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. 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

Record vs. opponents

Relocation to Minnesota After an early flirtation with San Francisco, by 1957 team owner Calvin Griffith was courting Minneapolis-St. Paul, a prolonged process that resulted in him rejecting the Twin Cities' first offer 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 existing Senators franchise became the Minnesota Twins.

Roster 1960 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season

Legend Senators win Senators loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff spotBoldSenators team member

|-style="background:#bfb;" | 10 || || || @ Yankees || 5–4 || || || || 2:17 || 3,745 || 5–5 || W1

|- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || || 3:00p.m. EDT || 28th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri) |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || || 1:00p.m. EDT || 29th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York)

Detailed records American League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Kansas City Athletics New York Yankees 5–6 5–6 10–12 86 105 Washington Senators — — — — — — 5–6 5–6 10–12 86 105

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 137 466 126 .270 15 60 1B 124 442 122 .276 31 80 2B 145 592 152 .257 9 56 3B 121 460 122 .265 4 45 SS 117 268 57 .213 2 19 LF 148 528 142 .269 38 100 CF 127 330 97 .294 5 33 RF 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 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 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wytheville

Notes

References 1960 Washington Senators at Baseball Reference 1960 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Almanac