1960 San Francisco Giants season

1960 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1883)
Location
Candlestick Park (since 1960)
San Francisco (since 1958)
Other information
Owner(s)	Horace Stoneham
General manager(s)	Chub Feeney
Manager(s)	Bill Rigney (W-33; L-25), Tom Sheehan (W-46; L-50)
Local television	KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Local radio	KSFO-AM 560 (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
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The 1960 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 78th year in Major League Baseball. The team moved their home games from Seals Stadium to the new Candlestick Park. In their third season in the Golden Gate City, the Giants finished in fifth place in the National League, 16 games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

November 30, 1959: Joey Amalfitano was drafted by the Giants from the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1959 rule 5 draft.^[1]
November 30, 1959: Jackie Brandt, Gordon Jones, and Roger McCardell were traded by the Giants to the Baltimore Orioles for Billy Loes and Billy O'Dell.^[2]
November 30, 1959: Georges Maranda was drafted by the Giants from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1959 rule 5 draft.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	59	0.617	—	52–25	43–34
Milwaukee Braves	88	66	0.571	7	51–26	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	86	68	0.558	9	51–26	35–42
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	72	0.532	13	42–35	40–37
San Francisco Giants	79	75	0.513	16	45–32	34–43
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	0.435	28	37–40	30–47
Chicago Cubs	60	94	0.390	35	33–44	27–50
Philadelphia Phillies	59	95	0.383	36	31–46	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1960 National League Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	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	—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

April 1960: Don Taussig was purchased from the Giants by the Portland Beavers.^[5]
May 12, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased by the Giants from the Philadelphia Phillies.^[6]
September 1, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased from the Giants by the Baltimore Orioles.^[6]

Candlestick Park

The Giants selected the name of Candlestick Park after a name-the-park contest on March 3, 1959. Prior to that, its construction site had been shown on maps as the generic Bay View Stadium. It was the first modern baseball stadium, as it was the first to be built entirely of reinforced concrete.^[7] Richard Nixon threw out the first baseball on the opening day of Candlestick Park on April 12, 1960, and called it the finest ballpark in the country.^[8]

Roster

1960 San Francisco Giants

Roster

Pitchers

43 Johnny Antonelli

36 Bud Byerly

20 Don Choate

7 Eddie Fisher

19 Sam Jones

36 Sherman Jones

28 Billy Loes

35 Georges Maranda

27 Juan Marichal

40 Mike McCormick

37 Stu Miller

41 Ramón Monzant

31 Billy O'Dell

33 Jack Sanford

42 Joe Shipley

Catchers

5 Hobie Landrith

9 Bob Schmidt

6 Neil Wilson

Infielders

14 Joey Amalfitano

10 Don Blasingame

16 Eddie Bressoud

12 Jim Davenport

7,20 Dale Long

25 Jim Marshall

44 Willie McCovey

15 José Pagán

17 Andre Rodgers

Outfielders

23 Felipe Alou

26 Matty Alou

30 Orlando Cepeda

29 Willie Kirkland

24 Willie Mays

32 Dave Philley

Manager

18 Bill Rigney

6 Tom Sheehan

Coaches

2 Salty Parker

1 Bill Posedel

3 Wes Westrum

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

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
Amalfitano, JoeyJoey Amalfitano	106	328	91	.277	1	27
Wilson, NeilNeil Wilson	6	10	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

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
O'Dell, BillyBilly O'Dell	43	202.2	8	13	3.20	145
Antonelli, JohnnyJohnny Antonelli	41	112.1	6	7	3.77	57

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
Loes, BillyBilly Loes	37	3	2	5	4.93	28
Byerly, BudBud Byerly	19	1	0	2	5.32	13

Awards and honors

All-Star Game, first game All-Star Game, second game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Tacoma Giants	Pacific Coast League	Red Davis
AA	Rio Grande Valley Giants	Texas League	Ray Murray
A	Springfield Giants	Eastern League	Andy Gilbert
B	Eugene Emeralds	Northwest League	Richie Klaus
C	Fresno Giants	California League	Buddy Kerr
C	Pocatello Giants	Pioneer League	Mike McCormick
D	Salem Rebels	Appalachian League	Jodie Phipps
D	Quincy Giants	Midwest League	Sam Calderone
D	Artesia Giants	Sophomore League	George Genovese

Notes

↑ Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference
↑ Billy Loes page at Baseball Reference
↑ Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1960&t=SFN
↑ Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
↑ Smith, Curt (2001). Storied Stadiums. New York City: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1187-6.
↑ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxx, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

San Francisco Giants

Formerly the New York Gothams and the New York Giants
Based in San Francisco, California (Bay Area)

Franchise

Ballparks

Polo Grounds Oakland Park St. George Grounds Hilltop Park Seals Stadium Candlestick Park AT&T Park

Spring training	Payne Park Flamingo Field LSU Varsity Baseball Field Al Lang Stadium Phoenix Municipal Stadium Scottsdale Stadium

Culture and lore

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Pre-World Series Champions (2)

1888
1889

Temple Cup Champions (1)

1894

World Series Champions (8)

National League
Championships (23)

Division titles (8)

Wild card (3)

Minors

AAA: Sacramento River Cats
AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels
A Adv.: San Jose Giants
A: Augusta GreenJackets
Short A: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
Rookie: AZL Giants; DSL Giants

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1960 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1960 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1960 World Series

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