1960 Baltimore Orioles | |
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Results | |
Record | 89–65 (.578) |
League place | 2nd |
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Owner(s) | Joseph A.W. Iglehart (Chairman of the Board & Principal Owner) |
General manager(s) | Lee MacPhail |
Manager(s) | Paul Richards |
Local television | WJZ-TV |
Local radio | WBAL (AM) (Bob Murphy, Herb Carneal, Joe Crognan) |
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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.
American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 55–22 | 42–35 |
Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 8 | 44–33 | 45–32 |
Chicago White Sox | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 10 | 51–26 | 36–41 |
Cleveland Indians | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 21 | 39–38 | 37–40 |
Washington Senators | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 24 | 32–45 | 41–36 |
Detroit Tigers | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 26 | 40–37 | 31–46 |
Boston Red Sox | 65 | 89 | 0.422 | 32 | 36–41 | 29–48 |
Kansas City Athletics | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 39 | 34–43 | 24–53 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KC | NY | 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 | — |
1960 Baltimore Orioles | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Gus Triandos | 109 | 364 | 98 | .269 | 12 | 54 |
1B | Jim Gentile | 138 | 384 | 112 | .292 | 21 | 98 |
2B | Marv Breeding | 152 | 551 | 147 | .267 | 3 | 43 |
3B | Brooks Robinson | 152 | 595 | 175 | .294 | 14 | 88 |
SS | Ron Hansen | 153 | 530 | 135 | .255 | 22 | 86 |
LF | Gene Woodling | 140 | 535 | 123 | .283 | 11 | 62 |
CF | Jackie Brandt | 145 | 511 | 130 | .254 | 15 | 65 |
RF | Al Pilarcik | 104 | 194 | 48 | .247 | 4 | 17 |
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 |
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Gene Stephens | 84 | 193 | 46 | .238 | 5 | 11 |
Walt Dropo | 79 | 179 | 48 | .268 | 4 | 21 |
Jim Busby | 79 | 159 | 41 | .258 | 0 | 12 |
Clint Courtney | 83 | 154 | 35 | .227 | 1 | 12 |
Dave Nicholson | 54 | 113 | 21 | .186 | 5 | 11 |
Willie Tasby | 39 | 85 | 18 | .212 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Boyd | 71 | 82 | 26 | .317 | 0 | 9 |
Albie Pearson | 48 | 82 | 20 | .244 | 1 | 6 |
Billy Klaus | 46 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 1 | 6 |
Dave Philley | 14 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 1 | 5 |
Joe Ginsberg | 14 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 0 | 6 |
John Powers | 10 | 18 | 2 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Valmy Thomas | 8 | 16 | 1 | .063 | 0 | 0 |
Ray Barker | 5 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Bobby Thomson | 3 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Jerry Adair | 3 | 5 | 1 | .200 | 1 | 1 |
Gene Green | 1 | 4 | 1 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Del Rice | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Barry Shetrone | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Milt Pappas | 30 | 205.2 | 15 | 11 | 3.37 | 126 |
Chuck Estrada | 36 | 208.2 | 18 | 11 | 3.58 | 144 |
Steve Barber | 36 | 181.2 | 10 | 7 | 3.22 | 112 |
Hal Brown | 30 | 159.0 | 12 | 5 | 3.06 | 66 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jack Fisher | 40 | 197.2 | 12 | 11 | 3.41 | 99 |
Hoyt Wilhelm | 41 | 147.0 | 11 | 8 | 3.31 | 107 |
Jerry Walker | 29 | 118.0 | 3 | 4 | 3.74 | 48 |
Arnie Portocarrero | 13 | 40.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.43 | 15 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Gordon Jones | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4.42 | 30 |
Billy Hoeft | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4.34 | 14 |
Wes Stock | 17 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.88 | 23 |
Rip Coleman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11.25 | 0 |
John Anderson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 1 |
Bob Mabe | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
See also: Minor League Baseball |
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