# 1960 Chicago Cubs season

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.
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.
* October 30, 1959: Del Rice was signed as a free agent by the Cubs.
* December 6, 1959: Lee Walls, Lou Jackson, and Bill Henry were traded by the Cubs to the Cincinnati Reds for Frank Thomas.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNational League :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 95 | 59 | .617 | — | 52‍–‍25 | 43‍–‍34 |
| Milwaukee Braves | 88 | 66 | .571 | 7 | 51‍–‍26 | 37‍–‍40 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 68 | .558 | 9 | 51‍–‍26 | 35‍–‍42 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 82 | 72 | .532 | 13 | 42‍–‍35 | 40‍–‍37 |
| San Francisco Giants | 79 | 75 | .513 | 16 | 45‍–‍32 | 34‍–‍43 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 67 | 87 | .435 | 28 | 37‍–‍40 | 30‍–‍47 |
| Chicago Cubs | 60 | 94 | .390 | 35 | 33‍–‍44 | 27‍–‍50 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 59 | 95 | .383 | 36 | 31‍–‍46 | 28‍–‍49 |

### Record vs. opponents

1960 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | CHC | CIN | LA | 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.
* May 13, 1960: Tony Taylor and Cal Neeman were traded by the Cubs to the Philadelphia Phillies for Don Cardwell and Ed Bouchee.
* June 4, 1960: Del Rice was released by the Cubs.
* July 15, 1960: Earl Averill and $30,000 were traded by the Cubs to the Milwaukee Braves for Al Heist.

### Roster
## 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 | El Tappe | 51 | 103 | 24 | .233 | 0 | 3 |
| 1B | Ed Bouchee | 98 | 299 | 71 | .237 | 5 | 44 |
| 2B | Jerry Kindall | 89 | 246 | 59 | .240 | 2 | 23 |
| SS | Ernie Banks | 156 | 597 | 162 | .271 | 41 | 117 |
| 3B | Ron Santo | 95 | 347 | 87 | .251 | 9 | 44 |
| LF | Frank Thomas | 135 | 479 | 114 | .238 | 21 | 64 |
| CF | Richie Ashburn | 151 | 547 | 159 | .291 | 0 | 40 |
| RF | Bob Will | 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 |
| Don Zimmer | 132 | 368 | 95 | .258 | 6 | 35 |
| George Altman | 119 | 334 | 89 | .266 | 13 | 51 |
| Sammy Taylor | 74 | 150 | 31 | .207 | 3 | 17 |
| Walt Moryn | 38 | 109 | 32 | .294 | 2 | 11 |
| Earl Averill | 52 | 102 | 24 | .235 | 1 | 13 |
| Al Heist | 41 | 102 | 28 | .275 | 1 | 6 |
| Dick Gernert | 52 | 96 | 24 | .250 | 0 | 11 |
| Moe Thacker | 54 | 90 | 14 | .156 | 0 | 6 |
| Tony Taylor | 19 | 76 | 20 | .263 | 1 | 9 |
| Danny Murphy | 31 | 75 | 9 | .120 | 1 | 6 |
| Lou Johnson | 34 | 68 | 14 | .206 | 0 | 1 |
| Del Rice | 18 | 52 | 12 | .231 | 0 | 4 |
| Billy Williams | 12 | 47 | 13 | .277 | 2 | 7 |
| Jim Hegan | 24 | 43 | 9 | .209 | 1 | 5 |
| Grady Hatton | 28 | 38 | 13 | .342 | 0 | 7 |
| Dick Bertell | 5 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 2 |
| Sammy Drake | 15 | 15 | 1 | .067 | 0 | 0 |
| Art Schult | 12 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 0 | 1 |
| Cal Neeman | 9 | 13 | 2 | .154 | 0 | 0 |
| Irv Noren | 12 | 11 | 1 | .091 | 0 | 1 |
| Nelson Mathews | 3 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim McKnight | 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 |
| Glen Hobbie | 46 | 258.2 | 16 | 20 | 3.97 | 134 |
| Bob Anderson | 38 | 203.2 | 9 | 11 | 4.11 | 115 |
| Don Cardwell | 31 | 177.0 | 8 | 14 | 4.37 | 129 |
| Dick Ellsworth | 31 | 176.2 | 7 | 13 | 3.72 | 94 |
| Jim 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 |
| Seth Morehead | 45 | 123.1 | 2 | 9 | 3.94 | 64 |
| Mark Freeman | 30 | 76.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.63 | 50 |
| Dick Drott | 23 | 55.1 | 0 | 6 | 7.16 | 32 |
| Art Ceccarelli | 7 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.54 | 10 |
| Dick 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 |
| Don Elston | 60 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3.40 | 85 |
| Joe Schaffernoth | 33 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2.78 | 33 |
| Moe Drabowsky | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6.44 | 26 |
| Ben Johnson | 17 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4.91 | 9 |
| Mel Wright | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.96 | 8 |
| John Goetz | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.79 | 6 |
| Al Schroll | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 2 |

## Awards and honors

* Ernie Banks, National League Home Run Champion

## 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 |