1960 San Francisco Giants
LeagueNational League
BallparkCandlestick Park
CitySan Francisco
OwnersHorace Stoneham
General managersChub Feeney
ManagersBill Rigney (W-33; L-25), Tom Sheehan (W-46; L-50)
TelevisionKTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
RadioKSFO-AM 560
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
← 1959 Seasons 1961 →

The 1960 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 78th year in Major League Baseball. The team moved their home games from Seals Stadium to the new Candlestick Park. In their third season in the Golden Gate City, the Giants finished in fifth place in the National League, 16 games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Giants hit 62 triples, the most in the club's San Francisco era.[1]

Offseason

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Regular season

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Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 95 59 .617 — 52‍–‍25 43‍–‍34
Milwaukee Braves 88 66 .571 7 51‍–‍26 37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals 86 68 .558 9 51‍–‍26 35‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers 82 72 .532 13 42‍–‍35 40‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants 79 75 .513 16 45‍–‍32 34‍–‍43
Cincinnati Reds 67 87 .435 28 37‍–‍40 30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs 60 94 .390 35 33‍–‍44 27‍–‍50
Philadelphia Phillies 59 95 .383 36 31‍–‍46 28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

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1960 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team CHC CIN LA MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago — 10–12 9–13 7–15 10–12 7–15 9–13–1 8–14–1
Cincinnati 12–10 — 12–10 9–13 9–13 6–16 11–11 8–14
Los Angeles 13–9 10–12 — 12–10 16–6 11–11 10–12 10–12
Milwaukee 15–7 13–9 10–12 — 16–6 9–13 14–8 11–11
Philadelphia 12–10 13–9 6–16 6–16 — 7–15 8–14 7–15
Pittsburgh 15–7 16–6 11–11 13–9 15–7 — 14–8–1 11–11
San Francisco 13–9–1 11–11 12–10 8–14 14–8 8–14–1 — 13–9
St. Louis 14–8–1 14–8 12–10 11–11 15–7 11–11 9–13 —


Opening Day starters

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Notable transactions

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Candlestick Park

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The Giants selected the name of Candlestick Park after a name-the-park contest on March 3, 1959. Prior to that, its construction site had been shown on maps as the generic Bay View Stadium. It was the first modern baseball stadium, as it was the first to be built entirely of reinforced concrete.[8] Richard Nixon threw out the first baseball on the opening day of Candlestick Park on April 12, 1960, and called it the finest ballpark in the country.[9]

Roster

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1960 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Bob Schmidt 110 344 92 .267 8 37
1B Willie McCovey 101 260 62 .238 13 51
2B Don Blasingame 136 523 123 .235 2 31
SS Ed Bressoud 116 386 87 .225 9 43
3B Jim Davenport 112 363 91 .251 6 38
LF Orlando Cepeda 151 569 169 .297 24 96
CF Willie Mays 153 595 190 .319 29 103
RF Willie Kirkland 146 515 130 .252 21 65

Other batters

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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
Joey Amalfitano 106 328 91 .277 1 27
Felipe Alou 106 322 85 .264 8 44
Andre Rodgers 81 217 53 .244 2 22
Hobie Landrith 71 190 46 .242 1 20
Jim Marshall 75 118 28 .237 2 13
Dave Philley 39 61 10 .164 1 7
Dale Long 37 54 9 .167 3 6
José Pagán 18 49 14 .286 0 2
Neil Wilson 6 10 0 .000 0 0
Matty Alou 4 3 1 .333 0 0

Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike McCormick 40 253.0 15 12 2.70 154
Sam Jones 39 234.0 18 14 3.19 190
Jack Sanford 37 219.0 12 14 3.82 125
Juan Marichal 11 81.1 6 2 2.66 58

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Billy O'Dell 43 202.2 8 13 3.20 145
Johnny Antonelli 41 112.1 6 7 3.77 57
Georges Maranda 17 50.2 1 4 4.62 28
Eddie Fisher 3 12.2 1 0 3.55 7

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Billy Loes 37 3 2 5 4.93 28
Stu Miller 47 7 6 2 3.90 65
Bud Byerly 19 1 0 2 5.32 13
Sherman Jones 16 1 1 1 3.09 10
Joe Shipley 15 0 0 0 5.40 9
Don Choate 4 0 0 0 2.25 7
Ramón Monzant 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Awards and honors

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All-Star Game, first game All-Star Game, second game

Farm system

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Level Team League Manager
AAA Tacoma Giants Pacific Coast League Red Davis
AA Rio Grande Valley Giants Texas League Ray Murray
A Springfield Giants Eastern League Andy Gilbert
B Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Richie Klaus
C Fresno Giants California League Buddy Kerr
C Pocatello Giants Pioneer League Mike McCormick
D Salem Rebels Appalachian League Jodie Phipps
D Quincy Giants Midwest League Sam Calderone
D Artesia Giants Sophomore League George Genovese

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Springfield[10]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1958 to 2020, Playing for SFG, 3B>=45, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Triples". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Billy Loes page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ "1960 San Francisco Giants Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  6. ^ Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ a b Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Smith, Curt (2001). Storied Stadiums. New York City: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1187-6.
  9. ^ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxx, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
  10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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