1930 in baseball

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1930 throughout the world.  

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Contents

[edit] Champions

[edit] Awards and honors

  • None

[edit] 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 Wilson1 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
Ks Lefty Grove PHA 209 Bill Hallahan STL 177

1Single season record for RBIs

[edit] Major League Baseball final standings

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 Dodgers 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

[edit] Negro League Baseball final standings

[edit] Negro National League final standings

Negro National League
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
St. Louis Stars 69 29 .742
Kansas City Monarchs 54 33 .621
Detroit Stars 58 37 .611
Chicago American Giants 59 52 .532
Birmingham Black Barons 43 49 .467
Memphis Red Sox 27 31 .466
Nashville Elite Giants 39 47 .453
Cuban Stars 23 35 .397

Louisville White Sox†

 14 27 .341

†Louisville was not in the league but these games counted in the standings.

  • St. Louis won the first half, Detroit won the second half.
  • St. Louis beat Detroit 4 games to 3 games in a play-off.

[edit] East (independent teams) final standings

A loose confederation of teams were gathered in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did.

East
Club Wins Losses Win %   GB
New York Lincoln Giants 19 4 .826
Homestead Grays 8 4 .667
Baltimore Black Sox 21 16 .568
Philadelphia Hilldales 8 17 .320
Cuban Stars 5 11 .313
Brooklyn Royal Giants 0 6 .00

[edit] Events

[edit] Births

[edit] January-March

[edit] April-June

[edit] July-September

[edit] October-December

[edit] Deaths

  • April 14 - John B. Sheridan, 61, sportswriter for St. Louis newspapers whose column "Back of the Home Plate" appeared in The Sporting News for many years
  • April 18 - Jack Stivetts, 62, pitcher for St. Louis and Boston who had six 20-win seasons, including 30-win campaigns in 1891-92; in 1892, pitched no-hitter and won twice in championship playoff
  • September 25 - Joe Wilhoit, 44, right fielder for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Giants and Boston Red Sox from 1916 to 1919, who posted the longest hitting streak in baseball history with 69 games in 1919, while playing for the Wichita Jobbers of the Western League
  • November 20 - William Hanna, 68, sportswriter for various New York newspapers since 1888, known for his florid writing style
  • December 9 - Rube Foster, 51, pioneer and driving force in the Negro Leagues who was owner and manager of the Chicago American Giants from 1911 to 1925; founded the first stable Negro League, the Negro National League, in 1920, and won its first three pennants; was black baseball's premier pitcher in the century's first decade