1960 Chicago White Sox season
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2013}}
{{Infobox baseball team season
| name = Chicago White Sox
| season = 1960
| misc =
| league = American League
| ballpark = Comiskey Park
| city = Chicago
| owners = Bill Veeck
| general_managers = Hank Greenberg
| managers = Al López
| television = WGN-TV
(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
| radio =WCFL
(Bob Elson, Don Wells)
|}}
The 1960 Chicago White Sox season was the team's 60th season in the major leagues, and its 61st season overall. They finished with a record of 87–67, good enough for third place in the American League, 10 games behind the first-place New York Yankees.
Offseason
- December 6, 1959: Johnny Romano, Bubba Phillips, and Norm Cash were traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Minnie Miñoso, Dick Brown, Don Ferrarese, and Jake Striker.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/minosmi01.shtml Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference]
- December 9, 1959: Johnny Callison was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gene Freese.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/callijo01.shtml Johnny Callison page at Baseball Reference]
- January 9, 1960: Chico Carrasquel was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/carrach01.shtml Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference]
Regular season
- During the season, the White Sox became the first major sports team to put player names on the backs of uniforms. The White Sox were also the first to misspell a players name. During a road trip to New York, Ted Kluszewski became the first player to appear in a game with his name misspelled. There was a backwards "z" and an "x" instead of the second "k" in his name.{{cite web|url=http://www.sikids.com/photos/21399/mlbs-misspelled-uniforms/9 |title=MLB's Misspelled Uniforms |publisher=sikids.com |access-date=June 28, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921223238/http://www.sikids.com/photos/21399/mlbs-misspelled-uniforms/9 |archive-date=September 21, 2010 }}
- Nellie Fox set an American League record for most consecutive games started at second base. The streak started on August 7, 1955, and ended on September 3, 1960.Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p. 91, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, {{ISBN|978-0-451-22363-0}}
- During the American League meetings of 1960, White Sox owner Bill Veeck announced that he was interested in selling his shares in the White Sox with the intention of starting an expansion franchise in Southern California with former player Hank Greenberg. Charlie Finley had offered to buy Veeck's shares in the White Sox for $4.2 million but withdrew the offer.Charlie Finley: The Outrageous Story of Baseball's Super Showman, p.32, G. Michael Green and Roger D. Launius. Walker Publishing Company, New York, 2010, {{ISBN|978-0-8027-1745-0}}
= Season standings =
{{1960 American League standings}}
= Record vs. opponents =
{{1960 AL Record vs. opponents|team=CWS}}
= 1960 Opening Day lineup =
- Luis Aparicio, SS
- Nellie Fox, 2B
- Minnie Miñoso, LF
- Ted Kluszewski, 1B
- Gene Freese, 3B
- Sherm Lollar, C
- Al Smith, RF
- Jim Landis, CF
- Early Wynn, P
= Notable transactions =
- April 18, 1960: Barry Latman was traded by the White Sox to the Cleveland Indians for Herb Score.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scorehe01.shtml Herb Score page at Baseball Reference]
- April 23, 1960: Chico Carrasquel was released by the White Sox.
- June 18, 1960: Joe Ginsberg was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/ginsbjo01.shtml Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference]
- August 13, 1960: Don Prohovich (minors) and $15,000 were traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Braves for Earl Averill, Jr.[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/averiea02.shtml Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference]
= Roster =
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| colspan="10" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;" | Roster |
| valign="top" | Pitchers
{{MLBplayer|38|Frank Baumann}} {{MLBplayer|22|Dick Donovan}} {{MLBplayer|28|Don Ferrarese}} {{MLBplayer|25|Mike Garcia}} {{MLBplayer|44|Russ Kemmerer}} {{MLBplayer|27|Turk Lown}} {{MLBplayer|15|Ken McBride}} {{MLBplayer|29|Ray Moore}} {{MLBplayer|23|Gary Peters}} {{MLBplayer|19|Billy Pierce}} {{MLBplayer|29|Bob Rush}} {{MLBplayer|18|Herb Score}} {{MLBplayer|35|Bob Shaw}} {{MLBplayer|21|Gerry Staley}} {{MLBplayer|20,31|Jake Striker}} {{MLBplayer|36|Al Worthington}} {{MLBplayer|24|Early Wynn}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Catchers {{MLBplayer|31|Earl Averill}} {{MLBplayer|20|Dick Brown}} {{MLBplayer|45|Cam Carreon}} {{MLBplayer|28|Joe Ginsberg}} {{MLBplayer|10|Sherm Lollar}} Infielders {{MLBplayer|11|Luis Aparicio}} {{MLBplayer|14|Sammy Esposito}} {{MLBplayer| 2|Nellie Fox}} {{MLBplayer| 4|Gene Freese}} {{MLBplayer| 6|Billy Goodman}} {{MLBplayer| 8|Ted Kluszewski}} {{MLBplayer|12|J. C. Martin}} {{MLBplayer|26,5|Roy Sievers}} {{MLBplayer|17|Earl Torgeson}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Outfielders {{MLBplayer|32|Joe Hicks}} {{MLBplayer|40|Stan Johnson}} {{MLBplayer| 1|Jim Landis}} {{MLBplayer| 9|Minnie Miñoso}} {{MLBplayer| 7|Jim Rivera}} {{MLBplayer| 3|Floyd Robinson}} {{MLBplayer|16|Al Smith}} Other batters {{MLBplayer| 3|Jim McAnany}} | width="25px" | | valign="top" | Manager {{MLBplayer|42|Al López}} Coaches {{MLBplayer|37|Ray Berres}} {{MLBplayer|34|Johnny Cooney}} {{MLBplayer|33|Tony Cuccinello}} {{MLBplayer|39|Don Gutteridge}} |
Player stats
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| = Indicates league leader |
= Batting =
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| width="24%" | Player
! width="6%" | G ! width="6%" | AB ! width="6%" | R ! width="6%" | H ! width="6%" | 2B ! width="6%" | 3B ! width="6%" | HR ! width="6%" | RBI ! width="6%" | BB ! width="6%" | SO ! width="6%" | AVG ! width="6%" | SB |
|---|
| Luis Aparicio, SS
| 153 | 600 | 86 | 166 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 61 | 43 | 39 | .277 |style="background:#DDFFDD;| 51 |
| Earl Averill, C
| 10 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .214 | 0 |
| Dick Brown, C
| 16 | 43 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | .163 | 0 |
| Cam Carreon, C
| 8 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .235 | 0 |
| Sammy Esposito, 3B, SS, 2B
| 57 | 77 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 20 | .182 | 0 |
| Nellie Fox, 2B
| 150 | 605 | 85 | 175 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 59 | 50 | 13 | .289 | 2 |
| Gene Freese, 3B
| 127 | 455 | 60 | 124 | 32 | 6 | 17 | 79 | 29 | 65 | .273 | 10 |
| Joe Ginsberg, C
| 28 | 75 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 8 | .253 | 1 |
| Billy Goodman, 3B, 2B
| 30 | 77 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 8 | .234 | 0 |
| Joe Hicks, CF
| 36 | 47 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .191 | 0 |
| Stan Johnson, LF
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .167 | 0 |
| Ted Kluszewski, 1B
| 81 | 181 | 20 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 39 | 22 | 10 | .293 | 0 |
| Jim Landis, CF
| 148 | 494 | 89 | 125 | 25 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 80 | 84 | .253 | 23 |
| Sherm Lollar, C
| 129 | 421 | 43 | 106 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 46 | 42 | 39 | .252 | 2 |
| J. C. Martin, 3B
| 7 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | .100 | 0 |
| Jim McAnany, PH
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0 |
| Minnie Miñoso, LF, RF
| 154 | 591 | 89 |style="background:#DDFFDD;| 184 | 32 | 4 | 20 | 105 | 52 | 63 | .311 | 17 |
| Jim Rivera, OF
| 48 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .294 | 4 |
| Floyd Robinson, OF
| 22 | 46 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | .283 | 2 |
| Roy Sievers, 1B, LF
| 127 | 444 | 87 | 131 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 93 | 74 | 69 | .295 | 1 |
| Al Smith, RF, CF
| 142 | 536 | 80 | 169 | 31 | 3 | 12 | 72 | 50 | 65 | .315 | 8 |
| Earl Torgeson, 1B
| 68 | 57 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 8 | .263 | 1 |
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| width="24%" | Player
! width="6%" | G ! width="6%" | AB ! width="6%" | R ! width="6%" | H ! width="6%" | 2B ! width="6%" | 3B ! width="6%" | HR ! width="6%" | RBI ! width="6%" | BB ! width="6%" | SO ! width="6%" | AVG ! width="6%" | SB |
|---|
| Frank Baumann, P
| 47 | 52 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 25 | .154 | 0 |
| Dick Donovan, P
| 33 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | .130 | 0 |
| Don Ferrarese, P
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 | 0 |
| Mike Garcia, P
| 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 0 |
| Russ Kemmerer, P
| 36 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14 | .000 | 0 |
| Turk Lown, P
| 45 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .200 | 0 |
| Ray Moore, P
| 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 |
| Billy Pierce, P
| 32 | 67 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 14 | .179 | 0 |
| Bob Rush, P
| 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Herb Score, P
| 23 | 30 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16 | .100 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw, P
| 36 | 58 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | .138 | 0 |
| Gerry Staley, P
| 64 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .235 | 0 |
| Al Worthington, P
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 |
| Early Wynn, P
| 36 | 75 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 17 | .200 | 0 |
| class="sortbottom"
| {{center|Team Totals}} | 154 | 5191 | 741 | 1402 | 242 | 38 | 112 | 684 | 567 | 648 | .270 | 122 |
= Pitching =
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| width="20%" | Player
! width="5%" | W ! width="5%" | L ! width="5%" | ERA ! width="5%" | G ! width="5%" | GS ! width="5%" | SV ! width="5%" | IP ! width="5%" | H ! width="5%" | R ! width="5%" | ER ! width="5%" | HR ! width="5%" | BB ! width="5%" | K |
|---|
| Frank Baumann
| 13 | 6 | 2.67 | 47 | 20 | 3 | 185.1 | 169 | 67 | 55 | 11 | 61 | 71 |
| Dick Donovan
| 6 | 1 | 5.38 | 33 | 8 | 3 | 78.2 | 87 | 49 | 47 | 13 | 28 | 30 |
| Don Ferrarese
| 0 | 1 | 18.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Mike Garcia
| 0 | 0 | 4.58 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 17.2 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| Russ Kemmerer
| 6 | 3 | 2.98 | 36 | 7 | 2 | 120.2 | 111 | 45 | 40 | 5 | 49 | 76 |
| Turk Lown
| 2 | 3 | 3.88 | 45 | 0 | 5 | 67.1 | 60 | 31 | 29 | 6 | 40 | 39 |
| Ken McBride
| 0 | 1 | 3.86 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Ray Moore
| 1 | 1 | 5.66 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 3 |
| Gary Peters
| 0 | 0 | 2.70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Billy Pierce
| 14 | 7 | 3.62 | 32 | 30 | 0 | 196.1 | 201 | 81 | 79 | 24 | 47 | 108 |
| Bob Rush
| 0 | 0 | 5.65 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 14.1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
| Herb Score
| 5 | 10 | 3.72 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 113.2 | 91 | 54 | 47 | 10 | 87 | 78 |
| Bob Shaw
| 13 | 13 | 4.06 | 36 | 32 | 0 | 192.2 | 221 | 97 | 87 | 16 | 65 | 46 |
| Gerry Staley
| 13 | 8 | 2.42 | 64 | 0 | 10 | 115.1 | 94 | 40 | 31 | 8 | 32 | 52 |
| Jake Striker
| 0 | 0 | 4.91 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Worthington
| 1 | 1 | 3.38 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Early Wynn
| 13 | 12 | 3.49 | 36 | 35 | 1 | 237.1 | 220 | 105 | 92 | 20 | 114 | 158 |
| class="sortbottom"
| {{center|Team Totals}} | 87 | 67 | 3.60 | 154 | 154 | 26 | 1381.0 | 1338 | 617 | 553 | 127 | 569 | 695 |
Farm system
{{See also|Minor League Baseball}}
{{MLB Farm System|level15=AAA|team15=San Diego Padres|league15=Pacific Coast League|manager15=Catfish Metkovich and Jimmie Reese
|level16=A|team16=Charleston White Sox|league16=Sally League|manager16=Skeeter Scalzi, Bennie Huffman and Bob Kuzava
|level17=B|team17=Lincoln Chiefs|league17=Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League|manager17=Ira Hutchinson
|level18=C|team18=Idaho Falls Russets|league18=Pioneer League|manager18=Peanuts Lowrey and George Noga
|level19=D|team19=Pensacola Angels|league19=Alabama–Florida League|manager19=J. C. Dunn
|level20=D|team20=Clinton C-Sox|league20=Midwest League|manager20=George Noga and Frank Parenti
}}
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: PensacolaJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997
Notes
{{Reflist|2}}
References
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHW/1960.shtml 1960 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference]
{{1960 MLB season by team}}
{{Chicago White Sox}}