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1960 American Association

1960 > Class AAA > League History
Overall: 616 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1959 / 1961
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1959 / 1961

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1959 / 1961

League Standings

Tm	Aff	W	L	W-L%	GB
Denver Bears	DET	88	66	.571	--
Louisville Colonels	ATL	85	68	.556	2.5
Houston Buffs	CHC	83	71	.539	5
St. Paul Saints	LAD	83	71	.539	5
Minneapolis Millers	BOS	82	72	.532	6
Charleston Senators	MIN	65	88	.425	22.5
Indianapolis Indians	PHI	65	89	.422	23
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	OAK	64	90	.416	24

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	Aff	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
Denver Bears	DET	26.0	5.83	155	5963	5250	903	1501	305	62	162	819	123	608	957	.286	.357	.460	.817	2416	94	56	49	48
Minneapolis Millers	BOS	25.6	4.34	154	5776	5242	669	1450	239	45	86	600	91	422	856	.277	.328	.389	.717	2037	127	73	39	48
Charleston Senators	WSH	27.3	4.31	153	5746	5172	659	1390	260	50	86	587	58	491	790	.269	.330	.388	.718	2008	112	39	44	45
St. Paul Saints	LAD	27.3	4.30	155	5637	5100	666	1377	227	67	101	601	65	443	764	.270	.326	.400	.726	2041	108	59	35	44
Louisville Colonels	MLN	24.9	4.24	153	5758	5194	648	1349	243	63	99	572	58	449	839	.260	.316	.388	.704	2015	110	70	45	45
Houston Buffs	CHC	28.0	4.08	154	5678	5048	629	1286	216	30	122	564	59	524	863	.255	.323	.382	.705	1928	121	77	29	45
Indianapolis Indians	PHI	27.0	3.99	154	5734	5119	614	1314	199	43	81	560	138	504	780	.257	.322	.360	.682	1842	128	88	23	29
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	KCA	28.9	3.65	154	5629	5083	562	1263	214	24	85	499	55	465	769	.248	.310	.350	.660	1780	117	57	24	11
League Totals		26.9	4.34	1232	45921	41208	5350	10930	1903	384	822	4802	647	3906	6618	.265	.327	.390	.717	16067	917	519	288	315

League Pitching

Tm	Aff	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Louisville Colonels	MLN	24.2	3.60	85	68	.556	3.07	153	153	88	65	17	1359.2	1189	551	464	76	504	39	876	35	2	55	5675	1.245	7.9	0.5	3.3	5.8	1.74
Houston Buffs	CHC	27.0	3.81	83	71	.539	3.36	154	154	109	45	15	1348.1	1319	586	503	93	491	26	789	31	2	45	5725	1.342	8.8	0.6	3.3	5.3	1.61
Minneapolis Millers	BOS	25.4	4.01	82	72	.532	3.37	154	154	109	45	17	1357.2	1226	617	508	91	535	36	965	40	6	65	5756	1.297	8.1	0.6	3.5	6.4	1.80
St. Paul Saints	LAD	29.4	4.07	83	71	.539	3.52	155	155	112	43	14	1334.0	1377	631	522	83	471	55	810	29	4	43	5695	1.385	9.3	0.6	3.2	5.5	1.72
Charleston Senators	WSH	27.8	4.59	65	88	.425	3.92	153	153	97	56	6	1324.0	1380	702	576	104	474	43	759	37	4	53	5755	1.400	9.4	0.7	3.2	5.2	1.60
Indianapolis Indians	PHI	28.0	4.62	65	89	.422	4.16	154	154	126	28	6	1349.1	1466	712	624	108	444	29	778	41	5	42	5817	1.416	9.8	0.7	3.0	5.2	1.75
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	KCA	28.5	4.99	64	90	.416	4.42	154	154	132	22	6	1324.1	1482	768	650	129	517	63	866	19	3	61	5906	1.509	10.1	0.9	3.5	5.9	1.68
Denver Bears	DET	26.9	5.05	88	66	.571	4.37	155	155	104	51	3	1331.1	1491	783	647	138	470	24	775	35	3	42	5861	1.473	10.1	0.9	3.2	5.2	1.65
League Totals		27.2	4.34	615	615	.500	3.77	1232	1232	877	355	84	10728.2	10930	5350	4494	822	3906	315	6618	267	29	406	46190	1.383	9.2	0.7	3.3	5.6	1.69

League Fielding

Tm	Aff	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Louisville Colonels	MLN	153	4079	1595	155	142	.973	15	Ben Geraghty
Indianapolis Indians	PHI	154	4048	1717	167	168	.972	19	Johnny Hutchings and Ted Beard
Houston Buffs	CHC	154	4045	1727	173	147	.971	25	Enos Slaughter
St. Paul Saints	LAD	155	4002	1630	172	145	.970	10	Danny Ozark
Minneapolis Millers	BOS	154	4073	1704	183	152	.969	22	Eddie Popowski
Denver Bears	DET	155	3994	1729	193	178	.967	15	Charlie Metro
Charleston Senators	WSH	153	3972	1624	202	145	.965	18	Del Wilber
Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers	KCA	154	3973	1665	210	125	.964	27	Jim Fanning
League Totals		1232	32186	13391	1455	1202	.969	151

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