1930 St. Louis Cardinals season

1930 St. Louis Cardinals
1930 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
  • St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record 92–62 (.597)
League place 1st
Other information
Owner(s) Sam Breadon
Manager(s) Gabby Street
Local radio KMOX
(France Laux)
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The 1930 St. Louis Cardinals season was the team's 49th season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 39th season in the National League. The Cardinals went 92–62 during the season and finished first in the National League. In the 1930 World Series, they lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in 6 games.

Regular season

In the 1930 season, every Cardinals player with over 300 at bats had a batting average over .300, the only time in history this has happened.[1]

Season standings

National League W L GB Pct.
St. Louis Cardinals 92 62 -- .597
Chicago Cubs 90 64 2 .584
New York Giants 87 67 5 .565
Brooklyn Robins 86 68 6 .558
Pittsburgh Pirates 80 74 12 .519
Boston Braves 70 84 22 .455
Cincinnati Reds 59 95 33 .383
Philadelphia Phillies 52 102 40 .338

Roster

1930 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
Pitchers Catchers
  • Jimmie Wilson

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
1B Bottomley, JimJim Bottomley 131 487 148 .304 15 97
2B Frisch, FrankieFrankie Frisch 133 540 187 .346 10 114
OF Hafey, ChickChick Hafey 120 446 150 .336 26 107
OF Watkins, GeorgeGeorge Watkins 119 391 146 .373 17 87

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Blades, RayRay Blades 45 101 40 .396 4 25
Smith, EarlEarl Smith 8 10 0 .000 0 0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dean, DizzyDizzy Dean 1 9 1 0 1.00 5

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bell, HiHi Bell 39 115.1 4 3 3.90 42
Grabowski, AlAl Grabowski 33 107 6 4 4.79 43

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Frankhouse, FredFred Frankhouse 8 2 3 0 7.23 4

1930 World Series

Main article: 1930 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (2)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1 Cardinals – 2, Athletics – 5 October 1Shibe Park 32,295
2 Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 6 October 2Shibe Park 32,295
3 Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 5 October 4Sportsman's Park 36,944
4 Athletics – 1, Cardinals – 3 October 5Sportsman's Park 39,946
5 Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 0 October 6Sportsman's Park 38,844
6 Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 7 October 8Shibe Park 32,295

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AA Rochester Red Wings International League Billy Southworth
A Houston Buffaloes Texas League Joe Schultz, Sr.
A St. Joseph Saints Western League Gene Bailey, Joe Sugden and Everitt Booe
B Danville Veterans Illinois-Indiana-Iowa League Frank Murphy
C Scottdale Scotties Middle Atlantic League Eddie Dyer
C Greensboro Patriots Piedmont League Everitt Booe, Hobe Brummitt and Clay Hopper
D Waynesboro Red Birds Blue Ridge League Bob Rice

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester[2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Ballplayers – Sparky Adams". BaseballLibrary.com. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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