1960 Cleveland Indians season

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1960 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
  • American League (since 1901)
Location
  • Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
  • Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)William R. Daley
General manager(s)Frank Lane
Manager(s)Joe Gordon, Jimmy Dykes
Local televisionWEWS-TV
(Ken Coleman, Bill McColgan)
Local radioWERE
(Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal)
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The 1960 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians' fourth-place finish in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, 21 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees. This season was notable for the infamous trade of Rocky Colavito.

Offseason[]

Regular season[]

Season standings[]

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American League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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[]

1960 American League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team BAL BOS CHW CLE DET KC NY 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[]

  • April 3, 1960: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Indians.[4]
  • April 12, 1960: Norm Cash was traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Demeter.[5]
  • April 17, 1960: 1959 AL home run king Rocky Colavito was traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for 1959 AL batting champion Harvey Kuenn.[6]
  • April 18, 1960: Herb Score was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Barry Latman.[7]
  • June 11, 1960: Paul Casanova was released by the Indians.[8]
  • June 13, 1960: Russ Nixon and Carroll Hardy were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Marty Keough and Ted Bowsfield.[9] It was he second time the Indians traded Nixon to the Red Sox in three months: a March 16 deal sent Nixon to Boston for fellow catcher Sammy White, but White retired rather than report to Cleveland and the trade was nullified March 25.
  • August 3, 1960: In what was termed the first (and, as of September 2010, only) "trade" of managers in baseball history,[10] Cleveland and Detroit exchanged Joe Gordon for Jimmy Dykes.[11] In the days that followed, the two teams also "traded" coaches, as the Indians' Jo-Jo White and the Tigers' Luke Appling swapped jobs to remain aides to Gordon and Dykes.

Opening Day Lineup[]

Opening Day Starters
# Name Position
1 Johnny Temple 2B
6 Harvey Kuenn CF
12 Walt Bond RF
14 Tito Francona LF
15 Russ Nixon C
10 Vic Power 1B
3 Woodie Held 3B
7 Bubba Phillips 2B
39 Gary Bell P

[12]

Roster[]

1960 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats[]

Batting[]

Starters by position[]

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
C Johnny Romano 108 316 86 .272 16 52
1B Vic Power 147 580 167 .288 10 84
2B Ken Aspromonte 117 459 133 .290 1 10
3B Bubba Phillips 113 304 63 .207 4 33
SS Woodie Held 109 376 97 .258 1 21
LF Tito Francona 147 544 159 .292 17 79
CF Jimmy Piersall 138 486 137 .282 18 66
RF Harvey Kuenn 126 474 146 .308 9 54

Other batters[]

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
Johnny Temple 98 381 102 .268 2 19

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jim Perry 36 261.1 18 10 3.62 120
Mudcat Grant 19 159.2 9 8 4.40 75
Gary Bell 23 154.2 9 10 4.13 109
Barry Latman 20 147.1 7 7 4.03 94
Dick Stigman 18 133.2 5 11 4.51 104
Bobby Locke 11 123.0 3 5 3.37 53

Other pitchers[]

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers[]

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Mel McGaha
AA Mobile Bears Southern Association Al Hollingsworth and Johnny Lipon
A Reading Indians Eastern League Ray Mueller
B Burlington Indians Carolina League Pinky May
C Minot Mallards Northern League
D Selma Cloverleafs Alabama–Florida League Ken Landenberger and Paul O'Dea
D Lakeland Indians Florida State League Johnny Lipon and Charlie Gassaway

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Minnie Miñoso at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Billy Martin at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Jim King at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Al Cicotte at Baseball-Reference
  5. ^ Norm Cash at Baseball-Reference
  6. ^ Rocky Colavito at Baseball-Reference
  7. ^ Herb Score at Baseball-Reference
  8. ^ Paul Casanova at Baseball-Reference
  9. ^ "Indians, Red Sox exchange players". Milwaukee Journal. AP. June 13, 1960. p. 16. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
  10. ^ The New York Times (4 August 1960): "Gordon and Dykes Trade Jobs as Managers"
  11. ^ Joe Gordon at Baseball-Reference
  12. ^ 1960 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links[]

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