1960 Brooklyn Dodgers
Record: 90-72
Finish: 4th in NL National Division
Runs Scored: 775
Runs Allowed: 731
Exp W-L: 85-77
 
Ballpark: Ebbets Field
Attendance: 1,535,456
Manager: Ty Kubick

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 56-81, 8th in the NL
AA: 64-73, 7th in the NL
A: 65-72, 5th in the NL
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
CF #Mickey Mantle 28 157 544 116 139 19 4 41 111 13 2 115 143 .256 .385 .531 .916 111.5 25.0 5.6
3B *Eddie Mathews 28 155 535 104 140 24 1 29 101 7 4 118 96 .262 .393 .473 .866 100.8 21.8 2.8
LF  Bob Nieman 33 156 589 77 175 27 6 18 85 0 0 49 102 .297 .350 .455 .805 88.0 18.6 4.2
SS *Tony Kubek 23 152 598 80 173 45 5 3 67 0 0 36 84 .289 .329 .396 .725 70.6 12.6 6.2
C  Earl Battey 25 143 511 66 144 21 3 13 75 0 0 50 81 .282 .344 .411 .755 70.3 13.1 4.2
2B  George Strickland 34 145 490 56 131 17 4 5 47 0 0 69 109 .267 .358 .349 .707 65.4 12.0 5.3
SS  Cass Michaels 34 134 374 52 108 17 2 10 55 4 4 25 63 .289 .336 .425 .761 47.3 8.2 2.8
1B *Ed Stevens 35 107 347 46 118 17 4 2 29 0 0 19 33 .340 .378 .429 .808 48.7 10.6 0.7
RF  Wally Post 30 77 275 43 89 14 0 19 62 0 0 29 52 .324 .386 .582 .967 55.8 13.6 1.6
RF  George Alusik 25 87 267 32 75 17 0 9 37 0 0 24 46 .281 .336 .446 .781 38.9 7.4 2.0
1B *Harry Simpson 34 65 196 27 51 5 0 6 19 0 0 27 40 .260 .350 .378 .727 27.4 5.0 0.7
C *Russ Nixon 25 75 152 17 37 7 2 4 22 0 0 11 13 .243 .293 .395 .687 17.2 2.3 0.8
CF #Ernie Oravetz 28 49 137 18 32 0 2 0 10 1 0 18 21 .234 .323 .263 .585 11.6 0.6 0.8
P *Seth Morehead 25 41 96 7 11 4 1 1 9 0 0 3 36 .115 .140 .208 .348 1.8 0.0 0.0
LF  Chuck Essegian 28 54 99 16 31 5 0 2 12 0 0 9 33 .313 .367 .424 .791 14.8 3.1 0.8
P  Joe Gibbon 25 35 81 5 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 35 .148 .146 .173 .319 0.3 0.0 0.0
P  Johnny Kucks 26 39 81 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 36 .086 .085 .111 .196 -2.1 0.0 0.0
P  Karl Spooner 29 22 49 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .102 .137 .102 .239 -1.1 0.0 0.0
P  Bob Friend 29 17 43 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 21 .047 .068 .140 .208 -1.0 0.0 0.0
P  Red Swanson 23 16 41 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .146 .146 .146 .293 -0.1 0.0 0.0
2B  Spook Jacobs 34 27 32 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 1 .250 .333 .250 .583 3.2 0.4 0.3
P #Billy O'Dell 28 87 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .182 .000 .182 -0.1 0.0 0.0
P  Ron Piche 25 46 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0 0.0
P  Jim Umbricht 29 48 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0 0.0
P #Marv Rotblatt 32 32 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 28.6 1966 5566 775 1495 244 34 163 756 25 10 611 1081 .269 .340 .413 .753 768.6 154.4 38.8
  Rank among 8 NL teams 5 2 2 4 3 4 2 5 4 1 5 2 1 4 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
*Seth Morehead 25 21 15 .583 41 41 0 299.3 275 122 42 68 166 3.67 19.6
*Joe Gibbon 25 15 8 .652 35 35 0 253.3 205 82 18 64 141 2.91 22.9
 Johnny Kucks 26 9 16 .360 39 30 0 235.3 281 147 47 71 129 5.62 0.0
*Karl Spooner 29 8 5 .615 22 17 0 136.7 103 49 18 36 145 3.23 10.4
 Bob Friend 29 7 4 .636 17 17 0 136.3 145 44 9 33 55 2.90 10.2
*Billy O'Dell 28 13 4 .765 87 3 5 118.7 112 66 19 41 72 5.01 6.7
 Red Swanson 23 6 6 .500 16 16 0 108.0 117 68 14 47 56 5.67 0.2
 Ron Piche 25 4 9 .308 46 2 19 60.3 58 33 8 36 45 4.92 2.8
 Jim Umbricht 29 5 3 .625 48 0 3 59.7 56 32 10 29 37 4.83 2.6
*Marv Rotblatt 32 2 2 .500 32 1 0 45.0 48 24 8 28 27 4.80 1.5
Team Totals 27.1 90 72 .556 383 162 27 1452.6 1400 667 193 453 873 4.13 76.8
Rank among 8 NL teams 4 4 5 4 5 5 7 5 3 7 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .996 32.5
E.Battey 1186.0 132 135 755 37 4 0 .995 33.3
R.Nixon 263.0 30 30 146 11 2 0 .987 28.6
V.Thomas 3.7 0 5 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1452.7 162 170 904 48 6 0 .994 31.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.07
E.Stevens 613.3 72 75 700 49 4 61 .995 10.99
E.Mathews 263.3 29 30 305 19 5 32 .985 11.07
W.Post 150.4 16 19 185 14 1 17 .995 11.91
H.Simpson 115.2 13 14 122 11 0 9 1.000 10.39
M.Mantle 20.0 0 10 28 0 0 1 1.000 12.60
G.Strickland 9.0 1 1 7 0 0 3 1.000 7.00
C.Michaels 6.0 0 1 6 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1177.3 131 150 1353 93 10 123 .993 11.05
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 5.47
G.Strickland 1221.7 143 143 241 497 13 90 .983 5.44
C.Michaels 159.3 14 32 34 73 2 18 .982 6.04
S.Jacobs 71.7 5 19 13 28 0 6 1.000 5.15
Team Total 1452.7 162 194 288 598 15 114 .983 5.49
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.68
E.Mathews 1007.3 112 115 68 231 15 14 .952 2.67
C.Michaels 438.3 50 50 38 96 8 8 .944 2.75
S.Jacobs 5.0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60
E.Battey 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 168 107 328 23 22 .950 2.70
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .973 4.91
T.Kubek 1299.7 147 148 186 524 22 99 .970 4.92
C.Michaels 152.0 15 28 30 61 2 14 .978 5.39
S.Jacobs 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1452.7 162 177 216 585 24 113 .971 4.96
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.80
B.Nieman 1249.0 140 145 298 7 10 0 .968 2.20
E.Oravetz 96.0 11 12 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.78
C.Essegian 76.0 9 10 20 1 1 0 .955 2.49
G.Alusik 19.0 2 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.95
H.Simpson 11.2 0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.21
E.Stevens 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
E.Mathews 4.7 0 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.79
W.Post 1.5 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
Team Total 1464.4 162 179 348 9 11 0 .970 2.19
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 2.28
M.Mantle 1286.7 144 145 373 6 7 1 .982 2.65
E.Oravetz 166.0 18 19 38 0 7 0 .844 2.06
H.Simpson 1.7 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1454.4 162 165 411 6 14 1 .968 2.58
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .980 1.84
G.Alusik 639.7 79 81 138 3 1 1 .993 1.98
W.Post 490.0 56 56 106 1 2 0 .982 1.97
H.Simpson 292.3 33 41 51 0 3 0 .944 1.57
C.Essegian 103.3 11 24 32 1 0 0 1.000 2.87
E.Oravetz 77.0 10 11 16 1 1 1 .944 1.99
E.Stevens 69.3 4 20 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.69
E.Mathews 31.0 2 8 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03
B.Nieman 20.7 1 5 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.44
Team Total 1723.3 196 246 364 6 7 2 .981 1.93
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .977 2.08
S.Morehead 299.3 41 41 23 56 3 2 .963 2.38
J.Gibbon 253.3 35 35 18 40 5 1 .921 2.06
J.Kucks 235.3 30 39 8 36 2 1 .957 1.68
K.Spooner 136.7 17 22 6 16 0 1 1.000 1.45
B.Friend 136.3 17 17 12 21 1 0 .971 2.18
B.O'Dell 118.7 3 87 3 22 1 1 .962 1.90
R.Swanson 108.0 16 16 4 17 0 1 1.000 1.75
R.Piche 60.3 2 46 0 5 0 2 1.000 0.75
J.Umbricht 59.7 0 48 3 5 1 2 .889 1.21
M.Rotblatt 45.0 1 32 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.40
Team Total 1452.6 162 383 78 224 13 11 .959 1.87
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Nieman .297
On-Base Pct Mathews .393
Slugging Pct Mantle .531
OPS Mantle .916
XR Mantle 111.5
Games Mantle 157
At-Bats Kubek 598
Runs Mantle 116
Hits Nieman 175
Total Bases Mantle 289
Singles Nieman 124
Doubles Kubek 45
Triples Nieman 6
Homeruns Mantle 41
RBIs Mantle 111
Stolen Bases Mantle 13
Caught Stealing Mathews, Michaels 4
Walks Mathews 118
Strikeouts Mantle 143
ERA Gibbon 2.91
Wins Morehead 21
Losses Kucks 16
Winning Pct O'Dell .765
Saves Piche 19
Games Pitched O'Dell 87
Games Started Morehead 41
Complete Games Kucks 11
Shutouts Morehead 2
Innings Pitched Morehead 299.3
Hits Allowed Kucks 281
Homeruns Allowed Kucks 47
Strikeouts Morehead 166
Walks Allowed Kucks 71
Walks per 9IP Morehead 2.0
Hits per 9IP Gibbon 7.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Gibbon 5.0
WHiP Gibbon 1.06
OAVG Gibbon .221
OOBP Gibbon .275
OSLG Gibbon .329
OOPS Gibbon .604
Team All-Stars
Earl Battey
Tony Kubek
Mickey Mantle
Eddie Mathews
Player Salaries
Mickey Mantle $ 12,000,000
Karl Spooner $ 8,750,000
Eddie Mathews $ 7,820,000
Bob Friend $ 5,990,000
Bob Nieman $ 5,050,503
Ed Stevens $ 2,510,000
Cass Michaels $ 2,200,000
George Strickland $ 2,050,000
Earl Battey $ 1,450,000
Johnny Kucks $ 1,307,143
Harry Simpson $ 1,300,000
Spook Jacobs $ 350,000
Russ Nixon $ 350,000
Billy O'Dell $ 350,000
George Alusik $ 300,000
Jim Umbricht $ 300,000
Ernie Oravetz $ 300,000
Ron Piche $ 300,000
Tony Kubek $ 300,000
Marv Rotblatt $ 300,000
Joe Gibbon $ 300,000
Red Swanson $ 300,000
Chuck Essegian $ 300,000
Valmy Thomas $ 300,000
Seth Morehead $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
4/2 Released Jack Dittmer    
7/1 Traded Wally Post New York (N) Bob Friend
Harry Simpson