1930 St. Louis Cardinals season

1930 St. Louis Cardinals
1930 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1892)
Location
Sportsman's Park (since 1920)
St. Louis, Missouri (since 1882)
Results
Record	92–62 (.597)
League place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Sam Breadon
General manager(s)	Branch Rickey
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 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.

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

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League Records Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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	—

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	Jim Bottomley	131	487	148	.304	15	97
2B	Frankie Frisch	133	540	187	.346	10	114
OF	Chick Hafey	120	446	150	.336	26	107
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
Ray Blades	45	101	40	.396	4	25
Earl 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
Dizzy 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
Hi Bell	39	115.1	4	3	3.90	42
Al 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
Fred 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)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
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

See also: Minor League Baseball

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

External links

• 1930 St. Louis Cardinals
• 1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac