1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season

The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the team's 79th season. The team finished with a record of 95–59, seven games in front of the second-place Milwaukee Braves to win their first National League championship in 33 seasons. The team went on to play the heavily favored New York Yankees, whom they defeated 4 games to 3 in one of the most storied World Series ever.

1960 Pittsburgh Pirates
World Series champions National League champions
League	National League
Ballpark	Forbes Field
City	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[1]
Record	95–59 (.617)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	John W. Galbreath (majority shareholder); Bing Crosby, Thomas P. Johnson (minority shareholders)
General managers	Joe L. Brown
Managers	Danny Murtaugh
Television	KDKA-TV 2 (Bob Prince, Jim Woods)
Radio	KDKA–AM 1020 (Bob Prince, Paul Long, Jim Woods)
Stats	ESPN.com Baseball Reference
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Offseason

At the 1959 Winter Meetings, Pirates general manager Joe L. Brown had agreed to trade Dick Groat to the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Roger Maris. Pirates manager Danny Murtaugh had advised Brown that he did not want to lose Groat, and the deal was never finalized.^[2]

Notable transactions

• Prior to 1960 season: José Martínez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Pirates.^[3]

Season standings

National League

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National League

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	59	.617	—	52‍–‍25	43‍–‍34
Milwaukee Braves	88	66	.571	7	51‍–‍26	37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	86	68	.558	9	51‍–‍26	35‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	72	.532	13	42‍–‍35	40‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants	79	75	.513	16	45‍–‍32	34‍–‍43
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	.435	28	37‍–‍40	30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	60	94	.390	35	33‍–‍44	27‍–‍50
Philadelphia Phillies	59	95	.383	36	31‍–‍46	28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1960 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	MIL	PHI	PIT	SF	STL
Chicago	—	10–12	9–13	7–15	10–12	7–15	9–13–1	8–14–1
Cincinnati	12–10	—	12–10	9–13	9–13	6–16	11–11	8–14
Los Angeles	13–9	10–12	—	12–10	16–6	11–11	10–12	10–12
Milwaukee	15–7	13–9	10–12	—	16–6	9–13	14–8	11–11
Philadelphia	12–10	13–9	6–16	6–16	—	7–15	8–14	7–15
Pittsburgh	15–7	16–6	11–11	13–9	15–7	—	14–8–1	11–11
San Francisco	13–9–1	11–11	12–10	8–14	14–8	8–14–1	—	13–9
St. Louis	14–8–1	14–8	12–10	11–11	15–7	11–11	9–13	—

Regular season

On September 6, team captain Dick Groat was drilled on his left wrist by an inside pitch from Braves pitcher Lew Burdette.^[4] Groat was lost for the rest of the season. Dick Schofield stepped in for the injured Groat and went three for three in that September 6 game. The Pirates won the game 5–3 and Schofield would go on to hit .414 for the rest of the season.^[4]

On September 25 in Milwaukee, the Pirates clinched their first pennant in 33 years.^[5]

Opening Day Lineup

Opening Day Lineup
#	Name	Position
12	Don Hoak	3B
24	Dick Groat	SS
4	Bob Skinner	LF
7	Dick Stuart	1B
21	Roberto Clemente	RF
6	Smoky Burgess	C
20	Gino Cimoli	CF
9	Bill Mazeroski	2B
19	Bob Friend	SP

Notable transactions

• May 28, 1960: Julián Javier and Ed Bauta were traded by the Pirates to the St. Louis Cardinals for Vinegar Bend Mizell and Dick Gray.^[6]
• September 1, 1960: Mickey Vernon was signed as a free agent by the Pirates.^[7]
• September 30, 1960: Mickey Vernon was released by the Pirates.^[7]

Roster

1960 Pittsburgh Pirates
Roster
Pitchers 37,48 Tom Cheney 29 Bennie Daniels 26 Roy Face 29,47 Earl Francis 19 Bob Friend 22 Joe Gibbon 28 Paul Giel 35 Fred Green 38 Don Gross 31 Harvey Haddix 29 Clem Labine 32 Vern Law 30 Vinegar Bend Mizell 38 Diomedes Olivo 37 Jim Umbricht 30,39 George Witt		Catchers  6 Smoky Burgess 10 Danny Kravitz  2 Bob Oldis  5 Hal Smith Infielders 16 Gene Baker  8 Dick Barone 24 Dick Groat 12 Don Hoak  9 Bill Mazeroski 14 Rocky Nelson 11 Dick Schofield  3 R. C. Stevens  7 Dick Stuart		Outfielders 23 Joe Christopher 20 Gino Cimoli 21 Roberto Clemente  4 Bob Skinner 18 Bill Virdon Other batters 15 Harry Bright 15 Román Mejías 42 Mickey Vernon		Manager 40 Danny Murtaugh Coaches 41 Bill Burwell (pitching) 45 Lenny Levy (hitting) 43 Sam Narron (bullpen) 44 Frank Oceak (third base) -- Virgil Trucks (batting practice pitcher) 42 Mickey Vernon (first base)

Game log

Regular season

Legend
	Pirates win
	Pirates loss
	Postponement
	Clinched pennant
Bold	Pirates team member

1960 regular season game log: 95–59 (Home: 52–25; Away: 43–34)[8]
April: 11–3 (Home: 8–2; Away: 3–1) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 1 April 12 2:30 p.m. EST @ Braves 3–4 McMahon (1–0) Face (0–1) Burdette (1) 2:37 39,888 0–1 L1 2 April 14 1:30 p.m. EST Reds 13–0 Law (1–0) McLish (0–1) — 2:13 34,064 1–1 W1 3 April 16 1:30 p.m. EST Reds 3–11 Hook (1–0) Umbricht (0–1) — 2:23 14,338 1–2 L1 4 April 17 (1) 1:00 p.m. EST Reds 5–0 Friend (1–0) Nuxhall (0–1) — 2:02 — 2–2 W1 5 April 17 (2) 3:37 p.m. EST Reds 6–5 Gibbon (1–0) Wieand (0–1) — 2:40 16,196 3–2 W2 6 April 19 8:15 p.m. EST Phillies 3–4 Owens (1–0) Haddix (0–1) — 2:23 11,443 3–3 L1 7 April 20 8:15 p.m. EST Phillies 4–2 Law (2–0) Cardwell (1–1) — 2:04 10,403 4–3 W1 8 April 21 8:15 p.m. EST Phillies 11–5 Green (1–0) Robinson (0–1) Face (1) 3:08 9,451 5–3 W2 9 April 22 8:15 p.m. EST Braves 6–2 Friend (2–0) Jay (0–1) — 2:37 29,895 6–3 W3 10 April 23 1:30 p.m. EST Braves 5–4 Gibbon (2–0) Burdette (1–1) — 2:39 15,502 7–3 W4 11 April 24 2:00 p.m. EDT Braves 7–3 Haddix (1–1) Buhl (1–1) Face (2) 2:17 24,758 8–3 W5 — April 26 @ Phillies Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 8) 12 April 27 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 3–2 Law (3–0) Meyer (0–1) — 2:18 9,233 9–3 W6 13 April 28 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 3–0 Friend (3–0) Buzhardt (0–2) — 2:24 8,789 10–3 W7 — April 29 @ Reds Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 18) 14 April 30 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Reds 12–7 Daniels (1–0) McLish (0–2) Face (3) 2:44 3,481 11–3 W8
May: 16–11 (Home: 9–4; Away: 7–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 15 May 1 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Reds 13–2 Law (4–0) Newcombe (1–1) — 2:10 8,244 12–3 W9 16 May 2 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 3–4 Kline (1–0) Face (0–2) — 2:20 10,590 12–4 L1 17 May 4 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 1–5 Ellsworth (1–0) Friend (3–1) — 2:07 4,631 12–5 L2 18 May 5 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 9–7 Green (2–0) Hobbie (2–3) Face (4) 3:02 3,429 13–5 W1 19 May 6 11:15 p.m. EDT @ Giants 1–5 Jones (3–2) Law (4–1) — 1:59 36,592 13–6 L1 20 May 7 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Giants 5–6 Byerly (1–0) Green (2–1) — 2:32 33,066 13–7 L2 21 May 8 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Giants 1–13 McCormick (4–0) Gibbon (2–1) — 2:38 40,173 13–8 L3 22 May 9 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 4–7 Sherry (4–3) Face (0–3) — 2:37 23,417 13–9 L4 23 May 10 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 3–2 Law (5–1) Podres (2–2) — 2:20 26,331 14–9 W1 24 May 11 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 6–3 Face (1–3) Koufax (0–3) — 2:43 27,926 15–9 W2 25 May 13 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Braves 8–2 Friend (4–1) Willey (2–2) — 3:00 15,823 16–9 W3 26 May 14 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Braves 6–4 (11) Face (2–3) McMahon (1–3) — 2:45 16,865 17–9 W4 27 May 15 (1) 2:00 p.m. EDT @ Braves 6–4 Haddix (2–1) Spahn (2–1) Umbricht (1) 2:36 — 18–9 W5 28 May 15 (2) 5:11 p.m. EDT @ Braves 2–4 Pizarro (2–1) Daniels (1–1) McMahon (2) 2:32 29,757 18–10 L1 29 May 17 8:15 p.m. EDT Cubs 11–6 Friend (5–1) Hobbie (3–4) Face (5) 2:35 16,102 19–10 W1 30 May 18 8:15 p.m. EDT Cardinals 4–2 Law (6–1) Kline (1–3) — 2:12 14,615 20–10 W2 31 May 19 8:15 p.m. EDT Cardinals 8–3 Gibbon (3–1) Sadecki (0–1) Green (1) 2:30 15,810 21–10 W3 32 May 20 8:15 p.m. EDT Giants 5–4 (12) Green (3–1) O'Dell (1–4) — 3:23 39,439 22–10 W4 33 May 21 1:30 p.m. EDT Giants 1–3 Antonelli (3–0) Friend (5–2) Byerly (1) 2:05 28,984 22–11 L1 34 May 22 2:00 p.m. EDT Giants 8–7 (11) Face (3–3) McCormick (5–2) — 3:30 30,123 23–11 W1 35 May 23 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 0–1 Koufax (1–4) Daniels (1–2) — 2:19 Forbes Field 23–12 L1 36 May 24 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 2–4 Podres (3–4) Gibbon (3–2) — 2:22 22,920 23–13 L2 37 May 25 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 1–5 Drysdale (4–4) Umbricht (0–2) — 2:13 23,975 23–14 L3 — May 27 Phillies Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: August 16) 38 May 28 1:30 p.m. EDT Phillies 4–2 (13) Umbricht (1–2) Farrell (2–1) — 3:14 9,476 24–14 W1 39 May 29 2:00 p.m. EDT Phillies 8–5 Law (7–1) Roberts (1–6) Green (2) 2:15 15,704 25–14 W2 40 May 30 1:00 p.m. EDT Braves 8–3 Haddix (3–1) Spahn (2–2) Face (6) 2:25 34,233 26–14 W3 — May 30 Braves Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: July 14) 41 May 31 8:15 p.m. EDT Reds 4–3 (11) Face (4–3) McLish (2–4) — 3:37 20,494 27–14 W4
June: 15–11 (Home: 6–4; Away: 9–7) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 42 June 1 8:15 p.m. EDT Reds 5–0 Friend (6–2) Purkey (3–2) — 1:55 26,791 28–14 W5 43 June 3 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 3–0 Law (8–1) Buzhardt (1–4) — 2:13 16,738 29–14 W6 — June 4 @ Phillies Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 20) 44 June 5 (1) 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 0–2 Conley (3–3) Friend (6–3) — 2:00 — 29–15 L1 45 June 5 (2) 3:35 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 1–4 Owens (3–5) Haddix (3–2) — 2:06 23,410 29–16 L2 46 June 7 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 2–13 Ellsworth (3–2) Law (8–2) Drabowsky (1) 2:35 8,736 29–17 L3 47 June 8 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 5–3 Mizell (2–3) Anderson (2–2) Face (7) 2:50 9,118 30–17 W1 48 June 9 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 11–3 Friend (7–3) Hobbie (5–7) Green (3) 2:30 7,442 31–17 W2 49 June 10 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 6–9 Jackson (8–5) Haddix (3–3) McDaniel (8) 2:50 19,532 31–18 L1 50 June 11 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 6–7 Duliba (4–2) Green (3–2) — 2:39 11,063 31–19 L2 51 June 12 (1) 2:00 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 15–3 Law (9–2) Kline (2–6) — 2:33 — 32–19 W1 52 June 12 (2) 5:08 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 2–5 Broglio (3–2) Mizell (2–4) McDaniel (9) 2:06 29,605 32–20 L1 53 June 14 11:15 p.m. EDT @ Giants 6–3 Friend (8–3) Jones (8–5) — 2:30 35,465 33–20 W1 54 June 15 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Giants 14–6 Haddix (4–3) O'Dell (2–6) — 3:15 19,180 34–20 W2 55 June 16 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Giants 10–7 Mizell (3–4) Sanford (6–3) Face (8) 3:12 17,237 35–20 W3 56 June 17 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 2–1 Law (10–2) Williams (5–1) — 2:09 43,296 36–20 W4 57 June 18 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 4–3 (10) Face (5–3) Sherry (5–4) — 2:36 50,062 37–20 W5 58 June 19 5:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 6–8 Roebuck (4–1) Daniels (1–3) Williams (1) 2:51 41,118 37–21 L1 59 June 21 8:15 p.m. EDT Cardinals 3–2 Law (11–2) Gibson (0–1) Face (9) 2:23 21,292 38–21 W1 60 June 22 8:15 p.m. EDT Cardinals 5–0 Friend (9–3) Jackson (9–7) — 2:30 21,320 39–21 W2 61 June 23 8:15 p.m. EDT Cardinals 1–3 Kline (3–6) Haddix (4–4) McDaniel (12) 2:14 21,151 39–22 L1 62 June 24 8:15 p.m. EDT Cubs 4–1 Mizell (4–4) Ellsworth (3–5) — 2:18 28,137 40–22 W1 63 June 25 1:30 p.m. EDT Cubs 7–6 Giel (1–0) Anderson (2–4) Face (10) 2:51 20,428 41–22 W2 64 June 26 (1) 1:00 p.m. EDT Cubs 6–7 Freeman (3–0) Friend (9–4) Elston (5) 2:58 — 41–23 L1 65 June 26 (2) 4:33 p.m. EDT Cubs 5–7 Morehead (1–6) Law (11–3) Elston (6) 2:46 36,378 41–24 L2 66 June 28 8:15 p.m. EDT Giants 7–7 — 3:19 30,621 41–24 T1 — June 29 Giants Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: June 30) 67 June 30 (1) 6:00 p.m. EDT Giants 0–11 Sanford (7–5) Friend (9–5) — 2:13 — 41–25 L1 68 June 30 (2) 8:48 p.m. EDT Giants 11–6 Gibbon (4–2) Miller (2–3) — 2:58 33,520 42–25 W1
July: 15–14 (Home: 3–5; Away: 12–9) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 69 July 1 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 4–3 (10) Green (4–2) Sherry (6–5) — 2:20 27,312 43–25 W2 70 July 2 1:30 p.m. EDT Dodgers 1–6 Williams Cheney (0–1) — 3:11 21,496 43–26 L1 71 July 3 2:00 p.m. EDT Dodgers 2–6 Drysdale Mizell (4–5) — 2:44 26,346 43–27 L2 72 July 4 (1) 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Braves 6–7 (10) Spahn (7–5) Face (5–4) — 2:05 — 43–28 L3 73 July 4 (2) 5:10 p.m. EDT @ Braves 7–2 Haddix (5–4) Jay (2–4) — 2:57 38,478 44–28 W1 74 July 5 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Braves 5–4 (10) Giel (2–0) Jay (2–5) Friend (1) 3:14 24,479 45–28 W2 75 July 6 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Reds 5–2 Cheney (1–1) Purkey (8–4) Face (11) 2:35 12,292 46–28 W3 76 July 7 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Reds 3–2 Mizell (5–5) Henry (1–4) Face (12) 2:20 12,494 47–28 W4 77 July 8 (1) 6:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 5–6 (10) Farrell (7–2) Green (4–3) — 3:10 — 47–29 L1 78 July 8 (2) 9:45 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 8–3 Friend (10–5) Green (1–3) — 2:33 36,056 48–29 W1 79 July 9 8:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 1–2 Conley (6–4) Law (11–4) — 2:04 19,541 48–30 L1 80 July 10 1:35 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 6–2 Haddix (6–4) Roberts (5–8) Face (13) 2:15 13,012 49–30 W1 28th All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri 29th All-Star Game in Bronx, New York 81 July 14 8:15 p.m. EDT Braves 0–4 Buhl (9–3) Haddix (6–5) Burdette (4) 2:47 35,827 49–31 L1 82 July 15 8:15 p.m. EDT Reds 1–4 O'Toole (7–8) Friend (10–6) Brosnan (4) 2:31 29,110 49–32 L2 83 July 16 1:30 p.m. EDT Reds 6–5 Francis (1–0) Brosnan (3–1) — 2:18 19,674 50–32 W1 84 July 17 (1) 1:00 p.m. EDT Reds 5–6 Purkey (9–5) Law (11–5) Brosnan (5) 2:33 — 50–33 L1 85 July 17 (2) 4:08 p.m. EDT Reds 5–0 Cheney (2–1) McLish (3–6) — 2:20 36,290 51–33 W1 86 July 19 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 4–5 Sherry (7–7) Green (4–4) Roebuck (6) 2:21 51,438 51–34 L1 87 July 20 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 5–7 (11) Craig (3–1) Face (5–5) — 3:31 51,301 51–35 L2 88 July 21 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 4–1 Law (12–5) Podres (8–7) — 2:12 51,193 52–35 W1 89 July 22 11:15 p.m. EDT @ Giants 4–1 Mizell (6–5) McCormick (9–6) — 2:14 31,878 53–35 W2 90 July 23 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Giants 1–3 Marichal (2–0) Haddix (6–6) — 1:59 30,228 53–36 L1 91 July 24 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Giants 3–6 O'Dell (5–8) Cheney (2–2) McCormick (3) 2:30 36,447 53–37 L2 92 July 25 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 4–2 Friend (11–6) Kline (3–8) Face (14) 2:30 23,641 54–37 W1 93 July 26 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 5–4 Law (13–5) Simmons (2–1) Face (15) 2:29 20,899 55–37 W2 94 July 27 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 7–3 Green (5–4) Sadecki (4–5) — 2:58 17,236 56–37 W3 95 July 29 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 4–0 Mizell (7–5) Brewer (0–3) — 2:02 9,673 57–37 W4 96 July 30 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 1–6 Hobbie (10–13) Friend (11–7) — 2:11 13,365 57–38 L1 97 July 31 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 2–6 Cardwell (5–10) Haddix (6–7) Elston (7) 2:21 18,297 57–39 L2
August: 21–10 (Home: 14–4; Away: 7–6) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 98 August 2 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 3–0 Law (14–5) Williams — 2:16 25,876 58–39 W1 99 August 3 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 1–3 (7) Podres (9–8) Friend (11–8) — 1:51 24,819 58–40 L1 100 August 4 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 4–1 Witt (1–0) Drysdale (10–11) Face (16) 2:35 20,748 59–40 W1 101 August 5 8:15 p.m. EDT Giants 1–0 Mizell (8–5) Jones (13–11) — 2:10 33,301 60–40 W2 102 August 6 1:30 p.m. EDT Giants 8–7 (10) Law (15–5) Antonelli (4–7) — 3:05 28,246 61–40 W3 103 August 7 (1) 1:00 p.m. EDT Giants 4–1 Friend (12–8) Sanford (9–10) — 2:14 — 62–40 W4 104 August 7 (2) 3:49 p.m. EDT Giants 7–5 Face (6–5) Jones (0–1) — 2:40 35,708 63–40 W5 105 August 9 8:15 p.m. EDT Cubs 7–1 Mizell (9–5) Drabowsky (2–1) — 2:15 26,797 64–40 W6 106 August 10 8:15 p.m. EDT Cubs 3–1 Law (16–5) Cardwell (5–12) — 2:00 20,074 65–40 W7 107 August 11 8:15 p.m. EDT Cardinals 2–3 (12) Broglio (14–5) Friend (12–9) — 2:57 34,212 65–41 L1 108 August 12 8:15 p.m. EDT Cardinals 2–9 Gibson (3–3) Witt (1–1) — 2:54 35,439 65–42 L2 109 August 13 1:30 p.m. EDT Cardinals 4–1 Haddix (7–7) Sadecki (6–6) — 2:16 24,620 66–42 W1 110 August 14 (1) 1:00 p.m. EDT Cardinals 9–4 Law (17–5) Jackson (13–10) — 2:07 — 67–42 W2 111 August 14 (2) 3:42 p.m. EDT Cardinals 3–2 (11) Green (6–4) McDaniel (10–4) — 3:00 36,775 68–42 W3 112 August 15 8:15 p.m. EDT Phillies 3–4 Mahaffey (1–0) Face (6–6) Short (1) 2:35 19,912 68–43 L1 113 August 16 (1) 6:00 p.m. EDT Phillies 11–2 Friend (13–9) Owens (3–11) — 2:20 — 69–43 W1 114 August 16 (2) 8:55 p.m. EDT Phillies 4–3 Face (7–6) Roberts (8–11) — 2:00 34,673 70–43 W2 115 August 17 8:15 p.m. EDT Phillies 5–3 Haddix (8–7) Buzhardt (4–11) Labine (1) 2:26 33,598 71–43 W3 116 August 18 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Reds 3–2 Law (18–5) McLish (4–8) Face (17) 1:49 11,668 72–43 W4 117 August 19 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Reds 3–4 Purkey (13–7) Mizell (9–6) Brosnan (10) 2:21 16,347 72–44 L1 118 August 20 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Reds 10–7 Face (8–6) Maloney (1–4) — 2:37 8,287 73–44 W1 119 August 21 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Reds 4–8 Hook (10–13) Friend (13–10) Brosnan (11) 2:26 15,596 73–45 L1 120 August 23 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 8–3 Haddix (9–7) Ellsworth (6–10) Face (18) 2:46 13,943 74–45 W1 121 August 24 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 10–6 Face (9–6) Elston (6–7) — 3:03 15,268 75–45 W2 122 August 25 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cubs 1–2 Hobbie (13–16) Mizell (9–7) — 2:31 11,701 75–46 L1 123 August 26 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 1–3 Broglio (16–6) Friend (13–11) — 2:27 24,436 75–47 L2 124 August 27 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 4–5 Kline (4–8) Face (9–7) — 2:40 30,712 75–48 L3 125 August 28 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Cardinals 4–5 Simmons (5–3) Haddix (9–8) McDaniel 2:43 28,579 75–49 L4 126 August 29 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 10–2 Law (19–5) Podres (11–10) — 2:31 37,369 76–49 W1 127 August 30 11:00 p.m. EDT @ Dodgers 5–2 Friend (14–11) Koufax (6–11) Face (19) 2:35 40,143 77–49 W2 128 August 31 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Giants 7–4 Labine (1–0) O'Dell (7–10) Face (20) 2:37 16,202 78–49 W3
September: 15–10 (Home: 10–6; Away: 5–4) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 129 September 1 4:00 p.m. EDT @ Giants 6–1 Haddix (10–8) Maranda (1–3) Labine (2) 2:42 13,436 79–49 W4 130 September 3 1:30 p.m. EDT Phillies 2–3 Mahaffey (5–0) Law (19–6) — 2:28 18,487 79–50 L1 131 September 4 1:00 p.m. EDT Phillies 5–3 Mizell (10–7) Owens (3–12) Labine (3) 2:17 17,856 80–50 W1 132 September 5 (1) 1:00 p.m. EDT Braves 9–7 Green (7–4) Spahn (17–8) Face (21) 2:47 — 81–50 W2 133 September 5 (2) 4:22 p.m. EDT Braves 1–7 Buhl (14–8) Haddix (10–9) — 2:31 34,310 81–51 L1 134 September 6 8:15 p.m. EDT Braves 5–3 Labine (2–0) Spahn (17–9) Face (22) 2:51 28,793 82–51 W1 135 September 7 8:15 p.m. EDT Cardinals 1–2 Broglio (18–7) Law (19–7) McDaniel (23) 2:31 31,831 82–52 L1 136 September 9 8:15 p.m. EDT Cubs 4–3 Mizell (11–7) Ellsworth (6–12) Face (23) 2:33 24,831 83–52 W1 137 September 10 1:30 p.m. EDT Cubs 4–1 Friend (15–11) Anderson (7–10) — 1:59 19,701 84–52 W2 — September 11 Cubs Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 22) — September 11 Cubs Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 22) 138 September 12 8:15 p.m. EDT Giants 6–1 Haddix (11–9) Sanford (12–12) — 2:28 21,261 85–52 W3 139 September 13 8:15 p.m. EDT Giants 3–6 McCormick (13–11) Mizell (11–8) — 2:51 21,313 85–53 L1 140 September 14 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 2–5 Williams (14–8) Law (19–8) — 2:35 28,547 85–54 L2 141 September 15 8:15 p.m. EDT Dodgers 3–1 Friend (16–11) Craig (7–3) — 2:13 12,511 86–54 W1 142 September 16 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Reds 3–4 O'Toole (12–11) Haddix (11–10) Brosnan (12) 2:20 9,352 86–55 L1 — September 17 @ Reds Postponed (Rain) (Makeup date: September 18) 143 September 18 (1) 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Reds 5–3 Law (20–8) McLish (4–13) — 2:11 — 87–55 W1 144 September 18 (2) 3:46 p.m. EDT @ Reds 1–0 Mizell (12–8) Purkey (17–9) — 2:14 14,438 88–55 W2 145 September 20 (1) 6:00 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 7–1 Friend (17–11) Roberts (10–16) — 2:15 — 89–55 W3 146 September 20 (2) 8:50 p.m. EDT @ Phillies 3–2 Labine (3–0) Owens (4–13) — 2:26 17,216 90–55 W4 147 September 22 (1) 1:00 p.m. EDT Cubs 3–2 (11) Face (10–7) Cardwell (8–15) — 2:26 — 91–55 W5 148 September 22 (2) 4:01 p.m. EDT Cubs 6–1 Mizell (13–8) Anderson (8–11) — 2:02 19,566 92–55 W6 149 September 23 9:00 p.m. EDT @ Braves 1–2 Buhl (15–9) Witt (1–2) — 2:02 17,576 92–56 L1 150 September 24 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Braves 2–4 Burdette (18–12) Friend (17–12) — 2:07 20,626 92–57 L2 151 September 25 2:30 p.m. EDT @ Braves 2–4 (10) Piché (3–5) Face (10–8) — 2:14 38,109 92–58 L3 152 September 27 8:15 p.m. EDT Reds 4–3 (16) Green (8–4) McLish (4–14) — 4:02 22,162 93–58 W1 153 September 30 8:15 p.m. EDT Braves 2–13 Buhl (16–9) Law (20–9) — 2:45 25,148 93–59 L1
October: 2–0 (Home: 2–0; Away: 0–0) # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/ Streak 154 October 1 1:30 p.m. EDT Braves 7–3 Friend (18–12) Spahn (21–10) Face (24) 2:22 20,842 94–59 W1 155 October 2 2:00 p.m. EDT Braves 9–5 Mizell (14–8) Burdette (19–13) Haddix (1) 2:25 34,578 95–59 W2

Postseason Game log

Legend
	Pirates win
	Pirates loss
Bold	Pirates team member

1960 Postseason game log: 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Away: 2–1)

World Series: vs. New York Yankees 4–3 (Home: 2–2; Away: 2–1)[9] # Date Time (ET) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Series Box/ Streak 1 October 5 1:00 p.m. EDT Yankees 6–4 Law (1–0) Ditmar (0–1) Face (1) 2:29 36,676 PIT 1–0 W1 2 October 6 1:00 p.m. EDT Yankees 3–16 Turley (1–0) Friend (0–1) — 3:14 37,308 Tied 1–1 L1 3 October 8 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees 0–10 Ford (1–0) Mizell (0–1) — 2:41 70,001 NY 2–1 L2 4 October 9 2:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees 3–2 Law (2–0) Terry (0–1) Face (2) 2:29 67,812 Tied 2–2 W1 5 October 10 1:00 p.m. EDT @ Yankees 5–2 Haddix (1–0) Ditmar (0–2) Face (3) 2:32 62,753 PIT 3–2 W2 6 October 12 1:00 p.m. EDT Yankees 0–12 Ford (2–0) Friend (0–2) — 2:38 38,580 Tied 3–3 L1 7 October 13 1:00 p.m. EDT Yankees 10–9 Haddix (2–0) Terry (0–2) — 2:36 36,683 PIT 4–3 W1

Detailed records

National League Opponent W L WP RS RA Chicago Cubs 15 7 0.682 114 90 Cincinnati Reds 16 6 0.727 119 78 Los Angeles Dodgers 11 11 0.500 76 76 Milwaukee Braves 13 9 0.591 107 95 Philadelphia Phillies 15 7 0.682 100 60 Pittsburgh Pirates St. Louis Cardinals 11 11 0.500 99 81 San Francisco Giants 14 8 0.636 119 113 Season Total 95 59 0.617 754 593

Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA April 14 11 3 0.786 84 49 May 27 16 11 0.593 132 116 June 26 15 11 0.577 147 127 July 29 15 14 0.517 114 108 August 31 21 10 0.677 151 103 September 25 15 10 0.600 90 82 October 2 2 0 1.000 16 8 Total 155 95 59 0.617 754 593 Games Won Lost Win % RS RA Home 78 52 25 0.675 362 287 Road 77 43 34 0.558 372 306 Total 155 95 59 0.617 754 593

Composite Box

1960 Pittsburgh Pirates Inning–by–Inning Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	R	H	E
Opponents	79	47	61	66	69	62	85	58	52	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	593	1363	147
Pirates	96	82	71	82	82	62	90	71	71	8	6	3	2	0	0	1	734	1493	128

Postseason

1960 World Series

Main article: 1960 World Series

The 1960 Pirates team, which featured eight All-Stars, was widely predicted to lose the World Series to a powerful New York Yankees team. In one of the most memorable World Series in history, the Pirates were defeated by more than ten runs in three games, won three close games, then recovered from a 7–4 deficit late in Game 7 to eventually win on a walk-off home run by Bill Mazeroski, a second baseman better known for his defensive wizardry.

Game 1

October 5, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 36,676

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	13	2
Pittsburgh (N)	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	6	8	0
W: Vern Law (1–0)  L: Art Ditmar (0–1),   S: Roy Face (1)
HR: NYY – Roger Maris (1), Elston Howard (1)   PIT – Bill Mazeroski (1)

Game 2

October 6, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 37,308

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	2	1	2	7	3	0	1	16	19	1
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	13	1
W: Bob Turley (1–0)  L: Bob Friend (0–1)
HR: NYY – Mickey Mantle 2 (2)

Game 3

October 8, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 70,001

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
New York (A)	6	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	x	10	16	1
W: Whitey Ford (1–0)   L: Vinegar Bend Mizell (0–1)
HR: NYY – Bobby Richardson (1), Mickey Mantle (3)

Game 4

October 9, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 67,812

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	7	0
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	0
W: Vern Law (2–0)   L: Ralph Terry (0–1),   S: Roy Face (2)
HR: NYY – Bill Skowron (1)

Game 5

October 10, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 62,753

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh (N)	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	10	2
New York (A)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2
W: Harvey Haddix (1–0)   L: Art Ditmar (0–2),   S: Roy Face (3)
HR: NYY – Roger Maris (2)

Game 6

October 12, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 38,580

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	1	5	0	0	2	2	2	0	12	17	1
Pittsburgh (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
W: Whitey Ford (2–0)  L: Bob Friend (0–2)

Game 7

October 13, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 36,683

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	2	9	13	1
Pittsburgh (N)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	10	11	0
W: Harvey Haddix (2–0)  L: Ralph Terry (0–2)
HR: NYY – Bill Skowron (2), Yogi Berra (1)    PIT – Rocky Nelson (1), Hal Smith (1), Bill Mazeroski (2)

Composite Box

1960 World Series (4–3): Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.) over New York Yankees (A.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pittsburgh Pirates	5	5	1	3	3	1	0	5	4	27	60	4
New York Yankees	7	2	8	7	3	13	6	4	5	55	91	8
Total Attendance: 349,813   Average Attendance: 49,973
Winning Player's Share: – $8,418   Losing Player's Share – $5,125

Statistics

= Indicates league leader

Batting

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

Regular Season[10] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Roy Face 68 17 7 0.412 0 0 Fred Green 45 8 3 0.375 2 2 Dick Schofield 65 102 34 0.333 0 10 Jim Umbricht 17 6 2 0.333 0 0 Dick Groat 138 573 186 0.325 2 50 Roberto Clemente 144 570 179 0.314 16 94 Rocky Nelson 93 200 60 0.300 7 35 Hal Smith 77 258 76 0.295 11 45 Smoky Burgess 110 337 99 0.294 7 39 Don Hoak 155 553 156 0.282 16 79 Bill Mazeroski 151 538 147 0.273 11 64 Bob Skinner 145 571 156 0.273 15 86 Gino Cimoli 101 307 82 0.267 0 28 Bill Virdon 120 409 108 0.264 8 40 Dick Stuart 122 438 114 0.260 23 83 Harvey Haddix 29 67 17 0.254 0 7 Gene Baker 33 37 9 0.243 0 4 Joe Christopher 50 56 13 0.232 1 3 Joe Gibbon 27 19 4 0.211 0 0 Bob Oldis 22 20 4 0.200 0 1 Bennie Daniels 10 16 3 0.188 0 2 Vern Law 35 94 17 0.181 1 7 Tom Cheney 11 17 3 0.176 0 2 Vinegar Bend Mizell 23 51 7 0.137 0 3 Mickey Vernon 9 8 1 0.125 0 1 Bob Friend 38 88 6 0.068 0 3 Dick Barone 3 6 0 0.000 0 0 Harry Bright 4 4 0 0.000 0 0 Earl Francis 7 5 0 0.000 0 0 Paul Giel 16 7 0 0.000 0 0 Danny Kravitz 8 6 0 0.000 0 0 Clem Labine 15 4 0 0.000 0 1 Roman Mejias 3 1 0 0.000 0 0 Diomedes Olivo 4 1 0 0.000 0 0 R C Stevens 9 3 0 0.000 0 0 George Witt 10 9 0 0.000 0 0 Don Gross 5 0 0 — 0 0 Team Totals 155 5,406 1,493 0.276 120 689

World Series[11] Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Hal Smith 3 8 3 0.375 1 3 Smoky Burgess 5 18 6 0.333 0 0 Harvey Haddix 2 3 1 0.333 0 0 Vern Law 3 6 2 0.333 0 1 Rocky Nelson 4 9 3 0.333 1 2 Dick Schofield 3 3 1 0.333 0 0 Bill Mazeroski 7 25 8 0.320 2 5 Roberto Clemente 7 29 9 0.310 0 3 Gino Cimoli 7 20 5 0.250 0 1 Bill Virdon 7 29 7 0.241 0 5 Don Hoak 7 23 5 0.217 0 3 Dick Groat 7 28 6 0.214 0 2 Bob Skinner 2 5 1 0.200 0 1 Dick Stuart 5 20 3 0.150 0 0 Gene Baker 3 3 0 0.000 0 0 Roy Face 4 3 0 0.000 0 0 Bob Friend 3 1 0 0.000 0 0 Fred Green 3 1 0 0.000 0 0 Tom Cheney 3 0 0 — 0 0 Joe Christopher 3 0 0 — 0 0 Joe Gibbon 2 0 0 — 0 0 Clem Labine 3 0 0 — 0 0 Vinegar Bend Mizell 2 0 0 — 0 0 Bob Oldis 2 0 0 — 0 0 George Witt 3 0 0 — 0 0 Team Totals 7 234 60 0.256 4 26

Pitching

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

Regular Season[12] Player G IP W L ERA SO Clem Labine 15 301⁄3 3 0 1.48 21 Earl Francis 7 18 1 0 2.00 8 Diomedes Olivo 4 92⁄3 0 0 2.79 10 Roy Face 68 1142⁄3 10 8 2.90 72 Bob Friend 38 2752⁄3 18 12 3.00 183 Vern Law 35 2712⁄3 20 9 3.08 120 Vinegar Bend Mizell 23 1552⁄3 13 5 3.12 71 Fred Green 45 70 8 4 3.21 49 Don Gross 5 51⁄3 0 0 3.38 3 Harvey Haddix 29 1721⁄3 11 10 3.97 101 Tom Cheney 11 52 2 2 3.98 35 Joe Gibbon 27 801⁄3 4 2 4.03 60 George Witt 10 30 1 2 4.20 15 Jim Umbricht 17 402⁄3 1 2 5.09 26 Paul Giel 16 33 2 0 5.73 21 Bennie Daniels 10 401⁄3 1 3 7.81 16 Team Totals 155 1,3992⁄3 95 59 3.49 811

World Series[13] Player G IP W L ERA SO George Witt 3 22⁄3 0 0 0.00 1 Harvey Haddix 2 71⁄3 2 0 2.45 6 Vern Law 3 181⁄3 2 0 3.44 8 Tom Cheney 3 4 0 0 4.50 6 Roy Face 4 101⁄3 0 0 5.23 4 Joe Gibbon 2 3 0 0 9.00 2 Bob Friend 3 6 0 2 13.50 7 Clem Labine 3 4 0 0 13.50 2 Vinegar Bend Mizell 2 21⁄3 0 1 15.43 1 Fred Green 3 4 0 0 22.50 3 Team Totals 7 62 4 3 7.11 40

Awards and honors

• Dick Groat, Shortstop, National League MVP
• Bill Mazeroski, Babe Ruth Award
• Danny Murtaugh, Associated Press NL Manager of the Year

All-Stars

1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Smoky Burgess
• Roberto Clemente
• Roy Face
• Bob Friend (starting P, first game)
• Dick Groat
• Vern Law (starting P, second game)
• Bill Mazeroski (starting 2B)
• Bob Skinner (starting LF)

League leaders

• Roberto Clemente, Led National League in outfield assists, 19 baserunners thrown out^[14]
• Dick Groat, Led National League in batting average

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Jets	International League	Cal Ermer
AAA	Salt Lake City Bees	Pacific Coast League	Larry Shepard
A	Savannah Pirates	Sally League	Ray Hathaway
B	Burlington Bees	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Harding "Pete" Peterson
C	Grand Forks Chiefs	Northern League	Bob Clear
D	Kingsport Pirates	Appalachian League	Jim Gibbons
D	Dubuque Packers	Midwest League	James Adlam
D	Hobbs Pirates	Sophomore League	Al Kubski

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Savannah, Hobbs