The 1930 New York Giants season was the 48th in franchise history. The team finished third in the National League with a record of 87–67, five games behind the St. Louis Cardinals.
Regular season Giants player Bill Terry was the last member of the Giants, and the last National League player in the 20th century, to have a batting average of .400 in one season.Numbelievable!, p.49, Michael X. Ferraro and John Venziano, Triumph Books, 2007, Chicago, Illinois, In the process, he tied the National League record – set the previous year by Lefty O'Doul – for most hits in a single season with 254. As of the end of the 2020 season, that record still stands.
The Giants set a record for the highest team batting average (.319) in the modern era (since 1901). The team's totals of 1,769 hits and 2,628 total bases both set single season franchise records.
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Roster 1930 New York Giants 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 122 389 132 .339 13 75 1B 154 633 254 .401 23 129 2B 124 558 148 .265 4 50 SS 116 431 146 .339 13 82 3B 148 609 231 .379 22 106 OF 148 521 182 .349 25 119 OF 126 544 178 .327 13 71 OF 121 420 119 .283 5 51
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 94 249 75 .301 4 54 76 238 73 .307 7 31 78 223 69 .309 0 21 67 172 47 .273 4 25 25 76 21 .276 3 17 10 17 1 .059 0 0 Chick Fullis 13 6 0 .000 0 0 Harry Rosenberg 9 5 0 .000 0 0 Jo-Jo Moore 3 5 1 .200 0 0 7 2 0 .000 0 0 Sam Leslie 2 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 39 245.1 17 15 3.93 105 37 241.2 17 12 3.87 117 41 224.1 19 7 4.25 76 Clarence Mitchell 24 129.0 10 3 3.98 40
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 45 135.0 5 4 4.78 49 18 86.2 7 6 6.13 26 19 73.0 2 6 5.18 20 18 61.0 2 5 5.61 13 8 30.0 1 3 7.80 16
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 41 7 5 6 5.22 37 11 0 1 0 9.43 19 Ray Lucas 6 0 0 0 6.97 1 Bill Morrell 2 0 0 0 1.13 3 Ralph Judd 2 0 0 0 5.87 0
Awards and honors
League records Bill Terry, National League record, most hits in a single season (tied with Lefty O'Doul)
League leaders Bill Terry, National League batting champion
Farm system
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
Notes
References 1930 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference