1930 in baseball

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

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1870s
1879 • 1878 • 1877 • 1876 • 1875 1874 • 1873 • 1872 • 1871 • 1870
Early Years
1869 • 1845-1868
See also
Baseball Major League Baseball Minor league baseball Negro league baseball Japanese baseball 1930 in sports
Sources
Baseball Hall of Fame Baseball Almanac Baseball Library Baseball Reference National Pastime The Deadball Era

1 Champions
2 Awards and honors
3 Statistical Leaders
4 Major League Baseball final standings
- 4.1 American League final standings
- 4.2 National League final standings
5 Events
6 Births
7 Deaths

[edit] Champions

World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over St. Louis Cardinals (4-2)

[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] Events

[edit] Births

[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
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