1960 St. Louis Cardinals season

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1960 St. Louis Cardinals
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Busch Stadium I (since 1920)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	83–68 (.558)
League place	3rd
Other information
Owner(s)	August "Gussie" Busch
General manager(s)	Bing Devine
Manager(s)	Solly Hemus
Local television	KPLR-TV, Ch. 11 (Buddy Blattner)
Local 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.

Offseason

October 13, 1959: Hal Jeffcoat was released by the Cardinals.^[1]
December 2, 1959: Gene Green and Charles Staniland (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Nieman.^[2]
December 4, 1959: Bill Smith and Bob Smith were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Carl Sawatski.^[3]

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 Records Sources:
Team	CHC	CIN	LAD	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

May 28, 1960: Vinegar Bend Mizell and Dick Gray were traded by the Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Julián Javier and Ed Bauta.^[4]
June 15, 1960: Jim Donohue was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for John Glenn.^[5]
August 2, 1960: Marshall Bridges was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cincinnati Reds.^[6]
August 13, 1960: Del Rice was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.^[7]
September 7, 1960: Del Rice was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Baltimore Orioles.^[7]

Roster

1960 St. Louis Cardinals

Roster

Pitchers

36 Frank Barnes

33 Ed Bauta

30 Marshall Bridges

32 Ernie Broglio

23 Cal Browning

24 Bob Duliba

31 Bob Gibson

46 Bob Grim

39 Larry Jackson

44 Ron Kline

41 Lindy McDaniel

35,36 Bob Miller

33 Vinegar Bend Mizell

35 Mel Nelson

37 Ray Sadecki

31 Curt Simmons

Catchers

34 Chris Cannizzaro

8 Darrell Johnson

9 Tim McCarver

29 Del Rice

1 Carl Sawatski

2 Hal Smith

Infielders

14 Ken Boyer

30 Rocky Bridges

43 Duke Carmel

18 George Crowe

27 Julio Gotay

10 Alex Grammas

27 Dick Gray

25 Julián Javier

17 Ed Olivares

19 Bob Sadowski

25 Wally Shannon

20 Daryl Spencer

12 Bill White

Outfielders

11 Ellis Burton

38 Doug Clemens

15 Joe Cunningham

21 Curt Flood

22 John Glenn

23 Charlie James

22 Gary Kolb

24 Don Landrum

28 Walt Moryn

6 Stan Musial

4 Bob Nieman

22 Leon Wagner

Manager

7 Solly Hemus

Coaches

8 Darrell Johnson

9 Ray Katt

5 Johnny Keane

26 Howie Pollet

3 Harry Walker

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
1B	White, BillBill White	144	554	157	.283	16	79
2B	Javier, JuliánJulián Javier	119	451	107	.237	4	21
3B	Boyer, KenKen Boyer	151	552	168	.304	32	97

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
Nieman, BobBob Nieman	81	188	54	.287	4	31
Sawatski, CarlCarl Sawatski	78	179	41	.229	6	27
Glenn, JohnJohn Glenn	32	31	8	.258	0	5
Gray, DickDick Gray	6	8	1	.125	0	1
Carmel, DukeDuke Carmel	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Sadowski, BobBob Sadowski	1	1	0	.000	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
Mizell, Vinegar BendVinegar 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
Broglio, ErnieErnie Broglio	52	226.1	21	9	2.74	188
Gibson, BobBob Gibson	27	86.2	3	6	5.61	69
Barnes, FrankFrank 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
Duliba, BobBob Duliba	27	4	4	0	4.20	23
Bridges, MarshallMarshall Bridges	20	2	2	1	3.45	27
Bauta, EdEd Bauta	9	0	0	1	6.32	6
Browning, CalCal Browning	1	0	0	0	40.50	0

Farm system

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

Notes

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

References

1960 MLB season by team

American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington

National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco

1960 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1960 World Series

St. Louis Cardinals

Based in St. Louis, Missouri

Franchise

History

Ballparks

Robison Field Sportsman's Park Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium

Spring training	Whittington Park Herald Park West End Park McKechnie Field City Island Ball Park Al Lang Stadium Roger Dean Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Bill DeWitt, Jr.
General Manager: John Mozeliak
Manager: Mike Matheny

Minors

AAA: Memphis Redbirds
AA: Springfield Cardinals
A Adv.: Palm Beach Cardinals
A: Peoria Chiefs
Short A: State College Spikes
Rookie Adv.: Johnson City Cardinals
Rookie: Gulf Coast League Cardinals; Dominican Summer League Cardinals

World Series
Championships

pre-MLB	1885 1886

MLB	1926 1931 1934 1942 1944 1946 1964 1967 1982 2006 2011

League pennants

American Association	1885 1886 1887 1888

National League	1926 1928 1930 1931 1934 1942 1943 1944 1946 1964 1967 1968 1982 1985 1987 2004 2006 2011 2013

Division titles

National League East: 1982; 1985; 1987
National League Central: 1996; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2009; 2013; 2014; 2015

Wild card titles

All Star Games hosted

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