The 1960 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians' fourth-place finish in the American League with a record of 76 wins and 78 losses, 21 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees. This season was notable for the infamous trade of Rocky Colavito.
Offseason December 6, 1959: Minnie Miñoso, Dick Brown, Don Ferrarese, and Jake Striker were traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Romano, Bubba Phillips, and Norm Cash.Minnie Miñoso at Baseball-Reference December 15, 1959: Billy Martin, Gordy Coleman and Cal McLish were traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Reds for Johnny Temple.Billy Martin at Baseball-Reference Prior to 1960 season: Jim King was obtained by the Indians from the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of a minor league working agreement.Jim King at Baseball-Reference
Regular season Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions April 3, 1960: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Indians.Al Cicotte at Baseball-Reference April 12, 1960: Norm Cash was traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Demeter.Norm Cash at Baseball-Reference April 17, 1960: 1959 AL home run king Rocky Colavito was traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for 1959 AL batting champion Harvey Kuenn.Rocky Colavito at Baseball-Reference April 18, 1960: Herb Score was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Barry Latman.Herb Score at Baseball-Reference June 11, 1960: Paul Casanova was released by the Indians.Paul Casanova at Baseball-Reference June 13, 1960: Russ Nixon and Carroll Hardy were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Marty Keough and Ted Bowsfield. It was he second time the Indians traded Nixon to the Red Sox in three months: a March 16 deal sent Nixon to Boston for fellow catcher Sammy White, but White retired rather than report to Cleveland and the trade was nullified March 25. August 3, 1960: In what was termed the first (and up to the present day, only) "trade" of managers in baseball history,"Gordon and Dykes Trade Jobs as Managers", The New York Times (4 August 1960) Cleveland and Detroit exchanged Joe Gordon for Jimmy Dykes.Joe Gordon at Baseball-Reference In the days that followed, the two teams also "traded" coaches, as the Indians' Jo-Jo White and the Tigers' Luke Appling swapped jobs to remain aides to Gordon and Dykes.
Opening Day Lineup +Opening Day Starters # Name Position1 Johnny Temple 2B6 Harvey Kuenn CF12 Walt Bond RF14 Tito Francona LF15 Russ Nixon C10 Vic Power 1B3 Woodie Held SS7 Bubba Phillips 3B39 Gary Bell P 1960 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
Roster 1960 Cleveland Indians Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager (Apr 19–Aug 2) (Aug 3–Aug 4) (Aug 5–Oct 2) Coaches (Third base, Aug 2–Oct 2)
(Pitching) (First base)
(Third base, Apr 19–Aug 2)
Player stats
= Indicates team leader
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 108 316 86 .272 16 52 1B 147 580 167 .288 10 84 2B 117 459 133 .290 1 10 3B 113 304 63 .207 4 33 SS 109 376 97 .258 1 21 LF 147 544 159 .292 17 79 CF 138 486 137 .282 18 66 RF 126 474 146 .308 9 54
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 98 381 102 .268 2 19 Mike de la Hoz 49 160 41 .256 6 23 Marty Keough 65 149 37 .248 3 11 Walt Bond 40 131 29 .221 5 18 Red Wilson 32 88 19 .216 1 10 Russ Nixon 25 82 20 .244 1 6 Bob Hale 70 70 21 .300 0 12 Hank Foiles 24 68 19 .279 1 6 Joe Morgan 22 47 14 .298 2 4 George Strickland 32 42 7 .167 1 3 Rocky Bridges 10 27 9 .333 0 3 Ty Cline 7 26 8 .308 0 2 Chuck Tanner 21 25 7 .280 0 4 Carroll Hardy 29 18 2 .111 0 1 John Powers 8 12 2 .167 0 0 Don Dillard 6 7 1 .143 0 0 Pete Whisenant 7 6 1 .167 0 0 Steve Demeter 4 5 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 36 261.1 18 10 3.62 120 23 154.2 9 10 4.13 109
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 Mudcat Grant 33 159.2 9 8 4.40 75 Barry Latman 31 147.1 7 7 4.03 44 Dick Stigman 41 133.2 5 11 4.51 104 Bobby Locke 32 123.0 3 5 3.37 53 Wynn Hawkins 15 66.0 4 4 4.23 39 Jack Harshman 15 54.1 2 4 3.98 25 Ted Bowsfield 11 40.2 3 4 5.09 14
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 Johnny Klippstein 49 5 5 14 2.91 46 John Briggs 21 4 2 1 4.46 19 Don Newcombe 20 2 3 1 4.33 27 Frank Funk 9 4 2 1 1.99 18 Carl Mathias 7 0 1 0 3.52 13 Mike Lee 7 0 0 0 2.00 6 Bobby Tiefenauer 6 0 1 0 2.00 2 Carl Thomas 4 1 0 0 7.45 5 Bob Grim 3 0 1 0 11.57 2
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: TorontoJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
References
External links 1960 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference