The 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 71st season for the Los Angeles Dodgers franchise in Major League Baseball (MLB), their 3rd season in Los Angeles, California, and their 3rd season playing their home games at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles California. The Dodgers finished the season at 82–72, in fourth place in the National League race, 13 games behind the NL and World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason November 30, 1959: Steve Bilko was drafted from the Dodgers by the Detroit Tigers in the 1959 rule 5 draft.Steve Bilko at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions April 5, 1960: Fred Kipp was traded by the Dodgers to the New York Yankees for Gordie Windhorn and Dick Sanders.Fred Kipp at Baseball-Reference April 8, 1960: Don Zimmer was traded by the Dodgers to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Perranoski, Johnny Goryl, career minor leaguer Lee Handley, and cash.Don Zimmer at Baseball-Reference April 11, 1960: Johnny Klippstein was purchased from the Dodgers by the Cleveland Indians.Johnny Klippstein at Baseball-Reference May 6, 1960: Rip Repulski was traded by the Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox for Nelson Chittum.Rip Repulski at Baseball-Reference May 7, 1960: Sandy Amorós was traded by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals) to the Detroit Tigers for Gail Harris.Sandy Amorós at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1960: John Glenn was traded by the Dodgers to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Donohue.John Glenn at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1960: Clem Labine was traded by the Dodgers to the Detroit Tigers for Ray Semproch and cash.Clem Labine at Baseball-Reference July 9, 1960: Tommy Lasorda was released by the Dodgers (from the minor-league Montreal Royals).Tommy Lasorda at Baseball-Reference

Opening Day lineup +Opening Day starters # Name Position19 Jim Gilliam 3B43 Charlie Neal 2B9 Wally Moon LF4 Duke Snider RF14 Gil Hodges 1B8 John RoseboroC2 Don Demeter CF30 Maury Wills SS53 Don Drysdale P 1960 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Game log Regular season Legend Dodgers win Dodgers loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff raceBoldDodgers team member

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 John Roseboro 103 287 61 .213 8 42 1B Norm Larker 133 440 142 .323 5 78 2B Charlie Neal 139 477 122 .256 8 40 SS Maury Wills 148 516 152 .295 0 27 3B Jim Gilliam 151 557 138 .248 5 40 LF Wally Moon 138 469 140 .299 13 69 CF Tommy Davis 110 352 97 .276 11 44 RF Frank Howard 117 448 120 .268 23 77

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 Duke Snider 101 235 57 .243 14 36 Gil Hodges 101 197 39 .198 8 30 Don Demeter 64 168 46 .274 9 29 Norm Sherry 47 138 39 .283 8 19 Joe Pignatano 58 90 21 .233 2 9 Willie Davis 22 88 28 .318 2 10 Chuck Essegian 52 79 17 .215 3 11 Charley Smith 18 60 10 .167 0 5 Bob Lillis 48 60 16 .267 0 6 Bob Aspromonte 21 55 10 .182 1 6 Ron Fairly 14 37 4 .108 1 3 Irv Noren 26 25 5 .200 1 1 Doug Camilli 6 24 8 .333 1 3 9 14 2 .143 0 0 Carl Furillo 8 10 2 .200 0 1 4 5 1 .200 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 Don Drysdale 41 269.0 15 14 2.84 246 Johnny Podres 34 227.2 14 12 3.08 159 Stan Williams 38 207.1 14 10 3.00 175 Sandy Koufax 37 175.0 8 13 3.91 197 21 115.2 8 3 3.27 69 Jim Golden 1 7.0 1 0 6.43 4

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 Danny McDevitt 24 53.0 0 4 4.25 30 Ed Rakow 9 22.0 0 1 7.36 9 Phil Ortega 3 6.1 0 0 17.05 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 Ed Roebuck 58 8 3 8 2.78 77 Larry Sherry 57 14 10 7 3.79 114 Ed Palmquist 22 0 1 0 2.54 23 Clem Labine 13 0 1 1 5.82 15

Awards and honors 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 1 Norm Larker reserve Charlie Neal reserve Stan Williams reserve Johnny Podres reserve 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game – Game 2 Norm Larker reserve Charlie Neal reserve Stan Williams reserve Johnny Podres reserve National League Rookie of the Year Frank Howard Gold Glove Award Wally Moon TSN Rookie of the Year Award Frank Howard NL Player of the Month Don Drysdale (July 1960)

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Atlanta, Reno

Notes

References Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page

External links 1960 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site