1930 Major League Baseball season
# 1930 Major League Baseball season

The 1930 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 14 to October 8, 1930. The St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Athletics were the regular season champions of the National League and American League, respectively. The Athletics then defeated the Cardinals in the World Series, four games to two.

Offense dominated this season. The National League batted .303, with six teams batting better than .300. The American League came in at .288, with three teams batting over .300.

## Postseason

### Bracket

| World Series | World Series | World Series |
| - | - | - |
| AL | Philadelphia Athletics | 4 |
| NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 2 |

## MLB statistical leaders

| | American League | 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 |
| RBIs | 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 | Finished 3rd |
| Philadelphia Athletics | Connie Mack | Won 2nd straight World Series |
| St. Louis Browns | Bill Killefer | |
| Washington Senators | Walter Johnson | Finished 2nd |

### National League

| Team | Manager | Comments |
| - | - | - |
| Boston Braves | Bill McKechnie | |
| Brooklyn Robins | Wilbert Robinson | |
| Chicago Cubs | Joe McCarthy and Rogers Hornsby | Finished 2nd |
| Cincinnati Reds | Dan Howley | |
| New York Giants | John McGraw | Finished 3rd |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Burt Shotton | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | Jewel Ens | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Gabby Street | Won NL pennant |

## Home field attendance

| Team name | Wins | %± | Home attendance | %± | Per game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chicago Cubs | 90 | -8.2% | 1,463,624 | -1.5% | 18,527 |
| New York Yankees | 86 | -2.3% | 1,169,230 | 21.8% | 15,385 |
| Brooklyn Robins | 86 | 22.9% | 1,097,329 | 49.9% | 14,251 |
| New York Giants | 87 | 3.6% | 868,714 | 0.0% | 11,282 |
| Philadelphia Athletics | 102 | -1.9% | 721,663 | -14.0% | 9,496 |
| Detroit Tigers | 75 | 7.1% | 649,450 | -25.3% | 8,326 |
| Washington Senators | 94 | 32.4% | 614,474 | 72.8% | 7,980 |
| Cleveland Indians | 81 | 0.0% | 528,657 | -1.4% | 6,866 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 17.9% | 508,501 | 27.2% | 6,604 |
| Boston Braves | 70 | 25.0% | 464,835 | 24.8% | 6,037 |
| Boston Red Sox | 52 | -10.3% | 444,045 | 12.5% | 5,843 |
| Chicago White Sox | 62 | 5.1% | 406,123 | -4.8% | 5,207 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 59 | -10.6% | 386,727 | 31.1% | 5,022 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | -9.1% | 357,795 | -27.2% | 4,647 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 52 | -26.8% | 299,007 | 6.3% | 3,883 |
| St. Louis Browns | 64 | -19.0% | 152,088 | -45.8% | 1,950 |

## 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. The July 24 game still holds the record for the most runs scored in a game without a home run.
