1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season

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The 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season was a historic Major League Baseball campaign in which the Pirates won the World Series, famously defeating the New York Yankees on Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off home run in Game 7.

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instanceOf Major League Baseball season
Pittsburgh Pirates season
acePitcher Vern Law NERFINISHED
city Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
surface form: Pittsburgh
divisionOrLeaguePlace 1st place in the National League
followedBySeason 1961 Pittsburgh Pirates season
franchiseWorldSeriesTitleNumber 3
homeBallpark Forbes Field NERFINISHED
league National League NERFINISHED
manager Danny Murtaugh NERFINISHED
NationalLeagueBattingChampion Dick Groat NERFINISHED
NationalLeagueMostValuablePlayer Dick Groat NERFINISHED
NationalLeaguePennantWinner Pittsburgh Pirates NERFINISHED
notableMoment Bill Mazeroski hit the first-ever World Series–ending walk-off home run
Pirates won three close World Series games while Yankees won three blowouts
pitcher Bob Friend NERFINISHED
Harvey Haddix NERFINISHED
Vern Law NERFINISHED
precededBySeason 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates season
regularSeasonLosses 59
regularSeasonRecord 95–59
regularSeasonTies 0
regularSeasonWins 95
reliefPitcher Roy Face NERFINISHED
shortstop Dick Groat NERFINISHED
sport baseball
startingCatcher Smoky Burgess NERFINISHED
startingCenterFielder Bill Virdon NERFINISHED
startingFirstBaseman Dick Stuart NERFINISHED
startingLeftFielder Bob Skinner NERFINISHED
startingRightFielder Roberto Clemente NERFINISHED
startingSecondBaseman Bill Mazeroski NERFINISHED
startingThirdBaseman Don Hoak NERFINISHED
team Pittsburgh Pirates NERFINISHED
teamCaptain Dick Groat NERFINISHED
wonWorldSeries true
WorldSeriesGame1WinningPitcher Vern Law NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesGame4WinningPitcher Vern Law NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesGame7FinalScore 10–9 Pirates
WorldSeriesGame7LosingPitcher Ralph Terry NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesGame7LosingTeam New York Yankees NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesGame7WalkOffHomeRunHitter Bill Mazeroski NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesGame7WalkOffHomeRunInning bottom of the ninth inning
WorldSeriesGame7WinningPitcher Harvey Haddix NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesGame7WinningTeam Pittsburgh Pirates NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesGameCount 7
WorldSeriesMostValuablePlayer Bobby Richardson NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesMostValuablePlayerTeam New York Yankees NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesOpponent New York Yankees NERFINISHED
WorldSeriesResult Pirates defeated the Yankees 4–3
year 1960

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Bob Friend partOf 1960 Pittsburgh Pirates season