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Owner(s) | Fred Knorr, John Fetzer |
Manager(s) | Jimmy Dykes, Billy Hitchcock, Joe Gordon |
Local television | WJBK |
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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
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 |
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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
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Catchers
Infielders
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Manager
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Aguirre, HankHank Aguirre | 37 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2.85 | 80 |
Semproch, RayRay Semproch | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4.00 | 9 |
Farm system
Notes
References
- 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
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