The 1960 New York Yankees season was the 58th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning its 25th pennant, finishing 8 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games.
1960 New York Yankees | ||
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American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | Bronx, New York | |
Owners | Dan Topping and Del Webb | |
General managers | George Weiss | |
Managers | Casey Stengel | |
Television | WPIX (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) | |
Radio | WMGM (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) | |
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Offseason edit
- December 11, 1959: Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley.[1]
- Prior to 1960 season: Jesse Gonder was acquired by the Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
Regular season edit
Elston Howard took over as the Yankees' everyday catcher, while Yogi Berra split time between the outfield and serving as Howard's backup.
Season standings edit
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 55–22 | 42–35 |
Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 8 | 44–33 | 45–32 |
Chicago White Sox | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 10 | 51–26 | 36–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 21 | 39–38 | 37–40 |
Washington Senators | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 24 | 32–45 | 41–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 26 | 40–37 | 31–46 |
Boston Red Sox | 65 | 89 | 0.422 | 32 | 36–41 | 29–48 |
Kansas City Athletics | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 39 | 34–43 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents edit
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
Baltimore | — | 16–6 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 11–11 | |||||
Boston | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 9–13 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
Cleveland | 8–14 | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | 15–7 | 6–16 | 16–6 | |||||
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
Kansas City | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 12–10 | — | 7–15–1 | 7–15 | |||||
New York | 13–9 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | — | 12–10 | |||||
Washington | 11–11 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — |
Notable transactions edit
- May 19, 1960: Andy Carey was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Cerv.[3]
Roster edit
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Player stats edit
Batting edit
Starters by position edit
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Elston Howard | 107 | 323 | 79 | .245 | 6 | 39 |
1B | Bill Skowron | 146 | 538 | 166 | .309 | 26 | 91 |
2B | Bobby Richardson | 150 | 460 | 116 | .252 | 1 | 26 |
3B | Clete Boyer | 124 | 393 | 95 | .242 | 14 | 46 |
SS | Tony Kubek | 147 | 568 | 155 | .273 | 14 | 62 |
LF | Héctor López | 131 | 408 | 116 | .284 | 9 | 42 |
CF | Mickey Mantle | 153 | 527 | 145 | .275 | 40 | 94 |
RF | Roger Maris | 136 | 499 | 141 | .283 | 39 | 112 |
Other batters edit
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 |
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Yogi Berra | 120 | 359 | 99 | .276 | 15 | 6 |
Gil McDougald | 119 | 337 | 87 | .258 | 8 | 34 |
Bob Cerv | 87 | 216 | 54 | .250 | 8 | 28 |
Johnny Blanchard | 53 | 99 | 24 | .242 | 4 | 14 |
Kent Hadley | 55 | 64 | 13 | .203 | 4 | 11 |
Dale Long | 26 | 41 | 15 | .366 | 3 | 10 |
Joe DeMaestri | 49 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Hunt | 25 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Pisoni | 20 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Jesse Gonder | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 3 |
Elmer Valo | 8 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Deron Johnson | 6 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Carey | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Shantz | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Pitching edit
Starting pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Art Ditmar | 34 | 200.0 | 15 | 9 | 3.06 | 65 |
Whitey Ford | 33 | 192.2 | 12 | 9 | 3.08 | 85 |
Bob Turley | 34 | 173.1 | 9 | 3 | 3.27 | 87 |
Jim Coates | 35 | 149.1 | 13 | 3 | 4.28 | 73 |
Bill Short | 10 | 47.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.79 | 14 |
Other pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Ralph Terry | 35 | 166.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.40 | 92 |
Eli Grba | 24 | 80.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.68 | 32 |
Bill Stafford | 11 | 60.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.25 | 36 |
John Gabler | 21 | 52.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.15 | 19 |
Relief pitchers edit
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Bobby Shantz | 42 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2.79 | 54 |
Ryne Duren | 42 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4.96 | 67 |
Duke Maas | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4.09 | 28 |
Luis Arroyo | 29 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2.88 | 29 |
Johnny James | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4.36 | 29 |
Fred Kipp | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 |
1960 World Series edit
NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 4, Pirates – 6 | October 5 | Forbes Field | 36,676 |
2 | Yankees – 16, Pirates – 3 | October 6 | Forbes Field | 37,308 |
3 | Pirates – 0, Yankees – 10 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 70,001 |
4 | Pirates – 3, Yankees – 2 | October 9 | Yankee Stadium | 67,812 |
5 | Pirates – 5, Yankees – 2 | October 10 | Yankee Stadium | 62,753 |
6 | Yankees – 12, Pirates – 0 | October 12 | Forbes Field | 38,580 |
7 | Yankees – 9, Pirates – 10 | October 13 | Forbes Field | 36,683 |
Awards and honors edit
- Roger Maris, American League MVP
- Bobby Richardson, World Series MVP
Farm system edit
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greensboro[4]
Notes edit
- ^ Roger Maris at Baseball Reference
- ^ Jesse Gonder at Baseball Reference
- ^ Bob Cerv at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References edit
- 1960 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
- 1960 World Series
- 1960 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac