Minneapolis Millers - Compiled by Stew Thornley
1960 - American Association, 82-72, 5th place - Standings, statistics, and notes follow game-by-game results
Manager: Eddie Popowski
*Scheduled for seven innings
Date Opponent Outcome Record Notes
Sa 4/16 at Indianapolis Indians L 4-5 0-1 Losing pitcher-Billy Muffett 0-1.  Indians score 3 in the last of the 9th.  Millers managed by Eddie Popowski, who took over when Gene Mauch was named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on April 14.
Su 4/17 at Indianapolis L 4-5 0-2 LP-Jay Ritchie 0-2.  Carl Yastrzemski gets 4 singles.  
M 4/18 at Indianapolis W 4-3 1-2 Winning pitcher-Don Schwall 1-0.
Tu 4/19 at Louisville Colonels L 5-10 1-3 LP-Ervin Palica 0-1.
W 4/20 at Louisville L 2-13 L 1-4 LP-Earl Wilson 0-1.
Th 4/21 at Louisville L 5-6 L 1-5 LP-Tracy Stallard 0-1.
F 4/22 Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers W 3-0 2-5 WP-Muffett 1-1.
Sa 4/23 Dallas-Fort Worth W 10-0 3-5 WP-Ted Wills 1-0.
Su 4/24-1 Dallas-Fort Worth L 1-4 3-6 LP-Stallard 0-2.
*Su 4/24-2 Dallas-Fort Worth L 6-7 3-7 LP-Schwall 1-1.
Tu 4/26 Charleston Senators W 6-5 (10) 4-7 WP-Murray Wall 1-0.
W 4/27 Charleston, cold
Th 4/28 Charleston, wet grounds
F 4/29 at Dallas-Fort Worth W 5-3 5-7 WP-Wills 2-0.
Sa 4/30 at Dallas-Fort Worth L 3-6 5-8 LP-Muffett 1-2.
Su 5/1 at Dallas-Fort Worth L 1-4 5-9 LP-Schwall 1-2.
M 5/2 at Charleston W 4-3 6-9 WP-Wilson 1-1.
Tu 5/3 at Charleston W 4-3 7-9 WP-Wills 3-0.
W 5/4 at Charleston W 6-2 8-9 WP-Muffett 2-2.
Th 5/5 at Charleston L 1-4 8-10 LP-Stallard 0-3.
F 5/6 Louisville, cold
Sa 5/7 Louisville L 1-2 8-11 LP-Wilson 1-2.
Su 5/8-1 Louisville L 4-7 8-12 LP-Stallard 0-4. Dave Mann steals home on a double steal (his 10th stolen base in 11 attempts) with Carl Yastrzemski going all the way from first to third and getting 2 stolen bases on the play.
*Su 5/8-2 Louisville W 10-2 9-12 WP-Schwall 2-2.  Millers score nine runs in the first.
M 5/9 Indianapolis, cold
Tu 5/10 Indianapolis W 9-5 10-12 WP-Ritchie 1-1.
*W 5/11-1 Indianapolis W 7-3 11-12 WP-Wills 4-0.
W 5/11-2 Indianapolis W 4-1 12-12 WP-Hal Kolstad 1-0.
Th 5/12 Indianapolis L 3-4 (13) 12-13 LP-Galen Cisco 0-1.
F 5/13 St. Paul W 4-0 13-13 WP-Billy Muffett 3-2.
Sa 5/14 at St. Paul L 0-6 13-14 LP-Stallard 0-5.  Carroll "C. B." Beringer, St. Paul player-coach, pitches a 4-hitter to up his record to 3-0.  Beringer has allowed only 1 earned run in 25 innings.
Su 5/15 at St. Paul L 5-10 13-15 LP-Schwall 2-3.  Red Sox send Al Worthington to the Millers
M 5/16 at Denver Bears L 13-14 13-16 LP-Wall 1-1.
Tu 5/17 at Denver L 6-7 (10) 13-17 LP-Al Worthington 0-1.
W 5/18 at Denver, wet grounds
*Th 5/19-1 at Denver, snow and rain
Th 5/19-2 at Denver, snow and rain
F 5/20 at Houston L 4-5 13-18 LP-Bill Slack 0-1.
*Sa 5/21-1 at Houston L 0-3 13-19 LP-Wilson 1-3.
Sa 5/21-2 at Houston L 2-11 13-20 LP-Schwall 2-4.
Su 5/22 at Houston W 9-1 14-20 WP-Kolstad 2-0.  Bob Tillman gets 3 hits, including a home run, and drives in 5 runs as the Millers get 19 hits in braking their 7-game losing streak.  Worthington pitches 3-2/3 hitless innings in relief to preserve Kolstad's win.
M 5/23 Boston Red Sox (ex.) W 1-0 WP-Slack.  Slack pitches hitless ball before being taken out after 6 innings and drives in the game's only run with a squeeze bunt in the 5th.  Bobby Thomson gets the only 2 Boston hits, a double off Prout in the 7th (which Mann misjudged in center field) and single off Ritchie in the 8th.  The exhibition game was played prior to the game between the Millers and Denver.
M 5/23 Denver L 4-9 14-21 LP-Cisco 0-2.  Denver manager Charlie Metro plays the game under protest (which is withdrawn after the Bears win the game) after a 6th-inning play.  With Yastrzemski on first, Spencer "Red" Robbins hit a grounder to third, and the Bears turned what appeared to be a double play.  However, after calling Yastrzemski out at second, umpire Dick Gustavo noted that second-baseman Jake Wood had been pulled off the bag by the throw and called Yastrzemski safe.  Yastrzemski had already started for the Minneapolis dugout and, upon learning he hadn't been called out, stopped at first and was permitted to remain there by the umpires.  Metro based his protest on the contention that Minneapolis coaches killed the play before it was over by rushing onto the field.
Tu 5/24 Denver L 2-4 14-22 LP-Wilson 1-4.
*W 5/25-1 Denver L 2-7 14-23 LP-Muffett 3-3.
W 5/25-2 Denver L 2-6 14-26 LP-Slack 0-2.  Millers are in last place, 9-1/2 games behind first-place Denver.  (Minneapolis has never finished last in the American Association.)
Th 5/26 Houston Buffs, rain
F 5/27 Houston W 6-5 15-24 WP-Worthington 1-1.  Tom Umphlett breaks 5-5 tie with an 8th-inning home run.
Sa 5/28 Houston W 7-6 16-24 WP-Wilson 2-4.
Su 5/29 St. Paul L 5-6 16-25 LP-Schwall 2-5.
M 5/30 a.m. at St. Paul L 2-3 16-26 LP-Wills 4-1.
M 5/30 p.m. St. Paul L 5-7 16-27 LP-Muffett 3-4.
Tu 5/31 at St. Paul W 4-2 17-27 WP-Kolstad 3-0.
Th 6/2 at Indianapolis W 7-5 18-27 WP-Muffett 4-4.
F 6/3 at Indianapolis W 3-2 19-27 WP-Schwall 3-5.
Sa 6/4 at Indianapolis L 4-5 19-28 LP-Worthington 1-2.
Su 6/5 at Indianapolis L 2-3 19-29 LP-Cisco 0-3.  Yastrzemski hits first regular-season home run with the Millers.
M 6/6 at Louisville W 9-2 20-29 WP-Kolstad 4-0.
Tu 6/7 at Louisville W 5-1 21-29 WP-Wilson 3-4.  Mann steals 3 bases.  Mann was a halfback at Wayne University in Detroit and scored every one of his freshman squad's touchdowns.
W 6/8 at Louisville L 4-9 21-30 LP-Schwall 3-6.
Th 6/9 at Louisville L 2-5 21-31 LP-Wills 4-2.
F 6/10 Indianapolis W 6-0 22-31 WP-Cisco 1-3.  Cisco, a football star at Ohio State, had a no-hitter until Carlos Bernier singled with 2 out in the 7th inning.
Sa 6/11 Indianapolis L 4-12 22-32 LP-Kolstad 4-1.
Su 6/12-1 Indianapolis L 7-9 22-33 LP-Wilson 3-5.
*Su 6/12-2 Indianapolis L 2-3 (10) 22-34 LP-Muffett 4-5.
M 6/13 Louisville W 8-1 23-34 WP-Schwall 4-6.  Tillman made it to third on a strikeout when the ball got away from catcher Bob "Hawk" Taylor, who was unable to find it even though it had rolled only a few feet away.  Tillman continued toward second, and pitcher Bob Hendley, who had come in and picked up the ball, overthrew the base, allowing Tillman to go to third.  Tillman didn't score, as Hendley retired the next 3 batters.
Tu 6/14 Louisville W 3-0 24-34 WP-Wills 5-2.
W 6/15 Louisville W 4-2 25-34 WP-Cisco 2-3.
Th 6/16 Louisville L 1-3 25-35 LP-Kolstad 4-2.
F 6/17 at Charleston W 10-5 26-35 WP-Wilson 4-5.  Mann steals 4 bases, giving him 30 for the season.  Millers rough up Jim Kaat, recently sent to Charleston by Washington, with 6 runs (4 earned) in 2 innings.
Sa 6/18 at Charleston W 9-5 27-35 WP-Wills 6-2.
Su 6/19 at Charleston W 4-2 28-35 WP-Muffett 5-5.
M 6/20 at Dallas-Fort Worth W 10-6 29-35 WP-Schwall 5-6.
Tu 6/21 at Dallas-Fort Worth L 3-4 29-36 LP-Worthington 1-3.
W 6/22 at Dallas-Fort Worth L 1-3 29-37 LP-Kolstad 4-3.
Th 6/23 at Dallas-Fort Worth L 2-3 29-38 LP-Wilson 4-6.
F 6/24 Charleston W 9-4 30-38 WP-Wills 7-2.  Mann triples twice and steals his 34th base.
Sa 6/25 Charleston W 13-3 31-38 WP-Schwall 6-6.
Su 6/26-1 Charleston W 2-1 32-38 WP-Kolstad 5-3.
*Su 6/26-2 Charleston W 4-3 (8) 33-38 WP-Billy Prout 1-0.  Yastrzemski hits a 2-run homer in the 4th inning for a 2-1 lead.  Charleston leads 3-2 in the top of the 7th when third-baseman Red Robbins starts an around-the-horn triple play.  Yastrzemski scores on a wild pitch in the last of the 7th to tie the game.  In the 8th, Mann reaches second on a throwing error by shortstop Zorro Versalles and comes home on a single by Robbins.
M 6/27 Charleston W 7-3 34-38 WP-Wilson 5-6.
Tu 6/28 Dallas-Fort Worth W 4-3 35-38 WP-Worthington 2-3.
W 6/29 Dallas-Fort Worth L 5-6 35-39 LP-Ritchie 1-2.
Th 6/30 Dallas-Fort Worth W 1-0 (11) 36-39 WP-Worthington 3-3.  Chuck Schilling drives in winning run with a bases-loaded, 2-out walk in the bottom of the 11th.
F 7/1 Dallas-Fort Worth W 3-2 37-39 WP-Kolstad 6-3.  Lu Clinton breaks a 2-2 tie in the 6th inning with his 1st home run of the season.
Sa 7/2 at St. Paul L 6-7 (10) 37-40 LP-Worthington 3-4.  John Goryl gets 5 hits, including a home run, and drives in 4 runs.
Su 7/3 St. Paul W 4-3 38-40 WP-Prout 2-0.
M 7/4 a.m. St. Paul L 3-6 38-41 LP-Cisco 2-4.  Carl Warwick hits 2 home runs and drives in 4 runs for St. Paul.
M 7/4 p.m. at St. Paul W 5-1 39-41 WP-Wilson 6-6.  Wilson strikes out 12 and hits 2 home runs.  Yastrzemski and Clinton also homer.
Tu 7/5 Houston L 4-6 39-42 LP-Kolstad 6-4.
W 7/6 Houston W 10-4 40-42 WP-Schwall 7-6.  Don Gile hits 2 home runs and drives in 5 runs.  Gile's first homer, to left-center, was estimated at 472 feet.  Boston calls up Wilson and promotes Dick Radatz from Raleigh to replace Wilson.
*Th 7/7-1 Houston W 3-2 41-42 WP-Cisco 3-4.  Chuck Schilling squeezes home the winning run in the last of the 7th.
Th 7/7-2 Houston W 8-1 42-42 WP-Kolstad 7-4.  Schilling homers and drives in 4 runs.
F 7/8 Houston L 3-5 42-43 LP-Worthington 3-5.  44-year-old Houston player-manager Enos Slaughter pinch hits and triples to break a 3-3 tie in the 8th.
Sa 7/9 Denver L 1-2 42-44 LP-Worthington 3-6.
Su 7/10-1 Denver W 8-4 43-44 WP-Schwall 8-6.  Clinton drives in 4 runs.
*Su 7/10 Denver L 1-2 (9) 43-45 LP-Cisco 3-5.  Yastrzemski and catcher Bob Tillman are named to the American Association All-Star team.
Tu 7/12 at Houston L 2-6 43-46 LP-Kolstad 7-5.
W 7/13 at Houston W 6-2 44-46 WP-Worthington 4-6.  Worthington pitches a complete game in his first start of the season.
Th 7/14 at Houston L 1-2 44-47 LP-Schwall 8-7.
F 7/15 at Houston W 3-2 45-47 WP-Ritchie 2-2.  Yastrzemski singles home the tying run.
*Sa 7/16-1 at Denver W 7-5 46-47 WP-Stallard 1-5.  Yastrzemski hits a 2-run homer.
*Sa 7/16-2 at Denver L 7-8 (11) 46-48 LP-Worthington 4-7.
*Su 7/17-1 at Denver L 1-5 46-49 LP-Schwall 8-8.  Schwall beaten by Fred Gladding, his high-school teammate in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Su 7/17-2 at Denver L 3-11 46-50 LP-Prout 2-1.
M 7/18 American Association All-Star Game at Denver L 5-11 LP-Beringer of St. Paul.  Yastrzemski, Tillman, and Kolstad represent the Millers in the game.  (Kolstad replaced St. Paul pitcher Art Fowler, who had knee surgery, on the All-Star roster.)
W 7/20 St. Paul L 4-5 (13) 46-51 LP-Stallard 1-6.  Carl Warwick hits a three-run homer for St. Paul in the third and leads off the 13th with a triple and then scores the winning run.
Th 7/21 at St. Paul W 8-6 47-51 WP-Worthington 5-7.  Popowski shakes up the batting order and the Millers get 17 hits with each starter getting at least 1 hit.  Tillman, hitting cleanup, gets 4 hits; Yastrzemski and Schilling each get 1 hit.
F 7/22 St. Paul W 7-1 48-51 WP-Schwall 9-8.
Sa 7/23 at Louisville L 0-2 48-52 LP-Kolstad 7-6.
Su 7/24-1 at Louisville L 1-7 48-53 LP-Cisco 3-6.
*Su 7/24-2 at Louisville W 5-1 49-53 WP-Dick Radatz 1-0.
M 7/25 at Louisville W 2-1 (17) 50-53 WP-Stallard 2-6.  Stallard wins in relief of Worthington, who pitched the first 15 innings.  Bob Hartman pitched 14 innings for Louisville.  Schilling singles off Ted Abernathy with the bases loaded to bring in the winning run.  Millers sign Glen "Stubby" Stabelfeld, who was pitching for New Ulm in Minnesota's semi-pro Great Western League.
Tu 7/26 at Indianapolis W 4-3 (12) 51-53 WP-Stallard 3-6.
W 7/27 at Indianapolis W 6-5 52-53 WP-Slack 1-2.
Th 7/28 at Indianapolis L 4-5 52-54 LP-Stallard 3-7.  Francisco "Frank" Obregon steals home to score the winning run in the last of the 9th.
F 7/29 at Indianapolis W 12-5 53-54 WP-Ritchie 3-2.  Tillman hits 18th home run.
Sa 7/30 Louisville W 5-3 54-54 WP-Worthington 6-7.  Gile hits 3 home runs and a triple for 15 total bases, scores 4 runs and drives in 4 runs.  Gile's third homer, in the 9th, was a 2-run game-winning home run.
Su 7/31-1 Louisville W 7-4 55-54 WP-Schwall 10-8.  Gile's 3-run homer breaks a 2-2 tie in the 4th.  Stallard relieves in the 8th and finishes the game.  Mann steals 3 bases, including home.  Millers go over .500 for the first time this season.
*Su 7/31-2 Louisville W 5-4 56-54 WP-Stallard 4-7.  Stallard wins in relief.
M 8/1 Louisville L 3-5 56-55 LP-Cisco 3-7.  Cisco and Louisville pitcher Bobby Botz get into a duster duel.  Botz sailed a pitch high and inside and Gile came home on a suicide squeeze in the second.  Cisco still managed to get the bunt down, and Gile scored.  Botz then threw at Mann, who threw his bat at Botz.  Cisco hit Botz with a pitch in the 3rd, but Botz came around for one of three runs Louisville scored that inning on its way to a 5-3 win.
Tu 8/2 Indianapolis W 4-3 57-55 WP-Radatz 2-0.
W 8/3 Indianapolis L 0-3 57-56 LP-Worthington 6-8.
Th 8/4 Indianapolis W 8-7 58-56 WP-Stabelfeld 1-0.  Yastrzemski triples twice and singles, drives in 5 runs.  Yastrzemski's first triple, in the 4th inning, drove in 2 runs and was followed by a 2-run homer by Umphlett.  Yaz tied the game with a 3-run triple in the 7th and then scored the winning run on Umphlett's single.
F 8/5 at Dallas Fort-Worth L 1-4 58-57 LP-Kolstad 7-7.
Sa 8/6 at Dallas Fort-Worth L 4-5 58-58 LP-Stallard 4-8.
Su 8/7 at Dallas Fort-Worth W 2-0 59-58 WP-Worthington 7-8.
M 8/8 at Dallas Fort-Worth W 3-2 60-58 WP-Schwall 11-8.
Tu 8/9 at Charleston W 2-1 61-58 WP-Kolstad 8-7.  Millers get only 3 hits but beat Kaat as Paul Smith brings in the winning run for the Millers with a sacrifice fly in the 9th.  14th straight loss for Charleston.
W 8/10 at Charleston W 2-1 (17) 62-58 WP-Stabelfeld 2-0.  Robbins homers in the 2nd.  In the 9th Stallard walks Jimmie Hall with the bases loaded to force in the tying run.  Robbins singles in the winning run in the 17th.
Th 8/11 at Charleston W 2-1 63-58 WP-Worthington 8-8.  Millers win 5th straight despite scoring only 11 runs (6 earned) and getting 33 hits.
F 8/12 at Charleston L 3-6 63-59 LP-Bob Carlson 0-1.  Senators break 16-game losing streak (1 short of the league record, set by Kansas City in 1905).
Su 8/14-1 Dallas-Fort Worth W 11-2 64-59 WP-Schwall 12-8.
*Su 8/14-2 Dallas-Fort Worth W 2-0 65-59 WP-Kolstad 9-7.  1-hitter by Kolstad - only hit a 6th-inning single by pitcher Dick Tomanek
M 8/15 Dallas-Fort Worth W 6-0 66-59 WP-Worthington 9-8.  5-hitter by Worthington.
Tu 8/16 Charleston L 6-8 (10) 66-60 LP-Stallard 4-9.
*W 8/17-1 Charleston L 3-5 66-61 LP-Schwall 12-9.
W 8/17-2 Charleston W 3-0 67-61 WP-Kolstad 10-7.
Th 8/18 Charleston W 3-2 (11) 68-61 WP-Stallard 5-9.  Mann, who has stolen 48 bases, was on third and bluffed a steal, causing Ted Sadowski to balk and sending home Mann with the winning run in the 11th.
F 8/19 Charleston L 1-4 68-62 LP-Carlson 0-2.
Sa 8/20 at St. Paul L 2-5 68-63 LP-Worthington 9-9.  St. Paul's Bob Lennon, a former teammate of Worthington's with the Millers, gets 4 hits, including a 3-run homer, off Worthington.
Su 8/21 at St. Paul L 7-8 68-64 LP-Stallard 5-10.
M 8/22 St. Paul L 2-6 68-65 LP-Kolstad 10-8.
*W 8/24-1 at Denver W 8-3 69-65 WP-Worthington 10-9.
W 8/24-2 at Denver W 8-1 70-65 WP-Jake Striker 1-0.  Striker is the first lefthander to win a game for Minneapolis since Prout won on July 3.  Millers activate 37-year-old bullpen catcher and batting-practice pitcher Don Wheeler (now working as a Minneapolis mailman) as an emergency backup catch for Tillman after Boston recalls Gile.  Wheeler last played in organized baseball in 1952.
*Th 8/25-1 at Denver L 3-4 70-66 LP-Tom Borland 0-1.
Th 8/25-2 at Denver W 7-0 71-66 WP-Schwall 13-9.
F 8/26 at Denver L 3-14 71-67 LP-Kolstad 10-9.  Wheeler makes his only appearance of the season for the Millers.  Minneapolis makes 4 errors, leading to 11 unearned runs.  Larry "Bo" Osborne starts a 5-run second inning with a single, starts a 9-run third inning with a double and caps the inning with a 3-run homer.
Su 8/28-1 Houston, wet grounds
*Su 8/28-2 Houston, wet grounds
*M 8/29-1 Houston W 3-0 72-67 WP-Worthington 11-9.  Worthington, who drove in 2 runs, was purchased after the game by the Chicago White Sox.
M 8/29-2 Houston W 1-0 73-67 WP-Striker 2-0.  Striker and Stallard combine on a 5-hitter.
Tu 8/30 Houston W 4-2 74-67 WP-Borland 1-1.
W 8/31 Houston W 2-0 75-67 WP-Schwall 14-9.  Schwall (5-2/3 innings) and Stallard (3-1/3) combine on a 9-hitter as the Millers shut out Houston for the third time in sweeping the four-game series.
Th 9/1 Denver W 1-0 76-67 WP-Stallard 6-10.  Fifth straight win puts Millers only 1/2 game behind fourth-place Houston.  Tillman scores the winning run in the last of the 9th when Jim Mahoney hits a bases-loaded, 1-out grouder off pitcher Jim Stump's glove.  Second-baseman Casey Wise threw home, and Jim Mahoney was called out at the plate by umpire Dave Carabba, who changed the call to safe when he saw that catcher Mike Roarke did not have his foot on the plate.  Kolstad pitched 8 innings, and Stallard got the win by pitching the 9th, finishing the third shutout in four days.  Yastrzemski gets 2 hits to raise batting average to .3383, second to Denver's Larry Osborne, who is hitting .3385.
F 9/2 Denver W 5-4 (10) 77-67 WP-Stallard 7-10.  Paul Smith starts a 3-run 7th by getting the first hit off Gordy Seyfried.  Mann steals his 50th base in the 8th, trades punches with Casey Wise (no ejections), goes to third on a bunt, and scores on Smith's short fly.  Mann beats out a bunt in the 10th and later scores the winning run on a single by Smith.  Millers move into 4th place, 1/2 game ahead of Houston and 5-1/2 behind first-place Denver.  Yastrzemski moves ahead of Osborne in batting average.
Sa 9/3 Denver L 7-8 (10) 77-68 LP-Stallard 7-11.  Millers fall back to fifth place.
Su 9/4 Denver W 1-0 78-68 WP-Schwall 15-9.  1-hitter by Schwall (a 5th-inning single by Osborne).  Schwall extends streak of scoreless innings to 23-2/3.  Schwall strikes out Jim McDaniel 3 times, giving McDaniel 154 strikeouts to break the league record set by Marv Throneberry of Denver in 1956.  Yastrzemski gets 4 hits to extend his hitting streak to 27 games and take a .340 to .338 lead in batting average over Osborne.
M 9/5 a.m. at St. Paul L 2-4 78-69 LP-Kolstad 10-10.
M 9/5 p.m. St. Paul W 6-4 79-69 WP-Ritchie 4-2.  Split leaves Millers 1/2 game behind Houston for the final playoff spot.
Tu 9/6 at St. Paul W 13-7 80-69 WP-Radatz 3-0.  Millers score 7 in the 6th for a 9-6 lead.  Yastrzemski extends hitting streak to 30 games as Millers tie Houston for 4th place.  Both teams are 5 games out of first and 1 game behind third-place St. Paul.
W 9/7 St. Paul, rain Game called with St. Paul leading 1-0 in the 3rd inning.  After about 90 minutes of rain, Stallard brought out a rod and reel and began casting into puddles along the first-base line.  Soon after, the umpires postponed the game.
*Th 9/8-1 St. Paul W 1-0 81-69 WP-Schwall 16-9.  Schwall extends scoreless-innings streak to 30-2/3.  Millers get only 2 hits off Fowler, and Yastrzemski is held hitless, stopping his hitting streak at 30 games.
Th 9/8-2 St. Paul L 0-7 81-70 LP-Kolstad 10-11.  Jim Golden pitches a 4-hitter for St. Paul for his 20th win (becoming the last 20-game winner in the history of the American Association).  Millers tied for fourth place with Houston.  Minneapolis general manager George Brophy, who had quit reporting attendance figures in mid-June, announced the total home attendance for the season of 129,700.
F 9/9 at Houston L 0-5 81-71 LP-Striker 2-1.  2-hitter for Ben Johnson of Houston (first hit was by Shep Frazier with 2 out in the 6th).  Johnson strikes out 10 with no walks.  Billy Williams drives in 2 runs and scores 1.  Yastrzemski, with a batting average of .336898, leads Larry Osborne, who is at .3368421.
Sa 9/10 at Houston L 1-4 81-72 LP-Borland 1-2.  Millers eliminated from a shot at the playoffs.  In Denver, Osborne went 3-for-3 (including 2 home runs) against the Saints to regain the lead in batting average over Yastrzemski (who went 3 for 4).
Su 9/11 at Houston W 5-2 82-72 WP-Carlson 1-2.  Millers break tie with 4 in the 8th.  Carlson wins in relief of Radatz.  Osborne goes 2-for-4 with a home run in the final game at Denver to finish with a .342 batting average, ahead of Yastrzemski, who went 1-for-5 to finish at .339.
W L Manager
Denver 88 66 Charlie Metro
Louisville 85 68 Ben Geraghty-Bill Adair
Houston 83 71 Enos Slaughter
St. Paul 83 71 Danny Ozark
Minneapolis 82 72 Eddie Popowski
Charleston 65 88 Del Wilber
Indianapolis 65 89 John Hutchings-Ted Beard
Dallas-Fort Worth 64 90 Jim Fanning
Statistics
Player Games Batting Average Home Runs Runs Batted In Position
Ted Schreiber 3 .667
Carl Yastrzemski 148 .339 7 69 of
Shep Frazier 99 .322 5 34 2b-3b
Chuck Schilling 142 .314 2 56 2b
Walter Brady 12 .310 0 5 c
Tom Umphlett 132 .304 9 61 of
Paul Smith* 120 .302 3 58 1b-of
Dave Mann 128 .293 3 33 of
Lefty Locklin 83 .293 0 25 1b-of
Don Gile 87 .280 19 64 1b-c
Red Robbins 121 .273 5 40 1b-3b
Bob Lawrence 19 .263 0 4 1b
Lu Clinton 35 .258 4 18 of
Bob Tillman 123 .256 24 82 c
Jim Mahoney 154 .236 3 54 ss
Curt Jensen 23 .234 1 7 3b
Marlan Coughtry 15 .163 0 1 3b
Archie Skeen 5 .100
Lee Howell 10 .080 0 1
Jerry Mallett* 13 .065 0 0
Don Wheeler 1 .000 c
Pitcher G IP W L ERA
Al Worthington 37 150 11 9 2.04
Billy Muffett 17 96 5 5 2.63
Stub Stabelfeld 13 34 2 0 2.65
Galen Cisco 33 138 3 7 2.93
Ted Wills 13 95 7 2 2.94
Jay Ritchie 44 73 4 2 3.21
Murray Wall 12 22 1 1 3.27
Hal Kolstad 31 175 10 11 3.45
Dick Radatz 13 54 3 0 3.50
Tracy Stallard 34 82 7 11 3.51
Don Schwall 33 193 16 9 3.59
Earl Wilson 19 112 6 6 4.18
Bill Slack 16 28 1 2 5.46
Billy Prout 10 19 2 1 6.16
Jake Striker 5 2 1
Tom Borland 5 1 2
Bob Carlson 4 1 2
Big Ben Tench 3 0 0
Erv Palica 1 0 1
 
*Smith’s statistics include games played with Charleston in 1960, and Mallett’s statistics include games with Indianapolis.
Dave Mann led the American Association with 50 stolen bases.
On October 27, 1960, Calvin Griffith announced that he would be moving the Washington Senators to Minnesota for the 1961 season. While this marked the return of major league baseball to Minnesota (the state was first represented in the major leagues by a St. Paul team that played 9 games in the Union Association in 1884), it also marked the end of the Minneapolis Millers and St. Paul Saints.