1960 Chicago White Sox season

1960 Chicago White Sox
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
Location
Comiskey Park (since 1910)
Chicago (since 1900)
Other information
Owner(s)	Bill Veeck
General manager(s)	Hank Greenberg
Manager(s)	Al López
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WCFL (Bob Elson, Don Wells)
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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 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.^[1]
• December 9, 1959: Johnny Callison was traded by the White Sox to the Philadelphia Phillies for Gene Freese.^[2]
• January 9, 1960: Chico Carrasquel was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[3]

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.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• 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.^[6]

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	—

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.^[7]
• April 23, 1960: Chico Carrasquel was released by the White Sox.^[3]
• June 18, 1960: Joe Ginsberg was signed as a free agent by the White Sox.^[8]
• August 13, 1960: Don Prohovich (minors) and $15,000 were traded by the White Sox to the Milwaukee Braves for Earl Averill, Jr..^[9]

Roster

1960 Chicago White Sox
Roster
Pitchers 38 Frank Baumann 22 Dick Donovan 28 Don Ferrarese 25 Mike Garcia 44 Russ Kemmerer 27 Turk Lown 15 Ken McBride 29 Ray Moore 23 Gary Peters 19 Billy Pierce 29 Bob Rush 18 Herb Score 35 Bob Shaw 21 Gerry Staley 20,31 Jake Striker 36 Al Worthington 24 Early Wynn		Catchers 31 Earl Averill 20 Dick Brown 45 Cam Carreon 28 Joe Ginsberg 10 Sherm Lollar Infielders 11 Luis Aparicio 14 Sammy Esposito  2 Nellie Fox  4 Gene Freese  6 Billy Goodman  8 Ted Kluszewski 12 J. C. Martin 26,5 Roy Sievers 17 Earl Torgeson		Outfielders 32 Joe Hicks 40 Stan Johnson  1 Jim Landis  9 Minnie Miñoso  7 Jim Rivera  3 Floyd Robinson 16 Al Smith Other batters  3 Jim McAnany		Manager 42 Al López Coaches 37 Ray Berres 34 Johnny Cooney 33 Tony Cuccinello 39 Don Gutteridge

Player stats

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	SB
Luis Aparicio, SS	153	600	86	166	20	7	2	61	43	39	.277	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	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

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	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
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

Player	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	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
Team totals	87	67	3.60	154	154	26	1381.0	1338	617	553	127	569	695

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	San Diego Padres	Pacific Coast League	Catfish Metkovich and Jimmie Reese
A	Charleston White Sox	Sally League	Skeeter Scalzi, Bennie Huffman and Bob Kuzava
B	Lincoln Chiefs	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Ira Hutchinson
C	Idaho Falls Russets	Pioneer League	Peanuts Lowrey and George Noga
D	Pensacola Angels	Alabama–Florida League	J. C. Dunn
D	Clinton C-Sox	Midwest League	George Noga and Frank Parenti

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Pensacola^[10]

Notes

1. Minnie Miñoso page at Baseball Reference
2. Johnny Callison page at Baseball Reference
3. Chico Carrasquel page at Baseball Reference
4. "MLB's Misspelled Uniforms". sikids.com. Retrieved June 28, 2010.
5. 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
6. 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
7. Herb Score page at Baseball Reference
8. Joe Ginsberg page at Baseball Reference
9. Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997

References

• 1960 Chicago White Sox at Baseball Reference