1960 Philadelphia Phillies season

The 1960 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 78th in franchise history. The team finished in eighth place in the National League with a record of 59–95, 36 games behind the NL and World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

November 30, 1959: Clay Dalrymple was drafted by the Phillies from the Milwaukee Braves in the 1959 rule 5 draft.
December 4, 1959: Carl Sawatski was traded by the Phillies to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bill Smith and Bob Smith.
December 5, 1959: Chico Fernández and Ray Semproch were traded by the Phillies to the Detroit Tigers for Ted Lepcio, Ken Walters and Alex Cosmidis.
December 9, 1959: Gene Freese was traded by the Phillies to the Chicago White Sox for Johnny Callison.
March 1960: Jim Bolger was purchased from the Phillies by the Milwaukee Braves.

Regular season

Manager Eddie Sawyer abruptly resigned after the season opener. The Phillies hired Gene Mauch as his replacement, but coach Andy Cohen managed one game before Mauch could join the team from the Minneapolis Millers, leading the Phillies to a 5–4 win in ten innings over the Milwaukee Braves. This was the only game Cohen ever managed in the major leagues, leaving him with a perfect record as a manager.

Notable transactions

May 12, 1960: Dave Philley was purchased from the Phillies by the San Francisco Giants.
May 13, 1960: Don Cardwell and Ed Bouchee were traded by the Phillies to the Chicago Cubs for Tony Taylor and Cal Neeman.
June 15, 1960: Wally Post, Harry Anderson, and Fred Hopke were traded by the Phillies to the Cincinnati Reds for Tony González and Lee Walls.
July 16, 1960: Costen Shockley was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
September 13, 1960: Mike Marshall was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.
September 21, 1960: Adolfo Phillips was signed as an amateur free agent by the Phillies.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Jimmie Coker	81	252	54	.214	6	34
1B		145	512	144	.281	17	71
2B	Tony Taylor	127	505	145	.287	4	35
SS		92	264	61	.231	0	16
3B	Al Dark	55	198	48	.242	3	14
LF		98	217	62	.286	4	27
CF	Bobby Del Greco	100	300	71	.237	10	26
RF		124	426	102	.239	8	37

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Johnny Callison	99	288	75	.260	9	30
Tony Curry	95	245	64	.261	6	34
	78	241	72	.299	6	33
Lee Walls	65	181	36	.199	3	19
Joe Koppe	58	170	29	.171	1	13
Cal Neeman	59	160	29	.181	4	13
	82	158	43	.272	4	21
	69	141	32	.227	2	8
Bobby Malkmus	79	133	28	.211	1	12
Harry Anderson	38	93	23	.247	5	12
Wally Post	34	84	24	.286	2	12
Joe Morgan	26	83	11	.133	0	2
Ed Bouchee	22	65	17	.262	0	8
Jim Woods	11	34	6	.176	1	3
Dave Philley	14	15	5	.333	0	4
Bobby Wine	4	14	2	.143	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Robin Roberts	35	237.1	12	16	4.02	122
	30	200.1	5	16	3.86	73
	29	183.1	8	14	3.68	117
Jim Owens	31	150.0	4	14	5.04	83
Art Mahaffey	14	93.1	7	3	2.31	56

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Dallas Green	23	108.2	3	6	4.06	51
Chris Short	42	107.1	6	9	3.94	54
	5	28.1	1	2	4.45	21
Jack Meyer	7	25.0	3	1	4.32	18
Curt Simmons	4	4.0	0	0	18.00	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	59	10	6	11	2.70	70
Humberto Robinson	33	0	4	0	3.44	31
	22	0	3	1	5.33	24
Taylor Phillips	10	0	1	0	8.36	6
Al Neiger	6	0	0	0	5.68	3
Hank Mason	3	0	0	0	9.53	3

Farm system

LEAGUE CO-CHAMPIONS: Williamsport