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

↑ 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

1960 MLB season by team
American League	Baltimore Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City New York Washington
National League	Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Milwaukee Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis San Francisco
1960 All-Star Game (1st, 2nd) 1960 World Series

Chicago Cubs

Formerly the Chicago White Stockings, Chicago Colts and the Chicago Orphans
Based in Chicago, Illinois

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Whittington Park
Plant Field
Rendezvous Park
Blair Field
HoHoKam Park
Sloan Park

Lore

Culture

Rivalries

Key personnel

Owner: Family of Joe Ricketts; operated by Tom Ricketts
President of Baseball Operations: Theo Epstein
General Manager: Jed Hoyer
Manager: Joe Maddon

World Series
championships (3)

National League
championships (17)

Division
championships

East	1984 1989
Central	2003 2007 2008 2016
Wild Card	1998 2015

Minor league
affiliates

Radio

Cubs Radio Network
- WSCR
- WJMK-HD2
Personnel:
- Pat Hughes (play-by-play)
- Ron Coomer (color/analysis)

Television

Personnel:
- Len Kasper (play-by-play)
- Jim Deshaies (color/analysis)

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