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.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
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 C 107 362 115 .318 1 58 1B 131 487 148 .304 15 97 2B 133 540 187 .346 10 114 SS 139 513 156 .304 3 72 3B 137 570 179 .314 0 55 OF 120 446 150 .336 26 107 OF 154 664 201 .303 7 93 OF 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 92 254 95 .374 8 61 76 227 83 .366 7 59 72 215 60 .279 2 29 48 131 42 .321 1 15 45 101 40 .396 4 25 Homer Peel 26 73 12 .164 0 10 Doc Farrell 23 61 13 .213 0 6 11 16 9 .563 3 8 8 10 0 .000 0 0 Pepper Martin 6 1 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 35 237.1 15 9 4.66 177 32 187.2 12 10 4.65 92 29 182.0 13 8 4.30 68 22 152.1 13 6 3.01 58 26 139.2 12 8 4.45 47
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 8 19.2 2 3 7.32 4 4 14.2 0 1 7.36 8 2 10.1 0 1 7.84 2 1 9.0 1 0 1.00 5 1 3.0 1 0 6.00 1
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 39 4 3 8 3.90 42 39 7 5 6 4.43 50 33 6 4 3 4.79 43 20 3 2 2 4.09 13 13 3 2 0 4.64 29
1930 World Series
AL Philadelphia Athletics (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (2) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Cardinals – 2, Athletics – 5 October 1Shibe Park 32,2952 Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 6 October 2Shibe Park 32,2953 Athletics – 0, Cardinals – 5 October 4Sportsman's Park 36,9444 Athletics – 1, Cardinals – 3 October 5Sportsman's Park 39,9465 Athletics – 2, Cardinals – 0 October 6Sportsman's Park 38,8446 Cardinals – 1, Athletics – 7 October 8Shibe Park 32,295
Farm system
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: RochesterJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
References
External links 1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Reference 1930 St. Louis Cardinals at Baseball Almanac