1960 Washington Senators season

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1960  Washington Senators
League American League
Ballpark Griffith Stadium
City Washington, D.C.
Record73–81 (.474)
League place5th
Owners Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managers Calvin Griffith
Managers Cookie Lavagetto
Television WTOP, Ch. 9
Radio WTOP-AM 1500
(Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Dan Daniels)
  1959 Seasons 1961  

The 1960 Washington Senators won 73 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium, where they drew 743,404 fans in 1960, last in the eight-team league but an increase of almost 25 percent over 1959. [1] This was the "original" Senators' 60th and final season in Washington, as they moved to Minnesota and became the Twins in 1961, which they have been named ever since. Griffith Stadium was demolished after the second Washington Senators franchise played its inaugural season there.

Contents

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:
TeamBALBOSCWSCLEDETKCANYYWSH
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

Relocation to Minnesota

After an early flirtation with San Francisco, by 1957 team owner Calvin Griffith was courting Minneapolis-St. Paul, a prolonged process that resulted in him rejecting the Twin Cities' first offer [2] before agreeing to relocate. The American League opposed the move at first, but in 1960 a deal was reached: The Senators would move and would be replaced with an expansion Senators team for 1961. The existing Senators franchise became the Minnesota Twins.

Roster

1960 Washington Senators
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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 Earl Battey 137466126.2701560
1B Harmon Killebrew 124442122.2763180
2B Billy Gardner 145592152.257956
3B Reno Bertoia 121460122.265445
SS José Valdivielso 11726857.213219
LF Jim Lemon 148528142.26938100
CF Lenny Green 12733097.294533
RF Bob Allison 144501126.2511569

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Julio Bécquer 11029875.252435
Dan Dobbek 11024854.2181030
Billy Consolo 10017436.207315
Faye Throneberry 8515739.248123
Pete Whisenant 5811526.22639
Hal Naragon 339219.20705
Don Mincher 277919.24125
Elmer Valo 766418.281016
Zoilo Versalles 15456.13304
Johnny Schaive 6123.25000
Ken Aspromonte 430.00000
Jake Jacobs 620.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pedro Ramos 43274.011183.45160
Camilo Pascual 26151.21283.03143
Russ Kemmerer 317.1027.7910

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Don Lee 44165.0873.4488
Jack Kralick 35151.0863.0471
Tex Clevenger 53128.25114.2049
Chuck Stobbs 40119.11273.3272
Hal Woodeshick 41115.0454.7046
Bill Fischer 2077.0354.9131
Jim Kaat 1350.0155.5825
Ted Sadowski 917.1025.1912

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Ray Moore 3765.232132.8829
Rudy Hernández 2134.24104.4122
Tom Morgan 1424.01303.7511
Dick Hyde 98.20104.154
Ted Abernathy 23.000012.001
Héctor Maestri 12.00000.001
Julio Bécquer 11.00009.000

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Charleston Senators American Association Del Wilber
A Charlotte Hornets Sally League Gene Verble
B Wilson Tobs Carolina League Jack McKeon
D Fort Walton Beach Jets Alabama–Florida League Ralph Rowe
D Wytheville Senators Appalachian League Red Norwood
D Erie Senators New York–Penn League Harry Warner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wytheville

Notes

  1. "1960 Miscellaneous team Records". Baseball Reference.
  2. "Senators Reject Bids to Move to Minneapolis or St. Paul". The New York Times . October 27, 1957. Retrieved May 2, 2008.

References