1960 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1960 Los Angeles Dodgers
1960 Los Angeles Dodgers
League	National League
Ballpark	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
City	Los Angeles
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

The 1960 Los Angeles 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.

Offseason

November 30, 1959: Steve Bilko was drafted from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers in the 1959 rule 5 draft.^[1]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	59	.617	—	52‍–‍25	43‍–‍34
Milwaukee Braves	88	66	.571	7	51‍–‍26	37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	86	68	.558	9	51‍–‍26	35‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	72	.532	13	42‍–‍35	40‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants	79	75	.513	16	45‍–‍32	34‍–‍43
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	.435	28	37‍–‍40	30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	60	94	.390	35	33‍–‍44	27‍–‍50
Philadelphia Phillies	59	95	.383	36	31‍–‍46	28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1960 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	CHC	CIN	LA	MIL	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	10–12	9–13	7–15	10–12	7–15	9–13–1	8–14–1
Cincinnati	12–10	—	12–10	9–13	9–13	6–16	11–11	8–14
Los Angeles	13–9	10–12	—	12–10	16–6	11–11	10–12	10–12
Milwaukee	15–7	13–9	10–12	—	16–6	9–13	14–8	11–11
Philadelphia	12–10	13–9	6–16	6–16	—	7–15	8–14	7–15
Pittsburgh	15–7	16–6	11–11	13–9	15–7	—	14–8–1	11–11
San Francisco	13–9–1	11–11	12–10	8–14	14–8	8–14–1	—	13–9
St. Louis	14–8–1	14–8	12–10	11–11	15–7	11–11	9–13	—

Notable transactions

April 5, 1960: Fred Kipp was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Gordie Windhorn and Dick Sanders.^[2]
April 8, 1960: Don Zimmer was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Perranoski, Johnny Goryl, career minor leaguer Lee Handley, and cash.^[3]
April 11, 1960: Johnny Klippstein was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.^[4]
May 6, 1960: Rip Repulski was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox for Nelson Chittum.^[5]
May 7, 1960: Sandy Amorós was traded by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals) to the Detroit Tigers for Gail Harris.^[6]
June 15, 1960: John Glenn was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Donohue.^[7]
June 15, 1960: Clem Labine was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Ray Semproch and cash.^[8]
July 9, 1960: Tommy Lasorda was released by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals).^[9]

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
#	Name	Position
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

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

15 Irv Noren

Manager

24 Walter Alston

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	John Roseboro	103	287	61	.213	8	42
1B	Norm Larker	133	440	142	.323	5	78
2B	Charlie Neal	139	477	122	.256	8	40
SS	Maury Wills	148	516	152	.295	0	27
3B	Jim Gilliam	151	557	138	.248	5	40
LF	Wally Moon	138	469	140	.299	13	69
CF	Tommy Davis	110	352	97	.276	11	44
RF	Frank Howard	117	448	120	.268	23	77

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Duke Snider	101	235	57	.243	14	36
Gil Hodges	101	197	39	.198	8	30
Don Demeter	64	168	46	.274	9	29
Norm Sherry	47	138	39	.283	8	19
Joe Pignatano	58	90	21	.233	2	9
Willie Davis	22	88	28	.318	2	10
Chuck Essegian	52	79	17	.215	3	11
Charley Smith	18	60	10	.167	0	5
Bob Lillis	48	60	16	.267	0	6
Bob Aspromonte	21	55	10	.182	1	6
Ron Fairly	14	37	4	.108	1	3
Irv Noren	26	25	5	.200	1	1
Doug Camilli	6	24	8	.333	1	3
Sandy Amorós	9	14	2	.143	0	0
Carl Furillo	8	10	2	.200	0	1
Rip Repulski	4	5	1	.200	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
Don Drysdale	41	269.0	15	14	2.84	246
Johnny Podres	34	227.2	14	12	3.08	159
Stan Williams	38	207.1	14	10	3.00	175
Sandy Koufax	37	175.0	8	13	3.91	197
Roger Craig	21	115.2	8	3	3.27	69
Jim Golden	1	7.0	1	0	6.43	4

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	L	ERA	SO
Danny McDevitt	24	53.0	4	4.25	30
Ed Rakow	9	22.0	1	7.36	9
Phil Ortega	3	6.1	0	17.05	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
Ed Roebuck	58	8	3	8	2.78	77
Larry Sherry	57	14	10	7	3.79	114
Ed Palmquist	22	0	1	0	2.54	23
Clem Labine	13	0	1	1	5.82	15

Awards and honors

1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 1
- Norm Larker reserve
- Charlie Neal reserve
- Stan Williams reserve
- Johnny Podres reserve
1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 2
- Norm Larker reserve
- Charlie Neal reserve
- Stan Williams reserve
- Johnny Podres reserve
National League Rookie of the Year
- Frank Howard
Gold Glove Award
- Wally Moon
TSN Rookie of the Year Award
- Frank Howard
NL Player of the Month
- Don Drysdale (July 1960)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
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

^ Steve Bilko at Baseball-Reference
^ Fred Kipp at Baseball-Reference
^ Don Zimmer at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnny Klippstein at Baseball-Reference
^ Rip Repulski at Baseball-Reference
^ Sandy Amorós at Baseball-Reference
^ John Glenn at Baseball-Reference
^ Clem Labine at Baseball-Reference
^ Tommy Lasorda at Baseball-Reference
^ 1960 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

References

External links

[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

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