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Locations of teams for the 1955–1960American League seasons
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Locations of teams for the 1960–1961National League seasons
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The1960 major league baseball season began on April 12, 1960. The regular season ended on October 2, with thePittsburgh Pirates andNew York Yankees as the regular season champions of theNational League andAmerican League, respectively. The postseason began with Game 1 of the57th World Series on October 5 and ended with Game 7 on October 13. In the second iteration of this World Series matchup, the Pirates, led by second basemanBill Mazeroski, defeated the Yankees, led by outfield sluggersMickey Mantle andRoger Maris, four games to three, capturing their third championship in franchise history, since their previous in1925. The series ended with Mazeroski hitting awalk-off home run in Game 7 and is among the most memorable in baseball history. Going into the season, the defendingWorld Series champions were theLos Angeles Dodgers from the1959 season.

For the second year, there were two separate All-Star Games played. The first, the28th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, was held on July 11 atMunicipal Stadium inKansas City,Missouri, home of theKansas City Athletics. TheNational League won, 5–3. The second, the29th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, was held on July 13 atYankee Stadium inNew York,New York, home of theNew York Yankees. TheNational League won, 6–0.

The American League'sWashington Senators played their final season inWashington, D.C. before moving to theMinneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area as theMinnesota Twins for the 1961 season. Due to threats of the proposedContinental League, a third major league which would host teams in cities that did not play major-league teams (as well as a National League New York team), the 1960 season would prove to be the final season before theexpansion-era; thefollowing season would see the American League grow to ten teams, ending the 16-team hegemony across the American and National Leagues that had existed for most of the 20th century to this point. Expansion would also see the end of the 154-game schedule in favor of a 162-game schedule.

Following the end of the previous season, the two leagues saw their first interleague trade on November 21, when theChicago Cubs received 1BDick Gernert from theBoston Red Sox, in exchange for RHPDave Hillman and 1BJim Marshall.^[1]

The 1960 schedule consisted of 154 games for all teams in the American League and National League, each of which had eight teams. Each team was scheduled to play 22 games against the other seven teams of their respective league. This continued the format put in place since the1904 season (except for1919) and was the last season to use the format by the American League due to the1961 American League expansion, which saw an extension of the schedule to 162 games. The National League would use the 154-game format forone more season.

National League Opening Day took place on April 12, featuring all eight teams, while American League Opening Day took place on April 18, featuring theBoston Red Sox andWashington Senators. The final day of the regular season was on October 2, which saw all sixteen teams play, continuing the trend since theprevious season. TheWorld Series took place between October 5 and October 13.

The 1960 season saw the following rule change:

• While previously, drafted players to major-league or minor-league teams were based on a sliding scale ($15,000 (equivalent to $159,000 in 2024) in the majors to at most half the amount to as low as a fifth the amount in the minors), a $12,000 (equivalent to $128,000 in 2024) price tag was set at all levels of professional baseball.^[1]

The postseason began on October 5 and ended on October 13 with thePittsburgh Pirates defeating theNew York Yankees in the1960 World Series in seven games.

• Sport Magazine'sWorld Series Most Valuable Player Award:Bobby Richardson (NYY)

TheSan Francisco Giants openCandlestick Park after playing atSeals Stadium for two seasons. The team would play at the Candlestick Park for 40 seasons through1999.

TheWashington Senators would play their final game atGriffith Stadium on October 2 against theBaltimore Orioles, relocating toBloomington,Minnesota atMetropolitan Stadium as theMinnesota Twins for the start of the1961 season.

CBS andNBC continued to air weekendGame 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 theEastern orCentral Time Zone, while the late game was usually aSan Francisco Giants^[63] orLos Angeles Dodgers home game.

TheAll-Star Game andWorld Series aired on NBC.

• Ted Williams had his No. 9 retired by theBoston Red Sox in September. This was the first number retired by the team.

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