1959 Boston Red Sox season

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1959 Boston Red Sox
Pumpsie Green becomes the Red Sox first black player
Earl Wilson becomes the Red Sox first black pitcher
Major league affiliations
Location
1959 Information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
General Manager(s) Bucky Harris
Manager(s) Pinky Higgins, Rudy York, and Billy Jurges
Local television WHDH-TV
Local radio WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bob Murphy, Bill Crowley)

The 1959 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 5th in the American League with a record of 75 wins and 79 losses.

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[edit] Offseason

1958 would be Jimmy Piersall’s final season with the Boston Red Sox. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Gary Geiger. [1]

[edit] 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. [2]
  • Ted Williams would have an off year as he batted below .300. [3]
  • Earl Wilson became the first black pitcher to play for the Boston Red Sox. [1]

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
Chicago White Sox 94 60 .610 --
Cleveland Indians 89 65 .578 5
New York Yankees 79 75 .513 15
Detroit Tigers 76 78 .494 18
Boston Red Sox 75 79 .487 19
Baltimore Orioles 74 80 .481 20
Kansas City Athletics 66 88 .429 28
Washington Senators 63 91 .409 31

[edit] Transactions

  • September 9, 1959: Chuck Tanner was sold by Boston Red Sox to Cleveland Indians.[4]

[edit] Roster

1959 Boston Red Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.32, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8
  2. ^ The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.33, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8
  3. ^ The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.31, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8
  4. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=tannech01
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