1960 Washington Senators season

The 1960 Washington Senators won 73 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium, where they drew 743,404 fans in 1960, last in the eight-team league but an increase of almost 25 percent over 1959.[1] This was the "original" Senators' 60th and final season in Washington, as they moved to Minnesota and became the Twins in 1961, which they have been named ever since. Griffith Stadium was demolished after the second Washington Senators franchise played its inaugural season there.

1960 Washington Senators
LeagueAmerican League
BallparkGriffith Stadium
CityWashington, D.C.
OwnersCalvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General managersCalvin Griffith
ManagersCookie Lavagetto
TelevisionWTOP, Ch. 9
RadioWTOP-AM 1500
(Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Dan Daniels)
← 1959 Seasons 1961 →

Regular season

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Season standings

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American League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 97 57 .630 55‍–‍22 42‍–‍35
Baltimore Orioles 89 65 .578 8 44‍–‍33 45‍–‍32
Chicago White Sox 87 67 .565 10 51‍–‍26 36‍–‍41
Cleveland Indians 76 78 .494 21 39‍–‍38 37‍–‍40
Washington Senators 73 81 .474 24 32‍–‍45 41‍–‍36
Detroit Tigers 71 83 .461 26 40‍–‍37 31‍–‍46
Boston Red Sox 65 89 .422 32 36‍–‍41 29‍–‍48
Kansas City Athletics 58 96 .377 39 34‍–‍43 24‍–‍53

Record vs. opponents

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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

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Relocation to Minnesota

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After an early flirtation with San Francisco, by 1957 Calvin Griffith was courting Minneapolis-St. Paul, a prolonged process that resulted in him rejecting the Twin Cities' first offer[2] before agreeing to relocate. The American League opposed the move at first, but in 1960 a deal was reached: The Senators would move and would be replaced with an expansion Senators team for 1961. The old Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins.

Roster

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1960 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

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Manager

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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
C Earl Battey 137 466 126 .270 15 60
1B Harmon Killebrew 124 442 122 .276 31 80
2B Billy Gardner 145 592 152 .257 9 56
3B Reno Bertoia 121 460 122 .265 4 45
SS José Valdivielso 117 268 57 .213 2 19
LF Jim Lemon 148 528 142 .269 38 100
CF Lenny Green 127 330 97 .294 5 33
RF Bob Allison 144 501 126 .251 15 69

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
Julio Bécquer 110 298 75 .252 4 35
Dan Dobbek 110 248 54 .218 10 30
Billy Consolo 100 174 36 .207 3 15
Faye Throneberry 85 157 39 .248 1 23
Pete Whisenant 58 115 26 .226 3 9
Hal Naragon 33 92 19 .207 0 5
Don Mincher 27 79 19 .241 2 5
Elmer Valo 76 64 18 .281 0 16
Zoilo Versalles 15 45 6 .133 0 4
Johnny Schaive 6 12 3 .250 0 0
Ken Aspromonte 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Jake Jacobs 6 2 0 .000 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
Pedro Ramos 43 274.0 11 18 3.45 160
Camilo Pascual 26 151.2 12 8 3.03 143
Russ Kemmerer 3 17.1 0 2 7.79 10

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
Don Lee 44 165.0 8 7 3.44 88
Jack Kralick 35 151.0 8 6 3.04 71
Tex Clevenger 53 128.2 5 11 4.20 49
Chuck Stobbs 40 119.1 12 7 3.32 72
Hal Woodeshick 41 115.0 4 5 4.70 46
Bill Fischer 20 77.0 3 5 4.91 31
Jim Kaat 13 50.0 1 5 5.58 25
Ted Sadowski 9 17.1 0 2 5.19 12

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Ray Moore 37 65.2 3 2 13 2.88 29
Rudy Hernández 21 34.2 4 1 0 4.41 22
Tom Morgan 14 24.0 1 3 0 3.75 11
Dick Hyde 9 8.2 0 1 0 4.15 4
Ted Abernathy 2 3.0 0 0 0 12.00 1
Héctor Maestri 1 2.0 0 0 0 0.00 1
Julio Bécquer 1 1.0 0 0 0 9.00 0

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Charleston Senators American Association Del Wilber
A Charlotte Hornets Sally League Gene Verble
B Wilson Tobs Carolina League Jack McKeon
D Fort Walton Beach Jets Alabama–Florida League Ralph Rowe
D Wytheville Senators Appalachian League Red Norwood
D Erie Senators New York–Penn League Harry Warner

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wytheville

Notes

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  1. ^ Baseball Reference 1960 Miscellaneous team Records
  2. ^ Senators Reject Bids to Move to Minneapolis or St. Paul. October 27, 1957. Retrieved May 2, 2008. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

References

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