1960 Washington Senators season

March 2026 November 2013 Washington Senators 1960 American League Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C. 73 81 y 5th Calvin Griffith (majority owner, with Thelma Griffith Haynes) Calvin Griffith Cookie Lavagetto WTOP, Ch. 9 WTOP-AM 1500 (Chuck Thompson, Bob Wolff, Dan Daniels) 1961 Minnesota Twins season List of Minnesota Twins seasons The 1960 Washington Senators won 73 games, lost 81, and finished in fifth place in the American League. They were managed by Cookie Lavagetto and played home games at Griffith Stadium, where they drew 743,404 fans in 1960, last in the eight-team league but an increase of almost 25 percent over 1959.1960 Miscellaneous team Records https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB/1960-misc.shtml Baseball Reference This was the "original" Senators' 60th and final season in Washington, as they moved to Minnesota and became the Twins in 1961, which they have been named ever since. Griffith Stadium was demolished after the second Washington Senators franchise played its inaugural season there. Regular season Season standings Washington Senators Record vs. opponents WSH Relocation to Minnesota After an early flirtation with San Francisco, by 1957 team owner Calvin Griffith was courting Minneapolis-St. Paul, a prolonged process that resulted in him rejecting the Twin Cities' first offerOctober 27, 1957 Senators Reject Bids to Move to Minneapolis or St. Paul https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/22/archives/senators-reject-bids-to-move-to-minneapolis-or-st-paul-two-other.html?sq=giants+relocate+minneapolis&scp=2&st=p May 2, 2008 The New York Times before agreeing to relocate. The American League opposed the move at first, but in 1960 a deal was reached: The Senators would move and would be replaced with an expansion Senators team for 1961. The existing Senators franchise became the Minnesota Twins. Roster 1960 Washington Senators Roster Pitchers 11 Ted Abernathy 12 Tex Clevenger 18 Bill Fischer 11 Rudy Hernández 35 Dick Hyde 21,36 Jim Kaat 16 Russ Kemmerer 15 Jack Kralick 20 Don Lee 39 Héctor Maestri 21 Ray Moore 18 Tom Morgan 17 Camilo Pascual 28,14 Pedro Ramos 35 Ted Sadowski 27 Chuck Stobbs 19 Hal Woodeshick Catchers 14,10 Earl Battey  8 Hal Naragon Infielders 29 Julio Bécquer  1 Reno Bertoia  6 Billy Consolo  9 Billy Gardner  3 Harmon Killebrew 32,28 Don Mincher 37 Johnny Schaive  5 José Valdivielso 25 Zoilo Versalles Outfielders 26 Bob Allison 22 Dan Dobbek  7 Lenny Green 23 Jim Lemon 30 Faye Throneberry 32 Elmer Valo 16 Pete Whisenant Other batters  4 Ken Aspromonte  4 Jake Jacobs Manager 51 Cookie Lavagetto Coaches 53 Ellis Clary 55 Clyde McCullough 54 Sam Mele 52 Bob Swift Game log Regular season Legend Senators win Senators loss Postponement Eliminated from playoff spotBoldSenators team member Washington Senators; 1960 game log: 73–81 (Home: 32–45; Away: 41–36)https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/WS1/1960-schedule-scores.shtml 1960 Washington Senators schedule and results Baseball Reference January 24, 2026 y Washington Senators; April: 5–6 (Home: 2–4; Away: 3–2) # Date (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |-style="background:#bfb;" | 10 || April 27, 1960 || || @ Yankees || 5–4 || || || || 2:17 || 3,745 || 5–5 || W1 |- y Washington Senators; May: 9–17 (Home: 2–4; Away: 3–2) # Date (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y Washington Senators; June: 16–12 (Home: 6–5; Away: 10–7) # Date (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y Washington Senators; July: 16–13 (Home: 7–9; Away: 9–4) # Date (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || July 11, 1960 || 3:00p.m. EDT || 28th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Municipal Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri) |- bgcolor="bbbbbb" | — || July 13, 1960 || 1:00p.m. EDT || 29th All-Star Game || colspan=8 | National League vs. American League (Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York) |- y Washington Senators; August: 18–15 (Home: 9–8; Away: 9–6) # Date (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y Washington Senators; September: 9–16 (Home: 3–8; Away: 6–8) # Date (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- y Washington Senators; October: 0–2 (Home: 0–2; Away: 0–0) # Date (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Streak |- Detailed records American League Opponent Home Away Total Pct. Runs scored Runs allowed Baltimore Orioles Boston Red Sox Chicago White Sox Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Kansas City Athletics New York Yankees 5–6 5–6 10–12 10 12 86 105 Washington Senators — — — — — — 5–6 5–6 10–12 10 12 86 105 Player stats 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 Earl Battey 137 466 126 .270 15 60 1B Harmon Killebrew 124 442 122 .276 31 80 2B Billy Gardner 145 592 152 .257 9 56 3B Reno Bertoia 121 460 122 .265 4 45 SS José Valdivielso 117 268 57 .213 2 19 LF Jim Lemon 148 528 142 .269 38 100 CF Lenny Green 127 330 97 .294 5 33 RF Bob Allison 144 501 126 .251 15 69 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 Julio Bécquer 110 298 75 .252 4 35 Dan Dobbek 110 248 54 .218 10 30 Billy Consolo 100 174 36 .207 3 15 Faye Throneberry 85 157 39 .248 1 23 Pete Whisenant 58 115 26 .226 3 9 Hal Naragon 33 92 19 .207 0 5 Don Mincher 27 79 19 .241 2 5 Elmer Valo 76 64 18 .281 0 16 Zoilo Versalles 15 45 6 .133 0 4 Johnny Schaive 6 12 3 .250 0 0 Ken Aspromonte 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Jake Jacobs 6 2 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 Pedro Ramos 43 274.0 11 18 3.45 160 Camilo Pascual 26 151.2 12 8 3.03 143 Russ Kemmerer 3 17.1 0 2 7.79 10 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 Don Lee 44 165.0 8 7 3.44 88 Jack Kralick 35 151.0 8 6 3.04 71 Tex Clevenger 53 128.2 5 11 4.20 49 Chuck Stobbs 40 119.1 12 7 3.32 72 Hal Woodeshick 41 115.0 4 5 4.70 46 Bill Fischer 20 77.0 3 5 4.91 31 Jim Kaat 13 50.0 1 5 5.58 25 Ted Sadowski 9 17.1 0 2 5.19 12 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Ray Moore 37 65.2 3 2 13 2.88 29 Rudy Hernández Rudy Hernández (pitcher) 21 34.2 4 1 0 4.41 22 Tom Morgan 14 24.0 1 3 0 3.75 11 Dick Hyde 9 8.2 0 1 0 4.15 4 Ted Abernathy 2 3.0 0 0 0 12.00 1 Héctor Maestri 1 2.0 0 0 0 0.00 1 Julio Bécquer 1 1.0 0 0 0 9.00 0 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Charleston Senators American Association Del Wilber A Charlotte Hornets Sally League Gene Verble B Wilson Tobs Carolina League Jack McKeon D Fort Walton Beach Jets Alabama–Florida League Ralph Rowe D Wytheville Senators Appalachian League Red Norwood D Erie Senators New York–Penn League Harry Warner LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Wytheville Notes 2 References 1960 Washington Senators at Baseball Reference 1960 Washington Senators team page at Baseball Almanac Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 Category:Washington Senators (1901–1960) seasons Washington Senators season Category:1960 in sports in Washington, D.C.