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1960 Washington Senators season

Field	Value
name	Washington Senators
season	1960
league	American League
ballpark	Griffith Stadium
city	Washington, D.C.
record
league_place	5th
owners	Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes)
general_managers	Calvin Griffith
managers	Cookie Lavagetto
television	WTOP, Ch. 9
radio	WTOP-AM 1500
(Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Dan Daniels)
next_season	1961 Minnesota Twins season
season_list	List of Minnesota Twins seasons

(Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Dan Daniels) The 1960 Washington Senators won 73 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium, where they drew 743,404 fans in 1960, last in the eight-team league but an increase of almost 25 percent over 1959. This was the "original" Senators' 60th and final season in Washington, as they moved to Minnesota and became the Twins in 1961, which they have been named ever since. Griffith Stadium was demolished after the second Washington Senators franchise played its inaugural season there.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Relocation to Minnesota

After an early flirtation with San Francisco, by 1957 team owner Calvin Griffith was courting Minneapolis-St. Paul, a prolonged process that resulted in him rejecting the Twin Cities' first offer 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 existing Senators franchise became the Minnesota Twins.

Roster

1960 Washington Senators
Roster
Pitchers

Game log

Regular season

Legend




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Detailed records

Opponent	Home	Away	Total	Pct.	Runs scored	Runs allowed
[Baltimore Orioles](1960-baltimore-orioles-season)
[Boston Red Sox](1960-boston-red-sox-season)
[Chicago White Sox](1960-chicago-white-sox-season)
[Cleveland Indians](1960-cleveland-indians-season)
[Detroit Tigers](1960-detroit-tigers-season)
[Kansas City Athletics](1960-kansas-city-athletics-season)
[New York Yankees](1960-new-york-yankees-season)	5–6	5–6	10–12		86	105
Washington Senators	—	—	—	—	—	—
	5–6	5–6	10–12		86	105

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	137	466	126	.270	15	60
1B	124	442	122	.276	31	80
2B	145	592	152	.257	9	56
3B	121	460	122	.265	4	45
SS	117	268	57	.213	2	19
LF	148	528	142	.269	38	100
CF	127	330	97	.294	5	33
RF	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
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
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
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
Ray Moore	37	65.2	3	2	13	2.88	29
	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
	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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wytheville

Notes

References

"1960 Miscellaneous team Records".
(October 27, 1957). "Senators Reject Bids to Move to Minneapolis or St. Paul". [[The New York Times]].
"1960 Washington Senators schedule and results". Baseball Reference.

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