1960 Baltimore Orioles season

1960 Baltimore Orioles
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Memorial Stadium (since 1954); Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954);
Results
Record	89–65 (.578)
League place	2nd
Other information
Owner(s)	Joseph A.W. Iglehart (Chairman of the Board & Principal Owner)
General manager(s)	Lee MacPhail
Manager(s)	Paul Richards
Local television	WJZ-TV
Local radio	WBAL (AM); (Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal, Joe Crognan)
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The 1960 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing second in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, eight games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees, it was their first winning season since moving to Baltimore in 1954.

Offseason

November 30, 1959: Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell were traded by the Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Jackie Brandt, Gordon Jones, and Roger McCardell.[1]
December 2, 1959: Bob Nieman was traded by the Orioles to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gene Green and Charles Staniland (minors).[2]
December 23, 1959: Chico Carrasquel was released by the Orioles.[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
New York Yankees	97	57	0.630	—	55–22	42–35
Baltimore Orioles	89	65	0.578	8	44–33	45–32
Chicago White Sox	87	67	0.565	10	51–26	36–41
Cleveland Indians	76	78	0.494	21	39–38	37–40
Washington Senators	73	81	0.474	24	32–45	41–36
Detroit Tigers	71	83	0.461	26	40–37	31–46
Boston Red Sox	65	89	0.422	32	36–41	29–48
Kansas City Athletics	58	96	0.377	39	34–43	24–53

Record vs. opponents

1960 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	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	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 18, 1960: Joe Ginsberg was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[5]
May 12, 1960: John Powers was acquired by the Cleveland Indians off waivers from the Orioles.[6]
June 9, 1960: Gene Stephens was acquired by the Orioles from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Willie Tasby.[7]
June 15, 1960: Joe Ginsberg was released by the Orioles.[5]
June 30, 1960: Jim Busby was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.[8]
July 4, 1960: Bobby Thomson was signed by the Orioles as a free agent.[9]
September 1, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased by the Orioles from the San Francisco Giants.[10]
September 7, 1960: Del Rice was acquired by the Orioles off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.[11]

Roster

1960 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

18 John Anderson

29,59 Steve Barber

28 Hal Brown

35 Rip Coleman

23 Chuck Estrada

48 Jack Fisher

20 Billy Hoeft

19 Gordon Jones

30 Bob Mabe

32 Milt Pappas

24 Arnie Portocarrero

18 Wes Stock

38 Jerry Walker

15 Hoyt Wilhelm

Catchers

10 Clint Courtney

22 Joe Ginsberg

37 Del Rice

41 Valmy Thomas

11 Gus Triandos

Infielders

7 Jerry Adair

9 Bob Boyd

16,1 Marv Breeding

17 Walt Dropo

4 Jim Gentile

3 Ron Hansen

6 Billy Klaus

5 Brooks Robinson

Outfielders

44 Ray Barker

7,25 Jackie Brandt

16 Jim Busby

36 Gene Green

33 Dave Nicholson

21 Albie Pearson

22 Dave Philley

2 Al Pilarcik

20 John Powers

8 Gene Stephens

44 Willie Tasby

35 Bobby Thomson

14 Gene Woodling

Other batters

40 Barry Shetrone

Manager

12 Paul Richards

Coaches

45 Jimmy Adair

31 Harry Brecheen

26 Lum Harris

Player stats

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	Gus Triandos	109	364	98	.269	12	54
1B	Jim Gentile	138	384	112	.292	21	98
2B	Marv Breeding	152	551	147	.267	3	43
3B	Brooks Robinson	152	595	175	.294	14	88
SS	Ron Hansen	153	530	135	.255	22	86
LF	Gene Woodling	140	535	123	.283	11	62
CF	Jackie Brandt	145	511	130	.254	15	65
RF	Al Pilarcik	104	194	48	.247	4	17

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
Gene Stephens	84	193	46	.238	5	11
Walt Dropo	79	179	48	.268	4	21
Jim Busby	79	159	41	.258	0	12
Clint Courtney	83	154	35	.227	1	12
Dave Nicholson	54	113	21	.186	5	11
Willie Tasby	39	85	18	.212	0	3
Bob Boyd	71	82	26	.317	0	9
Albie Pearson	48	82	20	.244	1	6
Billy Klaus	46	43	9	.209	1	6
Dave Philley	14	34	9	.265	1	5
Joe Ginsberg	14	30	8	.267	0	6
John Powers	10	18	2	.111	0	0
Valmy Thomas	8	16	1	.063	0	0
Ray Barker	5	6	0	.000	0	0
Bobby Thomson	3	6	0	.000	0	0
Jerry Adair	3	5	1	.200	1	1
Gene Green	1	4	1	.250	0	0
Del Rice	1	1	0	.000	0	0
Barry Shetrone	1	0	0	----	0	0

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
Milt Pappas	30	205.2	15	11	3.37	126
Chuck Estrada	36	208.2	18	11	3.58	144
Steve Barber	36	181.2	10	7	3.22	112
Hal Brown	30	159	12	5	3.06	66

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
Jack Fisher	40	197.2	12	11	3.41	99
Hoyt Wilhelm	41	147	11	8	3.31	107
Jerry Walker	29	118	3	4	3.74	48
Arnie Portocarrero	13	40.2	3	2	4.43	15

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
Gordon Jones	29	1	1	2	4.42	30
Billy Hoeft	19	2	1	0	4.34	14
Wes Stock	17	2	2	2	2.88	23
Rip Coleman	5	0	2	0	11.25	0
John Anderson	4	0	0	0	13.50	1
Bob Mabe	2	0	0	0	27.00	0

Awards and honors

Paul Richards, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Miami Marlins	International League	Al Vincent
AAA	Vancouver Mounties	Pacific Coast League	George Staller
B	Tri-City Braves	Northwest League	Whitey McDowell
B	Fox Cities Foxes	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Earl Weaver
C	Stockton Ports	California League	Billy DeMars
C	Aberdeen Pheasants	Northern League	Lou Fitzgerald
D	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Barney Lutz
D	Leesburg Orioles	Florida State League	Bob Hooper

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities

Notes

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1960 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference
1960 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com

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[1] Billy Loes page at Baseball-Reference

[2] Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference

[3] Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball-Reference

[4] ttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1960&t=BAL

[ginsberg-5] Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference

[6] John Powers transactions at Baseball Reference

[7] Gene Stephens transactions at Baseball Reference

[8] Jim Busby transactions at Baseball Reference

[9] Bobby Thomson transactions at Baseball Reference

[10] Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference

[11] Del Rice transactions at Baseball Reference

1960 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1960 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1960 World Series