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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1959 / 1961)
58-96, Finished 8th in American League
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Scored 615 runs, Allowed 756 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 63-91
Manager: Bob Elliott (58-96)
Ballpark: Municipal Stadium I (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 774,944 (7th of 8)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 100, Pitching - 103; one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 101
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1959 / 1961 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 5, 1959
Released Murry Dickson.
October 12, 1959
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.
April 5, 1960 (Standings)
Traded Bob Grim to the Cleveland Indians. Received Leo Kiely.
April 15, 1960 (Standings)
Returned Joe Morgan to the Milwaukee Braves following previous purchase.
May 11, 1960 (Standings)
Traded George Brunet to the Milwaukee Braves. Received Bob Giggie.
May 19, 1960 (Standings)
Traded Bob Cerv to the New York Yankees. Received Andy Carey.
June, 1960 (Standings)
Don Williams sent to the Washington Senators in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
June 1, 1960 (Standings)
Traded Hank Foiles and cash to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Danny Kravitz.
June 6, 1960 (Standings)
Purchased Jim Delsing from the Washington Senators. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
July 26, 1960 (Standings)
Sold Harry Chiti to the Detroit Tigers.
July 30, 1960 (Standings)
Purchased John Briggs from the Cleveland Indians.
August, 1960 (Standings)
Dave Roberts received from the Milwaukee Braves in an unknown transaction. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)
October 15, 1960 (Standings)
Traded Danny Kravitz to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Dutch Dotterer.
November 28, 1960
Drafted Ed Keegan from the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1960 rule 5 draft.
Drafted Bill Kunkel from the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1960 rule 5 draft.
December 14, 1960
Chet Boak selected by the Washington Senators in the 1960 expansion draft.
Pete Daley selected by the Washington Senators in the 1960 expansion draft.
Dutch Dotterer selected by the Washington Senators in the 1960 expansion draft.
Ned Garver selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 1960 expansion draft.
Ken Hamlin selected by the Los Angeles Angels in the 1960 expansion draft.
Bob Johnson selected by the Washington Senators in the 1960 expansion draft.
December 29, 1960
Traded Marty Kutyna and cash to the Washington Senators. Received Haywood Sullivan.
1961
Granny Hamner received from the New York Yankees in an unknown transaction.
Signed Ted Kubiak as an amateur free agent.
Signed Bill Landis as an amateur free agent.
Signed Allan Lewis as an amateur free agent.
Signed Winston Llenas as an amateur free agent.
Signed Aurelio Monteagudo as an amateur free agent.
Dave Roberts sent to the Houston Colt .45's in an unknown transaction.
Signed Charlie Shoemaker as an amateur free agent.
Signed John Wojcik as an amateur free agent.
January 24, 1961
Traded Whitey Herzog and Russ Snyder to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Jim Archer, Bob Boyd, Wayne Causey, Clint Courtney and Al Pilarcik. Clint Courtney returned to original team on April 14, 1961.
January 25, 1961
Traded John Briggs and John Tsitouris to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Joe Nuxhall.
January 31, 1961
Purchased Joe Pignatano from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
March 30, 1961
Traded Howie Reed and cash to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received Ed Rakow.
April, 1961
Traded Tony Frulio (minors) to the San Francisco Giants. Received Bobby Prescott.
