1960 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season the Major League Baseball team the National Football League team 1960 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season March 2026 November 2013 St. Louis Cardinals 1960 National League Busch Stadium I St. Louis, Missouri 83–68 (.558) 3rd August "Gussie" Busch Bing Devine Solly Hemus KPLR-TV, Ch. 11(Buddy Blattner) KMOX-AM 1120 (Harry Caray, Joe Garagiola) stl stl 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.Hal Jeffcoat page at Baseball-Reference December 2, 1959: Gene Green and Charles Staniland (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Nieman.Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference December 4, 1959: Bill Smith and Bob Smith were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Carl Sawatski.Carl Sawatski page at Baseball-Reference Regular season First baseman Bill White and third baseman Ken Boyer won Gold Gloves this year. Season standings Record vs. opponents STL 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.Vinegar Bend Mizell page at Baseball Reference June 15, 1960: Jim Donohue was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for John Glenn.John Glenn page at Baseball Reference August 2, 1960: Marshall Bridges was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cincinnati Reds.Marshall Bridges page at Baseball Reference August 13, 1960: Del Rice was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.Del Rice page at Baseball Reference September 7, 1960: Del Rice was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Baltimore Orioles. 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 C Hal Smith 127 337 77 .228 2 28 1B Bill White Bill White (first baseman) 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 John Glenn (1960s outfielder) 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 Bob Sadowski (third baseman) 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 Wilmer 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 Frank Barnes (right-handed pitcher) 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 Minor League Baseball 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, WinnipegJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1960 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1960 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:St. Louis Cardinals seasons Saint Louis Cardinals season St Louis