1960 Detroit Tigers season

Offseason

• October 26, 1959: Gus Zernial was released by the Tigers.
• November 30, 1959: Steve Bilko was drafted by the Tigers from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1959 Rule 5 draft.
• December 5, 1959: Ted Lepcio, Ken Walters, and Alex Cosmidis (minors) were traded by the Tigers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chico Fernández and Ray Semproch.
• The team changed the home jersey from featuring an Olde English 'D' to displaying "Tigers" in script; the Olde English 'D' returned in 1961.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• April 12, 1960: The Tigers acquired first baseman Norm Cash from the Cleveland Indians for utility infielder Steve Demeter; Cash played in 2,018 games and slugged 373 homers for Detroit (1960–74); Demeter played in four games and was hitless in five at-bats for the Indians before disappearing into the minor leagues.
• April 17, 1960: Reigning American League batting average champion Harvey Kuenn (.353 in 1959) was traded by the Tigers to the Indians, even-up, for reigning AL home run champ Rocky Colavito (42 homers in 1959, tied with Harmon Killebrew).
• June 15, 1960: Ray Semproch and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Clem Labine.
• July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.
• August 3, 1960: In the only manager-for-manager trade in Major League history, the Tigers swapped Jimmy Dykes to the Indians for Joe Gordon; coaches Luke Appling and Jo-Jo White also traded teams.

Roster

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

Other batters

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

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

Farm system

References

References

1. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zernigu01.shtml Gus Zernial] at ''Baseball Reference''
2. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bilkost01.shtml Steve Bilko] at ''Baseball Reference''
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/f/fernach01.shtml Chico Fernández] at ''Baseball Reference''
4. (October 4, 2013). "The Detroit Tigers, Rarely Known as "Tigers" in Uniform".
5. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/demetst01.shtml Steve Demeter] at ''Baseball Reference''
6. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/k/kuennha01.shtml Harvey Kuenn] at ''Baseball Reference''
7. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/semprra01.shtml Ray Semproch] at ''Baseball Reference''
8. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chitiha01.shtml Harry Chiti] at ''Baseball Reference''