1930 St. Louis Cardinals
National League Champions
LeagueNational League
BallparkSportsman's Park
CitySt. Louis, Missouri
Record92–62 (.597)
League place1st
OwnersSam Breadon
General managersBranch Rickey
ManagersGabby Street
RadioKMOX
(France Laux)
KWK
(Thomas Patrick)
WIL
(Eddie Benson)
Seasons

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

National League W L Pct. GB Home Road
St. Louis Cardinals 9262 0.597 — 53–24 39–38
Chicago Cubs 9064 0.584 2 51–26 39–38
New York Giants 8767 0.565 5 46–31 41–36
Brooklyn Robins 8668 0.558 6 49–28 37–40
Pittsburgh Pirates 8074 0.519 12 42–35 38–39
Boston Braves 7084 0.455 22 39–38 31–46
Cincinnati Reds 5995 0.383 33 37–40 22–55
Philadelphia Phillies 52102 0.338 40 35–42 17–60

Record vs. opponents

1930 National League record

Sources:
Team BOS BR CHC CIN NYG PHI PIT STL
Boston —9–135–1713–911–1114–810–128–14
Brooklyn 13–9—8–1413–913–915–713–911–11
Chicago 17–514–8—11–1110–1216–6–211–1111–11
Cincinnati 9–139–1311–11—7–1512–108–143–19
New York 11–119–1312–1015–7—16–614–810–12
Philadelphia 8–147–156–16–210–126–16—9–136–16
Pittsburgh 12–109–1311–1114–88–1413–9—13–9
St. Louis 14–811–1111–1119–312–1016–69–13—

Roster

1930 St. Louis Cardinals
Roster
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
CJimmie Wilson107362115.318158
1BJim Bottomley131487148.3041597
2BFrankie Frisch133540187.34610114
SSCharlie Gelbert139513156.304372
3BSparky Adams137570179.314055
OFChick Hafey120446150.33626107
OFTaylor Douthit154664201.303793
OFGeorge Watkins119391146.3731787

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
Showboat Fisher9225495.374861
Gus Mancuso7622783.366759
Andy High7221560.279229
Ernie Orsatti4813142.321115
Ray Blades4510140.396425
Homer Peel267312.164010
Doc Farrell236113.21306
George Puccinelli11169.56338
Earl Smith8100.00000
Pepper Martin610.00000

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
Bill Hallahan35237.11594.66177
Syl Johnson32187.212104.6592
Jesse Haines29182.01384.3068
Burleigh Grimes22152.11363.0158
Flint Rhem26139.21284.4547

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
Fred Frankhouse819.2237.324
Carmen Hill414.2017.368
Tony Kaufmann210.1017.842
Dizzy Dean19.0101.005
Clarence Mitchell13.0106.001

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
Hi Bell394383.9042
Jim Lindsey397564.4350
Al Grabowski336434.7943
Hal Haid203224.0913
Bill Sherdel133204.6429

1930 World Series

AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (2)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Cardinals – 2, Athletics – 5October 1Shibe Park32,295
2Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 6October 2Shibe Park32,295
3Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 5October 4Sportsman's Park36,944
4Athletics – 1, Cardinals – 3October 5Sportsman's Park39,946
5Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 0October 6Sportsman's Park38,844
6Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 7October 8Shibe Park32,295

Farm system

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[2]

References

  1. ↑ "The Ballplayers – Sparky Adams". baseballbiography.com. Retrieved March 14, 2008.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007


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