1960-1964 Yankees: batters hitting against them. Leaders: Bressoud, Kaline, Colavito. Eddie Bressoud?

Why look at the Yankees in seasons 1960 through 1964? That was the end of the old dynasty, before the amatuer player draft, designated hitter, divisions, interleague play.

1960 was the last American League season with 8 teams. They played each other 22 times, 11 home, 11 road. That added up to 154 games. Starting in 1962, the AL expanded to 10 teams, adding the Angels and a new Washington Senators team, which replaced it's predecessor team that moved to Minneapolis and renamed itself the Minnesota Twins. Those ten teams played each other 18 times, 9 home, 9 road. That added up to 162 games.

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In Cumulative Seasons, In the Regular Season, from 1960 to 1964, New York Yankees (within Opponent), requiring Plate Appearances >= 200, sorted by greatest On-Base Plus Slugging.

46 batters had at least 200 PA against the Yankees 1960-1964:

Rk	I	Player	Split	From	To	OPS	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip
1		Eddie Bressoud	New York Yankees	1962	1964	.939	54	54	223	191	30	62	12	5	6	21	0	1	27	25	.325	.405	.534	102	5	1	1	3	1	1	.344
2		Al Kaline	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.902	80	80	352	306	51	96	12	6	12	46	3	1	41	18	.314	.393	.510	156	6	0	3	2	3	7	.302
3		Rocky Colavito	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.869	89	89	387	347	50	102	12	4	19	62	0	1	31	34	.294	.353	.516	179	16	3	2	4	2	5	.279
4		Pete Runnels	New York Yankees	1960	1962	.852	54	47	205	178	25	56	11	4	2	13	0	1	25	22	.315	.397	.455	81	4	0	1	1	0	2	.348
5		Norm Cash	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.842	86	76	335	270	39	69	11	2	13	43	1	3	56	67	.256	.386	.456	123	6	4	1	4	3	2	.289
6		Floyd Robinson	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.836	69	63	284	249	35	71	17	1	9	36	2	1	32	27	.285	.366	.470	117	1	1	0	2	1	2	.288
7		Carl Yastrzemski	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.822	66	66	287	260	44	77	8	7	7	22	2	1	26	42	.296	.360	.462	120	12	0	1	0	1	4	.332
8		Brooks Robinson	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.800	95	95	389	356	41	104	19	2	13	50	1	0	24	32	.292	.333	.466	166	10	0	5	4	5	2	.289
9		Chuck Hinton	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.799	63	61	265	234	33	66	10	5	6	25	9	1	27	31	.282	.355	.444	104	6	1	0	3	1	4	.300
10		Dick McAuliffe	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.799	57	56	235	206	30	55	13	2	7	26	1	0	26	38	.267	.348	.451	93	3	0	2	1	2	0	.296
11		Wayne Causey	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.793	54	50	226	199	31	56	9	2	6	25	1	0	23	19	.281	.356	.437	87	3	1	1	2	1	5	.284
12		Jerry Adair	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.792	62	59	229	212	16	65	20	3	2	23	1	3	10	24	.307	.335	.458	97	11	1	2	4	1	2	.332
13		Harmon Killebrew	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.791	87	86	373	315	41	73	7	1	20	62	1	0	53	74	.232	.340	.451	142	8	1	0	4	4	5	.236
14		Tito Francona	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.778	87	81	343	303	42	81	16	1	12	39	1	1	31	39	.267	.332	.446	135	5	1	3	5	1	7	.268
15		Norm Siebern	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.756	94	92	402	347	48	88	15	5	10	50	2	3	50	55	.254	.344	.412	143	7	0	1	4	3	2	.273
16		Gary Geiger	New York Yankees	1960	1963	.749	56	49	227	208	31	52	10	2	9	24	5	1	16	40	.250	.302	.447	93	3	0	2	1	1	5	.269
17		Leon Wagner	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.748	70	65	280	261	39	60	5	1	19	39	1	2	16	49	.230	.273	.475	124	4	0	2	1	2	2	.211
18		Lenny Green	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.748	69	46	227	194	27	51	10	1	4	13	6	4	29	15	.263	.362	.387	75	1	1	3	0	1	2	.269
19		Bob Allison	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.736	89	86	370	318	41	74	12	3	12	42	1	2	48	69	.233	.333	.403	128	6	1	1	2	1	4	.259
20		Jackie Brandt	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.727	85	74	321	291	37	75	17	2	7	29	3	2	27	50	.258	.325	.402	117	6	2	1	0	3	4	.291
21		Al Smith	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.726	84	70	301	271	29	74	9	4	4	22	0	0	29	34	.273	.346	.380	103	9	1	0	0	2	7	.300
22		Albie Pearson	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.719	73	57	274	232	39	53	5	1	9	25	4	1	41	16	.228	.344	.375	87	3	0	1	0	1	3	.213
23		Lee Thomas	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.714	66	61	253	226	26	53	3	2	10	27	0	1	24	42	.235	.316	.398	90	5	3	0	0	1	1	.247
24		Woodie Held	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.706	73	69	273	238	21	57	8	3	6	26	0	0	28	62	.239	.332	.374	89	6	5	2	0	4	3	.300
25		Frank Malzone	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.706	94	94	389	368	30	102	19	2	8	54	0	0	15	26	.277	.302	.405	149	11	0	1	5	0	6	.277
Rk	I	Player	Split	From	To	OPS	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip
26		Jerry Lumpe	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.705	87	86	382	352	54	93	12	4	9	35	1	1	23	31	.264	.307	.398	140	5	0	4	3	1	7	.267
27		Vic Power	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.697	83	77	332	316	30	86	21	1	6	30	4	0	9	13	.272	.295	.402	127	5	2	3	2	1	4	.268
28		Minnie Minoso	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.691	58	47	214	184	25	46	5	1	4	25	5	4	20	18	.250	.338	.353	65	5	6	1	3	0	3	.255
29		Billy Moran	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.680	61	54	232	212	29	55	12	2	3	21	0	1	13	23	.259	.302	.377	80	4	0	7	0	1	3	.280
30		John Romano	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.673	69	62	262	237	17	57	8	3	6	30	0	0	21	35	.241	.298	.376	89	6	0	0	4	1	1	.255
31		Lou Clinton	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.667	68	61	263	243	33	59	15	3	3	26	0	1	18	49	.243	.300	.366	89	8	2	0	0	1	7	.293
32		Ed Charles	New York Yankees	1962	1964	.664	53	50	223	194	29	43	5	1	6	19	2	2	26	28	.222	.314	.351	68	5	1	0	2	0	3	.228
33		Earl Battey	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.658	84	79	313	282	25	68	12	3	5	30	0	1	22	33	.241	.300	.358	101	16	3	3	3	2	3	.255
34		Jim Landis	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.657	85	71	323	277	29	59	9	2	8	31	6	3	39	55	.213	.310	.347	96	3	1	4	2	1	6	.236
35		Bill Bruton	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.650	59	54	252	226	34	59	10	3	0	15	5	2	19	36	.261	.319	.332	75	2	1	2	2	0	2	.307
36		Jim Piersall	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.637	64	60	251	222	24	55	6	1	3	14	4	4	21	17	.248	.313	.324	72	5	1	5	2	4	1	.255
37		Jim Gentile	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.606	82	74	307	272	25	55	9	1	7	31	0	1	32	66	.202	.287	.320	87	8	1	0	2	3	4	.239
38		Zoilo Versalles	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.595	74	73	294	272	31	62	13	3	2	15	5	1	16	31	.228	.275	.320	87	7	2	3	1	0	5	.250
39		Ron Hansen	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.592	79	78	293	258	29	52	11	2	3	13	2	0	33	47	.202	.297	.295	76	11	2	0	0	1	5	.236
40		Dick Howser	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.578	50	45	200	171	23	34	7	2	0	6	4	3	26	16	.199	.315	.263	45	3	3	0	0	0	3	.219
41		Luis Aparicio	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.572	90	87	381	345	45	78	8	2	3	15	24	6	28	15	.226	.285	.287	99	11	1	5	2	0	9	.228
42		Chico Fernandez	New York Yankees	1960	1963	.569	53	50	203	188	13	41	6	1	3	20	5	1	11	26	.218	.260	.309	58	7	0	3	1	4	2	.238
43		Willie Kirkland	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.568	59	47	210	185	19	36	3	2	4	25	2	2	20	38	.195	.271	.297	55	1	0	3	2	1	5	.221
44		Nellie Fox	New York Yankees	1960	1963	.537	71	69	301	272	24	58	4	1	2	14	0	1	20	5	.213	.279	.257	70	8	5	4	0	0	3	.211
45		Bubba Phillips	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.530	67	58	232	212	27	37	7	2	5	17	1	0	13	21	.175	.233	.297	63	8	4	0	3	2	1	.169
46		Chuck Schilling	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.522	55	52	234	213	22	43	9	0	1	16	0	0	18	30	.202	.264	.258	55	6	0	3	0	1	1	.231

Runner up Hall of Famer Al Kaline 1960-1964 OPS .873 against all AL opponeents; .902 against the Yankees.

Eddie Bressoud

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right  •  Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: May 2, 1932 (Age: 89-201d) in Los Angeles, CA us

The leader, Eddie Bressoud, was a shortstop.

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.

October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45s from the San Francisco Giants as the 1st pick in the 1961 expansion draft.

November 26, 1961: Traded by the Houston Colt .45s to the Boston Red Sox for Don Buddin.

1962-1965 with the Boston Red Sox OPS+, OPS:
109; .772

In 12 years his only seasons with OPS+ >= 100:
1962: 104; .773
1963: 114; .780
1964: 125; .828

Career: 96; .719

Against the Yankees 1962-1964: OPS .939

Bressoud reached double figures four times in home runs (home/road):
1962: 14; 599 AB Red Sox 7/7 against Yanks: 1 (0/1)
1963: 20; 497 AB Red Sox 14/6 against Yanks: 2 (2/0)
1964: 15; 566 AB Red Sox 9/6 against Yanks: 3 (2/1)

1966: 10; 405 AB Mets 5/5

Bressoud against the Yankees:

	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip	tOPS+	sOPS+
1962	18	18	81	66	10	21	3	2	1	7	0	1	12	14	.318	.413	.470	.882	31	1	0	1	2	0	1	.377	131	155
1963	18	18	68	58	7	17	3	2	2	9	0	0	8	4	.293	.382	.517	.900	30	2	1	0	1	1	0	.283	131	176
1964	18	18	74	67	13	24	6	1	3	5	0	0	7	7	.358	.419	.612	1.031	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	.368	147	212

In 1965 against the Yankees: OPS .763.

Thursday, May 30, 1963

Attendance: 26,891

Venue: Fenway Park

Game Duration: 3:06

Day Game, on grass

Yankees 6, Red Sox 5 in 10 innings

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	BF	GSc	IR	IS	WPA	aLI	cWPA	acLI	RE24
Ralph Terry, W (6-4)	10	8	5	5	0	7	3	3.16	39	63			-0.054	1.33	-0.12%	4.87	-0.3

2B: Frank Malzone (6, off Ralph Terry).

3B: Eddie Bressoud (2, off Ralph Terry).

HR: Dick Stuart (9, off Ralph Terry, 2nd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF); Eddie Bressoud 2 (6, 2 off Ralph Terry, 2nd inn, 1 on, 0 outs to LF; 9th inn, 0 on, 2 outs to LF).

Bressoud homered off Ralph Terry again 1964-08-21

Bressoud homered off Jim Bouton twice in 1964. And another in 1965.

OPS against these Yankee pitchers, including 1965:

Bouton: .816

Terry: .800

Whitey Ford: .875

Mel Stottlemyre: .976

Most home runs against the Yankees 1960-1964:

Rk	I	Player	Split	From	To	OPS	G	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR ▼	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE	BAbip
1		Harmon Killebrew	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.791	87	86	373	315	41	73	7	1	20	62	1	0	53	74	.232	.340	.451	142	8	1	0	4	4	5	.236
2		Rocky Colavito	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.869	89	89	387	347	50	102	12	4	19	62	0	1	31	34	.294	.353	.516	179	16	3	2	4	2	5	.279
3		Leon Wagner	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.748	70	65	280	261	39	60	5	1	19	39	1	2	16	49	.230	.273	.475	124	4	0	2	1	2	2	.211
4		Norm Cash	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.842	86	76	335	270	39	69	11	2	13	43	1	3	56	67	.256	.386	.456	123	6	4	1	4	3	2	.289
5		Brooks Robinson	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.800	95	95	389	356	41	104	19	2	13	50	1	0	24	32	.292	.333	.466	166	10	0	5	4	5	2	.289
6		Al Kaline	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.902	80	80	352	306	51	96	12	6	12	46	3	1	41	18	.314	.393	.510	156	6	0	3	2	3	7	.302
7		Tito Francona	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.778	87	81	343	303	42	81	16	1	12	39	1	1	31	39	.267	.332	.446	135	5	1	3	5	1	7	.268
8		Bob Allison	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.736	89	86	370	318	41	74	12	3	12	42	1	2	48	69	.233	.333	.403	128	6	1	1	2	1	4	.259
9		Norm Siebern	New York Yankees	1960	1964	.756	94	92	402	347	48	88	15	5	10	50	2	3	50	55	.254	.344	.412	143	7	0	1	4	3	2	.273
10		Lee Thomas	New York Yankees	1961	1964	.714	66	61	253	226	26	53	3	2	10	27	0	1	24	42	.235	.316	.398	90	5	3	0	0	1	1	.247

The New York Yankees won five consecutive pennants 1960-1964 and the World Series in 1961 and 1962. AL MVP:

1960	AL	Roger Maris	NYY

1961	AL	Roger Maris	NYY

1962	AL	Mickey Mantle	NYY

1963	AL	Elston Howard	NYY

Cy Young award:

1961	ML	Whitey Ford	NYY