July 7, 1960 Howie Goss, the surprise power hitter of the Pacific Coast League baseball season, attributes his success to a regular diet of food-supplement pills. The big he’s 6-foot 3-inches and weighs 200 poundsVancouver outfielders from Wewoka, Okla., trace his batting rejuvenation to July. 1959, when he was introduced to the energy building…
In the first of this year’s two All-Star Games, Pittsburgh’s Bob Friend notches his second win in the National League’s last three with 3 innings of one-hit, shutout ball. Friend’s performance plus home runs by Ernie Banks and Del Crandall – not to mention perennial All-Star luminary, Willie Mays, falling just a few feet shy of the cycle – pace the Senior Circuit to a 5 – 3 decision over its junior counterpart at Kansas City’s Municipal Stadium. Albeit not affecting the game’s outcome, a somewhat splashy All-Star debut is made by Friend’s teammate, Roberto Clemente, if only on the wrong end of a circus catch. As readers nationwide will be shown and told by the Associated Press, Clemente’s sole at-bat results in a singularly loud out: “Many a batsman has ‘made his mark’ on the KC left field wall (note numerous dents), but the AL’s Jim Lemon pulled a spectacular catch to prevent Roberto Clemente’s long smash from adding another ‘scar’ in the 9th inning of Monday’s All-Star game.”
July 10, 1960 at Fenway Park, New York Yankees visit the Boston Red Sox @ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF90YWdzIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsiYmVmb3JlIjoiTGVhcm4gTW9yZSBhYm91dCB0aGUgdGVhbXMsIHBsYXllcnMsIGJhbGwgcGFya3MgYW5kIGV2ZW50cyB0aGF0IGhhcHBlbmVkIG9uIHRoaXMgZGF0ZSBpbiBoaXN0b3J5IC0gLSAtIC0gLSAtIC0gIiwiYWZ0ZXIiOiIiLCJsaW5rX3RvX3Rlcm1fcGFnZSI6Im9uIiwic2VwYXJhdG9yIjoiIHwgIiwiY2F0ZWdvcnlfdHlwZSI6InBvc3RfdGFnIn19@ Play by Play, Box Scores, News Paper Reports and other links Other Resources & Links Baseball-Reference Box Score
Jim Coates suffers his first loss after 9 straight wins, and 14 straight over two seasons, as the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 6 – 5. The Sox are led by Vic Wertz, who slugs a home run, double and single to drive in four runs. Coates’s major-league record is 17-2.
The Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro brings an end to Havana’s International League team. The Sugar Kings relocate in Jersey City, marking that city’s return to the IL after a 10-year absence. Poor attendance at Roosevelt Stadium will prompt the parent Reds to cease the minor league operation there following the season however.
Mickey Mantle’s three-run 1st-inning home run off Hal Woodeshick is the 300th of his career. Mantle becomes the 18th player to join the 300 club, but the Yankees drop a 9 – 8 decision to Washington.
On July 3, 1960 A day after his wedding in Chicago, Jim O’Toole pitches and loses, as the Cubs pound him for seven runs and nine hits in less than five innings. Chicago wins, 7 – 5. An unsympathetic manager Fred Hutchinson says, “It was his turn to pitch. I didn’t tell him to get married.” Source Baseball Reference July 3
On July 3, 1960 Before 50,556 fans in New York, the Yankees sweep two from the Tigers, winning 7 – 6 and 6 – 2. In the opener, Ryne Duren fans Charlie Maxwell with the bases loaded and two outs in the 9th. Detroit is ahead, 2 – 1, in the night cap when Norm Cash argues at length about a call at first…
H. Gabriel Murphy’s option of first-refusal to buy the Senators from current owner Calvin Griffith expires. The chief minority stockholder, in an effort to stop the club from moving to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area to become the Twins, will lose two court decisions, preventing him from keeping the team in Washington, D.C.
Cards reliever Ernie Broglio is nothing but efficient, tossing a total of 2 1/3 innings of relief in two games with the Braves. Ernie wins both. The Cards blow a 7 – 0 lead in the opener before winning in the 10th, 8 – 7. They blow a 5 – 0 lead in the nitecap, but win 7 – 5. Fellow reliever Lindy McDaniel gets rapped in both games.
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