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This article is about the 1930 Major League Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1930 in baseball.
1930 MLB season
LeagueMajor League Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationApril 14 – October 8, 1930
Regular season
Season championsAL: Philadelphia Athletics
NL: St. Louis Cardinals
World Series
ChampionsPhiladelphia Athletics
  Runners-upSt. Louis Cardinals
MLB seasons

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

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.

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