1930 St. Louis Cardinals | ||
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National League Champions | ||
League | National League | |
Ballpark | Sportsman's Park | |
City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
Record | 92–62 (.597) | |
League place | 1st | |
Owners | Sam Breadon | |
General managers | Branch Rickey | |
Managers | 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[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]
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[edit]
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
Infielders |
Outfielders
Other batters |
Manager
Coaches |
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 |
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[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 | 182.0 | 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[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 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 5 |
Clarence Mitchell | 1 | 3.0 | 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 |
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[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". baseballbiography.com. 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 at Baseball Reference
- 1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac