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1960

3

86

68

1963

2

93

69

1967

1

101

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1961

5

80

74

1964

1

93

69

1968

1

97

65

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1962

6

84

78

1965

7

80

81

1969

4

87

75

1966

6

83

79

Titles:

Top Cardinals Players of the Sixties

1964 World Champs (Beat Yankees)

1967 World Champs (Beat Red Sox)

Pitchers:

1968 NL Champs (Lost to Tigers)

Bob Gibson (54.34) - 114

Larry Jackson (11.77) - 44

Ballpark:

Curt Simmons (18.87) - 39

Busch Stadium - nee Sportsman's Park (1960-1966)

Ernie Broglio (18.26) - 37

Busch Stadium II (1966-1969)

Ray Sadecki (5.65) - 35

Nelson Briles (10.01) - 31

Team Name:

Ray Washburn (10.94) - 30

Cardinals

Steve Carlton (12.68) - 27

Lindy McDaniel (6.33) - 20

Owners:

Joe Hoerner (6.4) - 15

August Busch

Larry Jaster (4.54) - 14

Dick Hughes (5.13) - 11

General Managers:

Alvin Jackson (2.47) - 11

Bing Devine (1960-1964), (1968-1969)

Ron Taylor (2.25) - 6

Bob Howsam (1964-1966)

Tracy Stallard (1.28) - 6

Stan Musial (1967)

Mike Torrez (1.29) - 5

Hal Woodeshick (3.31) - 4

Managers:

Chuck Taylor (3.12) - 3

Solly Hemus (1960-1961)

Ron Willis (1.82) - 3

Johnny Keane (1961-1964)

Roger Craig (1.66) - 3

Red Schoendienst (1965-1969)

Bobby Shantz (3.37) - 2

Mudcat Grant (0.11) - 2

Hall of Famers:

Bob Purkey (-1.94) - 2

Stan Musial

Miguel Cuellar (-0.51) - 1

Lou Brock

Art Mahaffey (-0.88) - 0

Orlando Cepeda

Barney Schultz (2.13) - 0

Steve Carlton

Bob Miller (1.57) - 0

Bob Gibson

Don Ferrarese (1.42) - 0

Minnie Minoso

Craig Anderson (1.03) - 0

Dave Giusti (0.67) - 0

Rookie of the Year:

Bob Grim (0.45) - 0

None

Marshall Bridges (0.37) - 0

Lew Burdette (0.35) - 0

MVP

Pete Mikkelsen (0.16) - 0

Ken Boyer (1964)

Bo Belinsky (0) - 0

Orlando Cepeda (1967)

Mickey McDermott (-0.06) - 0

Bob Gibson (1968)

Al Cicotte (-0.06) - 0

Ken MacKenzie (-0.17) - 0

Cy Young:

Bobby Tiefenauer (-0.19) - 0

Bob Gibson (1968)

Dennis Ribant (-0.32) - 0

Diomedes Olivo (-0.34) - 0

No Hitters:

Jack Spring (-0.41) - 0

Ray Washburn (1967)

Harry Fanok (-0.56) - 0

Ronnie Kline (-1.34) - 0

Notable Events:

Catchers:

1960 - Coming into the Sixties, Bing Devine has the Cardinals moving in

Tim McCarver (20.79) - 55

the right direction. After floundering for the previous fourteen years,

Gene Oliver (3.24) - 9

St. Louis is now poised to move back to the top of the National League.

Carl Sawatski (3.25) - 6

The Cards made a big fifteen game jump in the standings in 1960 to third

John Edwards (1.17) - 4

place and were competitive for most of the remainder of the decade.

Bob Uecker (0.52) - 2

The 1960 roster contained a lot of talent:

Chris Cannizzaro (0.02) - 0

Veteran Cardinals Stan Musial, Ken Boyer and Larry Jackson

Darrell Johnson (-0.01) - 0

□ Free Agent pickup Lefthander Curt Simmons, 31, from the Phillies

Moe Thacker (-0.12) - 0

A bunch of excellent youngsters:

Honey Romano (-0.3) - 0

□ Catcher Tim McCarver, 18, signed out of High School in 1959

□ Lefthander Ray Sadecki, 19, signed out of High School in 1958

First Basemen:

□ Righthander Bob Miller, 21, who would be drafted by the Mets in 1962

Bill White (25.93) - 60

□ Centerfielder Curt Flood, 22, obtained from Reds in 1958 for Schmidt

Orlando Cepeda (11.02) - 26

□ Second Baseman Julian Javier, 23, obtained from Pirates in 1960 for Mizell

Duke Carmel (0.14) - 0

□ Righthander Lindy McDaniel, 24, Bonus baby in 1955

Fred Whitfield (0.11) - 0

□ Righthander Ernie Broglio, 24, obtained from Giants in 1958 for Muffett

Bob Burda (-0.01) - 0

□ Righthander Bob Gibson, 24, signed out of High School in 1957

Jim Beauchamp (-0.08) - 0

□ First Baseman Bill White, 26 - obtained from the Giants for Sam Jones

George Crowe (-0.12) - 0

□ Outfielder Leon Wagner, 26, obtained from the Giants for Don

Jeoff Long (-0.2) - 0

Blasingame. Wagner would end up on the expansion Angels in 1961

Joe Hague (-0.65) - 0

1961 - RHP Ray Washburn, 23, is a rookie. He was signed in '60

Second Basemen:

Julian Javier (14.75) - 49

1963 - The Cards pick up thirty two year old shortstop Dick Groat

Jerry Buchek (-0.73) - 0

from the Pirates. He is an upgrade over Julio Gotay as St. Louis inches

closer to being a championship club. Groat was the National League's

ShortStop:

MVP in 1960.

Dick Groat (12.44) - 27

Dal Maxvill (5.95) - 22

1963 - Stan the Man Musial retires

Daryl Spencer (3.24) - 6

Ducky Schofield (0.93) - 1

1964 - Bing Devine "steals" Lou Brock, 26, from the Cubs in a deal for Ernie

Rocky Bridges (-0.01) - 0

Broglio who had nothing left in the tank

Ed Bressoud (-0.89) - 0

Bob Lillis (-1.11) - 0

1964 - Gussie Busch was frustrated with not winning and enlisted

Branch Rickey's advice as to how to fix things as the Cards were

Third Base:

floundering badly during the 1964 season. Rickey recommended

Ken Boyer (33.5) - 59

hiring his ex protégé Bob Howsam as GM and hiring on Leo

Julio Gotay (0) - 5

Durocher as manager (Leo had gone way back with Rickey in the

Phil Gagliano (2.04) - 4

Thirties with the Cards and in the Forties with the Dodgers). As a

Charley Smith (1.47) - 2

result, Bing Devine, who had brought in all of the excellent talent into

Leo Burke (0.23) - 0

the Cards organization was replaced by Howsam and the plan was to

Dick Gray (-0.07) - 0

replace manager Johnny Keane with Durocher at the end of the season.

Ed Spiezio (-0.79) - 0

In pure soap opera fashion, the Cards rallied past the Phillies to win

an improbable pennant and World Series. Devine's accumen was

Outfield:

vindicated while making Busch look unappreciative and impatient.

Curt Flood (39.1) - 103

Keane quit at the end of the year to join the Yankees, the team he had just

Lou Brock (27.71) - 89

beaten in the World Series, as manager.

Mike Shannon (9.88) - 34

It was the Cardinals first pennant in eighteen years.

Stan Musial (9.45) - 30

Roger Maris (5.9) - 14

1965 - St. Louis hires Red Schoendienst as manager as a deal with Durocher

Joe Cunningham (2.68) - 11

never materialized and he ended up with the Cubs in '66. Even tho' Red was

George Altman (2.82) - 8

not their first choice, it turned out that he was the best choice.

Charlie James (-1.04) - 8

Vada Pinson (0.62) - 3

1965 - LHP Steve Carlton, 20, is a rookie. He was signed in '63

Bob Nieman (1.14) - 1

Bob Skinner (0.55) - 1

1965 - RHP Nelson Briles, 23, is a rookie. He was signed in '64

Carl Warwick (-0.2) - 1

Walt Moryn (-0.33) - 1

1965 - St. Louis drops thirteen games in the standings, even though their runs

Gary Kolb (0.84) - 0

scored and against were only slightly worse than their pennant winning 1964.

Byron Browne (0.52) - 0

The Cardinals over achieved a bit in '64 and under achieved a bit in '65. Several

Johnny Lewis (0.51) - 0

stars of the '64 season got old in '65. It was time to retool. SS Dick Groat,

Leon Wagner (0.15) - 0

3B Ken Boyer, and LHP Curt Simmons being the primary old culprits.

Vic Davalillo (0.12) - 0

Twenty three year old lefty Ray Sadecki nosedived from twenty wins to nine.

Don Landrum (0.09) - 0

There was still a solid core of young talent on the roster, so re-build was not

George Kernek (0.09) - 0

quite the word to be used here: C Tim McCarver, 23; 2B Julian Javier, 28;

Doug Clemens (0.08) - 0

OF Lou Brock, 26; OF Curt Flood, 27; OF Mike Shannon.25;

Joe Nossek (0.02) - 0

RHP Bob Gibson, 29; and RHP Ray Washburn, 27 were still around.

Leron Lee (-0.06) - 0

Ellis Burton (-0.25) - 0

1966 - Orlando Cepeda is stolen from the Giants for Ray Sadecki

Minnie Minoso (-0.25) - 0

Tito Francona (-0.44) - 0

1967 - Bob Howsam quits as GM to take the Cincinnati job.

Stan Musial steps in as GM, but quits at the end of the season.

Notable Events:

Busch and Devine bury the hatchet, as Devine is rehired as GM in '68

1968 - St. Louis repeats as National League champs on the strength of their

1967 - After a mediocre '66 season, the Cards gain eighteen games in the

pitching. This was a watershed year for lack of hitting in the majors so despite

standings to win the pennant and beat Boston in the World Series. Hitting

the fact that the Cards declined 112 runs scored, they also declined 85 runs

was on the decline in this era, so it’s a little hard to compare this club to the

given up to pretty much offset the offensive decline.

'64 champs. The '67 club scored less than the '64 team and gave up a lot

The same four pitchers Gibson, Carlton, Briles and Washburn that led the

less runs. The '67 club was led by three offensive stars in 1B Orlando Cepeda

rotation in '67 again led in '68. Gibson's historic season the main reason for the

and OF Lou Brock and Curt Flood. The pitching staff was deep and solid with

lower total runs given up by the staff in '68 than in '67.

no absolute standouts. Bob Gibson, Nelson Briles, Ray Washburn

St. Louis loses to Detroit in the World Series.

and young lefty Steve Carlton all had good but not spectacular seasons.

1969 - Steve Carlton strikes out 19 Mets in a game.

1968 - Eighteen year old phenom Ted Simmons is brought up to the

big club. He will be one of the top catchers in the game for well over

1969 - The Cards deal first baseman Orlando Cepeda to the Braves

a decade. He was the tenth overall pick in the '67 draft.

for 3B Joe Torre, 28

1968 - Bob Gibson has one of the all time great seasons for a

1969 - The Cards big four becomes a big three as Washburn hurts his arm.

pitcher. 22-9 with a 1.12 ERA including 13 shutouts. He averages

That explains much of the decline in the pitching as the Cards drop ten

six hits, two walks and 8 strikeouts per nine innings. Bob is

games in the standings giving up 68 more runs than in '68.

Cy Young and MVP all rolled into one.