Champions World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over St. Louis Cardinals (4–2) NNL Championship Series: St. Louis Stars over Detroit Stars (4–3)

Statistical leaders American League National League Negro National League Stat Player Total Player Total Player Total AVG Al Simmons (PHA) .381 Bill Terry (NYG) .401 Willie Wells3 (SLS) .411 HR Babe Ruth (NYY) 49 Hack Wilson (CHC) 56 Willie Wells3 (SLS) 17 RBI Lou Gehrig (NYY) 173 Hack Wilson2 (CHC) 191 Willie Wells3 (SLS) 114 Wins Lefty Grove1 (PHA) 28 Ray Kremer (PIT)Pat Malone (CHC) 20 Logan Hensley (SLS) 19 ERA Lefty Grove1 (PHA) 2.54 Dazzy Vance (BRO) 2.61 Ted Radcliffe (SLS) 2.58 K Lefty Grove1 (PHA) 209 Bill Hallahan (STL) 177 Bill Foster (CAG) 133 1 American League Triple Crown pitching winner

2 All-time single-season runs batted in record

3 Negro National League Triple Crown batting winner

Major league baseball final standings American League final standings

National League final standings

Negro leagues final standings All Negro leagues standings below are per MLB and Seamheads.

Negro National League final standings This was the eleventh of twelve seasons of the original Negro National League. This was the sixth split-season and fifth season in which a playoff was held to determine the pennant, for which the first half leader would be matched against the second half winner. St. Louis won the first half while Detroit won the second half. As such, they met for a best-of-seven Championship Series. The playoff was held September 13–22 and would see St. Louis would win the series in seven games to win their second pennant, their second ever in three years.

Independent teams final standings A loose confederation of teams were gathered mostly in the East to compete with the West, however East teams did not organize a formal league as the West did. vs. All Teams Independent Clubs W L T Pct. GB Homestead Grays 44 15 1 — New York Lincoln Giants 41 14 1 1 Baltimore Black Sox 24 20 2 12½ Louisville Black Caps 16 28 0 20½ Stars of Cuba 5 13 0 18½ Hilldale Club 8 30 1 25½ Brooklyn Royal Giants 2 11 0 19

Negro league postseason By 1930, there had been no organized league for East Coast baseball in the Negro leagues (owing to the dissolution of the Eastern Colored League in 1928 and American Negro League in 1929). The remaining teams from the ANL and ECL played independent ball together, but they also played against teams from the Midwest. As such, the Homestead Grays challenged two teams from the NNL two distinct Series that were held over various stadiums and dates. The Grays challenged the St. Louis Stars in St. Louis on April 19 and April 22 and won twice. They challenged the Detroit Stars to four games held from August 21 to August 28 (two in Akron and two in Detroit), which Homestead won three. On August 30–September 3, they challenged the Stars to five games (all in St. Louis), and the Stars won four of five. At any rate, the independent East teams then had an "East Coast Championship Series", which matched the Grays and the New York Lincoln Giants (in that same month, the Negro National League had their Championship Series), with ten games spread out over Pittsburgh, New York, and Philadelphia.

1930 East Coast Championship Series: Homestead Grays over New York Lincoln Giants, 6–4 1930 Negro National League Championship Series: St. Louis Stars over Detroit Stars, 4–3

Events January–June April 14 – The 1930 season opens with the Boston Red Sox defeating the Washington Senators 4–3 at Griffith Stadium. April 27 – Chicago White Sox first baseman Bud Clancy is the first player at first base since Al McCauley of Washington (American Association) in to have no chances in a nine-inning game. April 29 – Lefty Gomez pitches four innings and takes the loss in his major league debut. May 6 – The Boston Red Sox trade Red Ruffing to the New York Yankees for Cedric Durst and $50,000. May 9 – The Detroit Tigers defeat the New York Yankees 5–4 at Yankee Stadium. They set a record with only two outfield putouts. May 11 – The Cleveland Indians defeat the Philadelphia Athletics 25–7. May 12 – New York Giants pitcher Larry Benton surrenders six home runs to the Chicago Cubs, yet still gets the win. May 30 – The New York Yankees trade Waite Hoyt and Mark Koenig to the Detroit Tigers for Ownie Carroll, Harry Rice and Yats Wuestling. June 13 – The St. Louis Browns trade General Crowder and Heinie Manush to the Washington Senators for Goose Goslin.

July–September July 8 – The New York Yankees are shut out, 4–0, by Rube Walberg and the Philadelphia Athletics. It is the Yankees' seventh loss in a row, and second shut out in that stretch (July 4 against the Washington Senators). They are the only two shut outs the Yankees suffer all season. July 23–24 – On consecutive days in July 1930, the Philadelphia Phillies managed to score 15 runs in a game but were losers in both games. On July 23, the Phillies lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 16–15, and on July 24, they lost to the Chicago Cubs 19–15. The July 24 game still holds the record for the most runs scored in a game without a home run. August 31 – The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the first place Chicago Cubs, 8–3. In the final 26 games of the season, the Cards go 22–4, and from fourth place in the National League to first. September 10 – Hall of fame shortstop Luke Appling goes one-for-four in his major league debut as his Chicago White Sox fall 6–2 to the Boston Red Sox. September 12 – Brooklyn Robins catcher Al López bounces one over the left field wall for his sixth home run of the season. It is the last such home run before the implementation of the ground rule double.

September 14 – Detroit Tigers Hall of famer Hank Greenberg makes his major league debut in a 10–3 loss to the New York Yankees. September 20 – Bill Terry goes four-for-five in the first game of a double header and two-for-four in the second to raise his season average to .402. He goes five-for-seven in a double header the next day to see his average go as high as .406. He ends the season with a .401 batting average. He is the last National Leaguer to bat over .400. September 28 Dizzy Dean gives up just three hits and one earned run in his major league debut to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3–1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Babe Ruth picks up a complete game victory against his former team, the Boston Red Sox on the final day of the season.

October–December October 1 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the St. Louis Cardinals 5–2 in game one of the 1930 World Series despite being out hit 9–5. All five hits by the A's are for extra bases (a double, two triples & two home runs). October 2 – A two out error by Cardinals second baseman Frankie Frisch leads to two unearned runs in the third inning as the A's cruise to a 6–1 victory in game two of the World Series. October 4 – Bill Hallahan gets out of a bases loaded jam in the first inning by striking out Bing Miller. From there, he settles in, and leads the Cardinals to a 5–0 victory in game three of the World Series. October 5 – Jimmie Dykes' throwing error in the fourth leads to two unearned runs as the Cardinals even up the series with a 3–1 victory. October 6 – Jimmie Foxx breaks open a scoreless game with a two-run home run in the ninth to give the A's the 2–0 victory in game five. October 8 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeated the St. Louis Cardinals, 7–1, in Game six of the World Series to win their second consecutive World championship, and fifth overall, four games to two. This would be the Athletics' last World Series championship in the city of Philadelphia. October 14 – The Chicago Cubs trade Bill McAfee and Wes Schulmerich to the Boston Braves for Bob Smith and Jimmy Welsh. In a separate transaction, they also purchase Jakie May's contract from the Cincinnati Reds. November 10 – Veteran pitcher Hippo Vaughn is reinstated by Judge Landis after eight years of ineligibility. Vaughn, who had lost a double no-hitter duel to Fred Toney in the season, had jumped the Chicago Cubs in . Vaughn chose to pitch for a semi-professional team following a salary dispute with Chicago. He will go to spring training with the Cubs in but will fail to make the team at age 43. November 23 – At the Polo Grounds, St. Louis Browns outfielder Red Badgro, playing for the NFL New York Giants, catches a touchdown pass against the Green Bay Packers. It is the third TD catch of the season for Badgro, all from quarterback Benny Friedman. In 1981, Badgro will be elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. November 25 – The Sporting News, acting to fill the Most Valuable Player void, announces its selection of Washington Senators shortstop Joe Cronin in the American League and New York Giants first baseman Bill Terry in the National League. December 1 – Shano Collins, a native New Englander, is appointed manager of the perennial last-place Boston Red Sox.

Births January January 4 – Don McMahon January 13 – Joe Margoneri January 14 – Pete Daley January 23 – Frank Sullivan January 30 – Sandy Amorós

February February 1 – Chuck Churn February 5 – Eric Rodin February 13 – Al Grunwald February 17 – Roger Craig February 18 – Frank House February 22 – Lyle Luttrell February 23 – Beatrice Kemmerer February 26: Vic Janowicz Ron Negray February 28: Frank Malzone Dolan Nichols Ron Samford

March March 5 – Del Crandall March 7 – Tom Acker March 8 – Bob Grim March 9 – Larry Raines March 11 – Bobby Winkles March 12 – Vern Law March 13 – Doug Harvey March 16 – Hobie Landrith March 25 – Rudy Minarcin

April April 2: Art Ceccarelli Gordon Jones April 3 – Wally Moon April 7 – Richie Myers April 10 – Frank Lary April 12 – Johnny Antonelli April 17 – Hattie Peterson April 28 – Tom Sturdivant

May May 1 – Stan Palys May 5 – Harley Grossman May 12 – Tom Umphlett May 20 – Tom Morgan May 21 – Rudy Regalado

June June 2 – Bob Lillis June 8 – Phil Paine June 12 – Dutch Rennert June 20 – Rod Graber June 24 – Neale Henderson June 25: Memo Luna Humberto Robinson June 27 – Bob Trowbridge

July July 2: Pete Burnside Jane Moffet Magdalen Redman July 3: Al Pilarcik Jim Westlake July 4 – George Steinbrenner July 6: Angelo LiPetri Karl Olson July 8: Glen Gorbous Eddie Phillips July 10 – Beatrice Allard July 15 – Betty Wagoner July 17 – Jerry Lynch July 19 – Marcelino Solis July 21 – Danny Morejón July 26 – Glenn Mickens July 30: William Bell Jr. Gus Triandos

August August 4 – Gabe Gabler August 9: Milt Bolling Román Mejías August 11 – Josh Gibson, Jr. August 13: Vinegar Bend Mizell Jerry Neudecker Bob Wiesler August 14: Dale Coogan Earl Weaver August 15 – Bob Martyn August 17 – Buck Varner August 22: Frank Ernaga Bob Speake August 23 – Zeke Bella August 29 – Dave Cole August 30 – Frances Vukovich

September September 1 – Dean Stone September 5 – Wayne Belardi September 16 – Ron Mrozinski September 17 – Jim Umbricht September 19: Bob Turley Billy Williams September 21: Agnes Allen Billy Muffett September 22 – Bob Harrison September 27 – Dick Hall September 28 – Audrey Deemer

October October 2: John Gabler Jim Heise October 9 – Barbara Anne Davis October 11 – Bill Fischer October 12 – Joe Trimble October 15 – Don Robertson October 19 – Joe Koppe October 20 – Bill Froats October 23 – Solly Drake October 30 – Don Nicholas

November November 4: Dick Groat Guy Morton November 6 – Bob Darnell November 8 – Mike Roarke November 10: Gene Conley Chick King November 15 – Harold Bevan November 16 – Paul Foytack November 19 – Joe Morgan November 20 – Don Leppert November 23 – Jack McKeon November 24 – Bob Friend

December December 4 – Harvey Kuenn December 6 – Barbara Berger December 7: Mark Freeman Hal Smith December 9 – Bob Hazle December 11: Eddie O'Brien Johnny O'Brien Andy Varga December 12 – Raúl Sánchez December 15 – Haywood Sullivan December 18: Mike Baxes Moose Skowron December 20 – Troy Herriage December 21 – Danny Kravitz December 27 – Norm Larker December 29 – Frank Dezelan December 30 – Milt Graff

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