1930 New York Yankees season

Season for the Major League Baseball team the New York Yankees March 2026 November 2013 New York Yankees 1930 American League Yankee Stadium New York City, New York 86 68 y 3rd Jacob Ruppert Ed Barrow Bob Shawkey (first season) The New York Yankees played their 28th season in 1930. The team finished with a record of 86 68 y, finishing 16 games behind the Philadelphia Athletics. New York was managed by Bob Shawkey; the 1930 season was his only year managing the Yankees and his only season as a Major League manager. The team's owner (Jacob Ruppert) and general manager (Ed Barrow) were both future Hall of Famers. Yankees played their home games at Yankee Stadium. The Yankees set a team record by recording a .309 batting average during this season. The Yankees fielded nine players who would eventually be enshrined in the Hall of Fame (Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Gomez, Waite Hoyt Tony Lazzeri, Herb Pennock, Red Ruffing, and Babe Ruth). This is the most all time, tied with the following year's team as well as the 1932 and 1933 Yankees teams.Most Hall-of-Famers on an MLB team in a single season https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/baseball/player-batting-season-finder.cgi live https://archive.today/20260114221119/https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/dbxg6 January 14, 2026 January 14, 2026 Stathead The same nine Hall of Famers played for the 1931, 1932, and 1933 teams, with the 1930 team differing only by not having Joe Sewell and instead featuring Waite Hoyt. Regular season Season standings New York Yankees Record vs. opponents NYY Notable transactions May 30, 1930: Waite Hoyt and Mark Koenig were traded by the Yankees to the Detroit Tigers for Harry Rice, Ownie Carroll and Yats Wuestling.Harry Rice page at Baseball Reference Roster 1930 New York Yankees Roster Pitchers 32 Frank Barnes 11 Ownie Carroll 34 Foster Edwards 33 Sam Gibson 22 Lefty Gomez 18 Bill Henderson 32 Ken Holloway 11 Waite Hoyt 14 Hank Johnson 18,29 Lou McEvoy 16 Herb Pennock 12 George Pipgras 18 Gordon Rhodes 21 Red Ruffing 15 Roy Sherid 17 Ed Wells 18 Tom Zachary Catchers 10 Benny Bengough  8 Bill Dickey  9 Bubbles Hargrave 28 Arndt Jorgens Infielders  7 Ben Chapman  4 Lou Gehrig  2 Mark Koenig 24 Lyn Lary  5 Tony Lazzeri 25 Jimmie Reese 20 Billy Werber  2 Yats Wuestling Outfielders 26 Sammy Byrd  1 Earle Combs  6 Dusty Cooke 27 Cedric Durst 32 Bill Karlon 19 Harry Rice  3 Babe Ruth Manager 29 Bob Shawkey Coaches 30 Jimmy Burke 30 Art Fletcher 31 Charley O'Leary 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 Bill Dickey 109 366 124 .339 5 65 1B Lou Gehrig 154 581 220 .379 41 173 2B Tony Lazzeri 143 571 173 .303 9 121 SS Lyn Lary 117 464 134 .289 3 52 3B Ben Chapman Ben Chapman (baseball) 138 513 162 .316 10 81 OF Earle Combs 137 532 183 .344 7 82 OF Harry Rice 100 346 103 .298 7 74 OF Babe Ruth 145 518 186 .359 49 153 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 Samuel Byrd 92 218 62 .284 6 31 Dusty Cooke 92 216 55 .255 6 29 Jimmie Reese 77 188 65 .346 3 18 Bubbles Hargrave 45 108 30 .278 0 12 Benny Bengough 44 102 24 .235 0 12 Mark Koenig 21 74 17 .230 0 9 Yats Wuestling 25 58 11 .190 0 3 Arndt Jorgens 16 30 11 .367 0 1 Cedric Durst 8 19 3 .158 0 5 Billy Werber 4 14 4 .286 0 2 Bill Karlon 2 5 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 Red Ruffing 34 197.2 15 5 4.14 117 Herb Pennock 25 156.1 11 7 4.32 46 Ed Wells Ed Wells (baseball) 27 150.2 12 3 5.20 46 Waite Hoyt 8 47.2 2 2 4.53 10 Tom Zachary 3 16.2 1 1 6.48 1 Frank Barnes Frank Barnes (left-handed pitcher) 2 12.1 0 1 8.03 2 Babe Ruth 1 9.0 1 0 3.00 3 Sam Gibson Sam Gibson (baseball) 2 6.0 0 1 15.00 3 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 George Pipgras 44 221.0 15 15 4.11 111 Roy Sherid 37 184.0 12 13 5.23 59 Hank Johnson Hank Johnson (baseball) 44 175.1 14 11 4.67 115 Lefty Gomez 15 60.0 2 5 5.55 22 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 Lou McEvoy 28 1 3 4 6.71 14 Ken Holloway 16 0 0 1 5.24 11 Ownie Carroll 10 0 1 0 6.61 8 Bill Henderson Bill Henderson (pitcher) 3 0 0 0 4.50 2 Gordon Rhodes 3 0 0 0 9.00 1 Foster Edwards 2 0 0 0 21.60 1 Farm system Minor League Baseball AA Jersey City Skeeters International League Nick Allen and Joe Tinker B Hazleton Mountaineers New York–Pennsylvania League Walter Holke D Chambersburg Young Yanks Blue Ridge League Leo Mackey LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: ChambersburgJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 Notes 2 References 1930 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference 1930 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Category:New York Yankees seasons New York Yankees New York Yankees Category:1930s in the Bronx