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.
Offseason October 26, 1959: Gus Zernial was released by the Tigers.Gus Zernial at Baseball Reference November 30, 1959: Steve Bilko was drafted by the Tigers from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1959 Rule 5 draft.Steve Bilko at Baseball Reference 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.Chico Fernández at Baseball Reference The team changed the home jersey from featuring an Olde English 'D' to displaying "Tigers" in script; the Olde English 'D' returned in 1961.
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 12, 1960: The Tigers acquired first baseman Norm Cash from the Cleveland Indians for utility infielder Steve Demeter; Cash played in 2,018 games and slugged 373 homers for Detroit (1960–74); Demeter played in four games and was hitless in five at-bats for the Indians before disappearing into the minor leagues.Steve Demeter at Baseball Reference April 17, 1960: Reigning American League batting average champion Harvey Kuenn (.353 in 1959) was traded by the Tigers to the Indians, even-up, for reigning AL home run champ Rocky Colavito (42 homers in 1959, tied with Harmon Killebrew).Harvey Kuenn at Baseball Reference June 15, 1960: Ray Semproch and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Clem Labine.Ray Semproch at Baseball Reference July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference August 3, 1960: In the only manager-for-manager trade in Major League history, the Tigers swapped Jimmy Dykes to the Indians for Joe Gordon; coaches Luke Appling and Jo-Jo White also traded teams.
Roster 1960 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders
Other batters 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 85 232 45 .194 5 23 1B 121 353 101 .286 18 63 2B 139 536 136 .254 9 59 3B 143 497 129 .260 14 47 SS 133 435 105 .241 4 35 LF 134 482 114 .237 24 81 CF 147 551 153 .278 15 68 RF 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 78 222 46 .207 9 25 Neil Chrisley 96 220 56 .255 5 24 Red Wilson 45 134 29 .216 1 14 Ozzie Virgil Sr. 62 132 30 .227 3 13 Harry Chiti 37 104 17 .163 2 5 Casey Wise 30 68 10 .147 2 5 65 67 10 .149 1 7 Coot Veal 27 64 19 .297 0 8 Hank Foiles 26 56 14 .250 0 3 Dick Gernert 21 50 15 .300 1 5 Dick McAuliffe 8 27 7 .259 0 1 Johnny Groth 25 19 7 .368 0 2 Gail Harris 8 5 0 .000 0 0 Rocky Bridges 10 5 1 .200 0 0 Em Lindbeck 2 1 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 Frank Lary 38 274.1 15 15 3.81 149 Jim Bunning 36 252.0 11 14 2.79 201 Don Mossi 23 158.1 9 8 3.47 69
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 34 130.0 4 7 3.74 76 Pete Burnside 31 113.2 7 7 4.28 71 Paul Foytack 28 96.2 2 11 6.14 38 Phil Regan 17 68.0 0 4 4.50 38 Bill Fischer 20 55.0 5 3 3.44 24
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 5 3 10 2.85 80 Dave Sisler 41 7 5 5 2.48 47 Tom Morgan 22 3 2 1 4.66 12 17 3 0 0 4.00 9 Clem Labine 14 0 3 2 5.12 6 George Spencer 5 0 1 0 3.52 4
Farm system
References
External links
1960 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference