1960 San Francisco Giants season

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. The Giants hit 62 triples, the most in the club's San Francisco era.[1]

1960 San Francisco Giants
Major League affiliations
Location
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 televisionKTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons)
Local radioKSFO-AM 560
(Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9559 0.617 — 52–25 43–34
Milwaukee Braves 8866 0.571 7 51–26 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 8668 0.558 9 51–26 35–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8272 0.532 13 42–35 40–37
San Francisco Giants 7975 0.513 16 45–32 34–43
Cincinnati Reds 6787 0.435 28 37–40 30–47
Chicago Cubs 6094 0.390 35 33–44 27–50
Philadelphia Phillies 5995 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 —10–129–137–1510–127–159–13–18–14–1
Cincinnati 12–10—12–109–139–136–1611–118–14
Los Angeles 13–910–12—12–1016–611–1110–1210–12
Milwaukee 15–713–910–12—16–69–1314–811–11
Philadelphia 12–1013–96–166–16—7–158–147–15
Pittsburgh 15–716–611–1113–915–7—14–8–111–11
San Francisco 13–9–111–1112–108–1414–88–14–1—13–9
St. Louis 14–8–114–812–1011–1115–711–119–13—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

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.[8] 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.[9]

Roster
1960 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
Joey Amalfitano10632891.277127
Neil Wilson6100.00000

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
Billy O'Dell43202.28133.20145
Johnny Antonelli41112.1673.7757

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
Billy Loes373254.9328
Bud Byerly191025.3213

Awards and honors

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

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Springfield[10]

Notes
  1. "Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1958 to 2020, Playing for SFG, 3B>=45, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Triples". Stathead. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. Joey Amalfitano page at Baseball Reference
  3. Billy Loes page at Baseball Reference
  4. Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference
  5. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1960&t=SFN
  6. Don Taussig page at Baseball Reference
  7. Dave Philley page at Baseball Reference
  8. Smith, Curt (2001). Storied Stadiums. New York City: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-1187-6.
  9. The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxx, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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