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{{See also|1960 Major League Baseball season|1960 Nippon Professional Baseball season}}
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[[File:1960 - Opening Night - Max Hess Stadium - Allentown PA.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Allentown Red Sox]]' [[Opening Day]] at [[Breadon Field]], 1960]]

==Champions==

===Major League Baseball===
*[[1960 World Series|World Series]]: [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] over [[New York Yankees]] (4-3); [[Bobby Richardson]], MVP
*[[1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)|All-Star Game (#1)]], July 11 at [[Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)|Municipal Stadium]]: National League, 5-3
*[[1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)|All-Star Game (#2)]], July 13 at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]: National League, 6-0

===Other champions===
*[[1960 College World Series|College World Series]]: [[University of Minnesota|Minnesota]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune/159453049/|title=Gophers Edge USC 2-1 in 10th for NCAA Crown|work=[[Minneapolis Morning Tribune]]|date=June 21, 1960|access-date=November 20, 2024|page=15|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*[[1960 Japan Series|Japan Series]]: [[Yokohama BayStars|Taiyō Whales]] over [[Daimai Orions]] (4-0)
*[[1960 Little League World Series|Little League World Series]]: American, [[Levittown, Pennsylvania]]
'''Winter Leagues'''
*[[1960 Caribbean Series]]: [[Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club)|Elefantes de Cienfuegos]]
*[[Cuban League]]: [[Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club)|Elefantes de Cienfuegos]]
*[[Dominican Professional Baseball League|Dominican Republic League]]: [[Leones del Escogido]]
*[[Mexican Pacific League]]: [[Mexican Pacific League#Defunct teams|Ostioneros de Guaymas]]
*[[Panamanian Professional Baseball League|Panamanian League]]: [[Panamanian Professional Baseball League#Champion teams|Marlboro BBC]]
*[[Puerto Rico Baseball League|Puerto Rican League]]: [[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]]
*[[Liga Occidental de Béisbol Profesional|Venezuelan Western League]]: [[Rapiños de Occidente]]

==Awards and honors==
*'''[[MLB Most Valuable Player Award|Most Valuable Player]]'''
**[[Roger Maris]], [[New York Yankees]] (AL)
**[[Dick Groat]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (NL)
*'''[[Cy Young Award]]'''
**[[Vern Law]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
*'''[[MLB Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]]'''
**[[Ron Hansen (baseball)|Ron Hansen]], [[Baltimore Orioles]] (AL)
**[[Frank Howard (baseball)|Frank Howard]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] (NL)
*[[The Sporting News Player of the Year Award]]
**[[Roger Maris]], [[New York Yankees]]
*[[The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award]]
**[[Chuck Estrada]], [[Baltimore Orioles]] (AL)
**[[Vern Law]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (NL)
*[[The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award]]
**[[Danny Murtaugh]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]]
*'''[[Gold Glove Award]]'''
**(P) [[Bobby Shantz]], [[New York Yankees]] ([[American League|AL]]); [[Harvey Haddix]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] ([[National League (baseball)|NL]])
**(C) [[Earl Battey]], [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]] (AL); [[Del Crandall]], [[Milwaukee Braves]] (NL)
**(1B) [[Victor Pellot|Vic Power]], [[Cleveland Indians]] (AL); [[Bill White (first baseman)|Bill White]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (NL) 
**(2B) [[Nellie Fox]], [[Chicago White Sox]] (AL); [[Bill Mazeroski]], [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] (NL)
**(3B) [[Brooks Robinson]], [[Baltimore Orioles]] (AL); [[Ken Boyer]], [[St. Louis Cardinals]] (NL) 
**(SS) [[Luis Aparicio]], [[Chicago White Sox]] (AL); [[Ernie Banks]], [[Chicago Cubs]] (NL) 
**(LF) [[Minnie Miñoso]], [[Chicago White Sox]] (AL); [[Wally Moon]], [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] (NL)
**(CF) [[Jim Landis]], [[Chicago White Sox]] (AL); [[Willie Mays]], [[San Francisco Giants]] (NL) 
**(RF) [[Roger Maris]], [[New York Yankees]] (AL); [[Hank Aaron]], [[Milwaukee Braves]] (NL)

==MLB statistical leaders==
{| cellpadding="1" style="width:auto;font-size: 90%; border: 1px solid gray;"
|- align="center" style="font-size: larger;" 
| &nbsp;
! colspan=2 | [[American League]]
! colspan=2 | [[National League (baseball)|National League]]
|- style="background:lightblue;" 
! Type || Name || Stat || Name || Stat
|- align="center" style="vertical-align: middle;" style="background:lightblue;"
|- 
| [[Batting average (baseball)|AVG]] || [[Pete Runnels]] BOS || .320 || [[Dick Groat]] PIT || .325
|-
| [[Home run|HR]] || [[Mickey Mantle]] NY || 40 || [[Ernie Banks]] CHC || 41
|-
| [[Run batted in|RBI]] || [[Roger Maris]] NY || 112 || [[Hank Aaron]] MIL || 126
|-
| [[Win (baseball)|Wins]] || [[Chuck Estrada]] BAL<br>[[Jim Perry (baseball)|Jim Perry]] CLE || 18 || [[Ernie Broglio]] STL<br>[[Warren Spahn]] MIL || 21
|-
| [[Earned run average|ERA]] || [[Frank Baumann (baseball)|Frank Baumann]] CHW || 2.67 || [[Mike McCormick (pitcher)|Mike McCormick]] SF || 2.70
|-
| [[Strikeout|SO]] || [[Jim Bunning]] DET || 201 || [[Don Drysdale]] LA || 246
|-
| [[Save (baseball)|SV]] || [[Mike Fornieles]] BOS<br>[[Johnny Klippstein]] CLE || 14 || [[Lindy McDaniel]] STL || 26
|-
| [[Stolen base|SB]] || [[Luis Aparicio]] CHW || 51 || [[Maury Wills]] LA || 50
|}

==Major league baseball final standings==
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===American League final standings===
{{1960 American League standings|highlight=New York Yankees}}
===National League final standings===
{{1960 National League standings|highlight=Pittsburgh Pirates}}
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{{MLB Team Maps (1960)}}
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==Nippon Professional Baseball final standings==
===Central League final standings===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col" width="35%"| [[Central League]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Games played|G]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Win (baseball)|W]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Loss (baseball)|L]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Tie (draw)|T]]
!scope="col" width="7%"| [[Winning percentage|Pct.]] 
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Games behind|GB]]
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Taiyo Whales]]
| 130 || 70 || 56 || 4 || .554 || —
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Yomiuri Giants]]
| 130 || 66 || 61 || 3 || .519 || 4.5
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Osaka Tigers]]
| 130 || 64 || 62 || 4 || .508 || 6.0
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Hiroshima Carp]]
| 130 || 62 || 61 || 7 || .504 || 6.5
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Chunichi Dragons]]
| 130 || 63 || 67 || 0 || .485 || 9.0
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Kokutetsu Swallows]]
| 130 || 54 || 72 || 4 || .431 || 16.0
|}

===Pacific League final standings===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"
!scope="col" width="35%"| [[Pacific League]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Games played|G]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Win (baseball)|W]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Loss (baseball)|L]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Tie (draw)|T]]
!scope="col" width="7%"| [[Winning percentage|Pct.]] 
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Games behind|GB]]
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Daimai Orions]]
| 133 || 82 || 48 || 3 || .631 || —
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Nankai Hawks]]
| 136 || 78 || 52 || 6 || .600 || 4.0
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Nishitetsu Lions]]
| 136 || 70 || 60 || 6 || .538 || 12.0
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Hankyu Braves]]
| 136 || 65 || 65 || 6 || .500 || 17.0
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Toei Flyers]]
| 132 || 52 || 78 || 2 || .400 || 30.0
|- 
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Kintetsu Buffaloes]]
| 131 || 43 || 87 || 1 || .331 || 39.0
|}

==Events==

===January===
*January 5 – The [[Continental League]]—the proposed third major league in North American professional baseball—gets an assurance of [[United States Congress|Congressional]] support from New York Senator [[Kenneth Keating]].
*January 11 – [[Centerfielder]] [[Richie Ashburn]], the "heart and soul" of the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] for a dozen seasons, is traded to the [[Chicago Cubs]] for pitcher [[John Buzhardt]], shortstop [[Alvin Dark]] and third baseman [[Jim Woods (baseball)|Jim Woods]]. Three years later, he will return as a member of the Phillies' broadcasting team and remain until his death in {{by|1997}}.
*January 26 – Reigning [[American League]] [[runs batted in]] champion and {{by|1958}} [[American League Most Valuable Player Award|MVP]] [[Jackie Jensen]], 32, announces his retirement from the [[Boston Red Sox]] because of airplane [[flight phobia]]. Jensen is a three-time All-Star as well as a three-time RBI champ (1955 and 1958, in addition to 1959), and the incumbent [[Gold Glove Award]]-winning [[rightfielder]] for the Junior Circuit. He will sit out the 1960 season, return to the Red Sox with diminished skills in 1961, then retire for good.
*January 29 – The [[Continental League]] grants its eighth and final franchise to Buffalo. For the Western New York metropolis, the proposed debut of the CL in 1961 would restore Major League Baseball to the city for the first time since 1915, when the Buffalo Blues and its upstart [[Federal League]] disbanded.

===February===
*February 4 –  For the second straight election, the BBWAA voters fail to elect a new member to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]]. [[Edd Roush]] gets 146 votes, but 202 are necessary for election. [[Sam Rice]] (143) and [[Eppa Rixey]] (142) are next in line.
*February 15 – In [[1960 Caribbean Series|Caribbean Series]] action, the [[Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club)|Elefantes de Cienfuegos]] completes a 6–0 sweep to give the Cuban team the Series championship for the fifth straight year. [[Camilo Pascual]], who went 2–0 with 15 strikeouts including a one-hit shutout in the clincher, is named Most Valuable Player.
*February 18 – [[Walter O'Malley]], owner of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]], finalizes the purchase of the [[Chavez Ravine]] area in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] by paying $494,000 for property valued at $92,000.
*February 20 – [[Branch Rickey]] meets with officials of the proposed [[Western Carolinas League]] about pooling talent for Continental League clubs.
*February 23 – Demolition of [[Ebbets Field]] begins. [[Lucy Monroe]] sings the National Anthem, and wheelchair-bound [[Roy Campanella]] is given an urn of dirt from behind home plate.

===March===
*March 12 – The [[Cincinnati Reds]] sign Cuban prospect [[Tony Pérez]], 17, as an amateur free agent. Pérez would go on to be a seven time all-star and key member of the Big Red Machine of the 1970s and was elected to the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 2000.
*March 13 – The [[Chicago White Sox]] unveil new road uniforms with the players' names above the number on the back, another innovation by Sox owner [[Bill Veeck]].
*March 16 – In the midst of [[spring training]], the [[Cleveland Indians]] trade catcher [[Russ Nixon]] to the [[Boston Red Sox]] for former All-Star catcher [[Sammy White (baseball)|Sammy White]] and first baseman [[Jim Marshall (baseball)|Jim Marshall]]. On March 25, White—who has opened a bowling alley in Boston—announces his retirement at age 32, cancelling the trade.  
*March 24 – Commissioner [[Ford Frick]] says he will not allow the Continental League to pool players in the Western Carolinas League as it would violate existing major-minor league agreements.
*March 26 – A [[Baltimore Orioles]]&ndash;[[Cincinnati Reds]] series scheduled for [[Havana, Cuba]], is moved to [[Miami, Florida]] by Baltimore club president [[Lee MacPhail]]. The Reds, with a farm club in Cuba, want the trip, but the Orioles fear increased political unrest in the area.
*March 31 – By a vote of 8–1, the Professional Baseball Rules Committee turns down a [[Pacific Coast League]] proposal to use a [[designated hitter]] for the pitcher.

===April===
*April 1 – The [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] deal minor league prospect Clyde Parris to Toronto of the [[International League]] in exchange for [[Joe Altobelli]].
*April 4 – The [[Chicago White Sox]] send catcher [[Earl Battey]] and first baseman [[Don Mincher]] plus cash to the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] for first baseman [[Roy Sievers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/freeport-journal-standard/159451797/|title=Sox Peddling Youth, Promise For Veterans|first=Joe|last=Mooshil|work=[[Freeport Journal-Standard]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=April 5, 1960|access-date=November 20, 2024|page=8|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*April 5 – The [[San Francisco Giants]] purchase first baseman [[Dale Long]] from the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lodi-news-sentinel-giants-buy-long-trib/159451959/|title=Giants Buy Long, Tribe Gets Pitcher|work=[[Lodi News-Sentinel]]|agency=[[United Press International]]|date=April 6, 1960|access-date=November 20, 2024|page=7|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*April 12:
**In the [[National League (baseball)|National League]]'s traditional Opening Day contest, the homestanding [[Cincinnati Reds]] defeat the rebuilding [[Philadelphia Phillies]], 9–4. Following the game, veteran Phillies manager [[Eddie Sawyer]] resigns, saying, "I'm 49 years old, and I want to live to be fifty." After coach [[Andy Cohen (baseball)|Andy Cohen]] handles the Phils for one game on April 14, [[Gene Mauch]], skipper of the [[Boston Red Sox]]' top farm club in [[Minneapolis Millers|Minneapolis]], gets the Phillies' permanent job on April 16. At 34, Mauch becomes the youngest manager in the majors.
**With 42,269 fans in attendance, the [[San Francisco Giants]] edge the [[St. Louis Cardinals]], 3–1, in the first game at San Francisco's [[Candlestick Park]]. [[Sam Jones (baseball)|Sam Jones]] pitches a three-hitter, and Cardinals outfielder [[Leon Wagner]] hits the first home run in the $15 million stadium.
**[[Chuck Essegian]] belts an 11th-inning pinch-hit home run as the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] beat the [[Chicago Cubs]], 3–2, before a record Opening Day crowd (67,550) at Los Angeles. The home run is Essegian's third straight as a pinch hitter, including two in the [[1959 World Series]]. [[Don Drysdale]] pitches all the way, striking out 14, for the win over [[Don Elston]].
**In a deal that will haunt the [[Cleveland Indians]], [[general manager (baseball)|general manager]] [[Frank Lane]] sends [[Norm Cash]] to the [[Detroit Tigers]] for third baseman [[Steve Demeter]]. Cash will be Detroit's regular [[first baseman]] for the next 14 years and will hit 373 home runs for them. Demeter will play four games for Cleveland.
*April 17:
**On Easter Sunday, GM [[Frank Lane]] brings AL batting champ [[Harvey Kuenn]] to the [[Cleveland Indians]] and sends co-home run champ [[Rocky Colavito]] to the [[Detroit Tigers]]. Colavito, an unparalleled fan favorite in Cleveland, will hit 173 home runs before returning to Cleveland in [[1965 in baseball|1965]]. Kuenn will report to Cleveland, pull a muscle, and never be the same hitter. He'll be traded after one season.
**[[Eddie Mathews]] of the [[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee Braves]] hits his 300th home run, plus a double and a triple, as Milwaukee beats the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], 8–4. To date, only [[Jimmie Foxx]] has hit his 300th at a younger age.
*April 18:
**In the [[American League]] opener at Washington, D.C., a week later than the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] start, President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] throws out the first ball, then watches the [[Minnesota Twins|Senators]]' [[Camilo Pascual]] strike out 15 [[Boston Red Sox]] batters to tie [[Walter Johnson]]'s team record. Boston's only run in a 10–1 loss is a [[Ted Williams]] home run, which makes Williams the first player to hit a home run in four different decades.
**Trader [[Frank Lane]] continues to swap, sending Cleveland favorite [[Herb Score]] to the [[Chicago White Sox]] for [[Barry Latman]]. Score and [[Rocky Colavito]], traded three days before, are the last two players to pre-date Lane's arrival in Cleveland.
*April 19:
**Before a home crowd of 41,661, [[Minnie Miñoso]] celebrates his return to the [[Chicago White Sox]] with a fourth-inning [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] against the [[Kansas City Athletics]]. Leading off the bottom of the ninth with the score tied 9–9, Miñoso (who, coincidentally, wears uniform #9) hits a solo homer for his sixth RBI to win the game.
**On [[Patriot's Day]] at [[Fenway Park]], [[Roger Maris]] makes his debut with the [[New York Yankees]] as he goes 4-for-5, including two home runs with four RBI. The Yankees spoil the [[Boston Red Sox]] opener with an 8–4 win.
**The [[Detroit Tigers]] and [[Cleveland Indians]] play the longest season opener in major-league history, a 15-inning affair won by the Tigers 4–2 at [[Cleveland Stadium]].
*April 24 - The [[New York Yankees]] score eight runs against the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in the bottom half of the first before the first out is recorded. Though the Orioles stage a comeback, thanks in part to an eighth-inning grand slam by [[Albie Pearson]] and a ninth-inning grand slam by [[Billy Klaus]], the Yankees hold on for a 15–9 home win.
*April 29 – At home, the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] crush the [[Chicago Cubs]], 16–6. [[Stan Musial]] plays his 1,000th game at first base, becoming the first major league player ever with that many at two positions (1,513 games in the outfield). A bright spot for the Cubs is [[Ernie Banks]] hitting two home runs to break [[Gabby Hartnett]]'s club record of 231 homers.

===May===
*May 1 – [[Hal Brown|Skinny Brown]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] pitches a 4–1 win over the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]]. Brown allows just one hit, a first-inning home run by [[Mickey Mantle]]. Rookie [[Ron Hansen (baseball)|Ron Hansen]] matches Mantle to up his RBI total to an [[American League]] high 32.
*May 4:
**The [[Chicago Cubs]] make a "trade" with flagship radio station [[WGN (AM)]], plucking [[Lou Boudreau]] out of the broadcast booth to replace [[Charlie Grimm]] (6–11) as Cubs manager. "Jolly Cholly" replaces Boudreau behind the mike. The Cubs win, 5–1, over the [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] as pitcher [[Dick Ellsworth]] gains his first ML victory.
**[[Baltimore Orioles]] catcher [[Gus Triandos]] sets a pair of [[American League]] records with three [[passed ball]]s in one inning (6th) and four in one game, but knuckleballer [[Hoyt Wilhelm]], making a rare start, goes seven innings and gets credit for a 6–4 Baltimore win over the [[Chicago White Sox]]. [[Early Wynn]] records his 2,000th strikeout in a no-decision effort for Chicago. Triandos' PB mark for an inning will be tied by reserve backstop [[Joe Ginsberg|Myron Ginsberg]] in six days, and [[Tom Egan]] will collect five PBs in [[1970 in baseball|1970]] to erase Triandos' name from the top of the list.
*May 6 – The [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] send veteran outfielder [[Sandy Amorós]] to [[Detroit Tigers|Detroit]] for first baseman [[Gail Harris (baseball)|Gail Harris]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/159452181/|title=Tigers Land Sandy Amoros|first=Hal|last=Middlesworth|work=[[Detroit Free Press]]|date=May 7, 1960|access-date=November 20, 2024|page=13|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*May 7:
**Pitcher [[Larry Sherry]] and catcher [[Norm Sherry]] of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] become the 10th sibling battery in ML history. Norman belts an 11th-inning home run to give his reliever brother Larry a 3–2 win against the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]].
**[[Boston Red Sox]] pitcher [[Bill Monbouquette]] allows just one hit in beating the visiting [[Detroit Tigers]], 5–0. [[Neil Chrisley]]'s double is the only Tigers hit.
**[[Takehiko Bessho]] becomes the winningest pitcher in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] as his [[Tokyo Giants]] beat the [[Hanshin Tigers]] 6–3. Bessho has 302 wins in the league, one more than [[Victor Starfin]].
*May 10:
**Catcher [[Joe Ginsberg]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles|Orioles]] loses a struggle with [[Hoyt Wilhelm]]'s knuckleball facing the [[Oakland Athletics|Athletics]], and ties the record set six days earlier by teammate [[Gus Triandos]] with three [[passed ball]]s in one inning.
**[[grand slam (baseball)|Grand slam]]s by [[Boston Red Sox]] teammates [[Vic Wertz]] and [[Rip Repulski]] at [[Fenway Park]] give Boston a 9–7 win over the [[Chicago White Sox]]. A former [[National League (baseball)|National League]] veteran, Repulski's eighth-inning shot off [[Don Ferrarese]] comes on his first [[American League]] at bat.
*May 11:
**[[Toothpick Sam Jones|Sam Jones]] pitches a two-hitter and draws a bases-loaded walk for the only run, as the [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] edge the visiting [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]], 1–0. [[Jim Owens (baseball)|Jim Owens]] is the loser.
**The Phillies trade first baseman [[Ed Bouchee]] and pitcher [[Don Cardwell]] to the [[Chicago Cubs]] for second baseman [[Tony Taylor (baseball)|Tony Taylor]] and catcher [[Cal Neeman]].
*May 12 – Duplicating [[Toothpick Sam Jones|Sam Jones]]' effort of yesterday, the [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]]' [[Jack Sanford]] pitches a two-hit, 1–0 win over the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]]. Sanford matches Jones by striking out 11 and walking three.
*May 13:
**[[Mike McCormick (pitcher)|Mike McCormick]]'s shutout of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] is the third straight by [[San Francisco Giants]] pitchers, following two-hitters against the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] by [[Sam Jones (baseball)|Sam Jones]] and [[Jack Sanford]]. The first-place Giants have seven straight wins.
**[[Dick Groat]] of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] becomes the first [[National League (baseball)|National League]] player since [[Connie Ryan]] in [[1953 in baseball|1953]] to hit 6-for-6 as Pittsburgh beats the [[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee Braves]], 8–2.
**The [[Philadelphia Phillies]] suffer their third straight 1–0 shutout, losing to the hosting [[Cincinnati Reds]]. The Phillies, losers of back-to-back 1–0 games in [[San Francisco Giants|San Francisco]], tie the major-league record for straight 1–0 losses. [[Jim O'Toole]]'s win is Cincinnati's ninth straight.
**In his first start as a [[Chicago Cubs|Chicago Cub]], two days after being acquired from the Phillies, [[Don Cardwell]] pitches a [[no-hitter]] against the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]. A brilliant, leaping catch of [[Carl Sawatski]]'s line drive by [[George Altman]] in the eighth inning saves Cardwell's gem. [[Ernie Banks]]' home run paces the 4–0 win, the first no-hitter against the Cards since May 11, [[1919 in baseball|1919]].
*May 15 – Pinch hitter [[Pete Whisenant]] appears in a [[Cleveland Indians]] game minutes after he has been traded to the [[Washington Senators (1901–1960)|Washington Senators]]. Cleveland manager [[Joe Gordon]] apparently was unaware of the transaction, but the opposing skipper, [[Al López]] of the [[Chicago White Sox]], learns of the infraction and plays the game under protest.
*May 17 – [[Carl Furillo]] is released by the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]]. A two-time [[All-Star]], Furillo, 38, has been a Dodger since 1946, and his clutch, 12th-inning [[single (baseball)|infield single]] had delivered the pennant-winning run in Game 2 of the [[1959 National League tie-breaker series]] just the previous season. His release leaves only two 1960 Dodgers—[[Gil Hodges]] and [[Duke Snider]]—who were teammates of [[Jackie Robinson]] during [[1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season|Robinson's rookie 1947 season]] still on the club's roster.
*May 19 – The [[New York Yankees]] send third baseman [[Andy Carey]] to the [[Kansas City Athletics]] for outfielder [[Bob Cerv]]. Cerv had been with the Yankees for five years before going to Kansas City, where he hit 38 home runs in [[1958 in baseball|1958]] and was chosen as the [[American League]] left fielder in the All-Star game over [[Ted Williams]]. Cerv will be claimed in the 1960 expansion draft and the Yankees will again reacquire him.
*May 20 – The [[St. Louis Cardinals]] sign free-agent southpaw [[Curt Simmons]], 31, who had been released by the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] three days earlier. Simmons will recover from arm miseries to win 33 games for the 1963–1964 Redbirds, and earn a [[1964 World Series]] ring.
*May 25 – [[George Crowe]] of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] sets a major league record with his 11th pinch-hit home run, off [[Don McMahon]], as the Cardinals win, 5–3, over the [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]]. Crowe began the season tied with [[Smoky Burgess]] and [[Gus Zernial]] in most career pinch home runs.
*May 27:
**Since there is no rule limiting the size or shape of the catcher's mitt, [[Baltimore Orioles|Baltimore]] manager [[Paul Richards (baseball)|Paul Richards]] combats the team passed-ball problem while catching [[Hoyt Wilhelm]] (38 in [[1959 in baseball|1959]]; 11 so far this year) by devising an oversized [[Baseball glove|mitt]] to gather in Wilhelm's fluttering knuckleball. It is half again as large as the standard glove and 40 ounces heavier. Wilhelm goes the distance in beating [[New York Yankees|New York]], 3–2, at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]]. Catcher [[Clint Courtney]] has no passed balls behind the plate.
**[[Camilo Pascual]] strikes out 13 but the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] lose to the [[Boston Red Sox]], 4–3, his third loss to Boston this year.
*May 28 – Manager [[Casey Stengel]] is hospitalized with a virus and high fever and will miss 13 games. The [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] go 7–6 under interim manager [[Ralph Houk]].

===June===
*June 8 – [[Billy Jurges]], second-year manager of the last-place [[Boston Red Sox]], leaves the team, citing "illness."  Two days later, Jurges is fired. After coach [[Del Baker]] handles the club through June 12, Jurges' predecessor as manager, [[Pinky Higgins]], regains his old job and holds it through the end of the 1962 season.
*June 12 – In a record-tying three-hour-and-52-minute, nine-inning game, [[Willie McCovey]]'s pinch-hit [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]], the first slam of his career, and [[Orlando Cepeda]]'s three-run double pace the [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]] to a 16–7 rout of the [[Milwaukee Braves]].
*June 13 – For the second time in three months, the [[Boston Red Sox]] acquire catcher [[Russ Nixon]] from the [[Cleveland Indians]], this time sending pitcher [[Ted Bowsfield]] and outfielder [[Marty Keough]] to the Tribe. A March 16 transaction had to be cancelled when former Bosox catcher [[Sammy White (baseball)|Sammy White]] retired rather than report to the Indians.
*June 15 – Mexico City and Poza Rica combine to hit 12 home runs in one game, a [[Mexican League]] record.
*June 17 – The [[San Francisco Giants]] fire fifth-year manager [[Bill Rigney]] in the midst of a 4–8 team slump. Surprisingly, they turn to 66-year-old [[scout (sports)|scout]] [[Tom Sheehan]] as their new manager; he becomes the oldest rookie skipper in MLB annals. The move fizzles, however, as the Giants go only 46–50 under Sheehan and fall out of the National League's [[first division (baseball)|first division]].
*June 19 – In a brilliant pair of pitching performances, [[Baltimore Orioles|Orioles]] pitchers [[Hoyt Wilhelm]] and [[Milt Pappas]] throw shutouts to beat the host [[Detroit Tigers]] in a twin bill. Wilhelm allows two hits in winning the opener, 2–0, over [[Jim Bunning]], and Pappas surrenders three hits in winning the nightcap, 1–0, over [[Don Mossi]]. [[Jim Gentile]] and [[Ron Hansen (baseball)|Ron Hansen]] collect home runs as catcher [[Clint Courtney]], using the big glove designed by manager [[Paul Richards (baseball)|Paul Richards]], is twice charged with batter interference, the first loading the bases in the 4th inning.
*June 24 – [[Willie Mays]] belts two home runs and makes ten putouts to lead the [[San Francisco Giants]] to a 5–3 win at [[Cincinnati Reds|Cincinnati]]. Mays adds three RBI, three runs scored, and a single — and steals home.
*June 26 – Hoping to speed up the election process, the [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] changes its voting procedures. The new rules allow the Special Veterans Committee to vote annually, rather than every other year, and to induct up to two players a year. The [[Baseball Writers' Association of America|BBWAA]] is authorized to hold a runoff election of the top 30 vote getters if no one is elected in the first ballot.
*June 29 – The [[Cleveland Indians]] buy the contract of pitcher [[Don Newcombe]] from the [[Cincinnati Reds]].
*June 30 – [[Dick Stuart]] blasts three consecutive home runs, as the [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] split with the [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]]. Stuart drives in seven runs and joins [[Ralph Kiner]] as the second Pirates player to hit three home runs in a game at [[Forbes Field]].

===July===
*July 1 – [[Bobby Thomson]], who hit the famous, pennant-clinching [[Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball)|"shot heard 'round the world"]]  while playing for the [[New York Giants (MLB)|New York Giants]] in October 1951, is released by the [[Boston Red Sox]]. He is signed three days later by the [[Baltimore Orioles]] where he finishes his career.
*July 4 – [[Mickey Mantle]]'s three-run first-inning home run off [[Hal Woodeshick]] is the 300th of his career. Mantle becomes the 18th major leaguer to join the 300-HR club, but the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] drop a 9–8 decision to the [[Minnesota Twins|Senators]].
*July 8:
**The [[Cuba]]n revolution led by [[Fidel Castro]] brings an end to [[Havana]]'s [[International League]] team. The [[Havana Sugar Kings|Sugar Kings]] relocate to [[Jersey City]], marking that city's return to the league after a ten-year absence. Poor attendance at [[Roosevelt Stadium]] prompts the renamed [[Jersey City Jerseys]], a [[Cincinnati Reds]] affiliate, to cease operations following the 1961 season.
** The [[Cincinnati Reds|Reds]] sign [[Pete Rose]], a [[Cincinnati]]an and 19-year-old graduate of [[Western Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)|Western Hills High School]]. Rose would go on to be baseball's all-time hits leader. 
*July 9:
**[[Jim Coates]] suffers his first loss after nine straight wins, and 14 straight over two seasons, as the [[Boston Red Sox]] beat the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]], 6–5. The Sox are led by [[Vic Wertz]], who hit a home run, double and single to drive in four runs. Coates' major-league career-record is 17–2.
**The [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] release minor league pitcher [[Tommy Lasorda]], 32; the future Hall-of-Fame manager will remain with the team as a scout, then begin his managerial career in [[Rookie-level|rookie ball]] in 1965. 
*July 11 – At [[Municipal Stadium (Kansas City)|Municipal Stadium, Kansas City]], one-hit shutout pitching by [[Bob Friend]] and home runs by [[Ernie Banks]] and [[Del Crandall]] pace the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] to a 5–4 win over the [[American League]] in the [[1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (first game)|first]] of two All-Star Games. Friend, of the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], has notched two of the NL's last three All-Star wins.
*July 13 – At [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], [[Vern Law]] becomes the second [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]] pitcher to win a [[1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game (second game)|1960 All-Star Game]], working two scoreless innings. [[Stan Musial]] comes off the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] bench and hits his record sixth and last All-Star Game home run. [[Willie Mays]], [[Ken Boyer]] and [[Eddie Mathews]] also homer in the 6–0 Senior Circuit win, the third shutout in All-Star Game history. Law hurls the first two innings of the combined eight-hit shutout, followed by [[Johnny Podres]], [[Stan Williams (baseball)|Stan Williams]], [[Larry Jackson]], [[Bill Henry (baseball, born 1927)|Bill Henry]], and [[Lindy McDaniel]]. [[Whitey Ford]] is the loser.
*July 18 – The [[National League (baseball)|National League]] votes to expand to ten clubs if the [[Continental League]] does not join organized baseball. The new NL clubs would invade CL territories.
*July 19:
**In a spectacular major-league debut, [[Juan Marichal]] of the [[San Francisco Giants]] pitches no-hit ball until [[Clay Dalrymple]] pinch-hit singles with two out in the 7th inning. Marichal winds up with 12 strikeouts and a one-hit 2–0 win against the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]], becoming the first [[National League (baseball)|National League]] pitcher since [[1900 in baseball|1900]] to debut with a one-hitter.
**[[Roy Sievers]]' 21-game [[hitting streak]], the longest for any player in the season, ends, but [[Chicago White Sox]] teammate [[Luis Aparicio]]'s [[inside-the-park home run]] and [[Billy Pierce]]'s shutout beat [[Boston Red Sox|Boston]], 6–0.
**[[Minnesota Twins|Senators]] ace [[Pedro Ramos]] pitches a one-hit, 5–0 shutout over [[Detroit Tigers|Detroit]]. [[Rocky Colavito]]'s leadoff single in the eighth inning, a grounder that eludes shortstop [[José Valdivielso]], is the lone safety.
*July 20 – At [[Cleveland Stadium|Cleveland Municipal Stadium]], [[Mickey Mantle]] golfs a [[Gary Bell (baseball)|Gary Bell]] pitch over the auxiliary scoreboard into the distant upper deck in right field, matching [[Luke Easter (baseball)|Luke Easter]] as the only major league players to reach that spot. Cleveland holds on for an 8–6 win over the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]].
*July 21 – [[Robin Roberts (baseball)|Robin Roberts]] pitches his third career one-hitter, and the 3rd one-hitter of the season in new [[Candlestick Park]]. [[Felipe Alou]] spoils Roberts' no-hit bid in the fifth inning of a 3–0 [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]] victory; third baseman [[Joe Morgan (manager)|Joe Morgan]] fields the batted ball, but falls down and cannot make a throw.
*July 22 – At [[Fenway Park]], the [[Boston Red Sox]] down the [[Cleveland Indians]], 6–4. [[Vic Wertz]] has a three-run home run and four RBI. [[Ted Williams]] also homers, and in the seventh inning, steals second base. Williams sets a major league record as the only player to steal bases in four consecutive decades. He'll be matched by [[Rickey Henderson]] in [[2000 in baseball|2000]]. The Indians' [[Jimmy Piersall]] homers twice, both off winner [[Ike Delock]].
*July 23 – [[Kansas City Athletics|Kansas City]] outfielder [[Whitey Herzog]] hits into the only All-Cuban Triple Play in ML history. The play goes from [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] starting pitcher [[Pedro Ramos]], to first baseman [[Julio Bécquer]], to shortstop [[José Valdivielso]]. The victory, however, goes to reliever [[Chuck Stobbs]] (7–2) as the Senators take an 8–3 decision. [[Harmon Killebrew]] belts a two-run home run.
*July 30 – Just as he predicts, [[Philadelphia Phillies]] pitcher [[Art Mahaffey]] picks off the first batter to get a hit against him. Then with the next batter to get a hit, he does it again. [[Curt Flood]] and [[Bill White (first baseman)|Bill White]] of the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] are the base runner victims, but St. Louis still wins, 6–3. In his next game, the first batter to get a hit off Mahaffey will be [[Jim Marshall (baseball)|Jim Marshall]], and Mahaffey will pick him off as well.

===August===
*August 2 – In an agreement with the major leagues, the [[Continental League]] abandons plans to join the [[American League]] and [[National League (baseball)|National League]]. [[Walter O'Malley]], chairman of the NL Expansion Committee, says, "We immediately will recommend expansion and that we would like to do it in [[1961 in baseball|1961]]." [[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee Braves]] owner [[Lou Perini]] proposes a compromise that four of the CL territories be admitted to the current majors in orderly expansion. [[Branch Rickey]]'s group quickly accepts. The Continental League ends without playing a game.
*August 3 – In an unusual move, [[Cleveland Indians]] GM [[Frank Lane]] trades managers with [[Detroit Tigers]] GM [[Bill DeWitt]]. The Indians' [[Joe Gordon]] (49–46) is dealt to the Tigers for [[Jimmy Dykes]] (44–52). For one game, until the pair can change places, [[Jo-Jo White]] pilots the Indians and [[Billy Hitchcock]] guides the Tigers.
*August 4 – Reacting to an inside fastball that sails over his head, second baseman [[Billy Martin]] of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] engages [[Chicago Cubs]]' [[rookie]] southpaw [[Jim Brewer (baseball)|Jim Brewer]] in an altercation on the [[Wrigley Field]] pitchers' mound. Martin punches Brewer in the face, breaking the [[orbital bone]] below his right eye. Brewer undergoes season-ending surgery two days later and files suit against Martin for $1.04 million, while [[National League (baseball)|National League]] president [[Warren Giles]] suspends Martin for five games and fines him $500. Brewer's lawsuit will be settled out of court.
*August 7 – The [[Chicago White Sox]] win a pair from the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]], with reliever [[Gerry Staley]] picking up two victories. Staley will be 13–8, all in relief, with both wins and losses topping the [[American League]] relievers.
*August 8 – A day crowd of 48,323, the largest day crowd ever at [[Comiskey Park]], cheers [[Chicago White Sox|White Sox]] pitcher [[Billy Pierce]]'s four-hit victory over the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]], 9–1. Pierce faces just 31 batters.
*August 9 – With fine relief pitching of [[Lindy McDaniel]] in the opener and a five-hitter by [[Curt Simmons]] in the nightcap, the [[St. Louis Cardinals]] sweep the [[Philadelphia Phillies]], 5–4 and 6–0. Philadelphia's [[Tony Taylor (baseball)|Tony Taylor]] ties a major league record for a second baseman by going the entire doubleheader (18 innings) without a putout – the first to achieve the feat since [[Connie Ryan]], of the Phillies, on June 14, [[1953 in baseball|1953]].
*August 10 – [[Ted Williams]]  blasts a pair of home runs and a double to pace the [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] to a 6–1 win over the [[Cleveland Indians]]. Williams has 21 homers for the season. The first of the two today, #512, moves him past [[Mel Ott]] into fourth place on the all-time list. After the game, Williams announces that he will retire at the end of the season.
*August 18 – At [[Milwaukee County Stadium|County Stadium]], [[Lew Burdette]] of the [[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee Braves]] [[no-hitter|no-hits]] the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] 1–0. He faces the minimum 27 batters, a fifth-inning hit-by-pitch to [[Tony González (baseball)|Tony González]] being the only Phillies base runner; González is retired on [[Lee Walls]]' double play ground ball one batter later. Burdette also helps his own cause by scoring the only run of the game; after doubling to lead off the eighth, he scores on [[Bill Bruton]]'s double one batter later.
*August 20 – [[Ted Williams]] draws the 2,000th walk of his career in the [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]]' split of a twi-night doubleheader with the [[Baltimore Orioles|Orioles]]. Williams joins [[Babe Ruth]] as the only major leaguers to collect 2,000 walks. [[Rickey Henderson]] in [[2000 in baseball|2000]], and [[Barry Bonds]] in [[2003 in baseball|2003]], will join the select 2,000 walks group.
*August 23 – Following up his no-hitter, [[Lew Burdette]] fires his third shutout in a row, pitching the [[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee Braves]] to a 7–0 win over the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]].
*August 27 – After pitching 32{{fraction|2|3}} shutout innings, [[Atlanta Braves|Braves]] pitcher [[Lew Burdette]] gives up a [[Felipe Alou]] home run as [[San Francisco Giants|San Francisco]] defeats the Braves 3–1.
*August 30 – [[Boston Red Sox]] second baseman [[Pete Runnels]] goes 6-for-7, as Boston edges the [[Detroit Tigers|Tigers]] in the 15-inning opener of a twin bill. Runnels' 15th-inning double brings [[Frank Malzone]] home with the winning run to win, 5–4. Runnels has three more hits in the nightcap victory, 3–2 in 10 innings. His six hits are the most in an [[American League]] game since July 8, [[1955 in baseball|1955]]. With 9-for-11 in the doubleheader, Runnels ties the major league record.

===September===
*September 2 – [[Boston Red Sox|Boston]]'s [[Ted Williams]] hits a home run off [[Don Lee (baseball)|Don Lee]] of the [[Minnesota Twins|Senators]]. Williams had homered against Lee's father, [[Thornton Lee|Thornton]], 20 years earlier.
*September 3:
**A battle of left-handed pitchers features [[Sandy Koufax]] of the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] against [[Mike McCormick (pitcher)|Mike McCormick]] of the [[San Francisco Giants|Giants]]. [[Felipe Alou]]'s home run gives McCormick a 1–0 win, his second 1–0 win against Los Angeles in 1960.
**In the [[International League]], [[Al Cicotte]] of the Toronto Maple Leafs pitches an 11-inning [[no-hitter]] against Montreal.
*September 6 – In his final game at [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], [[Ted Williams]] hits his 518th career home run in a [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] 7–1 win.
*September 10 – In [[Detroit Tigers|Detroit]], the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]]' [[Mickey Mantle]] hits a home run in the 6th inning, the ball clearing the right field roof and landing in the Brooks Lumber Yard across Trumbull Avenue. In [[1985 in baseball|June 1985]], Mantle's blow was retroactively measured at 643 feet, and will be listed in the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]'' at that distance.
*September 13 – Eighteen-year-old outfielder [[Danny Murphy (pitcher)|Danny Murphy]] becomes the youngest [[Chicago Cubs]] player to hit a home run when he clouts a three-run homer off [[Bob Purkey]] of the [[Cincinnati Reds]], as the Reds win 8–6 at home. Murphy will play just 49 games for the Cubs from 1960 to 1962. He will come back as a pitcher for the [[Chicago White Sox]] in 1969-70.
*September 15 – [[Willie Mays]] ties the modern major league record with three triples in a game against the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]]. The last [[National League (baseball)|National League]] player to hit three triples in a game was [[Roberto Clemente]], in [[1958 in baseball|1958]].
*September 16:
**At the age of 39, [[Warren Spahn]] notches his 11th 20-win season with a 4–0 [[no-hitter]] against the [[Philadelphia Phillies|Phillies]]. Spahn also sets a [[Milwaukee Braves (1953–65)|Milwaukee]] club record with 15 strikeouts in handing the last-place Phils their 90th loss of the year.
**The [[Baltimore Orioles]] (83–58) and [[New York Yankees]] (82–57) open a crucial four games series with the Orioles just .002 in back of New York. Three days later, during a doubleheader, the Yankees will sweep Baltimore. The faltering Birds, now four back, will end up in second place, eight games back.
*September 18 – At [[Wrigley Field]], [[Ernie Banks]] sets a record by drawing his 27th intentional walk of the season.
*September 19 – The [[Chicago White Sox]] pennant hopes are damaged with a nightcap 7–6 loss to the [[Detroit Tigers]], after they win the opener, 8–4. Pinch hitter [[Norm Cash]] scores the decisive run in game two. Cash thus ends the season by grounding into no double plays, becoming the first [[American League]] player since league records on this were started in [[1940 in baseball|1940]]. [[Dick McAuliffe]] and [[Roger Repoz]] will duplicate this in [[1968 in baseball|1968]].
*September 20 – [[Boston Red Sox]] outfielder [[Carroll Hardy]] pinch-hits for [[Ted Williams]], who is forced to leave the game after fouling a ball off his ankle, and grounds into a double play. On May 31, [[1961 in baseball|1961]], Hardy  will pinch hit for rookie [[Carl Yastrzemski]], making him the only player to go in for both future Hall of Famers. Hardy also hit his first major league home run pinch-hitting for [[Roger Maris]] when both were at [[Cleveland Indians|Cleveland]] (May 18, [[1958 in baseball|1958]]).
*September 25:
**For the first time since [[1927 World Series|1927]], the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] head for the [[World Series]] as second-place [[St. Louis Cardinals|St. Louis]] is eliminated from contention, 5–0, by the [[Chicago Cubs]].
**[[Ralph Terry]] clinches the [[New York Yankees]] 25th pennant with a 4–3 win over the [[Boston Red Sox]]. [[Luis Arroyo]] saves the win. It is [[Casey Stengel]]'s 10th pennant in 12 years at New York.
*September 28 –  In his last major league at bat, [[Ted Williams]] picks out a 1-1 pitch by [[Baltimore Orioles|Baltimore]]'s [[Jack Fisher]] and drives it 450 feet into the right-center field seats behind the [[Boston Red Sox|Boston]] bullpen. It is Williams' 521st and last career home run, putting him third on the all-time list. Williams stays in the dugout, ignoring the thunderous ovation at [[Fenway Park]], and refused to tip his hat to the hometown fans. However, they would make up for that [[1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|39 years later]].

===October===
*October 2 – The [[Baltimore Orioles]] defeat the [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] 2–1 at [[Griffith Stadium]] in the Senators' final game before their move to Minneapolis–St. Paul. [[Milt Pappas]] wins the pitchers' duel against [[Pedro Ramos]], who gives up a home run to [[Jackie Brandt]] for the deciding run.
*October 3 – The [[New York Yankees]] head into the [[1960 World Series|World Series]] with a 15-game winning streak, the 8th longest streak in the [[American League]] this century, after [[Dale Long]]'s two-run 9th-inning home run gives them an 8–7 win over the [[Boston Red Sox]]. The 193 home runs are an AL season record, three better than the [[1956 in baseball|1956]] Yankees. RBI leader [[Roger Maris]] drives in three runs, but falls one home run short of [[Mickey Mantle]]'s league-high 40.
*October 5 – In a portent of things to come, [[Bill Mazeroski]]'s two-run 5th-inning home run off [[Jim Coates]] is the difference as [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pittsburgh]] beats the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] 6–4 in its first [[World Series]] win since [[1925 World Series|1925]]. [[Roy Face]] survives a two-run 9th-inning [[Elston Howard]] home run to preserve [[Vern Law]]'s victory.
*October 6 – [[Mickey Mantle]] hits two home runs in a [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] 16–3 victory at [[Forbes Field]], evening the [[1960 World Series|World Series]]. A seven-run 6th inning overwhelms [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pittsburgh]].
*October 8 – At [[Yankee Stadium (1923)|Yankee Stadium]], [[Bobby Richardson]] collects six RBI, including a [[grand slam (baseball)|grand slam]] off reliever [[Clem Labine]] in a six-run first inning, and [[Whitey Ford]] pitches a four-hitter 10–0 shutout to give the Yankees a 2-1 [[1960 World Series|World Series]] lead, spoiling [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pittsburgh]] manager [[Danny Murtaugh]]'s 43rd birthday.
*October 9 – [[Vern Law]] wins again, thanks to his own RBI single and [[Bill Virdon]]'s two-run hit. [[Roy Face]] retires the final eight batters in order. The [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] 3–2 win evens the [[1960 World Series]].
*October 10 – [[Bill Mazeroski]] stars again. His two-run double stakes [[Harvey Haddix]] to a 3–0 lead. [[Roy Face]] is called on once more for another hitless effort to preserve a 5–2 win over the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] and 3-2 [[1960 World Series|World Series]] lead for the surprising [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pirates]].
*October 12 – In Game Six of the [[1960 World Series|World Series]], [[Whitey Ford]] preserves the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] hopes with a seven-hit shutout at [[Forbes Field]]. [[Bob Friend]] is bombed again as the Yankees coast, 12–0. [[Bobby Richardson]]'s two run-scoring triples give him a Fall Classic record of 12 RBI.
*October 13 – The [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] defeat the [[New York Yankees]], 10–9, in Game 7 of the [[1960 World Series|World Series]], to win their third [[World Championship]], and first since [[1925 World Series|1925]], four games to three. In a 9–9 tie, [[Bill Mazeroski]] leads off the last of the ninth inning and hits what is arguably the most dramatic home run in Series history, off [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] hurler [[Ralph Terry]]. The drama of Mazeroski's home run was heightened by the excitement that preceded the home run:  A combined total of seven runs were scored by both teams in a wild and whacky bottom of the eighth and top of the ninth.  An oddity in this game – it is the only World Series game this century with no strikeouts recorded. Another oddity, this one to the 1960 World Series itself – Mazeroski's home run makes this the only World Series in history won by a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning of the seventh and deciding game.  Despite Mazeroski's heroics, however, Yankees second baseman [[Bobby Richardson]] is named the [[World Series MVP Award|Series MVP]], as the Yankees outscore Pittsburgh, 55 to 27.
*October 17 – The [[National League (baseball)|National League]] votes to admit [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] and New York City teams to the league in [[1962 in baseball|1962]], the first structural change since [[1900 in baseball|1900]], and to go to a 10-team league.
*October 18 – Instituting a mandatory retirement age of 65, [[New York Yankees]] co-owners Dan Topping and Del Webb relieve [[Casey Stengel]] as the team manager. Stengel says, "I wasn't retired—they fired me." The veteran skipper has a 1,149-696 career record.
*October 20 – Coach [[Ralph Houk]], at age 41, is named to succeed [[Casey Stengel]] as the [[New York Yankees|Yankees]] manager. Houk briefly led the Yankees in 1960 when Stengel was hospitalized.
*October 25 – [[Gabe Paul]], general manager of the [[Cincinnati Reds]] since October 1951, quits his post to join [[Houston Colt .45s|Houston's]] [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[expansion team]] as their first front-office boss. Although he doesn't stay long, Paul brings young Cincinnati executives [[Tal Smith]] and [[Bill Giles (baseball)|Bill Giles]] to Houston, and both play key roles in what will become the [[Houston Astros|Colt .45s/Astros]]' early years.
*October 26 – Trying to jump ahead of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]], the [[American League]] admits Los Angeles and [[Minneapolis]] teams to the league with plans to have the new clubs begin competition in [[1961 in baseball|1961]] in the new 10-team league. [[Calvin Griffith]] is given permission to move the existing [[Washington Senators (1901–60)|Washington Senators]] franchise to [[Minneapolis–St. Paul]], Minnesota. (An expansion team, also called the Senators, will be placed in Washington.) American League president [[Joe Cronin]] says the league will play a 162-game schedule, with 18 games against each opponent. The [[National League (baseball)|National League]] will balk, saying the two expansions are not analogous and that the American League was not invited to move into LA.
*October 31 – The [[San Francisco Giants]] acquire [[Alvin Dark]] from the [[Milwaukee Braves]] in exchange for infielder [[Andre Rodgers]]. Dark retires as a player and is named to succeed [[Tom Sheehan]] as the Giants' manager for 1961.

===November===
*November 2:
**[[George Weiss (baseball)|George Weiss]], who had a hand in 15 [[World Series]] champions in 29 seasons with the [[New York Yankees]] — eight as farm system director (1932–1947) and seven as general manager (1948–1960) — is forced into retirement at age 66. A longtime assistant, [[Roy Hamey]], replaces him.
**[[Hank Greenberg]] asks for [[American League]] dates at the [[Los Angeles Coliseum]], home of the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]]. Greenberg and [[Bill Veeck]]—the incumbent general manager and principal owner, respectively, of the [[Chicago White Sox]]—are expected to run the new Los Angeles club in the AL. On November 17, Greenberg will drop out of the bidding to run the new franchise.
**Veteran executive [[Bill DeWitt]] steps down as president and ''de facto'' general manager of the [[Detroit Tigers]] and joins the [[Cincinnati Reds]] as vice president/GM. One year and a National League pennant later, DeWitt purchases the Cincinnati franchise from the estate of [[Powel Crosley Jr.]] Meanwhile, in Detroit, [[Rick Ferrell]], [[Baseball Hall of Fame|Hall of Fame]] catcher, regains the Tigers' GM responsibilities.
*November 17 – [[Elwood Richard Quesada|Elwood "Pete" Quesada]], retired [[United States Air Force]] general and head of the [[Federal Aviation Administration]], becomes the founding principal owner of the [[expansion team|expansion]] version of the [[Washington Senators (1961–1971)|Washington Senators]]. The undercapitalized and hastily organized franchise will struggle through two seasons before Quesada sells the Senators in January 1963.
*November 21 – [[Bob Scheffing]], ex-catcher who skippered the [[Chicago Cubs]] from 1957–1959, signs to manage the [[Detroit Tigers]] after the job is turned down by [[Casey Stengel]].
*November 22 – The [[American League]] proposes that both leagues expand to nine teams in [[1961 in baseball|1961]] and begin [[interleague play]]. It will delay entering the Los Angeles market if the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] agrees. (There will be expansion to 10 teams in the American League in 1961, followed by the National League doing so in 1962, but interleague play does not arrive until {{Baseball year|1997}}.)
*November 23 – [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] outfielder [[Frank Howard (baseball)|Frank Howard]] is selected National League Rookie of the Year with 12 of 24 votes. The six-foot, seven-inch (2.01 m) Howard belted 23 home runs during the regular season.
*November 26 – The relocated American League team in the Twin Cities of [[Minneapolis – Saint Paul]] chooses the appropriate nickname [[Minnesota Twins|Twins]] to represent its franchise. The team recently moved from Washington, D.C., where they were known as the Senators.

===December===
*December 3 – The [[Milwaukee Braves]] purchase the contract of [[Billy Martin]] from the [[Cincinnati Reds]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer/159452570/|title=Reds Peddle Billy Martin|first=Bill|last=Ford|work=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]|date=December 4, 1960|access-date=November 20, 2024|page=94|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*December 5 – [[American League]] president [[Joe Cronin]] suggests that if the [[National League (baseball)|National League]] starts its new New York City franchise in [[1961 in baseball|1961]], the AL will stay out of Los Angeles until [[1962 in baseball|1962]]. The NL turned down the suggested compromise of November 22 because [[Houston]] will not be ready in 1961.
*December 6 – A group headed by movie star [[Gene Autry]] and former football star [[Bob Reynolds (American football, born 1914)|Bob Reynolds]] is awarded the new [[American League]] [[Los Angeles Angels]]. [[Charlie Finley]] withdraws his bid for Los Angeles and offers to purchase control of the [[Kansas City Athletics]]. On December 20, Finley will buy 52 percent of the A's from [[Arnold Johnson (industrialist)|Arnold Johnson's]] estate.
*December 7 – The [[Detroit Tigers]] acquire veteran centerfielder and three-time NL [[stolen base]] king [[Bill Bruton]], pitcher [[Terry Fox (baseball)|Terry Fox]], catcher [[Dick Brown (baseball)|Dick Brown]] and infielder [[Chuck Cottier]] from the [[Milwaukee Braves]] for [[Gold Glove Award]]-winning and four-time [[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|All-Star]] second baseman [[Frank Bolling]] and reserve outfielder [[Neil Chrisley]] (a [[player to be named later]]).
*December 14 – The [[American League]] stocks its two new teams with the first-ever [[1960 Major League Baseball expansion draft|expansion draft]]. Two former [[New York Yankees]] pitchers — [[Eli Grba]] ([[Los Angeles Angels|Angels]]) and [[Bobby Shantz]] ([[Washington Senators (1961–1971)|Senators]]) — are the top choices in the intraleague lottery.
*December 15 – The [[Cincinnati Reds]] make two significant trades. In the first, the Reds send shortstop [[Roy McMillan]] to the [[Milwaukee Braves]] for pitchers [[Joey Jay]] and [[Juan Pizarro (baseball)|Juan Pizarro]]. Then, they trade left-hander Pizarro, along with veteran hurler [[Cal McLish]], to the [[Chicago White Sox]] for third baseman [[Gene Freese]]. Jay (a 21-game winner and NL All-Star) and Freese (26 HR, 87 RBI, .277 BA) will play integral roles in [[1961 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati's 1961 National League pennant]].
*December 21 – [[Chicago Cubs]] owner [[Philip K. Wrigley]] says his team will have no manager in 1960, but will use a "[[College of Coaches]]."

==Births==

===January===
*January 3 – [[Randy Hunt (baseball)|Randy Hunt]]
*January 4 – [[Paul Gibson (baseball)|Paul Gibson]]
*January 8 – [[Randy Ready]]
*January 8 – [[Julio Solano]]
*January 9 – [[Norifumi Nishimura]]
*January 10 – [[Bob Brower]]
*January 10 – [[Kelvin Torve]]
*January 12 – [[Tim Hulett]]
*January 12 – [[Mike Marshall (outfielder)|Mike Marshall]]
*January 12 – [[Mike Trujillo]]
*January 14 – [[Ross Jones]]
*January 15 – [[Curt Brown (baseball)|Curt Brown]]
*January 17 – [[Chili Davis]]
*January 18 – [[Gibson Alba]]
*January 21 – [[Andy Hawkins]]
*January 21 – [[Darryl Motley]]
*January 23 – [[Reggie Ritter]]
*January 28 – [[Stu Pederson]]
*January 29 – [[Steve Sax]]

===February===
*February 1 – [[Cecilio Guante]]
*February 2 – [[Buddy Biancalana]]
*February 4 – [[Tim Pyznarski]]
*February 16 – [[Eric Bullock]]
*February 16 – [[Bill Pecota]]
*February 18 – [[Bob Fallon]]
*February 24 – [[Nick Esasky]]
*February 29 – [[Bill Long (baseball)|Bill Long]]

===March===
*March 2 – [[Mike Woodard (baseball)|Mike Woodard]]
*March 3 – [[Chuck Cary]]
*March 3 – [[Neal Heaton]]
*March 4 – [[Jeff Dedmon]]
*March 6 – [[Rick Behenna]]
*March 7 – [[Joe Carter]]
*March 8 – [[Kevin Hagen (baseball)|Kevin Hagen]]
*March 14 – [[Kirby Puckett]]
*March 14 – [[Jerry Willard]]
*March 15 – [[Mike Pagliarulo]]
*March 18 – [[Matt Winters]]
*March 20 – [[Mike Young (baseball)|Mike Young]]
*March 22 – [[Scott Bradley (baseball)|Scott Bradley]]
*March 22 – [[Matt Sinatro]]
*March 24 – [[Dwight Taylor (baseball)|Dwight Taylor]]

===April===
*April 2 – [[Tom Barrett (baseball)|Tom Barrett]]
*April 3 – [[Tim Conroy]]
*April 4 – [[John Lickert]]
*April 5 – [[Jim Scranton]]
*April 12 – [[Bill Lindsey]]
*April 14 – [[Paul Hodgson (baseball)|Paul Hodgson]]
*April 15 – [[Mike Diaz]]
*April 16 – [[Curt Young]]
*April 19 – [[Frank Viola]]
*April 20 – [[Randy Kutcher]]
*April 21 – [[Greg Legg]]
*April 26 – [[Steve Lombardozzi]]
*April 27 – [[Jim Eppard]]
*April 27 – [[Brian Giles (second baseman)|Brian Giles]]
*April 28 – [[Tom Browning]]
*April 28 – [[John Cerutti]]
*April 28 – [[Mark Ryal]]

===May===
*May 1 – [[Charlie O'Brien]]
*May 4 – [[Tim Tschida]]
*May 9 – [[Tony Gwynn]]
*May 13 – [[Lenny Faedo]]
*May 21 – [[Kent Hrbek]]
*May 26 – [[Rob Murphy]]
*May 31 – [[Jeff Schaefer]]

===June===
*June 2 – [[Lemmie Miller]]
*June 3 – [[Barry Lyons (baseball)|Barry Lyons]]
*June 3 – [[Steve Lyons (baseball)|Steve Lyons]]
*June 7 – [[Jim Paciorek]]
*June 14 – [[Mike Laga]]
*June 14 – [[Pat Larkin]]
*June 20 – [[Doug Gwosdz]]
*June 20 – [[Larry See]]
*June 22 – [[Greg Booker]]
*June 23 – [[Jim Deshaies]]
*June 23 – [[John Rabb]]
*June 26 – [[Pete Dalena]]
*June 27 – [[Jackie Gutiérrez]]
*June 30 – [[Al Newman]]

===July===
*July 3 – [[Jack Daugherty (baseball)|Jack Daugherty]]
*July 6 – [[Germán Rivera]]
*July 8 – [[Mike Ramsey (outfielder)|Mike Ramsey]]
*July 13 – [[Mike Fitzgerald (catcher)|Mike Fitzgerald]]
*July 16 – [[Terry Pendleton]]
*July 20 – [[Mike Witt]]
*July 24 – [[Jeff Kaiser]]
*July 28 – [[Carmelo Martínez]]
*July 29 – [[Daryl Smith (baseball)|Daryl Smith]]
*July 30 – [[Steve Ellsworth]]

===August===
*August 1 – [[Dave Anderson (infielder)|Dave Anderson]]
*August 3 – [[Sid Bream]]
*August 4 – [[Steve Davis (pitcher)|Steve Davis]]
*August 9 – [[Stan Clarke]]
*August 11 – [[Al Pedrique]]
*August 14 – [[Edwin Rodríguez (baseball)|Edwin Rodríguez]]
*August 16 – [[Bill Mooneyham]]
*August 18 – [[Mike LaValliere]]
*August 19 – [[Ron Darling]]
*August 19 – [[Sap Randall]]
*August 20 – [[Tom Brunansky]]
*August 20 – [[Mark Langston]]
*August 20 – [[Ed Wojna]]
*August 23 – [[Ed Hearn (baseball)|Ed Hearn]]
*August 23 – [[Randy St. Claire]]
*August 24 – [[Cal Ripken Jr.]]
*August 25 – [[Bobby Meacham]]
*August 29 – [[Bill Latham (baseball)|Bill Latham]]
*August 29 – [[Rusty Tillman (baseball)|Rusty Tillman]]
*August 29 – [[Reggie Williams (1980s outfielder)|Reggie Williams]]
*August 30 – [[Randy O'Neal]]
*August 30 – [[Rick Seilheimer]]
*August 31 – [[Morris Madden]]

===September===
*September 2 – [[Rex Hudler]]
*September 3 – [[Rene Gonzales]]
*September 5 – [[Tim Birtsas]]
*September 5 – [[John Christensen (baseball)|John Christensen]]
*September 5 – [[Chris Green (baseball)|Chris Green]]
*September 5 – [[Candy Maldonado]]
*September 6 – [[Al Lachowicz]]
*September 6 – [[Greg Olson (baseball)|Greg Olson]]
*September 7 – [[Wade Rowdon]]
*September 9 – [[Alvin Davis]]
*September 12 – [[Trench Davis]]
*September 15 – [[Todd Fischer (baseball)|Todd Fischer]]
*September 16 – [[Mel Hall]]
*September 16 – [[Dan Jennings (manager)|Dan Jennings]]
*September 16 – [[Mickey Tettleton]]
*September 17 – [[John Franco]]
*September 18 – [[Scott Earl]]
*September 19 – [[Phil Stephenson]]
*September 20 – [[Dave Gallagher]]
*September 20 – [[Randy Kramer]]
*September 21 – [[Rick Rodriguez]]
*September 22 – [[Mark Hirschbeck]]
*September 25 – [[Dave Walsh (baseball)|Dave Walsh]]
*September 29 – [[Rob Deer]]
*September 29 – [[Howard Johnson (baseball)|Howard Johnson]]

===October===
*October 2 – [[Ernest Riles]]
*October 4 – [[Joe Boever]]
*October 4 – [[Billy Hatcher]]
*October 5 – [[Randy Bockus]]
*October 6 – [[Jay Baller]]
*October 6 – [[Bruce Fields]]
*October 6 – [[Bill Johnson (pitcher)|Bill Johnson]]
*October 6 – [[Jeff Zaske]]
*October 10 – [[Bill Moore (first baseman)|Bill Moore]]
*October 11 – [[Curt Ford]]
*October 14 – [[Bill Bathe]]
*October 17 – [[Ken Dixon]]
*October 18 – [[Terry Clark (baseball)|Terry Clark]]
*October 18 – [[Steve Kiefer]]
*October 19 – [[Mark Davis (pitcher)|Mark Davis]]
*October 21 – [[Franklin Stubbs]]
*October 25 – [[Kelly Downs]]
*October 27 – [[Tom Nieto]]
*October 27 – [[Ron Shepherd]]
*October 28 – [[Mark Knudson]]
*October 30 – [[José Escobar (baseball)|José Escobar]]
*October 30 – [[Gerald Perry]]
*October 30 – [[Lee Tunnell]]
*October 30 – [[Dave Valle]]
*October 31 – [[Mike Gallego]]

===November===
*November 1 – [[Fernando Valenzuela]]
*November 6 – [[Ron Romanick]]
*November 11 – [[Gary Jones (manager)|Gary Jones]]
*November 11 – [[Jeff Ransom]]
*November 12 – [[Donnie Hill]]
*November 15 – [[Rick Luecken]]
*November 16 – [[Curt Wardle]]
*November 21 – [[Mark Eichhorn]]
*November 22 – [[Gene Walter]]
*November 22 – [[Colin Ward (baseball)|Colin Ward]]
*November 26 – [[Harold Reynolds]]
*November 28 – [[Ken Howell]]
*November 29 – [[Howard Johnson (baseball)|Howard Johnson]]
*November 30 – [[Bob Tewksbury]]

===December===
*December 3 – [[Gene Nelson (baseball)|Gene Nelson]]
*December 4 – [[David Green (baseball)|David Green]]
*December 8 – [[John Mizerock]]
*December 9 – [[Gary Denbo]]
*December 9 – [[Juan Samuel]]
*December 10 – [[Paul Assenmacher]]
*December 10 – [[Jeff Bettendorf]]
*December 13 – [[Jeff Robinson (relief pitcher)|Jeff Robinson]]
*December 14 – [[Mike Rizzo (baseball)|Mike Rizzo]]
*December 20 – [[José DeLeón]]
*December 21 – [[Roger McDowell]]
*December 21 – [[Andy Van Slyke]]
*December 24 – [[John Costello (baseball)|John Costello]]
*December 25 – [[Ty Gainey]]
*December 25 – [[Tom O'Malley]]
*December 26 – [[Jeff Stone (baseball)|Jeff Stone]]
*December 28 – [[Zane Smith (baseball)|Zane Smith]]
*December 28 – [[Carl Willis]]
*December 29 – [[Jim Wilson (first baseman)|Jim Wilson]]

==Deaths==

===January===
*January 1 – [[Tige Stone]], 58, outfielder/pitcher who appeared in five contests for 1923 St. Louis Cardinals
*January 2 – [[Ken Gables]], 40, pitcher who worked in 62 total games for 1945–1947 Pittsburgh Pirates
*January 5 – [[Clay Van Alstyne]], 59, pitcher in six games for 1926–1927 Washington Senators
*January 10 – [[Bunny Fabrique]], 72, shortstop for the 1916–1917 Brooklyn Robins who got into 27 career big-league games
*January 12 – [[Jimmy Lavender]], 75, pitcher for the Chicago Cubs from 1912 to 1916, and for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1917
*January 15 – [[Frankie Austin]], 43, Panamanian shortstop who played in 251 games for the 1944–1948 Philadelphia Stars of the Negro National League; batted .337 lifetime and was selected to six All-Star teams
*January 19 – [[Bob Fagan]], 65, second baseman for the 1921 Kansas City Monarchs and 1923 St. Louis Stars of the Negro National League
*January 20 – [[Gibby Brack]], 51, outfielder/first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies who played in 315 games between 1937 and 1939
*January 24 – [[Russ Ford]], 76, Canadian pitcher who twirled for the New York Highlanders/Yankees (1909–1913) and Buffalo of the "outlaw" Federal League (1914–1915); three-time 20-game winner (1910, 1911, 1914) — including a 26-game-winning campaign for the 1910 Highlanders; inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame (1987)
*January 25 – [[Palmer Hildebrand]], 75, catcher who appeared in 26 games for the 1913 St. Louis Cardinals
*January 28 – [[Bill Warren (baseball)|Bill Warren]], 75, Federal League catcher who played 31 games in 1914–1915 for Indianapolis and Newark

===February===
*February 3 – [[Lem McDougal]], 65, pitcher for the Chicago Giants of the Negro National League in 1920
*February 6 – [[Noodles Hahn]], 80, left-handed hurler for the Cincinnati Reds (1899–1905) and New York Highlanders (1906); won 22 or more games during four of his seven seasons with Cincinnati
*February 11 – [[Fritz Clausen]], 90, a 19th-century pitcher for the Louisville Colonels and Chicago Colts
*February 11 – [[Roy Mack]], 71, son of [[Connie Mack]]; vice president of the Philadelphia Athletics from 1936 to August 1950, and co-owner with his brother Earle from that point to November 1954, when the Mack brothers sold the Philadelphia franchise to banker and real-estate magnate Arnold Johnson (died March 6, 1960), who moved it to Kansas City for 1955
*February 16 – [[Stuffy McInnis]], 69, excellent fielding first baseman (committed only one error in 152 games and 1,652 chances for a .9994 fielding percentage in 1921); batted .307 lifetime for six clubs, most prominently with the Philadelphia Athletics' "$100,000 infield" (1909–1917); four-time World Series champion with A's (1911, 1913), Boston Red Sox (1918) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1925); managed National League Phillies to an abysmal 51–103 mark in 1927 then became a longtime college baseball coach
*February 16 – [[Jasper Washington]], 63, first- and third baseman who played in the Negro leagues between 1921 and 1933, notably for the Homestead Grays
*February 18 – [[Fred Schemanske]], 56, pitcher and pinch hitter for 1923 Washington Senators; went 2-for-2 (1.000) as emergency batsman, far outshining his one inning pitched and earned run average of 27.00
*February 20 – [[George Leitner]], 88, who pitched for the New York Giants, Philadelphia Athletics, Cleveland Blues and Chicago White Sox in 1901–1902; one of several deaf-mute MLB players at turn of 20th century 
*February 24 – [[Uke Clanton]], 62, first baseman for the 1922 Cleveland Indians
*February 27 – [[Arthur Coleman]], 61, pitcher/outfielder/first baseman for the 1920 Dayton Marcos of the Negro National League

===March===
*March 2 – [[Howie Camnitz]], 78, pitcher who spent nine of his 11 MLB seasons with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1904, 1906–1913); won 20 or more games three times for the Pirates, and was a member of 1909 World Series champions
*March 3 – [[Toussaint Allen]], 63, outfielder in the Negro leagues from 1914 to 1928
*March 6 – [[Arnold Johnson (industrialist)|Arnold Johnson]], 54, Chicago-based businessman who purchased the Philadelphia Athletics in November 1954, transferred the franchise to Kansas City for 1955, and owned the team until his death
*March 10 – [[Jim Holmes (baseball)|Jim Holmes]], 78, pitched in 18 career games as a member of the 1906 Philadelphia Athletics and 1908 Brooklyn Superbas
*March 17 – [[Bob Thorpe (pitcher)|Bob Thorpe]], 24, pitcher who appeared in two games for the 1955 Chicago Cubs
*March 18 – [[Dixie Howell (pitcher)|Dixie Howell]], 40, relief pitcher for the 1940 Cleveland Indians, 1949 Cincinnati Reds and 1955–1958 Chicago White Sox; combat veteran of World War II who, starting in September 1944, spent six months in captivity as a POW; still an active player when he died from a heart attack during spring training drills in Florida
*March 21 – [[Mack Stewart]], 45, relief pitcher who appeared in 24 games for the 1943–1944 Chicago Cubs during World War II
*March 22 – [[Gordon Rhodes]], 52, pitcher who played from 1929 to 1936 for the New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics
*March 26 – [[Dan Tipple]], 70, pitcher who worked in three games for 1915 Yankees
*March 29 – [[Kid Carsey]], 87, pitcher/outfielder who played in 329 games (296 on the mound) for six clubs between 1891 and 1901; lost 37 games in one season (1891) as a pitcher for the Washington Statesmen of the then-major-league American Association; won 24 games for Philadelphia Phillies in 1895
*March 30 – [[Joe Connolly (1920s outfielder)|Joe Connolly]], 65, outfielder for the New York Giants, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox in the 1920s

===April===
*April 17 – [[Ricardo Torres (baseball)|Ricardo Torres]], 69, Cuban catcher who played in 22 games for the 1920–1922 Washington Senators; father of [[Gil Torres (baseball)|Gil Torres]]
*April 19 – [[Vallie Eaves]], 48, pitcher who appeared in 24 total MLB games for 1935 Philadelphia Athletics, 1939–1940 Chicago White Sox, and 1941–1942 Chicago Cubs
*April 19 – [[Bob Osborn]], 57, pitcher who went 27–17 (4.32) in 121 career games for Chicago Cubs (1925–1927 and 1929–1930) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1931)
*April 22 – [[Johnson Hill (baseball)|Johnson Hill]], 69, third baseman who played in the Negro leagues between 1910 and 1927
*April 30 – [[Oscar Owens|Oscar "Cannonball" Owens]], 66, outfielder/pitcher in the Negro leagues of the 1920s; in the two seasons (1922, 1929) for which [https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/o/owensos01.shtml Baseball Reference] lists his batting statistics, he hit .398 during his 61-game career (74-for-186)
*April 30 – [[Herman Pillette]], 64, pitcher in 106 games for 1923–1925 Detroit Tigers (and one contest for 1917 Cincinnati Reds); won 19 games for 1923 Tigers, then lost 19 for 1924 Bengals; father of [[Duane Pillette]]

===May===
*May 1 – [[Lou Schettler]], 73, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher who worked in 27 games in 1910
*May 6 – [[Vern Bickford]], 39, pitcher who won 66 games for the Boston/Milwaukee Braves (1948–1953), including a no-hitter on August 11, 1950, against the Brooklyn Dodgers
*May 6 – [[Merlin Kopp]], 68, outfielder for the 1915 Washington Senators and 1918–1919 Philadelphia Athletics
*May 8 – [[Howie Camp]], 66, outfielder in five games for 1917 New York Yankees
*May 12 – [[Gus Felix]], 64, outfielder for the [[Boston Braves (baseball)|Boston Braves]] (1923–1925) and [[Brooklyn Robins]] (1926–1927); finished third in the National League in putouts by a centerfielder in 1925
*May 19 – [[Leo Fishel]], 82, Columbia University alumnus and future lawyer who hurled for the 1899 New York Giants; said to be first Jewish pitcher in MLB history
*May 19 – [[George Winkelman]], 95, pitcher/outfielder for Washington of the National League in 1886 
*May 20 – [[Pat Collins (baseball)|Pat Collins]], 63, catcher who appeared in 543 games for three MLB clubs over ten seasons spanning 1919 and 1929, most notably the 1926–1928 New York Yankees, when he contributed to three consecutive American League pennants and 1927–1928 World Series titles; most-used of three platoon catchers for [[1927 New York Yankees season|1927 "Murderers' Row" edition]] and started Games 1 and 4 of Bombers' 1927 Series sweep of Pittsburgh, going 3-for-3 in Series-clinching contest
*May 21 – [[Leo Birdine]], 65, pitcher/outfielder/third baseman who played in 129 games for the Birmingham Black Barons and Memphis Red Sox of the Negro leagues between 1927 and 1932
*May 21 – [[George Cochran (baseball)|George Cochran]], 71, a third baseman for the 1918 Boston Red Sox
*May 30 – [[George Hildebrand]], 81, American League umpire from 1913 to 1934 who worked in four World Series; outfielder for Brooklyn in 1902, also credited with developing the spitball while in the minor leagues

===June===
*June 1 – [[Harry Dean (baseball)|Harry Dean]], 45, relief pitcher with two appearances and two innings pitched for 1941 Washington Senators
*June 5 – [[Rip Jordan]], 70, pitcher who appeared in majors for the 1912 Chicago White Sox and 1919 Washington Senators; went 21–2 (2.14 ERA) in his final minor-league campaign in 1921 Class B Sally League
*June 10 – [[Vic Delmore]], 44, National League umpire who worked 618 league games from 1956 through 1959; home plate umpire on June 30, 1959, when confusion over a foul tip resulted in two baseballs "in play" at the same time
*June 10 – [[Charlie Fallon]], 79, outfielder by trade who was a pinch runner for the 1905 New York Highlanders
*June 12 – [[Art Wilson]], 74, catcher whose 14-year (1908–1921) career was spent in three major leagues; appeared in 812 games for New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago and Boston of the National League, Chicago of the Federal circuit, and Cleveland of the American League 
*June 25 – [[Tommy Corcoran (baseball)|Tommy Corcoran]], 91, longtime shortstop, and captain of the Cincinnati Reds for 10 years
*June 27 – [[Square Moore]], 59, stocky pitcher who appeared in 76 games for five Negro National League teams between 1924 and 1928
*June 28 – [[Bull Durham (pitcher)|Louis "Bull" Durham]], 83, pitcher for the Brooklyn Superbas, Washington Senators and New York Giants who got into nine games over four seasons between 1904 and 1909

===July===
*July 3 – [[Bill Killefer|"Reindeer Bill" Killefer]], 72, catcher who played 13 seasons (1909–1921) for three MLB clubs (St. Louis Browns, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs) and gained fame as Hall of Fame pitcher [[Grover Cleveland Alexander]]'s favorite receiver; spent 48 years in professional baseball, including all or part of nine years as manager of the Cubs between 1921 and 1925 and Browns between 1930 and 1933; as a scout, signed the American League's first black player, Hall of Famer [[Larry Doby]], for the Cleveland Indians in 1947
*July 4 – [[Frank Parkinson (baseball)|Frank Parkinson]], 65, second baseman and shortstop for the 1921–1924 Philadelphia Phillies, appearing in 378 MLB games
*July 4 – [[Eddie Wall]], 56, left-hander who pitched for the 1926 Cleveland Elites of the Negro National League
*July 8 – [[Joe Krakauskas]], 45, Canadian southpaw hurler who worked in 149 career games for Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians from 1937 to 1942 and in 1946
*July 10 – [[Harry Redmond (baseball)|Harry Redmond]], 72, second baseman for 1909 Brooklyn Superbas
*July 13 – [[Dan Kerwin]], 86, minor-league veteran who got into two games as a left-fielder for the 1903 Cincinnati Reds, and went 4-for-6 (.667) in his only MLB action 
*July 13 – [[Mark Scott (actor)|Mark Scott]], 45, television play-by-play announcer for the 1956 Cincinnati Redlegs and minor-league Hollywood Stars, and host/producer of the 1959 TV series ''[[Home Run Derby (TV series)|Home Run Derby]]'', which was discontinued upon his death but remains in syndication
*July 14 – [[Al Kellett]], 58, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Athletics in the 1920s
*July 14 – [[Walter Thornton]], 85, pitcher/outfielder for Chicago Colts/Orphans of the National League, 1895–1898; later became a street preacher
*July 17 – [[Pat Duncan (baseball)|Pat Duncan]], 66, Cincinnati Reds outfielder who was the first player to homer over Crosley Field's left-field fence
*July 18 – [[Terry Turner (baseball)|Terry Turner]], 79, shortstop for the Cleveland Naps/Indians, who led American League shortstops in fielding percentage four times, ranks among the top 10 Cleveland all-timers in seven different offensive categories, and set team-records with 1,619 games played and 4,603 putouts that still stand
*July 19 – [[Charlie Whitehouse]], 66, southpaw who pitched in 25 games for Indianapolis and Newark (Federal League) in 1914–1915 and Washington (American League) in 1919
*July 28 – [[Ken Landenberger]], 31, minor league slugger and briefly a first baseman for the 1952 White Sox; manager of the Class D [[Selma Cloverleafs]] until mid-July 1960 when, stricken with acute leukemia, he stepped aside; he died by month's end
*July 28 – [[Marty Kavanagh]], 69, second baseman for the Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals in the 1910s
*July 30 – [[Eugene Jones (baseball)|Eugene Jones]], 38, left-hander who went 2–0 for 1943 Homestead Grays of the Negro National League
*July 31 – [[Joe Klinger]], 57, first baseman and catcher whose 12-year pro career was interrupted by two very brief MLB stints with 1927 New York Giants and 1930 Chicago White Sox

===August===
*August 5 – [[George Chalmers (baseball)|George Chalmers]], 72, native of Scotland and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher from 1910 to 1916, working in 121 games; started and lost Game 4 of the 1915 World Series
*August 11 – [[Harry McChesney]], 80, outfielder who played 22 games for 1904 Chicago Cubs
*August 12 – [[Leo Murphy (baseball)|Leo Murphy]], 71, catcher for the 1915 Pittsburgh Pirates and manager of the [[AAGPBL]] [[Racine Belles]]
*August 12 – [[Herlen Ragland]], 64, southpaw who pitched in 12 games and played outfield in two more during his two years (1920–1921) in the Negro National League
*August 14 – [[Fred Clarke]], 87, Hall of Fame left fielder (1894–1911, 1913–1915) and player-manager of the [[Louisville Colonels]] ([[National League (baseball)|NL]]) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1897–1915) who batted .312 in his career, and became one of the first dozen players to make 2,500 hits and the first manager to win 1,500 games; led Pirates to 1909 World Series title.
*August 14 – [[Henry Keupper]], 73, left-hander for the 1914 St. Louis Terriers who led Federal League pitchers in games lost (20) in his only season
*August 15 – [[Ed Wheeler (1900s infielder)|Ed Wheeler]], 82, infielder who appeared in 30 games for the 1902 Brooklyn Superbas
*August 20 – [[George Perring]], 76, infielder who played 513 games for the 1908–1910 Cleveland Naps (American League) and 1914–1915 Kansas City Packers (Federal League)
*August 21 – [[John Kelleher]], 66, backup infielder for the St. Louis Cardinals, Brooklyn Robins, Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves from 1912 to 1924
*August 22 – [[Chet Carmichael]], 72, pitcher for the 1909 Cincinnati Reds
*August 23 – [[Jack Leiper (baseball)|Jack Leiper]], 92, lefty who hurled for the 1891 Columbus Solons of the American Association, then a major league
*August 25 – [[Fred Crolius]], 83, outfielder for Boston and Pittsburgh of the National League in 1901 and 1902, appearing in 58 games in all.

===September===
*September 1 – [[Charlie High]], 61, outfielder in 28 games for 1919–1920 Philadelphia Athletics; one of three brothers to play in majors
*September 2 – [[Billy Maloney]], 82, outfielder/catcher who played in 696 games for four clubs between 1901 and 1908
*September 3 – [[Armando Marsans]], 72, Cuban outfielder/first baseman and one of the first men from his native country to play in the majors; appeared in 655 games for four teams between 1911 and 1918
*September 13 – [[Ralph Mattis]], 70, outfielder in 36 games for the 1914 Pittsburgh Rebels (Federal League)
*September 14 – [[Herman Watts]], 40, southpaw who hurled for the New York Black Yankees and Cincinnati–Cleveland Buckeyes of the Negro leagues in 1941–1942
*September 18 – [[King Brockett]], 80, pitcher/outfielder/third baseman who appeared in 54 games (50 on the mound) for the New York Highlanders of 1907, 1909 and 1911
*September 22 – [[Joe Bernard]], 78, pitcher for the 1909 St. Louis Cardinals
*September 23 – [[Paul Hinson]], 56, infielder who pinch-ran in three games for the 1928 Boston Red Sox; later a police officer in Oklahoma
*September 27 – [[Jim Eschen]], 69, outfielder/pinch hitter for 1915 Cleveland Indians who played in 15 midsummer games
*September 28 – [[Danny Mahoney]], 72, who pinch ran for the Cincinnati Reds on May 15, 1911, and failed to score a run in his lone MLB appearance
*September 28 – [[Joe Martin (third baseman)|Joe Martin]], 49, third baseman who played eight MLB games for the 1936 New York Giants and 1938 Chicago White Sox
*September 28 – [[Jess Orndorff]], 79, catcher for the Boston Doves of the National League in 1907

===October===
*October 2 – [[Jim Busby (third baseman)|Jim Busby]], 59, third baseman for the 1933 Indianapolis ABCs of the Negro National League
*October 2 – [[Mike Kilroy]], 90, pitcher for 1888 Baltimore Orioles and 1891 Philadelphia Phillies; brother of [[Matt Kilroy]]
*October 4 – [[Jack Warhop]], 76, submarine-style pitcher for the New York Highlanders/Yankees who appeared in 221 games between 1908 and 1915
*October 9 – [[Oscar Johnson (baseball)|Oscar "Heavy" Johnson]], 65, slugging catcher of the Negro leagues between 1920 and 1933; two-time Negro National League batting champion, hitting .370 lifetime, including two seasons (1922, 1923) during which he hit .406; won the league's Triple Crown in 1922
*October 10 – [[Hub Hart]], 82, lefty-swinging backup catcher for the 1905–1907 Chicago White Sox; member of 1906 World Series champions
*October 15 – [[Jack Wallace (catcher)|Jack Wallace]], 70, catcher who appeared in two games for 1915 Chicago Cubs
*October 16 – [[Arch McDonald]], 59, broadcaster for the Washington Senators from 1934 to 1956, interrupted by one year (1939) in New York as voice of Yankees and Giants
*October 18 – [[Irish McIlveen]], 80, Belfast-born pitcher/outfielder who appeared in 53 total games for the 1906 Pittsburgh Pirates and 1908–1909 New York Highlanders
*October 19 – [[Ed McCreery]], 70, who posted a 1–0 record (11.25 ERA) in three tilts for the 1914 Detroit Tigers
*October 20 – [[Lew Groh]], 77, veteran minor-league infielder who appeared in two contests at age 35 for the 1919 Philadelphia Athletics; brother of [[Heinie Groh]]
*October 21 – [[Oscar Tuero]], 66, Cuban-born pitcher who made 58 appearances for the 1918–1920 St. Louis Cardinals; led 1919 National League hurlers in games pitched (45) and saves (4)
*October 22 – [[Charlie Hartman]], 72, pitcher for the 1908 Boston Red Sox
*October 24 – [[Wilbur Fisher]], 66, minor-league outfielder whose lone MLB appearance came as a pinch hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates on June 13, 1916

===November===
*November 2 – [[Everett Scott]], 67, shortstop, primarily for the Boston Red Sox (1914–1921) and New York Yankees (1922–1925), who played in 1,307 consecutive games from 1916 to 1925, a record later broken by Lou Gehrig; four-time World Series champion, three times as a member of the Red Sox
*November 3 – [[Bobby Wallace (baseball)|Bobby Wallace]], 86, Hall of Fame shortstop for the Cleveland Spiders (1894–1898), St. Louis Cardinals (1899–1901, 1917–1918) and St. Louis Browns (1902–1916) who set several fielding records; managed the Browns from 1911 to June 1, 1912, and Cincinnati Reds from September 14, 1937, through season's end; scouted for the Reds for 33 years
*November 9 – [[Al Nixon]], 74, outfielder for the Brooklyn Robins (1915–1916, 1918), Boston Braves (1921–1923) and Philadelphia Phillies (1926–1928), appearing in 422 career games 
*November 11 – [[Red Causey]], 67, "The Florida Flamingo", pitched in 131 games for the New York Giants, Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies from 1918 through 1922
*November 12 – [[Merle Keagle]], 37, All-Star female outfielder who set several single-season records in the [[AAGPBL]]
*November 15 – [[Ray Gordinier]], 68, right-hander who hurled in eight games for the 1920–1921 Brooklyn Robins
*November 16 – [[Weldon Henley]], 80, pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics and Brooklyn Superbas from 1903 to 1907, pitched no-hitter on July 22, 1905 against the St. Louis Browns
*November 20 – [[Frank Brower (baseball)|Frank Brower]], 67, outfielder/first baseman who appeared in 340 games for the Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians from 1920 to 1924
*November 24 – [[Al Braithwood]], 68, southpaw who pitched for the 1915 Pittsburgh Rebels of the "outlaw" Federal League
*November 24 – [[Abbie Johnson]], 89, Canadian 19th-century infielder who appeared in 74 games for Louisville of the National League in 1896 and 1897

===December===
*December 10 – [[Ernie Quigley]], 80, National League umpire from 1913 to 1937 who worked in six World Series, was later a league supervisor; member, Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
*December 18 – [[Art Nehf]], 68, pitcher who won 184 games for four National League teams, principally the New York Giants and Boston Braves
*December 20 – [[Kip Dowd]], 71, pitcher for the 1910 Pittsburgh Pirates
*December 22 – [[Jack Onslow]], 72, manager of the Chicago White Sox from 1949 through May 26, 1950, and a longtime coach and scout; previously, catcher in 45 total games for 1912 Detroit Tigers and 1917 New York Giants
*December 26 – [[Fred Knorr]], 47, Michigan-based broadcasting executive and co-owner of the Tigers from 1956 until his death

==References==
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