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1930 New York Giants (MLB) season
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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.1930s Franchise Timeline San Francisco Giants https://www.mlb.com/giants/history/timeline-1930s 2022-02-25 MLB.com en
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, 978-1-57243-990-0 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.https://stathead.com/tiny/L4Pxr Player Batting Season & Career Finder: For Single Seasons, In the Regular Season, since 1871, Playing in the NL, requiring Hits >= 240, sorted by greatest Hits. Stathead April 17, 2021 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).https://stathead.com/tiny/cC7qh Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1900 to 2021, Standard stats, requiring Batting Average >= .310, sorted by greatest Batting Average. Stathead April 17, 2021 The team's totals of 1,769 hits and 2,628 total bases both set single season franchise records.https://stathead.com/tiny/R0nRe Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, H>=1500, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Hits Stathead August 5, 2020https://stathead.com/tiny/uzYqR Team Batting Season Finder: For Single Seasons, from 1871 to 2020, Playing for SFG, TB>=2400, Standard statistics, Sorted by greatest Total Bases Stathead August 5, 2020
Season standings
New York Giants
Record vs. opponents
NYG
Roster
1930 New York Giants Roster Pitchers
Larry Benton
Tiny Chaplin
Pete Donohue
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Joe Genewich
Joe Heving
Carl Hubbell
Ralph Judd
Ray Lucas
Clarence Mitchell
Bill Morrell
Roy Parmelee
Hub Pruett
Bill Walker Catchers
Francis Healy
Shanty Hogan
Bob O'Farrell
Infielders
Dave Bancroft
Pat Crawford
Hughie Critz
Travis Jackson
Freddie Lindstrom
Doc Marshall
Bill Terry Outfielders
Ethan Allen
Chick Fullis
Freddy Leach
Jo-Jo Moore
Mel Ott
Andy Reese
Wally Roettger
Harry Rosenberg
Other batters
Sam Leslie Manager
John McGraw
Coaches
Dave Bancroft
Irish Meusel
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 Shanty Hogan 122 389 132 .339 13 75 1B Bill Terry 154 633 254 .401 23 129 2B Hughie Critz 124 558 148 .265 4 50 SS Travis Jackson 116 431 146 .339 13 82 3B Freddie Lindstrom 148 609 231 .379 22 106 OF Mel Ott 148 521 182 .349 25 119 OF Freddy Leach 126 544 178 .327 13 71 OF Wally Roettger 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 Bob O'Farrell 94 249 75 .301 4 54 Ethan Allen Ethan Allen (baseball) 76 238 73 .307 7 31 Doc Marshall Doc Marshall (infielder) 78 223 69 .309 0 21 Andy Reese 67 172 47 .273 4 25 Pat Crawford Pat Crawford (baseball) 25 76 21 .276 3 17 Dave Bancroft 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 Francis Healy Francis Healy (baseball) 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 Bill Walker Bill Walker (baseball) 39 245.1 17 15 3.93 105 Carl Hubbell 37 241.2 17 12 3.87 117 Freddie Fitzsimmons 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 Hub Pruett 45 135.0 5 4 4.78 49 Pete Donohue 18 86.2 7 6 6.13 26 Tiny Chaplin 19 73.0 2 6 5.18 20 Joe Genewich 18 61.0 2 5 5.61 13 Larry Benton 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 Joe Heving 41 7 5 6 5.22 37 Roy Parmelee 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
Minor League Baseball
AA Toledo Mud Hens American Association Casey Stengel A Bridgeport Bears Eastern League Hans LobertJohnson, 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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References
1930 New York Giants season at Baseball Reference
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