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
Record| 82–72 (.532)
Divisional place| 4th
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 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.

## 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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