1930 IN BASEBALL

Contents

Champions

Awards and honors

Statistical Leaders

Major League Baseball final standings

American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro League Baseball final standings

Negro National League final standings

East (independent teams) final standings

Events

Births

Deaths

Champions

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

Awards and honors

★ None

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

Major League Baseball final standings

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

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

Negro League Baseball final standings

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.

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

Events

Births

★ January 4 - Don McMahon

★ February 17 - Roger Craig

★ February 28 - Frank Malzone

★ March 5 - Del Crandall

★ March 13 - Doug Harvey

★ March 16 - Hobie Landrith

★ April 3 - Wally Moon

★ July 4 - George Steinbrenner

★ August 9 - Milt Bolling

★ August 14 - Earl Weaver

★ November 4 - Dick Groat

★ November 24 - Bob Friend

★ December 4 - Harvey Kuenn

★ December 11 - Eddie O'Brien

★ December 11 - Johnny O'Brien

★ December 18 - Moose Skowron

★ December 27 - Norm Larker

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