1960 Kansas City Athletics season

1960 Kansas City Athletics
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Municipal Stadium (since 1955)
Kansas City, Missouri (since 1955)
Other information
Owner(s)	Estate of Arnold Johnson
General manager(s)	Parke Carroll
Manager(s)	Bob Elliott
Local television	WDAF-TV
Local radio	WDAF (Merle Harmon, Bill Grigsby)
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The 1960 Kansas City Athletics season was the sixth in Kansas City and the 60th overall. It involved the A's finishing 8th in the American League with a record of 58 wins and 96 losses, 39 games behind the AL Champion New York Yankees.

Offseason

At the 1959 Winter Meetings, Pittsburgh 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.^[1] Maris was traded to the New York Yankees on December 11.

On March 10, 1960, owner Arnold Johnson died at the age of 53.^[2] After the 1960 season, the team would be sold by Johnson's estate to businessman Charlie Finley.

Notable transactions

• November 21, 1959: Frank House was traded by the Athletics to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Tom Acker.^[3]
• December 11, 1959: Roger Maris, Joe DeMaestri and Kent Hadley was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, Norm Siebern, and Marv Throneberry.^[4]

Regular season

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

Record vs. opponents

1960 American League Records Sources:
Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	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: Bob Cerv was traded by the Athletics to the New York Yankees for Andy Carey.^[5]
• July 26, 1960: Harry Chiti was purchased from the Athletics by the Detroit Tigers.^[6]

Roster

1960 Kansas City Athletics
Roster
Pitchers 27 Ray Blemker 27 John Briggs 27 George Brunet 28 Bud Daley 15 Bob Davis 31 Ned Garver 27 Bob Giggie 24 Dick Hall 38 Ray Herbert 17 Ken Johnson 32,34 Leo Kiely 26 Johnny Kucks 36 Marty Kutyna 18 Don Larsen 16 Howie Reed 37 Bob Trowbridge 20 John Tsitouris 45 Dave Wickersham		Catchers  8 Harry Chiti 10 Pete Daley 12 Hank Foiles 12 Danny Kravitz Infielders 47 Chet Boak  1 Andy Carey  2 Ken Hamlin  4 Ray Jablonski  5 Bob Johnson  4 Lou Klimchock 11 Jerry Lumpe 48 Jim McManus  1 Wayne Terwilliger  3 Marv Throneberry 23 Dick Williams		Outfielders  9 Hank Bauer 33 Bob Cerv  6 Jim Delsing  6 Whitey Herzog 37 Leo Posada  7 Norm Siebern 14 Russ Snyder 13 Bill Tuttle		Manager 30 Bob Elliott Coaches 40 Walker Cooper 42 Freddie Fitzsimmons 39 Don Heffner

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Daley, PetePete Daley	73	228	19	60	.263	5	25
1B	Throneberry, MarvMarv Throneberry	104	236	29	59	.250	11	41
2B	Lumpe, JerryJerry Lumpe	146	574	69	156	.272	8	53
3B	Carey, AndyAndy Carey	102	343	30	80	.233	12	53
SS	Hamlin, KenKen Hamlin	140	428	51	96	.224	2	24
LF	Siebern, NormNorm Siebern	144	520	69	145	.279	19	69
CF	Tuttle, BillBill Tuttle	151	559	75	143	.256	8	40
RF	Bauer, HankHank Bauer	95	255	30	70	.275	3	31

^[7]

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Williams, DickDick Williams	127	420	47	121	.288	12	65
Snyder, RussRuss Snyder	125	304	45	79	.260	4	26
Herzog, WhiteyWhitey Herzog	83	252	43	67	.266	8	38
Chiti, HarryHarry Chiti	58	190	16	42	.221	5	28
Johnson, BobBob Johnson	76	146	30	.205	1	9
Cerv, BobBob Cerv	23	78	14	20	.256	6	12
McManus, JimJim McManus	5	13	3	4	.308	1	2
Terwilliger, WayneWayne Terwilliger	2	1	0	0	.000	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
Herbert, RayRay Herbert	37	252.2	14	15	3.28	122
Daley, BudBud Daley	37	231	16	16	4.56	126
Hall, DickDick Hall	29	182.1	8	13	4.05	79
Larsen, DonDon Larsen	22	83.1	1	10	5.38	43

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
Garver, NedNed Garver	28	122.1	4	9	3.83	50
Brunet, GeorgeGeorge Brunet	3	10.1	0	2	4.35	4

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
Kutyna, MartyMarty Kutyna	51	3	2	4	3.94	20
Johnson, KenKen Johnson	42	5	10	3	4.26	83
Davis, BobBob Davis	21	0	0	1	3.66	28
Kiely, LeoLeo Kiely	20	1	2	1	1.74	6
Giggie, BobBob Giggie	10	1	0	0	5.79	8
Briggs, JohnJohn Briggs	8	0	2	0	12.71	8
Blemker, RayRay Blemker	1	0	0	0	27.00	0

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	American Association	Jim Fanning
AA	Shreveport Sports	Southern Association	Les Peden
B	Sioux City Soos	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Bobby Hofman
B	Lewiston Broncos	Northwest League	John McNamara
C	Visalia Athletics	California League	Bill Capps, Art Mazmanian and Bill Robertson
D	Sanford Greyhounds	Florida State League	Bill Robertson, Jack Sanford and Lloyd Brown
D	Albuquerque Dukes	Sophomore League	Bert Thiel

References

1. Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 114, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
2. Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, pp.32, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8027-1745-0
3. Frank House page at Baseball Reference
4. Roger Maris page at Baseball Reference
5. Bob Cerv page at Baseball Reference
6. Harry Chiti page at Baseball Reference
7. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCA/1960.shtml

External links

• 1960 Kansas City Athletics team page at Baseball Reference
• 1960 Kansas City Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com