1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the team's 79th season. The team finished with a record of 95–59–1, 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.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.Notable transactions National League Record vs. opponents Detailed records Month Games Won Lost Win % April 14 11 3 84 49 May 27 16 11 132 116 June 26 15 11 147 127 July 29 15 14 114 108 August 31 21 10 151 103 September 25 15 10 90 82 October 2 2 0 16 8 Total 155 95 59 754 593
Regular season On September 6, team captain Dick Groat was drilled on his left wrist by an inside pitch from Braves pitcher Lew Burdette . 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.September 25 in Milwaukee, the Pirates clinched their first pennant in 33 years.Game log Composite Box Opening Day lineup Notable transactions Postseason 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 defensive wizardry.Game 1 October 5 , 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . Attendance: 36,676Game 2 October 6 , 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 37,308Game 3 October 8 , 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City . Attendance: 70,001Game 4 October 9 , 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City . Attendance: 67,812Game 5 October 10, 1960, at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Attendance: 62,753Game 6 October 12, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 38,580Game 7 October 13 , 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Attendance: 36,683Game log Composite Box 1960 World Series : Pittsburgh Pirates over New York YankeesStatistics ;BattingPlayer 68 17 7 0.412 0 0 45 8 3 0.375 2 2 65 102 34 0.333 0 10 17 6 2 0.333 0 0 138 573 186 0.325 2 50 144 570 179 0.314 16 94 93 200 60 0.300 7 35 77 258 76 0.295 11 45 110 337 99 0.294 7 39 155 553 156 0.282 16 79 151 538 147 0.273 11 64 145 571 156 0.273 15 86 101 307 82 0.267 0 28 120 409 108 0.264 8 40 122 438 114 0.260 23 83 29 67 17 0.254 0 7 33 37 9 0.243 0 4 50 56 13 0.232 1 3 27 19 4 0.211 0 0 22 20 4 0.200 0 1 10 16 3 0.188 0 2 35 94 17 0.181 1 7 11 17 3 0.176 0 2 23 51 7 0.137 0 3 9 8 1 0.125 0 1 38 88 6 0.068 0 3 3 6 0 0.000 0 0 4 4 0 0.000 0 0 7 5 0 0.000 0 0 16 7 0 0.000 0 0 8 6 0 0.000 0 0 15 4 0 0.000 0 1 3 1 0 0.000 0 0 4 1 0 0.000 0 0 9 3 0 0.000 0 0 10 9 0 0.000 0 0 5 0 0 0 0
Player 3 8 3 0.375 1 3 5 18 6 0.333 0 0 2 3 1 0.333 0 0 3 6 2 0.333 0 1 4 9 3 0.333 1 2 3 3 1 0.333 0 0 7 25 8 0.320 2 5 7 29 9 0.310 0 3 7 20 5 0.250 0 1 7 29 7 0.241 0 5 7 23 5 0.217 0 3 7 28 6 0.214 0 2 2 5 1 0.200 0 1 5 20 3 0.150 0 0 3 3 0 0.000 0 0 4 3 0 0.000 0 0 3 1 0 0.000 0 0 3 1 0 0.000 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
Player 15 3 0 1.48 21 7 18 1 0 2.00 8 4 0 0 2.79 10 68 10 8 2.90 72 38 18 12 3.00 183 35 20 9 3.08 120 23 13 5 3.12 71 45 70 8 4 3.21 49 5 0 0 3.38 3 29 11 10 3.97 101 11 52 2 2 3.98 35 27 4 2 4.03 60 10 30 1 2 4.20 15 17 1 2 5.09 26 16 33 2 0 5.73 21 10 1 3 7.81 16
Player 3 0 0 0.00 1 2 2 0 2.45 6 3 2 0 3.44 8 3 4 0 0 4.50 6 4 0 0 5.23 4 2 3 0 0 9.00 2 3 6 0 2 13.50 7 3 4 0 0 13.50 2 2 0 1 15.43 1 3 4 0 0 22.50 3
Awards and honors 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game , 1960 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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