1930 St. Louis Cardinals season
1930 St. Louis Cardinals | ||||
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National League Champions | ||||
League | National League | |||
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park III | |||
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |||
Record | 92–62 (.597) | |||
League place | 1st | |||
Owner | Sam Breadon | |||
General manager | Branch Rickey | |||
Manager | Gabby Street | |||
Radio | KMOX (France Laux) KWK (Thomas Patrick) WIL (Eddie Benson) | |||
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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 World Series, they lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in six 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
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 62 | .597 | — | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 90 | 64 | .584 | 2 | 51–26 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 87 | 67 | .565 | 5 | 46–31 | 41–36 |
Brooklyn Robins | 86 | 68 | .558 | 6 | 49–28 | 37–40 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 74 | .519 | 12 | 42–35 | 38–39 |
Boston Braves | 70 | 84 | .455 | 22 | 39–38 | 31–46 |
Cincinnati Reds | 59 | 95 | .383 | 33 | 37–40 | 22–55 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 52 | 102 | .338 | 40 | 35–42 | 17–60 |
Record vs. opponents
1930 National League record
Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] | |||||||||||||
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Team | BOS | BR | CHC | CIN | NYG | PHI | PIT | STL | |||||
Boston | — | 9–13 | 5–17 | 13–9 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 10–12 | 8–14 | |||||
Brooklyn | 13–9 | — | 8–14 | 13–9 | 13–9 | 15–7 | 13–9 | 11–11 | |||||
Chicago | 17–5 | 14–8 | — | 11–11 | 10–12 | 16–6–2 | 11–11 | 11–11 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–13 | 9–13 | 11–11 | — | 7–15 | 12–10 | 8–14 | 3–19 | |||||
New York | 11–11 | 9–13 | 12–10 | 15–7 | — | 16–6 | 14–8 | 10–12 | |||||
Philadelphia | 8–14 | 7–15 | 6–16–2 | 10–12 | 6–16 | — | 9–13 | 6–16 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 12–10 | 9–13 | 11–11 | 14–8 | 8–14 | 13–9 | — | 13–9 | |||||
St. Louis | 14–8 | 11–11 | 11–11 | 19–3 | 12–10 | 16–6 | 9–13 | — |
Roster
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Pitchers
| Catchers
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 |
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C | Jimmie Wilson | 107 | 362 | 115 | .318 | 1 | 58 |
1B | Jim Bottomley | 131 | 487 | 148 | .304 | 15 | 97 |
2B | Frankie Frisch | 133 | 540 | 187 | .346 | 10 | 114 |
SS | Charlie Gelbert | 139 | 513 | 156 | .304 | 3 | 72 |
3B | Sparky Adams | 137 | 570 | 179 | .314 | 0 | 55 |
OF | Chick Hafey | 120 | 446 | 150 | .336 | 26 | 107 |
OF | Taylor Douthit | 154 | 664 | 201 | .303 | 7 | 93 |
OF | George 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 |
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Showboat Fisher | 92 | 254 | 95 | .374 | 8 | 61 |
Gus Mancuso | 76 | 227 | 83 | .366 | 7 | 59 |
Andy High | 72 | 215 | 60 | .279 | 2 | 29 |
Ernie Orsatti | 48 | 131 | 42 | .321 | 1 | 15 |
Ray Blades | 45 | 101 | 40 | .396 | 4 | 25 |
Homer Peel | 26 | 73 | 12 | .164 | 0 | 10 |
Doc Farrell | 23 | 61 | 13 | .213 | 0 | 6 |
George Puccinelli | 11 | 16 | 9 | .563 | 3 | 8 |
Earl Smith | 8 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pepper Martin | 6 | 1 | 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 |
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Bill Hallahan | 35 | 237.1 | 15 | 9 | 4.66 | 177 |
Syl Johnson | 32 | 187.2 | 12 | 10 | 4.65 | 92 |
Jesse Haines | 29 | 182.0 | 13 | 8 | 4.30 | 68 |
Burleigh Grimes | 22 | 152.1 | 13 | 6 | 3.01 | 58 |
Flint Rhem | 26 | 139.2 | 12 | 8 | 4.45 | 47 |
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 |
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Fred Frankhouse | 8 | 19.2 | 2 | 3 | 7.32 | 4 |
Carmen Hill | 4 | 14.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.36 | 8 |
Tony Kaufmann | 2 | 10.1 | 0 | 1 | 7.84 | 2 |
Dizzy Dean | 1 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 5 |
Clarence Mitchell | 1 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
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 |
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Hi Bell | 39 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3.90 | 42 |
Jim Lindsey | 39 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4.43 | 50 |
Al Grabowski | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4.79 | 43 |
Hal Haid | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.09 | 13 |
Bill Sherdel | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.64 | 29 |
1930 World Series
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (2)
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Cardinals – 2, Athletics – 5 | October 1 | Shibe Park | 32,295 |
2 | Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 6 | October 2 | Shibe Park | 32,295 |
3 | Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 5 | October 4 | Sportsman's Park | 36,944 |
4 | Athletics – 1, Cardinals – 3 | October 5 | Sportsman's Park | 39,946 |
5 | Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 0 | October 6 | Sportsman's Park | 38,844 |
6 | Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 7 | October 8 | Shibe Park | 32,295 |
Farm system
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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
External links
- 1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference
- 1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac
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