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1960 St. Louis Cardinals
League National League
Ballpark Busch Stadium I
City St. Louis, Missouri
Record83–68 (.558)
League place3rd
Owners August "Gussie" Busch
General managers Bing Devine
Managers Solly Hemus
Television KPLR-TV, Ch. 11
( Buddy Blattner)
Radio KMOX-AM 1120
( Harry Caray, Joe Garagiola)
Stats ESPN.com
BB-reference
←  1959 Seasons 1961 →

The 1960 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 79th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 69th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 86–68 during the season, a fifteen-game improvement over the previous season, and finished third in the National League, nine games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

Regular season

First baseman Bill White and third baseman Ken Boyer won Gold Gloves this year.

Season standings

National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 95 59 0.617 — 52–25 43–34
Milwaukee Braves 88 66 0.571 7 51–26 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 86 68 0.558 9 51–26 35–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 82 72 0.532 13 42–35 40–37
San Francisco Giants 79 75 0.513 16 45–32 34–43
Cincinnati Reds 67 87 0.435 28 37–40 30–47
Chicago Cubs 60 94 0.390 35 33–44 27–50
Philadelphia Phillies 59 95 0.383 36 31–46 28–49

Record vs. opponents

1960 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team CHC CIN LA MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago — 10–12 9–13 7–15 10–12 7–15 9–13–1 8–14–1
Cincinnati 12–10 — 12–10 9–13 9–13 6–16 11–11 8–14
Los Angeles 13–9 10–12 — 12–10 16–6 11–11 10–12 10–12
Milwaukee 15–7 13–9 10–12 — 16–6 9–13 14–8 11–11
Philadelphia 12–10 13–9 6–16 6–16 — 7–15 8–14 7–15
Pittsburgh 15–7 16–6 11–11 13–9 15–7 — 14–8–1 11–11
San Francisco 13–9–1 11–11 12–10 8–14 14–8 8–14–1 — 13–9
St. Louis 14–8–1 14–8 12–10 11–11 15–7 11–11 9–13 —


Notable transactions

Roster

1960 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Hal Smith 127 337 77 .228 2 28
1B Bill White 144 554 157 .283 16 79
2B Julián Javier 119 451 107 .237 4 21
SS Daryl Spencer 148 507 131 .258 16 58
3B Ken Boyer 151 552 168 .304 32 97
LF Stan Musial 116 331 91 .275 17 63
CF Curt Flood 140 396 94 .237 8 38
RF Joe Cunningham 139 492 138 .280 6 39

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Walt Moryn 75 200 49 .245 11 35
Alex Grammas 102 196 48 .245 4 17
Bob Nieman 81 188 54 .287 4 31
Carl Sawatski 78 179 41 .229 6 27
Leon Wagner 39 98 21 .214 4 11
George Crowe 73 72 17 .236 4 13
Charlie James 43 50 9 .180 2 5
Don Landrum 13 49 12 .245 2 3
John Glenn 32 31 8 .258 0 5
Ellis Burton 29 28 6 .214 0 2
Wally Shannon 18 23 4 .174 0 1
Tim McCarver 10 10 2 .200 0 0
Chris Cannizzaro 7 9 2 .222 0 1
Julio Gotay 3 8 3 .375 0 0
Dick Gray 6 8 1 .125 0 1
Ed Olivares 3 5 0 .000 0 0
Duke Carmel 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Gary Kolb 9 3 0 .000 0 0
Darrell Johnson 8 2 0 .000 0 0
Del Rice 1 2 0 .000 0 0
Bob Sadowski 1 1 0 .000 0 0
Rocky Bridges 3 0 0 ---- 0 0
Doug Clemens 1 0 0 ---- 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Larry Jackson 43 282.0 18 13 3.48 171
Ray Sadecki 26 157.1 9 9 3.78 95
Curt Simmons 23 152.0 7 4 2.66 63
Vinegar Bend Mizell 9 55.1 1 3 4.55 42

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ernie Broglio 52 226.1 21 9 2.74 188
Ron Kline 34 117.2 4 9 6.04 54
Bob Gibson 27 86.2 3 6 5.61 69
Bob Miller 15 52.2 4 3 3.42 33
Mel Nelson 2 8.0 0 1 3.38 7
Frank Barnes 4 7.2 0 1 3.52 8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Lindy McDaniel 65 12 4 27 2.09 105
Bob Duliba 27 4 4 0 4.20 23
Marshall Bridges 20 2 2 1 3.45 27
Bob Grim 15 1 0 0 3.05 15
Ed Bauta 9 0 0 1 6.32 6
Cal Browning 1 0 0 0 40.50 0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Clyde King
AA Memphis Chicks Southern Association Joe Schultz
AA Tulsa Oilers Texas League Vern Benson
B Winston-Salem Red Birds Carolina League Chase Riddle
C Winnipeg Goldeyes Northern League Whitey Kurowski
C Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Homer Ray Wilson
D Dothan Cardinals Alabama–Florida League Fred McAlister
D Daytona Beach Islanders Florida State League Frank Calo
D Keokuk Cardinals Midwest League Al Unser

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa, Winnipeg [8]

References

  1. ^ Hal Jeffcoat page at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference
  3. ^ Carl Sawatski page at Baseball-Reference
  4. ^ Vinegar Bend Mizell page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ John Glenn page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Marshall Bridges page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ a b Del Rice page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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