1960 Boston Red Sox season

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1960 Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams Final Season
Major league affiliations
Location
1960 Information
Owner(s) Tom Yawkey
General Manager(s) Bucky Harris
Manager(s) Billy Jurges (W-15; L-27), Del Baker (W-2; L-5) and Pinky Higgins (W-48; L-57)
Local television WHDH-TV, Ch. 5
Local radio WHDH-AM 850
(Curt Gowdy, Bill Crowley, Art Gleeson)

The 1960 Boston Red Sox season involved the Red Sox finishing 7th in the American League with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses.

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[edit] Regular season

In 1960, the Boston Red Sox finished 32 games back of the New York Yankees. [1] Manager Billy Jurges was replaced by Mike “Pinky” Higgins. [1] 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. [1] Williams finished the season with a .316 batting average at the age of 41.[1]

[edit] Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 --
Baltimore Orioles 89 65 .578 8
Chicago White Sox 87 67 .565 10
Cleveland Indians 76 78 .494 21
Washington Senators 73 81 .474 24
Detroit Tigers 71 83 .461 26
Boston Red Sox 65 89 .422 32
Kansas City Athletics 58 96 .377 39

[edit] Roster

1960 Boston Red Sox roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

[edit] Ted Williams Final Game

[edit] Line Score

Wednesday September 28, Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 9 1
Boston 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 5 6 1
W: Fornieles (10-5)  L: Fisher (12-11)  
HRs: Triandos (12), Williams (29)

[edit] Batting

Baltimore Orioles AB R H RBI Boston Red Sox AB R H RBI
Brandt cf 5 0 0 0 Green ss 3 0 0 0
Pilarcik rf 4 0 1 0 Tasby cf 4 1 0 1
Robinson 3b 4 1 1 0 Williams lf 3 2 1 1
Gentile 1b 3 1 1 1 Hardy lf 0 0 0 0
Triandos c 4 1 2 2 Pagliaroni c 3 0 2 0
Hansen ss 4 1 2 0 Malzone 3b 3 0 0 0
Stephens lf 4 0 2 0 Clinton rf 3 0 0 1
Breeding 2b 2 0 0 0 Gile 1b 4 0 0 0
Woodling ph 1 0 0 1 Coughtry 2b 3 1 2 0
Pearson pr 0 0 0 0 Muffett p 2 0 0 0
Klaus 2b 1 0 0 0 Nixon ph 1 0 0 0
Barber p 0 0 0 0 Fornieles p 0 0 0 0
Fisher p 4 0 0 0 Wertz ph 0 1 0 0
NONE 0 0 0 0 Brewer pr 0 1 0 0
Totals 36 4 9 4 Totals 30 5 6 3

[edit] Pitching

Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Barber 0.1 0 2 2 3 0
Fisher, L (12-11) 8.1 6 3 2 3 5
Totals 8.2 6 5 4 6 5
Boston Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Muffett 7.0 9 4 4 0 4
Fornieles, W (10-5) 2.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 0 6

[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] References

  1. ^ a b c d The Boston Red Sox, Milton Cole and Jim Kaplan, p.32, World Publications Group, North Dighton, MA, ISBN 1-57215-412-8
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