1930 St. Louis Cardinals season
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1930 National League Champions | |
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Record | 92–62 (.597) |
League place | 1st |
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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.
Contents
Regular season[edit]
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[edit]
National League | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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St. Louis Cardinals | 92 | 62 | 0.597 | — | 53–24 | 39–38 |
Chicago Cubs | 90 | 64 | 0.584 | 2 | 51–26 | 39–38 |
New York Giants | 87 | 67 | 0.565 | 5 | 46–31 | 41–36 |
Brooklyn Robins | 86 | 68 | 0.558 | 6 | 49–28 | 37–40 |
Pittsburgh Pirates | 80 | 74 | 0.519 | 12 | 42–35 | 38–39 |
Boston Braves | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 22 | 39–38 | 31–46 |
Cincinnati Reds | 59 | 95 | 0.383 | 33 | 37–40 | 22–55 |
Philadelphia Phillies | 52 | 102 | 0.338 | 40 | 35–42 | 17–60 |
Record vs. opponents[edit]
1930 National League Records 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[edit]
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Pitchers | Catchers
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
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[edit]
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 |
George Puccinelli | 11 | 16 | 9 | .563 | 3 | 8 |
Earl Smith | 8 | 10 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Pitching[edit]
Starting pitchers[edit]
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 | 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[edit]
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 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 5 |
Clarence Mitchell | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6.00 | 1 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
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 |
Al Grabowski | 33 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4.79 | 43 |
Jim Lindsey | 39 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 4.43 | 50 |
Bill Sherdel | 13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4.64 | 29 |
Hal Haid | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4.09 | 13 |
1930 World Series[edit]
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[edit]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Ballplayers – Sparky Adams". BaseballLibrary.com. Archived from the original on October 12, 2007. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
External links[edit]
- 1930 St. Louis Cardinals
- 1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac
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