1960 MLB Leaders and Award Winners

2 leagues · 155 team games · 46 ranking tables · 23 awards

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Dick GroatNational League
Roger MarisAmerican League

Cy Young Award

Vern LawBoth leagues — one award across both

Rookie of the Year

Ron HansenAmerican League
Frank HowardNational League

Gold Glove

Hank AaronNational League
Luis AparicioAmerican League
Ernie BanksNational League
Earl BatteyAmerican League
Ken BoyerNational League
Del CrandallNational League
Nellie FoxAmerican League
Harvey HaddixNational League
Jim LandisAmerican League
Roger MarisAmerican League
Willie MaysNational League
Bill MazeroskiNational League
Minnie MiñosoAmerican League
Wally MoonNational League
Vic PowerAmerican League
Brooks RobinsonAmerican League
Bobby ShantzAmerican League
Bill WhiteNational League

Not every award existed in this season. This database has Silver Slugger (from 1980). Their absence here is not a statement about these players: those awards had not been invented yet.

American League

Led the American League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Mickey Mantle	119
2	Roger Maris	98
3	Jim Landis	89
3	Minnie Miñoso	89
5	Roy Sievers	87
6	Luis Aparicio	86
7	Nellie Fox	85
8	Tito Francona	84
8	Harmon Killebrew	84
10	Jim Lemon	81

HitsH

1	Minnie Miñoso	184
2	Nellie Fox	175
2	Brooks Robinson	175
4	Pete Runnels	169
4	Al Smith	169
6	Vic Power	167
7	Luis Aparicio	166
7	Bill Skowron	166
9	Frank Malzone	161
10	Tito Francona	159

Doubles2B

1	Tito Francona	36
2	Bill Skowron	34
3	Gene Freese	32
3	Minnie Miñoso	32
5	Norm Siebern	31
5	Al Smith	31
5	Dick Williams	31
8	Bob Allison	30
8	Frank Malzone	30
10	Al Kaline	29
10	Pete Runnels	29

Triples3B

1	Nellie Fox	10
2	Brooks Robinson	9
3	Luis Aparicio	7
3	Julio Becquer	7
3	Reno Bertoia	7
3	Lenny Green	7
3	Roger Maris	7
8	Jackie Brandt	6
8	Gene Freese	6
8	Jim Landis	6
8	Hector Lopez	6
8	Mickey Mantle	6
8	Norm Siebern	6

Home RunsHR

1	Mickey Mantle	40
2	Roger Maris	39
3	Jim Lemon	38
4	Rocky Colavito	35
5	Harmon Killebrew	31
6	Ted Williams	29
7	Roy Sievers	28
8	Bill Skowron	26
9	Charlie Maxwell	24
10	Ron Hansen	22

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Roger Maris	112
2	Minnie Miñoso	105
3	Vic Wertz	103
4	Jim Lemon	100
5	Jim Gentile	98
6	Mickey Mantle	94
7	Roy Sievers	93
8	Bill Skowron	91
9	Brooks Robinson	88
10	Rocky Colavito	87

WalksBB

1	Eddie Yost	125
2	Mickey Mantle	111
3	Bob Allison	92
4	Gene Woodling	84
5	Jim Landis	80
6	Ted Williams	75
7	Roy Sievers	74
8	Norm Siebern	72
9	Harmon Killebrew	71
9	Pete Runnels	71

Stolen BasesSB

1	Luis Aparicio	51
2	Jim Landis	23
3	Lenny Green	21
4	Al Kaline	19
5	Jim Piersall	18
6	Minnie Miñoso	17
7	Mickey Mantle	14
8	Chico Fernandez	13
9	Bob Allison	11
9	Johnny Temple	11

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Mickey Mantle	8.0
2	Roger Maris	6.1
3	Ted Williams	5.5
4	Ron Hansen	5.3
5	Luis Aparicio	5.0
6	Bill Skowron	4.7
7	Pete Runnels	4.7
8	Eddie Yost	4.5
9	Harmon Killebrew	4.5
10	Al Kaline	4.5

Batting Averagemin 481 PA

1	Pete Runnels	.320
2	Al Smith	.315
3	Minnie Miñoso	.311
4	Bill Skowron	.309
5	Harvey Kuenn	.308
6	Roy Sievers	.295
7	Brooks Robinson	.294
8	Tito Francona	.292
9	Nellie Fox	.289
10	Ken Aspromonte	.288
10	Vic Power	.288

On-Base Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Eddie Yost	.414
2	Pete Runnels	.401
2	Gene Woodling	.401
4	Mickey Mantle	.399
5	Roy Sievers	.396
6	Harvey Kuenn	.379
7	Harmon Killebrew	.375
8	Minnie Miñoso	.374
8	Al Smith	.374
10	Tito Francona	.372

Slugging Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Roger Maris	.581
2	Mickey Mantle	.558
3	Harmon Killebrew	.534
3	Roy Sievers	.534
5	Bill Skowron	.528
6	Jim Lemon	.508
7	Gene Freese	.481
7	Minnie Miñoso	.481
9	Rocky Colavito	.474
10	Norm Siebern	.471

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 481 PA

1	Mickey Mantle	.957
2	Roger Maris	.952
3	Roy Sievers	.930
4	Harmon Killebrew	.909
5	Bill Skowron	.881
6	Jim Lemon	.861
7	Minnie Miñoso	.855
8	Norm Siebern	.837
9	Tito Francona	.832
10	Al Smith	.826

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Chuck Estrada	18
1	Jim Perry	18
3	Bud Daley	16
4	Art Ditmar	15
4	Frank Lary	15
4	Milt Pappas	15
7	Ray Herbert	14
7	Bill Monbouquette	14
7	Billy Pierce	14
10	Frank Baumann	13
10	Jim Coates	13
10	Bob Shaw	13
10	Gerry Staley	13
10	Early Wynn	13

SavesSV

1	Mike Fornieles	14
1	Johnny Klippstein	14
3	Ray Moore	13
4	Bobby Shantz	11
5	Hank Aguirre	10
5	Gerry Staley	10
7	Ryne Duren	9
7	Dick Stigman	9
9	Luis Arroyo	7
9	Tex Clevenger	7
9	Hoyt Wilhelm	7

StrikeoutsSO

1	Jim Bunning	201
2	Pedro Ramos	160
3	Early Wynn	158
4	Frank Lary	149
5	Chuck Estrada	144
6	Camilo Pascual	143
7	Bill Monbouquette	134
8	Bud Daley	126
8	Milt Pappas	126
10	Ray Herbert	122

Innings PitchedIP

1	Frank Lary	274.3
2	Pedro Ramos	274.0
3	Jim Perry	261.3
4	Ray Herbert	252.7
5	Jim Bunning	252.0
6	Early Wynn	237.3
7	Bud Daley	231.0
8	Bill Monbouquette	215.0
9	Chuck Estrada	208.7
10	Milt Pappas	205.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Frank Lary	15
2	Ray Herbert	14
2	Pedro Ramos	14
4	Bud Daley	13
4	Early Wynn	13
6	Chuck Estrada	12
6	Bill Monbouquette	12
8	Milt Pappas	11
9	Jim Bunning	10
9	Jim Perry	10

ShutoutsSHO

1	Whitey Ford	4
1	Jim Perry	4
1	Early Wynn	4
4	Jim Bunning	3
4	Jack Fisher	3
4	Bill Monbouquette	3
4	Milt Pappas	3
4	Camilo Pascual	3
4	Ralph Terry	3
10	Frank Baumann	2
10	Gary Bell	2
10	Jim Coates	2
10	Ned Garver	2
10	Jack Kralick	2
10	Frank Lary	2
10	Bobby Locke	2
10	Don Mossi	2

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Jim Bunning	5.6
2	Frank Lary	4.1
3	Ray Herbert	4.0
4	Camilo Pascual	3.6
5	Bill Monbouquette	3.4
6	Pedro Ramos	3.3
7	Milt Pappas	2.7
8	Early Wynn	2.6
9	Billy Muffett	2.3
10	Hal Brown	2.2

Earned Run Averagemin 155 IP

1	Frank Baumann	2.67
2	Jim Bunning	2.79
3	Hal Brown	3.06
4	Art Ditmar	3.06
5	Whitey Ford	3.08
6	Steve Barber	3.22
7	Bob Turley	3.27
8	Ray Herbert	3.28
9	Milt Pappas	3.37
10	Ralph Terry	3.40

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 155 IP

1	Hal Brown	1.11
2	Jim Bunning	1.11
3	Frank Lary	1.18
4	Frank Baumann	1.20
5	Don Mossi	1.20
6	Ralph Terry	1.21
7	Whitey Ford	1.21
8	Dick Hall	1.21
9	Art Ditmar	1.25
10	Billy Pierce	1.26

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 155 IP

1	Jim Bunning	2.86
2	Hal Brown	3.27
3	Bill Monbouquette	3.35
4	Ray Herbert	3.37
5	Frank Baumann	3.41
6	Frank Lary	3.51
7	Milt Pappas	3.55
8	Jack Fisher	3.59
9	Ralph Terry	3.60
10	Pedro Ramos	3.66

National League

Led the National League — the first row of every table below.

Batting13 categories

RunsR

1	Bill Bruton	112
2	Eddie Mathews	108
3	Willie Mays	107
3	Vada Pinson	107
5	Hank Aaron	102
6	Richie Ashburn	99
7	Don Hoak	97
8	Jim Gilliam	96
9	Ken Boyer	95
10	Ernie Banks	94

HitsH

1	Willie Mays	190
2	Vada Pinson	187
3	Dick Groat	186
4	Bill Bruton	180
5	Roberto Clemente	179
6	Hank Aaron	172
7	Orlando Cepeda	169
8	Ken Boyer	168
9	Tony Taylor	165
10	Ernie Banks	162

Doubles2B

1	Vada Pinson	37
2	Orlando Cepeda	36
3	Frank Robinson	33
3	Bob Skinner	33
5	Ernie Banks	32
6	Willie Mays	29
7	Joe Cunningham	28
8	Bill Bruton	27
8	Bill White	27
10	Ken Boyer	26
10	Dick Groat	26
10	Pancho Herrera	26
10	Norm Larker	26

Triples3B

1	Bill Bruton	13
2	Willie Mays	12
2	Vada Pinson	12
4	Hank Aaron	11
5	Ken Boyer	10
5	Willie Kirkland	10
5	Bill White	10
8	Don Hoak	9
8	Bill Virdon	9
8	Bob Will	9

Home RunsHR

1	Ernie Banks	41
2	Hank Aaron	40
3	Eddie Mathews	39
4	Ken Boyer	32
5	Frank Robinson	31
6	Willie Mays	29
7	Joe Adcock	25
8	Orlando Cepeda	24
9	Frank Howard	23
9	Dick Stuart	23

Runs Batted InRBI

1	Hank Aaron	126
2	Eddie Mathews	124
3	Ernie Banks	117
4	Willie Mays	103
5	Ken Boyer	97
6	Orlando Cepeda	96
7	Roberto Clemente	94
8	Joe Adcock	91
9	Bob Skinner	86
10	Frank Robinson	83
10	Dick Stuart	83

WalksBB

1	Richie Ashburn	116
2	Eddie Mathews	111
3	Jim Gilliam	96
4	Frank Robinson	82
5	Daryl Spencer	81
6	Don Hoak	74
7	Ernie Banks	71
8	Wally Moon	67
9	Willie Mays	61
10	Hank Aaron	60

Stolen BasesSB

1	Maury Wills	50
2	Vada Pinson	32
3	Tony Taylor	26
4	Willie Mays	25
5	Bill Bruton	22
6	Julian Javier	19
7	Hank Aaron	16
7	Richie Ashburn	16
9	Orlando Cepeda	15
10	Don Blasingame	14

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Willie Mays	8.5
2	Eddie Mathews	7.6
3	Ernie Banks	7.0
4	Frank Robinson	6.8
5	Ken Boyer	6.6
6	Hank Aaron	6.1
7	Vada Pinson	5.8
8	Dick Groat	4.5
9	Don Hoak	4.5
10	Richie Ashburn	4.3

Batting Averagemin 481 PA

1	Dick Groat	.325
2	Norm Larker	.323
3	Willie Mays	.319
4	Roberto Clemente	.314
5	Ken Boyer	.304
6	Wally Moon	.299
7	Joe Adcock	.298
8	Orlando Cepeda	.297
8	Frank Robinson	.297
10	Maury Wills	.295

On-Base Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Richie Ashburn	.415
2	Frank Robinson	.407
3	Eddie Mathews	.397
4	Wally Moon	.383
5	Willie Mays	.381
6	Dick Groat	.371
7	Ken Boyer	.370
8	Norm Larker	.368
9	Don Hoak	.366
10	Daryl Spencer	.365

Slugging Percentagemin 481 PA

1	Frank Robinson	.595
2	Hank Aaron	.566
3	Ken Boyer	.562
4	Willie Mays	.555
5	Ernie Banks	.554
6	Eddie Mathews	.551
7	Joe Adcock	.500
8	Orlando Cepeda	.497
9	Dick Stuart	.479
10	Vada Pinson	.472

On-Base Plus Sluggingmin 481 PA

1	Frank Robinson	1.002
2	Eddie Mathews	.948
3	Willie Mays	.936
4	Ken Boyer	.932
5	Hank Aaron	.919
6	Ernie Banks	.904
7	Joe Adcock	.854
8	Orlando Cepeda	.840
9	Wally Moon	.835
10	Roberto Clemente	.815

Pitching10 categories

WinsW

1	Ernie Broglio	21
1	Warren Spahn	21
3	Vern Law	20
4	Lew Burdette	19
5	Bob Friend	18
5	Larry Jackson	18
5	Sam Jones	18
8	Bob Purkey	17
9	Bob Buhl	16
9	Glen Hobbie	16

SavesSV

1	Lindy McDaniel	26
2	Roy Face	24
3	Bill Henry	17
4	Jim Brosnan	12
5	Johnny Antonelli	11
5	Don Elston	11
5	Turk Farrell	11
8	Don McMahon	10
9	Ron Piche	9
10	Ed Roebuck	8

StrikeoutsSO

1	Don Drysdale	246
2	Sandy Koufax	197
3	Sam Jones	190
4	Ernie Broglio	188
5	Bob Friend	183
6	Stan Williams	175
7	Larry Jackson	171
8	Johnny Podres	159
9	Mike McCormick	154
9	Warren Spahn	154

Innings PitchedIP

1	Larry Jackson	282.0
2	Lew Burdette	275.7
2	Bob Friend	275.7
4	Vern Law	271.7
5	Don Drysdale	269.0
6	Warren Spahn	267.7
7	Glen Hobbie	258.7
8	Mike McCormick	253.0
9	Bob Purkey	252.7
10	Bob Buhl	238.7

Complete GamesCG

1	Lew Burdette	18
1	Vern Law	18
1	Warren Spahn	18
4	Bob Friend	16
4	Glen Hobbie	16
6	Don Drysdale	15
6	Mike McCormick	15
8	Larry Jackson	14
9	Sam Jones	13
9	Robin Roberts	13

ShutoutsSHO

1	Jack Sanford	6
2	Don Drysdale	5
3	Lew Burdette	4
3	Bob Friend	4
3	Glen Hobbie	4
3	Mike McCormick	4
3	Warren Spahn	4
8	Ernie Broglio	3
8	Larry Jackson	3
8	Sam Jones	3
8	Vern Law	3
8	Vinegar Bend Mizell	3

Wins Above ReplacementWAR

1	Bob Friend	7.1
2	Don Drysdale	5.8
3	Larry Jackson	5.6
4	Mike McCormick	5.0
5	Vern Law	4.6
6	Gene Conley	4.3
7	Sam Jones	4.0
8	Lew Burdette	3.7
9	Johnny Podres	3.5
10	Harvey Haddix	3.5

Earned Run Averagemin 155 IP

1	Mike McCormick	2.70
2	Ernie Broglio	2.74
3	Don Drysdale	2.84
4	Stan Williams	3.00
5	Bob Friend	3.00
6	Curt Simmons	3.06
7	Vern Law	3.08
8	Johnny Podres	3.08
9	Bob Buhl	3.09
10	Sam Jones	3.19

Walks and Hits per Inningmin 155 IP

1	Don Drysdale	1.06
2	Vern Law	1.13
3	Bob Friend	1.13
4	Stan Williams	1.13
5	Lew Burdette	1.13
6	Mike McCormick	1.16
7	Ernie Broglio	1.20
8	Robin Roberts	1.22
9	Warren Spahn	1.23
10	Larry Jackson	1.23

Fielding Independent Pitchingmin 155 IP

1	Bob Friend	2.54
2	Gene Conley	2.68
3	Mike McCormick	2.86
4	Don Drysdale	2.92
5	Harvey Haddix	3.01
6	Larry Jackson	3.10
7	Sam Jones	3.12
8	Billy O'Dell	3.22
9	Ernie Broglio	3.25
10	Lew Burdette	3.26

How this page is built

The qualifying line for 1960 is 481 plate appearances and 155 innings pitched. It comes from the length of the schedule — 155 games per team, measured from the season files themselves — at the official rate of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning per team game. Batting average, on-base, slugging, OPS, earned run average and WHIP all use it; a player who came to the plate twice and got two hits does not appear at the top of the batting average table, which is exactly what that line is for. Counting statistics such as home runs and strikeouts have no minimum, because none is needed.

How the rankings were made

Wins above replacement in these tables is ours rather than the source database's, so it will not match a published figure exactly. Also: why every ranking stops at one league, and why some categories are missing on purpose.

Every ranking on this page is worked out inside one league. 1960 is counted as 2 separate leagues — American League and National League, and a player is ranked only against the men in his own. Leading the American League and leading baseball are different claims, and the one we can make from these files is the first. There is no combined table anywhere on this page, because adding two leagues together would produce a number that no record book recognises.

There are 46 ranking tables here, 17 places deep. Players tied on a value share a place, so a table can run past ten rows when the tenth spot is shared, and a league with fewer than ten qualified players in a category is left out rather than shown as a top ten that is not one. A player who did none of the thing is not ranked in it either — a shutout table lists the pitchers who threw one, not the hundreds who threw none tied on zero. Some categories are missing on purpose: nobody leads a league in strikeouts at the plate, in losses, or in home runs allowed. A ranking is meant to mark an achievement, so only achievements are ranked.

Wins above replacement on this page is ours, not the source database's. The hitting and pitching files carry a WAR column that we compute here from the same season lines you see, using park factors and a run environment worked out per season. Published versions elsewhere use different methods and will not match ours exactly. Every other column is the record as the database supplies it.

Names on this page lead to that player's own record. Most of them open a full career page with every season he appeared in. Some open a summary screen instead — we pre-build pages for the players people look for, and everyone else is assembled on demand from the same files, so the numbers are identical either way even though the address looks different.

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