1930 Major League Baseball season

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

The 1930 Major League Baseball season.

Major league baseball final standings

American League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	Philadelphia Athletics	102	52	.662	–
2nd	Washington Senators	94	60	.610	8.0
3rd	New York Yankees	86	68	.558	16.0
4th	Cleveland Indians	81	73	.526	21.0
5th	Detroit Tigers	75	79	.487	27.0
6th	St. Louis Browns	64	90	.416	38.0
7th	Chicago White Sox	62	92	.403	40.0
8th	Boston Red Sox	52	102	.338	50.0

National League final standings

Rank	Club	Wins	Losses	Win %	GB
1st	St. Louis Cardinals	92	62	.597	–
2nd	Chicago Cubs	90	64	.584	2.0
3rd	New York Giants	87	67	.565	5.0
4th	Brooklyn Robins	86	68	.558	6.0
5th	Pittsburgh Pirates	80	74	.519	12.0
6th	Boston Braves	70	84	.455	22.0
7th	Cincinnati Reds	59	95	.383	33.0
8th	Philadelphia Phillies	52	102	.338	40.0

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 BRO	2.61
SO	Lefty Grove PHA	209	Bill Hallahan STL	177
SV	Lefty Grove PHA	9	Hi Bell STL	8
SB	Marty McManus DET	23	Kiki Cuyler CHC	37

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

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

External links

1930 season at Baseball-Reference.com

1930 MLB season by team

American League	Boston Chicago Cleveland Detroit New York Philadelphia St. Louis Washington

National League	Boston Brooklyn Chicago Cincinnati New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

1930 World Series

Major League Baseball seasons

Pre-modern era

Beginnings	1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

Competition	1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891

NL monopoly	1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900

Modern era

Deadball era	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920

Liveball era	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941

World War II	1942 1943 1944 1945

Postwar	1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960

First expansion	1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968

Birth of division play	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

Wildcard begins	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Wildcard expansion	2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

See also

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