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New York Yankees
	1960 New York Yankees; 1960 AL Champions
	Major league affiliations
	American League (Since 1901);
	Location
	Yankee Stadium (Since 1923); New York City, New York (Since 1903);
	1960 Information
Owner(s)	Dan Topping and Del Webb
Manager(s)	Casey Stengel
Local television	WPIX
Local radio	WMGM; (Mel Allen, Phil Rizzuto, Red Barber)

The New York Yankees' 1960 season was the 58th season for the Yankees. The team finished with a record of 97-57, winning their 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. Elston Howard took over as the everyday catcher, while Yogi Berra went into the outfield. In the World Series, they were defeated by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 7 games.

[edit] 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.^[1]
Prior to 1960 season: Jesse Gonder was acquired by the Yankees from the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Season standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB
New York Yankees	97	57	.630	--
Baltimore Orioles	89	65	.578	8
Chicago White Sox	87	67	.565	10
Cleveland Indians	76	78	.494	21
Washington Senators	73	81	.474	24
Detroit Tigers	71	83	.461	26
Boston Red Sox	65	89	.422	32
Kansas City Athletics	58	96	.377	39

[edit] Notable transactions

May 19, 1960: Andy Carey was traded by the Yankees to the Kansas City Athletics for Bob Cerv.^[3]

[edit] Roster

1960 New York Yankees roster

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

37 Casey Stengel

Coaches

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

[edit] 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
LF	López, HéctorHéctor López	131	408	116	.284	9	42
RF	Maris, RogerRoger Maris	136	499	141	.283	39	112

[edit] Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Hadley, KentKent Hadley	55	64	13	.203	4	11
DeMaestri, JoeJoe DeMaestri	49	35	8	.229	0	2
Hunt, KenKen Hunt	25	22	6	.273	0	1
Carey, AndyAndy Carey	4	3	1	.333	0	1

[edit] Pitching

[edit] 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
Ditmar, ArtArt Ditmar	34	200	15	9	3.06	65

[edit] 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
Coates, JimJim Coates	35	149.1	13	3	4.28	73

[edit] 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
Arroyo, LuisLuis Arroyo	29	5	1	7	2.88	29

[edit] World series

Main article: 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

[edit] Awards and honors

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

All-Star Game

[edit] Farm system

[edit] Notes

^ Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference
^ Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference
^ Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

[edit] References

Preceded by Chicago White Sox 1959	American League Champions 1960	Succeeded by New York Yankees 1961

[0] Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference

[1] Jesse Gonder page at Baseball Reference

[2] Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference

[3] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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