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1960 Milwaukee Braves season

April 13, 2024

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 National League with a record of 88–66, seven games behind the NL and World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

Offseason edit

Managerial and coaching turnover edit

After 3+1⁄2 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 edit

Season standings edit

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 edit

1960 National League record

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 edit

Roster edit

Player stats edit

Batting edit

Starters by position edit

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 edit

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
Al Dark 50 141 42 .298 1 18
Mel Roach 48 140 42 .300 3 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 edit

Starting pitchers edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

See also: Minor League Baseball

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Louisville, Yakima, Boise, Wellsville

Notes edit

  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 edit

  • Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.
  • 1960 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference

April 13, 2024
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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 National League with a record of 88 66 seven games behind the NL and World Series Champion Pittsburgh Pirates 1960 Milwaukee BravesLeagueNational LeagueBallparkMilwaukee County StadiumCityMilwaukee WisconsinRecord88 66 571 League place2ndOwnersLouis R PeriniGeneral managersJohn McHaleManagersChuck DressenRadioWEMPWTMJ Earl Gillespie Blaine Walsh 19591961 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 Managerial and coaching turnover 2 Regular season 2 1 Season standings 2 2 Record vs opponents 2 3 Notable transactions 2 4 Roster 3 Player stats 3 1 Batting 3 1 1 Starters by position 3 1 2 Other batters 3 2 Pitching 3 2 1 Starting pitchers 3 2 2 Other pitchers 3 2 3 Relief pitchers 4 Farm system 5 Notes 6 ReferencesOffseason editOctober 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 edit After 3 1 2 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 editApril 17 1960 Eddie Mathews hit the 300th home run of his career 13 Season standings edit vteNational League W L Pct GB Home RoadPittsburgh Pirates 95 59 0 617 52 25 43 34Milwaukee Braves 88 66 0 571 7 51 26 37 40St Louis Cardinals 86 68 0 558 9 51 26 35 42Los Angeles Dodgers 82 72 0 532 13 42 35 40 37San Francisco Giants 79 75 0 513 16 45 32 34 43Cincinnati Reds 67 87 0 435 28 37 40 30 47Chicago Cubs 60 94 0 390 35 33 44 27 50Philadelphia Phillies 59 95 0 383 36 31 46 28 49Record vs opponents edit 1960 National League recordvteSources 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Team CHC CIN LA MIL PHI PIT SF STLChicago 10 12 9 13 7 15 10 12 7 15 9 13 1 8 14 1Cincinnati 12 10 12 10 9 13 9 13 6 16 11 11 8 14Los Angeles 13 9 10 12 12 10 16 6 11 11 10 12 10 12Milwaukee 15 7 13 9 10 12 16 6 9 13 14 8 11 11Philadelphia 12 10 13 9 6 16 6 16 7 15 8 14 7 15Pittsburgh 15 7 16 6 11 11 13 9 15 7 14 8 1 11 11San Francisco 13 9 1 11 11 12 10 8 14 14 8 8 14 1 13 9St Louis 14 8 1 14 8 12 10 11 11 15 7 11 11 9 13 Notable transactions edit 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 edit 1960 Milwaukee BravesRosterPitchers 30 George Brunet 10 Bob Buhl 33 Lew Burdette 36 Terry Fox 32 Bob Giggie 47 Joey Jay 36 Ken MacKenzie 20 Don McMahon 32 Don Nottebart 35 Ron Piche 34 Juan Pizarro 17 Bob Rush 21 Warren Spahn 16 Carl Willey Catchers 1 Del Crandall 6 Charley Lau 15 Stan LopataInfielders 9 Joe Adcock 19 Ray Boone 13 Chuck Cottier 23 Johnny Logan 18 Felix Mantilla 41 Eddie Mathews 4 Red Schoendienst 14 Frank Torre Outfielders 44 Hank Aaron 38 Bill Bruton 43 Wes Covington 19 Alvin Dark 42 Len Gabrielson 11 Eddie Haas 42 Mike Krsnich 24 Lee Maye 12 Mel Roach 25 Al SpanglerOther batters 15 Joe Torre Manager 7 Chuck DressenCoaches 8 George Myatt 48 Andy Pafko 3 Bob Scheffing 5 Whit WyattPlayer stats editBatting edit Starters by position edit 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 RBIC Del Crandall 142 537 158 294 19 771B Joe Adcock 138 514 153 298 25 912B Chuck Cottier 95 229 52 227 3 193B Eddie Mathews 153 548 152 277 39 124SS Johnny Logan 136 482 118 245 7 42LF Wes Covington 95 281 70 249 10 35CF Bill Bruton 151 629 180 286 12 54RF Hank Aaron 153 590 172 292 40 126Other batters edit 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 RBIRed Schoendienst 68 226 58 257 1 19Felix Mantilla 63 148 38 257 3 11Al Dark 50 141 42 298 1 18Mel Roach 48 140 42 300 3 18Al Spangler 101 105 28 267 0 6Lee Maye 41 83 25 301 0 2Charley Lau 21 53 10 189 0 2Frank Torre 21 44 9 205 0 5Eddie Haas 32 32 7 219 1 5Ray Boone 7 12 3 250 0 4Mike Krsnich 4 9 3 333 0 2Stan Lopata 7 8 1 125 0 0Len Gabrielson 4 3 0 000 0 0Joe Torre 2 2 1 500 0 0Pitching edit Starting pitchers edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOLew Burdette 45 275 2 19 13 3 36 83Warren Spahn 40 267 2 21 10 3 50 154Bob Buhl 36 238 2 16 9 3 09 121Carl Willey 28 144 2 6 7 4 35 109Juan Pizarro 21 114 1 6 7 4 55 88Other pitchers edit Note G Games pitched IP Innings pitched W Wins L Losses ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SOJoey Jay 32 133 1 9 8 3 24 90George Brunet 17 49 2 2 0 5 07 39Don Nottebart 5 15 1 1 0 4 11 8Relief pitchers edit Note G Games pitched W Wins L Losses SV Saves ERA Earned run average SO Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SODon McMahon 48 3 6 10 5 94 50Ron Piche 37 3 5 9 3 56 38Bob Rush 10 2 0 1 4 20 8Ken MacKenzie 9 0 1 0 6 48 9Terry Fox 5 0 0 0 4 32 5Bob Giggie 3 0 0 0 4 15 5Farm system editSee also Minor League Baseball Level Team League ManagerAAA Louisville Colonels American Association Ben Geraghty and Bill AdairAAA Sacramento Solons Pacific Coast League Ernie WhiteAA Austin Senators Texas League Alex MonchakA Jacksonville Braves Sally League Red MurffB Cedar Rapids Braves Illinois Indiana Iowa League Jimmy BrownB Yakima Bears Northwest League Buddy HicksC Eau Claire Braves Northern League Bill SteineckeC Boise Braves Pioneer League Billy SmithD Davenport Braves Midwest League Travis JacksonD Wellsville Braves New York Penn League Harry MinorLEAGUE CHAMPIONS Louisville Yakima Boise WellsvilleNotes edit Enos Slaughter page at Baseball Reference Mickey Vernon page at Baseball Reference Rico Carty page at Baseball Reference a b Stan Lopata page at Baseball Reference Clay Dalrymple page at Baseball Reference Georges Maranda page at Baseball Reference Jim Bolger page at Baseball Reference Thisted Red October 5 1959 Haney quits Braves post Milwaukee Sentinel p 1 part 1 a b Fred Haney resigns as Braves manager Eugene Register Guard Oregon Associated Press October 5 1959 p 4B Wolf Bob October 24 1959 Charlie Dressen named manager of Braves for the next two years Milwaukee Journal p 14 Reichler Joe October 24 1959 Braves sign Chuck Dressen to pilot club for 2 years Toledo Blade Ohio Associated Press p 10 Thisted Red October 25 1959 Won t stand pat Dressen Milwaukee Sentinel p 1C Eddie Mathews The Baseball Page Red Sox sells Jackson a b Earl Averill Jr page at Baseball Reference Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball ReferenceReferences editJohnson Lloyd Wolff Miles eds 1997 The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball 2nd ed Durham North Carolina Baseball America ISBN 978 0 9637189 8 3 1960 Milwaukee Braves season at Baseball Reference 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