1930 St. Louis Cardinals season

1930 St. Louis Cardinals
1930 National League Champions
File:St Louis Cardinals 1929-1948 logo.png
Ballpark	Sportsman's Park
City	St. Louis, Missouri
Record	92–62 (.597)
Owners	Sam Breadon
Managers	Gabby Street
Radio	KMOX (France Laux)
Seasons

The 1930 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 49th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 39th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 92–62 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the 1930 World Series, they lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in six games.

Regular season

In the 1930 season, every Cardinals player with over 300 at bats had a batting average over .300, the only time in history this has happened.

Season 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

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League record Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Team	BOS	BR	CHC	CIN	NYG	PHI	PIT	STL
Boston	—	9–13	5–17	13–9	11–11	14–8	10–12	8–14
Brooklyn	13–9	—	8–14	13–9	13–9	15–7	13–9	11–11
Chicago	17–5	14–8	—	11–11	10–12	16–6–2	11–11	11–11
Cincinnati	9–13	9–13	11–11	—	7–15	12–10	8–14	3–19
New York	11–11	9–13	12–10	15–7	—	16–6	14–8	10–12
Philadelphia	8–14	7–15	6–16–2	10–12	6–16	—	9–13	6–16
Pittsburgh	12–10	9–13	11–11	14–8	8–14	13–9	—	13–9
St. Louis	14–8	11–11	11–11	19–3	12–10	16–6	9–13	—

Player stats

Batting

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
1B	Jim Bottomley	131	487	148	.304	15	97
2B	Frankie Frisch	133	540	187	.346	10	114
OF	Chick Hafey	120	446	150	.336	26	107
OF	George Watkins	119	391	146	.373	17	87

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
Ray Blades	45	101	40	.396	4	25
Earl Smith	8	10	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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
Dizzy Dean	1	9	1	0	1.00	5

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
Hi Bell	39	115.1	4	3	3.90	42
Al Grabowski	33	107	6	4	4.79	43

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
Fred Frankhouse	8	2	3	0	7.23	4

1930 World Series

Main article: 1930 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cardinals – 2, Athletics – 5	October 1	Shibe Park	32,295
2	Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 6	October 2	Shibe Park	32,295
3	Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 5	October 4	Sportsman's Park	36,944
4	Athletics – 1, Cardinals – 3	October 5	Sportsman's Park	39,946
5	Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 0	October 6	Sportsman's Park	38,844
6	Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 7	October 8	Shibe Park	32,295

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Billy Southworth
A	Houston Buffaloes	Texas League	Joe Schultz, Sr.
A	St. Joseph Saints	Western League	Gene Bailey, Joe Sugden and Everitt Booe
B	Danville Veterans	Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League	Frank Murphy
C	Scottdale Scotties	Middle Atlantic League	Eddie Dyer
C	Greensboro Patriots	Piedmont League	Everitt Booe, Hobe Brummitt and Clay Hopper
D	Waynesboro Red Birds	Blue Ridge League	Bob Rice

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester

External links

• 1930 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac