1960_San_Francisco_Giants_season
1960 San Francisco Giants season
Major League Baseball team season
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]
| 1960 San Francisco Giants | ||||
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| 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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- 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]
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
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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 | — | |||||
Opening Day starters
Notable transactions
- 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
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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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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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
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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 |
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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
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
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 |
All-Star Game, first game All-Star Game, second game
LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Springfield[10]
- "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.
- Smith, Curt (2001). Storied Stadiums. New York City: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1187-6.
- The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxx, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007