1961 Boston Red Sox season
- 1961 Boston Red Sox season
MLB yearly infobox-pre1969
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1961
misc = Carl Yastrzemski's Rookie Season
current league = American League
y1 = 1901
Uniform
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = Tom Yawkey
managers = Pinky Higgins
television = WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
radio = WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Ned Martin, Art Gleeson)|
The 1961 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 6th in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses.
Regular season
* 1961 would be Carl Yastrzemski’s first season with the Boston Red Sox. He was considered the heir apparent to Ted Williams. [ The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.32, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8 ] ]
* On June 30, 1961, Wilbur Wood made his major league baseball debut with the Boston Red Sox. In a game versus the Cleveland Indians, Wood pitched 4 innings, allowed 3 hits, and 2 earned runs. He had 3 strikeouts and allowed 1 walk. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/woodwi01.shtml]
* October 1, 1961 - Tracy Stallard gave up Roger Maris' 61st Home Run, breaking Babe Ruth's Record for most Home Runs in a season.eason standings
Transactions
Opening Day Line Up
Other batters
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: Seattle Rainiers (Pacific Coast League; Johnny Pesky, manager)
* Class A: Johnstown Red Sox (Eastern League; Eddie Popowski, manager)
* Class B: Winston-Salem Red Sox (Carolina League; Elmer Yoter and Matt Sczesny, managers)
* Class D: Waterloo Hawks (Midwest League; Matt Sczesny and Bill Slack, managers)
* Class D: Olean Red Sox (New York-Penn League; Harold Holland, manager)
* Class D: Alpine Cowboys (Sophomore League; Mel Parnell, manager)
References
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1961.shtml 1961 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1961&t=BOS 1961 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]
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