1960 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1960 American League champions American League Yankee Stadium Bronx, New York 97 57 y 1st Dan Topping and Del Webb George Weiss Casey Stengel WPIX(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) WMGM(Mel Allen, Red Barber, Phil Rizzuto) The 1960 New York Yankees season was the 58th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning its 25th pennant, finishing 8 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games. Offseason December 11, 1959: Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley.Roger Maris at Baseball Reference Prior to 1960 season: Jesse Gonder was acquired by the Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds.Jesse Gonder at Baseball Reference Regular season Elston Howard took over as the Yankees' everyday catcher, while Yogi Berra split time between the outfield and serving as Howard's backup. Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions May 19, 1960: Andy Carey was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Cerv.Bob Cerv at Baseball Reference Roster 1960 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 47 Luis Arroyo 39 Jim Coates 28 Art Ditmar 26 Ryne Duren 16 Whitey Ford 40 John Gabler 18 Eli Grba 53 Johnny James 18 Fred Kipp 24 Duke Maas 30 Bobby Shantz 46 Bill Short 22 Bill Stafford 29 Hal Stowe 23 Ralph Terry 19 Bob Turley Catchers  8 Yogi Berra 38 Johnny Blanchard 27 Jesse Gonder 32 Elston Howard 47 Billy Shantz Infielders 34 Clete Boyer  6 Andy Carey 20 Joe DeMaestri 25 Kent Hadley  6 Deron Johnson 10 Tony Kubek 25 Dale Long 12 Gil McDougald  1 Bobby Richardson 14 Bill Skowron Outfielders 17 Bob Cerv 44 Ken Hunt 11 Héctor López  7 Mickey Mantle  9 Roger Maris 15 Jim Pisoni 17 Elmer Valo Manager 37 Casey Stengel Coaches  2 Frankie Crosetti 33 Bill Dickey 44 Jim Hegan 35 Ralph Houk 36 Eddie Lopat Player stats Batting = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI C Elston Howard 107 323 29 79 .245 6 39 1B Bill Skowron 146 538 63 166 .309 26 91 2B Bobby Richardson 150 460 45 116 .252 1 26 3B Clete Boyer 124 393 54 95 .242 14 46 SS Tony Kubek 147 568 77 155 .273 14 62 LF Héctor López 131 408 66 116 .284 9 42 CF Mickey Mantle 153 527 119145 .275 40 94 RF Roger Maris 136 499 98141 .283 39 112 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 Yogi Berra 120 359 99 .276 15 62 Gil McDougald 119 337 87 .258 8 34 Bob Cerv 87 216 54 .250 8 28 Johnny Blanchard 53 99 24 .242 4 14 Kent Hadley 55 64 13 .203 4 11 Dale Long 26 41 15 .366 3 10 Joe DeMaestri 49 35 8 .229 0 2 Ken Hunt Ken Hunt (outfielder) 25 22 6 .273 0 1 Jim Pisoni 20 9 1 .111 0 1 Jesse Gonder 7 7 2 .286 1 3 Elmer Valo 8 5 0 .000 0 0 Deron Johnson 6 4 2 .500 0 0 Andy Carey 4 3 1 .333 0 1 Billy Shantz 1 0 0 ---- 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 Art Ditmar 34 200.0 15 9 3.06 65 Whitey Ford 33 192.2 12 9 3.08 85 Bob Turley 34 173.1 9 3 3.27 87 Jim Coates 35 149.1 13 3 4.28 73 Bill Short 10 47.0 3 5 4.79 14 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 Ralph Terry 35 166.2 10 8 3.40 92 Eli Grba 24 80.2 6 4 3.68 32 Bill Stafford 11 60.0 3 1 2.25 36 John Gabler 21 52.0 3 3 4.15 19 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 Bobby Shantz 42 5 4 11 2.79 54 Ryne Duren 42 3 4 9 4.96 67 Duke Maas 35 5 1 4 4.09 28 Luis Arroyo 29 5 1 7 2.88 29 Johnny James 28 5 1 2 4.36 29 Fred Kipp 4 0 1 0 6.23 2 1960 World Series 1960 World Series NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Yankees – 4, Pirates – 6October 5 Forbes Field 36,6762Yankees – 16, Pirates – 3October 6 Forbes Field 37,3083Pirates – 0, Yankees – 10October 8 Yankee Stadium 70,0014Pirates – 3, Yankees – 2October 9 Yankee Stadium 67,8125Pirates – 5, Yankees – 2October 10 Yankee Stadium 62,7536Yankees – 12, Pirates – 0October 12 Forbes Field 38,5807Yankees – 9, Pirates – 10October 13 Forbes Field 36,683 Awards and honors Roger Maris, American League MVP Bobby Richardson, World Series MVP Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Richmond Virginians International League Steve Souchock AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Jim Gleeson A Binghamton Triplets Eastern League Dee Phillips B Greensboro Yankees Carolina League Hal Charnofsky C Modesto Reds California League Tom Hamilton C Fargo-Moorhead Twins Northern League John Fitzpatrick D St. Petersburg Saints Florida State League Stan Charnofsky and Randy Gumpert D Auburn Yankees New York–Penn League Bob Bauer LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: GreensboroJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1960 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1960 World Series 1960 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1960s in the Bronx Category:American League champion seasons