1960 Chicago Cubs season explained

Chicago Cubs
Season:	1960
League:	National League
Ballpark:	Wrigley Field
City:	Chicago
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)

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

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		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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
C		51	103	24	.233	0	3
1B		98	299	71	.237	5	44
2B		89	246	59	.240	2	23
SS		156	597	162	.271	41	117
3B		95	347		87	.251	9	44
LF		135	479	114	.238	21	64
CF		151	547	159	.291	0	40
RF		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
	132	368	95	.258	6	35
	119	334	89	.266	13	51
	74	150	31	.207	3	17
	38	109	32	.294	2	11
	52	102	24	.235	1	13
	41	102	28	.275	1	6
	52	96	24	.250	0	11
	54	90	14	.156	0	6
	19	76	20	.263	1	9
	31	75	9	.120	1	6
	34	68	14	.206	0	1
	18	52	12	.231	0	4
	12	47	13	.277	2	7
	24	43		9	.209	1	5
	28	38	13	.342	0	7
	5	15	2	.133	0	2
	15	15	1	.067	0	0
	12	15	2	.133	0	1
	9	13	2	.154	0	0
	12	11	1	.091	0	1
	3	8	2	.250	0	0
	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
	46	258.2	16	20	3.97	134
	38	203.2	9	11	4.11	115
	31	177.0	8	14	4.37	129
	31	176.2	7	13	3.72	94
	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
	45	123.1	2	9	3.94	64
	30	76.2	3	3	5.63	50
	23	55.1	0	6	7.16	32
	7	13.0	0	0	5.54	10
	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
	60	8	9	10	3.40	85
	33	2	3	3	2.78	33
	32	3	1	1	6.44	26
	17	2	1	1	4.91	9
	9	0	1	2	4.96	8
	4	0	0	0	12.79	6
	2	0	0	0	10.13	2

Awards and honors

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

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

References

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

Notes and References

1. [Baseball Reference]
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksra01.shtml Randy Jackson page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/ricede01.shtml Del Rice page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thomafr03.shtml Frank Thomas page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/z/zimmedo01.shtml Don Zimmer page at Baseball Reference
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cardwdo01.shtml Don Cardwell page at Baseball Reference
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/averiea02.shtml Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
8. The Best Game Ever, Prologue, p.xxvii, Jim Reisler, Carroll & Graf Publishers, New York, 2007,