1960 St. Louis Cardinals Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 30, 1959

  Drafted Darrell Johnson from the New York Yankees in the 1959 rule 5 draft.

  Tom Baker selected by the Kansas City Athletics in the 1959 minor league draft.

• December 2, 1959

  Traded Chuck Staniland (minors) and Gene Green to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Bob Nieman.

• December 4, 1959

  Traded Bill Smith and Bobby Smith to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Carl Sawatski.

• December 15, 1959

  Traded Don Blasingame to the San Francisco Giants. Received Daryl Spencer and Leon Wagner.

• December 21, 1959

  Traded Tom Cheney and Gino Cimoli to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Ron Kline.

• Before 1960 Season

  Signed Craig Anderson as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Gary Dotter as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Tom Hilgendorf as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Gary Kolb as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Dal Maxvill as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Santiago Rosario as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ray Washburn as an amateur free agent.

  Joe McClain player rights sold to Charleston (American Association) for $100.

  Darrell Brandon received from the Pittsburgh Pirates in an unknown transaction.

• January, 1960

  Released Alex Kellner.

• April, 1960

  Howie Nunn player rights sold to the Cincinnati Reds.

• May 19, 1960

  Frank Barnes player rights sold to the Chicago White Sox.

• May 20, 1960

  Signed Curt Simmons as a free agent.

• May 28, 1960

  Traded Dick Gray and Vinegar Bend Mizell to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Ed Bauta and Julián Javier.

• June 2, 1960

  Purchased Bobby Tiefenauer from the Cleveland Indians.

• June 7, 1960

  Signed Del Rice as a free agent.

• June 15, 1960

  Traded Duke Carmel and Jim Donohue to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Received John Glenn.

  Traded Jim McKnight to the Chicago Cubs. Received Walt Moryn.

• July 21, 1960

  Signed Doug Clemens as an amateur free agent.

• July 29, 1960

  Purchased Bob Grim from the Cincinnati Reds.

• August 2, 1960

  Marshall Bridges selected by the Cincinnati Reds off waivers.

• August 5, 1960

  Released Darrell Johnson.

• September 2, 1960

  Purchased Rocky Bridges from the Cleveland Indians.

• September 4, 1960

  Released Del Rice. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

• September 19, 1960

  Purchased Duke Carmel from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

  Traded players to be named later and Bob Sadowski to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Don Landrum. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Wally Shannon (September 20, 1960), Billy Harrell (September 20, 1960), Jim Frey (September 20, 1960) and Dick Ricketts (September 20, 1960) to the Philadelphia Phillies to complete the trade.

• October 11, 1960

  Released Rocky Bridges.

  Traded a player to be named later, Cal Browning, Leon Wagner and cash to Toronto (International). Received Al Cicotte. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Ellis Burton (January 26, 1961) to Toronto (International) to complete the trade.

• November 28, 1960

  Gary Dotter selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 1960 first-year draft.

  Jack Hamilton selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1960 minor league draft.

• December 29, 1960

  Released Marv Grissom.

• Before 1961 Season

  Signed Darrell Johnson as a free agent.

  Signed Dennis Aust as an amateur free agent.

  Signed George Kernek as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Chuck Taylor as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Bill Wakefield as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Floyd Wicker as an amateur free agent.

  Signed Ron Willis as an amateur free agent.

  Obtained Don Taussig from Portland (PCL) as part of a minor league working agreement.

• March 15, 1961

  Signed Red Schoendienst as a free agent.