Events 1960 Major League Baseball season

1 events

1.1 january–february
1.2 march–april
1.3 may
1.4 june
1.5 july
1.6 august
1.7 september
1.8 october
1.9 november–december

events
january–february

january 5 – continental league, proposed third major league, gets assurance of congressional support new york senator kenneth keating.
february 4 – second straight election, baseball writers association of america (bbwaa) voters fail elect new member baseball hall of fame. edd roush gets 146 votes, 202 necessary election. sam rice (143) , eppa rixey (142) next in line.
february 18 – walter o malley, owner of los angeles dodgers, completes purchase of chavez ravine area in los angeles paying $494,000 property valued @ $92,000.
february 20 – branch rickey meets officials of proposed western carolinas league pooling talent continental league clubs.
february 23 – demolition of ebbets field begins. lucy monroe sings national anthem, , roy campanella given urn of dirt behind home plate.

march–april

march 13 – chicago white sox unveil new road uniforms players names above number on back, innovation sox owner bill veeck.
march 24 – commissioner ford frick says not allow continental league pool players in western carolinas league violate existing agreements between major , minor leagues.
march 26 – baltimore orioles general manager lee macphail moves series between orioles , cincinnati reds havana, cuba miami, florida. reds, farm club in cuba, want series in havana, orioles fear increased political unrest in area.
april 4 – chicago white sox send catcher earl battey, first baseman don mincher, , cash washington senators first baseman roy sievers.
april 5 – san francisco giants purchase first baseman dale long chicago cubs.
april 12:

with 42,269 fans in attendance, san francisco giants edge st. louis cardinals, 3–1, in first game @ san francisco s candlestick park. sam jones pitches three-hitter, , cardinals outfielder leon wagner hits first home run in $15 million stadium.
chuck essegian swats 11th-inning pinch-hit home run los angeles dodgers beat chicago cubs, 3–2, before record opening day crowd of 67,550 @ los angeles memorial coliseum. home run essegian s third straight pinch hitter, including 2 in 1959 world series. don drysdale pitches way, striking out 14, win on bob elston.
in deal haunt cleveland indians, general manager frank lane sends norm cash detroit tigers third baseman steve demeter. cash detroit s regular first baseman next 14 years , hit 373 home runs them, while demeter play 4 games cleveland.


april 14

after philadelphia phillies lose opening day game cincinnati reds 9–4, phillies manager eddie sawyer resigns, ending managerial career.


april 17:

on easter sunday, cleveland indians general manager frank lane completes second trade detroit tigers in 5 days when sends rocky colavito, american league s co-leader in home runs 1959, motor city in exchange harvey kuenn, league s defending batting champion. colavito, unparalleled fan favorite in cleveland, hit 173 home runs before returning tribe in 1965. kuenn report cleveland, pull muscle, , never same hitter. traded after 1 season.
eddie mathews of milwaukee braves hits 300th home run, off robin roberts, plus double , triple, milwaukee beats philadelphia phillies, 8–4. date, jimmie foxx hit 300th @ younger age.


april 18:

in american league opener @ washington, d.c., week after national league start, president dwight d. eisenhower throws out first ball, watches senators camilo pascual strike out 15 boston red sox batters tie walter johnson s team record. boston s run in 10–1 loss ted williams home run.
indians general manager frank lane continues swap, sending cleveland favorite herb score chicago white sox barry latman. score , rocky colavito, traded 3 days previously, last 2 players predate lane s arrival in cleveland.


april 19:

before home crowd of 41,661, minnie miñoso celebrates return chicago white sox fourth-inning grand slam against kansas city athletics. leading off bottom of ninth score tied 9–9, miñoso hits solo homer sixth rbi.
on patriots day @ fenway park, roger maris makes debut new york yankees goes 4-for-5, including 2 home runs 4 rbi. yankees spoil boston red sox home opener 8–4 win.
the detroit tigers , cleveland indians play longest season opener in major-league history, 15-inning affair won tigers 4–2 @ cleveland stadium.


april 29 – @ home, st. louis cardinals crush chicago cubs, 16–6. stan musial plays 1,000th game @ first base, becoming first major league player ever many @ 2 positions (1,513 games in outfield). bright spot cubs ernie banks, hits 2 home runs break gabby hartnett s club record of 231 homers.

may

may 1 – skinny brown of baltimore orioles pitches 4–1 win on yankees. brown allows 1 hit, first-inning home run mickey mantle. rookie ron hansen matches mantle rbi total american league high 32.
may 4:

the chicago cubs make trade wgn (am), plucking lou boudreau out of broadcast booth replace charlie grimm (6–11) cubs manager. jolly cholly , meanwhile, replaces boudreau behind mike. cubs win, 5–1, on pirates pitcher dick ellsworth gains first ml victory.
baltimore orioles catcher gus triandos sets pair of american league records 3 passed balls in 1 inning (6th) , 4 in 1 game, knuckleballer hoyt wilhelm, making rare start, goes 7 innings , gets credit 6–4 baltimore win on chicago white sox. wynn records 2,000th strikeout in no-decision effort chicago. triandos passed ball mark inning tied reserve backstop joe ginsberg in 6 days, , tom egan collect 5 pbs in 1970 erase triandos name off list.


may 6 – dodgers send veteran outfielder sandy amorós detroit first baseman gail harris.
may 7:

pitcher larry sherry , catcher norm sherry of dodgers become 10th sibling battery in ml history. norm belts 11th-inning home run give reliever brother larry 3–2 win against phillies.
boston red sox pitcher bill monbouquette allows 1 hit in beating visiting detroit tigers, 5–0. neil chrisley s double tigers hit.


may 10:

catcher joe ginsberg of orioles loses struggle hoyt wilhelm s knuckleball facing athletics, , ties record set 6 days earlier teammate gus triandos 3 passed balls in 1 inning.
grand slams boston red sox teammates vic wertz , rip repulski @ fenway park give boston 9–7 win on chicago white sox. former national league veteran, repulski s eighth-inning shot off don ferrarese comes on first american league @ bat.


may 11:

sam jones pitches two-hitter , draws bases-loaded walk run, giants edge visitors phillies, 1–0. jim owens loser.
the phillies announce trade of first baseman ed bouchee , pitcher don cardwell chicago cubs second baseman tony taylor , catcher cal neeman.


may 12 – duplicating sam jones effort of previous day, giants jack sanford pitches two-hit, 1–0 win on phillies. sanford matches jones striking out 11 , walking three.
may 13:

mike mccormick s shutout of los angeles dodgers third straight san francisco giants pitcher, following two-hitters against philadelphia phillies sam jones , jack sanford. first-place giants have 7 straight wins.
dick groat of pittsburgh pirates becomes first national league player since connie ryan in 1953 go 6-for-6 pittsburgh beats milwaukee braves, 8–2.
the philadelphia phillies suffer third straight 1–0 shutout, losing host cincinnati reds. phillies, losers of back-to-back 1–0 games in san francisco, tie major-league record consecutive 1–0 losses. jim o toole s win cincinnati s ninth straight.
two days after being traded phillies cubs, don cardwell pitches no-hitter against st. louis cardinals. brilliant, leaping catch of carl sawatski s line drive george altman in eighth inning saves cardwell s gem. ernie banks home run paces 4–0 win, first no-hitter against cards since may 11, 1919.


may 19 – new york yankees send shortstop andy carey kansas city athletics slugger bob cerv. cerv had been yankees 5 years before going kc, hit 38 home runs in 1958 , chosen american league left fielder in all-star game on ted williams. cerv claimed in 1960 mlb expansion draft , yankees reacquire him.
may 25 – george crowe of st. louis cardinals set major league record 11th pinch-hit home run, off don mcmahon, cardinals win, 5–3, on braves. crowe began season tied smoky burgess , gus zernial in career pinch home runs.
may 27:

since there no rule limiting size or shape of catcher s mitt, baltimore manager paul richards combats team passed-ball problem while catching hoyt wilhelm (38 in 1959; 11 far year) devising oversized mitt gather in wilhelm s fluttering knuckleball. half again large standard glove , 40 ounces heavier. wilhelm goes distance in beating new york, 3–2, @ yankee stadium. catcher clint courtney has no passed balls behind plate.
camilo pascual strikes out 13 washington senators lose boston red sox, 4–3. pascual s third loss boston year.


may 28 – manager casey stengel hospitalized virus , high fever , miss 13 games. yankees go 7–6 under interim manager ralph houk.

june

june 12 – in record-tying three-hour-and-52-minute, 9-inning game, willie mccovey s pinch-hit grand slam, first slam of career, , orlando cepeda s three-run double pace giants 16–7 rout of braves.
june 19 – in brilliant pair of pitching performances, orioles pitchers hoyt wilhelm , milt pappas throw shutouts beat host detroit tigers. wilhelm allows 2 hits in winning opener, 2–0, on jim bunning, , pappas allows 3 hits in winning nightcap, 1–0, on don mossi. jim gentile , ron hansen collect home runs catcher clint courtney, using big glove designed manager paul richards, twice charged batter interference, first loading bases in 4th inning.
june 24 – willie mays belts 2 home runs , makes 10 putouts lead giants in 5–3 win @ cincinnati. mays adds 3 rbi, 3 runs scored, single , steal of home.
june 26 – hoping speed election process, hall of fame changes voting procedures. new rules allow special veterans committee vote annually, rather every other year, , induct 2 players year. bbwaa authorized hold runoff election of top 30 vote getters if no 1 elected in first ballot.
june 30 – dick stuart blasts 3 consecutive home runs, pirates split giants. stuart drives in 7 runs , joins ralph kiner second pirates player hit 3 home runs in game @ forbes field.

july

july 4 – mickey mantle s three-run first-inning home run off hal woodeshick 300th of career. mantle becomes 18th major leaguer join 300 home run club, yankees drop 9–8 decision senators.
july 9 – jim coates suffers first loss after 9 straight wins, , 14 straight on 2 seasons, boston red sox beat yankees, 6–5. sox led vic wertz, hit home run, double , single drive in 4 runs. coates major-league career-record 17–2.
july 11 – @ kansas city municipal stadium, one-hit three-innings shutout pitching bob friend , home runs ernie banks , del crandall pace national league 5–4 win on american league in first of 2 all-star games. friend, of pittsburgh pirates, has notched 2 of nl s last 3 all-star wins.
july 13 – @ yankee stadium, vern law becomes second pirates pitcher win 1960 all-star game, working 2 scoreless innings. stan musial comes off national league bench , hits record sixth , last all-star game home run. willie mays, ken boyer , eddie mathews homer in 6–0 nl win, third shutout in all-star game history. law (1st, 2nd) combines eight-hit shutout along johnny podres (3rd), stan williams (5th, 6th), larry jackson (7th), bill henry (8th) , lindy mcdaniel (9th). whitey ford loser.
july 18 – national league votes expand 10 clubs if continental league not join organized baseball. new nl clubs invade cl territories.
july 19:

in spectacular ml debut, juan marichal of san francisco giants pitches no-hit ball until clay dalrymple pinch-hit singles 2 out in 7th inning. marichal winds 12 strikeouts , one-hit 2–0 win against phillies, becoming first national league pitcher since 1900 debut one-hitter.
roy sievers 21-game hitting streak, longest player in season, ends, chicago white sox teammate luis aparicio s inside-the-park home run , billy pierce s shutout beat boston, 6–0.


senators ace pedro ramos pitches one-hit, 5–0 shutout on detroit. rocky colavito s leadoff single in eighth inning, grounder eludes shortstop josé valdivielso, lone safety.
july 20 – @ cleveland municipal stadium, mickey mantle golfs gary bell pitch on auxiliary scoreboard distant upper deck in right field, matching luke easter major league players reach spot. cleveland holds on 8–6 win on yankees.
july 21 – robin roberts pitches third career one-hitter, , third one-hitter of season in new candlestick park. felipe alou spoils roberts no-hit bid in fifth inning of 3–0 phillies victory. third baseman joe morgan fields hit, falls down , cannot make throw.
july 22 – @ fenway park, boston red sox down cleveland indians, 6–4. vic wertz has three-run home run , 4 rbi. ted williams homers, , in 7th inning, steals second base. williams sets major league record player steal bases in 4 consecutive decades. matched rickey henderson in 2000. indians jimmy piersall homers twice, both round-trippers coming off winner ike delock.
july 23 – kansas city outfielder whitey herzog hits all-cuban triple play in ml history. action goes washington senators starting pitcher pedro ramos, first baseman julio bécquer, shortstop josé valdivielso. victory, however, goes reliever chuck stobbs (7–2) senators take 8–3 decision. harmon killebrew has two-run home run.
july 30 – predicts, philadelphia phillies pitcher art mahaffey picks off first batter hit against him. next batter hit, again. curt flood , bill white of st. louis cardinals base runner victims, st. louis still wins, 6–3. in next game, first batter hit off mahaffey jim marshall, , mahaffey pick him off well.

august

august 2 – in agreement major leagues, continental league abandons plans join american league , national league. walter o malley, chairman of nl expansion committee, says, recommend expansion , in 1961. milwaukee braves owner lou perini proposes compromise 4 of cl territories admitted current majors in orderly expansion. branch rickey s group accepts. continental league ends without playing game.
august 3 – in unusual move, cleveland indians gm frank lane trades managers detroit tigers gm bill dewitt. indians joe gordon (49–46) dealt tigers jimmy dykes (44–52). 1 game, until pair can change places, jo-jo white pilots indians , billy hitchcock guides tigers.
august 7 – chicago white sox win pair washington senators, reliever gerry staley picking 2 victories. staley 13–8, in relief, both wins , losses topping american league relievers.
august 8 – before day crowd of 48,323, largest day crowd ever @ comiskey park, cheer white sox pitcher billy pierce four-hit victory on yankees, 9–1. pierce faces 31 batters.
august 9 – fine relief pitching of lindy mcdaniel in opener , five-hitter curt simmons in nitecap, st. louis cardinals sweep philadelphia phillies, 5–4 , 6–0. phillies tony taylor ties major league record second baseman going entire doubleheader (18 innings) without putout – first achieve feat since connie ryan, of phillies, on june 14, 1953.
august 10 – ted williams blast pair of home runs , double pace red sox 6–1 win on cleveland indians. williams has 21 homers season. first of 2 today, #512, moves him past mel ott fourth place on all-time list. after game, williams announces retire @ end of season.
august 18 – facing minimum 27 batters, lew burdette of milwaukee braves pitches perfect game, instead settling 1–0 no-hitter against phillies. tony gonzález, phillies base runner, reached first base in fifth inning after being hit pitch , wiped out in double play. milwaukee pitcher scores run of game.
august 20 – ted williams draws 2,000th walk of career in red sox split of twi-night doubleheader orioles. williams joins babe ruth major leaguers collect 2,000 walks. rickey henderson in 2000, , barry bonds in 2003, join select 2,000 walks group.
august 23 – following no-hitter, lew burdette fires third shutout in row, pitching milwaukee braves 7–0 win on los angeles dodgers.
august 27 – after pitching 32⅔ shutout innings, braves pitcher lew burdette gives felipe alou home run san francisco defeats braves 3–1.
august 30 – boston red sox second baseman pete runnels goes 6-for-7, boston edge tigers in 15-inning opener of twin bill. runnels’ 15th-inning double brings frank malzone home winning run win, 5–4. runnels has 3 more hits in nightcap victory, 3–2 in 10 innings. 6 hits in american league game since july 8, 1955. 9-for-11 in doubleheader, runnels ties major league record.

september

september 2 – boston s ted williams hits home run off don lee of senators. williams had homered against lee s father, thornton, 20 years earlier.
september 3:

a battle of left-handed pitchers features sandy koufax of los angeles dodgers against mike mccormick of san francisco giants. felipe alou s home run gives mccormick 1–0 win, second 1–0 win against los angeles in 1960.


september 10 – in detroit, yankees mickey mantle hit home run in sixth inning, ball clearing right field roof , landing in brooks lumber yard across trumbull avenue. in june 1985, mantle s blow retroactively measured @ 643 feet, , listed in guinness book of world records @ distance.
september 13–18-year-old outfielder danny murphy becomes youngest chicago cubs player hit home run when clouts three-run homer off bob purkey of cincinnati reds, reds win 8–6 @ home. murphy play 49 games cubs 1960–62. come pitcher chicago white sox in 1969–70.
september 15 – willie mays ties modern major league record 3 triples in game against phillies. last national league player hit 3 triples in game roberto clemente, in 1958.
september 16:

at age of 39, warren spahn notches 11th 20-win season 4–0 no-hitter against phillies. spahn sets milwaukee club record 15 strikeouts in handing last-place phils 90th loss of year.
the baltimore orioles (83–58) , new york yankees (82–57) open crucial 4 games series orioles .002 in of new york. 3 days later, during doubleheader, yankees sweep baltimore. faltering birds, 4 back, end in second place, 8 games back.


september 18 – @ wrigley field, ernie banks sets record drawing 27th intentional walk of season.
september 19 – chicago white sox pennant hopes damaged nitecap 7–6 loss detroit tigers, after win opener, 8–4. pinch hitter norm cash scores decisive run in second game; ends season grounding no double plays, becoming first american league player since league records on started in 1940. teammates dick mcauliffe , roger repoz duplicate in 1968.
september 20 – boston red sox outfielder carroll hardy pinch-hits ted williams, forced leave game after fouling ball off ankle, , grounds double play. on may 31, 1961, hardy pinch hit rookie carl yastrzemski, making him player go bat both future hall of famers. hardy hit first major league home run pinch-hitting roger maris when both @ cleveland (may 18, 1958).
september 25:

for first time since 1927, pittsburgh pirates headed world series.
ralph terry clinches new york yankees 25th pennant 4–3 win on boston red sox. luis arroyo saves win. casey stengel s 10th pennant in 12 years @ new york.


september 28 – in last major league @ bat, ted williams picks out 1–1 pitch baltimore s jack fisher , drives 450 feet right-center field seats behind boston bullpen. williams 521st , last career home run, putting him third on all-time list. williams stays in dugout, ignoring thunderous ovation @ fenway park , refusing tip hat hometown fans.

october

october 2 – baltimore orioles defeat washington senators 2–1 @ griffith stadium in senators final game before move minneapolis-st. paul area. milt pappas wins pitchers duel against pedro ramos, gives home run jackie brandt deciding run.
october 3 – new york yankees head world series 15-game winning streak, 8th longest streak in american league century, after dale long s two-run 9th-inning home run gives them 8–7 win on boston red sox. 193 home runs al season record, 3 better 1956 yankees. rbi leader roger maris drives in 3 runs, falls 1 home run short of mickey mantle s league-high 40.
october 5 – in portent of things come, bill mazeroski s two-run 5th-inning home run off jim coates difference pittsburgh beats yankees 6–4 in first world series win since 1925. roy face survives two-run 9th-inning elston howard home run preserve vern law s victory.
october 6 – mickey mantle hits 2 home runs in yankees 16–3 victory @ forbes field, evening world series. seven-run 6th inning overwhelms pittsburgh.
october 8 – @ yankee stadium, bobby richardson collects 6 rbi, including grand slam off reliever clem labine in six-run first inning, , whitey ford pitches four-hitter 10–0 shutout give yankees 2–1 world series lead, spoiling pittsburgh manager danny murtaugh s 43rd birthday.
october 9 – vern law wins again, own rbi single , bill virdon s two-run hit. roy face retires final 8 batters in order. pittsburgh pirates 3–2 win evens 1960 world series.
october 10 – bill mazeroski stars again. two-run double stakes harvey haddix 3–0 lead. roy face called on once more hitless effort preserve 5–2 win on yankees , 3–2 world series lead surprising pirates.
october 12 – in game 6 of world series, whitey ford preserves yankees hopes seven-hit shutout @ forbes field. bob friend bombed again yankees coasts 12–0. bobby richardson s 2 run-scoring triples give him ws record of 12 rbi.
october 13 – in 9–9 tie, bill mazeroski leads off last of ninth inning , hits arguably dramatic home run in ws history, off yankees ralph terry, give pittsburgh pirates 10–9 win , world series championship. drama of mazeroski s home run heightened excitement preceded home run: combined total of 7 runs scored both teams in wild , whacky bottom of eighth , top of ninth. oddity in game – world series game century no strikeouts recorded. oddity, 1 1960 world series – mazeroski s home run makes 1960 world series world series in major league history won home run in bottom of ninth inning of seventh , deciding game. despite mazeroski s heroics, however, bobby richardson named series mvp, yankees outscore pittsburgh, 55 27.
october 17 – national league votes admit houston , new york city teams league in 1962, first structural change since 1900, , go 10-team league.
october 18 – instituting mandatory retirement age of 65, new york yankees co-owners dan topping , del webb relieve casey stengel team manager. stengel says wasn t retired—they fired me. veteran skipper has 1,149–696 career record. stengel return managing in 1962, when became first-ever manager of new york mets.
october 20 – coach ralph houk, @ 41 age, named succeed casey stengel yankees manager. houk briefly led yankees in 1960 when stengel hospitalized.
october 27 – trying jump ahead of national league, american league admits los angeles , minneapolis teams league plans have new clubs begin competition in 1961 in new 10-team league. calvin griffith given permission move existing washington senators franchise minneapolis–saint paul. (an expansion team, called senators, placed in washington.) american league president joe cronin says league play 162-game schedule, 18 games against each opponent. national league balk, saying 2 expansions not analogous , american league not invited move la.

november–december

november 2 – hank greenberg asks american league dates @ los angeles coliseum, home of national league dodgers. greenberg , bill veeck expected run new los angeles club in al. on november 17, greenberg drop out of bidding run new franchise.
november 22 – american league proposes both leagues expand 9 teams in 1961 , begin interleague play. delay entering los angeles market if national league agrees.
november 26 – twins appropriate new name chosen club transplanted washington, d.c. twin cities of minneapolis–saint paul.
december 5 – american league president joe cronin suggests if national league starts new new york city franchise in 1961, al stay out of los angeles until 1962. nl turned down suggested compromise of november 22 because houston not ready in 1961.
december 6 – group headed movie star gene autry , former football star bob reynolds awarded new american league los angeles angels. charlie finley withdraws bid los angeles , offers purchase control of kansas city athletics. on december 20, finley buys 52 percent of s in arnold johnson s estate.
december 21 – chicago cubs owner p.k. wrigley says team have no manager, use college of coaches.




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