1960 St. Louis Cardinals season
The 1960 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 79th season in St. Louis, Missouri and its 69th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 86–68 during the season, a fifteen-game improvement over the previous season, and finished third in the National League, nine games behind the World Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.Offseason
First baseman Bill White and third baseman Ken Boyer won Gold Gloves this year.Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
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 | | 144 | 554 | 157 | .283 | 16 | 79 |
2B | | 119 | 451 | 107 | .237 | 4 | 21 |
3B | | 151 | 552 | 168 | .304 | 32 | 97 |
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 |
| 81 | 188 | 54 | .287 | 4 | 31 |
| 78 | 179 | 41 | .229 | 6 | 27 |
| 32 | 31 | 8 | .258 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 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 |
| 9 | 55.1 | 1 | 3 | 4.55 | 42 |
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 |
| 52 | 226.1 | 21 | 9 | 2.74 | 188 |
| 27 | 86.2 | 3 | 6 | 5.61 | 69 |
| 4 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 3.52 | 8 |
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 |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4.20 | 23 |
| 20 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3.45 | 27 |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.32 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40.50 | 0 |
Farm system
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