1960 Baltimore Orioles season

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1960  Baltimore Orioles
League American League
Ballpark Memorial Stadium
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record89–65 (.578)
League place2nd
Owners Joseph A.W. Iglehart (Chairman of the Board & Principal Owner)
General managers Lee MacPhail
Managers Paul Richards
Television WJZ-TV
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal, Joe Crognan)
  1959 Seasons 1961  

The 1960 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing second in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, eight games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees, it was their first winning season since moving to Baltimore in 1954 and their first winning record since 1945 when they were still known as the St Louis Browns.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757.63055224235
Baltimore Orioles 8965.578844334532
Chicago White Sox 8767.5651051263641
Cleveland Indians 7678.4942139383740
Washington Senators 7381.4742432454136
Detroit Tigers 7183.4612640373146
Boston Red Sox 6589.4223236412948
Kansas City Athletics 5896.3773934432453

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamBALBOSCHWCLEDETKCANYYWSH
Baltimore 16–613–914–813–913–99–1311–11
Boston 6–165–179–1314–813–97–1511–11
Chicago 9–1317–511–1111–1115–710–1214–8
Cleveland 8–1413–911–117–1515–76–1616–6
Detroit 9–138–1411–1115–710–128–1410–12
Kansas City 9–139–137–157–1512–107–15–17–15
New York 13–915–712–1016–614–815–7–112–10
Washington 11–1111–118–146–1612–1015–710–12

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1960 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader
= Indicates league leader

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Gus Triandos 10936498.2691254
1B Jim Gentile 138384112.2922198
2B Marv Breeding 152551147.267343
3B Brooks Robinson 152595175.2941488
SS Ron Hansen 153530135.2552286
LF Gene Woodling 140535123.2831162
CF Jackie Brandt 145511130.2541565
RF Al Pilarcik 10419448.247417

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Gene Stephens 8419346.238511
Walt Dropo 7917948.268421
Jim Busby 7915941.258012
Clint Courtney 8315435.227112
Dave Nicholson 5411321.186511
Willie Tasby 398518.21203
Bob Boyd 718226.31709
Albie Pearson 488220.24416
Billy Klaus 46439.20916
Dave Philley 14349.26515
Joe Ginsberg 14308.26706
John Powers 10182.11100
Valmy Thomas 8161.06300
Ray Barker 560.00000
Bobby Thomson 360.00000
Jerry Adair 351.20011
Gene Green 141.25000
Del Rice 110.00000
Barry Shetrone 100----00

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Chuck Estrada 36208.218113.58144
Milt Pappas 30205.215113.37126
Steve Barber 36181.21073.22112
Hal Brown 30159.01253.0666

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Jack Fisher 40197.212113.4199
Hoyt Wilhelm 41147.01183.31107
Jerry Walker 29118.0343.7448
Arnie Portocarrero 1340.2324.4315

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Gordon Jones 291124.4230
Billy Hoeft 192104.3414
Wes Stock 172222.8823
Rip Coleman 502011.250
John Anderson 400013.501
Bob Mabe 200027.000

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Miami Marlins International League Al Vincent
AAA Vancouver Mounties Pacific Coast League George Staller
B Tri-City Braves Northwest League Whitey McDowell
B Fox Cities Foxes Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Earl Weaver
C Stockton Ports California League Billy DeMars
C Aberdeen Pheasants Northern League Lou Fitzgerald
D Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Barney Lutz
D Leesburg Orioles Florida State League Bob Hooper

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities

Notes

  1. Billy Loes page at Baseball-Reference
  2. Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference
  3. Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball-Reference
  4. "1960 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. 1 2 Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference
  6. John Powers transactions at Baseball Reference
  7. Gene Stephens transactions at Baseball Reference
  8. Jim Busby transactions at Baseball Reference
  9. Bobby Thomson transactions at Baseball Reference
  10. Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
  11. Del Rice transactions at Baseball Reference

References