1960 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1960 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1890)
Location
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (since 1958)
Los Angeles (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Walter O'Malley, James & Dearie Mulvey
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	Walter Alston
Local television	KTTV, Ch. 11
Local radio	KFI-AM 640 Vin Scully, Jerry Doggett KWKW-AM 1300 René Cárdenas, Jaime Jarrín, Miguel Alonzo
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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

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

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	59	0.617	—	52–25	43–34
Milwaukee Braves	88	66	0.571	7	51–26	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	86	68	0.558	9	51–26	35–42
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	72	0.532	13	42–35	40–37
San Francisco Giants	79	75	0.513	16	45–32	34–43
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	0.435	28	37–40	30–47
Chicago Cubs	60	94	0.390	35	33–44	27–50
Philadelphia Phillies	59	95	0.383	36	31–46	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1960 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	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.
• April 8, 1960: Don Zimmer was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Perranoski, Johnny Goryl, Lee Handley and cash.
• April 11, 1960: Johnny Klippstein was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.
• May 6, 1960: Rip Repulski was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox for Nelson Chittum.
• May 7, 1960: Sandy Amorós was traded by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals) to the Detroit Tigers for Gail Harris.
• June 15, 1960: John Glenn was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Donohue.
• June 15, 1960: Clem Labine was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Ray Semproch and cash.
• July 9, 1960: Tommy Lasorda was released by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals).

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Jim Gilliam	Third baseman
Charlie Neal	Second baseman
Wally Moon	Left fielder
Duke Snider	Right fielder
Gil Hodges	First baseman
Johnny Roseboro	Catcher
Don Demeter	Center fielder
Maury Wills	Shortstop
Don Drysdale	Starting pitcher

Roster

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 8,44 Johnny 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

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

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
Sandy Amorós	9	14	2	.143	0	0
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
Roger Craig	21	115.2	8	3	3.27	69

Other 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

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

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

References

• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page

External links

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