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The 1960 Boston Red Sox season was the 60th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished seventh in the American League (AL) with a record of 65 wins and 89 losses, 32 games behind the AL champion New York Yankees .
The 1960 Major League Baseball season was played from April 12 to October 13, 1960. It was the final season contested by 16 clubs and the final season that a 154-game schedule was played in both the American League and the National League. The AL began using the 162-game schedule the following season, with the NL following suit in 1962.
Excluding 2020, the most recent season during which the Red Sox did not play a full 162-game schedule was 2001, when they played 161 games. Ted Williams played for the Red Sox in parts of four decades, 1939–1960
The name Red Sox, chosen by owner John I. Taylor after the 1907 season, refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning in 1908. Sox had been previously adopted for the Chicago White Sox by newspapers needing a headline-friendly form of Stockings, as "Stockings Win!" in large type did not fit in a column.
He will sit out the 1960 season, return to the Red Sox with diminished skills in 1961, then retire for good. January 29 – The Continental League grants its eighth and final franchise to Buffalo . For the Western New York metropolis, the proposed 1961 debut of the CL would restore Major League Baseball to the city for the first time since 1915 ...
In 1960, ABC returned to baseball broadcasting with a series of late-afternoon Saturday games. Jack Buck [1] and Carl Erskine [2] [3] were the lead announcing crew for this series, which lasted one season. [4] ABC typically did three games a week. Two of the games were always from the Eastern or Central Time Zone.
The 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 28th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) ... Red Sox: P: 9: Bob ...
It returned to the Red Sox organization as a result of a swap on October 15, 1957 with the San Francisco Seals as part of the Giants' move to the Bay Area. [1] The Millers ceased operations after the 1960 season with the arrival of the Minnesota Twins in 1961. The Red Sox affiliated with the Pacific Coast League's Seattle Rainiers for 1961. The ...