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1960 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations

  • American League (since 1901)
Location
  • Briggs Stadium (since 1912)

  • Detroit (since 1901)

Other information
Owner(s)
Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
General manager(s)Bill DeWitt
Manager(s)
Jimmy Dykes, Billy Hitchcock, Joe Gordon
Local televisionWJBK
Local radio
WKMH
(George Kell, Ernie Harwell)
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The 1960 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers' sixth-place finish in the American League with a 71–83 record, 26 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.




Contents





  • 1 Offseason


  • 2 Regular season

    • 2.1 Season standings


    • 2.2 Record vs. opponents


    • 2.3 Notable transactions


    • 2.4 Roster



  • 3 Player stats

    • 3.1 Batting

      • 3.1.1 Starters by position


      • 3.1.2 Other batters



    • 3.2 Pitching

      • 3.2.1 Starting pitchers


      • 3.2.2 Other pitchers


      • 3.2.3 Relief pitchers




  • 4 Farm system


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Offseason[edit]


  • October 26, 1959: Gus Zernial was released by the Tigers.[1]

  • November 30, 1959: Steve Bilko was drafted by the Tigers from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1959 Rule 5 draft.[2]

  • 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.[3]

  • The team changed the home jersey from featuring an Olde English 'D' to displaying "Tigers" in script; the Olde English 'D' returned in 1961.[4]


Regular season[edit]



Season standings[edit]
















































American League
W
L
Pct.
GB
New York Yankees9757.630--
Baltimore Orioles8965.5788
Chicago White Sox8767.56510
Cleveland Indians7678.49421
Washington Senators7381.47424
Detroit Tigers7183.46126
Boston Red Sox6589.42232
Kansas City Athletics5896.37739


Record vs. opponents[edit]




















































































1960 American League Records


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team
BAL
BOS
CWS
CLE
DET
KC
NYY
WSH

Baltimore
16–613–914–813–913–99–1311–11

Boston
6–165–179–1314–813–97–1511–11

Chicago
9–1317–511–1111–1115–710–1214–8

Cleveland
8–1413–911–117–1515–76–1616–6

Detroit
9–138–1411–1115–710–128–1410–12

Kansas City
9–139–137–157–1512–107–15–17–15

New York
13–915–712–1016–614–815–7–112–10

Washington
11–1111–118–146–1612–1015–710–12




Notable transactions[edit]


  • 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.[5]

  • 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).[6]

  • June 15, 1960: Ray Semproch and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Clem Labine.[7]

  • July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.[8]

  • 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[edit]









1960 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers



  • 37 Hank Aguirre




  • 32 Bob Bruce




  • 14 Jim Bunning




  • 19 Pete Burnside




  • 18 Bill Fischer




  • 21 Paul Foytack




  • 23 Clem Labine




  • 17 Frank Lary




  • 18 Tom Morgan




  • 15 Don Mossi




  • 16 Phil Regan




  • 16 Ray Semproch




  • 30 Dave Sisler




  • 31 George Spencer



Catchers



  • 11 Lou Berberet




  • 27 Harry Chiti




  • 10 Hank Foiles




  • 10 Red Wilson

Infielders





  • 29 Steve Bilko




  •  2 Frank Bolling




  •  8 Rocky Bridges




  • 25 Norm Cash




  •  9 Chico Fernández




  •  5 Dick Gernert




  •  5 Gail Harris




  •  3 Dick McAuliffe




  •  8 Coot Veal




  • 22 Ozzie Virgil




  • 22 Casey Wise




  •  1 Eddie Yost



Outfielders



  • 36 Sandy Amorós




  • 24 Neil Chrisley




  •  7 Rocky Colavito




  •  3 Johnny Groth




  •  6 Al Kaline




  •  4 Charlie Maxwell

Other batters





  • 23 Em Lindbeck



Manager



  • 28 Jimmy Dykes




  • 28 Joe Gordon




  • 34 Billy Hitchcock

Coaches





  • 31 Luke Appling




  • 33 Tom Ferrick




  • 34 Billy Hitchcock




  • 40 Jo-Jo White


Player stats[edit]



Batting[edit]



Starters by position[edit]


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
CLou Berberet8523245.194523
1BNorm Cash121353101.2861863
2BFrank Bolling139536136.254959
3BEddie Yost143497129.2601447
SSChico Fernández133435105.241435
LFCharlie Maxwell134482114.2372481
CFAl Kaline147551153.2781568
RFRocky Colavito145555138.2493587


Other batters[edit]


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
Steve Bilko7822246.207925
Sandy Amorós656710.14917


Pitching[edit]



Starting pitchers[edit]


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









Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO


Other pitchers[edit]


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
















Player
G
IP
W
L
ERA
SO
Bob Bruce34130473.7476


Relief pitchers[edit]


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























Player
G
W
L
SV
ERA
SO
Hank Aguirre3753102.8580
Ray Semproch173004.009


Farm system[edit]







































Level
Team
League
Manager

AAA

Denver Bears

American Association

Charlie Metro

AA

Birmingham Barons

Southern Association

Skeeter Newsome

AA

Victoria Rosebuds

Texas League

Johnny Pesky

A

Knoxville Smokies

Sally League

Frank Skaff

B

Durham Bulls

Carolina League

Stubby Overmire

C

Duluth–Superior Dukes

Northern League

Frank Carswell

D

Montgomery Rebels

Alabama–Florida League

Al Lakeman

D

Decatur Commodores

Midwest League

Al Federoff


References[edit]




  1. ^ Gus Zernial at Baseball Reference


  2. ^ Steve Bilko at Baseball Reference


  3. ^ Chico Fernández at Baseball Reference


  4. ^ "The Detroit Tigers, Rarely Known as "Tigers" in Uniform". toddradom.com. October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  5. ^ Steve Demeter at Baseball Reference


  6. ^ Harvey Kuenn at Baseball Reference


  7. ^ Ray Semproch at Baseball Reference


  8. ^ Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference



External links[edit]




  • 1960 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference









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