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1960 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Baltimore Orioles
season	1960
league	American League
ballpark	Memorial Stadium
city	Baltimore, Maryland
record	89–65 (.578)
league_place	2nd
owners	Joseph A.W. Iglehart (Chairman of the Board & Principal Owner)
general_managers	Lee MacPhail
managers	Paul Richards
television	WJZ-TV
radio	WBAL (AM)
(Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal, Joe Crognan)

(Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal, Joe Crognan) |}} The 1960 Baltimore Orioles season involved the Orioles finishing second in the American League with a record of 89 wins and 65 losses, eight games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees, it was their first winning season since moving to Baltimore in 1954 and their first winning record since 1945 when they were still known as the St Louis Browns.

Offseason

November 30, 1959: Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell were traded by the Orioles to the San Francisco Giants for Jackie Brandt, Gordon Jones, and Roger McCardell.
December 2, 1959: Bob Nieman was traded by the Orioles to the St. Louis Cardinals for Gene Green and Charles Staniland (minors).
December 23, 1959: Chico Carrasquel was released by the Orioles.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Jackie Brandt
Marv Breeding
Jim Gentile
Ron Hansen
John Powers
Brooks Robinson
Gus Triandos
Jerry Walker
Gene Woodling

Notable transactions

April 18, 1960: Joe Ginsberg was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
May 12, 1960: John Powers was acquired by the Cleveland Indians off waivers from the Orioles.
June 9, 1960: Gene Stephens was acquired by the Orioles from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Willie Tasby.
June 15, 1960: Joe Ginsberg was released by the Orioles.
June 30, 1960: Jim Busby was signed as a free agent by the Orioles.
July 4, 1960: Bobby Thomson was signed by the Orioles as a free agent.
September 1, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased by the Orioles from the San Francisco Giants.
September 7, 1960: Del Rice was acquired by the Orioles off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.

Roster

1960 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

	= Indicates league leader

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	109	364	98	.269	12	54
1B	138	384	112	.292	21	98
2B	152	551	147	.267	3	43
3B	152	595	175	.294	14	88
SS	153	530	135	.255	22	86
LF	140	535	123	.283	11	62
CF	145	511	130	.254	15	65
RF	104	194	48	.247	4	17

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
84	193	46	.238	5	11
79	179	48	.268	4	21
79	159	41	.258	0	12
83	154	35	.227	1	12
54	113	21	.186	5	11
39	85	18	.212	0	3
71	82	26	.317	0	9
48	82	20	.244	1	6
46	43	9	.209	1	6
14	34	9	.265	1	5
14	30	8	.267	0	6
10	18	2	.111	0	0
8	16	1	.063	0	0
5	6	0	.000	0	0
3	6	0	.000	0	0
3	5	1	.200	1	1
1	4	1	.250	0	0
1	1	0	.000	0	0
1	0	0	----	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
36	208.2	18	11	3.58	144
30	205.2	15	11	3.37	126
36	181.2	10	7	3.22	112
30	159.0	12	5	3.06	66

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	197.2	12	11	3.41	99
41	147.0	11	8	3.31	107
29	118.0	3	4	3.74	48
13	40.2	3	2	4.43	15

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
29	1	1	2	4.42	30
19	2	1	0	4.34	14
17	2	2	2	2.88	23
5	0	2	0	11.25	0
4	0	0	0	13.50	1
2	0	0	0	27.00	0

Awards and honors

Paul Richards, Associated Press AL Manager of the Year

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Fox Cities

Notes

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/loesbi01.shtml Billy Loes page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niemabo01.shtml Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrach01.shtml Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball-Reference]
"1960 Baltimore Orioles Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/ginsbjo01.shtml Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/powerjo01.shtml#trans John Powers transactions at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/stephge01.shtml#trans Gene Stephens transactions at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/busbyji01.shtml#trans Jim Busby transactions at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/thomsbo01.shtml#trans Bobby Thomson transactions at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/phillda01.shtml Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricede01.shtml#trans Del Rice transactions at Baseball Reference]

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