The 1960 Kansas City Athletics season was the sixth in Kansas City and the 60th overall. It involved the A's finishing last place in the American League's final season as an eight team circuit. Kansas City recorded 58 wins and 96 losses, 39 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.
Offseason At the 1959 Winter Meetings, Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Joe L. Brown had agreed to trade Dick Groat to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Roger Maris. Pirates' manager Danny Murtaugh had advised Brown that he did not want to lose Groat, and the deal was never finalized.Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 114, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, Maris was traded to the New York Yankees on December 11.
On March 10, 1960, owner Arnold Johnson died at the age of 53.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.32, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, After the 1960 season, the team would be sold by Johnson's estate to businessman Charlie Finley.
Notable transactions November 21, 1959: Frank House was traded by the Athletics to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Tom Acker.Frank House page at Baseball Reference December 11, 1959: Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry.Maris goes to Yanks; A's get Larsen in 7-man deal
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions May 19, 1960: Bob Cerv was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Andy Carey.Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased from the Athletics by the Detroit Tigers.Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
Roster 1960 Kansas City Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (First base) (Pitching) (Third base)
Player stats = Indicates team leader
Batting
Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI C 73 228 19 60 .263 5 25 1B 104 236 29 59 .250 11 41 2B 146 574 69 156 .272 8 53 3B 102 343 30 80 .233 12 53 SS 140 428 51 96 .224 2 24 LF 144 520 69 145 .279 19 69 CF 151 559 75 143 .256 8 40 RF 95 255 30 70 .275 3 31
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI 127 420 47 121 .288 12 65 125 304 45 79 .260 4 26 83 252 43 67 .266 8 38 58 190 16 42 .221 5 28 Danny Kravitz 59 175 17 41 .234 4 14 76 146 12 30 .205 1 9 23 78 14 20 .256 6 12 Jim Delsing 16 40 2 10 .250 0 5 Leo Posada 10 36 8 13 .361 1 2 Ray Jablonski 21 32 3 7 .219 0 3 Chet Boak 5 13 1 2 .154 0 1 5 13 3 4 .308 1 2 Lou Klimchock 10 10 0 3 .300 0 0 Hank Foiles 6 7 1 4 .571 0 1 2 1 0 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 37 252.2 14 15 3.28 122 37 231.0 16 16 4.56 126 29 182.1 8 13 4.05 79
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 28 122.1 4 9 3.83 50 Johnny Kucks 31 114.0 4 10 6.00 38 Don Larsen 22 83.2 1 10 5.38 43 John Tsitouris 14 33.0 0 2 6.55 12 3 10.1 0 2 4.35 4
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 51 3 2 4 3.94 20 42 5 10 3 4.26 83 Bob Trowbridge 22 1 3 2 4.61 33 21 0 0 1 3.66 28 20 1 2 1 1.74 6 10 1 0 0 5.79 8 8 0 2 0 12.71 8 Dave Wickersham 5 0 0 2 1.08 3 1 0 0 0 27.00 0 Howie Reed 1 0 0 0 0.00 1
Farm system
References
External links 1960 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1960 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com