1960 Chicago Cubs season

The 1960 Chicago Cubs season involved the Cubs' seventh place finish in the National League with a record of 60-94, 35 games behind the NL and World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Player stats
- 3.1 Batting
  - 3.1.1 Starters by position
  - 3.1.2 Other batters
- 3.2 Pitching
4 Awards and honors
5 Farm system
6 Notes
7 References

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	GB	Pct.
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

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

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

50 Charlie Grimm
5 Lou Boudreau

Coaches

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

References

1960 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

v t e 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: Plant Field
Blair Field
HoHoKam Park

Lore

Culture

Rivalries

Retired numbers

Key personnel

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

World Series
championships (4)

1882
1885
1907
1908

National League
championships (16)

Division
championships

Eastern	1984 1989

Central	2003 2007 2008

Wild Card	1998

Minor league
affiliates

Other assets

Seasons (142)

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1960 Chicago Cubs season