1960 Detroit Tigers season

1960 Detroit Tigers
Major League affiliations
	American League (since 1901);
Location
	Briggs Stadium (since 1912);
	Detroit, Michigan (since 1901);
Other information
Owner(s)	Fred Knorr, John Fetzer
Manager(s)	Jimmy Dykes, Billy Hitchcock, Joe Gordon
Local television	WJBK
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.

Offseason

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]

Regular season

Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Baltimore Orioles	89	65	.578	8
Chicago White Sox	87	67	.565	10
Cleveland Indians	76	78	.494	21
Washington Senators	73	81	.474	24
Detroit Tigers	71	83	.461	26
Boston Red Sox	65	89	.422	32
Kansas City Athletics	58	96	.377	39

Notable transactions

June 15, 1960: Ray Semproch and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Clem Labine.^[4]
July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.^[5]

Roster

1960 Detroit Tigers

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

23 Em Lindbeck

Manager

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	Berberet, LouLou Berberet	85	232	45	.194	5	23
1B	Cash, NormNorm Cash	121	353	101	.286	18	63
2B	Bolling, FrankFrank Bolling	139	536	136	.254	9	59
3B	Yost, EddieEddie Yost	143	497	129	.260	14	47
SS	Fernández, ChicoChico Fernández	133	435	105	.241	4	35
LF	Maxwell, CharlieCharlie Maxwell	134	482	114	.237	24	81
CF	Kaline, AlAl Kaline	147	551	153	.278	15	68
RF	Colavito, RockyRocky Colavito	145	555	138	.249	35	87

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
Bilko, SteveSteve Bilko	78	222	46	.207	9	25
Amorós, SandySandy Amorós	65	67	10	.149	1	7

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

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
Bruce, BobBob Bruce	34	130	4	7	3.74	76

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Aguirre, HankHank Aguirre	37	5	3	10	2.85	80
Semproch, RayRay Semproch	17	3	0	0	4.00	9

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

Notes

References

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Baseball portal

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1960 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference

[1] Gus Zernial page at Baseball Reference

[2] Steve Bilko page at Baseball Reference

[3] Chico Fernández page at Baseball Reference

[4] Ray Semproch page at Baseball Reference

[5] Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference

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