1960 Cleveland Indians season explained

Cleveland Indians
Season:	1960
League:	American League
Ballpark:	Cleveland Municipal Stadium
City:	Cleveland, Ohio
Owners:	William R. Daley
General Managers:	Frank Lane
Managers:	Joe Gordon, Jimmy Dykes
Television:	WEWS-TV (Ken Coleman, Bill McColgan)
Radio:	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.^[1]
• December 15, 1959: Billy Martin, Gordy Coleman and Cal McLish were traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Reds for Johnny Temple.^[2]
• Prior to 1960 season: Jim King was obtained by the Indians from the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of a minor league working agreement.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 3, 1960: Al Cicotte was purchased by the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Indians.^[4]
• April 12, 1960: Norm Cash was traded by the Indians to the Detroit Tigers for Steve Demeter.^[5]
• 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.^[6]
• April 18, 1960: Herb Score was traded by the Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Barry Latman.^[7]
• June 11, 1960: Paul Casanova was released by the Indians.^[8]
• June 13, 1960: Russ Nixon and Carroll Hardy were traded by the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Marty Keough and Ted Bowsfield.^[9] 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,^[10] Cleveland and Detroit exchanged Joe Gordon for Jimmy Dykes.^[11] 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	Position
1		2B
6		CF
12		RF
14		LF
15		C
10		1B
3		SS
7		3B
39		P

^[12]

Roster

1960 Cleveland Indians
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		Manager (Apr 19–Aug 2) (Aug 3–Aug 4) (Aug 5–Oct 2)Coaches (Third base, Aug 2–Oct 2) (Pitching) (First base) (Third base, Apr 19–Aug 2)

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		108	316	86	.272	16	52
1B		147	580	167	.288	10	84
2B		117	459	133	.290	1	10
3B		113	304	63	.207	4	33
SS		109	376	97	.258	1	21
LF		147	544	159	.292	17	79
CF		138	486	137	.282	18	66
RF		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
	98	381	102	.268	2	19
	49	160	41	.256	6	23
	65	149	37	.248	3	11
	40	131	29	.221	5	18
	32	88	19	.216	1	10
	25	82	20	.244	1	6
	70	70	21	.300	0	12
	24	68	19	.279	1	6
	22	47	14	.298	2	4
	32	42	7	.167	1	3
	10	27	9	.333	0	3
	7	26	8	.308	0	2
	21	25	7	.280	0	4
	29	18	2	.111	0	1
	8	12	2	.167	0	0
	6	7	1	.143	0	0
	7	6	1	.167	0	0
	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
	36	261.1	18	10	3.62	120
	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
	33	159.2	9	8	4.40	75
	31	147.1	7	7	4.03	44
	41	133.2	5	11	4.51	104
	32	123.0	3	5	3.37	53
	15	66.0	4	4	4.23	39
	15	54.1	2	4	3.98	25
	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
	49	5	5	14	2.91	46
	21	4	2	1	4.46	19
	20	2	3	1	4.33	27
	9	4	2	1	1.99	18
	7	0	1	0	3.52	13
	7	0	0	0	2.00	6
	6	0	1	0	2.00	2
	4	1	0	0	7.45	5
	3	0	1	0	11.57	2

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Toronto^[13]

External links

• 1960 Cleveland Indians season at Baseball Reference

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/martibi02.shtml Billy Martin
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kingji01.shtml Jim King
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cicotal01.shtml Al Cicotte
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cashno01.shtml Norm Cash
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/colavro01.shtml Rocky Colavito
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scorehe01.shtml Herb Score
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/casanpa01.shtml Paul Casanova
9. Web site: Indians, Red Sox exchange players. 13 June 1960. Milwaukee Journal. AP. 16. 3 June 2010.
10. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1960/08/04/99508116.html?pageNumber=18 "Gordon and Dykes Trade Jobs as Managers"
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gordojo01.shtml Joe Gordon
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CLE/CLE196004190.shtml 1960 Opening Day Lineup
13. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007