1960 Detroit Tigers season

The 1960 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers' sixth-place finish in the American League with a 71–83 record, 26 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

1960 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
General manager(s)Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)Jimmy Dykes, Billy Hitchcock, Joe Gordon
Local televisionWJBK
Local radioWKMH
(George Kell, Ernie Harwell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

American League W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Yankees 9757 0.630 55–22 42–35
Baltimore Orioles 8965 0.578 8 44–33 45–32
Chicago White Sox 8767 0.565 10 51–26 36–41
Cleveland Indians 7678 0.494 21 39–38 37–40
Washington Senators 7381 0.474 24 32–45 41–36
Detroit Tigers 7183 0.461 26 40–37 31–46
Boston Red Sox 6589 0.422 32 36–41 29–48
Kansas City Athletics 5896 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 16–613–914–813–913–99–1311–11
Boston 6–165–179–1314–813–97–1511–11
Chicago 9–1317–511–1111–1115–710–1214–8
Cleveland 8–1413–911–117–1515–76–1616–6
Detroit 9–138–1411–1115–710–128–1410–12
Kansas City 9–139–137–157–1512–107–15–17–15
New York 13–915–712–1016–614–815–7–112–10
Washington 11–1111–118–146–1612–1015–710–12

Notable transactions

Roster

1960 Detroit Tigers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

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
CLou Berberet8523245.194523
1BNorm Cash121353101.2861863
2BFrank Bolling139536136.254959
3BEddie Yost143497129.2601447
SSChico Fernández133435105.241435
LFCharlie Maxwell134482114.2372481
CFAl Kaline147551153.2781568
RFRocky Colavito145555138.2493587

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
Steve Bilko7822246.207925
Sandy Amorós656710.14917

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

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
Bob Bruce34130473.7476

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
Hank Aguirre3753102.8580
Ray Semproch173004.009

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Denver Bears American Association Charlie Metro
AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Skeeter Newsome
AA Victoria Rosebuds Texas League Johnny Pesky
A Knoxville Smokies Sally League Frank Skaff
B Durham Bulls Carolina League Stubby Overmire
C Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Frank Carswell
D Montgomery Rebels Alabama–Florida League Al Lakeman
D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Al Federoff

References

  1. Gus Zernial at Baseball Reference
  2. Steve Bilko at Baseball Reference
  3. Chico Fernández at Baseball Reference
  4. "The Detroit Tigers, Rarely Known as "Tigers" in Uniform". toddradom.com. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  5. Steve Demeter at Baseball Reference
  6. Harvey Kuenn at Baseball Reference
  7. Ray Semproch at Baseball Reference
  8. Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference
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