The 1930 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing first in the American League with a record of 102 wins and 52 losses. It was the team's second of three consecutive pennants.

During the 1930 World Series, the A's defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in six games. This was the A's final World Series championship in Philadelphia. The team did not win the World Series again until forty-two years later, in 1972, after the club moved to Oakland.

When playing the Cleveland Indians on July 25, the Athletics became the only team in Major League history to execute a triple steal twice in one game.

Regular season The A's had three Hall of Famers in the team's starting line-up: Mickey Cochrane, Jimmie Foxx, and Al Simmons. Simmons won the AL batting title with a .381 average. Pitching ace Lefty Grove won the pitching triple crown.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1930 Philadelphia Athletics Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader

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 130 487 174 .357 10 87 1B 153 562 188 .335 37 156 2B 130 441 111 .252 10 38 3B 125 435 131 .301 6 73 SS 121 420 116 .276 4 55 LF 138 554 211 .381 36 165 CF 132 532 159 .299 2 68 RF 154 585 177 .303 9 100

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 78 237 63 .266 0 34 67 191 50 .262 3 22 45 92 16 .174 1 9 30 82 19 .232 0 6 25 54 15 .278 1 5 15 50 19 .380 2 12 22 49 9 .184 0 3 20 38 6 .158 0 4 14 24 6 .250 0 0 11 12 3 .250 0 2 3 2 1 .500 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 49 296.0 22 13 4.44 193 50 291.0 28 5 2.54 209 38 205.1 13 12 4.69 100 31 159.0 12 4 4.19 48 Note: Lefty Grove was team leader and league leader in saves with 9.

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 33 152.2 9 5 5.01 38 3 10.0 0 1 11.70 4

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 35 9 7 6 4.42 28 35 9 4 3 4.28 35 8 0 0 0 6.46 15 5 0 1 0 11.00 2 3 0 0 0 22.85 0

Awards and honors

American League top five finishers Max Bishop #4 on-base percentage (.426)

Mickey Cochrane #5 batting average (.357)

George Earnshaw #2 strikeouts (193) #3 wins (22)

Jimmie Foxx #3 home runs (37) #3 runs batted in (156) #3 on-base percentage (.429) #4 slugging percentage (.637)

Lefty Grove #1 wins (28) #1 earned run average (2.54) #1 strikeouts (209)Baseball's Top 100: The Game's Greatest Records, p.51, Kerry Banks, 2010, Greystone Books, Vancouver, BC, #1 saves (9)

Al Simmons #1 batting average (.381) #1 runs scored (152) #2 runs batted in (165) #3 slugging percentage (.708) #5 home runs (36)

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

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References

External links Baseball Reference: 1930 Philadelphia Athletics Baseball Almanac: 1930 Philadelphia Athletics The Baseball Cube: 1930 Philadelphia Athletics Philadelphia Athletics Historical Society: 1930 Philadelphia Athletics