1960 Washington Senators season
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The 1960 Washington Senators franchise played its inaugural season there.
Regular season
Season standings
American League | W
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L
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Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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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 | — |
Notable transactions
Relocation to Minnesota
After an early flirtation with San Francisco, by 1957
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
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
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 |
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C | Earl Battey | 137 | 466 | 126 | .270 | 15 | 60 |
1B | Harmon Killebrew | 124 | 442 | 122 | .276 | 31 | 80 |
2B | Billy Gardner | 145 | 592 | 152 | .257 | 9 | 56 |
3B | Reno Bertoia | 121 | 460 | 122 | .265 | 4 | 45 |
SS | José Valdivielso | 117 | 268 | 57 | .213 | 2 | 19 |
LF | Jim Lemon | 148 | 528 | 142 | .269 | 38 | 100 |
CF | Lenny Green | 127 | 330 | 97 | .294 | 5 | 33 |
RF | Bob Allison | 144 | 501 | 126 | .251 | 15 | 69 |
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 |
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Julio Bécquer | 110 | 298 | 75 | .252 | 4 | 35 |
Dan Dobbek | 110 | 248 | 54 | .218 | 10 | 30 |
Billy Consolo | 100 | 174 | 36 | .207 | 3 | 15 |
Faye Throneberry | 85 | 157 | 39 | .248 | 1 | 23 |
Pete Whisenant | 58 | 115 | 26 | .226 | 3 | 9 |
Hal Naragon | 33 | 92 | 19 | .207 | 0 | 5 |
Don Mincher | 27 | 79 | 19 | .241 | 2 | 5 |
Elmer Valo | 76 | 64 | 18 | .281 | 0 | 16 |
Zoilo Versalles | 15 | 45 | 6 | .133 | 0 | 4 |
Johnny Schaive | 6 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Ken Aspromonte | 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jake Jacobs | 6 | 2 | 0 | .000 | 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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Pedro Ramos | 43 | 274.0 | 11 | 18 | 3.45 | 160 |
Camilo Pascual | 26 | 151.2 | 12 | 8 | 3.03 | 143 |
Russ Kemmerer | 3 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 7.79 | 10 |
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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Don Lee | 44 | 165.0 | 8 | 7 | 3.44 | 88 |
Jack Kralick | 35 | 151.0 | 8 | 6 | 3.04 | 71 |
Tex Clevenger | 53 | 128.2 | 5 | 11 | 4.20 | 49 |
Chuck Stobbs | 40 | 119.1 | 12 | 7 | 3.32 | 72 |
Hal Woodeshick | 41 | 115.0 | 4 | 5 | 4.70 | 46 |
Bill Fischer | 20 | 77.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.91 | 31 |
Jim Kaat | 13 | 50.0 | 1 | 5 | 5.58 | 25 |
Ted Sadowski | 9 | 17.1 | 0 | 2 | 5.19 | 12 |
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 |
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Ray Moore | 37 | 65.2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 2.88 | 29 |
Rudy Hernández | 21 | 34.2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4.41 | 22 |
Tom Morgan | 14 | 24.0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.75 | 11 |
Dick Hyde | 9 | 8.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.15 | 4 |
Ted Abernathy | 2 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 |
Héctor Maestri | 1 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Julio Bécquer | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Charleston Senators | American Association
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Del Wilber |
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Charlotte Hornets | Sally League | Gene Verble |
B
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Wilson Tobs | Carolina League | Jack McKeon |
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Fort Walton Beach Jets | Alabama–Florida League | Ralph Rowe |
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Wytheville Senators | Appalachian League | Red Norwood |
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Erie Senators
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New York–Penn League | Harry Warner |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wytheville
Notes
- ^ Baseball Reference 1960 Miscellaneous team Records
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Senators Reject Bids to Move to Minneapolis or St. Paul. October 27, 1957. Retrieved May 2, 2008.
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References
- 1960 Washington Senators at Baseball-Reference
- 1960 Washington Senators team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
- 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.