1930 Major League Baseball season

The 1930 Major League Baseball season was the thirtieth season of modern Major Legaue Baseball after the founding of the American League.

This article is about the 1930 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1930 in baseball.

1930 MLB season
League	Major League Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 14 – October 8, 1930
Regular season
Season champions	AL: Philadelphia Athletics NL: St. Louis Cardinals
World Series
Champions	Philadelphia Athletics
Runners-up	St. Louis Cardinals

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

American League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Philadelphia Athletics	102	52	0.662	—	58–18	44–34
Washington Senators	94	60	0.610	8	56–21	38–39
New York Yankees	86	68	0.558	16	47–29	39–39
Cleveland Indians	81	73	0.526	21	44–33	37–40
Detroit Tigers	75	79	0.487	27	45–33	30–46
St. Louis Browns	64	90	0.416	38	38–40	26–50
Chicago White Sox	62	92	0.403	40	34–44	28–48
Boston Red Sox	52	102	0.338	50	30–46	22–56

National League final standings

National League	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
St. Louis Cardinals	92	62	0.597	—	53–24	39–38
Chicago Cubs	90	64	0.584	2	51–26	39–38
New York Giants	87	67	0.565	5	46–31	41–36
Brooklyn Robins	86	68	0.558	6	49–28	37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	0.519	12	42–35	38–39
Boston Braves	70	84	0.455	22	39–38	31–46
Cincinnati Reds	59	95	0.383	33	37–40	22–55
Philadelphia Phillies	52	102	0.338	40	35–42	17–60

MLB statistical leaders

American League National League Type Name Stat Name Stat AVG Al Simmons PHA .381 Bill Terry NYG .401 HR Babe Ruth NYY 49 Hack Wilson CHC 56 RBI Lou Gehrig NYY 174 Hack Wilson CHC 191 Wins Lefty Grove PHA 28 Ray Kremer PIT Pat Malone CHC 20 ERA Lefty Grove PHA 2.54 Dazzy Vance BKN 2.61 SO Lefty Grove PHA 209 Bill Hallahan SLC 177 SV Lefty Grove PHA 9 Hi Bell SLC 8 SB Marty McManus DET 23 Kiki Cuyler CHC 37

Managers

American League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Red Sox	Heinie Wagner
Chicago White Sox	Donie Bush
Cleveland Indians	Roger Peckinpaugh
Detroit Tigers	Bucky Harris
New York Yankees	Bob Shawkey
Philadelphia Athletics	Connie Mack
St. Louis Browns	Bill Killefer
Washington Senators	Walter Johnson

National League

Team	Manager	Comments
Boston Braves	Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn Robins	Wilbert Robinson
Chicago Cubs	Joe McCarthy and Rogers Hornsby
Cincinnati Reds	Dan Howley
New York Giants	John McGraw
Philadelphia Phillies	Burt Shotton
Pittsburgh Pirates	Jewel Ens
St. Louis Cardinals	Gabby Street

Events

• On consecutive days in July 1930, the Philadelphia Phillies manages to score 15 runs in a game, but were losers in both games. On July 23, the Phillies lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 16–15, and on July 24, they lost to the Chicago Cubs 19–15.[1] The July 24 game still holds the record for the most runs scored in a game without a home run.[2]

References

1. "Worst Pitching Staff Ever". goldenrankings.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.
2. "34 Runs With Only Two Extra-Base Hits". goldenrankings.com. Retrieved November 29, 2014.

External links

• 1930 Major League Baseball season schedule at Baseball Reference