1960 Detroit Tigers season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Detroit Tigers 1960 American League Briggs Stadium Detroit 71 83 y 6th Fred Knorr, John Fetzer Bill DeWitt Jimmy Dykes, Billy Hitchcock, Joe Gordon WJBK WKMHWWJ WJR (George Kell, Ernie Harwell) The 1960 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Tigers' sixth-place finish in the American League with a 71–83 record, 26 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees. Offseason October 26, 1959: Gus Zernial was released by the Tigers.Gus Zernial at Baseball Reference November 30, 1959: Steve Bilko was drafted by the Tigers from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1959 Rule 5 draft.Steve Bilko at Baseball Reference December 5, 1959: Ted Lepcio, Ken Walters, and Alex Cosmidis (minors) were traded by the Tigers to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chico Fernández and Ray Semproch.Chico Fernández at Baseball Reference The team changed the home jersey from featuring an Olde English 'D' to displaying "Tigers" in script; the Olde English 'D' returned in 1961.https://www.toddradom.com/blog/the-detroit-tigers-rarely-known-as-tigers-in-uniform The Detroit Tigers, Rarely Known as "Tigers" in Uniform toddradom.com October 4, 2013 October 6, 2018 Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents DET Notable transactions April 12, 1960: The Tigers acquired first baseman Norm Cash from the Cleveland Indians for utility infielder Steve Demeter; Cash played in 2,018 games and slugged 373 homers for Detroit (1960–74); Demeter played in four games and was hitless in five at-bats for the Indians before disappearing into the minor leagues.Steve Demeter at Baseball Reference April 17, 1960: Reigning American League batting average champion Harvey Kuenn (.353 in 1959) was traded by the Tigers to the Indians, even-up, for reigning AL home run champ Rocky Colavito (42 homers in 1959, tied with Harmon Killebrew).Harvey Kuenn at Baseball Reference June 15, 1960: Ray Semproch and cash were traded by the Tigers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Clem Labine.Ray Semproch at Baseball Reference July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased by the Tigers from the Kansas City Athletics.Harry Chiti at Baseball Reference August 3, 1960: In the only manager-for-manager trade in Major League history, the Tigers swapped Jimmy Dykes to the Indians for Joe Gordon; coaches Luke Appling and Jo-Jo White also traded teams. Roster 1960 Detroit Tigers Roster Pitchers 37 Hank Aguirre 32 Bob Bruce 14 Jim Bunning 19 Pete Burnside 18 Bill Fischer 21 Paul Foytack 23 Clem Labine 17 Frank Lary 18 Tom Morgan 15 Don Mossi 16 Phil Regan 16 Ray Semproch 30 Dave Sisler 31 George Spencer Catchers 11 Lou Berberet 27 Harry Chiti 10 Hank Foiles 10 Red Wilson Infielders 29 Steve Bilko  2 Frank Bolling  8 Rocky Bridges 25 Norm Cash  9 Chico Fernández  5 Dick Gernert  5 Gail Harris  3 Dick McAuliffe  8 Coot Veal 22 Ozzie Virgil 22 Casey Wise  1 Eddie Yost Outfielders 36 Sandy Amorós 24 Neil Chrisley  7 Rocky Colavito  3 Johnny Groth  6 Al Kaline  4 Charlie Maxwell Other batters 23 Em Lindbeck Manager 28 Jimmy Dykes 28 Joe Gordon 34 Billy Hitchcock Coaches 31 Luke Appling 33 Tom Ferrick 34 Billy Hitchcock 40 Jo-Jo White 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 Lou Berberet 85 232 45 .194 5 23 1B Norm Cash 121 353 101 .286 18 63 2B Frank Bolling 139 536 136 .254 9 59 3B Eddie Yost 143 497 129 .260 14 47 SS Chico Fernández 133 435 105 .241 4 35 LF Charlie Maxwell 134 482 114 .237 24 81 CF Al Kaline 147 551 153 .278 15 68 RF Rocky Colavito 145 555 138 .249 35 87 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 Steve Bilko 78 222 46 .207 9 25 Neil Chrisley 96 220 56 .255 5 24 Red Wilson 45 134 29 .216 1 14 Ozzie Virgil Sr. 62 132 30 .227 3 13 Harry Chiti 37 104 17 .163 2 5 Casey Wise 30 68 10 .147 2 5 Sandy Amorós 65 67 10 .149 1 7 Coot Veal 27 64 19 .297 0 8 Hank Foiles 26 56 14 .250 0 3 Dick Gernert 21 50 15 .300 1 5 Dick McAuliffe 8 27 7 .259 0 1 Johnny Groth 25 19 7 .368 0 2 Gail Harris 8 5 0 .000 0 0 Rocky Bridges 10 5 1 .200 0 0 Em Lindbeck 2 1 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 Frank Lary 38 274.1 15 15 3.81 149 Jim Bunning 36 252.0 11 14 2.79 201 Don Mossi 23 158.1 9 8 3.47 69 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 Bob Bruce 34 130.0 4 7 3.74 76 Pete Burnside 31 113.2 7 7 4.28 71 Paul Foytack 28 96.2 2 11 6.14 38 Phil Regan 17 68.0 0 4 4.50 38 Bill Fischer 20 55.0 5 3 3.44 24 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 Hank Aguirre 37 5 3 10 2.85 80 Dave Sisler 41 7 5 5 2.48 47 Tom Morgan 22 3 2 1 4.66 12 Ray Semproch 17 3 0 0 4.00 9 Clem Labine 14 0 3 2 5.12 6 George Spencer 5 0 1 0 3.52 4 Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Denver Bears American Association Charlie Metro AA Birmingham Barons Southern Association Skeeter Newsome AA Victoria Rosebuds Texas League Johnny Pesky A Knoxville Smokies Sally League Frank Skaff B Durham Bulls Carolina League Stubby Overmire C Duluth–Superior Dukes Northern League Frank Carswell D Montgomery Rebels Alabama–Florida League Al Lakeman D Decatur Commodores Midwest League Al Federoff References 2 External links Baseball 1960 Detroit Tigers season at Baseball Reference Category:Detroit Tigers seasons Detroit Tigers season Detroit Tigers Category:1960 in Detroit