1960 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees

Major League Baseball team season

1960 New York Yankees

American League Champions
League| American League
Ballpark| Yankee Stadium
City| Bronx, New York
Owners| Dan Topping and Del Webb
General managers| George Weiss
Managers| Casey Stengel
Television| WPIX
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
Radio| WMGM
(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto)
| <- 1959 | Seasons | 1961 ->

|
|

The 1960 New York Yankees season was the 58th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning its 25th pennant, finishing 8 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games.

## Offseason[edit]

* December 11, 1959: Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley.[1]
* Prior to 1960 season: Jesse Gonder was acquired by the Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds.[2]

## Regular season[edit]

Elston Howard took over as the Yankees' everyday catcher, while Yogi Berra split time between the outfield and serving as Howard's backup.

### Season standings[edit]

* v
* t
* e

American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

|
|
|
|
|
|

New York Yankees | 97 | 57  | 0.630  | —  | 55–22  | 42–35
Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 65  | 0.578  | 8  | 44–33  | 45–32
Chicago White Sox | 87 | 67  | 0.565  | 10  | 51–26  | 36–41
Cleveland Indians | 76 | 78  | 0.494  | 21  | 39–38  | 37–40
Washington Senators | 73 | 81  | 0.474  | 24  | 32–45  | 41–36
Detroit Tigers | 71 | 83  | 0.461  | 26  | 40–37  | 31–46
Boston Red Sox | 65 | 89  | 0.422  | 32  | 36–41  | 29–48
Kansas City Athletics | 58 | 96  | 0.377  | 39  | 34–43  | 24–53

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1960 American League record

* v
* t
* e

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Team  | BAL  | BOS  | CHW  | CLE  | DET  | KCA  | NYY  | WSH
Baltimore | — | 16–6 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 11–11
Boston | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 7–15 | 11–11
Chicago | 9–13 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 14–8
Cleveland | 8–14 | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | 15–7 | 6–16 | 16–6
Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 10–12
Kansas City | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 12–10 | — | 7–15–1 | 7–15
New York | 13–9 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | — | 12–10
Washington | 11–11 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | —

### Notable transactions[edit]

* May 19, 1960: Andy Carey was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Cerv.[3]

### Roster[edit]

1960 New York Yankees

Roster
Pitchers

* 47 Luis Arroyo
* 39 Jim Coates
* 28 Art Ditmar
* 26 Ryne Duren
* 16 Whitey Ford
* 40 John Gabler
* 18 Eli Grba
* 53 Johnny James
* 18 Fred Kipp
* 24 Duke Maas
* 30 Bobby Shantz
* 46 Bill Short
* 22 Bill Stafford
* 29 Hal Stowe
* 23 Ralph Terry
* 19 Bob Turley

|  | Catchers

* 8 Yogi Berra
* 38 Johnny Blanchard
* 27 Jesse Gonder
* 32 Elston Howard
* 47 Billy Shantz

Infielders

* 34 Clete Boyer
* 6 Andy Carey
* 20 Joe DeMaestri
* 25 Kent Hadley
* 6 Deron Johnson
* 10 Tony Kubek
* 25 Dale Long
* 12 Gil McDougald
* 1 Bobby Richardson
* 14 Bill Skowron

|  | Outfielders

* 17 Bob Cerv
* 44 Ken Hunt
* 11 Héctor López
* 7 Mickey Mantle
* 9 Roger Maris
* 15 Jim Pisoni
* 17 Elmer Valo

|  | Manager

* 37 Casey Stengel

Coaches

* 2 Frankie Crosetti
* 33 Bill Dickey
* 44 Jim Hegan
* 35 Ralph Houk
* 36 Eddie Lopat

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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 | Elston Howard | 107 | 323 | 79 | .245 | 6 | 39
1B | Bill Skowron | 146 | 538 | 166 | .309 | 26 | 91
2B | Bobby Richardson | 150 | 460 | 116 | .252 | 1 | 26
3B | Clete Boyer | 124 | 393 | 95 | .242 | 14 | 46
SS | Tony Kubek | 147 | 568 | 155 | .273 | 14 | 62
LF | Héctor López | 131 | 408 | 116 | .284 | 9 | 42
CF | Mickey Mantle | 153 | 527 | 145 | .275 | 40 | 94
RF | Roger Maris | 136 | 499 | 141 | .283 | 39 | 112

#### Other batters[edit]

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

|
|
|
|
|
|

Yogi Berra | 120 | 359 | 99 | .276 | 15 | 6
Gil McDougald | 119 | 337 | 87 | .258 | 8 | 34
Bob Cerv | 87 | 216 | 54 | .250 | 8 | 28
Johnny Blanchard | 53 | 99 | 24 | .242 | 4 | 14
Kent Hadley | 55 | 64 | 13 | .203 | 4 | 11
Dale Long | 26 | 41 | 15 | .366 | 3 | 10
Joe DeMaestri | 49 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 2
Ken Hunt | 25 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 1
Jim Pisoni | 20 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1
Jesse Gonder | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 3
Elmer Valo | 8 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Deron Johnson | 6 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0
Andy Carey | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1
Billy Shantz | 1 | 0 | 0 | \
- | 0 | 0

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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

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

|
|
|
|
|
|

Art Ditmar | 34 | 200.0 | 15 | 9 | 3.06 | 65
Whitey Ford | 33 | 192.2 | 12 | 9 | 3.08 | 85
Bob Turley | 34 | 173.1 | 9 | 3 | 3.27 | 87
Jim Coates | 35 | 149.1 | 13 | 3 | 4.28 | 73
Bill Short | 10 | 47.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.79 | 14

#### Other pitchers[edit]

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

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

|
|
|
|
|
|

Ralph Terry | 35 | 166.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.40 | 92
Eli Grba | 24 | 80.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.68 | 32
Bill Stafford | 11 | 60.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.25 | 36
John Gabler | 21 | 52.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.15 | 19

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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

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

|
|
|
|
|
|

Bobby Shantz | 42 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2.79 | 54
Ryne Duren | 42 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4.96 | 67
Duke Maas | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4.09 | 28
Luis Arroyo | 29 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2.88 | 29
Johnny James | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4.36 | 29
Fred Kipp | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 2

## 1960 World Series[edit]

Main article: 1960 World Series

NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)

Game  | Score  | Date  | Location  | Attendance

|
|
|
|

1 | Yankees – 4, Pirates – 6 | October 5 | Forbes Field | 36,676
2 | Yankees – 16, Pirates – 3 | October 6 | Forbes Field | 37,308
3 | Pirates – 0, Yankees – 10 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 70,001
4 | Pirates – 3, Yankees – 2 | October 9 | Yankee Stadium | 67,812
5 | Pirates – 5, Yankees – 2 | October 10 | Yankee Stadium | 62,753
6 | Yankees – 12, Pirates – 0 | October 12 | Forbes Field | 38,580
7 | Yankees – 9, Pirates – 10 | October 13 | Forbes Field | 36,683

## Awards and honors[edit]

* Roger Maris, American League MVP
* Bobby Richardson, World Series MVP

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

|
|
|

AAA | Richmond Virginians | International League | Steve Souchock
AA | Amarillo Gold Sox | Texas League | Jim Gleeson
A | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League | Dee Phillips
B | Greensboro Yankees | Carolina League | Hal Charnofsky
C | Modesto Reds | California League | Tom Hamilton
C | Fargo-Moorhead Twins | Northern League | John Fitzpatrick
D | St. Petersburg Saints | Florida State League | Stan Charnofsky and Randy Gumpert
D | Auburn Yankees | New York–Penn League | Bob Bauer

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greensboro[4]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Roger Maris at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Jesse Gonder at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Bob Cerv at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## References[edit]

* 1960 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
* 1960 World Series
* 1960 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac

* v
* t
* e

American League champions

1900s|

* 1901: Chicago White Stockings
* 1902: Philadelphia Athletics
* 1903: Boston Americans
* 1904: Boston Americans
* 1905: Philadelphia Athletics
* 1906: Chicago White Sox
* 1907: Detroit Tigers
* 1908: Detroit Tigers
* 1909: Detroit Tigers

1910s|

* 1910: Philadelphia Athletics
* 1911: Philadelphia Athletics
* 1912: Boston Red Sox
* 1913: Philaelphia Athletics
* 1914: Philadelphia Athletics
* 1915: Boston Red Sox
* 1916: Boston Red Sox
* 1917: Chicago White Sox
* 1918: Boston Red Sox
* 1919: Chicago White Sox

1920s|

* 1920: Cleveland Indians
* 1921: New York Yankees
* 1922: New York Yankees
* 1923: New York Yankees
* 1924: Washington Senators
* 1925: Washington Senators
* 1926: New York Yankees
* 1927: New York Yankees
* 1928: New York Yankees
* 1929: Philadelphia Athletics

1930s|

* 1930: Philadelphia Athletics
* 1931: Philadelphia Athletics
* 1932: New York Yankees
* 1933: Washington Senators
* 1934: Detroit Tigers
* 1935: Detroit Tigers
* 1936: New York Yankees
* 1937: New York Yankees
* 1938: New York Yankees
* 1939: New York Yankees

1940s|

* 1940: Detroit Tigers
* 1941: New York Yankees
* 1942: New York Yankees
* 1943: New York Yankees
* 1944: St. Louis Browns
* 1945: Detroit Tigers
* 1946: Boston Red Sox
* 1947: New York Yankees
* 1948: Cleveland Indians
* 1949: New York Yankees

1950s|

* 1950: New York Yankees
* 1951: New York Yankees
* 1952: New York Yankees
* 1953: New York Yankees
* 1954: Cleveland Indians
* 1955: New York Yankees
* 1956: New York Yankees
* 1957: New York Yankees
* 1958: New York Yankees
* 1959: Chicago White Sox

1960s|

* 1960: New York Yankees
* 1961: New York Yankees
* 1962: New York Yankees
* 1963: New York Yankees
* 1964: New York Yankees
* 1965: Minnesota Twins
* 1966: Baltimore Orioles
* 1967: Boston Red Sox
* 1968: Detroit Tigers
* 1969: Baltimore Orioles

1970s|

* 1970: Baltimore Orioles
* 1971: Baltimore Orioles
* 1972: Oakland Athletics
* 1973: Oakland Athletics
* 1974: Oakland Athletics
* 1975: Boston Red Sox
* 1976: New York Yankees
* 1977: New York Yankees
* 1978: New York Yankees
* 1979: Baltimore Orioles

1980s|

* 1980: Kansas City Royals
* 1981: New York Yankees
* 1982: Milwaukee Brewers
* 1983: Baltimore Orioles
* 1984: Detroit Tigers
* 1985: Kansas City Royals
* 1986: Boston Red Sox
* 1987: Minnesota Twins
* 1988: Oakland Athletics
* 1989: Oakland Athletics

1990s|

* 1990: Oakland Athletics
* 1991: Minnesota Twins
* 1992: Toronto Blue Jays
* 1993: Toronto Blue Jays
* 1994: No champion
* 1995: Cleveland Indians
* 1996: New York Yankees
* 1997: Cleveland Indians
* 1998: New York Yankees
* 1999: New York Yankees

2000s|

* 2000: New York Yankees
* 2001: New York Yankees
* 2002: Anaheim Angels
* 2003: New York Yankees
* 2004: Boston Red Sox
* 2005: Chicago White Sox
* 2006: Detroit Tigers
* 2007: Boston Red Sox
* 2008: Tampa Bay Rays
* 2009: New York Yankees

2010s|

* 2010: Texas Rangers
* 2011: Texas Rangers
* 2012: Detroit Tigers
* 2013: Boston Red Sox
* 2014: Kansas City Royals
* 2015: Kansas City Royals
* 2016: Cleveland Indians
* 2017: Houston Astros
* 2018: Boston Red Sox
* 2019: Houston Astros

2020s|

* 2020: Tampa Bay Rays
* 2021: Houston Astros
* 2022: Houston Astros
* 2023: Texas Rangers

* v
* t
* e

1960 MLB season by team

American League|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* New York
* Washington

National League|

* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Los Angeles
* Milwaukee
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis
* San Francisco

* 1960 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd)
* 1960 World Series

* v
* t
* e

New York Yankees

* Established in 1903
* Formerly the New York Highlanders
* Based in The Bronx, New York

Franchise|

* History
* Seasons
* Records
* No-hitters
* Awards
* Players
* Managers
* Coaches
* Owners and executives
* Broadcasters
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* Team captains
* Members of the Hall of Fame
* First-round picks
* YES Network

Ballparks|

* Hilltop Park
* Polo Grounds
* Yankee Stadium (opened 1923)
* Events
* Shea Stadium
* Yankee Stadium (opened 2009)
* Spring training: Bolton Street Park
* Whittington Park
* West End Park
* Barrs Field
* Bader Field
* Al Lang Stadium
* Fort Lauderdale Stadium
* George M. Steinbrenner Field

Culture|

* Monument Park
* Museum
* Old-Timers' Day
* Bleacher Creatures
* Yankees Universe
* Eddie Layton
* Jim Hall
* Logos and uniforms
* Appearance policy
* "Holy Cow!"
* Robert Merrill
* John Sterling
* Ronan Tynan
* "Here Come the Yankees"
* "New York, New York"
* "God Bless America"
* The Pride of the Yankees
* The Babe Ruth Story
* Damn Yankees
* musical
* film
* The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
* Safe at Home!
* Babe Ruth
* The Babe
* 61*
* The Bronx is Burning
* Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning
* The Bronx Is Burning
* The Bronx Zoo
* The Scout
* Bronx Bombers
* Everyone's Hero
* Four Days in October
* Henry & Me
* The Captain
* It Ain't Over
* Ed Lucas
* Gene Monahan
* Dandy
* Freddy Sez
* George Costanza
* Paul Olden
* Yankee Stadium Legacy
* Yankees HOPE Week
* Yankeeography
* Yankees Classics

Lore|

* Curse of the Bambino
* Johnny Sylvester
* Murderers' Row
* Babe Ruth's called shot
* Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak
* Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run
* M&M Boys
* Harmonica Incident
* 1978 AL East tie-breaker game
* Pine Tar Incident
* 1995 ALDS Game 5
* Jeffrey Maier
* The Yankee Years
* Core Four
* Perfect games
* Don Larsen
* David Wells
* David Cone
* Domingo Germán
* 2019 MLB London Series
* MLB at Field of Dreams

Rivalries|

* Boston Red Sox
* Subway Series
* New York Mets
* Los Angeles Dodgers
* San Francisco Giants

Monument Park
honorees|

* Mel Allen
* Ed Barrow
* Yogi Berra
* Bill Dickey
* Joe DiMaggio
* Whitey Ford
* Lou Gehrig
* Lefty Gomez
* Goose Gossage
* Ron Guidry
* Elston Howard
* Miller Huggins
* Reggie Jackson
* Derek Jeter
* Mickey Mantle
* Roger Maris
* Billy Martin
* Tino Martinez
* Don Mattingly
* Joe McCarthy
* Thurman Munson
* Paul O'Neill
* Andy Pettitte
* Jorge Posada
* Willie Randolph
* Allie Reynolds
* Phil Rizzuto
* Red Ruffing
* Jacob Ruppert
* Babe Ruth
* Bob Sheppard
* George Steinbrenner
* Casey Stengel
* Mel Stottlemyre
* Joe Torre
* Bernie Williams

Key personnel|

* Owners: Yankee Global Enterprises
* Hal Steinbrenner
* General Manager: Brian Cashman
* Manager: Aaron Boone

Championships (27)|

* 1923
* 1927
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1941
* 1943
* 1947
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1956
* 1958
* 1961
* 1962
* 1977
* 1978
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2009

American League
Pennants (40)|

* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1932
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1947
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1981
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2003
* 2009

Division titles (20)|

* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1980
* 1981
* 1996
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2009
* 2011
* 2012
* 2019
* 2022

Wild Card titles (7)|

* 1995
* 1997
* 2007
* 2010
* 2015
* 2017
* 2018
* 2020
* 2021

Minors|

* Triple-A
* Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
* Double-A
* Somerset Patriots
* High-A
* Hudson Valley Renegades
* Single-A
* Tampa Tarpons
* Rookie
* FCL Yankees
* DSL Yankees

Seasons (124)

1900s|

* 1900·1901·1902
* 1903
* 1904
* 1905
* 1906
* 1907
* 1908
* 1909

1910s|

* 1910
* 1911
* 1912
* 1913
* 1914
* 1915
* 1916
* 1917
* 1918
* 1919

1920s|

* 1920
* 1921
* 1922
* 1923
* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1928
* 1929

1930s|

* 1930
* 1931
* 1932
* 1933
* 1934
* 1935
* 1936
* 1937
* 1938
* 1939

1940s|

* 1940
* 1941
* 1942
* 1943
* 1944
* 1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949

1950s|

* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957
* 1958
* 1959

1960s|

* 1960
* 1961
* 1962
* 1963
* 1964
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1968
* 1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
* 1981
* 1982
* 1983
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template