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
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
General manager(s)Calvin Griffith
Manager(s)Cookie Lavagetto
Local televisionWTOP, Ch. 9
Local radioWTOP-AM 1500
(Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Dan Daniels)
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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 6–16—5–179–1314–813–97–1511–11
Chicago 9–1317–5—11–1111–1115–710–1214–8
Cleveland 8–1413–911–11—7–1515–76–1616–6
Detroit 9–138–1411–1115–7—10–128–1410–12
Kansas City 9–139–137–157–1512–10—7–15–17–15
New York 13–915–712–1016–614–815–7–1—12–10
Washington 11–1111–118–146–1612–1015–710–12—

Relocation to Minnesota

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
1960 Washington Senators
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
CEarl Battey137466126.2701560
1BHarmon Killebrew124442122.2763180
2BBilly Gardner145592152.257956
3BReno Bertoia121460122.265445
SSJosé Valdivielso11726857.213219
LFJim Lemon148528142.26938100
CFLenny Green12733097.294533
RFBob Allison144501126.2511569

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

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

Relief pitchers

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

Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Rudy Hernández214104.4122
Ted Abernathy200012.001

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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
  1. Baseball Reference 1960 Miscellaneous team Records
  2. Senators Reject Bids to Move to Minneapolis or St. Paul. The New York Times. October 27, 1957. Retrieved May 2, 2008.

References
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