1960 Cleveland Indians season

March 2026 November 2013 Cleveland Indians 1960 American League Cleveland Municipal Stadium Cleveland, Ohio 76 78 y 4th William R. Daley Frank Lane Joe Gordon, Jimmy Dykes WEWS-TV(Ken Coleman, Bill McColgan) WERE(Jimmy Dudley, Bob Neal) 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 Cleveland Indians Record vs. opponents CLE 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.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cjMaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4SUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4214,2139895 Indians, Red Sox exchange players 13 June 1960 Milwaukee Journal AP 16 3 June 2010 October 2026 InternetArchiveBot 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 39 Gary Bell 30 Ted Bowsfield 32,16 John Briggs 38 Frank Funk 33 Mudcat Grant 26 Bob Grim 23 Jack Harshman 34 Wynn Hawkins 17 Johnny Klippstein 18 Barry Latman 20 Mike Lee 29 Bobby Locke 32,30 Carl Mathias 25 Don Newcombe 31 Jim Perry 22 Dick Stigman 25 Carl Thomas 28 Bobby Tiefenauer Catchers  8 Hank Foiles 15 Russ Nixon 11 Johnny Romano 27 Red Wilson Infielders  2 Ken Aspromonte  8 Rocky Bridges 34,1 Mike de la Hoz  5 Steve Demeter 8,9 Bob Hale  3 Woodie Held  4 Joe Morgan 7,5 Bubba Phillips 10 Vic Power  4 George Strickland 1,16 Johnny Temple Outfielders 12 Walt Bond 26 Ty Cline 38 Don Dillard 14 Tito Francona 30 Carroll Hardy 15 Marty Keough 7,6 Harvey Kuenn 37 Jimmy Piersall  8 John Powers 6,5 Chuck Tanner  8 Pete Whisenant Manager 35 Joe Gordon (Apr 19–Aug 2) 40 Jo-Jo White (Aug 3–Aug 4) 35 Jimmy Dykes (Aug 5–Oct 2) Coaches 40 Luke Appling (Third base, Aug 2–Oct 2) 41 Ed Fitz Gerald 43 Mel Harder (Pitching) 42 Red Kress (First base) 21 Bob Lemon 40 Jo-Jo White (Third base, Apr 19–Aug 2) 45 Ted Wilks 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 Johnny Romano 108 316 86 .272 16 52 1B Vic Power Victor Pellot 147 580 167 .288 10 84 2B Ken Aspromonte 117 459 133 .290 1 10 3B Bubba Phillips 113 304 63 .207 4 33 SS Woodie Held 109 376 97 .258 1 21 LF Tito Francona 147 544 159 .292 17 79 CF Jimmy Piersall 138 486 137 .282 18 66 RF Harvey Kuenn 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 Johnny Temple 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 Jim Perry Jim Perry (baseball) 36 261.1 18 10 3.62 120 Gary Bell baseball 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 Minor League Baseball AAA Toronto Maple Leafs International League Mel McGaha AA Mobile Bears Southern Association Al Hollingsworth and Johnny Lipon A Reading Indians Eastern League Ray Mueller B Burlington Indians Carolina League Pinky May C Minot Mallards Northern League Walt Novick D Selma Cloverleafs Alabama–Florida League Ken Landenberger and Paul O'Dea D Lakeland Indians Florida State League Johnny Lipon and Charlie Gassaway LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: TorontoJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 2 External links 1960 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference Category:Cleveland Guardians seasons Cleveland Indians season Cleveland Category:1960s in Cleveland