STANDINGS
  EAST

W

L

GB

 

Cleveland

6

3

--

  

Brooklyn

5

4

1

  

New York

5

4

1

  

Washington

3

6

3

  

Detroit

2

7

4

  
  WEST

W

L

GB

 

Los Angeles

7

2

--

  

Chicago

6

3

1

  

Louisville

5

4

2

  

St. Louis

3

6

4

  

San Francisco

3

6

4

  
  

INJURED LIST

BRO

MR Tom Acker (4 weeks)
 C Del Crandall (1 week)

CLE

MR Luis Arroyo (5 weeks)

LA

RF Frank Robinson (3-4 weeks)

SF

2B Chico Carrasquel (season)
   

HIGHEST PAID PLAYERS

#

Player

Salary

1

Willie Mays, WAS

$11,950

2

Stan Musial, WAS

$11,600

3

Robin Roberts, CHI

$10,700

4

Billy Pierce, STL

$9,750

5

Mickey Mantle, BRO

$9,550

6

Larry Doby, NYG

$9,500

7

Gus Zernial, CHI

$9,100

8

Duke Snider, WAS

$8,400

9

Gil Hodges, CLE

$8,300

10

Gil McDougald, STL

$8,200

11

Nellie Fox, LOU

$7,364

12

Richie Ashburn, CLE

$7,200

13

Gene Woodling, STL

$7,052

14

Bob Porterfield, SF

$6,800

15

Bubba Church, LA

$6,300

16

Lou Brissie, LOU

$6,020

17

Del Ennis, LA

$5,920

18

Ewell Blackwell, SF

$5,700

19

Gus Bell, CHI

$5,120

20

Hank Thompson, CHI

$4,889

21

Bob Rush, LA

$4,800

22

Juan Pizarro, SF

$4,750

23

George Kell, LOU

$4,680

24

Frank Smith, STL

$4,200

25

Gene Conley, BRO

$4,100
  

TRADES


CHI 
gets:

          February 6
SP Carl Erskine ($2200)
WAS '60 3rd Rd Rookie pick
WAS '61 3rd Rd Rookie pick  

WAS 
gets:

SP Bob Shaw ($1000)
SP Art Ditmar ($600)
BRO '60 1st Rd Rookie pick
CHI '60 2nd Rd Rookie pick
 


STL
gets:

          February 16
SS Gil McDougald ($8200)
MR Frank Smith ($4200)
SP Mickey McDermott ($750)
RF Carl Furillo ($500)
RF Al Pilarcik (minor)
WAS '60 4th Rd Rookie pick   

WAS 
gets:

1B Stan Musial ($11,600)
SP Art Houtteman ($1,012)
2B Jerry Priddy ($500)
STL '60 1st Rd Rookie pick
  
    

United League of American Base Ball Clubs          est. 1951
 
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TOP PERFORMANCES · RECORD BOOK · PAST LEADERS · CAREER LEADERS
BEGINNINGS · CITIES · BALLPARKS · PLAYER PHOTOS (1959) · 1960 OFFSEASON
TOTAL UL  · 1951 · 1952 · 1953 · 1954 · 1955 · 1956 · 1957 · 1958 · 195959
3/8 · 4/5 (Season Preview) · 4/15 (Opening Day)


   April 15, 1960
 
OPENING DAY
 Sat 6/25 (to May 1)
Rosters due 9am ET

 UPCOMING SIMS
Wed 6/29 (to May 16)
 Sat 7/2 (to June 1)
 Wed 7/6 (to June 16)


OPENING DAY 1960
Fast Out of the Gate
Barons Sweep Bas in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (Apr. 7) -- The Cleveland Barons took three straight games from three-time defending East champion Brooklyn Superbas and later became the last unbeaten team in the league after starting the year 4-0.  The Barons rallied to edge the Brooks 6-5 on Opening Day, then proceeded to crush Lew Burdette and Whitey Ford in 8-1 and 11-4 blowout wins.  Left fielder Hal Jeffcoat figured prominently in the series, hitting 8-for-14 in the three games, with four RBI and four runs.  Jeffcoat, 34, drafted by the Gothams in the 1951 Initial Draft, earned a full-time starting job last year by hitting .310-9-48 in 117 games.  The West Columbia, S.C. native languished in the Gothams minor league system for years before being selected by the Barons in the 1959 Reentry Draft.  Ex-Suberba Gil Hodges rattled Brooklyn's cage with five RBI -- including a three-run homer off Ray Herbert -- in the series finale.  Hodges, 35, a four-time 100-RBI man, has struggled in recent seasons, batting around .200 since joining Boston/Cleveland club in mid-1958.
   After nine games, Cleveland leads the league in ERA, thanks to #2 starter Harvey Haddix (2-0, 2.65) and #3 starter Don Drysdale (1-1, 2.13), and the blemishless relief work of Bob Tiefenauer, Roy Face, and Seth Morehead, who have combined for 7.1 innings of shutout relief pitching.

L.A., With Dominant Pitching, Wins Six Straight
Bunning Tosses Shutout, Two-Hitter, Keying Sweeps of S.F. and St. Louis
LOS ANGELES (Apr. 14) -- 

Chico Marks
Spiders Suffer Loss of Stellar Second Sacker
SAN FRANCISCO (Apr. 11) – The Spiders’ chances of repeating as UL champs took a serious blow today, as starting second baseman Chico Carrasquel was lost for the season with a broken wrist. The injury happened in the fifth inning of 6-2 home victory for the Arachnids. Chico had doubled to deep center in his previous at bat, at what looked to be a brush back pitch from Louisville starter Lou Brissie caught Carrasquel directly on the wrist. The Caracas, Venezuela native was heard to explain, “Eeiiyy Chihuahua that hurt!” and bruising and swelling showed almost immediately. Asked about the injury, Spiders’ GM John Nellis replied, “Yep, that sure sucks. Now I gotta find me a-nutter second baseman.” Carrasquel has held down a spot in the middle of San Francisco’s infield since being plucked from the Maroons roster in the 20th round of the 1955 Expansion Draft. Look for the 3 Million-Dollar Man, Frank Bolling, or perennial minor leaguer Herb “Church” Plews to take Chico’s place on the 25 man roster.

Monbouquette, Bunning, Antonelli Throw Shutouts

Malzone, Bressoud Extend Hitting Streaks to 15 Games















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CHICAGO COLTS
Lance Mueller

BROOKLYN SUPERBAS
 Glen Reed

OPENING DAY: Lost 7-8 (16 inn.) at Washington
Carl Erskine blew a 5-1 lead in the eighth and the Colts went on to lose, despite rapping out 20 hits.  Marv Throneberry was 4-for-8, and the two Guses (Bell and Zernial) had 3 hits each.
DEBUTS:  CF Lenny Green: 2-6, 2 R
 

OPENING DAY: Lost 5-6 at Cleveland
The Bas blew a 5-1 lead as Gene Conley gradually lost his stuff and four errors led to four unearned runs.  Frank Thomas homered and Luis Aparicio had a pair of hits.

LOS ANGELES OUTLAWS
 Peter Vays

   

CLEVELAND BARONS
 Charlie Qualls

OPENING DAY: Lost 4-6 at Louisville
Bubba Church allowed five runs in the first two innings and the Masked Men never recovered.  Eddie Yost and Dale Long homered, and Bill Mazeroski was 2-for-4.
 

OPENING DAY: Won 6-5 vs. Brooklyn
Hal Jeffcoat and Eddie Mathews drove in runs in the eighth, capping a five run rally.  Jeffcoat was 3-for-5 in the game, which Russ Kemmerer nailed down with a perfect ninth.
DEBUT: 1B Norm Cash 0-2, BB, R
 

LOUISVILLE COLONELS
 Ben DeGrass

DETROIT GRIFFINS
 Sean Holloway

OPENING DAY: Won 6-4 vs. Los Angeles
Johnny Antonelli struck out 11 en route to a six-hit win.  Nellie Fox was 4-for-4 with a home run, and Al Kaline had two hits and two runs.
DEBUT: 1B Jim Gentile: 2-4, BB
 

OPENING DAY: Lost 2-5 vs. New York
Pedro Ramos gave up 10 hits and five runs in seven innings of work.  Jim King homered and Dusty Rhodes had a pair of hits and an RBI.

ST LOUIS MAROONS
 Tim Smith

NEW YORK GOTHAMS
Shawn Martin

OPENING DAY: Lost 1-4 vs. San Francisco
Billy Goodman was 2-for-4 and accounted for the Maroons' only run with a seventh inning homer.  Billy Pierce was steady but not stellar in a nine-hit complete game loss.
 

OPENING DAY: Won 5-2 at Detroit
Hector Lopez drove in a pair and Roberto Clemente scored twice as Bob "Warrior" Friend notched an Opening Day win, allowing two runs in seven innings.
DEBUT: MR Larry Sherry 0.0, 1 BB

SAN FRANCISCO SPIDERS
 John Nellis

WASHINGTON MONUMENTS
 Doug Aiton

OPENING DAY: Won 4-1 at St. Louis
Bob Porterfield held the Colonels to one run in 8.1 innings as the Spiders scored two in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie.
DEBUTS: SS Clete Boyer: 1-3, 2B, RBI
 

OPENING DAY: Won 8-7 (16 inn.) vs. Chicago
Bob Skinner's two-run triple keyed a four-run eighth that tied the game 5-5, and the Mons twice rallied to tie the game in the 12th and 13th before winning it in the 16th on Jerry "Slim" Kindall's sac fly.
DEBUTS: 2B Jerry Lumpe 1-3; SS Ron Hansen 2-7; C Johnny Romano 1-5, RBI; MR Marshall Bridges 0.1, 1 H, 1 R, 1 K
 

   

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BATTING AVERAGE

HOME RUNS

RBI

OPS

RUNS SCORED

Roberto Clemente, NYG

.429

Ernie Banks, CHI

.421

Eddie Bressoud, NYG

.417

Frank Malzone, DET

.389

Bill Sarni, SF

.375

Hal Jeffcoat, CLE

.366

Nellie Fox, LOU

.355

Dusty Rhodes, DET

.355

Chico Carrasquel, SF

.346

Willie Jones, STL

.344

 

 

Hank Aaron, LOU

3

Del Ennis, LA

3

Jim Gentile, LOU

3

Ted Lepcio, LA

3

Bill Skowron, LOU

3

   11 tied with

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank Malzone, DET

12

Harvey Kuenn, CLE

9

Hank Aaron, LOU

8

Orlando Cepeda, NYG

8

Rocky Bridges, LOU

7

Del Ennis, LA

7

Billy Goodman, STL

7

Ted Lepcio, LA

7

Bill Skowron, LOU

7

Eddie Yost, LA 

7

 

 

Ernie Banks, CHI

1.160

Eddie Bressoud, NYG

1.156

Frank Malzone, DET

1.088

Nellie Fox, LOU

1.087

Del Ennis, LA

.970

Eddie Yost, LA

.967

Gus Bell, CHI

.966

Ted Lepcio, LA

.956

Roberto Clemente, NYG

.918

Bill White, STL

.912

 

 

CLEVELAND

55

CHICAGO

51

NEW YORK

49

LOUISVILLE

47

LOS ANGELES

41

DETROIT

34

BROOKLYN

32

WASHINGTON

31

ST. LOUIS

29

SAN FRANCISCO

20

 

 

EARNED RUN AVERAGE

WINS

STRIKEOUTS

RATIO

 RUNS ALLOWED

Bob Miller, BRO

0.00

Jim Bunning, LA

0.50

Don Mossi, CHI

1.06

Don Larsen, WAS

1.13

Bill Monbouquette, STL

1.13

Johnny Antonelli, LOU

1.42

Jack Sanford, STL

1.59

Don Drysdale, CLE

2.13

Bob Rush, LA

2.25

Carl Erskine, WAS

2.30

 

 

Johnny Antonelli, LOU

2

Jim Bunning, LA

2

Bubba Church, LA

2

Harvey Haddix, CLE

2

Billy Loes, NYG

2

Bob Miller, BRO

2

Don Mossi, CHI

2

Bob Porterfield, SF

2

Bob Rush, LA

2

 

 

 

 

Johnny Antonelli, LOU

31

Herb Score, SF

26

Carl Erskine, CHI 

22

Gene Conley, BRO

19

Pedro Ramos, DET

17

Whitey Ford, BRO

16

Billy O'Dell, CLE

16

Bob Miller, BRO

15

Billy Pierce, STL

15

Bob Porterfield, SF

15

 

 

Bob Miller, BRO

6.6

Johnny Antonelli, LOU

7.1

Bill Monbouquette, STL

7.3

Bob Shaw, WAS

7.3

Bud Daley, CLE

8.0

Harvey Haddix, CLE

8.5

Carl Erskine, CHI

8.6

Art Ceccarelli, DET

8.8

Bob Porterfield, SF

9.2

Bob Rush, LA

9.6

 

 

LOS ANGELES

28

CLEVELAND

33

ST. LOUIS

34

SAN FRANCISCO

34

CHICAGO

35

WASHINGTON

36

LOUISVILLE

41

BROOKLYN

42

DETROIT

43

NEW YORK

63

  

  

  

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BATTER OF THE MONTH

 

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

MILESTONES

APR

 

4/12

Johnny Antonelli, LOU

7/5

 

Gus Zernial, CHI
300th double (4/5), #1 all-time
Bubba Church, LA
100th win (4/9), #14 all-time

MAY

 

4/19

 

7/12

 

JUN

 

4/26

 

7/19

 

JUL

 

5/3

 

7/26

 

AUG

 

5/10

 

8/2

 

SEP

 

5/17

 

8/9

 

PITCHER OF THE MONTH

5/24

 

8/16

 

APR

 

5/31

 

8/23

 

MAY

 

6/7

 

8/30

 

JUN

 

6/14

 

9/6

 

JUL

 

6/21

 

9/13

 

AUG

 

6/28

 

9/20

 

SEP

 

 

 

9/27

 
  
         UNITED LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

  

 

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

CY YOUNG AWARD

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1951

 ST. LOUIS MAROONS

1951

Ralph Kiner, DET

Sam Zoldak, STL

Jackie Jensen, LOU

1952

 WASHINGTON MONUMENTS

1952

Jackie Robinson, NYG

Larry Jansen, WAS

Stu Miller, WAS

1953

 WASHINGTON MONUMENTS

1953

Mickey Mantle, BOS

Stu Miller, WAS

Smoky Burgess, BRO

1954

 WASHINGTON MONUMENTS

1954

Stan Musial, STL

Billy Pierce, STL

Ed Bailey, LOU

1955

 BROOKLYN SUPERBAS

1955

Roy Campanella, LA

Tom Gorman, BRO

Gene Conley, BRO

1956

 WASHINGTON MONUMENTS

1956

Ralph Kiner, DET

Johnny Antonelli, LOU

Frank Robinson, LA

1957

 BROOKLYN SUPERBAS

1957

Granny Hamner, BRO

Gene Conley, BRO

Roger Maris, BOS

1958

 LOUISVILLE COLONELS

1958

Willie Mays, WAS

Carl Erskine, WAS

Orlando Cepeda, NYG

1959 SAN FRANCISCO SPIDERS 1959  Granny Hamner, BRO Gene Conley, BRO Vada Pinson, LA