1960 Los Angeles Dodgers season
1960 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |
City | Los Angeles | |
Owners | Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey | |
President | Walter O'Malley | |
General managers | Buzzie Bavasi | |
Managers | Walter Alston | |
Television | KTTV, Ch. 11 | |
Radio | KFI Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW René Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, Miguel Alonzo | |
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The 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the season at 82–72, in fourth place in the National League race, 13 games behind the NL and World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.
Offseason
[edit]- November 30, 1959: Steve Bilko was drafted from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers in the 1959 rule 5 draft.[1]
Regular season
[edit]Season standings
[edit]Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 52–25 | 43–34 |
Milwaukee Braves | 88 | 66 | .571 | 7 | 51–26 | 37–40 |
St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 68 | .558 | 9 | 51–26 | 35–42 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 82 | 72 | .532 | 13 | 42–35 | 40–37 |
San Francisco Giants | 79 | 75 | .513 | 16 | 45–32 | 34–43 |
Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 28 | 37–40 | 30–47 |
Chicago Cubs | 60 | 94 | .390 | 35 | 33–44 | 27–50 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 95 | .383 | 36 | 31–46 | 28–49 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | CHC | CIN | LA | MIL | PHI | PIT | SF | STL | |||||
Chicago | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | 8–14–1 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 | |||||
Los Angeles | 13–9 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 10–12 | |||||
Milwaukee | 15–7 | 13–9 | 10–12 | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 11–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 12–10 | 13–9 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 7–15 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | — | 14–8–1 | 11–11 | |||||
San Francisco | 13–9–1 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 8–14–1 | — | 13–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — |
Notable transactions
[edit]- April 5, 1960: Fred Kipp was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Gordie Windhorn and Dick Sanders.[2]
- April 8, 1960: Don Zimmer was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Perranoski, Johnny Goryl, career minor leaguer Lee Handley, and cash.[3]
- April 11, 1960: Johnny Klippstein was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.[4]
- May 6, 1960: Rip Repulski was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox for Nelson Chittum.[5]
- May 7, 1960: Sandy Amorós was traded by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals) to the Detroit Tigers for Gail Harris.[6]
- June 15, 1960: John Glenn was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Donohue.[7]
- June 15, 1960: Clem Labine was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Ray Semproch and cash.[8]
- July 9, 1960: Tommy Lasorda was released by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals).[9]
Opening Day lineup
[edit]Opening Day Starters | ||
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# | Name | Position |
19 | Jim Gilliam | 3B |
43 | Charlie Neal | 2B |
9 | Wally Moon | LF |
4 | Duke Snider | RF |
14 | Gil Hodges | 1B |
8 | John Roseboro | C |
2 | Don Demeter | CF |
30 | Maury Wills | SS |
53 | Don Drysdale | P |
Roster
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Pitchers
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Infielders
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Outfielders
Other batters
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Manager
Coaches
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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 | John Roseboro | 103 | 287 | 61 | .213 | 8 | 42 |
1B | Norm Larker | 133 | 440 | 142 | .323 | 5 | 78 |
2B | Charlie Neal | 139 | 477 | 122 | .256 | 8 | 40 |
SS | Maury Wills | 148 | 516 | 152 | .295 | 0 | 27 |
3B | Jim Gilliam | 151 | 557 | 138 | .248 | 5 | 40 |
LF | Wally Moon | 138 | 469 | 140 | .299 | 13 | 69 |
CF | Tommy Davis | 110 | 352 | 97 | .276 | 11 | 44 |
RF | Frank Howard | 117 | 448 | 120 | .268 | 23 | 77 |
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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Duke Snider | 101 | 235 | 57 | .243 | 14 | 36 |
Gil Hodges | 101 | 197 | 39 | .198 | 8 | 30 |
Don Demeter | 64 | 168 | 46 | .274 | 9 | 29 |
Norm Sherry | 47 | 138 | 39 | .283 | 8 | 19 |
Joe Pignatano | 58 | 90 | 21 | .233 | 2 | 9 |
Willie Davis | 22 | 88 | 28 | .318 | 2 | 10 |
Chuck Essegian | 52 | 79 | 17 | .215 | 3 | 11 |
Charley Smith | 18 | 60 | 10 | .167 | 0 | 5 |
Bob Lillis | 48 | 60 | 16 | .267 | 0 | 6 |
Bob Aspromonte | 21 | 55 | 10 | .182 | 1 | 6 |
Ron Fairly | 14 | 37 | 4 | .108 | 1 | 3 |
Irv Noren | 26 | 25 | 5 | .200 | 1 | 1 |
Doug Camilli | 6 | 24 | 8 | .333 | 1 | 3 |
Sandy Amorós | 9 | 14 | 2 | .143 | 0 | 0 |
Carl Furillo | 8 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Rip Repulski | 4 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 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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Don Drysdale | 41 | 269.0 | 15 | 14 | 2.84 | 246 |
Johnny Podres | 34 | 227.2 | 14 | 12 | 3.08 | 159 |
Stan Williams | 38 | 207.1 | 14 | 10 | 3.00 | 175 |
Sandy Koufax | 37 | 175.0 | 8 | 13 | 3.91 | 197 |
Roger Craig | 21 | 115.2 | 8 | 3 | 3.27 | 69 |
Jim Golden | 1 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.43 | 4 |
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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Danny McDevitt | 24 | 53.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.25 | 30 |
Ed Rakow | 9 | 22.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 9 |
Phil Ortega | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 17.05 | 4 |
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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Ed Roebuck | 58 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2.78 | 77 |
Larry Sherry | 57 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3.79 | 114 |
Ed Palmquist | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.54 | 23 |
Clem Labine | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.82 | 15 |
Awards and honors
[edit]- 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 1
- Norm Larker reserve
- Charlie Neal reserve
- Stan Williams reserve
- Johnny Podres reserve
- 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 2
- Norm Larker reserve
- Charlie Neal reserve
- Stan Williams reserve
- Johnny Podres reserve
- National League Rookie of the Year
- Gold Glove Award
- TSN Rookie of the Year Award
- NL Player of the Month
- Don Drysdale (July 1960)
Farm system
[edit]LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Reno
Notes
[edit]- ^ Steve Bilko at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Fred Kipp at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Don Zimmer at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Johnny Klippstein at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Rip Repulski at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Sandy Amorós at Baseball-Reference
- ^ John Glenn at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Clem Labine at Baseball-Reference
- ^ Tommy Lasorda at Baseball-Reference
- ^ 1960 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference