1960 Kansas City Athletics season
The 1960 Kansas City Athletics season was the sixth in Kansas City and the 60th overall. It involved the A's finishing last place in the American League's final season as an eight team circuit. Kansas City recorded 58 wins and 96 losses, 39 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.
| 1960 Kansas City Athletics | |
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| Owners | Estate of Arnold Johnson |
| General managers | Parke Carroll |
| Managers | Bob Elliott |
| Local television | WDAF-TV |
| Local radio | WDAF (Merle Harmon, Bill Grigsby) |
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Offseason
At the 1959 Winter Meetings, Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Joe L. Brown had agreed to trade Dick Groat to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Roger Maris. Pirates' manager Danny Murtaugh had advised Brown that he did not want to lose Groat, and the deal was never finalized.[1] Maris was traded to the New York Yankees on December 11.
On March 10, 1960, owner Arnold Johnson died at the age of 53.[2] After the 1960 season, the team would be sold by Johnson's estate to businessman Charlie Finley.
Notable transactions
- November 21, 1959: Frank House was traded by the Athletics to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Tom Acker.[3]
- December 11, 1959: Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley were traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry.[4]
Regular season
Season standings
| American League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | 0.630 | — | 55–22 | 42–35 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 65 | 0.578 | 8 | 44–33 | 45–32 |
| Chicago White Sox | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 10 | 51–26 | 36–41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 76 | 78 | 0.494 | 21 | 39–38 | 37–40 |
| Washington Senators | 73 | 81 | 0.474 | 24 | 32–45 | 41–36 |
| Detroit Tigers | 71 | 83 | 0.461 | 26 | 40–37 | 31–46 |
| Boston Red Sox | 65 | 89 | 0.422 | 32 | 36–41 | 29–48 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 58 | 96 | 0.377 | 39 | 34–43 | 24–53 |
Record vs. opponents
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| Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH | |||||
| Baltimore | — | 16–6 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 11–11 | |||||
| Boston | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 7–15 | 11–11 | |||||
| Chicago | 9–13 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 14–8 | |||||
| Cleveland | 8–14 | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | 15–7 | 6–16 | 16–6 | |||||
| Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 10–12 | |||||
| Kansas City | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 12–10 | — | 7–15–1 | 7–15 | |||||
| New York | 13–9 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | — | 12–10 | |||||
| Washington | 11–11 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — | |||||
Notable transactions
- May 19, 1960: Bob Cerv was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Andy Carey.[5]
- July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased from the Athletics by the Detroit Tigers.[6]
Roster
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Player stats
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Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| C | Pete Daley | 73 | 228 | 19 | 60 | .263 | 5 | 25 |
| 1B | Marv Throneberry | 104 | 236 | 29 | 59 | .250 | 11 | 41 |
| 2B | Jerry Lumpe | 146 | 574 | 69 | 156 | .272 | 8 | 53 |
| 3B | Andy Carey | 102 | 343 | 30 | 80 | .233 | 12 | 53 |
| SS | Ken Hamlin | 140 | 428 | 51 | 96 | .224 | 2 | 24 |
| LF | Norm Siebern | 144 | 520 | 69 | 145 | .279 | 19 | 69 |
| CF | Bill Tuttle | 151 | 559 | 75 | 143 | .256 | 8 | 40 |
| RF | Hank Bauer | 95 | 255 | 30 | 70 | .275 | 3 | 31 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | R | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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| Dick Williams | 127 | 420 | 47 | 121 | .288 | 12 | 65 |
| Russ Snyder | 125 | 304 | 45 | 79 | .260 | 4 | 26 |
| Whitey Herzog | 83 | 252 | 43 | 67 | .266 | 8 | 38 |
| Harry Chiti | 58 | 190 | 16 | 42 | .221 | 5 | 28 |
| Danny Kravitz | 59 | 175 | 17 | 41 | .234 | 4 | 14 |
| Bob Johnson | 76 | 146 | 12 | 30 | .205 | 1 | 9 |
| Bob Cerv | 23 | 78 | 14 | 20 | .256 | 6 | 12 |
| Jim Delsing | 16 | 40 | 2 | 10 | .250 | 0 | 5 |
| Leo Posada | 10 | 36 | 8 | 13 | .361 | 1 | 2 |
| Ray Jablonski | 21 | 32 | 3 | 7 | .219 | 0 | 3 |
| Chet Boak | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim McManus | 5 | 13 | 3 | 4 | .308 | 1 | 2 |
| Lou Klimchock | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .300 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Foiles | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | .571 | 0 | 1 |
| Wayne Terwilliger | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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| Ray Herbert | 37 | 252.2 | 14 | 15 | 3.28 | 122 |
| Bud Daley | 37 | 231.0 | 16 | 16 | 4.56 | 126 |
| Dick Hall | 29 | 182.1 | 8 | 13 | 4.05 | 79 |
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 |
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| Ned Garver | 28 | 122.1 | 4 | 9 | 3.83 | 50 |
| Johnny Kucks | 31 | 114.0 | 4 | 10 | 6.00 | 38 |
| Don Larsen | 22 | 83.2 | 1 | 10 | 5.38 | 43 |
| John Tsitouris | 14 | 33.0 | 0 | 2 | 6.55 | 12 |
| George Brunet | 3 | 10.1 | 0 | 2 | 4.35 | 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 |
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| Marty Kutyna | 51 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3.94 | 20 |
| Ken Johnson | 42 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4.26 | 83 |
| Bob Trowbridge | 22 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4.61 | 33 |
| Bob Davis | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.66 | 28 |
| Leo Kiely | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1.74 | 6 |
| Bob Giggie | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.79 | 8 |
| John Briggs | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12.71 | 8 |
| Dave Wickersham | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.08 | 3 |
| Ray Blemker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
| Howie Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
Farm system
| Level | Team | League | Manager |
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| AAA | Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers | American Association | Jim Fanning |
| AA | Shreveport Sports | Southern Association | Les Peden |
| B | Sioux City Soos | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Bobby Hofman |
| B | Lewiston Broncos | Northwest League | John McNamara |
| C | Visalia Athletics | California League | Billy Capps, Art Mazmanian and Bill Robertson |
| D | Sanford Greyhounds | Florida State League | Bill Robertson, Jack Sanford and Lloyd Brown |
| D | Albuquerque Dukes | Sophomore League | Bert Thiel |
References
- Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 114, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
- Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.32, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
- Frank House page at Baseball Reference
- Maris goes to Yanks; A's get Larsen in 7-man deal
- Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
- Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
- "1960 Kansas City Athletics Statistics".