1960_Los_Angeles_Dodgers_season
1960 Los Angeles Dodgers season
Major League Baseball team season
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.
Quick Facts Los Angeles Dodgers, League ...
| 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Ballpark | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||
| City | Los Angeles | |||
| 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 | |||
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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]
Season standings
More information W, L ...
| National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| 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 |
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Record vs. opponents
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| 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 | — | |||||
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Notable transactions
- 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 | ||
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| # | 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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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
More information Pos, Player ...
| 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 |
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Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
More information Player, G ...
| 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 |
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Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| 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 |
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Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| 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 |
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Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
More information Player, G ...
| 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 |
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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
- Gold Glove Award
- TSN Rookie of the Year Award
- NL Player of the Month
- Don Drysdale (July 1960)
More information Level, Team ...
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Reno
- Steve Bilko at Baseball-Reference
- Don Zimmer at Baseball-Reference
- Johnny Klippstein at Baseball-Reference
- Rip Repulski at Baseball-Reference
- Sandy Amorós at Baseball-Reference
- John Glenn at Baseball-Reference
- Clem Labine at Baseball-Reference
- Tommy Lasorda at Baseball-Reference
- 1960 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
