The 1960 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 78th year in Major League Baseball. The team moved their home games from Seals Stadium to the new Candlestick Park. In their third season in the Golden Gate City, the Giants finished in fifth place in the National League, 16 games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Giants hit 62 triples, the most in the club's San Francisco era.

Offseason November 30, 1959: Joey Amalfitano was drafted by the Giants from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1959 rule 5 draft.Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference November 30, 1959: Jackie Brandt, Gordon Jones, and Roger McCardell were traded by the Giants to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell.Billy Loes page at Baseball Reference November 30, 1959: Georges Maranda was drafted by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1959 rule 5 draft.Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters Don Blasingame Eddie Bressoud Orlando Cepeda Jim Davenport Sam Jones Willie Kirkland Willie Mays Willie McCovey Bob Schmidt

Notable transactions April 1960: Don Taussig was purchased from the Giants by the Portland Beavers.Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference May 12, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference September 1, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles.

Candlestick Park The Giants selected the name of Candlestick Park after a name-the-park contest on March 3, 1959. Prior to that, its construction site had been shown on maps as the generic Bay View Stadium. It was the first modern baseball stadium, as it was the first to be built entirely of reinforced concrete. Richard Nixon threw out the first baseball on the opening day of Candlestick Park on April 12, 1960, and called it the finest ballpark in the country.The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxx, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007,

Roster 1960 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 Bob Schmidt 110 344 92 .267 8 37 1B Willie McCovey 101 260 62 .238 13 51 2B Don Blasingame 136 523 123 .235 2 31 SS Ed Bressoud 116 386 87 .225 9 43 3B Jim Davenport 112 363 91 .251 6 38 LF Orlando Cepeda 151 569 169 .297 24 96 CF Willie Mays 153 595 190 .319 29 103 RF Willie Kirkland 146 515 130 .252 21 65

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 106 328 91 .277 1 27 Felipe Alou 106 322 85 .264 8 44 Andre Rodgers 81 217 53 .244 2 22 Hobie Landrith 71 190 46 .242 1 20 Jim Marshall 75 118 28 .237 2 13 Dave Philley 39 61 10 .164 1 7 Dale Long 37 54 9 .167 3 6 José Pagán 18 49 14 .286 0 2 6 10 0 .000 0 0 Matty Alou 4 3 1 .333 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 Mike McCormick 40 253.0 15 12 2.70 154 Sam Jones 39 234.0 18 14 3.19 190 Jack Sanford 37 219.0 12 14 3.82 125 Juan Marichal 11 81.1 6 2 2.66 58

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 43 202.2 8 13 3.20 145 41 112.1 6 7 3.77 57 Georges Maranda 17 50.2 1 4 4.62 28 Eddie Fisher 3 12.2 1 0 3.55 7

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 37 3 2 5 4.93 28 Stu Miller 47 7 6 2 3.90 65 19 1 0 2 5.32 13 Sherman Jones 16 1 1 1 3.09 10 Joe Shipley 15 0 0 0 5.40 9 Don Choate 4 0 0 0 2.25 7 Ramón Monzant 1 0 0 0 9.00 1

Awards and honors

All-Star Game, first game All-Star Game, second game

Farm system

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: SpringfieldJohnson, 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 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1960 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac