1960 Kansas City Athletics season

March 2026 November 2013 Kansas City Athletics 1960 American League Municipal Stadium Kansas City, Missouri 58 96 y 8th Estate of Arnold Johnson Parke Carroll Bob Elliott WDAF-TV WDAF(Merle Harmon, Bill Grigsby) 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. 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.Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 114, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, 978-1-4165-8928-0 Maris was traded to the New York Yankees on December 11. On March 10, 1960, owner Arnold Johnson died at the age of 53.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, 978-0-8027-1745-0 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.Frank House page at Baseball Reference 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.Maris goes to Yanks; A's get Larsen in 7-man deal Regular season Season standings Kansas City Athletics Record vs. opponents KCA Notable transactions May 19, 1960: Bob Cerv was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Andy Carey.Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased from the Athletics by the Detroit Tigers.Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference Roster 1960 Kansas City Athletics Roster Pitchers 27 Ray Blemker 27 John Briggs 27 George Brunet 28 Bud Daley 15 Bob Davis 31 Ned Garver 27 Bob Giggie 24 Dick Hall 38 Ray Herbert 17 Ken Johnson 32,34 Leo Kiely 26 Johnny Kucks 36 Marty Kutyna 18 Don Larsen 16 Howie Reed 37 Bob Trowbridge 20 John Tsitouris 45 Dave Wickersham Catchers  8 Harry Chiti 10 Pete Daley 12 Hank Foiles 12 Danny Kravitz Infielders 47 Chet Boak  1 Andy Carey  2 Ken Hamlin  4 Ray Jablonski  5 Bob Johnson  4 Lou Klimchock 11 Jerry Lumpe 48 Jim McManus  1 Wayne Terwilliger  3 Marv Throneberry 23 Dick Williams Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 33 Bob Cerv  6 Jim Delsing  6 Whitey Herzog 37 Leo Posada  7 Norm Siebern 14 Russ Snyder 13 Bill Tuttle Manager 30 Bob Elliott Coaches 40 Walker Cooper (First base) 42 Fred Fitzsimmons (Pitching) 39 Don Heffner (Third base) Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting 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 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 Ken Hamlin (baseball) 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 31https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1960.shtml 1960 Kansas City Athletics Statistics 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 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 Bob Johnson (infielder) 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 Jim McManus (baseball) 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 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 Ray Herbert 37 252.2 14 15 3.28 122 Bud Daley 37 231.0 16 16 4.56 126 Dick Hall Dick Hall (baseball) 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 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 Marty Kutyna 51 3 2 4 3.94 20 Ken Johnson Ken Johnson (right-handed pitcher) 42 5 10 3 4.26 83 Bob Trowbridge 22 1 3 2 4.61 33 Bob Davis Bob Davis (pitcher) 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 John Briggs (baseball) 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 Minor League Baseball 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 2 External links 1960 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference 1960 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:Kansas City Athletics seasons Kansas City Athletics season Category:1960 in sports in Missouri