1960 MLB season

Major League Baseball

Baseball

April 12 – October 13, 1960

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NBC, CBS, ABC

AL: Roger Maris (NY)
NL: Dick Groat (PIT)

New York Yankees

Baltimore Orioles

Pittsburgh Pirates

Milwaukee Braves

Pittsburgh Pirates

New York Yankees

Bobby Richardson (NY)

Most Valuable Player

Cy Young Award

Rookie of the Year

The Sporting News Player of the Year Award

The Sporting News Pitcher of the Year Award

The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award

Gold Glove Award

January 5 – The , a proposed third major league, gets an assurance of Congressional support from New York Senator Kenneth Keating.

Continental League

February 4 – For the second straight election, the (BBWAA) voters fail to elect a new member to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Edd Roush gets 146 votes, but 202 are necessary for election. Sam Rice (143) and Eppa Rixey (142) are next in line.

Baseball Writers' Association of America

February 18 – , owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, completes the purchase of the Chavez Ravine area in Los Angeles by paying $494,000 for property valued at $92,000.

Walter O'Malley

February 20 – meets with officials of the proposed Western Carolinas League about pooling talent for Continental League clubs.

Branch Rickey

February 23 – Demolition of begins. Lucy Monroe sings the national anthem, and Roy Campanella is given an urn of dirt from behind home plate.

Ebbets Field

Television coverage[edit]

CBS and NBC continued to air weekend Game of the Week broadcasts. ABC also returned to MLB broadcasting with a series of afternoon Saturday games. ABC typically did three regional games a week. Two of ABC's games were always from the Eastern or Central Time Zone, while the late game was usually a San Francisco Giants[53] or Los Angeles Dodgers home game.


The All-Star Game and World Series aired on NBC.

1960 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1960 Major League Baseball season schedule