1960

1960 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1960.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Taiyo Whales (CL) over the Daimai Orions (PL), 4 - 0 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Taiyo Whales (Details)
    • Pacific League: Daimai Orions (Details)
• Claxton Shield: South Australia

Europe

• Baseball-Bundesliga: TB Germania Mannheim
• Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Schoten Haarlem
• Serie A1: Seven Up Milano

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates (NL) over the New York Yankees (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: New York Yankees (Details)
    • National League: Pittsburgh Pirates (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • Junior World Series: Louisville Colonels (AA) over the Toronto Maple Leafs (IL), 4 - 2 (Details)
  • Alabama-Florida League: Pensacola Angels
  • Appalachian League: Wytheville Senators
  • American Association: Louisville Colonels (Details)
  • California League: Reno Silver Sox
  • Carolina League: Greensboro Yankees
  • Eastern League: Williamsport Grays
  • Florida State League: Palatka Redlegs
  • International League: Toronto Maple Leafs (Details)
  • Mexican Center League: Salamanca Petroleros
  • Midwest League: Waterloo Hawks
  • New York-Penn League: Wellsville Braves
  • Northern League: Winnipeg Goldeyes
  • Northwest League: Yakima Bears
  • Pacific Coast League: Spokane Indians (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Boise Braves
  • Sophomore League: Hobbs Pirates
  • South Atlantic League: Savannah Pirates
  • Southern Association: Atlanta Crackers
  • Texas League: Tulsa Oilers
  • Three-I League: Fox Cities Foxes
  • Western Carolina League: Salisbury Braves

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tigres Capitalinos

• Negro Leagues
  • East-West Game: The team representing the West defeated the team representing the East by a score of 8 - 4 at Comiskey Park (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Ciudad de Panamá, Panamá; Cienfuegos (Cuba) (Details)
  • Cuban Winter League: Cienfuegos
  • Panamanian League: Marlboro
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Caguas-Guayama
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: the season was canceled due to an influx of Cuban players
• Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Leones del Escogido defeated the Estrellas Orientales in the league's finals, 5 - 1
• Winter League of Sonora: Ostioneros de Guaymas

Amateur

• College World Series (National Collegiate Athletic Association): The University of Minnesota defeated the University of Southern California in the best-of-three finals, 2 - 1 (10 inn.) (Details)
• NAIA College World Series: Whitworth College over the Georgia Southern College, 4 - 0 in the finals
  • NJCAA Baseball World Series: Phoenix College
• Community College League of California: Orange Coast College over Oakland City College in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Grand Rapids Sullivans (Details)
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Hosei University defeated the Doshisha University in the final, 2 - 1 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Takamatsu Commercial High School (Kagawa) defeat Yonago Higashi High School (Tottori), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Hosei University Daini High School (Kanagawa) defeat Shizuoka High School (Shizuoka), 3 - 0 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: American (Levittown, PA) defeat North East Optomist (Fort Worth, TX), 5 - 0 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• European Championship in Barcelona, Spain (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Spain (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Baseball: The Early Years, by Harold Seymour
• Baseball is a Funny Game, by Joe Garagiola
• The Long Season, by Jim Brosnan

Song

• Beat 'Em, Bucs, by Benny Benack and his Orchestra
• It's A Beautiful Day For a Ballgame, by The Harry Simeone Songsters

Film

• Los Pequeños Gigantes (The Little Giants)

Births

Further information: Births in 1960

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1960

Further Reading

• Bill Morales: Farewell to the Last Golden Era: The Yankees, the Pirates and the 1960 Baseball Season, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2011.