1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft

Selection of players by the Angles and Senators August 2023 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft Baseball December 14, 1960 Boston, Massachusetts American LeagueThis draft was limited to American League teams; while the American League and National League are commonly referred to collectively as Major League Baseball, across many decades, Major League Baseball has only existed as a legal entity since 2000.https://sabr.org/journal/article/did-mlb-exist-before-the-year-2000/ Did MLB Exist Before the Year 2000? Bill Nowlin Society for American Baseball Research December 2, 2025 Eli Grba (Los Angeles Angels) 61 Los Angeles Angels Washington Senators 1961 1961 The 1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft was held by Major League Baseball on December 14, 1960, to fill the rosters of the Los Angeles Angels and the Washington Senators.The Washington Senators competed in the American League through the 1971 season, then relocated to the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and were renamed the Texas Rangers. The Angels and Senators were new franchises due to enter the American League (AL) the following season as part of the 1961 Major League Baseball expansion. The Angels became the AL's first team to be based on the West Coast of the United States, while the Senators took the place of the league's original Washington Senators franchise, which had moved to Minneapolis–Saint Paul as the Minnesota Twins after the 1960 season. The draft, held in Boston,https://www.newspapers.com/article/transcript-telegram-to-pick-20-senators/186100458/ To Pick 20: Senators, Angels To Pick 20 Each In Boston Draft AP Holyoke Transcript-Telegram Holyoke, Massachusetts 44 December 14, 1960 December 2, 2025 newspapers.com site of AL headquarters, had been scheduled for Tuesday, December 13, 1960, but had to be postponed one day due to a heavy snowstorm that struck the New England region.https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/11/08/1st-expansion-draft-a-slap-dash-affair/ First Expansion Draft a Slap-Dash Affair Ringolsby Tracy November 8, 1992 chicagotribune.com Scripps Howard News Service 20 February 2024 Ground rules As with all major-league expansion drafts prior to 1992, only players from the admitting league were eligible for selection. Each existing American League club had to make available for the draft seven players on their active rosters on August 31, 1960, and eight others from their 40-man rosters. The expansion clubs paid $75,000 75000 1960 for each of 28 players they drafted with a maximum of seven players drafted from each existing club, not including minor-league selections. They were required to take at least ten pitchers, two catchers, six infielders, and four outfielders. The clubs also had the option of drafting one non-roster player for $25,000 25000 1960 from each established franchise. Hasty expansion sowed draft confusion USA 300 1961 American League expansion teams USA 34.01 -118.27 Black pog.svg 80 right Angels USA 38.92 -77.02 Black pog.svg 80 right Senators Reacting belatedly to the National League's July 1960 announcement that it would expand to New York and Houston to begin play in April 1962 (twenty months later), the American League suddenly declared in October 1960 it would add two new teams as well—and that the AL's expansion teams would take the field in only six months, in time for the 1961 season. Playing catch-up to the National League, under a much tighter deadline with no ownership groups, management or stadia yet in place, the American League was forced to wait until November 17, 1960, to officially award an expansion franchise to Washington, D.C., to replace the recently relocated Twins. Because it also intended to enter the Los Angeles metropolitan market, then controlled by Walter O'Malley, principal owner of the Dodgers, the American League was compelled to negotiate an indemnification agreement with O'Malley before the Los Angeles franchise could be granted. Finally, on December 6, 1960—one week before the expansion draft was expected to be held—the Angels franchise was officially created and awarded to a group led by Gene Autry. Because the new teams had not had the time to assemble a scouting department, they were forced to lean on scouting reports from National League franchises to select their full complement of new players. The Angels were aided by the San Francisco Giants, and the Senators by the Pittsburgh Pirates. The league's chaotic, eleventh-hour approach to expansion resulted, on the day of the draft, in the new teams' noncompliance with rules that governed the maximum number of players each new club could select from each of the eight established teams. As a result, several post-draft trades, ordered by American League president Joe Cronin, were necessary to rectify the problem.https://sabr.org/journal/article/mis-management-101-the-american-league-expansion-for-1961/ Mis-Management 101: The American League Expansion for 1961 Eric Thompson Andy McCue Society for American Baseball Research 2011 December 5, 2025 Results +KeyAll-StarAll-Star thumb|right|upright=.8|Eli Grba, selected by the Los Angeles Angels, was the first overall pick. thumb|right|upright=.8|Bobby Shantz, the second overall selection, was the top pick of the Washington Senators. PickPlayerPositionSelected fromSelected by 1 Eli Grba Pitcher New York Yankees Los Angeles Angels 2Bobby ShantzAll-Star Pitcher New York Yankees Washington Senators 3 Duke Maas Pitcher New York Yankees Los Angeles Angels 4 Dave Sisler Pitcher Detroit Tigers Washington Senators 5 Jerry Casale Pitcher Boston Red Sox Los Angeles Angels 6 Johnny Klippstein Pitcher Cleveland Indians Washington Senators 7 Tex Clevenger Pitcher Minnesota Twins Los Angeles Angels 8 Pete Burnside Pitcher Detroit Tigers Washington Senators 9 Bob Sprout Pitcher Detroit Tigers Los Angeles Angels 10 Carl Mathias Pitcher Cleveland Indians Washington Senators 11 Aubrey Gatewood Pitcher Detroit Tigers Los Angeles Angels 12 Ed Hobaugh Pitcher Chicago White Sox Washington Senators 13Ken McBrideAll-Star Pitcher Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Angels 14Hal WoodeshickAll-Star Pitcher Minnesota Twins Washington Senators 15Ned GarverAll-Star Pitcher Kansas City Athletics Los Angeles Angels 16 Tom Sturdivant Pitcher Boston Red Sox Washington Senators 17 Ron Moeller Pitcher Baltimore Orioles Los Angeles Angels 18 Héctor Maestri Pitcher Minnesota Twins Washington Senators 19 Bob Davis pitcher Pitcher Kansas City Athletics Los Angeles Angels 20 Rudy Hernández Rudy Hernández (pitcher) Pitcher Minnesota Twins Washington Senators 21 Ed Sadowski Catcher Boston Red Sox Los Angeles Angels 22 Pete Daley Catcher Kansas City Athletics Washington Senators 23 Buck Rodgers Catcher Detroit Tigers Los Angeles Angels 24 Dutch Dotterer Catcher Kansas City Athletics Washington Senators 25Eddie YostAll-Star Third baseman Detroit Tigers Los Angeles Angels 26 Coot Veal Shortstop Detroit Tigers Washington Senators 27 Ken Aspromonte Second baseman Cleveland Indians Los Angeles Angels 28Dale LongAll-Star First baseman New York Yankees Washington Senators 29 Ken Hamlin baseball Shortstop Kansas City Athletics Los Angeles Angels 30 Jim Mahoney Shortstop Boston Red Sox Washington Senators 31 Gene Leek Third baseman Cleveland Indians Los Angeles Angels 32 Bob Johnson infielder Shortstop Kansas City Athletics Washington Senators 33Jim FregosiAll-Star Shortstop Boston Red Sox Los Angeles Angels 34 Billy Klaus Second baseman Baltimore Orioles Washington Senators 35Bob CervAll-Star First baseman/Outfielder New York Yankees Los Angeles Angels 36 Johnny Schaive Second baseman Minnesota Twins Washington Senators 37 Ken Hunt outfielder Outfielder New York Yankees Los Angeles Angels 38 Willie Tasby Outfielder Boston Red Sox Washington Senators 39 Jim McAnany Outfielder Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Angels 40Gene WoodlingAll-Star Outfielder Baltimore Orioles Washington Senators 41 Earl Averill Jr. Outfielder/Catcher Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Angels 42 Marty Keough Outfielder Cleveland Indians Washington Senators 43 Faye Throneberry Outfielder Minnesota Twins Los Angeles Angels 44Chuck HintonAll-Star Outfielder Baltimore Orioles Washington Senators 45Ted KluszewskiAll-Star First baseman Chicago White Sox Los Angeles Angels 46 Gene Green baseball Catcher Baltimore Orioles Washington Senators 47 Donald Ross 1Donald Ross selected by the Angels, born in 1938,https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ross--001don Donald Ross Baseball Reference December 2, 2025 only played in the minor leagues and should not be confused with Don Ross (1914–1996) who played in the major leagues between 1938 and 1946. Infielder Baltimore Orioles Los Angeles Angels 48 Bud Zipfel First baseman New York Yankees Washington Senators 49 Julio Bécquer First baseman Minnesota Twins Los Angeles Angels 50 Jim King baseball Outfielder Cleveland Indians Washington Senators 51Dean ChanceAll-Star Pitcher Baltimore Orioles Los Angeles Angels 52 Joe Hicks baseball Outfielder Chicago White Sox Washington Senators 53 Fred Newman baseball Pitcher Boston Red Sox Los Angeles Angels 54 Chet Boak Second baseman Kansas City Athletics Washington Senators 55 Red Wilson baseball Catcher Cleveland Indians Los Angeles Angels 56Dick DonovanAll-Star Pitcher Chicago White Sox Washington Senators 57 Steve Bilko First baseman Detroit Tigers Los Angeles Angels 58 Leo Burke baseball Third baseman Baltimore Orioles Washington Senators 59Albie PearsonAll-Star Outfielder Baltimore Orioles Los Angeles Angels 60 Haywood Sullivan Catcher Boston Red Sox Washington Senators 61 Joe McClain Pitcher Minnesota Twins Washington Senators See also Continental League, a proposed third major league that had planned to begin play in the 1961 season Notes References External links https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/1960-expansion-draft.shtml 1960 MLB Expansion Drafts Baseball-Reference Sports Reference December 16, 2019 Category:Major League Baseball expansion drafts Expansion Draft Category:History of the Los Angeles Angels Category:History of the Texas Rangers (baseball) Major League Baseball expansion draft