1960 Chicago Cubs season

March 2026 November 2013 Chicago Cubs 1960 National League Wrigley Field Chicago 60 94 y 7th Philip K. Wrigley John Holland Charlie Grimm, Lou Boudreau WGN-TV(Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd) WGN(Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau) The 1960 Chicago Cubs season was the 89th season of the franchise, the 85th season in the National League and the 45th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the eight-team National League with a record of 60–94, 35 games behind the NL and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs drew 809,770 fans to Wrigley Field, also seventh in the circuit.Baseball Reference: 1960 MLB Attendance The 1960 Cubs were managed by two men, Charlie Grimm and Lou Boudreau. Grimm, 61, began his third different tenure as the team's pilot at the outset of the season, but after only 17 games he swapped jobs on May 4 with Cubs' broadcaster Boudreau. On that day, the Cubs were 6–11 and in seventh place, six games behind Pittsburgh. Boudreau, 42, managed the Cubs for the season's final 137 contests, posting a 54–83 (.394) mark. The team avoided the cellar by only one game over the tailend Philadelphia Phillies. Offseason October 8, 1959: Randy Jackson was released by the Cubs.Randy Jackson page at Baseball Reference October 30, 1959: Del Rice was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.Del Rice page at Baseball Reference December 6, 1959: Lee Walls, Lou Jackson, and Bill Henry were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Thomas.Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Chicago Cubs Record vs. opponents CHC Notable transactions April 8, 1960: Ron Perranoski, Johnny Goryl, Lee Handley (minors), and $25,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Don Zimmer.Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference May 13, 1960: Tony Taylor and Cal Neeman were traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Cardwell and Ed Bouchee.Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference June 4, 1960: Del Rice was released by the Cubs. July 15, 1960: Earl Averill and $30,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Al Heist.Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference Roster 1960 Chicago Cubs Roster Pitchers 32 Bob Anderson 45 Jim Brewer 34 Dick Burwell 43 Don Cardwell 41 Art Ceccarelli 39 Moe Drabowsky 30 Dick Drott 37 Dick Ellsworth 36 Don Elston 31 Mark Freeman 31 John Goetz 40 Glen Hobbie 45 Ben Johnson 38 Seth Morehead 46 Joe Schaffernoth 43 Al Schroll 45 Mel Wright Catchers  6 Earl Averill  6 Dick Bertell  9 Jim Hegan 11 Cal Neeman  9 Del Rice  2 El Tappe 15 Sammy Taylor 22 Moe Thacker Infielders 14 Ernie Banks 11 Ed Bouchee 19 Sammy Drake 12 Dick Gernert 20 Grady Hatton 16 Jerry Kindall  6 Jim McKnight 20 Irv Noren 15,10 Ron Santo  5 Tony Taylor 25 Frank Thomas 17 Don Zimmer Outfielders 21 George Altman  1 Richie Ashburn 18 Al Heist 33 Lou Johnson 12 Nelson Mathews  7 Walt Moryn 20,42 Danny Murphy 23 Art Schult 28 Bob Will 41 Billy Williams Manager 50 Charlie Grimm 42,5 Lou Boudreau Coaches  3 Harry Craft 20 Grady Hatton  9 Jim Hegan  4 Vedie Himsl  3 Lou Klein  4 Charlie Root  2 El Tappe Player stats = Indicates team leader = Indicates league leader 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 Position Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in C El Tappe 51 103 24 .233 0 3 1B Ed Bouchee 98 299 71 .237 5 44 2B Jerry Kindall 89 246 59 .240 2 23 SS Ernie Banks 156 597 162 .271 41 117 3B Ron Santo 95 347 87 .251 9 44 LF Frank Thomas Frank Thomas (outfielder) 135 479 114 .238 21 64 CF Richie Ashburn 151 547 159 .291 0 40 RF Bob Will Bob Will (baseball) 138 475 121 .255 6 53 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G Games played AB At bats H Hits Avg. Batting average HR Home runs RBI Runs batted in Don Zimmer 132 368 95 .258 6 35 George Altman 119 334 89 .266 13 51 Sammy Taylor Sammy Taylor (baseball) 74 150 31 .207 3 17 Walt Moryn 38 109 32 .294 2 11 Earl Averill Earl Averill, Jr. 52 102 24 .235 1 13 Al Heist 41 102 28 .275 1 6 Dick Gernert 52 96 24 .250 0 11 Moe Thacker 54 90 14 .156 0 6 Tony Taylor Tony Taylor (baseball) 19 76 20 .263 1 9 Danny Murphy Danny Murphy (pitcher) 31 75 9 .120 1 6 Lou Johnson 34 68 14 .206 0 1 Del Rice 18 52 12 .231 0 4 Billy Williams Billy Williams (left fielder) 12 47 13 .277 2 7 Jim Hegan 24 43 9 .209 1 5 Grady Hatton 28 38 13 .342 0 7 Dick Bertell 5 15 2 .133 0 2 Sammy Drake 15 15 1 .067 0 0 Art Schult 12 15 2 .133 0 1 Cal Neeman 9 13 2 .154 0 0 Irv Noren 12 11 1 .091 0 1 Nelson Mathews 3 8 2 .250 0 0 Jim McKnight 3 6 2 .333 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Glen Hobbie 46 258.2 16 20 3.97 134 Bob Anderson Bob Anderson (baseball) 38 203.2 9 11 4.11 115 Don Cardwell 31 177.0 8 14 4.37 129 Dick Ellsworth 31 176.2 7 13 3.72 94 Jim Brewer baseball 5 21.2 0 3 5.82 7 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Seth Morehead 45 123.1 2 9 3.94 64 Mark Freeman Mark Freeman (baseball) 30 76.2 3 3 5.63 50 Dick Drott 23 55.1 0 6 7.16 32 Art Ceccarelli 7 13.0 0 0 5.54 10 Dick Burwell 3 9.2 0 0 5.59 1 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Don Elston 60 8 9 10 3.40 85 Joe Schaffernoth 33 2 3 3 2.78 33 Moe Drabowsky 32 3 1 1 6.44 26 Ben Johnson Ben Johnson (pitcher) 17 2 1 1 4.91 9 Mel Wright 9 0 1 2 4.96 8 John Goetz 4 0 0 0 12.79 6 Al Schroll 2 0 0 0 10.13 2 Awards and honors Ernie Banks, National League Home Run ChampionThe Best Game Ever, Prologue, p.xxvii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, 978-0-7867-1943-3 All-Star Game Ernie Banks, Starter, First and Second Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Houston Buffaloes American Association Enos Slaughter AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Grady Hatton and Lou Klein A Lancaster Red Roses Eastern League Phil Cavarretta C St. Cloud Rox Northern League Fred Martin D Morristown Cubs Appalachian League Nelvin Cooper D Carlsbad Potashers Sophomore League Verlon Walker Notes 2 References Johnson Lloyd Wolff Miles The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd Durham, North Carolina Baseball America 1997 978-0-9637189-8-3 1960 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference Category:Chicago Cubs seasons Chicago Cubs season Chicago Cubs Category:1960 in Chicago