1960 Kansas City Athletics season

1960  Kansas City Athletics
League	American League
Ballpark	Municipal Stadium
City	Kansas City, Missouri
Owners	Estate of Arnold Johnson
General managers	Parke Carroll
Managers	Bob Elliott
Television	WDAF-TV
Radio	WDAF (Merle Harmon, Bill Grigsby)
←  1959 1961  →

The 1960 Kansas City Athletics season was the sixth in Kansas City and the 60th overall. It involved the A's finishing last place in the American League's final season as an eight team circuit. Kansas City recorded 58 wins and 96 losses, 39 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

At the 1959 Winter Meetings, Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Joe L. Brown had agreed to trade Dick Groat to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Roger Maris. Pirates' manager Danny Murtaugh had advised Brown that he did not want to lose Groat, and the deal was never finalized. ^[1] Maris was traded to the New York Yankees on December 11.

On March 10, 1960, owner Arnold Johnson died at the age of 53. ^[2] After the 1960 season, the team would be sold by Johnson's estate to businessman Charlie Finley.

Notable transactions

• November 21, 1959: Frank House was traded by the Athletics to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Tom Acker. ^[3]
• December 11, 1959: Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry. ^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

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American League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	—	55‍–‍22	42‍–‍35
Baltimore Orioles	89	65	.578	8	44‍–‍33	45‍–‍32
Chicago White Sox	87	67	.565	10	51‍–‍26	36‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians	76	78	.494	21	39‍–‍38	37‍–‍40
Washington Senators	73	81	.474	24	32‍–‍45	41‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers	71	83	.461	26	40‍–‍37	31‍–‍46
Boston Red Sox	65	89	.422	32	36‍–‍41	29‍–‍48
Kansas City Athletics	58	96	.377	39	34‍–‍43	24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

1960 American League record v t e Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	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

• May 19, 1960: Bob Cerv was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Andy Carey. ^[5]
• July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased from the Athletics by the Detroit Tigers. ^[6]

Roster

1960 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ray Blemker 27 John Briggs 27 George Brunet 28 Bud Daley 15 Bob Davis 31 Ned Garver 27 Bob Giggie 24 Dick Hall 38 Ray Herbert 17 Ken Johnson 32,34 Leo Kiely 26 Johnny Kucks 36 Marty Kutyna 18 Don Larsen 16 Howie Reed 37 Bob Trowbridge 20 John Tsitouris 45 Dave Wickersham		Catchers  8 Harry Chiti 10 Pete Daley 12 Hank Foiles 12 Danny Kravitz Infielders 47 Chet Boak  1 Andy Carey  2 Ken Hamlin  4 Ray Jablonski  5 Bob Johnson  4 Lou Klimchock 11 Jerry Lumpe 48 Jim McManus  1 Wayne Terwilliger  3 Marv Throneberry 23 Dick Williams		Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 33 Bob Cerv  6 Jim Delsing  6 Whitey Herzog 37 Leo Posada  7 Norm Siebern 14 Russ Snyder 13 Bill Tuttle		Manager 30 Bob Elliott Coaches 40 Walker Cooper (First base) 42 Fred Fitzsimmons (Pitching) 39 Don Heffner (Third base)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Pete Daley	73	228	19	60	.263	5	25
1B	Marv Throneberry	104	236	29	59	.250	11	41
2B	Jerry Lumpe	146	574	69	156	.272	8	53
3B	Andy Carey	102	343	30	80	.233	12	53
SS	Ken Hamlin	140	428	51	96	.224	2	24
LF	Norm Siebern	144	520	69	145	.279	19	69
CF	Bill Tuttle	151	559	75	143	.256	8	40
RF	Hank Bauer	95	255	30	70	.275	3	31

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Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Dick Williams	127	420	47	121	.288	12	65
Russ Snyder	125	304	45	79	.260	4	26
Whitey Herzog	83	252	43	67	.266	8	38
Harry Chiti	58	190	16	42	.221	5	28
Danny Kravitz	59	175	17	41	.234	4	14
Bob Johnson	76	146	12	30	.205	1	9
Bob Cerv	23	78	14	20	.256	6	12
Jim Delsing	16	40	2	10	.250	0	5
Leo Posada	10	36	8	13	.361	1	2
Ray Jablonski	21	32	3	7	.219	0	3
Chet Boak	5	13	1	2	.154	0	1
Jim McManus	5	13	3	4	.308	1	2
Lou Klimchock	10	10	0	3	.300	0	0
Hank Foiles	6	7	1	4	.571	0	1
Wayne Terwilliger	2	1	0	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
Ray Herbert	37	252.2	14	15	3.28	122
Bud Daley	37	231.0	16	16	4.56	126
Dick Hall	29	182.1	8	13	4.05	79

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
Ned Garver	28	122.1	4	9	3.83	50
Johnny Kucks	31	114.0	4	10	6.00	38
Don Larsen	22	83.2	1	10	5.38	43
John Tsitouris	14	33.0	0	2	6.55	12
George Brunet	3	10.1	0	2	4.35	4

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
Marty Kutyna	51	3	2	4	3.94	20
Ken Johnson	42	5	10	3	4.26	83
Bob Trowbridge	22	1	3	2	4.61	33
Bob Davis	21	0	0	1	3.66	28
Leo Kiely	20	1	2	1	1.74	6
Bob Giggie	10	1	0	0	5.79	8
John Briggs	8	0	2	0	12.71	8
Dave Wickersham	5	0	0	2	1.08	3
Ray Blemker	1	0	0	0	27.00	0
Howie Reed	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	American Association	Jim Fanning
AA	Shreveport Sports	Southern Association	Les Peden
B	Sioux City Soos	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bobby Hofman
B	Lewiston Broncos	Northwest League	John McNamara
C	Visalia Athletics	California League	Billy Capps, Art Mazmanian and Bill Robertson
D	Sanford Greyhounds	Florida State League	Bill Robertson, Jack Sanford and Lloyd Brown
D	Albuquerque Dukes	Sophomore League	Bert Thiel

References

1. Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 114, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN   978-1-4165-8928-0
2. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.32, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN   978-0-8027-1745-0
3. Frank House page at Baseball Reference
4. Maris goes to Yanks; A's get Larsen in 7-man deal
5. Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
6. Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
7. "1960 Kansas City Athletics Statistics".

External links

• 1960 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1960 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com