1960 Milwaukee Braves season

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1960 Milwaukee Braves
Major League affiliations
  • National League (since 1876)
Location
  • Milwaukee County Stadium (since 1953)
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin (since 1953)
Results
Record88–66 (.571)
League place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Louis R. Perini
General manager(s)John McHale
Manager(s)Chuck Dressen
Local televisionnone
Local radioWEMP
WTMJ
(Earl Gillespie, Blaine Walsh)
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The 1960 Milwaukee Braves season was the eighth for the franchise in Milwaukee, and the 90th overall. The Braves finished in second place in the NL with a record of 88–66, seven games behind the NL and World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason[]

  • October 13, 1959: Enos Slaughter was released by the Braves.[1]
  • October 13, 1959: Mickey Vernon was released by the Braves.[2]
  • October 24, 1959: Rico Carty was signed as an amateur free agent by the Braves.[3]
  • October 26, 1959: Stan Lopata was released by the Braves.[4]
  • November 30, 1959: 1959 rule 5 draft
    • Clay Dalrymple was drafted from the Braves by the Philadelphia Phillies.[5]
    • Georges Maranda was drafted from the Braves by the San Francisco Giants.[6]
  • February 9, 1960: Stan Lopata was signed as a free agent by the Braves.[4]
  • March 1960: Jim Bolger was purchased by the Braves from the Philadelphia Phillies.[7]

Managerial and coaching turnover[]

After 3½ seasons at the helm of the Braves and compiling a record of 341–231 (.596) with two NL pennants and the 1957 World Series championship, manager Fred Haney, 63, resigned on October 4 in the wake of the 1959 tie-breaker series loss to the L.A. Dodgers.[8][9] On October 24, the Braves appointed another veteran skipper, Chuck Dressen, 65, well known as the manager of the "Boys of Summer" Brooklyn Dodgers of 1951–1953, as Haney's successor for 1960.[10][11][12] The Braves had considered a number of high-profile former big-league managers,[9] as well as minor league skipper Ben Geraghty, before settling on Dressen.

Pitching coach Whit Wyatt was Dressen's only 1960 holdover from Haney's coaching staff, with Billy Herman, John Fitzpatrick and George Susce all departing with Haney.

Regular season[]

  • April 17, 1960: Eddie Mathews hit the 300th home run of his career.[13]

Season standings[]

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  • t
National League 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 95 59 0.617 — 52–25 43–34
Milwaukee Braves 88 66 0.571 7 51–26 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 86 68 0.558 9 51–26 35–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 82 72 0.532 13 42–35 40–37
San Francisco Giants 79 75 0.513 16 45–32 34–43
Cincinnati Reds 67 87 0.435 28 37–40 30–47
Chicago Cubs 60 94 0.390 35 33–44 27–50
Philadelphia Phillies 59 95 0.383 36 31–46 28–49

Record vs. opponents[]

1960 National League Records
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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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[]

  • May 17, 1960: Ray Boone was traded by the Braves to the Boston Red Sox for Ron Jackson.[14]
  • July 15, 1960: Al Heist was traded by the Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Earl Averill, Jr. and $30,000.[15]
  • August 13, 1960: Earl Averill, Jr. was traded by the Braves to the Chicago White Sox for Don Prohovich (minors) and $15,000.[15]
  • September 21, 1960: Elrod Hendricks was released by the Braves.[16]

Roster[]

1960 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

  • 15 Joe Torre
 Manager

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
C Del Crandall 142 537 158 .294 19 77
1B Joe Adcock 138 514 153 .298 25 91
2B Chuck Cottier 95 229 52 .227 3 19
3B Eddie Mathews 153 548 152 .277 39 124
SS Johnny Logan 136 482 118 .245 7 42
LF Wes Covington 95 281 70 .249 10 35
CF Bill Bruton 151 629 180 .286 12 54
RF Hank Aaron 153 590 172 .292 40 126

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
Red Schoendienst 68 226 58 .257 1 19
Félix Mantilla 63 148 38 .257 3 11
Mel Roach 48 140 42 .300 3 18
Al Dark 50 141 42 .298 1 18
Al Spangler 101 105 28 .267 0 6
Lee Maye 41 83 25 .301 0 2
Charley Lau 21 53 10 .189 0 2
Frank Torre 21 44 9 .205 0 5
Eddie Haas 32 32 7 .219 1 5
Ray Boone 7 12 3 .250 0 4
Mike Krsnich 4 9 3 .333 0 2
Stan Lopata 7 8 1 .125 0 0
Len Gabrielson 4 3 0 .000 0 0
Joe Torre 2 2 1 .500 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
Lew Burdette 45 275.2 19 13 3.36 83
Warren Spahn 40 267.2 21 10 3.50 154
Bob Buhl 36 238.2 16 9 3.09 121
Carl Willey 28 144.2 6 7 4.35 109
Juan Pizarro 21 114.1 6 7 4.55 88

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
Joey Jay 32 133.1 9 8 3.24 90
George Brunet 17 49.2 2 0 5.07 39
Don Nottebart 5 15.1 1 0 4.11 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
Don McMahon 48 3 6 10 5.94 50
Ron Piché 37 3 5 9 3.56 38
Bob Rush 10 2 0 1 4.20 8
Ken MacKenzie 9 0 1 0 6.48 9
Terry Fox 5 0 0 0 4.32 5
Bob Giggie 3 0 0 0 4.15 5

Farm system[]

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Louisville Colonels American Association Ben Geraghty and Bill Adair
AAA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Ernie White
AA Austin Senators Texas League Alex Monchak
A Jacksonville Braves Sally League Red Murff
B Cedar Rapids Braves Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League Jimmy Brown
B Yakima Bears Northwest League Buddy Hicks
C Eau Claire Braves Northern League Bill Steinecke
C Boise Braves Pioneer League Billy Smith
D Davenport Braves Midwest League Travis Jackson
D Wellsville Braves New York–Penn League Harry Minor

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Yakima, Boise, Wellsville

Notes[]

  1. ^ Enos Slaughter page at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ a b Stan Lopata page at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Clay Dalrymple page at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ Jim Bolger page at Baseball Reference
  8. ^ Thisted, Red (October 5, 1959). "Haney quits Braves post". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1, part 1.
  9. ^ a b "Fred Haney resigns as Braves manager". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 5, 1959. p. 4B.
  10. ^ Wolf, Bob (October 24, 1959). "Charlie Dressen named manager of Braves for the next two years". Milwaukee Journal. p. 14.
  11. ^ Reichler, Joe (October 24, 1959). "Braves sign Chuck Dressen to pilot club for 2 years". Toledo Blade. (Ohio). Associated Press. p. 10.
  12. ^ Thisted, Red (October 25, 1959). "Won't stand pat - Dressen". Milwaukee Sentinel. p. 1C.
  13. ^ Eddie Mathews | The Baseball Page
  14. ^ Red Sox sells Jackson
  15. ^ a b Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
  16. ^ Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference

References[]

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