner was sold by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians.
Opening day line up
Other batters
Relief pitchers
ee also
*
List of first black Major League Baseball players by team and date Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]* Class AAA:
Minneapolis Millers (American Association;Gene Mauch , manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class A:Allentown Red Sox (Eastern League;Sheriff Robinson , manager)
* Class B:Raleigh Capitals (Carolina League ; Ken Deal, manager)
* Class D:Waterloo Hawks (Midwest League ;Elmer Yoter , manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D:Corning Cor-Sox (New York-Penn League ;Len Okrie , manager)
* Class D:Alpine Cowboys (Sophomore League ;Eddie Popowski , manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPIONReferences
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1959.shtml 1959 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1959&t=BOS 1959 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]
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