1960 St. Louis Cardinals season explained

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.

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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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		127	337	77	.228	2	28
1B		144	554	157	.283	16	79
2B		119	451	107	.237	4	21
SS		148	507	131	.258	16	58
3B		151	552	168	.304	32	97
LF		116	331	91	.275	17	63
CF		140	396	94	.237	8	38
RF		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
	75	200	49	.245	11	35
	102	196	48	.245	4	17
	81	188	54	.287	4	31
	78	179	41	.229	6	27
	39	98	21	.214	4	11
	73	72	17	.236	4	13
	43	50	9	.180	2	5
	13	49	12	.245	2	3
	32	31	8	.258	0	5
	29	28	6	.214	0	2
	18	23	4	.174	0	1
	10	10	2	.200	0	0
	7	9	2	.222	0	1
	3	8	3	.375	0	0
	6	8	1	.125	0	1
	3	5	0	.000	0	0
	4	3	0	.000	0	0
	9	3	0	.000	0	0
	8	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	2	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0
	3	0	0	----	0	0
	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
	43	282.0	18	13	3.48	171
	26	157.1	9	9	3.78	95
	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
	34	117.2	4	9	6.04	54
	27	86.2	3	6	5.61	69
	15	52.2	4	3	3.42	33
	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
	65	12	4	27	2.09	105
	27	4	4	0	4.20	23
	20	2	2	1	3.45	27
	15	1	0	0	3.05	15
	9	0	0	1	6.32	6
	1	0	0	0	40.50	0

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa, Winnipeg^[8]

External links

• 1960 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
• 1960 St. Louis Cardinals team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jeffcha01.shtml Hal Jeffcoat page at Baseball-Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/n/niemabo01.shtml Bob Nieman page at Baseball-Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sawatca01.shtml Carl Sawatski page at Baseball-Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mizelvi01.shtml Vinegar Bend Mizell page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/glennjo03.shtml John Glenn page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bridgma01.shtml Marshall Bridges page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricede01.shtml Del Rice page at Baseball Reference
8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007