1960 San Francisco Giants season

The 1960 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 78th year in Major League Baseball. The team moved their home games from Seals Stadium to the new Candlestick Park. In their third season in the Golden Gate City, the Giants finished in fifth place in the National League, 16 games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Giants hit 62 triples, the most in the club's San Francisco era. == Offseason == November 30, 1959: Joey Amalfitano was drafted by the Giants from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1959 rule 5 draft. November 30, 1959: Jackie Brandt, Gordon Jones, and Roger McCardell were traded by the Giants to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell. November 30, 1959: Georges Maranda was drafted by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1959 rule 5 draft. == Regular season == === Season standings === === Record vs. opponents === === Opening Day starters === Don Blasingame Eddie Bressoud Orlando Cepeda Jim Davenport Sam Jones Willie Kirkland Willie Mays Willie McCovey Bob Schmidt === Notable transactions === April 1960: Don Taussig was purchased from the Giants by the Portland Beavers. May 12, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies. September 1, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles. === Candlestick Park === The Giants selected the name of Candlestick Park after a name-the-park contest on March 3, 1959. Prior to that, its construction site had been shown on maps as the generic Bay View Stadium. It was the first modern baseball stadium, as it was the first to be built entirely of reinforced concrete. Richard Nixon threw out the first baseball on the opening day of Candlestick Park on April 12, 1960, and called it the finest ballpark in the country. === Roster === == 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 ==== Other batters ==== Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in === Pitching === ==== Starting pitchers ==== Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts ==== Other pitchers ==== Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts ==== Relief pitchers ==== Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts == Awards and honors == All-Star Game, first game All-Star Game, second game == Farm system == LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Springfield == Notes == == References == 1960 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Reference 1960 San Francisco Giants team page at Baseball Almanac