1960 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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League | National League | |
Ballpark | Busch Stadium I | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 83–68 (.558) | |
League place | 3rd | |
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 | |
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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.
First baseman Bill White and third baseman Ken Boyer won Gold Gloves this year.
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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 |
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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 | — |
1960 St. Louis Cardinals | |||||||||
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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 |
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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 |
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 |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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 |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa, Winnipeg [8]