1960 Los Angeles Dodgers season

Major League Baseball team season

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
| <- 1959 | Seasons | 1961 ->

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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

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

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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National League Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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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

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1960 National League record

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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

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* 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

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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

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1960 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers

* 38 Roger Craig
* 53 Don Drysdale
* 41 Jim Golden
* 32 Sandy Koufax
* 41 Clem Labine
* 16 Danny McDevitt
* 17 Phil Ortega
* 23 Ed Palmquist
* 22 Johnny Podres
* 15,21 Ed Rakow
* 37 Ed Roebuck
* 51 Larry Sherry
* 40 Stan Williams

|  | Catchers

* 35 Doug Camilli
* 58 Joe Pignatano
* 8 John Roseboro
* 34 Norm Sherry

Infielders

* 28 Bob Aspromonte
* 19 Jim Gilliam
* 14 Gil Hodges
* 5 Norm Larker
* 11 Bob Lillis
* 43 Charlie Neal
* 18 Charley Smith
* 30 Maury Wills

|  | Outfielders

* 18 Sandy Amorós
* 12 Tommy Davis
* 26 Willie Davis
* 2 Don Demeter
* 29 Chuck Essegian
* 44 Ron Fairly
* 6 Carl Furillo
* 25 Frank Howard
* 9 Wally Moon
* 20 Rip Repulski
* 4 Duke Snider

Other batters

* 15 Irv Noren

|  | Manager

* 24 Walter Alston

Coaches

* 33 Joe Becker
* 10 Bobby Bragan
* 31 Greg Mulleavy
* 27 Pete Reiser

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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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

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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

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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

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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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

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Danny McDevitt | 24 | 53.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.25 | 30
Ed Rakow | 9 | 22.0 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 9
Phil Ortega | 3 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 17.05 | 4

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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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

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* 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

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Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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

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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

## References

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* Baseball-Reference season page
* Baseball Almanac season page

## External links

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* 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
* Los Angeles Dodgers official web site

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1960 MLB season by team

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