# 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the team's 79th season. The team finished with a record of 95–59, seven games in front of the second-place Milwaukee Braves to win their first National League championship in 33 seasons. The team went on to play the heavily favored New York Yankees, whom they defeated 4 games to 3 in one of the most storied World Series ever.

## Offseason

At the 1959 Winter Meetings, Pirates general manager Joe L. Brown had agreed to trade Dick Groat to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Roger Maris. Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh had advised Brown that he did not want to lose Groat, and the deal was never finalized.

### Notable transactions

* Prior to 1960 season: José Martínez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.

## Season standings
### National League

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 | — |

## Regular season

On September 6, team captain Dick Groat was drilled on his left wrist by an inside pitch from Braves pitcher Lew Burdette. Groat was lost for the rest of the season. Dick Schofield stepped in for the injured Groat and went three for three in that September 6 game. The Pirates won the game 5–3 and Schofield would go on to hit .414 for the rest of the season.
On September 25 in Milwaukee, the Pirates clinched their first pennant in 33 years.

### Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Lineup :
| # | Name | Position |
| 12 | Don Hoak | 3B |
| 24 | Dick Groat | SS |
| 4 | Bob Skinner | LF |
| 7 | Dick Stuart | 1B |
| 21 | Roberto Clemente | RF |
| 6 | Smoky Burgess | C |
| 20 | Gino Cimoli | CF |
| 9 | Bill Mazeroski | 2B |
| 19 | Bob Friend | SP |

### Notable transactions

* May 28, 1960: Julián Javier and Ed Bauta were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Vinegar Bend Mizell and Dick Gray.
* September 1, 1960: Mickey Vernon was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.
* September 30, 1960: Mickey Vernon was released by the Pirates.

### Roster
## Game log
### Regular season

Legend :
| | Pirates win |
| | Pirates loss |
| | Postponement |
| | Clinched pennant |
| Bold | Pirates team member |
1960 regular season game log: 95–59 (Home: 52–25; Away: 43–34) :
April: 11–3 (Home: 8–2; Away: 3–1)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
1April 122:30 p.m. EST@ Braves3–4McMahon (1–0)Face (0–1)Burdette (1)2:3739,8880–1L1
2April 141:30 p.m. ESTReds13–0Law (1–0)McLish (0–1)—2:1334,0641–1W1
3April 161:30 p.m. ESTReds3–11Hook (1–0)Umbricht (0–1)—2:2314,3381–2L1
4April 17 (1)1:00 p.m. ESTReds5–0Friend (1–0)Nuxhall (0–1)—2:02—2–2W1
5April 17 (2)3:37 p.m. ESTReds6–5Gibbon (1–0)Wieand (0–1)—2:4016,1963–2W2
6April 198:15 p.m. ESTPhillies3–4Owens (1–0)Haddix (0–1)—2:2311,4433–3L1
7April 208:15 p.m. ESTPhillies4–2Law (2–0)Cardwell (1–1)—2:0410,4034–3W1
8April 218:15 p.m. ESTPhillies11–5Green (1–0)Robinson (0–1)Face (1)3:089,4515–3W2
9April 228:15 p.m. ESTBraves6–2Friend (2–0)Jay (0–1)—2:3729,8956–3W3
10April 231:30 p.m. ESTBraves5–4Gibbon (2–0)Burdette (1–1)—2:3915,5027–3W4
11April 242:00 p.m. EDTBraves7–3Haddix (1–1)Buhl (1–1)Face (2)2:1724,7588–3W5
—April 26@ PhilliesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 8)
12April 278:00 p.m. EDT@ Phillies3–2Law (3–0)Meyer (0–1)—2:189,2339–3W6
13April 288:00 p.m. EDT@ Phillies3–0Friend (3–0)Buzhardt (0–2)—2:248,78910–3W7
—April 29@ RedsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 18)
14April 302:30 p.m. EDT@ Reds12–7Daniels (1–0)McLish (0–2)Face (3)2:443,48111–3W8 :
May: 16–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
15May 12:30 p.m. EDT@ Reds13–2Law (4–0)Newcombe (1–1)—2:108,24412–3W9
16May 29:00 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals3–4Kline (1–0)Face (0–2)—2:2010,59012–4L1
17May 42:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs1–5Ellsworth (1–0)Friend (3–1)—2:074,63112–5L2
18May 52:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs9–7Green (2–0)Hobbie (2–3)Face (4)3:023,42913–5W1
19May 611:15 p.m. EDT@ Giants1–5Jones (3–2)Law (4–1)—1:5936,59213–6L1
20May 74:00 p.m. EDT@ Giants5–6Byerly (1–0)Green (2–1)—2:3233,06613–7L2
21May 84:00 p.m. EDT@ Giants1–13McCormick (4–0)Gibbon (2–1)—2:3840,17313–8L3
22May 911:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers4–7Sherry (4–3)Face (0–3)—2:3723,41713–9L4
23May 1011:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers3–2Law (5–1)Podres (2–2)—2:2026,33114–9W1
24May 1111:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers6–3Face (1–3)Koufax (0–3)—2:4327,92615–9W2
25May 139:00 p.m. EDT@ Braves8–2Friend (4–1)Willey (2–2)—3:0015,82316–9W3
26May 142:30 p.m. EDT@ Braves6–4 (11)Face (2–3)McMahon (1–3)—2:4516,86517–9W4
27May 15 (1)2:00 p.m. EDT@ Braves6–4Haddix (2–1)Spahn (2–1)Umbricht (1)2:36—18–9W5
28May 15 (2)5:11 p.m. EDT@ Braves2–4Pizarro (2–1)Daniels (1–1)McMahon (2)2:3229,75718–10L1
29May 178:15 p.m. EDTCubs11–6Friend (5–1)Hobbie (3–4)Face (5)2:3516,10219–10W1
30May 188:15 p.m. EDTCardinals4–2Law (6–1)Kline (1–3)—2:1214,61520–10W2
31May 198:15 p.m. EDTCardinals8–3Gibbon (3–1)Sadecki (0–1)Green (1)2:3015,81021–10W3
32May 208:15 p.m. EDTGiants5–4 (12)Green (3–1)O'Dell (1–4)—3:2339,43922–10W4
33May 211:30 p.m. EDTGiants1–3Antonelli (3–0)Friend (5–2)Byerly (1)2:0528,98422–11L1
34May 222:00 p.m. EDTGiants8–7 (11)Face (3–3)McCormick (5–2)—3:3030,12323–11W1
35May 238:15 p.m. EDTDodgers0–1Koufax (1–4)Daniels (1–2)—2:19Forbes Field23–12L1
36May 248:15 p.m. EDTDodgers2–4Podres (3–4)Gibbon (3–2)—2:2222,92023–13L2
37May 258:15 p.m. EDTDodgers1–5Drysdale (4–4)Umbricht (0–2)—2:1323,97523–14L3
—May 27PhilliesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 16)
38May 281:30 p.m. EDTPhillies4–2 (13)Umbricht (1–2)Farrell (2–1)—3:149,47624–14W1
39May 292:00 p.m. EDTPhillies8–5Law (7–1)Roberts (1–6)Green (2)2:1515,70425–14W2
40May 301:00 p.m. EDTBraves8–3Haddix (3–1)Spahn (2–2)Face (6)2:2534,23326–14W3
—May 30BravesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 14)
41May 318:15 p.m. EDTReds4–3 (11)Face (4–3)McLish (2–4)—3:3720,49427–14W4 :
June: 15–11 (Home: 6–4; Away: 9–7)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
42June 18:15 p.m. EDTReds5–0Friend (6–2)Purkey (3–2)—1:5526,79128–14W5
43June 38:00 p.m. EDT@ Phillies3–0Law (8–1)Buzhardt (1–4)—2:1316,73829–14W6
—June 4@ PhilliesPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 20)
44June 5 (1)1:00 p.m. EDT@ Phillies0–2Conley (3–3)Friend (6–3)—2:00—29–15L1
45June 5 (2)3:35 p.m. EDT@ Phillies1–4Owens (3–5)Haddix (3–2)—2:0623,41029–16L2
46June 72:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs2–13Ellsworth (3–2)Law (8–2)Drabowsky (1)2:358,73629–17L3
47June 82:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs5–3Mizell (2–3)Anderson (2–2)Face (7)2:509,11830–17W1
48June 92:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs11–3Friend (7–3)Hobbie (5–7)Green (3)2:307,44231–17W2
49June 109:00 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals6–9Jackson (8–5)Haddix (3–3)McDaniel (8)2:5019,53231–18L1
50June 112:30 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals6–7Duliba (4–2)Green (3–2)—2:3911,06331–19L2
51June 12 (1)2:00 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals15–3Law (9–2)Kline (2–6)—2:33—32–19W1
52June 12 (2)5:08 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals2–5Broglio (3–2)Mizell (2–4)McDaniel (9)2:0629,60532–20L1
53June 1411:15 p.m. EDT@ Giants6–3Friend (8–3)Jones (8–5)—2:3035,46533–20W1
54June 154:00 p.m. EDT@ Giants14–6Haddix (4–3)O'Dell (2–6)—3:1519,18034–20W2
55June 164:00 p.m. EDT@ Giants10–7Mizell (3–4)Sanford (6–3)Face (8)3:1217,23735–20W3
56June 1711:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers2–1Law (10–2)Williams (5–1)—2:0943,29636–20W4
57June 1811:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers4–3 (10)Face (5–3)Sherry (5–4)—2:3650,06237–20W5
58June 195:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers6–8Roebuck (4–1)Daniels (1–3)Williams (1)2:5141,11837–21L1
59June 218:15 p.m. EDTCardinals3–2Law (11–2)Gibson (0–1)Face (9)2:2321,29238–21W1
60June 228:15 p.m. EDTCardinals5–0Friend (9–3)Jackson (9–7)—2:3021,32039–21W2
61June 238:15 p.m. EDTCardinals1–3Kline (3–6)Haddix (4–4)McDaniel (12)2:1421,15139–22L1
62June 248:15 p.m. EDTCubs4–1Mizell (4–4)Ellsworth (3–5)—2:1828,13740–22W1
63June 251:30 p.m. EDTCubs7–6Giel (1–0)Anderson (2–4)Face (10)2:5120,42841–22W2
64June 26 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTCubs6–7Freeman (3–0)Friend (9–4)Elston (5)2:58—41–23L1
65June 26 (2)4:33 p.m. EDTCubs5–7Morehead (1–6)Law (11–3)Elston (6)2:4636,37841–24L2
66June 288:15 p.m. EDTGiants7–7—3:1930,62141–24T1
—June 29GiantsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: June 30)
67June 30 (1)6:00 p.m. EDTGiants0–11Sanford (7–5)Friend (9–5)—2:13—41–25L1
68June 30 (2)8:48 p.m. EDTGiants11–6Gibbon (4–2)Miller (2–3)—2:5833,52042–25W1 :
July: 15–14 (Home: 3–5; Away: 12–9)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
69July 18:15 p.m. EDTDodgers4–3 (10)Green (4–2)Sherry (6–5)—2:2027,31243–25W2
70July 21:30 p.m. EDTDodgers1–6WilliamsCheney (0–1)—3:1121,49643–26L1
71July 32:00 p.m. EDTDodgers2–6DrysdaleMizell (4–5)—2:4426,34643–27L2
72July 4 (1)2:30 p.m. EDT@ Braves6–7 (10)Spahn (7–5)Face (5–4)—2:05—43–28L3
73July 4 (2)5:10 p.m. EDT@ Braves7–2Haddix (5–4)Jay (2–4)—2:5738,47844–28W1
74July 59:00 p.m. EDT@ Braves5–4 (10)Giel (2–0)Jay (2–5)Friend (1)3:1424,47945–28W2
75July 69:00 p.m. EDT@ Reds5–2Cheney (1–1)Purkey (8–4)Face (11)2:3512,29246–28W3
76July 79:00 p.m. EDT@ Reds3–2Mizell (5–5)Henry (1–4)Face (12)2:2012,49447–28W4
77July 8 (1)6:00 p.m. EDT@ Phillies5–6 (10)Farrell (7–2)Green (4–3)—3:10—47–29L1
78July 8 (2)9:45 p.m. EDT@ Phillies8–3Friend (10–5)Green (1–3)—2:3336,05648–29W1
79July 98:00 p.m. EDT@ Phillies1–2Conley (6–4)Law (11–4)—2:0419,54148–30L1
80July 101:35 p.m. EDT@ Phillies6–2Haddix (6–4)Roberts (5–8)Face (13)2:1513,01249–30W1
28th All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri
29th All-Star Game in Bronx, New York
81July 148:15 p.m. EDTBraves0–4Buhl (9–3)Haddix (6–5)Burdette (4)2:4735,82749–31L1
82July 158:15 p.m. EDTReds1–4O'Toole (7–8)Friend (10–6)Brosnan (4)2:3129,11049–32L2
83July 161:30 p.m. EDTReds6–5Francis (1–0)Brosnan (3–1)—2:1819,67450–32W1
84July 17 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTReds5–6Purkey (9–5)Law (11–5)Brosnan (5)2:33—50–33L1
85July 17 (2)4:08 p.m. EDTReds5–0Cheney (2–1)McLish (3–6)—2:2036,29051–33W1
86July 1911:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers4–5Sherry (7–7)Green (4–4)Roebuck (6)2:2151,43851–34L1
87July 2011:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers5–7 (11)Craig (3–1)Face (5–5)—3:3151,30151–35L2
88July 2111:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers4–1Law (12–5)Podres (8–7)—2:1251,19352–35W1
89July 2211:15 p.m. EDT@ Giants4–1Mizell (6–5)McCormick (9–6)—2:1431,87853–35W2
90July 234:00 p.m. EDT@ Giants1–3Marichal (2–0)Haddix (6–6)—1:5930,22853–36L1
91July 244:00 p.m. EDT@ Giants3–6O'Dell (5–8)Cheney (2–2)McCormick (3)2:3036,44753–37L2
92July 259:00 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals4–2Friend (11–6)Kline (3–8)Face (14)2:3023,64154–37W1
93July 269:00 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals5–4Law (13–5)Simmons (2–1)Face (15)2:2920,89955–37W2
94July 279:00 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals7–3Green (5–4)Sadecki (4–5)—2:5817,23656–37W3
95July 292:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs4–0Mizell (7–5)Brewer (0–3)—2:029,67357–37W4
96July 302:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs1–6Hobbie (10–13)Friend (11–7)—2:1113,36557–38L1
97July 312:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs2–6Cardwell (5–10)Haddix (6–7)Elston (7)2:2118,29757–39L2 :
August: 21–10 (Home: 14–4; Away: 7–6)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
98August 28:15 p.m. EDTDodgers3–0Law (14–5)Williams—2:1625,87658–39W1
99August 38:15 p.m. EDTDodgers1–3 (7)Podres (9–8)Friend (11–8)—1:5124,81958–40L1
100August 48:15 p.m. EDTDodgers4–1Witt (1–0)Drysdale (10–11)Face (16)2:3520,74859–40W1
101August 58:15 p.m. EDTGiants1–0Mizell (8–5)Jones (13–11)—2:1033,30160–40W2
102August 61:30 p.m. EDTGiants8–7 (10)Law (15–5)Antonelli (4–7)—3:0528,24661–40W3
103August 7 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTGiants4–1Friend (12–8)Sanford (9–10)—2:14—62–40W4
104August 7 (2)3:49 p.m. EDTGiants7–5Face (6–5)Jones (0–1)—2:4035,70863–40W5
105August 98:15 p.m. EDTCubs7–1Mizell (9–5)Drabowsky (2–1)—2:1526,79764–40W6
106August 108:15 p.m. EDTCubs3–1Law (16–5)Cardwell (5–12)—2:0020,07465–40W7
107August 118:15 p.m. EDTCardinals2–3 (12)Broglio (14–5)Friend (12–9)—2:5734,21265–41L1
108August 128:15 p.m. EDTCardinals2–9Gibson (3–3)Witt (1–1)—2:5435,43965–42L2
109August 131:30 p.m. EDTCardinals4–1Haddix (7–7)Sadecki (6–6)—2:1624,62066–42W1
110August 14 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTCardinals9–4Law (17–5)Jackson (13–10)—2:07—67–42W2
111August 14 (2)3:42 p.m. EDTCardinals3–2 (11)Green (6–4)McDaniel (10–4)—3:0036,77568–42W3
112August 158:15 p.m. EDTPhillies3–4Mahaffey (1–0)Face (6–6)Short (1)2:3519,91268–43L1
113August 16 (1)6:00 p.m. EDTPhillies11–2Friend (13–9)Owens (3–11)—2:20—69–43W1
114August 16 (2)8:55 p.m. EDTPhillies4–3Face (7–6)Roberts (8–11)—2:0034,67370–43W2
115August 178:15 p.m. EDTPhillies5–3Haddix (8–7)Buzhardt (4–11)Labine (1)2:2633,59871–43W3
116August 189:00 p.m. EDT@ Reds3–2Law (18–5)McLish (4–8)Face (17)1:4911,66872–43W4
117August 199:00 p.m. EDT@ Reds3–4Purkey (13–7)Mizell (9–6)Brosnan (10)2:2116,34772–44L1
118August 202:30 p.m. EDT@ Reds10–7Face (8–6)Maloney (1–4)—2:378,28773–44W1
119August 212:30 p.m. EDT@ Reds4–8Hook (10–13)Friend (13–10)Brosnan (11)2:2615,59673–45L1
120August 232:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs8–3Haddix (9–7)Ellsworth (6–10)Face (18)2:4613,94374–45W1
121August 242:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs10–6Face (9–6)Elston (6–7)—3:0315,26875–45W2
122August 252:30 p.m. EDT@ Cubs1–2Hobbie (13–16)Mizell (9–7)—2:3111,70175–46L1
123August 269:00 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals1–3Broglio (16–6)Friend (13–11)—2:2724,43675–47L2
124August 279:00 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals4–5Kline (4–8)Face (9–7)—2:4030,71275–48L3
125August 282:30 p.m. EDT@ Cardinals4–5Simmons (5–3)Haddix (9–8)McDaniel2:4328,57975–49L4
126August 2911:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers10–2Law (19–5)Podres (11–10)—2:3137,36976–49W1
127August 3011:00 p.m. EDT@ Dodgers5–2Friend (14–11)Koufax (6–11)Face (19)2:3540,14377–49W2
128August 314:00 p.m. EDT@ Giants7–4Labine (1–0)O'Dell (7–10)Face (20)2:3716,20278–49W3 :
September: 15–10 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–4)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
129September 14:00 p.m. EDT@ Giants6–1Haddix (10–8)Maranda (1–3)Labine (2)2:4213,43679–49W4
130September 31:30 p.m. EDTPhillies2–3Mahaffey (5–0)Law (19–6)—2:2818,48779–50L1
131September 41:00 p.m. EDTPhillies5–3Mizell (10–7)Owens (3–12)Labine (3)2:1717,85680–50W1
132September 5 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTBraves9–7Green (7–4)Spahn (17–8)Face (21)2:47—81–50W2
133September 5 (2)4:22 p.m. EDTBraves1–7Buhl (14–8)Haddix (10–9)—2:3134,31081–51L1
134September 68:15 p.m. EDTBraves5–3Labine (2–0)Spahn (17–9)Face (22)2:5128,79382–51W1
135September 78:15 p.m. EDTCardinals1–2Broglio (18–7)Law (19–7)McDaniel (23)2:3131,83182–52L1
136September 98:15 p.m. EDTCubs4–3Mizell (11–7)Ellsworth (6–12)Face (23)2:3324,83183–52W1
137September 101:30 p.m. EDTCubs4–1Friend (15–11)Anderson (7–10)—1:5919,70184–52W2
—September 11CubsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 22)
—September 11CubsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 22)
138September 128:15 p.m. EDTGiants6–1Haddix (11–9)Sanford (12–12)—2:2821,26185–52W3
139September 138:15 p.m. EDTGiants3–6McCormick (13–11)Mizell (11–8)—2:5121,31385–53L1
140September 148:15 p.m. EDTDodgers2–5Williams (14–8)Law (19–8)—2:3528,54785–54L2
141September 158:15 p.m. EDTDodgers3–1Friend (16–11)Craig (7–3)—2:1312,51186–54W1
142September 169:00 p.m. EDT@ Reds3–4O'Toole (12–11)Haddix (11–10)Brosnan (12)2:209,35286–55L1
—September 17@ RedsPostponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 18)
143September 18 (1)1:00 p.m. EDT@ Reds5–3Law (20–8)McLish (4–13)—2:11—87–55W1
144September 18 (2)3:46 p.m. EDT@ Reds1–0Mizell (12–8)Purkey (17–9)—2:1414,43888–55W2
145September 20 (1)6:00 p.m. EDT@ Phillies7–1Friend (17–11)Roberts (10–16)—2:15—89–55W3
146September 20 (2)8:50 p.m. EDT@ Phillies3–2Labine (3–0)Owens (4–13)—2:2617,21690–55W4
147September 22 (1)1:00 p.m. EDTCubs3–2 (11)Face (10–7)Cardwell (8–15)—2:26—91–55W5
148September 22 (2)4:01 p.m. EDTCubs6–1Mizell (13–8)Anderson (8–11)—2:0219,56692–55W6
149September 239:00 p.m. EDT@ Braves1–2Buhl (15–9)Witt (1–2)—2:0217,57692–56L1
150September 242:30 p.m. EDT@ Braves2–4Burdette (18–12)Friend (17–12)—2:0720,62692–57L2
151September 252:30 p.m. EDT@ Braves2–4 (10)Piché (3–5)Face (10–8)—2:1438,10992–58L3
152September 278:15 p.m. EDTReds4–3 (16)Green (8–4)McLish (4–14)—4:0222,16293–58W1
153September 308:15 p.m. EDTBraves2–13Buhl (16–9)Law (20–9)—2:4525,14893–59L1 :
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceRecordBox/ Streak
154October 11:30 p.m. EDTBraves7–3Friend (18–12)Spahn (21–10)Face (24)2:2220,84294–59W1
155October 22:00 p.m. EDTBraves9–5Mizell (14–8)Burdette (19–13)Haddix (1)2:2534,57895–59W2 :

### Postseason Game log

Legend :
| | Pirates win |
| | Pirates loss |
| Bold | Pirates team member |
1960 Postseason game log: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Away: 2–1) :
World Series: vs. New York Yankees 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Away: 2–1)
#DateTime (ET)OpponentScoreWinLossSaveTime of GameAttendanceSeriesBox/ Streak
1October 51:00 p.m. EDTYankees6–4Law (1–0)Ditmar (0–1)Face (1)2:2936,676PIT 1–0W1
2October 61:00 p.m. EDTYankees3–16Turley (1–0)Friend (0–1)—3:1437,308Tied 1–1L1
3October 81:00 p.m. EDT@ Yankees0–10Ford (1–0)Mizell (0–1)—2:4170,001NY 2–1L2
4October 92:00 p.m. EDT@ Yankees3–2Law (2–0)Terry (0–1)Face (2)2:2967,812Tied 2–2W1
5October 101:00 p.m. EDT@ Yankees5–2Haddix (1–0)Ditmar (0–2)Face (3)2:3262,753PIT 3–2W2
6October 121:00 p.m. EDTYankees0–12Ford (2–0)Friend (0–2)—2:3838,580Tied 3–3L1
7October 131:00 p.m. EDTYankees10–9Haddix (2–0)Terry (0–2)—2:3636,683PIT 4–3W1 :

### Detailed records

National League :
| Opponent | W | L | WP | RS | RA |
| Chicago Cubs | 15 | 7 | 0.682 | 114 | 90 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 16 | 6 | 0.727 | 119 | 78 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 11 | 11 | 0.500 | 76 | 76 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 13 | 9 | 0.591 | 107 | 95 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 15 | 7 | 0.682 | 100 | 60 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | | | | | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 11 | 11 | 0.500 | 99 | 81 |
| San Francisco Giants | 14 | 8 | 0.636 | 119 | 113 |
| Season Total | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 754 | 593 |
| Month | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| April | 14 | 11 | 3 | 0.786 | 84 | 49 |
| May | 27 | 16 | 11 | 0.593 | 132 | 116 |
| June | 26 | 15 | 11 | 0.577 | 147 | 127 |
| July | 29 | 15 | 14 | 0.517 | 114 | 108 |
| August | 31 | 21 | 10 | 0.677 | 151 | 103 |
| September | 25 | 15 | 10 | 0.600 | 90 | 82 |
| October | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 16 | 8 |
| Total | 155 | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 754 | 593 |
| | Games | Won | Lost | Win % | RS | RA |
| Home | 78 | 52 | 25 | 0.675 | 362 | 287 |
| Road | 77 | 43 | 34 | 0.558 | 372 | 306 |
| Total | 155 | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | 754 | 593 |

### Composite Box

1960 Pittsburgh Pirates Inning–by–Inning Boxscore :
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | R | H | E |
| Opponents | 79 | 47 | 61 | 66 | 69 | 62 | 85 | 58 | 52 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 593 | 1363 | 147 |
| Pirates | 96 | 82 | 71 | 82 | 82 | 62 | 90 | 71 | 71 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 734 | 1493 | 128 |

## Postseason
### 1960 World Series

The 1960 Pirates team, which featured eight All-Stars, was widely predicted to lose the World Series to a powerful New York Yankees team. In one of the most memorable World Series in history, the Pirates were defeated by more than ten runs in three games, won three close games, then recovered from a 7–4 deficit late in Game 7 to eventually win on a walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski, a second baseman better known for his defensive wizardry.

### Game 1

October 5, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 36,676
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 2 |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| W: Vern Law (1–0) L: Art Ditmar (0–1), S: Roy Face (1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Roger Maris (1), Elston Howard (1) PIT – Bill Mazeroski (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 2

October 6, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 37,308
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 19 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
| W: Bob Turley (1–0) L: Bob Friend (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle 2 (2) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

October 8, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 70,001
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | 10 | 16 | 1 |
| W: Whitey Ford (1–0) L: Vinegar Bend Mizell (0–1) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Bobby Richardson (1), Mickey Mantle (3) |||||||||||||

### Game 4

October 9, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 67,812
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| W: Vern Law (2–0) L: Ralph Terry (0–1), S: Roy Face (2) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Bill Skowron (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

October 10, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 62,753
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| W: Harvey Haddix (1–0) L: Art Ditmar (0–2), S: Roy Face (3) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Roger Maris (2) |||||||||||||

### Game 6

October 12, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 38,580
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| W: Whitey Ford (2–0) L: Bob Friend (0–2) |||||||||||||

### Game 7

October 13, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 36,683
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| New York (A) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh (N) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| W: Harvey Haddix (2–0) L: Ralph Terry (0–2) |||||||||||||
| HR: NYY – Bill Skowron (2), Yogi Berra (1) PIT – Rocky Nelson (1), Hal Smith (1), Bill Mazeroski (2) |||||||||||||

### Composite Box

1960 World Series (4–3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 60 | 4 |
| New York Yankees | 7 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 91 | 8 |
| Total Attendance: 349,813 Average Attendance: 49,973 |||||||||||||
| Winning Player's Share: – $8,418 Losing Player's Share – $5,125 |||||||||||||

## Statistics
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Regular Season :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Roy Face | 68 | 17 | 7 | 0.412 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Green | 45 | 8 | 3 | 0.375 | 2 | 2 |
| Dick Schofield | 65 | 102 | 34 | 0.333 | 0 | 10 |
| Jim Umbricht | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Groat | 138 | 573 | 186 | 0.325 | 2 | 50 |
| Roberto Clemente | 144 | 570 | 179 | 0.314 | 16 | 94 |
| Rocky Nelson | 93 | 200 | 60 | 0.300 | 7 | 35 |
| Hal Smith | 77 | 258 | 76 | 0.295 | 11 | 45 |
| Smoky Burgess | 110 | 337 | 99 | 0.294 | 7 | 39 |
| Don Hoak | 155 | 553 | 156 | 0.282 | 16 | 79 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 151 | 538 | 147 | 0.273 | 11 | 64 |
| Bob Skinner | 145 | 571 | 156 | 0.273 | 15 | 86 |
| Gino Cimoli | 101 | 307 | 82 | 0.267 | 0 | 28 |
| Bill Virdon | 120 | 409 | 108 | 0.264 | 8 | 40 |
| Dick Stuart | 122 | 438 | 114 | 0.260 | 23 | 83 |
| Harvey Haddix | 29 | 67 | 17 | 0.254 | 0 | 7 |
| Gene Baker | 33 | 37 | 9 | 0.243 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Christopher | 50 | 56 | 13 | 0.232 | 1 | 3 |
| Joe Gibbon | 27 | 19 | 4 | 0.211 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Oldis | 22 | 20 | 4 | 0.200 | 0 | 1 |
| Bennie Daniels | 10 | 16 | 3 | 0.188 | 0 | 2 |
| Vern Law | 35 | 94 | 17 | 0.181 | 1 | 7 |
| Tom Cheney | 11 | 17 | 3 | 0.176 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 23 | 51 | 7 | 0.137 | 0 | 3 |
| Mickey Vernon | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0.125 | 0 | 1 |
| Bob Friend | 38 | 88 | 6 | 0.068 | 0 | 3 |
| Dick Barone | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Bright | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Francis | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Giel | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Kravitz | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Clem Labine | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 1 |
| Roman Mejias | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Diomedes Olivo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| R C Stevens | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| George Witt | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Gross | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 155 | 5,406 | 1,493 | 0.276 | 120 | 689 |
World Series :
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Hal Smith | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0.375 | 1 | 3 |
| Smoky Burgess | 5 | 18 | 6 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| Harvey Haddix | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| Vern Law | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0.333 | 0 | 1 |
| Rocky Nelson | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0.333 | 1 | 2 |
| Dick Schofield | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 7 | 25 | 8 | 0.320 | 2 | 5 |
| Roberto Clemente | 7 | 29 | 9 | 0.310 | 0 | 3 |
| Gino Cimoli | 7 | 20 | 5 | 0.250 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Virdon | 7 | 29 | 7 | 0.241 | 0 | 5 |
| Don Hoak | 7 | 23 | 5 | 0.217 | 0 | 3 |
| Dick Groat | 7 | 28 | 6 | 0.214 | 0 | 2 |
| Bob Skinner | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.200 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Stuart | 5 | 20 | 3 | 0.150 | 0 | 0 |
| Gene Baker | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy Face | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Friend | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Green | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Cheney | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Christopher | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Gibbon | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Clem Labine | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Oldis | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| George Witt | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 234 | 60 | 0.256 | 4 | 26 |

### Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Regular Season :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Clem Labine | 15 | 301⁄3 | 3 | 0 | 1.48 | 21 |
| Earl Francis | 7 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2.00 | 8 |
| Diomedes Olivo | 4 | 92⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 2.79 | 10 |
| Roy Face | 68 | 1142⁄3 | 10 | 8 | 2.90 | 72 |
| Bob Friend | 38 | 2752⁄3 | 18 | 12 | 3.00 | 183 |
| Vern Law | 35 | 2712⁄3 | 20 | 9 | 3.08 | 120 |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 23 | 1552⁄3 | 13 | 5 | 3.12 | 71 |
| Fred Green | 45 | 70 | 8 | 4 | 3.21 | 49 |
| Don Gross | 5 | 51⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 3 |
| Harvey Haddix | 29 | 1721⁄3 | 11 | 10 | 3.97 | 101 |
| Tom Cheney | 11 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 3.98 | 35 |
| Joe Gibbon | 27 | 801⁄3 | 4 | 2 | 4.03 | 60 |
| George Witt | 10 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 4.20 | 15 |
| Jim Umbricht | 17 | 402⁄3 | 1 | 2 | 5.09 | 26 |
| Paul Giel | 16 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 5.73 | 21 |
| Bennie Daniels | 10 | 401⁄3 | 1 | 3 | 7.81 | 16 |
| Team Totals | 155 | 1,3992⁄3 | 95 | 59 | 3.49 | 811 |
World Series :
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| George Witt | 3 | 22⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
| Harvey Haddix | 2 | 71⁄3 | 2 | 0 | 2.45 | 6 |
| Vern Law | 3 | 181⁄3 | 2 | 0 | 3.44 | 8 |
| Tom Cheney | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 |
| Roy Face | 4 | 101⁄3 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 | 4 |
| Joe Gibbon | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
| Bob Friend | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 13.50 | 7 |
| Clem Labine | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 |
| Vinegar Bend Mizell | 2 | 21⁄3 | 0 | 1 | 15.43 | 1 |
| Fred Green | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22.50 | 3 |
| Team Totals | 7 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 7.11 | 40 |

## Awards and honors

* Dick Groat, Shortstop, National League MVP
* Bill Mazeroski, Babe Ruth Award
* Danny Murtaugh, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

### All-Stars

1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Smoky Burgess
* Roberto Clemente
* Roy Face
* Bob Friend (starting P, first game)
* Dick Groat
* Vern Law (starting P, second game)
* Bill Mazeroski (starting 2B)
* Bob Skinner (starting LF)

### League leaders

* Roberto Clemente, Led National League in outfield assists, 19 baserunners thrown out
* Dick Groat, Led National League in batting average

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Columbus Jets | International League | Cal Ermer |
| AAA | Salt Lake City Bees | Pacific Coast League | Larry Shepard |
| A | Savannah Pirates | Sally League | Ray Hathaway |
| B | Burlington Bees | Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League | Harding "Pete" Peterson |
| C | Grand Forks Chiefs | Northern League | Bob Clear |
| D | Kingsport Pirates | Appalachian League | Jim Gibbons |
| D | Dubuque Packers | Midwest League | James Adlam |
| D | Hobbs Pirates | Sophomore League | Al Kubski |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, Hobbs