• October 13, 1959:
Enos Slaughter was released by the Braves. • October 13, 1959:
Mickey Vernon was released by the Braves. • October 24, 1959:
Rico Carty was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves. • October 26, 1959:
Stan Lopata was released by the Braves. • November 30, 1959: 1959
rule 5 draft •
Clay Dalrymple was drafted from the Braves by the
Philadelphia Phillies. •
Georges Maranda was drafted from the Braves by the
San Francisco Giants. • February 9, 1960: Stan Lopata was signed as a free agent by the Braves.
Managerial and coaching turnover After seasons at the helm of the Braves and compiling a
record of with two
NL pennants and the
1957 World Series championship, manager
Fred Haney, 63, resigned on October 4 in the wake of the
1959 tie-breaker series loss to the On October 24, the Braves appointed another veteran skipper,
Chuck Dressen, 65, well known as the manager of the "Boys of Summer"
Brooklyn Dodgers of as Haney's successor The Braves had considered a number of high-profile former big-league managers, as well as minor league skipper
Ben Geraghty, before settling on Dressen.
Pitching coach Whit Wyatt was Dressen's only 1960 holdover from Haney's coaching staff, with
Billy Herman,
John Fitzpatrick and
George Susce all departing with Haney. == Regular season ==