1960 Chicago Cubs season

1960 Chicago Cubs
1960 Chicago Cubs
League	National League
Ballpark	Wrigley Field
City	Chicago
Record	60–94 (.390)
League place	7th
Owners	Philip K. Wrigley
General managers	John Holland
Managers	Charlie Grimm, Lou Boudreau
Television	WGN-TV; (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Radio	WGN; (Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau)
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The 1960 Chicago Cubs season was the 89th season of the franchise, the 85th season in the National League and the 45th season at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the eight-team National League with a record of 60–94, 35 games behind the NL and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates. The Cubs drew 809,770 fans to Wrigley Field, also seventh in the circuit.^[1]

The 1960 Cubs were managed by two men, Charlie Grimm and Lou Boudreau. Grimm, 61, began his third different tenure as the team's pilot at the outset of the season, but after only 17 games he swapped jobs on May 4 with Cubs' broadcaster Boudreau. On that day, the Cubs were 6–11 and in seventh place, six games behind Pittsburgh. Boudreau, 42, managed the Cubs for the season's final 137 contests, posting a 54–83 (.394) mark. The team avoided the cellar by only one game over the tailend Philadelphia Phillies.

Offseason

October 8, 1959: Randy Jackson was released by the Cubs.^[2]
October 30, 1959: Del Rice was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[3]
December 6, 1959: Lee Walls, Lou Jackson, and Bill Henry were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Thomas.^[4]

Regular season

Season standings

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National League
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	59	.617	—	52‍–‍25	43‍–‍34
Milwaukee Braves	88	66	.571	7	51‍–‍26	37‍–‍40
St. Louis Cardinals	86	68	.558	9	51‍–‍26	35‍–‍42
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	72	.532	13	42‍–‍35	40‍–‍37
San Francisco Giants	79	75	.513	16	45‍–‍32	34‍–‍43
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	.435	28	37‍–‍40	30‍–‍47
Chicago Cubs	60	94	.390	35	33‍–‍44	27‍–‍50
Philadelphia Phillies	59	95	.383	36	31‍–‍46	28‍–‍49

Record vs. opponents

1960 National League record v t e Sources:
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

April 8, 1960: Ron Perranoski, Johnny Goryl, Lee Handley (minors), and $25,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Don Zimmer.^[5]
May 13, 1960: Tony Taylor and Cal Neeman were traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Cardwell and Ed Bouchee.^[6]
June 4, 1960: Del Rice was released by the Cubs.^[3]
July 15, 1960: Earl Averill and $30,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Al Heist.^[7]

Roster

1960 Chicago Cubs

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

50 Charlie Grimm
42,5 Lou Boudreau

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

= Indicates league leader

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	El Tappe	51	103	24	.233	0	3
1B	Ed Bouchee	98	299	71	.237	5	44
2B	Jerry Kindall	89	246	59	.240	2	23
SS	Ernie Banks	156	597	162	.271	41	117
3B	Ron Santo	95	347	87	.251	9	44
LF	Frank Thomas	135	479	114	.238	21	64
CF	Richie Ashburn	151	547	159	.291	0	40
RF	Bob Will	138	475	121	.255	6	53

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
Don Zimmer	132	368	95	.258	6	35
George Altman	119	334	89	.266	13	51
Sammy Taylor	74	150	31	.207	3	17
Walt Moryn	38	109	32	.294	2	11
Earl Averill	52	102	24	.235	1	13
Al Heist	41	102	28	.275	1	6
Dick Gernert	52	96	24	.250	0	11
Moe Thacker	54	90	14	.156	0	6
Tony Taylor	19	76	20	.263	1	9
Danny Murphy	31	75	9	.120	1	6
Lou Johnson	34	68	14	.206	0	1
Del Rice	18	52	12	.231	0	4
Billy Williams	12	47	13	.277	2	7
Jim Hegan	24	43	9	.209	1	5
Grady Hatton	28	38	13	.342	0	7
Dick Bertell	5	15	2	.133	0	2
Sammy Drake	15	15	1	.067	0	0
Art Schult	12	15	2	.133	0	1
Cal Neeman	9	13	2	.154	0	0
Irv Noren	12	11	1	.091	0	1
Nelson Mathews	3	8	2	.250	0	0
Jim McKnight	3	6	2	.333	0	1

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
Glen Hobbie	46	258.2	16	20	3.97	134
Bob Anderson	38	203.2	9	11	4.11	115
Don Cardwell	31	177.0	8	14	4.37	129
Dick Ellsworth	31	176.2	7	13	3.72	94
Jim Brewer	5	21.2	0	3	5.82	7

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
Seth Morehead	45	123.1	2	9	3.94	64
Mark Freeman	30	76.2	3	3	5.63	50
Dick Drott	23	55.1	0	6	7.16	32
Art Ceccarelli	7	13.0	0	0	5.54	10
Dick Burwell	3	9.2	0	0	5.59	1

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
Don Elston	60	8	9	10	3.40	85
Joe Schaffernoth	33	2	3	3	2.78	33
Moe Drabowsky	32	3	1	1	6.44	26
Ben Johnson	17	2	1	1	4.91	9
Mel Wright	9	0	1	2	4.96	8
John Goetz	4	0	0	0	12.79	6
Al Schroll	2	0	0	0	10.13	2

Awards and honors

Ernie Banks, National League Home Run Champion^[8]

All-Star Game

Ernie Banks, Starter, First and Second Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Houston Buffaloes	American Association	Enos Slaughter
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Grady Hatton and Lou Klein
A	Lancaster Red Roses	Eastern League	Phil Cavarretta
C	St. Cloud Rox	Northern League	Fred Martin
D	Morristown Cubs	Appalachian League	Nelvin Cooper
D	Carlsbad Potashers	Sophomore League	Verlon Walker

Notes

↑ Baseball Reference: 1960 MLB Attendance
↑ Randy Jackson page at Baseball Reference
1 2 Del Rice page at Baseball Reference
↑ Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference
↑ Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
↑ Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
↑ Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
↑ The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p.xxvii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1960 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

[1] Baseball Reference: 1960 MLB Attendance

[2] Randy Jackson page at Baseball Reference

[rice-3] 1 2 Del Rice page at Baseball Reference

[4] Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference

[5] Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference

[6] Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference

[7] Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference

[8] The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p.xxvii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007, ISBN 978-0-7867-1943-3

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