San Francisco Giants | |
Season: | 1960 |
League: | National League |
Ballpark: | Candlestick Park |
City: | San Francisco |
Owners: | Horace Stoneham |
General Managers: | Chub Feeney |
Managers: | Bill Rigney (W-33; L-25), Tom Sheehan (W-46; L-50) |
Television: | KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) |
Radio: | KSFO-AM 560 (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King) |
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.[1]
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.[8] 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.[9]
1960 San Francisco Giants | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers | CatchersInfielders | Outfielders | ManagerCoaches | ||||||
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 | |
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C | 110 | 344 | 92 | .267 | 8 | 37 | ||
1B | 101 | 260 | 62 | .238 | 13 | 51 | ||
2B | 136 | 523 | 123 | .235 | 2 | 31 | ||
SS | 116 | 386 | 87 | .225 | 9 | 43 | ||
3B | 112 | 363 | 91 | .251 | 6 | 38 | ||
LF | 151 | 569 | 169 | .297 | 24 | 96 | ||
CF | 153 | 595 | 190 | .319 | 29 | 103 | ||
RF | 146 | 515 | 130 | .252 | 21 | 65 |
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 | |
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106 | 328 | 91 | .277 | 1 | 27 | ||
106 | 322 | 85 | .264 | 8 | 44 | ||
81 | 217 | 53 | .244 | 2 | 22 | ||
71 | 190 | 46 | .242 | 1 | 20 | ||
75 | 118 | 28 | .237 | 2 | 13 | ||
39 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 1 | 7 | ||
37 | 54 | 9 | .167 | 3 | 6 | ||
18 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 2 | ||
6 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
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40 | 253.0 | 15 | 12 | 2.70 | 154 | ||
39 | 234.0 | 18 | 14 | 3.19 | 190 | ||
37 | 219.0 | 12 | 14 | 3.82 | 125 | ||
11 | 81.1 | 6 | 2 | 2.66 | 58 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO | |
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43 | 202.2 | 8 | 13 | 3.20 | 145 | ||
41 | 112.1 | 6 | 7 | 3.77 | 57 | ||
17 | 50.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.62 | 28 | ||
3 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 3.55 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO | |
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37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.93 | 28 | ||
47 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3.90 | 65 | ||
19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.32 | 13 | ||
16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.09 | 10 | ||
15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 9 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 7 | ||
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
All-Star Game, first gameAll-Star Game, second game
See also: Minor League Baseball.
LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Springfield[10]