1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season

1960 Pittsburgh Pirates
1960 NL Champions 1960 World Series Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1887)
Location
Forbes Field (since 1909)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[1] (since 1907)
Other information
Owner(s)	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas Johnson (minority shareholders)
General manager(s)	Joe L. Brown
Manager(s)	Danny Murtaugh
Local television	KDKA-TV 2 Bob Prince, Jim Woods
Local radio	KDKA–AM 1020 Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods
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The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the team's 79th season. The team finished with a record of 95–59–1, seven games in front of the second-place Milwaukee Braves to win their first National League championship in 33 seasons. The team went on to play the heavily favored New York Yankees, whom they defeated 4 games to 3 in one of the most storied World Series ever.

Offseason

At the 1959 Winter Meetings, Pirates general manager Joe L. Brown had agreed to trade Dick Groat to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Roger Maris. Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh had advised Brown that he did not want to lose Groat, and the deal was never finalized.^[2]

Notable transactions

Prior to 1960 season: José Martínez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[3]

Season standings

National League

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	—

Detailed records

Opponent	W	L	WP	RS	RA
National League
Chicago Cubs	15	7	0.682	114	90
Cincinnati Reds	16	6	0.727	119	78
Los Angeles Dodgers	11	11	0.500	76	76
Milwaukee Braves	13	9	0.591	107	95
Philadelphia Phillies	15	7	0.682	100	60
Pittsburgh Pirates
St. Louis Cardinals	11	11	0.500	99	81
San Francisco Giants	14	8	0.636	119	113
Season Total	95	59	0.617	754	593

Month	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
April	14	11	3	0.786	84	49
May	27	16	11	0.593	132	116
June	26	15	11	0.577	147	127
July	29	15	14	0.517	114	108
August	31	21	10	0.677	151	103
September	25	15	10	0.600	90	82
October	2	2	0	1.000	16	8
Total	155	95	59	0.617	754	593

Total	155	95	59	0.617	754	593
	Games	Won	Lost	Win %	RS	RA
Home	78	52	25	0.675	362	287
Road	77	43	34	0.558	372	306

Regular season

On September 6, team captain Dick Groat was drilled on his left wrist by an inside pitch from Braves pitcher Lew Burdette.^[4] Groat was lost for the rest of the season. Dick Schofield stepped in for the injured Groat and went three for three in that September 6 game. The Pirates won the game 5–3 and Schofield would go on to hit .414 for the rest of the season.^[4]

On September 25 in Milwaukee, the Pirates clinched their first pennant in 33 years.^[5]

Game log

1960 Game Log: 95–59 (Home: 52–25; Away: 43–34)

April: 11–3 (Home: 8–2; Away: 3–1)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
1	April 12	@ Braves	3–4	McMahon	Face (0–1)	Burdette	39,888	0–1	L1
2	April 14	Reds	13–0	Law (1–0)	McLish	—	34,064	1–1	W1
3	April 16	Reds	3–11	Hook	Umbricht (0–1)	—	14,338	1–2	L1
4	April 17	Reds	5–0	Friend (1–0)	Nuxhall	—		2–2	W1
5	April 17	Reds	6–5	Gibbon (1–0)	Wieand	—	16,196	3–2	W2
6	April 19	Phillies	3–4	Owens	Haddix (0–1)	—	11,443	3–3	L1
7	April 20	Phillies	4–2	Law (2–0)	Cardwell	—	10,403	4–3	W1
8	April 21	Phillies	11–5	Green (1–0)	Robinson	Face (1)	9,451	5–3	W2
9	April 22	Braves	6–2	Friend (2–0)	Jay	—	29,895	6–3	W3
10	April 23	Braves	5–4	Gibbon (2–0)	Burdette	—	15,502	7–3	W4
11	April 24	Braves	7–3	Haddix (1–1)	Buhl	Face (2)	24,758	8–3	W5
12	April 27	@ Phillies	3–2	Law (3–0)	Meyer	—	9,233	9–3	W6
13	April 28	@ Phillies	3–0	Friend (3–0)	Buzhardt	—	8,789	10–3	W7
14	April 30	@ Reds	12–7	Daniels (1–0)	McLish	Face (3)	3,481	11–3	W8

May: 16–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
15	May 1	@ Reds	13–2	Law (4–0)	Newcombe	—	8,244	12–3	W9
16	May 2	@ Cardinals	3–4	Kline	Face (0–2)	—	10,590	12–4	L1
17	May 4	@ Cubs	1–5	Ellsworth	Friend (3–1)	—	4,631	12–5	L2
18	May 5	@ Cubs	9–7	Green (2–0)	Hobbie	Face (4)	3,429	13–5	W1
19	May 6	@ Giants	1–5	Jones	Law (4–1)	—	36,592	13–6	L1
20	May 7	@ Giants	5–6	Byerly	Green (2–1)	—	33,066	13–7	L2
21	May 8	@ Giants	1–13	McCormick	Gibbon (2–1)	—	40,173	13–8	L3
22	May 9	@ Dodgers	4–7	Sherry	Face (0–3)	—	23,417	13–9	L4
23	May 10	@ Dodgers	3–2	Law (5–1)	Podres	—	26,331	14–9	W1
24	May 11	@ Dodgers	6–3	Face (1–3)	Koufax	—	27,926	15–9	W2
25	May 13	@ Braves	8–2	Friend (4–1)	Willey	—	15,823	16–9	W3
26	May 14	@ Braves	6–4 (11)	Face (2–3)	McMahon	—	16,865	17–9	W4
27	May 15	@ Braves	6–4	Haddix (2–1)	Spahn	Umbricht (1)		18–9	W5
28	May 15	@ Braves	2–4	Pizarro	Daniels (1–1)	McMahon	29,757	18–10	L1
29	May 17	Cubs	11–6	Friend (5–1)	Hobbie	Face (5)	16,102	19–10	W1
30	May 18	Cardinals	4–2	Law (6–1)	Kline	—	14,615	20–10	W2
31	May 19	Cardinals	8–3	Gibbon (3–1)	Sadecki	Green (1)	15,810	21–10	W3
32	May 20	Giants	5–4 (12)	Green (3–1)	O'Dell	—	39,439	22–10	W4
33	May 21	Giants	1–3	Antonelli	Friend (5–2)	Byerly	28,984	22–11	L1
34	May 22	Giants	8–7 (11)	Face (3–3)	McCormick	—	30,123	23–11	W1
35	May 23	Dodgers	0–1	Koufax	Daniels (1–2)	—	16,936	23–12	L1
36	May 24	Dodgers	2–4	Podres	Gibbon (3–2)	—	22,920	23–13	L2
37	May 25	Dodgers	1–5	Drysdale	Umbricht (0–2)	—	23,975	23–14	L3
38	May 28	Phillies	4–2 (13)	Umbricht (1–2)	Farrell	—	9,476	24–14	W1
39	May 29	Phillies	8–5	Law (7–1)	Roberts	Green (2)	15,704	25–14	W2
40	May 30	Braves	8–3	Haddix (3–1)	Spahn	Face (6)	34,233	26–14	W3
41	May 31	Reds	4–3 (11)	Face (4–3)	McLish	—	20,494	27–14	W4

June: 15–11 (Home: 6–4; Away: 9–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
42	June 1	Reds	5–0	Friend (6–2)	Purkey	—	26,791	28–14	W5
43	June 3	@ Phillies	3–0	Law (8–1)	Buzhardt	—	16,738	29–14	W6
44	June 5	@ Phillies	0–2	Conley	Friend (6–3)	—		29–15	L1
45	June 5	@ Phillies	1–4	Owens	Haddix (3–2)	—	23,410	29–16	L2
46	June 7	@ Cubs	2–13	Ellsworth	Law (8–2)	Drabowsky	8,736	29–17	L3
47	June 8	@ Cubs	5–3	Mizell (1–0)	Anderson	Face (7)	9,118	30–17	W1
48	June 9	@ Cubs	11–3	Friend (7–3)	Hobbie	Green (3)	7,442	31–17	W2
49	June 10	@ Cardinals	6–9	Jackson	Haddix (3–3)	McDaniel	19,532	31–18	L1
50	June 11	@ Cardinals	6–7	Duliba	Green (3–2)	—	11,063	31–19	L2
51	June 12	@ Cardinals	15–3	Law (9–2)	Kline	—		32–19	W1
52	June 12	@ Cardinals	2–5	Broglio	Mizell (1–1)	McDaniel	29,605	32–20	L1
53	June 14	@ Giants	6–3	Friend (8–3)	Jones	—	35,465	33–20	W1
54	June 15	@ Giants	14–6	Haddix (4–3)	O'Dell	—	19,180	34–20	W2
55	June 16	@ Giants	10–7	Mizell (2–1)	Sanford	Face (8)	17,237	35–20	W3
56	June 17	@ Dodgers	2–1	Law (10–2)	Williams	—	43,296	36–20	W4
57	June 18	@ Dodgers	4–3 (10)	Face (5–3)	Sherry	—	50,062	37–20	W5
58	June 19	@ Dodgers	6–8	Roebuck	Daniels (1–3)	Williams	41,118	37–21	L1
59	June 21	Cardinals	3–2	Law (11–2)	Gibson	Face (9)	21,292	38–21	W1
60	June 22	Cardinals	5–0	Friend (9–3)	Jackson	—	21,320	39–21	W2
61	June 23	Cardinals	1–3	Kline	Haddix (4–4)	McDaniel	21,151	39–22	L1
62	June 24	Cubs	4–1	Mizell (3–1)	Ellsworth	—	28,137	40–22	W1
63	June 25	Cubs	7–6	Giel (1–0)	Anderson	Face (10)	20,428	41–22	W2
64	June 26	Cubs	6–7	Freeman	Friend (9–4)	Elston		41–23	L1
65	June 26	Cubs	5–7	Morehead	Law (11–3)	Elston	36,378	41–24	L2
66	June 28	Giants	7–7			—	30,621	41–24	T1
67	June 30	Giants	0–11	Sanford	Friend (9–5)	—		41–25	L1
68	June 30	Giants	11–6	Gibbon (4–2)	Miller	—	33,520	42–25	W1

July: 15–14 (Home: 3–5; Away: 12–9)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
69	July 1	Dodgers	4–3 (10)	Green (4–2)	Sherry	—	27,312	43–25	W2
70	July 2	Dodgers	1–6	Williams	Cheney (0–1)	—	21,496	43–26	L1
71	July 3	Dodgers	2–6	Drysdale	Mizell (3–2)	—	26,346	43–27	L2
72	July 4	@ Braves	6–7 (10)	Spahn	Face (5–4)	—		43–28	L3
73	July 4	@ Braves	7–2	Haddix (5–4)	Jay	—	38,478	44–28	W1
74	July 5	@ Braves	5–4 (10)	Giel (2–0)	Jay	Friend (1)	24,479	45–28	W2
75	July 6	@ Reds	5–2	Cheney (1–1)	Purkey	Face (11)	12,292	46–28	W3
76	July 7	@ Reds	3–2	Mizell (4–2)	Henry	Face (12)	12,494	47–28	W4
77	July 8	@ Phillies	5–6 (10)	Farrell	Green (4–3)	—		47–29	L1
78	July 8	@ Phillies	8–3	Friend (10–5)	Green	—	36,056	48–29	W1
79	July 9	@ Phillies	1–2	Conley	Law (11–4)	—	19,541	48–30	L1
80	July 10	@ Phillies	6–2	Haddix (6–4)	Roberts	Face (13)	13,012	49–30	W1
81	July 14	Braves	0–4	Buhl	Haddix (6–5)	Burdette	35,827	49–31	L1
82	July 15	Reds	1–4	O'Toole	Friend (10–6)	Brosnan	29,110	49–32	L2
83	July 16	Reds	6–5	Francis (1–0)	Brosnan	—	19,674	50–32	W1
84	July 17	Reds	5–6	Purkey	Law (11–5)	Brosnan		50–33	L1
85	July 17	Reds	5–0	Cheney (2–1)	McLish	—	36,290	51–33	W1
86	July 19	@ Dodgers	4–5	Sherry	Green (4–4)	Roebuck	51,438	51–34	L1
87	July 20	@ Dodgers	5–7 (11)	Craig	Face (5–5)	—	51,301	51–35	L2
88	July 21	@ Dodgers	4–1	Law (12–5)	Podres	—	51,193	52–35	W1
89	July 22	@ Giants	4–1	Mizell (5–2)	McCormick	—	31,878	53–35	W2
90	July 23	@ Giants	1–3	Marichal	Haddix (6–6)	—	30,228	53–36	L1
91	July 24	@ Giants	3–6	O'Dell	Cheney (2–2)	McCormick	36,447	53–37	L2
92	July 25	@ Cardinals	4–2	Friend (11–6)	Kline	Face (14)	23,641	54–37	W1
93	July 26	@ Cardinals	5–4	Law (13–5)	Simmons	Face (15)	20,899	55–37	W2
94	July 27	@ Cardinals	7–3	Green (5–4)	Sadecki	—	17,236	56–37	W2
95	July 29	@ Cubs	4–0	Mizell (6–2)	Brewer	—	9,673	57–37	W4
96	July 30	@ Cubs	1–6	Hobbie	Friend (11–7)	—	13,365	57–38	L1
97	July 31	@ Cubs	2–6	Cardwell	Haddix (6–7)	Elston	18,297	57–39	L2

August: 21–10 (Home: 14–4; Away: 7–6)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
98	August 2	Dodgers	3–0	Law (14–5)	Williams	—	25,876	58–39	W1
99	August 3	Dodgers	1–3 (7)	Podres	Friend (11–8)	—	24,819	58–40	L1
100	August 4	Dodgers	4–1	Witt (1–0)	Drysdale	Face (16)	20,748	59–40	W1
101	August 5	Giants	1–0	Mizell (7–2)	Jones	—	33,301	60–40	W2
102	August 6	Giants	8–7 (10)	Law (15–5)	Antonelli	—	28,246	61–40	W3
103	August 7	Giants	4–1	Friend (12–8)	Sanford	—		62–40	W4
104	August 7	Giants	7–5	Face (6–5)	Jones	—	35,708	63–40	W5
105	August 9	Cubs	7–1	Mizell (8–2)	Drabowsky	—	26,797	64–40	W6
106	August 10	Cubs	3–1	Law (16–5)	Cardwell	—	20,074	65–40	W7
107	August 11	Cardinals	2–3 (12)	Broglio	Friend (12–9)	—	34,212	65–41	L1
108	August 12	Cardinals	2–9	Gibson	Witt (1–1)	—	35,439	65–42	L2
109	August 13	Cardinals	4–1	Haddix (7–7)	Sadecki	—	24,620	66–42	W1
110	August 14	Cardinals	9–4	Law (17–5)	Jackson	—		67–42	W2
111	August 14	Cardinals	3–2 (11)	Green (6–4)	McDaniel	—	36,775	68–42	W3
112	August 15	Phillies	3–4	Mahaffey	Face (6–6)	Short	19,912	68–43	L1
113	August 16	Phillies	11–2	Friend (13–9)	Owens	—		69–43	W1
114	August 16	Phillies	4–3	Face (7–6)	Roberts	—	34,673	70–43	W2
115	August 17	Phillies	5–3	Haddix (8–7)	Buzhardt	Labine (1)	33,598	71–43	W3
116	August 18	@ Reds	3–2	Law (18–5)	McLish	Face (17)	11,668	72–43	W4
117	August 19	@ Reds	3–4	Purkey	Mizell (8–3)	Brosnan	16,347	72–44	L1
118	August 20	@ Reds	10–7	Face (8–6)	Maloney	—	8,287	73–44	W1
119	August 21	@ Reds	4–8	Hook	Friend (13–10)	Brosnan	15,596	73–45	L1
120	August 23	@ Cubs	8–3	Haddix (9–7)	Ellsworth	Face (18)	13,943	74–45	W1
121	August 24	@ Cubs	10–6	Face (9–6)	Elston	—	15,268	75–45	W2
122	August 25	@ Cubs	1–2	Hobbie	Mizell (8–4)	—	11,701	75–46	L1
123	August 26	@ Cardinals	1–3	Broglio	Friend (13–11)	—	24,436	75–47	L2
124	August 27	@ Cardinals	4–5	Kline	Face (9–7)	—	30,712	75–48	L3
125	August 28	@ Cardinals	4–5	Simmons	Haddix (9–8)	McDaniel	28,579	75–49	L4
126	August 29	@ Dodgers	10–2	Law (19–5)	Podres	—	37,369	76–49	W1
127	August 30	@ Dodgers	5–2	Friend (14–11)	Koufax	Face (19)	40,143	77–49	W2
128	August 31	@ Giants	7–4	Labine (1–0)	O'Dell	Face (20)	16,202	78–49	W3

September: 15–10 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–4)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
129	September 1	@ Giants	6–1	Haddix (10–8)	Maranda	Labine (2)	13,436	79–49	W4
130	September 3	Phillies	2–3	Mahaffey	Law (19–6)	—	18,487	79–50	L1
131	September 4	Phillies	5–3	Mizell (9–4)	Owens	Labine (3)	17,856	80–50	W1
132	September 5	Braves	9–7	Green (7–4)	Spahn	Face (21)		81–50	W2
133	September 5	Braves	1–7	Buhl	Haddix (10–9)	—	34,310	81–51	L1
134	September 6	Braves	5–3	Labine (2–0)	Spahn	Face (22)	28,793	82–51	W1
135	September 7	Cardinals	1–2	Broglio	Law (19–7)	McDaniel	31,831	82–52	L1
136	September 9	Cubs	4–3	Mizell (10–4)	Ellsworth	Face (23)	24,831	83–52	W1
137	September 10	Cubs	4–1	Friend (15–11)	Anderson	—	19,701	84–52	W2
138	September 12	Giants	6–1	Haddix (11–9)	Sanford	—	21,261	85–52	W3
139	September 13	Giants	3–6	McCormick	Mizell (10–5)	—	21,313	85–53	L1
140	September 14	Dodgers	2–5	Williams	Law (19–8)	—	28,547	85–54	L2
141	September 15	Dodgers	3–1	Friend (16–11)	Craig	—	12,511	86–54	W1
142	September 16	@ Reds	3–4	O'Toole	Haddix (11–10)	Brosnan	9,352	86–55	L1
143	September 18	@ Reds	5–3	Law (20–8)	McLish	—		87–55	W1
144	September 18	@ Reds	1–0	Mizell (11–5)	Purkey	—	14,438	88–55	W2
145	September 20	@ Phillies	7–1	Friend (17–11)	Roberts	—		89–55	W3
146	September 20	@ Phillies	3–2	Labine (3–0)	Owens	—	17,216	90–55	W4
147	September 22	Cubs	3–2 (11)	Face (10–7)	Cardwell	—		91–55	W5
148	September 22	Cubs	6–1	Mizell (12–5)	Anderson	—	19,566	92–55	W6
149	September 23	@ Braves	1–2	Buhl	Witt (1–2)	—	17,576	92–56	L1
150	September 24	@ Braves	2–4	Burdette	Friend (17–12)	—	20,626	92–57	L2
151	September 25	@ Braves	2–4 (10)	Piche	Face (10–8)	—	38,109	92–58	L3
152	September 27	Reds	4–3 (16)	Green (8–4)	McLish	—	22,162	93–58	W1
153	September 30	Braves	2–13	Buhl	Law (20–9)	—	25,148	93–59	L1

October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Streak
154	October 1	Braves	7–3	Friend (18–12)	Spahn	Face (24)	20,842	94–59	W1
155	October 2	Braves	9–5	Mizell (13–5)	Burdette	Haddix (1)	34,578	95–59	W2

Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement
Bold = Pirates team member

Composite Box

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	R	H	E
Opponents	79	47	61	66	69	62	85	58	52	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	593	1363	147
Pittsburgh	96	82	71	82	82	62	90	71	71	9	6	3	2	0	0	1	734	1493	128

Opening Day lineup


Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Don Hoak	3B
Dick Groat	SS
Bob Skinner	LF
Dick Stuart	1B
Roberto Clemente	RF
Smoky Burgess	C
Gino Cimoli	CF
Bill Mazeroski	2B
Vern Law	SP

Notable transactions

May 28, 1960: Julián Javier and Ed Bauta were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Vinegar Bend Mizell and Dick Gray.^[6]
September 1, 1960: Mickey Vernon was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[7]
September 30, 1960: Mickey Vernon was released by the Pirates.^[7]

Roster

1960 Pittsburgh Pirates

Roster

Pitchers

37,48 Tom Cheney

29 Bennie Daniels

26 Roy Face

29,47 Earl Francis

19 Bob Friend

22 Joe Gibbon

28 Paul Giel

35 Fred Green

38 Don Gross

31 Harvey Haddix

29 Clem Labine

32 Vern Law

30 Vinegar Bend Mizell

38 Diomedes Olivo

37 Jim Umbricht

30,39 George Witt

Catchers

6 Smoky Burgess

10 Danny Kravitz

2 Bob Oldis

5 Hal Smith

Infielders

16 Gene Baker

8 Dick Barone

24 Dick Groat

12 Don Hoak

9 Bill Mazeroski

14 Rocky Nelson

11 Dick Schofield

3 R. C. Stevens

7 Dick Stuart

Outfielders

23 Joe Christopher

20 Gino Cimoli

21 Roberto Clemente

4 Bob Skinner

18 Bill Virdon

Other batters

15 Harry Bright

15 Román Mejías

42 Mickey Vernon

Manager

40 Danny Murtaugh

Coaches

41 Bill Burwell (pitching)

45 Lenny Levy (hitting)

43 Sam Narron (bullpen)

44 Frank Oceak (third base)

42 Mickey Vernon (first base)

Virgil Trucks (bullpen)

Postseason

1960 World Series

The 1960 Pirates team, which featured eight All-Stars, was widely predicted to lose the World Series to a powerful New York Yankees team. In one of the most memorable World Series in history, the Pirates were defeated by more than ten runs in three games, won three close games, then recovered from a 7–4 deficit late in Game 7 to eventually win on a walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski, a second baseman better known for defensive wizardry.

Game 1

October 5, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 36,676

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	13	2
Pittsburgh (N)	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	6	8	0
W: Vern Law (1–0) L: Art Ditmar (0–1), S: Roy Face (1)
HR: NYY – Roger Maris (1), Elston Howard (1) PIT – Bill Mazeroski (1)

Game 2

October 6, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 37,308

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	2	1	2	7	3	0	1	16	19	1
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	1
W: Bob Turley (1–0) L: Bob Friend (0–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle 2 (2)

Game 3

October 8, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 70,001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
New York (A)	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	x	10	16	1
W: Whitey Ford (1–0) L: Vinegar Bend Mizell (0–1)
HR: NYY – Bobby Richardson (1), Mickey Mantle (3)

Game 4

October 9, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 67,812

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	0
W: Vern Law (2–0) L: Ralph Terry (0–1), S: Roy Face (2)
HR: NYY – Bill Skowron (1)

Game 5

October 10, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 62,753

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	2
New York (A)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2
W: Harvey Haddix (1–0) L: Art Ditmar (0–2), S: Roy Face (3)
HR: NYY – Roger Maris (2)

Game 6

October 12, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 38,580

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	1	5	0	0	2	2	2	0	12	17	1
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
W: Whitey Ford (2–0) L: Bob Friend (0–2)

Game 7

October 13, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 36,683

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	2	9	13	1
Pittsburgh (N)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	10	11	0
W: Harvey Haddix (2–0) L: Ralph Terry (0–2)
HR: NYY – Bill Skowron (2), Yogi Berra (1) PIT – Rocky Nelson (1), Hal Smith (1), Bill Mazeroski (2)

Game log

1960 Postseason Game Log (4–3)

1960 World Series: vs. New York Yankees: Pirates won 4–3^[8]

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Series
1	October 5	Yankees	6–4	Law (1–0)	Ditmar (0–1)	Face (1)	36,676	PIT 1–0
2	October 6	Yankees	3–16	Turley (1–0)	Friend (0–1)		37,308	Tied 1–1
3	October 8	@ Yankees	0–10	Ford (1–0)	Mizell (0–1)		70,001	NY 2–1
4	October 9	@ Yankees	3–2	Law (2–0)	Terry (0–1)	Face (2)	67,812	Tied 2–2
5	October 10	@ Yankees	5–2	Haddix (1–0)	Ditmar (0–2)	Face (3)	62,753	PIT 3–2
6	October 12	Yankees	0–12	Ford (2–0)	Friend (0–2)		38,580	Tied 3–3
7	October 13	Yankees	10–9	Haddix (2–0)	Terry (0–2)		36,683	PIT 4–3

Legend: = Win = Loss
Bold = Pirates team member

Composite Box

1960 World Series (4–3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	5	1	3	3	1	0	5	4	27	60	4
New York Yankees	7	2	8	7	3	13	6	4	5	55	91	8
Total Attendance: 349,813 Average Attendance: 49,973
Winning Player's Share: – $8,418 Losing Player's Share – $5,125

Statistics

Batting

Regular Season^[9]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Face, RoyRoy Face	68	17	7	0.412	0	0
Green, FredFred Green	45	8	3	0.375	2	2
Schofield, DickDick Schofield	65	102	34	0.333	0	10
Umbricht, JimJim Umbricht	17	6	2	0.333	0	0
Groat, DickDick Groat	138	573	186	0.325	2	50
Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente	144	570	179	0.314	16	94
Nelson, RockyRocky Nelson	93	200	60	0.300	7	35
Smith, HalHal Smith	77	258	76	0.295	11	45
Burgess, SmokySmoky Burgess	110	337	99	0.294	7	39
Hoak, DonDon Hoak	155	553	156	0.282	16	79
Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski	151	538	147	0.273	11	64
Skinner, BobBob Skinner	145	571	156	0.273	15	86
Cimoli, GinoGino Cimoli	101	307	82	0.267	0	28
Virdon, BillBill Virdon	120	409	108	0.264	8	40
Stuart, DickDick Stuart	122	438	114	0.260	23	83
Haddix, HarveyHarvey Haddix	29	67	17	0.254	0	7
Baker, GeneGene Baker	33	37	9	0.243	0	4
Christopher, JoeJoe Christopher	50	56	13	0.232	1	3
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	27	19	4	0.211	0	0
Oldis, BobBob Oldis	22	20	4	0.200	0	1
Daniels, BennieBennie Daniels	10	16	3	0.188	0	2
Law, VernVern Law	35	94	17	0.181	1	7
Cheney, TomTom Cheney	11	17	3	0.176	0	2
Mizell, Vinegar BendVinegar Bend Mizell	23	51	7	0.137	0	3
Vernon, MickeyMickey Vernon	9	8	1	0.125	0	1
Friend, BobBob Friend	38	88	6	0.068	0	3
Barone, DickDick Barone	3	6	0	0.000	0	0
Bright, HarryHarry Bright	4	4	0	0.000	0	0
Francis, EarlEarl Francis	7	5	0	0.000	0	0
Giel, PaulPaul Giel	16	7	0	0.000	0	0
Kravitz, DannyDanny Kravitz	8	6	0	0.000	0	0
Labine, ClemClem Labine	15	4	0	0.000	0	1
Mejias, RomanRoman Mejias	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
Olivo, DiomedesDiomedes Olivo	4	1	0	0.000	0	0
Stevens, R CR C Stevens	9	3	0	0.000	0	0
Witt, GeorgeGeorge Witt	10	9	0	0.000	0	0
Gross, DonDon Gross	5	0	0	-1 !—	0	0

World Series^[10]
Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Smith, HalHal Smith	3	8	3	0.375	1	3
Burgess, SmokySmoky Burgess	5	18	6	0.333	0	0
Haddix, HarveyHarvey Haddix	2	3	1	0.333	0	0
Law, VernVern Law	3	6	2	0.333	0	1
Nelson, RockyRocky Nelson	4	9	3	0.333	1	2
Schofield, DickDick Schofield	3	3	1	0.333	0	0
Mazeroski, BillBill Mazeroski	7	25	8	0.320	2	5
Clemente, RobertoRoberto Clemente	7	29	9	0.310	0	3
Cimoli, GinoGino Cimoli	7	20	5	0.250	0	1
Virdon, BillBill Virdon	7	29	7	0.241	0	5
Hoak, DonDon Hoak	7	23	5	0.217	0	3
Groat, DickDick Groat	7	28	6	0.214	0	2
Skinner, BobBob Skinner	2	5	1	0.200	0	1
Stuart, DickDick Stuart	5	20	3	0.150	0	0
Baker, GeneGene Baker	3	3	0	0.000	0	0
Face, RoyRoy Face	4	3	0	0.000	0	0
Friend, BobBob Friend	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
Green, FredFred Green	3	1	0	0.000	0	0
Cheney, TomTom Cheney	3	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Christopher, JoeJoe Christopher	3	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	2	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Labine, ClemClem Labine	3	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Mizell, Vinegar BendVinegar Bend Mizell	2	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Oldis, BobBob Oldis	2	0	0	-1 !—	0	0
Witt, GeorgeGeorge Witt	3	0	0	-1 !—	0	0

Pitching

Regular Season^[11]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Labine, ClemClem Labine	15	30.333333333333 !30¹⁄₃	3	0	1.48	21
Francis, EarlEarl Francis	7	18	1	0	2.00	8
Olivo, DiomedesDiomedes Olivo	4	9.6666666666667 !9²⁄₃	0	0	2.79	10
Face, RoyRoy Face	68	114.66666666667 !114²⁄₃	10	8	2.90	72
Friend, BobBob Friend	38	275.66666666667 !275²⁄₃	18	12	3.00	183
Law, VernVern Law	35	271.66666666667 !271²⁄₃	20	9	3.08	120
Mizell, Vinegar BendVinegar Bend Mizell	23	155.66666666667 !155²⁄₃	13	5	3.12	71
Green, FredFred Green	45	70	8	4	3.21	49
Gross, DonDon Gross	5	5.3333333333333 !5¹⁄₃	0	0	3.38	3
Haddix, HarveyHarvey Haddix	29	172.33333333333 !172¹⁄₃	11	10	3.97	101
Cheney, TomTom Cheney	11	52	2	2	3.98	35
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	27	80.333333333333 !80¹⁄₃	4	2	4.03	60
Witt, GeorgeGeorge Witt	10	30	1	2	4.20	15
Umbricht, JimJim Umbricht	17	40.666666666667 !40²⁄₃	1	2	5.09	26
Giel, PaulPaul Giel	16	33	2	0	5.73	21
Daniels, BennieBennie Daniels	10	40.333333333333 !40¹⁄₃	1	3	7.81	16

World Series^[12]
Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Witt, GeorgeGeorge Witt	3	2.6666666666667 !2²⁄₃	0	0	0.00	1
Haddix, HarveyHarvey Haddix	2	7.3333333333333 !7¹⁄₃	2	0	2.45	6
Law, VernVern Law	3	18.333333333333 !18¹⁄₃	2	0	3.44	8
Cheney, TomTom Cheney	3	4	0	0	4.50	6
Face, RoyRoy Face	4	10.333333333333 !10¹⁄₃	0	0	5.23	4
Gibbon, JoeJoe Gibbon	2	3	0	0	9.00	2
Friend, BobBob Friend	3	6	0	2	13.50	7
Labine, ClemClem Labine	3	4	0	0	13.50	2
Mizell, Vinegar BendVinegar Bend Mizell	2	2.3333333333333 !2¹⁄₃	0	1	15.43	1
Green, FredFred Green	3	4	0	0	22.50	3

Awards and honors

Dick Groat, Shortstop, National League MVP
Bill Mazeroski, Babe Ruth Award
Danny Murtaugh, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

All-Stars

1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Smoky Burgess
Roberto Clemente
Roy Face
Bob Friend (Starting P, first game)
Dick Groat
Vern Law (Starting P, second game)
Bill Mazeroski (Starting 2B)
Bob Skinner (Starting LF)

League leaders

Roberto Clemente, Led National League in outfield assists, 19 baserunners thrown out^[13]
Dick Groat, Led National League in batting average

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Cal Ermer
AAA	Salt Lake City Bees	Pacific Coast League	Larry Shepard
A	Savannah Pirates	Sally League	Ray Hathaway
B	Burlington Bees	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
C	Grand Forks Chiefs	Northern League	Bob Clear
D	Kingsport Pirates	Appalachian League	James Gibbons
D	Dubuque Packers	Midwest League	James Adlam
D	Hobbs Pirates	Sophomore League	Al Kubski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, Hobbs

Notes

↑ From 1882–1906, the team played in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which became annexed by Pittsburgh as the North Shore in 1907.
↑ Roger Maris: Baseball's Reluctant Hero, p. 114, Tom Clavin and Danny Peary, Touchstone Books, Published by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4165-8928-0
↑ José Martínez page at Baseball Reference
1 2 The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxi, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
↑ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p. xxii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3
↑ Vinegar Bend Mizell page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference
↑ "1960 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Postseason Hitting Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Regular Season Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ "Major League Baseball Postseason Pitching Stats | pirates.com: Stats". Pittsburgh Pirates.
↑ The Best Game Ever, p. 21, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3

References

1960 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at Baseball Reference
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates team page at www.baseball-almanac.com
Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

World Series champions

National League champions

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

Pittsburgh Pirates 1960 World Series champions
2 Bob Oldis 4 Bob Skinner 5 Hal Smith 6 Smoky Burgess 7 Dick Stuart 9 Bill Mazeroski 11 Dick Schofield 12 Don Hoak 14 Rocky Nelson 16 Gene Baker 18 Bill Virdon 19 Bob Friend 20 Gino Cimoli 21 Roberto Clemente 22 Joe Gibbon 23 Joe Christopher 24 Dick Groat (NL MVP) 26 Roy Face 29 Clem Labine 30 Wilmer Mizell 31 Harvey Haddix 32 Vern Law (CYA) 35 Fred Green 39 George Witt 48 Tom Cheney
Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh Coaches 41 Bill Burwell 42 Mickey Vernon 43 Sam Narron 44 Frank Oceak 45 Lenny Levy Virgil Trucks
Regular season

Pittsburgh Pirates

Formerly the Pittsburgh Alleghenys
Founded in 1882
Based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park; Riverside Park; Fogel Field; Barrs Field; Rickwood Field; Whittington Park; Perris Hill Park; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; McCulloch Park; Perris Hill Park; Flamingo Field; Gilmore Field; Gran Stadium; Jaycee Park; Terry Park; Pirate City/LECOM Park

Culture

Lore

Pittsburgh Allegheny
Pirates' lore
Wagner donates uniforms
Lou Bierbauer
Temple Cup
Chronicle-Telegraph Cup
Pittsburgh Stars
Homer in the Gloamin'
1960 Game 7
1985 drug trials
Francisco Cabrera game
National League Wild Card Games
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015

Rivalries

Philadelphia Phillies

Minors

AAA: Indianapolis Indians
AA: Altoona Curve
A Adv.: Bradenton Marauders
A: West Virginia Power
Short A: West Virginia Black Bears
Rookie Adv.: Bristol Pirates
Rookie: GCL Pirates; DSL Pirates
All-time: Minor league affiliate history

World Series
Championships (5)

1909
1925
1960
1971
1979

League pennants (9)

American Association: none
National League: 1901; 1902; 1903; 1909; 1925; 1927; 1960; 1971; 1979

Division titles (9)

East: 1970; 1971; 1972; 1974; 1975; 1979; 1990; 1991; 1992
Central: none

Wild Card berths (3)

Media

Seasons (136)
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1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
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1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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