1960 Milwaukee Braves season

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.

1960 Milwaukee Braves
Major League affiliations
Location
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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Offseason

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

Season standings
National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
Pittsburgh Pirates 9559 0.617 — 52–25 43–34
Milwaukee Braves 8866 0.571 7 51–26 37–40
St. Louis Cardinals 8668 0.558 9 51–26 35–42
Los Angeles Dodgers 8272 0.532 13 42–35 40–37
San Francisco Giants 7975 0.513 16 45–32 34–43
Cincinnati Reds 6787 0.435 28 37–40 30–47
Chicago Cubs 6094 0.390 35 33–44 27–50
Philadelphia Phillies 5995 0.383 36 31–46 28–49

Record vs. opponents
1960 National League Records

Sources:
Team CHC CIN LAD MIL PHI PIT SF STL
Chicago —10–129–137–1510–127–159–13–18–14–1
Cincinnati 12–10—12–109–139–136–1611–118–14
Los Angeles 13–910–12—12–1016–611–1110–1210–12
Milwaukee 15–713–910–12—16–69–1314–811–11
Philadelphia 12–1013–96–166–16—7–158–147–15
Pittsburgh 15–716–611–1113–915–7—14–8–111–11
San Francisco 13–9–111–1112–108–1414–88–14–1—13–9
St. Louis 14–8–114–812–1011–1115–711–119–13—

Notable transactions

Roster
1960 Milwaukee Braves
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CDel Crandall142537158.2941977
1BJoe Adcock138514153.2982591
2BChuck Cottier9522952.227319
3BEddie Mathews153548152.27739124
SSJohnny Logan136482118.245742
LFWes Covington9528170.2491035
CFBill Bruton151629180.2861254
RFHank Aaron153590172.29240126

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 Schoendienst6822658.257119
Félix Mantilla6314838.257311
Mel Roach4814042.300318
Al Dark5014142.298118
Al Spangler10110528.26706
Lee Maye418325.30102
Charley Lau215310.18902
Frank Torre21449.20505
Eddie Haas32327.21915
Ray Boone7123.25004
Mike Krsnich493.33302
Stan Lopata781.12500
Len Gabrielson430.00000
Joe Torre221.50000

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 Burdette45275.219133.3683
Warren Spahn40267.221103.50154
Bob Buhl36238.21693.09121
Carl Willey28144.2674.35109
Juan Pizarro21114.1674.5588

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 Jay32133.1983.2490
George Brunet1749.2205.0739
Don Nottebart515.1104.118

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 McMahon4836105.9450
Ron Piché373593.5638
Bob Rush102014.208
Ken MacKenzie90106.489
Terry Fox50004.325
Bob Giggie30004.155

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. 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. "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. Earl Averill, Jr. page at Baseball Reference
  16. Elrod Hendricks page at Baseball Reference

References
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