This article is about the Major League Baseball team. For the National Football League team, see 1960 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season.
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| Record | 83–68 (.558) |
| League place | 3rd |
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| Owner(s) | August "Gussie" Busch |
| 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.
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Offseason[edit]
- 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[edit]
First baseman Bill White and third baseman Ken Boyer won Gold Gloves this year.
Season standings[edit]
| National League | W | L | GB | Pct. |
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| Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 59 | -- | .617 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 88 | 66 | 7 | .571 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 68 | 9 | .558 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 82 | 72 | 13 | .532 |
| San Francisco Giants | 79 | 75 | 16 | .513 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | 28 | .435 |
| Chicago Cubs | 60 | 94 | 35 | .390 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 95 | 36 | .383 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
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1960 National League Records
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] |
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| 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
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 |
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| 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[edit]
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 |
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| 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[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| Mizell, Vinegar BendVinegar Bend Mizell | 9 | 55.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.55 | 42 |
Other pitchers[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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| 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[edit]
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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| 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[edit]
See also: Minor league baseball
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tulsa, Winnipeg[8]
Notes[edit]
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Del Rice page at Baseball Reference
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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