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The 1960 season of the American League was the sixtieth season of the league.

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Standings

Bold indicates league champion, Italics indicates World Series champion

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS (RS/G)	RA (RA/G)	AVG	OBP	SLG	ERA	FPCT
1	New York Yankees	155	97	57	1	.626	-.-	746 (4.81)	627 (4.05)	0.260	0.328	0.426	3.52	0.979
2	Baltimore Orioles	154	89	65	0	.578	8.0	682 (4.43)	606 (3.94)	0.253	0.330	0.377	3.52	0.982
3	Chicago White Sox	154	87	67	0	.565	10.0	741 (4.81)	617 (4.01)	0.270	0.342	0.396	3.60	0.982
4	Cleveland Indians	154	76	78	0	.494	21.0	667 (4.33)	693 (4.50)	0.267	0.324	0.388	3.95	0.978
5	Washington Senators	154	73	81	0	.474	24.0	672 (4.36)	696 (4.52)	0.244	0.320	0.384	3.77	0.973
6	Detroit Tigers	154	71	83	0	.461	26.0	633 (4.11)	644 (4.18)	0.239	0.322	0.375	3.64	0.977
7	Boston Red Sox	154	65	89	0	.422	32.0	658 (4.27)	775 (5.03)	0.261	0.333	0.389	4.62	0.976
8	Kansas City Athletics	155	58	96	1	.374	39.0	615 (3.97)	756 (4.88)	0.249	0.316	0.366	4.38	0.979

League leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Games Played	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	154
At Bats	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	605
Runs Scored	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	119
Hits	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	184
Doubles	Tito Francona	Cleveland Indians	36
Triples	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox	10
Home Runs	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	40
Total Bases	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	294
Runs Batted In	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	112
Stolen Bases	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	51
Caught Stealing	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	13
Walks	Eddie Yost	Detroit Tigers	125
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Jim Lemon Roy Sievers	Washington Senators Chicago White Sox	8
Hit by Pitch	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox	13
Strikeouts	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	125
Sacrifice Hits	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox	20
Sacrifice Flies	Jim Lemon Minnie Minoso	Washington Senators Chicago White Sox	9
Grounded into Double Plays	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles	29
Batting Average	Pete Runnels	Boston Red Sox	0.320
On-Base Percentage	Eddie Yost	Detroit Tigers	0.414
Slugging Percentage	Roger Maris	New York Yankees	0.581
On-Base plus Slugging	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	0.957
On-Base plus Slugging Plus	Mickey Mantle	New York Yankees	164

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Wins	Chuck Estrada Jim Perry	Baltimore Orioles Cleveland Indians	18
Losses	Pedro Ramos	Washington Senators	18
Win-Loss Percentage	Jim Coates	New York Yankees	0.812
Appearances	Mike Fornieles	Boston Red Sox	70
Games Started	Frank Lary Jim Perry Pedro Ramos	Detroit Tigers Cleveland Indians Washington Senators	36
Complete Games	Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	15
Shutouts	Whitey Ford Jim Perry Early Wynn	New York Yankees Cleveland Indians Chicago White Sox	4
Games Finished	Mike Fornieles	Boston Red Sox	48
Saves	Mike Fornieles Johnny Klippstein	Boston Red Sox Cleveland Indians	14
Innings Pitched	Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	274.1
Batters Faced	Pedro Ramos	Washington Senators	1162
Hits Allowed	Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	262
Home Runs Allowed	Jim Perry	Cleveland Indians	35
Base-on-Balls Allowed	Steve Barber	Baltimore Orioles	113
Intentional Base-on-Balls	Tex Clevenger	Washington Senators	10
Hit Batsmen	Frank Lary	Detroit Tigers	19
Strikeouts	Jim Bunning	Detroit Tigers	201
Wild Pitches	Steve Barber Milt Pappas	Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles	10
Balks	Pete Burnside Earl Wilson	Detroit Tigers Boston Red Sox	2
Runs Allowed	Bud Daley	Kansas City Athletics	129
Earned Runs Allowed	Bud Daley	Kansas City Athletics	117
Earned Run Average	Frank Baumann	Chicago White Sox	2.67
Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched	Hal Brown	Baltimore Orioles	1.113

All-Star Game

The 1960 season featured two All-Star Games. In the first game at Municipal Stadium in Kansas City, MO on Monday, July 11, 1960, the American League lost by a score of 5 to 3. In the second game at Yankee Stadium in New York, NY on Wednesday, July 13, 1960, the American League lost by a score of 6 to 0. For both games, the league's manager was Al Lopez.

Postseason

In the World Series, the American League champion New York Yankees were defeated by the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates, 4 games to 3.

Award winners

The winner of the league's Most Valuable Player Award, given its Most Valuable Player, was Roger Maris, an outfielder with the New York Yankees. In the award's voting, he had 225 out of a possible 336 points and 8 first place votes.

The winner of the Cy Young Award, given to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball irrespective of league, was Vern Law of the Pittsburgh Pirates (NL). In the award's voting, he had 8 out of a possible 16 points and 8 first place votes.

The winner of the league's Rookie of the Year Award, given its best rookie player, was Ron Hansen, a shortstop with the Baltimore Orioles. In the award's voting, he had 22 out of a possible 24 points and 22 first place votes.

Gold Gloves

The following players won the Gold Glove Award, given to the league's best fielders as voted upon by sportswriters, at their respective position.

Position	Player	Team
P	Bobby Shantz	New York Yankees
C	Earl Battey	Washington Senators
1B	Vic Power	Cleveland Indians
2B	Nellie Fox	Chicago White Sox
3B	Brooks Robinson	Baltimore Orioles
SS	Luis Aparicio	Chicago White Sox
LF	Minnie Minoso	Chicago White Sox
CF	Jim Landis	Chicago White Sox
RF	Roger Maris	New York Yankees

Hall of Fame Game

The nineteenth annual Hall of Fame Game was played on June 27 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, NY near the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In the game, the American League's Cleveland Indians lost to the Chicago Cubs of the National League by a score of 5 to 0.

Umpires

• Charlie Berry
• Nestor Chylak
• Cal Drummond
• Red Flaherty
• Jim Honochick
• Eddie Hurley
• Bill Kinnamon
• Bill McKinley
• Larry Napp
• Joe Paparella
• John Rice
• Ed Runge
• Harry Schwarts
• Al Smith
• Hank Soar
• Johnny Stevens
• Bob Stewart
• Frank Umont

Further Reading

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