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1960 St. Louis Cardinals season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	St. Louis Cardinals
season	1960
league	National League
ballpark	Busch Stadium I
city	St. Louis, Missouri
record	83–68 (.558)
league_place	3rd
owners	August "Gussie" Busch
general_managers	Bing Devine
managers	Solly Hemus
television	KPLR-TV, Ch. 11
(Buddy Blattner)
radio	KMOX-AM 1120
(Harry Caray, Joe Garagiola)
espntn	stl
brtn	stl

Note

the Major League Baseball team

(Buddy Blattner) (Harry Caray, Joe Garagiola) 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.
December 2, 1959: Gene Green and Charles Staniland (minors) were traded by the Cardinals to the Baltimore Orioles for Bob Nieman.
December 4, 1959: Bill Smith and Bob Smith were traded by the Cardinals to the Philadelphia Phillies for Carl Sawatski.

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.
June 15, 1960: Jim Donohue was traded by the Cardinals to the Los Angeles Dodgers for John Glenn.
August 2, 1960: Marshall Bridges was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Cincinnati Reds.
August 13, 1960: Del Rice was signed as a free agent by the Cardinals.
September 7, 1960: Del Rice was selected off waivers from the Cardinals by the Baltimore Orioles.

Roster

1960 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers

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, Winnipeg

References

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

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