1930 Boston Braves season

March 2026 November 2013 Boston Braves 1930 National League Braves Field Boston, Massachusetts 70–84 (.455) 6th Emil Fuchs Bill McKechnie WNAC(Fred Hoey) The 1930 Boston Braves season was the 60th season of the franchise. Offseason February 18, 1930: Owen Kahn was purchased by the Braves from the Manchester Blue Sox.Owen Kahn page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents BSN Notable transactions June 9, 1930: Owen Kahn was sold by the Braves to the Pittsfield Hillies. Roster 1930 Boston Braves Roster Pitchers Ed Brandt Bob Brown Ben Cantwell Johnny Cooney Bruce Cunningham Fred Frankhouse Burleigh Grimes Ken Jones Socks Seibold Bill Sherdel Bob Smith Tom Zachary Catchers Bill Cronin Hank Gowdy Al Spohrer Infielders Buster Chatham Bernie James Freddie Maguire Rabbit Maranville Johnny Neun Billy Rhiel Gene Robertson Red Rollings George Sisler Outfielders Wally Berger Buzz Boyle Earl Clark Bill Dunlap Randy Moore Lance Richbourg Jimmy Welsh Other batters Owen Kahn Manager Bill McKechnie Coaches Hank Gowdy George Sisler 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 Al Spohrer 112 356 113 .317 2 37 1B George Sisler 116 431 133 .309 3 67 2B Freddie Maguire 146 516 138 .267 0 52 SS Rabbit Maranville 142 558 157 .281 2 43 3B Buster Chatham 112 404 108 .267 5 56 OF Lance Richbourg 130 529 161 .304 3 54 OF Jimmy Welsh 113 422 116 .275 3 36 OF Wally Berger 151 555 172 .310 38 119 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 Earl Clark Earl Clark (baseball) 82 233 69 .296 3 28 Johnny Neun 81 212 69 .325 2 23 Randy Moore 83 191 55 .288 2 34 Bill Cronin 66 178 45 .253 0 17 Red Rollings 52 123 29 .236 0 10 Gene Robertson 21 59 11 .186 0 7 Billy Rhiel 20 47 8 .170 0 4 Bill Dunlap 16 29 2 .069 0 0 Hank Gowdy 16 25 5 .200 0 2 Bernie James Bernie James (baseball) 8 11 2 .182 0 1 Buzz Boyle 1 1 0 .000 0 0 Owen Kahn 1 0 0 ---- 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 Socks Seibold 36 251.0 15 16 4.12 70 Bob Smith Bob Smith (pitcher, born 1895) 38 219.2 10 14 4.26 84 Ben Cantwell 31 173.1 9 15 4.88 43 Tom Zachary 24 151.1 11 5 4.58 57 Bill Sherdel 21 119.1 6 5 4.75 26 Burleigh Grimes 11 49.0 3 5 7.35 15 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 Ed Brandt 41 147.1 4 11 5.01 65 Fred Frankhouse 27 110.2 7 6 5.61 30 Bruce Cunningham 36 106.2 5 6 5.48 28 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 Ken Jones Ken Jones (baseball) 8 0 1 0 5.95 4 Bob Brown Bob Brown (pitcher) 3 0 0 0 10.50 1 Johnny Cooney 2 0 0 0 18.00 1 Notes 2 References 1930 Boston Braves season at Baseball Reference Category:Boston Braves seasons Boston Braves Boston Braves Category:1930s in Boston