# 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

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 88 | 66 | .571 | 7 | 51‍–‍26 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 68 | .558 | 9 | 51‍–‍26 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 82 | 72 | .532 | 13 | 42‍–‍35 | 40‍–‍37 |
| San Francisco Giants | 79 | 75 | .513 | 16 | 45‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 28 | 37‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 60 | 94 | .390 | 35 | 33‍–‍44 | 27‍–‍50 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 95 | .383 | 36 | 31‍–‍46 | 28‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1960 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | CHC | CIN | LA | MIL | PHI | PIT | SF | STL |
| Chicago | — | 10–12 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 10–12 | 7–15 | 9–13–1 | 8–14–1 |
| Cincinnati | 12–10 | — | 12–10 | 9–13 | 9–13 | 6–16 | 11–11 | 8–14 |
| Los Angeles | 13–9 | 10–12 | — | 12–10 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 10–12 | 10–12 |
| Milwaukee | 15–7 | 13–9 | 10–12 | — | 16–6 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 11–11 |
| Philadelphia | 12–10 | 13–9 | 6–16 | 6–16 | — | 7–15 | 8–14 | 7–15 |
| Pittsburgh | 15–7 | 16–6 | 11–11 | 13–9 | 15–7 | — | 14–8–1 | 11–11 |
| San Francisco | 13–9–1 | 11–11 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 14–8 | 8–14–1 | — | 13–9 |
| St. Louis | 14–8–1 | 14–8 | 12–10 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 11–11 | 9–13 | — |

### 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
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Bob Schmidt | 110 | 344 | 92 | .267 | 8 | 37 |
| 1B | Willie McCovey | 101 | 260 | 62 | .238 | 13 | 51 |
| 2B | Don Blasingame | 136 | 523 | 123 | .235 | 2 | 31 |
| SS | Ed Bressoud | 116 | 386 | 87 | .225 | 9 | 43 |
| 3B | Jim Davenport | 112 | 363 | 91 | .251 | 6 | 38 |
| LF | Orlando Cepeda | 151 | 569 | 169 | .297 | 24 | 96 |
| CF | Willie Mays | 153 | 595 | 190 | .319 | 29 | 103 |
| RF | Willie Kirkland | 146 | 515 | 130 | .252 | 21 | 65 |

#### 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 |
| Joey Amalfitano | 106 | 328 | 91 | .277 | 1 | 27 |
| Felipe Alou | 106 | 322 | 85 | .264 | 8 | 44 |
| Andre Rodgers | 81 | 217 | 53 | .244 | 2 | 22 |
| Hobie Landrith | 71 | 190 | 46 | .242 | 1 | 20 |
| Jim Marshall | 75 | 118 | 28 | .237 | 2 | 13 |
| Dave Philley | 39 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 1 | 7 |
| Dale Long | 37 | 54 | 9 | .167 | 3 | 6 |
| José Pagán | 18 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Neil Wilson | 6 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Matty Alou | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 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 |
| Mike McCormick | 40 | 253.0 | 15 | 12 | 2.70 | 154 |
| Sam Jones | 39 | 234.0 | 18 | 14 | 3.19 | 190 |
| Jack Sanford | 37 | 219.0 | 12 | 14 | 3.82 | 125 |
| Juan Marichal | 11 | 81.1 | 6 | 2 | 2.66 | 58 |

#### 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 |
| Billy O'Dell | 43 | 202.2 | 8 | 13 | 3.20 | 145 |
| Johnny Antonelli | 41 | 112.1 | 6 | 7 | 3.77 | 57 |
| Georges Maranda | 17 | 50.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.62 | 28 |
| Eddie Fisher | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 3.55 | 7 |

#### 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 |
| Billy Loes | 37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.93 | 28 |
| Stu Miller | 47 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3.90 | 65 |
| Bud Byerly | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.32 | 13 |
| Sherman Jones | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.09 | 10 |
| Joe Shipley | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 9 |
| Don Choate | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 7 |
| Ramón Monzant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |

## Awards and honors

All-Star Game, first game All-Star Game, second game

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Tacoma Giants | Pacific Coast League | Red Davis |
| AA | Rio Grande Valley Giants | Texas League | Ray Murray |
| A | Springfield Giants | Eastern League | Andy Gilbert |
| B | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Richie Klaus |
| C | Fresno Giants | California League | Buddy Kerr |
| C | Pocatello Giants | Pioneer League | Mike McCormick |
| D | Salem Rebels | Appalachian League | Jodie Phipps |
| D | Quincy Giants | Midwest League | Sam Calderone |
| D | Artesia Giants | Sophomore League | George Genovese |
LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Springfield