1960 Washington Senators season

1960 Washington Senators
1960 Washington Senators
League	American League
Ballpark	Griffith Stadium
City	Washington, D.C.
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)

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.^[1] 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

v t e American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1960 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BAL	BOS	CHW	CLE	DET	KCA	NYY	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	—

Notable transactions

Relocation to Minnesota

After an early flirtation with San Francisco, by 1957 Calvin Griffith was courting Minneapolis-St. Paul, a prolonged process that resulted in him rejecting the Twin Cities' first offer^[2] 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 old Washington Senators became the Minnesota Twins.

Roster

1960 Washington Senators

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

14,10 Earl Battey
8 Hal Naragon

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

4 Ken Aspromonte
4 Jake Jacobs

Manager

51 Cookie Lavagetto

Coaches

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	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Earl Battey	137	466	126	.270	15	60
1B	Harmon Killebrew	124	442	122	.276	31	80
2B	Billy Gardner	145	592	152	.257	9	56
3B	Reno Bertoia	121	460	122	.265	4	45
SS	José Valdivielso	117	268	57	.213	2	19
LF	Jim Lemon	148	528	142	.269	38	100
CF	Lenny Green	127	330	97	.294	5	33
RF	Bob Allison	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
Rudy Hernández	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
Ted Abernathy	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

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Charleston Senators	American Association	Del Wilber
A	Charlotte Hornets	Sally League	Gene Verble
B	Wilson Tobs	Carolina League	Jack McKeon
D	Fort Walton Beach Jets	Alabama–Florida League	Ralph Rowe
D	Wytheville Senators	Appalachian League	Red Norwood
D	Erie Senators	New York–Penn League	Harry Warner