1960 Los Angeles Dodgers season

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1960  Los Angeles Dodgers
League National League
Ballpark Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
CityLos Angeles
Record82–72 (.532)
Divisional place4th
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
  1959 Seasons 1961  

The 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 71st season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 3rd season in Los Angeles, California, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California. The 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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9559.61752254334
Milwaukee Braves 8866.571751263740
St. Louis Cardinals 8668.558951263542
Los Angeles Dodgers 8272.5321342354037
San Francisco Giants 7975.5131645323443
Cincinnati Reds 6787.4352837403047
Chicago Cubs 6094.3903533442750
Philadelphia Phillies 5995.3833631462849

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamCHCCINLADMILPHIPITSFSTL
Chicago 10–129–137–1510–127–159–13–18–14–1
Cincinnati 12–1012–109–139–136–1611–118–14
Los Angeles 13–910–1212–1016–611–1110–1210–12
Milwaukee 15–713–910–1216–69–1314–811–11
Philadelphia 12–1013–96–166–167–158–147–15
Pittsburgh 15–716–611–1113–915–714–8–111–11
San Francisco 13–9–111–1112–108–1414–88–14–113–9
St. Louis 14–8–114–812–1011–1115–711–119–13

Notable transactions

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day starters
#NamePosition
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

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Roster

1960 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
 Dodgers win
 Dodgers loss
 Postponement
 Eliminated from playoff race
BoldDodgers team member
1960 regular season game log: 82–72 (Home: 42–35; Away: 40–37) [11]
April: 8–7 (Home: 5–3; Away: 3–4)
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May: 12–14 (Home: 4–8; Away: 8–6)
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June: 13–14 (Home: 7–10; Away: 6–4)
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July: 19–7 (Home: 14–4; Away: 5–3)
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August: 15–15 (Home: 5–5; Away: 10–10)
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September: 14–14 (Home: 6–4; Away: 8–10)
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October: 1–1 (Home: 1–1; Away: 0–0)
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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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C John Roseboro 10328761.213842
1B Norm Larker 133440142.323578
2B Charlie Neal 139477122.256840
SS Maury Wills 148516152.295027
3B Jim Gilliam 151557138.248540
LF Wally Moon 138469140.2991369
CF Tommy Davis 11035297.2761144
RF Frank Howard 117448120.2682377

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Duke Snider 10123557.2431436
Gil Hodges 10119739.198830
Don Demeter 6416846.274929
Norm Sherry 4713839.283819
Joe Pignatano 589021.23329
Willie Davis 228828.318210
Chuck Essegian 527917.215311
Charley Smith 186010.16705
Bob Lillis 486016.26706
Bob Aspromonte 215510.18216
Ron Fairly 14374.10813
Irv Noren 26255.20011
Doug Camilli 6248.33313
Sandy Amorós 9142.14300
Carl Furillo 8102.20001
Rip Repulski 451.20000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Don Drysdale 41269.015142.84246
Johnny Podres 34227.214123.08159
Stan Williams 38207.114103.00175
Sandy Koufax 37175.08133.91197
Roger Craig 21115.2833.2769
Jim Golden 17.0106.434

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Danny McDevitt 2453.0044.2530
Ed Rakow 922.0017.369
Phil Ortega 36.10017.054

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Ed Roebuck 588382.7877
Larry Sherry 57141073.79114
Ed Palmquist 220102.5423
Clem Labine 130115.8215

Awards and honors

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Montreal Royals International League Clay Bryant
AAA Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Preston Gómez
AAA St. Paul Saints American Association Danny Ozark
AA Atlanta Crackers Southern Association Rube Walker
A Macon Dodgers South Atlantic League Ray Perry
B Green Bay Bluejays Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Stan Wasiak
C Great Falls Electrics Pioneer League Spider Jorgensen
C Reno Silver Sox California League Tom Saffell
D Kokomo Dodgers Midwest League Al Ronning
D Odessa Dodgers Sophomore League Edward Serrano
D Orlando Dodgers Florida State League Brandy Davis
D Panama City Fliers Alabama–Florida League Roy Hartsfield

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Reno

Notes

  1. Steve Bilko at Baseball-Reference
  2. Fred Kipp at Baseball-Reference
  3. Don Zimmer at Baseball-Reference
  4. Johnny Klippstein at Baseball-Reference
  5. Rip Repulski at Baseball-Reference
  6. Sandy Amorós at Baseball-Reference
  7. John Glenn at Baseball-Reference
  8. Clem Labine at Baseball-Reference
  9. Tommy Lasorda at Baseball-Reference
  10. 1960 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
  11. "1960 Los Angeles Dodgers schedule and results". Baseball Reference. Retrieved August 9, 2025.

References