1960 International League season

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The 1960 International League season was the 75th in the league's history, and ended with the Toronto Maple Leafs winning their first Governors' Cup since 1934. The Maple Leafs would go on to lose the Junior World Series. To date, they are the last IL team to win 100 games during the regular season.

This was also the final season for the Montreal Royals and Miami Marlins. On July 13th, the league moved the defending Governors' Cup champions Havana Sugar Kings to Jersey City, NJ, where they became the Jersey City Jerseys.

Final standings - schedule

Playoff teams in bold.

	W	L	Pct.	GB	Manager	Affiliation
Toronto Maple Leafs	100	54	.649	—	Mel McGaha	Cleveland Indians
Richmond Virginians	82	70	.539	17	Steve Souchock	New York Yankees
Rochester Red Wings	81	73	.526	19	Clyde King	St. Louis Cardinals
Buffalo Bisons	78	75	.510	21½	Kerby Farrell	Philadelphia Phillies
Havana/Jersey City	76	77	.497	23½	Tony Castano / Nap Reyes	Cincinnati Reds
Columbus Jets	69	84	.451	30½	Cal Ermer	Pittsburgh Pirates
Miami Marlins	65	88	.425	34½	Al Vincent	Baltimore Orioles
Montreal Royals	62	92	.403	38	Clay Bryant	Los Angeles Dodgers

Playoffs

	First Round					Governors' Cup Finals
	1	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
	4	Buffalo Bisons	0
						1	Toronto Maple Leafs	4
						3	Rochester Red Wings	1
	2	Richmond Virginians	1
	3	Rochester Red Wings	4

First Round

Toronto vs. Buffalo Date Away Home September 13 Buffalo 2 Toronto 5 September 14 Buffalo 3 Toronto 4 14 innings September 16 Toronto 2 Buffalo 1 September 17 Toronto 5 Buffalo 3 Toronto wins series 4-0

Richmond vs. Rochester Date Away Home September 13 Rochester 3 Richmond 4 September 14 Rochester 3 Richmond 1 September 15 Richmond 5 Rochester 10 September 16 Richmond 2 Rochester 5 September 17 Richmond 7 Rochester 8 Rochester wins series 4-1

Governors' Cup Finals

Toronto vs. Rochester Date Away Home September 18 Rochester 0 Toronto 4 September 19 Rochester 5 Toronto 2 September 20 Toronto 8 Rochester 1 September 21 Toronto 6 Rochester 2 September 22 Toronto 8 Rochester 4 Toronto wins series 4-1 and advances to Junior World Series

References

Jim Mandelaro and Scott Pitoniak, Silver Seasons. Syracuse University Press, 1995.

Brian Bennett, On A Silver Diamond: The Story Of Rochester Community Baseball from 1956-1996. Triphammer Publishing, 1997.

The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Lloyd Johnson and Miles Wolff, editors. Baseball America, 1993.

External Links

• 1960 Rochester Red Wings review – On A Silver Diamond
• 1960 Maple Leafs tribute – MinorLeagueBaseball.com