# 1960 New York Yankees season

The 1960 New York Yankees season was the 58th season for the team. The team finished with a record of 97–57, winning its 25th pennant, finishing 8 games ahead of the Baltimore Orioles. New York was managed by Casey Stengel. The Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games.

## Offseason

* December 11, 1959: Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry were traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley.
* Prior to 1960 season: Jesse Gonder was acquired by the Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds.

## Regular season

Elston Howard took over as the Yankees' everyday catcher, while Yogi Berra split time between the outfield and serving as Howard's backup.

### Season standings

vteAmerican League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| New York Yankees | 97 | 57 | .630 | — | 55‍–‍22 | 42‍–‍35 |
| Baltimore Orioles | 89 | 65 | .578 | 8 | 44‍–‍33 | 45‍–‍32 |
| Chicago White Sox | 87 | 67 | .565 | 10 | 51‍–‍26 | 36‍–‍41 |
| Cleveland Indians | 76 | 78 | .494 | 21 | 39‍–‍38 | 37‍–‍40 |
| Washington Senators | 73 | 81 | .474 | 24 | 32‍–‍45 | 41‍–‍36 |
| Detroit Tigers | 71 | 83 | .461 | 26 | 40‍–‍37 | 31‍–‍46 |
| Boston Red Sox | 65 | 89 | .422 | 32 | 36‍–‍41 | 29‍–‍48 |
| Kansas City Athletics | 58 | 96 | .377 | 39 | 34‍–‍43 | 24‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1960 American League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | BAL | BOS | CHW | CLE | DET | KCA | NYY | WSH |
| Baltimore | — | 16–6 | 13–9 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 9–13 | 11–11 |
| Boston | 6–16 | — | 5–17 | 9–13 | 14–8 | 13–9 | 7–15 | 11–11 |
| Chicago | 9–13 | 17–5 | — | 11–11 | 11–11 | 15–7 | 10–12 | 14–8 |
| Cleveland | 8–14 | 13–9 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | 15–7 | 6–16 | 16–6 |
| Detroit | 9–13 | 8–14 | 11–11 | 15–7 | — | 10–12 | 8–14 | 10–12 |
| Kansas City | 9–13 | 9–13 | 7–15 | 7–15 | 12–10 | — | 7–15–1 | 7–15 |
| New York | 13–9 | 15–7 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 14–8 | 15–7–1 | — | 12–10 |
| Washington | 11–11 | 11–11 | 8–14 | 6–16 | 12–10 | 15–7 | 10–12 | — |

### Notable transactions

* May 19, 1960: Andy Carey was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Cerv.

### 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 | Elston Howard | 107 | 323 | 79 | .245 | 6 | 39 |
| 1B | Bill Skowron | 146 | 538 | 166 | .309 | 26 | 91 |
| 2B | Bobby Richardson | 150 | 460 | 116 | .252 | 1 | 26 |
| 3B | Clete Boyer | 124 | 393 | 95 | .242 | 14 | 46 |
| SS | Tony Kubek | 147 | 568 | 155 | .273 | 14 | 62 |
| LF | Héctor López | 131 | 408 | 116 | .284 | 9 | 42 |
| CF | Mickey Mantle | 153 | 527 | 145 | .275 | 40 | 94 |
| RF | Roger Maris | 136 | 499 | 141 | .283 | 39 | 112 |

#### 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 |
| Yogi Berra | 120 | 359 | 99 | .276 | 15 | 62 |
| Gil McDougald | 119 | 337 | 87 | .258 | 8 | 34 |
| Bob Cerv | 87 | 216 | 54 | .250 | 8 | 28 |
| Johnny Blanchard | 53 | 99 | 24 | .242 | 4 | 14 |
| Kent Hadley | 55 | 64 | 13 | .203 | 4 | 11 |
| Dale Long | 26 | 41 | 15 | .366 | 3 | 10 |
| Joe DeMaestri | 49 | 35 | 8 | .229 | 0 | 2 |
| Ken Hunt | 25 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 1 |
| Jim Pisoni | 20 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 1 |
| Jesse Gonder | 7 | 7 | 2 | .286 | 1 | 3 |
| Elmer Valo | 8 | 5 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Deron Johnson | 6 | 4 | 2 | .500 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Carey | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
| Billy Shantz | 1 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 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 |
| Art Ditmar | 34 | 200.0 | 15 | 9 | 3.06 | 65 |
| Whitey Ford | 33 | 192.2 | 12 | 9 | 3.08 | 85 |
| Bob Turley | 34 | 173.1 | 9 | 3 | 3.27 | 87 |
| Jim Coates | 35 | 149.1 | 13 | 3 | 4.28 | 73 |
| Bill Short | 10 | 47.0 | 3 | 5 | 4.79 | 14 |

#### 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 |
| Ralph Terry | 35 | 166.2 | 10 | 8 | 3.40 | 92 |
| Eli Grba | 24 | 80.2 | 6 | 4 | 3.68 | 32 |
| Bill Stafford | 11 | 60.0 | 3 | 1 | 2.25 | 36 |
| John Gabler | 21 | 52.0 | 3 | 3 | 4.15 | 19 |

#### 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 |
| Bobby Shantz | 42 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 2.79 | 54 |
| Ryne Duren | 42 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4.96 | 67 |
| Duke Maas | 35 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4.09 | 28 |
| Luis Arroyo | 29 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2.88 | 29 |
| Johnny James | 28 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4.36 | 29 |
| Fred Kipp | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.23 | 2 |

## 1960 World Series

NL Pittsburgh Pirates (4) vs. AL New York Yankees (3)
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Yankees – 4, Pirates – 6 | October 5 | Forbes Field | 36,676 |
| 2 | Yankees – 16, Pirates – 3 | October 6 | Forbes Field | 37,308 |
| 3 | Pirates – 0, Yankees – 10 | October 8 | Yankee Stadium | 70,001 |
| 4 | Pirates – 3, Yankees – 2 | October 9 | Yankee Stadium | 67,812 |
| 5 | Pirates – 5, Yankees – 2 | October 10 | Yankee Stadium | 62,753 |
| 6 | Yankees – 12, Pirates – 0 | October 12 | Forbes Field | 38,580 |
| 7 | Yankees – 9, Pirates – 10 | October 13 | Forbes Field | 36,683 |

## Awards and honors

* Roger Maris, American League MVP
* Bobby Richardson, World Series MVP

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Richmond Virginians | International League | Steve Souchock |
| AA | Amarillo Gold Sox | Texas League | Jim Gleeson |
| A | Binghamton Triplets | Eastern League | Dee Phillips |
| B | Greensboro Yankees | Carolina League | Hal Charnofsky |
| C | Modesto Reds | California League | Tom Hamilton |
| C | Fargo-Moorhead Twins | Northern League | John Fitzpatrick |
| D | St. Petersburg Saints | Florida State League | Stan Charnofsky and Randy Gumpert |
| D | Auburn Yankees | New York–Penn League | Bob Bauer |
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