The 1960 New York Yankees season was the 58th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning its 25th pennant, finishing 8 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games.

Offseason December 11, 1959: Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley.Roger Maris at Baseball Reference Prior to 1960 season: Jesse Gonder was acquired by the Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds.Jesse Gonder at Baseball Reference

Regular season Elston Howard took over as the Yankees' everyday catcher, while Yogi Berra split time between the outfield and serving as Howard's backup.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 19, 1960: Andy Carey was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Cerv.Bob Cerv at Baseball Reference

Roster 1960 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

= Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI C 107 323 29 79 .245 6 39 1B 146 538 63 166 .309 26 91 2B 150 460 45 116 .252 1 26 3B 124 393 54 95 .242 14 46 SS 147 568 77 155 .273 14 62 LF 131 408 66 116 .284 9 42 CF 153 527 119145 .275 40 94 RF 136 499 98141 .283 39 112

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 120 359 99 .276 15 62 119 337 87 .258 8 34 87 216 54 .250 8 28 53 99 24 .242 4 14 55 64 13 .203 4 11 26 41 15 .366 3 10 49 35 8 .229 0 2 25 22 6 .273 0 1 20 9 1 .111 0 1 7 7 2 .286 1 3 8 5 0 .000 0 0 6 4 2 .500 0 0 4 3 1 .333 0 1 Billy Shantz 1 0 0 ---- 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 34 200.0 15 9 3.06 65 33 192.2 12 9 3.08 85 34 173.1 9 3 3.27 87 35 149.1 13 3 4.28 73 10 47.0 3 5 4.79 14

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 35 166.2 10 8 3.40 92 24 80.2 6 4 3.68 32 11 60.0 3 1 2.25 36 21 52.0 3 3 4.15 19

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 42 5 4 11 2.79 54 42 3 4 9 4.96 67 35 5 1 4 4.09 28 29 5 1 7 2.88 29 28 5 1 2 4.36 29 4 0 1 0 6.23 2

1960 World Series

NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Yankees – 4, Pirates – 6October 5 Forbes Field 36,6762Yankees – 16, Pirates – 3October 6 Forbes Field 37,3083Pirates – 0, Yankees – 10October 8 Yankee Stadium 70,0014Pirates – 3, Yankees – 2October 9 Yankee Stadium 67,8125Pirates – 5, Yankees – 2October 10 Yankee Stadium 62,7536Yankees – 12, Pirates – 0October 12 Forbes Field 38,5807Yankees – 9, Pirates – 10October 13 Forbes Field 36,683

Awards and honors Roger Maris, American League MVP Bobby Richardson, World Series MVP

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GreensboroJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

Notes

References 1960 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1960 World Series 1960 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac