1960 MLB expansion draft
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The 1960 MLB Expansion Draft was held by Major League Baseball
on December 14, 1960 to fill the rosters of the Los Angeles Angels
and the Washington Senators
. The Angels and the Senators (who later became the Texas Rangers) were the new franchises which would enter the league in the 1961 season.
Each existing American League
club had to make available for the draft seven players on their active roster on August 31, 1960, and eight others from their forty-man roster. The expansion clubs paid $75,000 for each of 28 players they drafted with a maximum of seven players drafted from each existing club, not including minor league selections. They were required to take at least ten pitchers, two catchers
, six infielders, and four outfielders. The clubs also had the option of drafting one non-roster player for $25,000 from each established franchise.
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
on December 14, 1960 to fill the rosters of the Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are a professional baseball team based in Anaheim, California, United States. The Angels are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The "Angels" name originates from the city in which the team started, Los Angeles...
and the Washington Senators
Texas Rangers (baseball)
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
. The Angels and the Senators (who later became the Texas Rangers) were the new franchises which would enter the league in the 1961 season.
Each existing American League
American League
The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the American League , is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western League, a minor league based in the Great Lakes states, which eventually aspired to major...
club had to make available for the draft seven players on their active roster on August 31, 1960, and eight others from their forty-man roster. The expansion clubs paid $75,000 for each of 28 players they drafted with a maximum of seven players drafted from each existing club, not including minor league selections. They were required to take at least ten pitchers, two catchers
Catchers
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, six infielders, and four outfielders. The clubs also had the option of drafting one non-roster player for $25,000 from each established franchise.
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# | Player | Position | Previous team | # | Player | Position | Previous team |
1 | Eli Grba Eli Grba Eli Grba is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During his 5-year baseball career, he pitched for the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Angels . He was the first selection in the 1960 MLB expansion draft, and he became a charter member of the Angels... |
P | New York Yankees New York Yankees The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division... |
2 | Bobby Shantz Bobby Shantz Robert Clayton Shantz was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics , Kansas City Athletics , New York Yankees , Pittsburgh Pirates , Houston Colt .45's , St... |
P | New York Yankees |
3 | Duke Maas Duke Maas Duane Fredrick Maas is a former professional baseball player. He was a pitcher over parts of 7 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics and New York Yankees He was chosen by the Los Angeles Angels in the American League expansion draft prior to the 1961 season, but never played for... |
P | New York Yankees | 4 | Dave Sisler Dave Sisler David Michael Sisler was a professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from through . Early in his career, Sisler was a starter, then later was used as a middle reliever and occasionally as a closer... |
P | Detroit Tigers Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are a Major League Baseball team located in Detroit, Michigan. One of the American League's eight charter franchises, the club was founded in Detroit in as part of the Western League. The Tigers have won four World Series championships and have won the American League pennant... |
5 | Jerry Casale Jerry Casale Jerry Joseph Casale is a former starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for three different teams between 1958 and 1962. Listed at 6' 2", 200 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.... |
P | Boston Red Sox Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"... |
6 | Johnny Klippstein Johnny Klippstein John Calvin Klippstein was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball for a number of teams throughout his career. The most prominent portion of his career was spent early on with the Chicago Cubs . In 18 years, he finished with an 101-118 record and a 4.24 ERA in 711 games... |
P | Cleveland Indians Cleveland Indians The Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona... |
7 | Tex Clevenger Tex Clevenger Truman Eugene "Tex" Clevenger is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher/spot starter who played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels and New York Yankees from 1954-1962. He was 6'1" tall and 180 pounds, and threw and batted right-handed. He attended Fresno State... |
P | Minnesota Twins Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the... |
8 | Pete Burnside Pete Burnside Peter Willits Burnside , was a professional baseball player who played pitcher in the Major Leagues from - for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers, and Baltimore Orioles.... |
P | Detroit Tigers |
9 | Bob Sprout Bob Sprout Robert Samuel Sprout is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He pitched in one game the Los Angeles Angels on September 27 during the 1961 Los Angeles Angels season.... |
P | Detroit Tigers | 10 | Carl Mathias Carl Mathias Carl Lynwood Mathias is a retired American professional baseball player, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. The left-hander pitched for the Cleveland Indians in seven games during the 1960 season and in four games for the Washington Senators during 1961.-External... |
P | Cleveland Indians |
11 | Aubrey Gatewood Aubrey Gatewood Aubrey Lee Gatewood is a retired professional baseball player who played four seasons for the Los Angeles/California Angels and Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball.-References:... |
P | Detroit Tigers | 12 | Ed Hobaugh Ed Hobaugh Edward Russell Hobaugh , is a retired Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from -. He would play for the Washington Senators.-External links:... |
P | Chicago White Sox Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans... |
13 | Ken McBride Ken McBride Kenneth Faye McBride is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. The 6'0", . righty was signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent before the 1954 season... |
P | Chicago White Sox | 14 | Hal Woodeshick Hal Woodeshick Harold Joseph Woodeshick was an American left-handed pitcher who spent eleven seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , both Washington Senators , Houston Colt .45s/Astros and St. Louis Cardinals... |
P | Minnesota Twins |
15 | Ned Garver Ned Garver Ned Franklin Garver was an American League pitcher playing from 1948 to 1961 winning 129 games in his major league career. Most of his career was spent playing for perennial second-division teams like the St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics.In 1951, Garver fashioned an outstanding season.... |
P | Kansas City Athletics | 16 | Tom Sturdivant Tom Sturdivant Thomas Virgil Sturdivant II was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Pittsburgh Pirates, Detroit Tigers, and New York Mets... |
P | Boston Red Sox |
17 | Ron Moeller Ron Moeller Ronald Ralph Moeller was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Baltimore Orioles , Los Angeles Angels and Washington Senators . Listed at 6' 0", 180 lb., Moeller batted and threw left-handed... |
P | Baltimore Orioles Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league... |
18 | Hector Maestri Hector Maestri Héctor Anibal Maestri Garcia is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. The right-hander was signed by the Washington Senators before the 1956 season, and later drafted by the new Washington Senators from the Minnesota Twins in the 1960 MLB expansion draft.He is one of a small number of... |
P | Minnesota Twins |
19 | Bob Davis Bob Davis (pitcher) Robert Edward Davis was a professional baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in Major League Baseball, 1958 and 1960, for the Kansas City Athletics.- Early life :... |
P | Kansas City Athletics | 20 | Rudy Hernández Rudy Hernandez Rudolph Albert Hernández Fuentes is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. The right-hander was signed by the New York Giants before the 1950 season... |
P | Minnesota Twins |
21 | Ed Sadowski Ed Sadowski Edward Roman Sadowski was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Los Angeles Angels and Atlanta Braves . Sadowski batted and threw right-handed. He debuted on April 20, 1960 and played his final game on October, 1966... |
C | Boston Red Sox | 22 | Pete Daley Pete Daley Peter Harvey Daley is a former catcher in Major League Baseball. From 1955 through 1961, Daley played for the Boston Red Sox , Kansas City Athletics and Washington Senators... |
C | Kansas City Athletics |
23 | Buck Rodgers Buck Rodgers Robert LeRoy "Buck" Rodgers is a former catcher, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. As a manager, he helmed three major league teams: the Milwaukee Brewers , Montreal Expos and California Angels , compiling a career won-lost mark of 784–773 .-Playing career:Rodgers attended Ohio Wesleyan... |
C | Detroit Tigers | 24 | Dutch Dotterer Dutch Dotterer Henry John "Dutch" Dotterer, Jr. was an American professional baseball catcher. The native of Syracuse, New York, attended Syracuse University... |
C | Kansas City Athletics |
25 | Eddie Yost Eddie Yost Edward Frederick Joseph Yost is a former professional baseball player and coach. He played the majority of his Major League Baseball career as a third baseman for the Washington Senators, before ending his career with the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels. Yost batted and threw right-handed... |
3B | Detroit Tigers | 26 | Coot Veal Coot Veal Orville Inman "Coot" Veal is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He was signed by the Detroit Tigers before the season, and later drafted by the Washington Senators from the Tigers in the 1960 American League expansion draft... |
SS | Detroit Tigers |
27 | Ken Aspromonte Ken Aspromonte Kenneth Joseph Aspromonte is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball who had a seven-year career from 1957 to 1963. He played for the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians, and Los Angeles Angels of the American League, and the Milwaukee Braves and Chicago... |
2B | Cleveland Indians | 28 | Dale Long Dale Long Richard Dale Long was a first baseman in professional baseball. Between 1951 and 1963, Long played in Major League Baseball with the Pittsburgh Pirates , St. Louis Browns , Chicago Cubs , San Francisco Giants , New York Yankees and Washington Senators... |
1B | New York Yankees |
29 | Ken Hamlin Ken Hamlin (baseball) Kenneth Lee Hamlin is an American former Major League Baseball shortstop/second baseman. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent on June 3, 1957 and played for the Pirates , Kansas City Athletics , Los Angeles Angels , and Washington Senators .Hamlin made his major... |
SS | Kansas City Athletics | 30 | Jim Mahoney Jim Mahoney James Thomas Mahoney is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He was signed by the Philadelphia Phillies before the 1953 season and played for the Boston Red Sox , the Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians , and Houston Astros .Mahoney was the first player to appear as a pinch runner in... |
SS | Boston Red Sox |
31 | Gene Leek Gene Leek Eugene Harold Leek is a former professional baseball player who played three seasons for the Cleveland Indians and Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball.-References:... |
3B | Cleveland Indians | 32 | Bob Johnson Bob Johnson (infielder) Robert Wallace Johnson , nicknamed "Rocky," is a retired American professional baseball player. Largely a utility infielder and pinch hitter, Johnson appeared in 11 Major League Baseball seasons, from until . Johnson was a member of the 1966 World Series champion Baltimore Orioles... |
SS | Kansas City Athletics |
33 | Jim Fregosi Jim Fregosi James Louis Fregosi is a former Major League Baseball shortstop and manager. During an 18-year baseball career, he played from 1961–1978 for four different teams, primarily the Los Angeles and California Angels. In that franchise's first eleven years of play, he became its first star as the team's... |
SS | Boston Red Sox | 34 | Billy Klaus Billy Klaus William Joseph Klaus was a shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the Boston & Milwaukee Braves , Boston Red Sox , Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators and Philadelphia Phillies . He played the end of the 1963 season in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons... |
2B | Baltimore Orioles |
35 | Bob Cerv Bob Cerv Robert Henry Cerv was an American baseball player. Prior to his professional career he was a standout baseball and basketball player at the University of Nebraska.... |
1B-OF | New York Yankees | 36 | Johnny Schaive Johnny Schaive John Edward Schaive was a backup second and third baseman who played in Major League Baseball between the and seasons. Listed at 5' 8", 175 lb., Schaive batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Springfield, Illinois.Schaive spent 14 years in baseball as a player, manager, coach and scout... |
2B | Minnesota Twins |
37 | Ken Hunt Ken Hunt (outfielder) Kenneth Lawrence Hunt was a professional baseball player who played six seasons for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels, and Washington Senators of Major League Baseball... |
OF | New York Yankees | 38 | Willie Tasby Willie Tasby Willie Tasby Jr. was a Major League Baseball player for six seasons, all in the American League. Tasby came up with the Baltimore Orioles and spent time with the Boston Red Sox, Washington Senators, and Cleveland Indians... |
OF | Boston Red Sox |
39 | Jim McAnany Jim McAnany James McAnany is a retired American professional baseball player. Primarily a right fielder, he played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1958 until 1962, for the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs.... |
OF | Chicago White Sox | 40 | Gene Woodling Gene Woodling Eugene Richard Woodling was a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians , Pittsburgh Pirates , New York Yankees , Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators , and the New York Mets in their expansion year of 1962... |
OF | Baltimore Orioles |
41 | Earl Averill Earl Averill, Jr. Earl Douglas Averill, Jr. , is a former professional baseball player who played catcher in the Major Leagues from 1956-1963. He played for the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Los Angeles Angels, Philadelphia Phillies, and Cleveland Indians.-External links:... |
OF-C | Chicago White Sox | 42 | Marty Keough Marty Keough Richard Martin Keough is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Boston Red Sox , Cleveland Indians , Washington Senators , Cincinnati Reds , Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs... |
OF | Cleveland Indians |
43 | Faye Throneberry Faye Throneberry Maynard Faye Throneberry was an American professional baseball player. A native of Fisherville, Tennessee, he was a backup outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox , Washington Senators and Los Angeles Angels . Throneberry batted left-handed and threw right-handed... |
OF | Minnesota Twins | 44 | Chuck Hinton Chuck Hinton Charles Edward Hinton, Jr. is a former utility in Major League Baseball who played for the Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians and California Angels... |
OF | Baltimore Orioles |
45 | Ted Kluszewski Ted Kluszewski Theodore Bernard "Big Klu" Kluszewski was a Major League first baseman from 1947 through 1961. He batted and threw left-handed.-Career:... |
1B | Chicago White Sox | 46 | Gene Green Gene Green (baseball) Gene Leroy Green was a Major League Baseball outfielder-catcher. Born in Los Angeles, California, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals before the 1952 season. He played for the Cardinals , Baltimore Orioles , Washington Senators , Cleveland Indians , and Cincinnati Reds... |
C | Baltimore Orioles |
47 | Don Ross | IF | Baltimore Orioles | 48 | Bud Zipfel Bud Zipfel Marion Sylvester Zipfel was a baseball player for the 1961-1962 Washington Senators.Zipfel was born in Belleville, Illinois. He was signed by the New York Yankees in 1956. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. When he played he was six feet, three inches tall and weighed 200... |
1B | New York Yankees |
49 | Julio Becquer Julio Bécquer Julio Bécquer Villegas is a retired professional baseball player who played 7 seasons for the Washington Senators, Los Angeles Angels, and Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball... |
1B | Minnesota Twins | 50 | Jim King | OF | Cleveland Indians |
51 | Dean Chance Dean Chance Wilmer Dean Chance is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher. Over the right hander's 11-year major league career, he would play for the Los Angeles Angels, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, and Detroit Tigers... |
P | Baltimore Orioles | 52 | Joe Hicks Joe Hicks (baseball) William Joseph Hicks is a retired American professional baseball player. He played in the outfield for the Chicago White Sox during the 1960 season, for the Washington Senators in 1961-62, and for the New York Mets during the 1963 season.-External links:... |
OF | Chicago White Sox |
53 | Fred Newman Fred Newman (baseball) Frederick William Newman was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played his entire 6-year baseball career for the Los Angeles and California Angels... |
P | Boston Red Sox | 54 | Chet Boak Chet Boak Chester Robert Boak was a Major League Baseball second baseman who played for two seasons. He played for the Kansas City Athletics for five games during the 1960 Kansas City Athletics season and five games for the Washington Senators during the 1961 Washington Senators season.-External links:... |
2B | Kansas City Athletics |
55 | Red Wilson Red Wilson Robert James "Red" Wilson was a college football player and Major League Baseball catcher who played 10 seasons in the Major Leagues for the Chicago White Sox , Detroit Tigers , and Cleveland Indians .... |
C | Cleveland Indians | 56 | Dick Donovan | P | Chicago White Sox |
57 | Steve Bilko Steve Bilko Stephen Thomas Bilko , was an American professional baseball player known for his home run hitting as a minor league player during the 1950s. He was 20 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 22, 1949, with the St. Louis Cardinals.Nat Hiken, creator of The Phil Silvers Show,... |
1B | Detroit Tigers | 58 | Leo Burke Leo Burke (baseball) Leo Patrick Burke is a retired American utility player in Major League Baseball. The graduate of Virginia Tech played two full seasons and parts of five others in MLB as a rightfielder, second baseman and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Angels, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago... |
3B | Baltimore Orioles |
59 | Albie Pearson Albie Pearson Albert Gregory Pearson is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played with the Washington Senators , Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles/California Angels . One of the smallest MLB players of his era, he stood tall, weighed , and batted and threw left-handed... |
OF | Baltimore Orioles | 60 | Haywood Sullivan Haywood Sullivan Haywood Cooper Sullivan was an American college and professional baseball player who was a catcher, manager, general manager and club owner in Major League Baseball... |
C | Boston Red Sox |
61 | Joe McClain Joe McClain Joseph Fred McClain is a retired American Major League Baseball pitcher, who played for the Washington Senators in 1961–1962. McClain authored the first victory in the history of the expansion franchise, which is now the Texas Rangers.The right-hander stood tall and weighed... |
P | Minnesota Twins |