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1960 Chicago Cubs
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1876)
Location
Wrigley Field (Since 1916) Chicago, Illinois (Since 1871)
1960 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 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.

Contents

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

^ Randy Jackson page at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b 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, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
1960 Chicago Cubs season at Baseball Reference

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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

History • Seasons • Records • No-hitters • Players • Managers • Owners and executives • Broadcasters • Opening Day starting pitchers • First-round draft picks

Ballparks

23rd Street Grounds • Lakefront Park • West Side Park I • South Side Park • West Side Park II • Wrigley Field
Spring training: Plant Field • Blair Field • HoHoKam Park

Lore

Babe Ruth's called shot • The Inning • Gatorade Glove Play • Homer in the Gloamin' • The Sandberg Game • Fall of '69 • Sandy Koufax's perfect game • Home Run Chase • Brock for Broglio • Merkle's Boner • Worst to First • Monday Saves the Flag • College of Coaches • Ken Hubbs incident • Billy Jurges incident • Game 163

Culture

Steve Bartman • Curse of the Billy Goat • Ex-Cubs Factor • Tinker to Evers to Chance • Rookie of the Year • This Old Cub • Ronnie Woo Woo • Grant DePorter • Wrigley Rooftops • Cubby Bear • Wrigleyville • Wayne Messmer • Yosh Kawano • Mike Royko • Holy Cow! • Wrigley Company • Hey Hey Holy Mackerel • Bill Holden • Bleacher Bums • The Heckler • Arne Harris • Voice of Chicago • Billy Sianis • "Go, Cubs, Go" • The Natural • Pat and Ron Show • "All the Way" • Cubs Win Flag • Brant Brown • JDRF • Addison Red Line Station • Sheridan Red Line Station • Taking Care of Business • Billy Goat Tavern • Heel Click • Winter Classic • Clark Street • Addison Street • Radio Network • "Let's Play Two!" • Mr. Cub • A League of Their Own • Take Me Out to the Ball Game • I.O. • The Cubs Fan's Guide To Happiness • Pat Pieper • The Cubby Bear • Great Chicago Fire • Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse • Bohemian National Cemetery Columbarium

Rivalries

Milwaukee Brewers • St. Louis Cardinals • Chicago White Sox

Retired numbers

10 • 14 • 23 • 26 • 31 • 31 • 42 • Hey Hey!

Key personnel

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

World Series
Championships (4)

1882 • 1885 • 1907 • 1908

National League
Championships (16)

1876 • 1880 • 1881 • 1882 • 1885 • 1886 • 1906 • 1907 • 1908 • 1910 • 1918 • 1929 • 1932 • 1935 • 1938 • 1945

Division
Championships

Eastern	1984 • 1989

Central	2003 • 2007 • 2008

Wild Card	1998

Minor league
affiliates

Iowa Cubs (AAA) • Tennessee Smokies (AA) • Daytona Cubs (A) • Peoria Chiefs (A) • Boise Hawks (A) • Arizona League Cubs (Rookie) • DSL Cubs1 (Rookie) • DSL Cubs2 (Rookie)

Other assets

Comcast SportsNet Chicago • WGN

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