| 1960 San Francisco Giants | ||||
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| League | National League | |||
| Ballpark | Candlestick Park | |||
| City | San Francisco | |||
| Owners | Horace Stoneham | |||
| General managers | Chub Feeney | |||
| Managers | Bill Rigney (W-33; L-25), Tom Sheehan (W-46; L-50) | |||
| Television | KTVU (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons) | |||
| Radio | KSFO-AM 560 (Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons, Bill King) | |||
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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. The Giants hit 62 triples, the most in the club's San Francisco era.[1]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 52–25 | 43–34 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 88 | 66 | .571 | 7 | 51–26 | 37–40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 68 | .558 | 9 | 51–26 | 35–42 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 82 | 72 | .532 | 13 | 42–35 | 40–37 |
| San Francisco Giants | 79 | 75 | .513 | 16 | 45–32 | 34–43 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 28 | 37–40 | 30–47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 60 | 94 | .390 | 35 | 33–44 | 27–50 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 95 | .383 | 36 | 31–46 | 28–49 |
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| Team | CHC | CIN | LA | 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 | — | |||||
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]
| 1960 San Francisco Giants | |||||||||
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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 |
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| C | Bob Schmidt | 110 | 344 | 92 | .267 | 8 | 37 |
| 1B | Willie McCovey | 101 | 260 | 62 | .238 | 13 | 51 |
| 2B | Don Blasingame | 136 | 523 | 123 | .235 | 2 | 31 |
| SS | Ed Bressoud | 116 | 386 | 87 | .225 | 9 | 43 |
| 3B | Jim Davenport | 112 | 363 | 91 | .251 | 6 | 38 |
| LF | Orlando Cepeda | 151 | 569 | 169 | .297 | 24 | 96 |
| CF | Willie Mays | 153 | 595 | 190 | .319 | 29 | 103 |
| RF | Willie Kirkland | 146 | 515 | 130 | .252 | 21 | 65 |
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 |
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| Joey Amalfitano | 106 | 328 | 91 | .277 | 1 | 27 |
| Felipe Alou | 106 | 322 | 85 | .264 | 8 | 44 |
| Andre Rodgers | 81 | 217 | 53 | .244 | 2 | 22 |
| Hobie Landrith | 71 | 190 | 46 | .242 | 1 | 20 |
| Jim Marshall | 75 | 118 | 28 | .237 | 2 | 13 |
| Dave Philley | 39 | 61 | 10 | .164 | 1 | 7 |
| Dale Long | 37 | 54 | 9 | .167 | 3 | 6 |
| José Pagán | 18 | 49 | 14 | .286 | 0 | 2 |
| Neil Wilson | 6 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| Matty Alou | 4 | 3 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Mike McCormick | 40 | 253.0 | 15 | 12 | 2.70 | 154 |
| Sam Jones | 39 | 234.0 | 18 | 14 | 3.19 | 190 |
| Jack Sanford | 37 | 219.0 | 12 | 14 | 3.82 | 125 |
| Juan Marichal | 11 | 81.1 | 6 | 2 | 2.66 | 58 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Billy O'Dell | 43 | 202.2 | 8 | 13 | 3.20 | 145 |
| Johnny Antonelli | 41 | 112.1 | 6 | 7 | 3.77 | 57 |
| Georges Maranda | 17 | 50.2 | 1 | 4 | 4.62 | 28 |
| Eddie Fisher | 3 | 12.2 | 1 | 0 | 3.55 | 7 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| Billy Loes | 37 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4.93 | 28 |
| Stu Miller | 47 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3.90 | 65 |
| Bud Byerly | 19 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5.32 | 13 |
| Sherman Jones | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.09 | 10 |
| Joe Shipley | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 9 |
| Don Choate | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.25 | 7 |
| Ramón Monzant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 |
All-Star Game, first game All-Star Game, second game
LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Springfield[10]
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