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Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1960 New York Yankees season was the 58th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning its 25th pennant, finishing 8 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games.
1960 New York Yankees | ||
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American League Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | Bronx, New York | |
Owners | Dan Topping and Del Webb | |
General managers | George Weiss | |
Managers | Casey Stengel | |
Television | WPIX (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) | |
Radio | WMGM (Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) | |
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Elston Howard took over as the Yankees' everyday catcher, while Yogi Berra split time between the outfield and serving as Howard's backup.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55–22 | 42–35 |
Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 | 44–33 | 45–32 |
Chicago White Sox | 87 | 67 | .565 | 10 | 51–26 | 36–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 76 | 78 | .494 | 21 | 39–38 | 37–40 |
Washington Senators | 73 | 81 | .474 | 24 | 32–45 | 41–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 71 | 83 | .461 | 26 | 40–37 | 31–46 |
Boston Red Sox | 65 | 89 | .422 | 32 | 36–41 | 29–48 |
Kansas City Athletics | 58 | 96 | .377 | 39 | 34–43 | 24–53 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | 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 | — |
1960 New York Yankees | |||||||||
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
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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 |
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C | Elston Howard | 107 | 323 | 79 | .245 | 6 | 39 |
1B | Bill Skowron | 146 | 538 | 166 | .309 | 26 | 91 |
2B | Bobby Richardson | 150 | 460 | 116 | .252 | 1 | 26 |
3B | Clete Boyer | 124 | 393 | 95 | .242 | 14 | 46 |
SS | Tony Kubek | 147 | 568 | 155 | .273 | 14 | 62 |
LF | Héctor López | 131 | 408 | 116 | .284 | 9 | 42 |
CF | Mickey Mantle | 153 | 527 | 145 | .275 | 40 | 94 |
RF | Roger Maris | 136 | 499 | 141 | .283 | 39 | 112 |
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 |
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Yogi Berra | 120 | 359 | 99 | .276 | 15 | 62 |
Gil McDougald | 119 | 337 | 87 | .258 | 8 | 34 |
Bob Cerv | 87 | 216 | 54 | .250 | 8 | 28 |
Johnny Blanchard | 53 | 99 | 24 | .242 | 4 | 14 |
Kent Hadley | 55 | 64 | 13 | .203 | 4 | 11 |
Dale Long | 26 | 41 | 15 | .366 | 3 | 10 |
Joe DeMaestri | 49 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 2 |
Ken Hunt | 25 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
Jim Pisoni | 20 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
Jesse Gonder | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 3 |
Elmer Valo | 8 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Deron Johnson | 6 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
Andy Carey | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Billy Shantz | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
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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Art Ditmar | 34 | 200.0 | 15 | 9 | 3.06 | 65 |
Whitey Ford | 33 | 192.2 | 12 | 9 | 3.08 | 85 |
Bob Turley | 34 | 173.1 | 9 | 3 | 3.27 | 87 |
Jim Coates | 35 | 149.1 | 13 | 3 | 4.28 | 73 |
Bill Short | 10 | 47.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.79 | 14 |
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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Ralph Terry | 35 | 166.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.40 | 92 |
Eli Grba | 24 | 80.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.68 | 32 |
Bill Stafford | 11 | 60.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.25 | 36 |
John Gabler | 21 | 52.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.15 | 19 |
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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Bobby Shantz | 42 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2.79 | 54 |
Ryne Duren | 42 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4.96 | 67 |
Duke Maas | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4.09 | 28 |
Luis Arroyo | 29 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2.88 | 29 |
Johnny James | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4.36 | 29 |
Fred Kipp | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 |
NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Yankees – 4, Pirates – 6 | October 5 | Forbes Field | 36,676 |
2 | Yankees – 16, Pirates – 3 | October 6 | Forbes Field | 37,308 |
3 | Pirates – 0, Yankees – 10 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 70,001 |
4 | Pirates – 3, Yankees – 2 | October 9 | Yankee Stadium | 67,812 |
5 | Pirates – 5, Yankees – 2 | October 10 | Yankee Stadium | 62,753 |
6 | Yankees – 12, Pirates – 0 | October 12 | Forbes Field | 38,580 |
7 | Yankees – 9, Pirates – 10 | October 13 | Forbes Field | 36,683 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greensboro[4]
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