1960 Detroit Tigers season

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1960 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
  • American League (since 1901)
Location
  • Briggs Stadium (since 1912)
  • Detroit (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
General manager(s)Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)Jimmy Dykes, Billy Hitchcock, Joe Gordon
Local televisionWJBK
Local radioWKMH
(George Kell, Ernie Harwell)
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The 1960 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers' sixth-place finish in the American League with a 71–83 record, 26 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

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 12, 1960: The Tigers acquired first baseman Norm Cash from the Cleveland Indians for utility infielder Steve Demeter; Cash played in 2,018 games and slugged 373 homers for Detroit (1960–74); Demeter played in four games and was hitless in five at-bats for the Indians before disappearing into the minor leagues.[5]
  • April 17, 1960: Reigning American League batting average champion Harvey Kuenn (.353 in 1959) was traded by the Tigers to the Indians, even-up, for reigning AL home run champ Rocky Colavito (42 homers in 1959, tied with Harmon Killebrew).[6]
  • June 15, 1960: Ray Semproch and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Clem Labine.[7]
  • July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.[8]
  • August 3, 1960: In the only manager-for-manager trade in Major League history, the Tigers swapped Jimmy Dykes to the Indians for Joe Gordon; coaches Luke Appling and Jo-Jo White also traded teams.

Roster[]

1960 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

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 Lou Berberet 85 232 45 .194 5 23
1B Norm Cash 121 353 101 .286 18 63
2B Frank Bolling 139 536 136 .254 9 59
3B Eddie Yost 143 497 129 .260 14 47
SS Chico Fernández 133 435 105 .241 4 35
LF Charlie Maxwell 134 482 114 .237 24 81
CF Al Kaline 147 551 153 .278 15 68
RF Rocky Colavito 145 555 138 .249 35 87

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
Steve Bilko 78 222 46 .207 9 25
Neil Chrisley 96 220 56 .255 5 24
Red Wilson 45 134 29 .216 1 14
Ozzie Virgil Sr. 62 132 30 .227 3 13
Harry Chiti 37 104 17 .163 2 5
Casey Wise 30 68 10 .147 2 5
Sandy Amorós 65 67 10 .149 1 7
Coot Veal 27 64 19 .297 0 8
Hank Foiles 26 56 14 .250 0 3
Dick Gernert 21 50 15 .300 1 5
Dick McAuliffe 8 27 7 .259 0 1
Johnny Groth 25 19 7 .368 0 2
Gail Harris 8 5 0 .000 0 0
Rocky Bridges 10 5 1 .200 0 0
Em Lindbeck 2 1 0 .000 0 0

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
Frank Lary 38 274.1 15 15 3.81 149
Jim Bunning 36 252 11 14 2.79 201
Don Mossi 23 158.1 9 8 3.47 69

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
Bob Bruce 34 130 4 7 3.74 76
Pete Burnside 31 113.2 7 7 4.28 71
Paul Foytack 28 96.2 2 11 6.14 38
Phil Regan 17 68 0 4 4.50 38
Bill Fischer 20 55 5 3 3.44 24

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
Dave Sisler 41 7 5 5 2.48 47
Hank Aguirre 37 5 3 10 2.85 80
Tom Morgan 22 3 2 1 4.66 12
Ray Semproch 17 3 0 0 4.00 9
Clem Labine 14 0 3 2 5.12 6
George Spencer 5 0 1 0 3.52 4

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Charlie Metro
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Skeeter Newsome
AA Victoria Rosebuds Texas League Johnny Pesky
A Knoxville Smokies Sally League Frank Skaff
B Durham Bulls Carolina League Stubby Overmire
C Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Frank Carswell
D Montgomery Rebels Alabama–Florida League Al Lakeman
D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Al Federoff

References[]

  1. ^ Gus Zernial at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Steve Bilko at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Chico Fernández at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ "The Detroit Tigers, Rarely Known as "Tigers" in Uniform". toddradom.com. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  5. ^ Steve Demeter at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Harvey Kuenn at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Ray Semproch at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference

External links[]

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