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
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 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 144 554 157 .283 16 79 2B 119 451 107 .237 4 21 SS Daryl Spencer 148 507 131 .258 16 58 3B 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 81 188 54 .287 4 31 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 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 6 8 1 .125 0 1 Ed Olivares 3 5 0 .000 0 0 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 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 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 52 226.1 21 9 2.74 188 Ron Kline 34 117.2 4 9 6.04 54 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 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 27 4 4 0 4.20 23 20 2 2 1 3.45 27 Bob Grim 15 1 0 0 3.05 15 9 0 0 1 6.32 6 1 0 0 0 40.50 0
Farm system
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
External links 1960 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1960 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com