1960 American Association season

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The 1960 American Association season was the 59th in the league's history, and ended with the Louisville Colonels winning their first league championship since 1954. The Colonels would go on to win the Junior World Series. This was also the final season for the Charleston Senators, Minneapolis Millers and St. Paul Saints.

Final standings

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Denver Bears	88	66	.571	—	Charlie Metro	Detroit Tigers
Louisville Colonels	85	68	.556	2½	Ben Geraghty/Bill Adair	Milwaukee Braves
St. Paul Saints	83	71	.539	5	Danny Ozark	Los Angeles Dodgers
Houston Buffs	83	71	.539	5	Enos Slaughter	Chicago Cubs
Minneapolis Millers	82	72	.532	6	Eddie Popowski	Boston Red Sox
Charleston Senators	65	88	.425	22½	Del Wilber	Washington Senators
Indianapolis Indians	65	89	.422	23	Johnny Hutchings/Ted Beard	Philadelphia Phillies
Dallas-Ft. Worth Rangers	64	90	.416	24	Jim Fanning	Kansas City Athletics

Playoffs

	First Round					Championship Finals
	1	Denver Bears	4
	4	Houston Buffs	3
						1	Denver Bears	2
						2	Louisville Colonels	4
	2	Louisville Colonels	4
	3	St. Paul Saints	2

First Round

Denver vs. Houston Date Away Home September 13 Houston 3 Denver 14 September 14 Houston 11 Denver 7 September 15 Houston 2 Denver 4 September 16 Denver 2 Houston 9 September 17 Denver 1 Houston 7 September 18 Denver 9 Houston 1 September 19 Denver 15 Houston 6 Denver wins series 4-3

Louisville vs. St. Paul Date Away Home September 13 Louisville 6 St. Paul 4 September 14 Louisville 5 St. Paul 4 September 15 Louisville 4 St. Paul 5 10 innings September 16 St. Paul 5 Louisville 4 September 17 St. Paul 1 Louisville 4 September 18 St. Paul 2 Louisville 4 Louisville wins series 4-2

Championship Finals

Denver vs. Louisville Date Away Home September 20 Louisville 3 Denver 6 September 21 Louisville 5 Denver 9 September 22 Louisville 5 Denver 2 September 24 Denver 1 Louisville 2 September 25 Denver 4 Louisville 17 September 26 Denver 3 Louisville 5 Louisville wins series 4-2 and advances to Junior World Series

References

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.