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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1958 / 1960)
66-88, Finished 7th in American League
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Scored 681 runs, Allowed 760 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-85
Manager: Harry Craft (66-88)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 963,683 (6th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 102, Pitching - 104; one-year: Batting - 101, Pitching - 103
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1958 / 1960 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 2, 1958
Traded Chico Carrasquel to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Dick Williams.
December 1, 1958
Drafted Wayne Terwilliger from the Detroit Tigers in the 1958 rule 5 draft.
December 2, 1958
Drafted Jay Ward from the New York Yankees in the 1958 minor league draft.
1959
Signed Ray Blemker as an amateur free agent.
Signed Ken Harrelson as an amateur free agent.
Signed John O'Donoghue as an amateur free agent.
Signed Jose Santiago as an amateur free agent.
Signed Dave Thies as an amateur free agent.
March, 1959
Traded Walt Craddock to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Marty Kutyna.
April 4, 1959 (Standings)
Signed Russ Meyer as a free agent.
Sold Billy Shantz to the New York Yankees.
April 8, 1959 (Standings)
Traded Jack Urban to the New York Yankees. Received Mark Freeman. Mark Freeman returned to original team on May 8, 1959.
April 12, 1959 (Standings)
Traded Mike Baxes and Bob Martyn to the New York Yankees. Received Tom Carroll and Russ Snyder.
May 2, 1959 (Standings)
Traded Harry Simpson to the Chicago White Sox. Received Ray Boone.
May 9, 1959 (Standings)
Purchased Murry Dickson from the New York Yankees.
May 26, 1959 (Standings)
Traded Hector Lopez and Ralph Terry to the New York Yankees. Received Johnny Kucks, Jerry Lumpe and Tom Sturdivant.
June 9, 1959 (Standings)
Signed Jack Aker as an amateur free agent.
July 3, 1959 (Standings)
Released Russ Meyer.
August 20, 1959 (Standings)
Ray Boone selected by the Milwaukee Braves off waivers.
Selected Ray Jablonski off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals.
Purchased Joe Morgan from the Milwaukee Braves.
September 6, 1959 (Standings)
Rip Coleman selected by the Baltimore Orioles off waivers.
October 5, 1959 (Standings)
Released Murry Dickson.
October 12, 1959 (Standings)
Purchased Bob Trowbridge from the Milwaukee Braves.
November 21, 1959
Traded Frank House to the Cincinnati Redlegs. Received Tom Acker.
November 30, 1959
Drafted Tom Baker from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1959 minor league draft.
Drafted Bob Johnson from the Detroit Tigers in the 1959 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Dave Wickersham from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1959 minor league draft.
December 3, 1959
Traded Tom Sturdivant to the Boston Red Sox. Received Pete Daley.
December 9, 1959
Traded Hal Smith to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received a player to be named later, Dick Hall and Ken Hamlin. The Pittsburgh Pirates sent Hank Foiles (December 15, 1959) to the Kansas City Athletics to complete the trade.
December 11, 1959
Traded Joe DeMaestri, Kent Hadley and Roger Maris to the New York Yankees. Received Hank Bauer, Don Larsen, Norm Siebern and Marv Throneberry.
1960
Signed Billy Bryan as an amateur free agent.
Ossie Chavarria received from the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.
Signed Frank Cipriani as an amateur free agent.
Signed Dick Green as an amateur free agent.
Signed Hector Martinez as a free agent.
Signed Ken Sanders as an amateur free agent.
Signed Larry Stahl as an amateur free agent.
Signed Rupe Toppin as an amateur free agent.
Signed Dale Willis as an amateur free agent.
March 10, 1960
Obtained Jack Spring from Dallas (American Association) as part of a minor league working agreement.
