- 1960 Boston Red Sox season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969 alt
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1960
misc = Ted Williams Final Season
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 =Billy Jurges (W-15; L-27),Del Baker (W-2; L-5) andPinky Higgins (W-48; L-57)
television = WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
radio = WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy , Bill Crowley, Art Gleeson)|The 1960
Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 7th in theAmerican League with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses.Regular season
In 1960, the Boston Red Sox finished 32 games back of the New York Yankees. The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.32, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ] Manager
Billy Jurges was replaced by Mike “Pinky” Higgins.Ted Williams would retire at the end of the season. In his final at-bat, Ted Williams hit the 521st Home Run of his career. Williams finished the season with a .316 batting average at the age of 41.eason standings
Transactions
*May 17, 1960: Ray Boone was traded by the Milwaukee Braves to the Boston Red Sox for Ron Jackson. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonera01.shtml]
*September 14, 1960: Ray Boone was released by the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/boonera01.shtml]Opening Day Line Up
Batting
Player stats
Batting
"Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In"
Other pitchers
Relief pitchers
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;Eddie Popowski , manager)
* 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 ; Matt Sczesny, manager) — LEAGUE CHAMPION
* Class D:Corning Red Sox (New York-Penn League ;Len Okrie , manager)
* Class D:Alpine Cowboys (Sophomore League ; Dick Kinaman, manager)References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1960.shtml 1960 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1960&t=BOS 1960 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]
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