1960 Chicago Cubs season

1960 Chicago Cubs
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (since 1916)
Chicago (since 1870)
Other information
Owner(s)	Philip K. Wrigley
General manager(s)	John Holland
Manager(s)	Charlie Grimm, Lou Boudreau
Local television	WGN-TV (Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd)
Local radio	WGN (Jack Quinlan, Lou Boudreau)
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The 1960 Chicago Cubs season was the 89th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 85th in the National League and the 45th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished seventh in the National League with a record of 60–94, 35 games behind the NL and World Series champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason

• October 8, 1959: Randy Jackson was released by the Cubs.^[1]
• October 30, 1959: Del Rice was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.^[2]
• December 6, 1959: Lee Walls, Lou Jackson, and Bill Henry were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Thomas.^[3]

Regular season

Season standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Pittsburgh Pirates	95	59	0.617	—	52–25	43–34
Milwaukee Braves	88	66	0.571	7	51–26	37–40
St. Louis Cardinals	86	68	0.558	9	51–26	35–42
Los Angeles Dodgers	82	72	0.532	13	42–35	40–37
San Francisco Giants	79	75	0.513	16	45–32	34–43
Cincinnati Reds	67	87	0.435	28	37–40	30–47
Chicago Cubs	60	94	0.390	35	33–44	27–50
Philadelphia Phillies	59	95	0.383	36	31–46	28–49

Record vs. opponents

1960 National League Records 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.^[4]
• May 13, 1960: Tony Taylor and Cal Neeman were traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Cardwell and Ed Bouchee.^[5]
• June 4, 1960: Del Rice was released by the Cubs.^[2]
• July 15, 1960: Earl Averill and $30,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Al Heist.^[6]

Roster

1960 Chicago Cubs
Roster
Pitchers 32 Bob Anderson 45 Jim Brewer 34 Dick Burwell 43 Don Cardwell 41 Art Ceccarelli 39 Moe Drabowsky 30 Dick Drott 37 Dick Ellsworth 36 Don Elston 31 Mark Freeman 31 John Goetz 40 Glen Hobbie 45 Ben Johnson 38 Seth Morehead 46 Joe Schaffernoth 43 Al Schroll 45 Mel Wright		Catchers  6 Earl Averill  6 Dick Bertell  9 Jim Hegan 11 Cal Neeman  9 Del Rice  2 El Tappe 15 Sammy Taylor 22 Moe Thacker Infielders 14 Ernie Banks 11 Ed Bouchee 19 Sammy Drake 12 Dick Gernert 20 Grady Hatton 16 Jerry Kindall  6 Jim McKnight 20 Irv Noren 15,10 Ron Santo  5 Tony Taylor 25 Frank Thomas 17 Don Zimmer		Outfielders 21 George Altman  1 Richie Ashburn 18 Al Heist 33 Lou Johnson 12 Nelson Mathews  7 Walt Moryn 20,42 Danny Murphy 23 Art Schult 28 Bob Will 41 Billy Williams		Manager 50 Charlie Grimm  5 Lou Boudreau Coaches  3 Harry Craft 20 Grady Hatton  9 Jim Hegan  4 Vedie Himsl  3 Lou Klein  4 Charlie Root  2 El Tappe

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
1B	Bouchee, EdEd Bouchee	98	299	71	.237	5	44
LF	Thomas, FrankFrank Thomas	135	479	114	.238	21	64

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
Zimmer, DonDon Zimmer	132	368	95	.258	6	35
Averill, EarlEarl Averill	52	102	24	.235	1	13
Taylor, TonyTony Taylor	19	76	20	.263	1	9
Rice, DelDel Rice	18	52	12	.231	0	4
Williams, BillyBilly Williams	12	47	13	.277	2	7
Neeman, CalCal Neeman	9	13	2	.154	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
Anderson, BobBob Anderson	38	203.2	9	11	4.11	115
Cardwell, DonDon Cardwell	31	177	8	14	4.37	129
Brewer, JimJim 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
Drott, DickDick Drott	23	55.1	0	6	7.16	32
Burwell, DickDick 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
Drabowsky, MoeMoe Drabowsky	32	3	1	1	6.44	26
Johnson, BenBen Johnson	17	2	1	1	4.91	9
Ceccarelli, ArtArt Ceccarelli	7	0	0	0	5.54	10

Awards and honors

• Ernie Banks, National League Home Run Champion^[7]

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

1. Randy Jackson page at Baseball Reference
2. Del Rice page at Baseball Reference
3. Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference
4. Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
5. Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
6. Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
7. 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