1960 MLB season | |
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League | Major League Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | April 12 – October 13, 1960 |
Number of games | 154 |
Number of teams | 16 |
TV partner(s) | NBC, CBS, ABC |
Regular season | |
Season MVP | AL: Roger Maris (NY) NL: Dick Groat (PIT) |
AL champions | New York Yankees |
AL runners-up | Baltimore Orioles |
NL champions | Pittsburgh Pirates |
NL runners-up | Milwaukee Braves |
World Series | |
Champions | Pittsburgh Pirates |
Runners-up | New York Yankees |
World Series MVP | Bobby Richardson (NY) |
The 1960 Major League Baseball season was played from April 12 to October 13, 1960. It was the final season contested by 16 clubs and the final season that a 154-game schedule was played in both the American League and the National League. The AL began using the 162-game schedule the following season, with the NL following suit in 1962.
The season ended with the Pittsburgh Pirates, led by second baseman Bill Mazeroski, defeating the New York Yankees, led by outfield sluggers Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris in the World Series. The series ending, with Mazeroski hitting a walk-off home run in Game 7, is among the most memorable in baseball history.
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World Series | ||||
AL | New York Yankees | 3 | ||
NL | Pittsburgh Pirates | 4 |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Baltimore Orioles | Paul Richards | |
Boston Red Sox | Billy Jurges | Replaced during the season by Pinky Higgins |
Chicago White Sox | Al López | |
Cleveland Indians | Joe Gordon | Traded during the season for Jimmie Dykes |
Detroit Tigers | Jimmie Dykes | Traded during the season for Joe Gordon |
Kansas City Athletics | Bob Elliott | |
New York Yankees | Casey Stengel | Won the American League pennant |
Washington Senators | Cookie Lavagetto |
Team | Manager | Comments |
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Chicago Cubs | Charlie Grimm | Traded during the season for Lou Boudreau |
Cincinnati Reds | Fred Hutchinson | |
Los Angeles Dodgers | Walter Alston | |
Milwaukee Braves | Chuck Dressen | |
Philadelphia Phillies | Eddie Sawyer | Replaced during the season by Gene Mauch |
Pittsburgh Pirates | Danny Murtaugh | Won World Series |
San Francisco Giants | Bill Rigney | Replaced during the season by Tom Sheehan |
St. Louis Cardinals | Solly Hemus |
Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
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Los Angeles Dodgers [1] | 82 | -6.8% | 2,253,887 | 8.8% | 29,271 |
San Francisco Giants [2] | 79 | -4.8% | 1,795,356 | 26.2% | 23,316 |
Pittsburgh Pirates [3] | 95 | 21.8% | 1,705,828 | 25.4% | 21,870 |
Chicago White Sox [4] | 87 | -7.4% | 1,644,460 | 15.6% | 21,357 |
New York Yankees [5] | 97 | 22.8% | 1,627,349 | 4.9% | 21,134 |
Milwaukee Braves [6] | 88 | 2.3% | 1,497,799 | -14.4% | 19,452 |
Baltimore Orioles [7] | 89 | 20.3% | 1,187,849 | 33.2% | 15,427 |
Detroit Tigers [8] | 71 | -6.6% | 1,167,669 | -4.4% | 15,165 |
Boston Red Sox [9] | 65 | -13.3% | 1,129,866 | 14.8% | 14,674 |
St. Louis Cardinals [10] | 86 | 21.1% | 1,096,632 | 17.9% | 14,242 |
Cleveland Indians [11] | 76 | -14.6% | 950,985 | -36.5% | 12,350 |
Philadelphia Phillies [12] | 59 | -7.8% | 862,205 | 7.4% | 11,197 |
Chicago Cubs [13] | 60 | -18.9% | 809,770 | -5.6% | 10,250 |
Kansas City Athletics [14] | 58 | -12.1% | 774,944 | -19.6% | 9,935 |
Washington Senators [15] | 73 | 15.9% | 743,404 | 20.8% | 9,655 |
Cincinnati Reds [16] | 67 | -9.5% | 663,486 | -17.2% | 8,617 |
CBS and NBC continued to air weekend Game of the Week broadcasts. ABC also returned to MLB broadcasting with a series of afternoon Saturday games. ABC typically did three regional games a week. Two of ABC's games were always from the Eastern or Central Time Zone, while the late game was usually a San Francisco Giants [19] or Los Angeles Dodgers home game.
The All-Star Game and World Series aired on NBC.
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