1960 San Francisco Giants season

Major League Baseball team season

1960 San Francisco Giants

League| National League
Ballpark| Candlestick Park
City| San Francisco
Owners| Horace Stoneham
General managers| Chub Feeney
Managers| Bill Rigney (W-33; L-25), Tom Sheehan (W-46; L-50)
Television| KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Radio| KSFO-AM 560
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
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The 1960 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 78th year in Major League Baseball. The team moved their home games from Seals Stadium to the new Candlestick Park. In their third season in the Golden Gate City, the Giants finished in fifth place in the National League, 16 games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Giants hit 62 triples, the most in the club's San Francisco era.[1]

## Offseason

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* November 30, 1959: Joey Amalfitano was drafted by the Giants from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1959 rule 5 draft.[2]
* November 30, 1959: Jackie Brandt, Gordon Jones, and Roger McCardell were traded by the Giants to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell.[3]
* November 30, 1959: Georges Maranda was drafted by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1959 rule 5 draft.[4]

## 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 | —

### Opening Day starters

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* Don Blasingame
* Eddie Bressoud
* Orlando Cepeda
* Jim Davenport
* Sam Jones
* Willie Kirkland
* Willie Mays
* Willie McCovey
* Bob Schmidt[5]

### Notable transactions

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* April 1960: Don Taussig was purchased from the Giants by the Portland Beavers.[6]
* May 12, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.[7]
* September 1, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles.[7]

### Candlestick Park

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The Giants selected the name of Candlestick Park after a name-the-park contest on March 3, 1959. Prior to that, its construction site had been shown on maps as the generic Bay View Stadium. It was the first modern baseball stadium, as it was the first to be built entirely of reinforced concrete.[8] Richard Nixon threw out the first baseball on the opening day of Candlestick Park on April 12, 1960, and called it the finest ballpark in the country.[9]

### Roster

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1960 San Francisco Giants

Roster
Pitchers

* 43 Johnny Antonelli
* 36 Bud Byerly
* 20 Don Choate
* 7 Eddie Fisher
* 19 Sam Jones
* 36 Sherman Jones
* 28 Billy Loes
* 35 Georges Maranda
* 27 Juan Marichal
* 40 Mike McCormick
* 37 Stu Miller
* 41 Ramón Monzant
* 31 Billy O'Dell
* 33 Jack Sanford
* 42 Joe Shipley

|  | Catchers

* 5 Hobie Landrith
* 9 Bob Schmidt
* 6 Neil Wilson

Infielders

* 14 Joey Amalfitano
* 10 Don Blasingame
* 16 Ed Bressoud
* 12 Jim Davenport
* 7,20 Dale Long
* 25 Jim Marshall
* 44 Willie McCovey
* 15 José Pagán
* 17 Andre Rodgers

|  | Outfielders

* 23 Felipe Alou
* 26 Matty Alou
* 30 Orlando Cepeda
* 29 Willie Kirkland
* 24 Willie Mays
* 32 Dave Philley

|  | Manager

* 18 Bill Rigney
* 6 Tom Sheehan

Coaches

* 2 Salty Parker
* 1 Bill Posedel
* 3 Wes Westrum

## 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 | Bob Schmidt | 110 | 344 | 92 | .267 | 8 | 37
1B | Willie McCovey | 101 | 260 | 62 | .238 | 13 | 51
2B | Don Blasingame | 136 | 523 | 123 | .235 | 2 | 31
SS | Ed Bressoud | 116 | 386 | 87 | .225 | 9 | 43
3B | Jim Davenport | 112 | 363 | 91 | .251 | 6 | 38
LF | Orlando Cepeda | 151 | 569 | 169 | .297 | 24 | 96
CF | Willie Mays | 153 | 595 | 190 | .319 | 29 | 103
RF | Willie Kirkland | 146 | 515 | 130 | .252 | 21 | 65

#### 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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Joey Amalfitano | 106 | 328 | 91 | .277 | 1 | 27
Felipe Alou | 106 | 322 | 85 | .264 | 8 | 44
Andre Rodgers | 81 | 217 | 53 | .244 | 2 | 22
Hobie Landrith | 71 | 190 | 46 | .242 | 1 | 20
Jim Marshall | 75 | 118 | 28 | .237 | 2 | 13
Dave Philley | 39 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 1 | 7
Dale Long | 37 | 54 | 9 | .167 | 3 | 6
José Pagán | 18 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 2
Neil Wilson | 6 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Matty Alou | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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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Mike McCormick | 40 | 253.0 | 15 | 12 | 2.70 | 154
Sam Jones | 39 | 234.0 | 18 | 14 | 3.19 | 190
Jack Sanford | 37 | 219.0 | 12 | 14 | 3.82 | 125
Juan Marichal | 11 | 81.1 | 6 | 2 | 2.66 | 58

#### 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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Billy O'Dell | 43 | 202.2 | 8 | 13 | 3.20 | 145
Johnny Antonelli | 41 | 112.1 | 6 | 7 | 3.77 | 57
Georges Maranda | 17 | 50.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.62 | 28
Eddie Fisher | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 3.55 | 7

#### 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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Billy Loes | 37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.93 | 28
Stu Miller | 47 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3.90 | 65
Bud Byerly | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.32 | 13
Sherman Jones | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.09 | 10
Joe Shipley | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 9
Don Choate | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 7
Ramón Monzant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1

## Awards and honors

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All-Star Game, first game All-Star Game, second game

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Tacoma Giants | Pacific Coast League | Red Davis
AA | Rio Grande Valley Giants | Texas League | Ray Murray
A | Springfield Giants | Eastern League | Andy Gilbert
B | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Richie Klaus
C | Fresno Giants | California League | Buddy Kerr
C | Pocatello Giants | Pioneer League | Mike McCormick
D | Salem Rebels | Appalachian League | Jodie Phipps
D | Quincy Giants | Midwest League | Sam Calderone
D | Artesia Giants | Sophomore League | George Genovese

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Springfield[10]

## Notes

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1. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1958 to 2020, Playing for SFG, 3B>=45, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Triples". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
2. ^ Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Billy Loes page at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ "1960 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
6. ^ Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
7. ^ a b Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Smith, Curt (2001). Storied Stadiums. New York City: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1187-6.
9. ^ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxx, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
10. ^ 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

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* 1960 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference
* 1960 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac

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