1960 Cleveland Indians season

1960 Cleveland Indians
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Cleveland Municipal Stadium (since 1932)
Cleveland, Ohio (since 1901)
Other information
Owner(s)	William R. Daley
General manager(s)	Frank Lane
Manager(s)	Joe Gordon, Jimmy Dykes
Local television	WEWS-TV
Local radio	WERE (1300)
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The 1960 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians' fourth-place finish in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, 21 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees. This season was notable for the infamous trade of Rocky Colavito.

Offseason

December 6, 1959: Minnie Miñoso, Dick Brown, Don Ferrarese, and Jake Striker were traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Romano, Bubba Phillips, and Norm Cash.^[1]
December 15, 1959: Billy Martin, Gordy Coleman and Cal McLish were traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Reds for Johnny Temple.^[2]
Prior to 1960 season: Jim King was obtained by the Indians from the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of a minor league working agreement.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Baltimore Orioles	89	65	.578	8
Chicago White Sox	87	67	.565	10
Cleveland Indians	76	78	.494	21
Washington Senators	73	81	.474	24
Detroit Tigers	71	83	.461	26
Boston Red Sox	65	89	.422	32
Kansas City Athletics	58	96	.377	39

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	—

Notable transactions

April 3, 1960: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Indians.^[4]
April 12, 1960: Norm Cash was traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Demeter.^[5]
April 17, 1960: 1959 AL home run king Rocky Colavito was traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for 1959 AL batting champion Harvey Kuenn.^[6]
April 18, 1960: Herb Score was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Barry Latman.^[7]
June 11, 1960: Paul Casanova was released by the Indians.^[8]
June 13, 1960: Russ Nixon and Carroll Hardy were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Marty Keough and Ted Bowsfield.^[9] It was he second time the Indians traded Nixon to the Red Sox in three months: a March 16 deal sent Nixon to Boston for fellow catcher Sammy White, but White retired rather than report to Cleveland and the trade was nullified March 25.
August 3, 1960: In the first (and, as of September 2010, only) trade of managers in baseball history, Cleveland sent skipper Joe Gordon to the Tigers for their manager, Jimmy Dykes.^[10] In the days that followed, the two teams also traded coaches, as the Indians' Jo-Jo White and the Tigers' Luke Appling swapped jobs to remain aides to Gordon and Dykes.

Roster

1960 Cleveland Indians

Roster

Pitchers

39 Gary Bell

30 Ted Bowsfield

32,16 John Briggs

38 Frank Funk

33 Mudcat Grant

26 Bob Grim

23 Jack Harshman

34 Wynn Hawkins

17 Johnny Klippstein

18 Barry Latman

20 Mike Lee

29 Bobby Locke

32,30 Carl Mathias

25 Don Newcombe

31 Jim Perry

22 Dick Stigman

25 Carl Thomas

28 Bobby Tiefenauer

Catchers

8 Hank Foiles

15 Russ Nixon

11 Johnny Romano

27 Red Wilson

Infielders

2 Ken Aspromonte

8 Rocky Bridges

34,1 Mike de la Hoz

5 Steve Demeter

8,9 Bob Hale

3 Woodie Held

4 Joe Morgan

7,5 Bubba Phillips

10 Vic Power

4 George Strickland

1,16 Johnny Temple

Outfielders

12 Walt Bond

26 Ty Cline

38 Don Dillard

14 Tito Francona

30 Carroll Hardy

15 Marty Keough

7,6 Harvey Kuenn

37 Jimmy Piersall

8 John Powers

6,5 Chuck Tanner

8 Pete Whisenant

Manager

35 Joe Gordon

40 Jo-Jo White

35 Jimmy Dykes

Coaches

40 Luke Appling

41 Ed Fitz Gerald

43 Mel Harder (Pitching)

42 Red Kress

21 Bob Lemon

40 Jo-Jo White

45 Ted Wilks

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
C	Romano, JohnnyJohnny Romano	108	316	86	.272	16	52
1B	Power, VicVic Power	147	580	167	.288	10	84
2B	Aspromonte, KenKen Aspromonte	117	459	133	.290	1	10
3B	Phillips, BubbaBubba Phillips	113	304	63	.207	4	33
SS	Held, WoodieWoodie Held	109	376	97	.258	1	21
LF	Francona, TitoTito Francona	147	544	159	.292	17	79
CF	Piersall, JimmyJimmy Piersall	138	486	137	.282	18	66
RF	Kuenn, HarveyHarvey Kuenn	126	474	146	.308	9	54

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
Temple, JohnnyJohnny Temple	98	381	102	.268	2	19

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
Bell, GaryGary Bell	28	154.2	9	10	4.13	109

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	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Toronto Maple Leafs	International League	Mel McGaha
AA	Mobile Bears	Southern Association	Al Hollingsworth and Johnny Lipon
A	Reading Indians	Eastern League	Ray Mueller
B	Burlington Indians	Carolina League	Pinky May
C	Minot Mallards	Northern League	Walt Novick
D	Selma Cloverleafs	Alabama–Florida League	Ken Landenberger and Paul O'Dea
D	Lakeland Indians	Florida State League	Johnny Lipon and Charlie Gassaway

Notes

↑ Minnie Miñoso at Baseball-Reference
↑ Billy Martin at Baseball-Reference
↑ Jim King at Baseball-Reference
↑ Al Cicotte at Baseball-Reference
↑ Norm Cash at Baseball-Reference
↑ Rocky Colavito at Baseball-Reference
↑ Herb Score at Baseball-Reference
↑ Paul Casanova at Baseball-Reference
↑ "Indians, Red Sox exchange players". Milwaukee Journal. AP. 13 June 1960. p. 16. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
↑ Joe Gordon at Baseball-Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

1960 Cleveland Indians season 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

Cleveland Indians

Founded in 1894
Formerly the Grand Rapids Rustlers, Cleveland Lake Shores, Cleveland Bluebirds, Cleveland Broncos, and Cleveland Naps
Based in Cleveland, Ohio

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Key personnel

Owner: Larry Dolan
Chairman/CEO: Paul Dolan
President: Chris Antonetti
General manager: Mike Chernoff
Manager: Terry Francona

Postseason appearances (12)

Division championships (8)

American League pennants (6)

World Series championships (2)

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