1960 Boston Red Sox season

• June 7, 1960: Manager Billy Jurges was fired with Boston in eighth and last place. After interim skipper Del Baker handled the Bosox for seven games, Jurges was replaced by Mike "Pinky" Higgins (his predecessor) on June 14.
• September 28, 1960:
• Ted Williams retired at the end of the Red Sox' home season. In his final at bat, Williams hit the 521st home run of his career. Williams finished the season with a .316 batting average at the age of 42. He did not play in Boston's three-game season finale at Yankee Stadium the ensuing weekend.
• The Red Sox made two significant front office changes. They fired second-year general manager Bucky Harris after the club's final home game on September 28, and signed Higgins to a three-year contract as field manager and director of player personnel.{{cite book|last=Smiles|first=Jack|title=Bucky Harris: A Biography of Baseball's 'Boy Wonder'|year=2011|publisher=McFarland & Company|isbn=978-0-7864-4160-0|page=269|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gG_f0ia4Qy0C}} Business manager Dick O'Connell was promoted to executive vice president, as the Red Sox temporarily abolished the title of general manager. They also replaced Johnny Murphy, director of minor league operations and scouting since 1948, with Neil Mahoney, who had been chief Eastern scout.{{cite web |author=United Press International |date=September 28, 1960 |title=Higgins Rehired as Manager |url=https://virginiachronicle.com/?a=d&d=BVT19600928.1.7&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |website=virginiachronicle.com |location= |publisher=Bristol Virginia-Tennesseean |access-date=March 31, 2025}}

{{1960 American League standings}}

{{1960 AL Record vs. opponents|team=BOS}}

• March 16, 1960: Sammy White and Jim Marshall were traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Russ Nixon. White refused to report and went on the voluntarily retired list, cancelling the trade with the players returning to their original clubs.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/whitesa02.shtml Sammy White page at Baseball-Reference]
• May 6, 1960: Nelson Chittum was traded by the Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Rip Repulski.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/repulri01.shtml Rip Repulski page at Baseball-Reference]
• May 17, 1960: Ron Jackson was traded by the Red Sox to the Milwaukee Braves for Ray Boone.[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1338&dat=19600517&id=eh5YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2072,3868384&hl=en Red Sox sells Jackson]
• June 13, 1960: Marty Keough and Ted Bowsfield were traded by the Red Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Russ Nixon and Carroll Hardy.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cjMaAAAAIBAJ&pg=4214,2139895&dq=red-sox+ted-bowsfield&hl=en|title=Indians, Red Sox exchange players|date=13 June 1960|work=Milwaukee Journal|agency=AP|page=16|access-date=3 June 2010}} The trade marked the second time in three months that Boston had obtained Nixon (see March 16, above).
• September 14, 1960: Ray Boone was released by the Red Sox.

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}

{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=Minneapolis Millers|league15=American Association|manager15=Eddie Popowski

|level16=A|team16=Allentown Red Sox|league16=Eastern League|manager16=Sheriff Robinson

|level17=B|team17=Raleigh Capitals|league17=Carolina League|manager17=Ken Deal

|level18=D|team18=Waterloo Hawks|league18=Midwest League|manager18=Matt Sczesny

|level19=D|team19=Corning Red Sox|league19=New York–Penn League|manager19=Len Okrie

|level20=D|team20=Alpine Cowboys|league20=Sophomore League|manager20=[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kinama001cha Dick Kinaman]

}}

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Source:Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bostonredsoxpre1960bost_0/page/2/mode/2up |title=Boston Red Sox Guide for Press, TV and Radio |date=1960 |page=2 |accessdate=March 14, 2021 |via=Wayback Machine}}

{{Reflist|30em}}

• [https://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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